[House Report 106-231]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



106th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 1st Session                                                    106-231

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 TREASURY, POSTAL SERVICE, AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS BILL, 
                                  2000

                                _______
                                

 July 13, 1999.--Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
              State of the Union and ordered to be printed

                                _______


    Mr. Kolbe, from the Committee on Appropriations, submitted the 
                               following

                              R E P O R T

                             together with

                            ADDITIONAL VIEWS

                        [To accompany H.R. 2490]

    The Committee on Appropriations submits the following 
report in explanation of the accompanying bill making 
appropriations for the Treasury Department, the Postal Service, 
the Executive Office of the President, and certain Independent 
Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for 
other purposes.

                        INDEX TO BILL AND REPORT

_______________________________________________________________________


                                                            Page number

                                                            Bill Report
Summary of the Bill........................................
                                                                      2
Title I--Department of the Treasury:
        Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms............     9
                                                                     17
        Bureau of Engraving and Printing...................
                                                                     24
        Bureau of the Public Debt..........................    14
                                                                     25
        Departmental Offices...............................     2
                                                                      5
        Department-Wide Systems and Capital Investments 
            Programs.......................................     2
                                                                      7
        Federal Law Enforcement Training Center............     6
                                                                     14
        Financial Crimes Enforcement Network...............     4
                                                                      9
        Financial Management Service.......................     9
                                                                     16
        General Provisions--Treasury Department............    19
                                                                     30
        Administrative Provisions--Internal Revenue Service    16
                                                                     29
        Inspector General for Tax Administration...........     3
                                                                      8
        Internal Revenue Service...........................    15
                                                                     25
        Office of Inspector General........................     3
                                                                      7
        Treasury Buildings and Annex Repair and Restoration     4
                                                                      9
        Treasury Forfeiture Fund...........................
                                                                     10
        United States Customs Service......................    12
                                                                     13
        United States Mint.................................
                                                                     25
        United States Secret Service.......................    17
                                                                     13
        Violent Crime Reduction Programs...................     5
                                                                     11
Title II--Postal Service:
        Payment to the Postal Service Fund.................    34
                                                                     31
Title III--Executive Office of the President and Funds 
    Appropriated to the President:
        Compensation of the President and White House 
            Office.........................................    35
                                                                     34
        Council of Economic Advisers.......................    39
                                                                     36
        Executive Residence at the White House.............    36
                                                                     34
        Federal Drug Control Programs......................    42
                                                                     42
        National Security Council..........................    40
                                                                     37
        Office of Administration...........................    40
                                                                     37
        Office of Management and Budget....................    40
                                                                     39
        Office of National Drug Control Policy.............    41
                                                                     40
        Office of Policy Development.......................    40
                                                                     36
        Special Assistance to the President and Official 
            Residence of the Vice President................    39
                                                                     35
        Unanticipated Needs................................    44
                                                                     44
Title IV--Independent Agencies:
        Committee for Purchase from People who are Blind or 
            Severely Disabled..............................    44
                                                                     44
        Environmental Dispute Resolution Fund..............    55
                                                                     57
        Federal Election Commission........................    45
                                                                     45
        Federal Labor Relations Authority..................    45
                                                                     46
        General Services Administration....................    46
                                                                     47
        Merit Systems Protection Board.....................    54
                                                                     56
        Morris K. Udall Scholarship Fund...................    55
                                                                     56
        National Archives and Records Administration.......    55
                                                                     57
        Office of Government Ethics........................    59
                                                                     59
        Office of Personnel Management.....................    59
                                                                     60
        Office of Special Counsel..........................    62
                                                                     63
        United States Tax Court............................    63
                                                                     64
Title V--General Provisions:
        This Act...........................................    63
                                                                     65
Title VI--Governmentwide General Provisions:
        Departments, Agencies, and Corporations............    68
                                                                     65
        Compliance with House Rules........................
                                                                     69
        Tables.............................................
                                                                    102

    The accompanying bill contains recommendations for new 
budget (obligational) authority for fiscal year 2000 for the 
Department of the Treasury, the Postal Service, various offices 
in the Executive Office of the President, and certain 
Independent Agencies. The following table summarizes these 
Recommendations and reflects comparisons with the budget, as 
amended, and with amounts appropriated to date for fiscal year 
1999:

                                                                [In thousands of dollars]
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                                                                                                                              Bill compared with
                                                                   New budget     Budget estimates                   -----------------------------------
                            Agency                              authority fiscal       of new        Recommended in      New budget
                                                                    year 1999        authority,         the bill      authority fiscal  Budget estimate,
                                                                 enacted to date  fiscal year 2000                        year 1999     fiscal year 2000
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Treasury......................................................        12,637,225        12,376,130        12,189,648          -447,577          -186,482
Postal Service................................................           100,195            93,436            93,436            -6,759  ................
Executive Office of the President.............................           670,112           639,498           654,762           -15,350           +15,264
Independent agencies..........................................        14,515,180        14,887,990        14,862,262          +347,082           -25,278
Scorekeeping adjustments......................................          -800,575           463,195           199,759        +1,000,334          -263,436
      Grand total.............................................        27,122,137        28,460,249        27,999,867          +877,730          -460,382
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                             recommendation

    The Committee recommends a total of $13.5 billion in 
discretionary resources for agencies under its jurisdiction; 
this includes $144 million for the Earned Income Tax Credit 
Compliance Initiative. After scorekeeping adjustments, the 
Committee's recommendation is the same as fiscal year 1999 in 
budget authority; and below the President's request by $460 
million in budget authority and $430 million in outlays.

                           GENERAL STATEMENT

    The Committee continues to face difficult choices for 
funding the many diverse programs that fall under the 
jurisdiction of the Treasury, Postal Service and General 
Government Subcommittee. With approximately 90 percent of the 
funds being used to support the salaries and expenses of 
163,000 employees responsible for federal law enforcement, the 
collection of revenues, violent crime reduction, and federal 
financial management, any cuts to base operations dramatically 
impacts an agency's ability to carry out its statutory 
responsibilities. In order to keep the base operations of these 
agencies operating at their current levels, the Subcommittee 
required an increase of approximately $600 million in budget 
authority; clearly, the allocation received by the Subcommittee 
could not sustain this level of effort without commensurate 
reductions to other programs. Compounding this already 
difficult situation is the fact that, over the past four years, 
the Committee has eliminated wasteful programs and cut back on 
bloated bureaucracies--including a cut of 26,300 employees from 
the Internal Revenue Service.
    In reviewing the resource requirements of programs under 
the Subcommittee's jurisdiction, the Committee focused its 
attention on activities necessary to enforce laws that are 
currently on our books and, in particular, gun laws and IRS 
Reform. The Committee includes an additional $12,600,000 within 
the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) to provide 
rapid gun tracing analysis to state and local law enforcement, 
add 60 new ATF agents for illegal firearm investigations, 
enforce Brady Law violations to keep convicted felons from 
obtaining guns, investigate illegal firearm dealers, and join 
forces with state and local law enforcement and prosecutors to 
fully investigate and prosecute offenders. In addition, the 
Committee includes $11,200,000 to expand ATF's Youth Crime Gun 
Interdiction Initiative and $8,000,000 for the purchase and 
installation of additional Integrated Ballistic Identification 
Systems. Finally, there is $108,000,000 for the IRS to continue 
to implement specific provisions of the IRS Restructuring Act, 
such as employee training to make the IRS more responsive to 
the taxpayer and organizational modernization.
    In order to support current law requirements, the Committee 
took reductions of approximately $400,000,000 from the General 
Services Administration's construction program. The Committee 
continues to believe that the inability to fund an annual 
construction program for federal buildings and courthouses due 
to significant budgetary constraints places this critical 
infrastructure program in jeopardy. There is clear and 
supportable evidence of unmet courthouse needs; as such, the 
Committee remains disappointed that the Administration did not 
propose to fund any new courthouses in fiscal year 2000. It 
further notes that the Administration's budget for programs 
under the Subcommittee's jurisdiction assumed a new tax of 
$312,000,000 for the base operations of the Customs Service. 
The Committee is not only concerned that the Administration 
failed to include a base request for the operations of this 
critical agency, but also that it has failed to submit the 
necessary legislation to implement this fee. Given the funding 
shortfall of $312,000,000 for the Customs Service, the 
Committee was unable to support any new construction activities 
in fiscal year 2000. The Committee believes that the 
President's recommendations for programs under the 
Subcommittee's jurisdiction are shortsighted and cannot persist 
without long term consequences for both Treasury law 
enforcement and the infrastructure requirements of the federal 
judicial system.

             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 following guidelines shall be complied with by 
all agencies funded by the Treasury, Postal Service and General 
Government Appropriations Act, 2000:
          1. Except under extraordinary and emergency 
        situations, the Committees on Appropriations will not 
        consider requests for a reprogramming or a transfer of 
        funds, or use of unobligated balances, which are 
        submitted after the close of the third quarter of the 
        fiscal year, June 30;
          2. Clearly stated and detailed documentation 
        presenting justification for the reprogramming, 
        transfer, or use of unobligated balances shall 
        accompany each request;
          3. For agencies, departments, or offices receiving 
        appropriations in excess of $20,000,000, a 
        reprogramming shall be submitted if the amount to be 
        shifted to or from any object class, budget activity, 
        program line item, or program activity involved is in 
        excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is greater, 
        of the object class, budget activity, program line 
        item, or program activity;
          4. For agencies, departments, or offices receiving 
        appropriations less than $20,000,000, a reprogramming 
        shall be submitted if the amount to be shifted to or 
        from any object class, budget activity, program line 
        item, or program activity involved is in excess of 
        $50,000, or 10 percent, whichever is greater, of the 
        object class, budget activity, program line item, or 
        program activity;
          5. For any action where the cumulative effect of 
        below threshold reprogramming actions, or past 
        reprogramming and/or transfer actions added to the 
        request, would exceed the dollar threshold mentioned 
        above, a reprogramming shall be submitted;
          6. For any action which would result in a major 
        change to the program or item which is different than 
        that presented to and approved by either of the 
        Committees, or the Congress, a reprogramming shall be 
        submitted;
          7. For any action where funds earmarked by either of 
        the Committees for a specific activity are proposed to 
        be used for a different activity, a reprogramming shall 
        be submitted; and,
          8. For any action where funds earmarked by either of 
        the Committees for a specific activity are in excess to 
        meet the project or activity requirement, and are 
        proposed to be used for a different activity, a 
        reprogramming shall be submitted.
    Additionally, each request shall include a declaration 
that, as of the date of the request, none of the funds included 
in the request have been obligated, and none will be obligated, 
until the Committees on Appropriations have approved the 
request.

                  TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY


                          Departmental Offices


                         Salaries and Expenses




Appropriation, fiscal year 1999 to date...............  \1\ $124,651,000
Budget estimate, fiscal year 2000.....................       134,630,000
Recommended in the bill...............................       134,206,000
Bill compared with:
    Appropriation, fiscal year 1999...................        +9,555,000
    Budget Estimate, fiscal year 2000.................          -424,000


\1\ Includes $1,500,000 in emergency supplemental appropriations enacted
  in Public Law 105-277.

                                mission

    The Departmental Offices' function in the Treasury 
Department is to provide basic support to the Secretary of the 
Treasury, who is the chief operating executive of the 
Department. The Secretary of the Treasury has the primary role 
in formulating and managing the domestic and international tax 
and financial policies of the Federal Government. The 
Secretary's responsibilities funded by the salaries and 
expenses appropriation include: recommending and implementing 
United States domestic and international economic and tax 
policy; fiscal policy; governing the fiscal operations of the 
Government; maintaining foreign assets control; managing the 
public debt; overseeing the law enforcement functions carried 
out by the Treasury Department; managing development of 
financial policy; representing the United States on 
international monetary, trade and investment issues; overseeing 
Treasury Department overseas operations; and directing the 
administrative operations of the Treasury Department. This 
account also includes funding for the Office of Professional 
Responsibility.

                             recommendation

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $134,206,000 
for Departmental Offices, $9,555,000 more than the amount 
appropriated in fiscal year 1999 and $424,000 below the budget 
request. The amount provided includes the additional resources 
requested for the Office of International Affairs; however, due 
to the budgetary situation, the Committee has not provided the 
additional resources requested for the Office of Tax Policy.
    The Committee notes that the budget request includes 
sufficient funding for the Department to make up to $500,000 in 
contract awards to the National Law Center for Inter-American 
Free Trade. The Committee supports this program, which will aid 
Federal government efforts to conduct legal research specific 
to relevant trade issues.

         treasury law enforcement funding and personnel issues

    The Committee continues to be concerned by the 
Administration's lack of emphasis on the critical role Treasury 
Law Enforcement plays in protecting the integrity of our 
Nation's borders, it's financial institutions, and the physical 
protection of its leaders. This lack of emphasis is evidenced 
in the funding requested by the Administration for Treasury Law 
Enforcement as well as ongoing recruitment and retention 
problems for some of the Treasury bureaus. The Committee is 
concerned by both the types and numbers of issues that are 
continually raised by the individual bureaus and believes some 
of these issues may be systemic. The Committee directs the 
Secretary of the Treasury to initiate a study on the overall 
requirements for Treasury Law Enforcement and to forward 
recommendations to ensure full funding and staffing for the law 
enforcement bureaus. These recommendations should include, but 
not be limited to, funding requirements, hiring authority, 
personnel compensation, overtime practices, training, and other 
areas critical to meeting the investigative and protective 
missions of Treasury Law Enforcement. The Secretary is directed 
to consult with the House Committee on Appropriations to 
determine the breadth of this study and to submit a final 
report by November 1, 2000.

                  Senior executive service allocations

    The Committee recognizes some discrepancy in allocations of 
Senior Executive Service (SES) positions among the Treasury Law 
Enforcement bureaus. When compared to comparable Justice 
agencies, these allocations seem disproportionate. The 
Committee recognizes that SES allocations are reviewed every 
two years and the next review will occur in the year 2000. In 
order to mitigate this apparent disparity, the Committee 
directs the Secretary of the Treasury to review the SES 
allocations of its law enforcement branches and to make 
recommendations to the House Committee on Appropriations by 
August 1, 1999 on those actions which might alleviate SES 
imbalances.

        Department-Wide Systems and Capital Investments Programs





Appropriation, fiscal year 1999 to date...............       $28,690,000
Budget estimate, fiscal year 2000.....................        53,561,000
Recommended in the bill...............................        31,017,000
Bill compared with:
    Appropriation, fiscal year 1999...................        +2,327,000
    Budget Estimate, fiscal year 2000.................       -22,544,000


                                MISSION

    This appropriation succeeds the Automation Enhancement 
appropriation established by the Treasury, Postal Service and 
General Government Appropriations Act, 1997, and funds Treasury 
bureaus, at the Secretary's discretion, to modernize business 
processes and increase efficiency through technology 
investments, as well as other activities that involve more than 
one Treasury bureau or Treasury's interface with other 
governmental agencies.

                             RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $31,017,000 
for Department-Wide Systems and Capital Investments Programs, 
$2,327,000 above the amount appropriated in fiscal year 1999 
and $22,544,000 below the budget request. The amount provided 
includes an additional $4,327,000 for the completion of 
activities related to Year 2000 computer conversion, and an 
additional $1,000,000 for critical infrastructure protection as 
proposed in the budget request. Due to the budgetary situation, 
the Committee has provided an increase of $6,000,000 for the 
Human Resources Reengineering and Systems Modernization 
Project, instead of $15,944,000 as proposed in the budget. The 
Committee has also provided $5,400,000 for the International 
Trade Data System in this account rather than in the Customs 
Service Salaries and Expenses Appropriation, as proposed by the 
Administration.
    The Committee has not provided the funds requested for 
money laundering grants and land mobile radio conversion. The 
Committee notes that the Administration has proposed to fund 
land mobile radio conversion activities through the 
establishment of a fee for use of the analog spectrum by 
commercial television broadcasters. Since this fee has yet to 
be authorized, the Committee has deferred action on this 
request.

                      Office of Inspector General


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES




Appropriation, fiscal year 1999 to date...............   \1\ $29,616,000
Budget estimate, fiscal year 2000.....................        32,017,000
Recommended in the bill...............................        30,716,000
Bill compared with:
    Appropriation, fiscal year 1999...................        +1,100,000
    Budget Estimate, fiscal year 2000.................       -1,301,000

\1\ Does not include $1,062,000 transferred to the Treasury Inspector
  General for Tax Administration.

                                MISSION

    This appropriation provides agency-wide audit and 
investigative functions to identify and correct operational and 
administrative deficiencies which create conditions for 
existing or potential instances of fraud, waste, and 
mismanagement. The audit function provides program, contract, 
and financial statement audit services. Contract audits provide 
professional advice to agency contracting officials on 
accounting and financial matters relative to negotiation, 
award, administration, repricing, and settlement of contracts. 
Program audits review and evaluate all facets of agency 
operations. Financial statement audits assess whether financial 
statements fairly present the agency's financial condition and 
results of operations, the adequacy of accounting controls, and 
compliance with laws and regulations. The investigative 
function provides for the detection and investigation of 
improper and illegal activities involving programs, personnel, 
and operations. The Office of Inspector General also provides 
for internal investigations made by the Office of Internal 
Affairs and Inspection in the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and 
Firearms, the Customs Service, and the Secret Service.
    The Inspectors General Auditor Training Institute provides 
the necessary facilities, equipment, and support services for 
conducting auditor training for the Federal Government 
Inspector General community. Institute personnel develop and 
deliver instructional programs related to basic government 
audit skills. The cost of training is recovered by tuition 
charged to a student's agency.

                             RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $30,716,000, 
$1,100,000 more than the amount available in fiscal year 1999, 
and $1,301,000 below the budget request. Due to the budgetary 
situation, the Committee has not provided the additional 
resources requested for the Investigative Unit of the Office of 
Inspector General.

                Inspector General for Tax Administration


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES




Appropriation, fiscal year 1999 to date...............  \1\ $108,418,000
Budget estimate, fiscal year 2000.....................       112,207,000
Recommended in the bill...............................       112,207,000
Bill compared with:
    Appropriation, fiscal year 1999...................        +3,789,000
    Budget Estimate, fiscal year 2000.................  ................

\1\ Includes $1,062,000 transferred from the office of Inspector General
  and $107,356,000 transferred from the Internal Revenue Service.

                                MISSION

    The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Restructuring and Reform 
Act of 1998 established the Office of Treasury Inspector 
General for Tax Administration and abolished the IRS Office of 
the Chief Inspector. The Office was established in January of 
1999 as required by that legislation.
    The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration 
conducts audits, investigations, and evaluations to assess the 
operations and programs of the IRS and its related entities, 
the IRS Oversight Board and the Office of Chief Counsel. The 
purpose of those audits and investigations is to : (1) promote 
the economic, efficient, and effective administration of the 
nation's tax laws and to detect and deter fraud and abuse in 
IRS programs and operations; and (2) recommend actions to 
resolve fraud and other serious problems, abuses, and 
deficiencies in these programs and operations.

                             RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $112,207,000, 
$3,789,000 above the amount available for the Treasury 
Inspector General for Tax Administration in fiscal year 1999 
and the same as the budget request.

           Treasury Building and Annex Repair and Restoration





Appropriation, fiscal year 1999 to date...............       $27,000,000
Budget estimate, fiscal year 2000.....................        23,000,000
Recommended in the bill...............................        23,000,000
Bill compared with:
    Appropriation, fiscal year 1999...................        -4,000,000
    Budget Estimate, fiscal year 2000.................  ................


                                MISSION

    This appropriation funds repairs, selected improvements, 
and construction necessary to maintain the Main Treasury, the 
Treasury Annex, and other Treasury buildings.

                             RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $23,000,000, 
$4,000,000 below the amount appropriated in fiscal year 1999 
and the same as the budget request. These funds will permit the 
Department to continue the program of renovation and 
modernization of the historic Main Treasury Building in 
Washington, D.C.

                  Financial Crimes Enforcement Network


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES




Appropriation, fiscal year 1999 to date...............       $24,000,000
Budget estimate, fiscal year 2000.....................        28,418,000
Recommended in the bill...............................        29,656,000
Bill compared with:
    Appropriation, fiscal year 1999...................        +5,656,000
    Budget Estimate, fiscal year 2000.................        +1,238,000


                                MISSION

    The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) is 
responsible for implementing Treasury money laundering 
regulations through administration of the Bank Secrecy Act, 31 
U.S.C. section 5311, et seq., and serves as a United States 
Government source for the systematic collection and analysis of 
information to assist in the investigation of money laundering 
and other financial crimes. FinCEN also represents U.S. 
interests in international efforts to combat money laundering 
through its participation in the Financial Action Task Force 
(FATF) of the Group of Seven. As part of this work, FinCEN has 
been instrumental in encouraging and assisting in the 
establishment of Financial Intelligence Units (FIUs) in foreign 
countries. FinCEN implements these responsibilities through 
analytical and technological platforms geared to combat money 
laundering through prevention-using its regulatory authority in 
partnership with the financial sector; detection-combining 
technology with intelligence to identify underlying criminal 
financial activity and emerging patterns of domestic and 
international money laundering; and enforcement-empowering 
Federal, State, local, and international agencies to take 
action against financial criminals through the transfer of 
information and expertise.

                             RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $29,656,000, 
$5,656,000 above the amount appropriated in fiscal year 1999 
and $1,238,000 above the budget request. The Committee funds 
the Administration's proposed initiatives related to money 
laundering, Suspicious Activity Reports and the Secure Outreach 
Network in this account instead of the VCRTF, as proposed by 
the President. Additionally, instead of $702,000 for the Secure 
Network, the Committee has provided $677,000, without 
prejudice, due to budgetary constraints.

                        Treasury Forfeiture Fund


                                MISSION

    P.L. 102-393 authorized the establishment of the Treasury 
Forfeiture Fund, replacing the Customs Forfeiture Fund, and 
making it available to pay or reimburse certain costs and 
expenses related to seizures and forfeitures that occur 
pursuant to the Treasury Department's law enforcement 
activities. The Coast Guard also participates in the program.

                             RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee has provided no appropriation for the 
Treasury Forfeiture Fund, as none was requested by the 
Administration. The Committee assumes the use of $142,106,000 
in super surplus balances in fiscal year 2000, instead of 
$141,916,000 as proposed by the Administration.

           Super Surplus and the Secretary's Enforcement Fund

    In recent years, the funding available for discretionary 
law enforcement funding other than appropriations to the 
Department of Treasury has varied from approximately 
$53,663,000 in fiscal year 1998 and estimates of $42,950,000 in 
fiscal year 1999 and $141,916,000 for fiscal year 2000. The 
Committee recognizes that the amount of funding available will 
vary depending on the amount of revenue generated from asset 
forfeiture as well as the level of mandatory costs associated 
with such seizures. In addition, recent growth has been partly 
due to a one-time transfer of funding from the Special 
Forfeiture Fund. While the Committee appreciates that asset 
forfeiture is an important tool in addressing crime, and helps 
offset necessary expenses, it is concerned that reliance on 
asset forfeiture to offset reductions in regular appropriations 
risks creating an unhealthy dependency on such spending. Two 
negative consequences of funding base operations this way may 
be (1) vulnerability to significant funding cuts if the Super 
Surplus declines or disappears, and (2) a ``perverse 
incentive'' for law enforcement agencies to seek seizure in 
order to support their core operations. Both situations should 
be avoided, and the Committee strongly urges the Department and 
Administration to budget in the future so as to avoid creating 
such a hazard.
    The Committee recognizes that the Department has planned 
for use of the $141,916,000 it estimates will be available in 
the Super Surplus in fiscal year 2000. The Committee supports 
the Department's proposed use of the Surplus, but directs that 
$43,693,000 be available to the U.S. Customs Service; 
$19,947,000 be available to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and 
Firearms; $75,466,000 be available to the U.S. Secret Service; 
and $3,000,000 be available for the Federal Law Enforcement 
Wireless Users Group (FLEWUG). In some cases, such as for the 
Integrated Ballistic Identification System (IBIS) and Customs 
Integrity Enhancement, funding was also included in the regular 
appropriation accounts. The differences with the Department 
reflect the Committee's preference to fund, wherever possible, 
base requirements in the regular Salaries and Expenses 
accounts.
    The Committee recommends specific funding levels as 
follows:

U.S. Customs Service....................................     $43,693,000
    Vehicle Replacement.................................       8,600,000
    FTE/Equipment from S&E..............................      11,964,000
    Other Base equipment funding........................      12,129,000
    Integrity enhancement...............................       6,000,000
    Training Initiative.................................       5,000,000
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.................      19,947,000
    IBIS................................................       3,000,000
    Mobile Radios/vehicles..............................       6,300,000
    Canine explosives detection.........................       1,000,000
    Post incident investigations........................       3,600,000
    Arson and explosives repository.....................       1,608,000
    Lab Equipment Modernization.........................       3,800,000
    Building security annualization.....................         639,000
U.S. Secret Service.....................................      75,466,000
    Treasury Std Financial Systems......................         250,000
    LAN Replacement.....................................         250,000
    TCS.................................................       3,700,000
    Counter Chem/Bio Threats............................       3,325,000
    Upgrade WH Complex Security.........................       1,843,000
    Replace mainframe financial system..................       1,151,000
    2000 Presidential Campaign--add'l protection 
      workload..........................................      27,515,000
    2000 Presidential Campaign--recurring protection 
      workload..........................................       7,732,000
    Vehicle Replacement--from VCRTF.....................       6,700,000
    Anti-terrorism supplemental follow-on costs.........      23,000,000
Other Treasury (FLEWUG).................................       3,000,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Total.............................................     142,106,000

                    Violent Crime Reduction Programs





Appropriation, fiscal year 1999 to date...............      $132,000,000
Budget estimate, fiscal year 2000.....................       132,127,000
Recommended in the bill...............................       132,000,000
Bill compared with:
    Appropriation, fiscal year 1999...................  ................
    Budget Estimate, fiscal year 2000.................          -127,000


                                MISSION

    Amounts for the Department of the Treasury's portion of 
Crime Control Programs are derived from transfers from the 
Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund (VCRTF), as authorized by 
the Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994.

                             RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $132,000,000, 
the same as the amount available in fiscal year 1999, and 
$127,000 below the budget request. Specific funding levels are 
as follows:

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms:
    Administration of GREAT Program.....................     $ 3,000,000
    GREAT grants and contracts with local government....      10,000,000
    YCGII Expansion.....................................      11,200,000
    Integrated Violence Reduction Strategy..............      12,600,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Subtotal, ATF.....................................      36,800,000
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
U.S. Customs Service:
    Land Border Automation Initiative/Canopies..........       4,000,000
    Vehicles............................................      11,464,000
    Maintain FY 1998 Inspection Equipment/Canopies......       3,640,000
    Continue FY 1999 Child Labor Initiave...............       3,000,000
    Agent/Inspector Relocation..........................       8,000,000
    Lab Modernization...................................       5,735,000
    Narcotics and Money Laundering......................       4,817,000
    Continue Cybersmuggling Initiative..................       2,400,000
    Maintain FY 1997 HARDLINE/GATEWAY Equipment.........       5,430,000
    Hiring for projected attrition......................      15,514,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Subtotal, Customs.................................      64,000,000
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
U.S. Secret Service:
    Forensic technologies and assistance................       2,000,000
    NCMEC Operational Support...........................       2,200,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Subtotal, Secret Service..........................       4,148,000
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
Interagency Crime and Drug Enforcement..................      27,000,000
                    ========================================================
                    ____________________________________________________
      Total.............................................     132,000,000

   USE OF THE VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION TRUST FUND FOR BASE ACTIVITIES

    The Committee regrets the continued use of the VCRTF to 
fund basic operations and programs, rather than requesting such 
funding in the General Fund accounts for salaries and expenses, 
operations and maintenance, and construction. Funding in the 
VCRTF is authorized only through fiscal year 2000. Future 
funding for base activities will therefore need to be included 
in the regular appropriations, and sufficient room found for 
them within already tight budget limits. Relying on the VCRTF 
for routine and ongoing activities may result in misleading 
budget presentation, and puts programs at risk if VCRTF funding 
decreases or is discontinued. If the VCRTF is reauthorized, the 
Committee strongly recommends that the Department reserve its 
use for activities that are either new or short-term 
initiatives.

                        GUN VIOLENCE INITIATIVES

    The Committee recommends $11,200,000 for the expansion of 
the Youth Crime Gun Interdiction Initiative (YCGII) from 27 to 
37 cities, and $12,600,000 for the requested Integrated 
Violence Reduction Strategy (IVRS). This funding was requested 
by the Administration as part of the Salaries and Expenses 
appropriation for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms 
(ATF). The Committee strongly supports aggressive enforcement 
of the nation's firearms laws, and understands that this 
funding will require no additional statutory authority to carry 
out. ATF did not provide separate funding estimates for the 
different activities to be funded within the IVRS. The 
Committee therefore directs ATF to report by January 1, 2000, 
on implementation of the strategy, including specific 
activities and the level of obligations and FTE devoted to each 
activity.

                             GREAT PROGRAM

    The Committee recommends $13,000,000 to continue the Gang 
Resistance Education and Training (GREAT) program, $3,000,000 
less than the amount available in fiscal year 1999 and equal to 
the Administration's request. This includes $10,000,000 for 
grants to local law enforcement organizations and $3,000,000 
for ATF administrative support. The Committee understands that 
the longitudinal impact study of the GREAT program now underway 
at the National Institute of Justice and the University of 
Nebraska will be completed in the summer of 2000. The Committee 
urges ATF to expedite completion of the study and provide the 
results to the Committee. In addition, the Committee directs 
that ATF report by August 1, 1999 on its detailed financial 
plans for the $3,000,000 administrative portion of the GREAT 
program in fiscal year 1999 and proposed for fiscal year 2000.

                        U.S. Customs Operations

    The Committee recommendation provides funding requested by 
the Administration to fund base Customs operations through the 
VCRTF. This includes funding for the land border automation 
initiative, vehicles, laboratory modernization, maintenance of 
equipment for inspection technology and for operations HARDLINE 
and GATEWAY, as well as base costs for money laundering, agent/
inspector relocation, and replacement for personnel attrition.
    The recommendation also includes $2,400,000 to continue 
funding operations at the fiscal year 1999 level for the U.S. 
Customs Cybersmuggling Center , which supports Customs 
investigations of child pornography, child sexual exploitation, 
sex ``tourism'', and other crimes pursuant to Title 18 U.S.C., 
Sections 2251-60 and 2243. The Committee provides additional 
funding of $1,600,000 for the Customs Cybersmuggling Center in 
the Salaries and Expenses account. Also included in the VCRTF 
is $3,000,000 for continued funding of the initiative to 
enforce the U.S. prohibition on importation of goods produced 
by forced or indentured child labor.
    As noted above, the Committee regrets that the 
Administration has requested funding its base activities 
through the VCRTF rather than the Salaries and Expenses 
appropriation. While the current tight budgetary situation 
makes this unavoidable, the Committee notes that most of these 
activities will need to be requested as part of the regular 
appropriation for fiscal year 2001.

                          U.S. Secret Service

    In addition to the $2,000,000 requested by the Secret 
Service to fund forensic services to the National Center for 
Missing and Exploited Children, the Committee recommends 
increasing the level of grant assistance for the Exploited 
Child Unit from $1,196,000 to $2,200,000.

                  Financial Crimes Enforcement Network

    The Committee recommends that $1,000,000 for FinCEN be 
included in the regular Salaries and Expenses appropriation, 
$400,000 less than enacted in fiscal year 1999 and $263,000 
less than requested.

                Federal Law Enforcement Training Center


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES




Appropriation, fiscal year 1999 to date...............   \1\ $75,471,000
Budget estimate, fiscal year 2000.....................        86,846,000
Recommended in the bill...............................        82,827,000
Bill compared with:
    Appropriation, fiscal year 1999...................        +7,356,000
    Budget Estimate, fiscal year 2000.................       -4,019,000

\1\ Includes $3,548,000 in emergency supplemental appropriations enacted
  in Public Law 105-277.

                                MISSION

    The Federal Law Enforcement Training Center provides the 
necessary facilities, equipment, and support services for 
conducting advanced, specialized, and refresher training for 
Federal law enforcement personnel. This appropriation is for 
operating expenses of the Center, for research in law 
enforcement training methods, and curriculum content. In 
addition, the Center has a reimbursable program to accommodate 
the training requirements of various Federal agencies. As funds 
are available, law enforcement training is provided to certain 
State and local law enforcement, and in some cases, foreign 
government and private sector security personnel, on a space-
available basis.

                             RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $82,827,000, 
$7,356,000 above the amount appropriated in fiscal year 1999 
and $4,019,000 below the budget request. These funds will 
permit FLETC to carry out all its requested activities, with 
the exception of the proposed expansion in counter terrorism 
training, a cost accounting system, and scheduling automation. 
Funding for these activities is denied without prejudice due to 
tight budgetary constraints. The Committee would have no 
objection if the Treasury Department were to support these 
activities with funding from the Treasury Forfeiture Fund, if 
Super Surplus balances become available. The Committee includes 
$900,000 for training vehicles in this account, which the 
Department had indicated it planned to fund through the Super 
Surplus.

      ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENTS AND RELATED EXPENSES




Appropriation, fiscal year 1999 to date...............       $34,760,000
Budget estimate, fiscal year 2000.....................        21,000,000
Recommended in the bill...............................        24,310,000
Bill compared with:
    Appropriation, fiscal year 1999...................       -10,450,000
    Budget Estimate, fiscal year 2000.................        +3,310,000


                                MISSION

    This account provides for the acquisition, construction, 
improvements, equipment, furnishings and related costs for 
expansion and maintenance of facilities of the Federal law 
Enforcement Training Center.

                             RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $24,310,000, 
$10,450,000 below the amount appropriated in fiscal year 1999 
and $3,310,000 above the budget request. The recommendation 
includes a new classroom for basic training workload and 
$4,600,000 for an expanded chilled water facility that the 
Department had planned to fund from the Super Surplus. The 
Committee denies without prejudice the request for a counter 
terrorism facility, again, as for the Salaries and Expenses 
appropriation, because of budgetary constraints. As noted 
above, the Committee would not object to funding this activity 
if balances are available in the Super Surplus.

                             BASIC TRAINING

    The Committee continues to be committed to the principle of 
consolidating federal law enforcement training, and is greatly 
concerned that the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) 
Border Patrol training facility in Charleston, South Carolina 
will not be closed in fiscal year 2001, as originally planned 
and agreed to by the Departments of Justice and Treasury, with 
all basic training conducted at FLETC. The Committee 
understands that the obstacle to this closure and subsequent 
consolidation of all Border Patrol basic training at FLETC is 
the lack of adequate capacity at the two existing FLETC sites. 
Based on testimony provided to this Committee in budget 
hearings, the budget request--fully funded in this 
recommendation--is consistent with a revised plan to have 
adequate basic training capacity by fiscal year 2004. The 
Committee strongly urges FLETC and the Department to keep it 
informed of any problems that may cause further delays, and 
directs the Treasury Department to report by January 1, 2000 on 
progress in meeting this target.

                      Interagency Law Enforcement





Appropriation, fiscal year 1999 to date...............       $51,900,000
Budget estimate, fiscal year 2000.....................        26,184,000
Recommended in the bill...............................        48,900,000
Bill compared with:
    Appropriation, fiscal year 1999...................        -3,000,000
    Budget Estimate, fiscal year 2000.................       +22,716,000


                                MISSION

    This program consists of nine regional task forces which 
consolidate resources and expertise of 11 member Federal 
agencies, in cooperation with State and local investigators and 
prosecutors, to target and destroy major narcotic trafficking 
and money laundering organizations. The funding for Treasury 
Department participation was previously funded in the 
Department of Justice appropriation prior to fiscal year 1998. 
With the funding provided here, Treasury administers its own 
program through its Departmental Offices.

                             RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $48,900,000, 
$3,000,000 below the amount appropriated in fiscal year 1999 
and $22,716,000 above the budget request. Together with 
$27,000,000 provided in the Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund, 
total funding of $75,900,000 is provided, the same level as for 
fiscal year 1999, and the amount requested by the 
Administration.

                     Financial Management Services


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES




Appropriation, fiscal year 1999 to date...............      $196,490,000
Budget estimate, fiscal year 2000.....................       202,670,000
Recommended in the bill...............................       201,320,000
Bill compared with:
    Appropriation, fiscal year 1999...................        +4,830,000
    Budget Estimate, fiscal year 2000.................        -1,350,000


                                MISSION

    The Financial Management Service (FMS) is responsible for 
improving the quality of Government financial management and 
collecting Federal debt. As the Government's central financial 
agent, FMS receives and disburses public monies, maintains 
Government accounts, and reports on the status of the 
Government's finances. FMS is also accountable for developing 
and implementing the most reliable and efficient financial 
methods and systems to manage and improve the Government's cash 
management, credit management, and debt collection programs.
    Pursuant to the Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996, 
FMS became the primary agency for the collecting of Federal 
non-tax debt which is due and owed to the government. Through 
FMS, there is a coordinated effort to collect debt from those 
who have defaulted on agreements with the Federal government.

                             RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $201,320,000 
for the Financial Management Service, $4,830,000 more than the 
amount appropriated in fiscal year 1999 and $1,350,000 below 
the budget request.
    The Committee recommendation includes an additional 
$2,200,000 for Regional Finance Center restructuring as 
requested by the Administration. Due to the budgetary 
situation, the Committee was unable to provide the additional 
funds requested for central accounting systems modernization 
and security enhancements.

                Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES




Appropriation, fiscal year 1999 to date...............      $541,574,000
Budget estimate, fiscal year 2000.....................       584,859,000
Recommended in the bill...............................       567,059,000
Bill compared with:
    Appropriation, fiscal year 1999...................       +25,485,000
    Budget Estimate, fiscal year 2000.................       -17,800,000


                                MISSION

    The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) is 
responsible for the enforcement of laws designed to eliminate 
certain illicit activities and to regulate lawful activities 
relating to distilled spirits, beer, wine and nonbeverage 
alcohol products, tobacco, firearms, explosives, and arson. Its 
responsibilities are focused on reducing the future number and 
cost of violent crimes; collecting revenue, reducing payer 
burden and improving service while preventing diversion; and 
protecting the public and preventing consumer deception in 
ATF's regulated commodities.

                             RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $567,059,000 
for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, $25,485,000 
more than the amount appropriated in fiscal year 1999 and 
$17,800,000 below the budget request.
    The Committee recommendation includes $1,000,000 for base 
costs for investigative equipment that the Department had 
proposed to fund through the Super Surplus. As requested, the 
recommendation includes $6,309,000 for implementing the tobacco 
compliance provision arising from the 1997 balanced budget 
agreement, and for carrying out a promotion assessment system. 
In addition, $23,800,000 requested for an expanded Youth Crime 
Gun Interdiction Initiative and the Integrated Violence 
Reduction Strategy is included in the Violent Crime Reduction 
Trust Fund. The Committee also includes an increase of 
$5,000,000 above the amounts requested for the Integrated 
Ballistic Identification System (IBIS). Additional funds of 
$3,000,000 are provided from the Super Surplus of the Treasury 
Forfeiture Fund. Finally, the Committee continues a provision 
allowing a Federal firearms licensee to perform a background 
check before a firearm is offered as collateral for a loan 
(Section 634). The Committee is aware of concerns regarding the 
implementation of this provision and directs ATF to review its 
implementation and report back on its findings no later than 
August 1, 1999. This report must include the views of the 
industry affected by this provision.

                          INSPECTOR SHORTAGES

    The Committee is concerned that ATF continues to operate 
with an insufficient number of inspectors needed to adequately 
fulfill its inspection mission. As a result, it is unable to 
carry out necessary inspections related to explosives or 
firearms with sufficient frequency, potentially putting public 
safety at risk. The Committee directs ATF to review its 
inspection workload and staffing levels, including identifying 
shortfalls in inspectors needed to fully satisfy standards for 
regular inspections, and report its findings by September 30, 
1999. The report should make clear the basis for its 
estimations and include administrative, legislative, or 
resource recommendations.
    Additionally, the Committee expects that ATF will 
coordinate its report with the Secretary of the Treasury to 
ensure that the staffing requirements for inspectors is 
included as part of the overall Treasury Law Enforcement 
evaluation.

                           tobacco compliance

    The Committee has included $5.2 million for funding for the 
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms to fund the enforcement 
of certain provisions of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 
related to gray market tobacco products and to ensure 
collection of floor stock taxes. Effective, January 1, 2000, 
the provisions of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 prohibit, and 
impose penalties on, the domestic distribution of certain 
tobacco products labeled for export. The Bureau is instructed 
to provide the Committee with periodic reports regarding its 
progress in eliminating such gray market trade through its 
enforcement activities. The first such report shall be provided 
to the Committee by February 1, 2000, followed by semi-annual 
reports thereafter. Such reports will include the number of 
FTE's utilized in this program area during the reporting 
period, the number of complaints received, number of 
investigations initiated, and the number of cases referred for 
prosecution.

                 laboratory facilities and headquarters




Appropriation, fiscal year 1999 to date...............  ................
Budget estimate, fiscal year 2000.....................       $15,000,000
Recommended in the bill...............................  ................
Bill compared with:
    Appropriation, fiscal year 1999...................  ................
    Budget Estimate, fiscal year 2000.................       -15,000,000


                                mission

    This account would provide funding for relocation of ATF 
headquarters employees to alternate building facilities better 
suited to meeting physical protection and security needs than 
existing leased space provides.

                             recommendation

    The Committee denies, without prejudice, the President's 
request for funding for the design and site acquisition for the 
new headquarters at this time. The Committee is well aware of 
the security threats facing ATF and its need for secure 
headquarters facilities and hopes that future budgetary 
resources will allow progress on funding this move.

                     United States Customs Service


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES




Appropriation, fiscal year 1999 to date...............  \1\ $1,748,865,0
                                                                      00
Budget estimate, fiscal year 2000.....................     1,720,370,000
Recommended in the bill...............................     1,708,089,000
Bill compared with:
    Appropriation, fiscal year 1999...................       -40,776,000
    Budget Estimate, fiscal year 2000.................      -12,281,000

\1\ Includes $106,300,000 in emergency supplemental appropriations
  enacted in Public Law 105-277.

                                MISSION

    The United States Customs Service is the nation's principal 
border agency. Its mission is to ensure that all goods entering 
and exiting the United States do so in accordance with all 
United States laws and regulations. This mission includes 
enforcing U.S. laws intended to prevent illegal trade 
practices; protecting the American public and environment from 
the introduction of prohibited hazardous and noxious products; 
assessing and collecting revenue in the form of duties, taxes, 
and fees on imported merchandise; regulating the movement of 
persons, carriers, merchandise, and commodities between the 
United States and other nations, while facilitating the 
movement of all legitimate cargo, carriers, travelers, and 
mail; interdicting narcotics and other contraband; and 
enforcing certain provisions of the export control laws of the 
United States.

                             RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $1,708,089,000 
for the U.S. Customs Service, $40,776,000 below the amount 
appropriated in fiscal year 1999 and $12,281,000 below the 
budget request.
    The Committee recommendation fully funds the Administration 
request, with the following adjustments: +$1,296,000 for the 
annualization of FTE that was proposed for funding in the 
Treasury Forfeiture Fund, +$1,011,000 for unspecified base 
operations for which VCRTF funding was requested, +$1,600,000 
for the Customs CyberSmuggling Center, and +$212,000 for 
renovations to the Louisville International Airport in 
Louisville, Kentucky. When combined with the $2,400,000 
provided in the VCRTF, the Committee recommends total funding 
of $4,000,000 for CyberSmuggling, instead of $2,400,000, as 
proposed by the President. The Committee proposes to fund 
$5,400,000 requested for the International Trade Data System 
from the Department's Systems and Capital Investment Programs. 
Finally, instead of directly funding $11,000,000 requested for 
the integrity enhancement and education initiatives, the 
Committee directs the Department to provide such funding from 
the Super Surplus of the Treasury Forfeiture Fund.

                           CUSTOMS AUTOMATION

    The Committee is extremely disappointed that the budget 
request fails to adequately fund Customs automation 
requirements, either to maintain the existing Automated 
Commercial System (ACS) or to lay the groundwork for the 
Automated Commercial Environment (ACE). Not only is there a 
lack of funding, but the funding proposed--collections from a 
new user fee on users of Customs automation--was not credible 
and has yet to be submitted to Congress for consideration. This 
short-sighted strategy has added to delays in a sensitive and 
essential Customs investment requirement and only serves to 
confirm this Committee's sense that the Administration has been 
looking the other way while Customs has been struggling to keep 
its operations afloat.
    ACS has been used to process information on Customs import 
clearance and trade compliance. It is almost two decades old, 
comprised of hardware and software that is increasingly 
obsolete and hard to maintain, and has been operating at almost 
full capacity. Increasingly, ``crashes'' in the system have led 
to serious breakdowns in the normal clearance process, imposing 
significant costs on importers and commerce and affecting the 
smooth flow of trade. Without adequate funding--and a complete 
replacement is required--there is a risk of a disastrous logjam 
as automated systems can no longer cope with increasing volume, 
and as industries rely on rapid movement of trade to support 
modern commercial requirements, such as ``just in time'' 
manufacturing and delivery. The President's budget includes an 
increase of $35,000,000 for expanded memory for the ACS system, 
which is $32,000,000 less than needed for ACS to stay 
functional.
    Additional funding for the ACS, however, is a bandaid. This 
system must be replaced, and Customs has been planning that 
replacement--ACE--for several years. The first phase of this, 
the National Customs Automation Program, has received funding 
from Congress. However, progress has been slow. Additionally, 
funding estimates for this program have grown from $800 million 
to as much as $2 billion. The sheer magnitude of this 
automation effort demands that certain prerequisites be met. 
One is the completion of an Enterprise Information Systems 
Architecture (EISA) that is in conformance with the Treasury 
Information Systems Architecture Framework (TISAF). While some 
progress has been made in this development, differences remain 
over the appropriate level of detail and specificity required 
for an EISA to be considered ``complete'', accepting that an 
EISA is a ``living document'' and not a static one. In 
addition, the Customs Service and Treasury Department must have 
the organization, people and processes in place to guarantee 
that systems development and procurement will be in compliance 
with the architecture and follow a firm milestone schedule. 
Unfortunately, studies completed this year by the General 
Accounting Office showed that Customs did not have the 
requisite capacity to either develop or manage the development 
of such a major acquisition without incurring significant risk 
of failure or waste.
    Customs has announced plans to contract out this effort 
through a prime integrator, and is developing its plan for 
prime selection. The Committee backs this approach and urges 
Customs and the Department to both move swiftly and to report 
regularly to the Committee on its progress. Development and 
installation of a successor system to ACS that meets all 
Customs' systems needs, and which conforms to the best 
practices in information technology procurement, are extremely 
high priorities for this Committee. A recent estimate of 
funding for ACE, based on a four-year timeline, is $1.8 
billion. The Committee will need the system blueprint, 
schedule, and budget: when those are provided, this Committee 
will seek to provide the necessary funding.

               North American Trade Automation Prototype

    The Committee encourages the Customs Service to continue 
the ongoing NATAP operations for motor carriers until such time 
that the International Trade System program replaces it.

                           OPA-LOCKA AIRPORT

    The Committee continues to have concerns regarding customs 
service at the Opa-Locka Airport in Dade County, Florida. The 
Committee is aware that this airport now has customs service 
from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Private aircraft arriving after 5:00 p.m. 
are serviced by Customs inspectors who are dispatched from 
Miami International Airport; the Committee believes this 
arrangement is less than satisfactory and strongly recommends 
that the Customs Service provide customs service at Opa-Locka 
airport from 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily.

        CUSTOMS INSPECTION SERVICES FOR INTERNATIONAL AIR CARGO

    The Committee is 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 Committee 
understands that the 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 Committee recognizes 
that some airports, such as Dulles 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 
Customs Service is in the midst of creating a comprehensive 
model for assessing and allocating its inspection and 
investigative staff. The aim of this model should be an 
allocation of staff and resources that directs Customs staff 
and resources to where the need for Customs services is the 
greatest. The Committee directs the Customs Service to report 
by September 1, 1999 on the status of implementation of the 
comprehensive staffing model. The Committee directs the Customs 
Service to work closely with airport authorities and the trade 
community to ensure that it will meet the requirements of 
airports such as Miami International Airport and Dulles 
International Airport that need new and expanded service.

                 FORT LAUDERDALE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

    The Committee is aware that the Customs Service has agreed 
to staff full-time Customs operations at Fort Lauderdale 
International Airport in consideration of a gift of $1,100,000 
from Broward County, to cover 12 months beginning July 1999, 
but that this gift will not cover full fiscal year 2000 
operations. If by June 1, 2000, the volume of international 
cargo processed by Customs that transits Fort Lauderdale 
International Airport should reach a level that demonstrates 
significant growth of international traffic, the Committee 
encourages the Customs Service to continue to staff Customs 
services for the duration of fiscal year 2000.

                        PRIMARY INSPECTION LANES

    Growing international trade on the US southern border is 
continually hampered and threatened by border crossing delays. 
The Committee directs the Customs Service to prioritize funding 
of operations at ports of entry, to reduce processing and wait 
times, and deter drug trafficking. Customs should report to the 
Committee by March 31, 2000 on the success of these efforts in 
meeting the Customs' target of no more than 20-minute wait 
times during peak hours.

                      AIRPORT INSPECTION PRACTICES

    The Customs Service recently appointed an advisory panel to 
investigate allegations that African-Americans were being 
targeted for customs inspections, detention and for personal 
searches at Hartsfield International Airport and other 
locations, including border crossings. The Committee is 
extremely concerned about these allegations and commends the 
Customs Service for their prompt attention to investigating 
this matter. The Committee directs the Customs Service to 
report back on the matters investigated by the advisory panel 
no later than February 1, 2000.

                   INSPECTION TECHNOLOGY ENHANCEMENTS

    The Committee is encouraged by the potential of public-
private initiatives to enhance the inspection capabilities of 
U.S. Customs at major seaports, international airports, and 
along the U.S. and Canadian border. The Committee strongly 
encourages the Customs Service to pursue these possibilities 
and consider a pilot test in order to determine the viability 
of a partnership of this type. The Committee believes that 
advanced technology can act as a force multiplier to enhance 
our enforcement capabilities in the detection of illegal 
contraband as well as expedite the flow of legitimate commerce.

                           CUSTOMS INTEGRITY

    The Committee is concerned about the portion of the report 
``An Assessment of Vulnerabilities to Corruption and 
Effectiveness of the Office of Internal Affairs, U.S. Customs 
Service'' that states:

          Most serious, however, is the belief that inspectors 
        who are hired locally, particularly along the Southwest 
        border and assigned to the local ports of entry, could 
        be at greater risk of being compromised by family 
        members and friends who may exploit their relationships 
        to facilitate criminal activities. Although they could 
        not offer any solid evidence, senior Customs officials 
        expressed a real apprehension over the possibility that 
        individuals were attempting to infiltrate Customs by 
        seeking jobs as inspectors for the sole purpose of 
        engaging in corrupt and criminal behavior.

    The Committee takes strong exception to any implication 
that individuals of Hispanic background are particularly 
susceptible to corruption and expects the Customs Service to 
address unsubstantiated bias by senior Customs officials as it 
implements its anti-corruption strategy.

                       PORT OF RACINE, WISCONSIN

    The Committee is concerned about the U.S. Customs Service 
proposal to consolidate the Ports of Racine and Milwaukee in 
Wisconsin. The Racine Port provides a valuable service to many 
area businesses which is critical to their daily operations and 
survival. The U.S. Customs Service, however, has provided 
conflicting information about its plans for the Port of Racine, 
and caused confusion in the surrounding community of the Port 
of Racine as to whether there might be a reduction in service.
    The Committee is pleased with the commitment by the 
Commissioner of Customs that the proposed consolidation will 
not impair service to area businesses or to the general public. 
In keeping with that commitment, the Committee directs the U.S. 
Customs Service to continue to provide service to the Port of 
Racine and that any change in service to the Port of Racine 
shall only be an improvement in service. In addition, it is 
imperative that the U.S. Customs Service articulates this under 
any future or pending proposals for the Port of Racine.

  OPERATION, MAINTENANCE AND PROCUREMENT, AIR AND MARINE INTERDICTION 
                                PROGRAMS




Appropriation, fiscal year 1999 to date...............  \1\ $276,388,000
Budget estimate, fiscal year 2000.....................       109,413,000
Recommended in the bill...............................       109,413,000
Bill compared with:
    Appropriation, fiscal year 1999...................      -166,975,000
    Budget Estimate, fiscal year 2000.................  ................

\1\ Includes $162,700,000 in emergency appropriations enacted in Public
  Law 105-277.

                                MISSION

    The Customs Air and Marine Interdiction Program combats the 
illegal entry of narcotics and other items into the United 
States. This appropriation provides all operations, maintenance 
and procurement for the Customs air and marine program and 
support for the interdiction of narcotics by other Federal, 
State, and local agencies. Included in this mission is the 
requirement to support the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and 
Firearms and the U.S. Secret Service.

                             RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $109,413,000 
for the U.S. Customs Service Operation, $166,975,000 below the 
amount appropriated in fiscal year 1999 and equal to the budget 
request.

               AIR AND MARINE INTERDICTION MODERNIZATION

    In the fiscal year 1999 appropriation, the Committee 
directed Customs to provide its air and marine program 
modernization plan with its fiscal year 2000 budget. The report 
remains under review within the Administration, and has not yet 
been submitted. The Committee strongly urges the prompt 
completion and submission of this report. The Committee expects 
this report will address Customs organizational, fleet 
modernization, coordination and operational requirements, and 
will be essential to evaluating future resource requirements.

                       INTERDICTION TECHNOLOGIES

    The Committee has been impressed with the additional 
capabilities offered by new passive detection technology that 
enhances Customs air operations by permitting more effective 
searching and tracking, as well as land-based detection systems 
to augment aircraft and aerostat interdiction assets. The 
Committee also supports, as it has in the past, the use of 
advanced imaging technology such as electrooptical and infrared 
sensors to enhance Customs interdiction and investigative 
capabilities. The Committee requests Customs to review the 
applicability of such technological complements to their 
current operational needs.

                   HARBOR MAINTENANCE FEE COLLECTION




Appropriation, fiscal year 1999 to date...............        $3,000,000
Budget estimate, fiscal year 2000.....................  ................
Recommended in the bill...............................  ................
Bill compared with:
    Appropriation, fiscal year 1999...................         3,000,000
    Budget Estimate, fiscal year 2000.................  ................


                                MISSION

    The Harbor Maintenance Fee is established to provide 
resources to the Army Corps of Engineers for the improvement of 
American channels and harbors. It is assessed on the value of 
commercial imports and exports delivered to or from certain 
specified ports. The fee is collected by the U.S. Customs 
Service and deposited into the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund.

                             RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends no appropriations, as requested by 
the President. Instead, statutory language is proposed for the 
Salaries and Expenses appropriation to require that this 
funding be derived from the Harbor Services Fund. The Committee 
has included $3,000,000 in the Customs Salaries and Expenses 
account for this purpose.

                    Bureau of Engraving and Printing


------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                         1999                2000
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Federal Reserve Notes...........  11.4 billion......  9.0 billion
Postage Stamps..................  18 billion........  15 billion
Cost of operations..............  $524 million......  $488 million
Revenue.........................  $549 million......  $518 million
------------------------------------------------------------------------

                                MISSION

    The Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP), a non-
appropriated revolving fund account, designs, manufactures, and 
supplies Federal Reserve notes, various public debt 
instruments, as well as most evidences of a financial character 
issued by the United States, such as postage and internal 
revenue stamps. The BEP executes certain printings for various 
territories administered by the United States, particularly 
postage and revenue stamps.
    The operations of the BEP are financed by means of a 
revolving fund established in accordance with the provisions of 
Public Law 656, August 4, 1950 (31 U.S.C. 181), which requires 
the BEP to be reimbursed by customer agencies for all costs of 
manufacturing products and services performed. The BEP is also 
authorized to assess amounts to acquire capital equipment and 
provide for working capital needs. The anticipated work volume 
is based on estimates of requirements submitted by agencies 
served.

                           United States Mint


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                                          Circulating coins         Numismatic coins            Protection
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1999:
    Number of coins..................  13.7 billion...........  2.8 billion............  .......................
    Cost of operations...............  $204 million...........  $842 million...........  $17 million
    Revenue..........................  $563 million...........  $1,415 million.........  .......................
2000:
    Number of coins..................  13.8 billion...........  3.9 billion............  .......................
    Cost of operations...............  $175 million...........  $921 million...........  $20 million
    Revenue..........................  $408 million...........  $1,730 million.........  .......................
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

                                MISSION

    The United States Mint manufactures coins, receives 
deposits of gold and silver bullion, and safeguards the 
Government's holdings of monetary metals.
    In fiscal year 1997, Congress established the United States 
Mint Public Enterprise Fund which authorizes the U.S. Mint to 
use proceeds from the sale of coins to finance the cost of its 
operations. This has eliminated the need for appropriations to 
support the mission of the U.S. Mint.

                       Bureau of the Public Debt


                     ADMINISTERING THE PUBLIC DEBT




Appropriation, fiscal year 1999 to date...............      $172,100,000
Budget estimate, fiscal year 2000.....................       177,819,000
Recommended in the bill...............................       176,919,000
Bill compared with:
    Appropriation, fiscal year 1999...................        +4,819,000
    Budget Estimate, fiscal year 2000.................          -900,000


                                MISSION

    This appropriation provides funds for the conduct of all 
public debt operations and the promotion of the sale of U.S. 
savings-type securities.

                             RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends a total appropriation of 
$181,319,000 for the Bureau of Public Debt. This amount is 
offset by $4,400,000 in receipts, resulting in a final 
appropriation of $176,919,000, $4,819,000 above the amount 
appropriated in fiscal year 1999 and $900,000 below the budget 
request. Due to the budgetary situation, the Committee was 
unable to provide the additional funds requested for 
information technology infrastructure upgrades.
    The Committee has agreed with the Administration's proposal 
to make the funds appropriated for systems modernization 
available until expended. The Committee directs that the Bureau 
of the Public Debt include in the justification material 
submitted with the President's budget request each year a 
report on the status of funds that have been appropriated for 
information systems modernization. The report should include 
the balances at the end of the prior fiscal year, the amount 
expected to remain available at the end of the current year, 
and a plan for expenditure of the funds.

                        Internal Revenue Service


                 PROCESSING, ASSISTANCE AND MANAGEMENT




Appropriation, fiscal year 1999 to date...............  \1\ $2,984,778,0
                                                                      00
Budget estimate, fiscal year 2000.....................     3,312,535,000
Recommended in the bill...............................     3,270,098,000
Bill compared with:
    Appropriation, fiscal year 1999...................      +285,320,000
    Budget Estimate, fiscal year 2000.................      -42,437,000

\1\ Does not include $101,430,000 transferred to the Treasury Inspector
  General for Tax Administration.

                                MISSION

    This appropriation provides for processing tax returns and 
related documents; processing data for compiling statistics of 
income; assisting taxpayers in correct filing of their returns 
and in paying taxes that are due; overall planning and 
direction of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS); and management 
of financial resources and procurement.

                             RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of 
$3,270,098,000, $42,437,000 below the budget request, and 
$285,320,000 more than the amount available in fiscal year 
1999. The amount provided includes an increase of $13,098,000 
for additional customer service training for IRS employees, and 
an increase of $16,900,000 for the IRS to implement provisions 
of the IRS Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998, instead of an 
increase of $31,900,000 as requested by the Administration. The 
Committee has also provided $27,437,000 for implementation of 
the IRS Organizational Modernization plan instead of 
$54,874,000 as proposed by the Administration.

                          TAX LAW ENFORCEMENT




Appropriation, fiscal year 1999 to date...............    $3,164,189,000
Budget estimate, fiscal year 2000.....................     3,336,838,000
Recommended in the bill...............................     3,301,136,000
Bill compared with:
    Appropriation, fiscal year 1999...................      +136,947,000
    Budget Estimate, fiscal year 2000.................       -35,702,000


                                MISSION

    This appropriation provides for the examination of tax 
returns, both domestic and international; the administrative 
and judicial settlement of taxpayer appeals of examination 
findings; technical rulings; monitoring employee pension plans; 
determining qualifications of organizations seeking tax-exempt 
status; examining tax returns of exempt organizations; 
enforcing statutes relating to detection and investigation of 
criminal violations of the internal revenue laws; collecting 
unpaid accounts; compiling statistics of income and compliance 
research; and, securing unfiled tax returns and payments.

                             RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of 
$3,301,136,000, $35,702,000 below the budget request and 
$136,947,000 more than the amount available in fiscal year 
1999. The amount provided includes an increase of $3,950,000 
for additional customer service training for employees as 
proposed in the budget. The Committee has also included an 
additional $31,702,000 to implement the IRS Organizational 
Modernization plan instead of $63,404,000 as proposed by the 
Administration. The Committee has provided $2,000,000 for 
grants to low income taxpayer clinics, the same as the amount 
provided in fiscal year 1999 and $4,000,000 below the budget 
request. The Committee is aware that the IRS plans to award the 
first grants under this program in July of this year. Without 
any evidence of the effectiveness of this program, the 
Committee feels it would be inappropriate to triple its funding 
at this time. The Committee also assumes IRS will absorb the 
cost of vehicle replacement ($1,003,000) proposed for funding 
in the Treasury Forfeiture Fund.

             EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT COMPLIANCE INITIATIVE




Appropriation, fiscal year 1999 to date...............      $143,000,000
Budget estimate, fiscal year 2000.....................       144,000,000
Recommended in the bill...............................       144,000,000
Bill compared with:
    Appropriation, fiscal year 1999...................        +1,000,000
    Budget Estimate, fiscal year 2000.................  ................


                                MISSION

    The Earned Income Tax Credit Compliance Initiative provides 
for expanded customer service and public outreach programs, 
strengthened enforcement programs, and enhanced research 
efforts to reduce overclaims and erroneous filings associated 
with the Earned Income Tax Credit.

                             RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $144,000,000, 
$1,000,000 more than the amount appropriated in fiscal year 
1999, and the same as the budget request.

                          INFORMATION SYSTEMS




Appropriation, fiscal year 1999 to date...............  \1\ $1,259,530,0
                                                                      00
Budget estimate, fiscal year 2000.....................     1,455,401,000
Recommended in the bill...............................     1,394,540,000
Bill compared with:
    Appropriation, fiscal year 1999...................      +135,010,000
    Budget Estimate, fiscal year 2000.................       -60,861,000

\1\ Does not include $5,926,000 transferred to the Treasury Inspector
  General for Tax Administration.

                                MISSION

    This appropriation provides for Service-wide data 
processing support, including the evaluation, development, and 
implementation of computer systems (including software and 
hardware) requirements.

                             RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of 
$1,394,540,000, $60,861,000 below the budget request and 
$135,010,000 more than the amount available in fiscal year 
1999. The amount provided includes $200,426,000 for the IRS to 
complete the work necessary to make its computer systems Year 
2000 compliant instead of $250,426,000 as proposed by the 
Administration. The Committee has also provided an additional 
$4,000,000 for telecommunications equipment necessary to 
increase toll-free access for Spanish-speaking citizens and for 
the enhancement of Internet access for taxpayers and tax 
practitioners, and an additional $10,861,000 for implementation 
of the IRS Organizational Modernization plan instead of 
$21,722,000 as requested by the Administration.

                   INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENTS




Appropriation, fiscal year 1999 to date...............      $211,000,000
Budget estimate, fiscal year 2000.....................  ................
Recommended in the bill...............................  ................
Bill compared with:
    Appropriation, fiscal year 1999...................      -211,000,000
    Budget Estimate, fiscal year 2000.................  ................


                                MISSION

    This appropriation provides for funding of the PRIME 
Systems Integration Services Contractor to build the 
information technology described in the IRS Modernization 
Blueprint of May 15, 1997.

                             RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends no appropriation, as proposed by 
the President.
    To date, a total of $505,670,000 has been appropriated to 
the Information Technology Investments account and that amount 
is available for obligation for the Prime Systems Integration 
Services contract awarded in December of 1998. The Internal 
Revenue Service believes that those resources are sufficient 
for activities to be undertaken under the contract through the 
end of fiscal year 2000. Accordingly, the Administration has 
not requested appropriations for the Information Technology 
Investments account in fiscal year 2000. The Administration 
has, however, requested a fiscal year 2001 advance 
appropriation of $325,000,000 for this program. In response to 
questions posed by the Committee, the IRS indicated that it is 
still in the process of developing a schedule for the 
expenditure of funds that are currently available and that will 
be required in fiscal year 2001 for this program in 
coordination with the PRIME contractor. In the absence of such 
a plan, the IRS is unable to justify the amount requested for 
fiscal year 2001. The Committee has, therefore, denied the 
request for an advance appropriation. However, this action 
should in no way be interpreted as a lack of support for the 
Internal Revenue Service's current efforts to modernize its 
computer systems. The Committee agrees that the modernization 
of IRS information systems is essential, and is very pleased 
with the steps the IRS is taking to put in place the 
organization and procedures that will be required to 
successfully complete this extremely difficult task.

          ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS--INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE

    Section 101. The Committee continues the provision 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 Committee continues the provision which 
requires the IRS to maintain a training program in taxpayer's 
rights, dealing courteously with taxpayers, and cross cultural 
relations.
    Section 103. The Committee continues the provision which 
requires the IRS to institute policies and procedures which 
will safeguard the confidentiality of taxpayer information.

                      United States Secret Service


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES




Appropriation, fiscal year 1999 to date...............  \1\ $681,110,000
Budget estimate, fiscal year 2000.....................       661,312,000
Recommended in the bill...............................       662,312,000
Bill compared with:
    Appropriation, fiscal year 1999...................       -18,798,000
    Budget Estimate, fiscal year 2000.................       +1,000,000

\1\ Includes $80,808,000 in emergency supplemental appropriations
  enacted in Public Law 105-277.

                                MISSION

    The Secret Service is responsible for the security of the 
President, the Vice President and other dignitaries and 
designated individuals; for enforcement of laws relating to 
obligations and securities of the United States and financial 
crimes such as financial institution fraud and other fraud; for 
protection of the White House and other buildings within 
Washington, DC, and direction and coordination of planning and 
operations for security of major events, as directed by the 
President.

                             RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $662,312,000 
for the U.S. Secret Service, $18,798,000 below the amount 
appropriated in fiscal year 1999 and $1,000,000 above the 
budget request. This fully funds the request, plus adds 
$1,000,000 in base funding that the Department had proposed to 
fund from the Super Surplus of the Treasury Forfeiture Fund. 
The recommendation assumes that $35,000,000 in protective costs 
associated with the 2000 Presidential campaign, and $23,000,000 
in recurring costs from the fiscal year 1999 anti-terrorism 
initiative, will be funded through the Super Surplus. The 
Committee is concerned about reliance on the Super Surplus to 
fund basic operations and expects that care will be taken in 
the future to request all base funding requirements through the 
General Fund appropriation accounts.

     ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENTS, AND RELATED EXPENSES




Appropriation, fiscal year 1999 to date...............        $8,068,000
Budget estimate, fiscal year 2000.....................         4,923,000
Recommended in the bill...............................         4,923,000
Bill compared with:
    Appropriation, fiscal year 1999...................        -3,145,000
    Budget Estimate, fiscal year 2000.................  ................


                                MISSION

    This account supports the acquisition, construction, 
improvement, equipment, furnishing and related costs for 
construction and maintenance of the new Secret Service 
Headquarters Building.

                             RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $4,923,000 for 
U.S. Secret Service Acquisition, Construction, Improvement and 
Related Expenses, $3,145,000 below the amount appropriated in 
fiscal year 1999 and equal to the budget request.

                    JAMES J. ROWLEY TRAINING CENTER

    The Committee believes that providing the necessary 
training facilities is critical to a state-of-the-art 
protective training environment. To this end, the Committee 
directs the Secret Service to report to the Committee on 
Appropriations on the status of the Master Plan for the James 
J. Rowley Training Center, including project priorities, 
timelines for completion, and its overall priority within the 
Secret Service and Treasury Law Enforcement mission.

             GENERAL PROVISIONS--DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

    Section 110. The Committee continues the provision which 
requires the Secretary of the Treasury to comply with certain 
reprogramming guidelines when obligating or expending funds for 
law enforcement activities.
    Section 111. The Committee continues the provision which 
allows the Department of the Treasury to purchase uniforms, 
insurance, and motor vehicles without regard to the general 
purchase price limitation, and enter in to contracts with the 
State Department for health and medical services for Treasury 
employees in overseas locations.
    Section 112. The Committee continues the provision which 
requires expenditures of funds so as not to diminish efforts 
under the Federal Alcohol Administration Act.
    Section 113. The Committee continues the provision which 
authorizes transfers, up to 2 percent, between law enforcement 
appropriations under certain circumstances.
    Section 114. The Committee continues the provision which 
authorizes transfers, up to 2 percent, between Departmental 
Offices, Office of the Inspector General, Financial Management 
Service, and the Bureau of Public Debt appropriations under 
certain circumstances.
    Section 115. The Committee continues and modifies the 
provision which provides that no funds may be obligated for the 
purchase of law enforcement vehicles until the Secretary of the 
Treasury certifies that the purchase is consistent with 
Departmental vehicle management principles.
    Section 116. The Committee includes a new provision which 
authorizes the Treasury Inspector General for Tax 
Administration to offer voluntary separation incentives in 
order to provide the necessary flexibility to carry out the 
plan to establish and reorganize the Office of the Treasury 
Inspector General for Tax Administration.
    Section 117. The Committee includes a new provision which 
prohibits the Department of the Treasury from undertaking a 
redesign of the $1 Federal Reserve note.
    Section 118. The Committee includes a new provision which 
amends Title 5 USC 5547 and authorizes Treasury Law Enforcement 
agencies to pay their officer's premium pay in excess of the 
pay period limitation. The annual equivalent of the limitation 
will remain in place. The Committee is concerned with the 
growing number of Treasury Law Enforcement criminal 
investigators who have taken other employment, citing extended 
work hours, extensive travel, and other quality of life issues 
with little or no compensation. The Committee believes that 
ensuring fair compensation for Treasury Law Enforcement 
officers is a significant factor in the retention and 
recruitment of quality investigators. Further, the Committee 
directs that the Secretary of the Treasury report back to the 
Committee on Appropriations by August 1, 1999 with an annual 
cost estimate for this provision by Treasury Law Enforcement 
bureau.
    Section 119. The Committee includes a new provision which 
authorizes the Financial Management Service to offer voluntary 
separation incentives to employees of the Chicago Financial 
Center, which is scheduled to be closed in November 2000.

                        TITLE II--POSTAL SERVICE


                    Payments to the Postal Services


                   PAYMENT TO THE POSTAL SERVICE FUND




Appropriation, fiscal year 1999 to date...............      $100,195,000
Budget estimate, fiscal year 2000.....................        93,436,000
Recommended in the bill...............................        93,436,000
Bill compared with:
    Appropriation, fiscal year 1999...................        -6,759,000
    Budget Estimate, fiscal year 2000.................  ................


                                MISSION

    Funds provided to the Postal Service in the Payments to the 
Postal Service Fund include the costs of revenue forgone on 
free and reduce-rate mail for the blind and overseas voters; 
reconciliation adjustments for amounts appropriated for free 
and reduced rate mail and the actual amounts required; and 
partial reimbursement for losses which the Postal Service 
incurred as a result of insufficient appropriations in fiscal 
years 1991 through 1993 and the additional revenues it would 
have received between 1993 and 1998 in the absence of certain 
rate phasing provisions of the Revenue Forgone Act of 1993.

                             RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $93,436,000 
for Payments to the Postal Service Fund, the same as the amount 
requested by the President and $6,759,000 below the amounts 
appropriated in fiscal year 1999. Of this amount, $70,880,000 
is provided for free mail for the blind and overseas voters and 
-$6,444,000 is assumed as a reconciliation adjustment for 
estimated free mail volumes and final audited volumes for 
fiscal year 1997. The total appropriation of $64,436,000 for 
free mail for the blind and overseas voters is made available 
on October 1, 2000. The Committee also includes $29,000,000 as 
reimbursements to the Postal Service for prior year 
reimbursement shortfalls due to insufficient appropriations and 
rate phasing provisions of the Revenue Forgone Act of 1993.

                            PORTAL, ARIZONA

    The Committee is aware that the town of Portal, Arizona has 
requested a unique zip code designation. The Committee urges 
the Postal Service to study and evaluate the need for a zip 
code to be designated to Portal, Arizona and to report its 
findings to the Committee.

                         GILFORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE

    The Committee is aware that the town of Gilford, New 
Hampshire has requested a unique zip code designation. The 
Committee urges the Postal Service to study and evaluate the 
need for a zip code to be designated to Gilford, New Hampshire 
and to report its findings to the Committee.

                         RAINBOW CITY, ALABAMA

    The Committee is concerned about the postal needs of 
Rainbow City, Alabama, located in Etowah County. The US Postal 
Service anticipated a need for a classified Post Office in this 
community by the late 1980's, yet the community is still served 
by a small contract facility. The Committee recommends that the 
US Postal Service evaluate the need for a classified post 
office in Rainbow City, Alabama, working with local officials 
and community leaders. The Committee further recommends that 
the US Postal Service report its findings to the Committee.

                           GOOD HOPE, ALABAMA

    The Committee is concerned about the postal needs of Good 
Hope, Alabama, located in Cullman County. The Committee 
recommends that the US Postal Service reevaluate the need for a 
Post Office or contract Post Office in Good Hope, Alabama, 
working with local officials and community leaders, including 
an offer from the community to provide existing space to 
preclude the cost of building a facility. The Committee further 
recommends that the US Postal Service report its findings to 
the Committee.

                           FAIRVIEW, ALABAMA

    The Committee is concerned about the postal needs of 
Fairview, Alabama, located in Cullman County. The Committee 
recommends that the US Postal Service reevaluate the need for a 
Post Office in Fairview, Alabama, working with local officials 
and community leaders, including an offer from the community to 
provide existing space to preclude the cost of building a 
facility. The Committee further recommends that the US Postal 
Service report its findings to the Committee.

                          littleville, alabama

    The Committee is concerned about the postal needs of 
Littleville, Alabama located in Colbert County. The Committee 
recommends that the US Postal Service evaluate the need for a 
Post Office or contract Post Office in Littleville, Alabama 
working with local officials and community leaders to determine 
what options are available to address the postal needs of 
Littleville, Alabama and report its findings to the Committee.

                          priceville, alabama

    The Committee is concerned about the postal needs of 
Priceville, Alabama located in Morgan County. The Committee 
recommends that the US Postal Service evaluate the need for a 
Post Office or contract Post Office in Priceville, Alabama 
working with local officials and community leaders to determine 
what options are available to address the postal needs of 
Priceville, Alabama and report its findings to the Committee.

                          bridgeport, alabama

    The Committee is concerned about the proposed location of 
the new Post Office for Bridgeport, Alabama, located in Jackson 
County. The Committee requests that the US Postal Service work 
with local community leaders to determine the most favorable 
site for the new facility and report its findings to the 
Committee.

                       pittsfield, massachusetts

    The Committee is concerned about the postal needs of the 
residents of Pittsfield, Massachusetts, due to the condition 
and accessibility of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts Post Office. 
The Committee recommends that the US Postal Service work with 
city officials and community leaders to evaluate the need to 
relocate from the current building.

                        culver city, california

    The Committee is concerned about the postal needs of Culver 
City, California because the zip codes do not correspond to the 
City's jurisdictional boundaries. This situation has led to 
incorrectly delivered mail, confusion when dispatching police 
and fire services, and other zip code related problems. 
Therefore, the Committee urges the Postal Service to review the 
zip code related problems in Culver City and report its 
findings to the Committee.

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




Appropriation, fiscal year 1999 to date...............          $250,000
Budget estimate, fiscal year 2000.....................           250,000
Recommended in the bill...............................           250,000
Bill compared with:
    Appropriation, fiscal year 1999...................  ................
    Budget Estimate, fiscal year 2000.................  ................


                                MISSION

    These funds provide for the compensation of the President 
as well as official expenses, as authorized by Title 3.

                             RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $250,000, the 
same as the amount requested by the President and the amount 
appropriated in fiscal year 1999.

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES




Appropriation, fiscal year 1999 to date...............       $52,344,000
Budget estimate, fiscal year 2000.....................        52,444,000
Recommended in the bill...............................        52,444,000
Bill compared with:
    Appropriation, fiscal year 1999...................          +100,000
    Budget Estimate, fiscal year 2000.................  ................


                                MISSION

    The Salaries and Expenses account of the White House Office 
supports staff and administrative services necessary for the 
direct support of the President. This account also includes 
reimbursements to the White House Communications Agency.

                             RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $52,444,000, 
the amount requested by the President and an increase of 
$100,000 above the fiscal year 1999 appropriated level. This 
includes $10,313,000 as reimbursements to the White House 
Communications Agency.

                 Executive Residence at the White House


                           OPERATING EXPENSES




Appropriation, fiscal year 1999 to date...............        $8,691,000
Budget estimate, fiscal year 2000.....................         9,260,000
Recommended in the bill...............................         9,260,000
Bill compared with:
    Appropriation, fiscal year 1999...................          +569,000
    Budget Estimate, fiscal year 2000.................  ................


                                MISSION

    These funds provide for the care, maintenance, and 
operation of the Executive Residence.

                             RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $9,260,000, 
the amount requested by the President and an increase of 
$569,000 above the fiscal year 1999 appropriated level.

                   WHITE HOUSE REPAIR AND RESTORATION




Appropriation, fiscal year 1999 to date...............  ................
Budget estimate, fiscal year 2000.....................          $810,000
Recommended in the bill...............................           810,000
Bill compared with:
    Appropriation, fiscal year 1999...................          +810,000
    Budget Estimate, fiscal year 2000.................  ................


                                MISSION

    To provide for the repair, alteration, and improvement of 
the Executive Residence at the White House, a separate account 
was established in fiscal year 1996 to program and track 
expenditures for capital improvement projects at the Executive 
Residence at the White House.

                             RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $810,000, the 
amount requested by the President and an increase of $810,000 
over the fiscal year 1999 appropriated level.

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


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES




Appropriation, fiscal year 1999 to date...............        $3,512,000
Budget estimate, fiscal year 2000.....................         3,617,000
Recommended in the bill...............................         3,617,000
Bill compared with:
    Appropriation, fiscal year 1999...................          +105,000
    Budget Estimate, fiscal year 2000.................  ................


                                MISSION

    These funds support staff necessary for the care and 
operation of the Vice President's official residence.

                             RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $3,617,000, 
the amount requested by the President and an increase of 
$105,000 over the fiscal year 1999 appropriated level.

                           OPERATING EXPENSES




Appropriation, fiscal year 1999 to date...............          $334,000
Budget estimate, fiscal year 2000.....................           345,000
Recommended in the bill...............................           345,000
Bill compared with:
    Appropriation, fiscal year 1999...................           +11,000
    Budget Estimate, fiscal year 2000.................  ................


                                MISSION

    These funds are to be used by the Vice President to carry 
out responsibilities assigned him by the President and by 
various statutes.

                             RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $345,000, the 
amount requested by the President and an increase of $11,000 
over the fiscal year 1999 appropriated level.

                      Council of Economic Advisers


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES




Appropriation, fiscal year 1999 to date...............        $3,666,000
Budget estimate, fiscal year 2000.....................         3,840,000
Recommended in the bill...............................         3,840,000
Bill compared with:
    Appropriation, fiscal year 1999...................          +174,000
    Budget Estimate, fiscal year 2000.................  ................


                                MISSION

    The Council of Economic Advisers analyzes the national 
economy and its various segments, advises the President on 
economic developments, recommends policies for economic growth 
and stability, appraises economic programs and policies of the 
Federal Government, and assists in preparation of the annual 
Economic Report of the President to Congress.

                             RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $3,840,000, 
the amount requested by the President and an increase of 
$174,000 over the fiscal year 1999 appropriated level.

                      Office of Policy Development


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES




Appropriation, fiscal year 1999 to date...............        $4,032,000
Budget estimate, fiscal year 2000.....................         4,032,000
Recommended in the bill...............................         4,032,000
Bill compared with:
    Appropriation, fiscal year 1999...................  ................
    Budget Estimate, fiscal year 2000.................  ................


                                MISSION

    The Office of Policy Development supports the National 
Economic Council and the Domestic Policy Council in carrying 
out their responsibilities to advise and assist the President 
in the formulation, coordination, and implementation of 
economic and domestic policy. The Office of Policy Development 
also provides support for other domestic policy development and 
implementation activities, as directed by the President.

                             RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $4,032,000, 
the amount requested by the President and the same as the 
fiscal year 1999 appropriated level.

                       National Security Council


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES




Appropriation, fiscal year 1999 to date...............        $6,806,000
Budget estimate, fiscal year 2000.....................         6,997,000
Recommended in the bill...............................         6,997,000
Bill compared with:
    Appropriation, fiscal year 1999...................          +191,000
    Budget Estimate, fiscal year 2000.................  ................


                                MISSION

    The National Security Council advises the President on the 
integration of domestic, foreign, and military policies 
relating to national security.

                             RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $6,997,000, 
the amount requested by the President and an increase of 
$191,000 over the fiscal year 1999 appropriated level.

                        Office of Administration


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES




Appropriation, fiscal year 1999 to date...............       $28,350,000
Budget estimate, fiscal year 2000.....................        39,198,000
Recommended in the bill...............................        39,448,000
Bill compared with:
    Appropriation, fiscal year 1999...................       +11,098,000
    Budget Estimate, fiscal year 2000.................          +250,000


                                MISSION

    The Office of Administration is responsible for providing 
high-quality, cost-effective, administrative services to the 
Executive Office of the President. These services, defined by 
Executive Order 12028 of 1977, include financial, personnel, 
library and records services, information management systems 
support, and general office services.

                             RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $39,448,000, 
$250,000 more than the amount requested by the President and 
$11,098,000 over the fiscal year 1999 appropriated level. The 
Committee provides an additional $250,000 for implementation of 
the provisions of Section 638 regarding financial 
accountability.

                        CAPITAL INVESTMENT PLAN

    The Committee is extremely concerned by the escalating 
costs of the Executive Office of the President's (EOP) Capital 
Investment Plan (CIP). Since fiscal year 1998, when this 
project was first funded, the Committee noted its concerns 
regarding the development of a solid architectural blue print 
and strategic plan to implement the CIP as well as the 
availability of valid cost estimates. Despite assurances that 
costs have been independently validated, and less than two 
years into the project, cost estimates have escalated from an 
original projection of $34,358,000 for the fiscal year 1999-
2003 period to a current estimate of $70,189,000, including 
$17,591,000 for Year 2000 compliance efforts.
    The Committee directs the Office of Administration to 
submit a report detailing changes in the CIP from EOP's 
original Modernization Plan submitted on February 28, 1998, 
including an updated architecture based on technical, 
financial, and business plans for the EOP, budgetary baselines 
for supporting the updated architecture, and specific cost data 
for individual projects identified in the architecture, 
including all cost validation data related to those projects. 
This report should be submitted to the Committee no later than 
September 1, 1999.

                        FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY

    Over the past few years, several events and circumstances 
have highlighted vulnerabilities within the EOP's financial 
management and related systems, most recently an increase of 
more than 100 percent in cost estimates for ongoing information 
technology investments.
    In order to address concerns regarding financial management 
and accountability within the EOP, the Committee has included a 
new provision (Section 638) authorizing the designation or 
appointment of a Chief Financial Officer (CFO) within the EOP. 
Section 638 is identical to H.R. 437, which passed the House of 
Representatives on February 11, 1999 by a vote of 413-2. The 
Committee has included an additional $250,000 for the costs of 
implementing this Section, as estimated by the Congressional 
Budget Office.
    The Committee is aware that the Office of Administration 
oversees the financial management functions of eleven separate 
EOP entities and that each entity also has separate financial 
management functions in place. However, the Committee believes 
that the establishment of a Chief Financial Officer within the 
EOP will result in an improved system of accounting, financial 
management and internal controls for these entities. 
Additionally, the Committee is optimistic that the 
establishment of a CFO will result in more efficient fiscal 
management and potential cost savings to the taxpayer.

                    Office of Management and Budget


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES




Appropriation, fiscal year 1999 to date...............       $60,617,000
Budget estimate, fiscal year 2000.....................        63,495,000
Recommended in the bill...............................        63,495,000
Bill compared with:
  Appropriation, fiscal year 1999.....................        +2,878,000
  Budget Estimate, fiscal year 2000...................  ................


                                MISSION

    The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) assists the 
President in the discharge of budgetary, economic, management, 
and other executive responsibilities.

                             RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends $63,495,000, the amount requested 
by the President and an increase of $2,878,000 over the fiscal 
year 1999 appropriated level

                           ANNUAL PERFORMANCE

    One of OMB's stated strategic goals is to ``provide 
management leadership to ensure the faithful execution of the 
enacted budget, programs, regulations and policies''. Over the 
past several months, the Committee has observed that OMB has 
failed to implement certain provisions of appropriations law in 
a timely way, in some instances has failed to adequately 
respond to concerns raised by Congress, and has instigated 
unnecessary confrontations with the Committee. In light of 
these observations, the Committee believes OMB has failed to 
meet its strategic goal of executing the enacted budget, 
programs, regulations and policies.
    P.L. 105-277 included an emergency drug supplemental of 
$276,000,000 for the U.S. Customs Service. Despite a conference 
agreement between the President and Congress that a portion of 
these funds be used to support additional personnel for the 
Customs' air program, OMB denied the use of these funds for new 
personnel for the first portion of the fiscal year. Although 
the Committee is aware that OMB has since approved the use of 
these funds to hire new pilots, the Committee believes that OMB 
inappropriately delayed the use of these funds, thereby failing 
to perform its execution function properly.
    Additionally, the Committee continues to find the 
President's proposed funding levels for Treasury law 
enforcement bureaus both inadequate and irresponsible. For 
instance, the President's fiscal year 2000 request proposes to 
fund a significant portion of Customs' base operations through 
a controversial new passenger tax. Without this tax, Customs 
will be forced to cut its workforce by 5,000 employees, or 28 
percent. In addition, the President's budget assumes that this 
tax will be enacted by July 1, 1999. As such, the Committee is 
concerned to learn that, as of this writing, the legislative 
language has not been forwarded by OMB to the appropriate 
authorizing Committees for their consideration. The Committee 
believes that OMB's inaction in this regard is negligent and 
gives the Committee reason to believe that OMB either does not 
fully comprehend the critical role Treasury law enforcement 
plays in securing our nation or is not being candid about the 
priority it places on funding Treasury Law Enforcement.
    The Committee is also aware of ongoing concerns that OMB 
has failed to perform its responsibilities in regards to the 
implementation of the Congressional Review Act and specifically 
that OMB has failed to implement this Act in a manner that 
supports the basic requirements of this legislation.
    Finally, in regards to confrontations with the Committee, 
the Committee has found the performance of the Communication 
Office to be particularly antagonistic and questions the value 
of this Office as it relates to securing a responsible national 
fiscal policy.
    Given these concerns, the Committee believes that OMB staff 
training and development is inadequate. For instance, the 
Committee has learned that OMB staff training includes two 
weeks of on the job training regarding the federal budget 
process, policy analysis, and issues for the upcoming budget 
cycle. In regards to Treasury Law Enforcement, the Committee 
has been told that, over the past four fiscal years, OMB staff 
within the Treasury Branch have conducted 18 site visits 
related to Treasury law enforcement field operations; as a 
means of comparison, OMB's Justice Branch staff have conducted 
29 site visits during this time.
    The Committee notes that OMB continues to include a 
performance goal of requiring each OMB division to develop and 
carry out a staff training and development plan. OMB is 
directed to submit a report on staff training and develop with 
the President's fiscal year 2001 budget request that includes, 
at minimum, division plans, total costs for each fiscal year 
1998-2001, the relationship of these plans to OMB's strategic 
goals, and the contribution made by the Communication Office to 
OMB's strategic plan.

                     Managing the Federal Workforce

    The Committee is concerned that federal agencies sometimes 
place undue importance on personnel ceilings alone when 
managing the federal workforce. The Committee directs OMB to 
provide guidance to agencies to ensure that federal employees 
are managed by budgets and workloads, rather than arbitrary 
personnel ceilings. Such guidance should be provided to 
agencies by December 1, 1999, with a copy provided to the 
Committee on Appropriations.

                 Office of National Drug Control Policy


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES




Appropriation, fiscal year 1999 to date...............   \1\ $49,242,000
Budget estimate, fiscal year 2000.....................        43,133,000
Recommended in the bill...............................        52,221,000
Bill compared with:
  Appropriation, fiscal year 1999.....................        +2,979,000
  Budget Estimate, fiscal year 2000...................       +9,088,000

\1\ Includes $1,200,000 in emergency supplemental appropriations enacted
  in Public Law 105-277.

                                MISSION

    The Office of National Drug Control Policy, established by 
the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988, is charged with developing 
policies,

objectives and priorities for the National Drug Control Program 
as defined by the Act and Executive Order 12880, and by the 
Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 
1998.

                             RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $52,221,000, 
$2,979,000 more than the fiscal year 1999 appropriation and 
$9,088,000 more than the budget request. This fully funds the 
request, with the exception of $800,000 requested for 
clearinghouse activity, an additional $100,000 for policy 
research, and $250,000 for 4 additional FTE. The Committee 
concurs with the Administration's request for additional FTE 
for HIDTA's and Financial Management but these FTEs are 
supported through reductions to the Office of Legislative 
Affairs. It also includes $13,250,000 for the technology 
transfer program operated by the Counterdrug Technology 
Assessment Center, $250,000 more than the level appropriated in 
fiscal year 1999, and $10,250,000 more than requested by the 
President.

                             ONDCP STAFFING

    The Committee is extremely disappointed in the performance 
of the ONDCP Office of Legislative Affairs. Recent failures by 
the Office to respond adequately and in a timely fashion to 
Committee requests for information, and to meet long 
established schedules associated with Committee hearings and 
production of reports, have interfered with Committee 
operations and affected the ability of the Committee to meet 
its legislative schedule. The Committee recognizes that the 
Office has not been staffed at its authorized level of seven 
employees, and that other parts of ONDCP may bear some 
responsibility for some of this weak performance.
    The Committee supports adding two FTE for the HIDTA program 
and two FTE for the Office of Financial Management. However, 
given the continuing vacancies at ONDCP and inability to fully 
utilize the existing ceiling of 124 permanent FTEs, there seems 
no reason at this time to increase the total funding for FTEs. 
Moreover, as the benefits of these positions appear to outweigh 
those of continuing to maintain level of 7 FTE for Legislative 
Affairs, the Committee directs that the requested four FTE be 
taken from those authorized for the Office of Legislative 
Affairs. The Committee assumes a total reduction of four FTE's 
and $250,000 from the Office of Legislative Affairs.

                     drug trafficking flow mapping

    The Committee is aware of conflicting reports about the 
patterns of drug trafficking from South America, whether from 
movement via fast boats and aircraft over the Caribbean or via 
small vehicles passing overland through Central America and 
Mexico. The Committee encourages ONDCP, as it continues its 
project to map drug flows, to ensure that mapping reflects 
current patterns as well as likely changes to those patterns, 
given the dynamic, fluid nature of drug trafficking.

                         RURAL DRUG CONFERENCES

    The Committee is concerned with the increasing spread of 
drugs and drug-related crime in rural areas, as well as with 
the ability of rural law enforcement organizations to address 
these new trends. The Committee therefore encourages the 
Director to continue ONDCP's efforts in convening an annual 
national conference on rural drug crime, while including 
regional conferences in rural areas. These conferences should 
be designed to assess rural law enforcement needs and to 
provide information and assistance to help rural communities 
cope with drugs and drug-related crimes. The Committee believes 
that this rural conference program represents a foundation on 
which to build in the future. The Committee urges ONDCP to 
combine its knowledge and experience working with larger 
communities, and translate effective drug fighting practices to 
rural law enforcement, while taking into consideration their 
unique needs.

             Media Campaign Target Audiences and Minorities

    The Committee is aware that concerns remain regarding 
whether the content and media outlets utilized by the media 
campaign will adequately convey the anti-drug message to 
African-American and other minority youth. The Committee 
therefore directs ONDCP, in its oversight of the media 
campaign, to ensure that the diversity of the target audiences 
is fully addressed, and to report to the Committee on progress 
in getting the message to minorities in the regular quarterly 
reports on the media campaign.

                     Federal Drug Control Programs


             HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREAS PROGRAM




Appropriation, fiscal year 1999 to date...............      $184,977,000
Budget estimate, fiscal year 2000.....................       185,777,000
Recommended in the bill...............................       192,000,000
Bill compared with:
  Appropriation, fiscal year 1999.....................        +7,023,000
  Budget Estimate, fiscal year 2000...................        +6,223,000


                                MISSION

    The High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA) Program 
was established by the ONDCP Director, pursuant to section 1005 
of the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988, and now as reauthorized by 
section 707 of the Office of National Drug Control Policy Act 
of 1998 to provide assistance to Federal and State and local 
law enforcement entities operating in those areas most 
adversely affected by drug trafficking.

                             RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $192,000,000, 
$6,223,000 above the budget request and $7,023,000 over the 
fiscal year 1999 appropriated level. This amount fully funds 
the fiscal year 1999 level of HIDTA program costs, assumes 
$6,223,000 for the anticipated expansion of the HIDTA program, 
either for new HIDTA's as designated by the ONDCP Director or 
adjustments to existing programs, and adds $1,800,000 for the 
costs of conducting audits.

                     MEASURES OF HIDTA PERFORMANCE

    The Committee knows of the strong demand for the creation 
of new HIDTAs and expansion of existing ones, and believes that 
the funding provided in this bill will meet current 
requirements. The Committee believes that ONDCP and regional 
HIDTA organizations should be given a chance to manage this 
program to meet the standards of performance set forth in 
ONDCP's own performance measures of effectiveness (PME) for the 
HIDTA program. The ONDCP Director is responsible for applying 
the standards set forth in the HIDTA authorization when 
designating new HIDTAs, and allocation decisions should be 
consistent with the PMEs as well. In the fiscal year 1999, 
ONDCP was directed to provide a request for HIDTA funding based 
on the these PMEs: such justification has yet to be provided. 
With the two additional FTE that this bill provides to assist 
the HIDTA office, the Committee expects to see tangible 
assessment of the performance of individual HIDTAs and the 
HIDTA program overall. The Committee also expects that ONDCP 
will use this information to assess the optimal allocation of 
HIDTA funding and all future requests for HIDTA funding will be 
supported by PME data.

                        SPECIAL FORFEITURE FUND




 Appropriation, fiscal year 1999 to date..............  \1\ $216,500,000
 Budget estimate, fiscal year 2000....................       225,300,000
 Recommended in the bill..............................       225,000,000
Bill compared with:
     Appropriation, fiscal year 1999..................        +8,500,000
     Budget Estimate, fiscal year 2000................         -300,000

\1\ Includes $2,000,000 in emergency supplemental appropriations enacted
  in Public Law 105-277.

                                MISSION

    The Special Forfeiture Fund was established by the Anti-
Drug Abuse Act of 1988, as amended, to be administered by the 
Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy. While 
the fund was originally authorized to receive deposits from the 
Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund and the Treasury 
Forfeiture Fund, its current source of funding is direct 
appropriations.

                             RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $225,000,000, 
$8,500,000 over the fiscal year 1999 appropriation and $300,000 
below the budget request. This includes $195,000,000 for 
continued costs of the youth media campaign and $30,000,000 for 
continued implementation of the Drug-Free Communities Act 
(DFCA), as authorized. The Committee denies the $3,300,000 
requested for support of agency performance measures of 
effectiveness (PME) data systems, on the grounds that such 
funding should be the responsibility of the federal agencies 
themselves, not ONDCP. The Committee also denies funding for 
the Director, which it understands was to be used to further 
support development of an architecture for interagency 
counterdrug intelligence. The Committee is aware of concerns 
that federal counterdrug intelligence capabilities and 
coordination need to be improved and encourages ONDCP to 
provide more detailed information about requirements, including 
a counterdrug intelligence architecture.

                       drug-free communities act

    The Committee supports the goals of the Drug-Free 
Communities Act (DFCA). However, to maintain proper, fiscal 
oversight of this relatively new program, the Committee directs 
the General Accounting Office to review the management of the 
DFCA and to assess the effectiveness of these grants in 
achieving the intended objectives of the DFCA.
    The Committee urges ONDCP to work with the Office of 
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to assure that 
proper consideration is given to communities in South Florida 
that meet the criteria for eligibility to receive DFCA 
assistance. The Committee is aware that communities with 
interest in participation in DFCA include Liberty City, 
Overtown, Carol City, Opa-Locka, and Wynwood.

                  Funds Appropriated to the President


                          UNANTICIPATED NEEDS




 Appropriation, fiscal year 1999 to date..............        $1,000,000
 Budget estimate, fiscal year 2000....................         1,000,000
 Recommended in the bill..............................         1,000,000
Bill compared with:
     Appropriation, fiscal year 1999..................  ................
     Budget Estimate, fiscal year 2000................  ................


                                MISSION

    These funds enable the President to meet unanticipated 
exigencies in support of the National interest, security or 
defense.

                             RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $1,000,000, 
the amount requested by the President and the same as the 
fiscal year 1999 appropriated level.

                     TITLE IV--INDEPENDENT AGENCIES


 Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES




 Appropriation, fiscal year 1999 to date..............        $2,464,000
 Budget estimate, fiscal year 2000....................         2,674,000
 Recommended in the bill..............................         2,674,000
Bill compared with:
     Appropriation, fiscal year 1999..................          +210,000
     Budget Estimate, fiscal year 2000................  ................


                                MISSION

    The Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or 
Severely Disabled was established by the Wagner-O'Day Act of 
1938, as amended. Its primary objective is to increase the 
employment opportunities for people who are blind or have other 
severe disabilities and, whenever possible, to prepare them to 
engage in competitive employment.

                             RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $2,674,000, 
the same amount requested by the President and $210,000 above 
the fiscal year 1999 appropriated level.

                      Federal Election Commission


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES




 Appropriation, fiscal year 1999 to date..............       $36,500,000
 Budget estimate, fiscal year 2000....................        38,516,000
 Recommended in the bill..............................        38,152,000
Bill compared with:
     Appropriation, fiscal year 1999..................        +1,652,000
     Budget Estimate, fiscal year 2000................          -364,000


                                MISSION

    The Commission administers the disclosure of campaign 
finance information, enforces limitations on contributions and 
expenditures, supervises the public funding of Presidential 
elections, and performs other tasks related to Federal 
elections.

                             RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $38,152,000, 
$364,000 below the amounts requested by the President and 
$1,652,000 above the fiscal year 1999 appropriated level. The 
Committee provides sufficient funds to support a total FTE 
level of 351.5, a reduction of 5 FTE from the levels requested 
by the President and an increase of 14.5 FTE from current 
levels.
    The Committee is concerned that the Federal Election 
Commission (FEC) has been unable to hire up to its fully 
authorized level of 347 FTE in fiscal year 1999 and, in fact, 
anticipates having an FTE level of 337 at the end of the year. 
In light of current FTE levels, the Committee has denied FEC's 
request to add an additional 9 FTE for fiscal year 2000 and 
instead provides funds for an additional 4 FTE. Of these, the 
Committee assumes +1FTE for the Audit Division and +3 FTE for 
the Office of General Counsel.

                     PRICEWATERHOUSE COOPERS REVIEW

    The Committee is extremely pleased with the report issued 
by Pricewaterhouse Coopers (PwC) indicating that the FEC is a 
competently managed organization with a skilled and motivated 
staff. However, the Committee also notes that the PwC report 
clearly stated that the FEC can not afford to continue doing 
business as usual; the price for that is inefficiency and 
requests for additional appropriations that simply are not 
available. The PwC report set out a series of 21 
recommendations for action, almost all of which can be 
accomplished administratively. Although the Committee is 
pleased to see that steps are being taken to implement many of 
recommendations included in the review, the Committee remains 
disappointed that FEC has not put forward a plan to bring on 
board a change consultant. The Committee believes that a change 
agent is critical to the successful implementation of 
management and organizational reform within the FEC.
    The Committee has included three new legislative provisions 
that it believes will streamline FEC operations: Section 639 
authorizes the FEC to require committees with a certain level 
of financial activity to file FEC reports electronically; 
Section 640 authorizes the FEC to establish an administrative 
fine schedule, subject to reasonable appeals procedures, for 
straightforward disclosure violations; and Section 641 
authorizes candidate committees to report to the FEC on an 
election cycle basis rather than a calendar year cycle. These 
proposals have been recommended by the PwC review and have been 
forwarded to Congress for consideration by the FEC.

                   Federal Labor Relations Authority


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES




Appropriation, fiscal year 1999 to date...............       $22,586,000
Budget estimate, fiscal year 2000.....................        23,828,000
Recommended in the bill...............................        23,828,000
Bill compared with:
    Appropriaton, fiscal year 1999....................        +1,242,000
    Budget Estimate, fiscal year 2000.................  ................


                                MISSION

    The Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA), established 
by the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, serves as a neutral 
party in the settlement of disputes that arise between unions, 
employees, and agencies on matters outlined in the Federal 
Service Labor Management Relations statute, decides major 
policy issues, prescribes regulations, and disseminates 
information appropriate to the needs of agencies, labor 
organizations, and the public. Establishment of the FLRA gives 
full recognition to the role of the Federal Government as an 
employer. Pursuant to the Foreign Service Act of 1980, FLRA 
also supports the Foreign Service Impasse Disputes Panel and 
the Foreign Service Labor Relations Board.

                             RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $23,828,000, 
the same as the amount requested by the President and 
$1,242,000 above the fiscal year 1999 appropriated level.

                    General Services Administration


                         FEDERAL BUILDINGS FUND




Appropriation:
    Appropriation, fiscal year 1999 to date...........      $450,018,000
    Budget estimate, fiscal year 2000.................  ................
    Recommended in the bill...........................  ................
Bill compared with
    Appropriaton, fiscal year 1999....................      -450,018,000
    Budget Estimate, fiscal year 2000.................  ................
Limitations on availability of revenue (not an
 appropriation):
    Limitation on availability, fiscal year 1999 to       $5,605,018,000
 date.................................................
    Limitation on availability, budget estimate,           5,445,100,000
 fiscal year 2000.....................................
    Recommended in the bill...........................     5,245,906,000
Bill compared with:
    Availability, fiscal year 1999....................      -359,112,000
    Availability, fiscal year 2000....................      -199,194,000


                                MISSION

    The Federal Buildings Fund (FBF) finances the activities of 
the Public Buildings Service which provides space and services 
for Federal agencies in a relationship similar to that of 
landlord and tenant. The FBF, established in 1975, replaces 
direct appropriations by using income derived from rent 
assessments which approximate commercial rates for comparable 
space and services. The Appropriations Committee makes funds 
available through a process of placing limitations on 
obligations from the FBF as a way of allocating funds for 
various FBF activities. The Committee may also appropriate 
funds into the FBF as a way of covering the difference between 
the total revenues coming into the FBF and the total limitation 
on the expenditure from the FBF.

                             RECOMMENDATION

    For fiscal year 2000, the Committee recommends a total 
limitation on obligations from the Federal Buildings Fund of 
$5,245,906,000, $359,112,000 below the fiscal year 1999 level, 
and $199,194,000 below the amount proposed in the budget 
request.

                      CONSTRUCTION AND ACQUISITION




Limitations on availability of revenue (not an
 appropriation):
    Limitation on availability, fiscal year 1999 to         $492,190,000
 date.................................................
    Limitation on availability, budget estimate,             102,194,000
 fiscal year 2000.....................................
    Recommended in the bill...........................         8,000,000
Bill compared with:
    Availability, fiscal year 1999....................      -484,194,000
    Availability, fiscal year 2000....................       -94,194,000


                             RECOMMENDATION

    Due to the severe budgetary situation, the Committee is 
only able to provide $8,000,000 in new obligational authority 
for the construction and acquisition program for fiscal year 
2000, $484,194,000 below the amount provided in fiscal year 
1999 and $94,194,000 below the amount proposed in the budget. 
The Committee has provided the amount requested for non-
prospectus construction projects minus the amount requested for 
continued operation of telecommuting centers. Funds for the 
operation of telecommuting centers have been provided under the 
Building Operations activity. In setting priorities for the 
General Services Administration, the Committee felt that it was 
essential that the inventory of existing Federal facilities be 
properly maintained. Therefore, the Committee elected to 
eliminate funding for new projects rather than significantly 
reducing funding for the repair, alteration and maintenance of 
existing facilities.
    The Committee has not included the fiscal year 2001 advance 
appropriations requested for the Food and Drug Administration 
consolidation project and the new headquarters building for the 
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.

                        COURTHOUSE CONSTRUCTION

    The Committee was extremely disappointed to learn that the 
Administration did not, for the third year in a row, request 
funds for new courthouse construction. For the last two of 
those years, the General Services Administration's budget 
request to the Office of Management and Budget included funds 
for courthouses. The Committee is disappointed that the Office 
of Management and Budget continues to delete those funds from 
GSA's budget request. The Director of the Office of Management 
and Budget (OMB) has testified that the Administration has no 
hostility towards the courts and that the funds for 
construction have not been included in the budget request 
simply because there were higher priority funding needs 
throughout the government. The Director also suggested that one 
of those areas of higher priority was law enforcement. 
Apparently the Director doesn't understand that after 
individuals are arrested and before they can be incarcerated, 
there has to be a place to try them to determine if they are 
guilty as charged.
    In spite of the Director of OMB's statement to the 
contrary, the Committee is very concerned that the 
Administration's refusal to budget for new courthouse 
construction is based on more than simple budgetary 
constraints. For example, like all Federal programs, courthouse 
construction is subject to the two step authorization and 
appropriations process. As occurred last year, there is no 
reason why the Congress could not elect to fund courthouse 
construction even though it was not included in the 
Administration's budget request. However, to date, the 
Administration has not submitted the documents to the House 
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee that are necessary 
for it to carry out its authorizing responsibility. In 
addition, the Administration did submit a request for 
construction of other Federal facilities, including the funds 
needed to begin a $500,000,000 consolidation of the Food and 
Drug Administration. One wonders why it was only courthouse 
construction that was not included in the budget request.
    The Committee is aware that OMB has had a number of 
concerns about the courthouse construction program, one of the 
most important being the issue of courtroom sharing. In fact, 
the Judicial Conference of the United States has testified that 
OMB indicated that the courtroom sharing issue did contribute 
to the decision to delete courthouse funding from the budget 
request. The Committee shares some of those concerns; however, 
it does not believe that the answer to those concerns is the 
termination of the program.
    The Committee fully understands that hard choices have to 
be made when allocating scarce resources. Last year, the 
Committee was able to find the resources necessary to fund the 
courthouse construction program recommended by the Judicial 
Conference of the United States in spite of its deletion from 
GSA's budget request by OMB. This year, it was unable to do so. 
In fact, the Committee was unable to fund any new construction 
projects in fiscal year 2000. The Committee does believe, 
however, that the courthouse construction program is important, 
and as this bill moves through the process, the Committee will 
continue to look for ways to accommodate the needs of the 
courts and the other space needs of the Federal Government.

               REVIEW OF COURTHOUSE CONSTRUCTION PROGRAM

    The Committee is encouraged that the Judicial Conference of 
the United States is preparing to undertake an independent, 
comprehensive review of the courthouse construction program. 
According to the Judicial Conference, this review will include 
an examination of the issue of courtroom sharing. The Committee 
is aware that the current policy regarding courtroom sharing is 
at least partly responsible for the lack of support of the 
courthouse construction program by the Administration. 
Accordingly, the Committee urges the Judicial Conference in the 
strongest possible way to take steps to ensure that the review 
of the issue of courtroom sharing is independent and is 
undertaken without regard to current policies.

                       MIAMI, FLORIDA, COURTHOUSE

    The Committee directs the General Services Administration 
to make every effort to include minority contractors, vendors, 
and employees in every phase of the design, construction, and 
operation of the new courthouse to be constructed in Miami, 
Florida. The Committee further directs the General Services 
Administration to provide a report by February 1, 2000, on its 
plans for achieving this essential objective and its progress 
to date.

                           CHILD CARE CENTERS

    The Committee is aware that there is a critical need for 
child care facilities at the Central Islip Federal Courthouse 
in Central Islip, New York, and the Federal Government Complex 
in San Juan, Puerto Rico. A child care facility in Central 
Islip would be of immense value to the 1,400 Federal employees 
expected to be working at the site as well as the thousands of 
employees located at nearby state and county court facilities. 
The facility would also serve local residents. The Committee is 
also aware that there is an urgent need for quality, affordable 
child care in San Juan; however, there currently is no Federal 
child care center in operation in Puerto Rico. Accordingly, the 
Committee urges the General Services Administration to use 
funds available for non-prospectus construction project to 
proceed with the development of child care facilities in 
Central Islip, New York, and San Juan, Puerto Rico.

                        repairs and alterations




Limitations on availability of revenue (not an
 appropriation):
Limitation on availability, fiscal year 1999 to date..      $668,031,000
Limitation on availability, budget estimate, fiscal          664,869,000
 year 2000............................................
Recommended in the bill...............................       559,869,000
Bill compared with:
    Availability, fiscal year 1999....................      -105,000,000
    Availability, fiscal year 2000....................      -108,162,000


                             recommendation

    For fiscal year 2000, the Committee recommends new 
obligational authority of $559,869,000 for the Repairs and 
Alterations program, $108,162,000 below the amount provided in 
fiscal year 1999, and $105,000,000 below the budget request. In 
light of the reduction made in this account, the Committee has 
elected not to include amounts for specific projects and 
programs in the bill; however, the Committee expects the 
General Services Administration to use the funds provided to 
undertake the projects identified in the budget request.

 federal building at 300 north los angeles st., los angeles, california

    The Committee directs the General Services Administration 
to include necessary funding for safety and accessibility 
enhancements of the Federal building at 300 North Los Angeles 
Street, Los Angeles, California, in its fiscal year 2001 budget 
request.

                 federal building, binghamton, new york

    The Committee recommends that the General Services 
Administration expeditiously commence repairs, including the 
preservation of windows, on the Federal Building in Binghamton, 
New York.

                  wichita, kansas, federal courthouse

    Within the amount provided for Basic Repairs and 
Alterations, the Committee has provided $412,000 for the 
General Services Administration to complete the renovations of 
the Federal Courthouse in Wichita, Kansas.

            department of the interior headquarters building

    The Committee has included language in the bill which 
directs the General Services Administration to undertake the 
first construction phase of the project to renovate the 
Department of the Interior Headquarters Building in Washington, 
D.C.

                    installment acquisition payments




Limitations on availability of revenue (not an
 appropriation):
    Limitation on availability, fiscal year 1999 to         $215,764,000
 date.................................................
    Limitation on availability, budget estimate,             205,668,000
 fiscal year 2000.....................................
    Recommended in the bill...........................       205,668,000
Bill compared with:
    Availability, fiscal year 1999....................       -10,096,000
    Availability, fiscal year 2000....................  ................


                             recommendation

    For fiscal year 2000, the Committee recommends new 
obligational authority of $205,668,000 for Installment 
Acquisition Payments, $10,096,000 below the amount provided in 
fiscal year 1999, and the same as the budget request.

                            rental of space




Limitations on availability of revenue (not an
 appropriation):
    Limitation on availability, fiscal year 1999 to       $2,583,261,000
 date.................................................
    Limitation on availability, budget estimate,           2,782,186,000
 fiscal year 2000.....................................
    Recommended in the bill...........................     2,782,186,000
Bill compared with:
    Availability, fiscal year 1999....................      +198,925,000
    Availability, fiscal year 2000....................  ................


                             recommendation

    For fiscal year 2000, the Committee recommends new 
obligational authority of $2,782,186,000 for Rental of Space, 
$198,925,000 above the amount provided in fiscal year 1999, and 
the same as the budget request.

                          building operations




Limitations on availability of revenue (not an
 appropriation):
    Limitation on availability, fiscal year 1999 to       $1,554,772,000
 date.................................................
    Limitation on availability, fiscal year 2000......     1,590,183,000
    Recommended in the bill...........................     1,590,183,000
Bill compared with:
    Availability, fiscal year 1999....................       +35,411,000
    Availability, fiscal year 2000....................  ................


                             recommendation

    For fiscal year 2000, the Committee recommends new 
obligational authority of $1,590,183,000 for Building 
Operations, $35,411,000 above the amount provided in fiscal 
year 1999, and the same as the budget request. Within the total 
amount, the Committee has provided $1,974,000 for the continued 
operation of telecommuting centers. Of the funds provided for 
telecommuting centers, $150,000 is for the Shenandoah 
Telebusiness Center in Winchester, Virginia, and $200,000 is 
for the center in Woodbridge, Virginia, which will help to 
alleviate traffic congestion anticipated with construction at 
the I-95, I-395, and I-495 intersection.
    The Committee is concerned that some of the existing 
telecommuting centers are being underutilized. The Committee 
expects GSA to conduct a fair evaluation of the utilization of 
all the centers, and directs GSA to close those telecommuting 
centers that are underutilized.
    The Committee is concerned that ongoing interstate highway 
construction in the Springfield, Virginia, area could cause 
significant delays for federal employees who commute to work 
through the I-95/I-395/I-495 intersection. Already, Interstates 
95, 395, and 495 have been shut down twice since construction 
began because of construction-related accidents. With a 
construction schedule encompassing more than eight years, 
future delays for hundreds of federal employees is a certainty. 
The Committee recommends that the General Services 
Administration, the Office of Personnel Management, and the 
Department of the Army explore the feasibility of establishing 
and equipping an emergency work station/telecommuting center in 
vacant office space at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, that would 
enable federal employees to perform their work on days when 
traffic conditions prevent them from reporting to work.

        combined law enforcement center, st. petersburg, florida

    The Committee is aware of the need for a combined Federal, 
state, and local law enforcement center in St. Petersburg, 
Florida, and is further aware that the City of St. Petersburg 
is willing to donate to the Federal government the land for 
such a facility. Accordingly, the Committee directs the General 
Services Administration to utilize $500,000 to undertake a 
study and conceptual design of a combined Federal, state, and 
local law enforcement facility in St. Petersburg, Florida, and 
report to the Committee by February 1, 2000, on the results of 
that study.

                         policy and operations




Appropriation, fiscal year 1999 to date...............      $109,594,000
Budget estimate, fiscal year 2000.....................       122,158,000
Recommended in the bill...............................       110,448,000
Bill compared with:
    Appropriation, fiscal year 1999...................          +854,000
    Budget Estimate, fiscal year 2000.................       -11,710,000


                                MISSION

    This appropriations account provides for Government-wide 
policy, planning, and oversight associated with real and 
personal property asset management, supplies, information 
technology, electronic commerce, transportation and travel 
management, acquisition, and Federal advisory committees 
management. In addition, this activity provides for the 
internal policy, management, oversight, and coordination of all 
GSA programs.

                             recommendation

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $110,448,000 
for Policy and Operations, $854,000 above the amount 
appropriated in fiscal year 1999, and $11,710,000 below the 
budget request. Due to the budgetary situation, the Committee 
is unable to provide the funds requested for the electric 
commerce infrastructure project, the Rapid Service Valuation 
and Preparation Access Program, and the program to validate the 
access performance of information technology.

                          section 1122 program

    Section 1122 of the Defense Department Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 1994 established a program under which states 
and units of local government may purchase ``law enforcement 
equipment suitable for counter-drug activities'' through the 
Department of Defense. The Act directed the General Services 
Administration, in cooperation with the Secretary of Defense, 
to produce and maintain a catalog of law enforcement equipment 
suitable for counter-drug activities that could be purchased 
under the program. The catalog of equipment that GSA is 
required to maintain is comprised of Federal Supply Schedules 
that have been established for the purchase of goods by Federal 
agencies. When the program was originally established, it 
consisted of 10 Federal Supply Schedules. However, in December 
of last year and February of this year, the program was greatly 
expanded such that it currently includes over 90 schedules 
which would permit the purchase of goods which appear to be 
completely unrelated to counter-drug activities, such as lawn 
and garden equipment and musical instruments. The Committee 
believes that the expansion of this program goes far beyond 
what was intended in the authorizing legislation and is counter 
to the intent of Congress when it repealed the cooperative 
purchasing provisions of the Federal Acquisition Streamlining 
Act. Several members of the Committee expressed their concern 
over the vast expansion of this program when the Administrator 
of General Services testified on behalf of GSA's fiscal year 
2000 budget. As a result of the concerns expressed by the 
members of the Committee, on April 29, 1999, GSA wrote a letter 
to the Assistant Secretary of the
Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology requesting that 
the Army, as Executive Agent of the program, inform the 
participating State Points of Contact that GSA would be 
returning the program to the original 10 Federal Supply 
Schedules. The Committee approves of this action and expects 
GSA and the Department of Defense to consult with the 
appropriate committees of the Congress before implementing any 
further expansions of this program.

                    public service recognition week

    The Committee recognizes 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 10 years, plays an important role in 
educating our nation's youth by providing them with timely 
information about their government. The Committee urges the 
General Services Administration to support the mission of the 
Public Employees Roundtable and provide $100,000 in 
administrative and logistical assistance to Public Service 
Recognition Week activities.

                             per diem rates

    The Committee is very concerned that the methodology used 
by the General Services Administration to develop the new per 
diem rates for travel in the continental United States that 
became effective on January 1, 1999, has resulted in the 
unjustified lowering of per diem rates throughout the country. 
The Committee is aware that the GSA is currently reviewing the 
per diem rates issued in January to determine if modifications 
are warranted. The Committee urges GSA to continue that effort 
and directs GSA to revise its procedures to assure that next 
year's survey more accurately reflects the costs of travel by 
Federal workers.

                        census bureau facilities

    The Committee is aware that the General Services 
Administration (GSA) is conducting a study of significant 
environmental problems at the U.S. Census Bureau facilities in 
Suitland, Maryland, and directs GSA to submit to the Committee 
a report, no later than 60 days after enactment of this Act, 
detailing the extent of all health and safety concerns 
associated with the Bureau facilities and a detailed plan for 
eliminating the hazards. The Committee is also aware that GSA 
is conducting a long-term study of the Census Bureau facilities 
and directs the GSA to garner the necessary information and 
input from the Census Bureau and the Department of Commerce to 
be able to develop a long-term plan for the establishment of an 
improved, modern facility for the Census Bureau.

                      Office of Inspector General





Appropriation, fiscal year 1999 to date...............       $32,000,000
Budget estimate, fiscal year 2000.....................        33,917,000
Recommended in the bill...............................        33,317,000
Bill compared with:
    Appropriation, fiscal year 1999...................        +1,317,000
    Budget Estimate, fiscal year 2000.................          -600,000


                                mission

    This appropriation provides agencywide audit and 
investigative functions to identify and correct management and 
administrative deficiencies within GSA which create conditions 
for existing or potential instances of fraud, waste, and 
mismanagement. The audit function provides internal audit and 
contract audit services. Contract audits provide professional 
advice to GSA contracting officials on accounting and financial 
matters relative to the negotiation, award, administration, 
repricing, and settlement of contracts. Internal audits review 
and evaluate all facets of GSA operations and programs, test 
internal control systems, and develop information to improve 
operating efficiencies and enhance customer services. The 
investigative function provides for the detection and 
investigation of improper and illegal activities involving GSA 
programs, personnel, and operations.

                             recommendation

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $33,317,000, 
$1,317,000 above that amount appropriated in fiscal year 1999 
and $600,000 below the budget request. Due to the budgetary 
situation, the Committee was unable to provide funds for the 
additional personnel requested in the budget.

           Allowances and Office Staff for Former Presidents





Appropriation, fiscal year 1999 to date...............        $2,241,000
Budget estimate, fiscal year 2000.....................         2,241,000
Recommended in the bill...............................         2,241,000
Bill compared with:
    Appropriation, fiscal year 1999...................  ................
    Budget Estimate, fiscal year 2000.................  ................


                                MISSION

    This appropriation provides support consisting of pensions, 
office staffs, and related expenses for former Presidents 
Gerald R. Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan and George Bush and 
for pension and postal franking privileges for the widow of 
former President Lyndon B. Johnson. Also, this appropriation is 
authorized to provide funding for security and travel related 
expenses for each former President and the spouse of a former 
President pursuant to Section 531 of Public Law 103-329.

                             RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $2,241,000 for 
Allowances and Office Staff for Former Presidents, the same as 
the amount appropriated in fiscal year and the same as the 
budget request. The following table displays a breakdown for 
this account for fiscal year 2000.

                        FY 2000 BUDGET ALLOWANCES AND OFFICE STAFF FOR FORMER PRESIDENTS
                                            [In thousands of dollars]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                            FY 2000 request
                                                     -----------------------------------------------------------
                                                                           Former Presidents
                                                     -----------------------------------------------------------
                                                        Ford     Carter    Reagan     Bush     Widows     Total
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Personal compensation...............................        96        96        96        96         0       384
Personnel benefits..................................        24         5        24        39         0        92
Benefits for former personnel:
    Pensions........................................       152       152       152       152        20       628
    Travel..........................................        50         2        25        57         0       135
Rental payments to GSA..............................        99        93       285       138         0       615
Communications, utilities and miscellaneous charges:
    Telephone.......................................        17        28        15        18         0        75
    Postage.........................................         2        22        10        12         2        48
Printing............................................         3         8        14         8         0        33
Other services......................................        14        79        44        18         0       155
Supplies and materials..............................         9        10        20         9         0        48
Equipment...........................................         5         9         3         8         0        25
                                                     -----------------------------------------------------------
      Total obligations.............................       471       504       689       555        22     2,241
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

          GENERAL PROVISIONS--GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

    Section 401. The Committee continues the provision that 
provides that costs included in rent received from government 
corporations for operation, protection, maintenance, upkeep, 
repair and improvement shall be credited to the Federal 
Buildings Fund.
    Section 402. The Committee continues the provision 
providing funds for the hire of motor vehicles.
    Section 403. The Committee continues the provision 
providing that funds made available for activities of the 
Federal Buildings Fund may be transferred between 
appropriations with advance approval of the Congress.
    Section 404. The Committee continues the provision 
prohibiting the use of funds for courthouse construction 
requests that do not meet GSA standards and priorities of the 
Judicial Conference.
    Section 405. The Committee continues the provision 
providing that no funds may be used to increase the amount of 
occupiable square feet, provide cleaning services, security 
enhancements, or any other service usually provided, to any 
agency which does not pay the requested rent.
    Section 406. The Committee continues the provision 
providing for Information Technology Fund repayment from 
sponsored projects that realize program savings.
    Section 407. The Committee continues the provision which 
permits GSA to pay small claims (up to $250,000) made against 
the government.
    Section 408. The Committee includes a new provision which 
provides that funds made available for construction projects in 
fiscal year 1997 shall remain available until expended provided 
funds for design or other funds have been obligated in whole or 
in part prior to September 30, 1999.

                     Merit Systems Protection Board


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES




Appropriation, fiscal year 1999 to date...............       $25,805,000
Budget estimate, fiscal year 2000.....................        27,586,000
Recommended in the bill...............................        27,586,000
Bill compared with:
    Appropriation, fiscal year 1999...................        +1,781,000
    Budget Estimate, fiscal year 2000.................  ................


                                MISSION

    The Merit Systems Protection Board performs the 
adjudicatory functions necessary to maintain the civil service 
merit system. These include hearing appeals on adverse actions, 
reduction-in-force actions, and retirement. The Board reports 
to the President on whether merit systems are sufficiently free 
from prohibited personnel practices to protect the public 
interest.

                             RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $27,586,000, 
the same as the amount requested by the President and 
$1,781,000 above the fiscal year 1999 appropriated level.

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


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES




Appropriation, fiscal year 1999 to date...............  ................
Budget estimate, fiscal year 2000.....................        $3,000,000
Recommended in the bill...............................         1,000,000
Bill compared with:
    Appropriation, fiscal year 1999...................        +1,000,000
    Budget Estimate, fiscal year 2000.................        -2,000,000


                                MISSION

    Public Law 102-259 established the Morris K. Udall 
Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental Policy 
Trust Fund. General Fund payments to that fund are invested in 
Treasury securities. Interest earnings from the investments are 
used to carry out the activities of the Morris K. Udall 
Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental Policy 
Foundation. The Foundation awards scholarships, fellowships, 
and grants and funds activities of the Udall Center for Studies 
in Public Policy.

                             RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee has recommended an appropriation of 
$1,000,000 to the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in 
National Environmental Policy Trust Fund, $2,000,000 below the 
budget request. No appropriation was provided to the Fund in 
fiscal year 1999.

                 ENVIRONMENTAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION FUND




Appropriation, fiscal year 1999 to date...............        $4,250,000
Budget estimate, fiscal year 2000.....................         1,250,000
Recommended in the bill...............................         1,250,000
Bill compared with:
    Appropriation, fiscal year 1999...................        -3,000,000
    Budget Estimate, fiscal year 2000.................  ................


                                MISSION

    Public Law 105-156 established the United States Institute 
for Environmental Conflict Resolution as part of the Morris K. 
Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental 
Policy Foundation. It also established in the Treasury an 
Environmental Dispute Resolution Fund to be available to 
establish and operate the Institute. The purpose of the 
Institute is to conduct environmental conflict resolution and 
training.

                             RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $1,250,000 for 
the Environmental Dispute Resolution Fund, $3,000,000 below the 
amount provided in fiscal year 1999 and the same as the budget 
request. These funds will be used for operating expenses of the 
U.S. Institute for Environmental Conflict Resolution.

              National Archives and Records Administration


                           OPERATING EXPENSES




Appropriation, fiscal year 1999 to date...............      $224,614,000
Budget estimate, fiscal year 2000.....................       186,452,000
Recommended in the bill...............................       180,398,000
Bill compared with:
    Appropriation, fiscal year 1999...................       -44,216,000
    Budget Estimate, fiscal year 2000.................        -6,054,000


                                MISSION

    The National Archives and Records Administration provides 
for basic operations dealing with management of the 
Government's archives and records, operation of Presidential 
libraries, and for the review for declassification of 
classified security information.

                             RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $180,398,000 
for Operating Expenses of the National Archives and Records 
Administration, $44,216,000 below the amount appropriated in 
fiscal year 1999 and $6,054,000 below the budget request. Due 
to the budgetary situation, the Committee was unable to include 
the additional funds requested by the National Archives and 
Records and Administration to increase its capacity to 
declassify records ($5,000,000), develop an agency-wide system 
for collecting performance data ($527,000), and develop 
requirements for an electronic system covering all phases of 
preparing Federal Register documents for issuance ($527,000).
    The Committee is pleased with the progress the National 
Archives and Records Administration is making in its efforts to 
improve its ability to respond to requests for veterans' 
records. In testimony before the Committee, the Archivist 
stated that no additional resources were needed in fiscal year 
2000 above the amount included in the budget request for this 
program. Therefore, the Committee has provided $1,790,000 for 
this effort, the same as the budget request. However, the 
Committee urges the Archives to expedite the completion of this 
very important program to the greatest extent possible.

                        REPAIRS AND RESTORATION




Appropriation, fiscal year 1999 to date...............       $11,325,000
Budget estimate, fiscal year 2000.....................        13,518,000
Recommended in the bill...............................        13,518,000
Bill compared with:
    Appropriation, fiscal year 1999...................        +2,193,000
    Budget Estimate, fiscal year 2000.................  ................


                                MISSION

    This appropriation provides for the repair, alteration, and 
improvement of Archives facilities and Presidential libraries 
nationwide. It enables the National Archives to maintain its 
facilities in proper condition for visitors, researchers, and 
employees, and also maintain the structural integrity of the 
buildings.

                             RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $13,518,000 
for Repairs and Restoration, the same as the budget request and 
$2,193,000 more than the amount appropriated in fiscal year 
1999. Of the amount provided, $8,568,000 is for work associated 
with the restoration of the National Archives Building in 
Washington D.C., $500,000 is for the initiation of planning to 
develop alternatives for the existing regional archival 
facilities, and $4,450,000 is for the base repairs and 
restoration program.

  National Historical Publications and Records and Records Commission


                             Grants Program




Appropriation, fiscal year 1999 to date...............       $10,000,000
Budget estimate, fiscal year 2000.....................         6,000,000
Recommended in the bill...............................         6,000,000
Bill compared with:
    Appropriation, fiscal year 1999...................        -4,000,000
    Budget Estimate, fiscal year 2000.................  ................


                                MISSION

    This program provides for grants funding that the 
Commission makes, nationwide, to preserve and publish records 
that document American history. Administered within the 
National Archives and Records Administration, which preserves 
Federal records, the NHPRC helps state, local, and private 
institutions preserve non-Federal records, helps publish the 
papers of major figures in American history, and helps 
archivists and records managers improve their techniques, 
training, and ability to serve a range of information users.

                             RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $6,000,000, 
the same as the budget request and $4,000,000 below the amount 
appropriated in fiscal year 1999. The Committee has included 
language in the bill rescinding the funds provided in fiscal 
year 1999 for the grant to the Center for Jewish History.

                     Records Center Revolving Fund




Appropriation, fiscal year 1999 to date...............  ................
Budget estimate, fiscal year 2000.....................       $22,000,000
Recommended in the bill...............................        22,000,000
Bill compared with:
    Appropriation, fiscal year 1999...................       +22,000,000
    Budget Estimate, fiscal year 2000.................  ................


                                Mission

    The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) 
Records Center Revolving Fund provides the mechanism for the 
operation of NARA's records centers on a reimbursable basis 
without direct appropriations. The Fund is available for 
expenses and equipment necessary to provide for storage and 
related services for all temporary and pre-archival Federal 
records which are stored at Federal National and Regional 
Records Centers. Resources in the Fund are derived from user 
charges received from Federal agencies as payment for storage 
of records.

                             RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee has included language in the bill 
establishing the National Archives and Records Center Revolving 
Fund and has recommended an appropriation of $22,000,000 for 
capitalization of the Fund as proposed by the Administration.
    The Committee directs the National Archives and Records 
Administration to provide quarterly reports to the Committee on 
the operation of the revolving fund. The reports should include 
any instances where other Federal agencies have not paid the 
requested fees for storage of their records and related 
services.

                      Office of Government Ethics


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES




Appropriation, fiscal year 1999 to date...............        $8,492,000
Budget estimate, fiscal year 2000.....................         9,114,000
Recommended in the bill...............................         9,114,000
Bill compared with:
    Appropriation, fiscal year 1999...................          +622,000
    Budget Estimate, fiscal year 2000.................  ................


                                MISSION

    The Office of Government Ethics (OGE), established by the 
Ethics in Government Act of 1978, provides overall direction of 
executive branch policies designed to prevent conflicts of 
interest and insure high ethical standards. The OGE discharges 
its responsibilities to preserve and promote public confidence 
in the integrity of executive branch officials by developing 
rules and regulations pertaining to conflicts of interest, post 
employment restrictions, standards of conduct, and public and 
confidential financial disclosure in the executive branch. It 
monitors compliance with public and confidential financial 
disclosure requirements of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 
and the Ethics Reform Act of 1989, to determine possible 
violations of applicable laws or regulations and recommending 
appropriate corrective action. OGE also consults with and 
assists various officials in evaluating the effectiveness of 
applicable laws and the resolution of individual problems, and 
prepares formal advisory opinions, informal letter opinions, 
policy memoranda, and Federal Register entries on how to 
interpret and comply with the requirements on conflicts of 
interest, post employment, standards of conduct, and financial 
disclosure. Finally, OGE issues and amends regulations 
implementing the procurement integrity provisions relating to 
negotiating for employment, post employment, and gratuities in 
the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act Amendments of 
1988, P.L. 100-679.

                             RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends $9,114,000, the same amount 
requested by the President and $622,000 above the fiscal year 
1999 appropriated level.

                     Office of Personnel Management


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES




Appropriation, fiscal year 1999 to date...............       $85,350,000
Budget estimate, fiscal year 2000.....................        91,584,000
Recommended in the bill...............................        90,584,000
Bill compared with:
    Appropriation, fiscal year 1999...................         5,234,000
    Budget Estimate, fiscal year 2000.................        -1,000,000


                                MISSION

    The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is the Government 
agency responsible for management of Federal human resource 
policy and oversight of the merit civil service system. 
Although individual agencies are increasingly responsible for 
personnel operations, OPM provides a Governmentwide policy 
framework for personnel matters, advises and assists agencies 
(often on a reimbursable basis), and ensures that agency 
operations are consistent with requirements of law, with 
emphasis on such issues as veterans preference. OPM oversees 
examining of applicants for employment, issues regulations and 
policies on hiring, classification and pay, training, 
investigations, and many other aspects of personnel management, 
and operates a reimbursable training program for the 
Government's managers and executives. OPM is also responsible 
for administering the retirement, health benefits and life 
insurance programs affecting most Federal employees, retired 
Federal employees, and their survivors.

                             RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends $90,584,000, $1,000,000 below the 
amount requested by the President and an increase of $5,234,000 
above fiscal year 1999 appropriated levels. The increases 
include $1,800,000 for Merit Systems oversight and 
effectiveness. It also includes $1,000,000 for the initial 
planning and design for a new ``cyber corps'' program, in 
partnership with colleges and universities, for government-wide 
recruitment of employees to meet a serious shortfall of 
technical competencies in government particularly as it relates 
to information technology security. This is $1,000,000 below 
the budget request, but will permit OPM to complete standards 
for classification and qualification for the program, and to 
work with high school and university educators on program 
design. The Committee understands that the Administration plans 
to initiate this program for the 2000-01 school year, and that 
the annual cost of the program, which may include federal 
payment of tuition for students, could be between $27,000,000 
to $50,000,000. In order to better prepare and evaluate this 
initiative, the Committee directs OPM to report to the 
Committee by November 1, 1999 on the details of such a program, 
including necessary legislation and resources required. The 
Committee also includes statutory limitation language requested 
by the Administration providing that $4,000,000 shall remain 
available until expended for the cost of automating the 
retirement recordkeeping systems.

                       former faa police officers

    The Committee is concerned over an existing retirement 
benefit inequity for approximately 50 former Federal Aviation 
Administration police officers now with the Metropolitan 
Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) at Reagan National Airport 
and Washington Dulles International Airport. MWAA police 
officers hired after 1986 who are considered ``law enforcement 
officers'' are entitled to benefits unavailable to their 
colleagues hired prior to 1986, who perform identical duties, 
but are not classified as ``law enforcement officers'' and 
therefore not eligible for retirement benefits afforded to law 
enforcement personnel. The Committee is concerned that as a 
result of this difference in classification, some MWAA police 
officers hired after 1986 will be eligible for retirement 
before their pre-1986 colleagues, and at a higher retirement 
pay scale. The Committee directs the Office of Personnel 
Management to work with the affected MWAA employees and to 
resolve this issue equitably and expeditiously.

                        locality pay boundaries

    The Committee has learned of significant discrepancies in 
salaries among federal employees who live on the Central Coast 
of California, ostensibly caused by the configuration of the 
locality pay zone for the region. The Committee further 
understands that Monterey County has an exceptionally high 
proportion of federally owned land which reduces the area 
available for population settlement and development. 
Consequently, the population density formula may not have 
accurately represented the true population situation in 
Monterey County, resulting in Monterey County being excluded 
from the San Francisco locality pay area. Therefore, the 
Committee requests that the Federal Salary Council reconsider 
Monterey County for inclusion in the San Francisco locality pay 
area and report its findings to the Committee on 
Appropriations.

                      OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL




Appropriation, fiscal year 1999 to date...............          $960,000
Budget estimate, fiscal year 2000.....................           960,000
Recommended in the bill...............................           960,000
Bill compared with:
    Appropriation, fiscal year 1999...................  ................
    Budget Estimate, fiscal year 2000.................  ................


                                MISSION

    This appropriation provides agencywide audit, 
investigative, evaluation, and inspection functions to identify 
management and administrative deficiencies which may create 
conditions for fraud, waste and mismanagement. The audits 
function provides internal agency audit, insurance audit, and 
contract audit services. Contract audits provide professional 
advice to agency contracting officials on accounting and 
financial matters regarding the negotiation, award, 
administration, repricing, and settlement of contracts. 
Internal audits review and evaluate all facets of agency 
operations, including financial statements. Evaluation and 
inspection services provide detailed technical evaluations of 
agency operations. Insurance audits review the operations of 
health and life insurance carriers, health care providers, and 
insurance subscribers. The investigative function provides for 
the detection and investigation of improper and illegal 
activities involving programs, personnel, and operations.

                             RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends $960,000, the amount requested by 
the President and the same as the fiscal year 1999 appropriated 
level. The Committee also amends the statutory limitation on 
the use of administrative expenses to include investigation and 
other oversight of OPM's retirement and insurance programs.

      GOVERNMENT PAYMENT FOR ANNUITANTS, EMPLOYEES HEALTH BENEFITS




Appropriation, fiscal year 1999 to date...............    $4,654,146,000
Budget estimate, fiscal year 2000.....................     5,105,482,000
Recommended in the bill...............................     5,105,482,000
Bill compared with:
    Appropriation, fiscal year 1999...................          +451,336
    Budget Estimate, fiscal year 2000.................  ................


                                MISSION

    This appropriation covers: (1) the Government's share of 
the cost of health insurance for 1,885,000 annuitants as 
defined in sections 8901 and 8906 of title 5, United States 
Code; (2) the Government's share of the cost of health 
insurance for about 6,000 annuitants (who were retired when the 
Federal employees health benefits law became effective), as 
defined in the Retired Federal Employees Health Benefits Act of 
1960; and (3) the government's contribution for payment of 
administrative expenses incurred by the Office of Personnel 
Management in administration of the act.

      GOVERNMENT PAYMENT FOR ANNUITANTS, EMPLOYEES LIFE INSURANCE




Appropriation, fiscal year 1999 to date...............       $34,576,000
Budget estimate, fiscal year 2000.....................        36,207,000
Recommended in the bill...............................        36,207,000
Bill compared with:                                     ................
    Appropriation, fiscal year 1999...................        +1,631,000
    Budget Estimate, fiscal year 2000.................  ................


                                MISSION

    This appropriation finances the Government's share of 
premiums, which is one-third the cost, for basic life insurance 
for annuitants retiring after December 31, 1989, and who are 
less than 65 years old.

        PAYMENT TO CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY FUND




Appropriation, fiscal year 1999 to date...............    $8,703,180,000
Budget estimate, fiscal year 2000.....................     9,120,872,000
Recommended in the bill...............................     9,120,872,000
Bill compared with:
    Appropriation, fiscal year 1999...................          +417,692
    Budget Estimate, fiscal year 2000.................  ................


                                MISSION

    This appropriation provides for payment of annuities, 
including the payment of annuities under special acts for 
persons employed on the construction of the Panama Canal or 
their widows and widows of employees of the Lighthouse Service; 
payment of government share of retirement costs financing the 
current year's costs of the unfunded liability resulting from 
any statute authorizing new or liberalized benefits, extension 
of retirement coverage, or pay increases; transfers for 
interest on unfunded liability and payment of military service 
annuities covering interest on the unfunded liability and 
annuity disbursements for military service; payments for spouse 
equity providing survivor annuities to eligible former spouses 
of annuitants who died between September 1978 and May 1986 and 
did not elect survivor coverage, and; transfers for payment of 
FERS supplemental liability covering annual amortization 
payments financing supplemental liabilities for FERS.

                       Office of Special Counsel


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES




Appropriation, fiscal year 1999 to date...............        $8,720,000
Budget estimate, fiscal year 2000.....................         9,740,000
Recommended in the bill...............................         9,740,000
Bill compared with:
    Appropriation, fiscal year 1999...................        +1,020,000
    Budget Estimate, fiscal year 2000.................  ................


                                MISSION

    The Office of Special Counsel: (1) investigates Federal 
employee allegations of prohibited personnel practices 
(including reprisal for whistleblowing) and, when appropriate, 
prosecutes before the Merit Systems Protection Board; (2) 
provides a channel for whistleblowing by Federal employees; and 
(3) enforces the Hatch Act. The Office may transmit 
whistleblower allegations to the agency head concerned and 
require an agency investigation and a report to the Congress 
and the President when appropriate.

                             RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends $9,740,000, the amount requested 
by the President and $1,020,000 over the fiscal year 1999 
appropriated level. The Committee wishes to be kept fully 
informed of the impact this additional funding makes on the 
current case backlog.

                        United States Tax Court


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES




Appropriation, fiscal year 1999 to date...............       $32,765,000
Budget estimate, fiscal year 2000.....................        36,489,000
Recommended in the bill...............................        36,489,000
Bill compared with:
    Appropriation, fiscal year 1999...................        +3,724,000
    Budget Estimate, fiscal year 2000.................  ................


                                MISSION

    The bulk of the Court's work is the trial and adjudication 
of controversies involving deficiencies in income, estate, and 
gift taxes. The Court also has jurisdiction to redetermine 
deficiencies in certain excise taxes; to issue declaratory 
judgments in the areas of qualification of retirement plans, 
exemption of charitable organizations and the status of certain 
governmental obligations; and to decide certain cases involving 
disclosure of tax information by the Commissioner of Internal 
Revenue.

                             RECOMMENDATION

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $36,489,000 
for the United States Tax Court, the same as the budget request 
and $3,724,000 more than the amount appropriated in fiscal year 
1999. A portion of the increase provided to the U.S. Tax Court 
is based on its expectation that its workload will increase as 
a result of provisions related to innocent spouse relief and 
the judicial review of adverse determinations relating to liens 
and levies included in the Internal Revenue Service 
Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998. The Committee requests 
that the Tax Court include in the justification material 
accompanying its fiscal year 2001 budget request a report on 
the actual increases in workload resulting from enactment of 
that Act.

                      TITLE V--GENERAL PROVISIONS


                                This Act

    Section 501. The Committee continues the provision limiting 
the expenditure of funds to the current year unless expressly 
provided in this Act.
    Section 502. The Committee continues the provision limiting 
the expenditure of funds for consulting services under certain 
conditions.
    Section 503. The Committee continues the provision 
prohibiting the use of funds to engage in activities which 
would prohibit the enforcement of section 307 of the 1930 
Tariff Act.
    Section 504. The Committee continues the provision 
prohibiting the transfer of control over the Federal Law 
Enforcement Training Center out of the Department of the 
Treasury.
    Section 505. The Committee continues the provision 
concerning employment rights of Federal employees who return to 
their civilian jobs after assignment with the Armed Forces.
    Section 506. The Committee continues the provision 
concerning compliance with the Buy American Act.
    Section 507. The Committee continues the provision 
concerning prohibition of contracts which use certain goods not 
made in America.
    Section 508. The Committee continues the provision 
prohibiting contract eligibility where fraudulent intent has 
been proven in affixing ``Made in America'' labels.
    Section 509. The Committee continues the provision 
prohibiting the expenditure of funds for abortions under the 
FEHBP.
    Section 510. The Committee continues the provision which 
would authorize the expenditure of funds for abortions under 
the FEHBP if the life of the mother is in danger or the 
pregnancy is a result of an act of rape or incest.
    Section 511. The Committee continues the provision 
providing that fifty percent of unobligated balances may remain 
available for certain purposes.
    Section 512. The Committee continues the provision 
restricting 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.
    Section 513. The Committee continues and modifies the 
provision providing that fifty percent of unobligated balances 
of the White House Salaries and Expenses account in fiscal year 
1997 shall remain available through September 30, 2000.
    Section 514. The Committee continues the provision that 
cost accounting standards under the federal Procurement Policy 
Act shall not apply to the FEHBP.

              TITLE VI--GOVERNMENTWIDE GENERAL PROVISIONS


                departments, agencies, and corporations

    Section 601. The Committee continues the 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 Committee continues the 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 Committee continues the provision 
regarding price limitations on vehicles to be purchased by the 
Federal Government.
    Section 604. The Committee continues the provision allowing 
funds made available to agencies for travel, to also be used 
for quarters allowances and cost-of-living allowances.
    Section 605. The Committee continues the 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 606. The Committee continues the provision ensuring 
that agencies will have authority to pay GSA bills for space 
renovation and other services.
    Section 607. The Committee continues the 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 608. The Committee continues the provision 
providing that funds may be used to pay rent and other service 
costs in the District of Columbia.
    Section 609. The Committee continues the provision 
providing that no funds may be used to pay any person filling a 
nominated position that has been rejected by the Senate.
    Section 610. The Committee continues the provision 
precluding the financing of groups by more than one Federal 
agency absent prior and specific statutory approval.
    Section 611. The Committee continues the provision 
authorizing the Postal Service to employ guards and give them 
the same special police powers as GSA guards.
    Section 612. The Committee continues the provision 
prohibiting the use of funds for enforcing regulations 
disapproved in accordance with the applicable law of the U.S.
    Section 613. The Committee continues the provision limiting 
the pay increases of certain prevailing rate employees.
    Section 614. The Committee continues the provision limiting 
the amount of funds that can be used for redecoration of 
offices under certain circumstances.
    Section 615. The Committee continues the provision 
prohibiting the expenditure of funds for the acquisition of 
additional law enforcement training facilities.
    Section 616. The Committee continues the provision to allow 
for interagency funding of national security and emergency 
telecommunications initiatives.
    Section 617. The Committee continues the 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 618. The Committee continues the provision 
requiring agencies to administer a policy designed to ensure 
that all of its workplaces are free from discrimination and 
sexual harassment.
    Section 619. The Committee continues the provision 
prohibiting the use of funds for travel expenses not directly 
related to official governmental duties.
    Section 620. The Committee continues the provision 
prohibiting the purchase of new technology not Year 2000 
compliant.
    Section 621. The Committee continues the provision 
prohibiting the importation of any goods manufactured by forced 
or indentured child labor.
    Section 622. The Committee continues the provision 
prohibiting the payment of any employee who prohibits, 
threatens or prevents another employee from communicating with 
Congress.
    Section 623. The Committee makes permanent the provision to 
promote protection of Federal law enforcement officers who 
intervene in certain situations.
    Section 624. The Committee continues the provision 
requiring the President to certify that persons responsible for 
administering the Drug Free Workplace Program are not 
themselves the subject of random drug testing.
    Section 625. The Committee continues the provision 
prohibiting Federal training not directly related to the 
performance of official duties.
    Section 626. The Committee continues the provision 
prohibiting the expenditure of funds for implementation of 
agreements in nondisclosure policies unless certain provisions 
are included.
    Section 627. The Committee continues the provision 
prohibiting propaganda, publicity and lobbying by executive 
agency personnel in support or defeat of legislative 
initiatives.
    Section 628. The Committee continues the provision 
directing OMB to provide an accounting statement and report on 
the cumulative costs and benefits of Federal regulatory 
programs.
    Section 629. The Committee continues the provision 
prohibiting any Federal agency from disclosing an employee's 
home address to any labor organization, absent employee 
authorization or court order.
    Section 630. The Committee continues the provision 
authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to establish 
scientific canine explosive detection standards.
    Section 631. The Committee continues the provision 
prohibiting funds to be used to provide non-public information 
such as mailing or telephone lists to any person or 
organization outside the Government without the approval of the 
Committees on Appropriations.
    Section 632. The Committee continues the provision 
prohibiting the use of funds for propaganda and publicity 
purposes not authorized by Congress.
    Section 633. The Committee continues the provision 
directing agency employees to use official time in an honest 
effort to perform official duties.
    Section 634. The Committee continues and makes permanent 
the provision allowing a Federal firearms licensee to perform a 
background check before a firearm is offered as collateral for 
a loan.
    Section 635. The Committee continues and includes technical 
modifications to the provision addressing contraceptive 
coverage in health plans participating in the FEHBP.
    Section 636. The Committee includes a new provision 
authorizing the use of fiscal year 2000 funds to finance an 
appropriate share of the Joint Financial Management Improvement 
Program.
    Section 637. The Committee includes a new provision 
authorizing agencies to transfer funds to the Policy and 
Operations account of GSA to finance an appropriate share of 
the Joint Financial Management Improvement Program.
    Section 638. The Committee includes a new provision 
establishing a Chief Financial Officer in the Executive Office 
of the President.
    Section 639. The Committee includes a new provision 
authorizing the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to require 
committees with a certain level of financial activity to file 
FEC reports electronically.
    Section 640. The Committee includes a new provision 
authorizing the FEC to establish an administrative fine 
schedule, subject to reasonable appeals procedures, for 
straightforward disclosure violations.
    Section 641. The Committee includes a new provision 
authorizing candidate committees to report to the Federal 
Election Commission on an election cycle basis rather than a 
calendar year cycle, as is now required.
    Section 642. The Committee includes a new provision 
amending Section 636 of the fiscal year 1997 Treasury, Postal 
Service and General Government Appropriations Act to require 
agencies to reimburse qualified employees up to one-half of the 
cost of their professional liability insurance.
    Section 643. The Committee includes a new provision 
authorizing agencies to provide child care in federal 
facilities.
    Section 644. The Committee includes a new provision 
adjusting compensation of the President, effective at noon on 
January 20, 2001, to $400,000.
    Section 645. The Committee includes a new provision 
adjusting the salary level of the U.S. Customs Service 
Commissioner.
    Section 646. The Committee includes a new provision which 
transfers personnel of the General Accounting Office employed 
to carry out functions of the Joint Financial Management 
Improvement Program to the General Services Administration.
    Section 647. The Committee includes a new provision 
regarding the Border Patrol Academy in Charleston, South 
Carolina.
    Section 648. The Committee includes a new provision 
expressing the Sense of Congress that there should be pay 
parity between adjustments in compensation of members of the 
uniformed services and adjustments in the compensation of 
civilian employees of the United States government.

    Appropriations Can Be Used Only for the Purposes for Which Made

    Title 31 of the United States Code makes clear that 
appropriations can be used only for the purposes for which they 
were appropriated as follows:
    Section 1301. Application.
    (a) Appropriations shall be applied only to the objects for 
which the appropriations were made except as otherwise provided 
by law.

                      Compliance With House Rules


                           transfer of funds

    Pursuant to clause 3(f)(2), rule XIII of the Rules of the 
House of Representatives, the following is submitted describing 
the transfer of funds provided in the accompanying bill.
    The table shows, by title, department and agency, the 
appropriations affected by such transfers:

                                 APPROPRIATION TRANSFERS RECOMMENDED IN THE BILL
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                                                              Account from which transfer is to
  Account to which transfer is to be made        Amount                    be made                    Amount
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State and local entities...................      97,920,000  Federal Drug Programs--HIDTA.......      97,920,000
Federal Departments........................      94,080,000  Federal Drug Programs--HIDTA.......      94,080,000
State and local entities...................      13,250,000  Office of National Drug Control          13,250,000
                                                              Policy, Salaries and Expenses--
                                                              Counterdrug Technology Assessment
                                                              Center.
Federal departments........................      16,000,000  Office of National Drug Control          16,000,000
                                                              Policy, Salaries and Expenses--
                                                              Counterdrug Technology Assessment
                                                              Center.
Federal departments........................     225,000,000  Special Forfeiture Fund............     225,000,000
Personnel Management.......................      95,486,000  Trust Funds of the Office of             95,486,000
                                                              Personnel Management.
Inspector General, OPM.....................       9,645,000  Trust Funds of the Office of              9,645,000
                                                              Personnel Management.
Merit System Protection Board..............       2,430,000  Civil Service Retirement and              2,430,000
                                                              Disability Trust Fund.
Treasury Department offices, bureaus and         31,017,000  Department-Wide Systems and Capital      31,017,000
 other organizations.                                         Investments Programs.
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                          rescission of funds

    In compliance with clause 3(f)(2) of rule XIII of the Rules 
of the House of Representatives, the Committee reports that it 
recommends rescissions in the bill, as follows:

        Department and activity                                   Amount
National Historical Publications and Records Commission, 
    Grants Program......................................      $4,000,000

                        constitutional authority

    Clause 3(d)(1) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives states that: ``Each report of a committee on a 
bill or joint resolution of a public character, shall include a 
statement citing the specific powers granted to the Congress in 
the Constitution to enact the law proposed by the bill or joint 
resolution.''
    The Committee on Appropriations bases its authority to 
report this legislation from Clause 7 of Section 9 of Article I 
of the Constitution of the United States of America which 
states:
    ``No money shall be drawn from the Treasury but in 
consequence of Appropriations made by law * * *''
    Appropriations contained in this Act are made pursuant to 
this specific power granted by the Constitution.

            compliance with rule xiii, cl. 3 (ramseyer rule)

    In compliance with clause 3(e) of rule XIII of the Rules of 
the House of Representatives, changes in existing law made by 
the bill,as reported, are shown as follows (existing law 
proposed to be omitted is enclosed in black brackets, new matter is 
printed in italic, existing law in which no change is proposed is shown 
in roman):

TITLE 5, UNITED STATES CODE

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PART III--EMPLOYEES

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Subpart D--Pay and Allowances

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CHAPTER 53--PAY RATES AND SYSTEMS

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SUBCHAPTER II--EXECUTIVE SCHEDULE PAY RATES

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Sec. 5314. Positions at level III

  Level III of the Executive Schedule applies to the following 
positions, for which the annual rate of basic pay shall be the 
rate determined with respect to such level under chapter 11 of 
title 2, as adjusted by section 5318 of this title:
          Solicitor General of the United States.

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          Administrator, Research and Special Programs 
        Administration.
          Commissioner of Customs, Department of the Treasury.

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Sec. 5315. Positions at level IV

  Level IV of the Executive Schedule applies to the following 
positions, for which the annual rate of basic pay shall be the 
rate determined with respect to such level under chapter 11 of 
title 2, as adjusted by section 5318 of this title:
          Deputy Administrator of General Services.
          Associate Administrator of the National Aeronautics 
        and Space Administration.

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          [Commissioner of Customs, Department of the 
        Treasury.]

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CHAPTER 55--PAY ADMINISTRATION

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SUBCHAPTER V--PREMIUM PAY

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Sec. 5547. Limitation on premium pay

  (a)  * * *

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  (c)(1)  * * *

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  (3)(A) Subject to regulations prescribed by the Office of 
Personnel Management, if premium pay for a pay period consists 
(in whole or in part) of premium pay for protective services, 
then--
          (i) premium pay for such pay period shall be payable 
        without regard to the limitation under paragraph (2); 
        except that
          (ii) premium pay shall not be payable to the extent 
        that the aggregate of the employee's basic pay and 
        premium pay for the year would otherwise exceed the 
        annual equivalent of the limitation that (but for 
        clause (i)) would otherwise apply under paragraph (2).
  (B) For purposes of this paragraph--
          (i) the term ``protective services'' refers to 
        protective functions authorized by section 3056(a) of 
        title 18 or section 37(a)(3) of title I of the State 
        Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 
        2709(a)(3)); and
          (ii) the term ``premium pay'' refers to premium pay 
        under the provisions of law cited in the first sentence 
        of subsection (a).

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TREASURY AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1999

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TITLE VI--GENERAL PROVISIONS

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  Sec. 627. (a) * * *
  (b) Rule of Construction.--[Notwithstanding] Effective on the 
date of the enactment of this Act and thereafter, and 
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) * * *

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                     TITLE 31, UNITED STATES CODE

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               CHAPTER 5--OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET

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                          SUBTITLE I--GENERAL

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                       SUBCHAPTER I--ORGANIZATION

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Sec. 503. Functions of Deputy Director for Management

  (a) Subject to the direction and approval of the Director, 
the Deputy Director for Management shall establish 
governmentwide financial management policies for executive 
agencies and shall perform the following financial management 
functions:
          (1)  * * *

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          (7) Develop and maintain qualification standards for 
        agency Chief Financial Officers and for agency Deputy 
        Chief Financial Officers appointed under sections 901 
        and 903, respectively (excluding any officer designated 
        or appointed under section 901(c)).
          (8) Provide advice to agency heads with respect to 
        the selection of agency Chief Financial Officers and 
        Deputy Chief Financial Officers (excluding any officer 
        designated or appointed under section 901(c)).

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              CHAPTER 9--AGENCY CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICERS

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Sec. 901. Establishment of agency Chief Financial Officers

  (a)  * * *

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  (c)(1) There shall be within the Executive Office of the 
President a Chief Financial Officer, who shall be designated or 
appointed by the President from among individuals meeting the 
standards described in subsection (a)(3). The position of Chief 
Financial Officer established under this paragraph may be so 
established in any Office (including the Office of 
Administrator) of the Executive Office of the President.
  (2) The Chief Financial Officer designated or appointed under 
this subsection shall, to the extent that the President 
determines appropriate and in the interest of the United 
States, have the same authority and perform the same functions 
as apply in the case of a Chief Financial Officer of an agency 
described in subsection (b).
  (3) The President shall submit to Congress notification with 
respect to any provision of section 902 that the President 
determines shall not apply to a Chief Financial Officer 
designated or appointed under this subsection.
  (4) The President may designate an employee of the Executive 
Office of the President (other than the Chief Financial 
Officer), who shall be deemed ``the head of the agency'' for 
purposes of carrying out section 902, with respect to the 
Executive Office of the President.

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                     SUBTITLE II--THE BUDGET PROCESS

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    CHAPTER 11--THE BUDGET AND FISCAL, BUDGET, AND PROGRAM INFORMATION

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Sec. 1105. Budget contents and submission to Congress

  (a) On or after the first Monday in January but not later 
than the first Monday in February of each year the President 
shall submit a budget of the United States Government for the 
following fiscal year. Each budget shall include a budget 
message and summary and supporting information. The President 
shall include in each budget the following:
          (1)  * * *

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          (31) a separate statement of the amount of 
        appropriations requested for the Chief Financial 
        Officer in the Executive Office of the President.

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                  FEDERAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN ACT OF 1971

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             TITLE III--DISCLOSURE OF FEDERAL CAMPAIGN FUNDS

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                                reports

      Sec. 304. (a)(1)  * * *

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  [(11)(A) The Commission shall permit reports required by this 
Act to be filed and preserved by means of computer disk or any 
other appropriate electronic format or method, as determined by 
the Commission.
  [(B) In carrying out subparagraph (A) with respect to filing 
of reports, the Commission shall provide for one or more 
methods (other than requiring a signature on the report being 
filed) for verifying reports filed by means of computer disk or 
other electronic format or method. Any verification under the 
preceding sentence shall be treated for all purposes (including 
penalties for perjury) in the same manner as a verification by 
signature.
  [(C) As used in this paragraph, the term ``report'' means, 
with respect to the Commission, a report, designation, or 
statement required by this Act to be filed with the 
Commission.]
  (11)(A) The Commission shall promulgate a regulation under 
which a person required to file a designation, statement, or 
report under this Act--
          (i) is required to maintain and file a designation, 
        statement, or report for any calendar year in 
        electronic form accessible by computers if the person 
        has, or has reason to expect to have, aggregate 
        contributions or expenditures in excess of a threshold 
        amount determined by the Commission; and
          (ii) may maintain and file a designation, statement, 
        or report in electronic form or an alternative form if 
        not required to do so under the regulation promulgated 
        under clause (i).
  (B) The Commission shall make a designation, statement, 
report, or notification that is filed electronically with the 
Commission accessible to the public on the Internet not later 
than 24 hours after the designation, statement, report, or 
notification is received by the Commission.
  (C) In promulgating a regulation under this paragraph, the 
Commission shall provide methods (other than requiring a 
signature on the document being filed) for verifying 
designations, statements, and reports covered by the 
regulation. Any document verified under any of the methods 
shall be treated for all purposes (including penalties for 
perjury) in the same manner as a document verified by 
signature.
      (b) Each report under this section shall disclose--
          (1)  * * *
          (2) for the reporting period and the calendar year 
        (or election cycle, in the case of an authorized 
        committee of a candidate for Federal office), the total 
        amount of all receipts, and the total amount of all 
        receipts in the following categories:
                  (A)  * * *

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          (3) the identification of each--
                  (A) person (other than a political committee) 
                who makes a contribution to the reporting 
                committee during the reporting period, whose 
                contribution or contributions have an aggregate 
                amount or value in excess of $200 within the 
                calendar year (or election cycle, in the case 
                of an authorized committee of a candidate for 
                Federal office), or in any lesser amount if the 
                reporting committee should so elect, together 
                with the date and amount of any such 
                contribution;

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                  (F) person who provides a rebate, refund, or 
                other offset to operating expenditures to the 
                reporting committee in an aggregate amount or 
                value in excess of $200 within the calendar 
                year (or election cycle, in the case of an 
                authorized committee of a candidate for Federal 
                office), together with the date and amount of 
                such receipt; and

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          (4) for the reporting period and the calendar year 
        (or election cycle, in the case of an authorized 
        committee of a candidate for Federal office), the total 
        amount of all disbursements, and all disbursements in 
        the following categories:
                  (A)  * * *

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          (6)(A) for an authorized committee, the name and 
        address of each person who has received any 
        disbursement not disclosed under paragraph (5) in an 
        aggregate amount or value in excess of $200 within the 
        calendar year (or election cycle, in the case of an 
        authorized committee of a candidate for Federal 
        office), together with the date and amount of any such 
        disbursement;
          (B) for any other political committee, the name and 
        address of each--
                  (i)  * * *

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                  (iii) person who receives any disbursement 
                during the reporting period in an aggregate 
                amount or value in excess of $200 within the 
                calendar year (or election cycle, in the case 
                of an authorized committee of a candidate for 
                Federal office) in connection with an 
                independent expenditure by the reporting 
                committee, together with the date, amount, and 
                purpose of any such independent expenditure and 
                a statement which indicates whether such 
                independent expenditure is in support of, or in 
                opposition to, a candidate, as well as the name 
                and office sought by such candidate, and a 
                certification, under penalty of perjury, 
                whether such independent expenditure is made in 
                cooperation, consultation, or concert, with, or 
                at the request or suggestion of, any candidate 
                or any authorized committee or agent of such 
                committee;

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                  (v) person who has received any disbursement 
                not otherwise disclosed in this paragraph or 
                paragraph (5) in an aggregate amount or value 
                in excess of $200 within the calendar year (or 
                election cycle, in the case of an authorized 
                committee of a candidate for Federal office) 
                from the reporting committee within the 
                reporting period, together with the date, 
                amount, and purpose of any such disbursement;
          (7) the total sum of all contributions to such 
        political committee, together with the total 
        contributions less offsets to contributions and the 
        total sum of all operating expenditures made by such 
        political committee, together with total operating 
        expenditures less offsets to operating expenditures, 
        for both the reporting period and the calendar year (or 
        election cycle, in the case of an authorized committee 
        of a candidate for Federal office); and

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                              enforcement

      Sec. 309. (a)(1)  * * *

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      (4)(A)(i) Except as provided in [clause (ii)] clauses 
(ii) and subparagraph (C), if the Commission determines, by an 
affirmative vote of 4 of its members, that there is probable 
cause to believe that any person has committed, or is about to 
commit, a violation of this Act or of chapter 95 or chapter 96 
of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, the Commission shall 
attempt, for a period of at least 30 days, to correct or 
prevent such violation by informal methods of conference, 
conciliation, and persuasion, and to enter into a conciliation 
agreement with any person involved. Such attempt by the 
Commission to correct or prevent such violation may continue 
for a period of not more than 90 days. The Commission may not 
enter into a conciliation agreement under this clause except 
pursuant to an affirmative vote of 4 of its members. A 
conciliation agreement, unless violated, is a complete bar to 
any further action by the Commission, including the bringing of 
a civil proceeding under paragraph (6)(A).

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  (C)(i) Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), in the case of a 
violation of any requirement under this Act relating to the 
reporting of receipts or disbursements, the Commission may--
          (I) find that a person committed such a violation on 
        the basis of information obtained pursuant to the 
        procedures described in paragraphs (1) and (2); and
          (II) based on such finding, require the person to pay 
        a civil money penalty in an amount determined under a 
        schedule of penalties which is established and 
        published by the Commission and which takes into 
        account the amount of the violation involved, the 
        existence of previous violations by the person, and 
        such other factors as the Commission considers 
        appropriate.
  (ii) The Commission may not make any determination adverse to 
a person under clause (i) until the person has been given 
written notice and an opportunity for the determination to be 
made on the record.
  (iii) Any person against whom an adverse determination is 
made under this subparagraph may obtain a review of such 
determination in the district court of the United States for 
the district in which the person is found, resides, or 
transacts business, by filing in such court (prior to the 
expiration of the 30-day period which begins on the date the 
person receives notification of the determination) a written 
petition requesting that the determination be modified or set 
aside.
      (6)(A) If the Commission is unable to correct or prevent 
any violation of this Act or of chapter 95 or chapter 96 of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1954, by the methods specified in 
paragraph (4)[(A)], the Commission may, upon an affirmative 
vote of 4 of its members, insitute a civil action for relief, 
including a permanent or temporary injunction, restraining 
order, or any other appropriate order (including an order for a 
civil penalty which does not exceed the greater of $5,000 or an 
amount equal to any contribution or expenditure involved in 
such violation) in the district court of the United States for 
the district in which the person against whom such action is 
brought is found, resides, or transacts business.

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  SECTION 636 OF THE TREASURY POSTAL SERVICE, AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT 
                        APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 1997

  Sec. 636. Reimbursements Relating to Professional Liability 
Insurance.--(a) Authority.--Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, amounts appropriated by this Act (or any other Act for 
fiscal year 1997 or any fiscal year thereafter) for salaries 
and expenses [may] shall, subject to the availability of 
appropriations, be used to reimburse any qualified employee for 
not to exceed one-half the costs incurred by such employee for 
professional liability insurance. A payment under this section 
shall be contingent upon the submission of such information or 
documentation as the employing agency may require.

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               SECTION 102 OF TITLE 3, UNITED STATES CODE

Sec. 102. Compensation of the President

  The President shall receive in full for his services during 
the term for which he shall have been elected compensation in 
the aggregate amount of [$200,000] $400,000 a year, to be paid 
monthly, and in addition an expense allowance of $50,000 to 
assist in defraying expenses relating to or resulting from the 
discharge of his official duties, for which expense allowance 
no accounting, other than for income tax purposes, shall be 
made by him. He shall be entitled also to the use of the 
funiture and other effects belonging to the United States and 
kept in the Executive Residence at the White House.

          financial assistance to state and local governments

    In accordance with section 308(a)(1)(C) of the 
Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 
(Public Law 93-344), as amended, the Committee provides no 
financial assistance to state and local governments.

                   COMPARISON WITH BUDGET RESOLUTION

    Clause 3(c)(2) of rule XIII of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives requires an explanation of compliance with 
section 308(a)(1)(A) of the Congressional Budget and 
Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-344), as 
amended, requires that the report accompanying a bill providing 
new budget authority contain a statement detailing how the 
authority compares with the reports submitted under section 
302(b) of the Act for the most recently agreed to concurrent 
resolution on the budget for the fiscal year. This information 
follows:

                                            [In millions of dollars]
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                                                                  302(b) allocation             This bill
                                                             ---------------------------------------------------
                                                                 Budget                    Budget
                                                               authority     Outlays     authority     Outlays
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Discretionary...............................................       13,562       13,969       13,466       13,946
Mandatory...................................................       14,385       14,394       14,534       14,394
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    Note.--Pursuant to section 314 of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974, as amended, increases to the Committee's section 
302(a) allocation are authorized for funding in the reported 
bill for the Earned Income Tax Credit Compliance Initiative. 
After the bill is reported to the House, the Chairman of the 
Committee on the Budget will provide an increased section 
302(a) allocation consistent with the funding provided in the 
bill.

                      FIVE YEAR OUTLAY PROJECTIONS

    In compliance with section 308(a)(1)(B) of the 
Congressional Budget and Impoundment Act of 1974 (Public Law 
93-344), as amended, the following table contains five-year 
projections associated with the budget authority provided in 
the accompanying bill:


                                                            Millions

Budget Authority.....................................           $28,000
Outlays:
    Fiscal year 2000.................................            24,797
    Fiscal year 2001.................................             1,914
    Fiscal year 2002.................................               295
    Fiscal year 2003.................................               148
    Fiscal year 2004 and future years................                60

Note: The above table includes mandatory appropriations and
  discretionary appropriations.

               COMPLIANCE WITH RULE XIII, CLAUSE 3(f)(1)

    Pursuant to clause 3(f)(1) of rule XIII of the Rules of the 
House of Representatives, the Committee has inserted at the 
appropriate place in the report a description of the effects of 
provisions proposed in the accompanying bill which may be 
considered, under certain circumstances, to change the 
application of existing law, either directly or indirectly.
    The bill provides, in some instances, funding of agencies 
and activities where legislation has not yet been finalized. In 
addition, the bill carries language, in some instances, 
permitting activities not authorized by law, or exempting 
agencies from certain provisions of law, but which has been 
carried in appropriations acts for many years. Additionally, 
the Committee includes a number of new general provisions.
    In title IV of the bill, in connection with the General 
Services Administration, certain limitations on availability of 
revenue in the Federal Buildings Fund and certain legislative 
provisions have been carried forward from last year.
    The bill continues a number of general provisions applying 
to agencies covered by the bill as well as certain provisions 
applying Government-wide. These provisions have been carried in 
the prior year appropriations bill, and a number of them have 
been carried for many years. Additionally, the Committee 
includes a number of new general provisions.

                  TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

                          DEPARTMENTAL OFFICES

    The Committee has continued language which provides funds 
for 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; official 
travel expenses, official reception and representation 
expenses; and unforeseen emergencies of a confidential nature.

        DEPARTMENT-WIDE SYSTEMS AND CAPITAL INVESTMENTS PROGRAM

    The Committee has continued language which provides funds 
for the development and acquisition of automatic data 
processing equipment, software, and services, providing 
transfer authority, and prohibiting expenditures for IRS's 
Information Technology Systems.

                      OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL

    The Committee has continued language which provides funds 
to carry out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 
1978, the hire of vehicles, official travel expenses, and 
unforeseen emergencies.

                INSPECTOR GENERAL FOR TAX ADMINISTRATION

    The Committee has included language which provides for the 
purchase and hire of motor vehicles, services authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109, travel expenses, and unforeseen emergencies.

          TREASURY BUILDINGS AND ANNEX REPAIR AND RESTORATION

    The Committee has continued language which provides funds 
for the repair, alteration, and improvement of the Treasury 
Building and Annex.

                  FINANCIAL CRIMES ENFORCEMENT NETWORK

    The Committee has continued language which provides funds 
for hire of vehicles and official reception and representation 
expenses and language allowing FinCEN to use appropriated 
resources for official reception and representation; the travel 
of non-federal personnel attending conferences or meetings 
involving financial lawenforcement; and allowing FinCEN to 
provide assistance to federal law enforcement agencies with or without 
reimbursement.
    Authorization for the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network 
has not been enacted as of the date of this request.

                    VIOLENT CRIME REDUCTION PROGRAMS

    The Committee has included language allocating amounts 
authorized by sections 190001(e) and 32401 of Public Law 103-
322.

                FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTER

    The Committee has continued language which provides funds 
for: material and support costs of basic training; the purchase 
and hire of vehicles; student athletic and related activities; 
uniform purchases; for the conduct of and participation in 
firearms matches, and presentation of awards; room and board 
for interns; training U.S. Postal Service, State and local law 
enforcement personnel; acceptance of gifts, including funding 
of a gift for certain honor graduate students; training of 
foreign law enforcement personnel on a space available, 
reimbursable basis with discretion by the Secretary to waive 
reimbursement; training of private sector security officials on 
a reimbursable space available basis; travel expenses of non-
federal personnel to attend course development meetings and 
training sponsored by the Center; training for the GREAT 
program; and the provision of short term medical services for 
students undergoing training at the Center.
    Authorization for the Federal Law Enforcement Training 
Center has not been enacted as of the date of this report.

     ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENTS, AND RELATED EXPENSES

    The Committee has continued language for construction, 
repair, and other expenses to remain available until expended.

                 interagency Crime and Drug Enforcement

    The Committee has continued language funding Treasury 
participation in and contribution to regional crime and drug 
enforcement task forces.

                FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING CENTER

                      FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SERVICE

    The Committee has continued language which provides that 
funds for systems modernization will remain available for two 
years.

                Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms

    The Committee has continued language which provides funds 
for the purchase and hire of vehicles, the hire of aircraft, 
the services of expert witnesses, the payment of per diem and/
or subsistence allowances for the National Response Team, 
official reception and representation expenses, training of 
State and local law enforcement agencies, the provision of 
laboratory assistance to State and local agencies, the payment 
of attorney's fees, the equipping of certain vessels, vehicles, 
equipment or aircraft and payment of costs of State and local 
law enforcement personnel incurred in joint operations with 
ATF. The Committee has continued language that: provides that 
no funds shall be used to consolidate or centralize the records 
pertaining to firearms licenses; prohibits the payment of 
administrative expenses in changing the definition of curios or 
relics; prohibits the transfer of ATF's functions to another 
federal agency; prohibits the provision of ballistics imaging 
equipment to state and local authorities under certain 
circumstances; prohibits electronic retrieval of information 
gathered pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 923(g)(4) by name or personal 
identification; and prohibits ATF from acting upon applications 
for relief from Federal firearms disabilities.
    Authorization for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and 
Firearms (except for covering tobacco smuggling and explosives 
regulation) has not been enacted as of the date of this report.

                     United States Customs Service


                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

    The Committee has continued language which provides funds 
for the purchase and hire of vehicles, official reception and 
representation expenses, personal services contracts abroad, 
compensation to informers, rental space for preclearance 
operations, special operations, procurement of automation 
infrastructure items, and uniforms. The Committee continues the 
provision establishing the aggregate overtime limitation, and 
includes new language providing $5,000,000 to be available 
until expended for repairs to Customs facilities. New language 
has been included to provide for the use of the Harbor Services 
Fund, previously appropriated as the Harbor Maintenance Fee 
Collection.
    Authorization for the U.S. Customs Service had not been 
enacted as of the date of this report.

  Operation, Maintenance and Procurement, Air and Marine Interdiction 
                                Programs

    The Committee has continued language providing funds for 
the operation and maintenance of marine vessels, aircraft and 
other equipment; operational training and mission-related 
travel; rental payments; operations for interdiction of 
narcotics and other goods, provision of support to Customs and 
other Federal, State, or local agencies in enforcement or 
administration of laws enforced by Customs, and for other law 
enforcement and emergency humanitarian efforts; and prohibiting 
transfer of certain aircraft without prior Committee approval.

                       Bureau of the Public Debt

    The Committee has continued language which provides funds 
may be used for reception and representation expenses and 
language which provides that a portion of the funds will remain 
available until expended. The Committee has also continued 
language which provides that appropriations from the General 
Fund will be reduced as fees are collected and language which 
provides that funds are to be derived from the Oil Spill 
Liability Trust Fund for administration of the Fund.

                        Internal Revenue Service


                 PROCESSING, ASSISTANCE, AND MANAGEMENT

    The Committee has continued language providing funds for 
the management services, rent and utilities, services 
authorized by 5 USC 3109, and official reception and 
representation expenses. The Committee has also continued 
language providing funds for the Tax Counseling for the Elderly 
program.

                          TAX LAW ENFORCEMENT

    The Committee has continued language which provides funds 
for the purchase and hire of vehicles, and services authorized 
by 5 USC 3109. The Committee includes new language providing 
that funds provided for research shall be available for two 
fiscal years.

             EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT COMPLIANCE INITIATIVE

    The Committee has continued language providing that funds 
may be used to reimburse the Social Security Administration.

                          INFORMATION SYSTEMS

    The Committee has continued language which provides funds 
for the hire of motor vehicles.

          ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS--INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE

    Section 101. The Committee continues the provision 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 Committee continues the provision which 
requires the IRS to maintain a training program in taxpayer's 
rights, dealing courteously with taxpayers, and cross cultural 
relations.
    Section 103. The Committee continues the provision which 
requires the IRS to institute policies and procedures which 
will safeguard the confidentiality of taxpayer information.

                      United States Secret Service

    The Committee has continued language which provides funds 
for the purchase and hire of motor vehicles, the hire of 
aircraft, training and assistance requested by State and local 
governments, services of expert witnesses, rental of certain 
buildings, improvements to buildings as may be necessary for 
protective functions, per diem and subsistence allowance, 
conducting of firearms matches, presentation of awards, travel 
of employees on protective missions, for repairs, alterations, 
and minor construction of the training center, making grants to 
conduct behavioral research, uniforms, research, reimbursement 
for protection as authorized by law, reception and 
representation expenses, assistance to foreign law enforcement 
for counterfeit investigations. The Committee continues 
language permitting some funding for protective travel to 
remain available until the end of fiscal year 2001.
    Authorization for the U.S. Secret Service had not been 
enacted as of the date of this report.

      ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENT, AND RELATED EXPENSES

    The Committee has continued language providing funds for 
the acquisition, construction, improvement, and related 
expenses of the Secret Service training facilities.

             GENERAL PROVISIONS--DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

    Section 110. The Committee continues the provision which 
requires the Secretary of the Treasury to comply with certain 
reprogramming guidelines when obligating or expending funds for 
law enforcement activities.
    Section 111. The Committee continues the provision which 
allows the Department of the Treasury to purchase uniforms, 
insurance, and motor vehicles without regard to the general 
purchase price limitation, and enter in to contracts with the 
State Department for health and medical services for Treasury 
employees in overseas locations.
    Section 112. The Committee continues the provision which 
requires expenditures of funds so as not to diminish efforts 
under the Federal Alcohol Administration Act.
    Section 113. The Committee continues the provision which 
authorizes transfers, up to 2 percent, between law enforcement 
appropriations under certain circumstances.
    Section 114. The Committee continues the provision which 
authorizes transfers, up to 2 percent, between Departmental 
Offices, Office of the Inspector General, Financial Management 
Service, and the Bureau of Public Debt appropriations under 
certain circumstances.
    Section 115. The Committee continues and modifies the 
provision which provides that no funds may be obligated for the 
purchase of law enforcement vehicles until the Secretary of the 
Treasury certifies that the purchase is consistent with 
Departmental vehicle management principles.
    Section 116. The Committee includes a new provision which 
authorizes the Treasury Inspector General for Tax 
Administration to offer voluntary separation incentives in 
order to provide the necessary flexibility to carry out the 
plan to establish and reorganize the Office of the Treasury 
Inspector General for Tax Administration.
    Section 117. The Committee includes a new provision which 
prohibits the Department of the Treasury from undertaking a 
redesign of the $1 Federal Reserve note.
    Section 118. The Committee includes a new provision which 
amends Title 5 USC 5547 and authorizes Treasury Law Enforcement 
agencies to pay their officer's premium pay in excess of the 
pay period limitation. The annual equivalent of the limitation 
will remain in place. The Committee is concerned with the 
growing number of Treasury Law Enforcement criminal 
investigators who have taken other employment, citing extended 
work hours, extensive travel, and other quality of life issues 
with little or no compensation. The Committee believes that 
ensuring fair compensation for Treasury Law Enforcement 
officers is a significant factor in the retention and 
recruitment of quality investigators. Further, the Committee 
directs that the Secretary of the Treasury report back to the 
Committee on Appropriations by August 1, 1999 with an annual 
cost estimate for this provision by Treasury Law Enforcement 
bureau.
    Section 119. The Committee includes a new provision which 
authorizes the Financial Management Service to offer voluntary 
separation incentives to employees of the Chicago Financial 
Center, which is scheduled to be closed in November 2000.

                        TITLE II--POSTAL SERVICE


                   Payment to the Postal Service Fund

    The Committee has continued language which prohibits funds 
made available to the Postal Service from being used to close 
or consolidate certain post offices, from charging employees of 
local and child support agencies, provides funds for free mail 
for the blind, and for six day mail delivery and rural delivery 
of mail at existing levels.

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


        Compensation of the President and the White House Office

    The Committee has continued language which mandates that 
unused amounts of the President's expense allowance will revert 
to the Treasury and not be taxable to the President and which 
provides funds for service authorized by 5 USC, subsistence 
expenses, hire of vehicles, newspapers, periodicals, teletype 
news service, travel, and official entertainment expenses. The 
Committee has continued language making funds available for 
reimbursement to the White House Communications Agency.

                 Executive Residence at the White House

    The Committee has continued language which provides funds 
for operation and maintenance of the White House for official 
entertainment expenses; language specifying the authorized use 
of funds; language specifying that reimbursable expenses are 
the exclusive authority of the Executive Residence to incur 
obligations and receive offsetting collections; language 
requiring the sponsors of political events to make advance 
payments; language requiring the national committee of the 
political party of the President to maintain $25,000 on 
deposit; language requiring the Executive Residence to ensure 
that amounts owed are billed within 60 days of a reimbursable 
event and collected within 30 days of the bill notice; language 
authorizing the Executive Residence to charge and assess 
interest and penalties on late payments; language authorizing 
all reimbursements to be deposited into the Treasury as a 
miscellaneous receipt; language requiring a report to the 
Committee on the reimbursable expenses within 90 days of the 
end of the fiscal year; language requiring the Executive 
Residence to maintain a system for tracking and classifying 
reimbursable events; and language specifying that the Executive 
Residence is not exempt from the requirements of subchapter I 
or II of chapter 37 of title 31, United States Code.

                   White House Repair and Restoration

    The Committee includes new language which provides funds 
for required maintenance, safety and health issues, and 
continued preventative maintenance for the Executive Residence 
at the White House.

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

    The Committee has continued language which provides funds 
for operation and maintenance of the official residence of the 
Vice President, the hire of vehicles, official entertainment 
expenses and provides for the transfer of funds as necessary.
    The Committee has continued language which enables the Vice 
President to provide assistance to the President, services 
authorized by 5 USC, subsistence, and the hire for vehicles.

                      Office of Policy Development

    The Committee has continued language which provides funds 
for expenses of the Office of Policy Development.

                       National Security Council

    The Committee has continued language which provides funds 
for expenses of the Council.

                        Office of Administration

    The Committee has continued language which provides funds 
for expenses of the Office of Administration and the hire of 
vehicles.
    The Committee includes new language making funds available 
for a capital investment plan which provides for the continued 
modernization of the information technology infrastructure.

                    Office of Management and Budget

    The Committee has continued language which provides funds 
for expenses, the hire of vehicles, carrying out provisions of 
44 USC, directs that funds shall be applied only to items for 
which appropriations were made, prohibits the review of 
agricultural marketing orders and the alteration of certain 
testimony.

                 Office of National Drug Control Policy

    The Committee has continued language which provides funds 
for expenses, research, official reception and representation 
expenses, participation in joint projects, the Counter-Drug 
Technology Assessment Center, and allows for the acceptance of 
gifts.
    The Committee includes language providing resources for 
model state drug law conferences and for a technology transfer 
program for State and local law enforcement.

 Federal Drug Control Programs--High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas 
                                Programs

    The Committee has continued language which provides a 
certain level of funding for drug control activities for State 
and local and federal drug control efforts, and requires 
obligation of funds within a specified period of time.

         Federal Drug Control Programs--Special Forfeiture Fund

    The Committee has modified language providing funding for 
the youth media campaign to reflect recent authorization 
legislation, and continues language providing resources for 
carrying out the purposes of the Drug-Free Communities Act.

                     TITLE IV--INDEPENDENT AGENCIES


 Commission for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled

    The Committee has continued language which provides funds 
for expenses of the Committee.

                      Federal Election Commission

    The Committee has continued language which provides funds 
for expenses of the Commission and specifying a level of 
funding for internal automated data processing systems and 
reception and representation expenses.

                   Federal Labor Relations Authority

    The Committee has continued language which provides funds 
for the expenses of the authority, including authorized 
services, hire of experts and consultants, hire of passenger 
motor vehicles, and rental of conference rooms in the District 
of Columbia. The Committee has also continued a provision that 
public members of the Federal Service Impasse Panel may be paid 
travel expenses and that fees charged to non-Federal 
participants at labor-management relations conferences shall be 
credited and merged with this account.

                    General Services Administration


                         FEDERAL BUILDINGS FUND

    The Committee has continued language dealing with the 
conditions under which funds made available to the Federal 
Buildings Fund can be used and has designated certain projects 
which can be undertaken. Many technical provisions have been 
inserted regarding use of funds in the Federal Buildings Fund 
which are not specifically authorized by law.
    The Committee has included language limiting funds 
available for construction and repair and alteration of 
building projects not authorized by law. A more detailed 
analysis of the Federal Buildings Funds can be found in the 
General Services Administration chapter of this report.
    The Committee has included language in the bill which 
directs the General Services Administration to undertake the 
first construction phase of the project to renovate the 
Department of the Interior Headquarters Building in Washington, 
D.C.

                         POLICY AND OPERATIONS

    The Committee continues language which provides funds for 
government-wide policy and oversight activities, the Board of 
Contract Appeals, accounting records management and other 
services incident to adjudication of Indian Tribal Claims, 
services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and official reception 
and representation expenses. The Committee includes new 
language which provides that a portion of the funds 
appropriated will remain available until expended.

                      Office Of Inspector General

    The Committee has continued language which provides funds 
for services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 expenses for the 
Office, payment for information and detection of fraud, and 
awards.

         ALLOWANCES AND OFFICE AND STAFF FOR FORMER PRESIDENTS

    The Committee has continued language which provides funds 
for compliance with Public Law 95-138.

          GENERAL PROVISIONS--GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

    Section 401. The Committee continues the provision that 
provides that costs included in rent received from government 
corporations for operation, protection, maintenance, upkeep, 
repair and improvement shall be credited to the Federal 
Buildings Fund.
    Section 402. The Committee continues the provision 
providing funds for the hire of motor vehicles.
    Section 403. The Committee continues the provision 
providing that funds made available for activities of the 
Federal Buildings Fund may be transferred between 
appropriations with advance approval of the Congress.
    Section 404. The Committee continues the provision 
prohibiting the use of funds for courthouse construction 
requests that do not meet GSA standards and priorities of the 
Judicial Conference.
    Section 405. The Committee continues the provision 
providing that no funds may be used to increase the amount of 
occupiable square feet, provide cleaning services, security 
enhancements, or any other service usually provided, to any 
agency which does not pay the requested rent.
    Section 406. The Committee continues the provision 
providing for Information Technology Fund repayment from 
sponsored projects that realize program savings.
    Section 407. The Committee continues the provision which 
permits GSA to pay small claims (up to $250,000) made against 
the government.
    Section 408. The Committee includes a new provision which 
provides that funds made available for construction projects in 
fiscal year 1997 shall remain available until expended provided 
funds for design or other funds have been obligated in whole or 
in part prior to September 30, 1999.

                     Merit Systems Protection Board

    The Committee has continued language which provides funds 
for the Board.

              National Archives and Records Administration


                           OPERATING EXPENSES

    The Committee has continued language which provides funds 
for the review and declassification of documents, the hire of 
passenger vehicles, and language that authorizes the Archivist 
to use excess funds available from the amount borrowed for 
construction of the National Archives facility for expenses 
necessary to provide storage for holdings.

                        repairs and restoration

    The Committee has included language which provides funds 
for the repair, alteration, and improvement of archives 
facilities and presidential libraries.

                     records center revolving fund

    The Committee has included a new language authorizing a 
Record Center Revolving Fund to be available for expenses 
necessary for storage and related services for Federal records 
stored at Federal National and Regional Records Centers. The 
Committee has also appropriated funds to capitalize the Fund

        National Historical Publications and Records Commission

    The Committee has included language rescinding funds 
appropriated for the Grants Program in fiscal year 1999 and 
amending the fiscal year 1999 appropriations language.

                      Office of Government Ethics

    The Committee has continued language which provides funds 
for the Office.

                     Office of Personnel Management

    The Committee has continued language which provides for 
expenses of the Office, services authorized by 5 U.S.C., 
medical examinations under certain conditions, rental of 
conference rooms, hire of vehicles, official reception and 
representation expenses, advances for reimbursement per diem 
and/or subsistence allowances for employees affected by Voting 
Rights Act activities, transfers to appropriate trust funds, 
prohibition of funds for the Legal Examining Unit, and 
authority to accept certain donations for the White House 
Fellows program.
    The Committee includes new language making funds available 
until expended for automating retirement recordkeeping.

                      Office of Inspector General

    The Committee has continued language which provides funds 
for expenses of the Office, audit of the retirement and 
insurance programs, and the rental of conference rooms.

                             revolving fund

    The Committee has provided authority to offset long-term 
losses in the revolving fund.

      government payment for annuitants, employee health benefits

    The Committee has continued language which provides funds 
for the payment of the government contributions.

       government payment for annuitants, employee life insurance

    The Committee has continued language which provides funds 
for the payment of the government contributions.

        payment to civil service retirement and disability fund

    The Committee has continued language which provides funds 
for the payment of the government contributions.

           general provisions--office of personnel management

                       Office of Special Counsel

    The Committee has continued language which provides funds 
for the Office.

                        United States Tax Court

    The Committee has continued language which provides funds 
for services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and language which 
provides that travel expenses of the judges shall be paid upon 
written certification of the judge.

                      TITLE V--GENERAL PROVISIONS


                                This Act

    Section 501. The Committee continues the provision limiting 
the expenditure of funds to the current year unless expressly 
provided in this Act.
    Section 502. The Committee continues the provision limiting 
the expenditure of funds for consulting services under certain 
conditions.
    Section 503. The Committee continues the provision 
prohibiting the use of funds to engage in activities which 
would prohibit the enforcement of section 307 of the 1930 
Tariff Act.
    Section 504. The Committee continues the provision 
prohibiting the transfer of control over the Federal Law 
Enforcement Training Center out of the Department of the 
Treasury.
    Section 505. The Committee continues the provision 
concerning employment rights of Federal employees who return to 
their civilian jobs after assignment with the Armed Forces.
    Section 506. The Committee continues the provision 
concerning compliance with the Buy American Act.
    Section 507. The Committee continues the provision 
concerning prohibition of contracts which use certain goods not 
made in America.
    Section 508. The Committee continues the provision 
prohibiting contract eligibility where fraudulent intent has 
been proven in affixing ``Made in America'' labels.
    Section 509. The Committee continues the provision 
prohibiting the expenditure of funds for abortions under the 
FEHBP.
    Section 510. The Committee continues the provision which 
would authorize the expenditure of funds for abortions under 
the FEHBP if the life of the mother is in danger or the 
pregnancy is a result of an act of rape or incest.
    Section 511. The Committee continues the provision 
providing that fifty percent of unobligated balances may remain 
available for certain purposes.
    Section 512. The Committee continues the provision 
restricting 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.
    Section 513. The Committee continues and modifies the 
provision providing that fifty percent of unobligated balances 
of the White House Salaries and Expenses account in fiscal year 
1997 shall remain available through September 30, 2000.
    Section 514. The Committee continues the provision that 
cost accounting standards under the federal Procurement Policy 
Act shall not apply to the FEHBP.

              TITLE VI--GOVERNMENTWIDE GENERAL PROVISIONS


                Departments, Agencies, and Corporations

    Section 601. The Committee continues the 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 Committee continues the 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 Committee continues the provision 
regarding price limitations on vehicles to be purchased by the 
Federal Government.
    Section 604. The Committee continues the provision allowing 
funds made available to agencies for travel, to also be used 
for quarters allowances and cost-of-living allowances.
    Section 605. The Committee continues the 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 606. The Committee continues the provision ensuring 
that agencies will have authority to pay GSA bills for space 
renovation and other services.
    Section 607. The Committee continues the 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 608. The Committee continues the provision 
providing that funds may be used to pay rent and other service 
costs in the District of Columbia.
    Section 609. The Committee continues the provision 
providing that no funds may be used to pay any person filling a 
nominated position that has been rejected by the Senate.
    Section 610. The Committee continues the provision 
precluding the financing of groups by more than one Federal 
agency absent prior and specific statutory approval.
    Section 611. The Committee continues the provision 
authorizing the Postal Service to employ guards and give them 
the same special police powers as GSA guards.
    Section 612. The Committee continues the provision 
prohibiting the use of funds for enforcing regulations 
disapproved in accordance with the applicable law of the U.S.
    Section 613. The Committee continues the provision limiting 
the pay increases of certain prevailing rate employees.
    Section 614. The Committee continues the provision limiting 
the amount of funds that can be used for redecoration of 
offices under certain circumstances.
    Section 615. The Committee continues the provision 
prohibiting the expenditure of funds for the acquisition of 
additional law enforcement training facilities.
    Section 616. The Committee continues the provision to allow 
for interagency funding of national security and emergency 
telecommunications initiatives.
    Section 617. The Committee continues the 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 618. The Committee continues the provision 
requiring agencies to administer a policy designed to ensure 
that all of its workplaces are free from discrimination and 
sexual harassment.
    Section 619. The Committee continues the provision 
prohibiting the use of funds for travel expenses not directly 
related to official governmental duties.
    Section 620. The Committee continues the provision 
prohibiting the purchase of new technology not Year 2000 
compliant.
    Section 621. The Committee continues the provision 
prohibiting the importation of any goods manufactured by forced 
or indentured child labor.
    Section 622. The Committee continues the provision 
prohibiting the payment of any employee who prohibits, 
threatens or prevents another employee from communicating with 
Congress.
    Section 623. The Committee makes permanent the provision to 
promote protection of Federal law enforcement officers who 
intervene in certain situations.
    Section 624. The Committee continues the provision 
requiring the President to certify that persons responsible for 
administering the Drug Free Workplace Program are not 
themselves the subject of random drug testing.
    Section 625. The Committee continues the provision 
prohibiting Federal training not directly related to the 
performance of official duties.
    Section 626. The Committee continues the provision 
prohibiting the expenditure of funds for implementation of 
agreements in nondisclosure policies unless certain provisions 
are included.
    Section 627. The Committee continues the provision 
prohibiting propaganda, publicity and lobbying by executive 
agency personnel in support or defeat of legislative 
initiatives.
    Section 628. The Committee continues the provision 
directing OMB to provide an accounting statement and report on 
the cumulative costs and benefits of Federal regulatory 
programs.
    Section 629. The Committee continues the provision 
prohibiting any Federal agency from disclosing an employee's 
home address to any labor organization, absent employee 
authorization or court order.
    Section 630. The Committee continues the provision 
authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to establish 
scientific canine explosive detection standards.
    Section 631. The Committee continues the provision 
prohibiting funds to be used to provide non-public information 
such as mailing or telephone lists to any person or 
organization outside the Government without the approval of the 
Committees on Appropriations.
    Section 632. The Committee continues the provision 
prohibiting the use of funds for propaganda and publicity 
purposes not authorized by Congress.
    Section 633. The Committee continues the provision 
directing agency employees to use official time in an honest 
effort to perform official duties.
    Section 634. The Committee continues and makes permanent 
the provision allowing a Federal firearms licensee to perform a 
background check before a firearm is offered as collateral for 
a loan.
    Section 635. The Committee continues and includes technical 
modifications to the provision addressing contraceptive 
coverage in health plans participating in the FEHBP.
    Section 636. The Committee includes a new provision 
authorizing the use of fiscal year 2000 funds to finance an 
appropriate share of the Joint Financial Management Improvement 
Program.
    Section 637. The Committee includes a new provision 
authorizing agencies to transfer funds to the Policy and 
Operations account of GSA to finance an appropriate share of 
the Joint Financial Management Improvement Program.
    Section 638. The Committee includes a new provision 
establishing a Chief Financial Officer in the Executive Office 
of the President.
    Section 639. The Committee includes a new provision 
authorizing the Federal Election Commission (FEC) to require 
committees with a certain level of financial activity to file 
FEC reports electronically.
    Section 640. The Committee includes a new provision 
authorizing the FEC to establish an administrative fine 
schedule, subject to reasonable appeals procedures, for 
straightforward disclosure violations.
    Section 641. The Committee includes a new provision 
authorizing candidate committees to report to the Federal 
Election Commission on an election cycle basis rather than a 
calendar year cycle, as is now required.
    Section 642. The Committee includes a new provision 
amending Section 636 of the fiscal year 1997 Treasury, Postal 
Service and General Government Appropriations Act to require 
agencies to reimburse qualified employees up to one-half of the 
cost of their professional liability insurance.
    Section 643. The Committee includes a new provision 
authorizing agencies to provide child care in federal 
facilities.
    Section 644. The Committee includes a new provision 
adjusting compensation of the President, effective at noon on 
January 20, 2001, to $400,000.
    Section 645. The Committee includes a new provision 
adjusting the salary level of the U.S. Customs Service 
Commissioner.
    Section 646. The Committee includes a new provision which 
transfers personnel of the General Accounting Office employed 
to carry out functions of the Joint Financial Management 
Improvement Program to the General Services Administration.
    Section 647. The Committee includes a new provision 
regarding the Border Patrol Academy in Charleston, South 
Carolina.
    Section 648. The Committee includes a new provision 
expressing the Senate of Congress that there should be pay 
parity between adjustments in compensation of members of the 
uniformed services and adjustments in the compensation of 
civilian employees of the United States.

                    detailed explanations in report

    It should be emphasized again that a more detailed 
statement describing the effect of the above provisions 
inserted or continued this year by the Committee which directly 
or indirectly change the application of existing law may be 
found at the appropriate place in this report.

                  appropriations not authorized by law

    Pursuant to clause 3(f)(1) of rule XIII of the House of 
Representatives, the following table lists the appropriations 
in the accompanying bill which are not authorized by law:
    Treasury Department
          Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
          Federal Law Enforcement Training Center
                  Salaries And Expenses
                  Acquisition, Construction, Improvements & 
                Related Expenses
          Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, except those 
        activities related to the enforcement of tobacco 
        smuggling and regulation of explosives
          U.S. Customs Service
                  Salaries & Expenses
                  Operation and Maintenance, Air & Marine 
                Interdiction Programs
          U.S. Secret Service-except the Uniformed Division
          Funds Appropriated to the President
    Office of Management and Budget, Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs
          Federal Election Commission
          General Services Administration
          Policy and Oversight
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                             rollcall no. 1

    Date: July 13, 1999.
    Measure: Treasury, Postal Service and General Government 
Appropriations Bill, FY 2000.
    Motion by: Mr. Kolbe.
    Description of Motion: To reduce appropriations in the bill 
by $239.9 million. The major reductions were in IRS and GSA.
    Results: Adopted 33 yeas to 26 nays.
        Members Voting Yea            Members Voting Nay
Mr. Aderholt                        Mr. Boyd
Mr. Bonilla                         Mr. Clyburn
Mr. Callahan                        Mr. Cramer
Mr. Cunningham                      Ms. DeLauro
Mr. Dickey                          Mr. Dicks
Mrs. Emerson                        Mr. Dixon
Mr. Forbes                          Mr. Edwards
Mr. Frelinghuysen                   Mr. Farr
Ms. Granger                         Mr. Hinchey
Mr. Hobson                          Mr. Hoyer
Mr. Istook                          Mr. Jackson
Mr. Kingston                        Ms. Kilpatrick
Mr. Knollenberg                     Mrs. Lowey
Mr. Kolbe                           Mrs. Meek
Mr. Latham                          Mr. Mollohan
Mr. Lewis                           Mr. Moran
Mr. Miller                          Mr. Murtha
Mr. Nethercutt                      Mr. Obey
Mrs. Northup                        Mr. Olver
Mr. Packard                         Mr. Pastor
Mr. Peterson                        Ms. Pelosi
Mr. Porter                          Mr. Price
Mr. Regula                          Ms. Roybal-Allard
Mr. Robers                          Mr. Sabo
Mr. Skeen                           Mr. Serrano
Mr. Sununu                          Mr. Visclosky
Mr. Taylor
Mr. Tiahrt
Mr. Walsh
Mr. Wamp
Mr. Wicker
Mr. Wolf
Mr. Young
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                             rollcall no. 2

    Date: July 13, 1999.
    Measure: Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government 
Appropriations Bill, FY 2000.
    Motion by: Mr. Obey.
    Description of Motion: To provide $239.9 million for School 
Violence Prevention programs.
    Results: Rejected 26 yeas to 33 nays.
        Members Voting Yea            Members Voting Nay
Mr. Boyd                            Mr. Aderholt
Mr. Clyburn                         Mr. Bonilla
Mr. Cramer                          Mr. Cunningham
Ms. DeLauro                         Mr. DeLay
Mr. Dicks                           Mr. Dickey
Mr. Dixon                           Mrs. Emerson
Mr. Edwards                         Mr. Forbes
Mr. Farr                            Mr. Frelinghuysen
Mr. Hinchey                         Ms. Granger
Mr. Hoyer                           Mr. Hobson
Mr. Jackson                         Mr. Istook
Ms. Kilpatrick                      Mr. Kingston
Mrs. Lowey                          Mr. Knollenberg
Mrs. Meek                           Mr. Kolbe
Mr. Mollohan                        Mr. Latham
Mr. Moran                           Mr. Lewis
Mr. Murtha                          Mr. Miller
Mr. Obey                            Mr. Nethercutt
Mr. Olver                           Mrs. Northup
Mr. Pastor                          Mr. Packard
Ms. Pelosi                          Mr. Peterson
Mr. Price                           Mr. Porter
Ms. Roybal-Allard                   Mr. Regula
Mr. Sabo                            Mr. Rogers
Mr. Serrano                         Mr. Skeen
Mr. Visclosky                       Mr. Sununu
                                    Mr. Taylor
                                    Mr. Tiahrt
                                    Mr. Walsh
                                    Mr. Wamp
                                    Mr. Wicker
                                    Mr. Wolf
                                    Mr. Young
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                             rollcall no. 3

    Date: July 13, 1999.
    Measure: Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government 
Appropriations Bill, FY 2000.
    Motion by: Mr. Hoyer.
    Description of Motion: To amend 18 U.S.C. to extend a 
requirement for Brady background checks to purchases made at 
gun shows.
    Results: Rejected 24 yeas to 35 nays.
        Members Voting Yea            Members Voting Nay
Mr. Clyburn                         Mr. Aderholt
Ms. DeLauro                         Mr. Bonilla
Mr. Dicks                           Mr. Boyd
Mr. Dixon                           Mr. Cramer
Mr. Edwards                         Mr. Cunningham
Mr. Farr                            Mr. DeLay
Mr. Forbes                          Mr. Dickey
Mr. Frelinghuysen                   Mrs. Emerson
Mr. Hinchey                         Ms. Granger
Mr. Hoyer                           Mr. Hobson
Mr. Jackson                         Mr. Istook
Ms. Kilpatrick                      Mr. Kingston
Mrs. Lowey                          Mr. Knollenberg
Mrs. Meek                           Mr. Kolbe
Mr. Moran                           Mr. Latham
Mr. Olver                           Mr. Lewis
Mr. Pastor                          Mr. Miller
Ms. Pelosi                          Mr. Mollohan
Mr. Porter                          Mr. Murtha
Mr. Price                           Mr. Nethercutt
Ms. Roybal-Allard                   Mrs. Northup
Mr. Sabo                            Mr. Obey
Mr. Serrano                         Mr. Packard
Mr. Visclosky                       Mr. Peterson
                                    Mr. Regula
                                    Mr. Rogers
                                    Mr. Skeen
                                    Mr. Sununu
                                    Mr. Taylor
                                    Mr. Tiahrt
                                    Mr. Walsh
                                    Mr. Wamp
                                    Mr. Wicker
                                    Mr. Wolf
                                    Mr. Young

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against, are printed below:

                             rollcall no. 4

    Date: July 13, 1999.
    Measure: Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government 
Appropriations Bill, FY 2000.
    Motion by: Mrs. Lowey.
    Description of Motion: To ban the importation of large 
capacity ammunition feeding devices.
    Results: Rejected 24 yeas to 34 nays.
        Members Voting Yea            Members Voting Nay
Mr. Clyburn                         Mr. Aderholt
Ms. DeLauro                         Mr. Bonilla
Mr. Dicks                           Mr. Boyd
Mr. Dixon                           Mr. Cramer
Mr. Edwards                         Mr. Cunningham
Mr. Farr                            Mr. DeLay
Mr. Forbes                          Mr. Dickey
Mr. Frelinghuysen                   Mrs. Emerson
Mr. Hinchey                         Ms. Granger
Mr. Hoyer                           Mr. Hobson
Mr. Jackson                         Mr. Istook
Ms. Kilpatrick                      Mr. Kingston
Mrs. Lowey                          Mr. Knollenberg
Mrs. Meek                           Mr. Kolbe
Mr. Moran                           Mr. Latham
Mr. Olver                           Mr. Lewis
Mr. Pastor                          Mr. Miller
Ms. Pelosi                          Mr. Mollohan
Mr. Porter                          Mr. Murtha
Mr. Price                           Mr. Nethercutt
Ms. Roybal-Allard                   Mrs. Northup
Mr. Sabo                            Mr. Obey
Mr. Serrano                         Mr. Packard
Mr. Visclosky                       Mr. Peterson
                                    Mr. Rogers
                                    Mr. Skeen
                                    Mr. Sununu
                                    Mr. Taylor
                                    Mr. Tiahrt
                                    Mr. Walsh
                                    Mr. Wamp
                                    Mr. Wicker
                                    Mr. Wolf
                                    Mr. Young
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against, are printed below:

                             rollcall No. 5

    Date: July 13, 1999.
    Measure: Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government 
Appropriations Bill, FY 2000.
    Motion by: Ms. DeLauro.
    Description of motion: To require secure gun storage and 
safety devices for all handguns sold, delivered, or transferred 
by any federal firearms licensee.
    Results: Rejected 24 yeas to 34 nays.
        Members Voting Yea            Members Voting Nay
Mr. Clyburn                         Mr. Aderholt
Ms. DeLauro                         Mr. Bonilla
Mr. Dicks                           Mr. Boyd
Mr. Dixon                           Mr. Cramer
Mr. Edwards                         Mr. Cunningham
Mr. Farr                            Ms. DeLay
Mr. Forbes                          Mr. Dickey
Mr. Frelinghuysen                   Mrs. Emerson
Mr. Hinchey                         Ms. Granger
Mr. Hoyer                           Mr. Hobson
Mr. Jackson                         Mr. Istook
Ms. Kilpatrick                      Mr. Kingston
Mrs. Lowery                         Mr. Knollenberg
Mrs. Meek                           Mr. Kolbe
Mr. Moran                           Mr. Latham
Mr. Olver                           Mr. Lewis
Mr. Pastor                          Mr. Miller
Ms. Pelosi                          Mr. Mollohan
Mr. Porter                          Mr. Murtha
Mr. Price                           Mr. Nethercutt
Ms. Roybal-Allard                   Mrs. Northup
Mr. Sabo                            Mr. Obey
Mr. Serrano                         Mr. Packard
Mr. Visclosky                       Mr. Peterson
                                    Mr. Rogers
                                    Mr. Skeen
                                    Mr. Sununu
                                    Mr. Taylor
                                    Mr. Tiahrt
                                    Mr. Walsh
                                    Mr. Wamp
                                    Mr. Wicker
                                    Mr. Wolf
                                    Mr. Young

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against, are printed below:

                             rollcall No. 6

    Date: July 13, 1999.
    Measure: Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government 
Appropriations Bill, FY 2000.
    Motion by: Mr. Mollohan.
    Description of Motion: To amend the Walsh amendment to 
prohibit agencies from issuing any rule or order that relies on 
data produced under a federal award unless these data are made 
available to the public through the Freedom of Information Act.
    Results: Reject 25 yeas to 32 nays.
        Members Voting Yea            Members Voting Nay
Mr. Aderholt                        Mr. Bonilla
Mr. Boyd                            Mr. Callahan
Mr. Cramer                          Mr. Clyburn
Mr. Cunningham                      Mr. DeLauro
Mr. DeLay                           Mr. Dicks
Mr. Dickey                          Mr. Dixon
Mrs. Emerson                        Mr. Edwards
Mr. Istook                          Mr. Farr
Mr. Kingston                        Mr. Forbes
Mr. Knollenberg                     Mr. Frelinghuysen
Mr. Latham                          Ms. Granger
Mr. Lewis                           Mr. Hinchey
Mr. Miller                          Mr. Hobson
Mr. Mollohan                        Mr. Hoyer
Mr. Nethercutt                      Ms. Kilpatrick
Mr. Packard                         Mr. Kolbe
Mr. Peterson                        Mrs. Lowey
Mr. Rogers                          Mrs. Meek
Mr. Sununu                          Mr. Moran
Mr. Taylor                          Mrs. Northup
Mr. Tiahrt                          Mr. Obey
Mr. Visclosky                       Mr. Olver
Mr. Wamp                            Mr. Pastor
Mr. Wicker                          Ms. Pelosi
Mr. Wolf                            Mr. Porter
                                    Mr. Price
                                    Mr. Regula
                                    Ms. Roybal-Allard
                                    Mr. Sabo
                                    Mr. Serrano
                                    Mr. Walsh
                                    Mr. Young
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against, are printed below:

                             rollcall no. 7

    Date: July 13, 1999.
    Measure: Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government 
Appropriations Bill, FY 2000.
    Motion by: Mr. Walsh.
    Description of Motion: To prohibit the use of funds to 
implement the provisions of the fiscal year 1999 appropriations 
bill related to OMB issuing revised regulations to Circular A-
110.
    Results: Rejected 25 yeas to 33 nays.
        Members Voting Yea            Members Voting Nay
Mr. Clyburn                         Mr. Aderholt
Ms. DeLauro                         Mr. Bonilla
Mr. Dicks                           Mr. Boyd
Mr. Dixon                           Mr. Callahan
Mr. Edwards                         Mr. Cramer
Mr. Farr                            Mr. Cunningham
Mr. Forbes                          Mr. DeLay
Mr. Frelinghuysen                   Mr. Dickey
Mr. Hinchey                         Mrs. Emerson
Mr. Hoyer                           Ms. Granger
Ms. Kilpatrick                      Mr. Hobson
Mrs. Lowey                          Mr. Istook
Mrs. Meek                           Mr. Kingston
Mr. Miller                          Mr. Knollenberg
Mr. Moran                           Mr. Kolbe
Mr. Obey                            Mr. Latham
Mr. Olver                           Mr. Lewis
Mr. Pastor                          Mr. Mollohan
Ms. Pelosi                          Mr. Nethercutt
Mr. Porter                          Mrs. Northup
Mr. Price                           Mr. Packard
Ms. Roybal-Allard                   Mr. Peterson
Mr. Sabo                            Mr. Regula
Mr. Serrano                         Mr. Rogers
Mr. Walsh                           Mr. Skeen
                                    Mr. Sununu
                                    Mr. Taylor
                                    Mr. Tiahrt
                                    Mr. Visclosky
                                    Mr. Wamp
                                    Mr. Wicker
                                    Mr. Wolf
                                    Mr. Young
                          Full Committee Votes

    Pursuant to the provisions of clause 3(a)(1)(b) of rule 
XIII of the House of Representatives, the results of each 
rollcall vote on an amendment or on the motion to report, 
together with the names of those voting for and those voting 
against, are printed below:

                             rollcall no. 8

    Date: July 13, 1999.
    Measure: Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government 
Appropriations Bill, FY 2000.
    Motion by: Mrs. Northup.
    Description of Motion: To delete the provisions in the bill 
authorizing ONDCP to include underage alcohol use in the anti-
drug media campaign.
    Results: Adopted 32 yeas to 23 nays.
        Members Voting Yea            Members Voting Nay
Mr. Bonilla                         Mr. Aderholt
Mr. Boyd                            Ms. DeLauro
Mr. Clyburn                         Mr. Dickey
Mr. Cramer                          Mr. Dicks
Mr. Cunningham                      Mr. Dixon
Mr. DeLay                           Mr. Forbes
Mr. Edwards                         Mr. Hinchey
Mr. Farr                            Mr. Hobson
Mr. Frelinghuysen                   Mr. Hoyer
Ms. Granger                         Ms. Kilpatrick
Mr. Istook                          Mrs. Lowey
Mr. Kingston                        Mrs. Meek
Mr. Knollenberg                     Mr. Mollohan
Mr. Kolbe                           Mr. Moran
Mr. Latham                          Mr. Olver
Mr. Lewis                           Mr. Packard
Mr. Miller                          Mr. Regula
Mr. Nethercutt                      Ms. Roybal-Allard
Mrs. Northup                        Mr. Sabo
Mr. Obey                            Mr. Serrano
Mr. Pastor                          Mr. Wamp
Mr. Peterson                        Mr. Wolf
Mr. Porter                          Mr. Young
Mr. Price
Mr. Rogers
Mr. Skeen
Mr. Sununu
Mr. Taylor
Mr. Tiahrt
Mr. Visclosky
Mr. Walsh
Mr. Wicker



                            ADDITIONAL VIEWS

    This bill was a good bill and deserved bipartisan support 
in its original form. It was within its 302(b) allocation of 
$13,562,000,000 in discretionary budget authority. This FY 2000 
appropriation bill was drafted in the spirit of bipartisanship, 
and we wish to express our appreciation to Chairman Kolbe and 
the subcommittee staff for the constructive and inclusive way 
in which the subcommittee has operated this year. While there 
have been differences of opinion, as is expected, the process 
pursued in considering this bill has been open and fair.
    However, the unilateral actions of the House majority 
leadership in cutting the funding in this bill by $240 million 
below the 302(b) allocation has rendered this bill 
unsupportable. This reduction passed the committee on a 
straight, party-line vote, 33 to 26, and we are told that this 
reduction is necessary to relieve pressure on other 
appropriation bills that follow. However, $240 million will not 
begin to solve the more than $30 billion shortfall in the 
302(b) allocations of other appropriation bills.
    What's really happening here is that the Republican 
leadership is undercutting the Committee process to pander to a 
few of the most extreme members of their conference. This is 
the fourth appropriation bill to be cut based on the Republican 
leadership's dictates. But the worst part of this amendment is 
the damage it does to core government functions. It reduces 
funding for the Internal Revenue Service by $135 million, the 
General Services Administration Repairs and Alterations by $100 
million, and Treasury Department efforts to automate human 
resource management by $5 million. These cuts are troubling and 
extremely ill-advised.
    Last year the House voted overwhelmingly for the IRS Reform 
and Restructuring Act. That act followed recommendations of the 
Commission that studied the IRS, which states concerning 
budgets that ``the IRS should receive stable funding for the 
next three years so that the leaders can undertake the proper 
planning to rebuild its foundation'' and ``furthermore, a 
stable budget will allow the IRS leadership to plan and 
implement operations which will improve taxpayer service and 
compliance.''
    In a recent letter, IRS Commissioner Charles Rossotti 
stated the following concerning the FY 2000 requested level: 
``This level is the absolute bare minimum necessary to meet the 
Congressional demand to reform the IRS. Without these funds, 
the reform effort mandated by the Restructuring Act will be in 
jeopardy, and could, in fact, fail.'' And less than a year 
later, the Republican majority is cutting funding for the IRS. 
We can't have it both ways. This cut of $135 million will 
jeopardize IRS's ability to reorganize, protect taxpayer rights 
and improve service.
    We have mandated changes in the Reform and Restructuring 
Act that IRS simply can not deliver with reduced resources. For 
example, planned tax assistance in Spanish would be eliminated; 
IRS could not reach the 80% electronic filing by the mandated 
time; the mandated reorganization could not be implemented 
because IRS could not relocate employees or provide them with 
necessary information systems. This $135 million reduction in 
IRS includes $50 million cut from the amount that IRS needs to 
complete its year 2000 conversion! If the Y2K conversion is not 
completed on time, IRS will not be able to process returns and 
provide refunds to American taxpayers during the 2000 filing 
season!
    GSA's Repair and Alterations account within the Federal 
Buildings Fund is reduced by $100 million. This reduction will 
impair GSA's ability to provide adequate physical security 
measures at over 8,400 buildings. In addition, planned 
relocations of agencies from costly leased space to government 
owned space will be delayed. The average age of a government 
owned building is more than 50 years; GSA needs a reasonable 
level of funding for the basic upkeep of 190 million rentable 
square feet. This reduction of $100 million is unwarranted and 
must be restored. Reducing funding now for GSA's Repairs and 
Alterations will cost the American taxpayer much more in the 
long run.
    For these reasons, we cannot support this FY 2000 Treasury-
Postal Service-General Government Appropriation bill. We 
continue to hope that bipartisanship can be restored to this 
bill and to the Appropriations Committee.

                                   Dave Obey.
                                   David Price.
                                   Lucille Roybal-Allard.
                                   Steny Hoyer.

                                  
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