[House Report 106-319]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]




106th Congress                                                   Report
  1st Session             HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES              106-319

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 MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT, THE UNITED STATES 
  POSTAL SERVICE, THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT, AND CERTAIN 
 INDEPENDENT AGENCIES, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2000, 
                         AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES

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               September 14, 1999.--Ordered to be printed

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  Mr. Kolbe, from the committee of conference, submitted the following

                           CONFERENCE REPORT

                        [To accompany H.R. 2490]

      The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of 
the two Houses on the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 
2490) ``making appropriations for the Treasury Department, the 
United States Postal Service, the Executive Office of the 
President, and certain Independent Agencies, for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 2000, and for other purposes'', 
having met, after full and free conference, have agreed to 
recommend and do recommend to their respective Houses as 
follows:
      That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
amendment of the Senate, and agree to the same with an 
amendment, as follows:
      In lieu of the matter stricken and inserted by said 
amendment, insert:

That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in 
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Treasury 
Department, the United States Postal Service, the Executive 
Office of the President, and certain Independent Agencies, for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for other 
purposes, namely:

                  TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

                          Departmental Offices


                         salaries and expenses


    For necessary expenses of the Departmental Offices 
including operation and maintenance of the Treasury Building 
and Annex; hire of passenger motor vehicles; maintenance, 
repairs, and improvements of, and purchase of commercial 
insurance policies for, real properties leased or owned 
overseas, when necessary for the performance of official 
business; not to exceed $2,900,000 for official travel 
expenses; not to exceed $150,000 for official reception and 
representation expenses; not to exceed $258,000 for unforeseen 
emergencies of a confidential nature, to be allocated and 
expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury 
and to be accounted for solely on his certificate, 
$134,034,000.

        Department-Wide Systems and Capital Investments Programs


                     (including transfer of funds)


    For development and acquisition of automatic data 
processing equipment, software, and services for the Department 
of the Treasury, $43,961,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That these funds shall be transferred to 
accounts and in amounts as necessary to satisfy the 
requirements of the Department's offices, bureaus, and other 
organizations: Provided further, That this transfer authority 
shall be in addition to any other transfer authority provided 
in this Act: Provided further, That none of the funds 
appropriated shall be used to support or supplement the 
Internal Revenue Service appropriations for Information 
Systems.

                      Office of Inspector General


                         salaries and expenses


    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General 
in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of 
1978, as amended, not to exceed $2,000,000 for official travel 
expenses, including hire of passenger motor vehicles; and not 
to exceed $100,000 for unforeseen emergencies of a confidential 
nature, to be allocated and expended under the direction of the 
Inspector General of the Treasury, $30,716,000.

                Inspector General for Tax Administration


                         salaries and expenses


    For necessary expenses of the Treasury Inspector General 
for Tax Administration in carrying out the Inspector General 
Act of 1978, as amended, including purchase (not to exceed 150 
for replacement only for police-type use) and hire of passenger 
motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); services authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be determined by the 
Inspector General for Tax Administration; not to exceed 
$6,000,000 for official travel expenses; and not to exceed 
$500,000 for unforeseen emergencies of a confidential nature, 
to be allocated and expended under the direction of the 
Inspector General for Tax Administration, $112,207,000.

           Treasury Building and Annex Repair and Restoration

    For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the Treasury 
Building and Annex, $23,000,000, to remain available until 
expended.

                  Financial Crimes Enforcement Network


                         salaries and expenses


    For necessary expenses of the Financial Crimes Enforcement 
Network, including hire of passenger motor vehicles; travel 
expenses of non-Federal law enforcement personnel to attend 
meetings concerned with financial intelligence activities, law 
enforcement, and financial regulation; not to exceed $14,000 
for official reception and representation expenses; and for 
assistance to Federal law enforcement agencies, with or without 
reimbursement, $27,818,000, of which not to exceed $1,000,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2002: Provided, That 
funds appropriated in this account may be used to procure 
personal services contracts.

                    Violent Crime Reduction Programs


                     (including transfer of funds)


    For activities authorized by Public Law 103-322, to remain 
available until expended, which shall be derived from the 
Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund, as follows:
            (1) As authorized by section 190001(e), 
        $119,000,000; of which $27,920,000 shall be available 
        to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, 
        including $3,000,000 for administering the Gang 
        Resistance Education and Training program; of which 
        $4,200,000 shall be available to the United States 
        Secret Service for forensic and related support of 
        investigations of missing and exploited children, of 
        which $2,200,000 shall be available as a grant for 
        activities related to the investigations of exploited 
        children and shall remain available until expended; of 
        which $61,000,000 shall be available for the United 
        States Customs Service; of which $1,863,000 shall be 
        available for the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network; 
        of which $9,200,000 shall be available to the Federal 
        Law Enforcement Training Center; and of which 
        $14,817,000 shall be available for Interagency Crime 
        and Drug Enforcement.
            (2) As authorized by section 32401, $13,000,000 to 
        the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms for 
        disbursement through grants, cooperative agreements, or 
        contracts to local governments for Gang Resistance 
        Education and Training: Provided, That notwithstanding 
        sections 32401 and 310001, such funds shall be 
        allocated to State and local law enforcement and 
        prevention organizations.

                Federal Law Enforcement Training Center


                         salaries and expenses


    For necessary expenses of the Federal Law Enforcement 
Training Center, as a bureau of the Department of the Treasury, 
including materials and support costs of Federal law 
enforcement basic training; purchase (not to exceed 52 for 
police-type use, without regard to the general purchase price 
limitation) and hire of passenger motor vehicles; for expenses 
for student athletic and related activities; uniforms without 
regard to the general purchase price limitation for the current 
fiscal year; the conducting of and participating in firearms 
matches and presentation of awards; for public awareness and 
enhancing community support of law enforcement training; not to 
exceed $9,500 for official reception and representation 
expenses; room and board for student interns; and services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $84,027,000, of which up to 
$16,511,000 for materials and support costs of Federal law 
enforcement basic training shall remain available until 
September 30, 2002: Provided, That the Center is authorized to 
accept and use gifts of property, both real and personal, and 
to accept services, for authorized purposes, including funding 
of a gift of intrinsic value which shall be awarded annually by 
the Director of the Center to the outstanding student who 
graduated from a basic training program at the Center during 
the previous fiscal year, which shall be funded only by gifts 
received through the Center's gift authority: Provided further, 
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, students 
attending training at any Federal Law Enforcement Training 
Center site shall reside in on-Center or Center-provided 
housing, insofar as available and in accordance with Center 
policy: Provided further, That funds appropriated in this 
account shall be available, at the discretion of the Director, 
for the following: training United States Postal Service law 
enforcement personnel and Postal police officers; State and 
local government law enforcement training on a space-available 
basis; training of foreign law enforcement officials on a 
space-available basis with reimbursement of actual costs to 
this appropriation, except that reimbursement may be waived by 
the Secretary for law enforcement training activities in 
foreign countries undertaken pursuant to section 801 of the 
Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, Public 
Law 104-32; training of private sector security officials on a 
space-available basis with reimbursement of actual costs to 
this appropriation; and travel expenses of non-Federal 
personnel to attend course development meetings and training 
sponsored by the Center: Provided further, That the Center is 
authorized to obligate funds in anticipation of reimbursements 
from agencies receiving training sponsored by the Federal Law 
Enforcement Training Center, except that total obligations at 
the end of the fiscal year shall not exceed total budgetary 
resources available at the end of the fiscal year: Provided 
further, That the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center is 
authorized to provide training for the Gang Resistance 
Education and Training program to Federal and non-Federal 
personnel at any facility in partnership with the Bureau of 
Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms: Provided further, That the 
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center is authorized to 
provide short-term medical services for students undergoing 
training at the Center.


     acquisition, construction, improvements, and related expenses


    For expansion of the Federal Law Enforcement Training 
Center, for acquisition of necessary additional real property 
and facilities, and for ongoing maintenance, facility 
improvements, and related expenses, $21,611,000, to remain 
available until expended.

                      Interagency Law Enforcement


                 interagency crime and drug enforcement


    For expenses necessary for the detection and investigation 
of individuals involved in organized crime drug trafficking, 
including cooperative efforts with State and local law 
enforcement, $61,083,000, of which $7,827,000 shall remain 
available until expended.

                      Financial Management Service


                         salaries and expenses


    For necessary expenses of the Financial Management Service, 
$201,320,000, of which not to exceed $10,635,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2002, for information systems 
modernization initiatives; and of which not to exceed $2,500 
shall be available for official reception and representation 
expenses.

                Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms


                         salaries and expenses


    For necessary expenses of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco 
and Firearms, including purchase of not to exceed 812 vehicles 
for police-type use, of which 650 shall be for replacement 
only, and hire of passenger motor vehicles; hire of aircraft; 
services of expert witnesses at such rates as may be determined 
by the Director; for payment of per diem and/or subsistence 
allowances to employees where an assignment to the National 
Response Team during the investigation of a bombing or arson 
incident requires an employee to work 16 hours or more per day 
or to remain overnight at his or her post of duty; not to 
exceed $15,000 for official reception and representation 
expenses; for training of State and local law enforcement 
agencies with or without reimbursement, including training in 
connection with the training and acquisition of canines for 
explosives and fire accelerants detection; and provision of 
laboratory assistance to State and local agencies, with or 
without reimbursement, $565,959,000, of which $39,000,000 may 
be used for the Youth Crime Gun Interdiction Initiative; of 
which not to exceed $1,000,000 shall be available for the 
payment of attorneys' fees as provided by 18 U.S.C. 924(d)(2); 
and of which $1,000,000 shall be available for the equipping of 
any vessel, vehicle, equipment, or aircraft available for 
official use by a State or local law enforcement agency if the 
conveyance will be used in joint law enforcement operations 
with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and for the 
payment of overtime salaries, travel, fuel, training, 
equipment, supplies, and other similar costs of State and local 
law enforcement personnel, including sworn officers and support 
personnel, that are incurred in joint operations with the 
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms: Provided, That no 
funds made available by this or any other Act may be used to 
transfer the functions, missions, or activities of the Bureau 
of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms to other agencies or 
Departments in fiscal year 2000: Provided further, That no 
funds appropriated herein shall be available for salaries or 
administrative expenses in connection with consolidating or 
centralizing, within the Department of the Treasury, the 
records, or any portion thereof, of acquisition and disposition 
of firearms maintained by Federal firearms licensees: Provided 
further, That no funds appropriated herein shall be used to pay 
administrative expenses or the compensation of any officer or 
employee of the United States to implement an amendment or 
amendments to 27 CFR 178.118 or to change the definition of 
``Curios or relics'' in 27 CFR 178.11 or remove any item from 
ATF Publication 5300.11 as it existed on January 1, 1994: 
Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated herein 
shall be available to investigate or act upon applications for 
relief from Federal firearms disabilities under 18 U.S.C. 
925(c): Provided further, That such funds shall be available to 
investigate and act upon applications filed by corporations for 
relief from Federal firearms disabilities under 18 U.S.C. 
925(c): Provided further, That no funds in this Act may be used 
to provide ballistics imaging equipment to any one installation 
or site of a State or local authority who has obtained similar 
equipmentthrough a Federal grant or subsidy unless the State or 
local authority agrees in writing to the original grantor to return 
that equipment or to repay that grant or subsidy to the Federal 
Government: Provided further, That no funds under this Act may be used 
to electronically retrieve information gathered pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 
923(g)(4) by name or any personal identification code.

                     United States Customs Service


                         salaries and expenses


    For necessary expenses of the United States Customs 
Service, including purchase and lease of up to 1,050 motor 
vehicles of which 550 are for replacement only and of which 
1,030 are for police-type use and commercial operations; hire 
of motor vehicles; contracting with individuals for personal 
services abroad; not to exceed $40,000 for official reception 
and representation expenses; and awards of compensation to 
informers, as authorized by any Act enforced by the United 
States Customs Service, $1,705,364,000, of which such sums as 
become available in the Customs User Fee Account, except sums 
subject to section 13031(f)(3) of the Consolidated Omnibus 
Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended (19 U.S.C. 
58c(f)(3)), shall be derived from that Account; of the total, 
not to exceed $150,000 shall be available for payment for 
rental space in connection with preclearance operations; not to 
exceed $4,000,000 shall be available until expended for 
research, of which $725,000 shall be provided to a northern 
plains agricultural economics program in North and/or South 
Dakota to conduct a research program on the bilateral United 
States/Canadian bilateral trade of agricultural commodities and 
products; of which not less than $100,000 shall be available to 
promote public awareness of the child pornography tipline; of 
which not less than $200,000 shall be available for Project 
Alert; not to exceed $5,000,000 shall be available until 
expended for conducting special operations pursuant to 19 
U.S.C. 2081; not to exceed $8,000,000 shall be available until 
expended for the procurement of automation infrastructure 
items, including hardware, software, and installation; and not 
to exceed $5,000,000 shall be available until expended for 
repairs to Customs facilities: Provided, That uniforms may be 
purchased without regard to the general purchase price 
limitation for the current fiscal year: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, the fiscal year 
aggregate overtime limitation prescribed in subsection 5(c)(1) 
of the Act of February 13, 1911 (19 U.S.C. 261 and 267) shall 
be $30,000.


                   harbor maintenance fee collection


                     (including transfer of funds)


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


  operation, maintenance and procurement, air and marine interdiction 
                                programs


    For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the 
operation and maintenance of marine vessels, aircraft, and 
other related equipment of the Air and Marine Programs, 
including operational training and mission-related travel, and 
rental payments for facilities occupied by the air or marine 
interdiction and demand reduction programs, the operations of 
which include the following: the interdiction of narcotics and 
other goods; the provision of support to Customs and other 
Federal, State, and local agencies in the enforcement or 
administration of laws enforced by the Customs Service; and, at 
the discretion of the Commissioner of Customs, the provision of 
assistance to Federal, State, and local agencies in other law 
enforcement and emergency humanitarian efforts, $108,688,000, 
which shall remain available until expended: Provided, That no 
aircraft or other related equipment, with the exception of 
aircraft which is one of a kind and has been identified as 
excess to Customs requirements and aircraft which has been 
damaged beyond repair, shall be transferred to any other 
Federal agency, department, or office outside of theDepartment 
of the Treasury, during fiscal year 2000 without the prior approval of 
the Committees on Appropriations.

                       Bureau of the Public Debt


                     administering the public debt


    For necessary expenses connected with any public-debt 
issues of the United States, $182,219,000, of which not to 
exceed $2,500 shall be available for official reception and 
representation expenses, and of which not to exceed $2,000,000 
shall remain available until expended for systems 
modernization: Provided, That the sum appropriated herein from 
the General Fund for fiscal year 2000 shall be reduced by not 
more than $4,400,000 as definitive security issue fees and 
Treasury Direct Investor Account Maintenance fees are 
collected, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2000 
appropriation from the General Fund estimated at $177,819,000, 
and in addition, $20,000, to be derived from the Oil Spill 
Liability Trust Fund to reimburse the Bureau for administrative 
and personnel expenses for financial management of the Fund, as 
authorized by section 1012 of Public Law 101-380.

                        Internal Revenue Service


                 processing, assistance, and management


    For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service for 
tax returns processing; revenue accounting; tax law and account 
assistance to taxpayers by telephone and correspondence; 
programs to match information returns and tax returns; 
management services; rent and utilities; and services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be determined 
by the Commissioner, $3,312,535,000, of which up to $3,950,000 
shall be for the Tax Counseling for the Elderly Program, and of 
which not to exceed $25,000 shall be for official reception and 
representation expenses.


                          tax law enforcement


    For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service for 
determining and establishing tax liabilities; providing 
litigation support; issuing technical rulings; examining 
employee plans and exempt organizations; conducting criminal 
investigation and enforcement activities; securing unfiled tax 
returns; collecting unpaid accounts; compiling statistics of 
income and conducting compliance research; purchase (for 
police-type use, not to exceed 850) and hire of passenger motor 
vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); and services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be determined by the 
Commissioner, $3,336,838,000, of which not to exceed $1,000,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2002, for research, 
and of which not to exceed $150,000 shall be for official 
reception and representation expenses associated with hosting 
the Inter-American Center of Tax Administration (CIAT) 2000 
Conference.


             earned income tax credit compliance initiative


    For funding essential earned income tax credit compliance 
and error reduction initiatives pursuant to section 5702 of the 
Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (Public Law 105-33), $144,000,000, 
of which not to exceed $10,000,000 may be used to reimburse the 
Social Security Administration for the costs of implementing 
section 1090 of the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997.


                          information systems


    For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service for 
information systems and telecommunications support, including 
developmental information systems and operational information 
systems; the hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 
1343(b)); and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such 
rates as may be determined by the Commissioner, $1,455,401,000 
which shall remain available until September 30, 2001.


          administrative provisions--internal revenue service


    Sec. 101. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made 
available in this Act to the Internal Revenue Service may be 
transferred to any other Internal Revenue Service appropriation 
upon the advance approval of the Committees on Appropriations.
     Sec. 102. The Internal Revenue Service shall maintain a 
training program to ensure that Internal Revenue Service 
employees are trained in taxpayers' rights, in dealing 
courteously with the taxpayers, and in cross-cultural 
relations.
    Sec. 103. The Internal Revenue Service shall institute and 
enforce policies and procedures that will safeguard the 
confidentiality of taxpayer information.
    Sec. 104. Funds made available by this or any other Act to 
the Internal Revenue Service shall be available for improved 
facilities and increased manpower to provide sufficient and 
effective 1-800 help line service for taxpayers. The 
Commissioner shall continue to make the improvement of the 
Internal Revenue Service 1-800 help line service a priority and 
allocate resources necessary to increase phone lines and staff 
to improve the Internal Revenue Service 1-800 help line 
service.
    Sec. 105. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 
reorganization of the field office structure of the Internal 
Revenue Service Criminal Investigation Division will result in 
a reduction of criminal investigators in Wisconsin and South 
Dakota from the 1996 level.

                      United States Secret Service


                         salaries and expenses


    For necessary expenses of the United States Secret Service, 
including purchase of not to exceed 777 vehicles for police-
type use, of which 739 shall be for replacement only, and hire 
of passenger motor vehicles; hire of aircraft; training and 
assistance requested by State and local governments, which may 
be provided without reimbursement; services of expert witnesses 
at such rates as may be determined by the Director; rental of 
buildings in the District of Columbia, and fencing, lighting, 
guard booths, and other facilities on private or other property 
not in Government ownership or control, as may be necessary to 
perform protective functions; for payment of per diem and/or 
subsistence allowances to employees where a protective 
assignment during the actual day or days of the visit of a 
protectee require an employee to work 16 hours per day or to 
remain overnight at his or her post of duty; the conducting of 
and participating in firearms matches; presentation of awards; 
for travel of Secret Service employees on protective missions 
without regard to the limitations on such expenditures in this 
or any other Act if approval is obtained in advance from the 
Committees on Appropriations; for research and development; for 
making grants to conduct behavioral research in support of 
protective research and operations; not to exceed $20,000 for 
official reception and representation expenses; not to exceed 
$50,000 to provide technical assistance and equipment to 
foreign law enforcement organizations in counterfeit 
investigations; for payment in advance for commercial 
accommodations as may be necessary to perform protective 
functions; and for uniforms without regard to the general 
purchase price limitation for the current fiscal year, 
$667,312,000: Provided, That up to $18,000,000 provided for 
protective travel shall remain available until September 30, 
2001.


     acquisition, construction, improvements, and related expenses


    For necessary expenses of construction, repair, alteration, 
and improvement of facilities, $4,923,000, to remain available 
until expended.

             General Provisions--Department of the Treasury

    Sec. 110. Any obligation or expenditure by the Secretary of 
the Treasury in connection with law enforcement activities of a 
Federal agency or a Department of the Treasury law enforcement 
organization in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 9703(g)(4)(B) from 
unobligated balances remaining in the Fund on September 30, 
2000, shall be made in compliance with reprogramming 
guidelines.
     Sec. 111. Appropriations to the Department of the Treasury 
in this Act shall be available for uniforms or allowances 
therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901), including 
maintenance, repairs, and cleaning; purchase of insurance for 
official motor vehicles operated in foreign countries; purchase 
of motor vehicles without regard to the general purchase price 
limitations for vehicles purchased and used overseas for the 
current fiscal year; entering into contracts with the 
Department of State for the furnishing of health and medical 
services to employees and their dependents serving in foreign 
countries; and services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109.
     Sec. 112. The funds provided to the Bureau of Alcohol, 
Tobacco and Firearms for fiscal year 2000 in this Act for the 
enforcement of the Federal Alcohol Administration Act shall be 
expended in a manner so as not to diminish enforcement efforts 
with respect to section 105 of the Federal Alcohol 
Administration Act.
     Sec. 113. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropriations in 
this Act made available to the Federal Law Enforcement Training 
Center, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, Bureau of 
Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, United States Customs Service, 
and United States Secret Service may be transferred between 
such appropriations upon the advance approval of the Committees 
on Appropriations. No transfer may increase or decrease any 
such appropriation by more than 2 percent.
    Sec. 114. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropriations in 
this Act made available to the Departmental Offices, Office of 
Inspector General, Treasury Inspector General for Tax 
Administration, Financial Management Service, and Bureau of the 
Public Debt, may be transferred between such appropriations 
upon the advance approval of the Committees on Appropriations. 
No transfer may increase or decrease any such appropriation by 
more than 2 percent.
    Sec. 115. Of the funds available for the purchase of law 
enforcement vehicles, no funds may be obligated until the 
Secretary of the Treasury certifies that the purchase by the 
respective Treasury bureau is consistent with Departmental 
vehicle management principles: Provided, That the Secretary may 
delegate this authority to the Assistant Secretary for 
Management.
    Sec. 116. (a) Voluntary Separation Incentive Payments for 
Employees of the Office of the Treasury Inspector General for 
Tax Administration.--During the period from October 1, 1999 
through January 1, 2003, the Treasury Inspector General for Tax 
Administration is authorized 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 (referred 
to in this section as the ``Office'').
    (b) Definition.--In this section, the term ``employee'' 
means an employee (as defined by 5 U.S.C. 2105) who is employed 
by the Office serving under an appointment without time 
limitation, and has been currently employed by the Office or 
the Internal Revenue Service or the Office of Inspector General 
of the Department of the Treasury for a continuous period of at 
least 3 years, but does not include--
            (1) a reemployed annuitant under subchapter III of 
        chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title 5, United States 
        Code, or another retirement system;
            (2) an employee having a disability on the basis of 
        which such employee is or would be eligible for 
        disability retirement under the applicable retirement 
        system referred to in paragraph (1);
            (3) an employee who is in receipt of a specific 
        notice of involuntary separation for misconduct or 
        unacceptable performance;
            (4) an employee who has previously received any 
        voluntary separation incentive payment by the Federal 
        Government under this section or any other authority 
        and has not repaid such payment;
            (5) an employee covered by statutory reemployment 
        rights who is on transfer to another organization; or
            (6) any employee who, during the 24-month period 
        preceding the date of separation, has received a 
        recruitment or relocation bonus under 5 U.S.C. 5753 or 
        who, within the 12-month period preceding the date of 
        separation, received a retention allowance under 5 
        U.S.C. 5754.
    (c) Authority To Provide Voluntary Separation Incentive 
Payments.--
            (1) In general.--The Treasury Inspector General for 
        Tax Administration may pay voluntary separation 
        incentive payments under this section to any employee 
        to the extent necessary to organize the Office so as to 
        perform the duties specified in the Internal Revenue 
        Service Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998 (Public 
        Law 105-206).
            (2) Amount and treatment of payments.--A voluntary 
        separation incentive payment--
                    (A) shall be paid in a lump sum after the 
                employee's separation;
                    (B) shall be paid from appropriations 
                available for the payment of the basic pay of 
                the employees of the Office;
                    (C) shall be equal to the lesser of--
                            (i) an amount equal to the amount 
                        the employee would be entitled to 
                        receive under 5 U.S.C. 5595(c); or
                            (ii) an amount determined by the 
                        Treasury Inspector General for Tax 
                        Administration, not to exceed $25,000;
                    (D) may not be made except in the case of 
                any qualifying employee who voluntarily 
                separates (whether by retirement or 
                resignation) before January 1, 2003;
                    (E) shall not be a basis for payment, and 
                shall not be included in the computation, of 
                any other type of Government benefit; and
                    (F) shall not be taken into account in 
                determining the amount of any severance pay to 
                which the employee may be entitled under 5 
                U.S.C. 5595 based on any other separation.
    (d) Additional Office of the Treasury Inspector General for 
Tax Administration Contributions to the Retirement Fund.--
            (1) In general.--In addition to any other payments 
        which it is required to make under subchapter III of 
        chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title 5, United States 
        Code, the Office shall remit to the Office of Personnel 
        Management for deposit in the Treasury of the United 
        States to the credit of the Civil Service Retirement 
        and Disability Fund an amount equal to 15 percent of 
        the final basic pay of each employee who is covered 
        under subchapter III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of 
        title 5, United States Code, to whom a voluntary 
        separation incentive has been paid under this section.
            (2) Definition.--In paragraph (1), the term ``final 
        basic pay'', with respect to an employee, means the 
        total amount of basic pay which would be payable for a 
        year of service by such employee, computed using the 
        employee's final rate of basic pay, and, if last 
        serving on other than a full-time basis, with 
        appropriate adjustment therefor.
    (e) Effect of Subsequent Employment With the Government.--
An individual who has received a voluntary separation incentive 
payment under this section and accepts any employment for 
compensation with the United States Government, or who works 
for any agency of the United States Government through a 
personal services contract, within 5 years after the date of 
the separation on which the payment is based, shall be required 
to pay, prior to the individual's first day of employment, the 
entire amount of the incentive payment to the Office.
    (f) Effect on Office of the Treasury Inspector General for 
Tax Administration Employment Levels.--
            (1) Intended effect.--Voluntary separations under 
        this section are not intended to necessarily reduce the 
        total number of full-time equivalent positions in the 
        Office.
            (2) Use of voluntary separations.--The Office may 
        redeploy or use the full-time equivalent positions 
        vacated by voluntary separations under this section to 
        make other positions available to more critical 
        locations or more critical occupations.
    Sec. 117. None of the funds appropriated in this Act or 
otherwise available to the Department of the Treasury or the 
Bureau of Engraving and Printing may be used to redesign the $1 
Federal Reserve note.
    Sec. 118. Funds made available by this or any other Act may 
be used to pay premium pay for protective services authorized 
by section 3056(a) of title 18, United States Code, without 
regard to the limitation on the rate of pay payable during a 
pay period contained in section 5547(c)(2) of title 5, United 
States Code, except that such premium pay shall not be payable 
to an employee to the extent that the aggregate of the 
employee's basic and premium pay for the year would otherwise 
exceed the annualequivalent of that limitation. The term 
premium pay refers to the provisions of law cited in the first sentence 
of section 5547(a) of title 5, United States Code.
    Sec. 119. (a) Voluntary Separation Incentive payments for 
Employees of the Chicago Financial Center of the Financial 
Management Service.--During the period from October 1, 1999, 
through January 31, 2000, the Commissioner of the Financial 
Management Service (FMS) of the Department of the Treasury is 
authorized to offer voluntary separation incentives in order to 
provide the necessary flexibility to carry out the closure of 
the Chicago Financial Center (CFC) in a manner which the 
Commissioner shall deem most efficient, equitable to employees, 
and cost effective to the Government.
    (b) Definition.--In this section, the term ``employee'' 
means an employee (as defined by 5 U.S.C. 2105) who is employed 
by FMS at CFC under an appointment without time limitation, and 
has been so employed continuously for a period of at least 3 
years, but does not include--
            (1) a reemployed annuitant under subchapter III of 
        chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title 5, United States 
        Code, or another retirement system;
            (2) an employee with a disability on the basis of 
        which such employee is or would be eligible for 
        disability retirement under the retirement systems 
        referred to in paragraph (1) or another retirement 
        system for employees of the Government;
            (3) an employee who is in receipt of a specific 
        notice of involuntary separation for misconduct or 
        unacceptable performance;
            (4) an employee who has previously received any 
        voluntary separation incentive payment from an agency 
        or instrumentality of the Government of the United 
        States under any authority and has not repaid such 
        payment;
            (5) an employee covered by statutory reemployment 
        rights who is on transfer to another organization; or
            (6) an employee who during the 24-month period 
        preceding the date of separation has received and not 
        repaid a recruitment or relocation bonus under section 
        5753 of title 5, United States Code, or who, within the 
        12-month period preceding the date of separation, has 
        received and not repaid a retention allowance under 
        section 5754 of that title.
    (c) Agency Plan; Approval.--
            (1) The Secretary, Department of the Treasury, 
        prior to obligating any resources for voluntary 
        separation incentive payments, shall submit to the 
        Office of Management and Budget a strategic plan 
        outlining the intended use of such incentive payments 
        and a proposed organizational chart for the agency once 
        such incentive payments have been completed.
            (2) The agency's plan under paragraph (1) shall 
        include--
                    (A) the specific positions and functions to 
                be reduced or eliminated;
                    (B) a proposed coverage for offers of 
                incentives;
                    (C) the time period during which incentives 
                may be paid;
                    (D) the number and amounts of voluntary 
                separation incentive payments to be offered; 
                and
                    (E) a description of how the agency will 
                operate without the eliminated positions and 
                functions.
            (3) The Director of the Office of Management and 
        Budget shall review the agency's plan and approve or 
        disapprove such plan, and may make appropriate 
        modifications in the plan including waivers of the 
        reduction in agency employment levels required by this 
        Act.
    (d) Authority To Provide Voluntary Separation Incentive 
Payments.--
            (1) A voluntary separation incentive payment under 
        this Act may be paid by the agency head to an employee 
        only in accordance with the strategic plan under 
        subsection (c).
            (2) A voluntary incentive payment--
                    (A) shall be offered to agency employees on 
                the basis of organizational unit, occupational 
                series or level, geographic location, other 
                nonpersonal factors, or an appropriate 
                combination of such factors;
                    (B) shall be paid in a lump sum after the 
                employee's separation;
                    (C) shall be equal to the lesser of--
                            (i) an amount equal to the amount 
                        the employee would be entitled to 
                        receive under section 5595(c) of title 
                        5, United States Code, if the employee 
                        were entitled to payment under such 
                        section (without adjustment for any 
                        previous payment made); or
                            (ii) an amount determined by the 
                        agency head, not to exceed $25,000;
                    (D) may be made only in the case of an 
                employee who voluntarily separates (whether by 
                retirement or resignation) under the provisions 
                of this Act;
                    (E) shall not be a basis for payment, and 
                shall not be included in the computation of any 
                other type of Government benefit;
                    (F) shall not be taken into account in 
                determining the amount of any severance pay to 
                which the employee may be entitled under 
                section 5595 of title 5, United States Code, 
                based on any other separation; and
                    (G) shall be paid from appropriations or 
                funds available for the payment of the basic 
                pay of the employee.
    (e) Eligibility for Payments.--Payments under this section 
may be made to any qualifying employee who voluntarily 
separates, whether by retirement or resignation, between 
October 1, 1999, and January 31, 2000.
    (f) Effect on Subsequent Employment With the Government.--
            (1) An individual who has received a voluntary 
        separation incentive payment under this section and 
        accepts any employment for compensation with any agency 
        or instrumentality of the Government of the United 
        States, or who works for an agency of the United States 
        Government through a personal services contract, within 
        5 years after the date of the separation on which the 
        payment is based shall be required to pay, prior to the 
        individual's first day of employment, the entire amount 
        of the incentive payment to FMS.
            (2) The Director of the Office of Personnel 
        Management may, at the request of the Secretary, 
        Department of the Treasury, waive the repayment if the 
        individual involved possesses unique abilities and is 
        the only qualified applicant available for the 
        position.
    (g) Contributions to the Retirement Fund.--
            (1) In addition to any other payments which it is 
        required to make under subchapter III of chapter 83 or 
        chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code, FMS shall 
        remit to the Office of Personnel Management for deposit 
        in the Treasury to the credit of the Civil Service 
        Retirement and Disability Fund an amount equal to 15 
        percent of the final annual basic pay for each employee 
        covered under subchapter III of chapter 83 or chapter 
        84 of title 5, United States Code, to whom a voluntary 
        separation incentive has been paid under this section.
            (2) For the purpose of paragraph (1), the term 
        ``final basic pay'' with respect to an employee, means 
        the total amount of basic pay which would be payable 
        for a year of service by such employee, computed using 
        the employee's final rate of basic pay, and, if last 
        serving on other than a full-time basis, with 
        appropriate adjustment therefor.
    (h) Reduction of Agency Employment Levels.--
            (1) The total number of funded employee positions 
        in the agency shall be reduced by one position for each 
        vacancy created by the separation of any employee who 
        has received, or is due to receive, a voluntary 
        separation incentive payment under this Act. For the 
        purposes of this subsection, positions shall be counted 
        on a full-time equivalent basis.
            (2) The President, through the Office of Management 
        and Budget, shall monitor the agency and take any 
        action necessary to ensure that the requirements of 
        this subsection are met.
            (3) At the request of the Secretary, Department of 
        the Treasury, the Office of Management and Budget may 
        waive the reduction in total number of funded employee 
        positions required by paragraph (1) if it believes the 
        agency plan required by subsection (c) satisfactorily 
        demonstrates that the positions would better be used to 
        reallocate occupations or reshape the workforce and to 
        produce a more cost-effective result.
    This title may be cited as the ``Treasury Department 
Appropriations Act, 2000''.

                        TITLE II--POSTAL SERVICE

                   Payment to the Postal Service Fund

    For payment to the Postal Service Fund for revenue forgone 
on free and reduced rate mail, pursuant to subsections (c) and 
(d) of section 2401 of title 39, United States Code, 
$93,436,000, of which $64,436,000 shall not be available for 
obligation until October 1, 2000: Provided, That mail for 
overseas voting and mail for the blind shall continue to be 
free: Provided further, That 6-day delivery and rural delivery 
of mail shall continue at not less than the 1983 level: 
Provided further, That none of the funds made available to the 
Postal Service by this Act shall be used to implement any rule, 
regulation, or policy of charging any officer or employee of 
any State or local child support enforcement agency, or any 
individual participating in a State or local program of child 
support enforcement, a fee for information requested or 
provided concerning an address of a postal customer: Provided 
further, That none of the funds provided in this Act shall be 
used to consolidate or close small rural and other small post 
offices in fiscal year 2000.
    This title may be cited as the ``Postal Service 
Appropriations Act, 2000''.

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

        Compensation of the President and the White House Office


                     compensation of the president


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


                         salaries and expenses


    For necessary expenses for the White House as authorized by 
law, including not to exceed $3,850,000 for services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 105; subsistence 
expenses as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 105, which shall be expended 
and accounted for as provided in that section; hire of 
passenger motor vehicles, newspapers, periodicals, teletype 
news service, and travel (not to exceed $100,000 to be expended 
and accounted for as provided by 3 U.S.C. 103); and not to 
exceed $19,000 for official entertainment expenses, to be 
available for allocation within the Executive Office of the 
President, $52,444,000: Provided, That $10,313,000 of the funds 
appropriated shall be available for reimbursements to the White 
House Communications Agency.

                 Executive Residence at the White House


                           operating expenses


    For the care, maintenance, repair and alteration, 
refurnishing, improvement, heating, and lighting, including 
electric power and fixtures, of the Executive Residence at the 
White House and official entertainment expenses of the 
President, $9,260,000, to be expended and accounted for as 
provided by 3 U.S.C. 105, 109, 110, and 112-114.


                         reimbursable expenses


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


                   white house repair and restoration


    For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the 
Executive Residence at the White House, $810,000, to remain 
available until expended for required maintenance, safety and 
health issues, and continued preventative maintenance.

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


                         salaries and expenses


    For necessary expenses to enable the Vice President to 
provide assistance to the President in connection with 
specially assigned functions; services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 106, including subsistence expenses as 
authorized by 3 U.S.C. 106, which shall be expended and 
accounted for as provided in that section; and hire of 
passenger motor vehicles, $3,617,000.


                           operating expenses


                     (including transfer of funds)


    For the care, operation, refurnishing, improvement, heating 
and lighting, including electric power and fixtures, of the 
official residence of the Vice President; the hire of passenger 
motor vehicles; and not to exceed $90,000 for official 
entertainment expenses of the Vice President, to be accounted 
for solely on his certificate, $345,000: Provided, That 
advances or repayments or transfers from this appropriation may 
be made to any department or agency for expenses of carrying 
out such activities.

                      Council of Economic Advisers


                         salaries and expenses


    For necessary expenses of the Council of Economic Advisors 
in carrying out its functions under the Employment Act of 1946 
(15 U.S.C. 1021), $3,840,000.

                      Office of Policy Development


                         salaries and expenses


    For necessary expenses of the Office of Policy Development, 
including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 
107, $4,032,000.

                       National Security Council


                         salaries and expenses


    For necessary expenses of the National Security Council, 
including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $6,997,000.

                        Office of Administration


                         salaries and expenses


    For necessary expenses of the Office of Administration, 
including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 
107, and hire of passenger motor vehicles, $39,198,000, of 
which $8,806,000 shall be available for a capital investment 
plan which provides for the continued modernization of the 
information technology infrastructure.

                    Office of Management and Budget


                         salaries and expenses


    For necessary expenses of the Office of Management and 
Budget, including hire of passenger motor vehicles and services 
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $63,495,000, of which not to 
exceed $5,000,000 shall be available to carry out the 
provisions of chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code: 
Provided, That, as provided in 31 U.S.C. 1301(a), 
appropriations shall be applied only to the objects for which 
appropriations were made except as otherwise provided by law: 
Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated in this 
Act for the Office of Management and Budget may be used for the 
purpose of reviewing any agricultural marketing orders or any 
activities or regulations under the provisions of the 
Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 (7 U.S.C. 601 et 
seq.): Provided further, That none of the funds made available 
for the Office of Management and Budget by this Act may be 
expended for the altering of the transcript of actual testimony 
of witnesses, except for testimony of officials of the Office 
of Management and Budget, before the Committees on 
Appropriations or the Committees on Veterans' Affairs or their 
subcommittees: Provided further, That the preceding shall not 
apply to printed hearings released by the Committees on 
Appropriations or the Committees on Veterans' Affairs.

                 Office of National Drug Control Policy


                         salaries and expenses


                     (including transfer of funds)


    For necessary expenses of the Office of National Drug 
Control Policy; for research activities pursuant to the Office 
of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 1998 
(title VII of division C of Public Law 105-277); not to exceed 
$8,000 for official reception and representation expenses; and 
for participation in joint projects or in the provision of 
services on matters of mutual interest with nonprofit, 
research, or public organizations or agencies, with or without 
reimbursement, $22,951,000, of which$1,100,000 shall be 
available for policy research and evaluation, of which $1,000,000 shall 
be available for the National Alliance for Model State Drug Laws, and 
of which up to $600,000 shall be available for the evaluation of the 
Drug-Free Communities Act: Provided, That the Office is authorized to 
accept, hold, administer, and utilize gifts, both real and personal, 
public and private, without fiscal year limitation, for the purpose of 
aiding or facilitating the work of the Office: Provided further, That 
of the amounts appropriated for salaries and expenses, $125,000 shall 
be transferred to the General Accounting Office for the sole purpose of 
entering into a contract with the private sector for a management 
review of the Office of National Drug Control Policy.


                counterdrug technology assessment center


                     (including transfer of funds)


    For necessary expenses for the Counterdrug Technology 
Assessment Center for research activities pursuant to the 
Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 
1998 (title VII of Division C of Public Law 105-277), 
$29,250,000, which shall remain available until expended, 
consisting of $16,000,000 for counternarcotics research and 
development projects, and $13,250,000 for the continued 
operation of the technology transfer program: Provided, That 
the $16,000,000 for counternarcotics research and development 
projects shall be available for transfer to other Federal 
departments or agencies.

                     Federal Drug Control Programs


             high intensity drug trafficking areas program


                     (including transfer of funds)


    For necessary expenses of the Office of National Drug 
Control Policy's High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program, 
$192,000,000 for drug control activities consistent with the 
approved strategy for each of the designated High Intensity 
Drug Trafficking Areas, of which no less than 51 percent shall 
be transferred to State and local entities for drug control 
activities, which shall be obligated within 120 days of the 
date of enactment of this Act: Provided, That up to 49 percent 
may be transferred to Federal agencies and departments at a 
rate to be determined by the Director: Provided further, That, 
of this latter amount, $1,800,000 shall be used for auditing 
services: Provided further, That, hereafter, of the amount 
appropriated for fiscal year 2000 or any succeeding fiscal year 
for the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program, the 
funds to be obligated or expended during such fiscal year for 
programs addressing the treatment or prevention of drug use as 
part of the approved strategy for a designated High Intensity 
Drug Trafficking Area (HIDTA) shall not be less than the funds 
obligated or expended for such programs during fiscal year 1999 
for each designated HIDTA without the prior approval of the 
Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That funds 
shall be provided for existing High Intensity Drug Trafficking 
Areas at no less than the total fiscal year 1999 level.


                        special forfeiture fund


                     (including transfer of funds)


    For activities to support a national anti-drug campaign for 
youth, and other purposes, authorized by Public Law 105-277, 
$216,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, 
That such funds may be transferred to other Federal departments 
and agencies to carry out such activities: Provided further, 
That of the funds provided, $185,000,000 shall be to support a 
national media campaign, as authorized in the Drug-Free Media 
Campaign Act of 1998: Provided further, That of the amounts 
provided for the Drug-Free Media Campaign, 10 percent shall not 
be available for obligation until ONDCP submits a corporate 
sponsorship plan to the Committees on Appropriations: Provided 
further, That of the funds provided, $30,000,000 shall be to 
continue a program of matching grants to drug-free communities, 
as authorized in the Drug-Free Communities Act of 1997: 
Provided further, That of the funds provided, $1,000,000 shall 
be available to the Director for transfer as grants to State 
and local agencies or non-profit organizations for the National 
Drug Court Institute.

                          Unanticipated Needs

    For expenses necessary to enable the President to meet 
unanticipated needs, in furtherance of the national interest, 
security, or defense which may arise at home or abroad during 
the current fiscal year, as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 108, 
$1,000,000.
    This title may be cited as the ``Executive Office 
Appropriations Act, 2000''.

                     TITLE IV--INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

 Committee for Purchase From People Who are Blind or Severely Disabled


                         salaries and expenses


    For necessary expenses of the Committee for Purchase From 
People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled established by the 
Act of June 23, 1971, Public Law 92-28, $2,674,000.

                      Federal Election Commission


                         salaries and expenses


    For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the 
Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended, $38,152,000, 
of which no less than $4,866,500 shall be available for 
internal automated data processing systems, and of which not to 
exceed $5,000 shall be available for reception and 
representation expenses.

                   Federal Labor Relations Authority


                         salaries and expenses


    For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the 
Federal Labor Relations Authority, pursuant to Reorganization 
Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, and the Civil Service Reform Act of 
1978, including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, including 
hire of experts and consultants, hire of passenger motor 
vehicles, and rental of conference rooms in the District of 
Columbia and elsewhere, $23,828,000: Provided, That public 
members of the Federal Service Impasses Panel may be paid 
travel expenses and per diem in lieu of subsistence as 
authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5703) for persons employed 
intermittently in the Government service, and compensation as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds received from fees 
charged to non-Federal participants at labor-management 
relations conferences shall be credited to and merged with this 
account, to be available without further appropriation for the 
costs of carrying out these conferences.

                    General Services Administration


                         federal buildings fund


                 limitations on availability of revenue


                    (including rescission of funds)


    To carry out the purpose of the Fund established pursuant 
to section 210(f) of the Federal Property and Administrative 
Services Act of 1949, as amended (40 U.S.C. 490(f)), the 
revenues and collections deposited into the Fund shall be 
available for necessary expenses of real property management 
and related activities not otherwise provided for, including 
operation, maintenance, and protection of federally owned and 
leased buildings; rental of buildings in the District of 
Columbia; restoration of leased premises; moving governmental 
agencies (including space adjustments and telecommunications 
relocation expenses) in connection with the assignment, 
allocation and transfer of space; contractual services incident 
to cleaning or servicing buildings, and moving; repair and 
alteration of federally owned buildings including grounds, 
approaches and appurtenances; care and safeguarding of sites; 
maintenance, preservation, demolition, and equipment; 
acquisition of buildings and sites by purchase, condemnation, 
or as otherwise authorized by law; acquisition of options to 
purchase buildings and sites; conversion and extension of 
federally owned buildings; preliminary planning and design of 
projects by contract or otherwise; construction of new 
buildings (including equipment for such buildings); and payment 
of principal, interest, and any other obligations for public 
buildings acquired by installment purchase and purchase 
contract; in the aggregate amount of $5,342,416,000, of which: 
(1) $74,979,000 shall remain available until expended for 
construction of additional projects at locations and at maximum 
construction improvement costs (including funds for sites and 
expenses and associated design and construction services) as 
follows:
    New construction:
            Maryland:
                    Montgomery County, FDA Consolidation, 
                $35,000,000
            Michigan:
                    Sault Sainte Marie, Border Station, 
                $8,263,000
            Montana:
                    Roosville, Border Station, $753,000
                    Sweetgrass, Border Station, $11,480,000
            Texas:
                    Fort Hancock, Border Station, $277,000
            Washington:
                    Oroville, Border Station, $11,206,000
            Nationwide:
                    Non-prospectus, $8,000,000:

Provided, That each of the immediately foregoing limits of 
costs on new construction projects may be exceeded to the 
extent that savings effected in other such projects, but not to 
exceed 10 percent unless advance approval is obtained from the 
Committees on Appropriations of a greateramount: Provided 
further, That all funds for direct construction projects shall expire 
on September 30, 2001, and remain in the Federal Buildings Fund except 
for funds for projects as to which funds for design or other funds have 
been obligated in whole or in part prior to such date: Provided 
further, That of the amount provided under this heading in Public Law 
104-208, $20,782,000 are rescinded and shall remain in the Fund; (2) 
$598,674,000 shall remain available until expended for repairs and 
alterations which includes associated design and construction services, 
of which $333,000,000 shall be available for basic repairs and 
alterations: Provided further, That funds made available in any 
previous Act in the Federal Buildings Fund for Repairs and Alterations 
shall, for prospectus projects, be limited to the amount identified for 
each project, except each project in any previous Act may be increased 
by an amount not to exceed 10 percent unless advance approval is 
obtained from the Committees on Appropriations of a greater amount: 
Provided further, That the amounts provided in this or any prior Act 
for ``Repairs and Alterations'' may be used to fund costs associated 
with implementing security improvements to buildings necessary to meet 
the minimum standards for security in accordance with current law and 
in compliance with the reprogramming guidelines of the appropriate 
Committees of the House and Senate: Provided further, That the 
difference between the funds appropriated and expended on any projects 
in this or any prior Act, under the heading ``Repairs and 
Alterations'', may be transferred to Basic Repairs and Alterations or 
used to fund authorized increases in prospectus projects: Provided 
further, That all funds for repairs and alterations prospectus projects 
shall expire on September 30, 2001, and remain in the Federal Buildings 
Fund except funds for projects as to which funds for design or other 
funds have been obligated in whole or in part prior to such date: 
Provided further, That the amount provided in this or any prior Act for 
Basic Repairs and Alterations may be used to pay claims against the 
Government arising from any projects under the heading ``Repairs and 
Alterations'' or used to fund authorized increases in prospectus 
projects: Provided further, That the General Services Administration is 
directed to use funds available for Repairs and Alterations to 
undertake the first construction phase of the project to renovate the 
Department of the Interior Headquarters Building located in Washington, 
D.C.; (3) $205,668,000 for installment acquisition payments including 
payments on purchase contracts which shall remain available until 
expended; (4) $2,782,186,000 for rental of space which shall remain 
available until expended; and (5) $1,580,909,000 for building 
operations which shall remain available until expended, of which 
$475,000 shall be available for the Plains States De-population 
Symposium and of which $1,974,000 shall be available until expended for 
acquisition, lease, construction, and equipping of flexiplace 
telecommuting centers: Provided further, That funds available to the 
General Services Administration shall not be available for expenses of 
any construction, repair, alteration and acquisition project for which 
a prospectus, if required by the Public Buildings Act of 1959, as 
amended, has not been approved, except that necessary funds may be 
expended for each project for required expenses for the development of 
a proposed prospectus: Provided further, That funds available in the 
Federal Buildings Fund may be expended for emergency repairs when 
advance approval is obtained from the Committees on Appropriations: 
Provided further, That amounts necessary to provide reimbursable 
special services to other agencies under section 210(f)(6) of the 
Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended 
(40 U.S.C. 490(f)(6)) and amounts to provide such reimbursable fencing, 
lighting, guard booths, and other facilities on private or other 
property not in Government ownership or control as may be appropriate 
to enable the United States Secret Service to perform its protective 
functions pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 3056, shall be available from such 
revenues and collections: Provided further, That revenues and 
collections and any other sums accruing to this Fund during fiscal year 
2000, excluding reimbursements under section 210(f)(6) of the Federal 
Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 490(f)(6)) 
in excess of $5,342,416,000 shall remain in the Fund and shall not be 
available for expenditure except as authorized in appropriations Acts.


                         policy and operations


    For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise provided for, 
for Government-wide policy and oversight activities associated 
with asset management activities; utilization and donation of 
surplus personal property; transportation; procurement and 
supply; Government-wide responsibilities relating to automated 
data management, telecommunications, information resources 
management, and related technology activities; utilization 
survey, deed compliance inspection, appraisal, environmental 
and cultural analysis, and land use planning functions 
pertaining to excess and surplus real property; agency-wide 
policy direction; Board of Contract Appeals; accounting, 
records management, and other support services incident to 
adjudication of Indian Tribal Claims by the United States Court 
of Federal Claims; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and 
not to exceed $5,000 for official reception and representation 
expenses, $116,223,000, of which $12,758,000shall remain 
available until expended: Provided, That none of the funds appropriated 
from this Act shall be available to convert the Old Post Office at 1100 
Pennsylvania Avenue in Northwest Washington, D.C., from office use to 
any other use until a comprehensive plan, which shall include street-
level retail use, has been approved by the Senate Committee on 
Appropriations, the House Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure, and the Senate Committee on Environment and Public 
Works: Provided further, That no funds from this Act shall be available 
to acquire by purchase, condemnation, or otherwise the leasehold rights 
of the existing lease with private parties at the Old Post Office prior 
to the approval of the comprehensive plan by the Senate Committee on 
Appropriations, the House Committee on Transportation and 
Infrastructure, and the Senate Committee on Environment and Public 
Works.


                      office of inspector general


    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General 
and services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $33,317,000: 
Provided, That not to exceed $15,000 shall be available for 
payment for information and detection of fraud against the 
Government, including payment for recovery of stolen Government 
property: Provided further, That not to exceed $2,500 shall be 
available for awards to employees of other Federal agencies and 
private citizens in recognition of efforts and initiatives 
resulting in enhanced Office of Inspector General 
effectiveness.


           allowances and office staff for former presidents


                     (including transfer of funds)


    For carrying out the provisions of the Act of August 25, 
1958, as amended (3 U.S.C. 102 note), and Public Law 95-138, 
$2,241,000: Provided, That the Administrator of General 
Services shall transfer to the Secretary of the Treasury such 
sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of such 
Acts.

          General Services Administration--General Provisions

    Sec. 401. The appropriate appropriation or fund available 
to the General Services Administration shall be credited with 
the cost of operation, protection, maintenance, upkeep, repair, 
and improvement, included as part of rentals received from 
Government corporations pursuant to law (40 U.S.C. 129).
    Sec. 402. Funds available to the General Services 
Administration shall be available for the hire of passenger 
motor vehicles.
    Sec. 403. Funds in the Federal Buildings Fund made 
available for fiscal year 2000 for Federal Buildings Fund 
activities may be transferred between such activities only to 
the extent necessary to meet program requirements: Provided, 
That any proposed transfers shall be approved in advance by the 
Committees on Appropriations.
    Sec. 404. No funds made available by this Act shall be used 
to transmit a fiscal year 2001 request for United States 
Courthouse construction that (1) does not meet the design guide 
standards for construction as established and approved by the 
General Services Administration, the Judicial Conference of the 
United States, and the Office of Management and Budget; and (2) 
does not reflect the priorities of the Judicial Conference of 
the United States as set out in its approved 5-year 
construction plan: Provided, That the fiscal year 2001 request 
must be accompanied by a standardized courtroom utilization 
study of each facility to be constructed, replaced, or 
expanded.
    Sec. 405. None of the funds provided in this Act may be 
used to increase the amount of occupiable square feet, provide 
cleaning services, security enhancements, or any other service 
usually provided through the Federal Buildings Fund, to any 
agency that does not pay the rate per square foot assessment 
for space and services as determined by the General Services 
Administration in compliance with the Public Buildings 
Amendments Act of 1972 (Public Law 92-313).
    Sec. 406. Funds provided to other Government agencies by 
the Information Technology Fund, General 
ServicesAdministration, under 40 U.S.C. 757 and sections 5124(b) and 
5128 of Public Law 104-106, Information Technology Management Reform 
Act of 1996, for performance of pilot information technology projects 
which have potential for Government-wide benefits and savings, may be 
repaid to this Fund from any savings actually incurred by these 
projects or other funding, to the extent feasible.
    Sec. 407. From funds made available under the heading 
``Federal Buildings Fund, Limitations on Availability of 
Revenue'', claims against the Government of less than $250,000 
arising from direct construction projects and acquisition of 
buildings may be liquidated from savings effected in other 
construction projects with prior notification to the Committees 
on Appropriations.
    Sec. 408. Funds made available for new construction 
projects under the heading ``Federal Buildings Fund, 
Limitations on Availability of Revenue'' in Public Law 104-208 
shall remain available until expended so long as funds for 
design or other funds have been obligated in whole or in part 
prior to September 30, 1999.
    Sec. 409. The Federal building located at 220 East Rosser 
Avenue in Bismarck, North Dakota, is hereby designated as the 
``William L. Guy Federal Building, Post Office and United 
States Courthouse''. Any reference in a law, map, regulation, 
document, paper or other record of the United States to the 
Federal building herein referred to shall be deemed to be a 
reference to the ``William L. Guy Federal Building, Post Office 
and United States Courthouse''.
    Sec. 410. Conveyance of Land to the Columbia Hospital For 
Women. (a) Administrator of General Services.--Upon receipt of 
written notice and the consideration specified herein from the 
Columbia Hospital for Women (formerly Columbia Hospital for 
Women and Lying-In Asylum, located in Washington, District of 
Columbia; in this section referred to as ``Columbia 
Hospital''), subject to subsection (f) and such other terms and 
conditions as the Administrator of General Services (in this 
section referred to as the ``Administrator'') shall require, 
the Administrator shall convey to Columbia Hospital, all right, 
title, and interest of the United States in and to those pieces 
or parcels of land in the District of Columbia, described in 
subsection (b), together with all improvements thereon and 
appurtenances thereto (in this section referred to as ``the 
Property''). The purchase price for the Property shall be 
$14,000,000 (not including any accrued interest) to be paid in 
accordance with the terms set forth in subsection (d). The 
purpose of this conveyance is to provide hospital, medical and 
healthcare services and related uses, including but not limited 
to the expansion by Columbia Hospital of its Ambulatory Care 
Center, Betty Ford Breast Center, and the Columbia Hospital 
Center for Teen Health and Reproductive Toxicology Center.
    (b) Property Description.--
            (1) In general.--The land referred to in subsection 
        (a) was conveyed to the United States of America by 
        deed dated May 2, 1888, from David Fergusson, widower, 
        recorded in liber 1314, folio 102, of the land records 
        of the District of Columbia, and is that portion of 
        square numbered 25 in the city of Washington in the 
        District of Columbia which was not previously conveyed 
        to such hospital by the Act of June 28, 1952 (66 Stat. 
        287; chapter 486).
            (2) Particular description.--The Property is more 
        particularly described as square 25, lot 803, or as 
        follows: all that piece or parcel of land situated and 
        lying in the city of Washington in the District of 
        Columbia and known as part of square numbered 25, as 
        laid down and distinguished on the plat or plan of said 
        city as follows: beginning for the same at the 
        northeast corner of the square being the corner formed 
        by the intersection of the west line of Twenty-fourth 
        Street Northwest, with the south line of north M Street 
        Northwest and running thence south with the line of 
        said Twenty-fourth Street Northwest for the distance of 
        two hundred and thirty-one feet ten inches, thence 
        running west and parallel with said M Street Northwest 
        for the distance of two hundred and thirty feet six 
        inches and running thence north and parallel with the 
        line of said Twenty-fourth Street Northwest for the 
        distance of two hundred and thirty-one feet ten inches 
        to the line of said M Street Northwest and running 
        thence east with the line of said M Street Northwest to 
        the place of beginning two hundred and thirty feet and 
        six inches together with all the improvements, ways, 
        easements, rights, privileges, and appurtenances to the 
        same belonging or in anywise appertaining.
    (c) Date of Conveyance.--
            (1) Date.--The date of the conveyance of the 
        Property shall be no later than 90 days from the date 
        upon which the Administrator receives from Columbia 
        Hospital written notice of its intent to purchase the 
        Property during which time the parties shall execute 
        all necessary purchase and sale documents, and shall 
        pay the initial cash consideration in an amount at 
        minimum equal to the first of 30 equal annual 
        installment payments of the purchase price as 
        contemplated in subsection (d)(2) hereinbelow.
            (2) Deadline for conveyance of the property.--
        Written notification and payment of the consideration 
        set forth under subsection (c)(1) from Columbia 
        Hospital shall be ineffective, and all rights granted 
        Columbia Hospital under this section to purchase the 
        Property shall lapse, and become void and of no further 
        force and effect, if that written notification and 
        installment payment are not received by the 
        Administrator before the date which is one (1) year 
        after the date of enactment of this section.
            (3) Quitclaim deed.--Any conveyance of the Property 
        to Columbia Hospital under this section shall be by 
        quitclaim deed.
    (d) Conveyance Terms.--
            (1) In general.--The conveyance of the Property 
        shall be consistent with the terms and conditions set 
        forth in this section and such other terms and 
        conditions as the Administrator deems to be in the 
        interest of the United States, including but not 
        limited to--
                    (A) credit and payment provisions, 
                including the provision for the prepayment of 
                the full purchase price if mutually acceptable 
                to the parties;
                    (B) restrictions on the use of the Property 
                for the purposes set forth in subsection (a);
                    (C) conditions under which the Property or 
                interests therein may be sold, mortgaged, 
                assigned, or otherwise conveyed in order to 
                facilitate financing to fulfill its intended 
                use; and
                    (D) consequences in the event of default by 
                Columbia Hospital for failing to pay all 
                installment payments toward the total purchase 
                price when due, including reversion of the 
                described property to the United States.
            (2) Payment of purchase price.--Columbia Hospital 
        shall pay the total purchase price of $14,000,000 for 
        the Property. The terms and conditions of the sale 
        shall be as deemed by the Administrator to be in the 
        best interests of the United States. Such terms may 
        include financing the payment of the purchase price in 
        annual installments for a term not to exceed thirty 
        years with interest on the unpaid balance not to exceed 
        four and five-tenths percent (4.5%) per annum (except 
        during periods of default or upon entry of a final 
        judgment amount).
            (3) The Administrator shall have full authority to 
        administer the credit granted to Columbia Hospital in 
        accordance with this section including, without 
        limitation, the authority to adjust, settle, or 
        compromise the amounts specified in this section or in 
        the documents of conveyance.
            (4) Execution of documents.--The Columbia Hospital 
        shall execute and provide to the Administrator such 
        written instruments including but not limited to 
        contracts for purchase and sale, notes, mortgages, 
        deeds of trust, restrictive covenants, indenture deeds, 
        and assurances as the Administrator may reasonably 
        request to effect this transaction and to protect the 
        interests of the United States under this section.
    (e) Treatment of Amounts Received.--Amounts received by the 
United States as payments under this section shall be paid into 
the fund established by section 210(f) of the Federal Property 
and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 490(f)), and 
may be expended by the Administrator for real property 
management and related activities not otherwise provided for, 
without further authorization.
    (f) Reversionary Interest.--
            (1) In general.--The Property, once conveyed as 
        authorized under subsection (a), shall revert to the 
        United States, together with any improvements thereon--
                    (A) One (1) year from the date on which 
                Columbia Hospital defaults in paying to the 
                United States any amount when due; or
                    (B) immediately, upon any attempt by 
                Columbia Hospital to assign, sell, mortgage, or 
                convey the Property without the Administrator's 
                prior written consent before the United States 
                has received full purchase price, plus accrued 
                interest.
            (2) Release of reversionary interest.--The 
        Administrator may release, upon request, any 
        restriction imposed on the use of the Property 
        authorized in subsection (d)(1)(B) for the purposes set 
        forth in subsection (a), and release any reversionary 
        interest of the United States in the Property upon 
        receipt by the United States of full payment of the 
        purchase price, including any accrued interest, 
        specified under subsection (d)(2), or such other terms 
        and conditions as may be determined by the 
        Administrator to be in the best interests of the United 
        States as set forth in subsection (d).
            (3) Property returned to the general services 
        administration.--Any portion of the Property that 
        reverts to the United States under this subsection 
        shall be under the jurisdiction, custody and control of 
        the General Services Administration and shall be 
        available for use or disposition by the Administrator 
        in accordance with applicable Federal law.
    Sec. 411. Voluntary Separation Incentive Payment for 
Employees of the General Services Administration. (a) 
Authority.--During the period October 1, 1999, through April 
30, 2001, the Administrator of General Services is authorized 
to offer a voluntary separation incentive in order to provide 
the necessary flexibility to carry out the closing of the 
Federal Supply Service distribution centers, forward supply 
points, and associated programs in a manner which the 
Administrator shall deem most efficient, equitable to all 
employees, and cost effective for the Government.
    (b) Definition.--In this section, the term ``employee'' 
means an employee (as defined by 5 U.S.C. 2105) who is employed 
by GSA under an appointment without time limitation, and has 
been so employed continuously for a period of at least 3 years, 
but does not include--
            (1) a reemployed annuitant under subchapter III of 
        Chapter 83 or Chapter 84 of title 5, United States 
        Code, or another retirement system;
            (2) an employee having a disability on the basis of 
        which such employee is or would be eligible for 
        disability retirement under the retirement systems 
        referred to in paragraph (1) or another retirement 
        system for employees of the Government;
            (3) an employee who is in receipt of a specific 
        notice of involuntary separation for misconduct or 
        unacceptable performance;
            (4) an employee who has previously received any 
        voluntary separation incentive payment from an agency 
        or instrumentality of the Government of the United 
        States under any authority;
            (5) an employee covered by statutory reemployment 
        rights who is on transfer to another organization; or
            (6) an employee who during the 24 month period 
        preceding the date of separation, has received a 
        recruitment or relocation bonus under section 5753 of 
        title 5, United States Code, or who, within the twelve 
        month period preceding the date of separation, has 
        received and not repaid a retention allowance under 
        section 5754 of that title.
    (c) Agency Strategic Plan.--The Administrator of General 
Services, prior to obligating any resources for voluntary 
separation incentive payments, shall submit to the Office of 
Management and Budget a strategic plan outlining the intended 
use of such incentive payments and a proposed organizational 
chart for the agency once such incentive payments have been 
completed.
            (1) The agency's plan shall include:
                    (A) the specific positions and functions to 
                be reduced or eliminated;
                    (B) a proposed coverage for offers of 
                incentives;
                    (C) the time period during which incentives 
                may be paid;
                    (D) the number and amounts of voluntary 
                separation incentive payments to be offered; 
                and
                    (E) a description of how the agency will 
                operate without the eliminated positions and 
                functions.
            (2) The Director of the Office of Management and 
        Budget shall review the agency's plan and approve or 
        disapprove such plan, and may make any appropriate 
        modifications in the plan.
    (d) Authority to Provide Voluntary Separation Incentive 
Payments.--
            (1) The agency head may pay a voluntary separation 
        incentive payment under this section to an employee 
        only in accordance with the strategic plan under 
        subsection (c).
            (2) A voluntary separation incentive payment--
                    (A) shall be offered to agency employees on 
                the basis of organizational unit, occupational 
                series or level, geographic location, other 
                nonpersonal factors, or an appropriate 
                combination of such factors;
                    (B) shall be paid in a lump sum after the 
                employee's separation;
                    (C) shall be equal to the lesser of--
                            (i) an amount equal to the amount 
                        the employee would be entitled to 
                        receive under section 5595(c) of title 
                        5, United States Code; if the employee 
                        were entitled to payment under such 
                        section (without adjustment for any 
                        previous payment made); or
                            (ii) an amount determined by the 
                        agency head, not to exceed $25,000.
                    (D) may be made only in the case of an 
                employee who voluntarily separates (whether by 
                retirement or resignation) under the provisions 
                of this section;
                    (E) shall not be a basis for payment, and 
                shall not be included in the computation of any 
                other type of Government benefit;
                    (F) shall not be taken into account in 
                determining the amount of any severance pay to 
                which the employee may be entitled under 
                section 5595 of title 5, United States Code, 
                based on any other separation; and
                    (G) shall be paid from appropriations or 
                funds available for the payment of the basic 
                pay of the employee.
    (e) Eligibility for Payments.--Payments under this section 
may be made to any qualifying employee who voluntarily 
separates, whether by retirement or resignation, between 
October 1, 1999 through April 30, 2001.
    (f) Effect of Subsequent Employment With the Government.--
            (1) An individual who has received a voluntary 
        separation incentive payment under this section and 
        accepts any employment for compensation with the 
        Government of the United States within five years after 
        the date of the separation on which the payment is 
        based shall be required to pay, prior to the 
        individual's first day of employment, the entire amount 
        of the incentive payment to the agency that paid the 
        incentive payment.
            (2)(A) If the employment under this subsection is 
        with an Executive agency (as defined by section 105 of 
        title 5, United States Code, but excluding the General 
        Accounting Office), the United States Postal Service, 
        or the Postal Rate Commission, the Director of the 
        Office of Personnel Management may, at the request of 
        the head of the agency, waive the repayment if the 
        individual involved possesses unique abilities and is 
        the only qualified applicant available for the 
        position.
            (B) If the employment under this subsection is with 
        an entity in the Legislative Branch, the head of the 
        entity or the appointing official may waive the 
        repayment if the individual involved possesses unique 
        abilities and is the only qualified applicant available 
        for the position.
            (C) If the employment under this subsection is with 
        the Judicial Branch, the Director of the Administrative 
        Office of the United States Courts may waive the 
        repayment if the individual involved possesses unique 
        abilities and is the only qualified applicant available 
        for the position.
            (D) Employment under a personal services contract 
        with the Government of the United States shall be 
        included in the term ``employment'' with respect to 
        paragraph (1), but shall be excluded with respect to 
        paragraph (2).
    (g) Contributions to the Retirement Fund.--
            (1) In addition to any other payments which it is 
        required to make under subchapter III of chapter 83 or 
        chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code, the General 
        Services Administration shall remit to the Office of 
        Personnel Management for deposit in the Treasury to the 
        credit of the Civil Service Retirement and Disability 
        Fund an amount equal to 15 percent of the final annual 
        basic pay for each employee covered under subchapter 
        III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title 5, United 
        States Code, to whom a voluntary separation incentive 
        has been paid under this section.
            (2) For the purpose of paragraph (1), the term 
        ``final basic pay'' with respect to an employee, means 
        the total amount of basic pay which would be payable 
        for a year of service by such employee, computed using 
        the employee's final rate of basic pay, and, if last 
        serving on other than a full-time basis, with 
        appropriate adjustment therefor.
    (h) Reduction of Agency Employment Levels.--
            (1) The total number of funded employee positions 
        in the agency shall be reduced by one position for each 
        vacancy created by the separation of any employee who 
        has received, or is due to receive, a voluntary 
        separation incentive payment under this section. For 
        the purposes of this subsection positions shall be 
        counted on a full-time equivalent basis.
            (2) The Director of the Office of Management and 
        Budget shall monitor the agency and take any action 
        necessary to ensure that the requirement of this 
        subsection is met.
            (3) At the request of the Administrator of General 
        Services, the Office of Management and Budget may waive 
        the application of paragraph (1) if he or she 
        determines that the plan required by subsection (c) 
        satisfactorily demonstrates downsizing or other 
        restructuring within GSA that would produce a cost-
        effective result.

                     Merit Systems Protection Board

                         salaries and expenses


                     (including transfer of funds)


    For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Merit 
Systems Protection Board pursuant to Reorganization Plan 
Numbered 2 of 1978 and the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, 
including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, rental of 
conference rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, 
hire of passenger motor vehicles, and direct procurement of 
survey printing, $27,586,000 together with not to exceed 
$2,430,000 for administrative expenses to adjudicate retirement 
appeals to be transferred from the Civil Service Retirement and 
Disability Fund in amounts determined by the Merit Systems 
Protection Board.

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

    For payment to the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and 
Excellence in National Environmental Trust Fund, to be 
available for the purposes of Public Law 102-252, $2,000,000, 
to remain available until expended.

                 Environmental Dispute Resolution Fund

    For payment to the Environmental Dispute Resolution Fund to 
carry out activities authorized in the Environmental Policy and 
Conflict Resolution Act of 1998, $1,250,000, to remain 
available until expended.

              National Archives and Records Administration


                           operating expenses


    For necessary expenses in connection with the 
administration of the National Archives (including the 
Information Security Oversight Office) and archived Federal 
records and related activities, as provided by law, and for 
expenses necessary for the review and declassification of 
documents, and for the hire of passenger motor vehicles, 
$180,398,000: Provided, That the Archivist of the United States 
is authorized to use any excess funds available fromthe amount 
borrowed for construction of the National Archives facility, for 
expenses necessary to provide adequate storage for holdings.


                        repairs and restoration


    For the repair, alteration, and improvement of archives 
facilities, and to provide adequate storage for holdings, 
$22,418,000, to remain available until expended.


                     records center revolving fund


    (a) Establishment of Fund.--There is hereby established in 
the Treasury a revolving fund to be available for expenses and 
equipment necessary to provide for storage and related services 
for all temporary and pre-archival Federal records, which are 
to be stored or stored at Federal National and Regional Records 
Centers by agencies and other instrumentalities of the Federal 
Government. The Fund shall be available without fiscal year 
limitation for expenses necessary for operation of these 
activities.
    (b) Start-Up Capital.--
            (1) There is appropriated $22,000,000 as initial 
        capitalization of the Fund.
            (2) In addition, the initial capital of the Fund 
        shall include the fair and reasonable value at the 
        Fund's inception of the inventories, equipment, 
        receivables, and other assets, less the liabilities, 
        transferred to the Fund. The Archivist of the United 
        States is authorized to accept inventories, equipment, 
        receivables and other assets from other Federal 
        entities that were used to provide for storage and 
        related services for temporary and pre-archival Federal 
        records.
    (c) User Charges.--The Fund shall be credited with user 
charges received from other Federal Government accounts as 
payment for providing personnel, storage, materials, supplies, 
equipment, and services as authorized by subsection (a). Such 
payments may be made in advance or by way of reimbursement. The 
rates charged will return in full the expenses of operation, 
including reserves for accrued annual leave, worker's 
compensation, depreciation of capitalized equipment and 
shelving, and amortization of information technology software 
and systems.
    (d) Funds Returned to Miscellaneous Receipts of the 
Department of the Treasury.--
            (1) In addition to funds appropriated to and assets 
        transferred to the Fund in subsection (b), an amount 
        not to exceed 4 percent of the total annual income may 
        be retained in the Fund as an operating reserve or for 
        the replacement or acquisition of capital equipment, 
        including shelving, and the improvement and 
        implementation of the financial management, information 
        technology, and other support systems of the National 
        Archives and Records Administration.
            (2) Funds in excess of the 4 percent at the close 
        of each fiscal year shall be returned to the Treasury 
        of the United States as miscellaneous receipts.
    (e) Reporting Requirement.--The National Archives and 
Records Administration shall provide quarterly reports to the 
Committees on Appropriations and Governmental Affairs of the 
Senate, and the Committees on Appropriations and Government 
Reform of the House of Representatives on the operation of the 
Records Center Revolving Fund.

        National Historical Publications and Records Commission


                             grants program


                    (including rescission of funds)


    For necessary expenses for allocations and grants for 
historical publications and records as authorized by 44 U.S.C. 
2504, as amended, $6,250,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That of the funds appropriated under this 
heading in Public Law 105-277, $2,000,000 are rescinded: 
Provided further, That the Treasury and General Government 
Appropriations Act, 1999 (as contained in division A, section 
101(h), of the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental 
Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105-277)) is amended in 
Title IV, under the heading ``National Historical Publications 
and Records Commission, Grants Program'' by striking the 
proviso.

                      Office of Government Ethics


                         salaries and expenses


    For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Office 
of Government Ethics pursuant to the Ethics in Government Act 
of 1978, as amended and the Ethics Reform Act of 1989, 
including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, rental of 
conference rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, 
hire of passenger motor vehicles, and not to exceed $1,500 for 
official reception and representation expenses, $9,114,000.

                     Office of Personnel Management


                         salaries and expenses


                  (including transfer of trust funds)


    For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Office 
of Personnel Management pursuant to Reorganization Plan 
Numbered 2 of 1978 and the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978, 
including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; medical 
examinations performed for veterans by private physicians on a 
fee basis; rental of conference rooms in the District of 
Columbia and elsewhere; hire of passenger motor vehicles; not 
to exceed $2,500 for official reception and representation 
expenses; advances for reimbursements to applicable funds of 
the Office of Personnel Management and the Federal Bureau of 
Investigation for expenses incurred under Executive Order No. 
10422 of January 9, 1953, as amended; and payment of per diem 
and/or subsistence allowances to employees where Voting Rights 
Act activities require an employee to remain overnight at his 
or her post of duty, $90,584,000; and in addition $95,486,000 
for administrative expenses, to be transferred from the 
appropriate trust funds of the Office of Personnel Management 
without regard to other statutes, including direct procurement 
of printed materials, for the retirement and insurance 
programs, of which $4,000,000 shall remain available until 
expended for the cost of automating the retirement 
recordkeeping systems: Provided, That the provisions of this 
appropriation shall not affect the authority to use applicable 
trust funds as provided by sections 8348(a)(1)(B) and 8909(g) 
of title 5, United States Code: Provided further, That no part 
of this appropriation shall be available for salaries and 
expenses of the Legal Examining Unit of the Office of Personnel 
Management established pursuant to Executive Order No. 9358 of 
July 1, 1943, or any successor unit of like purpose: Provided 
further, That the President's Commission on White House 
Fellows, established by Executive Order No. 11183 of October 3, 
1964, may, during fiscal year 2000, accept donations of money, 
property, and personal services in connection with the 
development of a publicity brochure to provide information 
about the White House Fellows, except that no such donations 
shall be accepted for travel or reimbursement of travel 
expenses, or for the salaries of employees of such Commission.

                      Office of Inspector General


                         salaries and expenses


                  (including transfer of trust funds)


    For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General 
in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act, as 
amended, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, 
hire of passenger motor vehicles, $960,000; and in addition, 
not to exceed $9,645,000 for administrative expenses to audit, 
investigate, and provide other oversight of the Office of 
Personnel Management's retirement and insurance programs, to be 
transferred from the appropriate trust funds of the Office of 
Personnel Management, as determined by the Inspector General: 
Provided, That the Inspector General is authorized to rent 
conference rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere.


      government payment for annuitants, employees health benefits


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


       government payment for annuitants, employee life insurance


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


        payment to civil service retirement and disability fund


    For financing the unfunded liability of new and increased 
annuity benefits becoming effective on or after October 20, 
1969, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 8348, and annuities under 
special Acts to be credited to the Civil Service Retirement and 
Disability Fund, such sums as may be necessary: Provided, That 
annuities authorized by the Act of May 29, 1944, as amended, 
and the Act of August 19, 1950, as amended (33 U.S.C. 771-775), 
may hereafter be paid out of the Civil Service Retirement and 
Disability Fund.

                       Office of Special Counsel


                         salaries and expenses


    For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Office 
of Special Counsel pursuant to Reorganization Plan Numbered 2 
of 1978, the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 (Public Law 95-
454), the Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989 (Public Law 101-
12), Public Law 103-424, and the Uniformed Services Employment 
and Reemployment Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-353), including 
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, payment of fees and 
expenses for witnesses, rental of conference rooms in the 
District of Columbia and elsewhere, and hire of passenger motor 
vehicles, $9,740,000.

                        United States Tax Court


                         salaries and expenses


    For necessary expenses, including contract reporting and 
other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $35,179,000: 
Provided, That travel expenses of the judges shall be paid upon 
the written certificate of the judge.
    This title may be cited as the ``Independent Agencies 
Appropriations Act, 2000''.

                      TITLE V--GENERAL PROVISIONS

                                This Act

    Sec. 501. No part of any appropriation contained in this 
Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current 
fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.
    Sec. 502. The expenditure of any appropriation under this 
Act for any consulting service through procurement contract, 
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited to those contracts 
where such expenditures are a matter of public record and 
available for public inspection, except where otherwise 
provided under existing law, or under existing Executive order 
issued pursuant to existing law.
    Sec. 503. None of the funds made available by this Act 
shall be available for any activity or for paying the salary of 
any Government employee where funding an activity or paying a 
salary to a Government employee would result in a decision, 
determination, rule, regulation, or policy that would prohibit 
the enforcement of section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930.
    Sec. 504. None of the funds made available by this Act 
shall be available in fiscal year 2000 for the purpose of 
transferring control over the Federal Law Enforcement Training 
Center located at Glynco, Georgia, and Artesia, New Mexico, out 
of the Department of the Treasury.
    Sec. 505. No part of any appropriation contained in this 
Act shall be available to pay the salary for any person filling 
a position, other than a temporary position, formerly held by 
an employee who has left to enter the Armed Forces of the 
United States and has satisfactorily completed his period of 
active military or naval service, and has within 90 days after 
his release from such service or from hospitalization 
continuing after discharge for a period of not more than 1 
year, made application for restoration to his former position 
and has been certified by the Office of Personnel Management as 
still qualified to perform the duties of his former position 
and has not been restored thereto.
    Sec. 506. No funds appropriated pursuant to this Act may be 
expended by an entity unless the entity agrees that in 
expending the assistance the entity will comply with sections 2 
through 4 of the Act of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 10a-10c, 
popularly known as the ``Buy American Act'').
    Sec. 507. (a) Purchase of American-Made Equipment and 
Products.--In the case of any equipment or products that may be 
authorized to be purchased with financial assistance provided 
under this Act, it is the sense of the Congress that entities 
receiving such assistance should, in expending the assistance, 
purchase only American-made equipment and products.
    (b) Notice to Recipients of Assistance.--In providing 
financial assistance under this Act, the Secretary of the 
Treasury shall provide to each recipient of the assistance a 
notice describing the statement made in subsection (a) by the 
Congress.
    Sec. 508. If it has been finally determined by a court or 
Federal agency that any person intentionally affixed a label 
bearing a ``Made in America'' inscription, or any inscription 
with the same meaning, to any product sold in or shipped to the 
United States that is not made in the United States, such 
person shall be ineligible to receive any contract or 
subcontract made with funds provided pursuant to this Act, 
pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and ineligibility 
procedures described in sections 9.400 through 9.409 of title 
48, Code of Federal Regulations.
    Sec. 509. No funds appropriated by this Act shall be 
available to pay for an abortion, or the administrative 
expenses in connection with any health plan under the Federal 
employees health benefit program which provides any benefits or 
coverage for abortions.
    Sec. 510. The provision of section 509 shall not apply 
where the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus 
were carried to term, or the pregnancy is the result of an act 
of rape or incest.
    Sec. 511. Except as otherwise specifically provided by law, 
not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances remaining 
available at the end of fiscal year 2000 from appropriations 
made available for salaries and expenses for fiscal year 2000 
in this Act, shall remain available through September 30, 2001, 
for each such account for the purposes authorized: Provided, 
That a request shall be submitted to the Committees on 
Appropriations for approval prior to the expenditure of such 
funds: Provided further, That these requests shall be made in 
compliance with reprogramming guidelines.
    Sec. 512. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used by the Executive Office of the President to request 
from the Federal Bureau of Investigation any official 
background investigation report on any individual, except 
when--
            (1) such individual has given his or her express 
        written consent for such request not more than 6 months 
        prior to the date of such request and during the same 
        presidential administration; or
            (2) such request is required due to extraordinary 
        circumstances involving national security.
    Sec. 513. Notwithstanding section 515 of Public Law 104-
208, 50 percent of the unobligated balances available to the 
White House Office, Salaries and Expenses appropriations in 
fiscal year 1997, shall remain available through September 30, 
2000, for the purposes of satisfying the conditions of section 
515 of the Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 
1999.
    Sec. 514. The cost accounting standards promulgated under 
section 26 of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act 
(Public Law 93-400; 41 U.S.C. 422) shall not apply with respect 
to a contract under the Federal Employees Health Benefits 
Program established under chapter 89 of title 5, United States 
Code.
    Sec. 515. Inventory of Federal Grant Programs. The Director 
of the Office of Management and Budget shall prepare an 
inventory of existing Federal grant programs after consulting 
each agency that administers Federal grant programs including 
formula funds, competitive grant funds, block grant funds, and 
direct payments. The inventory shall include the name of the 
program, a copy of relevant statutory and regulatory 
guidelines, the funding level in fiscal year 1999, a list of 
the eligibility criteria both statutory and regulatory, and a 
copy of the application form. The Director shall submit the 
inventory no later than six months after enactment to the 
Committees on Appropriations and relevant authorizing 
committees.

                      TITLE VI--GENERAL PROVISIONS

                Departments, Agencies, and Corporations

    Sec. 601. Funds appropriated in this or any other Act may 
be used to pay travel to the United States for the immediate 
family of employees serving abroad in cases of death or life 
threatening illness of said employee.
    Sec. 602. No department, agency, or instrumentality of the 
United States receiving appropriated funds under this or any 
other Act for fiscal year 2000 shall obligate or expend any 
such funds, unless such department, agency, or instrumentality 
has in place, and will continue to administer in good faith, a 
written policy designed to ensure that all of its workplaces 
are free from the illegal use, possession, or distribution of 
controlled substances (as defined in the Controlled Substances 
Act) by the officers and employees of such department, agency, 
or instrumentality.
    Sec. 603. Unless otherwise specifically provided, the 
maximum amount allowable during the current fiscal year in 
accordance with section 16 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (60 
Stat. 810), for the purchase of any passenger motor vehicle 
(exclusive of buses, ambulances, law enforcement, and 
undercover surveillance vehicles), is hereby fixed at $8,100 
except station wagons for which the maximum shall be $9,100: 
Provided, That these limits may be exceeded by not to exceed 
$3,700 for police-type vehicles, and by not to exceed $4,000 
for special heavy-duty vehicles: Provided further, That the 
limits set forth in this section may not be exceeded by more 
than 5 percent for electric or hybrid vehicles purchased for 
demonstration under the provisions of the Electric and Hybrid 
Vehicle Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1976: 
Provided further, That the limits set forth in this section may 
be exceeded by the incremental cost of clean alternative fuels 
vehicles acquired pursuant to Public Law 101-549 over the cost 
of comparable conventionally fueled vehicles.
    Sec. 604. Appropriations of the executive departments and 
independent establishments for the current fiscal year 
available for expenses of travel, or for the expenses of the 
activity concerned, are hereby made available for quarters 
allowances and cost-of-living allowances, in accordance with 5 
U.S.C. 5922-5924.
    Sec. 605. Unless otherwise specified during the current 
fiscal year, no part of any appropriation contained in this or 
any other Act shall be used to pay the compensation of any 
officer or employee of the Government of the United States 
(including any agency the majority of the stock of which is 
owned by the Government of the United States) whose post of 
duty is in the continental United States unless such person: 
(1) is a citizen of the United States; (2) is a person in the 
service of the United States on the date of enactment of this 
Act who, being eligible for citizenship, has filed a 
declaration of intention to become a citizen of the United 
States prior to such date and is actually residing in the 
United States; (3) is a person who owes allegiance to the 
United States; (4) is an alien from Cuba, Poland, South 
Vietnam, the countries of the former Soviet Union, or the 
Baltic countries lawfully admitted to the United States for 
permanent residence; (5) is a South Vietnamese, Cambodian, or 
Laotian refugee paroled in the United States after January 1, 
1975; or (6) is a nationalof the People's Republic of China who 
qualifies for adjustment of status pursuant to the Chinese Student 
Protection Act of 1992: Provided, That for the purpose of this section, 
an affidavit signed by any such person shall be considered prima facie 
evidence that the requirements of this section with respect to his or 
her status have been complied with: Provided further, That any person 
making a false affidavit shall be guilty of a felony, and, upon 
conviction, shall be fined no more than $4,000 or imprisoned for not 
more than 1 year, or both: Provided further, That the above penal 
clause shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for, any other 
provisions of existing law: Provided further, That any payment made to 
any officer or employee contrary to the provisions of this section 
shall be recoverable in action by the Federal Government. This section 
shall not apply to citizens of Ireland, Israel, or the Republic of the 
Philippines, or to nationals of those countries allied with the United 
States in a current defense effort, or to international broadcasters 
employed by the United States Information Agency, or to temporary 
employment of translators, or to temporary employment in the field 
service (not to exceed 60 days) as a result of emergencies.
    Sec. 606. Appropriations available to any department or 
agency during the current fiscal year for necessary expenses, 
including maintenance or operating expenses, shall also be 
available for payment to the General Services Administration 
for charges for space and services and those expenses of 
renovation and alteration of buildings and facilities which 
constitute public improvements performed in accordance with the 
Public Buildings Act of 1959 (73 Stat. 749), the Public 
Buildings Amendments of 1972 (87 Stat. 216), or other 
applicable law.
    Sec. 607. In addition to funds provided in this or any 
other Act, all Federal agencies are authorized to receive and 
use funds resulting from the sale of materials, including 
Federal records disposed of pursuant to a records schedule 
recovered through recycling or waste prevention programs. Such 
funds shall be available until expended for the following 
purposes:
            (1) Acquisition, waste reduction and prevention, 
        and recycling programs as described in Executive Order 
        No. 13101 (September 14, 1998), including any such 
        programs adopted prior to the effective date of the 
        Executive order.
            (2) Other Federal agency environmental management 
        programs, including, but not limited to, the 
        development and implementation of hazardous waste 
        management and pollution prevention programs.
            (3) Other employee programs as authorized by law or 
        as deemed appropriate by the head of the Federal 
        agency.
    Sec. 608. Funds made available by this or any other Act for 
administrative expenses in the current fiscal year of the 
corporations and agencies subject to chapter 91 of title 31, 
United States Code, shall be available, in addition to objects 
for which such funds are otherwise available, for rent in the 
District of Columbia; services in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 
3109; and the objects specified under this head, all the 
provisions of which shall be applicable to the expenditure of 
such funds unless otherwise specified in the Act by which they 
are made available: Provided, That in the event any functions 
budgeted as administrative expenses are subsequently 
transferred to or paid from other funds, the limitations on 
administrative expenses shall be correspondingly reduced.
    Sec. 609. No part of any appropriation for the current 
fiscal year contained in this or any other Act shall be paid to 
any person for the filling of any position for which he or she 
has been nominated after the Senate has voted not to approve 
the nomination of said person.
    Sec. 610. No part of any appropriation contained in this or 
any other Act shall be available for interagency financing of 
boards (except Federal Executive Boards), commissions, 
councils, committees, or similar groups (whether or not they 
are interagency entities) which do not have a prior and 
specific statutory approval to receive financial support from 
more than one agency or instrumentality.
    Sec. 611. Funds made available by this or any other Act to 
the Postal Service Fund (39 U.S.C. 2003) shall be available for 
employment of guards for all buildings and areas owned or 
occupied by the Postal Service and under the charge and control 
of the Postal Service, and such guards shall have, with respect 
to such property, the powers of special policemen provided by 
the first section of the Act of June 1, 1948, as amended (62 
Stat. 281; 40 U.S.C. 318), and, as to property owned or 
occupied by the Postal Service, the Postmaster General may take 
the same actions as the Administrator of General Services may 
take under the provisions of sections 2 and 3 of the Act of 
June 1, 1948, as amended (62 Stat. 281; 40 U.S.C. 318a and 
318b), attaching thereto penal consequences under the authority 
and within the limits provided in section 4 of the Act of June 
1, 1948, as amended (62 Stat. 281; 40 U.S.C. 318c).
    Sec. 612. None of the funds made available pursuant to the 
provisions of this Act shall be used to implement, administer, 
or enforce any regulation which has been disapproved pursuant 
to a resolution of disapproval dulyadopted in accordance with 
the applicable law of the United States.
    Sec. 613. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
and except as otherwise provided in this section, no part of 
any of the funds appropriated for fiscal year 2000, by this or 
any other Act, may be used to pay any prevailing rate employee 
described in section 5342(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States 
Code--
            (1) during the period from the date of expiration 
        of the limitation imposed by section 614 of the 
        Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 
        1999, until the normal effective date of the applicable 
        wage survey adjustment that is to take effect in fiscal 
        year 2000, in an amount that exceeds the rate payable 
        for the applicable grade and step of the applicable 
        wage schedule in accordance with such section 614; and
            (2) during the period consisting of the remainder 
        of fiscal year 2000, in an amount that exceeds, as a 
        result of a wage survey adjustment, the rate payable 
        under paragraph (1) by more than the sum of--
                    (A) the percentage adjustment taking effect 
                in fiscal year 2000 under section 5303 of title 
                5, United States Code, in the rates of pay 
                under the General Schedule; and
                    (B) the difference between the overall 
                average percentage of the locality-based 
                comparability payments taking effect in fiscal 
                year 2000 under section 5304 of such title 
                (whether by adjustment or otherwise), and the 
                overall average percentage of such payments 
                which was effective in fiscal year 1999 under 
                such section.
    (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 
prevailing rate employee described in subparagraph (B) or (C) 
of section 5342(a)(2) of title 5, United States Code, and no 
employee covered by section 5348 of such title, may be paid 
during the periods for which subsection (a) is in effect at a 
rate that exceeds the rates that would be payable under 
subsection (a) were subsection (a) applicable to such employee.
    (c) For the purposes of this section, the rates payable to 
an employee who is covered by this section and who is paid from 
a schedule not in existence on September 30, 1999, shall be 
determined under regulations prescribed by the Office of 
Personnel Management.
    (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rates of 
premium pay for employees subject to this section may not be 
changed from the rates in effect on September 30, 1999, except 
to the extent determined by the Office of Personnel Management 
to be consistent with the purpose of this section.
    (e) This section shall apply with respect to pay for 
service performed after September 30, 1999.
    (f) For the purpose of administering any provision of law 
(including any rule or regulation that provides premium pay, 
retirement, life insurance, or any other employee benefit) that 
requires any deduction or contribution, or that imposes any 
requirement or limitation on the basis of a rate of salary or 
basic pay, the rate of salary or basic pay payable after the 
application of this section shall be treated as the rate of 
salary or basic pay.
    (g) Nothing in this section shall be considered to permit 
or require the payment to any employee covered by this section 
at a rate in excess of the rate that would be payable were this 
section not in effect.
    (h) The Office of Personnel Management may provide for 
exceptions to the limitations imposed by this section if the 
Office determines that such exceptions are necessary to ensure 
the recruitment or retention of qualified employees.
    Sec. 614. During the period in which the head of any 
department or agency, or any other officer or civilian employee 
of the Government appointed by the President of the United 
States, holds office, no funds may be obligated or expended in 
excess of $5,000 to furnish or redecorate theoffice of such 
department head, agency head, officer, or employee, or to purchase 
furniture or make improvements for any such office, unless advance 
notice of such furnishing or redecoration is expressly approved by the 
Committees on Appropriations. For the purposes of this section, the 
word ``office'' shall include the entire suite of offices assigned to 
the individual, as well as any other space used primarily by the 
individual or the use of which is directly controlled by the 
individual.
    Sec. 615. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 
executive branch agency shall purchase, construct, and/or lease 
any additional facilities, except within or contiguous to 
existing locations, to be used for the purpose of conducting 
Federal law enforcement training without the advance approval 
of the Committees on Appropriations, except that the Federal 
Law Enforcement Training Center is authorized to obtain the 
temporary use of additional facilities by lease, contract, or 
other agreement for training which cannot be accommodated in 
existing Center facilities.
    Sec. 616. Notwithstanding section 1346 of title 31, United 
States Code, or section 610 of this Act, funds made available 
for fiscal year 2000 by this or any other Act shall be 
available for the interagency funding of national security and 
emergency preparedness telecommunications initiatives which 
benefit multiple Federal departments, agencies, or entities, as 
provided by Executive Order No. 12472 (April 3, 1984).
    Sec. 617. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this or any 
other Act may be obligated or expended by any Federal 
department, agency, or other instrumentality for the salaries 
or expenses of any employee appointed to a position of a 
confidential or policy-determining character excepted from the 
competitive service pursuant to section 3302 of title 5, United 
States Code, without a certification to the Office of Personnel 
Management from the head of the Federal department, agency, or 
other instrumentality employing the Schedule C appointee that 
the Schedule C position was not created solely or primarily in 
order to detail the employee to the White House.
    (b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to 
Federal employees or members of the armed services detailed to 
or from--
            (1) the Central Intelligence Agency;
            (2) the National Security Agency;
            (3) the Defense Intelligence Agency;
            (4) the offices within the Department of Defense 
        for the collection of specialized national foreign 
        intelligence through reconnaissance programs;
            (5) the Bureau of Intelligence and Research of the 
        Department of State;
            (6) any agency, office, or unit of the Army, Navy, 
        Air Force, and Marine Corps, the Federal Bureau of 
        Investigation and the Drug Enforcement Administration 
        of the Department of Justice, the Department of 
        Transportation, the Department of the Treasury, and the 
        Department of Energy performing intelligence functions; 
        and
            (7) the Director of Central Intelligence.
    Sec. 618. No department, agency, or instrumentality of the 
United States receiving appropriated funds under this or any 
other Act for fiscal year 2000 shall obligate or expend any 
such funds, unless such department, agency, or instrumentality 
has in place, and will continue to administer in good faith, a 
written policy designed to ensure that all of its workplaces 
are free from discrimination and sexual harassment and that all 
of its workplaces are not in violation of title VII of the 
Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, the Age Discrimination in 
Employment Act of 1967, and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
    Sec. 619. No part of any appropriation contained in this 
Act may be used to pay for the expenses of travel of employees, 
including employees of the Executive Office of the President, 
not directly responsible for the discharge of official 
governmental tasks and duties: Provided, That this restriction 
shall not apply to the family of the President, Members of 
Congress or their spouses, Heads of State of a foreign country 
or their designees, persons providing assistance to the 
President for official purposes, or other individuals so 
designated by the President.
    Sec. 620. None of the funds appropriated in this or any 
other Act shall be used to acquire information technologies 
which do not comply with part 39.106 (Year 2000 compliance) of 
the Federal Acquisition Regulation, unless an agency's Chief 
Information Officer determines that noncompliance with part 
39.106 is necessary to the function and operation of the 
requesting agency or the acquisition is required by a signed 
contract with the agency in effect before the date of enactment 
of this Act. Any waiver granted by the Chief Information 
Officer shall be reported to the Office of Management and 
Budget, and copies shall be provided to Congress.
    Sec. 621. None of the funds made available in this Act for 
the United States Customs Service may be used to allow the 
importation into the United States of any good, ware, article, 
or merchandise mined, produced, or manufactured by forced or 
indentured child labor, as determined pursuant to section 307 
of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307).
    Sec. 622. No part of any appropriation contained in this or 
any other Act shall be available for the payment of the salary 
of any officer or employee of the Federal Government, who--
            (1) prohibits or prevents, or attempts or threatens 
        to prohibit or prevent, any other officer or employee 
        of the Federal Government from having any direct oral 
        or written communication or contact with any Member, 
        committee, or subcommittee of the Congress in 
        connection with any matter pertaining to the employment 
        of such other officer or employee or pertaining to the 
        department or agency of such other officer or employee 
        in any way, irrespective of whether such communication 
        or contact is at the initiative of such other officer 
        or employee or in response to the request or inquiry of 
        such Member, committee, or subcommittee; or
            (2) removes, suspends from duty without pay, 
        demotes, reduces in rank, seniority, status, pay, or 
        performance of efficiency rating, denies promotion to, 
        relocates, reassigns, transfers, disciplines, or 
        discriminates in regard to any employment right, 
        entitlement, or benefit, or any term or condition of 
        employment of, any other officer or employee of the 
        Federal Government, or attempts or threatens to commit 
        any of the foregoing actions with respect to such other 
        officer or employee, by reason of any communication or 
        contact of such other officer or employee with any 
        Member, committee, or subcommittee of the Congress as 
        described in paragraph (1).
    Sec. 623. Section 627(b) of the Treasury and General 
Government Appropriations Act, 1999 (as contained in section 
101(h) of division A of Public Law 105-277) is amended by 
striking ``Notwithstanding'' and inserting the following: 
``Effective on the date of the enactment of this Act and 
thereafter, and notwithstanding''.
    Sec. 624. Notwithstanding any provision of law, the 
President, or his designee, must certify to Congress, annually, 
that no person or persons with direct or indirect 
responsibility for administering the Executive Office of the 
President's Drug-Free Workplace Plan are themselves subject to 
a program of individual random drug testing.
    Sec. 625. (a) None of the funds made available in this or 
any other Act may be obligated or expended for any employee 
training that--
            (1) does not meet identified needs for knowledge, 
        skills, and abilities bearing directly upon the 
        performance of official duties;
            (2) contains elements likely to induce high levels 
        of emotional response or psychological stress in some 
        participants;
            (3) does not require prior employee notification of 
        the content and methods to be used in the training and 
        written end of course evaluation;
            (4) contains any methods or content associated with 
        religious or quasi-religious belief systems or ``new 
        age'' belief systems as defined in Equal Employment 
        Opportunity Commission Notice N-915.022, dated 
        September 2, 1988; or
            (5) is offensive to, or designed to change, 
        participants' personal values or lifestyle outside the 
        workplace.
    (b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or 
otherwise preclude an agency from conducting training bearing 
directly upon the performance of official duties.
    Sec. 626. No funds appropriated in this or any other Act 
for fiscal year 2000 may be used to implement or enforce the 
agreements in Standard Forms 312 and 4355 of the Government or 
any other nondisclosure policy, form, or agreement if such 
policy, form, or agreement does not contain the following 
provisions: ``These restrictions are consistent with and do not 
supersede, conflict with, or otherwise alter the employee 
obligations, rights, or liabilities created by Executive Order 
No. 12958; section 7211 of title 5, United States Code 
(governing disclosures to Congress); section 1034 of title 10, 
United States Code, as amended by the Military Whistleblower 
Protection Act (governing disclosure to Congress by members of 
the military); section 2302(b)(8) of title 5, United States 
Code, as amended by the Whistleblower Protection Act (governing 
disclosures of illegality, waste, fraud, abuse or public health 
or safety threats); the Intelligence Identities Protection Act 
of 1982 (50 U.S.C. 421 et seq.) (governing disclosures that 
could expose confidential Government agents); and the statutes 
which protect against disclosure that may compromise the 
national security, including sections 641, 793, 794, 798, and 
952 of title 18, United States Code, and section 4(b) of the 
Subversive Activities Act of 1950 (50 U.S.C. 783(b)). The 
definitions, requirements, obligations, rights, sanctions, and 
liabilities created by said Executive order and listed statutes 
are incorporated into this agreement and are controlling.'': 
Provided, That notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, a 
nondisclosure policy form or agreement that is to be executed 
by a person connected with the conduct of an intelligence or 
intelligence-related activity, other than an employee or 
officer of the United States Government, may contain provisions 
appropriate to the particular activity for which such document 
is to be used.Such form or agreement shall, at a minimum, 
require that the person will not disclose any classified information 
received in the course of such activity unless specifically authorized 
to do so by the United States Government. Such nondisclosure forms 
shall also make it clear that they do not bar disclosures to Congress 
or to an authorized official of an executive agency or the Department 
of Justice that are essential to reporting a substantial violation of 
law.
    Sec. 627. No part of any funds appropriated in this or any 
other Act shall be used by an agency of the executive branch, 
other than for normal and recognized executive-legislative 
relationships, for publicity or propaganda purposes, and for 
the preparation, distribution or use of any kit, pamphlet, 
booklet, publication, radio, television or film presentation 
designed to support or defeat legislation pending before the 
Congress, except in presentation to the Congress itself.
    Sec. 628. (a) In General.--For calendar year 2001, the 
Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall prepare 
and submit to Congress, with the budget submitted under section 
1105 of title 31, United States Code, an accounting statement 
and associated report containing--
            (1) an estimate of the total annual costs and 
        benefits (including quantifiable and nonquantifiable 
        effects) of Federal rules and paperwork, to the extent 
        feasible--
                    (A) in the aggregate;
                    (B) by agency and agency program; and
                    (C) by major rule;
            (2) an analysis of impacts of Federal regulation on 
        State, local, and tribal government, small business, 
        wages, and economic growth; and
            (3) recommendations for reform.
    (b) Notice.--The Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget shall provide public notice and an opportunity to 
comment on the statement and report under subsection (a) before 
the statement and report are submitted to Congress.
    (c) Guidelines.--To implement this section, the Director of 
the Office of Management and Budget shall issue guidelines to 
agencies to standardize--
            (1) measures of costs and benefits; and
            (2) the format of accounting statements.
    (d) Peer Review.--The Director of the Office of Management 
and Budget shall provide for independent and external peer 
review of the guidelines and each accounting statement and 
associated report under this section. Such peer review shall 
not be subject to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. 
App.).
    Sec. 629. None of the funds appropriated by this Act or any 
other Act, may be used by an agency to provide a Federal 
employee's home address to any labor organization except when 
the employee has authorized such disclosure or when such 
disclosure has been ordered by a court of competent 
jurisdiction.
    Sec. 630. The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to 
establish scientific certification standards for explosives 
detection canines, and shall provide, on a reimbursable basis, 
for the certification of explosives detection canines employed 
by Federal agencies, or other agencies providing explosives 
detection services at airports in the United States.
    Sec. 631. None of the funds made available in this Act or 
any other Act may be used to provide any non-public information 
such as mailing or telephone lists to any person or any 
organization outside of the Federal Government without the 
approval of the Committees on Appropriations.
    Sec. 632. No part of any appropriation contained in this or 
any other Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda 
purposes within the United States not heretofore authorized by 
the Congress.
    Sec. 633. (a) In this section the term ``agency''--
            (1) means an Executive agency as defined under 
        section 105 of title 5, United States Code;
            (2) includes a military department as defined under 
        section 102 of such title, the Postal Service, and the 
        Postal Rate Commission; and
            (3) shall not include the General Accounting 
        Office.
    (b) Unless authorized in accordance with law or regulations 
to use such time for other purposes, an employee of an agency 
shall use official time in an honest effort to perform official 
duties. An employee not under a leave system, including a 
Presidential appointee exempted under section 6301(2) of title 
5, United States Code, has an obligation to expend an honest 
effort and a reasonable proportion of such employee's time in 
the performance of official duties.
    Sec. 634. None of the funds made available in this or any 
other Act with respect to any fiscal year may be used for any 
system to implement section 922(t) of title 18, United States 
Code, unless the system allows, in connection with a person's 
delivery of a firearm to a Federal firearms licensee as 
collateral for a loan, the background check to be performed at 
the time the collateral is offered for delivery to such 
licensee: Provided, That the licensee notifies local law 
enforcement within 48 hours of the licensee receiving a denial 
on the person offering the collateral: Provided further, That 
the provisions of section 922(t) shall apply at the time of the 
redemption of the firearm.
    Sec. 635. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this Act 
may be used to enter into or renew a contract which includes a 
provision providing prescription drug coverage, except where 
the contract also includes a provision for contraceptive 
coverage.
    (b) Nothing in this section shall apply to a contract 
with--
            (1) any of the following religious plans:
                    (A) Providence Health Plan;
                    (B) Personal Care's HMO;
                    (C) Care Choices;
                    (D) OSF Health Plans, Inc.;
                    (E) Yellowstone Community Health Plan; and
            (2) any existing or future plan, if the plan 
        objects to such coverage on the basis of religious 
        beliefs.
    (c) In implementing this section, any plan that enters into 
or renews a contract under this section may not subject any 
individual to discrimination on the basis that the individual 
refuses to prescribe contraceptives because such activities 
would be contrary to the individual's religious beliefs or 
moral convictions.
    (d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require 
coverage of abortion or abortion-related services.
    Sec. 636. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and section 610 of 
this Act, funds made available for fiscal year 2000 by this or 
any other Act to any department or agency, which is a member of 
the Joint Financial Management Improvement Program (JFMIP), 
shall be available to finance an appropriate share of JFMIP 
administrative costs, as determined by the JFMIP, but not to 
exceed a total of $800,000 including the salary of the 
Executive Director and staff support.
    Sec. 637. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and section 610 of 
this Act, the head of each Executive department and agency is 
hereby authorized to transfer to the ``Policy and Operations'' 
account, General Services Administration, with the approval of 
the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, funds made 
available for fiscal year 2000 by this or any other Act, 
including rebates from charge card and other contracts. These 
funds shall be administered by the Administrator of General 
Services to support Government-wide financial, information 
technology, procurement, and other management innovations, 
initiatives, and activities, as approved by the Director ofthe 
Office of Management and Budget, in consultation with the appropriate 
interagency groups designated by the Director (including the Chief 
Financial Officers Council and the Joint Financial Management 
Improvement Program for financial management initiatives and the Chief 
Information Officers Council for information technology initiatives). 
The total funds transferred shall not exceed $7,000,000. Such transfers 
may only be made 15 days following notification of the House and Senate 
Committees on Appropriations by the Director of the Office of 
Management and Budget.
    Sec. 638. (a) In General.--Section 901 of title 31, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(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 
Administration) 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.''.
    (b) Plan for Implementation.--Not later than 90 days after 
the effective date of this section, the President shall 
communicate in writing, to the Chairmen of the Committees on 
Appropriations, the Chairman of the Committee on Government 
Reform of the House of Representatives, and the Chairman of the 
Committee on Governmental Affairs of the Senate, a plan for 
implementation of the provisions of, and amendments made by, 
this section.
    (c) Deadline for Appointment.--The Chief Financial Officer 
designated or appointed under section 901(c) of title 31, 
United States Code (as added by subsection (a)), shall be so 
designated or appointed not later than 180 days after the 
effective date of this section.
    (d) Pay.--The Chief Financial Officer designated or 
appointed under such section shall receive basic pay at the 
rate payable for level IV of the Executive Schedule under 
section 5315 of title 5, United States Code.
    (e) Transfer of Functions.--(1) The President may transfer 
such offices, functions, powers, or duties thereof, as the 
President determines are properly related to the functions of 
the Chief Financial Officer under section 901(c) of title 31, 
United States Code (as added by subsection (a)).
    (2) The personnel, assets, liabilities, contracts, 
property, records, and unexpended balances of appropriations, 
authorizations, allocations, and other funds employed, held, 
used, arising from, available or to be made available, of any 
office the functions, powers, or duties of which are 
transferred under paragraph (1) shall also be so transferred.
    (f) Separate Budget Request.--Section 1105(a) of title 31, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting after paragraph 
(30) the following new paragraph:
            ``(31) a separate statement of the amount of 
        appropriations requested for the Chief Financial 
        Officer in the Executive Office of the President.''.
    (g) Technical and Conforming Amendments.--Section 503(a) of 
title 31, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (7) by striking ``respectively.'' 
        and inserting ``respectively (excluding any officer 
        designated or appointed under section 901(c)).''; and
            (2) in paragraph (8) by striking ``Officers.'' and 
        inserting ``Officers (excluding any officer designated 
        or appointed under section 901(c)).''.
    (h) Effective Date.--This section shall take effect at noon 
on January 20, 2001.
    Sec. 639. (a) Section 304(a) of the Federal Election 
Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 434(a)) is amended by striking 
paragraph (11) and inserting the following:
    ``(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.
    ``(D) 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.''.
    (b) The amendments made by this section shall be effective 
for reporting periods beginning after December 31, 2000.
    Sec. 640. (a) In General.--Section 309(a)(4) of the Federal 
Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 437g(a)(4)) is 
amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A)(i), by striking ``clause 
        (ii)'' and inserting ``clauses (ii) and subparagraph 
        (C)''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new 
        subparagraph:
    ``(C)(i) Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), in the case of a 
violation of any requirement of section 304(a) of the Act (2 
U.S.C. 434(a)), 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 to be heard before the 
Commission.
    ``(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 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.''
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 309(a)(6)(A) of such Act 
(2 U.S.C. 437g(a)(6)(A)) is amended by striking ``paragraph 
(4)(A)'' and inserting ``paragraph (4)''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
shall apply with respect to violations occurring between 
January 1, 2000 and December 31, 2001.
    Sec. 641. (a) Section 304(b) of the Federal Election 
Campaign Act (2 U.S.C. 434(b)) is amended by inserting ``(or 
election cycle, in the case of an authorized committee of a 
candidate for Federal office)'' after ``calendar year'' each 
place it appears in paragraphs (2), (3), (4), (6), and (7).
    (b) The amendment made by this section shall become 
effective with respect to reporting periods beginning after 
December 31, 2000.
    Sec. 642. (a) In General.--Section 636 of the Treasury 
Postal Service, and General Government Appropriations Act, 1997 
(5 U.S.C. prec. 5941 note) is amended in the first sentence by 
striking ``may'' and inserting ``shall''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) 
shall take effect on October 1, 1999, or the date of enactment 
of this Act, whichever is later.
    Sec. 643. (a) In General.--Upon promulgation of the 
regulations required under subsection (c), an Executive agency 
which provides or proposes to provide child care services for 
Federal employees may use appropriated funds (otherwise 
available to such agency for salaries) to provide child care, 
in a Federal or leased facility, or through contract, for 
civilian employees of such agency.
    (b) Affordability.--Amounts so provided with respect to any 
such facility or contractor shall be applied to improve the 
affordability of child care for lower income Federal employees 
using or seeking to use the child care services offered by such 
facility or contractor.
    (c) Regulations.--The Office of Personnel Management shall, 
within 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, issue 
regulations necessary to carry out this section.
    (d) Definition.--For purposes of this section, the term 
``Executive agency'' has the meaning given such term by section 
105 of title 5, United States Code, but does not include the 
General Accounting Office.
    (e) Notification.--None of the funds made available in this 
or any other Act may be used to implement the provisions of 
this section absent advance notification to the Committees on 
Appropriations.
    Sec. 644. (a) Increase in Annual Compensation.--Section 102 
of title 3, United States Code, is amended by striking 
``$200,000'' and inserting ``$400,000''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section 
shall take effect at noon on January 20, 2001.
    Sec. 645. Effective October 1, 1999, all personnel of the 
General Accounting Office employed or maintained to carry out 
functions of the Joint Financial Management Improvement Program 
(JFMIP) shall be transferred to the General Services 
Administration. The Director of the Office of Personnel 
Management shall provide to the General Services Administration 
one permanent Senior Executive Service allocation for the 
position of the Executive Director of the JFMIP. Personnel 
transferred pursuant to this section shall not be separated or 
reduced in classification or compensation for 1 year after any 
such transfer, except for cause.
    Sec. 646. (a) The adjustment in rates of basic pay for the 
statutory pay systems that takes effect in fiscal year 2000 
under sections 5303 and 5304 of title 5, United States Code, 
shall be an increase of 4.8 percent.
    (b) Funds used to carry out this section shall be paid from 
appropriatoins which are made to each applicable department or 
agency for salaries and expenses for fiscal year 2000.
    Sec. 647. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a 
woman may breastfeed her child at any location in a Federal 
building or on Federal property, if the woman and her child are 
otherwise authorized to be present at the location.
    Sec. 648. Federal Funds Identified. Any request for 
proposals, solicitation, grant application, form, notification, 
press release, or other publications involving the distribution 
of Federal funds shall indicate the agency providing the funds 
and the amount provided. This provision shall apply to direct 
payments, formula funds, and grants received by a State 
receiving Federal funds.
    Sec. 649. (a) Congress finds that--
            (1) the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United 
        States (in this section referred to as the ``VFW''), 
        which was formed by veterans of the Spanish-American 
        War and the Philippine Insurrection to help secure 
        rights and benefits for their service, will be 
        celebrating its 100th anniversary in 1999;
            (2) members of the VFW have fought, bled, and died 
        in every war, conflict, police action, and military 
        intervention in which the United States has engaged 
        during this century;
            (3) over its history, the VFW has ably represented 
        the interests of veterans in Congress and State 
        Legislatures across the Nation and established a 
        network of trained service officers who, at no charge, 
        have helped millions of veterans and their dependents 
        to secure the education, disability compensation, 
        pension, and health care benefits they are rightfully 
        entitled to receive as a result of the military service 
        performed by those veterans:
            (4) the VFW has also been deeply involved in 
        national education projects, awarding nearly $2,700,000 
        in scholarships annually, as well as countless 
        community projects initiated by its 10,000 posts; and
            (5) the United States Postal Service has issued 
        commemorative postage stamps honoring the VFW's 50th 
        and 75th anniversaries, respectively.
    (b) Therefore, it is the sense of the Congress that the 
United States Postal Service is encouraged to issue a 
commemorative postage stamp in honor of the 100th anniversary 
of the founding of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United 
States.
    Sec. 650. Itemized Income Tax Receipt. (a) In General.--Not 
later than April 15, 2000, the Secretary of the Treasury shall 
establish an interactive program on an Internet website where 
any taxpayer may generate an itemized receipt showing a 
proportionate allocation (in money terms) of the taxpayer's 
total tax payments among the major expenditure categories.
    (b) Information Necessary To Generate Receipt.--For 
purposes of generating an itemized receipt under subsection 
(a), the interactive program--
            (1) shall only require the input of the taxpayer's 
        total tax payments, and
            (2) shall not require any identifying information 
        relating to the taxpayer.
    (c) Total Tax Payments.--For purposes of this section, 
total tax payments of an individual for any taxable year are--
            (1) the tax imposed by subtitle A of the Internal 
        Revenue Code of 1986 for such taxable year (as shown on 
        his return), and
            (2) the tax imposed by section 3101 of such Code on 
        wages received during such taxable year.
    (d) Content of Tax Receipt.--
            (1) Major expenditure categories.--For purposes of 
        subsection (a), the major expenditure categories are:
                    (A) National defense.
                    (B) International affairs.
                    (C) Medicaid.
                    (D) Medicare.
                    (E) Means-tested entitlements.
                    (F) Domestic discretionary.
                    (G) Social Security.
                    (H) Interest payments.
                    (I) All other.
            (2) Other items on receipt.--
                    (A) In general.--In addition, the tax 
                receipt shall include selected examples of more 
                specific expenditure items, including the items 
                listed in subparagraph (B), either at the 
                budget function, subfunction, or program, 
                project, or activity levels, along with any 
                other information deemed appropriate by the 
                Secretary of the Treasury and the Director of 
                the Office of Management and Budget to enhance 
                taxpayer understanding of the Federal budget.
                    (B) Listed items.--The expenditure items 
                listed in this subparagraph are as follows:
                            (i) Public schools funding 
                        programs.
                            (ii) Student loans and college aid.
                            (iii) Low-income housing programs.
                            (iv) Food stamp and welfare 
                        programs.
                            (v) Law enforcement, including the 
                        Federal Bureau of Investigation, law 
                        enforcement grants to the States, and 
                        other Federal law enforcement 
                        personnel.
                            (vi) Infrastructure, including 
                        roads, bridges, and mass transit.
                            (vii) Farm subsidies.
                            (viii) Congressional Member and 
                        staff salaries.
                            (ix) Health research programs.
                            (x) Aid to the disabled.
                            (xi) Veterans health care and 
                        pension programs.
                            (xii) Space programs.
                            (xiii) Environmental cleanup 
                        programs.
                            (xiv) United States embassies.
                            (xv) Military salaries.
                            (xvi) Foreign aid.
                            (xvii) Contributions to the North 
                        Atlantic Treaty Organization.
                            (xviii) Amtrak.
                            (xix) United States Postal Service.
    (e) Cost.--No charge shall be imposed to cover any cost 
associated with the production or distribution of the tax 
receipt.
    (f) Regulations.--The Secretary of the Treasury may 
prescribe such regulations as may be necessary to carry out 
this section.
    Sec. 651. (a) Section 7001 of Public Law 105-174 (112 Stat. 
91) is amended by striking each place it appears ``for purposes 
of the period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act 
and ending on September 30, 1999,'' and inserting ``May 1, 
1998,''.
    (b) Section 1109 of Public Law 105-261 (112 Stat. 2143) is 
repealed.
    Sec. 652. (a) The American Battle Monuments Commission and 
the World War II Memorial Advisory Board (as referred to in 
Public Law 103-32 (40 U.S.C. 1003 note; 107 Stat. 90)) shall 
each be considered to qualify for the rates of postage 
currently in effect under former section 4452 of title 39, 
United States Code, for third-class mail matter mailed by a 
qualified nonprofit organization.
    (b) Rates of postage afforded by subsection (a) shall be 
available only with respect to official mail sent for the 
furtherance of the purpose of section 2(c)(1) or 3 of Public 
Law 103-32, as applicable.
    (c) This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 
2000 and each fiscal year thereafter.
    Sec. 653. (a) Establishment.--There is established the 
National Intellectual Property Law Enforcement Coordination 
Council (in this section referred to as the ``Council''). The 
Council shall consist of the following members--
            (1) The Assistant Secretary of Commerce and 
        Commissioner of Patents and Trademarks, who shall serve 
        as co-chair of the Council;
            (2) The Assistant Attorney General, Criminal 
        Division, who shall serve as co-chair of the Council;
            (3) The Under Secretary of State for Economic and 
        Agricultural Affairs;
            (4) The Ambassador, Deputy United States Trade 
        Representative;
            (5) The Commissioner of Customs; and
            (6) The Under Secretary of Commerce for 
        International Trade.
    (b) Duties.--The Council established in subsection (a) 
shall coordinate domestic and international intellectual 
property law enforcement among federal and foreign entities.
    (c) Consultation Required.--The Council shall consult with 
the Register of Copyrights on law enforcement matters relating 
to copyright and related rights and matters.
    (d) Non-derogation.--Nothing in this section shall derogate 
from the duties of the Secretary of State or from the duties of 
the United States Trade Representative as set forth in section 
141 of the Trade Act of 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2171), or from the 
duties and functions of the Register of Copyrights, or 
otherwise alter current authorities relating to copyright 
matters.
    (e) Report.--The Council shall report annually on its 
coordination activities to the President, and to the Committees 
on Appropriations and on the Judiciary of the Senate and the 
House of Representatives.
    (f) Funding.--Notwithstanding section 1346 of title 31, 
United States Code, or section 610 of this Act, funds made 
available for fiscal year 2000 and hereafter by this or any 
other Act shall be available for interagency funding of the 
National Intellectual Property Law Enforcement Coordination 
Council.
    Sec. 654. In addition to funds otherwise provided under the 
heading ``National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration'' for 
``Operations, Research, and Facilities'' in Public Law 105-277 
(112 Stat. 2681-83), $5,650,000 is appropriated for necessary 
retired pay expenses under the Retired Serviceman's Family 
Protection and Survivor Benefit Plan, and for payment for 
medical care of retired personnel and their dependents under 
the Dependents Medical Care Act (10 U.S.C. ch. 55).
    This Act may be cited as the ``Treasury and General 
Government Appropriations Act, 2000''.

    And the Senate agree to the same.
                                   Jim Kolbe,
                                   Frank R. Wolf,
                                   Ann M. Northup,
                                   Jo Ann Emerson,
                                   John E. Sununu,
                                   John E. Peterson,
                                   Roy Blunt,
                                   Bill Young,
                                   Steny Hoyer,
                                   Carrie P. Meek,
                                   David E. Price,
                                   Lucille Roybal-Allard,
                                   Dave Obey,
                                 Managers on the Part of the House.

                                   Ben Nighthorse Campbell,
                                   Richard Shelby,
                                   Jon Kyl,
                                   Ted Stevens,
                                   Byron L. Dorgan,
                                   Barbara A. Mikulski,
                                   Robert C. Byrd,
                                Managers on the Part of the Senate.
                      JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT

      The managers on the part of the House and the Senate at 
the conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on 
the amendment of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 2490), making 
appropriations for the Treasury Department, the United States 
Postal Service, the Executive Office of the President, and 
certain Independent Agencies, for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2000, and for other purposes, submit the 
following joint statement to the House and the Senate in 
explanation of the effect of the action agreed upon by the 
managers and recommended in the accompanying conference report.
      The conference agreement on the Treasury and General 
Government Appropriations Act, 2000, incorporates some of the 
language and allocations set forth in House Report 106-231 and 
Senate Report 106-87. The language in these reports should be 
complied with unless specifically addressed in the accompanying 
statement of managers.
      Senate Amendment: The Senate deleted the entire House 
bill after the enacting clause and inserted the Senate bill. 
The conference agreement includes a revised bill.
      Throughout the accompanying explanatory statement, the 
managers refer to the Committee and the Committees on 
Appropriations. Unless otherwise noted, in both instances, the 
managers are referring to the House Subcommittee on Treasury, 
Postal Service, and General Government and the Senate 
Subcommittee on Treasury and General Government.

             Reprogramming and Transfer of Funds Guidelines

      The conference agreement includes the following 
reprogramming guidelines which shall be complied with by all 
agencies funded by the Treasury 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 of the project 
or activity requirement, and are proposed to be used for a 
different activity, a reprogramming shall be submitted.
      Additionally, each request shall include a declaration 
that, as of the date of the request, none of the funds included 
in the request have been obligated, and none will be obligated, 
until the Committees on Appropriations have approved the 
request.

                        Climate Change Research

       On October 22, 1997, the President introduced a three-
stage proposal on climate change in anticipation of an 
international agreement to be negotiated 2 months later in 
Kyoto, Japan. The President's budget for fiscal year 1999 
included a $6,300,000,000 package of tax incentives and 
research and development programs over the 5 years of Stage I 
of the President's proposal. With regard to programs pursued 
under the President's proposal, the conferees expect the 
administration to comply with the letter and spirit of the 
Government Performance and Results Act (GPRA).
      The conferees direct the administration to designate 
which office has authority to coordinate and direct interagency 
activity with regard to the President's proposal, which can 
report accountably to Congress.
      None of the funds provided in this bill are to be used to 
implement actions called for solely under the Kyoto protocol, 
prior to its ratification.
      The Byrd-Hagel resolution passed in 1997 (S. Res. 98) 
remains the clearest statement of the will of the Senate with 
regard to the Kyoto protocol, and the conferees are committed 
to ensuring that the administration not implement the Kyoto 
protocol without congressional consent. The conferees 
recognize, however, that there are also longstanding energy 
research programs which have goals and objectives that, if met, 
could have positive effects on energy use and the environment. 
The conferees do not intend to preclude these programs from 
proceeding, provided they have been documented in full 
compliance with the letter and intent of GPRA, funded, and 
approved by Congress.
      To the extent future funding requests may be submitted 
which would increase funding for climate change activities 
prior to ratification of the Kyoto protocol (whether under the 
auspices of the climate change technology initiative or any 
other initiative), the Administration must do a better job of 
explaining the components of the programs, their anticipated 
goals and objectives, the justification for any funding 
increases, a discussion of how success will be measured, and a 
clear definition of how these programs are justified by goals 
and objectives independent of implementation of the Kyoto 
protocol.
      The conferees direct the Administration to provide the 
Committees with a detailed plan for implementing key elements 
of the President's proposal, which would include performance 
goals for the reduction of greenhouse gases that have 
objective, quantifiable, and measurable target levels. The plan 
should provide evidence on the effectiveness of these programs 
in meeting the performance goals. The conferees expect these 
items to be included as part of the fiscal year 2001 budget 
submission for all affected agencies.
      Last year, the Senate Appropriations Committee directed 
the Administration to include these items in the fiscal year 
2000 budget submission. The conferees are concerned that 
several agencies are tardy in doing so. The conferees take 
cognizance of a joint hearing on agency accountability, 
conducted on May 20, 1999, by subcommittees of the Senate 
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and the House 
Committee on Government Reform. In fact, three agencies did not 
submit reports until April 9 or later, and one submitted its 
report one day before this hearing. According to the General 
Accounting Office, both the timing and the content of these 
submissions made it more difficult for Congress to assess 
administration proposals.-

                     Vehicle Usage and Replacement

      The conferees remain concerned about the pace by which 
the vehicle management system is being implemented. To date, 
only initial steps have been taken. Therefore, the conferees 
have continued last year's provision regarding vehicle 
acquisition and expect that the system will be fully 
implemented in time to utilize information gathered from the 
system in developing the fiscal year 2001 budget. The conferees 
direct that the fiscal year 2001 request regarding vehicle 
acquisitions be justified on a demonstrated use of this system.

                  TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

                          Departmental Offices

                         salaries and expenses

      The conferees agree to provide $134,034,000 instead of 
$134,206,000 as proposed by the House and $133,168,000 as 
proposed by the Senate. The amount provided does not include 
the additional $596,000 requested for Enforcement Policies and 
Programs.
      The conferees note that the amount provided includes 
sufficient funding for the Department of the Treasury to make 
up to $500,000 in contract awards to the National Law Center 
for Inter-American Free Trade as proposed by the President. The 
conferees support this program, which will aid federal 
government efforts to conduct legal research specific to 
relevant trade issues.

                  Senior Executive Service Allocations

      The conferees recognize some discrepancy in allocations 
of Senior Executive Service (SES) positions among Treasury law 
enforcement bureaus. When compared to comparable Justice 
Department agencies, these allocations seem disproportionate. 
The conferees recognize 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 conferees direct 
the Secretary of the Treasury to review the SES allocations in 
its law enforcement bureaus and to make recommendations to the 
Committees on Appropriations by November 1, 1999, on those 
actions that might alleviate SES imbalances.

                      Office of Enforcement Review

      The Congress established the Office of the Under 
Secretary of Enforcement in Public Law 103-123, Section 105, to 
allow the Department an office solely dedicated to assisting 
Treasury's law enforcement bureaus in management and policy 
oversight issues specific to the needs of law enforcement. The 
conferees are interested in the use of funding in the Office of 
Enforcement with respect to the management of law enforcement 
bureaus and the development and oversight of policy. Therefore, 
the conferees direct the General Accounting Office to conduct a 
management review of the Office of Enforcement and Treasury's 
law enforcement bureaus as they relate to the Office of 
Enforcement. The conferees note that attention should also be 
paid to the Office's interactions with other entities within 
Treasury's Departmental Offices, as well as other federal law 
enforcement agencies.

        Department-Wide Systems and Capital Investments Programs

      The conferees agree to provide $43,961,000 instead of 
$31,017,000 as proposed by the House and $35,561,000 as 
proposed by the Senate. The amount provided includes 
$26,221,000 for Human Resources Reengineering and Systems 
Modernization, $4,327,000 for the completion of Year 2000 
conversion activities, $3,813,000 for Departmental Offices 
productivity enhancement, $1,000,000 for critical 
infrastructure protection, $200,000 for Department-wide 
implementation of an information systems architecture, 
$5,400,000 for the International Trade Data System, and 
$3,000,000 for money laundering grants.

                      Office of Inspector General

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conferees agree to provide $30,716,000 as proposed by 
the House instead of $30,483,000 as proposed by the Senate.

           Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conferees agree to provide $112,207,000 as proposed 
by the House instead of $111,340,000 as proposed by the Senate.

           Treasury Building and Annex Repair and Restoration

      The conferees agree to provide $23,000,000 as proposed by 
the House instead of $15,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.

                  Financial Crimes Enforcement Network

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conferees agree to provide $27,818,000 instead of 
$29,656,000 as proposed by the House and $27,681,000 as 
proposed by the Senate. This is identical to the 
Administration's request, with the exception that $600,000 
requested to fund Gateway system operations is provided in the 
Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund instead of the Salaries and 
Expenses appropriation. The conferees agree that not to exceed 
$1,000,000 of this funding shall remain available until 
September 30, 2002 to provide flexibility in keeping technology 
investments current.

                        Treasury Forfeiture Fund

      The conferees understand that the fiscal year 2000 super 
surplus for the Treasury Forfeiture Fund will exceed the 
Administration's estimate of $142,000,000, and therefore direct 
the Department to provide the Committees on Appropriations its 
plan for using these resources in a timely manner, as well as a 
summary of actual obligations in the fiscal year 2001 budget 
request.
      The conferees continue to support the use of the super 
surplus to further advance Treasury law enforcement programs 
and activities, and acknowledge the Department's proposal for 
use of the super surplus for a variety of activities. The 
conferees direct the Department to use $177,906,000 instead of 
$142,106,000 as proposed by the House and $142,000,000 as 
proposed by the Senate, as follows:

U.S. Customs Service-...................................   $64,493,000--
    Vehicle Replacement--...............................      8,600,000-
    FTE/Equipment from S&E-.............................   11,964,000- -
    Other Base equipment funding-.......................     12,129,000-
    Integrity enhancement-..............................    4,300,000- -
    Training Initiative-................................      2,500,000-
    SW Border Initiative-...............................      25,000,000
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms-................   34,947,000- -
    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-
    Headquarters Construction (if required)-............      15,000,000
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 supp. follow-on costs-...............     23,000,000-
Other Treasury -........................................      3,000,000-
    FLEWUG-.............................................       3,000,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Total-............................................    177,906,000-

                    Violent Crime Reduction Programs

      The conferees agree to provide $132,000,000, as proposed 
by the House instead of $194,000,000 proposed by the Senate. 
This amount is to be used as follows:

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms-................    $40,920,000-
    GREAT Program Management-...........................      3,000,000-
    GREAT Program Grants-...............................     13,000,000-
    YCGII Expansion to 37 cities-.......................     12,320,000-
    Integrated Violence Reduction Strategy-.............      12,600,000
Customs Service-........................................     61,000,000-
    Land Border Automation Initiative/canopies-.........      4,000,000-
    Vehicles-...........................................     11,464,000-
    Maintain FY 1988 equipment (NII, canopies)-.........      3,640,000-
    Agent/Inspector Relocation-.........................     8,000,000 -
    Lab modernization-..................................      5,735,000-
    Narcotics and money laundering-.....................     4,817,000 -
    Cybersmuggling--FY 99 Initiative continuation-......      2,400,000-
    Maintain FY97 Hardline/Gateway Equipment-...........     5,430,000 -
    Hiring for projected attrition-.....................      15,514,000
Secret Service-.........................................     4,200,000 -
    Forensic technologies--general-.....................     2,000,000 -
    Forensic technologies--NCMEC operational support-...       2,200,000
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network-...................       1,863,000
    Magnitude of Money Laundering Study-................         500,000
    SARs Access/Enhancement-............................         200,000
    Gateway Program-....................................         600,000
    Expand Secure Outreach Net-.........................         263,000
    Expand Data Mining Technology-......................         300,000
Interagency Crime and Drug Enforcement-.................      14,817,000
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center-................      9,200,000-
    Artesia Firearms Ranges-............................       9,200,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Total-............................................     132,000,000

                Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms

      The conferees agree to provide $27,920,000 instead of 
$26,800,000 as proposed by the House and $17,847,000 as 
proposed by the Senate.

                Youth Crime Gun Interdiction Initiative

      The conferees agree to increase total funding for the 
Youth Crime Gun Interdiction Initiative (YCGII) to $51,320,000, 
of which $12,320,000 is provided in the violent crime reduction 
trust fund (VCRTF). The conferees strongly support programs 
such as YCGII, the operations of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco 
and Firearms (ATF) National Tracing Center, and initiatives 
such as the Integrated Violence Reduction Strategy to target, 
investigate and prosecute crimes with guns and reduce gun 
violence among our nation's youth. The conferees are aware that 
many communities are interested in learning from and benefiting 
by increased federal efforts in this area, and so ATF is 
encouraged to consider the needs of communities where no 
current YCGII program exists, such as Las Vegas, Nevada, as it 
plans for future YCGII operations.

             Gang Resistance Education and Training Grants

      The conferees agree to provide $13,000,000 to ATF as 
proposed by the Senate instead of $10,000,000 as proposed by 
the House to continue the Gang Resistance Education and 
Training (GREAT) program. Additional funds of $3,000,000 for 
ATF administrative support also are provided through VCRTF. The 
conferees understand 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 conferees urge ATF to expedite completion of the 
study and provide the results to the Committees on 
Appropriations.

                            Customs Service

      The conferees agree to provide $61,000,000 instead of 
$64,000,000 as proposed by the House and $52,774,000 as 
proposed by the Senate. This fully funds the Administration 
request for funding for vehicles, maintenance of previously 
acquired detection equipment and equipment in support of 
Operations HARDLINE and GATEWAY, lab modernization, money 
laundering, and $2,400,000 to continue the Customs 
Cybersmuggling Center. The conferees provide an additional 
$1,600,000 for the Cybersmuggling Center in the Customs Service 
Salaries and Expenses appropriation. The conferees provide 
$4,000,000 for the land border automation initiative.

                     Agent and Inspector Relocation

      The conferees are interested in the use of funding 
provided for agent and inspector relocation. Specific funding 
of $8,000,000 was requested by the Administration, in addition 
to $4,000,000 from the Treasury Forfeiture Fund in fiscal year 
1998 and $8,000,000 appropriated to Customs in fiscal year 
1999. The conferees direct the Customs Service to report by 
February 1, 2000, on its use of this funding for fiscal years 
1998-2000, to include actual and estimated numbers of 
inspectors and agents relocated and the costs associated with 
such moves.

                             Secret Service

      The conferees agree to provide $4,200,000 as proposed by 
the House instead of $21,950,000 as proposed by the Senate. 
This includes $2,000,000 for forensic assistance to the 
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) and 
$2,200,000 for grant assistance for the Exploited Child Unit of 
NCMEC.

                  Financial Crimes Enforcement Network

      The conferees agree to provide $1,863,000 as proposed by 
the Senate instead of no funding as proposed by the House. This 
includes funding for operating the Gateway system, expanding 
the secure outreach network for federal agencies, improving 
access to the Suspicious Activity Report (SAR) system and 
outreach to State and local law enforcement agencies, money 
laundering, and data mining.

                Federal Law Enforcement Training Center

      The conferees agree to provide $9,200,000 as proposed by 
the Senate instead of no funding as proposed by the House, for 
two firearms ranges at the Federal Law Enforcement Training 
Center's Artesia, New Mexico, campus.

                 Interagency Crime and Drug Enforcement

      The conferees agree to provide $14,817,000 instead of 
$27,000,000 as proposed by the House and $28,366,000 as 
proposed by the Senate. An additional $61,083,000 is provided 
in the Interagency Law Enforcement account for a total 
appropriation of $75,900,000.

                Federal Law Enforcement Training Center-

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conferees agree to provide $84,027,000 instead of 
$82,827,000 as proposed by the House and $80,114,000 as 
proposed by the Senate. The conferees agree to an increase of 
$1,420,000 for basic training, $1,216,000 for counter-terrorism 
training, $1,380,000 for a cost accounting system, $350,000 for 
scheduling automation, $1,973,000 for equipment base 
restoration, $900,000 for training vehicles, and $300,000 for a 
Rural Law Enforcement Demonstration Project.-
      The conferees agree to continue a general provision 
(Section 615) to permit the Federal Law Enforcement Training 
Center (FLETC) to acquire the temporary use of additional 
training facilities without seeking the advance approval 
otherwise required by that section. The conferees direct the 
Center to report to the Committees on Appropriations by May 5, 
2000 on the use of this authority and projections for its 
future use.

                   U.S. Border Patrol Basic Training

      The Congress has mandated that the US Border Patrol 
(USBP) increase its level of new hires now and over the next 
several years. A critical component of the hiring process is 
the training of new agents to prepare them as quickly as 
possible to perform their duties at USBP locations. Due to the 
increased training requirements, entry level USBP agents are 
currently trained at both the FLETC Glynco, Georgia and the 
former Charleston, South Carolina Naval Yard sites. The 
conferees direct that FLETC and the Immigration and 
Naturalization Service (INS)/USBP establish a training schedule 
that creates fixed plateaus for conducting training at both 
locations. FLETC and INS are to report back to the Committees 
on Appropriations no later than January 1, 2000, on how this 
scheduling is being implemented for fiscal year 2000. The 
conferees fully expect that the five year construction Master 
Plan for facilities for USBP training will be fully implemented 
subject to a certification by the Secretary of Treasury and the 
Attorney General that all FLETC overflow issues relating to 
USBP basic training have been addressed.

         Rural Law Enforcement Education Demonstration Project

      The conferees are concerned that greater attention tends 
to be focused on youth crime and gang activity in urban 
centers. Rural areas are also experiencing significant 
increases in juvenile crime. The conferees believe that rural 
law enforcement officials, and others in rural communities who 
could provide an early warning system of criminal behavior, are 
not receiving the kind of education and training that may be 
critically important to the safe keeping of their communities.
      Therefore, the conferees direct the Director of FLETC to 
provide up to $300,000 to a graduate level criminal justice 
program specializing in rural law enforcement in a Northern 
Plains State and/or other rural area. These funds will be used 
to sponsor a research project on the development of law 
enforcement training techniques aimed at addressing rural 
crime, rural drug behavior and rural gang activities. It is 
hoped that the study, which shall be provided to the Committees 
on Appropriations within one year after enactment of this bill, 
will be considered in making any law enforcement changes 
necessary for conducting a rural law enforcement training 
program.

     Acquisition, Construction, Improvements, and Related Expenses

      The conferees agree to provide $21,611,000 as proposed by 
the Senate instead of $24,310,000 as proposed by the House. 
This includes funding for the current Master Plan construction, 
expanding the chilled water system, a counter terrorism 
facility, and completion of a new dormitory at Artesia, New 
Mexico.-
      The conferees have denied funding for a new classroom at 
Glynco, Georgia, as these funds have been made available 
through the Treasury Forfeiture Fund in fiscal year 1999.

                  Dormitory and Classroom Construction

      The conferees continue to be committed to the principle 
of consolidating federal law enforcement training, and are 
greatly concerned that the 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. The conferees understand 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. The budget request is 
consistent with a revised plan to have adequate basic training 
capacity by fiscal year 2004. The conferees strongly urge FLETC 
and the Department to keep the Committees informed of any 
problems that may cause further delays, and directs the 
Treasury Department to report by May 5, 2000, on progress in 
meeting this target.

                      Interagency Law Enforcement

                 INTERAGENCY CRIME AND DRUG ENFORCEMENT

      The conferees agree to provide $61,083,000 instead of 
$48,900,000 as proposed by the House and no appropriation as 
proposed by the Senate. The conferees provide an additional 
$14,817,000 through the VCRTF, for a total appropriation of 
$75,900,000.

                      Financial Management Service

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conferees agree to provide $201,320,000 as proposed 
by the House instead of $200,054,000 as proposed by the 
Senate.-
      The conferees have agreed to include language proposed by 
the Senate that provides that not to exceed $2,500 is available 
for official reception and representation expenses.

                Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conferees agree to provide $565,959,000 instead of 
$567,059,000 as proposed by the House and $570,345,000 as 
proposed by the Senate. The amount provided fully funds the 
request to maintain current services, includes $5,209,000 for 
enforcement and tax collection support for tobacco tax 
compliance, and $5,000,000 to support the Integrated Ballistic 
Indentification System system in addition to $3,000,000 funded 
through the Treasury Forfeiture Fund. The conferees do not 
include $1,100,000 requested for a promotion assessment system, 
but expect ATF to absorb those costs within existing 
resources.-

                           Tobacco Compliance

      The conferees are concerned that a change in federal law 
mandated by the 1997 Balanced Budget Act regarding the domestic 
distribution of cigarettes manufactured for export will create 
substantial enforcement problems for ATF after January 1, 2000, 
when the new law becomes effective. The conferees note that a 
number of States have already passed laws banning the 
distribution of export manufactured cigarettes ahead of the 
federal statute. The conferees include $5,209,000 to fund the 
enforcement actions with regard to gray market tobacco products 
and to ensure collection of floor stock taxes. The conferees 
direct ATF to report back to the Committees on Appropriations 
before September 30, 2000, followed by semi-annual reports 
thereafter, on the number of employees dedicated to handling 
this transition in the law and its enforcement, the number of 
complaints received, the number of investigations initiated, 
and the number of cases referred for prosecution.

                            Antique Firearms

      The conferees are concerned that there are insufficient 
data or information on the use of antique firearms in crime. 
The term ``antique firearm'' has the meaning given the term in 
18 USC 921(a)(16). Therefore, the ATF is urged to conduct a 
study on the use of antique firearms in crime and report back 
to the Committees on Appropriations no later than February 15, 
2000.

                 LABORATORY FACILITIES AND HEADQUARTERS

      The conferees recommend that, should it be deemed 
necessary, ATF seek any funds required for a relocation of 
their headquarters operations from the Treasury Forfeiture 
Fund.-

                     United States Customs Service

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conferees agree to provide $1,705,364,000 instead of 
$1,708,089,000 as proposed by the House and $1,670,747,000 as 
proposed by the Senate. These amounts include $212,000 for 
renovations to the Louisville International Airport in 
Louisville, Kentucky. The conferees also include funding to 
maintain current levels and annualize the cost of personnel and 
equipment, including vehicle replacement, and $35,000,000 in 
new funding to support the Automated Commercial System. In 
addition, the conferees provide $9,000,000 for non-intrusive 
mobile personal inspection technology, $5,011,000 for the 
forced child labor program, and $2,000,000 for money laundering 
outbound detection technology. The agreement also includes 
$1,600,000 for the Cybersmuggling Center in addition to the 
$2,400,000 funded through the Violent Crime Reduction Trust 
Fund, to bring total funding to the Center to $4,000,000. The 
conferees deny without prejudice $725,000 requested for land 
border blitzes.

                           Customs Automation

      The conferees are extremely supportive of automating 
Customs' systems and processes. Unfortunately, the 
Administration failed to request adequate funding for this 
program, either to maintain the existing Automated Commercial 
System (ACS) or to lay the groundwork for the Automated 
Commercial Environment (ACE). The President's budget does 
include an increase of $35,000,000 for expanded memory for ACS. 
However, the conferees are deeply concerned that Customs has 
failed to provide accurate estimates of possible funding 
shortfalls which the conferees could address. The conferees 
support Customs' efforts to mirror the Internal Revenue 
Service's path for modernization with the use of a prime 
integrator and the establishment of modularized acquisition and 
spending plans. Given the adoption of this new approach, the 
conferees request the revised system blueprint, schedule and 
budget for ACE not later than the time the budget is submitted 
for fiscal year 2001. The conferees also direct the Customs 
Service to provide quarterly reports on the maintenance and 
costs of ACS until ACE has been implemented.

            Southwest Border Staffing and Cross-Border Trade

      The conferees are aware that commercial truck traffic 
entering the United States through Mexico has grown by more 
than 50 percent in recent years, and that the Customs Service 
has not realized subsequent increases in inspectors. For 
example, over 80 percent of the fresh produce imported from 
Mexico comes through Nogales, Arizona, yet the number of 
Customs inspectors in that area has actually decreased. In 
addition, the San Luis, Arizona port of entry is not open 
during key hours thereby forcing trade to be rerouted hundreds 
of miles away. When the port is open, wait times can be over 
two and a half hours long. The conferees understand that 
Customs is currently reviewing its overall resource allocation 
and encourages Customs to consider the Arizona border in this 
review. In the interim, the conferees instruct Customs at least 
to maintain current staffing levels in Arizona in fiscal year 
2000 and to report to the Committees on Appropriations by March 
31, 2000, on what resources are necessary to reduce wait times 
along the Southwest border to twenty minutes, in addition to 
outlining the current staffing needs in Arizona.

              Targeted Resources for the Southwest Border

      In addition to the evaluation of overall, longer term 
Southwest border needs directed above, the conferees, in an 
effort to address these concerns in terms of wait times and 
trafficking in illegal drugs and contraband, believe that an 
immediate increase in inspectors, agents, and detection 
technology is justified to meet these current pressures. The 
conferees therefore direct the U.S. Customs Service to submit 
within 60 days of enactment to the Committees on Appropriations 
its recommendation for immediate actions to reduce waiting 
times and improve contraband detection capabilities, as well as 
investigative resources. Based on these recommendations and 
subject to approval by the Committees, the conferees direct 
that $25,000,000 from the super surplus of the Treasury 
Forfeiture Fund be used to hire new inspectors, agents, or 
acquire new detection technology for use along the Southwest 
border.

                      Customs Inspection Practices

      The conferees are concerned about allegations that 
African-Americans and Hispanic-Americans are being targeted for 
Customs inspections, detention and for personal searches at 
border crossings. The conferees are also concerned about 
allegations that personal searches of individuals subject to 
such searches in accordance with regulations established by the 
Customs Service may be carried out by employees of the Customs 
Service who are not of the same gender as the individual being 
searched. Therefore, the conferees direct the Secretary of the 
Treasury to prepare and submit to the Congress a report on the 
conduct of personal searches by employees of the Customs 
Service by February 15, 2000.

      Canadian/United States Free Trade Agreement Research Program

      The Canadian/United States Free Trade Agreement (CUSTA) 
was signed in 1988 and implemented in 1989. The objective was 
to create a Canadian/U.S. free trade area so trade between the 
two countries would be uninhibited by border measures. The 
agreement called for conversion of non-tariff border measures 
to tariffs, with all tariffs to be phased out over a 15 year 
period. The agreement was expanded to NAFTA by including Mexico 
in 1994.
      From within amounts appropriated, the conferees agree to 
provide $725,000 and direct Customs to provide a Northern 
Plains agricultural economics program with these funds to 
conduct a research program to analyze issues relating to 
bilateral U.S./Canada trade in agricultural commodities and to 
assess the economic impact of bilateral trade on the Northern 
Plains. Specific objectives of the research program are (1) to 
evaluate inconsistencies in agricultural policies, trade 
practices, and marketing activities which affect trade flows of 
agricultural products and commodities between the U.S. and 
Canada; (2) to analyze the impacts of Canadian exports of 
agricultural products and commodities on prices and net farm 
income in Northern Plains States; (3) to analyze data on 
Canadian export prices and quantities of agricultural products 
and commodities collected at U.S. customs points along the 
Northern border; and (4) to evaluate factors influencing 
Canadian exports to the United States, including transportation 
and logistics and single desk selling of wheat and barley by 
the Canadian Wheat Board. The conferees further direct that a 
report on this project be provided to the Committees within one 
year of enactment of this Act.

                Ports of Entry Infrastructure Assessment

      The conferees are concerned about the current condition 
of the ports of entry along the U.S. land borders. Therefore, 
the conferees direct the Customs Service, working in 
consultation with the General Services Administration, to 
assess the current condition and infrastructure needs of these 
ports and provide a report to the Committees within nine months 
after enactment of this Act on a plan to address these needs 
and the resources required to do so. The conferees expect the 
Customs Service to coordinate with the other Federal and State 
border agencies in this effort.

                      International Ports of Entry

      The conferees urge the Customs Service to evaluate the 
merits of designating the Hector International Airport in 
Fargo, North Dakota, the San Antonio International Airport in 
San Antonio, Texas, and The Manchester Airport in Manchester, 
New Hampshire, as international ports of entry and report the 
findings to the Committees on Appropriations no later than 
February 15, 2000. Additionally, the conferees encourage the 
U.S. Customs Service to consider a pilot project to allow 
international port of entry designations at several selected 
airports which may not currently meet the requirements for an 
international port of entry designation but which demonstrate 
promise of meeting them in the future due to expanded 
international trade and commerce.

                   HARBOR MAINTENANCE FEE COLLECTION

      The conferees agree to provide a separate appropriation 
of $3,000,000 as proposed by the Senate, to be transferred from 
the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund to the Customs Service 
``Salaries and Expenses'' appropriation.

  OPERATION, MAINTENANCE AND PROCUREMENT, AIR AND MARINE INTERDICTION 
                                PROGRAMS

      The conferees agree to provide $108,688,000 as proposed 
by the Senate instead of $109,413,000 as proposed by the House. 
The conferees deny without prejudice $725,000 requested for 
land border blitzes.

           Customs Air and Marine Interdiction Modernization

      In the fiscal year 1999 appropriation, the conferees 
directed Customs to provide its air and marine program 
modernization plan with its fiscal year 2000 budget. The 
conferees understand that this plan is currently under review 
within the Administration and are dismayed that the plan was 
not provided as requested. The plan is to include the projected 
lifespans and replacement schedules, as well as the current 
status, of each aircraft or vessel, associated operations and 
maintenance activities for these craft, and any costs for fleet 
modernization. The conferees expect prompt completion and 
submission of this report.

                          rotorcraft training

      The conferees are aware that the Customs Service has 
contracted with the University of North Dakota for rotorcraft 
training. Because of the University's state-of-the-art 
facilities, its experienced flight instructors, and its 
internationally recognized expertise in touch-down auto 
rotation, the conferees urge the continuation and expansion of 
this collaboration.

                       Bureau of the Public Debt

                     administering the public debt

      The conferees agree to provide $177,819,000 instead of 
$176,919,000 as proposed by the House and $176,983,000 as 
proposed by the Senate.
      The conferees agree that the report described in House 
report language should be submitted to the Committees on 
Appropriations by February 1st of each year.

                        Internal Revenue Service

                 processing, assistance, and management

      The conferees agree to provide $3,312,535,000 instead of 
$3,270,098,000 as proposed by the House and $3,291,945,000 as 
proposed by the Senate. The amount provided is the same as the 
amount requested by the Administration.
      The conferees have also agreed to include $3,950,000 for 
the Tax Counseling for the Elderly Program as proposed by the 
Senate instead of $3,700,000 as proposed by the House.

                          tax law enforcement

      The conferees agree to provide $3,336,838,000 instead of 
$3,301,136,000 as proposed by the House and $3,305,090,000 as 
proposed by the Senate. The amount provided is the same as the 
amount requested by the Administration.
      The conferees have also agreed to include language in the 
bill which provides $150,000 for official reception and 
representation expenses associated with hosting the Inter-
American Center of Tax Administration 2000 Conference as 
proposed by the Senate.
Kerosene dye study
      The Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 established a $.244 per 
gallon motor fuels tax on kerosene to deter fraud and evasion 
of the diesel tax. To distinguish between those using the fuel 
for home heating purposes and those using the fuel for 
transportation use, a dyeing scheme was established whereby 
red-dyed kerosene would be provided to home heating fuel 
customers tax free and clear kerosene would be used by the 
transportation fuel customers. The conferees are concerned 
about the potential effects on human health and safety of 
burning red-dyed kerosene fuel in unvented space heaters. 
Therefore, the conferees direct the Secretary of the Treasury 
to conduct a study on this issue and report the results to the 
tax-writing committees of the House and Senate by September 30, 
2000.

                          information systems

      The conferees agree to provide $1,455,401,000 instead of 
$1,394,540,000 as proposed by the House and $1,450,100,000 as 
proposed by the Senate. The amount provided is the same as the 
amount requested by the Administration. The conferees have also 
agreed to make the funds available for obligation until 
September 30, 2001.

          administrative provisions--internal revenue service

      Section 101. The conferees agree to include a provision 
proposed by the House and the Senate which allows the transfer 
of 5 percent of any appropriation made available to the 
Internal Revenue Service to any other IRS appropriation subject 
to Congressional approval.
      Section 102. The conferees agree to include a provision 
proposed by the House and the Senate which requires the IRS to 
maintain a training program in taxpayers' rights, dealing 
courteously with taxpayers, and cross cultural relations.
      Section 103. The conferees agree to include a provision 
proposed by the House and the Senate which requires the IRS to 
institute and enforce policies and practices that will 
safeguard the confidentially of taxpayer information.
      Section 104. The conferees agree to include a provision 
proposed by the Senate which directs that funds shall be 
available for improved facilities and increased manpower to 
provide sufficient and effective 1-800 help line telephone 
assistance. The House bill contained no similar provision.
      Section 105. The conferees agree to include a provision 
proposed by the Senate which provides that no reorganization of 
the IRS Criminal Investigation Division will result in a 
reduction in the number of criminal investigators in Wisconsin 
and South Dakota below the 1996 level. The House bill contained 
no similar provision.

                      United States Secret Service

                         salaries and expenses

      The conferees agree to provide $667,312,000 instead of 
$662,312,000 as proposed by the House and $638,816,000 as 
proposed by the Senate. The conferees agree to provide 
authority for up to $18,000,000 to remain available for 
protective travel until September 30, 2001, as proposed by the 
House. The conferees fully fund the President's request with 
two exceptions: the conferees deny the Administration's request 
to fund $1,000,000 from the Treasury Forfeiture Fund, and 
include $5,000,000 to implement the provisions of Section 118.

      acquisition, construction, improvement, and related expenses

      The conferees agree to provide $4,923,000 as proposed by 
the House and the Senate.
James J. Rowley Training Center
      The conferees believe that providing the necessary 
training facilities is critical to a state-of-the-art 
protective training environment. To this end, the conferees 
direct the Secret Service to report to the Committees 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 conferees agree to include a provision 
proposed by the House and the Senate which requires the 
Secretary of the Treasury to comply with certain reprogramming 
guidelines when obligating or expending funds for law 
enforcement activities from unobligated balances available on 
September 30, 2000.
      Section 111. The conferees agree to include a provision 
proposed by the House and the Senate which allows the 
Department of the Treasury to purchase uniforms, insurance, and 
motor vehicles without regard to the general purchase price 
limitation, and enter into contracts with the Department of 
State for health and medical services for Treasury employees in 
overseas locations.
      Section 112. The conferees agree to include a provision 
proposed by the House and the Senate which requires the 
expenditure of funds so as not to diminish efforts under 
section 105 of the Federal Alcohol Administration Act.
      Section 113. The conferees agree to include a provision 
proposed by the House and the Senate which authorizes 
transfers, up to 2 percent, between law enforcement 
appropriations under certain circumstances.
      Section 114. The conferees agree to include a provision 
proposed by the Senate which authorizes the transfer, up to 2 
percent, between the Departmental Offices, Office of Inspector 
General, Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, 
Financial Management Service, and Bureau of Public Debt 
appropriations under certain circumstances. A similar provision 
in the House bill did not make appropriations for the Treasury 
Inspector General for Tax Administration eligible for transfer.
      Section 115. The conferees agree to include a provision 
proposed by the House and the Senate regarding the purchase of 
law enforcement vehicles.
      Section 116. The conferees agree to include a provision 
proposed by the House and the Senate which authorizes voluntary 
separation incentives in the Office of Treasury Inspector 
General for Tax Administration.
      Section 117. The conferees agree to include a provision 
proposed by the House which prohibits the Department of the 
Treasury and the Bureau of Engraving and Printing from 
redesigning the $1 Federal Reserve note. The Senate bill 
contained no similar provision.
      Section 118. The conferees agree to include and modify a 
provision proposed by the House which authorizes Treasury law 
enforcement agencies to pay their protection officers premium 
pay in excess of the pay period limitation. The Senate bill 
contained no similar provision.
      Section 119. The conferees agree to include a provision 
proposed by the House and the Senate which authorizes the 
Financial Management Service to offer voluntary separation 
incentives to employees of the Chicago Financial Center. The 
language included in the conference agreement includes 
technical corrections.
      The conferees agree to delete a provision proposed by the 
Senate regarding the execution of judgments against property of 
foreign state violators of international law.

                        TITLE II--POSTAL SERVICE

                   Payment to the Postal Service Fund

      The conferees agree to provide $93,436,000, as proposed 
by the House and the Senate and include a technical change to 
the bill language, as proposed by the House.

                            ethanol vehicles

      The conferees are aware that the U.S. Postal Service has 
announced that it will purchase and deploy ethanol fuel 
vehicles over the next two years. The conferees expect the U.S. 
Postal Service to consider factors that will maximize the 
efficient placement of ethanol vehicles, including 
accessibility of ethanol and local support for implementation 
of the ethanol program. The conferees direct the U.S. Postal 
Service to report on the placement of the vehicles on an annual 
basis.

                         hammondville, alabama

      The conferees are concerned about the postal needs of the 
residents of Hammondville, Alabama, located in DeKalb County. 
The conferees recommend that the United States Postal Service 
study and evaluate the need for a post office in Hammondville, 
Alabama, working with local officials and community leaders. 
The conferees further recommend that the United States Postal 
Service report its findings to the Committees on 
Appropriations.

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

                           White House Office

                         salaries and expenses

      The conferees agree to provide $52,444,000 as proposed by 
the House and the Senate and include a proviso that $10,313,000 
of the funds appropriated shall be available for reimbursements 
to the White House Communications Agency, as proposed by the 
House.

                        Office of Administration

                         salaries and expenses-

      The conferees agree to provide $39,198,000 as proposed by 
the Senate instead of $39,448,000 as proposed by the House. -

                    Office of Management and Budget

                         salaries and expenses-

      The conferees agree to provide $63,495,000 as proposed by 
the House and the Senate and agree to delete a new provision 
authorizing the Office of Management and Budget to establish a 
National Intellectual Property Coordination Center, as proposed 
by the Senate. The conferees include a new provision in Title 
VI establishing a National Intellectual Property Law 
Enforcement Coordination Council.
Grant consolidation-
      The conferees agree with and modify Senate report 
language on grant consolidation. The conferees direct the 
Director of the Office of Management and Budget to prepare an 
inventory of Federal grant programs including the name of the 
program, the statutory authorization, the eligibility criteria 
both statutory and regulatory and a copy of the grant 
application form for fiscal year 1999. The Director shall 
submit the inventory no later than six months after the date of 
enactment to the Committees on Appropriations and relevant 
authorizing committees.

                 Office of National Drug Control Policy

                         salaries and expenses-

      The conferees agree to provide $22,951,000 for the Office 
of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), instead of $52,221,000 
as proposed by the House and $21,963,000 as proposed by the 
Senate. This includes $20,851,000 for operations, including 
support for clearinghouse and outreach activities, and assumes 
that $600,000 will be used for evaluation of the Drug-Free 
Communities Act program from within the amounts appropriated. 
The funding also provides $1,100,000 for policy research and 
evaluation, and $1,000,000 for model state drug law 
conferences.
ONDCP staffing
      The conferees approve the request to provide four full 
time equivalent (FTE) positions in ONDCP, two for the High 
Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA) program and two for 
the Office of Financial Management. However, ONDCP has proven 
unable to fully utilize its current authorized FTE level of 124 
during the past three years. Therefore, the conferees do not 
agree to increase the FTE ceiling, but direct that the new FTEs 
be taken from the existing FTEs allocated to the Office of 
Legislative Affairs, the Office of Public Affairs, or the 
Office of the Director. ONDCP is directed to report to the 
Committees on Appropriations by November 1, 1999, on how they 
have implemented this FTE reallocation.
ONDCP management review
      The conferees agree that $125,000 of ONDCP's funds will 
be made available, by transfer, to the General Accounting 
Office (GAO). GAO is directed to use these funds to enter into 
a contract with an independent entity for the purpose of 
conducting a management review of ONDCP's operations. GAO shall 
develop a scope of work that addresses the management concerns 
raised by the conferees and identified in Senate Report 106-87, 
perform the administrative duties necessary to award and 
monitor the contract, and ensure that the contractor 
deliverables are responsive to the scope of the contract. The 
conferees direct GAO to consult with the Committees on 
Appropriations on the parameters of this review.
Rural drug conferences-
      The conferees are concerned about the spread of drugs and 
drug related crimes to rural areas and whether rural law 
enforcement can sufficiently address these new trends. 
Therefore, the conferees encourage the Director to consider 
convening a national conference on rural drug crime to include 
regionalconferences in rural areas, such as those in South 
Carolina, Vermont, and Missouri, in order to assess the needs of rural 
law enforcement and the impact of drug related crimes.

                Counterdrug Technology Assessment Center

      The conferees agree to provide $29,250,000 instead of 
$31,100,000 as proposed by the Senate. The House had proposed 
$29,250,000 in ONDCP's Salaries and Expenses Appropriation. The 
conferees agree to establish this new, separate appropriation 
account for the Counterdrug Technology Assessment Center (CTAC) 
as authorized in Public Law 105-277 and proposed by the Senate. 
It consists of $16,000,000 for the core research and assessment 
activities of CTAC, as well as $13,250,000 for the counterdrug 
technology transfer program.

                     Federal Drug Control Programs

             high intensity drug trafficking areas program

      The conferees agree to provide $192,000,000 as proposed 
by the House instead of $205,277,000 as proposed by the Senate. 
The conferees provide that established HIDTAs will be funded at 
not less than the fiscal year 1999 levels and include 
$1,800,000 for auditing of the HIDTA program. The conferees 
also amend the House and Senate proposals to ensure that 
funding for programs addressing the treatment or prevention of 
drug use shall not be less than the funds obligated or expended 
for such programs during fiscal year 1999 for each designated 
HIDTA without the prior approval of the Committees on 
Appropriations.
Measures of HIDTA performance
      The conferees know of the strong demand for the creation 
of new HIDTAs and expansion of existing ones, and believe that 
the funding provided in this bill will meet current 
requirements. The conferees agree 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 (PMEs) 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 these PMEs. 
Such justification has yet to be provided. With the two 
additional FTE that this bill provides to assist the HIDTA 
office, the conferees expect to see tangible assessment of the 
performance of individual HIDTAs and the HIDTA program overall. 
The conferees also expect 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-

      The conferees agree to provide $216,000,000 instead of 
$225,000,000 as proposed by the House and $127,500,000 as 
proposed by the Senate. This includes $185,000,000 for the 
National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign, $30,000,000 for the 
Drug-Free Communities Act, and $1,000,000 for the National Drug 
Court Institute. The conferees agree to eliminate the House 
report direction to GAO to conduct a review of management of 
the Drug-Free Community Act.
National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign
      The conferees agree to provide a funding level of 
$185,000,000 for the National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign 
instead of $195,000,000 as proposed by the House and 
$96,500,000 as proposed by the Senate. Instead of the specific 
requirements listed in Senate report language, the conferees 
direct that ONDCP comply with the following requirements (in 
addition to those under the Drug-Free Media Campaign Act of 
1998): (1) ONDCP will require a pro-bono match commitment up-
front as part of its media buy from each and every seller of ad 
time and space; and (2) ONDCP, or any agent acting on its 
behalf, may not obligate any funds for the creative development 
of advertisements from for-profit organizations, not including 
out-of-pocket production costs and talent re-use payments, 
unless (A) the advertisements are intended to reach a minority, 
ethnic, or other special audience that cannot be obtained on a 
pro bono basis within the time frames required by ONDCP's 
advertising and buying agencies, and (B) ONDCP receives prior 
approval from the Committees on Appropriations. In addition, 
ONDCP shall report to the Committees by June 15, 2000, on the 
effectiveness of the National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign.
Corporate sponsorship-
      In keeping with previous requirements to develop a 
corporate sponsorship plan, the conferees have added a 
provision prohibiting the obligation of 10% of the funding 
provided for the National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign until 
the ONDCP Director submits a corporate sponsorship plan to the 
Committees on Appropriations.

                          unanticipated needs-

      The conferees agree to provide $1,000,000 as proposed by 
the House instead of no appropriation as proposed by the 
Senate.

                     TITLE IV--INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

 Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conferees agree to provide $2,674,000 as proposed by 
the House instead of $2,657,000 as proposed by the Senate.

                      Federal Election Commission

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conferees agree to provide $38,152,000 as proposed by 
the House instead of $38,175,000 as proposed by the Senate. The 
conferees have provided sufficient funds to support a total FTE 
level of 351.5 and agree with the House recommendation on 
staffing increases for the Office of General Counsel and the 
Audit Division.

                   Federal Labor Relations Authority

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES

      The conferees agree to provide $23,828,000 as proposed by 
the House instead of $23,681,000 as proposed by the Senate.

                    General Services Administration

                         FEDERAL BUILDINGS FUND

                 LIMITATIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF REVENUE

      The conferees agree to provide $5,342,416,000 in new 
obligational authority instead of $5,245,906,000 as proposed by 
the House and $5,244,478,000 as proposed by the Senate.

                      CONSTRUCTION AND ACQUISITION

      The conferees agree to provide $74,979,000 instead of 
$8,000,000 as proposed by the House and $76,979,000 as proposed 
by the Senate. The conferees have included funding for the 
following projects:

Maryland: Montgomery County, FDA Consolidation..........     $35,000,000
Michigan: Sault Sainte Marie, Border Station............       8,263,000
Montana: Roosville, Border Station-.....................         753,000
Montana: Sweetgrass, Border Station.....................      11,480,000
Texas: Fort Hancock, Border Station.....................         277,000
Washington: Oroville, Border Station....................      11,206,000
Nationwide: Non-prospectus construction projects........       8,000,000

      The conferees have also agreed to rescind $20,782,000 of 
the funds provided for construction and acquisition of 
facilities in Public Law 104-208 as proposed by the Senate.

                        Courthouse Construction

      The conferees are aware of the Judiciary's continuing 
need to have additional court space available to conduct its 
business and move cases to settlement in a timely manner. The 
conferees are very concerned that a courthouse construction 
program was not included in the President's budget and that 
funding was not allocated for such a program in this bill. The 
conferees commend the Judicial Conference of the United States 
for undertaking an independent, comprehensive review of the 
courthouse construction program, which will address issues such 
as courtroom sharing and design guide conformance. This study 
should result in recommendations for improvements in the 
facilities program, which will be useful to the conferees in 
future years. However, the conferees agree that the current 
request based on the five year plan of the Judiciary is needed 
due to long-standing space, security, and operational 
deficiencies, and would have considered funding these priority 
projects if an adequate budget allocation were available.

                        REPAIRS AND ALTERATIONS

      The conferees agree to provide $598,674,000 instead of 
$559,869,000 as proposed by the House and $607,869,000 as 
proposed by the Senate. Of the amount provided, $333,000,000 is 
for Basic Repairs and Alterations. The conferees have elected 
not to include amounts for specific projects and programs in 
the bill; however, the conferees direct the General Services 
Administration to provide to the Committees on Appropriations, 
within 15 days of enactment of this Act, a plan for expenditure 
of the funds which includes the specific projects and programs 
to be accomplished and the amount proposed for each.
      The conferees have also agreed to include bill language 
proposed by the House 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.
      The conferees encourage the General Services 
Administration to use $1,600,000 of the funds available for 
Basic Repairs and Alterations for repairs and alterations to 
the Kansas City Federal Courthouse at 811 Grand Avenue, Kansas 
City, Missouri, and $1,250,000 of the funds available for Basic 
Repairs and Alternation for repairs and alterations to the 
Federal Courthouse at 40 Center Street, New York, New York.

                            RENTAL OF SPACE

      The conferees agree to provide $2,782,186,000 as proposed 
by the House instead of $2,722,982,500 as proposed by the 
Senate.

                          BUILDING OPERATIONS

      The conferees agree to provide $1,580,909,000 instead of 
$1,590,183,000 as proposed by the House and $1,530,979,500 as 
proposed by the Senate. The conferees have agreed to provide 
language in the bill which provides that $1,974,000 of the 
funds provided for building operations shall be available for 
acquisition, lease, construction and equipping of flexiplace 
telecommuting centers as proposed by the House. The Senate had 
proposed to fund this item under the construction and 
acquisition of facilities activity. Of the funds provided for 
flexiplace telecommuting centers, $150,000 is for the center in 
Winchester, Virginia, and $200,000 is for the center in 
Woodbridge, Virginia.
      The conferees have also agreed to provide $475,000 for 
the Plains States De-population symposium as proposed by the 
Senate.

        Combined Law Enforcement Center, St. Petersburg, Florida

      The conferees are aware of the need for a combined 
federal, state, and local law enforcement center in St. 
Petersburg, Florida, and are further aware that the City of St. 
Petersburg is willing to donate to the federal government the 
land for such a facility. Accordingly, the conferees direct 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 Committees on Appropriations by 
February 1, 2000, on the results of that study.

                         POLICY AND OPERATIONS

      The conferees agree to provide $116,223,000 instead of 
$110,448,000 as proposed by the House and $120,198,000 as 
proposed by the Senate. The amount provided includes $2,500,000 
for the Rapid Service Valuation and Preparation Access Program, 
and $1,000,000 for the program to validate the access 
performance of information technology.

                     Digital Learning Technologies

      The conferees have also agreed to provide $2,000,000 to 
continue the pilot projects for the development, demonstration, 
and research of emerging digital learning technologies. Of the 
amount provided, $1,000,000 is to continue the development of a 
digital medical education project in connection with the Native 
American Digital TeleHealth Project, and $1,000,000 is to 
continue the development of hardware and software capabilities, 
network infrastructures, and other activities that will be the 
basis for the 21st Century Distributed Learning Environment in 
Education.

                    Virtual Archive Storage Terminal

      The conferees have agreed to provide $275,000 to study 
the feasibility of developing a prototype facility for storing 
land-based geographic and geophysical information to enable the 
efficient use of natural resources.

                          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 (GSA), 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 to include 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 conferees 
believe that the expansion of this program goes far beyond what 
was intended in the authorizing legislation and is counter to 
the intent on Congress when it repealed the cooperative 
purchasing provisions of the Federal Acquisition Streamlining 
Act. As a result of the concerns expressed by the members of 
Congress about the program, 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 conferees approve 
of this action and expect the General Services Administration 
and the Department of Defense to consult with the appropriate 
committees of the Congress before implementing any further 
expansions of this program.

                             per diem rates

      The conferees are concerned that the methodology used by 
the GSA to develop the new per diem rates for 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 conferees are aware that GSA is 
currently reviewing the rates issued in January to determine if 
modifications are warranted. The conferees urge GSA to continue 
its review and direct GSA to implement any changes in the rates 
necessary to assure that they more accurately reflect the cost 
of travel by federal workers. In addition, the conferees direct 
GSA to modify its procedures for determining per diem rates to 
assure that next year's survey accurately reflects the cost of 
federal travel.

         federal office building in colorado springs, colorado-

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

              old post office building, washington, D.C.-

      The conferees have agreed to continue language for an 
additional fiscal year which provides that none of the funds 
appropriated in this Act may be used to convert the Old Post 
Office located at 1100 Pennsylvania Ave. in Washington, D.C.

                      office of inspector general-

      The conferees agree to provide $33,317,000 as proposed by 
the House instead of $33,858,000 as proposed by the Senate.

          General Services Administration--General Provisions-

      Section 401. The conferees agree to include a provision 
proposed by the House and the Senate which provides that 
accounts available to GSA shall be credited with certain funds 
received from government corporations.-
      Section 402. The conferees agree to include a provision 
proposed by the House and the Senate which provides that funds 
available to GSA shall be available for the hire of passenger 
motor vehicles.-
      Section 403. The conferees agree to include a provision 
proposed by the House and the Senate which authorizes GSA to 
transfer funds within the Federal Buildings Fund to meet 
program requirements subject to approval by the Committees on 
Appropriations.-
      Section 404. The conferees agree to include a provision 
proposed by the House and the Senate which prohibits the use of 
funds to submit a fiscal year 2001 budget request for 
courthouse construction projects that do not meet design guide 
criteria, do not reflect the priorities of the Judicial 
Conference of the United States, and are not accompanied by a 
standardized courtroom utilization study.-
      Section 405. The conferees agree to include a provision 
proposed by the House and the Senate which provides that no 
funds may be used to increase the amount of occupiable square 
feet or provide cleaning services, security enhancements, or 
any other service usually provided to any agency which does not 
pay the requested rental rates.-
      Section 406. The conferees agree to include a provision 
proposed by the House and the Senate which provides that funds 
provided by the Information Technology Fund for pilot 
information technology projects may be repaid to the Fund.-
      Section 407. The conferees agree to include a provision 
proposed by the House and the Senate which permits GSA to pay 
claims of up to $250,000 arising from construction projects and 
the acquisition of buildings.-
      Section 408. The conferees agree to include a provision 
proposed by the House and the Senate which provides that funds 
made available for new construction projects in Public Law 104-
208 shall remain available until expended so long as funds for 
design or other funds have been obligated in whole or in part 
prior to September 30, 1999.-
      Section 409. The conferees agree to include a provision 
proposed by the Senate designating the Federal Building located 
at 220 East Rosser Avenue in Bismarck, North Dakota, as the 
``William L. Guy Federal Building, Post Office and United 
States Courthouse''. The House bill contained no similar 
provision.-
      Section 410. The conferees agree to modify a provision 
proposed by the Senate which directs the General Services 
Administration (GSA) to sell to the Columbia Hospital for Women 
vacant property at its GSA-appraised market value provided that 
until the federal government has received all payments 
towardsthe $14,000,000 purchase price, plus any accrued interest, 
Columbia's use of the property shall be limited to its hospital, 
medical and health care services and related uses (such as employee 
parking and employee child care), including but not limited to the 
expansion of its existing facilities, unless otherwise approved by the 
Administrator of GSA. -
      Section 411. The conferees agree to include a new 
provision authorizing the Administrator of General Services to 
offer voluntary separation incentives in order to provide the 
necessary flexibility to carry out the closing of the Federal 
Supply Service distribution centers, forward supply points, and 
associated programs.-
      The conferees agree to delete a provision proposed by the 
Senate reducing the funds available for rental of space and 
building operations. The House bill contained no similar 
provision.-
      The conferees agree to delete a provision proposed by the 
Senate which provides that funds made available to any 
department or agency which is a member of the Joint Financial 
Management Improvement Program (JFMIP) may be used to finance 
an appropriate share of JFMIP salaries and administrative 
costs. This matter has been addressed in Title VI.-
      The conferees agree to delete a provision proposed by the 
Senate which provides that the Administrator of General 
Services may provide from government-wide credit card rebates 
in support of the JFMIP as approved by the Chief Financial 
Officers Council. This matter has been addressed in Title VI.

                     Merit Systems Protection Board

                         salaries and expenses

      The conferees agree to provide $27,586,000 as proposed by 
the House instead of $27,422,000 as proposed by the Senate.

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

      The conferees agree to provide $2,000,000 instead of 
$1,000,000 as proposed by the House and no appropriation as 
proposed by the Senate.

                 Environmental Dispute Resolution Fund-

      The conferees agree to provide $1,250,000 as proposed by 
the House instead of no appropriation as proposed by the 
Senate.

              National Archives and Records Administration

                          Operating Expenses-

      The conferees agree to provide $180,398,000 as proposed 
by the House instead of $179,738,000 as proposed by the Senate.

                           veterans' records-

      The conferees are 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. The conferees are aware that the Archivist has 
testified that no additional resources are needed in fiscal 
year 2000 above the amount included in the budget request for 
this program. Therefore, the conferees have provided $1,790,000 
for this effort, the same as the budget request. However, the 
conferees urge the Archives to expedite the completion of this 
very important program to the greatest extent possible.

                        repairs and restoration-

      The conferees agree to provide $22,418,000 instead of 
$13,518,000 as proposed by the House and $21,518,000 as 
proposed by the Senate. The amount provided includes $900,000 
for design and the preparation of an environmental impact 
statement for a National Archives facility in Anchorage, 
Alaska. The conferees also have agreed to provide $8,000,000 
for the repair, alteration, and improvement of the Ronald 
Reagan Presidential Library and Museum in Simi Valley, 
California, as proposed by the Senate. The conferees direct the 
National Archives and Records Administration to submit to the 
Committees on Appropriations a plan for expenditure prior to 
the obligation of these funds.

        National Historical Publications and Records Commission

                            Grants Program-

      The conferees agree to provide $6,250,000 as proposed by 
the Senate instead of $6,000,000 as proposed by the House. The 
amount provided includes $250,000 for a grant for research and 
the cataloging of records at the Fort Buford Historic Site in 
North Dakota.

                  grant to center for jewish history-

      The conferees have agreed to rescind $2,000,000 of the 
funds provided in fiscal year 1999 for the Center for Jewish 
History instead of $4,000,000 as proposed by the House and 
$3,800,000 as proposed by the Senate. Theconferees have taken 
this action because of the commitment made last year to provide funding 
for this project. However, as the conferees on the fiscal year 1999 
Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act pointed out, a 
single grant of this size is far beyond the scope of activities 
normally undertaken by the National Historical Publications and Records 
Commission. Therefore, the conferees agree that this grant should not 
be viewed as a precedent for future grants under this program. In 
addition, the conferees direct the National Archives and Records 
Administration to submit to the Committees on Appropriations a plan for 
expenditure of the funds prior to the award of the grant to the Center 
for Jewish History.

                      Office of Government Ethics

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES-

      The conferees agree to provide $9,114,000 as proposed by 
the House instead of $9,071,000 as proposed by the Senate.

                     Office of Personnel Management

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES-

      The conferees agree to provide $90,584,000 as proposed by 
the House instead of $91,584,000 as proposed by the Senate.

                    child care in federal facilities

      The conferees have included and modified a House 
provision (Section 643) authorizing the use of funds for child 
care in federal facilities. Specifically, the conferees agree 
to make the provision effective for one year only, require that 
agencies using funds for the purposes of Section 643 notify the 
Committees on Appropriations prior to the obligation of any 
funds, and make the provision effective only upon promulgation 
of regulations by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM). 
Additionally, the conferees agree that these regulations shall 
only address the use of appropriated funds to provide child 
care services and improve the affordability of child care for 
lower income federal employees.
      The conferees direct OPM to report to the Committees on 
the implementation and use of Section 634 by federal agencies. 
At minimum, the report shall include the total cost of 
implementing Section 643, the total number of children being 
cared for, and the total number of federal employee dependent 
children being cared for by agencies using this authority. This 
report shall be submitted no later than September 1, 2000.

                       Office of Special Counsel

                        SALARIES AND EXPENSES -

      The conferees agree to provide $9,740,000 as proposed by 
the House instead of $9,689,000 as proposed by the Senate.

                               Caseloads-

      The conferees are concerned about the number of 
backlogged cases at the Office of Special Counsel (OSC). The 
conferees direct OSC to report back within 90 days after 
enactment of this Act, on the number of cases pending that have 
exceeded the statutory time requirements, including 
requirements for referral. The report should include the length 
of time overdue, the reason for the delay, and the type of 
notification given to claimants when statutory time frames are 
not met. The data provided in the report should be presented in 
a manner that protects confidentiality of cases and does not 
identify individuals represented by the OSC.

                        United States Tax Court

                         SALARIES AND EXPENSES-

      The conferees agree to provide $35,179,000 instead of 
$36,489,000 as proposed by the House and $34,179,000 as 
proposed by the Senate.

                      TITLE V--GENERAL PROVISIONS

                                This Act

      Section 501. The conferees agree to continue the 
provision limiting the expenditure of funds to the current year 
unless expressly provided in this Act.-
      Section 502. The conferees agree to continue the 
provision limiting the expenditure of funds for consulting 
services under certain conditions.
      Section 503. The conferees agree to continue 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 conferees agree to continue the 
provision prohibiting the transfer of control over the Federal 
Law Enforcement Training Center out of the Department of the 
Treasury.
      Section 505. The conferees agree to continue the 
provision concerning employment rights of federal employees who 
return to their civilian jobs after assignment with the Armed 
Forces.
      Section 506. The conferees agree to continue the 
provision which requires compliance with the Buy American Act 
as proposed by the Senate, instead of similar language proposed 
by the House.
      Section 507. The conferees agree to continue the 
provision concerning prohibition of contracts which use certain 
goods not made in America.
      Section 508. The conferees agree to continue the 
provision prohibiting contract eligibility where fraudulent 
intent has been proven in affixing ``Made in America'' labels.
      Section 509. The conferees agree to continue the 
provision prohibiting the expenditure of funds for abortions 
under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP).
      Section 510. The conferees agree to continue 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 conferees agree to continue the 
provision providing that fifty percent of unobligated balances 
may remain available for certain purposes.
      Section 512. The conferees agree to continue 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 as proposed 
by the House, instead of similar language proposed by the 
Senate.
      Section 513. The conferees agree to continue 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, as 
proposed by the House.
      Section 514. The conferees agree to continue the 
provision that cost accounting standards under the Federal 
Procurement Policy Act shall not apply to the FEHBP, as 
proposed by the House.
      Section 515. The conferees agree to direct the Director 
of the Office of Management and Budget to prepare and submit to 
Congress six months after the date of enactment an inventory of 
federal grant programs as proposed by the Senate.

                      TITLE VI--GENERAL PROVISIONS

                Departments, Agencies, and Corporations

      Section 601. The conferees agree to continue 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 conferees agree to continue 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 conferees agree to continue the 
provision regarding price limitations on vehicles to be 
purchased by the federal government.
      Section 604. The conferees agree to continue 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 conferees agree to continue 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 conferees agree to continue the 
provision ensuring that agencies will have authority to pay GSA 
bills for space renovation and other services.
      Section 607. The conferees agree to continue 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 conferees agree to continue the 
provision providing that funds may be used to pay rent in the 
District of Columbia and other services.
      Section 609. The conferees agree to continue 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 conferees agree to continue the 
provision precluding the financing of groups by more than one 
federal agency absent prior and specific statutory approval.
      Section 611. The conferees agree to continue the 
provision authorizing the Postal Service to employ guards and 
give them the same special police powers as GSA guards.
      Section 612. The conferees agree to continue the 
provision prohibiting the use of funds for enforcing 
regulations disapproved in accordance with the applicable law 
of the U.S.
      Section 613. The conferees agree to continue the 
provision limiting the pay increases of certain prevailing rate 
employees.
      Section 614. The conferees agree to continue the 
provision limiting the amount of funds that can be used for 
redecoration of offices under certain circumstances.
      Section 615. The conferees agree to continue the 
provision prohibiting the expenditure of funds for the 
acquisition of additional law enforcement training facilities.
      Section 616. The conferees agree to continue the 
provision to allow for interagency funding of national security 
and emergency telecommunications initiatives.
      Section 617. The conferees agree to continue 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 conferees agree to continue 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 conferees agree to continue the 
provision prohibiting the use of funds for travel expenses not 
directly related to official governmental duties.
      Section 620. The conferees agree to continue the 
provision prohibiting the purchase of new technology not Year 
2000 compliant.
      Section 621. The conferees agree to continue the 
provision prohibiting the importation of any goods manufactured 
by forced or indentured child labor.
      Section 622. The conferees agree to continue the 
provision prohibiting the payment of the salary of any employee 
who prohibits, threatens or prevents another employee from 
communicating with Congress.
      Section 623. The conferees agree to make permanent the 
provision to promote protection of federal law enforcement 
officers who intervene in certain situations.
      Section 624. The conferees agree to continue 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 conferees agree to continue the 
provision prohibiting federal training not directly related to 
the performance of official duties.
      Section 626. The conferees agree to continue the 
provision prohibiting the expenditure of funds for 
implementation of agreements in nondisclosure policies unless 
certain provisions are included.
      Section 627. The conferees agree to continue the 
provision prohibiting propaganda, publicity and lobbying by 
executive agency personnel in support or defeat of legislative 
initiatives.
      Section 628. The conferees agree to continue the 
provision directing OMB to provide an accounting statement and 
report on the cumulative costs and benefits of federal 
regulatory programs.
      Section 629. The conferees agree to continue the 
provision prohibiting any federal agency from disclosing an 
employee's home address to any labor organization, absent 
employee authorization or court order as proposed by the House, 
instead of similar language proposed by the Senate.
      Section 630. The conferees agree to continue the 
provision authorizing the Secretary of the Treasury to 
establish scientific canine explosive detection standards.
      Section 631. The conferees agree to continue 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 conferees agree to continue the 
provision prohibiting the use of funds for propaganda and 
publicity purposes not authorized by Congress.
      Section 633. The conferees agree to continue the 
provision directing agency employees to use official time in an 
honest effort to perform official duties.
      Section 634. The conferees agree to continue and make 
permanent the provision allowing a federal firearms licensee to 
perform a background check before a firearm is offered as 
collateral for a loan as proposed by the House.
      Section 635. The conferees agree to continue the 
provision addressing contraceptive coverage in health plans 
participating in the FEHBP as proposed by the Senate.
      Section 636. The conferees agree to include a new 
provision authorizing the use of fiscal year 2000 funds to 
finance an appropriate share of the Joint Financial Management 
Improvement Program as proposed by the House.
      Section 637. The conferees agree to include 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 as 
proposed by the House.
      Section 638. The conferees agree to include and modify a 
new provision establishing a Chief Financial Officer in the 
Executive Office of the President as proposed by the House, 
making the provision effective with the next Administration.
      Section 639. The conferees agree to include and modify a 
new provision authorizing the Federal Election Commission (FEC) 
to require certain committees to file FEC reports 
electronically as proposed by the House.
      Section 640. The conferees agree to include and modify a 
new provision authorizing the FEC to establish an 
administrative fine schedule, subject to reasonable appeals 
procedures, for straightforward disclosure violations as 
proposed by the House.
      Section 641. The conferees agree to include and modify a 
new provision authorizing candidate committees to report to the 
FEC on an election cycle basis rather than a calendar year 
cycle, as is now required, as proposed by the House.
      Section 642. The conferees agree to include and modify 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 
as proposed by the House.
      Section 643. The conferees agree to include and modify a 
new provision authorizing agencies to provide child care in 
federal facilities as proposed by the House.
      Section 644. The conferees agree to include a new 
provision adjusting compensation of the President, effective at 
noon on January 20, 2001, to $400,000 as proposed by the House.
      Section 645. The conferees agree to include 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 as proposed by the House.
      Section 646. The conferees agree to include and modify a 
new provision regarding federal employee pay as proposed by the 
House. The conferees anticipate that the President will issue 
an Executive Order allocating the 4.8 percent pay increase 
between an increase in rates of basic pay for the statutory pay 
systems under section 5303 of title 5, United States Code, and 
increases in comparability-based locality payments for General 
Schedule employees under section 5304. The conferees have not 
made the language more specific so that the President may 
exercise his discretion to distribute any amount allocated for 
comparability-based locality payments in the most appropriate 
fashion among the pay localities established by the President's 
Pay Agent.
      Section 647. The conferees agree to include and modify a 
new provision authorizing breastfeeding at any location in a 
federal building or on federal property as proposed by the 
House.
      Section 648. The conferees agree to include a new 
provision requiring identification of the federal agencies 
providing federal funds and the amount provided for all 
proposals, solicitations, grant applications, forms, 
notifications, press releases, or other publications related to 
the distribution of funding to a State as proposed by the 
Senate.
      Section 649. The conferees agree to include and modify a 
new provision expressing the sense of Congress that the U.S. 
Postal Service is encouraged to issue a commemorative postage 
stamp in honor of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the 
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States as proposed by 
the Senate.
      Section 650. The conferees agree to include a new 
provision requiring the Secretary of Treasury to establish an 
interactive website on the Internet allowing any taxpayer to 
generate an itemized receipt showing the allocation of their 
taxes among major federal spending categories as proposed by 
the Senate.
      Section 651. The conferees agree to a new provision 
authorizing voluntary early retirement for federal employees.
      Section 652. The conferees include a new provision 
addressing rates of postage for the American Battle Monuments 
Commission.
      Section 653. The conferees agree to a new provision 
establishing the National Intellectual Property Law Enforcement 
Coordination Council.
      Section 654. The conferees agree to a new provision 
regarding the payment of mandatory benefits to retired members 
of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
      The conferees agree to delete a new provision providing 
that no funds may be used by Customs to admit for importation 
children's sleepwear that does not have a label required by the 
flammability standards in effect on September 9, 1996 as 
proposed by the House.-
      The conferees agree to delete a provision proposed by the 
House adjusting the salary level of the U.S. Customs Service 
Commissioner.
      The conferees agree to delete a provision proposed by the 
Senate requiring an evaluation of the outcome of welfare reform 
and formula for bonuses to high performance States as proposed 
by the Senate.
      The conferees agree to delete a provision regarding the 
Border Patrol Academy in Charleston, South Carolina as proposed 
by the House.

          TITLE VII--CHILD CARE CENTERS IN FEDERAL FACILITIES

      The conferees agree to delete Title VII.

                   Conference Total--With Comparisons

      The total new budget (obligational) authority for the 
fiscal year 2000 recommended by the Committee of Conference, 
with comparisons to the fiscal year 1999 amount, the 2000 
budget estimates, and the House and Senate bills for 2000 
follow:

                        [In thousands of dollars]

New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 1999...      27,922,712
Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, fiscal 
    year 2000...........................................      27,997,054
House bill, fiscal year 2000............................      27,800,105
Senate bill, fiscal year 2000...........................      27,754,597
Conference agreement, fiscal year 2000..................      27,972,418
Conference agreement compared with:
    New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 
      1999..............................................         +49,706
    Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, 
      fiscal year 2000..................................         -24,636
    House bill, fiscal year 2000........................        +172,313
    Senate bill, fiscal year 2000.......................        +217,821

                                   Jim Kolbe,
                                   Frank R. Wolf,
                                   Ann M. Northup,
                                   Jo Ann Emerson,
                                   John E. Sununu,
                                   John E. Peterson,
                                   Roy Blunt,
                                   Bill Young,
                                   Steny Hoyer,
                                   Carrie P. Meek,
                                   David E. Price,
                                   Lucille Roybal-Allard,
                                   Dave Obey,
                                 Managers on the Part of the House.

                                   Ben Nighthorse Campbell,
                                   Richard Shelby,
                                   Jon Kyl,
                                   Ted Stevens,
                                   Byron L. Dorgan,
                                   Barbara A. Mikulski,
                                   Robert C. Byrd,
                                Managers on the Part of the Senate.

                                

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