[Senate Report 106-87]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



                                                       Calendar No. 169
106th Congress                                                   Report
                                 SENATE
 1st Session                                                     106-87

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        TREASURY AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIATION BILL, 2000

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                 June 24, 1999.--Ordered to be printed

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

                              R E P O R T

                         [To accompany S. 1282]

    The Committee on Appropriations reports the bill (S. 1282) 
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, reports favorably 
thereon and recommends that the bill do pass.

Amount of bill as reported to the Senate................ $27,737,971,000
Amount of estimate......................................  27,997,054,000
The bill as reported to the Senate:
    Below the appropriations provided in 1999...........     177,633,000
    Below the estimates for 2000........................     259,083,000


                            C O N T E N T S

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General statement and summary of bill............................     3
Title I--Department of the Treasury..............................     6
Title II--United States Postal Service...........................    40
Title III--Executive Office of the President and Funds 
  Appropriated to the President..................................    42
Title IV--Independent Agencies:
    Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely 
      Disabled...................................................    55
    Federal Election Commission..................................    55
    Federal Labor Relations Authority............................    56
    General Services Administration..............................    56
    Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National 
      Environmental Policy Foundation............................    65
    Merit Systems Protection Board...............................    66
    National Archives and Records Administration.................    66
    National Historical Publications and Records Commission......    68
    Office of Government Ethics..................................    69
    Office of Personnel Management...............................    69
    Office of Special Counsel....................................    72
    U.S. Tax Court...............................................    73
Statement concerning general provisions..........................    75
Title V--General provisions, this act............................    76
Title VI--General provisions, departments, agencies, and 
  corporations...................................................    77
Compliance with paragraph 7, rule XVI, of the Standing Rules of 
  the Senate.....................................................    80
Compliance with paragraph 7(c), rule XXVI of the Standing Rules 
  of the Senate..................................................    81
Compliance with paragraph 12, rule XXVI of the Standing Rules of 
  the Senate.....................................................    82
Tables...........................................................    87

               General Statement and Summary of the Bill

    The accompanying bill contains recommendations for new 
budget (obligational) authority 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.
    The Committee considered budget estimates for fiscal year 
2000 in the aggregate amount of $27,997,054,000. Compared to 
that amount, the accompanying bill recommends new budget 
authority totaling $27,737,971,000 which is $839,404,000 more 
than the amount requested by the administration.
    The Committee recommendations are consistent with the 
fiscal year 2000 section 302(b) budget authority and outlay 
allocations for the Treasury and General Government 
Subcommittee. However, in order to stay within the allocations, 
the Committee was faced with a requirement to reduce both 
budget authority and outlays without harming essential 
programs. As a result, the Committee was forced to deny all 
requests for additional funding to cover the remaining months 
of the calendar year 1999 statutory annual pay adjustment. The 
only exception to this across-the-board reduction is those 
employees whose salaries are administratively determined and 
who do not receive the government-wide adjustments.

                       reprogramming requirements

    The Committee is concerned about the number of 
reprogramming requests submitted by agencies for congressional 
review. Agencies are again reminded that only those requests 
which meet the reprogramming criteria listed below will be 
considered, that reprogramming should be reserved for critical 
circumstances, and that reprogramming proposals will not be 
considered, except in extraordinary circumstances, if received 
45 or fewer days prior to the end of the fiscal year.
    The reprogramming guidelines to be used to determine 
whether or not a reprogramming shall be submitted to the 
Committee for prior approval are as follows:
            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.

                     vehicle usage and replacement

    The Committee is pleased with the increased oversight and 
management by the Department of the vehicle acquisition program 
in addition to the results gained from consolidated vehicle 
asset management. The Committee expects that all vehicle 
acquisitions will continue to be handled in accordance with 
standards established in Departmental directives and policies. 
The Department is requested to report to the Congress quarterly 
on the management of its oversight operations.

                        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 Committee expects the administration 
to comply with the letter and spirit of the Government 
Performance and Results Act.
    The Committee directs 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 Committee is committed to 
ensuring that the administration not implement the Kyoto 
protocol without congressional consent. The Committee 
recognizes, 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 Committee does not intend to preclude these programs from 
proceeding, provided they have been 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 Committee directs the administration to provide the 
Committee 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 Committee expects these 
items to be included as part of the fiscal year 2001 budget 
submission for all affected agencies.
    Last year, the Committee directed the Administration to 
include these items in the fiscal year 2000 budget submission. 
The Committee is concerned that several agencies are tardy in 
doing so. The Committee takes 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.

                  TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

                          Departmental Offices

                         salaries and expenses

Appropriations, 1999....................................    $123,151,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................     134,630,000
Committee recommendation................................     133,168,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $133,168,000 
for salaries and expenses for departmental offices of the 
Treasury Department. The amount provided by the Committee is 
$10,017,000 above the fiscal year 1999 level.
    Departmental Offices' function in the Treasury Department 
is to provide basic support to the Secretary of the Treasury, 
who is the chief operating executive of the Department. The 
Secretary of the Treasury maintains the primary role in 
formulating and managing the domestic and international tax and 
financial policies of the Federal Government. The Secretary's 
responsibilities funded by the Salaries and Expenses 
appropriation include: recommending and implementing United 
States domestic and international economic and tax policy; 
fiscal policy; governing the fiscal operations of the 
Government; maintaining foreign assets control; managing the 
public debt; overseeing major law enforcement functions carried 
out by the Treasury Department; managing development financial 
policy; representing the United States on international 
monetary, trade and investment issues; overseeing Treasury 
Department overseas operations; and directing the 
administrative operations of the Treasury Department.
    In support of the Secretary, the Salaries and Expenses 
appropriation provides resources for policy formulation and 
implementation in the areas of domestic and international 
financial, investment, tax, economic, trade and financial 
operations and general fiscal policy. This appropriation also 
provides resources for administrative support to the Secretary 
and policy components, and coordination of Departmental 
administrative policies in financial and personnel management, 
procurement operations, and automated information systems and 
telecommunications.
    The international affairs programs involve the formulation 
and execution of Treasury policy in a wide range of important 
economic areas. This activity includes those offices 
responsible for providing staff analysis and support for the 
Secretary and other senior officials involved in formulating 
and implementing international economic and financial policies. 
The issues involved within this activity include: international 
monetary affairs; international development financing policy; 
U.S. policy toward, and participation in, the work of the 
various international financial organizations; international 
economic analysis; international trade and investment policy; 
financial aspects of commodities and natural resources policy.

               Treasury's Regulatory Enforcement Mission

    The Department has undertaken a challenging mission in 
reorganizing the regulatory enforcement activities to make 
senior officials more accessible to the public and to members 
of the industries regulated under authority delegated by the 
Secretary of the Treasury. The Committee commends the effort to 
decentralize the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF). 
As this initiative is fully implemented, the Under Secretary 
for Enforcement should make certain that the Bureau is fully 
committed to its traditional role of ensuring the fundamental 
integrity of the industries and products subject to ATF 
authority.
    Although the Committee believes that ATF has appropriately 
performed its regulatory duties, there have been recent reports 
of Treasury/ATF expanding its mission outside its regulatory 
jurisdiction. The Committee would like to reiterate that ATF 
should address and propose regulations only on enforcement 
issues within their jurisdiction. Treasury and ATF should not 
duplicate activities of other Federal agencies such as the 
Federal Trade Commission and State agencies which have the 
proper authority, funding, and staffing necessary to address 
those issues that are clearly within their jurisdiction.

                      Office of Enforcement Review

    The Congress established the Office of the Undersecretary 
of Enforcement in the Department of the Treasury 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 Committee is 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 Committee directs the 
General Accounting Office to conduct a management review of the 
Office of Enforcement to determine effectiveness of the Office 
and its operations.

                    office of foreign assets control

    OFAC is responsible for enforcing economic sanctions as 
well as oversight and investigations of the illegal operations 
conducted by foreign agents and businesses. The Committee 
expects that this funding level will allow for 64 permanent 
full-time staffing positions. The Committee recommendation 
includes $6,199,000 in direct funding for the Office of Foreign 
Assets Control (OFAC). The Committee has chosen not to specify 
a floor funding requirement for OFAC in response to indications 
that Treasury will continue to ensure that adequate resources 
are allocated for this critical function. The Committee is 
encouraged by the level of funding detail offered by Treasury 
in its budget justifications for its Enforcement programs, and 
regards this as an assurance that OFAC's direct costs will be 
properly covered as shown, and that administrative overhead 
resources are fairly allocated. The Committee requests that 
similar explanatory tables be provided in future 
justifications.

                       Northern Lights Initiative

    The Committee continues to support the northern lights 
initiative on the United States-Canadian border. This 
initiative is an interagency, multi-jurisdictional program to 
improve law enforcement effectiveness and to address the 
growing drug problem along the Northeast border. This 
initiative is intended to improve communication, coordination, 
and effectiveness of law enforcement throughout the region.

        Department-wide Systems and Capital Investments Program

Appropriations, 1999....................................     $28,690,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................      53,561,000
Committee recommendation................................      35,561,000

    The Committee has provided a total of $35,561,000. This 
appropriation succeeds the Automation Enhancements 
appropriation established by the Treasury, Postal Service and 
General Government Appropriations Act, 1997, and funds Treasury 
bureaus, at the Secretary's discretion, to modernize business 
processes and increase efficiency through technology 
investments, as well as other activities that involve more than 
one Treasury bureau or Treasury's interface with other 
governmental agencies.

                           Customs Automation

    The Committee is very encouraged by the movement of the 
Customs Service, with the help of the Treasury Department, 
toward a PRIME contractor and modularization of its automation 
efforts. The Committee believes that this is a much needed step 
and strongly supports the continued leadership and expertise by 
the Treasury Department in the development of this new 
approach.

                    Office of the Inspector General


                         salaries and expenses

Appropriations, 1999....................................     $30,678,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................      32,017,000
Committee recommendation................................      30,483,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $30,483,000 
for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Inspector 
General.
    The Office of the Inspector General conducts and supervises 
audits, evaluations, and investigations designed to: (1) 
promote economy, efficiency, and effectiveness and prevent 
fraud, waste and abuse in Departmental programs and operations; 
and (2) keep the Secretary and the Congress fully and currently 
informed of problems and operations. The audit functions 
provide program audit, contract audit and financial statement 
audit services. Contract audits provide professional advice to 
agency contracting officials on accounting and financial 
matters relative to negotiation, award, administration, 
repricing, and settlement of contracts. Program audits review 
and audit all facets of agency operations. Financial statement 
audits assess whether financial statements fairly present the 
agency's financial condition and results of operations, the 
adequacy of accounting controls, and compliance with laws and 
regulations. These audits contribute significantly to improved 
financial management by helping Treasury managers identify 
improvements needed in their accounting and internal control 
systems. The evaluations function reviews program performance 
and issues critical to the mission of the Department, including 
assessing the Department's implementation of the Government 
Performance and Results Act (GPRA). The investigative function 
provides for the detection and investigation of improper and 
illegal activities involving programs, personnel, and 
operations. This appropriation also provides for the oversight 
of internal investigations made by the Office of Internal 
Affairs and Inspection in the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and 
Firearms, the Customs Service, and the Secret Service.
    The Inspectors General Auditor Training Institute provides 
the necessary facilities, equipment, and support services for 
conducting auditor training for the Federal Government 
Inspector General community. The Office of the Inspector 
General is the parent organization for this entity, although 
program and financing data is reported under the Treasury 
Franchise fund (effective in 1999).

           Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration

Appropriations, 1999....................................................
Budget estimate, 2000...................................    $112,207,000
Committee recommendation................................     111,340,000

    The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration 
(TIGTA) conducts audits, investigations, and evaluations to 
assess the operations and programs of the Internal Revenue 
Service (IRS) and Related Entities, the IRS Oversight Board and 
the Office of Chief Counsel to (1) promote the economic, 
efficient and effective administration of the nation's tax laws 
and to detect and deter fraud and abuse in IRS programs and 
operations; (2) recommend actions to resolve fraud and other 
serious problems, abuses, and deficiencies in these programs 
and operations, and keep the Secretary and the Congress fully 
and currently informed of these issues and the progress made in 
resolving them. TIGTA reviews existing and proposed legislation 
and regulations relating to the programs and operations of the 
IRS and Related Entities and makes recommendations concerning 
the impact of such legislation and regulations on the economy 
and efficiency in the administration of programs and operations 
of the IRS and Related Entities. The audit function provides 
program audit, contract audit and financial statement audit 
services. Program audits review and audit all facets of IRS and 
Related Entities. Contract audits provide professional advice 
to IRS contracting officials on accounting and financial 
matters relative to negotiation, award, administration, 
repricing, and settlement of contracts. The evaluations 
function reviews program performance and issues critical to the 
mission of the IRS. The investigative function provides for the 
detection and investigation of improper and illegal activities 
involving IRS programs and operations and protects the IRS and 
Related Entities against external attempts to corrupt or 
threaten their employees.
    The Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration was 
newly established in January 1999; once the organization is in 
place, annual performance plans and measures will be developed 
to meet the GPRA requirements. Functions and resources from the 
Treasury Inspector General ($1,062,000) and the Internal 
Revenue Service ($107,356,000) were transferred to TIGTA as 
directed by Congress in the IRS Restructuring and Reform Act of 
1998.

           Treasury Building and Annex Repair and Restoration

Appropriations, 1999....................................     $27,000,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................      23,000,000
Committee recommendation................................      15,000,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $15,000,000 
for the repair and restoration of the Treasury Building and 
Annex. This amount is $8,000,000 less than the budget request. 
These funds will permit the Department to continue the program 
of renovation and modernization of the historic Main Treasury 
Building in Washington, D.C. The Committee maintains strong 
support for the renovation project but due to funding 
constraints could not provide full funding.
    The Committee recognizes the physical complexity, the 
amount of planning required, and the likelihood of scheduling 
uncertainties in such a massive undertaking. Because of the 
Departmental Offices' central role in both domestic and foreign 
policy, the Committee is aware of how sensitive internal 
coordination needs can potentially be affected by such a major 
disruption. The Committee therefore directs that a quarterly 
report on T-BARR's progress be provided which should include 
the following: actual obligations to date, by quarter; planned 
obligations for the current fiscal year, by quarter; major 
project milestones in progress and their planned completion 
date, and major milestones completed; offices scheduled for 
relocation over the next two quarters, whether temporary or 
permanent, probable target location, and the number of staff 
involved in each office relocation; and Departmental Offices 
staffing (positions and FTE) applied to this effort.

                  Financial Crimes Enforcement Network

Appropriations, 1999....................................     $24,000,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................      28,418,000
Committee recommendation................................      27,681,000

    The Committee has recommended $27,681,000 which is $737,000 
less than the budget request. The Committee funded the 
Administration's proposed initiatives for International money 
laundering, Secure outreach network, Bank Secrecy Act 
regulations efforts, law enforcement support, regulatory civil 
enforcement and suspicious activity report.
    The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) has 
responsibility for implementing Treasury's anti-money 
laundering regulations through administration of the Bank 
Secrecy Act (BSA), 31 U.S.C. section 5311, et. seq., and serves 
as a United States Government source for the systematic 
collection and analysis of information to assist in the 
investigation of money laundering and other financial crimes. 
FinCEN was created to serve as a central source for the 
systematic identification, collation, and analysis of 
intelligence in support of law enforcement operations. FinCEN 
establishes policy and oversees BSA compliance by financial 
institutions and provides BSA training to law enforcement, bank 
regulators and bankers.
    FinCEN is a catalyst for the development of Financial 
Intelligence Units (FIUs) in other countries, and the transfer 
of information on money laundering issues and financial 
services worldwide. FinCEN provides a Governmentwide 
multisource intelligence and analytical network to support 
Federal, State, local, and foreign law enforcement and 
regulatory agencies in the detection, investigation, and 
prosecution of money laundering, and other financial crimes. 
Toward this end, FinCEN is charged with linking together and 
analyzing financial, law enforcement, and public data sources 
to provide leads on criminal financial activity that might 
otherwise go undetected.
    In support of this mission, FinCEN is staffed with 
permanent FinCEN employees, analysts and computer specialists, 
as well as special agents, analysts, and other Federal 
employees on non-reimbursable details from Federal Government.

                        treasury forfeiture fund

    The Treasury forfeiture fund was established on October 1, 
1993, in Public Law 102-393. It has two accounts, one which is 
funded through permanent indefinite authority and the other 
which is funded through a direct annual appropriation. The 
direct appropriation represents the annual congressional 
limitation on the use of the proceeds from seized and forfeited 
assets. Forfeited cash and the proceeds of forfeited monetary 
instruments are deposited into the fund. Proceeds from the sale 
of other seized and forfeited assets are also deposited into 
the fund.
    The Committee has reviewed the proposed distribution from 
the Treasury Forfeiture Fund outlined by the Department of the 
Treasury in their budget justification. The Committee agrees to 
fund FLEWUG ($3,000,000) and a portion of the Interagency Crime 
and Drug Enforcement ($47,534,000) from this fund.
    The Committee agrees that funds should be provided to the 
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms for post-incident 
investigations ($3,600,000), lab equipment modernization 
($3,800,000), and a new ATF headquarters facility should 
additional funding be required. The Committee denies ATF's 
request for mobile radios/vehicles ($6,300,000) and the 
reimbursement in lieu of direct funding ($1,000,000). The 
Committee funded the arson explosives repository ($1,608,000) 
and the building security ($639,000) under the Violent Crimes 
Reduction Trust Fund.
    The Committee agrees that funds should be provided to the 
U.S. Secret Service for the standard financial system 
($1,401,000), the Treasury Communications System ($3,700,000), 
LAN replacement ($250,000), anti-terrorism supplemental 
recurring costs ($23,000,000), candidate/nominee protection 
($35,247,000), countering chemical/biological threat 
($3,325,000) and protective technical security equipment 
($1,843,000). The Committee denies Secret Service's request for 
vehicles ($6,700,000) and the reimbursement in lieu of direct 
funding ($1,000,000).
    Finally, the Committee believes funds should be provided to 
the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center for the Rural Law 
Enforcement Education Demonstration Project ($300,000).

           Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Funding

Appropriations, 1999....................................    $132,000,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................     132,127,000
Committee recommendation................................     194,000,000

                    violent crime reduction program

    The Committee has provided $194,000,000 for Treasury 
enforcement activities as follows:

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms:
    GREAT grants........................................     $13,000,000
    GREAT administration................................       3,000,000
    Explosives repository clearinghouse.................       1,608,000
    Building security...................................         639,000
    Integrated violence reduction strategy..............      12,600,000
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                    ____________________________________________________
      Total, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms....      30,847,000
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                    ____________________________________________________
United States Secret Service:
    Protective program..................................       5,854,000
    Protective research program.........................       2,014,000
    Workspace program...................................       5,886,000
    Forensic and related support of investigations of 
      missing and exploited children....................       3,196,000
    Counterfeiting investigations.......................       5,000,000
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                    ____________________________________________________
      Total, United States Secret Service...............      21,950,000
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                    ____________________________________________________
United States Customs Service:
    Pre-hiring polygraph examinations...................       4,300,000
    Undeclared outbound currency detection..............       2,000,000
    Non-intrusive mobile personal inspection technology.       9,000,000
    Land border automation equipment....................       4,952,000
    Agent and inspector relocations.....................       8,000,000
    Laboratory modernization............................       5,735,000
    Counter-narcotics and money laundering 
      investigations....................................       4,817,000
    Cybersmuggling......................................       2,400,000
    Hardline/GATEWAY equipment..........................       5,430,000
    Training program....................................       2,500,000
    Maintain fiscal year 1998 equipment.................       3,640,000
                    --------------------------------------------------------
                    ____________________________________________________
      Total, United States Customs Service..............      52,774,000
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                    ____________________________________________________
    Interagency Crime and Drug Enforcement..............      28,366,000
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network:
    GATEWAY.............................................         600,000
    Data mining.........................................         300,000
    Continue the magnitude of money laundering study....         500,000
    Enhance electronic filing of SARS and other BSA 
      databases.........................................         200,000
    Technical advances for GATEWAY......................         263,000
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                    ____________________________________________________
      Total, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network.......       1,863,000
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center: Firearms ranges 
    at Artesia..........................................       9,200,000
Office of National Drug Control Policy, Special 
    Forfeiture Fund: National media campaign............      49,000,000

                Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms

    The Committee has provided $14,847,000 to the Bureau of 
Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms for an explosives repository 
clearinghouse ($1,608,000), integrated violence reduction 
strategy ($12,600,000), and building security ($639,000).

                             GREAT PROGRAM

    The Committee supports funding for the Gang Resistance 
Education and Training [GREAT] Program through VCRTF, and 
provides $13,000,000 for grants to local law enforcement 
organizations, as well as $3,000,000 for ATF administrative 
support, training, and related activities associated with this 
program.

                  Financial Crimes Enforcement Network

    The Committee has provided $600,000 for the Financial Crime 
Enforcement Network (FinCEN) to maintain the GATEWAY money 
laundering data bases and training for State and local law 
enforcement requested as part of the ``Salaries and expenses'' 
account. The Committee has also included $300,000 to expand 
data mining technology, $500,000 to continue the magnitude of 
money laundering study, $200,000 to enhance SARS/BSA databases 
and $263,000 to implement further technical advances for 
GATEWAY.

                          U.S. Customs Service

    The Committee has provided funding for conducting pre-
hiring polygraph examinations ($4,300,000), technology for the 
detection of undeclared outbound currency ($2,000,000), non-
intrusive mobile personal inspection technology ($9,000,000), 
land border automation equipment ($4,952,000), agent/inspector 
relocation ($8,000,000), laboratory modernization ($5,735,000), 
cybersmuggling ($2,400,000), Hardline/GATEWAY equipment 
($5,430,000), training program ($2,500,000), maintain fiscal 
year 1998 equipment ($3,640,000), and resources for 
investigative counter-narcotics and money laundering operations 
($4,817,000). The Committee has provided $52,774,000 for these 
efforts.

                      Interagency Law Enforcement

    The Committee has provided $28,366,000 to interagency crime 
and drug enforcement [ICDE]. This, combined with disbursement 
of $47,534,000 from the Treasury Forfeiture Fund, fully funds 
the amount requested by the administration. These funds will 
allow ICDE to continue their efforts to reduce drug-related 
crime.

                          U.S. SECRET SERVICE

    The Committee has provided $5,854,000 for the protective 
program, $2,014,000 for the protective research program, 
$5,000,000 for counterfeiting investigations, and $5,886,000 
for the workspace program, which were requested as part of the 
``Salaries and expenses'' account. Further, the Committee has 
included $3,196,000 for the Service's operational costs for the 
Exploited Child Unit, associated with its continued efforts 
with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.

                Federal Law Enforcement Training Center


                         salaries and expenses

Appropriations, 1999.................................... \1\ $71,923,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................      86,846,000
Committee recommendation................................      80,114,000

\1\ This amount does not include the fiscal year 1999 supplemental 
funding.

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $80,114,000 
for salaries and expenses of the Federal Law Enforcement 
Training Center [FLETC]. This amount is $8,191,000 above the 
fiscal year 1999 level. The Committee recommends $1,216,000 for 
counter-terrorism training, $1,380,000 for a cost accounting 
system, $500,000 for audited financial statements, $2,234,000 
for training building support, $1,973,000 for equipment 
replacement and $350,000 for scheduling automation.
    The Federal Law Enforcement Training Center provides the 
necessary facilities, equipment, and support services for 
conducting basic and advanced training for Federal law 
enforcement personnel of its participating organizations. 
Center personnel conduct the instructional programs for the 
basic recruit training and also selected portions of the 
advanced training. In addition, the Center furnishes training 
on a space-available basis to personnel from several Federal 
organizations which are not formal participants under the 
memorandum of understanding.
    In October 1982, the President directed that a national 
center for State and local training be established as a part of 
the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center. The major program 
goals are to present advanced and specialized training and to 
provide basic technical assistance to State and local law 
enforcement agencies.
    In recent years, considerable funding has been provided 
Federal law enforcement agencies to hire and train additional 
personnel. The Committee has included funding to ensure that 
FLETC can continue to meet the demands of agencies for training 
their personnel.
    The Committee has again included a general provision 
(Section 615) to permit the Federal Law Enforcement Training 
Center to acquire the temporary use of additional training 
facilities without seeking the advance approval otherwise 
required by that section. The Committee directs the Center to 
report to the Senate Committee on Appropriations by May 5, 2000 
on the use of this authority and projections for its future 
use.

         Rural Law Enforcement Education Demonstration Project

    The Committee is concerned that most attention tends to be 
focused on youth crime and gang activity in urban centers. 
Rural areas are also experiencing significant increases in 
juvenile crime. For example, between 1993 and 1997 there was a 
125 percent increase in drug arrests in North Dakota. 
Substantial numbers of these arrests involved youths affiliated 
with gangs. Fifty percent of the murders in North Dakota since 
1993 were committed by gang members. The Committee believes 
that rural law enforcement officials and others in rural 
communities, who could provide an early warning system for 
criminal behavior, are not receiving the kind of education and 
training that may be critically important to the safekeeping of 
their communities. Therefore, the Committee directs the 
Director of FLETC to provide up to $300,000 to a graduate level 
criminal justice program in a Northern Plains State which can 
provide causal research on the link between youth and criminal 
activity in rural locations. The project will also provide the 
funding for the development of the appropriate education and 
training protocols to address these issues. Funds for this 
project shall be provided through the Treasury Forfeiture Fund.

                          Off-Campus Training

    The Committee continues to support the Federal Law 
Enforcement Training Center's mission to provide basic 
technical assistance to State and local law enforcement 
agencies. Therefore, the Committee provides funding for the 
travel expenses of non-Federal personnel to attend course 
development meetings and training. In addition, the Committee 
continues to authorize FLETC to obtain temporary use of 
additional facilities by lease, contract, or other agreement 
for training which cannot be accommodated in existing Center 
facilities. In making these decisions, the Committee believes 
every consideration should be given to providing training in 
the most cost effective manner. As a result, the Committee 
directs FLETC to consider alternative facilities particularly 
when providing training to State and local law enforcement 
officers. The Committee requests that FLETC give special 
consideration to the training facilities at the Odegard School 
for Aerospace Sciences, at the University of North Dakota and 
at law enforcement training facilities in North Dakota.

     acquisition, construction, improvements, and related expenses

Appropriations, 1999....................................     $34,760,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................      21,000,000
Committee recommendation................................      21,611,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $21,611,000 
for acquisition, construction, improvements, and related 
expenses of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center. The 
Committee recommends funding be included for the Facilities 
Master Plan, minor construction and maintenance, firearms 
environmental restoration and reconstruction, environmental 
compliance, and installation of fiber optics. The 
recommendation includes $1,290,000 for the counter-terrorism 
facility at Glynco, Georgia. Because $6,000,000 was provided 
for classroom construction in the Treasury Forfeiture Fund in 
fiscal year 1999, the Committee did not include the $4,889,000 
for the completion of classroom construction as requested. The 
Master Plan provides the long range blueprint for expansion of 
facilities to meet the training requirements of participating 
agencies.
    The Committee has provided $9,200,000 for two firearms 
ranges at the Artesia facility under the Violent Crime 
Reduction Trust Fund which will not be available for obligation 
until September 30, 2000.
    The ``Acquisition, construction, improvements, and related 
expenses'' account covers major maintenance and facility 
improvements, construction, renovation, capital improvements, 
and related equipment at FLETC facilities in Glynco, GA, and 
Artesia, NM.
    The Federal Law Enforcement Training Center was established 
in 1970 as the single interagency training organization for 
Federal law enforcement agencies. FLETC's concept of 
Governmentwide, consolidated law enforcement training is 
directed at promoting the highest quality training at the most 
reasonable cost to the American taxpayer through multiple 
agency support and use. FLETC, through its principal facility 
in Glynco, GA, now serves the basic and advanced training needs 
of 72 participating Federal agencies.
    In June 1989, the Training Center completed its development 
of a master plan which will enable FLETC to better serve the 
training demands of Federal, State, and local law enforcement 
agencies. This master plan calls for the construction of 
additional facilities at both Center locations. The Committee 
expects the Department to periodically update the master plan 
to include new requirements demanded by the user agencies for 
effective law enforcement training. The Committee directs FLETC 
and the Department of the Treasury to report by May 5, 2000 on 
the expected completion date of facilities being constructed to 
accommodate the consolidation of all law enforcement training 
under FLETC's jurisdiction.

                      Interagency Law Enforcement

Appropriations, 1999....................................     $51,900,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................      26,184,000
Committee recommendation................................................

    The Committee has not provided a direct appropriation in 
this account for interagency crime and drug enforcement (ICDE). 
However, the Committee does recommend that $28,366,000 be 
provided through the VCRTF and that $47,534,000 be provided 
through the Treasury Forfeiture fund, which represents full 
funding of the administration's request.
    The Interagency Crime and Drug Enforcement Task Force 
(ICDE) Program consists of nine regional task forces which 
consolidate the resources and expertise of 11 member Federal 
agencies, in cooperation with State and local investigators and 
prosecutors, to target and destroy major narcotic trafficking 
and money laundering organizations. Treasury participates in 
the task force activities through direct investigative and 
support activities of task forces, focusing on the disruption 
of drug trafficking controlled by various organized crime 
enterprises.

                      Financial Management Service


                         salaries and expenses

Appropriations, 1999....................................    $196,490,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................     202,670,000
Committee recommendation................................     200,054,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $200,054,000 
for salaries and expenses for the Financial Management Service 
(FMS) in fiscal year 2000. This amount is $3,564,000 above the 
fiscal year 1999 level. Due to budgetary constraints, the 
Committee was unable to fund the central accounting system and 
physical/IS security enhancement.
    In its financial management leadership role, the Service 
must manage effectively the movement of Federal funds as well 
as make the optimal use of Federal financial information. By 
doing so, FMS fulfills an obligation to the public by improving 
the Federal Government's overall financial position and helping 
to reduce the Federal deficit.
    FMS oversees the Government's overall financial operations 
through the financial and accounting services it provides to 
its customers--Congress, other Federal agencies, financial 
institutions, and the public.
    Service responsibilities include: regulation and management 
of the Government's collection systems; development and 
implementation of innovative cash management and credit 
administration practices in the administration of Federal 
programs; central payment services for all civilian executive 
agencies except the U.S. Postal Service, U.S. marshals, and 
certain Government corporations; processing claims on all lost, 
stolen, and forged checks including those not issued by the 
Treasury; providing central accounting services for the 
Government; compiling and publishing financial reports; and 
managing trust, revolving, and deposit fund accounts.

                Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms


                         salaries and expenses

Appropriations, 1999....................................    $541,574,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................     584,859,000
Committee recommendation................................     569,225,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $569,225,000 
for salaries and expenses of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and 
Firearms (ATF). This amount is $27,651,000 above fiscal year 
1999. The Committee has provided $11,200,000 to expand the 
Youth Crime Gun Interdiction Initiative to 10 additional 
cities, $1,000,000 for the canine program, and $3,000,000 for 
the CEASEFIRE/IBIS program. In addition, the Committee 
recommends $28,480,000 to maintain current levels. The 
Committee has provided $12,600,000 for the integrated violence 
reduction strategy under the Violent Crime Reduction Trust 
Fund.
    The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) has three 
major strategic goals: (1) effectively contribute to a safer 
America by reducing the future number and cost of violent 
crimes, (2) maintain a sound revenue management and regulatory 
system that continues reducing payer burden, improving service, 
collecting revenue due, and preventing illegal diversion, and 
(3) protect the public and prevent consumer deception in ATF's 
regulated commodities. To achieve these goals, ATF enforces the 
Federal laws and regulations relating to alcohol, tobacco, 
firearms, explosives, and arson by working directly and in 
cooperation with others.

                   Federal alcohol administration act

    The Committee recognizes alcoholic beverages as among the 
most socially sensitive commodities marketed in the United 
States. In this connection, marketing, labeling, and 
advertising of alcoholic beverages must be accomplished in an 
environment which fosters fair and healthy competition while 
protecting the interests of the American consumer. The 
Committee expects that there be no diminution of regulatory and 
oversight functions in fiscal year 2000.

               armed career criminal apprehension program

    The Armed Career Criminal Act, signed into law in 1984 and 
expanded by the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986, provides mandatory 
sentences for certain violent repeat offenders who carry 
firearms. The Bureau, given its jurisdiction over firearms 
laws, has a unique opportunity to effect the apprehension of 
violent offenders. The success to date of the Bureau's Repeat 
Offender Program has surpassed initial expectations regarding 
apprehension, prosecution, and conviction of career criminals. 
The Committee notes that over 80 percent of the defendants 
apprehended under this program have had direct involvement in 
illegal narcotics trafficking.

           STAFFING LEVELS IN SMALLER STATES AND RURAL STATES

    Over the past several years the number of ATF agents in the 
smaller States and rural areas have steadily declined, in favor 
of placing agent resources in larger States with large 
metropolitan centers. These staffing trends have not always 
reflected the needs of these areas. The Committee credits the 
Department for recognizing the need for placing special agents 
in under-represented rural areas and small and medium-sized 
States like Wisconsin. The Committee urges that ATF follow 
through on pledges to maintain and increase staffing in under-
represented rural, small, and medium-sized States.

                             GREAT Program

    The Committee provides $13,000,000 in the VCRTF for grants 
to local law enforcement organizations for the Gang Resistance 
Education and Training [GREAT] Program. The GREAT program 
continues to be enthusiastically endorsed by communities in 
Colorado and North Dakota. The Committee directs ATF to 
consider providing GREAT funding to the qualified law 
enforcement and prevention organizations in these areas. In 
addition, the Committee believes strong consideration should be 
given to an application from Greenville, South Carolina.

                     Safety and Security Standards

    The Committee is concerned about the apparent lack of 
safety and security standards for federally licensed firearms 
dealers. Guns stolen from licensed gun dealers pose an 
increasingly significant public safety threat. It is clear that 
the industry and ATF need to work together to address these 
problems. Therefore, the Committee directs ATF to make 
identifying and addressing security recommendations for Federal 
firearms licensees a priority at the next firearms industry 
discussion group that convenes.

                         Assistance to Schools

    The Committee is disturbed by the increasing number of pipe 
bombs and other explosives found in schools nationwide. The 
Committee is concerned about the threat these explosive devices 
pose to the health and well being of students in their schools. 
The Committee believes that, with proper training, school 
officials and support staff could be able to recognize such 
explosive devices in and around school grounds and provide this 
vital information to appropriate law enforcement officers. The 
Committee recognizes the special expertise housed within the 
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms to train appropriate 
personnel in the recognition and detection of explosive 
devices. Accordingly, the Committee directs ATF to coordinate 
with the Departments of Education and Justice to make explosive 
detection training available upon request for school districts 
nationwide through existing safe schools programs.

                           ATF Reorganization

    The Committee observes that ATF has made fundamental 
changes in fulfilling its industry regulatory mission. At the 
beginning of fiscal year 1999, ATF decentralized regulatory 
functions by merging its five regulatory district offices with 
23 unified field offices throughout the United States. Each 
field office includes an experienced ATF official designated as 
the Director of Industry Operations (DIO). ATF's approach is 
certainly consistent with the goal of bringing key government 
decision makers and regulators closer to the citizens and 
businesses that Federal agencies serve and regulate.
    To fill the newly-created DIO positions, specialists with 
years of industry regulatory experience have been moved out of 
the five district offices and the Programs Division, a very 
small component based at ATF headquarters. This basic shift in 
strategy has necessitated the movement of personnel involved in 
criminal enforcement roles into headquarters and field 
regulatory positions. The Committee is concerned that these 
changes have diminished the institutional memory within ATF 
headquarters.
    As ATF makes this transition, an essential aspect is the 
continued development and implementation of consistent national 
policies governing industries subject to ATF authority. The 
Committee urges ATF officials to utilize training funds to 
assist personnel in adapting to their new roles and to insure a 
solid flow of information between ATF headquarters and the 23 
new Directors of Industry Operations. The Committee further 
urges senior ATF personnel to carefully reach out to regulated 
businesses with solid compliance records and reputations to 
increase their working knowledge of the complex industries that 
are subject to the Bureau's authority.

             Criminal Gang Activity on Indian Reservations

    The Committee is alarmed by recent reports by the Justice 
Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics report that violent 
crime and gang-related activity on Indian lands is twice that 
of violent crime committed in the United States as a whole.
    The Committee wishes to again acknowledge the efforts of 
the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms to assist in 
addressing the problem of criminal gang activity on Indian 
lands by increasing the number of Gang Resistance Education and 
Training (GREAT) programs and resources available for those 
areas. The Committee understands that the Indian country gang 
problem continues to grow, justifying further attention and 
resources. The Committee is disturbed by reports that the 
Bureau of Indian Affairs has not facilitated the efforts of ATF 
in this regard and that, in fiscal year 1999, a significant 
amount of unobligated funds remain and have not been 
distributed to tribes.
    Nonetheless, the Committee hopes that the efforts of both 
ATF, through the GREAT program, and the Federal Law Enforcement 
Training Center, through training tribal law enforcement, will 
continue. Therefore, not less than 60 days after enactment of 
this Act, the Committee directs ATF to submit a report 
detailing progress made by any initiatives that have been 
undertaken, including cooperative inter-agency efforts, to 
address the issue of gang-related activities in Native 
communities. Further, ATF is encouraged to make recommendations 
for improving such initiatives.

                Youth Crime Gun Interdiction Initiative

    The Committee commends the efforts of the Bureau of 
Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms [ATF] to reduce firearms violence 
by investigating illegal trafficking to the youth of this 
country. The Youth Crime Gun Interdiction Initiative [YCGII] 
began as a pilot program in 17 cities in 1996 and is currently 
operating in 27 cities. The Committee has provided $11,200,000 
to continue the expansion of this worthwhile program into 10 
additional locations. This funding will allow for the placement 
of six agents in each of these new areas to follow up on 
investigative information from crime gun tracing and other 
sources. In determining the new locations in which to expand 
this program in the future, the Committee requests that ATF 
give strong consideration to designating South Carolina and Las 
Vegas, Nevada as YCGII locations.
    The partnership between ATF and local law enforcement 
agencies in these communities is invaluable to the mutual 
effort to reduce gun-related crime. The tracing information 
provided by ATF not only allows local jurisdictions to target 
scarce resources to investigations likely to achieve results 
but also gives ATF the raw data to be able to investigate and 
prosecute the illegal source of these crime guns. The Committee 
continues to believe that there are significant disruptions in 
these illegal firearms markets directly due to investigative 
leads arising from this regional initiative.
    The Committee further commends ATF for the compilation of 
the statistical information, as reflected in the second annual 
report entitled ``Crime Gun Trace Analysis Reports: The Illegal 
Youth Firearms Market in 27 Communities'', which provides local 
jurisdictions with valuable analysis for effective strategic 
planning efforts.

                    Importation of Military Trainers

    The Committee understands that ATF has initiated a review 
of the potential threat of remilitarization of certain military 
trainers and other military aircraft imported from the former 
Soviet Union. Given that many of these trainers are already in 
the United States and would appear to present no greater threat 
than former United States military trainers which have been de-
militarized and sold to the public, the Committee would expect 
the ATF to complete their review within 90 days of enactment of 
this bill and report back to the Committee on their findings.

                           Tobacco Compliance

    The Committee is 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. What is currently a gray 
market problem will most likely become a substantially more 
challenging law enforcement dilemma after the effective date. 
The Committee notes that a number of States have already passed 
laws banning the distribution of export manufactured cigarettes 
ahead of the Federal statute. The Committee, therefore, directs 
ATF to report back to the Senate Committee on Appropriations 
before September 30, 2000, detailing 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.

                 LABORATORY FACILITIES AND HEADQUARTERS

Appropriations, 1999....................................................
Budget estimate, 2000...................................     $15,000,000
Committee recommendation................................................

    The Committee has reviewed the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco 
and Firearms (ATF) proposal to acquire a site to provide a more 
secure location for their headquarters operations. The 
Committee is cognizant of potential opportunities that exist 
within the District that would provide ATF with a secure site 
at the lowest cost to the government. It is the Committee's 
desire that ATF, working with the General Services 
Administration, pursue these low cost options. However, the 
Committee believes it is important to move this project forward 
in an expeditious manner. As a result, the Committee recommends 
that, should it be deemed necessary, ATF seek any funds 
required for this acquisition from the Treasury Forfeiture 
Fund.

                          U.S. Customs Service


                         salaries and expenses

Appropriations, 1999..................................\1\ $1,642,565,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................   1,407,970,000
Committee recommendation................................   1,670,747,000

\1\ This amount does not include the fiscal year 1999 supplemental 
funding.

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $1,670,747,000 
for salaries and expenses of the U.S. Customs Service.
    The United States Customs Service, in partnership with 
other Federal agencies, is one of the Nation's principle means 
of border enforcement. Its mission is to ensure that all goods 
and persons entering and exiting the United States do so in 
compliance with all United States laws and regulations. The 
mission is multifaceted and mandates the Service to:
  --Control, regulate, and facilitate the movement of carriers, 
        persons, and commodities between the United States and 
        other nations;
  --Protect the American consumer and the environment against 
        the introduction of hazardous and noxious products; and 
        protect American industry and the American worker 
        against unfair competition from foreign manufacturers;
  --Assess, collect, and protect the revenue accruing to the 
        United States from duties, taxes, and fees incident to 
        international traffic and trade;
  --Detect, interdict, and/or investigate:
        Smuggling and other illegal practices designed to gain 
            illicit entry into the United States of prohibited 
            articles, narcotics, and other contraband;
        Fraudulent activities calculated to avoid the payment 
            of taxes and fees, or to evade the legal 
            requirements of international traffic and trade;
        Illegal transfers of critical technology to foreign 
            nations for the building of their military systems, 
            thus posing a threat to our national security; and
        Illegal international trafficking in arms, munitions, 
            and currency.

                          Fargo, North Dakota

    The Committee believes the services provided through the 
Fargo, North Dakota Airport are very important to the State of 
North Dakota. As a result, the Committee has included language 
designating the Hector International Airport as an 
International Port of Entry. The Committee expects this Port of 
Entry will be adequately staffed and equipment be provided so 
that the users of the facility are provided efficient services. 
No staff or funds shall be diverted from North Dakota's other 
International Ports of Entry to staff this requirement.

        Customs Staffing Levels and the fiscal year 2000 Request

    The Committee was extremely dismayed by the treatment of 
Customs' base needs in the Administration's fiscal year 2000 
budget request. The Administration's decision to fund 5,000 
existing full time equivalent employees (FTEs) with a proposed 
controversial user fee placed the Committee in the position of 
accommodating this $312,400,000 budgetary shortfall by reducing 
or denying many needed projects and new initiatives, including 
augmenting existing staffing levels. The Committee viewed this 
choice as a necessary one, given Customs' critical mission.

             Law Enforcement Efforts on the Northern Border

    The Customs Service has determined that x-ray technology 
and other detection technology are effective in detecting 
illicit narcotics and other contraband. As a result, the 
Committee has once again included funding for research into 
technologies which will assist Customs in performing its 
inspection and enforcement duties. The Committee recognizes 
that smuggling is not unique to the Southwest border but occurs 
along the Northern border as well. The Committee would like the 
Customs Service to take the level of smuggling that occurs 
along the Northern border into consideration when determining 
the location of x-ray and other technology effective in 
detecting illicit smuggling. And, as Customs expands and 
improves these technologies to the Northern border, the 
Committee encourages the Customs Service pay close attention to 
the border facilities in Pembina and Minot, North Dakota.

            Southwest Border Staffing and Cross-Border Trade

    The Committee is 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 Committee understands that 
Customs is currently reviewing its overall resource allocation 
and encourages Customs to consider the Arizona border in this 
review. In the interim, the Committee instructs Customs to 
maintain current staffing levels in Arizona in fiscal year 2000 
and to report to the Committee on Appropriations by February 1, 
2000, on what resources are necessary to reduce wait times 
along the Southwest border to twenty minutes, in addition to 
outlining of the current staffing needs in Arizona.

                    Charleston, South Carolina Port

    The Committee is aware that Customs maintains a list of 
recipients of technology and equipment as it becomes available. 
The Committee encourages Customs to consider the needs of the 
Charleston, South Carolina port when it evaluates the 
availability of technology and equipment. The Charleston port 
is the fourth largest cargo port in the country. An x-ray 
machine that is capable of scanning cargo for drugs and other 
contraband would assist in law enforcement activities and would 
promote the uninterrupted flow of commerce.

                Ports of Entry Infrastructure Assessment

    The Committee is concerned about the current condition of 
the ports of entry along the U.S. land borders. Therefore, the 
Committee directs 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 Committee within nine months after enactment of 
this Act on a plan to address these needs and the resources 
required to do so. The Committee expects the Customs Service to 
coordinate with the other Federal and State border agencies in 
this effort.

                    Remote Administration Technology

    The Committee supports ongoing efforts to enhance services 
at low-volume ports of entry through the use of remote 
administration technology. The Committee believes the 
additional security presence and the after-hours travel 
capabilities will benefit those who live near the affected 
border crossings. However, to ensure that commercial traffic 
through these ports is not negatively affected, these 
enhancements must not result in loss of personnel or reduced 
staffed hours at these ports.

               Customs Integrity Awareness Program (CIAP)

    The Committee continues its strong support for the Customs 
integrity awareness program. This program, begun last year, is 
to improve hiring methodologies to ensure that applicants are 
of the highest quality and integrity, and to improve the 
recruitment process. The $4,300,000 provided by the Committee 
in fiscal year 2000 is for Customs to conduct polygraph 
examinations for candidates applying for positions which are 
most susceptible to corruption. The Committee encourages the 
Commissioner to continue his efforts to improve the integrity 
measures of the Customs Service.

         Staffing and Service Levels at Customs Ports of Entry

    The Committee continues to believe that the services 
provided through the Charleston, WV, Customs office are very 
important to the State of West Virginia and the Nation as a 
whole. For this reason, the Committee expects the Service to 
maintain the level of services provided in fiscal year 1996 
through fiscal year 2000 at this office.
    The Committee continues to believe that the policy of 
providing part-time and temporary inspectors at the Honolulu 
International Airport is an effective way to handle the large 
and increasing volume of passengers arriving and departing this 
very busy airport in Hawaii. The Committee has again included 
$750,000 for part-time and temporary positions in the Honolulu 
Customs District. This action is intended to enhance and not 
supplant current staffing levels. Amounts included in this 
account are sufficient to maintain staffing levels at this 
airport through fiscal year 2000 at the fiscal year 1997 level.
    The Committee expects the Customs Service to ensure that 
staffing levels are sufficient to staff and operate all New 
Mexico border facilities. In addition, the Committee encourages 
the Customs Service to work with the General Services 
Administration in evaluating and addressing infrastructure and 
technology improvements at the Santa Teresa and Columbus border 
stations.
    Legitimate, as well as illicit, trade and traffic continue 
to grow in the State of Florida. Customs should give a high 
priority to funding sufficient inspection personnel at ports of 
entry in Florida for fiscal year 2000.
    The Committee understands that increasing trade between 
Canada and the United States may require improvements in 
Customs Service facilities to prevent congestion or backups. 
The Committee directs the Customs Service to continue to 
provide adequate personnel to meet current border crossing 
needs along the Northern border.
    Over the years Customs personnel in smaller States as well 
as rural areas have declined considerably. Problems facing 
these areas have not necessarily declined, and the Committee 
urges Customs, as it reviews its staffing requirements, to 
consider the allocation to smaller States and rural areas with 
particular emphasis on Vermont.

                           Customs Automation

    The Committee continues to support Customs automation 
efforts with the belief that automation of Customs systems and 
processes are imperative. However, the Committee has yet to 
receive a solid cost-benefit analysis on the scope and size of 
the project nor see any measurable progress to address either 
the Committee's or the General Accounting Office's concerns, 
although Customs has recently made commitments to GAO to do so. 
In addition, the Committee is greatly concerned that Customs 
has not sufficiently maintained the Automated Commercial System 
(ACS) in the past few years because it felt that the Automated 
Commercial Environment would have replaced ACS already. 
Therefore, this year the Committee had no choice but to place a 
priority on funding not only the base funding of $32,000,000 
for ACS but also the additional request of $35,000,000 for the 
maintenance of ACS only to be told later that this $67,000,000 
was already insufficient. The Committee requests that the 
Customs Service provide the Committee with a quarterly report 
on the maintenance and costs of the Automated Commercial System 
until the new automation program can be put in place. The 
Committee is very pleased to see that Customs, with the 
assistance of the Treasury Department, is considering the 
Internal Revenue Service's path for modernization with the use 
of a PRIME contractor and the establishment of modularized 
acquisition and spending plans. The Committee encourages the 
Treasury Department to continue to assist the Customs Service 
in this much needed step.

                           child pornography

    The Committee directs the Customs Service to continue 
providing $100,000 of available funds to promote public 
awareness for the child pornography tipline, including ongoing 
efforts to make children aware of the tipline, in fiscal year 
2000. The Committee recommends that the U.S. Customs Service 
continue to coordinate this promotional effort with the 
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and the U.S. 
Postal Service to ensure that the publicity is diversified and 
effective. The Committee fully supports Customs' work in 
battling child pornography and is impressed with the successes 
Customs has had given the limited resources.

                   Forced and Indentured Child Labor

    The Committee is pleased with the work the Customs Service 
has been doing with regard to the enforcement of section 307 of 
the Tariff Act of 1930 as it relates to forced and indentured 
child labor. As a result, the Committee has included $5,000,000 
in the salaries and expenses account to fund the Forced Child 
Labor Command Center, to establish regional offices in Asia, 
and to continue and increase staffing in foreign countries 
where there is a significant potential for goods to be produced 
by forced or indentured child labor.

                             Project ALERT

    The Committee instructs the Customs Service to provide no 
less than $200,000 to the National Center for Missing and 
Exploited Children for the training of retired law enforcement 
officers to assist in the investigation of unsolved missing 
children cases nationwide. The Committee anticipates that these 
funds will be in addition to other funds available to the 
center for these purposes.

                      Drug Interdiction Operations

    Through the years, Customs has had to react to changing 
smuggling modes. Drug interdiction methods have been adjusted 
to challenge this ever changing threat. This effort has proven 
effective through the years. Yet, vigilance remains the 
watchword. Currently, emphasis is being placed on interdiction 
efforts in Caribbean waters around Puerto Rico and the U.S. 
Virgin Islands. Lessons learned from efforts off the Florida 
coast have been very successful. The Committee reminds Customs 
that the threat can shift very quickly, and that appropriate 
attention should be given to ensure that the Florida coast is 
adequately covered by air and marine assets.

     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.
    The Committee therefore directs Customs to provide $900,000 
to a land grant university in North and/or South Dakota, 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 inconsistences 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 Committee further directs that a 
report on this project be provided to the Committee within one 
year of enactment of this Act.

                        Personal Duty Exemptions

    The Committee is concerned with the failure of the 
Administration to implement a personal duty parity with Mexico, 
as it is practiced and enforced by Mexico. The Committee has 
directed the Administration to do this in prior fiscal years. 
The Committee, once again, strongly urges the Secretary of the 
Treasury or his designee, in consultation with the Secretary of 
State and the U.S. Trade Representative, to urge the Mexican 
government to remove all obstacles to the use of the $400 
monthly personal duty exemption. The Secretary of the Treasury 
shall report to Congress 90 days after enactment of this Act on 
actions taken in compliance with this directive.

                          Great Falls, Montana

    The Committee continues to have concerns about the adequacy 
of staffing levels at the Great Falls, Montana port. The 
Committee understands that the Customs Service is currently 
undergoing an evaluation of staffing levels across the agency 
and how to meet the demands for fluid commercial transactions 
and effective drug interdiction. The Committee hopes that this 
evaluation, combined with the specific examination of the Great 
Falls port, will result in staffing levels which will provide 
at least a minimum level of operational effectiveness for the 
port.

                   Harbor Maintenance Fee Collection

Appropriations, 1999....................................      $3,000,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................................
Committee recommendation................................       3,000,000

    The Committee provides $3,000,000 to be transferred from 
the harbor maintenance trust fund to the Customs Service 
``salaries and expenses'' appropriation.
    The harbor maintenance fee was established to provide 
resources to the Army Corps of Engineers for the improvement of 
American channels and harbors. The fee is assessed on the value 
of commercial imports and exports delivered to and from certain 
specified ports. The fee is collected by the Customs Service 
and deposited into the harbor maintenance trust fund. The 
transferred funds will offset the costs incurred by Customs in 
collecting these fees.

  operation, maintenance and procurement, air and marine interdiction 
                                programs

Appropriations, 1999....................................\1\ $113,688,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................     109,413,000
Committee recommendation................................     108,688,000

\1\ This amount does not include the fiscal year 1999 supplemental 
funding.

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $108,688,000 
for operation and maintenance activities of the Customs air and 
marine interdiction programs.
    The Customs Air and Marine Interdiction Program combats the 
illegal entry of narcotics and other goods into the United 
States. This appropriation provides capital procurement and 
total operations and maintenance for the Customs air and marine 
program. This program also provides support for the 
interdiction of narcotics by other Federal, State and local 
agencies.

               Customs Air and Marine Interdiction Plans

    Last year, Congress requested that Customs submit with 
their fiscal year 2000 budget request two comprehensive 
modernization plans for the air interdiction and marine 
enforcement programs. These plans were 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 
extension or modernization. The Committee is dismayed that it 
has yet to receive these plans and looks forward to Customs 
completing these plans as expeditiously as possible.

        Customs Operations and Maintenance Counterdrug Resources

    The Committee understands there are growing pressures on 
the existing resources of the Customs air and marine 
interdiction programs. Though the Committee acknowledges these 
needs, it must point out that the Customs Service was provided 
an additional $162,700,000 as part of the emergency drug 
supplemental funding during fiscal year 1999, a 143 percent 
increase in the appropriation for fiscal year 1999, for the 
purchase of two P3-B AEW and four P3-B Slicks. This funding was 
not available for expenditure until Customs submitted a 
comprehensive plan to the Office of Management and Budget. To 
date, these funds have not yet been fully expended and though 
the Committee understands current programmatic pressures, the 
Committee believes that the additional funding provided last 
year went a long way to address unmet needs. The Committee 
views Customs acquisition of additional assets such as P3-Bs, 
AS350 Astar helicopters, marine vessels and technologies such 
as the Passive Coherent Location System and the Electro-Optics/
Infrared System as force multipliers in combating the drug 
trade. The Committee encourages Customs to continue to evaluate 
and consider assets such as these in an effort to maximize its 
personnel and resources.

                           Rotocraft Training

    The Committee is 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 Committee urges the continuation and expansion of 
this collaboration.

                               U.S. Mint

    The United States Mint (the Mint) manufactures coins, 
refines gold and silver bullion and safeguards the Government's 
holdings of monetary metals. The Mint sells numismatic and 
investment products. The manufacture of domestic coins is the 
major activity of the Mint. Coins are ordered from the Mint by 
the Federal Reserve banks in quantities required for the 
country's business transactions. Thus, the volume of the 
coinage program is determined by the public need for coins.
    Public Law 104-52 established the U.S. Mint public 
enterprise fund which authorizes the U.S. Mint to use proceeds 
from the sale of coins to finance the cost of its operations. 
The enactment of this legislation has eliminated the need for 
future appropriations to support the mission of the Mint.

                    Bureau of Engraving and Printing

    The Bureau of Engraving and Printing, the world's largest 
securities manufacturing establishment, operates on the basis 
of authority conferred upon the Secretary of the Treasury by 31 
U.S.C. 321(a)(4) to engrave and print currency and security 
documents. Additional authority is derived from past 
appropriations made to the Bureau for work to be undertaken. 
The operations of the Bureau are currently financed by means of 
a revolving fund established in accordance with the provisions 
of Public Law 81-656, August 4, 1950 (31 U.S.C. 5142). This 
fund is reimbursed by other Government agencies for the direct 
and indirect costs of the Bureau, including its administrative 
expenses, incidental to performing the work or services 
requisitioned.
    Public Law 95-81, July 31, 1977, (31 U.S.C. 5142(c)(3)) 
increased the Bureau's fund and authorized the establishment of 
reimbursement prices from customer agencies at a level intended 
to provide funding for the acquisition of capital equipment and 
future working capital. This should preclude future requests 
for appropriations.
    The Bureau designs, manufactures, and supplies most of the 
major evidences of a financial character issued by the United 
States. It is the sole source of U.S. currency, various public 
debt instruments, as well as most other evidences of a 
financial character issued by the United States, such as 
postage stamps. The Bureau executes certain printings for 
various territories administered by the United States, 
particularly postage and revenue stamps. It conducts extensive 
research and development programs for improving the quality of 
products, reducing manufacturing costs, and for strengthening 
deterrents to the counterfeiting of Government securities. It 
manufactures inks and plates used for its products; purchases 
materials, supplies, and equipment; provides maintenance 
services for its buildings and plant machinery and equipment; 
and stores and delivers its products in accordance with 
requirements of customer agencies. The Bureau is responsible 
for the accountability and destruction of its security waste 
products. The Bureau also renders services to other Government 
agencies such as security, custodial, and elevator services in 
areas of its buildings occupied by another Treasury bureau.
    The budget estimates are determined primarily by two 
factors; namely, (1) the volume of production of the various 
items needed to meet the estimated requirements of customer 
agencies, and (2) the unit cost of manufacturing each type of 
item produced. The unit cost of production of each item 
manufactured is developed through a detailed system of cost 
accounting and adjusted to reflect all known factors which will 
affect the cost of production during the current budget year. 
Such factors include pay rate and material price increases 
expected to occur during the current year, as well as estimated 
savings resulting from improvements in production procedures.
    No direct appropriation is required to cover the activities 
of the Bureau.

                       Bureau of the Public Debt


                     administering the public debt

Appropriations, 1999....................................    $172,100,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................     177,819,000
Committee recommendation................................     176,983,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $176,983,000 
for the Bureau of the Public Debt in fiscal year 2000. The 
Committee recommendation is $836,000 less than the budget 
estimate.
    The Bureau of the Public Debt is responsible for 
administering the laws and regulations pertaining to public 
debt financing and operations within the framework of policies 
established by the Secretary of the Treasury. The Bureau's 
primary concerns are with the issuance, servicing, and 
retirement of public debt securities, and accounting for the 
public debt and its related interest cost. It also has a 
general responsibility for the conduct or direction of 
transactions in public issues of those Government agencies for 
which the Treasury acts as agent.
    This appropriation currently provides funds for: the direct 
operating costs of the Bureau of the Public Debt including the 
Office of U.S. Savings Bonds; the payment of fees at stipulated 
rates to financial institutions and others; and the payment of 
postage and registry fees to the U.S. Postal Service for 
delivering securities.
    The Office of U.S. Savings Bonds is charged with reducing 
Federal spending by promoting the sale and retention of U.S. 
savings bonds. In addition to helping the U.S. Government 
finance its debts in the least expensive and least inflationary 
way possible, savings bonds provide Americans with an 
effective, systematic way to save through the payroll savings 
plan. The program is also intended to create a partnership of 
direct participation of American business, labor, banking, 
media, and community groups, as well as to provide the 
opportunity for all citizens to voluntarily participate in the 
financing of their Government.

                        Internal Revenue Service


                                summary

    The Committee has recommended a total of $8,191,135,000 for 
the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in fiscal year 2000. This 
amount is $57,639,000 below the budget estimate and 
$184,030,000 below the fiscal year 1999 enacted level.

           Customer Service and Organizational Modernization

    The Committee commends the Commissioner of Internal Revenue 
for ongoing efforts to improve customer service to taxpayers at 
all levels of income. After consultation with Congress, the 
General Accounting Office, and taxpayers, the Commissioner has 
developed eight customer service standards which will be the 
guiding principles for the new IRS. However, improved and 
consistent customer service requires extensive training. 
Therefore, the Committee has included the full amount requested 
by the Administration, $17,048,000, for these customer service 
training efforts throughout the Service.
    The Committee has included $40,000,000 for implementation 
of the IRS Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998. This will 
provide sufficient resources for innocent spouse relief 
efforts, due process in collection actions, Spanish language 
taxpayer assistance, electronic filing enhancements, additional 
low income taxpayer clinics grants, and the telecommunications 
and equipment necessary for these programs.
    Finally, the Committee continues to believe that the 
Commissioner's organizational modernization concept is the 
right approach for a modern IRS. As currently envisioned, this 
new organizational structure would be built to serve groups of 
taxpayers with similar needs--small business and self-employed 
taxpayers, large corporate taxpayers, individual taxpayers, and 
tax exempt taxpayers. This should enable the IRS to provide 
more accurate and timely taxpayer assistance, and will require 
a restructuring of the existing workforce including necessary 
employee relocation. Therefore, the Committee has included a 
total of $140,000,000, as requested by the Administration, for 
this effort.

                 Electronic Tax Administration Programs

    The Committee is pleased with efforts at IRS to emphasize 
and encourage the use of advancing technology for electronic 
tax filing. While the goal of 80 percent of taxpayers filing 
electronically by 2007 is certainly ambitious, the IRS has made 
an excellent start by developing a strategic plan which defines 
an approach and identifies initiatives to meet that objective. 
Electronic tax filing will benefit taxpayers while at the same 
time reduce processing costs for the IRS. The Committee expects 
that all such electronic transmissions will be secure and that 
the privacy of taxpayer information will be fully protected.

                 processing, assistance, and management

Appropriations, 1999....................................  $3,086,208,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................   3,312,535,000
Committee recommendation................................   3,291,945,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $3,291,945,000 
for processing, taxpayer assistance, and management. This 
amount is $205,737,000 above the fiscal year 1999 level. This 
includes $103,000,000 transferred from the information systems 
account and $21,640,000 from the tax law enforcement account, 
as well as $98,324,000 to maintain current levels. The 
Committee includes $13,098,000 for customer service training, 
$31,900,000 for implementation of the IRS Restructuring and 
Reform Act of 1998, and $54,874,000 for organizational 
modernization.
    The ``Processing, assistance, and management'' 
appropriation provides for processing tax returns and related 
documents; assisting taxpayers in filing of their returns and 
in paying taxes that are due; matching information returns with 
tax returns; internal audit and internal security; and 
management of financial resources, rent, and utilities.
    Mission statements of each of the program activities under 
this account are as follows:
    Submission processing.--Provide for all actions associated 
with receipt of completed returns and payments, deposit of 
those payments, processing and accounting for revenue 
collections and Federal Tax Deposits, and verification of the 
accuracy of information provided by the taxpayer through an 
automated master file system. Provide for payment of refunds, 
offset of refunds against delinquent accounts, issuance of 
notices that payments are overdue, identification of possible 
nonfilers for investigation, and assistance in the selection of 
tax returns for audit.
    Telephone and correspondence.--Aid voluntary compliance 
with Federal tax laws by informing taxpayers of their 
responsibilities and by providing services and information 
through various media which assist them in meeting their 
obligations. Provide for responding to inquiries concerning tax 
laws, IRS bills and notices, and resolving tax account 
problems.
    Inspection.--Pursuant to Public Law 105-206, the functions 
and associated resources of the Inspection activity were 
transferred to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax 
Administration on January 19, 1999.
    Document matching.--Process information returns, such as 
wage, dividend, and interest statements and matches them with 
related individual income tax returns. This enables the Service 
to identify income reporting discrepancies, unsubstantiated 
deductions, and nonfiling of tax returns and to verify facts 
and amounts in question through taxpayer contact prior to 
assessing additional tax or refunding excess credits.
    Management services.--Set policies and goals, provide 
leadership and direction for the Service, and provide 
servicewide policy guidance for managing contract 
administration and procurement programs, conducting strategic 
and organizational planning, and developing and managing the 
human, logistical, and financial resources required to fulfill 
the Service's mission in performing tax administration. Also 
provides all administrative services for IRS national office 
and field installations.
    Rent and utilities.--Provide rent and utilities for the 
entire Service.

                           IRS Staffing Plans

    The Committee continues to support adequate staffing levels 
for effective tax administration and supports the staffing 
plans for the Internal Revenue Service facilities in the 
communities of Martinsburg and Beckley, WV. Therefore, the 
Committee urges the IRS, within the constraints of the fiscal 
year 2000 funding levels, to make only minimal, if any, 
staffing reductions at the Martinsburg National Computer Center 
and the programmed level at the Administrative Services Center 
in Beckley, WV.

                     tax counseling for the elderly

    The Committee once again believes that the Tax Counseling 
Program for the Elderly has proven to be most successful. To 
meet the goals of this program, $3,950,000 is included within 
the aggregate amount recommended by the Committee for 
processing tax returns and assistance in fiscal year 2000. This 
amount represents an increase of $250,000. To ensure that the 
full effect of the program is accomplished, the IRS is directed 
to cover administrative expenses within existing funds.

                 Taxpayer Services in Alaska and Hawaii

    Given the remote distance of Alaska and Hawaii from the 
U.S. mainland and the difficulty experienced by Alaska and 
Hawaii taxpayers in receiving needed tax assistance by the 
national toll-free line, it is imperative that the Taxpayer 
Advocate's office in each of these States is fully staffed and 
capable of resolving taxpayer problems of the most complex 
nature. The Committee directs the Internal Revenue Service to 
staff each Taxpayer Advocate's office in each of these States 
with a Collection Technical Advisor and an Examination 
Technical Advisor in addition to the current complement of 
office staff. Staffing shall be increased if, as the result of 
the IRS Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998, subsequent 
legislation, or other factors, the number of cases of their 
complexity increases.
    The Committee recognizes the importance of providing tax 
education and commends the Administration's support for these 
activities. Currently, the Vermont Office of the Taxpayer 
Advocate has only a temporary part time Tax Education 
Coordinator to meet the growing needs of individual taxpayers 
and of the small business community. The Committee encourages 
the IRS to consider placing a full time Tax Education 
Coordinator in the Burlington, Vermont Office of the Taxpayer 
Advocate to provide year-round tax education assistance as a 
part of its restructuring effort.

                          tax law enforcement

Appropriations, 1999....................................  $3,164,189,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................   3,336,838,000
Committee recommendation................................   3,305,090,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $3,305,090,000 
for tax law enforcement activities in fiscal year 2000. This 
amount is $140,901,000 above the fiscal year 1999 level. This 
includes $105,758,000 to maintain current levels. The Committee 
includes $3,950,000 for customer service training, $4,100,000 
for implementation of the IRS Restructuring and Reform Act of 
1998, and $63,404,000 for organizational modernization.
    The ``Tax law enforcement'' appropriation provides for the 
examination of tax returns, both domestic and international, 
and the administrative and judicial settlement of taxpayer 
appeals of examination findings. It also provides for technical 
rulings, monitoring employee pension plans, determining 
qualifications of organizations seeking tax-exempt status, 
examining tax returns of exempt organizations, enforcing 
statutes relating to detection and investigation of criminal 
violations of the internal revenue laws, collecting unpaid 
accounts, compiling statistics of income and compliance 
research, and securing unfiled tax returns and payments.
    Criminal investigations.--Provides for enforcement of 
criminal statutes relating to violations of internal revenue 
laws. Investigates cases of suspected intent to defraud, 
recommends prosecution as warranted, and assists in the 
preparation and trial of criminal tax cases. Financial 
investigations expose money laundering schemes through a 
variety of methods, including currency transaction reports.
    Examination.--Encourages voluntary compliance with the 
internal revenue laws through the determination of correct tax 
liability by the selective examination of tax returns, the 
correction of errors, and explanation of these corrections to 
taxpayers. The appeals portion of this activity provides 
staffing, training, and direct support to allow for an 
administrative review process that provides a channel for 
impartial case settlement prior to cases being docketed in a 
court of law.
    Collection.--Collects unpaid accounts and secures 
delinquent returns; develops and implements programs to prevent 
tax accounts from becoming delinquent; determines and analyzes 
reasons for tax accounts that become delinquent; and develops, 
implements, and measures programs that analyze the reasons for 
types and degrees of nonfiling.
    Employee plans and exempt organizations.--Monitors private 
pension plans to ensure compliance with the Employee Retirement 
Income Security Act of 1974, as amended. Organizations apply 
for tax-exempt status, which is determined by this activity, 
through the application of certain tests. By examining tax 
returns of tax-exempt organizations, it monitors and ensures 
compliance with current tax laws regarding tax-exempt 
organizations.
    Statistics of income.--Publishes statistics of income 
reports on the operation of income tax laws, as required by the 
Internal Revenue Code for the Congress and its committees; for 
administrative use by the Secretary of the Treasury and the 
Commissioner of Internal Revenue; and for the Federal benchmark 
statistical programs on income, wealth, and finance.
    Chief Counsel.--Legal counsel to the IRS provides 
interpretation of the internal revenue laws, represents the IRS 
in litigation, and provides legal support, all in a manner that 
enhances the public confidence in the integrity, efficiency, 
and fairness of the tax system.

              Inter-American Center of Tax Administration

    The Committee has included authority for the IRS to spend 
up to $150,000 to provide representation and other resources to 
host the Inter-American Center of Tax Administration (CIAT) 
2000 conference. CIAT is an international organization 
established in 1967 to promote the improvement of tax 
administration of the countries in the Americas and the 
Caribbean. This conference provides an opportunity for 
representatives of these counties to exchange ideas, 
experiences, technical assistance and training. The conference 
will also allow for the distribution of information and of 
technical tax research.

                      Transfer Pricing Enforcement

    The Committee believes that it is critical that the IRS 
improve its enforcement of section 482 of the Internal Revenue 
Code. The Committee is concerned that the time lag between the 
enactment of legislation affecting section 482, such as section 
6662(e) of the Internal Revenue Code, and the release of IRS 
data needed to review such changes, limits the ability of 
Congress to evaluate in a timely manner the effectiveness of 
these changes, particularly in the growing area of 
international commerce. For this reason, the Committee directs 
the IRS to undertake a study in fiscal years 2000 and 2001 of 
the effectiveness of section 6662(e).
    The Committee anticipates that this study will provide 
information on (1) whether taxpayers are preparing 
contemporaneous transfer pricing documentation as anticipated 
by section 6662(e), (2) the quality of taxpayer documentation, 
and (3) the utility of such documentation to the IRS in 
enforcing section 482. The Committee anticipates that this 
study may involve inspecting documentation for taxable years 
not yet under audit. The IRS is directed to ensure that any 
such inspection is carried out in a manner designed to limit 
taxpayer burden. It is not the intent of this Committee that 
any inspection will hinder the IRS's ability to conduct a 
subsequent audit. The IRS is directed to file an interim report 
by September 30, 2000 and a final report by December 31, 2001.

                        earned income tax credit

Appropriations, 1999....................................    $143,000,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................     144,000,000
Committee recommendation................................     144,000,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $144,000,000, 
which is equal to the budget request.
    This appropriation provides for expanded customer service 
and public outreach programs, strengthened enforcement 
activities, and enhanced research efforts to reduce overclaims 
and erroneous filing associated with the earned income tax 
credit (EITC).
    Expanded customer service includes dedicated, toll-free 
telephone assistance, increased community-based tax preparation 
sites, and a coordinated marketing and educational effort 
(including paid advertising and direct mailings) to assist low-
income taxpayers in determining their eligibility for EITC. 
Improved compliance includes increased staff and systemic 
improvements in submissions processing, examination, and 
criminal investigation programs. In returns processing, new 
procedures include expanded use of math error authority and the 
identification of EITC-based refund claims involving invalid or 
duplicate primary, secondary, and dependent tax identification 
numbers [TIN's]. Increased examination coverage, prior to 
issuance of refunds, reduces overpayment and encourages 
compliance in subsequent filing periods. In addition, 
postrefund correspondence audits by service center staff aids 
in the recovery of erroneous refunds. Criminal investigation 
activities target individuals and practitioners involved in 
fraudulent refund schemes and generate referrals of suspicious 
returns for followup examination. Examination staff, assigned 
to district offices, audit return preparers and may apply 
penalties for noncompliance with due diligence requirements.
    Enhanced research activities and projects focus on EITC 
claimant characteristics and patterns of noncompliance and are 
designed to improve education and outreach products, strengthen 
IRS abuse detection capabilities, and measure the effects of 
servicewide programs on compliance levels for the EITC-eligible 
taxpayer population. This appropriation also funds the 
development of specialized research data bases and masterfile 
updates, reimbursement to the Social Security Administration 
[SSA] for enhancements to the SSA numbering systems, and 
cooperative efforts with State vital statistics offices.

                          information systems

Appropriations, 1999....................................  $1,265,456,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................   1,455,401,000
Committee recommendation................................   1,450,100,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $1,450,100,000 
for information systems activities in fiscal year 2000. This 
amount is $184,644,000 above the fiscal year 1999 level. This 
includes $17,422,000 to maintain current levels. The Committee 
includes $4,000,000 for implementation of the IRS Restructuring 
and Reform Act of 1998, $250,426,000 for Year 2000 conversion, 
and $21,722,000 for organizational modernization.
    The ``Information systems'' appropriation provides for 
servicewide data processing support, including the evaluation, 
development, and implementation of computer systems, including 
software and hardware requirements.
    Operations and Maintenance.--Provides for management, 
maintenance, and operation of the information systems that 
process tax and information returns, account for tax revenue 
collected, send bills for taxes owed, issue refunds, assist in 
the selection of tax returns for audit, and provide for 
telecommunications services including the toll free access to 
tax information. Pursuant to Public Law 105-206, information 
systems associated with the Inspection activity were 
transferred to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax 
Administration on January 19, 1999.
    Year 2000.--Provides for Y2K conversion of the Service's 
information systems which includes funding for mainframe 
consolidation and the integrated submission and remittance 
processing system.
    Investments.--Provides for investments in new systems and 
major enhancements over $500,000 to the operating systems for 
the Operations and Maintenance activity. Focuses on developing 
and enhancing systems that are critical to the modernization 
blueprint, including the architecture, engineering, and 
infrastructure activities.

                      Service Center Consolidation

    To reduce costs, streamline operations, and improve 
services, the IRS proposed centralizing and upgrading the ten 
separate service centers through a consolidation of the 
processing systems. The consolidation project, started in July 
1997, was estimated to have a life cycle cost of $321,000,000. 
In the summer of 1998, the Committee was informed that the 
project would be delayed 10 months, moving the completion date 
to October, 1999. The Committee was also informed that the life 
cycle cost would increase by $37,800,000, a 12 percent 
increase. In the most recent quarterly report to the Committee 
the IRS indicated the consolidation project would not be 
completed until January 2001.
    The Committee understands that the project requirements 
have expanded and that the IRS encountered a series of problems 
in making upgrades to the third part communications software 
that is needed to make the security and control systems 
operational. However, the Committee remains concerned with the 
continual delays and increases in the costs associated with the 
project. The Committee requests that the project continue to be 
monitored by the IRS and the Department of the Treasury's Chief 
Information Officer. The Committee also requests the IRS to 
continue to update the Committee with quarterly reports on this 
consolidation.

                   Information Technology Investments

Appropriations, 1999....................................    $211,000,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................................
Committee recommendation................................................

    The Committee recommends no appropriation, as proposed by 
the Administration.
    This account provides for funding of the PRIME Systems 
Integration Service Contractor to build the information 
technology described in the IRS Modernization Blueprint of May 
15, 1997. IRS is partnering with the private sector to make 
technology investments in the primary business lines: customer 
service and compliance, electronic commerce, submission 
processing, corporate systems, and financial reporting.

                     IRS--administrative provisions

    The Committee has recommended approval of the following 
administrative provisions for the Internal Revenue Service:
    Section 101 continues a provision which authorizes the IRS 
to transfer up to 5 percent of any appropriation made available 
to the agency in fiscal year 1999, to any other IRS account. 
The IRS is directed to follow the Committee's reprogramming 
procedures outlined earlier in this report.
    Section 102 continues a provision which maintains a 
training program in taxpayer's rights and cross-cultural 
relations.
    Section 103 continues a provision which requires the IRS to 
institute and enforce policies and procedures which will 
safeguard the confidentiality of taxpayer information.
    Section 104 continues a provision which directs that funds 
shall be available for improved facilities and increased 
manpower to provide sufficient and effective 1-800 telephone 
assistance and that the Commissioner shall continue to make 
this a priority.
    Section 105 continues a provision which provides that 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.

                          U.S. Secret Service


                         salaries and expenses

Appropriations, 1999....................................\1\ $600,302,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................     661,312,000
Committee recommendation................................     638,816,000

\1\ This amount does not include the fiscal year 1999 supplemental 
funding.

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $638,816,000 
for the U.S. Secret Service in fiscal year 2000. This amount is 
$38,518,000 above the fiscal year 1999 level, excluding the 
emergency supplemental appropriations. This includes 
$34,446,000 to maintain current levels. The Committee has 
provided funding through the Violent Crimes Reduction Trust 
Fund for protective support ($5,854,000), protective research 
($2,014,000), counterfeiting investigations ($5,000,000), and 
workspace program ($5,886,000).

                        secret service functions

    Investigations, protection, and uniformed activities.--The 
Service must provide for the protection of the President of the 
United States, members of his immediate family, the President-
elect, the Vice President, or other officer next in the order 
of succession to the Office of the President, and the Vice 
President-elect, and the members of their immediate families 
unless the members decline such protection; protection of the 
person of a visiting head and accompanying spouse of a foreign 
state or foreign government and, at the direction of the 
President, other distinguished foreign visitors to the United 
States and official representatives of the United States 
performing special missions abroad; the protection of the 
person of former Presidents, their spouses and minor children 
unless such protection is declined. The Service is also 
responsible for the detection and arrest of persons engaged in 
counterfeiting, forging, or altering of any of the obligations 
or other securities of the United States and foreign 
governments; the investigation of thefts and frauds relating to 
Treasury electronic fund transfers; fraudulent use of debit and 
credit cards; fraud and related activity in connection with 
Government identification documents; computer fraud; food 
coupon fraud; and the investigation of personnel, tort claims, 
and other criminal and noncriminal cases.
    The Secret Service Uniformed Division protects the 
Executive Residence and grounds in the District of Columbia; 
any building in which White House offices are located; the 
President and members of his immediate family; the official 
residence and grounds of the Vice President in the District of 
Columbia; the Vice President and members of his immediate 
family; foreign diplomatic missions located in the Washington 
metropolitan area; and the Treasury Building, its annex and 
grounds, and such other areas as the President may direct on a 
case-by-case basis.
    Presidential candidate protective activities.--The Secret 
Service is authorized to protect major Presidential and Vice 
Presidential candidates, as determined by the Secretary of the 
Treasury after consultation with an advisory committee. In 
addition, the Service is authorized to protect the spouses of 
major Presidential and Vice Presidential candidates; however, 
such protection may not commence more than 120 days prior to 
the general Presidential election.

                     Missing and Exploited Children

    The Committee has included $3,196,000 in the violent crime 
reduction trust fund for the Service's operation costs of the 
exploited child unit, associated with its continued efforts 
with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, 
including $1,196,000 for activities related to investigations 
of exploited children.

      acquisition, construction, improvement and related expenses

Appropriations, 1999....................................      $8,068,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................       4,923,000
Committee recommendation................................       4,923,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $4,923,000 for 
the ``Acquisition, construction, improvement and related 
expenses'' account in fiscal year 2000.
    This appropriation provides funding for the James J. Rowley 
Training Center to continue development of the current Master 
Plan and to maintain and renovate existing facilities to ensure 
efficient and full utilization of the Center.

                       DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY


                           General Provisions

    The Committee recommends that certain general provisions be 
included in the Senate bill. The provisions do the following:
    Section 110 continues a provision which pertains to 
reprogramming instructions for unobligated funds.
    Section 111 continues a provision which authorizes certain 
basic services within the Treasury Department in fiscal year 
2000, including purchase of uniforms; maintenance, repairs, and 
cleaning; purchase of insurance for official motor vehicles 
operated in foreign countries; and contracts with the 
Department of State for health and medical services to 
employees and their dependents serving in foreign countries.
    Section 112 continues a provision which requires that funds 
provided to ATF for fiscal year 2000 will be expended in such a 
manner so as not to diminish enforcement efforts with respect 
to section 105 of the Federal Alcohol Administration Act.
    Section 113 continues a provision which authorizes 
transfers, up to 2 percent, between law enforcement 
appropriations under certain circumstances.
    Section 114 continues a provision which authorizes 
transfers, up to 2 percent, between Departmental Offices, 
Office of Inspector General, Treasury Inspector General for Tax 
Administration, Financial Management Service, and the Bureau of 
the Public Debt appropriations under certain circumstances.
    Section 115 modifies and continues a provision to require 
that the purchase of law enforcement vehicles is consistent 
with Departmental vehicle management principles.
    Section 116 provides authority to the Treasury Inspector 
General for Tax Administration to offer voluntary separation 
incentives in order to provide the necessary flexibility to 
establish and reorganize the Office.
    Section 117 provides authority to the Financial Management 
Service to offer voluntary separation incentives in order to 
provide the flexibility to carry out the closure of the Chicago 
Financial Center. The Senate authorizing committee and 
subcommittee chairmen and ranking members have no objection to 
this provision.
    Section 118 provides for the execution of property on 
judgements against foreign state violators of international 
law.

                     TITLE II--U.S. POSTAL SERVICE

                   Payment to the Postal Service Fund

Appropriations, 1999....................................\1\ $100,195,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................      93,436,000
Committee recommendation................................      93,436,000

\1\ This amount includes the fiscal year 1999 supplemental funding.

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $93,436,000 in 
fiscal year 2000 for payment to the Postal Service Fund. This 
amount is $6,759,000 below fiscal year 1999. The Committee 
provides $70,880,000 for providing free mail to the blind and 
overseas voters. Of this amount, $6,444,000 has been deducted 
to reconcile previous fiscal year estimated mail volume with 
actual volume. The resulting $64,436,000 is made available on 
October 1, 2000. The Committee also provides $29,000,000 as 
partial reimbursement for losses incurred in previous years, as 
required by the Revenue Forgone Act of 1993.
    Revenue forgone on free and reduced-rate mail enables 
postage rates to be set at levels below the unsubsidized rates 
for certain categories of mail as authorized by subsections (c) 
and (d) of section 2401 of title 39, United States Code. Free 
mail for the blind and overseas voters will continue to be 
provided at the funding level recommended by the Committee.
    The funding provided by the Committee is allocated for the 
following purposes: $64,436,000 for free mail for the blind and 
overseas voters and $29,000,000 for the reimbursement to the 
Postal Service for subsidies provided for the revenue forgone 
program.
    The Committee includes provisions in the bill that would 
assure that mail for overseas voting and mail for the blind 
shall continue to be free; that 6-day delivery and rural 
delivery of mail shall continue at the 1983 level; and that 
none of the funds provided be used to consolidate or close 
small rural and other small post offices in fiscal year 2000. 
These are services that must be maintained in fiscal year 2000 
and beyond. The Committee believes that, despite the lack of 
public service appropriations, these critical postal services 
are the linchpin of services that the public deserves and 
expects.

                           Pest Introductions

    The Committee is concerned that recent introductions of 
plant and animal pests and diseases into Hawaii may have 
occurred through the U.S. postal system. Such introductions 
have severe consequences for U.S. agriculture, biodiversity, 
and public health and safety. The U.S. Postal Service is 
directed to work with the U.S. Department of Agriculture and 
the Hawaii Department of Agriculture to devise and implement a 
program to combat pest introductions.

                 Inspection of Mail to Alaska Villages

    The Committee is concerned that mail carried by the U.S. 
Postal Service is being used to transport drugs to remote 
villages in Alaska in violation of State and Federal law and to 
transport alcohol in violation of local ordinances. The 
Committed directs the Postal Service to work with the State of 
Alaska and the Alaska Federation of Natives to develop an 
inspection program to stop this criminal use of the mail. By 
March 15, 2000 the Service should report back to the Committee 
on the feasibility of an inspection program, any statutory 
changes that may be required to implement it, and an analysis 
of any Constitutional obstacles that may exist.

                            Ethanol Vehicles

    The Committee is aware that the U.S. Postal Service has 
announced that it will purchase and deploy ethanol flexible 
fuel vehicles over the next two years. The Committee expects 
the U.S. Postal Service to place these vehicles in geographic 
areas where ethanol is readily accessible and where there is 
local support to implement ethanol fueling infrastructure and 
services. The Committee directs the Postal Service to report on 
the placement of the vehicles on an annual basis.

                       Lewis And Clark Expedition

    The Lewis and Clark Expedition, called the Corps of 
Discovery, represents one of the finest moments in American 
History. The expedition began in 1803 when President Thomas 
Jefferson commissioned the exploration of the newly purchased 
Louisiana Territory and ended in 1806 with the Expedition's 
triumphant return. When considering why we should commemorate 
the Expedition, it is important to recall Thomas Jefferson's 
vision for America's future and his dedication to expand not 
only our geographic frontiers but the frontiers of knowledge as 
well. Various options are available to celebrate this 
expedition. The Committee urges the Postal Service to 
commemorate the Lewis and Clark Expedition in an appropriate 
way.

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

                                Summary

    The President's fiscal year 2000 budget request for 17 
accounts funded under this title totals $639,498,000. The 
Committee recommendation is $553,128,000. This amount is 
$116,984,000 below the fiscal year 1999 appropriations.
    These 17 accounts include: Compensation of the President, 
Office of Administration, the White House Office, the Executive 
Residence at the White House, White House Repair and 
Restoration, the Official Residence of the Vice President, 
Special Assistance to the President, the Council of Economic 
Advisers, the Office of Policy Development, the National 
Security Council, the Office of Administration, the Office of 
Management and Budget, the Office of National Drug Control 
Policy, Counterdrug Technology Assessment Center, High-
Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas, Special Forfeiture Fund, and 
Unanticipated Needs.

                     compensation of the president

Appropriations, 1999....................................        $250,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................         250,000
Committee recommendation................................         250,000

    The fiscal year 2000 budget request for compensation of the 
President is $250,000. This amount includes $200,000 for the 
direct salary of the President as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 102, 
and a $50,000 expense account for official expenses, with any 
unused portions reverting to the Treasury. This expense account 
is not considered as taxable to the President.
    The Committee recommends the full budget request of 
$250,000 for compensation of the President.

                         The White House Office


                         salaries and expenses

Appropriations, 1999....................................     $52,344,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................      52,444,000
Committee recommendation................................      52,444,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $52,444,000 
for the White House Office.
    These funds provide the President with staff assistance and 
provide administrative services for the direct support of the 
President. Public Law 95-570 authorizes appropriations for the 
White House Office and codifies the activities of the White 
House Office.

                 Executive Residence at the White House


                           operating expenses

Appropriations, 1999....................................      $8,691,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................       9,260,000
Committee recommendation................................       9,260,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $9,260,000 for 
the Executive Residence at the White House.
    These funds provide for the care, maintenance, 
refurnishing, improvement, heating, and lighting, including 
electrical power and fixtures, of the Executive Residence.
    The Executive Residence staff provides for the operation of 
the Executive Residence. A staff of 36 domestic employees 
accomplish general housekeeping, prepare and serve meals, greet 
visitors, and provide services as required in support of 
official and ceremonial functions. A staff of 33 tradespersons, 
including plumbers, carpenters, painters, on a single shift; 
electricians on a double shift; and operating engineers on a 
24-hour basis, maintains and makes repairs, minor 
modifications, and improvements to the 132 rooms and the 
mechanical systems, and provides support for official and 
ceremonial functions.
    A staff of 12 specialized employees provide services 
necessary to the operation of the White House and official and 
ceremonial functions. This staff includes four florists, four 
curators, and four calligraphers.
    An administrative staff consists of the chief usher, four 
assistant ushers, one executive grounds superintendent, one 
operating accountant, one accounting technician, one computer 
network engineer, and one administrative officer. This staff is 
charged with management and administrative functions of the 
Executive Residence. This requires coordination with the 
Executive Office of the President, the National Park Service, 
the military, the U.S. Secret Service, the General Services 
Administration, and other agencies.
    During larger events, the Executive Residence staff is 
assisted by contract personnel under personal services contract 
agreements (services by agreement) to provide additional help 
as required for official and ceremonial functions.

                   White House Repair and Restoration

Appropriation, 1999.....................................................
Budget estimate, 2000...................................        $810,000
Committee recommendation................................         810,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $810,000 for 
White House Repair and Restoration. The Committee 
recommendation is equal to the budget estimate.
    To provide for the repair, alteration, and improvement of 
the Executive Residence at the White House, a separate account 
was established in fiscal year 1996 to program and track 
expenditures for the capital improvement projects at the 
Executive Residence at the White House.

                  Special Assistance to the President


                         salaries and expenses

Appropriations, 1999....................................      $3,512,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................       3,617,000
Committee recommendation................................       3,617,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $3,617,000 for 
special assistance to the President. The Committee 
recommendation equals the budget estimate.
    The ``Special assistance to the President'' account was 
established on September 26, 1970, to enable the Vice President 
to provide assistance to the President. This assistance takes 
the form of directed and special Presidentially assigned 
functions.
    The objective of the Office of the Vice President is to 
efficiently and effectively advise, assist, and support the 
President in the areas of domestic policy, national security 
affairs, counsel, administration, press, scheduling, advance, 
special projects, and assignments. Assistance is also provided 
for the wife of the Vice President.
    The Vice President also has a staff funded by the Senate to 
assist him in the performance of his duties in the legislative 
branch.
    The level of funding recommended by the Committee will 
allow for 22 full-time permanent positions in fiscal year 2000.

                Official Residence of the Vice President


                           operating expenses

Appropriations, 1999....................................        $334,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................         345,000
Committee recommendation................................         345,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $345,000 for 
the official residence of the Vice President. This amount 
equals the budget estimate.
    The ``Official Residence of the Vice President 
(residence)'' account was established by Public Law 93-346 on 
July 12, 1974. The residence is located on the grounds of the 
Naval Observatory in the District of Columbia and serves as a 
facility for official and ceremonial functions and as a home 
for the Vice President and his family.
    The objective of the ``Residence'' account is to provide 
for the care of, operation, maintenance, refurnishing, 
improvement, and heating and lighting of the residence and to 
provide such appropriate equipment, furnishings, dining 
facilities, services, and provisions as may be required to 
enable the Vice President to perform and discharge the duties, 
functions, and obligations associated with his high office.
    Funds to renovate the residence are provided to the 
residence through the Department of the Navy budget. The 
Committee has had a longstanding interest in the condition of 
the residence and expects to be kept fully apprised by the Vice 
President's office of any and all renovations and alterations 
made to the residence by the Navy.
    The funding level provided by the Committee will support 
one full-time equivalent position or the same level as funded 
since fiscal year 1996.

                      Council of Economic Advisers


                         salaries and expenses

Appropriations, 1999....................................      $3,666,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................       3,840,000
Committee recommendation................................       3,840,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $3,840,000 for 
salaries and expenses of the Council of Economic Advisers.
    The Council of Economic Advisors analyzes the national 
economy and its various segments, advises the President on 
economic developments, recommends policies for economic growth 
and stability, appraises economic programs and policies of the 
Federal government, and assists in the preparation of the 
annual Economic Report of the President to Congress.

                      Office of Policy Development


                         salaries and expenses

Appropriations, 1999....................................      $4,032,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................       4,032,000
Committee recommendation................................       4,032,000

    The Committee recommends $4,032,000 for the Office of 
Policy Development. The Committee recommendation equals the 
budget estimate.
    The Office of Policy Development supports the National 
Economic Council and the Domestic Policy Council, in carrying 
out their responsibilities to advise and assist the President 
in the formulation, coordination, and implementation of 
economic and domestic policy. The Office of Policy Development 
also provides support for other domestic policy development and 
implementation activities as directed by the President.

                       National Security Council


                         salaries and expenses

Appropriations, 1999....................................      $6,806,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................       6,997,000
Committee recommendation................................       6,997,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $6,997,000 for 
the salaries and expenses of the National Security Council 
(NSC).
    The primary purpose of the Council is to advise the 
President with respect to the integration of domestic, foreign, 
and military policies relating to the national security. 
Subject to direction by the President, it is the responsibility 
of the Council to assess and appraise the objectives, 
commitments, and risks of the United States in relation to 
actual and potential military power, to consider policies on 
matters of common interest to the departments and agencies of 
the Government, and to make recommendations and other reports 
to the President.
    The funding level provided by the Committee will support 60 
full-time equivalent positions, or the same since the fiscal 
year 1996 level for the normal activities of the NSC.

                        Office of Administration


                         salaries and expenses

Appropriations, 1999....................................     $28,350,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................      39,198,000
Committee recommendation................................      39,198,000

    The Committee has provided $39,198,000 to the Office of 
Administration for fiscal year 2000.
    The Office of Administration's mission is to provide high-
quality, cost-effective administrative services to the 
Executive Office of the President. These services, defined by 
Executive Order 12028 of 1977, include financial, personnel, 
library and records services, information management systems 
support, and general office services.
    The Office of Administration receives reimbursements for 
information management support and general office services.

                    Office of Management and Budget


                         salaries and expenses

Appropriations, 1999....................................     $60,617,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................      63,495,000
Committee recommendation................................      63,495,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $63,495,000.
    The Office of Management and Budget [OMB] assists the 
President in the discharge of his budgetary, management, and 
other executive responsibilities.
    National security and international affairs; general 
Government and finance; natural resources, energy, and science; 
education, income maintenance, and labor; and Health/
Personnel.--Agency programs, budget requests, and management 
activities are examined, appropriations are apportioned, 
proposed changes in agency functions are studied, and special 
analyses aimed at establishing goals and objectives that would 
result in long- and short-range improvements in the agencies' 
financial, administrative, and operational management are 
conducted. Implementation of Governmentwide policies as 
developed by the statutory management offices is carried out. 
Governmentwide supply and facility acquisition, credit and cash 
management, and personnel management policies are evaluated. 
Also, leadership and support is provided for program evaluation 
and Federal-State-local relations.
    Director's office/OMB-wide offices.--Executive direction 
and coordination for all Office of Management and Budget 
activities is provided. This includes the Director's immediate 
office as well as staff support in the areas of administration, 
public affairs, legislative reference, legislative affairs, 
economic policy, budget review, and general counsel. Budget 
instructions and procedures are developed, review of agency 
estimates is coordinated, budget data systems are maintained, 
agency financial management plans are reviewed, the budget 
document is prepared, and scorekeeping is accomplished.
    Financial management.--In conjunction with the Chief 
Financial Officers Council, prepares the Government-wide 
financial management status report and 5-year plan, monitors 
execution of the plan; provides policy guidance on preparation 
and audit of financial statements, financial systems 
requirements, management controls, and cost accounting and 
audit requirements for the non-Federal grantee community.
    Information and regulatory affairs.--Agency proposals to 
implement or revise Federal regulations and information 
collection requirements are reviewed and coordinated. 
Information resource management and statistical policies and 
practices are analyzed and developed.
    Procurement policy.--The Office of Federal Procurement 
Policy is responsible for promoting economy, efficiency, and 
effectiveness in the procurement of property and services by 
and for the executive branch.

                           Personnel Ceilings

    The Committee understands that OMB has made a commitment to 
provide agencies with guidance on the impact of existing full 
time equivalent (FTE) controls. The Committee directs OMB to 
report to Congress on the status of this guidance with a 
timetable for dissemination to agencies.

                         Intellectual Property

    The Committee is aware of the dramatic impact crimes 
involving the infringement of intellectual property rights have 
upon the U.S. economy. Such crimes touch almost every sector of 
American business, including the entertainment and computer 
industries. Studies indicate that more than $18,000,000,000 in 
revenue is lost annually to the U.S. economy as a result of 
these violations. The Committee believes more can be done to 
combat this burgeoning criminal enterprise and that 
coordination among local, state and foreign law enforcement 
entities is essential. To that end, the Director of the Office 
of Management and Budget shall submit a plan to the 
Appropriations Committees to establish an inter-agency National 
Intellectual Property Coordination Center not later than 
February 15, 2000. The President may establish such a center 
from within funds in the Executive Office of the President. If 
the Administration determines that such a center is not 
necessary to combat the growing problem of intellectual 
property right infringement, then it shall present those 
conclusions to the Committee as part of the aforementioned 
report.

                          Grant Consolidation

    The Committee notes that there has been a proliferation of 
similar programs benefitting the same general category of 
persons, all with slightly different eligibility criteria and 
different application forms. For example, a recent GAO report 
indicated there are 28 separate programs within the Federal 
government operated by 14 different agencies, all designed to 
assist homeless persons. Similarly there are dozens of programs 
designed to assist families with children an low income 
persons, that offer distance learning opportunities, that 
assist minority institutions, that provide health care, and 
which offer a range of other services to similarly situated 
individuals and entities.
    This overlap of Federal programs has resulted in the 
creation of an entire industry of Federal grant writers to 
navigate the complicated sea of Federal grant programs. The 
grant writing industry requires States, cities, Indian tribes, 
and non-profit groups to spend valuable resources to fill out 
volumes of application forms instead of providing services to 
those most in need. The Committee believes the recent 
consolidation of dozens of job training programs at the Federal 
level into a one stop shopping concept should serve as a model 
of reform for other Federal programs.
    By simplifying and consolidating application forms, 
creating unified eligibility criteria, and developing one stop 
shopping concepts for similar Federal programs benefitting the 
same constituencies, the application process will be simplified 
for the applicant and the bureaucracy needed to process this 
current mountain of paper could be reduced. In the end, service 
would be improved to the American public and taxpayers would 
save money. The Committee directs 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, a copy of the grant application form, and a list of 
grantees 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

Appropriations, 1999....................................     $48,042,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................      43,133,000
Committee recommendation................................      21,963,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $21,963,000. 
This recommendation is $21,170,000 below the budget estimate.
    The Committee has created a new appropriations line item 
for the Counterdrug Technology Assessment Center, formerly 
under the Salaries and Expenses account. When combined, the 
appropriations for the two accounts exceed the President's 
budget request.
    The Office of National Drug Control Policy, established by 
the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988, and reauthorized by Public Law 
105-277, is charged with developing policies, objectives and 
priorities for the National Drug Control Program, as defined by 
the Act and Executive Order 12880.

                        Staffing Levels at ONDCP

    During last fiscal year, the Committee noted the high 
attrition rate at ONDCP and the need for this office to 
maintain its staffing at the authorized level in order to 
maximize its effectiveness. The Committee is dismayed that 
ONDCP has been unable to address and/or identify to the 
Committee the root cause of the high attrition rate. In spite 
of this, however, ONDCP has requested four new full time 
equivalent employees (FTEs) as part of its fiscal year 2000 
request. As a result of ONDCP not being able to realize its 
current FTE ceiling, and their persistent requests that funds 
be reprogrammed from personnel costs to use for other services, 
the Committee denies the funding request for additional FTE. 
However, the Committee does believe that the two FTE for the 
Office of Financial Management and the two FTE for the HIDTA 
program are necessary and therefore expects ONDCP to reallocate 
the existing staffing authority to fill these much needed 
positions. The Committee strongly encourages ONDCP to assert 
its role in filling positions across the agency to utilize its 
FTE ceiling most effectively. Furthermore, the Committee 
directs ONDCP to contract with an independent management firm 
to conduct a management review of ONDCP. The review should 
include, but not be limited to, a review of the agency's (1) 
execution of its statutory responsibilities; (2) organizational 
planning, management, budgeting, accounting and financial 
reporting systems; and (3) human resource management to include 
a review of staff hiring and retention. The Committee requests 
the management report be delivered to the Committee within 120 
days of enactment of this Act.

                  Drug Free Communities Act Evaluation

    The Committee has provided $30,000,000 for the Drug Free 
Communities Act under the Special Forfeiture Fund. Much to the 
Committee's dismay, ONDCP has chosen to utilize a portion of 
these scarce funds for the evaluation of the program, thus 
reducing the amount which is available for the grants to 
communities and coalitions. Therefore, the Committee has 
included statutory language directing ONDCP to use its 
appropriated funds under the salaries and expenses account for 
this evaluation, with an anticipated cost of $600,000. Though 
the Committee appreciates the Director's attempt to interpret 
Congressional intent on where these funds shall derive, the 
Committee clarifies that it was never the intent of Congress 
that the cost of the evaluation would come at the expense of 
the grants themselves. The Committee believes it is important 
for ONDCP to carry out an effective evaluation of this program 
and therefore expects ONDCP to utilize funds from the salaries 
and expenses account to meet this need.

                         Rural Drug Conferences

    The Committee is 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 Committee encourages the Director to consider 
convening a national conference on rural drug crime to include 
regional conferences in rural areas, such as those in South 
Carolina and Vermont, in order to assess the needs of rural law 
enforcement and the impact of drug related crimes.

             Drug Interdiction Operations and Tribal Areas

    The Committee is aware of the counter-narcotics efforts of 
Federal, State and local law enforcement agencies along the 
Southwest border. The Committee is also aware that many Indian 
tribal lands are located on or near the border with Mexico and 
believes that these tribes could provide unique assistance in 
stemming the flow of drugs across the Southwest border. 
Therefore, the Committee directs the Director of ONDCP to 
report to the Committee on Appropriations no later than January 
15, 2000, on the feasibility of establishing a pilot program to 
coordinate Federal, State and local law enforcement efforts 
with those of tribal governments to combat the flow of drugs 
along the Southwest border. This report should include an 
analysis of whether providing counterdrug technology to the 
tribes through the technology transfer program would provide 
added benefit.

                Counterdrug Technology Assessment Center

Appropriations, 1999....................................................
Budget estimate, 2000...................................................
Committee recommendation................................     $31,100,000

    The Committee has established a new account for the 
appropriation for the Counterdrug Technology Assessment Center 
separate from the Salaries and Expenses account of ONDCP, and 
recommends an appropriation of $31,100,000. This funding 
includes $13,000,000 for the continuation of the technology 
transfer program by CTAC to State and local law enforcement in 
their efforts to combat drugs.
    The Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988, Public Law 100-690, was 
amended during 1990 to provide for the establishment of a 
Counterdrug Technology Assessment Center within the Office of 
National Drug Control Policy. This Office is authorized to 
serve as the central counternarcotics enforcement research and 
development organization of the U.S. Government. The law 
provides for the appointment of a chief scientist to head up 
this program to make a priority ranking of scientific needs 
according to fiscal and technological feasibility as part of 
the national counterdrug enforcement research and development 
strategy.
    The Committee expects multiagency research and development 
programs to be coordinated by the Counterdrug Technology 
Assessment Center in order to prevent duplication of effort and 
to assure that whenever possible, those efforts provide 
capabilities that transcend the need of any single Federal 
agency. Prior to the obligation of these funds, the Committee 
expects to be notified by the chief scientist on how these 
funds will be spent; it also expects to receive periodic 
reports from the chief scientist on the priority counterdrug 
enforcement research and development requirements identified by 
the Center and on the status of projects funded by CTAC.
    The Committee continues to believe CTAC should work closely 
and cooperatively with the individual law enforcement agencies 
in the definition of a national research and development 
program which addresses agency requirements with respect to 
timeliness, operational utility, and consistency with agency 
budget plans.

                Counterdrug Technology Transfer Program

    The Committee fully supports the continuation of this 
program and, therefore, has provided $13,000,000 for its 
operation in fiscal year 2000. The Committee believes that this 
program demonstrates the best that the Federal Government has 
to offer to State and local law enforcement in their efforts to 
combat drug related crimes. The Committee is encouraged by the 
positive reception this program has received by State and local 
law enforcement agencies as current requests for technology 
outpace resources by over four to one. The Committee expects 
that CTAC will continue to conduct outreach to State and local 
agencies to further educate them about the program. Finally, 
the Committee would encourage CTAC to work with private 
industry to make their developed technology available to State 
and local law enforcement through this program. The Committee 
requests that ONDCP report within 60 days after the date of 
enactment of the fiscal year 2000 appropriations bill on the 
number of requests received, promotion efforts to State and 
local law enforcement, and the effectiveness and interest in 
this program by these law enforcement communities.

                          Unanticipated Needs

Appropriations, 1999....................................      $1,000,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................       1,000,000
Committee recommendation................................................

    The Committee has not recommended funding this account.

                  Funds Appropriated to the President


                     Federal drug control programs

                 high-intensity drug trafficking areas

                     (including transfer of funds)

Appropriations, 1999....................................\1\ $184,977,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................     185,777,000
Committee recommendation................................     188,277,000

\1\ This amount includes the fiscal year 1999 supplemental funding.

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $188,277,000. 
This amount is equal to the budget request. The Committee 
directs that funding shall be provided for the existing HIDTA's 
at no less than the fiscal year 1999 level.
    The High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA) program 
was established by the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988 to provide 
assistance to Federal, State and local law enforcement entities 
operating in those areas most adversely affected by drug 
trafficking. In allocating the HIDTA funds, the Committee 
expects the Director of the Office of National Drug Control 
Policy to ensure that the activities receiving these limited 
additional resources are used strictly for implementing the 
strategy for each HIDTA, taking into consideration local 
conditions and resource requirements. These funds should not be 
used to supplant existing support for ongoing Federal, State, 
or local drug control operations normally funded out of the 
operating budgets of each agency. The remaining funds may be 
transferred to Federal agencies and departments to support 
Federal antidrug activities.
    The Committee believes that the Director should take steps 
to ensure that the HIDTA funds are transferred to the 
appropriate drug control agencies expeditiously. To ensure that 
the funding allocations meet the priorities outlined in the 
strategies, the Committee instructs the Director to submit the 
strategies, along with the identification of how the funds will 
be spent, to the Committee for review prior to the obligation 
of the funds. The Committee also expects to be notified if any 
changes are made in the spending plans presented to it during 
the course of the fiscal year. The Committee further instructs 
the Director to submit the updated 2000 strategies for each of 
the HIDTA's to the Committee for review and to obligate the 
HIDTA funds within 120 days of enactment of this act. This 
provision may be waived if a request is made to the Committee 
and has been approved in advance according to the normal 
reprogramming procedures. The Committee expects the Director to 
take actions necessary to ensure that all HIDTA funds are being 
used to support only those activities which are directly linked 
to the individual HIDTA strategies recommended by the HIDTA 
coordinators and which support the goals and objectives 
outlined in each of these strategies.

                 High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas

    The Committee is aware of the current interest in the 
creation of new and expansion of existing HIDTAs. The Committee 
understands that the following areas are pursuing the 
administrative process for HIDTA designation or expansion: 
Maine, Ohio, Hawaii, Oregon, Central California, East Texas, 
Central Arizona, Oklahoma, and North Carolina. The Committee is 
also aware of other States and communities with an interest in 
HIDTA designation or expansion, such as West Texas, South 
Texas, Las Vegas, Nevada, South Carolina, Wyoming and Arkansas. 
The Committee encourages ONDCP to work with these communities 
and States to address their interests and needs for the HIDTA 
program. The Committee remains supportive of the HIDTA program 
and believes that this cooperative effort between Federal, 
State and local law enforcement to combat drugs is effective. 
However, due to budget constraints, the Committee provides 
funding at the fiscal year 1999 level in fiscal year 2000.

                   North Carolina HIDTA consideration

    The Committee is aware of the recent hearings in the Senate 
Foreign Relations Committee that highlighted the extent of the 
illegal narcotics traffic through North Carolina. The Committee 
understands that disrupting the transport and delivery of 
illegal narcotics can yield benefits far beyond the borders of 
the State where the drugs are seized. The Committee is aware 
that most interstate and national highways that move traffic 
from the Gulf and South Atlantic States to the populous Mid-
Atlantic and New England States converge in North Carolina. The 
Committee believes that these corridors carry a 
disproportionate amount of illegal drugs and that increased 
enforcement in North Carolina is a key to curbing illegal drug 
trafficking in the Mid-Atlantic and New England States. Though 
ranking only 11th in population, North Carolina ranks 6th in 
the volume of arrests for illegal drug offenses. The Committee 
is aware that North Carolina has submitted a proposal to ONDCP 
for designation as a High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area 
(HIDTA) with a focus on intensified interdiction along its 
interstate and national highways. ONDCP is encouraged to work 
with the State to develop and implement this innovative 
approach to drug interdiction.

                        Special Forfeiture Fund

Appropriations, 1999....................................    $214,500,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................     225,300,000
Committee recommendation................................     127,500,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $127,500,000. 
The Committee has provided additional funds for a national 
media campaign under the Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund 
which will not be available for obligation until September 30, 
2000.
    The Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1988, as amended, and the Office 
of National Drug Control Policy's reauthorization, Public Law 
105-277, established the Special Forfeiture Fund to be 
administered by the Director of the Office of National Drug 
Control Policy. The monies deposited into the Fund support 
high-priority drug control programs and may be transferred to 
drug control agencies or may be directly obligated by the 
Director of ONDCP.

                        National Media Campaign

    In fiscal year 1998 ONDCP proposed a 5-year media campaign 
at a total cost to the Federal Government of $875,000,000.
    Over the past year, the Committee has spent a substantial 
amount of time monitoring and examining the media campaign and 
its evolution. As a result, the Committee requires ONDCP to 
continue to comply with the following: (1) ONDCP will require a 
pro-bono match commitment upfront as part of its media buy from 
each and every buyer of ad time and space, (2) ONDCP will 
dedicate 10 percent of the total amount appropriated 
specifically for the media campaign for the development, in 
consultation with community groups and experts, and 
distribution of grassroots materials aimed at children to be 
distributed to communities and schools to support the national 
media campaign, (3) ONDCP, or any agent acting on its behalf, 
is prohibited from obligating any funds for the creative 
development of advertisements, (4) ONDCP will secure 80 percent 
of corporate sponsorship and will report quarterly on its 
efforts to meet this goal, (5) ONDCP, or any agent acting on 
its behalf, is prohibited from paying for the development of 
new advertisements related to the media campaign, but these ads 
must be provided on a pro-bono basis, and (6) ONDCP is mandated 
to use appropriated funds solely to fund the antidrug media 
campaign to include only the purchase of media time and space, 
talent reuse payments, out-of-pocket advertising production 
costs, and the negotiated fee for the contract buying agency.
    In addition, ONDCP is to report to the Committee on 
Appropriations by January 15, 2000 on the effectiveness of the 
national media campaign. ONDCP is also to report to the 
Committee on Appropriations within 6 months of enactment of 
this Act on State and local prevention and treatment facilities 
infrastructure and their capacity to handle the increased 
demands of communities as a result of the national media 
campaign. ONDCP is to continue to report on the effectiveness 
and implementation status of the guidelines set out in the 
fiscal year 1998 appropriations bill.
    Finally, none of the funds provided for the national media 
campaign for fiscal year 2000 may be obligated until ONDCP has 
submitted for written approval by the Committees on 
Appropriations the evaluation and the results of phase II of 
the campaign.
    The Committee believes this national media campaign, if 
properly executed, has the potential to produce concrete 
results. The Committee will closely track this national 
campaign and its contribution to achieving a drug-free America, 
and directs ONDCP to submit quarterly reports on the obligation 
of funds as well as the specific parameters of the pilot 
campaign. The Committee anticipates that future funding will be 
based upon results.

                   Drug-Free Communities Act of 1997

    The accelerating rate of drug use by young Americans is a 
major concern that must be addressed. The Committee, therefore, 
provides $30,000,000, which is $8,000,000 above the budget 
request, to support matching grants to drug-free communities, 
as authorized in the Drug-Free Communities Act of 1997. These 
funds will be used to support the establishment of local 
counterdrug efforts that are characterized by strong conditions 
for local initiatives, support, and accountability. In 
addition, the requirement for participating communities to 
match funding will help ensure the degree of commitment 
necessary to succeed. The Committee encourages ONDCP to work 
cooperatively with the Advisory Commission, as is required by 
statute, to resolve the outstanding issues associated with 
repeat grant recipients and the funding levels of those grants.

                          Drug Court Institute

    The Committee provides $1,000,000 for the National Drug 
Court Institute. The Committee is aware of the extraordinary 
growth in drug courts across the country and the important 
training of new drug courts that the Institute provides. Drug 
courts provide an effective means to fight drug-related crime 
through the cooperative efforts of State and local law 
enforcement, the judicial system, and the public health 
treatment network.

                     TITLE IV--INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

 Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled

                         salaries and expenses

Appropriations, 1999....................................      $2,464,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................       2,674,000
Committee recommendation................................       2,657,000

    The Committee recommends $2,657,000 for the Committee for 
Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled 
(CPPBSD).
    The CPPBSD was established by the Wagner-O'Day Act (WOD) of 
1938, as amended. Its primary objective is to use the 
purchasing power of the Federal government to provide people 
who are blind or have other severe disabilities with employment 
and training that will develop and improve job skills as well 
as prepare them for employment options outside the WOD program. 
In 2000, approximately 33,000 people who are blind or have 
other severe disabilities are projected to be employed in 630 
producing nonprofit agencies. The Committee's duties include 
promoting the program; determining which products and services 
are suitable for Government procurement from qualified 
nonprofit agencies serving people who are blind or have other 
severe disabilities; maintaining a procurement list of such 
products and services; determining the fair market price for 
products and services on the procurement list; and making rules 
and regulations necessary to carry out the purposes of the Act. 
In 2000, the Committee expects to have sales of $900,000,000.
    The Committee staff's responsibilities include promoting 
and assessing the overall program; supervising the selection 
and assignment of new products and services; assisting in 
establishing prices; reviewing and adjusting these prices; 
verifying the qualifications of nonprofit agencies; and 
monitoring their performance.

                      Federal Election Commission


                         salaries and expenses

Appropriations, 1999....................................     $36,500,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................      38,516,000
Committee recommendation................................      38,175,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $38,175,000 
for the Federal Election Commission.
    The Federal Election Commission (FEC) is charged with 
implementing and enforcing the Federal Election Campaign Act 
[FECA] as amended. This includes: promoting public disclosure 
of campaign finance activity; providing information to the 
public, press, and campaign officials on the FECA and campaign 
finance; obtaining voluntary compliance with the disclosure and 
limitation provisions of the FECA; and enforcing that 
disclosure and compliance through audits, investigations, and/
or litigation. The Commission is also charged with implementing 
the Presidential campaign funding programs for both primary and 
general election campaigns of qualified Presidential 
candidates. This includes certification, audit, and enforcement 
of the provisions of the Federal funding legislation concerning 
the use of Federal funds.

                   Federal Labor Relations Authority


                         salaries and expenses

Appropriations, 1999....................................     $22,586,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................      23,828,000
Committee recommendation................................      23,681,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $23,681,000 
for the Federal Labor Relations Authority.
    The Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA) serves as a 
neutral party in the settlement of disputes that arise between 
unions, employees, and agencies on matters outlined in the 
Federal Service Labor Management Relations statute, decides 
major policy issues, prescribes regulations, and disseminates 
information appropriate to the needs of agencies, labor 
organizations, and the public. Establishment of the FLRA gives 
full recognition to the role of the Federal Government as an 
employer.
    In addition, the FLRA is engaged in training and 
facilitation in labor-management partnerships and in resolving 
disputes. FLRA promotes labor-management cooperation by 
providing training and assistance to labor organizations and 
agencies on resolving disputes, facilitates the creation of 
partnerships, and trains the parties on rights and 
responsibilities under the Federal Relations Labor Relations 
Management statute.

                    General Services Administration


     Federal buildings fund--limitations on availability of revenue

                     (Including Transfer of Funds)

                      construction and acquisition

Appropriations, 1999....................................    $492,190,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................     102,194,000
Committee recommendation................................      40,790,000

    This appropriation offsets the difference between the 
income to the fund and the expenditures from the fund. The 
Committee makes $5,287,885,000 available from the Federal 
buildings fund for construction, repairs, and alterations and 
other public building services.
    The Committee makes $40,790,000 available from the Federal 
buildings fund for new construction and inserts a list of 
construction projects. The lists of projects is 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..............................      10,000,000

             Courthouse Construction and Utilization Study

    The Committee is aware of the Judiciary's continuing need 
to have court space available to conduct business and to move 
cases to settlement. As a result, we are concerned that a 
courthouse construction program is not requested or funded in 
fiscal year 2000. Obviously budgetary constraints are certainly 
a major factor in not funding the construction program; 
however, it is not the sole reason funding has been denied. The 
Committee believes it would be precipitous to approve funding 
for new courthouse construction prior to the Administrative 
Office of the Court's (AOC) completion of its comprehensive 
review of the Judiciary's space and facilities program. The 
Committee was pleased to receive AOC's letter confirming that 
the contract for that independent review has been awarded. 
Nevertheless, the Committee is concerned that the date for the 
release of the final report will result in the Administration's 
reluctance to include a request in their fiscal year 2001 
budget. The AOC should be assured that this Committee expects 
to have an opportunity to review the final report prior to 
making fiscal year 2001 decisions. The Committee believes it is 
important to incorporate the results of the independent 
analysis into their decision making, particularly since they 
have received information which indicates that eleven of the 
sixteen courthouses for which the AOC requested fiscal year 
2000 funding deviated from the Judicial Conference of the 
United States' ``U.S. Courts Design Guide.''

                          Biloxi, Mississippi

    The Committee is aware of the current conditions of the 
Biloxi Courthouse at the existing location. The Committee 
understands the AOC and GSA are working to identify a new site 
for purchase, as the originally-planned site contains an 
historic landmark. The Committee appropriated $7,543,000 for 
this project in fiscal year 1999 and encourages GSA to work 
with the AOC to address any issues arising from the need to 
purchase a different site in an effort to keep the project on 
schedule.

                           Erie, Pennsylvania

    The Committee is aware that the current courthouse in Erie, 
Pennsylvania presents numerous logistical and security concerns 
for the Judges and U.S. Attorney. The Administrative Office of 
the U.S. Courts has requested the full level of funding 
necessary to construct a new courthouse annex and produce a 
unified complex. The Committee directs the General Services 
Administration to work with the AOC to help address issues 
resulting from the delay in funding.

                          Burlington, Vermont

    The Judiciary is currently reviewing a proposal by the 
District Court of Vermont to relocate to a new facility. The 
Committee requests that GSA review this situation and work with 
the Courts to determine how to address logistical, safety and 
space concerns at the Burlington Courthouse and Federal 
Building.

                        repairs and alterations

Limitation on availability, 1999........................    $668,031,000
Limitation on availability, 2000........................     664,869,000
Committee recommendation................................     624,869,000

    The Committee recommends new obligational authority of 
$624,869,000 for repairs and alterations in fiscal year 2000. 
The Committee denies $32,000,000 for the glass fragment 
retention program.
    Under this activity, the General Services Administration 
(GSA) executes its responsibility for repairs and alterations 
(R&A) of both Government-owned and leased facilities under the 
control of GSA. The major goal of this activity is to provide 
commercially equivalent space to tenant agencies. Safety, 
quality, and operating efficiency of facilities are given 
primary consideration in carrying out this responsibility. A 
major portion of the fiscal year 2000 program is devoted to 
nondiscretionary work necessary to meet this goal and keep the 
buildings in an occupiable condition.
    R&A workload requirements originate with scheduled onsite 
inspections of buildings by qualified regional engineers and 
building managers. The work identified through these 
inspections is programmed in order of priority into the repairs 
and alterations construction automated tracking system (RACATS) 
and incorporated into a 5-year plan for accomplishment, based 
upon funding availability, urgency, and the volume of R&A work 
that GSA has the capability to execute annually. Beginning in 
fiscal year 1995, design and construction services activities 
associated with the repair and alteration projects are funded 
in this account.
    The R&A program, for purposes of funds control, is divided 
into two types of projects--line item and nonline item. The 
following is a definition of each category of projects:
    Line item projects.--Line item projects are those larger 
projects for which a prospectus is required under the 
provisions of the Public Buildings Act of 1959. Generally, line 
item projects are similar to construction projects in the scope 
of work involved and the multiyear timeframe for project 
completion. Line item projects are listed individually in GSA's 
appropriations acts and the obligational authority for each 
project is limited to the amount shown therein.
    Nonline item projects.--Projects included in this category 
are generally short term in nature and funds can normally be 
obligated within a 1-year period. This category also includes 
projects which are recurring in nature, such as cyclic painting 
and the minor repair of defective building systems; for 
example, mechanical, plumbing, electrical, fire safety, and 
elevator system components.

                            Davenport, Iowa

    The Committee and the General Services Administration are 
aware of the need for repairs and alterations of the Davenport, 
Iowa courthouse. The General Services Administration has placed 
this project on the list of repair and alteration needs after 
fiscal year 2000. It is the Committee's understanding that if 
budgetary constraints and program priorities permit, GSA plans 
to request the design funding in fiscal year 2001 and 
construction phase funding in fiscal year 2002.

                 Renovation of City Hall Plaza, Boston

    The Committee supports the concept of a renovation of City 
Hall Plaza in Boston. However, since the Committee is not 
familiar with the specific aspects of the plan or of the 
Federal Government's financial responsibilities associated with 
what should be a cooperative effort, the Committee directs GSA 
to conduct a study of the renovation and determine what type of 
cooperative arrangement should be developed to provide the 
necessary renovation of the Plaza.

                    installment acquisition payments

Limitation on availability, 1999........................    $215,764,000
Limitation on availability, 2000........................     205,668,000
Committee recommendation................................     205,668,000

    The Committee recommends a limitation of $205,668,000 for 
installment acquisition payments. The Committee recommendation 
equals the budget estimate.
    The Public Buildings Amendments of 1972 enables GSA to 
enter into contractual arrangements for the construction of a 
backlog of approved but unfunded projects. The purchase 
contracts require the Government to make periodic payments on 
these facilities over varying periods until title is 
transferred to the Government. This activity provides for the 
payment of principal, interest, taxes, and other required 
obligations related to facilities acquired pursuant to the 
Public Buildings Amendments of 1972 (40 U.S.C. 602a).

                            Rental of Space

Limitation on availability, 1999........................  $2,583,261,000
Limitation on availability, 2000........................   2,782,186,000
Committee recommendation................................   2,782,186,000

    The Committee recommends a limitation of $2,782,186,000 for 
rental of space. The Committee recommendation is equal to the 
budget estimate.
    The General Services Administration is responsible for 
leasing general purpose space and land incident thereto for 
Federal agencies, except cases where the GSA has delegated its 
leasing authority (for example, the Department of Veterans 
Affairs, as well as the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, 
and Defense). The GSA's policy is to lease privately owned 
buildings and land only when: (1) Federal space needs cannot be 
otherwise accommodated satisfactorily in existing Government-
owned or leased space; (2) leasing proves to be more efficient 
than the construction or alteration of a Federal building; (3) 
construction or alteration is not warranted because 
requirements in the community are insufficient or are 
indefinite in scope or duration; or (4) completion of a new 
Federal building within a reasonable time cannot be assured.

                        National Tracing Center

    The Committee continues to urge the General Services 
Administration to work with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and 
Firearms to provide the necessary expanded facilities to meet 
the chronic space needs at the National Tracing Center in 
Martinsburg, West Virginia.

                          Building Operations

Limitation on availability, 1999........................  $1,554,772,000
Limitation on availability, 2000........................   1,590,183,000
Committee recommendation................................   1,590,183,000

    The Committee recommends a limitation of $1,590,183,000 for 
building operations. The Committee recommendation is equal to 
the budget estimate.
    This activity provides for the operation of all Government-
owned facilities under the jurisdiction of the GSA and building 
services in GSA-leased space where the terms of the lease do 
not require the lessor to furnish such services. Services 
included in building operations are cleaning, protection, 
maintenance, payments for utilities and fuel, grounds 
maintenance, and elevator operations. Other related supporting 
services include various real property management and staff 
support activities such as space acquisition and assignment; 
the moving of Federal agencies as a result of space alterations 
in order to provide better space utilization in existing 
buildings; onsite inspection of building services and 
operations accomplished by private contractors; and various 
highly specialized contract administration support functions.
    The space, operations, and services referred to above are 
furnished by the GSA to its tenant agencies in return for 
payment of rent. Due to considerations unique to their 
operation, the GSA also provides varying levels of above-
standard services in agency headquarter facilities, including 
those occupied by the Executive Office of the President, such 
as the east and west wings of the White House.

                         policy and operations

                         salaries and expenses

Appropriations, 1999....................................\1\ $109,594,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................     122,158,000
Committee recommendation................................     120,198,000

\1\ This amount includes the fiscal year 1999 supplemental funding.

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $120,198,000 
for salaries and expenses for the policy and operations of the 
General Services Administration. The Committee denies 
$1,710,000 for electronic commerce and provides $5,000,000 for 
the Rapid Service Valuation and Preparation (RSVP) Access 
Program.
    The Committee provides full funding for Governmentwide 
policy and evaluation functions associated with asset 
management activities; utilization and donation of surplus 
personal property; Governmentwide and internal responsibilities 
related to automated data development, telecommunications, and 
information systems. The Office of Governmentwide Policy shall 
work cooperatively with other agencies to provide the 
leadership necessary to achieve the most cost-effective 
solutions for the delivery of administrative services.

                           Child Care Centers

    The Committee recommends that funds provided to the Office 
of Policy and Operations be used to issue and enforce 
regulations requiring any entity operating a child care center 
in a facility owned or leased by an executive agency to (1) 
comply with applicable State and local licensing requirements 
related to the provision of child care and (2) comply with 
center-based accreditation standards specified by the 
Administrator, if such a regulatory program is authorized.

              Federal Office Building in Colorado Springs

    The Federal building located at 1520 Willamette Avenue in 
Colorado Springs, Colorado, is owned by GSA and is currently 
leased to the U.S. Air Force Space Command. It is the 
Committee's 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 Committee urges 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.

                             Per Diem Rates

    The Committee is concerned that the methodology used by the 
General Services Administration to develop the new per diem 
rates for the continental United States effective January 1, 
1999, has resulted in the unjustified lowering of the rates 
throughout the country. The Committee is aware that GSA is 
currently reviewing the rates to determine if the modifications 
are warranted. The Committee urges GSA to continue its review, 
particularly of the Maryland counties, and directs GSA to 
implement any changes necessary to assure that the rates more 
accurately reflect the cost of travel by Federal workers.

                    Virtual Archive Storage Terminal

    Many agencies, such as the National Archives and Records 
Center, the United States Geological Service, and the United 
States Department of Agriculture, are looking to capture and 
archive domain specific electronic data; however, the volume 
exceeds their online capacities. The North Dakota State 
University has the capability to develop an online, multi-
domain archive to combine data from many domains and provide 
tools to fuse, mine, and extract information important to the 
upper Great Plains region. By concentrating on a specific 
region rather than a data type or source, the volume problem 
can be ameliorated and new multi-disciplinary research can be 
enabled. As a result, the Committee has provided the funds 
necessary to establish a Virtual Archive Storage Terminal 
(VAST) located at the North Dakota State University.

                 Administrative and Logistical Support

    GSA has in the past provided administrative and logistical 
support to the Olympics, Pan-American Games, and other 
international events. GSA performs these functions under 
authorities of the Department of the Army on a reimbursable 
basis. The Committee encourages GSA to assist the Salt Lake 
Organizing Committee for the Winter and Paralympic Games in 
2002 as well as the 2001 World Police and Fire Games in 
Indiana.
    Agricultural communities in North Dakota and other Plains 
States are experiencing adverse economic conditions which are 
multiplied by the devastating effects of de-population. It is 
believed that these conditions are leading to an increase in 
gang activities, drug and alcohol use, and domestic violence. A 
study of the causes, the impact, the effect, and the options 
for reversing this trend shall be undertaken by the 
universities of four states experiencing this problem, Montana, 
Iowa, Colorado and North Dakota.
    The Committee directs GSA to work with the universities of 
these four states to assist in the development of a symposium 
to discuss the research and development requirements of a de-
population study. It is further requested that GSA provide the 
appropriate administrative assistance required for this 
symposium.

                   State Patrol Electronic Databases

    The Committee recommends that within the funding level 
provided for this account, up to $500,000 be provided for the 
State Patrol Digital Distance Learning project to help the 
Nebraska State Patrol create computer-based training programs.

               West Heating Plant and Coal and Ash House

    The Committee is aware that the National Park Service has 
expressed interest in acquiring surplus property along Rock 
Creek Parkway currently owned by GSA. The National Park Service 
would like to designate the space known as the West Heating 
Plant and Coal and Ash House as open space for the residents of 
the District of Columbia. The Committee understands that there 
are remediation issues associated with the site and therefore, 
directs GSA to report to the Committee on Appropriations by 
March 31, 2000 on the cost of demolition of the existing 
structures, remediation of the property, and the estimated 
duration for this effort.

                        Census Bureau Facilities

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

                      office of inspector general

Appropriations, 1999....................................     $32,000,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................      33,917,000
Committee recommendation................................      33,858,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $33,858,000 
for the Office of Inspector General.
    The Office of Inspector General [OIG] implements in its 
entirety the provisions of the Inspector General Act.
    Consistent with the Inspector General Act, the OIG has been 
given total responsibility for the audit and investigative 
functions of the agency. Its mission is to detect and 
investigate all instances of fraud and abuse and assure that 
proper corrective action is taken. The Office is also charged 
with the responsibility for reporting on waste, inefficiency, 
and mismanagement, and making recommendations for improvement.
    Audit services provided by the OIG fall within two broad 
categories: audits of GSA contracts and internal audits, 
including inspections. Through the preaward and postaward 
auditing of GSA contracts, the OIG provides professional advice 
on accounting and financial matters related to the negotiation, 
award, administration, repricing, and settlement of contracts. 
Internal audits deal with all facets of GSA operations.
    Inspections services provide detailed technical evaluations 
of GSA operations. The investigations program provides for the 
detection and investigation of illegal or unethical activities 
against GSA by its employees, vendors doing business with the 
agency, and by other individuals or groups of individuals.
    The Inspector General Act also requires that the inspectors 
general move beyond their traditional role of detecting and 
preventing fraud, waste, and abuse, to also assume 
responsibility for promoting economy and efficiency. The GSA 
Office of Inspector General has a unique role within the 
Federal structure in that its activities affect all Federal 
agencies and several State programs. The broadened mandate 
requires increased emphasis on more effective involvement with 
other governmental agencies, identification of systemic 
problems, participation in the design of new programs, review 
of proposed legislation and regulations, and employee awareness 
programs.

           allowances and office staff for former presidents

Appropriations, 1999....................................      $2,241,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................       2,241,000
Committee recommendation................................       2,241,000

    The Committee recommends $2,241,000 for allowances and 
office staff for former Presidents, which equals the budget 
request.
    This program is authorized by the Former Presidents Act, 
Public Law 85-745 (3 U.S.C. 102 note), of August 25, 1958, as 
amended. It provides for an annual pension paid monthly to each 
former President and each widow of a former President; 
compensation for staff assistants employed by each former 
President; and funding for office space, furnishings, and 
equipment as appropriate (defined under CG Decision B-114073, 
Mar. 8, 1961). The Supplemental Appropriations Act of October 
21, 1968, Public Law 90-608, 82 Stat. 1192, allows for travel 
and related expenses for each former President and not to 
exceed two members of his staff. Title 39 U.S.C. 3214 
authorizes a former President and widow to send all mail in the 
United States and its territories as franked mail. Under the 
Presidential Transition Act, section 3(a)(7), each former 
President may use penalty mail.
    This appropriation provides for the pensions, office 
staffs, and related expenses for former Presidents Gerald R. 
Ford, Jimmy Carter, Ronald Reagan, and George Bush and for the 
pension and postal franking privileges for the widow of former 
President Lyndon B. Johnson.
    Below is listed a detailed breakdown of the fiscal year 
2000 funding:

                       ALLOWANCES AND OFFICE STAFF FOR FORMER PRESIDENTS, FISCAL YEAR 2000
                                            [In thousands of dollars]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                 Former Presidents
                                                     ----------------------------------------  Widows     Total
                                                        Ford     Carter    Reagan     Bush
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Personnel compensation..............................        96        96        96        96  ........       384
Personnel benefits..................................        24         5        24        39  ........        92
Benefits for former personnel: Pensions.............       152       152       152       152        20       628
Travel..............................................        50         2        26        57  ........       135
Rental payment to General Services Administration...        99        93       285       138  ........       615
Communications, utilities, miscellaneous charges:
    Telephone.......................................        17        28        15        18  ........        78
    Postage.........................................         2        22        10        12         2        48
Printing............................................         3         8        14         8  ........        33
Other services......................................        14        79        44        18  ........       155
Supplies and materials..............................         9        10        20         9  ........        48
Equipment...........................................         5         9         3         8  ........        25
                                                     -----------------------------------------------------------
      Total obligations.............................       471       504       689       555        22     2,241
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                         gsa general provisions

    The Committee has recommended the inclusion of the 
following general provisions:
    Section 401 continues a provision which authorizes GSA to 
credit accounts with certain funds received from Government 
corporations.
    Section 402 continues a provision which authorizes GSA to 
use funds for the hire of passenger motor vehicles.
    Section 403 continues a provision which authorizes GSA to 
transfer funds within the Federal buildings fund for meeting 
program requirements.
    Section 404 continues a provision which limits funding for 
courthouse construction which does not meet certain standards 
of a capital improvement plan.
    Section 405 continues a provision which provides that no 
funds may be used to increase the amount of occupiable square 
feet, provide cleaning services, security enhancements, or any 
other service usually provided, to any agency which does not 
pay the requested rate.
    Section 406 continues a provision which allows pilot 
information technology projects to be repaid from the 
information technology fund.
    Section 407 continues a provision which authorizes GSA to 
pay claims up to $250,000 from construction projects and 
acquisition of buildings.
    Section 408 provides that funds for projects in Public Law 
104-208 shall be available until expended as long as funds have 
been obligated in whole or in part.
    Section 409 provides that the Administrator of General 
Services designate 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.
    Section 410 provides for the limitation on the availability 
of revenue in the Federal Buildings Fund.
    The Committee did not include a new general provision 
regarding upgrading the position of Director of the Consumer 
Information Center to a Senior Executive Service position. The 
Committee is aware that the Office of Personnel Management is 
currently reviewing agency requests for SES slots which would 
become effective in calendar year 2000. Therefore, the 
Committee directs GSA to request that OPM conduct a review of 
the CIC Director position to determine whether such an upgrade 
is appropriate, and to increase the number of SES positions 
assigned to GSA if such an upgrade is recommended.

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

Appropriations, 1999....................................................
Budget estimate, 2000...................................      $3,000,000
Committee recommendation................................       1,494,000

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

         Morris K. Udall Environmental Dispute Resolution Fund

Appropriations, 1999....................................      $4,250,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................       1,250,000
Committee recommendation................................................

    The Committee is sympathetic to the proposal to capitalize 
a fund providing for environmental conflict resolution and 
training. However, given the competing demands on limited 
funds, the Committee cannot recommend funding the initiative at 
this time.

                     Merit Systems Protection Board


                         salaries and expenses

Appropriations, 1999....................................     $25,805,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................      27,586,000
Committee recommendation................................      27,422,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $27,422,000 
for the Merit Systems Protection Board.
    The Merit Systems Protection Board is an independent, 
quasi-judicial agency, charged by Congress with protecting the 
integrity of Federal merit systems against partisan political 
and other prohibited personnel practices, ensuring adequate 
protection for employees against abuses by agency management, 
and requiring executive branch agencies to make employment 
decisions based on individual merit. This mission is carried 
out principally by: (1) adjudicating employee appeals of agency 
personnel actions, such as removals, suspensions, and 
demotions; (2) adjudicating actions brought by the special 
counsel involving alleged abuses of the merit systems; (3) 
adjudicating actions brought under the Whistleblower Protection 
Act; (4) ordering compliance with final orders where necessary; 
(5) conducting special studies of the civil service and other 
merit systems in the executive branch to determine whether they 
are free of prohibited personnel practices; (6) analyzing and 
reporting on the significant actions of the Office of Personnel 
Management [OPM]; and (7) reviewing regulations issued by OPM 
to ensure they do not require or result in the commission of a 
prohibited personnel practice.

                               limitation

                       (transfer of trust funds)

Appropriations, 1999....................................      $2,430,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................       2,430,000
Committee recommendation................................       2,430,000

    The Committee has recommended a limitation of $2,430,000 on 
the amount to be transferred from the civil service retirement 
and disability fund to the Board to cover administrative 
expenses to adjudicate retirement appeals cases. This amount 
equals the budget request.

              National Archives and Records Administration


                           operating expenses

Appropriations, 1999....................................    $224,614,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................     186,452,000
Committee recommendation................................     179,738,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $179,738,000 
for Operating Expenses of the National Archives and Records 
Administration (NARA). Due to budgetary constraints, the 
Committee had to decline the following: $5,000,000 to 
declassify records, $527,000 to develop an agency-wide system 
for collecting performance data, and $527,000 for an electronic 
system covering phases of preparing Federal Register documents.
    The National Archives and Records Administration became an 
independent agency on April 1, 1985. This appropriation 
provides for basic operations dealing with management of the 
Government's archives and records, operation of Presidential 
libraries, grants for historical publications, and for the 
review for declassification of all security classified 
information.
    Records center.--The records center activity provides for 
the accessioning, storage, reference service, and disposal of 
the semiactive and noncurrent records of Federal agencies 
through a nationwide system of 14 records centers. Significant 
savings result from use of low-cost records storage and the 
efficient and timely disposal of nonpermanent records.
    Archives and related services.--This activity provides for 
selecting, preserving, describing, and making available to the 
general public, scholars, and Federal agencies, the permanently 
valuable historical records of the Federal Government and the 
historical material in Presidential libraries, related 
publications and exhibit programs, and the appraisal of all 
Federal records. It also provides for the publication of the 
Federal Register and Code of Federal Regulations, the U.S. 
Statutes at Large, Presidential documents, and for a program to 
improve the quality of regulations and the public's access to 
them. It also provides for the systematic review of all 
classified records in the National Archives which are over 30 
years old, except intelligence and cryptological materials 
dated after 1945, which are to be reviewed when 50 years old.
    Program direction.--This activity provides for general 
direction and program support for all programs assigned to the 
National Archives and Records Administration [NARA]. Direction 
is provided by the Archivist, his staff, and the Office of 
Management and Administration.

              archives facilities repairs and restoration

Appropriations, 1999....................................     $11,325,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................      13,518,000
Committee recommendation................................      21,518,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $21,518,000.
    This account provides for the repair, alteration, and 
improvement of the Archives facilities and Presidential 
libraries nationwide, and for providing adequate storage for 
archival holdings nationwide. It will better enable the 
National Archives to provide adequate storage for holdings, to 
maintain its facilities in proper condition for public 
visitors, researchers, and employees in NARA facilities, and to 
maintain the structural integrity of the buildings.

                             Reagan Library

    The Committee has provided $8,000,000 within this 
appropriation for the repair, alteration, and improvements of 
the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum in Simi 
Valley, California.

                     RECORDS CENTER REVOLVING FUND

Appropriations, 1999....................................................
Budget estimate, 2000...................................     $22,000,000
Committee recommendation................................      22,000,000

    The Committee recommends $22,000,000 for the National 
Archives and Records Administration (NARA) to establish a 
Records Center Revolving Fund. The National Archives Records 
Center Revolving Fund will change the NARA records center 
operations from being funded on an appropriated basis, to being 
funded on a self-sufficient funding basis providing services on 
a standard price basis to Federal agency customers, without 
further appropriation from Congress. The appropriation to the 
Fund is for one time startup costs for equipment and expenses 
necessary to provide for storage and related services for all 
pre-archival Federal records which are stored at Federal 
National and Regional Records Centers. Future funds will be 
obtained from Federal agencies paying user fees for storage of 
records.
    The Committee directs the National Archives and Records 
Administration to provide quarterly reports to the Committee on 
the operation of the revolving fund. The report should also 
include a list of Federal agencies that are delinquent in 
paying the requested fees for storage of their records and 
related services.

        National Historical Publications and Records Commission


                             grants program

Appropriations, 1999....................................     $10,000,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................       6,000,000
Committee recommendation................................       6,250,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $6,250,000. 
This amount is above the budget request and $3,750,000 below 
the fiscal year 1999 enacted level. The Committee rescinds 
$3,800,000 for the grant to the Center for Jewish History. The 
Committee provides an additional $250,000 to the Fort Buford 
reconstruction project. These funds will be used to provide for 
planning and design of the reconstruction of this Fort which is 
an important Lewis and Clark `Corps of Discovery' site.
    The National Historical Publications and Records Commission 
[NHPRC] reviews and recommends project grants to Federal and 
State governments and private nonprofit institutions, chiefly 
universities and research libraries. It makes plans, estimates, 
and recommendations for the publication of important historical 
documents and works with various public and private 
institutions in collecting, editing, and publishing papers 
significant to the history of the United States. The Commission 
is composed of members appointed by, and representing, the 
President, Congress, Supreme Court, executive agencies, and 
historical and archival societies.

                        Founding Fathers' Papers

    The Committee is pleased with the decision by the National 
Historical Publications and Records Commission to restore top 
level priority in its strategic plan for projects to publish 
the papers of America's Founding Fathers.

                      Office of Government Ethics


                         salaries and expenses

Appropriations, 1999....................................      $8,492,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................       9,114,000
Committee recommendation................................       9,071,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $9,071,000 for 
salaries and expenses of the Office of Government Ethics in 
fiscal year 2000.
    Public Law 100-598 authorized the establishment of the 
Office of Government Ethics as an independent executive branch 
agency separate and apart from the Office of Personnel 
Management beginning October 1, 1989.
    The Office of Government Ethics functions primarily in six 
areas, pursuant to the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 and the 
Ethics Reform Act of 1989. Those areas are:
  --Regulatory authority for conflict of interest and 
        postemployment statutes, standards of conduct, and 
        financial disclosure programs throughout the executive 
        branch;
  --Public financial disclosure review and certification for 
        all advice and consent Presidential appointees, and the 
        monitoring of ethics agreements which are executed 
        incident to that review to prevent ethics violations;
  --Education and training to promote understanding among 
        agency ethics officials and employees, as well as the 
        general public;
  --Guidance and interpretation concerning the conflict of 
        interest statutes, standards of conduct, and financial 
        disclosure, through advisory opinions, telephone 
        advice, and consultation with agency ethics officials;
  --Enforcement by monitoring and auditing agency ethics 
        programs, and ordering corrective action where 
        appropriate; and
  --Evaluation of the effectiveness of ethics laws and 
        regulations, as well as agency implementation.

                     Office of Personnel Management


                         salaries and expenses

Appropriations, 1999....................................     $85,350,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................      91,584,000
Committee recommendation................................      91,584,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $91,584,000 
for the salaries and expenses of the Office of Personnel 
Management. The Committee recommendation equals the budget 
estimate.
    The Office of Personnel Management's primary 
responsibilities include the Employment Service, Executive 
Resources, Investigations Service, Workforce Compensation and 
Performance, Workforce Relations, and the Merit Systems 
oversight and effectiveness programs. OPM also has 
administrative responsibility for the President's Commission on 
White House Fellowships, the Federal Prevailing Rate Advisory 
Committee, and parts of the Voting Rights Program.
    The Committee has funded the initiatives requested by the 
administration, as outlined in the budget justification, plus 
the functions and personnel transferred from the General 
Accounting Office, subsequent to enactment of Public Law 104-
53.

                           Voting Rights Act

    The Committee continues to include a provision requested by 
the administration to allow Federal employees acting as Voting 
Rights Act observers to receive per diem at their permanent 
duty station. This provision makes it feasible for these 
observers to work in local areas and allow the Government to 
discontinue the practice of recruiting observers from distant 
locations and assuming the per diem, as well as travel costs.

                    Senior Executive Service Review

    The Committee is aware of the request to upgrade the 
position of Director of the Consumer Information Center, an 
agency within the General Services Administration, to a Senior 
Executive Service position. The Committee understands that OPM 
is currently reviewing agency requests for SES slots which 
would become effective in calendar year 2000. The Committee has 
directed GSA to request that OPM conduct a review of the CIC 
Director position to determine whether this upgrade is 
appropriate. The Committee also directs OPM to conduct this 
review expeditiously so that an increase in the number of SES 
positions assigned to GSA can be accomplished if the upgrade is 
warranted.

                               limitation


                       (transfer of trust funds)

Limitation, 1999........................................     $91,236,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................      95,486,000
Committee recommendation................................      95,486,000

    The Committee recommends a limitation of $95,486,000. This 
amount equals the budget request.
    These funds will be transferred from the appropriate trust 
funds of the Office of Personnel Management to cover 
administrative expenses for the retirement and insurance 
programs.

                      Office of Inspector General

                         salaries and expenses

Appropriations, 1999....................................        $960,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................         960,000
Committee recommendation................................         960,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $960,000 for 
salaries and expenses of the Office of Inspector General in 
fiscal year 2000. This amount equals the budget estimate.
    The Office of Inspector General was established as a 
statutory entity under the Inspector General Act Amendments of 
1988, Public Law 100-504, effective April 16, 1989. The Office 
of Inspector General is charged with establishing policies for 
conducting and coordinating efforts which promote economy, 
efficiency, and integrity in the Office of Personnel 
Management's activities which prevent and detect fraud, waste, 
and abuse in the agency's programs. Contract audits provide 
professional advice to agency contracting officials on 
accounting and financial matters regarding the negotiation, 
award, administration, repricing, and settlement of contracts. 
Internal agency audits review and evaluate all facets of agency 
operations, including financial statements. Evaluation and 
inspection services provide detailed technical evaluations of 
agency operations. Insurance audits review the operations of 
health and life insurance carriers, health care providers, and 
insurance subscribers. The investigative function provides for 
the detection and investigation of improper and illegal 
activities involving programs, personnel, and operations. 
Administrative sanctions debar from participation in the health 
insurance program those health care providers whose conduct may 
pose a threat to the financial integrity of the program itself 
or to the well-being of insurance program enrollees.

               (limitation on transfer from trust funds)

Limitation, 1999........................................      $9,145,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................       9,645,000
Committee recommendation................................       9,645,000

    The Committee recommends a limitation on transfers from the 
trust funds in support of the Office of Inspector General 
activities totaling $9,645,000 for fiscal year 2000, as 
requested. This amount equals the budget estimate.

      government payment for annuitants, employees health benefits

Appropriations, 1999....................................  $4,654,146,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................   5,105,482,000
Committee recommendation................................   5,105,482,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $5,105,482,000 
for Government payments for annuitants, employees health 
benefits. The Committee recommendation equals the budget 
estimate.
    This appropriation funds the Government's share of health 
benefit costs for annuitants and survivors who no longer have 
an agency to contribute the employer's share. The Office of 
Personnel Management requests the appropriation necessary to 
pay this contribution to the employees health benefits fund and 
the retired employees health benefits fund. These revolving 
trust funds are available for: (1) the payment of subscription 
charges to approved carriers for the cost of health benefits 
protection; (2) contributions for qualified retired employees 
and survivors who carry private health insurance under the 
Retired Employees Health Benefits Program; and (3) the payment 
of expenses incurred by the Office of Personnel Management in 
the administration of these programs.
    This appropriation also provides financing for the 
Government's share of health benefit costs for annuitants and 
survivors covered under the Retired Employees Health Benefits 
Program. Public Law 96-156 provides for increased Government 
contributions toward the subscription charge for health 
coverage, tied to increases in the cost of part B (medical) of 
Medicare, for those annuitants who retired prior to July 1, 
1960.

       government payment for annuitants, employee life insurance

Appropriations, 1999....................................     $34,576,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................      36,207,000
Committee recommendation................................      36,207,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $36,207,000 
for the Government payment for annuitants, employee life 
insurance in fiscal year 2000. This amount equals the budget 
request.
    Public Law 96-427, the Federal Employees' Group Life 
Insurance Act of 1980 requires that all employees under the age 
of 65 who separate from the Federal Government for purposes of 
retirement on or after January 1, 1990, continue to make 
contributions toward their basic life insurance coverage after 
retirement until they reach the age of 65. These retirees will 
contribute two-thirds of the cost of the basic life insurance 
premium, identical to the amount contributed by active Federal 
employees for basic life insurance coverage. As with the active 
Federal employees, the Government is required to contribute 
one-third of the cost of the premium for basic coverage. OPM, 
acting as the payroll office on behalf of Federal retirees, has 
requested, and the Committee has provided, the funding 
necessary to make the required Government contribution 
associated with annuitants' postretirement life insurance 
coverage.

        payment to civil service retirement and disability fund

Appropriations, 1999....................................  $8,703,180,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................   9,120,872,000
Committee recommendation................................   9,120,872,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $9,120,872,000 
for payment to the civil service retirement and disability 
fund. The Committee recommendation equals the budget estimate.
    The civil service retirement and disability fund was 
established in 1920 to administer the financing and payment of 
annuities to retired Federal employees and their survivors. The 
fund covers the operation of the Civil Service Retirement 
System and the Federal Employees' Retirement System.
    The payment to the civil service retirement and disability 
fund consists of an appropriation and a permanent indefinite 
authorization to pay the Government's share of retirement costs 
as defined in the Civil Service Retirement Amendments of 1969 
(Public Law 91-93), the Federal Employees' Retirement System 
Act of 1986 (Public Law 99-335), and the Civil Service 
Retirement Spouse Equity Act of 1985 (Public Law 98-615). The 
payment is made directly from the general fund of the U.S. 
Treasury, and is in addition to appropriated funds that will be 
contributed from agency budgets in fiscal year 2000.

                       Office of Special Counsel


                         salaries and expenses

Appropriations, 1999....................................      $8,720,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................       9,740,000
Committee recommendation................................       9,689,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $9,689,000 for 
the Office of Special Counsel.
    The Office of the Special Counsel (OCS) is charged with 
enforcement of certain provisions of the Civil Service Reform 
Act of 1978 (Public Law 95-454 and 5 U.S.C. 1204-1208). The 
statute requires OSC to investigate and, if warranted, 
prosecute: all allegations of prohibited personnel practices, 
including reprisal for protected disclosures of information; 
prohibited political activity; arbitrary or capricious 
withholding of information under the Freedom of Information 
Act; involvement of any employee in any prohibited 
discrimination found by any court or appropriate administrative 
authority; and any other activity prohibited by civil service 
law, rule, or regulation. OSC also provides a safe channel for 
disclosure of information evidencing waste, fraud, and abuse 
and referral of such information to agencies.

                             U.S. Tax Court


                         salaries and expenses

Appropriations, 1999....................................     $32,765,000
Budget estimate, 2000...................................      36,489,000
Committee recommendation................................      34,179,000

    The Committee recommends an appropriation of $34,179,000 
for the U.S. Tax Court. The Committee denies $1,240,000 for new 
requirements.
    The U.S. Tax Court is an independent judicial body in the 
legislative branch under article I of the Constitution of the 
United States. The court is composed of a chief judge and 18 
judges. Decisions by the court are reviewable by the U.S. 
Courts of Appeals and, if certiorari is granted, by the Supreme 
Court.
    In their judicial duties the judges are assisted by senior 
judges, who participate in the adjudication of regular cases, 
and by special trial judges, who hear small tax cases and 
certain regular cases assigned to them by the chief judge.
    The court conducts trial sessions throughout the United 
States, including Hawaii and Alaska.
    The U.S. Tax Court hears and decides cases involving 
Federal income, estate and gift tax deficiencies, and excise 
taxes relating to public charities, private foundations, 
qualified pension plans, real estate investment trusts, and 
windfall profit tax on domestic crude oil. It also renders 
declaratory judgments regarding the qualification or continuing 
qualification (including revocations of rulings on the 
exemptions) of retirement plans.
    The Tax Court has jurisdiction to render declaratory 
judgments with respect to exempt organization status 
determinations pursuant to section 501(c)(3), Internal Revenue 
Code, and to enter declaratory judgments on the tax treatment 
of interest on proposed issues of Government obligations. In 
addition, the court has jurisdiction over actions to restrain 
disclosure and to obtain additional disclosure with respect to 
public inspection of written determinations issued by the 
Internal Revenue Service, and actions to compel the disclosure 
of the identity of third-party contacts relating to written 
determinations made by the Internal Revenue Service.
    For fiscal year 2000, the court proposes a trial program of 
600 weeks consisting of 264 weeks of trial sessions assigned to 
Special Trial Judges, and 100 weeks of lengthy special 
sessions. This represents an increase of 260 weeks over fiscal 
year 1999.

                STATEMENT CONCERNING GENERAL PROVISIONS

    Traditionally, the Treasury and General Government 
appropriation bill has included general provisions which govern 
both the activities of the agencies covered by the bill, and, 
in some cases, activities of agencies, programs, and general 
government activities that are not covered by the bill. Those 
general provisions that are Governmentwide in scope are 
contained in title VI of this bill.
    The bill contains a number of general provisions that have 
been carried in this bill for years and which are routine in 
nature and scope. General provisions in the bill are explained 
under this section of the report. Those general provisions that 
deal with a single agency only are shown immediately following 
that particular agency's or department's appropriation accounts 
in the bill. Those general provisions that address activities 
or directives affecting all of the agencies covered in this 
bill are contained in title V of the bill.

                      TITLE V--GENERAL PROVISIONS

                                This Act

    Section 501 continues a provision which limits the use of 
appropriated funds to the current fiscal year.
    Section 502 continues a provision regarding consultant 
services.
    Section 503 continues a provision which prohibits the use 
of funds to engage in activities which would prohibit in the 
enforcement of section 307 of the 1930 Tariff Act.
    Section 504 continues a provision which prohibits the 
transfer of control over the Federal Law Enforcement Training 
Center.
    Section 505 continues the provision concerning the 
employment rights of Federal employees who return to their 
civilian jobs after assignment with the Armed Forces.
    Section 506 continues a provision which requires compliance 
with the Buy American Act.
    Section 507 continues a provision which states the sense of 
Congress regarding notice and purchase of American-made 
products.
    Section 508 continues a provision which prohibits an 
individual from eligibility for Government contracts if a court 
determines that individual has intentionally fraudulently 
affixed a ``Made in America'' label to any product non-American 
made.
    Section 509 continues a provision which provides up to 50 
percent of unobligated balances may remain available for 
authorized purposes in compliance with reprogramming 
guidelines.
    Section 510 continues a provision which prohibits the 
Executive Office of the President from using appropriated funds 
to request FBI background investigation reports.
    Section 511 directs 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.

 TITLE VI--GENERAL PROVISIONS, DEPARTMENTS, AGENCIES, AND CORPORATIONS

    The Committee has recommended the inclusion of the 
following general provisions:
    Section 601 continues a provision authorizing agencies to 
pay travel costs of the families of Federal employees on 
foreign duty to return to the United States in the event of 
death or a life threatening illness of an employee.
    Section 602 continues a provision requiring agencies to 
administer a policy designed to ensure that all of its 
workplaces are free from the illegal use of controlled 
substances.
    Section 603 continues a provision regarding price 
limitations on vehicles to be purchased by the Federal 
Government.
    Section 604 continues a provision allowing funds made 
available to agencies for travel to also be used for quarters 
allowances and cost-of-living allowances.
    Section 605 continues a provision prohibiting the 
Government, with certain specified exceptions, from employing 
non-U.S. citizens whose posts of duty would be in the 
continental United States.
    Section 606 continues a provision ensuring that agencies 
will have authority to pay the General Services Administration 
bills for space renovation and other services.
    Section 607 continues a provision allowing agencies to 
finance the costs of recycling and waste prevention programs 
with proceeds from the sale of materials recovered through such 
programs.
    Section 608 continues a provision providing that funds may 
be used to pay rent and other service costs in the District of 
Columbia.
    Section 609 continues a provision prohibiting the use of 
appropriated funds to pay the salary of any nominee after the 
Senate voted not to approve the nomination.
    Section 610 continues a provision precluding interagency 
financing of groups absent prior statutory approval.
    Section 611 continues a provision authorizing the Postal 
Service to employ guards.
    Section 612 continues a provision prohibiting the use of 
appropriated funds for enforcing regulations disapproved in 
accordance with the applicable law of the United States.
    Section 613 continues a provision limiting the pay 
increases of certain prevailing rate employees.
    Section 614 continues a provision limiting the amount that 
can be used for redecoration of offices under certain 
circumstances.
    Section 615 continues provision prohibiting the expenditure 
of appropriated funds for the acquisition of additional law 
enforcement training facilities without the advance approval of 
the Committees on Appropriations to allow the Federal Law 
Enforcement Training Center to obtain temporary use of 
additional facilities for training which cannot be accommodated 
in existing Center facilities.
    Section 616 continues a provision permitting interagency 
funding of national security and emergency preparedness 
telecommunications initiatives, which benefit multiple Federal 
departments, agencies, and entities.
    Section 617 continues a provision requiring agencies to 
certify that a schedule C appointment was not created solely or 
primarily to detail the employee to the White House.
    Section 618 continues a provision requiring agencies to 
administer a policy designed to ensure that all of its 
workplaces are free from discrimination and sexual harassment.
    Section 619 continues a provision prohibiting the use of 
appropriated funds for travel expenses not directly related to 
official governmental duties.
    Section 620 continues a provision which prohibits the use 
of appropriated funds in this or any other act to acquire 
information technology which does not comply with part 39.106 
(year 2000 compliance) of the Federal acquisition regulations.
    Section 621 continues a provision which prohibits the U.S. 
Customs Service from allowing the importation of products 
produced by forced or indentured child labor.
    Section 622 continues a provision which prohibits the use 
of funds to prevent Federal employees from communicating with 
Congress or to take disciplinary or personnel actions against 
employees for such communication.
    Section 623 makes permanent a provision to promote 
protection of Federal law enforcement officers who intervene in 
certain situations.
    Section 624 continues a 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 continues a provision which prohibits training 
not directly related to the performance of official duties.
    Section 626 continues a provision prohibiting the 
expenditure of funds for the implementation of agreements in 
certain nondisclosure policies unless certain provisions are 
included in the policies.
    Section 627 continues a provision which prohibits use of 
appropriated funds for publicity or propaganda designed to 
support or defeat legislation pending before Congress.
    Section 628 continues a provision which requires the Office 
of Management and Budget to do an accounting statement and 
associated report on the cumulative costs and benefits of 
Federal regulatory programs.
    Section 629 continues a provision which prohibits use of 
appropriated funds by an agency to provide Federal employees 
home address to labor organizations.
    Section 630 continues a provision which authorizes the 
Secretary of the Treasury to establish standards for explosives 
detection canines.
    Section 631 continues a provision which prohibits the use 
of appropriated funds to provide nonpublic information such as 
mailing or telephone lists to any person or organization 
outside of the Government.
    Section 632 continues a provision which prohibits the use 
of appropriated funds for publicity or propaganda purposes 
within the United States not authorized by Congress.
    Section 633 continues a provision directing agencies 
employees to use official time in an honest effort to perform 
official duties.
    Section 634 makes technical modifications and continues a 
provision regarding contraceptive coverage under the Federal 
Employees Health Benefits Plan.

  COMPLIANCE WITH PARAGRAPH 7, RULE XVI, OF THE STANDING RULES OF THE 
                                 SENATE

    Paragraph 7 of rule XVI requires that Committee reports on 
general appropriations bills identify each Committee amendment 
to the House bill ``which proposes an item of appropriation 
which is not made to carry out the provisions of an existing 
law, a treaty stipulation, or an act or resolution previously 
passed by the Senate during that session.''
    The Committee recommends the following appropriations which 
lack authorization:
    Department of the Treasury:
      Departmental Offices:
                  Salaries and expenses, $133,168,000
                  Department-wide Systems and Capital 
                Investments Program, $35,561,000
                  Treasury Building and annex, repair and 
                restoration, $15,000,000
      Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, salaries and 
        expenses, $27,681,000
      Federal Law Enforcement Training Center:
                  Salaries and expenses, $80,114,000
                  Acquisition, construction, improvements, and 
                related expenses, $21,611,000
      Financial Management Service, salaries and expenses, 
        $200,054,000
      Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms:
                  Salaries and expenses, $569,225,000
      U.S. Customs Service:
                  Salaries and expenses, $1,670,747,000
                  Operation and maintenance, air and marine 
                interdiction programs, $108,688,000
      Internal Revenue Service:
                  Processing, assistance, and management, 
                $3,291,945,000
                  Tax law enforcement, $3,305,090,000
                  Information systems, $1,450,100,000
      Executive Office of the President:
                  The White House Office, salaries and 
                expenses, $52,444,000
                  Executive Residence at the White House, 
                operating expenses, $9,260,000
                  Special Assistance to the President, salaries 
                and expenses, $3,617,000
                  Council of Economic Advisers, salaries and 
                expenses, $3,840,000
                  National Security Council, salaries and 
                expenses, $6,997,000
                  Office of Administration, salaries and 
                expenses, $39,198,000
                  Office of Management and Budget, salaries and 
                expenses, $63,495,000
      Office of National Drug Control Policy, salaries and 
        expenses, $21,963,000
      Counterdrug Technology Assessment Center, salaries and 
        expenses, $31,100,000
      Counternarcotics research and development projects, 
        $2,100,000
      High-intensity drug trafficking areas, $188,277,000
                  State and local drug control activities, 
                $96,021,000
                  Federal agency drug control activities, 
                $92,256,000
      Federal Election Commission, salaries and expenses, 
        $38,175,000
      Federal Labor Relations Authority, salaries and expenses, 
        $23,681,000
      General Services Administration, Federal buildings fund, 
        limitations on availability of revenue:
                Repairs and alterations, $624,869,000
                        Nationwide:
                                Chlorofluorcarbons program, 
                                $16,000,000
                                Basic repairs and alterations, 
                                $350,000,000
      Policy and operations, salaries and expenses, 
        $120,198,000
      Merit Systems Protection Board, salaries and expenses, 
        $27,422,000
      National Historical Publications and Records Commission, 
        $6,250,000
      Office of Special Counsel, salaries and expenses, 
        $9,689,000
      U.S. Tax Court, salaries and expenses, $34,179,000

COMPLIANCE WITH PARAGRAPH 7(C), RULE XXVI, OF THE STANDING RULES OF THE 
                                 SENATE

    Pursuant to paragraph 7(c) of rule XXVI, the Committee 
ordered reported en bloc, S. 1282, an original Treasury and 
General Government Appropriations bill, 2000, and S. 1283, an 
original District of Columbia Appropriations bill, 2000, and an 
original Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations bill, 
2000, each subject to amendment and each subject to its budget 
allocations, by a recorded vote of 28-0, a quorum being 
present. The vote was as follows:
        Yeas                          Nays
Chairman Stevens
Mr. Cochran
Mr. Specter
Mr. Domenici
Mr. Bond
Mr. Gorton
Mr. McConnell
Mr. Burns
Mr. Shelby
Mr. Gregg
Mr. Bennett
Mr. Campbell
Mr. Craig
Mrs. Hutchison
Mr. Kyl
Mr. Byrd
Mr. Inouye
Mr. Hollings
Mr. Leahy
Mr. Lautenberg
Mr. Harkin
Ms. Mikulski
Mr. Reid
Mr. Kohl
Mrs. Murray
Mr. Dorgan
Mrs. Feinstein
Mr. Durbin

 COMPLIANCE WITH PARAGRAPH 12, RULE XXVI OF THE STANDING RULES OF THE 
                                 SENATE

    Paragraph 12 of rule XXVI requires that Committee reports 
on a bill or joint resolution repealing or amending any statute 
or part of any statute include ``(a) the text of the statute or 
part thereof which is proposed to be repealed; and (b) a 
comparative print of that part of the bill or joint resolution 
making the amendment and of the statute or part thereof 
proposed to be amended, showing by stricken-through type and 
italics, parallel columns, or other appropriate typographical 
devices the omissions and insertions which would be made by the 
bill or joint resolution if enacted in the form recommended by 
the committee.''
    In compliance with this rule, the following changes in 
existing law proposed to be made by the bill are shown as 
follows: existing law to be omitted is enclosed in black 
brackets; new matter is printed in italic; and existing law in 
which no change is proposed is shown in roman.

               TITLE 28--JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE

           *       *       *       *       *       *       *



                    PART IV--JURISDICTION AND VENUE

           *       *       *       *       *       *       *



                  CHAPTER 87--DISTRICT COURTS; VENUE

           *       *       *       *       *       *       *



Sec. 1391. Venue generally

    (a) * * *

           *       *       *       *       *       *       *

    (f) A civil action against a foreign state as defined in 
section 1603(a) of this title may be brought--
            (1) in any judicial district in which a substantial 
        part of the events or omissions giving rise to the 
        claim occurred, or a substantial part of property that 
        is the subject of the action is situated;
            (2) in any judicial district in which the vessel or 
        cargo of a foreign state is situated, if the claim is 
        asserted under section 1605(b) of this title;
            (3) in any judicial district in which the agency or 
        instrumentality is licensed to do business or is doing 
        business, if the action is brought against an agency or 
        instrumentality of a foreign state as defined in 
        section [1603(b)] 1603(b)(1) of this title; or
            (4) in the United States District Court for the 
        District of Columbia if the action is brought against a 
        foreign state or political subdivision thereof.

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        CHAPTER 97--JURISDICTIONAL IMMUNITIES OF FOREIGN STATES

           *       *       *       *       *       *       *



Sec. 1603. Definitions

    For purposes of this chapter--
            (a) * * *
    [(b) An ``agency or instrumentality of a foreign state'' 
means any entity--]
    (b) An `agency or instrumentality of a foreign state' 
means--
            (1) any entity--
                    [(1)] (A) which is a separate legal person, 
                corporate or otherwise, and
                    [(2)] (B) which is an organ of a foreign 
                state or political subdivision thereof, or a 
                majority of whose shares or other ownership 
                interest is owned by a foreign state or 
                political subdivision thereof, and
                    [(3)] (C) which is neither a citizen of a 
                State of the United States as defined in 
                section 1332 (c) and (d) of this title, nor 
                created under the laws of any third country[.] 
                ; and
            (2) for purposes of sections 1605(a)(7) and 1610 
        (a)(7) and (f), any entity as defined under 
        subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (1), and 
        subparagraph (C) of paragraph (1) shall not apply.

           *       *       *       *       *       *       *


Sec. 1610. Exceptions to the immunity from attachment or execution

    (a) * * *

           *       *       *       *       *       *       *

    (f)(1)(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
including but not limited to section 208(f) of the Foreign 
Missions Act (22 U.S.C. 4308(f)), and except as provided in 
subparagraph (B), any property with respect to which financial 
transactions are prohibited or regulated pursuant to section 
5(b) of the Trading with the Enemy Act (50 U.S.C. App. 5(b)), 
section 620(a) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 
Sec.  2370(a)), sections 202 and 203 of the International 
Emergency Economic Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1701-1702), or any 
other proclamation, order, regulation, or license issued 
pursuant thereto, shall be subject to execution or attachment 
in aid of execution of any judgment relating to a claim for 
which a foreign state [(including any agency or instrumentality 
or such state)] (including any agency or instrumentality of 
such state) claiming such property is not immune under section 
1605(a)(7).
    (B) * * *
    (C) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, moneys due 
from or payable by the United States (including any agency, 
subdivision or instrumentality thereof) to any state against 
which a judgment is pending under section 1605(a)(7) shall be 
subject to attachment and execution, in like manner and to the 
same extent as if the United States were a private person.
    (2)(A) * * *

           *       *       *       *       *       *       *

    (3)(A) Subject to subparagraph (B), upon determining on an 
asset-by-asset basis that a waiver is necessary in the national 
security interest, the President may waive this subsection in 
connection with (and prior to the enforcement of) any judicial 
order directing attachment in aid of execution or execution 
against the principal office of a foreign mission to the United 
States used for diplomatic or related purposes, or any funds 
held by or in the name of such foreign mission determined by 
the President to be necessary to satisfy actual operating 
expenses of such principal office.
    (B) A waiver under this paragraph shall not apply to--
            (i) the principal office of a foreign mission if 
        such office has been used for any nondiplomatic purpose 
        (including as commercial rental property) by either the 
        foreign state or by the United States, or to the 
        proceeds of such nondiplomatic purpose; or
            (ii) if any asset of such principal office is sold 
        or otherwise transferred for value to a third party, 
        the proceeds of such sale or transfer.

           *       *       *       *       *       *       *


  Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Approrpiations Act, 
                        1999, Public Law 105-277


            DIVISION A--OMNIBUS CONSOLIDATED APPROPRIATIONS

           *       *       *       *       *       *       *


    Sec. 101* * *
      (h) For programs, projects or activities in the Treasury 
and General Government Appropriations Act, 1999, provided as 
follows, to be effective as if it had been enacted into law as 
the regular appropriations Act:

 AN ACT Making appropriations for the Treasury Department, the United 
   States Postal Service, the Executive Office of the President, and 
certain Independent Agencies, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
                      1999, and for other purposes

                  TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

           *       *       *       *       *       *       *



            General Provisions--Department of the Treasury

           *       *       *       *       *       *       *


    Sec. 117. Exception to Immunity From Attachment or 
Execution. (a) * * *

           *       *       *       *       *       *       *

    [(d) Waiver.--The President may waive the requirements of 
this section in the interest of national security.]

           *       *       *       *       *       *       *


                      TITLE VI--GENERAL PROVISIONS


                Departments, Agencies, and Corporations

           *       *       *       *       *       *       *


    Sec. 627. (a) Definitions.--In this section--

           *       *       *       *       *       *       *

    (b) Rule of Construction.--[Notwithstanding] Effective on 
the date of the enactment of this Act and thereafter, and 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, for purposes of 
chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code, or any other 
provision of law relating to tort liability, a law enforcement 
officer shall be construed to be acting within the scope of his 
or her office or employment, if the officer takes reasonable 
action, including the use of force, to--

                                            BUDGETARY IMPACT OF BILL
  PREPARED IN CONSULTATION WITH THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE PURSUANT TO SEC. 308(a), PUBLIC LAW 93-344, AS
                                                     AMENDED
                                            [In millions of dollars]
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                  Budget authority               Outlays
                                                             ---------------------------------------------------
                                                               Committee    Amount of    Committee    Amount of
                                                               allocation      bill      allocation      bill
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Comparison of amounts in the bill with Committee allocations
 to its subcommittees of amounts in 2000: Subcommittee on
 Treasury and General Government:
    General purpose discretionary...........................       13,060       13,204       13,817   \1\ 13,708
    Violent crime reduction fund............................          194          194          128          128
    Mandatory...............................................       14,385       14,533       14,394       14,395
Projections of outlays associated with the recommendation:
    2000....................................................  ...........  ...........  ...........   \2\ 24,685
    2001....................................................  ...........  ...........  ...........        1,916
    2002....................................................  ...........  ...........  ...........          311
    2003....................................................  ...........  ...........  ...........          159
    2004 and future year....................................  ...........  ...........  ...........           75
Financial assistance to State and local governments for 2000           NA  ...........           NA  ...........
 in bill....................................................
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ Includes outlays from prior-year budget authority.
\2\ Excludes outlays from prior-year budget authority.

NA: Not applicable.

Note.--Consistent with the funding recommended in the bill for earned income tax credit compliance and in
  accordance with section 314(b)(5) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, as amended, the Committee
  anticipates that the Budget Committee will file a revised section 302(a) allocation for the Committee on
  Appropriations reflecting an upward adjustment of $144,000,000 in budget authority and $146,000,000 in
  outlays.


  COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF NEW BUDGET (OBLIGATIONAL) AUTHORITY FOR FISCAL YEAR 1999 AND BUDGET ESTIMATES AND AMOUNTS RECOMMENDED IN THE BILL FOR FISCAL
                                                                        YEAR 2000
                                                                [In thousands of dollars]
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                                                                      Senate Committee recommendation
                                                                                                   Committee              compared with (+ or -)
                        Item                          1999 appropriation    Budget estimate     recommendation   ---------------------------------------
                                                                                                                  1999 appropriation    Budget estimate
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

         TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Departmental Offices................................            123,151             134,630             133,168             +10,017              -1,462
    Salaries and expenses:
        Counterdrug (emergency funding).............              1,500   ..................  ..................             -1,500   ..................
        Y2K conversion (emergency funding)..........              1,238   ..................  ..................             -1,238   ..................
        Y2K conversion (emergency funding)..........              1,890   ..................  ..................             -1,890   ..................
    Automation enhancement:
        Y2K conversion (emergency funding)..........             37,403   ..................  ..................            -37,403   ..................
        Y2K conversion (emergency funding)..........              2,762   ..................  ..................             -2,762   ..................
        Y2K conversion (emergency funding)..........             12,500   ..................  ..................            -12,500   ..................
        Y2K conversion (emergency funding)..........              6,731   ..................  ..................             -6,731   ..................
Department-wide systems and capital investments                  28,690              53,561              35,561              +6,871             -18,000
 programs...........................................
Office of Inspector General.........................             30,678              32,017              30,483                -195              -1,534
Inspector General for Tax Administration............  ..................            112,207             111,340            +111,340                -867
Treasury Buildings and Annex Repair and Restoration.             27,000              23,000              15,000             -12,000              -8,000
    (Delay in obligation)...........................           (-27,000)  ..................  ..................           (+27,000)  ..................
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network................             24,000              28,418              27,681              +3,681                -737

Violent Crime Reduction Programs:
    Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms.........              3,000               3,000              17,847             +14,847             +14,847
    Financial Crimes Enforcement Network............              1,400               1,263               1,863                +463                +600
    Interagency crime and drug enforcement..........             24,000              49,716              28,366              +4,366             -21,350
    United States Secret Service....................             22,628               3,196              21,950                -678             +18,754
    ONDCP...........................................              1,000   ..................  ..................             -1,000   ..................
    Gang Resistance Education and Training: Grants..             13,000              10,000              13,000   ..................             +3,000
    United States Customs Service...................             65,472              64,952              52,774             -12,698             -12,178
    Federal Drug Control Programs: High Intensity                 1,500   ..................  ..................             -1,500   ..................
     Drug Trafficking Areas Program.................
    Federal Law Enforcement Training Center.........  ..................  ..................              9,200              +9,200              +9,200
    Federal Drug Control Programs: Special            ..................  ..................             49,000             +49,000             +49,000
     forfeiture fund................................
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Violent Crime Reduction Programs.......            132,000             132,127             194,000             +62,000             +61,873

Federal Law Enforcement Training Center:
    Salaries and Expenses...........................             71,923              86,846              80,114              +8,191              -6,732
        Antiterrorism (emergency funding)...........              3,548   ..................  ..................             -3,548   ..................
    Acquisition, Construction, Improvements, and                 34,760              21,000              21,611             -13,149                +611
     Related Expenses...............................
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Federal Law Enforcement Training Center            110,231             107,846             101,725              -8,506              -6,121

Interagency Law Enforcement: Interagency crime and               51,900              26,184   ..................            -51,900             -26,184
 drug enforce-  ment................................
Financial Management Service........................            196,490             202,670             200,054              +3,564              -2,616
    Y2K conversion (emergency funding)..............              6,000   ..................  ..................             -6,000   ..................

Federal Financing Bank (debt liquidation)...........         (3,317,960)  ..................  ..................        (-3,317,960)  ..................

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms:
    Salaries and Expenses...........................            546,074             584,859             569,225             +23,151             -15,634
        (Delay in obligation).......................            (-2,206)  ..................  ..................            (+2,206)  ..................
        Rescission..................................             -4,500   ..................  ..................             +4,500   ..................
        Y2K conversion (emergency funding)..........              2,665   ..................  ..................             -2,665   ..................
        Y2K conversion (emergency funding)..........              5,000   ..................  ..................             -5,000   ..................
        Y2K conversion (emergency funding)..........              3,530   ..................  ..................             -3,530   ..................
    Laboratory facilities and headquarters..........  ..................             15,000   ..................  ..................            -15,000
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms            552,769             599,859             569,225             +16,456             -30,634

United States Customs Service:
    Salaries and Expenses...........................          1,642,565           1,720,370           1,670,747             +28,182             -49,623
        (Delay in obligation).......................            (-9,500)  ..................  ..................            (+9,500)  ..................
        Counterdrug (emergency funding).............            106,300   ..................  ..................           -106,300   ..................
        Y2K conversion (emergency funding)..........             10,200   ..................  ..................            -10,200   ..................
        Y2K conversion (emergency funding)..........              1,701   ..................  ..................             -1,701   ..................
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          Subtotal..................................          1,760,766           1,720,370           1,670,747             -90,019             -49,623

    Operation, Maintenance and Procurement, Air and             113,688             109,413             108,688              -5,000                -725
     Marine Interdiction Programs...................
        Counterdrug (emergency funding).............            162,700   ..................  ..................           -162,700   ..................
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          Subtotal..................................            276,388             109,413             108,688            -167,700                -725

    Customs Services at Small Airports (to be                     2,000               2,000               2,000   ..................  ..................
     derived from fees collected)...................
        Offsetting receipts.........................  ..................             -2,000              -2,000              -2,000   ..................
    Harbor Maintenance Fee Collection...............              3,000   ..................              3,000   ..................             +3,000
Customs facilities, construction, improvements and                7,000   ..................  ..................             -7,000   ..................
 related expenses (Counterdrug emergency funding)...
                                                     ===================================================================================================
      Total, United States Customs Service..........          2,049,154           1,829,783           1,782,435            -266,719             -47,348

Bureau of the Public Debt...........................            172,100             177,819             176,983              +4,883                -836
    Y2K conversion (emergency funding)..............              1,000   ..................  ..................             -1,000   ..................

Payment of government losses in shipment............  ..................              1,000               1,000              +1,000   ..................

Internal Revenue Service:
    Processing, Assistance, and Management..........          3,086,208           3,312,535           3,291,945            +205,737             -20,590
        (Delay in obligation).......................          (-130,000)  ..................  ..................          (+130,000)  ..................
    Tax Law Enforcement.............................          3,164,189           3,336,838           3,305,090            +140,901             -31,748
    Earned Income Tax Credit Compliance Initiative..            143,000             144,000             144,000              +1,000   ..................
    Information Systems.............................          1,265,456           1,455,401           1,450,100            +184,644              -5,301
        Y2K conversion (emergency funding)..........            483,000   ..................  ..................           -483,000   ..................
        Y2K conversion (emergency funding)..........             22,312   ..................  ..................            -22,312   ..................
    Information technology investments..............            211,000   ..................  ..................           -211,000   ..................
        (Delay in obligation).......................          (-211,000)  ..................  ..................          (+211,000)  ..................
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          Net total, Internal Revenue Service.......          8,375,165           8,248,774           8,191,135            -184,030             -57,639

United States Secret Service:
    Salaries and Expenses...........................            600,302             661,312             638,816             +38,514             -22,496
        (Delay in obligation).......................            (-5,000)  ..................  ..................            (+5,000)  ..................
        Antiterrorism (emergency funding)...........             80,808   ..................  ..................            -80,808   ..................
        Y2K conversion (emergency funding)..........              3,000   ..................  ..................             -3,000   ..................
        Y2K conversion (emergency funding)..........                695   ..................  ..................               -695   ..................
    Acquisition, Construction, Improvement, and                   8,068               4,923               4,923              -3,145   ..................
     Related Expenses...............................
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total, United States Secret Service...........            692,873             666,235             643,739             -49,134             -22,496
                                                     ===================================================================================================
      Net total, title I, Department of the Treasury         12,637,225          12,376,130          12,213,529            -423,696            -162,601

          Appropriations............................        (11,673,742)        (12,376,130)        (12,213,529)          (+539,787)          (-162,601)
          Emergency funding.........................           (963,483)  ..................  ..................          (-963,483)  ..................
                                                     ===================================================================================================
              TITLE II--POSTAL SERVICE

           Payments to the Postal Service

Payments to the Postal Service Fund.................            100,195              93,436              29,000             -71,195             -64,436
    (Delay in obligation)...........................           (-71,195)  ..................  ..................           (+71,195)  ..................
    Advance appropriations, fiscal year 2001........  ..................  ..................             64,436             +64,436             +64,436
                                                     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
      Total.........................................            100,195              93,436              93,436              -6,759   ..................

  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...................                250                 250                 250   ..................  ..................
    Salaries and Expenses...........................             52,344              52,444              52,444                +100   ..................
Executive Residence at the White House:
    Operating Expenses..............................              8,691               9,260               9,260                +569   ..................
    White House Repair and Restoration..............  ..................                810                 810                +810   ..................
Special Assistance to the President and the Official
 Residence of the Vice President:
    Salaries and Expenses...........................              3,512               3,617               3,617                +105   ..................
    Operating expenses..............................                334                 345                 345                 +11   ..................
Council of Economic Advisers........................              3,666               3,840               3,840                +174   ..................
Office of Policy Development........................              4,032               4,032               4,032   ..................  ..................
National Security Council...........................              6,806               6,997               6,997                +191   ..................
Office of Administration............................             28,350              39,198              39,198             +10,848   ..................
    Y2K conversion (emergency funding)..............             12,200   ..................  ..................            -12,200   ..................
    Y2K conversion (emergency funding)..............              7,666   ..................  ..................             -7,666   ..................
    Y2K conversion (emergency funding)..............              9,925   ..................  ..................             -9,925   ..................
Office of Management and Budget.....................             60,617              63,495              63,495              +2,878   ..................
Office of National Drug Control Policy..............             48,042              43,133              21,963             -26,079             -21,170
    Counterdrug (emergency funding).................              1,200   ..................  ..................             -1,200   ..................
    Counterdrug Technology Assessment Center........  ..................  ..................             31,100             +31,100             +31,100
Unanticipated Needs.................................              1,000               1,000   ..................             -1,000              -1,000
    Emergency funding...............................             30,000   ..................  ..................            -30,000   ..................
    Rescission......................................            -10,000   ..................  ..................            +10,000   ..................
Federal Drug Control Programs: High Intensity Drug              184,977             185,777             188,277              +3,300              +2,500
 Trafficking Areas Program..........................
Special forfeiture fund.............................            214,500             225,300             127,500             -87,000             -97,800
    Counterdrug (emergency funding).................              2,000   ..................  ..................             -2,000   ..................
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      Total, title III, Executive Office of the                 670,112             639,498             553,128            -116,984             -86,370
       President and Funds Appropriated to the
       President....................................

          Appropriations............................           (607,121)           (639,498)           (553,128)           (-53,993)           (-86,370)
          Emergency funding.........................            (62,991)  ..................  ..................           (-62,991)  ..................
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           TITLE IV--INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

Committee for Purchase from People Who Are Blind or               2,464               2,674               2,657                +193                 -17
 Severely Dis-  abled...............................
Federal Election Commission.........................             36,500              38,516              38,175              +1,675                -341
    Counterdrug (emergency funding).................                243   ..................  ..................               -243   ..................
Federal Labor Relations Authority...................             22,586              23,828              23,681              +1,095                -147
General Services Administration:
    Federal Buildings Fund:
        Appropriation...............................            450,018   ..................  ..................           -450,018   ..................
        Limitations on availability of revenue:
            Construction and acquisition of                    (492,190)           (102,194)            (76,979)          (-415,211)           (-25,215)
             facilities.............................
                Rescission (Public Law 104-208).....  ..................  ..................           (-20,782)           (-20,782)           (-20,782)
            Repairs and alterations.................           (668,031)           (664,869)           (624,869)           (-43,162)           (-40,000)
                (Delay in obligation)...............          (-161,500)  ..................  ..................          (+161,500)  ..................
            Installment acquisition payments........           (215,764)           (205,668)           (205,668)           (-10,096)  ..................
            Rental of space.........................         (2,583,261)         (2,782,186)         (2,782,186)          (+198,925)  ..................
                (Delay in obligation)...............           (-15,000)  ..................  ..................           (+15,000)  ..................
            Building Operations.....................         (1,554,772)         (1,590,183)         (1,590,183)           (+35,411)  ..................
                (Delay in obligation)...............           (-68,000)  ..................  ..................           (+68,000)  ..................
            Repayment of Debt.......................            (91,000)           (100,000)           (100,000)            (+9,000)  ..................
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              Total, Federal Buildings Fund.........            450,018   ..................  ..................           -450,018   ..................
                  (Limitations).....................         (5,605,018)         (5,445,100)         (5,359,103)          (-245,915)           (-85,997)

    Policy and Operations...........................            109,594             122,158             120,198             +10,604              -1,960
        Y2K conversion (emergency funding)..........             12,701   ..................  ..................            -12,701   ..................
        Y2K conversion (emergency funding)..........              4,800   ..................  ..................             -4,800   ..................
        Y2K conversion (emergency funding)..........              5,002   ..................  ..................             -5,002   ..................
        Y2K conversion (emergency funding)..........             18,796   ..................  ..................            -18,796   ..................
    Office of Inspector General.....................             32,000              33,917              33,858              +1,858                 -59
    Allowances and Office Staff for Former                        2,241               2,241               2,241   ..................  ..................
     Presidents.....................................
    Supplemental general provision (Public Law 160-               1,700   ..................  ..................             -1,700   ..................
     31)............................................
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      Total, General Services Administration........            636,852             158,316             156,297            -480,555              -2,019

Merit Systems Protection Board:
    Salaries and Expenses...........................             25,805              27,586              27,422              +1,617                -164
        Y2K conversion (emergency funding)..........                 66   ..................  ..................                -66   ..................
    (Limitation on administrative expenses).........             (2,430)             (2,430)             (2,430)  ..................  ..................
Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in         ..................              3,000               1,494              +1,494              -1,506
 National Environmental Policy Foundation...........
    Environmental Dispute Resolution Fund...........              4,250               1,250   ..................             -4,250              -1,250
National Archives and Records Administration:
    Operating expenses..............................            224,614             186,452             179,738             -44,876              -6,714
        (Delay in obligation).......................            (-7,861)  ..................  ..................            (+7,861)  ..................
        Y2K conversion (emergency funding)..........              6,662   ..................  ..................             -6,662   ..................
    Reduction of debt...............................             -4,012              -5,598              -5,598              -1,586   ..................

    Repairs and Restoration.........................             11,325              13,518              21,518             +10,193              +8,000
    National Historical Publications and Records                 10,000               6,000               6,250              -3,750                +250
     Commission: Grants program.....................
        (Delay in obligation).......................            (-4,000)  ..................  ..................            (+4,000)  ..................
        Rescission..................................  ..................  ..................             -3,800              -3,800              -3,800
    Records Center Revolving Fund...................  ..................             22,000              22,000             +22,000   ..................
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      Total, National Archives and Records                      248,589             222,372             220,108             -28,481              -2,264
       Administration...............................

Office of Government Ethics.........................              8,492               9,114               9,071                +579                 -43

Office of Personnel Management:
    Salaries and Expenses...........................             85,350              91,584              91,584              +6,234   ..................
        Y2K conversion (emergency funding)..........              2,428   ..................  ..................             -2,428   ..................
        (Limitation on administrative expenses).....            (91,236)            (95,486)            (95,486)            (+4,250)  ..................
    Office of Inspector General.....................                960                 960                 960   ..................  ..................
        (Limitation on administrative expenses).....             (9,145)             (9,645)             (9,645)              (+500)  ..................
    Government Payment for Annuitants, Employees              4,654,146           5,105,482           5,105,482            +451,336   ..................
     Health Benefits................................
    Government Payment for Annuitants, Employee Life             34,576              36,207              36,207              +1,631   ..................
     Insurance......................................
    Payment to Civil Service Retirement and                   8,703,180           9,120,872           9,120,872            +417,692   ..................
     Disability Fund................................
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      Total, Office of Personnel Management.........         13,480,640          14,355,105          14,355,105            +874,465   ..................

Office of Special Counsel...........................              8,720               9,740               9,689                +969                 -51
    Y2K conversion (emergency funding)..............                100   ..................  ..................               -100   ..................
United States Tax Court.............................             32,765              36,489              34,179              +1,414              -2,310
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      Total, title IV, Independent Agencies.........         14,508,072          14,887,990          14,877,878            +369,806             -10,112
          Appropriations............................        (14,457,274)        (14,887,990)        (14,877,878)          (+420,604)           (-10,112)
          Rescissions...............................  ..................  ..................  ..................  ..................  ..................
          Emergency funding.........................            (50,798)  ..................  ..................           (-50,798)  ..................
                                                     ===================================================================================================
      Grand total...................................         27,915,604          27,997,054          27,737,971            -177,633            -259,083

              Appropriations........................        (26,852,832)        (27,997,054)        (27,677,335)          (+824,503)          (-319,719)
              Rescissions...........................           (-14,500)  ..................            (-3,800)           (+10,700)            (-3,800)
              Advance appropriations, fiscal year     ..................  ..................            (64,436)           (+64,436)           (+64,436)
               2001.................................
              Emergency funding.....................         (1,077,272)  ..................  ..................        (-1,077,272)  ..................
          (Limitations).............................         (5,707,829)         (5,552,661)         (5,466,664)          (-241,165)           (-85,997)
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