[House Report 106-796]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
106th Congress Report
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
2d Session 106-796
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MAKING APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH FOR THE FISCAL YEAR
ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 2001, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES
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July 27 (legislative day, July 26), 2000.--Ordered to be printed
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Mr. Taylor of North Carolina, from the committee of conference,
submitted the following
CONFERENCE REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 4516]
The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of
the two Houses on the amendments of the Senate to the bill
(H.R. 4516) ``making appropriations for the Legislative Branch
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and for other
purposes'', having met, after full and free conference, have
agreed to recommend and do recommend to their respective Houses
as follows:
Amendment numbered 1:
That the House recede from its disagreement to the
amendment of the Senate numbered 1, and agree to the same with
an amendment, as follows:
In lieu of the matter proposed by said amendment, insert:
DIVISION A
legislative branch appropriations
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Legislative
Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and for
other purposes, namely:
TITLE I--CONGRESSIONAL OPERATIONS
SENATE
payment to widows and heirs of deceased members of congress
For a payment to Nancy Nally Coverdell, widow of Paul D.
Coverdell, late a Senator from Georgia, $141,300.
expense allowances
For expense allowances of the Vice President, $10,000; the
President Pro Tempore of the Senate, $10,000; Majority Leader
of the Senate, $10,000; Minority Leader of the Senate, $10,000;
Majority Whip of the Senate, $5,000; Minority Whip of the
Senate, $5,000; and Chairmen of the Majority and Minority
Conference Committees, $3,000 for each Chairman; and Chairmen
of the Majority and Minority Policy Committees, $3,000 for each
Chairman; in all, $62,000.
representation allowances for the majority and minority leaders
For representation allowances of the Majority and Minority
Leaders of the Senate, $15,000 for each such Leader; in all,
$30,000.
Salaries, Officers and Employees
For compensation of officers, employees, and others as
authorized by law, including agency contributions, $92,321,000,
which shall be paid from this appropriation without regard to
the below limitations, as follows:
office of the vice president
For the Office of the Vice President, $1,785,000.
office of the president pro tempore
For the Office of the President Pro Tempore, $453,000.
offices of the majority and minority leaders
For Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders,
$2,742,000.
offices of the majority and minority whips
For Offices of the Majority and Minority Whips, $1,722,000.
committee on appropriations
For salaries of the Committee on Appropriations,
$6,917,000.
conference committees
For the Conference of the Majority and the Conference of
the Minority, at rates of compensation to be fixed by the
Chairman of each such committee, $1,152,000 for each such
committee; in all, $2,304,000.
offices of the secretaries of the conference of the majority and the
conference of the minority
For Offices of the Secretaries of the Conference of the
Majority and the Conference of the Minority, $590,000.
policy committees
For salaries of the Majority Policy Committee and the
Minority Policy Committee, $1,171,000 for each such committee;
in all, $2,342,000.
office of the chaplain
For Office of the Chaplain, $288,000.
office of the secretary
For Office of the Secretary, $14,738,000.
office of the sergeant at arms and doorkeeper
For Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper,
$34,811,000.
offices of the secretaries for the majority and minority
For Offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the
Secretary for the Minority, $1,292,000.
agency contributions and related expenses
For agency contributions for employee benefits, as
authorized by law, and related expenses, $22,337,000.
Office of the Legislative Counsel of the Senate
For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative
Counsel of the Senate, $4,046,000.
Office of Senate Legal Counsel
For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate Legal
Counsel, $1,069,000.
Expense Allowances of the Secretary of the Senate, Sergeant at Arms and
Doorkeeper of the Senate, and Secretaries for the Majority and Minority
of the Senate
For expense allowances of the Secretary of the Senate,
$3,000; Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, $3,000;
Secretary for the Majority of the Senate, $3,000; Secretary for
the Minority of the Senate, $3,000; in all, $12,000.
Contingent Expenses of the Senate
inquiries and investigations
For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered by the
Senate, or conducted pursuant to section 134(a) of Public Law
601, Seventy-ninth Congress, as amended, section 112 of Public
Law 96-304 and Senate Resolution 281, agreed to March 11, 1980,
$73,000,000.
expenses of the united states senate caucus on international narcotics
control
For expenses of the United States Senate Caucus on
International Narcotics Control, $370,000.
secretary of the senate
For expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the Senate,
$2,077,000.
sergeant at arms and doorkeeper of the senate
For expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms and
Doorkeeper of the Senate, $71,511,000, of which $2,500,000
shall remain available until September 30, 2003.
miscellaneous items
For miscellaneous items, $8,655,000.
senators' official personnel and office expense account
For Senators' Official Personnel and Office Expense
Account, $253,203,000.
official mail costs
For expenses necessary for official mail costs of the
Senate, $300,000.
administrative provisions
Section 1. Semiannual Report. (a) In General.--Section
105(a) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1965 (2
U.S.C. 104a) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(5)(A) Notwithstanding the requirements of paragraph (1)
relating to the level of detail of statement and itemization,
each report by the Secretary of the Senate required under such
paragraph shall be compiled at a summary level for each office
of the Senate authorized to obligate appropriated funds.
``(B) Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to the reporting of
expenditures relating to personnel compensation, travel and
transportation of persons, other contractual services, and
acquisition of assets.
``(C) In carrying out this paragraph the Secretary of the
Senate shall apply the Standard Federal Object Classification
of Expenses as the Secretary determines appropriate.''.
(b) Effective Date and Application.--
(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), the
amendment made by this section shall take effect on the
date of enactment of this Act.
(2) First report after enactment.--The Secretary of
the Senate may elect to compile and submit the report
for the semiannual period during which the date of
enactment of this section occurs, as if the amendment
made by this section had not been enacted.
Sec. 2. Senate Employee Pay Adjustments. Section 4 of the
Federal Pay Comparability Act of 1970 (2 U.S.C. 60a-1) is
amended--
(1) in subsection (a)--
(A) by inserting ``(or section 5304 or
5304a of such title, as applied to employees
employed in the pay locality of the Washington,
D.C.-Baltimore, Maryland consolidated
metropolitan statistical area)'' after
``employees under section 5303 of title 5,
United States Code,''; and
(B) by inserting ``(and, as the case may
be, section 5304 or 5304a of such title, as
applied to employees employed in the pay
locality of the Washington, D.C.-Baltimore,
Maryland consolidated metropolitan statistical
area)'' after ``the President under such
section 5303'';
(2) by redesignating subsection (e) as subsection
(f); and
(3) by inserting after subsection (d) the
following:
``(e) Any percentage used in any statute specifically
providing for an adjustment in rates of pay in lieu of an
adjustment made under section 5303 of title 5, United States
Code, and, as the case may be, section 5304 or 5304a of such
title for any calendar year shall be treated as the percentage
used in an adjustment made under such section 5303, 5304, or
5304a, as applicable, for purposes of subsection (a).''.
Sec. 3. (a) Section 6(c) of the Legislative Branch
Appropriations Act, 1999 (2 U.S.C. 121b-1(c)) is amended--
(1) by striking ``and agency contributions'' in
paragraph (2)(A), and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(3) Agency contributions for employees of Senate
Hair Care Services shall be paid from the
appropriations account for `Salaries, Officers and
Employees'.''
(b) This section shall apply to pay periods beginning on or
after October 1, 2000.
Sec. 4. (a) There is established in the Treasury of the
United States a revolving fund to be known as the Senate Health
and Fitness Facility Revolving Fund (``the revolving fund'').
(b) The Architect of the Capitol shall deposit in the
revolving fund--
(1) any amounts received as dues or other
assessments for use of the Senate Health and Fitness
Facility, and
(2) any amounts received from the operation of the
Senate waste recycling program.
(c) Subject to the approval of the Committee on
Appropriations of the Senate, amounts in the revolving fund
shall be available to the Architect of the Capitol, without
fiscal year limitation, for payment of costs of the Senate
Health and Fitness Facility.
(d) The Architect of the Capitol shall withdraw from the
revolving fund and deposit in the Treasury of the United States
as miscellaneous receipts all moneys in the revolving fund that
the Architect determines are in excess of the current and
reasonably foreseeable needs of the Senate Health and Fitness
Facility.
(e) Subject to the approval of the Committee on Rules and
Administration of the Senate, the Architect of the Capitol may
issue such regulations as may be necessary to carry out the
provisions of this section.
Sec. 5. For each fiscal year (commencing with the fiscal
year ending September 30, 2001), there is authorized an expense
allowance for the Chairmen of the Majority and Minority Policy
Committees which shall not exceed $3,000 each fiscal year for
each such Chairman; and amounts from such allowance shall be
paid to either of such Chairmen only as reimbursement for
actual expenses incurred by him and upon certification and
documentation of such expenses, and amounts so paid shall not
be reported as income and shall not be allowed as a deduction
under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
Sec. 6. (a) The head of the employing office of an employee
of the Senate may, upon termination of employment of the
employee, authorize payment of a lump sum for the accrued
annual leave of that employee if--
(1) the head of the employing office--
(A) has approved a written leave policy
authorizing employees to accrue leave and
establishing the conditions upon which accrued
leave may be paid; and
(B) submits written certification to the
Financial Clerk of the Senate of the number of
days of annual leave accrued by the employee
for which payment is to be made under the
written leave policy of the employing office;
and
(2) there are sufficient funds to cover the lump
sum payment.
(b)(1) A lump sum payment under this section shall not
exceed the lesser of--
(A) twice the monthly rate of pay of the employee;
or
(B) the product of the daily rate of pay of the
employee and the number of days of accrued annual leave
of the employee.
(2) The Secretary of the Senate shall determine the rates
of pay of an employee under paragraph (1) (A) and (B) on the
basis of the annual rate of pay of the employee in effect on
the date of termination of employment.
(c) Any payment under this section shall be paid from the
appropriation account or fund used to pay the employee.
(d) If an individual who received a lump sum payment under
this section is reemployed as an employee of the Senate before
the end of the period covered by the lump sum payment, the
individual shall refund an amount equal to the applicable pay
covering the period between the date of reemployment and the
expiration of the lump sum period. Such amount shall be
deposited to the appropriation account or fund used to pay the
lump sum payment.
(e) The Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate
may prescribe regulations to carry out this section.
(f) In this section, the term--
(1) ``employee of the Senate'' means any employee
whose pay is disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate,
except that the term does not include a member of the
Capitol Police or a civilian employee of the Capitol
Police; and
(2) ``head of the employing office'' means any
person with the final authority to appoint, hire,
discharge, and set the terms, conditions, or privileges
of the employment of an individual whose pay is
disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate.
Sec. 7. (a) Agency contributions for employees whose
salaries are disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate from the
appropriations account ``Joint Economic Committee'' under the
heading ``JOINT ITEMS'' shall be paid from the Senate
appropriations account for ``Salaries, Officers and
Employees''.
(b) This section shall apply to pay periods beginning on or
after October 1, 2000.
Sec. 8. Section 316 of Public Law 101-302 (40 U.S.C. 188b-
6) is amended--
(1) in the first sentence of subsection (a) by
striking ``items of art, fine art, and historical
items'' and inserting ``works of art, historical
objects, documents or material relating to historical
matters for placement or exhibition'';
(2) in the second sentence of subsection (a)--
(A) by striking ``such items'' each place
it appears and inserting ``such works, objects,
documents, or material'' in each such place;
and
(B) by striking ``an item'' and inserting
``a work, object, document, or material''; and
(3) in subsection (b)--
(A) by striking ``such items of art'' and
inserting ``such works, objects, documents, or
materials''; and
(B) by striking ``shall'' and inserting
``may''.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Salaries and Expenses
For salaries and expenses of the House of Representatives,
$769,551,000, as follows:
house leadership offices
For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law,
$14,378,000, including: Office of the Speaker, $1,759,000,
including $25,000 for official expenses of the Speaker; Office
of the Majority Floor Leader, $1,726,000, including $10,000 for
official expenses of the Majority Leader; Office of the
Minority Floor Leader, $2,096,000, including $10,000 for
official expenses of the Minority Leader; Office of the
Majority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Majority Whip,
$1,466,000, including $5,000 for official expenses of the
Majority Whip; Office of the Minority Whip, including the Chief
Deputy Minority Whip, $1,096,000, including $5,000 for official
expenses of the Minority Whip; Speaker's Office for Legislative
Floor Activities, $410,000; Republican Steering Committee,
$765,000; Republican Conference, $1,255,000; Democratic
Steering and Policy Committee, $1,352,000; Democratic Caucus,
$668,000; nine minority employees, $1,229,000; training and
program development--majority $278,000; and training and
program development--minority, $278,000.
Members' Representational Allowances
Including Members' Clerk Hire, Official Expenses of Members, and
Official Mail
For Members' representational allowances, including
Members' clerk hire, official expenses, and official mail,
$410,182,000.
Committee Employees
Standing Committees, Special and Select
For salaries and expenses of standing committees, special
and select, authorized by House resolutions, $92,196,000:
Provided, That such amount shall remain available for such
salaries and expenses until December 31, 2002.
Committee on Appropriations
For salaries and expenses of the Committee on
Appropriations, $20,628,000, including studies and examinations
of executive agencies and temporary personal services for such
committee, to be expended in accordance with section 202(b) of
the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 and to be available
for reimbursement to agencies for services performed: Provided,
That such amount shall remain available for such salaries and
expenses until December 31, 2002.
salaries, officers and employees
For compensation and expenses of officers and employees, as
authorized by law, $90,403,000, including: for salaries and
expenses of the Office of the Clerk, including not more than
$3,500, of which not more than $2,500 is for the Family Room,
for official representation and reception expenses,
$14,590,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the
Sergeant at Arms, including the position of Superintendent of
Garages, and including not more than $750 for official
representation and reception expenses, $3,692,000; for salaries
and expenses of the Office of the Chief Administrative Officer,
$58,550,000, of which $1,054,000 shall remain available until
expended, including $26,605,000 for salaries, expenses and
temporary personal services of House Information Resources, of
which $26,020,000 is provided herein: Provided, That of the
amount provided for House Information Resources, $6,497,000
shall be for net expenses of telecommunications: Provided
further, That House Information Resources is authorized to
receive reimbursement from Members of the House of
Representatives and other governmental entities for services
provided and such reimbursement shall be deposited in the
Treasury for credit to this account; for salaries and expenses
of the Office of the Inspector General, $3,249,000; for
salaries and expenses of the Office of General Counsel,
$806,000; for the Office of the Chaplain, $140,000; for
salaries and expenses of the Office of the Parliamentarian,
including the Parliamentarian and $2,000 for preparing the
Digest of Rules, $1,201,000; for salaries and expenses of the
Office of the Law Revision Counsel of the House, $2,045,000;
for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative
Counsel of the House, $5,085,000; for salaries and expenses of
the Corrections Calendar Office, $832,000; and for other
authorized employees, $213,000.
allowances and expenses
For allowances and expenses as authorized by House
resolution or law, $141,764,000, including: supplies,
materials, administrative costs and Federal tort claims,
$2,235,000; official mail for committees, leadership offices,
and administrative offices of the House, $410,000; Government
contributions for health, retirement, Social Security, and
other applicable employee benefits, $138,726,000; and
miscellaneous items including purchase, exchange, maintenance,
repair and operation of House motor vehicles,
interparliamentary receptions, and gratuities to heirs of
deceased employees of the House, $393,000.
child care center
For salaries and expenses of the House of Representatives
Child Care Center, such amounts as are deposited in the account
established by section 312(d)(1) of the Legislative Branch
Appropriations Act, 1992 (40 U.S.C. 184g(d)(1)), subject to the
level specified in the budget of the Center, as submitted to
the Committee on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives.
Administrative Provisions
Sec. 101. During fiscal year 2001 and any succeeding fiscal
year, the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of
Representatives may--
(1) enter into contracts for the acquisition of
severable services for a period that begins in 1 fiscal
year and ends in the next fiscal year to the same
extent as the head of an executive agency under the
authority of section 303L of the Federal Property and
Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 253l);
and
(2) enter into multi-year contracts for the
acquisitions of property and nonaudit-related services
to the same extent as executive agencies under the
authority of section 304B of the Federal Property and
Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 254c).
Sec. 102. (a) Permitting New House Employees To Be Placed
Above Minimum Step of Compensation Level.--The House Employees
Position Classification Act (2 U.S.C. 291 et seq.) is amended
by striking section 10 (2 U.S.C. 299).
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a)
shall apply with respect to employees appointed on or after
October 1, 2000.
Sec. 103. (a) Requiring Amounts Remaining in Members'
Representational Allowances to be Used For Deficit Reduction or
to Reduce the Federal Debt.--Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, any amounts appropriated under this Act for
``HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES--Salaries and Expenses--Members'
Representational Allowances'' shall be available only for
fiscal year 2001. Any amount remaining after all payments are
made under such allowances for fiscal year 2001 shall be
deposited in the Treasury and used for deficit reduction (or,
if there is no Federal budget deficit after all such payments
have been made, for reducing the Federal debt, in such manner
as the Secretary of the Treasury considers appropriate).
(b) Regulations.--The Committee on House Administration of
the House of Representatives shall have authority to prescribe
regulations to carry out this section.
(c) Definition.--As used in this section, the term ``Member
of the House of Representatives'' means a Representative in, or
a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress.
Sec. 104. (a) There is hereby appropriated for payment to
the Prince William County Public Schools $215,000, to be used
to pay for educational services for the son of Mrs. Evelyn
Gibson, the widow of Detective John Michael Gibson of the
United States Capitol Police.
(b) The payment under subsection (a) shall be made in
accordance with terms and conditions established by the
Committee on House Administration of the House of
Representatives.
(c) The funds used for the payment made under subsection
(a) shall be derived from the applicable accounts of the House
of Representatives.
JOINT ITEMS
For Joint Committees, as follows:
Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies of 2001
For all construction expenses, salaries, and other expenses
associated with conducting the inaugural ceremonies of the
President and Vice President of the United States, January 20,
2001, in accordance with such program as may be adopted by the
joint committee authorized by Senate Concurrent Resolution 89,
agreed to March 14, 2000 (One Hundred Sixth Congress), and
Senate Concurrent Resolution 90, agreed to March 14, 2000 (One
Hundred Sixth Congress), $1,000,000 to be disbursed by the
Secretary of the Senate and to remain available until September
30, 2001. Funds made available under this heading shall be
available for payment, on a direct or reimbursable basis,
whether incurred on, before, or after, October 1, 2000:
Provided, That the compensation of any employee of the
Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate who has
been designated to perform service for the Joint Congressional
Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies shall continue to be paid by
the Committee on Rules and Administration, but the account from
which such staff member is paid may be reimbursed for the
services of the staff member (including agency contributions
when appropriate) out of funds made available under this
heading.
administrative provision
Sec. 105. During fiscal year 2001 the Secretary of Defense
shall provide protective services on a non-reimbursable basis
to the United States Capitol Police with respect to the
following events:
(1) Upon request of the Chair of the Joint
Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies
established under Senate Concurrent Resolution 89, One
Hundred Sixth Congress, agreed to March 14, 2000, the
proceedings and ceremonies conducted for the
inauguration of the President-elect and Vice President-
elect of the United States.
(2) Upon request of the Speaker of the House of
Representatives and the President Pro Tempore of the
Senate, the joint session of Congress held to receive a
message from the President of the United States on the
State of the Union.
Joint Economic Committee
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic Committee,
$3,315,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate.
Joint Committee on Taxation
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on
Taxation, $6,430,000, to be disbursed by the Chief
Administrative Officer of the House.
For other joint items, as follows:
Office of the Attending Physician
For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent expenses of
the emergency rooms, and for the Attending Physician and his
assistants, including: (1) an allowance of $1,500 per month to
the Attending Physician; (2) an allowance of $500 per month
each to three medical officers while on duty in the Office of
the Attending Physician; (3) an allowance of $500 per month to
one assistant and $400 per month each not to exceed 11
assistants on the basis heretofore provided for such
assistants; and (4) $1,159,904 for reimbursement to the
Department of the Navy for expenses incurred for staff and
equipment assigned to the Office of the Attending Physician,
which shall be advanced and credited to the applicable
appropriation or appropriations from which such salaries,
allowances, and other expenses are payable and shall be
available for all the purposes thereof, $1,835,000, to be
disbursed by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House.
Capitol Police Board
Capitol Police
salaries
For the Capitol Police Board for salaries of officers,
members, and employees of the Capitol Police, including
overtime, hazardous duty pay differential, clothing allowance
of not more than $600 each for members required to wear
civilian attire, and Government contributions for health,
retirement, Social Security, and other applicable employee
benefits, $97,142,000, of which $47,053,000 is provided to the
Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives, to be
disbursed by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House, and
$50,089,000 is provided to the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper
of the Senate, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate:
Provided, That, of the amounts appropriated under this heading,
such amounts as may be necessary may be transferred between the
Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives and the
Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, upon approval of
the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives
and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.
general expenses
For the Capitol Police Board for necessary expenses of the
Capitol Police, including motor vehicles, communications and
other equipment, security equipment and installation, uniforms,
weapons, supplies, materials, training, medical services,
forensic services, stenographic services, personal and
professional services, the employee assistance program, not
more than $2,000 for the awards program, postage, telephone
service, travel advances, relocation of instructor and liaison
personnel for the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, and
$85 per month for extra services performed for the Capitol
Police Board by an employee of the Sergeant at Arms of the
Senate or the House of Representatives designated by the
Chairman of the Board, $6,772,000, to be disbursed by the
Capitol Police Board or their delegee: Provided, That,
notwithstanding any other provision of law, the cost of basic
training for the Capitol Police at the Federal Law Enforcement
Training Center for fiscal year 2001 shall be paid by the
Secretary of the Treasury from funds available to the
Department of the Treasury.
Administrative Provisions
Sec. 106. Amounts appropriated for fiscal year 2001 for the
Capitol Police Board for the Capitol Police may be transferred
between the headings ``salaries'' and ``general expenses'' upon
the approval of--
(1) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives, in the case of amounts transferred
from the appropriation provided to the Sergeant at Arms
of the House of Representatives under the heading
``salaries'';
(2) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate,
in the case of amounts transferred from the
appropriation provided to the Sergeant at Arms and
Doorkeeper of the Senate under the heading
``salaries''; and
(3) the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate
and the House of Representatives, in the case of other
transfers.
Sec. 107. (a) Appointment of Certifying Officers of the
Capitol Police.--The Chief Administrative Officer of the United
States Capitol Police, or when there is not a Chief
Administrative Officer the Capitol Police Board, shall appoint
certifying officers to certify all vouchers for payment from
funds made available to the United States Capitol Police.
(b) Responsibility and Accountability of Certifying
Officers.--
(1) In general.--Each officer or employee of the
Capitol Police who has been duly authorized in writing
by the Chief Administrative Officer, or the Capitol
Police Board if there is not a Chief Administrative
Officer, to certify vouchers pursuant to subsection (a)
shall--
(A) be held responsible for the existence
and correctness of the facts recited in the
certificate or otherwise stated on the voucher
or its supporting papers and for the legality
of the proposed payment under the appropriation
or fund involved;
(B) be held responsible and accountable for
the correctness of the computations of
certified vouchers; and
(C) be held accountable for and required to
make good to the United States the amount of
any illegal, improper, or incorrect payment
resulting from any false, inaccurate, or
misleading certificate made by such officer or
employee, as well as for any payment prohibited
by law or which did not represent a legal
obligation under the appropriation or fund
involved.
(2) Relief by comptroller general.--The Comptroller
General may, at the Comptroller General's discretion,
relieve such certifying officer or employee of
liability for any payment otherwise proper if the
Comptroller General finds--
(A) that the certification was based on
official records and that the certifying
officer or employee did not know, and by
reasonable diligence and inquiry could not have
ascertained, the actual facts; or
(B) that the obligation was incurred in
good faith, that the payment was not contrary
to any statutory provision specifically
prohibiting payments of the character involved,
and the United States has received value for
such payment.
(c) Enforcement of Liability.--The liability of the
certifying officers of the United States Capitol Police shall
be enforced in the same manner and to the same extent as
currently provided with respect to the enforcement of the
liability of disbursing and other accountable officers, and
such officers shall have the right to apply for and obtain a
decision by the Comptroller General on any question of law
involved in a payment on any vouchers presented to them for
certification.
Sec. 108. Chief Administrative Officer.--(a) There shall be
within the Capitol Police an Office of Administration to be
headed by a Chief Administrative Officer:
(1) The Chief Administrative Officer shall be
appointed by the Comptroller General after consultation
with the Capitol Police Board, and shall report to and
serve at the pleasure of the Comptroller General.
(2) The Comptroller General shall appoint as Chief
Administrative Officer an individual with the knowledge
and skills necessary to carry out the responsibilities
for budgeting, financial management, information
technology, and human resource management described in
this section.
(3) The Chief Administrative Officer shall receive
basic pay at a rate determined by the Comptroller
General, but not to exceed the annual rate of basic pay
payable for ES-2 of the Senior Executive Service Basic
Rates Schedule established for members of the Senior
Executive Service of the General Accounting Office
under section 733 of title 31.
(4) The Capitol Police shall reimburse from
available appropriations any costs incurred by the
General Accounting Office under this section.
(b) The Chief Administrative Officer shall have the
following areas of responsibility:
(1) Budgeting.--The Chief Administrative Officer
shall--
(A) after consulting with the Chief of
Police on the portion of the budget covering
uniformed police force personnel, prepare and
submit to the Capitol Police Board an annual
budget for the Capitol Police; and
(B) execute the budget and monitor through
periodic examinations the execution of the
Capitol Police budget in relation to actual
obligations and expenditures.
(2) Financial management.--The Chief Administrative
Officer shall--
(A) oversee all financial management
activities relating to the programs and
operations of the Capitol Police;
(B) develop and maintain an integrated
accounting and financial system for the Capitol
Police, including financial reporting and
internal controls, which--
(i) complies with applicable
accounting principles, standards, and
requirements, and internal control
standards;
(ii) complies with any other
requirements applicable to such
systems;
(iii) provides for--
(I) complete, reliable,
consistent, and timely
information which is prepared
on a uniform basis and which is
responsive to financial
information needs of the
Capitol Police;
(II) the development and
reporting of cost information;
(III) the integration of
accounting and budgeting
information; and
(IV) the systematic
measurement of performance;
(C) direct, manage, and provide policy
guidance and oversight of Capitol Police
financial management personnel, activities, and
operations, including--
(i) the recruitment, selection, and
training of personnel to carry out
Capitol Police financial management
functions; and
(ii) the implementation of Capitol
Police asset management systems,
including systems for cash management,
debt collection, and property and
inventory management and control; and
(D) the Chief Administrative Officer shall
prepare annual financial statements for the
Capitol Police and provide for an annual audit
of the financial statements by an independent
public accountant in accordance with generally
accepted government auditing standards.
(3) Information technology.--The Chief
Administrative Officer shall--
(A) direct, coordinate, and oversee the
acquisition, use, and management of information
technology by the Capitol Police;
(B) promote and oversee the use of
information technology to improve the
efficiency and effectiveness of programs of the
Capitol Police; and
(C) establish and enforce information
technology principles, guidelines, and
objectives, including developing and
maintaining an information technology
architecture for the Capitol Police.
(4) Human resources.--The Chief Administrative
Officer shall--
(A) direct, coordinate, and oversee human
resource management activities of the Capitol
Police, except that with respect to uniformed
police force personnel, the Chief
Administrative Officer shall perform these
activities in cooperation with the Chief of the
Capitol Police;
(B) develop and monitor payroll and time
and attendance systems and employee services;
and
(C) develop and monitor processes for
recruiting, selecting, appraising, and
promoting employees.
(c) Administrative provisions with respect to the Office of
Administration:
(1) The Chief Administrative Officer is authorized
to select, appoint, employ, and discharge such officers
and employees as may be necessary to carry out the
functions, powers, and duties of the Office of
Administration but he shall not have the authority to
hire or discharge uniformed police force personnel.
(2) The Chief Administrative Officer may utilize
resources of another agency on a reimbursable basis to
be paid from available appropriations of the Capitol
Police.
(d) No later than 180 days after appointment, the Chief
Administrative Officer shall prepare, after consultation with
the Capitol Police Board and the Chief of the Capitol Police, a
plan--
(1) describing the policies, procedures, and
actions the Chief Administrative Officer will take in
carrying out the responsibilities assigned under this
section;
(2) identifying and defining responsibilities and
roles of all offices, bureaus, and divisions of the
Capitol Police for budgeting, financial management,
information technology, and human resources management;
and
(3) detailing mechanisms for ensuring that the
offices, bureaus, and divisions perform their
responsibilities and roles in a coordinated and
integrated manner.
(e) No later than September 30, 2001, the Chief
Administrative Officer shall prepare, after consultation with
the Capitol Police Board and the Chief of the Capitol Police, a
report on the Chief Administrative Officer's progress in
implementing the plan described in subsection (d) and
recommendations to improve the budgeting, financial,
information technology, and human resources management of the
Capitol Police, including organizational, accounting and
administrative control, and personnel changes.
(f) The Chief Administrative Officer shall submit the plan
required in subsection (d) and the report required in
subsection (e) to the Committees on Appropriations of the House
of Representatives and of the Senate, the Committee on House
Administration of the House of Representatives, and the
Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate.
(g) As of October 1, 2002, unless otherwise determined by
the Comptroller General, the Chief Administrative Officer
established by section (a) will cease to be an employee of the
General Accounting Office and will become an employee of the
Capitol Police, and the Capitol Police Board shall assume all
responsibilities of the Comptroller General under this section.
Sec. 109. (a) Section 1(c) of Public Law 96-152 (40 U.S.C.
206-1) is amended by striking ``the annual rate'' and all that
follows and inserting the following: ``the rate of basic pay
payable for level ES-4 of the Senior Executive Service, as
established under subchapter VIII of chapter 53 of title 5,
United States Code (taking into account any comparability
payments made under section 5304(h) of such title).''.
(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with
respect to pay periods beginning on or after the date of the
enactment of this Act.
Capitol Guide Service and Special Services Office
For salaries and expenses of the Capitol Guide Service and
Special Services Office, $2,371,000, to be disbursed by the
Secretary of the Senate: Provided, That no part of such amount
may be used to employ more than 43 individuals: Provided
further, That the Capitol Guide Board is authorized, during
emergencies, to employ not more than two additional individuals
for not more than 120 days each, and not more than 10
additional individuals for not more than 6 months each, for the
Capitol Guide Service.
Statements of Appropriations
For the preparation, under the direction of the Committees
on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of
Representatives, of the statements for the second session of
the One Hundred Sixth Congress, showing appropriations made,
indefinite appropriations, and contracts authorized, together
with a chronological history of the regular appropriations
bills as required by law, $30,000, to be paid to the persons
designated by the chairmen of such committees to supervise the
work.
OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE
Salaries and Expenses
For salaries and expenses of the Office of Compliance, as
authorized by section 305 of the Congressional Accountability
Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1385), $1,820,000.
CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE
Salaries and Expenses
For salaries and expenses necessary to carry out the
provisions of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (Public Law
93-344), including not more than $3,000 to be expended on the
certification of the Director of the Congressional Budget
Office in connection with official representation and reception
expenses, $28,493,000: Provided, That no part of such amount
may be used for the purchase or hire of a passenger motor
vehicle.
Administrative Provision
Sec. 110. Beginning on the date of enactment of this Act
and hereafter, the Congressional Budget Office may use
available funds to enter into contracts for the procurement of
severable services for a period that begins in one fiscal year
and ends in the next fiscal year and may enter into multi-year
contracts for the acquisition of property and services, to the
same extent as executive agencies under the authority of
section 303L and 304B, respectively, of the Federal Property
and Administrative Services Act (41 U.S.C. 253l and 254c).
ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL
Capitol Buildings and Grounds
capitol buildings
salaries and expenses
For salaries for the Architect of the Capitol, the
Assistant Architect of the Capitol, and other personal
services, at rates of pay provided by law; for surveys and
studies in connection with activities under the care of the
Architect of the Capitol; for all necessary expenses for the
maintenance, care and operation of the Capitol and electrical
substations of the Senate and House office buildings under the
jurisdiction of the Architect of the Capitol, including
furnishings and office equipment, including not more than
$1,000 for official reception and representation expenses, to
be expended as the Architect of the Capitol may approve; for
purchase or exchange, maintenance and operation of a passenger
motor vehicle; and not to exceed $20,000 for attendance, when
specifically authorized by the Architect of the Capitol, at
meetings or conventions in connection with subjects related to
work under the Architect of the Capitol, $43,689,000, of which
$3,843,000 shall remain available until expended: Provided,
That notwithstanding any other provision of law, such amount
shall be available for the position of Project Manager for the
Capitol Visitor Center, at a rate of compensation which does
not exceed the rate of basic pay payable for level ES-2 of the
Senior Executive Service, as established under subchapter VIII
of chapter 53 of title 5, United States Code (taking into
account any comparability payments made under section 5304(h)
of such title): Provided further, That effective on the date of
the enactment of this Act, any amount made available under this
heading under the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2000,
shall be available for such position at such rate of
compensation.
capitol grounds
For all necessary expenses for care and improvement of
grounds surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House office
buildings, and the Capitol Power Plant, $5,362,000, of which
$125,000 shall remain available until expended.
senate office buildings
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and
operation of Senate office buildings; and furniture and
furnishings to be expended under the control and supervision of
the Architect of the Capitol, $63,974,000, of which $21,669,000
shall remain available until expended.
house office buildings
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and
operation of the House office buildings, $32,750,000, of which
$123,000 shall remain available until expended.
capitol power plant
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and
operation of the Capitol Power Plant; lighting, heating, power
(including the purchase of electrical energy) and water and
sewer services for the Capitol, Senate and House office
buildings, Library of Congress buildings, and the grounds about
the same, Botanic Garden, Senate garage, and air conditioning
refrigeration not supplied from plants in any of such
buildings; heating the Government Printing Office and
Washington City Post Office, and heating and chilled water for
air conditioning for the Supreme Court Building, the Union
Station complex, the Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary
Building and the Folger Shakespeare Library, expenses for which
shall be advanced or reimbursed upon request of the Architect
of the Capitol and amounts so received shall be deposited into
the Treasury to the credit of this appropriation, $39,415,000,
of which $523,000 shall remain available until expended:
Provided, That not more than $4,400,000 of the funds credited
or to be reimbursed to this appropriation as herein provided
shall be available for obligation during fiscal year 2001.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Congressional Research Service
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of
section 203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2
U.S.C. 166) and to revise and extend the Annotated Constitution
of the United States of America, $73,592,000: Provided, That no
part of such amount may be used to pay any salary or expense in
connection with any publication, or preparation of material
therefor (except the Digest of Public General Bills), to be
issued by the Library of Congress unless such publication has
obtained prior approval of either the Committee on House
Administration of the House of Representatives or the Committee
on Rules and Administration of the Senate.
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
Congressional Printing and Binding
(including transfer of funds)
For authorized printing and binding for the Congress and
the distribution of Congressional information in any format;
printing and binding for the Architect of the Capitol; expenses
necessary for preparing the semimonthly and session index to
the Congressional Record, as authorized by law (44 U.S.C. 902);
printing and binding of Government publications authorized by
law to be distributed to Members of Congress; and printing,
binding, and distribution of Government publications authorized
by law to be distributed without charge to the recipient,
$71,462,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall not be
available for paper copies of the permanent edition of the
Congressional Record for individual Representatives, Resident
Commissioners or Delegates authorized under 44 U.S.C. 906:
Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available
for the payment of obligations incurred under the
appropriations for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years:
Provided further, That notwithstanding the 2-year limitation
under section 718 of title 44, United States Code, none of the
funds appropriated or made available under this Act or any
other Act for printing and binding and related services
provided to Congress under chapter 7 of title 44, United States
Code, may be expended to print a document, report, or
publication after the 27-month period beginning on the date
that such document, report, or publication is authorized by
Congress to be printed, unless Congress reauthorizes such
printing in accordance with section 718 of title 44, United
States Code: Provided further, That any unobligated or
unexpended balances in this account or accounts for similar
purposes for preceding fiscal years may be transferred to the
Government Printing Office revolving fund for carrying out the
purposes of this heading, subject to the approval of the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives
and Senate.
Administrative Provision
Sec. 111. (a) Congressional Printing and Binding For the
House Through Clerk of House.--
(1) In general.--Notwithstanding any provision of
title 44, United States Code, or any other law, there
are authorized to be appropriated to the Clerk of the
House of Representatives such sums as may be necessary
for congressional printing and binding services for the
House of Representatives.
(2) Preparation of estimates.--Estimated
expenditures and proposed appropriations for
congressional printing and binding services shall be
prepared and submitted by the Clerk of the House of
Representatives in accordance with title 31, United
States Code, in the same manner as estimates and
requests are prepared for other legislative branch
services under such title, except that such requests
shall be based upon the results of the study conducted
under subsection (b) (with respect to any fiscal year
covered by such study).
(3) Effective date.--This subsection shall apply
with respect to fiscal year 2003 and each succeeding
fiscal year.
(b) Study.--
(1) In general.--During fiscal year 2001, the Clerk
of the House of Representatives shall conduct a
comprehensive study of the needs of the House for
congressional printing and binding services during
fiscal year 2003 and succeeding fiscal years (including
transitional issues during fiscal year 2002), and shall
include in the study an analysis of the most cost-
effective program or programs for providing printed or
other media-based publications for House uses.
(2) Submission to committees.--The Clerk shall
submit the study conducted under paragraph (1) to the
Committee on House Administration of the House of
Representatives, who shall review the study and prepare
such regulations or other materials (including
proposals for legislation) as it considers appropriate
to enable the Clerk to carry out congressional printing
and binding services for the House in accordance with
this section.
(c) Definition.--In this section, the term ``congressional
printing and binding services'' means the following services:
(1) Authorized printing and binding for the
Congress and the distribution of congressional
information in any format.
(2) Preparing the semimonthly and session index to
the Congressional Record.
(3) Printing and binding of Government publications
authorized by law to be distributed to Members of
Congress.
(4) Printing, binding, and distribution of
Government publications authorized by law to be
distributed without charge to the recipient.
This title may be cited as the ``Congressional Operations
Appropriations Act, 2001''.
TITLE II--OTHER AGENCIES
BOTANIC GARDEN
Salaries and Expenses
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and
operation of the Botanic Garden and the nurseries, buildings,
grounds, and collections; and purchase and exchange,
maintenance, repair, and operation of a passenger motor
vehicle; all under the direction of the Joint Committee on the
Library, $3,328,000, of which $25,000 shall remain available
until expended.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Salaries and Expenses
For necessary expenses of the Library of Congress not
otherwise provided for, including development and maintenance
of the Union Catalogs; custody and custodial care of the
Library buildings; special clothing; cleaning, laundering and
repair of uniforms; preservation of motion pictures in the
custody of the Library; operation and maintenance of the
American Folklife Center in the Library; preparation and
distribution of catalog records and other publications of the
Library; hire or purchase of one passenger motor vehicle; and
expenses of the Library of Congress Trust Fund Board not
properly chargeable to the income of any trust fund held by the
Board, $282,838,000, of which not more than $6,500,000 shall be
derived from collections credited to this appropriation during
fiscal year 2001, and shall remain available until expended,
under the Act of June 28, 1902 (chapter 1301; 32 Stat. 480; 2
U.S.C. 150) and not more than $350,000 shall be derived from
collections during fiscal year 2001 and shall remain available
until expended for the development and maintenance of an
international legal information database and activities related
thereto: Provided, That the Library of Congress may not
obligate or expend any funds derived from collections under the
Act of June 28, 1902, in excess of the amount authorized for
obligation or expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided
further, That the total amount available for obligation shall
be reduced by the amount by which collections are less than the
$6,850,000: Provided further, That of the total amount
appropriated, $10,459,575 is to remain available until expended
for acquisition of books, periodicals, newspapers, and all
other materials including subscriptions for bibliographic
services for the Library, including $40,000 to be available
solely for the purchase, when specifically approved by the
Librarian, of special and unique materials for additions to the
collections: Provided further, That of the total amount
appropriated, $2,506,000 is to remain available until expended
for the acquisition and partial support for implementation of
an Integrated Library System (ILS): Provided further, That of
the total amount appropriated, $10,000,000 is to remain
available until expended for salaries and expenses to carry out
the Russian Leadership Program enacted on May 21, 1999 (113
STAT. 93 et seq.): Provided further, That of the total amount
appropriated, $5,957,800 is to remain available until expended
for the purpose of teaching educators how to incorporate the
Library's digital collections into school curricula, which
amount shall be transferred to the educational consortium
formed to conduct the ``Joining Hands Across America: Local
Community Initiative'' project as approved by the Library:
Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated,
$404,000 is to remain available until expended for a
collaborative digitization and telecommunications project with
the United States Military Academy and any remaining balance is
available for other Library purposes: Provided further, That of
the total amount appropriated, $4,300,000 is to remain
available until expended for the purpose of developing a high
speed data transmission between the Library of Congress and
educational facilities, libraries, or networks serving western
North Carolina, and any remaining balance is available for
support of the Library's Digital Futures initiative.
Copyright Office
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office,
$38,523,000, of which not more than $23,500,000, to remain
available until expended, shall be derived from collections
credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 2001 under 17
U.S.C. 708(d): Provided, That the Copyright Office may not
obligate or expend any funds derived from collections under 17
U.S.C. 708(d), in excess of the amount authorized for
obligation or expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided
further, That not more than $5,783,000 shall be derived from
collections during fiscal year 2001 under 17 U.S.C. 111(d)(2),
119(b)(2), 802(h), and 1005: Provided further, That the total
amount available for obligation shall be reduced by the amount
by which collections are less than $29,283,000: Provided
further, That not more than $100,000 of the amount appropriated
is available for the maintenance of an ``International
Copyright Institute'' in the Copyright Office of the Library of
Congress for the purpose of training nationals of developing
countries in intellectual property laws and policies: Provided
further, That not more than $4,250 may be expended, on the
certification of the Librarian of Congress, in connection with
official representation and reception expenses for activities
of the International Copyright Institute and for copyright
delegations, visitors, and seminars.
Books for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
salaries and expenses
For salaries and expenses to carry out the Act of March 3,
1931 (chapter 400; 46 Stat. 1487; 2 U.S.C. 135a), $48,609,000,
of which $14,154,000 shall remain available until expended.
Furniture and Furnishings
For necessary expenses for the purchase, installation,
maintenance, and repair of furniture, furnishings, office and
library equipment, $4,892,000.
Administrative Provisions
Sec. 201. Appropriations in this Act available to the
Library of Congress shall be available, in an amount of not
more than $199,630, of which $59,300 is for the Congressional
Research Service, when specifically authorized by the Librarian
of Congress, for attendance at meetings concernedwith the
function or activity for which the appropriation is made.
Sec. 202. (a) No part of the funds appropriated in this Act
shall be used by the Library of Congress to administer any
flexible or compressed work schedule which--
(1) applies to any manager or supervisor in a
position the grade or level of which is equal to or
higher than GS-15; and
(2) grants such manager or supervisor the right to
not be at work for all or a portion of a workday
because of time worked by the manager or supervisor on
another workday.
(b) For purposes of this section, the term ``manager or
supervisor'' means any management official or supervisor, as
such terms are defined in section 7103(a)(10) and (11) of title
5, United States Code.
Sec. 203. Appropriated funds received by the Library of
Congress from other Federal agencies to cover general and
administrative overhead costs generated by performing
reimbursable work for other agencies under the authority of
sections 1535 and 1536 of title 31, United States Code, shall
not be used to employ more than 65 employees and may be
expended or obligated--
(1) in the case of a reimbursement, only to such
extent or in such amounts as are provided in
appropriations Acts; or
(2) in the case of an advance payment, only--
(A) to pay for such general or
administrative overhead costs as are
attributable to the work performed for such
agency; or
(B) to such extent or in such amounts as
are provided in appropriations Acts, with
respect to any purpose not allowable under
subparagraph (A).
Sec. 204. Of the amounts appropriated to the Library of
Congress in this Act, not more than $5,000 may be expended, on
the certification of the Librarian of Congress, in connection
with official representation and reception expenses for the
incentive awards program.
Sec. 205. Of the amount appropriated to the Library of
Congress in this Act, not more than $12,000 may be expended, on
the certification of the Librarian of Congress, in connection
with official representation and reception expenses for the
Overseas Field Offices.
Sec. 206. (a) For fiscal year 2001, the obligational
authority of the Library of Congress for the activities
described in subsection (b) may not exceed $92,845,000.
(b) The activities referred to in subsection (a) are
reimbursable and revolving fund activities that are funded from
sources other than appropriations to the Library in
appropriations Acts for the legislative branch.
Sec. 207. Section 1 of the Act entitled ``An Act to
authorize acquisition of certain real property for the Library
of Congress, and for other purposes'', approved December 15,
1997 (2 U.S.C. 141 note) is amended by adding at the end the
following new subsection:
``(c) Transfer Payment by Architect.--Notwithstanding the
limitation on reimbursement or transfer of funds under
subsection (a) of this section, the Architect of the Capitol
may, not later than 90 days after acquisition of the property
under this section, transfer funds to the entity from which the
property was acquired by the Architect of the Capitol. Such
transfers may not exceed a total of $16,500,000.''.
Sec. 208. The Librarian of Congress may convert to
permanent positions 84 indefinite, time-limited positions in
the National Digital Library Program authorized in the
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1996 for the Library of
Congress under the heading, ``Salaries and Expenses'' (Public
Law 104-53). Notwithstanding any other provision of law
regarding qualifications and methods of appointment of
employees of the Library of Congress, the Librarian may fill
these permanent positions through the non-competitive
conversion of the incumbents in the ``indefinite-not-to-
exceed'' positions to ``permanent'' positions.
Sec. 209. (a) In addition to any other transfer authority
provided by law, during fiscal year 2001 and fiscal years
thereafter, the Librarian of Congress may transfer to and among
available accounts of the Library of Congress amounts
appropriated to the Librarian from funds for the purchase,
installation, maintenance, and repair of furniture,
furnishings, and office and library equipment.
(b) Any amounts transferred pursuant to subsection (a)
shall be merged with and be available for the same purpose and
for the same period as the appropriation or account to which
such amounts are transferred.
(c) The Librarian may transfer amounts pursuant to
subsection (a) only with the approval of the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate.
Sec. 210. (a)(1) This subsection shall apply to any
individual who--
(A) is employed by the Library of Congress Child
Development Center (known as the ``Little Scholars
Child Development Center'', in this section referred to
as the ``Center'') established under section 205(g)(1)
of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1991; and
(B) makes an election to be covered by this
subsection with the Librarian of Congress, not later
than the later of--
(i) December 1, 2000; or
(ii) 60 days after the date the individual
begins such employment.
(2)(A) Any individual described under paragraph (1) may be
credited, under section 8411 of title 5, United States Code,
for service as an employee of the Center before the date of
enactment of this Act, if such employee makes a payment of the
deposit under section 8411(f)(2) of such title without
application of section 8411(b)(3) of such title.
(B) An individual described under paragraph (1) shall be
credited under section 8411 of title 5, United States Code, for
any service as an employee of the Center on or after the date
of enactment of this Act, if such employee has such amounts
deducted and withheld from his pay as determined by the Office
of Personnel Management which would be deducted and withheld
from the basic pay of an employee under section 8422 of title
5, United States Code.
(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subsection,
any service performed by an individual described under
paragraph (1) as an employee of the Center is deemed to be
civilian service creditable under section 8411 of title 5,
United States Code, for purposes of qualifying for survivor
annuities and disability benefits under subchapters IV and V of
chapter 84 of such title, if such individual makes payment of
an amount, determined by the Office of Personnel Management,
which would have been deducted and withheld from the basic pay
of such individual if such individual had been an employee
subject to section 8422 of title 5, United States Code, for
such period so credited, together with interest thereon.
(4) An individual described under paragraph (1) shall be
deemed an employee for purposes of chapter 84 of title 5,
United States Code, including subchapter III of such title, and
may make contributions under section 8432 of such title
effective for the first applicable pay period beginning on or
after the date such individual elects coverage under this
section.
(5) The Office of Personnel Management shall accept the
certification of the Librarian of Congress concerning
creditable service for purposes of this subsection.
(b) Any individual who is employed by the Center on or
after the date of enactment of this Act shall be deemed an
employee under section 8901(1) of title 5, United States Code,
for purposes of health insurance coverage under chapter 89 of
such title. An individual who is an employee of the Center on
the date of enactment of this Act may elect coverage under this
subsection before December 1, 2000, and during such periods as
determined by the Office of Personnel Management for employees
of the Center employed after such date.
(c) An individual who is employed by the Center shall be
deemed an employee under section 8701(a) of title 5, United
States Code, for purposes of life insurance coverage under
chapter 87 of such title.
(d) Government contributions for individuals receiving
benefits under this section, as computed under sections 8423,
8432, 8708, and 8906 shall be made by the Librarian of Congress
from any appropriations available to the Library of Congress.
(e) The Library of Congress, directly or by agreement with
its designated representative, shall--
(1) process payroll for Center employees, including
making deductions and withholdings from the pay of
employees in the amounts determined under sections
8422, 8432, 8707, and 8905 of title 5, United States
Code;
(2) maintain appropriate personnel and payroll
records for Center employees, and transmit appropriate
information and records to the Office of Personnel
Management; and
(3) transmit funds for Government and employee
contributions under this section to the Office of
Personnel Management.
(f) The Center shall--
(1) pay to the Library of Congress funds sufficient
to cover the gross salary and the employer's share of
taxes under section 3111 of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986 for Center employees, in amounts computed by
the Library of Congress;
(2) as required by the Library of Congress,
reimburse the Library of Congress for reasonable
administrative costs incurred under subsection (e)(1);
(3) comply with regulations and procedures
prescribed by the Librarian of Congress for
administration of this section;
(4) maintain appropriate records on all Center
employees, as required by the Librarian of Congress;
and
(5) consult with the Librarian of Congress on the
administration and implementation of this section.
(g) The Librarian of Congress may prescribe regulations to
carry out this section.
ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL
Library Buildings and Grounds
structural and mechanical care
For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and
structural maintenance, care and operation of the Library
buildings and grounds, $15,970,000, of which $5,000,000 shall
remain available until expended.
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
Office of Superintendent of Documents
salaries and expenses
(including transfer of funds)
For expenses of the Office of Superintendent of Documents
necessary to provide for the cataloging and indexing of
Government publications and their distribution to the public,
Members of Congress, other Government agencies, and designated
depository and international exchange libraries as authorized
by law, $27,954,000: Provided, That travel expenses, including
travel expenses of the Depository Library Council to the Public
Printer, shall not exceed $175,000: Provided further, That
amounts of not more than $2,000,000 from current year
appropriations are authorized for producing and disseminating
Congressional serial sets and other related publications for
1999 and 2000 to depository and other designated libraries:
Provided further, That any unobligated or unexpended balances
in this account or accounts for similar purposes for preceding
fiscal years may be transferred to the Government Printing
Office revolving fund for carrying out the purposes of this
heading, subject to the approval of the Committees on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate.
Government Printing Office Revolving Fund
The Government Printing Office is hereby authorized to make
such expenditures, within the limits of funds available and in
accord with the law, and to make such contracts and commitments
without regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by
section 9104 of title 31, United States Code, as may be
necessary in carrying out the programs and purposes set forth
in the budget for the current fiscal year for the Government
Printing Office revolving fund: Provided, That not more than
$2,500 may be expended on the certification of the Public
Printer in connection with official representation and
reception expenses: Provided further, That the revolving fund
shall be available for the hire or purchase of not more than 12
passenger motor vehicles: Provided further, That expenditures
in connection with travel expenses of the advisory councils to
the Public Printer shall be deemed necessary to carry out the
provisions of title 44, United States Code: Provided further,
That the revolving fund shall be available for temporary or
intermittent services under section 3109(b) of title 5, United
States Code, but at rates for individuals not more than the
daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay for level V of
the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of such title:
Provided further, That the revolving fund and the funds
provided under the headings ``Office of Superintendent of
Documents'' and ``salaries and expenses'' together may not be
available for the full-time equivalent employment of more than
3,285 workyears (or such other number of workyears as the
Public Printer may request, subject to the approval of the
Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of
Representatives): Provided further, That activities financed
through the revolving fund may provide information in any
format: Provided further, That the revolving fund shall not be
used to administer any flexible or compressed work schedule
which applies to any manager or supervisor in a position the
grade or level of which is equal to or higher than GS-15:
Provided further, That expenses for attendance at meetings
shall not exceed $75,000.
GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
Salaries and Expenses
For necessary expenses of the General Accounting Office,
including not more than $10,000 to be expended on the
certification of the Comptroller General of the United States
in connection with official representation and reception
expenses; temporary or intermittent services under section
3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, but at rates for
individuals not more than the daily equivalent of the annual
rate of basic pay for level IV of the Executive Schedule under
section 5315 of such title; hire of one passenger motor
vehicle; advance payments in foreign countries in accordance
with section 3324 of title 31, United States Code; benefits
comparable to those payable under sections 901(5), 901(6), and
901(8) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4081(5),
4081(6), and 4081(8)); and under regulations prescribed by the
Comptroller General of the United States, rental of living
quarters in foreign countries, $384,867,000: Provided, That not
more than $1,900,000 of payments received under 31 U.S.C. 782
shall be available for use in fiscal year 2001: Provided
further, That not more than $1,100,000 of reimbursements
received under 31 U.S.C. 9105 shall be available for use in
fiscal year 2001: Provided further, That this appropriation and
appropriations for administrative expenses of any other
department or agency which is a member of the National
Intergovernmental Audit Forum or a Regional Intergovernmental
Audit Forum shall be available to finance an appropriate share
of either Forum's costs as determined by the respective Forum,
including necessary travel expenses of non-Federal
participants. Payments hereunder to the Forum may be credited
as reimbursements to any appropriation from which costs
involved are initially financed: Provided further, That this
appropriation and appropriations for administrative expenses of
any other department or agency which is a member of the
American Consortium on International Public Administration
(ACIPA) shall be available to finance an appropriate share of
ACIPA costs as determined by the ACIPA, including any expenses
attributable to membership of ACIPA in the International
Institute of Administrative Sciences.
TITLE III--GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 301. No part of the funds appropriated in this Act
shall be used for the maintenance or care of private vehicles,
except for emergency assistance and cleaning as may be provided
under regulations relating to parking facilities for the House
of Representatives issued by the Committee on House
Administration and for the Senate issued by the Committee on
Rules and Administration.
Sec. 302. No part of the funds appropriated in this Act
shall remain available for obligation beyond fiscal year 2001
unless expressly so provided in this Act.
Sec. 303. Whenever in this Act any office or position not
specifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of 1929 is
appropriated for or the rate of compensation or designation of
any office or position appropriated for is different from that
specifically established by such Act, the rateof compensation
and the designation in this Act shall be the permanent law with respect
thereto: Provided, That the provisions in this Act for the various
items of official expenses of Members, officers, and committees of the
Senate and House of Representatives, and clerk hire for Senators and
Members of the House of Representatives shall be the permanent law with
respect thereto.
Sec. 304. The expenditure of any appropriation under this
Act for any consulting service through procurement contract,
pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, shall
be limited to those contracts where such expenditures are a
matter of public record and available for public inspection,
except where otherwise provided under existing law, or under
existing Executive order issued pursuant to existing law.
Sec. 305. (a) It is the sense of the Congress that, to the
greatest extent practicable, all equipment and products
purchased with funds made available in this Act should be
American-made.
(b) In providing financial assistance to, or entering into
any contract with, any entity using funds made available in
this Act, the head of each Federal agency, to the greatest
extent practicable, shall provide to such entity a notice
describing the statement made in subsection (a) by the
Congress.
(c) If it has been finally determined by a court or Federal
agency that any person intentionally affixed a label bearing a
``Made in America'' inscription, or any inscription with the
same meaning, to any product sold in or shipped to the United
States that is not made in the United States, such person shall
be ineligible to receive any contract or subcontract made with
funds provided pursuant to this Act, pursuant to the debarment,
suspension, and ineligibility procedures described in section
9.400 through 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations.
Sec. 306. Such sums as may be necessary are appropriated to
the account described in subsection (a) of section 415 of
Public Law 104-1 to pay awards and settlements as authorized
under such subsection.
Sec. 307. Amounts available for administrative expenses of
any legislative branch entity which participates in the
Legislative Branch Financial Managers Council (LBFMC)
established by charter on March 26, 1996, shall be available to
finance an appropriate share of LBFMC costs as determined by
the LBFMC, except that the total LBFMC costs to be shared among
all participating legislative branch entities (in such
allocations among the entities as the entities may determine)
may not exceed $252,000.
Sec. 308. No part of any appropriation contained in this
Act under the heading ``Architect of the Capitol'' or ``Botanic
Garden'' shall be obligated or expended for a construction
contract in excess of $100,000, unless such contract includes a
provision that requires liquidated damages for contractor
caused delay in an amount commensurate with the daily net
usable square foot cost of leasing similar space in a first
class office building within two miles of the United States
Capitol multiplied by the square footage to be constructed
under the contract.
Sec. 309. Section 316 of Public Law 101-302 is amended in
the first sentence of subsection (a) by striking ``2000'' and
inserting ``2001''.
Sec. 310. Russian Leadership Program. Section 3011 of the
1999 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act (Public Law 106-
31; 113 Stat. 93) is amended--
(1) by striking ``fiscal years 1999 and 2000'' in
subsections (a)(1), (b)(4)(B), (d)(3), and (h)(1)(A)
and inserting ``fiscal years 2000 and 2001''; and
(2) by striking ``2001'' in subsection (a)(2),
(e)(1), and (h)(1)(B) and inserting ``2002''.
Sec. 311. (a)(1) Any State may request the Joint Committee
on the Library of Congress to approve the replacement of a
statue the State has provided for display in Statuary Hall in
the Capitol of the United States under section 1814 of the
Revised Statutes (40 U.S.C. 187).
(2) A request shall be considered under paragraph (1) only
if--
(A) the request has been approved by a resolution
adopted by the legislature of the State and the request
has been approved by the Governor of the State, and
(B) the statue to be replaced has been displayed in
the Capitol of the United States for at least 10 years
as of the time the request is made, except that the
Joint Committee may waive this requirement for cause at
the request of a State.
(b) If the Joint Committee on the Library of Congress
approves a request under subsection (a), the Architect of the
Capitol shall enter into an agreement with the State to carry
out the replacement in accordance with the request and any
conditions the Joint Committee may require for its approval.
Such agreement shall provide that--
(1) the new statue shall be subject to the same
conditions and restrictions as apply to any statue
provided by a State under section 1814 of the Revised
Statutes (40 U.S.C. 187), and
(2) the State shall pay any costs related to the
replacement, including costs in connection with the
design, construction, transportation, and placement of
the new statue, the removal and transportation of the
statue being replaced, and any unveiling ceremony.
(c) Nothing in this section shall be interpreted to permit
a State to have more than 2 statues on display in the Capitol
of the United States.
(d)(1) Subject to the approval of the Joint Committee on
the Library, ownership of any statue replaced under this
section shall be transferred to the State.
(2) If any statue is removed from the Capitol of the United
States as part of a transfer of ownership under paragraph (1),
then it may not be returned to the Capitol for display unless
such display is specifically authorized by Federal law.
(e) The Architect of the Capitol, upon the approval of the
Joint Committee on the Library and with the advice of the
Commission of Fine Arts as requested, is authorized and
directed to relocate within the United States Capitol any of
the statues received from the States under section 1814 of the
Revised Statutes (40 U.S.C. 187) prior to the date of the
enactment of this Act, and to provide for the reception,
location, and relocation of the statues received hereafter from
the States under such section.
Sec. 312. (a) Section 201 of the Legislative Branch
Appropriations Act, 1993 (40 U.S.C. 216c note) is amended by
striking ``$10,000,000'' each place it appears and inserting
``$14,500,000''.
(b) Section 201 of such Act is amended--
(1) by inserting ``(a)'' before ``Pursuant'', and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(b) The Architect of the Capitol is authorized to
solicit, receive, accept, and hold amounts under section
307E(a)(2) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1989
(40 U.S.C. 216c(a)(2)) in excess of the $14,500,000 authorized
under subsection (a), but such amounts (and any interest
thereon) shall not be expended by the Architect without
approval in appropriation Acts as required under section
307E(b)(3) of such Act (40 U.S.C. 216c(b)(3)).''.
Sec. 313. Center for Russian Leadership Development. (a)
Establishment.--
(1) In general.--There is established in the
legislative branch of the Government a center to be
known as the ``Center for Russian Leadership
Development'' (the ``Center'').
(2) Board of trustees.--The Center shall be subject
to the supervision and direction of a Board of Trustees
which shall be composed of 9 members as follows:
(A) 2 members appointed by the Speaker of
the House of Representatives, 1 of whom shall
be designated by the Majority Leader of the
House of Representatives and 1 of whom shall be
designated by the Minority Leader of the House
of Representatives.
(B) 2 members appointed by the President
pro tempore of the Senate, 1 of whom shall be
designated by the Majority Leader of the Senate
and 1 of whom shall be designated by the
Minority Leader of the Senate.
(C) The Librarian of Congress.
(D) 4 private individuals with interests in
improving United States and Russian relations,
designated by the Librarian of Congress.
Each member appointed under this paragraph shall serve
for a term of 3 years. Any vacancy shall be filled in
the same manner as the original appointment and the
individual so appointed shall serve for the remainder
of the term. Members of the Board shall serve without
pay, but shall be entitled to reimbursement for travel,
subsistence, and other necessary expenses incurred in
the performance of their duties.
(b) Purpose and Authority of the Center.--
(1) Purpose.--The purpose of the Center is to
establish, in accordance with the provisions of
paragraph (2), a program to enable emerging political
leaders of Russia at all levels of government to gain
significant, firsthand exposure to the American free
market economic system and the operation of American
democratic institutions through visits to governments
and communities at comparable levels in the United
States.
(2) Grant program.--Subject to the provisions of
paragraphs (3) and (4), the Center shall establish a
program under which the Center annually awards grants
to government or community organizations in the United
States that seek to establish programs under which
those organizations will host Russian nationals who are
emerging political leaders at any level of government.
(3) Restrictions.--
(A) Duration.--The period of stay in the
United States for any individual supported with
grant funds under the program shall not exceed
30 days.
(B) Limitation.--The number of individuals
supported with grant funds under the program
shall not exceed 3,000 in any fiscal year.
(C) Use of funds.--Grant funds under the
program shall be used to pay--
(i) the costs and expenses incurred
by each program participant in
traveling between Russia and the United
States and in traveling within the
United States;
(ii) the costs of providing lodging
in the United States to each program
participant, whether in public
accommodations or in private homes; and
(iii) such additional
administrative expenses incurred by
organizations in carrying out the
program as the Center may prescribe.
(4) Application.--
(A) In general.--Each organization in the
United States desiring a grant under this
section shall submit an application to the
Center at such time, in such manner, and
accompanied by such information as the Center
may reasonably require.
(B) Contents.--Each application submitted
pursuant to subparagraph (A) shall--
(i) describe the activities for
which assistance under this section is
sought;
(ii) include the number of program
participants to be supported;
(iii) describe the qualifications
of the individuals who will be
participating in the program; and
(iv) provide such additional
assurances as the Center determines to
be essential to ensure compliance with
the requirements of this section.
(c) Establishment of Fund.--
(1) In general.--There is established in the
Treasury of the United States a trust fund to be known
as the ``Russian Leadership Development Center Trust
Fund'' (the ``Fund'') which shall consist of amounts
which may be appropriated, credited, or transferred to
it under this section.
(2) Donations.--Any money or other property
donated, bequeathed, or devised to the Center under the
authority of this section shall be credited to the
Fund.
(3) Fund management.--
(A) In general.--The provisions of
subsections (b), (c), and (d) of section 116 of
the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1989
(2 U.S.C. 1105 (b), (c), and (d)), and the
provisions of section 117(b) of such Act (2
U.S.C. 1106(b)), shall apply to the Fund.
(B) Expenditures.--The Secretary of the
Treasury is authorized to pay to the Center
from amounts in the Fund such sums as the Board
of Trustees of the Center determines are
necessary and appropriate to enable the Center
to carry out the provisions of this section.
(d) Executive Director.--The Board shall appoint an
Executive Director who shall be the chief executive officer of
the Center and who shall carry out the functions of the Center
subject to the supervision and direction of the Board of
Trustees. The Executive Director of the Center shall be
compensated at the annual rate specified by the Board, but in
no event shall such rate exceed level III of the Executive
Schedule under section 5314 of title 5, United States Code.
(e) Administrative Provisions.--
(1) In general.--The provisions of section 119 of
the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1989 (2
U.S.C. 1108) shall apply to the Center.
(2) Support provided by library of congress.--The
Library of Congress may disburse funds appropriated to
the Center, compute and disburse the basic pay for all
personnel of the Center, provide administrative, legal,
financial management, and other appropriate services to
the Center, and collect from the Fund the full costs of
providing services under this paragraph, as provided
under an agreement for services ordered under sections
1535 and 1536 of title 31, United States Code.
(f) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized
to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out
this section.
(g) Transfer of Funds.--Any amounts appropriated for use in
the program established under section 3011 of the 1999
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act (Public Law 106-31;
113 Stat. 93) shall be transferred to the Fund and shall remain
available without fiscal year limitation.
(h) Effective Dates.--
(1) In general.--This section shall take effect on
the date of enactment of this Act.
(2) Transfer.--Subsection (g) shall only apply to
amounts which remain unexpended on and after the date
the Board of Trustees of the Center certifies to the
Librarian of Congress that grants are ready to be made
under the program established under this section.
Sec. 314. Review of Proposed Changes to Export Thresholds
for Computers. Not more than 50 days after the date of the
submission of the report referred to in subsection (d) of
section 1211 of the National Defense Authorization Act for
Fiscal Year 1998 (50 U.S.C. App. 2404 note), the Comptroller
General of the United States shall submit an assessment to
Congress which contains an analysis of the new computer
performance levels being proposed by the President under such
section.
TITLE IV--EMERGENCY FISCAL YEAR 2000 SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS
The following sums are appropriated out of any money in the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to provide additional
emergency supplemental appropriations for the Legislative
Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for
other purposes, namely:
Capitol Police Board
security enhancements
For an additional amount for the Capitol Police Board for
costs associated with security enhancements, under the terms
and conditions of chapter 5 of title II of division B of the
Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations
Act, 1999 (Public Law 105-277), $2,102,000, to remain available
until expended, of which--
(1) $228,000 shall be for the acquisition and
installation of card readers for 4 additional access
points which are not currently funded under the
implementation of the security enhancement plan; and
(2) $1,874,000 shall be for security enhancements
to the buildings and grounds of the Library of
Congress:
Provided, That the entire amount is designated by Congress as
an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985,
as amended: Provided further, That the entire amount shall be
available only to the extent an official budget request for a
specific dollar amount that includes designation of the entire
amount of the request as an emergency requirement as defined in
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985,
as amended, is transmitted by the President to the Congress.
ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL
Capitol Buildings and Grounds
house office buildings
For an additional amount for necessary expenses for urgent
repairs to the underground garage in the Cannon House Office
Building, $9,000,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That the entire amount is designated by the Congress
as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985,
as amended: Provided further, That the entire amount shall be
available only to the extent an official budget request for a
specificdollar amount that includes designation of the entire
amount of the request as an emergency requirement as defined in the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended,
is transmitted by the President to the Congress.
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Federal Housing Administration
fha--general and special risk program account
For an additional amount for FHA--General and special risk
program account for the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized
by sections 238 and 519 of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C.
1715z-3 and 1735c), including the cost of loan modifications
(as that term is defined in section 502 of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974, as amended), $40,000,000, to remain
available until expended: Provided, That the entire amount
shall be available only to the extent an official budget
request, that includes designation of the entire amount of the
request as an emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended,
is transmitted by the President to the Congress: Provided
further, That the entire amount is designated by the Congress
as an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of
the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act: Provided
further, That the funding under this heading shall only be made
available upon the submission of a certification by the
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to the Committees on
Appropriations that all funds committed, expended, or obligated
under this heading in the Departments of Veterans Affairs and
Housing and Urban Development, Independent Agencies
Appropriations Act, 2000 were committed, expended or obligated
in compliance with the Antideficiency Act (31 U.S.C. 1341).
Sec. 401. Appropriations made by this title are available
immediately upon enactment of this Act.
This Division may be cited as the ``Legislative Branch
Appropriations Act, 2001''.
DIVISION B
Sec. 1001. (a) The provisions of H.R. 4985 of the 106th
Congress, as introduced on July 26, 2000, are hereby enacted
into law.
(b) In publishing this Act in slip form and in the United
States Statutes at Large pursuant to section 112 of title 1,
United States Code, the Archivist of the United States shall
include after the date of approval at the end an appendix
setting forth the text of the bill referred to in subsection
(a) of this section.
Sec. 1002. Effective on the date of the enactment of this
Act, sections 5105, 5106, and 5109 of the Emergency
Supplemental Act, 2000 (division B of Public Law 106-246) are
repealed, and the provisions repealed or amended by such
sections shall be revived and have effect as if such sections
had not been enacted.
SEC. 1003. REPEAL OF EXCISE TAX ON TELEPHONE AND OTHER COMMUNICATIONS
SERVICES.
(a) In General.--Chapter 33 of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 (relating to facilities and services) is amended by
striking subchapter B.
(b) Conforming Amendments.--
(1) Section 4293 of such Code is amended by
striking ``chapter 32 (other than the taxes imposed by
sections 4064 and 4121) and subchapter B of chapter
33,'' and inserting ``and chapter 32 (other than the
taxes imposed by sections 4064 and 4121),''.
(2)(A) Paragraph (1) of section 6302(e) of such
Code is amended by striking ``section 4251 or''.
(B) Paragraph (2) of section 6302(e) of such Code
is amended by striking ``imposed by--'' and all that
follows through ``with respect to'' and inserting
``imposed by section 4261 or 4271 with respect to''.
(C) The subsection heading for section 6302(e) of
such Code is amended by striking ``Communications
Services and''.
(3) Section 6415 of such Code is amended by
striking ``4251, 4261, or 4271'' each place it appears
and inserting ``4261 or 4271''.
(4) Paragraph (2) of section 7871(a) of such Code
is amended by inserting ``or'' at the end of
subparagraph (B), by striking subparagraph (C), and by
redesignating subparagraph (D) as subparagraph (C).
(5) The table of subchapters for chapter 33 of such
Code is amended by striking the item relating to
subchapter B.
(c) Study Regarding Continuing Economic Benefit of
Repeal.--
(1) Study.--The Comptroller General of the United
States, after consultation with the Chairman of the
Federal Communications Commission, shall study and
identify--
(A) the extent to which the benefits of the
repeal of the excise tax on telephone and other
communication services under subsection (a) are
passed through to individual and business
consumers, and
(B) any actions taken by communication
service providers or others that diminish such
benefits, including increases in any regulated
or unregulated communication service provider
charges or increases in other Federal or State
fees or taxes related to such service occurring
since the date of such repeal.
(2) Report.--By not later than September 1, 2001,
the Comptroller General of the United States shall
submit a report regarding the study described in
paragraph (1) to the Committee on Ways and Means of the
House of Representatives and the Committee on Finance
of the Senate.
(d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section
shall apply to amounts paid pursuant to bills first rendered
after September 30, 2000.
And the Senate agree to the same.
Amendment numbered 2:
That the House recede from its disagreement to the
amendment of the Senate numbered 2, and agree to the same with
an amendment, as follows:
Delete the matter stricken, delete the matter inserted,
and strike all beginning on page 2, line 1, down through and
including page 8, line 7, of the House engrossed bill, H.R.
4516.
And the Senate agree to the same.
Amendment numbered 3:
That the House recede from its disagreement to the
amendment of the Senate numbered 3, and agree to the same with
an amendment, as follows:
Delete the matter stricken, delete the matter inserted,
strike all beginning on page 23, line 13, down through and
including page 23, line 16, of the House engrossed bill, H.R.
4516, and strike lines 7 and 8 on page 45 of the House
engrossed bill, H.R. 4516.
And the Senate agree to the same.
Amendment numbered 4:
That the House recede from its disagreement to the
amendment of the Senate numbered 4, and agree to the same with
an amendment, as follows:
Delete the matter proposed.
And the Senate agree to the same.
Charles H. Taylor,
Zach Wamp,
Jerry Lewis,
Kay Granger,
John E. Peterson,
C.W. Bill Young,
Managers on the Part of the House.
Robert F. Bennett,
Ted Stevens,
Larry Craig,
Thad Cochran,
Managers on the Part of the Senate.
JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT OF THE COMMITTEE ON CONFERENCE
The managers on the part of the House and the Senate at
the conference on the disagreeing votes of the two Houses on
the amendments of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 4516) making
appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2001, and for other purposes, submit the
following joint statement to the House and Senate in
explanation of the effect of the action agreed upon by the
managers and recommended in the accompanying conference report.
The Senate amended the House bill with four numbered
amendments. The conference agreement addresses all the
differences contained in the four amendments in the disposition
of the first numbered amendment. The first numbered amendment
therefore includes a complete version of the Legislative Branch
bill plus all other legislation included in this conference
report. An explanation of the resolution of the differences of
the other three numbered amendments is included in the first
numbered amendment. The disposition of the other three numbered
amendments therefore is purely technical in nature to enable
the complete bill text to be included in the first amendment.
In addition to the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act,
2001, the conference agreement also enacts the Treasury and
General Government Appropriations Act, 2001, by reference, and
provisions dealing with the repeal of certain telephone taxes.
These additional pieces of legislation are included within
amendment number 1 as Division B. The Legislative Branch
Appropriations Act, 2001, is designated as Division A within
amendment number 1. An explanation of the matter in Division B
is included in this statement under amendment number 1 after
the explanation of the matter in Division A.
Amendment No. 1: Deletes the matter inserted and inserts
complete bill text.
DIVISION A
legislative branch appropriations
Many items in both House and Senate Legislative Branch
Appropriations bills are identical and are included in the
conference agreement without change. The conferees have
endorsed statements or policy contained in the House and Senate
reports accompanying the appropriations bills, unless amended
or restated herein. The conferees have agreed to drop without
prejudice the direction in the House report under the heading,
Information Security, subsumed under ``LEGISLATIVE BRANCH WIDE
MATTERS''. With respect to those items in the conference
agreement that differ between House and Senate bills, the
conferees have agreed to the following with the appropriate
section numbers, punctuation, and other technical corrections:
TITLE I--CONGRESSIONAL OPERATIONS
Senate
Appropriates $506,797,300 for Senate operations, and
includes, at the request of the managers on the part of the
Senate, an amendment adding $250,000, an amendment containing
the traditional death gratuity upon the death of a Senator, and
an amendment to Section 8. Inasmuch as this item relates solely
to the Senate, and in accord with long practice under which
each body determines its own housekeeping requirements and the
other concurs without intervention, the managers on the part of
the House, at the request of the managers on the part of the
Senate, have receded to the Senate.
House of Representatives
At the request of the managers on the part of the House,
an enrollment error in the House bill has been corrected and an
administrative provision has been added to provide funds for a
special education need. Inasmuch as this item relates solely to
the House, and in accord with long practice under which each
body determines its own housekeeping requirements and the other
concurs without intervention, the managers on the part of the
Senate, at the request of the managers on the part of the House, have
receded to the House.
Joint Items
Joint Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies of 2001
salaries and expenses
Appropriates $1,000,000 for the Joint Committee on
Inaugural Ceremonies of 2001 as proposed by the Senate,
amending two dates.
Administrative Provision
The conferees have amended the administrative provision
proposed by the House regarding assistance for the Capitol
Police during the Inauguration in January 2001 and the 2001
joint session of Congress to receive the State of the Union
message.
Joint Economic Committee
Appropriates $3,315,000 for the Joint Economic Committee
as proposed by the Senate instead of $3,072,000 as proposed by
the House.
Joint Committee on Taxation
Appropriates $6,430,000 for the Joint Committee on
Taxation instead of $6,174,000 as proposed by the House and
$6,686,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conferees believe
that this level of funding is sufficient for the Joint
Committee on Taxation to complete its report on the overall
state of the Federal tax system.
CAPITOL POLICE BOARD
Capitol Police
salaries
Appropriates $97,142,000 for salaries of officers,
members, and employees of the Capitol Police instead of
$92,769,000 as proposed by the House and $102,700,000 as
proposed by the Senate, of which $47,053,000 is provided to the
Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives and
$50,089,000 is provided to the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper
of the Senate. Of the amount provided, $4,660,000 is for
overtime.
The conferees have agreed this will fund 1,481 FTE's, the
level proposed by the Senate. The Chief of Police is directed
to secure the approval of the House and Senate Appropriations
Committees before filling positions above the level of 1,402
FTE's. The conferees intend that sufficient resources be
allocated to implement the ``two officers per door'' policy.
The Police are directed to study the posting requirements of
all posts and report to the House and Senate Appropriations
Committees. Until such a study is presented, the police are
authorized an FTE level of 1402.
general expenses
Appropriates $6,772,000 for general expenses of the
Capitol Police instead of $6,549,000 as proposed by the House
and $6,884,000 as proposed by the Senate. The funds provide
$103,000 for motorcycle replacement, and the conferees direct
that the Capitol Police continue the program begun in FY 2000
to utilize American-made motorcycles, targeting the funds made
available in this agreement towards smaller motorcycles. In
addition, the conferees have not included reimbursement for
telecommunications costs ($235,000) and direct that these
savings be applied to other programs. Items for installation
and maintenance of physical security and information security
measures shall not be less than the FY 2000 funded level.
Administrative Provisions
The conferees have included two administrative provisions
proposed by the House relating to certifying officers and a
chief administrative officer. The conferees have also added a
provision adjusting the salary of the chief of the Capitol
police.
Capitol Guide Service and Special Services Office
Appropriates $2,371,000 for the Capitol Guide Service and
Special Services Office as proposed by the Senate instead of
$2,201,000 as proposed by the House.
Statements of Appropriations
Appropriates $30,000 for statements of appropriations as
proposed by the Senate instead of $29,000 as proposed by the
House and makes technical changes.
OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE
Appropriates $1,820,000 for the Office of Compliance
instead of $1,816,000 as proposed by the House and $2,066,000
as proposed by the Senate. The conferees note that Office of
Compliance telephones frequently are not answered during normal
business hours. As an agency providing service to employees and
agencies of the Legislative branch, the Executive Director
should ensure that calls to the Office of Compliance are
answered during normal business hours. In addition, the
conferees believe the Executive Director should examine the use
of contract couriers to make deliveries to Congressional
offices and should reduce costs for such deliveries by use of
other means when appropriate.
CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE
Salaries and Expenses
Establishes the limitation on funds for representation
and reception expenses at $3,000 as proposed by the House
instead of $2,500 as proposed by the Senate and appropriates
$28,493,000 for salaries and expenses of the Congressional
Budget Office instead of $27,403,000 as proposed by the House
and $27,113,000 as proposed by the Senate.
The conferees have included an administrative provision,
as proposed by the Senate, authorizing the Congressional Budget
Office to enter into multiple year contracts to the same extent
as executive agencies.
ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL
Capitol Buildings and Grounds
capitol buildings
salaries and expenses
Appropriates $43,689,000 for salaries and expenses,
Capitol buildings, Architect of the Capitol, instead of
$44,234,000 as proposed by the House and $44,191,000 as
proposed by the Senate. Of this amount, $3,843,000 shall remain
available until expended instead of $4,280,000 as proposed by
the House and $4,255,000 as proposed by the Senate. With
respect to object class and project differences between the
House and Senate bills, the conferees have agreed to the
following:
Operating Budget:....................................... $39,346,000
Capitol Projects:
1. Update electrical system drawings on CAD....... 70,000
2. CAD Mechanical database........................ 70,000
3. Conservation of wall paintings................. 200,000
4. Study, confined spaces, Capitol Complex........ 0
5. Replacement on Minton tile..................... 100,000
6. Provide infrastructure for security
installations..................................... 400,000
7. Computer, telecommunications and electrical
support........................................... 300,000
8. Security project support for AOC............... 0
9. Roof fall protection........................... 555,000
10. Life safety support services................... 0
11. Safety and environmental program and SOP
development....................................... 0
12. Wayfinding and ADA compliant signage........... 50,000
13. Computer aided facility management............ 263,000
The conference agreement includes a provision authorizing
the Architect of the Capitol to hire a project manager for the
construction of the Capitol Visitors Center and establishing a
ceiling on the level of pay for this position. The conferees
direct the Architect to fill this position from among persons
recruited from outside the agency. The language authorizing the
position and funding for same will require inclusion in annual
appropriations bills and will be withdrawn upon completion of
the project.
The conferees have agreed to modify the Senate report
language directing the Architect to create and fill a position
for employee advocate. The conferees direct that the Architect
fill the position of Employee Advocate on a one-year, temporary
basis, using existing resources, at a level appropriate to the
task. In the submission of the FY 2002 budget request, the
Architect is directed to report on measures taken to fulfill
directives in the Senate report in lieu of the quarterly
reports outlined in the Senate report regarding this position.
The House and Senate Committees on Appropriations will review
the results of this temporary measure before considering a
permanent solution.
The conferees are aware that the Architect of the Capitol
employs a significant number of temporary workers (excluding
intermittent workers) who do not receive the usual benefits
available to permanent federal workers. The Architect is
directed to provide a report within 90 days to the Senate
Committees on Appropriations and Rules and Administration, and
to the House Committees on Appropriations, Transportation and
Infrastructure, and House Administration, both majority and
minority, detailing its use of temporary workers, the terms and
conditions thereof, and the reasons therefor; the total number
of such workers employed during each of the last five fiscal
years; and a list and explanation of the benefits, if any, such
workers receive by reason of their AOC employment. The report
shall make recommendations for how to provide such workers
access to federal benefits and a list of any alternatives that
may exist to the use of temporary workers.
The conferees are concerned about a class-action suit
against the Architect (Harris et al. v. Architect of the
Capitol). The Architect is urged to make every effort to settle
this lawsuitas expeditiously as possible, and to report to the
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations within 45 days on the
status of the case.
capitol grounds
Appropriates $5,362,000 to the Architect of the Capitol
for care and improvement of grounds surrounding the Capitol,
House and Senate office buildings, and the Capitol power plant
instead of $5,217,000 as proposed by the House and $5,512,000
as proposed by the Senate. Of this amount, $125,000 shall
remain available until expended instead of $25,000 as proposed
by the House and $225,000 as proposed by the Senate. With
respect to object class and project differences between the
House and Senate bills, the conferees have agreed to the
following:
Operating Budget........................................ $5,127,000
Capitol Projects:
1. CAD database development--site utilities........ 110,000
2. Wayfinding and ADA compliant signage............ 100,000
senate office buildings
Appropriates $63,974,000 to the Architect of the Capitol
as proposed by the Senate, of which $21,669,000 shall remain
available until expended, for the operations of the Senate
office buildings. Inasmuch as this item relates solely to the
Senate, and in accord with long practice under which each body
determines its own housekeeping requirements and the other
concurs without intervention, the managers on the part of the
House, at the request of the managers on the part of the
Senate, have receded to the Senate.
house office buildings
Appropriates $32,750,000 to the Architect of the Capitol
as proposed by the House, of which $123,000 shall remain
available until expended, for the operations of the House
office buildings. Inasmuch as this item relates solely to the
House, and in accord with long practice under which each body
determines its own housekeeping requirements and the other
concurs without intervention, the managers on the part of the
Senate, at the request of the managers on the part of the
House, have receded to the House.
capitol power plant
In addition to the $4,400,000 available from receipts,
appropriates $39,415,000 to the Architect of the Capitol for
Capitol power plant operations instead of $39,151,000 as
proposed by the House and $39,569,000 as proposed by the
Senate. Of this amount, $523,000 shall remain available until
expended as proposed by the Senate instead of $200,000 as
proposed by the House. With respect to object class and project
differences between the House and Senate bills, the conferees
have agreed to the following:
Operating Budget:
1. Personnel compensation.......................... 4,467,000
2. Other expenses.................................. 34,110,000
Capital Projects:
1. Study, heat balance/efficiency improvements..... 0
2. Update CAD drawings............................. 65,000
3. Roof fall protection............................ 323,000
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Congressional Research Service
salaries and expenses
Appropriates $73,592,000 for salaries and expenses,
Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress instead of
$73,810,000 as proposed by the House and $73,374,000 as
proposed by the Senate. In keeping with both the complete
research and maximum practicable administrative independence of
the Congressional Research Service, it is the conferees' intent
that the Director of the Congressional Research Service shall
be obligated to bring to the attention of the appropriate House
and Senate Committees issues which directly impact the
Congressional Research Service and its ability to serve the
needs of Congress. The budgetary needs of CRS that may not be
adequately addressed in the annual budget submission should be
raised with the Appropriations Committees.
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
Congressional Printing and Binding
Appropriates $71,462,000 for Congressional printing and
binding instead of $69,626,000 as proposed by the House and
$73,297,000 as proposed by the Senate. The conference agreement
includes a heading and provision for transfer of balances for
preceding fiscal years to the Government Printing Office
revolving fund as proposed by the House and language proposed
by the Senate to provide for printing and binding for the
Architect of the Capitol and for preparing the semimonthly and
session indexes for the Congressional Record.
Rather than limiting funding for the Congressional Record
Index and indexers to close out activities, as directed in the
House report, the conferees agree that this activity should
continue and that improvements in work processes should be
pursued by taking advantage of the latest available technology.
These activities and initiatives should be more closely
integrated and coordinated with related GPO functions and
should be pursued under the direction of the Public Printer or
appropriate officials designated by the Public Printer.
Administrative Provision
The conference agreement amends an administrative
provision proposed by the House regarding a study of
Congressional printing needs and authorization of
appropriations beginning in fiscal year 2003 to limit its
application to the Clerk of the House and the printing needs of
the House of Representatives.
TITLE II--OTHER AGENCIES
BOTANIC GARDEN
Salaries and Expenses
Appropriates $3,328,000 for salaries and expenses,
Botanic Garden instead of $3,216,000 as proposed by the House
and $3,653,000 as proposed by the Senate of which $25,000 shall
remain available until expended instead of $150,000 as proposed
by the Senate. With respect to object class and project
differences between the House and Senate bills, the conferees
have agreed to the following:
Operating Budget........................................ $3,303,000
Capitol Projects:
1. Replace equipment at growing facilities......... 0
2. Wayfinding signage.............................. 25,000
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
Salaries and Expenses
Provides $282,838,000 for salaries and expenses, Library
of Congress instead of $269,864,000 as proposed by the House
and $267,330,000 as proposed by the Senate. Of this amount,
$6,850,000 is made available from receipts collected by the
Library of Congress, and $10,459,575 is to remain available
until expended for acquisition of library materials as proposed
by the House instead of $10,398,600 as proposed by the Senate.
With respect to differences between the House and Senate bills,
the conferees have agreed to the following:
1. Mandatories........................................ $8,459,000
2. Price level........................................ -1,920,000
3. Russian Leadership Program......................... 10,000,000
4. Hands Across America............................... 5,957,800
5. Arrearage reduction................................ 500,000
6. Mass deacidification............................... 1,216,000
7. National Film Preservation Board................... 250,000
8. Digitization pilot with West Point................. 404,000
9. Digitization non-personal costs $.................. 7,590,000
10. Ft. Meade Storage: One-time costs.................. -406,000
11. Ft. Meade Storage: Open module one................. 618,000
12. Automation: National Digital Library servers and
storage............................................. 300,000
13. Security Office.................................... 2,342,000
14. High-speed transmission line....................... 4,300,000
The conference agreement includes funds for four
programs, to remain available until expended. One provision,
for $5,957,800, is for teaching educators how to incorporate
the Library's digital collection into school curricula. A
second provision provides $404,000 for a digitization pilot
project with the Military Academy at West Point. A third
provision provides $10,000,000 to continue the Russian
Leadership Program for FY2001. A fourth provision provides
$4,300,000 to the Library of Congress to develop high speed
data transmissionbetween the Library of Congress and
educational facilities, libraries, or networks serving the National
Digital Library pilot program. The Library is directed to investigate
the most cost effective method of providing this capability and take
the necessary steps to develop the capability within the resources
available. Any remaining balance not required for the development of
the high speed data transmission is available for support of the
Library's digital futures initiative.
The conferees agree with language in the House report
directing the Library to employ students at the Ft. Meade
remote storage facility and with language in the Senate report
directing the Library to devote all available resources to
elimination of cataloging arrearage.
The conferees are aware that a task force has been
established at the Library of Congress to explore the
feasibility and desirability of instituting a telecommuting
program for the Library. The conferees encourage the Librarian
to consider a telecommuting program for the Library (including
the Congressional Research Service), and to include a
description of the program with his next budget submission.
Copyright Office
salaries and expenses
Provides $38,523,000, including $29,283,000 made
available from receipts, for salaries and expenses, Copyright
Office instead of $38,771,000, including $31,783,000 from
receipts, as proposed by the House and $38,332,000, including
$26,783,000 from receipts, as proposed by the Senate. With
respect to differences between the House and Senate bills, the
conferees have agreed to the following:
Salaries................................................ $31,318,000
Expenses................................................ 7,205,000
Books for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
salaries and expenses
Appropriates $48,609,000 for salaries and expenses, books
for the blind and physically handicapped instead of $48,507,000
as proposed by the House and $48,711,000 as proposed by the
Senate. Of this amount, $14,154,000 shall remain available
until expended as proposed by the Senate instead of $14,135,000
as proposed by the House.
Furniture and Furnishings
Appropriates $4,892,000 for furniture and furnishings at
the Library of Congress as proposed by the Senate instead of
$5,394,000 as proposed by the House.
Administrative Provisions
Various technical corrections and section number changes
have been made. In Section 201, the conferees have agreed to an
overall limitation of $199,630 on funds available for
attendance at meetings as proposed by the House and a
limitation of $59,300 on CRS attendance at meetings as proposed
by the House. The conference agreement includes Section 202 as
proposed by the House. The conferees have modified the scope of
accounts available for transfer authority to include transfers
only from the furniture and furnishings account and not to it.
The conference agreement does not include the separation
incentives proposed by the House. The conferees have authorized
use of appropriated funds to pay the employer share of benefit
costs for employees of the Library of Congress child care
center.
ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL
Library Buildings and Grounds
structural and mechanical care
Appropriates $15,970,000 for structural and mechanical
care, Library buildings and grounds, Architect of the Capitol
instead of $15,837,000 as proposed by the House and $16,347,000
as proposed by the Senate. With respect to object class and
project differences between the House and Senate bills, the
conferees have agreed to the following:
Operating Budget:
1. Personnel compensation and benefits............. $7,959,000
2. Annual expenses................................. 1,966,000
Capitol Projects:
3. Preservations environmental monitoring.......... 0
4. Replace HVAC variable speed drive motor......... 90,000
5. Room and partition modifications................ 165,000
6. Replace partition supports...................... 200,000
7. Lightning protection, Madison building.......... 190,000
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
Office of Superintendent of Documents
salaries and expenses
Appropriates $27,954,000 for salaries and expenses,
Office of the Superintendent of Documents instead of
$25,652,000 as proposed by the House and $30,255,000 as
proposed by the Senate. The conferees have retained the heading
``Transfer of Funds'' as proposed by the House and
``distribution'' to replace the wording, ``on-line access'',
within the appropriating paragraph as proposed by the Senate.
The conferees have included the Senate language for the
appropriating provision on the availability of $2,000,000 from
the appropriation and the appropriation provision authorizing
transfer of funds as proposed by the House.
The conferees recognize that the funding level provided
may require adjustments in historically applicable program
services and agree that no employee layoffs will be required.
Emphasis should be on streamlining the distribution of
traditional paper copies of publications which may include
providing online access and less expensive electronic formats.
The conferees agree to the transfer of unexpended funds
proposed by the House, which provides additional flexibility in
meeting program requirements.
The conferees have agreed to modify the language in the
House report directing the Congressional Research Service to
conduct a study and direct that the General Accounting Office
shall conduct a comprehensive study on the impact of providing
documents to the public solely in electronic format. The study
shall include: (1) a current inventory of publications and
documents which are provided to the public, (2) the frequency
with which each type of publication or document is requested
for deposit at non-regional depository libraries, and (3) an
assessment of the feasibility of transfer of the depository
library program to the Library of Congress that: Identifies how
such a transfer might be accomplished; Identifies when such a
transfer might optimally occur; Examines the functions,
services, and programs of the Superintendent of Documents;
Examines and identifies administrative and infrastructure
support that is provided to the Superintendent by the
Government Printing Office, with a view to the implications for
such a transfer; Examines and identifies the costs, for both
the Government Printing Office and the Library of Congress, of
such a transfer; Identifies measures that are necessary to
ensure the success of such a transfer.
The study shall be submitted to the Committee on House
Administration and the Senate Committee on Rules and
Administration by March 30, 2001.
Administrative Provision
The conferees have not included a provision proposed by
the Senate amending 44 U.S.C. 1708.
GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
Salaries and Expenses
Appropriates $384,867,000 for salaries and expenses,
General Accounting Office as proposed by the Senate instead of
$368,896,000 as proposed by the House. Within the appropriating
paragraph, the conferees have set the limitation on
representation expenses at $10,000 as proposed by the House,
instead of $7,000 as proposed by the Senate and made technical
corrections to two other matters.
The General Accounting Office shall undertake a study of
the effects on air pollution caused by all polluting sources,
including automobiles and the electric power generation
emissions of the Tennessee Valley Authority on the Great Smoky
Mountains National Park, the Blue Ridge Parkway and the Pisgah,
Nantahla, and Cherokee National Forests. This study will also
include the amount of carbon emissions avoided by the use of
non-emitting electricity sources such as nuclear power within
the same region. The GAO shall report to the Committees on
Appropriations no later than January 31, 2001.
Administrative Provisions
The conferees have not included several administrative
provisions proposed by the Senate.
TITLE III--GENERAL PROVISIONS
In Title III, General Provisions, section numbers have
been changed to conform to the conference agreement and
technical corrections have been made. The conferees have
included a liquidated damages provision proposed by the House.
The conferees have included provisions proposed by the Senate
changing a date and extending the Russian Leadership Program.
The conferees have not included a proposed merger of various
law enforcement activities and have amended language in the
Senate bill regarding the placement of statues in Statuary
Hall. The conferees have adjusted the limitation on the
National Garden and have agreed to establish a Center for
Russian Leadership Development as proposed by the Senate. A
Sense of the Senate provision and a limitation on the use of
pesticides have not been included. There is a provision
regarding an assessment by the General Accounting Office of a
report referred to in the National Defense Authorization Act
for Fiscal Year 1998.
TITLE IV--FISCAL YEAR 2000 EMERGENCY SUPPLEMENTAL
The conferees have included several Fiscal Year 2000
supplemental appropriation items that require urgent attention
and are considered emergency situations.
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
JOINT ITEMS
Capitol Police Board
security enhancements
The conference agreement provides an additional
$2,102,000 for Fiscal Year 2000 to the Capitol Police Board for
security enhancements. Of this amount, $228,000 are for
acquisition and installation of card readers for four
additional Capitol buildings access points not currently funded
in the security enhancements plan. In addition, $1,874,000 is
provided for work at the Library of Congress to complete the
closed circuit television ($1,390,000) and access control
($484,000) improvement tasks. These funds are designated as an
emergency requirement.
ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL
Capitol Buildings And Grounds
house office buildings
The conference agreement appropriates $9,000,000 for
Fiscal Year 2000 to the Architect of the Capitol for urgent
repairs to the underground garage in the Cannon House Office
Building. These funds are designated as an emergency
requirement.
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION
FHA--General and Special Risk Program Account
At the request of the House and Senate subcommittees on
VA, HUD and Independent Agencies Appropriations, the conferees
have agreed to include a provision for the Department of
Housing and Urban Development (HUD) that provides, on an
emergency basis, $40,000,000 in credit subsidy for the FHA
General and Special Risk Program Account. Without these
additional funds, the Title I home improvement program, the
condominium loan program, the FHA reverse mortgage program for
senior citizens, and various multifamily housing insurance
programs would have to be suspended. The additional
appropriation would have been unnecessary if HUD had adhered to
assumptions made by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
in determining credit subsidy rates when the President's budget
was submitted to Congress, a violation of budget conventions.
In the future, HUD should refrain from similar actions.
CONFERENCE TOTAL--WITH COMPARISONS
The total new budget (obligational) authority for the
fiscal year 2001 recommended by the Committee of Conference,
with comparisons to the fiscal year 2000 amount, the 2001
budget estimates, and the House and Senate bills for 2001
follow:
[In thousands of dollars]
New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 2000.........$2,475,080
Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, fiscal year
2001...................................................... 2,725,604
House bill, fiscal year 2001.................................. 1,913,691
Senate bill, fiscal year 2001................................. 2,523,378
Conference agreement, fiscal year 2001........................ 2,526,863
Conference agreement compared with:
New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 2000..... +51,783
Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, fiscal
year 2001............................................... -198,741
House bill, fiscal year 2001.............................. +613,172
Senate bill, fiscal year 2001............................. +3,485
Title IV--FY 2000 Emergency Supplemental...................... 51,102
Division B
Division B of the conference agreement would enact the
provisions of H.R. 4985, as introduced on July 26, 2000. The
text of that bill follows:
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives
of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the
following sums are appropriated out of any money in the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Treasury
Department, the United States Postal Service, the Executive
Office of the President, and certain Independent Agencies, for
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and for other
purposes, namely:
TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Departmental Offices
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Departmental Offices
including operation and maintenance of the Treasury Building
and Annex; hire of passenger motor vehicles; maintenance,
repairs, and improvements of, and purchase of commercial
insurance policies for, real properties leased or owned
overseas, when necessary for the performance of official
business; not to exceed $2,900,000 for official travel
expenses; not to exceed $3,813,000, to remain available until
expended for information technology modernization requirements;
not to exceed $150,000 for official reception and
representation expenses; not to exceed $258,000 for unforeseen
emergencies of a confidential nature, to be allocated and
expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury
and to be accounted for solely on his certificate,
$156,315,000: Provided, That the Office of Foreign Assets
Control shall be funded at no less than $11,439,000: Provided
further, That of these amounts $2,900,000 is available for
grants to State and local law enforcement groups to help fight
money laundering.
Department-Wide Systems and Capital Investments Programs
(including transfer of funds)
For development and acquisition of automatic data
processing equipment, software, and services for the Department
of the Treasury, $47,287,000, to remain available until
expended: Provided, That these funds shall be transferred to
accounts and in amounts as necessary to satisfy the
requirements of the Department's offices, bureaus, and other
organizations: Provided further, That this transfer authority
shall be in addition to any other transfer authority provided
in this Act: Provided further, That none of the funds
appropriated shall be used to support or supplement the
Internal Revenue Service appropriations for Information
Systems.
Office of Inspector General
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General
in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of
1978, as amended, not to exceed $2,000,000 for official travel
expenses, including hire of passenger motor vehicles; and not
to exceed $100,000 for unforeseen emergencies of a confidential
nature, to be allocated and expended under the direction of the
Inspector General of the Treasury, $32,899,000.
Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Treasury Inspector General
for Tax Administration in carrying out the Inspector General
Act of 1978, as amended, including purchase (not to exceed 150
for replacement only for police-type use) and hire of passenger
motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); services authorized by 5
U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be determined by the
Inspector General for Tax Administration; not to exceed
$6,000,000 for official travel expenses; and not to exceed
$500,000 for unforeseen emergencies of a confidential nature,
to be allocated and expended under the direction of the
Inspector General for Tax Administration, $118,427,000.
Treasury Building and Annex Repair and Restoration
For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the Treasury
Building and Annex, $31,000,000, to remain available until
expended.
Expanded Access to Financial Services
(including transfer of funds)
To develop and implement programs to expand access to
financial services for low- and moderate-income individuals,
$2,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided, That
of these funds, such sums as may be necessary may be
transferred to accounts of the Department's offices, bureaus,
and other organizations: Provided further, That this transfer
authority shall be in addition to any other transfer authority
provided in this Act.
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Financial Crimes Enforcement
Network, including hire of passenger motor vehicles; travel
expenses of non-Federal law enforcement personnel to attend
meetings concerned with financial intelligence activities, law
enforcement, and financial regulation; not to exceed $14,000
for official reception and representation expenses; and for
assistance to Federal law enforcement agencies, with or without
reimbursement, $37,576,000, of which not to exceed $2,800,000
shall remain available until September 30, 2003; and of which
$2,275,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2002:
Provided, That funds appropriated in this account may be used
to procure personal services contracts.
Counterterrorism Fund
For necessary expenses, as determined by the Secretary,
$55,000,000, to remain available until expended, to reimburse
any Department of the Treasury organization for the costs of
providing support to counter, investigate, or prosecute
terrorism, including payment of rewards in connection with
these activities: Provided, That the entire amount is
designated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant
to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further, That
the entire amount shall be available only to the extent that an
official budget request for a specific dollar amount that
includes designation of the entire amount of the request as an
emergency requirement as defined in such Act is transmitted by
the President to the Congress.
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Federal Law Enforcement
Training Center, as a bureau of the Department of the Treasury,
including materials and support costs of Federal law
enforcement basic training; purchase (not to exceed 52 for
police-type use, without regard to the general purchase price
limitation) and hire of passenger motor vehicles; for expenses
for student athletic and related activities; uniforms without
regard to the general purchase price limitation for the current
fiscal year; the conducting of and participating in firearms
matches and presentation of awards; for public awareness and
enhancing community support of law enforcement training; notto
exceed $11,500 for official reception and representation expenses; room
and board for student interns; and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C.
3109, $94,483,000, of which up to $17,043,000 for materials and support
costs of Federal law enforcement basic training shall remain available
until September 30, 2003: Provided, That the Center is authorized to
accept and use gifts of property, both real and personal, and to accept
services, for authorized purposes, including funding of a gift of
intrinsic value which shall be awarded annually by the Director of the
Center to the outstanding student who graduated from a basic training
program at the Center during the previous fiscal year, which shall be
funded only by gifts received through the Center's gift authority:
Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law,
students attending training at any Federal Law Enforcement Training
Center site shall reside in on-Center or Center-provided housing,
insofar as available and in accordance with Center policy: Provided
further, That funds appropriated in this account shall be available, at
the discretion of the Director, for the following: training United
States Postal Service law enforcement personnel and Postal police
officers; State and local government law enforcement training on a
space-available basis; training of foreign law enforcement officials on
a space-available basis with reimbursement of actual costs to this
appropriation, except that reimbursement may be waived by the Secretary
for law enforcement training activities in foreign countries undertaken
pursuant to section 801 of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death
Penalty Act of 1996, Public Law 104-32; training of private sector
security officials on a space-available basis with reimbursement of
actual costs to this appropriation; and travel expenses of non-Federal
personnel to attend course development meetings and training sponsored
by the Center: Provided further, That the Center is authorized to
obligate funds in anticipation of reimbursements from agencies
receiving training sponsored by the Federal Law Enforcement Training
Center, except that total obligations at the end of the fiscal year
shall not exceed total budgetary resources available at the end of the
fiscal year: Provided further, That the Federal Law Enforcement
Training Center is authorized to provide training for the Gang
Resistance Education and Training program to Federal and non-Federal
personnel at any facility in partnership with the Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco and Firearms: Provided further, That the Federal Law
Enforcement Training Center is authorized to provide short-term medical
services for students undergoing training at the Center.
acquisition, construction, improvements, and related expenses
For expansion of the Federal Law Enforcement Training
Center, for acquisition of necessary additional real property
and facilities, and for ongoing maintenance, facility
improvements, and related expenses, $29,205,000, to remain
available until expended.
Interagency Law Enforcement
interagency crime and drug enforcement
For expenses necessary to conduct investigations and
convict offenders involved in organized crime drug trafficking,
including cooperative efforts with State and local law
enforcement, as it relates to the Treasury Department law
enforcement violations such as money laundering, violent crime,
and smuggling, $103,476,000, of which $7,827,000 shall remain
available until expended.
Financial Management Service
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Financial Management Service,
$206,851,000, of which not to exceed $10,635,000 shall remain
available until September 30, 2003, for information systems
modernization initiatives; and of which not to exceed $2,500
shall be available for official reception and representation
expenses.
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco
and Firearms, including purchase of not to exceed 812 vehicles
for police-type use, of which 650 shall be for replacement
only, and hire of passenger motor vehicles; hire of aircraft;
services of expert witnesses at such rates as may be determined
by the Director; for payment of per diem and/or subsistence
allowances to employees where a major investigative assignment
requires an employee to work 16 hours or more per day or to
remain overnight at his or her post of duty; not to exceed
$20,000 for official reception and representation expenses; for
training of State and local law enforcement agencies with or
without reimbursement, including training in connection with
the training and acquisition of canines for explosives and fire
accelerants detection; not to exceed $50,000 for cooperative
research and development programs for Laboratory Services and
Fire Research Center activities; and provision of laboratory
assistance to State and local agencies, with or without
reimbursement, $768,695,000, of which not to exceed $1,000,000
shall be available for the payment of attorneys' fees as
provided by 18 U.S.C. 924(d)(2); of which up to $2,000,000
shall be available for the equipping of any vessel, vehicle,
equipment, or aircraft available for official use by a State or
local law enforcement agency if the conveyance will be used in
joint law enforcement operations with the Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco and Firearms and for the payment of overtime salaries
including Social Security and Medicare, travel, fuel, training,
equipment, supplies, and other similar costs of State and local
law enforcement personnel, including sworn officers and support
personnel, that are incurred in joint operations with the
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms: Provided, That no
funds made available by this or any other Act may be used to
transfer the functions, missions, or activities of the Bureau
of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms to other agencies or
Departments in fiscal year 2001: Provided further, That no
funds appropriated herein shall be available for salaries or
administrative expenses in connection with consolidating or
centralizing, within the Department of the Treasury, the
records, or any portion thereof, of acquisition and disposition
of firearms maintained by Federal firearms licensees: Provided
further, That no funds appropriated herein shall be used to pay
administrative expenses or the compensation of any officer or
employee of the United States to implement an amendment or
amendments to 27 CFR 178.118 or to change the definition of
``Curios or relics'' in 27 CFR 178.11 or remove any item from
ATF Publication5300.11 as it existed on January 1, 1994:
Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated herein shall be
available to investigate or act upon applications for relief from
Federal firearms disabilities under 18 U.S.C. 925(c): Provided further,
That such funds shall be available to investigate and act upon
applications filed by corporations for relief from Federal firearms
disabilities under 18 U.S.C. 925(c): Provided further, That no funds
under this Act may be used to electronically retrieve information
gathered pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 923(g)(4) by name or any personal
identification code.
United States Customs Service
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the United States Customs
Service, including purchase and lease of up to 1,050 motor
vehicles of which 550 are for replacement only and of which
1,030 are for police-type use and commercial operations; hire
of motor vehicles; contracting with individuals for personal
services abroad; not to exceed $40,000 for official reception
and representation expenses; and awards of compensation to
informers, as authorized by any Act enforced by the United
States Customs Service, $1,863,765,000, of which such sums as
become available in the Customs User Fee Account, except sums
subject to section 13031(f)(3) of the Consolidated Omnibus
Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985, as amended (19 U.S.C.
58c(f)(3)), shall be derived from that Account; of the total,
not to exceed $150,000 shall be available for payment for
rental space in connection with preclearance operations; not to
exceed $4,000,000 shall be available until expended for
research; of which not less than $100,000 shall be available to
promote public awareness of the child pornography tipline; of
which not less than $200,000 shall be available for Project
Alert; not to exceed $5,000,000 shall be available until
expended for conducting special operations pursuant to 19
U.S.C. 2081; not to exceed $8,000,000 shall be available until
expended for the procurement of automation infrastructure
items, including hardware, software, and installation; and not
to exceed $5,000,000 shall be available until expended for
repairs to Customs facilities: Provided, That uniforms may be
purchased without regard to the general purchase price
limitation for the current fiscal year: Provided further, That
notwithstanding any other provision of law, the fiscal year
aggregate overtime limitation prescribed in subsection 5(c)(1)
of the Act of February 13, 1911 (19 U.S.C. 261 and 267) shall
be $30,000.
harbor maintenance fee collection
(including transfer of funds)
For administrative expenses related to the collection of
the Harbor Maintenance Fee, pursuant to Public Law 103-182,
$3,000,000, to be derived from the Harbor Maintenance Trust
Fund and to be transferred to and merged with the Customs
``Salaries and Expenses'' account for such purposes.
operation, maintenance and procurement, air and marine interdiction
programs
For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for the
operation and maintenance of marine vessels, aircraft, and
other related equipment of the Air and Marine Programs,
including operational training and mission-related travel, and
rental payments for facilities occupied by the air or marine
interdiction and demand reduction programs, the operations of
which include the following: the interdiction of narcotics and
other goods; the provision of support to Customs and other
Federal, State, and local agencies in the enforcement or
administration of laws enforced by the Customs Service; and, at
the discretion of the Commissioner of Customs, the provision of
assistance to Federal, State, and local agencies in other law
enforcement and emergency humanitarian efforts, $133,228,000,
which shall remain available until expended: Provided, That no
aircraft or other related equipment, with the exception of
aircraft which is one of a kind and has been identified as
excess to Customs requirements and aircraft which has been
damaged beyond repair, shall be transferred to any other
Federal agency, department, or office outside of the Department
of the Treasury, during fiscal year 2001 without the prior
approval of the Committees on Appropriations.
automation modernization
For expenses not otherwise provided for Customs automated
systems, $258,400,000, to remain available until expended, of
which $5,400,000 shall be for the International Trade Data
System, and not less than $130,000,000 shall be for the
development of the Automated Commercial Environment: Provided,
That none of the funds appropriated under this heading may be
obligated for the Automated Commercial Environment until the
United States Customs Service prepares and submits to the
Committees on Appropriations a final plan for expenditure that:
(1) meets the capital planning and investment control review
requirements established by the Office of Management and
Budget, including OMB Circular A-11, part 3; (2) complies with
the United States Customs Service's Enterprise Information
Systems Architecture; (3) complies with the acquisition rules,
requirements, guidelines, and systems acquisition management
practices of the Federal Government; (4) is reviewed and
approved by the Customs Investment Review Board, the Department
of the Treasury, and the Office of Management and Budget; and
(5) is reviewed by the General Accounting Office: Provided
further, That none of the funds appropriated under this heading
may be obligated for the Automated Commercial Environment until
that final expenditure plan has been approved by the Committees
on Appropriations.
Bureau of the Public Debt
administering the public debt
For necessary expenses connected with any public-debt
issues of the United States, $187,301,000, of which not to
exceed $2,500 shall be available for official reception and
representation expenses, and of which not to exceed $2,000,000
shall remain available until expended for systems
modernization: Provided, That the sum appropriated herein from
the General Fund for fiscal year 2001 shall be reduced by not
more than $4,400,000 as definitive security issue fees and
Treasury Direct Investor Account Maintenance fees are
collected, so as to result in a final fiscal year 2001
appropriation from the General Fund estimated at $182,901,000.
In addition, $23,600, to be derived from the Oil Spill
Liability Trust Fund to reimburse the Bureau for administrative
and personnel expenses for financial management of the Fund, as
authorized by section 1012 of Public Law 101-380; and in
addition, to be appropriated from the General Fund, such sums
as may be necessary for administrative expenses in association
with the South Dakota Trust Fund and the CheyenneRiver Sioux
Tribe Terrestrial Wildlife Restoration and Lower Brule Sioux Tribe
Terrestrial Restoration Trust Fund, as authorized by sections 603(f)
and 604(f) of Public Law 106-53.
Internal Revenue Service
processing, assistance, and management
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service for
tax returns processing; revenue accounting; tax law and account
assistance to taxpayers by telephone and correspondence;
providing an independent taxpayer advocate within the Service;
programs to match information returns and tax returns;
management services; rent and utilities; and services as
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be determined
by the Commissioner, $3,567,001,000, of which up to $3,950,000
shall be for the Tax Counseling for the Elderly Program, and of
which not to exceed $25,000 shall be for official reception and
representation expenses.
tax law enforcement
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service for
determining and establishing tax liabilities; providing
litigation support; issuing technical rulings; providing
service to tax exempt customers, including employee plans, tax
exempt organizations, and government entities; examining
employee plans and exempt organizations; conducting criminal
investigation and enforcement activities; securing unfiled tax
returns; collecting unpaid accounts; compiling statistics of
income and conducting compliance research; purchase (for
police-type use, not to exceed 850) and hire of passenger motor
vehicles (31 U.S.C. 1343(b)); and services as authorized by 5
U.S.C. 3109, at such rates as may be determined by the
Commissioner, $3,382,402,000, of which not to exceed $1,000,000
shall remain available until September 30, 2003, for research.
earned income tax credit compliance initiative
For funding essential earned income tax credit compliance
and error reduction initiatives pursuant to section 5702 of the
Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (Public Law 105-33), $145,000,000,
of which not to exceed $10,000,000 may be used to reimburse the
Social Security Administration for the costs of implementing
section 1090 of the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997.
information systems
For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service for
information systems and telecommunications support, including
developmental information systems and operational information
systems; the hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C.
1343(b)); and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such
rates as may be determined by the Commissioner, $1,545,090,000
which shall remain available until September 30, 2002.
administrative provisions--internal revenue service
Sec. 101. Not to exceed 5 percent of any appropriation made
available in this Act to the Internal Revenue Service may be
transferred to any other Internal Revenue Service appropriation
upon the advance approval of the Committees on Appropriations.
Sec. 102. The Internal Revenue Service shall maintain a
training program to ensure that Internal Revenue Service
employees are trained in taxpayers' rights, in dealing
courteously with the taxpayers, and in cross-cultural
relations.
Sec. 103. The Internal Revenue Service shall institute and
enforce policies and procedures that will safeguard the
confidentiality of taxpayer information.
Sec. 104. Funds made available by this or any other Act to
the Internal Revenue Service shall be available for improved
facilities and increased manpower to provide sufficient and
effective 1-800 help line service for taxpayers. The
Commissioner shall continue to make the improvement of the
Internal Revenue Service 1-800 help line service a priority and
allocate resources necessary to increase phone lines and staff
to improve the Internal Revenue Service 1-800 help line
service.
United States Secret Service
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the United States Secret Service,
including purchase of not to exceed 844 vehicles for police-
type use, of which 541 shall be for replacement only, and hire
of passenger motor vehicles; purchase of American-made side-car
compatible motorcycles; hire of aircraft; training and
assistance requested by State and local governments, which may
be provided without reimbursement; services of expert witnesses
at such rates as may be determined by the Director; rental of
buildings in the District of Columbia, and fencing, lighting,
guard booths, and other facilities on private or other property
not in Government ownership or control, as may be necessary to
perform protective functions; for payment of per diem and/or
subsistence allowances to employees where a protective
assignment during the actual day or days of the visit of a
protectee require an employee to work 16 hours per day or to
remain overnight at his or her post of duty; the conducting of
and participating in firearms matches; presentation of awards;
for travel of Secret Service employees on protective missions
without regard to the limitations on such expenditures in this
or any other Act if approval is obtained in advance from the
Committees on Appropriations; for research and development; for
makinggrants to conduct behavioral research in support of
protective research and operations; not to exceed $25,000 for official
reception and representation expenses; not to exceed $100,000 to
provide technical assistance and equipment to foreign law enforcement
organizations in counterfeit investigations; for payment in advance for
commercial accommodations as may be necessary to perform protective
functions; and for uniforms without regard to the general purchase
price limitation for the current fiscal year, $823,800,000, of which
$3,633,000 shall be available as a grant for activities related to the
investigations of exploited children and shall remain available until
expended: Provided, That up to $18,000,000 provided for protective
travel shall remain available until September 30, 2002.
acquisition, construction, improvements, and related expenses
For necessary expenses of construction, repair, alteration,
and improvement of facilities, $8,941,000, to remain available
until expended.
General Provisions--Department of the Treasury
Sec. 110. Any obligation or expenditure by the Secretary of
the Treasury in connection with law enforcement activities of a
Federal agency or a Department of the Treasury law enforcement
organization in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 9703(g)(4)(B) from
unobligated balances remaining in the Fund on September 30,
2001, shall be made in compliance with reprogramming
guidelines.
Sec. 111. Appropriations to the Department of the Treasury
in this Act shall be available for uniforms or allowances
therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901), including
maintenance, repairs, and cleaning; purchase of insurance for
official motor vehicles operated in foreign countries; purchase
of motor vehicles without regard to the general purchase price
limitations for vehicles purchased and used overseas for the
current fiscal year; entering into contracts with the
Department of State for the furnishing of health and medical
services to employees and their dependents serving in foreign
countries; and services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109.
Sec. 112. The funds provided to the Bureau of Alcohol,
Tobacco and Firearms for fiscal year 2001 in this Act for the
enforcement of the Federal Alcohol Administration Act shall be
expended in a manner so as not to diminish enforcement efforts
with respect to section 105 of the Federal Alcohol
Administration Act.
Sec. 113. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropriations in
this Act made available to the Federal Law Enforcement Training
Center, Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, Bureau of
Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, United States Customs Service,
and United States Secret Service may be transferred between
such appropriations upon the advance approval of the Committees
on Appropriations. No transfer may increase or decrease any
such appropriation by more than 2 percent.
Sec. 114. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropriations in
this Act made available to the Departmental Offices, Office of
Inspector General, Treasury Inspector General for Tax
Administration, Financial Management Service, and Bureau of the
Public Debt, may be transferred between such appropriations
upon the advance approval of the Committees on Appropriations.
No transfer may increase or decrease any such appropriation by
more than 2 percent.
Sec. 115. Not to exceed 2 percent of any appropriation made
available in this Act to the Internal Revenue Service may be
transferred to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax
Administration's appropriation upon the advance approval of the
Committees on Appropriations. No transfer may increase or
decrease any such appropriation by more than 2 percent.
Sec. 116. Of the funds available for the purchase of law
enforcement vehicles, no funds may be obligated until the
Secretary of the Treasury certifies that the purchase by the
respective Treasury bureau is consistent with Departmental
vehicle management principles: Provided, That the Secretary may
delegate this authority to the Assistant Secretary for
Management.
Sec. 117. None of the funds appropriated in this Act or
otherwise available to the Department of the Treasury or the
Bureau of Engraving and Printing may be used to redesign the $1
Federal Reserve note.
Sec. 118. Hereafter, funds made available by this or any
other Act may be used to pay premium pay for protective
services authorized by section 3056(a) of title 18, United
States Code, without regard to the limitation on the rate of
pay payable during a pay period contained in section 5547(c)(2)
of title 5, United States Code, except that such premium pay
shall not be payable to an employee to the extent that the
aggregate of the employee's basic and premium pay for the year
would otherwise exceed the annual equivalent of that
limitation. The term premium pay refers to the provisions of
law cited in the first sentence of section 5547(a) of title 5,
United States Code. Payment of additional premium pay payable
under this section may be made in a lump sum on the last payday
of the calendar year.
Sec. 119. The Secretary of the Treasury may transfer funds
from ``Salaries and Expenses'', Financial Management Service,
to the Debt Services Account as necessary to cover the costs of
debt collection: Provided, That such amounts shall be
reimbursed to such Salaries and Expenses account from debt
collections received in the Debt Services Account.
Sec. 120. Under the heading of Treasury Franchise Fund in
Public Law 104-208, delete the following: the phrases ``pilot,
as authorized by section 403 of Public Law 103-356,''; and ``as
provided in such section''; and the final proviso. After the
phrase ``to be available'', insert ``without fiscal year
limitation,''. After the phrase, ``established in the Treasury
a franchise fund'', insert, ``until October 1, 2002''.
Sec. 121. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no
reorganization of the field operations of the United States
Customs Service Office of Field Operations shall result in a
reduction in service to the area served by the Port of Racine,
Wisconsin, below the level of service provided in fiscal year
2000.
Sec. 122. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms shall reimburse the
subcontractor that provided services in 1993 and 1994 pursuant
to Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms contract number TATF
93-3 from amounts appropriated for fiscal year 2001 or
unobligated balances from prior fiscal years, and such
reimbursement shall cover the cost of all professional services
rendered, plusinterest calculated in accordance with the
Contract Dispute Act of 1978 (41 U.S.C. 601 et seq.)
This title may be cited as the ``Treasury Department
Appropriations Act, 2001''.
TITLE II--POSTAL SERVICE
Payment to the Postal Service Fund
For payment to the Postal Service Fund for revenue forgone
on free and reduced rate mail, pursuant to subsections (c) and
(d) of section 2401 of title 39, United States Code,
$96,093,000, of which $67,093,000 shall not be available for
obligation until October 1, 2001: Provided, That mail for
overseas voting and mail for the blind shall continue to be
free: Provided further, That 6-day delivery and rural delivery
of mail shall continue at not less than the 1983 level:
Provided further, That none of the funds made available to the
Postal Service by this Act shall be used to implement any rule,
regulation, or policy of charging any officer or employee of
any State or local child support enforcement agency, or any
individual participating in a State or local program of child
support enforcement, a fee for information requested or
provided concerning an address of a postal customer: Provided
further, That none of the funds provided in this Act shall be
used to consolidate or close small rural and other small post
offices in fiscal year 2001.
This title may be cited as the ``Postal Service
Appropriations Act, 2001''.
TITLE III--EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT AND FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO
THE PRESIDENT
Compensation of the President and the White House Office
compensation of the president
For compensation of the President, including an expense
allowance at the rate of $50,000 per annum as authorized by 3
U.S.C. 102, $390,000: Provided, That none of the funds made
available for official expenses shall be expended for any other
purpose and any unused amount shall revert to the Treasury
pursuant to section 1552 of title 31, United States Code:
Provided further, That none of the funds made available for
official expenses shall be considered as taxable to the
President.
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses for the White House as authorized by
law, including not to exceed $3,850,000 for services as
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 105; subsistence
expenses as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 105, which shall be expended
and accounted for as provided in that section; hire of
passenger motor vehicles, newspapers, periodicals, teletype
news service, and travel (not to exceed $100,000 to be expended
and accounted for as provided by 3 U.S.C. 103); and not to
exceed $19,000 for official entertainment expenses, to be
available for allocation within the Executive Office of the
President, $53,288,000: Provided, That $9,072,000 of the funds
appropriated shall be available for reimbursements to the White
House Communications Agency.
Executive Residence at the White House
operating expenses
For the care, maintenance, repair and alteration,
refurnishing, improvement, heating, and lighting, including
electric power and fixtures, of the Executive Residence at the
White House and official entertainment expenses of the
President, $10,900,000, to be expended and accounted for as
provided by 3 U.S.C. 105, 109, 110, and 112-114.
reimbursable expenses
For the reimbursable expenses of the Executive Residence at
the White House, such sums as may be necessary: Provided, That
all reimbursable operating expenses of the Executive Residence
shall be made in accordance with the provisions of this
paragraph: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other
provision of law, such amount for reimbursable operating
expenses shall be the exclusive authority of the Executive
Residence to incur obligations and to receive offsetting
collections, for such expenses: Provided further, That the
Executive Residence shall require each person sponsoring a
reimbursable political event to pay in advance an amount equal
to the estimated cost of the event, and all such advance
payments shall be credited to this account and remain available
until expended: Provided further, That the Executive Residence
shall require the national committee of the political party of
the President to maintain on deposit $25,000, to be separately
accounted for and available for expenses relating to
reimbursable political events sponsored by such committee
during such fiscal year: Provided further, That the Executive
Residence shall ensure that a written notice of any amount owed
for a reimbursable operating expense under this paragraph is
submitted to the person owing such amount within 60 days after
such expense is incurred, and that such amount is collected
within 30 days after the submission of such notice: Provided
further, That the Executive Residence shall charge interest and
assess penalties and other charges on any such amount that is
not reimbursed within such 30 days, in accordance with the
interest and penalty provisions applicable to an outstanding
debt on a United States Government claim under section 3717 of
title 31, United States Code: Provided further, That each such
amount that is reimbursed, and any accompanying interest and
charges, shall be deposited inthe Treasury as miscellaneous
receipts: Provided further, That the Executive Residence shall prepare
and submit to the Committees on Appropriations, by not later than 90
days after the end of the fiscal year covered by this Act, a report
setting forth the reimbursable operating expenses of the Executive
Residence during the preceding fiscal year, including the total amount
of such expenses, the amount of such total that consists of
reimbursable official and ceremonial events, the amount of such total
that consists of reimbursable political events, and the portion of each
such amount that has been reimbursed as of the date of the report:
Provided further, That the Executive Residence shall maintain a system
for the tracking of expenses related to reimbursable events within the
Executive Residence that includes a standard for the classification of
any such expense as political or nonpolitical: Provided further, That
no provision of this paragraph may be construed to exempt the Executive
Residence from any other applicable requirement of subchapter I or II
of chapter 37 of title 31, United States Code.
white house repair and restoration
For the repair, alteration, and improvement of the
Executive Residence at the White House, $968,000, to remain
available until expended, for projects for required
maintenance, safety and health issues, Presidential transition,
telecommunications infrastructure repair, and continued
preventive maintenance.
Special Assistance to the President and the Official Residence of the
Vice President
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses to enable the Vice President to
provide assistance to the President in connection with
specially assigned functions; services as authorized by 5
U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C. 106, including subsistence expenses as
authorized by 3 U.S.C. 106, which shall be expended and
accounted for as provided in that section; and hire of
passenger motor vehicles, $3,673,000.
operating expenses
(including transfer of funds)
For the care, operation, refurnishing, improvement, heating
and lighting, including electric power and fixtures, of the
official residence of the Vice President; the hire of passenger
motor vehicles; and not to exceed $90,000 for official
entertainment expenses of the Vice President, to be accounted
for solely on his certificate, $354,000: Provided, That
advances or repayments or transfers from this appropriation may
be made to any department or agency for expenses of carrying
out such activities.
Council of Economic Advisers
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Council of Economic Advisors
in carrying out its functions under the Employment Act of 1946
(15 U.S.C. 1021), $4,110,000.
Office of Policy Development
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Office of Policy Development,
including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C.
107, $4,032,000.
National Security Council
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the National Security Council,
including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $7,165,000.
Office of Administration
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Office of Administration,
including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 3 U.S.C.
107, and hire of passenger motor vehicles, $43,737,000, of
which $9,905,000 shall be available until September 30, 2002
for a capital investment plan which provides for the continued
modernization of the information technology infrastructure.
Office of Management and Budget
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Office of Management and
Budget, including hire of passenger motor vehicles and services
as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $68,786,000, of which not to
exceed $5,000,000 shall be available to carry out the
provisions of chapter 35 of title 44, United States Code:
Provided, That, as provided in 31 U.S.C. 1301(a),
appropriations shall be applied only to the objects for which
appropriations were made except as otherwise provided by law:
Provided further, That none of the funds appropriated in this
Act for the Office of Management and Budget may be used for the
purpose of reviewing any agricultural marketing orders or any
activities or regulations under the provisions of the
Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937 (7 U.S.C. 601 et
seq.): Provided further, That none of the funds made available
for the Office of Management and Budget by this Act may be
expended for the altering of the transcript of actual testimony
of witnesses, except for testimony of officials of the Office
of Management and Budget, before the Committees on
Appropriations or the Committees on Veterans' Affairs or their
subcommittees: Provided further, That the preceding shall not
apply to printed hearings released by the Committees on
Appropriations or the Committees on Veterans' Affairs.
Office of National Drug Control Policy
salaries and expenses
(including transfer of funds)
For necessary expenses of the Office of National Drug
Control Policy; for research activities pursuant to the Office
of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of 1998
(title VII of division C of Public Law 105-277); not to exceed
$8,000 for official reception and representation expenses; and
for participation in joint projects or in the provision of
services on matters of mutual interest with nonprofit,
research, or public organizations or agencies, with or without
reimbursement, $24,759,000, of which $2,100,000 shall remain
available until expended, consisting of $1,100,000 for policy
research and evaluation, and $1,000,000 for the National
Alliance for Model State Drug Laws, and up to $600,000 for the
evaluation of the Drug-Free Communities Act: Provided, That the
Office is authorized to accept, hold, administer, and utilize
gifts, both real and personal, public and private, without
fiscal year limitation, for the purpose of aiding or
facilitating the work of the Office.
counterdrug technology assessment center
(including transfer of funds)
For necessary expenses for the Counterdrug Technology
Assessment Center for research activities pursuant to the
Office of National Drug Control Policy Reauthorization Act of
1998 (title VII of Division C of Public Law 105-277),
$29,053,000, which shall remain available until expended,
consisting of $15,803,000 for counternarcotics research and
development projects, and $13,250,000 for the continued
operation of the technology transfer program: Provided, That
the $15,803,000 for counternarcotics research and development
projects shall be available for transfer to other Federal
departments or agencies.
Federal Drug Control Programs
high intensity drug trafficking areas program
(including transfer of funds)
For necessary expenses of the Office of National Drug
Control Policy's High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program,
$206,500,000 for drug control activities consistent with the
approved strategy for each of the designated High Intensity
Drug Trafficking Areas, of which no less than 51 percent shall
be transferred to State and local entities for drug control
activities, which shall be obligated within 120 days of the
date of the enactment of this Act: Provided, That up to 49
percent, to remain available until September 30, 2002, may be
transferred to Federal agencies and departments at a rate to be
determined by the Director: Provided further, That, of this
latter amount, $1,800,000 shall be used for auditing services:
Provided further, That HIDTAs designated as of September 30,
2000 shall be funded at fiscal year 2000 levels unless the
Director submits to the Committees, and the Committees approve,
justification for changes in those levels based on clearly
articulated priorities for the HIDTA program, as well as
published ONDCP performance measures of effectiveness.
special forfeiture fund
(including transfer of funds)
For activities to support a national anti-drug campaign for
youth, and other purposes, authorized by Public Law 105-277,
$233,600,000, to remain available until expended: Provided,
That such funds may be transferred to other Federal departments
and agencies to carry out such activities: Provided further,
That of the funds provided, $185,000,000 shall be to support a
national media campaign, as authorized in the Drug-Free Media
Campaign Act of 1998: Provided further, That of the funds
provided, $3,300,000 shall be made available to the United
States Olympic Committee's anti-doping program no later than 30
days after the enactment of this Act: Provided further, That of
the funds provided, $40,000,000 shall be to continue a program
of matching grants to drug-free communities, as authorized in
the Drug-Free Communities Act of 1997: Provided further, That
of the funds provided, $1,000,000 shall be available to the
National Drug Court Institute.
This title may be cited as the ``Executive Office
Appropriations Act, 2001''.
TITLE IV--INDEPENDENT AGENCIES
Committee for Purchase From People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses of the Committee for Purchase From
People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled established by the
Act of June 23, 1971, Public Law 92-28, $4,158,000.
Federal Election Commission
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of the
Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971, as amended, $40,500,000,
of which no less than $4,689,500 shall be available for
internal automated data processing systems, and of which not to
exceed $5,000 shall be available for reception and
representation expenses.
Federal Labor Relations Authority
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the
Federal Labor Relations Authority, pursuant to Reorganization
Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, and the Civil Service Reform Act of
1978, including services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, including
hire of experts and consultants, hire of passenger motor
vehicles, and rental of conference rooms in the District of
Columbia and elsewhere, $25,058,000: Provided, That public
members of the Federal Service Impasses Panel may be paid
travel expenses and per diem in lieu of subsistence as
authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5703) for persons employed
intermittently in the Government service, and compensation as
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109: Provided further, That
notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 3302, funds received from fees
charged to non-Federal participants at labor-management
relations conferences shall be credited to and merged with this
account, to be available without further appropriation for the
costs of carrying out these conferences.
General Services Administration
real property activities
federal buildings fund
limitations on availability of revenue
(including transfer of funds)
For an additional amount to be deposited in, and to be used
for the purposes of, the Fund established pursuant to section
210(f) of the Federal Property and Administration Act of 1949,
as amended (40 U.S.C. 490(f)), $464,154,000. The revenues and
collections deposited into the Fund shall be available for
necessary expenses of real property management and related
activities not otherwise provided for, including operation,
maintenance, and protection of federally owned and leased
buildings; rental of buildings in the District of Columbia;
restoration of leased premises; moving governmental agencies
(including space adjustments and telecommunications relocation
expenses) in connection with the assignment, allocation and
transfer of space; contractual services incident to cleaning or
servicing buildings, and moving; repair and alteration of
federally owned buildings including grounds, approaches and
appurtenances; care and safeguarding of sites; maintenance,
preservation, demolition, and equipment; acquisition of
buildings and sites by purchase, condemnation, or as otherwise
authorized by law; acquisition of options to purchase buildings
and sites; conversion and extension of federally owned
buildings; preliminary planning and design of projects by
contract or otherwise; construction of new buildings (including
equipment for such buildings); and payment of principal,
interest, and any other obligations for public buildings
acquired by installment purchase and purchase contract; in the
aggregate amount of $5,971,509,000 of which (1) $472,176,000
shall remain available until expended for construction
(including funds for sites and expenses and associated design
and construction services) of additional projects at the
following locations: California, Los Angeles, U.S. Courthouse;
District of Columbia, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
Headquarters; Florida, Saint Petersburg, Combined Law
Enforcement Facility; Maryland, Montgomery County, Food and
Drug Administration Consolidation; Michigan, Sault St. Marie,
Border Station; Mississippi, Biloxi-Gulfport, U.S. Courthouse;
Montana, Eureka/Roosville, Border Station; Virginia, Richmond,
U.S. Courthouse; Washington, Seattle, U.S. Courthouse:
Provided, That funding for any project identified above may be
exceeded to the extent that savings are effected in other such
projects, but not to exceed 10 percent of the amounts included
in an approved prospectus, if required, unless advance approval
is obtained from the Committees on Appropriations of a greater
amount: Provided further, That all funds for direct
construction projects shall expire on September 30, 2002, and
remain in the Federal Buildings Fund except for funds for
projects as to which funds for design or other funds have been
obligated in whole or in part prior to such date; (2)
$671,193,000 shall remain available until expended for repairs
and alterations which includes associated design and
construction services: Provided further, That funds in the
Federal Buildings Fund for Repairs and Alterations shall, for
prospectus projects, be limited to the amount by project, as
follows, except each project may be increased by an amount not
to exceed 10 percent unless advance approval is obtained from
the Committees on Appropriations of a greater amount:
Repairs and alterations:
Arizona:
Phoenix, Federal Building Courthouse,
$26,962,000
California:
Santa Ana, Federal Building, $27,864,000
District of Columbia:
Internal Revenue Service Headquarters
(Phase 1), $31,780,000
Main State Building (Phase 3), $28,775,000
Maryland:
Woodlawn, SSA National Computer Center,
$4,285,000
Michigan:
Detroit, McNamara Federal Building,
$26,999,000
Missouri:
Kansas City, Richard Bolling Federal
Building, $25,882,000
Kansas City, Federal Building, 8930 Ward
Parkway, $8,964,000
Nebraska:
Omaha, Zorinsky Federal Building,
$45,960,000
New York:
New York City, 40 Foley Square, $5,037,000
Ohio:
Cincinnati, Potter Stewart U.S. Courthouse,
$18,434,000
Pennsylvania:
Pittsburgh, U.S. Post Office-Courthouse,
$54,144,000
Utah:
Salt Lake City, Bennett Federal Building,
$21,199,000
Virginia:
Reston, J.W. Powell Federal Building (Phase
2), $22,993,000
Nationwide:
Design Program, $21,915,000
Energy Program, $5,000,000
Glass Fragment Retention Program,
$5,000,000
Basic Repairs and Alterations,
$290,000,000:
Provided further, That additional projects for which
prospectuses have been fully approved may be funded under this
category only if advance notice is transmitted to the
Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That the
amounts provided in this or any prior Act for ``Repairs and
Alterations'' may be used to fund costs associated with
implementing security improvements to buildings necessary to
meet the minimum standards for security in accordance with
current law and in compliance with the reprogramming guidelines
of the appropriate Committees of the House and Senate: Provided
further, That the difference between the funds appropriated and
expendedon any projects in this or any prior Act, under the
heading ``Repairs and Alterations'', may be transferred to Basic
Repairs and Alterations or used to fund authorized increases in
prospectus projects: Provided further, That all funds for repairs and
alterations prospectus projects shall expire on September 30, 2002, and
remain in the Federal Buildings Fund except funds for projects as to
which funds for design or other funds have been obligated in whole or
in part prior to such date: Provided further, That the amount provided
in this or any prior Act for Basic Repairs and Alterations may be used
to pay claims against the Government arising from any projects under
the heading ``Repairs and Alterations'' or used to fund authorized
increases in prospectus projects; (3) $185,369,000 for installment
acquisition payments including payments on purchase contracts which
shall remain available until expended; (4) $2,944,905,000 for rental of
space which shall remain available until expended; and (5)
$1,624,771,000 for building operations which shall remain available
until expended: Provided further, That in addition to amounts made
available herein, $276,400,000 shall be deposited to the Fund, to
become available on October 1, 2001, and remain available until
expended for the following construction projects (including funds for
sites and expenses and associated design and construction services):
District of Columbia, U.S. Courthouse Annex; Florida, Miami, U.S.
Courthouse; Massachusetts, Springfield, U.S. Courthouse; New York,
Buffalo, U.S. Courthouse: Provided further, That funding for any
project identified above may be exceeded to the extent that savings are
effected in other such projects, but not to exceed 10 percent of the
amounts included in an approved prospectus, if required, unless advance
approval is obtained from the Committees on Appropriations of a greater
amount: Provided further, That funds available to the General Services
Administration shall not be available for expenses of any construction,
repair, alteration and acquisition project for which a prospectus, if
required by the Public Buildings Act of 1959, as amended, has not been
approved, except that necessary funds may be expended for each project
for required expenses for the development of a proposed prospectus:
Provided further, That funds available in the Federal Buildings Fund
may be expended for emergency repairs when advance approval is obtained
from the Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That amounts
necessary to provide reimbursable special services to other agencies
under section 210(f)(6) of the Federal Property and Administrative
Services Act of 1949, as amended (40 U.S.C. 490(f)(6)) and amounts to
provide such reimbursable fencing, lighting, guard booths, and other
facilities on private or other property not in Government ownership or
control as may be appropriate to enable the United States Secret
Service to perform its protective functions pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 3056,
shall be available from such revenues and collections: Provided
further, That revenues and collections and any other sums accruing to
this Fund during fiscal year 2001, excluding reimbursements under
section 210(f)(6) of the Federal Property and Administrative Services
Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 490(f)(6)) in excess of $5,971,509,000 shall
remain in the Fund and shall not be available for expenditure except as
authorized in appropriations Acts.
policy and operations
For expenses authorized by law, not otherwise provided for,
for Government-wide policy and oversight activities associated
with asset management activities; utilization and donation of
surplus personal property; transportation; procurement and
supply; Government-wide responsibilities relating to automated
data management, telecommunications, information resources
management, and related technology activities; utilization
survey, deed compliance inspection, appraisal, environmental
and cultural analysis, and land use planning functions
pertaining to excess and surplus real property; agency-wide
policy direction; Board of Contract Appeals; accounting,
records management, and other support services incident to
adjudication of Indian Tribal Claims by the United States Court
of Federal Claims; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; and
not to exceed $5,000 for official reception and representation
expenses, $123,920,000, of which $27,301,000 shall remain
available until expended: Provided, That none of the funds
appropriated from this Act shall be available to convert the
Old Post Office at 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue in Northwest
Washington, D.C., from office use to any other use until a
comprehensive plan, which shall include street-level retail
use, has been approved by the Senate Committee on
Appropriations, the House Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure, and the Senate Committee on Environment and
Public Works: Provided further, That no funds from this Act
shall be available to acquire by purchase, condemnation, or
otherwise the leasehold rights of the existing lease with
private parties at the Old Post Office prior to the approval of
the comprehensive plan by the Senate Committee on
Appropriations, the House Committee on Transportation and
Infrastructure, and the Senate Committee on Environment and
Public Works.
office of inspector general
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General
and services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $34,520,000:
Provided, That not to exceed $15,000 shall be available for
payment for information and detection of fraud against the
Government, including payment for recovery of stolen Government
property: Provided further, That not to exceed $2,500 shall be
available for awards to employees of other Federal agencies and
private citizens in recognition of efforts and initiatives
resulting in enhanced Office of Inspector General
effectiveness.
allowances and office staff for former presidents
(including transfer of funds)
For carrying out the provisions of the Act of August 25,
1958, as amended (3 U.S.C. 102 note), and Public Law 95-138,
$2,517,000: Provided, That the Administrator of General
Services shall transfer to the Secretary of the Treasury such
sums as may be necessary to carry out the provisions of such
Acts.
expenses, presidential transition
For expenses necessary to carry out the Presidential
Transition Act of 1963, as amended, $7,100,000.
General Services Administration--General Provisions
Sec. 401. The appropriate appropriation or fund available
to the General Services Administration shall be credited with
the cost of operation, protection, maintenance, upkeep, repair,
and improvement, included as part of rentals received from
Government corporations pursuant to law (40 U.S.C. 129).
Sec. 402. Funds available to the General Services
Administration shall be available for the hire of passenger
motor vehicles.
Sec. 403. Funds in the Federal Buildings Fund made
available for fiscal year 2001 for Federal Buildings Fund
activities may be transferred between such activities only to
the extent necessary to meet program requirements: Provided,
That any proposed transfers shall be approved in advance by the
Committees on Appropriations.
Sec. 404. No funds made available by this Act shall be used
to transmit a fiscal year 2002 request for United States
Courthouse construction that: (1) does not meet the design
guide standards for construction as established and approved by
the General Services Administration, the Judicial Conference of
the United States, and the Office of Management and Budget; and
(2) does not reflect the priorities of the Judicial Conference
of the United States as set out in its approved 5-year
construction plan: Provided, That the fiscal year 2002 request
must be accompanied by a standardized courtroom utilization
study of each facility to be constructed, replaced, or
expanded.
Sec. 405. None of the funds provided in this Act may be
used to increase the amount of occupiable square feet, provide
cleaning services, security enhancements, or any other service
usually provided through the Federal Buildings Fund, to any
agency that does not pay the rate per square foot assessment
for space and services as determined by the General Services
Administration in compliance with the Public Buildings
Amendments Act of 1972 (Public Law 92-313).
Sec. 406. Funds provided to other Government agencies by
the Information Technology Fund, General Services
Administration, under 40 U.S.C. 757 and sections 5124(b) and
5128 of Public Law 104-106, Information Technology Management
Reform Act of 1996, for performance of pilot information
technology projects which have potential for Government-wide
benefits and savings, may be repaid to this Fund from any
savings actually incurred by these projects or other funding,
to the extent feasible.
Sec. 407. From funds made available under the heading
``Federal Buildings Fund, Limitations on Availability of
Revenue'', claims against the Government of less than $250,000
arising from direct construction projects and acquisition of
buildings may be liquidated from savings effected in other
construction projects with prior notification to the Committees
on Appropriations.
Sec. 408. Section 411 of Public Law 106-58 is amended by
striking ``April 30, 2001'' each place it appears and inserting
``April 30, 2002''.
Sec. 409. Designation of Ronald N. Davies Federal Building
and United States Courthouse. (a) The Federal building and
courthouse located at 102 North 4th Street, Grand Forks, North
Dakota, shall be known and designated as the ``Ronald N. Davies
Federal Building and United States Courthouse''.
(b) Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document,
paper, or other record of the United States to the Federal
building and courthouse referred to in section 1 shall be
deemed to be a reference to the Ronald N. Davies Federal
Building and United States Courthouse.
Sec. 410. From the funds made available under the heading
``Federal Buildings Fund Limitations on Revenue'', in addition
to amounts provided in budget activities above, up to
$2,500,000 shall be available for the construction of a road
and acquisition of the property necessary for construction of
said road and associated port of entry facilities: Provided,
That said property shall include a 125 foot wide right of way
beginning approximately 700 feet east of Highway 11 at the
northeast corner of the existing port facilities and going
north approximately 4,750 feet and approximately 10.22 acres
adjacent to the port of entry in Township 29 S. Range 8W.,
Section 14: Provided further, That construction of the road
shall occur only after this property is deeded and conveyed to
the United States by and through the General Services
Administration without reimbursement or cost to the United
States at the election of its current landholder: Provided
further, That notwithstanding any other provision of law, and
subject to the foregoing conditions, the Administrator of
General Services shall construct a road to the Columbus, New
Mexico Port of Entry Station on the property, connecting the
port with a road to be built by the County of Luna, New Mexico
to connect to State Highway 11: Provided further, That
notwithstanding any other provision of law, Luna County shall
construct the roadway from State Highway 11 to the terminus of
the northbound road to be constructed by the General Services
Administration in time for completion of the road to be
constructed by the General Services Administration: Provided
further, That upon completion of the construction of the road
by the General Services Administration, and notwithstanding any
other provision of law, the Administrator of General Services
shall convey to the municipality of Luna County, New Mexico,
without reimbursement, all right, title, and interest of the
United States to that portion of the property constituting the
improved road and standard county road right of way which is
not required for the operation of the port of entry: Provided
further, That the General Services Administration on behalf of
the United States upon conveyance of the property to the
municipality of Luna, New Mexico, shall retain the balance of
the property located adjacent to the port, consisting of
approximately 12 acres, to be owned or otherwise managed by the
Administrator pursuant to the Federal Property and
Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended: Provided
further, That the General Services Administration is authorized
to acquire such additional real property and rights in real
property as may be necessary to construct said road and provide
a contiguous site for the port of entry: Provided further, That
the United States shall incur no liability for any
environmental laws or conditions existing at the property at
the time of conveyance to the United States or in connection
with the construction of the road: Provided further, That Luna
County and the Village of Columbus shall be responsible for
providing adequate access and egress to existing properties
east of the port of entry: Provided further, That the Bureau of
Land Management, the International Boundary and Water
Commission, the Federal Inspection Agencies and the Department
of State shall take all actions necessary to facilitate the
construction of the road and expansion of the port facilities.
Sec. 411. Designation of J. Bratton Davis United States
Bankruptcy Courthouse. (a) TheUnited States bankruptcy
courthouse at 1100 Laurel Street in Columbia, South Carolina, shall be
known and designated as the ``J. Bratton Davis United States Bankruptcy
Courthouse''.
(b) Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document,
paper, or other record of the United States to the United
States bankruptcy courthouse referred to in section 1 shall be
deemed to be a reference to the ``J. Bratton Davis United
States Bankruptcy Courthouse''.
Sec. 412. (a) The United States Courthouse Annex located at
901 19th Street in Denver, Colorado is hereby designated as the
``Alfred A. Arraj United States Courthouse Annex''.
(b) Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, or
paper or other record of the United States to the Courthouse
Annex herein referred to in subsection (a) shall be deemed to
be a reference to the ``Alfred A. Arraj United States
Courthouse Annex''.
Sec. 413. Designation of the Paul Coverdell Dormitory. The
dormitory building currently being constructed on the Core
Campus of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in
Glynco, Georgia, shall be known and designated as the ``Paul
Coverdell Dormitory''.
Merit Systems Protection Board
salaries and expenses
(including transfer of funds)
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Merit
Systems Protection Board pursuant to Reorganization Plan
Numbered 2 of 1978 and the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978,
including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, rental of
conference rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere,
hire of passenger motor vehicles, and direct procurement of
survey printing, $29,437,000 together with not to exceed
$2,430,000 for administrative expenses to adjudicate retirement
appeals to be transferred from the Civil Service Retirement and
Disability Fund in amounts determined by the Merit Systems
Protection Board.
Federal Payment to Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in
National Environmental Policy Foundation
For payment to the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and
Excellence in National Environmental Trust Fund, to be
available for the purposes of Public Law 102-252, $2,000,000,
to remain available until expended.
Environmental Dispute Resolution Fund
For payment to the Environmental Dispute Resolution Fund to
carry out activities authorized in the Environmental Policy and
Conflict Resolution Act of 1998, $1,250,000, to remain
available until expended.
National Archives and Records Administration
operating expenses
For necessary expenses in connection with the
administration of the National Archives (including the
Information Security Oversight Office) and archived Federal
records and related activities, as provided by law, and for
expenses necessary for the review and declassification of
documents, and for the hire of passenger motor vehicles,
$209,393,000: Provided, That the Archivist of the United States
is authorized to use any excess funds available from the amount
borrowed for construction of the National Archives facility,
for expenses necessary to provide adequate storage for
holdings.
repairs and restoration
For the repair, alteration, and improvement of archives
facilities, and to provide adequate storage for holdings,
$95,150,000, to remain available until expended of which
$88,000,000 is to complete renovation of the National Archives
Building.
National Historical Publications and Records Commission
grants program
(including rescission of funds)
For necessary expenses for allocations and grants for
historical publications and records as authorized by 44 U.S.C.
2504, as amended, $6,450,000, to remain available until
expended.
Office of Government Ethics
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Office
of Government Ethics pursuant to the Ethics in Government Act
of 1978, as amended and the Ethics Reform Act of 1989,
including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, rental of
conference rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere,
hire of passenger motor vehicles, and not to exceed $1,500 for
official reception and representation expenses, $9,684,000.
Office of Personnel Management
salaries and expenses
(including transfer of trust funds)
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Office
of Personnel Management pursuant to Reorganization Plan
Numbered 2 of 1978 and the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978,
including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; medical
examinations performed for veterans by private physicians on a
fee basis; rental of conference rooms in the District of
Columbia and elsewhere; hire of passenger motor vehicles; not
to exceed $2,500 for official reception and representation
expenses; advances for reimbursements to applicable funds of
the Office of Personnel Management and the Federal Bureau of
Investigation for expenses incurred under Executive Order No.
10422 of January 9, 1953, as amended; and payment of per diem
and/or subsistence allowances to employees where Voting Rights
Act activities require an employee to remain overnight at his
or her post of duty, $94,095,000; and in addition $101,986,000
for administrative expenses, to be transferred from the
appropriate trust funds of the Office of Personnel Management
without regard to other statutes, including direct procurement
of printed materials, for the retirement and insurance
programs, of which $10,500,000 shall remain available until
expended for the cost of automating the retirement
recordkeeping systems: Provided, That the provisions of this
appropriation shall not affect the authority to use applicable
trust funds as provided by sections 8348(a)(1)(B) and 8909(g)
of title 5, United States Code: Provided further, That no part
of this appropriation shall be available for salaries and
expenses of the Legal Examining Unit of the Office of Personnel
Management established pursuant to Executive Order No. 9358 of
July 1, 1943, or any successor unit of like purpose: Provided
further, That the President's Commission on White House
Fellows, established by Executive Order No. 11183 of October 3,
1964, may, during fiscal year 2001, accept donations of money,
property, and personal services in connection with the
development of a publicity brochure to provide information
about the White House Fellows, except that no such donations
shall be accepted for travel or reimbursement of travel
expenses, or for the salaries of employees of such Commission.
office of inspector general
salaries and expenses
(including transfer of trust funds)
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General
in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act, as
amended, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109,
hire of passenger motor vehicles, $1,360,000; and in addition,
not to exceed $9,745,000 for administrative expenses to audit,
investigate, and provide other oversight of the Office of
Personnel Management's retirement and insurance programs, to be
transferred from the appropriate trust funds of the Office of
Personnel Management, as determined by the Inspector General:
Provided, That the Inspector General is authorized to rent
conference rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere.
government payment for annuitants, employees health benefits
For payment of Government contributions with respect to
retired employees, as authorized by chapter 89 of title 5,
United States Code, and the Retired Federal Employees Health
Benefits Act (74 Stat. 849), as amended, such sums as may be
necessary.
government payment for annuitants, employee life insurance
For payment of Government contributions with respect to
employees retiring after December 31, 1989, as required by
chapter 87 of title 5, United States Code, such sums as may be
necessary.
payment to civil service retirement and disability fund
For financing the unfunded liability of new and increased
annuity benefits becoming effective on or after October 20,
1969, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 8348, and annuities under
special Acts to be credited to the Civil Service Retirement and
Disability Fund, such sums as may be necessary: Provided, That
annuities authorized by the Act of May 29, 1944, as amended,
and the Act of August 19, 1950, as amended (33 U.S.C. 771-775),
may hereafter be paid out of the Civil Service Retirement and
Disability Fund.
Office of Special Counsel
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Office
of Special Counsel pursuant to Reorganization Plan Numbered 2
of 1978, the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 (Public Law 95-
454), the Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989 (Public Law 101-
12), Public Law 103-424, and the Uniformed Services Employment
and Reemployment Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-353), including
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, payment of fees and
expenses for witnesses, rental of conference rooms in the
District of Columbia and elsewhere, and hire of passenger motor
vehicles, $11,147,000.
United States Tax Court
salaries and expenses
For necessary expenses, including contract reporting and
other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $37,305,000:
Provided, That travel expenses of the judges shall be paid upon
the written certificate of the judge.
This title may be cited as the ``Independent Agencies
Appropriations Act, 2001''.
TITLE V--GENERAL PROVISIONS
This Act
Sec. 501. No part of any appropriation contained in this
Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current
fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.
Sec. 502. The expenditure of any appropriation under this
Act for any consulting service through procurement contract,
pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited to those contracts
where such expenditures are a matter of public record and
available for public inspection, except where otherwise
provided under existing law, or under existing Executive order
issued pursuant to existing law.
Sec. 503. None of the funds made available by this Act
shall be available for any activity or for paying the salary of
any Government employee where funding an activity or paying a
salary to a Government employee would result in a decision,
determination, rule, regulation, or policy that would prohibit
the enforcement of section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930.
Sec. 504. None of the funds made available by this Act
shall be available in fiscal year 2001 for the purpose of
transferring control over the Federal Law Enforcement Training
Center located at Glynco, Georgia, and Artesia, New Mexico, out
of the Department of the Treasury.
Sec. 505. No part of any appropriation contained in this
Act shall be available to pay the salary for any person filling
a position, other than a temporary position, formerly held by
an employee who has left to enter the Armed Forces of the
United States and has satisfactorily completed his period of
active military or naval service, and has within 90 days after
his release from such service or from hospitalization
continuing after discharge for a period of not more than 1
year, made application for restoration to his former position
and has been certified by the Office of Personnel Management as
still qualified to perform the duties of his former position
and has not been restored thereto.
Sec. 506. No funds appropriated pursuant to this Act may be
expended by an entity unless the entity agrees that in
expending the assistance the entity will comply with sections 2
through 4 of the Act of March 3, 1933 (41 U.S.C. 10a-10c,
popularly known as the ``Buy American Act'').
Sec. 507. (a) Purchase of American-Made Equipment and
Products.--In the case of any equipment or products that may be
authorized to be purchased with financial assistance provided
under this Act, it is the sense of the Congress that entities
receiving such assistance should, in expending the assistance,
purchase only American-made equipment and products.
(b) Notice to Recipients of Assistance.--In providing
financial assistance under this Act, the Secretary of the
Treasury shall provide to each recipient of the assistance a
notice describing the statement made in subsection (a) by the
Congress.
Sec. 508. If it has been finally determined by a court or
Federal agency that any person intentionally affixed a label
bearing a ``Made in America'' inscription, or any inscription
with the same meaning, to any product sold in or shipped to the
United States that is not made in the United States, such
person shall be ineligible to receive any contract or
subcontract made with funds provided pursuant to this Act,
pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and ineligibility
procedures described in sections 9.400 through 9.409 of title
48, Code of Federal Regulations.
Sec. 509. No funds appropriated by this Act shall be
available to pay for an abortion, or the administrative
expenses in connection with any health plan under the Federal
employees health benefit program which provides any benefits or
coverage for abortions.
Sec. 510. The provision of section 509 shall not apply
where the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus
were carried to term, or the pregnancy is the result of an act
of rape or incest.
Sec. 511. Except as otherwise specifically provided by law,
not to exceed 50 percent of unobligated balances remaining
available at the end of fiscal year 2001 from appropriations
made available for salaries and expenses for fiscal year 2001
in this Act, shall remain available through September 30, 2002,
for each such account for the purposes authorized: Provided,
That a request shall be submitted to the Committees on
Appropriations for approval prior to the expenditure of such
funds: Provided further, That these requests shall be made in
compliance with reprogramming guidelines.
Sec. 512. None of the funds made available in this Act may
be used by the Executive Office of the President to request
from the Federal Bureau of Investigation any official
background investigation report on any individual, except
when--
(1) such individual has given his or her express
written consent for such request not more than 6 months
prior to the date of such request and during the same
presidential administration; or
(2) such request is required due to extraordinary
circumstances involving national security.
Sec. 513. The cost accounting standards promulgated under
section 26 of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act
(Public Law 93-400; 41 U.S.C. 422) shall not apply with respect
to a contract under the Federal Employees Health Benefits
Program established under chapter 89 of title 5, United States
Code.
Sec. 514. (a) In General.--As soon as practicable after the
date of the enactment of this Act, the Archivist of the United
States shall transfer to the Gerald R. Ford Foundation, as
trustee, all right, title, and interest of the United States in
and to the approximately 2.3 acres of land located within Grand
Rapids, Michigan, and further described in subsection (b), such
grant to be in trust, with the beneficiary being the National
Archives and Records Administration, for the purpose of
supporting the facilities and programs of the Gerald R. Ford
Museum in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and the Gerald R. Ford
Library in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in accordance with a trust
agreement to be agreed upon by the Archivist and the Gerald R.
Ford Foundation.
(b) Land Description.--The land to be transferred pursuant
to subsection (a) is described as follows:
The following premises in the City of Grand Rapids, County
of Kent, State of Michigan, described as:
That part of Block 2, Converse Plat, and that part of Block 2 of
J.W. Converse Replatted Addition, and that part of
Government Lot 1 of Section 25, T7N, R12W, City of Grand
Rapids, Kent County, Michigan, described as: BEGINNING at
the NE corner of Lot 1 of Block 2 of Converse Plat; thence
East 245.0 feet along the South line of Bridge Street;
thence South 230.0 feet along a line which is parallel
with and 170 feet East from the East line of Front Avenue
as originally platted; thence West 207.5 feet parallel
with the South line of Bridge Street; thence South along
the centerline of vacated Front Avenue 109 feet more or
less to the extended centerline of vacated Douglas Street;
thence West along the centerline of vacated Douglas Street
237.5 feet more or less to the East line of Scribner
Avenue; thence North along the East line of Scribner
Avenue 327 feet more or less to a point which is 7.0 feet
South from the NW corner of Lot 8 of Block 2 of Converse
Plat; thence Easterly 200 feet more or less to the place
of beginning, also described as:
Parcel A--Lots 9 & 10, Block 2 of Converse Plat, being the subdivision
of Government Lots 1 & 2, Section 25, T7N, R12W; also Lots 11-
24, Block 2 of J.W. Converse Replatted Addition; also part of
N \1/2\ of Section 25, T7N, R12W commencing at SE corner Lot
24, Block 2 of J.W. Converse Replatted Addition, thence N to
NE corner of Lot 9 of Converse Plat, thence E 16 feet, thence
S to SW corner of Lot 23 of J.W. Converse Replatted Addition,
thence W 16 feet to beginning.
Parcel B--Part of Section 25, T7N, R12W, commencing on S line of Bridge
Street 50 feet E of E line of Front Avenue, thence S 107.85
feet, thence 77 feet, thence N to a point on S line of said
street which is 80 feet E of beginning, thence W to beginning.
Parcel C--Part of Section 25, T7N, R12W, commencing at SE corner Bridge
Street & Front Avenue, thence E 50 feet, thence S 107.85 feet
to alley, thence W 50 feet to E line Front Avenue, thence N
106.81 feet to beginning.
Parcel D--Part of Government Lot 1, Section 25, T7N, R12W, commencing at
a point on S line of Bridge Street (66, wide) 170 feet E of E
line of Front Avenue (75, wide), thence S 230 feet parallel
with Front Avenue, thence W 170 feet parallel with Bridge
Street to E line of Front Avenue, thence N along said line to
a point 106.81 feet S of intersection of said line with
extension of N & S line of Bridge Street, thence E 127 feet,
thence northerly to a point on S line of Bridge Street 130
feet E of E line of Front Avenue, thence E along S line of
Bridge Street to beginning.
Parcel E--Lots 1 through 8 of Block 2 of Converse Plat, being the
subdivision of Government Lots 1 and 2, Section 25, T7N, R12W.
Also part of N \1/2\ of Section 25, T7N, R12W, commencing at NW
corner of Lot 9, Block 2 of J.W. Converse Replatted
Addition; thence N 15 feet to SW corner of Lot 8; thence E
200 feet to SE corner Lot 1; thence S 15 feet to NE corner
of Lot 10; thence W 200 feet to beginning.
Together with any portion of vacated streets and alleys that have
become part of the above property.
(c) Terms and Conditions.--
(1) Compensation.--The land transferred pursuant to
subsection (a) shall be transferred without
compensation to the United States.
(2) Appointment of successor trustee.--In the event
that the Gerald R. Ford Foundation for any reason is
unable or unwilling to continue to serve as trustee,
the Archivist of the United States is authorized to
appoint a successor trustee.
(3) Reversionary interest.--If the Archivist of the
United States determines that the Gerald R. Ford
Foundation (or a successor trustee appointed under
paragraph (2)) has breached its fiduciary duty under
the trust agreement entered into pursuant to this
section, the land transferred pursuant to subsection
(a) shall revert to the United States under the
administrative jurisdiction of the Archivist.
Sec. 515. (a) In General.--The Director of the Office of
Management and Budget shall, by not later than September 30,
2001, and with public and Federal agency involvement, issue
guidelines under sections 3504(d)(1) and 3516 of title 44,
United States Code, that provide policy and procedural guidance
to Federal agencies for ensuring and maximizing the quality,
objectivity, utility, and integrity of information (including
statistical information) disseminated by Federal agencies in
fulfillment of the purposes and provisions of chapter 35 of
title 44, United States Code, commonly referred to as the
Paperwork Reduction Act.
(b) Content of Guidelines.--The guidelines under subsection
(a) shall--
(1) apply to the sharing by Federal agencies of,
and access to, information disseminated by Federal
agencies; and
(2) require that each Federal agency to which the
guidelines apply--
(A) issue guidelines ensuring and
maximizing the quality, objectivity, utility,
and integrity of information (including
statistical information) disseminated by the
agency, by not later than 1 year after the date
of issuance of the guidelines under subsection
(a);
(B) establish administrative mechanisms
allowing affected persons to seek and obtain
correction of information maintained and
disseminated by the agency that does not comply
with the guidelines issued under subsection
(a); and
(C) report periodically to the Director--
(i) the number and nature of
complaints received by the agency
regarding the accuracy of information
disseminated by the agency; and
(ii) how such complaints were
handled by the agency.
Sec. 516. For the purpose of resolving litigation and
implementing any settlement agreements regarding the nonforeign
area cost-of-living allowance program, the Office of Personnel
Management may accept and utilize (without regard to any
restriction on unanticipated travel expenses imposed in an
Appropriations Act) funds made available to the Office pursuant
to court approval.
Sec. 517. None of the funds appropriated by this Act shall
be used to propose or issue rules, regulations, decrees, or
orders for the purpose of implementation, or in preparation for
implementation, of the Kyoto Protocol, which was adopted on
December 11, 1997, in Kyoto, Japan, at the Third Conference of
the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on
Climate Change, which has not been submitted to the Senate for
advice and consent to ratification pursuant to article II,
section 2, clause 2, of the United States Constitution, and
which has not entered into force pursuant to article 25 of the
Protocol.
Sec. 518. Not later than July 1, 2001, the Director of the
Office of Management and Budget shall submit a report to the
Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on Governmental
Affairs in the Senate and the Committee on Appropriations and
the Committee on Government Reform of the House of
Representatives that (1) evaluates, for each agency, the extent
to which implementation of chapter 35 of title 31, United
States Code, as amended by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(Public Law 104-13), has reduced burden imposed by rules issued
by the agency, including the burden imposed by each major rule
issued by the agency; (2) includes a determination, based on
such evaluation, of the need for additional procedures to
ensure achievement of the purposes of that chapter, as set
forth in section 3501 of title 31, United States Code, and
evaluates the burden imposed by each major rule that imposes
more than 10,000,000 hours of burden, and identifies specific
reductions expected to be achieved in each of fiscal years 2001
and 2002 in the burden imposed by all rules issued by each
agency that issued such a major rule.
TITLE VI--GENERAL PROVISIONS
Departments, Agencies, and Corporations
Sec. 601. Funds appropriated in this or any other Act may
be used to pay travel to the United States for the immediate
family of employees serving abroad in cases of death or life
threatening illness of said employee.
Sec. 602. No department, agency, or instrumentality of the
United States receiving appropriated funds under this or any
other Act for fiscal year 2001 shall obligate or expend any
such funds, unless such department, agency, or instrumentality
has in place, and will continue to administer in good faith, a
written policy designed to ensure that all of its workplaces
are free from the illegal use, possession, or distribution of
controlled substances (as defined in the Controlled Substances
Act) by the officers and employees of such department, agency,
or instrumentality.
Sec. 603. Unless otherwise specifically provided, the
maximum amount allowable during the current fiscal year in
accordance with section 16 of the Act of August 2, 1946 (60
Stat. 810), for the purchase of any passenger motor vehicle
(exclusive of buses, ambulances, law enforcement, and
undercover surveillance vehicles), is hereby fixed at $8,100
except station wagons for which the maximum shall be $9,100:
Provided, That these limits may be exceeded by not to exceed
$3,700 for police-type vehicles, and by not to exceed $4,000
for special heavy-duty vehicles: Provided further, That the
limits set forth in this section may not be exceeded by more
than 5 percent for electric or hybrid vehicles purchased for
demonstration under the provisions of the Electric and Hybrid
Vehicle Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1976:
Provided further, That the limits set forth in this section may
be exceeded by the incremental cost of clean alternative fuels
vehicles acquired pursuant to Public Law 101-549 over the cost
of comparable conventionally fueled vehicles.
Sec. 604. Appropriations of the executive departments and
independent establishments for the current fiscal year
available for expenses of travel, or for the expenses of the
activity concerned, are hereby made available for quarters
allowances and cost-of-living allowances, in accordance with 5
U.S.C. 5922-5924.
Sec. 605. Unless otherwise specified during the current
fiscal year, no part of any appropriation contained in this or
any other Act shall be used to pay the compensation of any
officer or employee of the Government of the United States
(including any agency the majority of the stock of which is
owned by the Government of the United States) whose post of
duty is in the continental United States unless such person:
(1) is a citizen of the United States; (2) is a person in the
service of the United States on the date of the enactment of
this Act who, being eligible for citizenship, has filed a
declaration of intention to become a citizen of the United
States prior to such date and is actually residing in the
United States; (3) is a person who owes allegiance to the
United States; (4) is an alien from Cuba, Poland, South
Vietnam, the countries of the former Soviet Union, or the
Baltic countries lawfully admitted to the United States for
permanent residence; (5) is a South Vietnamese, Cambodian, or
Laotian refugee paroled in the United States after January 1,
1975; or (6) is a national of the People's Republic of China
who qualifies for adjustment of status pursuant to the Chinese
Student Protection Act of 1992: Provided, That for the purpose
of this section, an affidavit signed by any such person shall
be considered prima facie evidence that the requirements of
this section with respect to his or her status have been
complied with: Provided further, That any person making a false
affidavit shall be guilty of a felony, and, upon conviction,
shall be fined no more than $4,000 or imprisoned for not more
than 1 year, or both: Provided further, That the above penal
clause shall be in addition to, and not in substitution for,
any other provisions of existing law: Provided further, That
any payment made to any officer or employee contrary to the
provisions of this section shall be recoverable in action by
the Federal Government. This section shall not apply to
citizens of Ireland, Israel, or the Republic of the
Philippines, or to nationals of those countries allied with the
United States in a current defense effort, or to international
broadcasters employed by the United States Information Agency,
or to temporary employment of translators, or to temporary
employment in the field service (not to exceed 60 days) as a
result of emergencies.
Sec. 606. Appropriations available to any department or
agency during the current fiscal year for necessary expenses,
including maintenance or operating expenses, shall also be
available for payment to the General Services Administration
for charges for space and services and those expenses of
renovation and alteration of buildings and facilities which
constitute public improvements performed in accordance with the
Public Buildings Act of 1959 (73 Stat. 749), the Public
Buildings Amendments of 1972 (87 Stat. 216), or other
applicable law.
Sec. 607. In addition to funds provided in this or any
other Act, all Federal agencies are authorized to receive and
use funds resulting from the sale of materials, including
Federal records disposed of pursuant to a records schedule
recovered through recycling or wasteprevention programs. Such
funds shall be available until expended for the following purposes:
(1) Acquisition, waste reduction and prevention,
and recycling programs as described in Executive Order
No. 13101 (September 14, 1998), including any such
programs adopted prior to the effective date of the
Executive order.
(2) Other Federal agency environmental management
programs, including, but not limited to, the
development and implementation of hazardous waste
management and pollution prevention programs.
(3) Other employee programs as authorized by law or
as deemed appropriate by the head of the Federal
agency.
Sec. 608. Funds made available by this or any other Act for
administrative expenses in the current fiscal year of the
corporations and agencies subject to chapter 91 of title 31,
United States Code, shall be available, in addition to objects
for which such funds are otherwise available, for rent in the
District of Columbia; services in accordance with 5 U.S.C.
3109; and the objects specified under this head, all the
provisions of which shall be applicable to the expenditure of
such funds unless otherwise specified in the Act by which they
are made available: Provided, That in the event any functions
budgeted as administrative expenses are subsequently
transferred to or paid from other funds, the limitations on
administrative expenses shall be correspondingly reduced.
Sec. 609. No part of any appropriation for the current
fiscal year contained in this or any other Act shall be paid to
any person for the filling of any position for which he or she
has been nominated after the Senate has voted not to approve
the nomination of said person.
Sec. 610. No part of any appropriation contained in this or
any other Act shall be available for interagency financing of
boards (except Federal Executive Boards), commissions,
councils, committees, or similar groups (whether or not they
are interagency entities) which do not have a prior and
specific statutory approval to receive financial support from
more than one agency or instrumentality.
Sec. 611. Funds made available by this or any other Act to
the Postal Service Fund (39 U.S.C. 2003) shall be available for
employment of guards for all buildings and areas owned or
occupied by the Postal Service and under the charge and control
of the Postal Service, and such guards shall have, with respect
to such property, the powers of special policemen provided by
the first section of the Act of June 1, 1948, as amended (62
Stat. 281; 40 U.S.C. 318), and, as to property owned or
occupied by the Postal Service, the Postmaster General may take
the same actions as the Administrator of General Services may
take under the provisions of sections 2 and 3 of the Act of
June 1, 1948, as amended (62 Stat. 281; 40 U.S.C. 318a and
318b), attaching thereto penal consequences under the authority
and within the limits provided in section 4 of the Act of June
1, 1948, as amended (62 Stat. 281; 40 U.S.C. 318c).
Sec. 612. None of the funds made available pursuant to the
provisions of this Act shall be used to implement, administer,
or enforce any regulation which has been disapproved pursuant
to a resolution of disapproval duly adopted in accordance with
the applicable law of the United States.
Sec. 613. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
and except as otherwise provided in this section, no part of
any of the funds appropriated for fiscal year 2001, by this or
any other Act, may be used to pay any prevailing rate employee
described in section 5342(a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States
Code--
(1) during the period from the date of expiration
of the limitation imposed by section 613 of the
Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act,
2000, until the normal effective date of the applicable
wage survey adjustment that is to take effect in fiscal
year 2001, in an amount that exceeds the rate payable
for the applicable grade and step of the applicable
wage schedule in accordance with such section 613; and
(2) during the period consisting of the remainder
of fiscal year 2001, in an amount that exceeds, as a
result of a wage survey adjustment, the rate payable
under paragraph (1) by more than the sum of--
(A) the percentage adjustment taking effect
in fiscal year 2001 under section 5303 of title
5, United States Code, in the rates of pay
under the General Schedule; and
(B) the difference between the overall
average percentage of the locality-based
comparability payments taking effect in fiscal
year 2001 under section 5304 of such title
(whether by adjustment or otherwise), and the
overall average percentage of such payments
which was effective in fiscal year 2000 under
such section.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no
prevailing rate employee described in subparagraph (B) or (C)
of section 5342(a)(2) of title 5, United States Code, and no
employee covered by section 5348 of such title, may be paid
during the periods for which subsection (a) is in effect at a
rate that exceeds the rates that would be payable under
subsection (a) were subsection (a) applicable to such employee.
(c) For the purposes of this section, the rates payable to
an employee who is covered by this section and who is paid from
a schedule not in existence on September 30, 2000, shall be
determined under regulations prescribed by the Office of
Personnel Management.
(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rates of
premium pay for employees subject to this section may not be
changed from the rates in effect on September 30, 2000, except
to the extent determined by the Office of Personnel Management
to be consistent with the purpose of this section.
(e) This section shall apply with respect to pay for
service performed after September 30, 2000.
(f) For the purpose of administering any provision of law
(including any rule or regulation that provides premium pay,
retirement, life insurance, or any other employee benefit) that
requires any deduction or contribution, or that imposes any
requirement or limitation on the basis of a rate of salary or
basic pay, the rate of salary or basic pay payable after the
application of this section shall be treated as the rate of
salary or basic pay.
(g) Nothing in this section shall be considered to permit
or require the payment to any employee covered by this section
at a rate in excess of the rate that would be payable were this
section not in effect.
(h) The Office of Personnel Management may provide for
exceptions to the limitations imposed by this section if the
Office determines that such exceptions are necessary to ensure
the recruitment or retention of qualified employees.
Sec. 614. During the period in which the head of any
department or agency, or any other officer or civilian employee
of the Government appointed by the President of the United
States, holds office, no funds may be obligated or expended in
excess of $5,000 to furnish or redecorate the office of such
department head, agency head, officer, or employee, or to
purchase furniture or make improvements for any such office,
unless advance notice of such furnishing or redecoration is
expressly approved by the Committees on Appropriations. For the
purposes of this section, the word ``office'' shall include the
entire suite of offices assigned to the individual, as well as
any other space used primarily by the individual or the use of
which is directly controlled by the individual.
Sec. 615. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no
executive branch agency shall purchase, construct, and/or lease
any additional facilities, except within or contiguous to
existing locations, to be used for the purpose of conducting
Federal law enforcement training without the advance approval
of the Committees on Appropriations, except that the Federal
Law Enforcement Training Center is authorized to obtain the
temporary use of additional facilities by lease, contract, or
other agreement for training which cannot be accommodated in
existing Center facilities.
Sec. 616. Notwithstanding section 1346 of title 31, United
States Code, or section 610 of this Act, funds made available
for fiscal year 2001 by this or any other Act shall be
available for the interagency funding of national security and
emergency preparedness telecommunications initiatives which
benefit multiple Federal departments, agencies, or entities, as
provided by Executive Order No. 12472 (April 3, 1984).
Sec. 617. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this or any
other Act may be obligated or expended by any Federal
department, agency, or other instrumentality for the salaries
or expenses of any employee appointed to a position of a
confidential or policy-determining character excepted from the
competitive service pursuant to section 3302 of title 5, United
States Code, without a certification to the Office of Personnel
Management from the head of the Federal department, agency, or
other instrumentality employing the Schedule C appointee that
the Schedule C position was not created solely or primarily in
order to detail the employee to the White House.
(b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to
Federal employees or members of the armed services detailed to
or from--
(1) the Central Intelligence Agency;
(2) the National Security Agency;
(3) the Defense Intelligence Agency;
(4) the offices within the Department of Defense
for the collection of specialized national foreign
intelligence through reconnaissance programs;
(5) the Bureau of Intelligence and Research of the
Department of State;
(6) any agency, office, or unit of the Army, Navy,
Air Force, and Marine Corps, the Federal Bureau of
Investigation and the Drug Enforcement Administration
of the Department of Justice, the Department of
Transportation, the Department of the Treasury, and the
Department of Energy performing intelligence functions;
and
(7) the Director of Central Intelligence.
Sec. 618. No department, agency, or instrumentality of the
United States receiving appropriated funds under this or any
other Act for fiscal year 2001 shall obligate or expend any
such funds, unless such department, agency, or instrumentality
has in place, and will continue to administer in good faith, a
written policy designed to ensure that all of its workplaces
are free from discrimination and sexual harassment and that all
of its workplaces are not in violation of title VII of the
Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, the Age Discrimination in
Employment Act of 1967, and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973.
Sec. 619. None of the funds made available in this Act for
the United States Customs Service may be used to allow the
importation into the United States of any good, ware, article,
or merchandise mined, produced, or manufactured by forced or
indentured child labor, as determined pursuant to section 307
of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1307).
Sec. 620. No part of any appropriation contained in this or
any other Act shall be available for the payment of the salary
of any officer or employee of the Federal Government, who--
(1) prohibits or prevents, or attempts or threatens
to prohibit or prevent, any other officer or employee
of the Federal Government from having any direct oral
or written communication or contact with any Member,
committee, or subcommittee of the Congress in
connection with any matter pertaining to the employment
of such other officer or employee or pertaining to the
department or agency of such other officer or employee
in any way, irrespective of whether such communication
or contact is at the initiative of such other officer
or employee or in response to the request or inquiry of
such Member, committee, or subcommittee; or
(2) removes, suspends from duty without pay,
demotes, reduces in rank, seniority, status, pay, or
performance of efficiency rating, denies promotion to,
relocates, reassigns, transfers, disciplines, or
discriminates in regard to any employment right,
entitlement, or benefit, or any term or condition of
employment of, any other officer or employee of the
Federal Government, or attempts or threatens to commit
any of the foregoing actions with respect to such other
officer or employee, by reason of any communication or
contact of such other officer or employee with any
Member, committee, or subcommittee of the Congress as
described in paragraph (1).
Sec. 621. (a) None of the funds made available in this or
any other Act may be obligated or expended for any employee
training that--
(1) does not meet identified needs for knowledge,
skills, and abilities bearing directly upon the
performance of official duties;
(2) contains elements likely to induce high levels
of emotional response or psychological stress in some
participants;
(3) does not require prior employee notification of
the content and methods to be used in the training and
written end of course evaluation;
(4) contains any methods or content associated with
religious or quasi-religious belief systems or ``new
age'' belief systems as defined in Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission Notice N-915.022, dated
September 2, 1988; or
(5) is offensive to, or designed to change,
participants' personal values or lifestyle outside the
workplace.
(b) Nothing in this section shall prohibit, restrict, or
otherwise preclude an agency from conducting training bearing
directly upon the performance of official duties.
Sec. 622. No funds appropriated in this or any other Act
may be used to implement or enforce the agreements in Standard
Forms 312 and 4414 of the Government or any other nondisclosure
policy, form, or agreement if such policy, form, or agreement
does not contain the following provisions: ``These restrictions
are consistent with and do not supersede, conflict with, or
otherwise alter the employee obligations, rights, or
liabilities created by Executive Order No. 12958; section 7211
of title 5, U.S.C. (governing disclosures to Congress); section
1034 of title 10, United States Code, as amended by the
Military Whistleblower Protection Act (governing disclosure to
Congress by members of the military); section 2302(b)(8) of
title 5, United States Code, as amended by the Whistleblower
Protection Act (governing disclosures of illegality, waste,
fraud, abuse or public health or safety threats); the
Intelligence Identities Protection Act of 1982 (50 U.S.C. 421
et seq.) (governing disclosures that could expose confidential
Government agents); and the statutes which protect against
disclosure that may compromise the national security, including
sections 641, 793, 794, 798, and 952 of title 18, United States
Code, and section 4(b) of the Subversive Activities Act of 1950
(50 U.S.C. 783(b)). The definitions, requirements, obligations,
rights, sanctions, and liabilities created by said Executive
order and listed statutes are incorporated into this agreement
and are controlling.'': Provided, That notwithstanding the
preceding paragraph, a nondisclosure policy form or agreement
that is to be executed by a person connected with the conduct
of an intelligence or intelligence-related activity, other than
an employee or officer of the United States Government, may
contain provisions appropriate to the particular activity for
which such document is to be used. Such form or agreement
shall, at a minimum, require that the person will not disclose
any classified information received in the course of such
activity unless specifically authorized to do so by the United
States Government. Such nondisclosure forms shall also make it
clear that they do not bar disclosures to Congress or to an
authorized official of an executive agency or the Department of
Justice that are essential to reporting a substantial violation
of law.
Sec. 623. No part of any funds appropriated in this or any
other Act shall be used by an agency of the executive branch,
other than for normal and recognized executive-legislative
relationships, for publicity or propaganda purposes, and for
the preparation, distribution or use of any kit, pamphlet,
booklet, publication, radio, television or film presentation
designed to support or defeat legislation pending before the
Congress, except in presentation to the Congress itself.
Sec. 624. (a) In General.--For calendar year 2002 and each
year thereafter, the Director of the Office of Management and
Budget shall prepare and submit to Congress, with the budget
submitted under section 1105 of title 31, United States Code,
an accounting statement and associated report containing--
(1) an estimate of the total annual costs and
benefits (including quantifiable and nonquantifiable
effects) of Federal rules and paperwork, to the extent
feasible--
(A) in the aggregate;
(B) by agency and agency program; and
(C) by major rule;
(2) an analysis of impacts of Federal regulation on
State, local, and tribal government, small business,
wages, and economic growth; and
(3) recommendations for reform.
(b) Notice.--The Director of the Office of Management and
Budget shall provide public notice and an opportunity to
comment on the statement and report under subsection (a) before
the statement and report are submitted to Congress.
(c) Guidelines.--To implement this section, the Director of
the Office of Management and Budget shall issue guidelines to
agencies to standardize--
(1) measures of costs and benefits; and
(2) the format of accounting statements.
(d) Peer Review.--The Director of the Office of Management
and Budget shall provide for independent and external peer
review of the guidelines and each accounting statement and
associated report under this section. Such peer review shall
not be subject to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C.
App.).
Sec. 625. None of the funds appropriated by this or any
other Act may be used by an agency to provide a Federal
employee's home address to any labor organization except when
the employee has authorized such disclosure or when such
disclosure has been ordered by a court of competent
jurisdiction.
Sec. 626. Hereafter, the Secretary of the Treasury is
authorized to establish scientific certification standards for
explosives detection canines, and shall provide, on a
reimbursable basis, for the certification of explosives
detection canines employed by Federal agencies, or other
agencies providing explosives detection services at airports in
the United States.
Sec. 627. None of the funds made available in this Act or
any other Act may be used to provide any non-public information
such as mailing or telephone lists to any person or any
organization outside of the Federal Government without the
approval of the Committees on Appropriations.
Sec. 628. No part of any appropriation contained in this or
any other Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda
purposes within the United States not heretofore authorized by
the Congress.
Sec. 629. (a) In this section the term ``agency''--
(1) means an Executive agency as defined under
section 105 of title 5, United States Code;
(2) includes a military department as defined under
section 102 of such title, the Postal Service, and the
Postal Rate Commission; and
(3) shall not include the General Accounting
Office.
(b) Unless authorized in accordance with law or regulations
to use such time for other purposes, an employee of an agency
shall use official time in an honest effort to perform official
duties. An employee not under a leave system, including a
Presidential appointee exempted under section 6301(2) of title
5, United States Code, has an obligation to expend an honest
effort and a reasonable proportion of such employee's time in
the performance of official duties.
Sec. 630. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this Act
may be used to enter into or renew a contract which includes a
provision providing prescription drug coverage, except where
the contract also includes a provision for contraceptive
coverage.
(b) Nothing in this section shall apply to a contract
with--
(1) any of the following religious plans:
(A) Personal Care's HMO;
(B) Care Choices;
(C) OSF Health Plans, Inc.; and
(2) any existing or future plan, if the carrier for
the plan objects to such coverage on the basis of
religious beliefs.
(c) In implementing this section, any plan that enters into
or renews a contract under this section may not subject any
individual to discrimination on the basis that the individual
refuses to prescribe or otherwise provide for contraceptives
because such activities would be contrary to the individual's
religious beliefs or moral convictions.
(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require
coverage of abortion or abortion-related services.
Sec. 631. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and section 610 of
this Act, funds made available for fiscal year 2001 by this or
any other Act to any department or agency, which is a member of
the Joint Financial Management Improvement Program (JFMIP),
shall be available to finance an appropriate share of JFMIP
administrative costs, as determined by the JFMIP, but not to
exceed a total of $800,000 including the salary of the
Executive Director and staff support.
Sec. 632. Notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 1346 and section 610 of
this Act, the head of each Executive department and agency is
hereby authorized to transfer to the ``Policy and Operations''
account, General Services Administration, with the approval of
the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, funds made
available for fiscal year 2001 by this or any other Act,
including rebates from charge card and other contracts. These
funds shall be administered by the Administrator of General
Services to support Government-wide financial, information
technology, procurement, and other management innovations,
initiatives, and activities, as approved by the Director of the
Office of Management and Budget, in consultation with the
appropriate interagency groups designated by the Director
(including the Chief Financial Officers Council and the Joint
Financial Management Improvement Program for financial
management initiatives, the Chief Information Officers Council
for information technology initiatives, and the Procurement
Executives Council for procurement initiatives). The total
funds transferred shall not exceed $17,000,000. Such transfers
may only be made 15 days following notification of the
Committees on Appropriations by the Director of the Office of
Management and Budget.
Sec. 633. (a) In General.--In accordance with regulations
promulgated by the Office of Personnel Management, an Executive
agency which provides or proposes to provide child care
services for Federal employees may use appropriated funds
(otherwise available to such agency for salaries and expenses)
to provide child care, in a Federal or leased facility, or
through contract, for civilian employees of such agency.
(b) Affordability.--Amounts so provided with respect to any
such facility or contractor shall be applied to improve the
affordability of child care for lower income Federal employees
using or seeking to use the child care services offered by such
facility or contractor.
(c) Definition.--For purposes of this section, the term
``Executive agency'' has the meaning given such term by section
105 of title 5, United States Code, but does not include the
General Accounting Office.
(d) Notification.--None of the funds made available in this
or any other Act may be used to implement the provisions of
this section absent advance notification to the Committees on
Appropriations.
Sec. 634. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a
woman may breastfeed her child at any location in a Federal
building or on Federal property, if the woman and her child are
otherwise authorized to be present at the location.
Sec. 635. Nothwithstanding section 1346 of title 31, United
States Code, or section 610 of this Act, funds made available
for fiscal year 2001 by this or any other Act shall be
available for the interagency funding of specific projects,
workshops, studies, and similar efforts to carry out the
purposes of the National Science and Technology Council
(authorized by Executive Order No. 12881), which benefit
multiple Federal departments, agencies, or entities: Provided,
That the Office of Management and Budget shall provide a report
describing the budget of and resources connected with the
National Science and Technology Council to the Committees on
Appropriations, the House Committee on Science; and the Senate
Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation 90 days
after enactment of this Act.
Sec. 636. Retirement Provisions Relating to Certain Members
of the Police Force of the Metropolitan Washington Airports
Authority.--(a) Qualified MWAA Police Officer Defined.--For
purposes of this section, the term ``qualified MWAA police
officer'' means any individual who, as of the date of the
enactment of this Act--
(1) is employed as a member of the police force of
the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority
(hereinafter in this section referred to as an ``MWAA
police officer''); and
(2) is subject to the Civil Service Retirement
System or the Federal Employees' Retirement System by
virtue of section 49107(b) of title 49, United States
Code.
(b) Eligibility To Be Treated as a Law Enforcement Officer
for Retirement Purposes.--
(1) In general.--Any qualified MWAA police officer
may, by written election submitted in accordance with
applicable requirements under subsection (c), elect to
be treated as a law enforcement officer (within the
meaning of section 8331 or 8401 of title 5, United
States Code, as applicable), and to have all prior
service described in paragraph (2) similarly treated.
(2) Prior service described.--The service described
in this paragraph is all service which an individual
performed, prior to the effective date of such
individual's election under this section, as--
(A) an MWAA police officer; or
(B) a member of the police force of the
Federal Aviation Administration (hereinafter in
this section referred to as an ``FAA police
officer'').
(c) Regulations.--The Office of Personnel Management shall
prescribe any regulations necessary to carry out this section,
including provisions relating to the time, form, and manner in
which any election under this section shall be made. Such an
election shall not be effective unless--
(1) it is made before the employee separates from
service with the Metropolitan Washington Airports
Authority, but in no event later than 1 year after the
regulations under this subsection take effect; and
(2) it is accompanied by payment of an amount equal
to, with respect to all prior service of such employee
which is described in subsection (b)(2)--
(A) the employee deductions that would have
been required for such service under chapter 83
or 84 of title 5, U.S.C. (as the case may be)
if such election had then been in effect, minus
(B) the total employee deductions and
contributions under such chapter 83 and 84 (as
applicable) that were actually made for such
service,
taking into account only amounts required to be
credited to the Civil Service Retirement and Disability
Fund. Any amount under paragraph (2) shall be computed
with interest, in accordance with section 8334(e) of
such title 5.
(d) Government Contributions.--Whenever a payment under
subsection (c)(2) is made by an individual with respect to such
individual's prior service (as described in subsection (b)(2)),
the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority shall pay into
the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund any additional
contributions for which it would have been liable, with respect
to such service, if such individual's election under this
section had then been in effect (and, to the extent of any
prior FAA police officer service, as if it had then been the
employing agency). Any amount under this subsection shall be
computed with interest, in accordance with section 8334(e) of
title 5, United States Code.
(e) Certifications.--The Office of Personnel Management
shall accept, for the purpose of this section, the
certification of--
(1) the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority
(or its designee) concerning any service performed by
an individual as an MWAA police officer; and
(2) the Federal Aviation Administration (or its
designee) concerning any service performed by an
individual as an FAA police officer.
(f) Reimbursement To Compensate for Unfunded Liability.--
(1) In general.--The Metropolitan Washington
Airports Authority shall pay into the Civil Service
Retirement and Disability Fund an amount (as determined
by the Director of the Office of Personnel Management)
equal to the amount necessary to reimburse the Fund for
any estimated increase in the unfunded liability of the
Fund (to the extent the Civil Service Retirement System
is involved), and for any estimated increase in the
supplemental liability of the Fund (to the extent the
Federal Employees' Retirement System is involved),
resulting from the enactment of this section.
(2) Payment method.--The Metropolitan Washington
Airports Authority shall pay the amount so determined
in five equal annual installments, with interest (which
shall be computed at the rate used in the most recent
valuation of the Federal Employees' Retirement System).
Sec. 637. (a) For purposes of this section--
(1) the term ``comparability payment'' refers to a
locality-based comparability payment under section 5304
of title 5, United States Code;
(2) the term ``President's pay agent'' refers to
the pay agent described in section 5302(4) of such
title; and
(3) the term ``pay locality'' has the meaning given
such term by section 5302(5) of such title.
(b) Notwithstanding any provision of section 5304 of title
5, United States Code, for purposes of determining appropriate
pay localities and making comparability payment
recommendations, the President's pay agent may, in accordance
with succeeding provisions of this section, make comparisons of
General Schedule pay and non-Federal pay within any of the
metropolitan statistical areas described in subsection (d)(3),
using--
(1) data from surveys of the Bureau of Labor
Statistics;
(2) salary data sets obtained under subsection (c);
or
(3) any combination thereof.
(c) To the extent necessary in order to carry out this
section, the President's pay agent may obtain any salary data
sets (referred to in subsection (b)) from any organization or
entity that regularly compiles similar data for businesses in
the private sector.
(d)(1)(A) This paragraph applies with respect to the five
metropolitan statistical areas described in paragraph (3)
which--
(i) have the highest levels of nonfarm employment
(as determined based on data made available by the
Bureau of Labor Statistics); and
(ii) as of the date of the enactment of this Act,
have not previously been surveyed by the Bureau of
Labor Statistics (as discrete pay localities) for
purposes of section 5304 of title 5, United States
Code.
(B) The President's pay agent, based on such comparisons
under subsection (b) as the pay agent considers appropriate,
shall: (i) determine whether any of the five areas under
subparagraph (A) warrants designation as a discrete pay
locality; and (ii) if so, make recommendations as to what level
of comparability payments would be appropriate during 2002 for
each area so determined.
(C)(i) Any recommendations under subparagraph (B)(ii) shall
be included--
(I) in the pay agent's report under section
5304(d)(1) of title 5, United States Code, submitted
for purposes of comparability payments scheduled to
become payable in 2002; or
(II) if compliance with subclause (I) is
impracticable, in a supplementary report which the pay
agent shall submit to the President and the Congress no
later than March 1, 2001.
(ii) In the event that the recommendations are completed in
time to be included in the report described in clause (i)(I), a
copy of those recommendations shall be transmitted by the pay
agent to the Congress contemporaneous with their submission to
the President.
(D) Each of the five areas under subparagraph (A) that so
warrants, as determined by the President's pay agent, shall be
designated as a discrete pay locality under section 5304 of
title 5, United States Code, in time for it to be treated as
such for purposes of comparability payments becoming payable in
2002.
(2) The President's pay agent may, at any time after the
180th day following the submission of the report under
subsection (f), make any initial or further determinations or
recommendations under this section, based on any pay
comparisons under subsection (b), with respect to any area
described in paragraph (3).
(3) An area described in this paragraph is any metropolitan
statistical area within the continental United States that (as
determined based on data made available by the Bureau of Labor
Statistics and the Office of Personnel Management,
respectively) has a high level of nonfarm employment and at
least 2,500 General Schedule employees whose post of duty is
within such area.
(e)(1) The authority under this section to make pay
comparisons and to make any determinations or recommendations
based on such comparisons shall be available to the President's
pay agent only for purposes of comparability payments becoming
payable on or after January 1, 2002, and before January 1,
2007, and only with respect to areas described in subsection
(d)(3).
(2) Any comparisons and recommendations so made shall, if
included in the pay agent's report under section 5304(d)(1) of
title 5, United States Code, for any year (or the pay agent's
supplementary report, in accordance with subsection
(d)(1)(C)(i)(II)), be considered and acted on as the pay
agent's comparisons and recommendations under such section
5304(d)(1) for the area and the year involved.
(f)(1) No later than March 1, 2001, the President's pay
agent shall submit to the Committee on Government Reform of the
House of Representatives, the Committee on Governmental Affairs
of the Senate, and the Committees on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives and of the Senate, a report on the use
of pay comparison data, as described in subsection (b)(2) or
(3) (as appropriate), for purposes of comparability payments.
(2) The report shall include the cost of obtaining such
data, the rationale underlying the decisions reached based on
such data, and the relative advantages and disadvantages of
using such data (including whether the effort involved in
analyzing and integrating such data is commensurate with the
benefits derived from their use). The report may include
specific recommendations regarding the continued use of such
data.
(g)(1) No later than May 1, 2001, the President's pay agent
shall prepare and submit to the committees specified in
subsection (f)(1) a report relating to the ongoing efforts of
the Office of Personnel Management, the Office of Management
and Budget, and the Bureau of Labor Statistics to revise the
methodology currently being used by the Bureau of Labor
Statistics in performing its surveys under section 5304 of
title 5, United States Code.
(2) The report shall include a detailed accounting of any
concerns the pay agent may have regarding the current
methodology, the specific projects the pay agent has directed
any of those agencies to undertake in order to address those
concerns, and a time line for the anticipated completion of
those projects and for implementation of the revised
methodology.
(3) The report shall also include recommendations as to how
those ongoing efforts might be expedited, including any
additional resources which, in the opinion of the pay agent,
are needed in order to expedite completion of the activities
described in the preceding provisions of this subsection, and
the reasons why those additional resources are needed.
Sec. 638. Federal Funds Identified. Any request for
proposals, solicitation, grant application, form, notification,
press release, or other publications involving the distribution
of Federal funds shall indicate the agency providing the funds
and the amount provided. This provision shall apply to direct
payments, formula funds, and grants received by a State
receiving Federal funds.
Sec. 639. Mandatory Removal From Employment of Federal Law
Enforcement Officers Convicted of Felonies. (a) In General.--
Chapter 73 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding
after subchapter VI the following:
``Subchapter VII--Mandatory Removal From Employment of Law Enforcement
Officers
``Sec. 7371. Mandatory removal from employment of law enforcement
officers convicted of felonies
``(a) In this section, the term--
``(1) `conviction date' means the date on which an
agency has notice of the date on which a conviction of
a felony is entered by a Federal or State court,
regardless of whether that conviction is appealed or is
subject to appeal; and
``(2) `law enforcement officer' has the meaning
given that term under section 8331(20) or 8401(17).
``(b) Any law enforcement officer who is convicted of a
felony shall be removed from employment without regard to
chapter 75 on the last day of the first applicable pay period
following the conviction date.
``(c) This section does not prohibit the removal from
employment before a conviction date.''.
(b) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--The table of
sections for chapter 73 of title 5, United States Code, is
amended by adding after the item relating to section 7363 the
following:
``SUBCHAPTER VI--MANDATORY REMOVAL FROM EMPLOYMENT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT
OFFICERS
``7551. Mandatory removal from employment of law enforcement officers
convicted of felonies.''.
Sec. 640. (a) Civil Service Retirement System.--The table
under section 8334(c) of title 5, United States Code, is
amended--
(1) in the matter relating to an employee by
striking:
``7.5............................. January 1, 2001, to December 31,
2002.
7................................. After December 31, 2002.''
and inserting the following:
``7............................... After December 31, 2000.'';
(2) in the matter relating to a Member or employee
for Congressional employee service by striking:
``8............................... January 1, 2001, to December 31,
2002.
7.5............................... After December 31, 2002.''
and inserting the following:
``7.5............................. After December 31, 2000.'';
(3) in the matter relating to a Member for Member
service by striking:
``8.5............................. January 1, 2001, to December 31,
2002.
8................................. After December 31, 2002.''
and inserting the following:
``8............................... After December 31, 2000.'';
(4) in the matter relating to a law enforcement
officer for law enforcement service and firefighter for
firefighter service by striking:
``8............................... January 1, 2001, to December 31,
2002.
7.5............................... After December 31, 2002.''
and inserting the following:
``7.5............................. After December 31, 2000.'';
(5) in the matter relating to a bankruptcy judge by
striking:
``8.5............................. January 1, 2001, to December 31,
2002.
8................................. After December 31, 2002.''
and inserting the following:
``8............................... After December 31, 2000.'';
(6) in the matter relating to a judge of the United
States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces for
service as a judge of that court by striking:
``8.5............................. January 1, 2001, to December 31,
2002.
8................................. After December 31, 2002.''
and inserting the following:
``8............................... After December 31, 2000.'';
(7) in the matter relating to a United States
magistrate by striking:
``8.5............................. January 1, 2001, to December 31,
2002.
8................................. After December 31, 2002.''
and inserting the following:
``8............................... After December 31, 2000.'';
(8) in the matter relating to a Court of Federal
Claims judge by striking:
``8.5............................. January 1, 2001, to December 31,
2002.
8................................. After December 31, 2002.''
and inserting the following:
``8............................... After December 31, 2000.'';
(9) in the matter relating to a member of the
Capitol Police by striking:
``8............................... January 1, 2001, to December 31,
2002.
7.5............................... After December 31, 2002.''
and inserting the following:
``7.5............................. After December 31, 2000.'';
and
(10) in the matter relating to a nuclear materials
courier by striking:
``8............................... January 1, 2001 to December 31,
2002.
7.5............................... After December 31, 2002.''
and inserting the following:
``7.5............................. After December 31, 2000.''.
(b) Federal Employees' Retirement System.--
(1) In general.--Section 8422(a) of title 5, United
States Code, is amended by striking paragraph (3) and
inserting the following:
``(3) The applicable percentage under this paragraph for
civilian service shall be as follows:
``Employee...................... 7.............. January 1, 1987, to
December 31, 1998.
7.25........... January 1, 1999, to
December 31, 1999.
7.4............ January 1, 2000, to
December 31, 2000.
7.............. After December 31,
2000.
Congressional employee.......... 7.5............ January 1, 1987, to
December 31, 1998.
7.75........... January 1, 1999, to
December 31, 1999.
7.9............ January 1, 2000, to
December 31, 2000.
7.5............ After December 31,
2000.
Member.......................... 7.5............ January 1, 1987, to
December 31, 1998.
7.75........... January 1, 1999, to
December 31, 1999.
7.9............ January 1, 2000, to
December 31, 2000.
7.5............ After December 31,
2000.
Law enforcement officer, 7.5............ January 1, 1987, to
firefighter, member of the December 31, 1998.
Capitol Police, or air traffic
controller.
7.75........... January 1, 1999, to
December 31, 1999.
7.9............ January 1, 2000, to
December 31, 2000.
7.5............ After December 31,
2000.
Nuclear materials courier....... 7.............. January 1, 1987, to
October 16, 1998.
7.5............ October 17, 1998, to
December 31, 1998.
7.75........... January 1, 1999, to
December 31, 1999.
7.9............ January 1, 2000, to
December 31, 2000.
7.5............ After December 31,
2000.''.
(2) Military service.--Section 8422(e)(6) of title
5, United States Code, is amended--
(A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting
``and'' after the semicolon;
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``;
and'' and inserting a period; and
(C) in by striking subparagraph (C).
(3) Volunteer service.--Section 8422(f)(4) of title
5, United States Code, is amended--
(A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting
``and'' after the semicolon;
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``;
and'' and inserting a period; and
(C) by striking subparagraph (C).
(c) Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability
System.--
(1) In general.--Section 7001(c)(2) of the Balanced
Budget Act of 1997 (50 U.S.C. 2021 note) is amended--
(A) in the matter before the colon, by
striking ``December 31, 2002'' and inserting
``December 31, 2000''; and
(B) in the matter after the colon, by
striking all that follows ``December 31,
2000.''.
(2) Military service.--Section 252(h)(1)(A) of the
Central Intelligence Agency Retirement Act (50 U.S.C.
2082(h)(1)(A)), is amended--
(A) in the matter before the colon, by
striking ``December 31, 2002'' and inserting
``December 31, 2000''; and
(B) in the matter after the colon, by
striking all that follows ``December 31,
2000.''.
(d) Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System.--
(1) In general.--Section 7001(d)(2) of the Balanced
Budget Act of 1997 (22 U.S.C. 4045 note) is amended--
(A) in subparagraph (A)--
(i) in the matter before the colon,
by striking ``December 31, 2002'' and
inserting ``December 31, 2000''; and
(ii) in the matter after the colon,
by striking all that follows ``December
31, 2000.''; and
(B) in subparagraph (B)--
(i) in the matter before the colon,
by striking ``December 31, 2002'' and
inserting ``December 31, 2000''; and
(ii) in the matter after the colon,
by striking all that follows ``December
31, 2000.''.
(2) Conforming amendment.--Section 805(d)(1) of the
Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4045(d)(1)) is
amended, in the table in the matter following
subparagraph (B), by striking:
``January 1, 2001, through December 31, 2002, inclusive.............................. 7.5
After December 31, 2002.............................................................. 7''
and inserting the following:
``After December 31, 2000............................................................ 7''.
(e) Foreign Service Pension System.--
(1) In general.--Section 856(a)(2) of the Foreign
Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4071e(a)(2)) is amended
by striking all that follows ``December 31, 2000.'' and
inserting the following:
``7.5........... After December 31, 2000.''.
(2) Volunteer service.--Section 854(c)(1) of the
Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4071c(c)(1)) is
amended--
(A) in the matter before the colon, by
striking ``December 31, 2002'' and inserting
``December 31, 2000''; and
(B) in the matter after the colon, by
striking all that follows ``December 31,
2000.''.
(f) Civil Service Retirement System.--Notwithstanding
section 8334 (a)(1) or (k)(1) of title 5, United States Code,
during the period beginning on October 1, 2002, through
December 31, 2002, each employing agency (other than the United
States Postal Service or the Metropolitan Washington Airports
Authority) shall contribute--
(1) 7.5 percent of the basic pay of an employee;
(2) 8 percent of the basic pay of a congressional
employee, a law enforcement officer, a member of the
Capitol police, a firefighter, or a nuclear materials
courier; and
(3) 8.5 percent of the basic pay of a Member of
Congress, a Court of Federal Claims judge, a United
States magistrate, a judge of the United States Court
of Appeals for the Armed Forces, or a bankruptcy judge;
in lieu of the agency contributions otherwise required under
section 8334(a)(1) of such title 5.
(g) Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability
System.--Notwithstanding section 211(a)(2) of the Central
Intelligence Agency Retirement Act (50 U.S.C. 2021(a)(2)),
during the period beginning on October 1, 2002, through
December 31, 2002, the Central Intelligence Agency shall
contribute 7.5 percent of the basic pay of an employee
participating in the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and
Disability System in lieu of the agency contribution otherwise
required under section 211(a)(2) of such Act.
(h) Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System.--
Notwithstanding any provision of section 805(a) of the Foreign
Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4045(a)), during the period
beginning on October 1, 2002, through December 31, 2002, each
agency employing a participant in the Foreign Service
Retirement and Disability System shall contribute to the
Foreign Service Retirement and Disability Fund--
(1) 7.5 percent of the basic pay of each
participant covered under section 805(a)(1) of such Act
participating in the Foreign Service Retirement and
Disability System; and
(2) 8 percent of the basic pay of each participant
covered under paragraph (2) or (3) of section 805(a) of
such Act participating in the Foreign Service
Retirement and Disability System;
in lieu of the agency contribution otherwise required under
section 805(a) of such Act.
(i) The amendments made by this section shall take effect
upon the close of calendar year 2000, and shall apply
thereafter.
Sec. 641. (a) Section 5545b(d) of title 5, United States
Code, is amended by inserting at the end the following new
paragraph:
``(4) Notwithstanding section 8114(e)(1), overtime
pay for a firefighter subject to this section for hours
in a regular tour of duty shall be included in any
computation of pay under section 8114.''.
(b) The amendment in subsection (a) shall be effective as
if it had been enacted as part of the Federal Firefighters
Overtime Pay Reform Act of 1998 (112 Stat. 2681-519).
Sec. 642. Section 6323(a) of title 5, United States Code,
is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(3) The minimum charge for leave under this
subsection is one hour, and additional charges are in
multiples thereof.''.
Sec. 643. Section 616 of the Treasury, Postal Service and
General Government Appropriations Act, 1988, as contained in
the Act of December 22, 1987 (40 U.S.C. 490b), is amended by
adding at the end the following:
``(e)(1) All existing and newly hired workers in any child
care center located in an executive facility shall undergo a
criminal history background check as defined in section 231 of
the Crime Control Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 13041).
``(2) For purposes of this subsection, the term `executive
facility' means a facility that is owned or leased by an office
or entity within the executive branch of the Government
(including one that is owned or leased by the General Services
Administration on behalf of an office or entity within the
judicial branch of the Government).
``(3) Nothing in this subsection shall be considered to
apply with respect to a facility owned by or leased on behalf
of an office or entity within the legislative branch of the
Government.''.
Sec. 644. (a) Prohibition of Federal Agency Monitoring of
Personal Information on Use of Internet.--None of the funds
made available in this Act may be used by any Federal agency--
(1) to collect, review, or create any aggregate
list that includes, personally identifiable information
relating to an individual's access to or use of any
Internet site of the agency; or
(2) to enter into any agreement with a third party
(including another government agency) to collect,
review, or obtain any aggregate list that includes,
personally identifiable information relating to an
individual's access to or use of any nongovernmental
Internet site.
(b) Exceptions.--The limitations established in subsection
(a) shall not apply to--
(1) any record of aggregate data that does not
identify particular persons; or
(2) any voluntary submission of personally
identifiable information.
Sec. 645. (a)(1) Title 5, United States Code, is amended by
inserting after section 5372a the following:
``Sec. 5372b. Administrative appeals judges
``(a) For the purpose of this section--
``(1) the term `administrative appeals judge
position' means a position the duties of which
primarily involve reviewing decisions of administrative
law judges appointed under section 3105; and
``(2) the term `agency' means an Executive agency,
as defined by section 105, but does not include the
General Accounting Office.
``(b) Subject to such regulations as the Office of
Personnel Management may prescribe, the head of the agency
concerned shall fix the rate of basic pay for each
administrative appeals judge position within such agency which
is not classified above GS-15 pursuant to section 5108.
``(c) A rate of basic pay fixed under this section shall
be--
``(1) not less than the minimum rate of basic pay
for level AL-3 under section 5372; and
``(2) not greater than the maximum rate of basic
pay for level AL-3 under section 5372.''.
(2) Section 7323(b)(2)(B)(ii) of title 5, United States
Code, is amended by striking ``or 5372a'' and inserting
``5372a, or 5372b''.
(3) The table of sections for chapter 53 of title 5, United
States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to
section 5372a the following:
``5372b. Administrative appeals judges.''.
(b) The amendment made by subsection (a)(1) shall apply
with respect to pay for service performed on or after the first
day of the first applicable pay period beginning on or after--
(1) the 120th day after the date of the enactment
of this Act; or
(2) if earlier, the effective date of regulations
prescribed by the Office of Personnel Management to
carry out such amendment.
Sec. 646. Not later than 60 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Inspector General of each department
or agency shall submit to Congress a report that discloses any
activity of the applicable department or agency relating to--
(1) the collection or review of singular data, or
the creation of aggregate lists that include personally
identifiable information, about individuals who access
any Internet site of the department or agency; and
(2) entering into agreements with third parties,
including other government agencies, to collect,
review, or obtain aggregate lists or singular data
containing personally identifiable information relating
to any individual's access or viewing habits for
governmental and nongovernmental Internet sites.
This Act may be cited as the ``Treasury and General
Government Appropriations Act, 2001''.
JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
Following is explanatory language on H.R. 4985, as
introduced on July 26, 2000.
The conferees on H.R. 4516 agree with the matter inserted
in this division of this conference agreement and the following
description of this matter.
H.R. 4871, the House passed Treasury, Postal Service, and
General Government Appropriations Bill, 2001, and S. 2900, the
Senate reported Treasury and General Government Appropriation
Bill, 2001, were the basis for development of the introduced
bill. The following statement is an explanation of the action
agreed upon in resolving the differences of those two bills and
recommended in the accompanying conference report.
The conference agreement on the Treasury and General
Government Appropriations Act, 2001, incorporates some of the
language and allocations set forth in House Report 106-756 and
in the Senate Report to accompany S. 2900. The language in
these reports should be complied with unless specifically
addressed in the accompanying statement of managers. Throughout
the accompanying explanatory statement, the managers refer to
the Committee and the Committees on Appropriations. Unless
otherwise noted, in both instances, the managers are referring
to the House Subcommittee on Treasury, Postal Service, and
General Government and the Senate Subcommittee on Treasury and
General Government.
REPROGRAMMING AND TRANSFER OF FUNDS GUIDELINES
The conference agreement includes the following
reprogramming guidelines which shall be complied with by all
agencies funded by the Treasury and General Government
Appropriations Act, 2001:
1. Except under extraordinary and emergency situations,
the Committees on Appropriations will not consider requests for
a reprogramming or a transfer of funds, or use of unobligated
balances, which are submitted after the close of the third
quarter of the fiscal year, June 30;
2. Clearly stated and detailed documentation presenting
justification for the reprogramming, transfer, or use of
unobligated balances shall accompany each request;
3. For agencies, departments, or offices receiving
appropriations in excess of $20,000,000, a reprogramming shall
be submitted if the amount to be shifted to or from any object
class, budget activity, program line item, or program activity
involved is in excess of $500,000 or 10 percent, whichever is
greater, of the object class, budget activity, program line
item, or program activity;
4. For agencies, departments, or offices receiving
appropriations less than $20,000,000, a reprogramming shall be
submitted if the amount to be shifted to or from any object
class, budget activity, program line item, or program activity
involved is in excess of $50,000, or 10 percent, whichever is
greater, of the object class, budget activity, program line
item, or program activity;
5. For any action where the cumulative effect of below
threshold reprogramming actions, or past reprogramming and/or
transfer actions added to the request, would exceed the dollar
threshold mentioned above, a reprogramming shall be submitted;
6. For any action which would result in a major change to
the program or item which is different than that presented to
and approved by either of the Committees, or the Congress, a
reprogramming shall be submitted;
7. For any action where funds earmarked by either of the
Committees for a specific activity are proposed to be used for
a different activity, a reprogramming shall be submitted; and,
8. For any action where funds earmarked by either of the
Committees for a specific activity are in excess of the project
or activity requirement, and are proposed to be used for a
different activity, a reprogramming shall be submitted.
Additionally, each request shall include a declaration
that, as of the date of the request, none of the funds included
in the request have been obligated, and none will be obligated,
until the Committees on Appropriations have approved the
request.
TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Departmental Offices
salaries and expenses
The conferees agree to provide $156,315,000 instead of
$149,437,000 as proposed by the House and $149,610,000 as
proposed by the Senate. Included in this amount is $7,332,000
to maintain current levels; $3,813,000 as a transfer from the
Department-Wide Systems and Capital Investments Programs
(SCIP); $3,027,000 to annualize the costs of the fiscal year
2000 drug supplemental for the Office of Foreign Asset Control
(OFAC); $854,000 to annualize the costs of filling 6 positions
with the Office of International Affairs during fiscal year
2000; $2,899,000 for OFAC program initiatives; $504,000 and no
more than 3 positions for increased management and coordination
by the Office of Enforcement of the Department's involvement in
the National Money Laundering Strategy; $2,900,000 for grants
to state and local law enforcement groups to help combat money
laundering; $502,000 for reimbursements to Morris County, New
Jersey, for law enforcement agencies; $150,000 for
reimbursements to Arlington County, Virginia, law enforcement
agencies; and not to exceed $300,000 to reimburse the State
Police, the police departments of the towns of New Castle,
North Castle, Mount Kisco, Bedford, and the Department of
Public Safety of Westchester County of the State of New York.
RECEPTION AND REPRESENTATION ALLOWANCES
The conferees are concerned to learn that, over the past
several years, the Office of the Under Secretary of Enforcement
has required the various Treasury law enforcement bureaus to
transfer a portion of their reception and representation funds
to the Office of the Under Secretary. Although there may be
certain functions appropriate to the involvement of all the
Treasury law enforcement bureaus, the conferees remind the
Under Secretary that expenses for these events are accommodated
within the amounts authorized for Departmental Offices
reception and representation allowances. In the event that the
Under Secretary believes that Departmental Offices
representation allowances are insufficient to meet current
needs, the Under Secretary should submit a justification for
increases to this allowance to the Committees for its
consideration. The conferees also direct the Under Secretary to
submit for advance approval any requirement to use reception
and representation allowance funds from any appropriation
account other than Departmental Offices, Salaries and Expenses.
ALTERNATIVE FUELS
The conferees urge the Treasury Department to use
ethanol, biodiesel, and other alternative fuels to the maximum
extent practicable in meeting the Department's fuel needs.
DEPARTMENT-WIDE SYSTEMS AND CAPITAL INVESTMENTS PROGRAMS
The conferees agree to provide $47,287,000 instead of
$41,787,000 as proposed by the House and $37,279,000 as
proposed by the Senate. Included in this amount is $14,779,000
for communications infrastructure (including radios and related
equipment) associated with Departmental law enforcement
responsibilities for the Salt Lake City Winter Olympics;
$2,000,000 for Critical Infrastructure Protection; and
$3,500,000 for Public Key Infrastructure.
Office of Inspector General
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The conferees agree to provide $32,899,000 as proposed by
the Senate instead of $31,940,000 as proposed by the House.
Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The conferees agree to provide $118,427,000 as proposed
by Senate instead of $115,477,000 as proposed by the House.
TREASURY BUILDING AND ANNEX REPAIR AND RESTORATION
The conferees agree to provide $31,000,000 as proposed by
the House instead of $22,700,000 as proposed by the Senate.
EXPANDED ACCESS TO FINANCIAL SERVICES
The conferees agree to provide $2,000,000 as proposed by
the House instead of $400,000 as proposed by the Senate. The
conferees agree to $300,000 to assist one or more locally-owned
Alaska banking institutions and community partners and $100,000
to begin a pilot program with the Metropolitan Family Services'
Family Economic Development program.
Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The conferees agree to provide $37,576,000 as proposed by
the Senate instead of $34,694,000 as proposed by the House.
COUNTERTERRORISM FUND
The conferees agree to provide $55,000,000 for the
Counterterrorism Fund as proposed by the Senate instead of no
appropriation as proposed by the House. Funds are provided as a
contingent emergency.
Treasury Forfeiture Fund
The conferees are aware that the $42,500,000 assumed to
be available by the Administration in the Super Surplus to the
Treasury Forfeiture Fund will not be available in fiscal year
2001. Activities proposed for funding through this account have
been included in either Salaries and Expenses or Construction
related accounts, as appropriate, for the individual law
enforcement bureaus.
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The conferees agree to provide $94,483,000 instead of
$93,483,000 as proposed by the House and $93,198,000 as
proposed by the Senate. Included in this amount is $1,000,000
for the rural law enforcement education project.
ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENTS, AND RELATED EXPENSES
The conferees agree to provide $29,205,000 as proposed by
the Senate instead of $17,331,000 as proposed by the House.
Interagency Law Enforcement
INTERAGENCY CRIME AND DRUG ENFORCEMENT
The conferees agree to provide $103,476,000 as proposed
by the House instead of $90,976,000 as proposed by the Senate.
Financial Management Service
salaries and expenses
The conferees agree to provide $206,851,000 instead of
$198,736,000 as proposed by the House and $202,851,000 as
proposed by the Senate. The conferees fully fund the
President's request. In addition, the conferees include
$4,000,000 to partially fund a budget shortfall. The conferees
fully concur with the language on this topic contained under
Departmental Offices in the Senate Report accompanying S. 2900.
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The conferees agree to provide $768,695,000 instead of
$731,325,000 as proposed by the House and $724,937,000 as
proposed by the Senate. The conferees fully fund the
President's request with the exception of $5,521,000 for
tobacco compliance initiatives and $4,148,000 for the proposed
Joint Terrorism Task Forces.
Gang Resistance Education and Training Grants
The conferees agree to provide $13,000,000 for grants to
local law enforcement organizations as proposed by the Senate.
United States Customs Service
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The conferees agree to provide $1,863,765,000 instead of
$1,822,365,000 as proposed by the House and $1,804,687,000 as
proposed by the Senate. Included in this amount is $13,700,000
for the second year of funding of the fiscal year 2000
Southwest Border initiative; $10,000,000 for security
enhancementsalong the northern border; $11,000,000 for vehicle
replacement; $3,700,000 for money laundering; $9,500,000 for drug
investigations; and an additional $5,000,000 to combat forced child
labor. Additionally, the conferees include $500,000 for Customs'
ongoing research on trade of agricultural commodities and products at a
Northern Plains university with an agricultural economics program and
support the use of $2,500,000 for the acquisition of Passive Radar
Detection Technology.
Targeted Resources for the Southwest Border
The conferees provide $13,700,000 to be combined with the
$11,300,000 in fiscal year 2000 Super Surplus of the Treasury
Forfeiture Fund to hire new inspectors, agents, or acquire new
detection technology for use along the Southwest border for a
total of $25,000,000. The House conferees do not concur with
the Senate Report language on Targeted Resources for the
Southwest Border.
Ports of Entry
The conferees have received numerous requests to
establish, expand, or preserve Customs presence at various
ports, as well as, to designate new ports of entry. Customs has
made a commitment to put in place a staffing resource
allocation model to permit a more transparent and consistent
basis for making such decisions, but the delay in doing so has
caused concern about the ability of Customs to fulfill its
responsibilities. The conferees therefore direct the Treasury
Department and Customs to complete this model and to report to
the Committees on Appropriations not later than November 1,
2000 on its implementation. In relation to this, the conferees
urge the Customs Service to give full consideration to the
needs of the following areas for increases or improvements in
Customs services: Fargo, North Dakota; Highgate Springs,
Vermont; Charleston, South Carolina; Charleston, West Virginia;
Honolulu, Hawaii; Great Falls, Sweetgrass-Coutts, and Missoula,
Montana; Tri-Cities Regional Airport, Tennessee; Dulles
International Airport; Louisville International Airport; Miami
International Airport; Pittsburg, New Hampshire; San Antonio,
Texas; and multiple port areas in Arizona, New Mexico, and
Florida.
Operation, Maintenance and Procurement
AIR AND MARINE INTERDICTION PROGRAMS
The conferees agree to provide $133,228,000 instead of
$125,778,000 as proposed by the House and $128,228,000 as
proposed by the Senate. Included in this amount is $5,000,000
for source zone deployment of P-3's; $2,174,000 to maintain
current levels; $7,450,000 for flight safety and enhancements;
and $9,916,000 for costs associated with the delivery of new P-
3's.
Automation Modernization
The conferees agree to provide $258,400,000 instead of
$233,400,000 as proposed by the House and $128,400,000 as
proposed by the Senate. Included in this amount is $5,400,000
for the International Trade Data System, as well as, not less
than $130,000,000 to begin work on the Automated Commercial
Environment (ACE).
Bureau of the Public Debt
administering the public debt
The conferees agree to provide $182,901,000 as proposed
by the House and Senate. The conferees agree to include a
provision as proposed by the Senate with respect to
administrative costs associated with certain trust funds.
Internal Revenue Service
PROCESSING, ASSISTANCE, AND MANAGEMENT
The conferees agree to provide $3,567,001,000 instead of
$3,487,232,000 as proposed by the House and $3,506,939,000 as
proposed by the Senate. The conferees fully fund the
President's request with respect to adjustments required to
maintain current levels of service, organizational
modernization, and operational contract support. The funding
level also reflects an increase of $60,000,000 above the fiscal
year 2000 level as a result of an inter-appropriation transfer
during fiscal year 2000. The conferees have not provided any
funding for the Staffing Tax Administration for Balance and
Equity (STABLE) initiative, a proposed fiscal year 2001 inter-
appropriation transfer, or the electronic tax administration
marketing initiative.
IRS DATA FOR ECONOMIC MODELING
The conferees are aware of the critical importance and
usefulness of IRS data to economic modeling, such as the
modeling used to project the economic impact of proposed Social
Security legislation. The conferees direct IRS to continue
working closely with the Bureau of the Census to ensure the
appropriate availability of these data in a timely manner to
groups such as the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to
facilitate the operation of CBO's long-term models of Social
Security and Medicare. CBO requires records from the IRS'
Statistics Of Income that are matched with survey data from the
Bureau of the Census (involving the Current Population Survey
and the Survey of Income and Program Participation) and records
of the Social Security Administration with all record
identifiers removed.
TAX LAW ENFORCEMENT
The conferees agree to provide $3,382,402,000 instead of
$3,332,676,000 as proposed by the House and $3,378,040,000 as
proposed by the Senate. The conferees fully fund the
President's request with respect to adjustments required to
maintain current levels of service and operational contract
support. The funding level also reflects a decrease of
$100,000,000 below the fiscal year 2000 level as a result of an
inter-appropriation transfer during fiscal year 2000 and a
decrease of $666,000 for a transfer to the Treasury Inspector
General for Tax Administration, as requested. The conferees
have not provided any funding for the Staffing Tax
Administration for Balance and Equity (STABLE) initiative or
for the Counterterrorism Initiative, nor have they agreed to a
proposed transfer of $41,000,000 out of the account as an
inter-appropriation transfer during fiscal year 2001.
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
The conferees agree to provide $1,545,090,000 instead of
$1,488,090,000 as proposed by the House and $1,505,090,000 as
proposed by the Senate. The conferees fully fund the
President's request with the exception of the Staffing Tax
Administration for Balance and Equity (STABLE) initiative and
$3,000,000 for an inter-appropriation transfer proposed for
fiscal year 2001.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS--INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE
Section 101. The conferees agree to continue a provision
which allows the transfer of 5 percent of any appropriation
made available to the IRS to any other IRS appropriation
subject to Congressional approval.
Section 102. The conferees agree to continue a provision
which requires the IRS to maintain a training program in
taxpayers' rights, dealing courteously with taxpayers, and
cross cultural relations.
Section 103. The conferees agree to continue a provision
which requires the IRS to institute and enforce policies and
practices that will safeguard the confidentiality of taxpayer
information.
Section 104. The conferees agree to continue a provision
proposed by the Senate with respect to the IRS 1-800 help line
service.
United States Secret Service
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The conferees agree to provide $823,800,000 as proposed
by the House instead of $778,279,000 as proposed by the Senate.
ACQUISITION, CONSTRUCTION, IMPROVEMENT, AND RELATED EXPENSES
The conferees agree to provide $8,941,000 instead of
$5,021,000 as proposed by the House and $4,283,000 as proposed
by the Senate. Included in this amount $3,920,000 for security
enhancements at the Vice President's residence.
General Provisions--Department of the Treasury
Section 110. The conferees agree to continue a provision
which requires the Secretary of the Treasury to comply with
certain reprogramming guidelines when obligating or expending
funds for law enforcement activities.
Section 111. The conferees agree to continue a provision
which allows the Department of the Treasury to purchase
uniforms, insurance, and motor vehicles without regard to the
general purchase price limitation, and enter into contracts
with the Department of State for health and medical services
for Treasury employees in overseas locations.
Section 112. The conferees agree to continue a provision
which requires the expenditure of funds so as not to diminish
efforts under section 105 of the Federal Alcohol Administration
Act.
Section 113. The conferees agree to continue a provision
which authorizes transfers, up to 2 percent, between law
enforcement appropriations under certain circumstances.
Section 114. The conferees agree to continue a provision
which authorizes the transfer, up to 2 percent, between the
Departmental Offices, Office of Inspector General, Treasury
Inspector General for Tax Administration, Financial Management
Service, and Bureau of Public Debt appropriations under certain
circumstances.
Section 115. The conferees agree to include a new
provision proposed by the House that authorizes transfer, up to
2 percent, between the Internal Revenue Service and the
Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration under certain
circumstances.
Section 116. The conferees agree to continue a provision
regarding the purchase of law enforcement vehicles.
Section 117. The conferees agree to continue a provision
proposed by the House which prohibits the Department of the
Treasury and the Bureau of Engraving and Printing from
redesigning the $1 Federal Reserve Note.
Section 118. The conferees agree to continue and make
permanent a provision which authorizes Treasury law enforcement
agencies to pay their protection officers premium pay in excess
of the pay period limitation.
Section 119. The conferees agree to include a new
provision that provides for transfer from and reimbursements to
the Salaries and Expenses appropriation of the Financial
Management Service for the purposes of debt collection.
Section 120. The conferees agree to include a new
provision that extends the Treasury Franchise Fund through
October 1, 2002.
Section 121. The conferees agree to include a new
provision that requires that no reorganization of the U.S.
Customs Service shall result in a reduction of service to the
area served by the Port of Racine, Wisconsin, below the level
of service provided in fiscal year 2000.
Section 122. The conferees agree to include a new
provision proposed by the House authorizing and directing the
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms to reimburse the
subcontractor that provided services in 1993 and 1994 pursuant
to Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms contract number TATF
93-3 out of fiscal year 2001 appropriations or prior year
unobligated balances.
TITLE II--POSTAL SERVICE
PAYMENT TO THE POSTAL SERVICE FUND
The conferees agree to provide $96,093,000 as proposed by
the House instead of $67,093,000 as proposed by the Senate. Of
this amount, $67,093,000 is provided as an advance
appropriation for free and reduced rate mail and $29,000,000 is
provided for reimbursement to the Postal Service for prior year
losses.
TITLE III--EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT AND FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO
THE PRESIDENT
Compensation of the President and the White House Office
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The conferees agree to provide $53,288,000 as proposed by
the Senate instead of $52,135,000 as proposed by the House and
include a proviso that $9,072,000 of the funds appropriated
shall be available for reimbursements to the White House
Communications Agency, as proposed by the House.
Executive Residence at the White House
OPERATING EXPENSES
The conferees agree to provide $10,900,000 as proposed by
the Senate instead of $10,286,470 as proposed by the House.
White House Repair and Restoration
The conferees agree to provide $968,000 instead of
$5,510,000 as proposed by the Senate and $658,000 as proposed
by the House. The conferees provide $458,000 for the design and
replacement of the existing concrete raceway containing voice
and communication lines serving the East Wing and the Executive
Residence instead of the full request of $5,000,000. The
conferees direct the Executive Residence to submit a completed
design to the Committees on Appropriations, including an
estimate of total construction costs associated with this
project.
Special Assistance to the President and Official Residence of the Vice
President
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The conferees agree to provide $3,673,000 as proposed by
the Senate instead of $3,664,000 as proposed by the House.
Council of Economic Advisors
salaries and expenses
The conferees agree to provide $4,110,000 as proposed by
the Senate instead of $3,997,000 as proposed by the House.
Office of Policy Development
salaries and expenses
The conferees agree to provide $4,032,000 as proposed by
the Senate instead of $4,030,000 as proposed by the House.
National Security Council
salaries and expenses
The conferees agree to provide $7,165,000 as proposed by
the Senate instead of $7,148,000 as proposed by the House.
Office of Administration
salaries and expenses
The conferees agree to provide $43,737,000 as proposed by
the Senate instead of $41,185,000 as proposed by the House. The
conferees agree to delete language proposed by the House to
delay the effective date of section 638(h) of Public Law 106-
58, regarding the establishment of a Chief Financial Officer
within the Executive Office of the President.
Office of Management and Budget
salaries and expenses
The conferees agree to provide $68,786,000 instead of
$67,143,000 as proposed by the House and $67,935,000 as
proposed by the Senate. The conferees fully fund the
President's request.
APPORTIONMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
The conferees do not concur with the House report
language regarding apportionment for International Food
Assistance Programs.
Office of National Drug Control Policy
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The conferees agree to provide $24,759,000 as proposed by
the House instead of $24,312,000 as proposed by the Senate.
COUNTERDRUG TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT CENTER
The conferees agree to provide $29,053,000 instead of
$29,750,000 as proposed by the House and $29,052,000 as
proposed by the Senate.
Federal Drug Control Programs
HIGH INTENSITY DRUG TRAFFICKING AREAS PROGRAM
The conferees agree to provide $206,500,000 instead of
$217,000,000 as proposed by the House and $196,000,000 as
proposed by the Senate. The conferees fully fund the
Administration's request, and include an additional $14,500,000
to increase funding or expand existing HIDTAs, or to fund newly
designated HIDTAs. The conferees provide that existing HIDTAs
shall be funded at fiscal year 2000 levels unless the ONDCP
Director submits to the Committees, and the Committees approve,
justification for changes in those levels based on clearly
articulated priorities for the HIDTA program, as well as
published ONDCP performance measures of effectiveness (PMEs).
Similarly, while the conferees provide additional funding that
may be used for newly designated HIDTAs, they direct that no
funds may be obligated for such purposes until similar
justification is provided to the Committees for approval.
The ability to evaluate effectiveness of individual
HIDTAs, and to match funding needs against budgets, depends on
reliable and consistent methodology for performance measurement
and management. This is particularly important given the key
role HIDTAs play in bringing together many divergent
counterdrug agencies and crosscutting programs--which also
exacerbates the problem of isolating the impact of HIDTAs. The
conferees anticipate that the completion of work by the HIDTA
Performance Management Working Group will improve performance
measurement methodology and data collection covering the three
main target areas identified in 1999. These are: increasing
compliance with HIDTA developmental standards; dismantling or
disabling at least 5 percent of targeted drug trafficking
organizations; and reducing specific types of violent crime.
The conferees support ONDCP plans to validate and verify the
HIDTA management, including the use of on-site reviews and
external financial evaluations.
As ONDCP reviews candidates for new HIDTA funding, the
conferees direct it to consider the following: Las Vegas, NV;
Arkansas; Minnesota; North Carolina; and Northern Florida,
which have requested designation; increases for Central
Florida, Southwest Border (for New Mexico, South Texas, West
Texas, and Arizona), New England, Gulf Coast, Oregon, Northwest
(including southwest and eastern Washington), and Chicago
HIDTAs; and full minimum funding for new HIDTAs in Central
Valley, California, Hawaii, and Ohio. The conferees urge ONDCP
to consider using funds provided above the budget request for
designating new HIDTAs from areas which have already submitted
requests.
SPECIAL FORFEITURE FUND
The conferees agree to provide $233,600,000 instead of
$219,000,000 as proposed by the House and $144,300,000 as
proposed by the Senate. Of this amount, the conferees provide
$185,000,000 for the National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign;
$40,000,000 to carry out the Drug-Free Communities Act;
$3,000,000 for the costs of space and operations of the counter
drug intelligence executive secretariat (CDX); $3,300,000 for
anti-doping efforts of the United States Olympic Committee;
$1,300,000 to the Metro Intelligence Support and Technical
Investigative Center (MISTIC); and $1,000,000 for the National
Drug Court Institute.
National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign
The conferees negate neither the House nor Senate
Committee Report language regarding the youth media campaign.
The conferees are concerned with ONDCP's use of pro bono
credits under the match program for programming content, and
note with interest the Statement of Pro-Bono Match Program and
Guidelines that ONDCP posted on its website in July 2000.
Consistent with those guidelines, the conferees direct that
ONDCP not issue credits for ad time and/or space if already
purchased with funds appropriated for the campaign.
Furthermore, the conferees direct that ONDCP not issue any
credits for programming content once a program is in
syndication unless it has previously reported to the Committees
on Appropriations reasons why such credit is necessary.
Finally, the conferees underscore the language on page 11 of
the guidelines that reads ``ONDCP exercises its authority to
review public service match materials for credit and valuation
through its primary advertising contractor. No ONDCP contractor
may make suggestions or requests about, or otherwise attempt to
influence or modify the creative product of any media
organization or representative for the purpose of qualifying
for pro bono match credit.'' In keeping with this the conferees
direct ONDCP to ensure that neither it nor its contractor will
review programming content under consideration for pro bono
credit under the match program until such programming is in its
final form.
TITLE IV--INDEPENDENT AGENCIES
Federal Election Commission
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The conferees agree to provide $40,500,000 instead of
$40,240,000 as proposed by the House and $39,755,000 as
proposed by the Senate.
General Services Administration
FEDERAL BUILDINGS FUND
LIMITATIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF REVENUE
The conferees agree to provide $5,971,509,000 in new
obligational authority instead of $5,272,370,000 as proposed by
the House and $5,502,333,000 as proposed by the Senate. The
conferees directly appropriate $464,154,000 into the Fund to
cover a portion of the new obligational needs of the Fund.
AFRICAN BURIAL GROUND
The conferees recognize the efforts of GSA to memorialize
the 17th and 18th century African Americans whose remains were
discovered during the excavation for a new federal building at
Foley Square in lower Manhattan. Since 1992, significant work
has been conducted on the memorialization but additional work
is required prior to and including the reinterment of the
remains. The conferees expect GSA to complete the project using
funds made available from the Federal Buildings Fund or from
the borrowing authority remaining for the buildings project at
Foley Square.
CONSTRUCTION AND ACQUISITION
The conferees agree to provide $472,176,000 instead of no
funding as proposed by the House and $3,000,000 as proposed by
the Senate. These funds are provided for nine projects. The
conferees direct GSA to provide a written report to the
Committees on Appropriations with respect to how GSA plans to
allocate these funds among the various projects prior to
allocating the funds. Within the funds provided the conferees
have included $3,500,000 for the design and site acquisition of
a combined law enforcement facility in Saint Petersburg,
Florida.
The conferees also agree to provide $276,400,000 as an
advance appropriation, not available until October 1, 2001, for
four courthouse construction projects.
REPAIRS AND ALTERATIONS
The conferees agree to provide $671,193,000 as proposed
by the Senate instead of $490,592,000 as proposed by the House.
This level fully funds the request with the following
exceptions: no funds are provided for the chlorofluorocarbon
program, the energy program is funded at $5,000,000, and the
glass fragment retention program is funded at $5,000,000.
BUILDING OPERATIONS
The conferees agree to provide $1,624,771,000 as proposed
by the Senate instead of $1,580,909,000 as proposed by the
House. Within this limitation level, the conferees have
included $500,000 to conduct a site selection analysis for a
replacement facility for the National Center for Environmental
Prediction of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration, currently located in Camp Springs, Maryland.
The delineated area shall be in the Washington, D.C.
Metropolitan area and include the consideration of appropriate
educational institutions qualified to be project partners. A
report on the findings of the study shall be provided to the
conferees within 120 days of the enactment of this Act.
POLICY AND OPERATIONS
The conferees agree to provide $123,920,000 instead of
$123,420,000 as proposed by the Senate and $115,434,000 as
proposed by the House. Increases above the enacted level
include $3,285,000 for pay costs to maintain current levels,
$2,075,000 for protection and maintenance at the Lorton complex
in Virginia, and $8,000,000 for the critical infrastructure
protection initiative. The conferees agree to provide up to
$500,000 for virtual archive storage. And agree to provide
$190,000, from within available funds, for the Plains States
Depopulation Symposium as proposed by the Senate. The conferees
do not agree to the reduction of funding from the fiscal year
2000 level for the digital learning technology effort and
direct that $1,000,000 be used to continue a digital medical
education project in connection with the Native American
Digital Telehealth Project and Upper Great Plains Native
American Telehealth Program and that $1,000,000 be used to
continue activities that will be the basis for the 21st Century
Distributed Learning Environment in Education.
ALTERNATIVE FUELS
The conferees urge the General Services Administration to
use ethanol, biodiesel, and other alternative fuels to the
maximum extent practicable in meeting GSA's fuel needs.
EXPENSES, PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITION
The conferees agree to provide $7,100,000, as proposed by
the Senate instead of no appropriation as proposed by the
House.
GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION--GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 401. The conferees agree to continue a provision
that provides that accounts available to GSA shall be credited
with certain funds received from government corporations.
Section 402. The conferees agree to continue a provision
that provides that funds available to GSA shall be available
for the hire of passenger motor vehicles.
Section 403. The conferees agree to continue a provision
that authorizes GSA to transfer funds within the Federal
Buildings Fund to meet program requirements subject to approval
by the Committees on Appropriations.
Section 404. The conferees agree to continue a provision
that prohibits the use of funds to submit a fiscal year 2001
budget request for courthouse construction projects that do not
meet design guide criteria, do not reflect the priorities of
the Judicial Conference of the United States, and are not
accompanied by a standardized courtroom utilization study.
Section 405. The conferees agree to continue a provision
that provides that no funds may be used to increase the amount
of occupiable square feet or provide cleaning services,
security enhancements, or any other service usually provided to
any agency which does not pay the requested rental rates.
Section 406. The conferees agree to continue a provision
that provides that funds provided by the Information Technology
Fund for pilot information technology projects may be repaid to
the Fund.
Section 407. The conferees agree to continue a provision
that permits GSA to pay claims of up to $250,000 arising from
construction projects and the acquisition of buildings.
Section 408. The conferees agree to include a provision
as proposed by the House to provide a one-year extension to the
period for which voluntary separation incentive payments may be
offered by the Administrator of the General Services to
qualified employees.
Section 409. The conferees agree to include a new
provision proposed by the Senate designating the Federal
Building and United States Courthouse located at 102 North 4th
Street in Grand Forks, North Dakota, as the ``Ronald N. Davies
Federal Building and United States Courthouse''.
Section 410. The conferees agree to include a new
provision proposed by the Senate regarding the Columbus, New
Mexico border station.
Section 411. The conferees agree to include a new
provision proposed by the Senate designating the United States
Bankruptcy Courthouse located at 1100 Laurel Street in
Columbia, South Carolina, as the ``J. Bratton Davis United
States Bankruptcy Courthouse''.
Section 412. The conferees agree to include a new
provision proposed by the Senate designating the United States
Courthouse Annex located at 901 19th Street in Denver,
Colorado, as the ``Alfred A. Arraj United States Courthouse
Annex''.
Section 413. The conferees agree to include a new
provision proposed by the Senate designating the dormitory
building currently being constructed on the Core Campus of the
Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Glynco, Georgia, as
the ``Paul Coverdell Dormitory''.
Merit Systems Protection Board
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The conferees agree to provide $29,437,000 as proposed by
the Senate instead of $28,857,000 as proposed by the House.
Federal Payment to the Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in
National Environmental Policy Foundation
The conferees agree to provide $2,000,000 as proposed by
the House instead of $1,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
Environmental Dispute Resolution Fund
The conferees agree to provide $1,250,000 as proposed by
the House instead of $500,000 as proposed by the Senate.
National Archives and Records Administration
OPERATING EXPENSES
The conferees agree to provide $209,393,000 as proposed
by the Senate instead of $195,119,000 as proposed by the House,
of which up to $5,000,000 may be used for the implementation of
the Nazi War Crimes Disclosure Act (5 U.S.C. 552 note; Public
Law 105-246), including preservation and restoration of
declassified records, public access and dissemination
activities, and necessary support services for the Nazi War
Criminal Records Interagency Working Group.
repairs and restoration
The conferees agree to provide $95,150,000 instead of
$5,650,000 as proposed by the House and $4,950,000 as proposed
by the Senate. This level of funding provides $4,950,000 for
the base repairs and restoration program, $88,000,000 for the
major repair and restoration project at the main Archives
building, $1,500,000 for the construction of a new Southeast
Regional Archives facility, and $700,000 for the design of a
10,000-square-foot extension to the Gerald R. Ford Museum.
National Historical Publications and Records Commission
GRANTS PROGRAM
The conferees agree to provide $6,450,000 as proposed by
the Senate instead of $6,000,000 as proposed by the House.
Office of Personnel Management
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The conferees agree to provide $94,095,000 as proposed by
the Senate instead of $93,471,000 as proposed by the House.
PARENTAL LEAVE
The conferees direct the Office of Personnel Management
to conduct a study to develop alternative means for providing
Federal employees with at least 6 weeks of paid parental leave
in connection with the birth or adoption of a child, and submit
a report containing its findings and recommendations to the
Committees on Appropriations by September 30, 2001. The report
should include projected utilization rates and views as to
whether this benefit can be expected to curtail the rate at
which Federal employees are being lost to the private sector,
help the Federal government recruit and retain employees,
reduce turnover and replacement costs, and contribute to
parental involvement during a child's formative years.
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
The conferees agree to provide $101,986,000 as proposed
by the House instead of $99,624,000 as proposed by the Senate.
Office of Inspector General
salaries and expenses
The conferees agree to provide $1,360,000 as proposed by
the House instead of $1,356,000 as proposed by the Senate.
Office of Special Counsel
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The conferees agree to provide $11,147,000 instead of
$10,319,000 as proposed by the House and $10,733,000 as
proposed by the Senate. The conferees fully fund the
President's request.
United States Tax Court
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
The conferees agree to provide $37,305,000 as proposed by
the House instead of $35,474,000 as proposed by the Senate.
TITLE V--GENERAL PROVISIONS
This Act
Section 501. The conferees agree to continue the
provision limiting the expenditure of funds to the current year
unless expressly provided in this Act.
Section 502. The conferees agree to continue the
provision limiting the expenditure of funds for consulting
services under certain conditions.
Section 503. The conferees agree to continue the
provision prohibiting the use of funds to engage in activities
that would prohibit the enforcement of section 307 of the 1930
Tariff Act.
Section 504. The conferees agree to continue the
provision prohibiting the transfer of control over the Federal
Law Enforcement Training Center out of the Department of the
Treasury.
Section 505. The conferees agree to continue the
provision concerning employment rights of Federal employees who
return to their civilian jobs after assignment with the Armed
Forces.
Section 506. The conferees agree to continue the
provision that requires compliance with the Buy American Act.
Section 507. The conferees agree to continue the
provision concerning prohibition of contracts that use certain
goods not made in America.
Section 508. The conferees agree to continue the
provision prohibiting contract eligibility where fraudulent
intent has been proven in affixing ``Made in America'' labels.
Section 509. The conferees agree to continue the
provision prohibiting the expenditure of funds for abortions
under the FEHBP, as proposed by the House.
Section 510. The conferees agree to continue the
provision that would authorize the expenditure of funds for
abortions under the FEHBP if the life of the mother is in
danger or the pregnancy is a result of an act of rape or
incest, as proposed by the House.
Section 511. The conferees agree to continue the
provision providing that fifty percent of unobligated balances
may remain available for certain purposes.
Section 512. The conferees agree to continue the
provision restricting the use of funds for the White House to
request official background reports without the written consent
of the individual who is the subject of the report.
Section 513. The conferees agree to continue the
provision that cost accounting standards under the Federal
Procurement Policy Act shall not apply to the FEHBP.
Section 514. The conferees agree to include a new
provision that transfers a parcel of land from the Gerald R.
Ford Library and Museum to the Gerald R. Ford Foundation as
trustee, with reversionary interest as proposed by the House.
Section 515. The conferees include a new provision
requiring OMB to develop guidelines for ensuring and maximizing
the quality, objectivity, utility, and integrity of information
disseminated by federal agencies as proposed by the House.
Section 516. The conferees agree to include a new
provision permitting OPM to utilize certain funds to resolve
litigation and implement settlement agreements regarding the
non-foreign area cost-of-living allowance program as proposed
by the Senate.
Section 517. The conferees include and modify a provision
prohibiting the use of funds for the purpose of implementation,
or in preparation for implementation, of the Kyoto Protocol as
proposed by the House.
Section 518. The conferees agree to include a new
provision requiring OMB to report to Congress on the
effectiveness of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1975 as
proposed by the Senate.
TITLE VI--GENERAL PROVISIONS
Departments, Agencies and Corporations
Section 601. The conferees agree to continue the
provision authorizing agencies to pay costs of travel to the
United States for the immediate families of Federal employees
assigned to foreign duty in the event of a death or a life
threatening illness of the employee.
Section 602. The conferees agree to continue the
provision requiring agencies to administer a policy designed to
ensure that all of its workplaces are free from the illegal use
of controlled substances.
Section 603. The conferees agree to continue the
provision regarding price limitations on vehicles to be
purchased by the Federal Government.
Section 604. The conferees agree to continue the
provision allowing funds made available to agencies for travel
to also be used for quarters allowances and cost-of-living
allowances.
Section 605. The conferees agree to continue the
provision prohibiting the Government, with certain specified
exceptions, from employing non-U.S. citizens whose posts of
duty would be in the continental U.S.
Section 606. The conferees agree to continue the
provision ensuring that agencies will have authority to pay GSA
bills for space renovation and other services.
Section 607. The conferees agree to continue the
provision allowing agencies to finance the costs of recycling
and waste prevention programs with proceeds from the sale of
materials recovered through such programs.
Section 608. The conferees agree to continue the
provision providing that funds may be used by certain groups to
pay rent and other service costs in the District of Columbia.
Section 609. The conferees agree to continue the
provision providing that no funds may be used to pay any person
filling a nominated position that has been rejected by the
Senate.
Section 610. The conferees agree to continue the
provision precluding the financing of groups by more than one
Federal agency absent prior and specific statutory approval.
Section 611. The conferees agree to continue the
provision authorizing the Postal Service to employ guards and
give them the same special police powers as GSA guards as
proposed by the Senate.
Section 612. The conferees agree to continue the
provision prohibiting the use of funds for enforcing
regulations disapproved in accordance with the applicable law
of the U.S.
Section 613. The conferees agree to continue the
provision limiting the pay increases of certain prevailing rate
employees.
Section 614. The conferees agree to continue the
provision limiting the amount of funds that can be used for
redecoration of offices under certain circumstances.
Section 615. The conferees agree to continue the
provision prohibiting the expenditure of funds for the
acquisition of additional law enforcement training facilities.
Section 616. The conferees agree to continue the
provision to allow for interagency funding of national security
and emergency telecommunications initiatives.
Section 617. The conferees agree to continue the
provision requiring agencies to certify that a Schedule C
appointment was not created solely or primarily to detail the
employee to the White House.
Section 618. The conferees agree to continue the
provision requiring agencies to administer a policy designed to
ensure that all of its workplaces are free from discrimination
and sexual harassment.
Section 619. The conferees agree to continue the
provision prohibiting the importation of any goods manufactured
by forced or indentured child labor.
Section 620. The conferees agree to continue the
provision prohibiting the payment of the salary of any employee
who prohibits, threatens or prevents another employee from
communicating with Congress.
Section 621. The conferees agree to continue the
provision prohibiting Federal training not directly related to
the performance of official duties.
Section 622. The conferees agree to continue and modify
the provision prohibiting the expenditure of funds for
implementation of agreements in nondisclosure policies unless
certain provisions are included.
Section 623. The conferees agree to continue the
provision prohibiting use of appropriated funds for publicity
or propaganda designed to support or defeat legislation pending
in Congress.
Section 624. The conferees agree to continue and make
permanent the provision directing OMB to provide an accounting
statement and report on the cumulative costs and benefits of
Federal regulatory programs.
Section 625. The conferees agree to continue the
provision prohibiting any Federal agency from disclosing an
employee's home address to any labor organization, absent
employee authorization or court order.
Section 626. The conferees agree to continue and make
permanent the provision authorizing the Secretary of the
Treasury to establish scientific canine explosive detection
standards.
Section 627. The conferees agree to continue the
provision prohibiting funds to be used to provide non-public
information such as mailing or telephone lists to any person or
organization outside the Government without the approval of the
Committees on Appropriations.
Section 628. The conferees agree to continue the
provision prohibiting the use of funds for propaganda and
publicity purposes not authorized by Congress.
Section 629. The conferees agree to continue the
provision directing agency employees to use official time in an
honest effort to perform official duties.
Section 630. The conferees agree to continue, and include
technical modifications to the provision addressing
contraceptive coverage in health plans participating in the
FEHBP, making it identical to current law as enacted by Section
625 of the Departments of Commerce, Justice and State, the
Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2000 and
deleting the names of two plans that no longer participate in
the program.
Section 631. The conferees agree to continue the
provision authorizing the use of fiscal year 2001 funds to
finance an appropriate share of the Joint Financial Management
Improvement Program.
Section 632. The conferees agree to continue and modify
the provision authorizing agencies to transfer funds to the
Policy and Operations account of GSA to finance an appropriate
share of the Joint Financial Management Improvement Program.
Section 633. The conferees agree to continue and modify
the provision authorizing agencies to provide child care in
federal facilities.
Section 634. The conferees agree to continue and modify
the provision authorizing breast feeding at any location in a
Federal building or on Federal property.
Section 635. The conferees agree to include a new
provision that permits interagency funding of the National
Science and Technology Council as proposed by the House.
Section 636. The conferees agree to include a new
provision concerning retirement provisions relating to certain
members of the police force of the Metropolitan Washington
Airports Authority as proposed by the House.
Section 637. The conferees agree to include a new
provision authorizing the President's Pay Agent to use
appropriate data from sources other than the Bureau of Labor
Statistics in making new locality pay designations as proposed
by the House.
Section 638. The conferees agree to continue the
provision requiring identification of the Federal agencies
providing Federal funds and the amount provided for all
proposals, solicitations, grant applications, forms,
notifications, press releases, or other publications related to
the distribution of funding to a State.
Section 639. The conferees agree to include a new
provision requiring the mandatory removal from employment of
any law enforcement officer convicted of a felony as proposed
by the Senate.
Section 640. The conferees agree to include a new
provision to restore the federal employee retirement
contribution share to pre-1999 levels.
Section 641. The conferees agree to include a new
provision making a modification to the calculation of
disability pay for federal firefighters as proposed by the
House.
Section 642. The conferees agree to include a new
provision that includes a technical modification to the basis
for using inactive duty military leave as proposed by the
House.
Section 643. The conferees agree to include a new
provision that requires criminal background checks for
employees at federally provided day care facilities of the
executive branch as proposed by the House.
Section 644. The conferees include a new provision
prohibiting the use of funds in this Act by any federal agency
to use federal Internet sites to collect or review personally
identifiable information, or to create aggregate lists that
include personally identifiable information, about individuals
who access federal Internet sites. The conferees are concerned
with federal agencies improper use of certain computer
technologies, such as ``cookies'', and do not want this use to
continue until the appropriate Congressional committees
establish a government-wide, consistent policy, under the force
of law, that provides the necessary protections against the
unintentional and involuntary collection of personal
information. This provision exempts the voluntary submission of
personally identifiable information via federal Internet sites.
Section 645. The conferees agree to include a new
provision that makes pay rates for Administrative Appeals
Judges comparable to Administrative Law Judges as proposed by
the House.
Section 646. The conferees agree to include a new
provision that requires the Inspector General of each
department or agency to submit to Congress a report that
discloses any activity relating to the collection of data about
individuals who access any Internet site of the department or
agency.
CONFERENCE TOTAL--WITH COMPARISONS
The total new budget (obligational) authority for the
fiscal year 2001 recommended by the Committee of Conference,
with comparisons to the fiscal year 2000 amount, the 2001
budget estimates, and the House and Senate bills for 2001
follow:
[In thousands of dollars]
New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year 2000... $28,069,062
Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority, fiscal
year 2001........................................... 31,756,826
House bill, fiscal year 2001............................ 29,102,263
Senate bill, fiscal year 2001........................... 29,433,584
Conference agreement, fiscal year 2001.................. 30,371,528
Conference agreement compared with:
New budget (obligational) authority, fiscal year
2000.............................................. +2,302,466
Budget estimates of new (obligational) authority,
fiscal year 2001.................................. -1,385,298
House bill, fiscal year 2001........................ +1,269,265
Senate bill, fiscal year 2001....................... +937,944
Amendment No. 2: Deletes the matter stricken and deletes
the matter inserted and deletes certain House matter not
stricken by the Senate. The disposition of this amendment is
purely technical so that the entire text of the conference
agreement could be included in amendment numbered 1. The
description of the resolution of the differences in this
amendment can be found in the joint statement of the managers
under amendment numbered 1.
Amendment No. 3: Deletes the matter stricken and deletes
the matter inserted and deletes certain House matter not
stricken by the Senate. The disposition of this amendment is
purely technical so that the entire text of the conference
agreement could be included in amendment numbered 1. The
description of the resolution of the differences in this
amendment can be found in the joint statement of the managers
under amendment numbered 1.
Amendment No. 4: Deletes the matter inserted. The
disposition of this amendment is purely technical so that the
entire text of the conference agreement could be included in
amendment numbered 1. The description of the resolution of the
differences in this amendment can be found in the joint
statement of the managers under amendment numbered 1.
Charles H. Taylor,
Zach Wamp,
Jerry Lewis,
Kay Granger,
John E. Peterson,
C.W. Bill Young,
Managers on the Part of the House.
Robert F. Bennett,
Ted Stevens,
Larry Craig,
Thad Cochran,
Managers on the Part of the Senate.