Public Law 95–429

That the following

Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government Appropriations Act, 1979.

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, 1979, and for other purposes, namely:

TITLE I DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

Office of the Secretary salaries and expenses For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary, including the operation and maintenance of the Treasury Building and Annex thereof; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and not to exceed $15,000 for official reception and representation expenses; $31,300,000 of which not to exceed $100,000 shall be available for unforeseen emergencies of a confidential character, to be allocated and expended under the direction of the Secretary of the Treasury and to be accounted for solely on his certificate, and of which $1,190,000 shall be for repairs and improvements to Treasury buildings and shall remain available until expended.

Federal Law Enforcement Training Center salaries and expenses For necessary expenses of the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, including purchase (not to exceed eight for police-type use) and hire of passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed $60,000 for expenses for student athletic and related activities; participation in firearms matches; repair; and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; $15,000,000.

Bureau of Government Financial Operations salaries and expenses For necessary expenses of the Bureau of Government Financial Operations, $717,000,000.

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms salaries and expenses For necessary expenses of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms including purchase of (not to exceed three hundred and fifty of which three hundred shall be for replacement only, for police-type use), and hire of passenger motor vehicles; hire of aircraft; and services of expert witnesses at such rates as may be determined by the Director; $131,322,000: Provided, That no funds appropriated herein shall be available for administrative expenses in connection with consolidating or centralizing within the Department of the Treasury the records of receipt and disposition of firearms maintained by Federal firearms licensees or for issuing or carrying out any provisions of the proposed rules of the Department of the Treasury, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, on Firearms Regulations, as published in the Federal Register, volume 43, number 55, of March 21, 1978.

United States Customs Service salaries and expenses For necessary expenses of the United States Customs Service, including purchase of four hundred and ninety-seven passenger motor vehicles for replacement only, including four hundred and eighty-seven for police-type use; acquisition (purchase of three), operation, and maintenance of aircraft; hire of passenger motor vehicles and aircraft; and awards of compensation to informers as authorized by the Act of August 13, 1954 (22 U.S.C. 401); $430,600,000, of which not to exceed $150,000 shall be available for payment for rental space in connection with preclearance operations; and of which not to exceed $600,000 for research shall remain available until expended.

Bureau or the Mint salaries and expenses For necessary expenses of the Bureau of the Mint, including not to exceed $2,500 for the expenses of the annual assay commission; $43,000,000.

Bureau of the Public Debt administering the public debt For necessary expenses connected with any public-debt issues of the United States, $183,000,000.

Internal Revenue Service salaries and expenses For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service, not otherwise provided for, including executive direction, management services, and centrally directed legal, technical, and internal audit and security operations; including purchase (not to exceed seventy for replacement only, for police-type use) and hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 638a(a)); and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 at such rates as may be determined by the Commissioner; $135,000,000. taxpayers service and returns processing For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service for processing tax returns; revenue accounting; providing assistance to taxpayers; statistical reporting; and hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 638a (a)); $694,500,000. examinations and appeals For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service for determining and establishing tax liabilities; and hire of passenger motor vehicles; and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 at such rates as may be determined by the Commissioner; $758,000,000. investigations and collection For necessary expenses of the Internal Revenue Service for investigation and enforcement activities; including purchase (not to exceed three hundred and ninety-five for replacement only, for police-type use) and hire of passenger motor vehicles (31 U.S.C. 638a(a)); securing unfiled tax returns; collecting unpaid accounts; employee plans; exempt organizations; and services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 at such rates as may be determined by the Commissioner; $458,700,000.

General Provision—Internal Revenue Service Sec. 1. Not to exceed one per centum of any appropriation made available to the Internal Revenue Service for the .current fiscal year by this Act may be transferred to any other Internal Revenue Service appropriation: Provided, That such transfers shall not exceed in the aggregate the amount of $5,000,000.

United States Secret Service salaries and expenses For necessary expenses for the operation of the United States Secret Service, including purchase (not to exceed two hundred and twelve for police-type use for replacement only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles; hire of aircraft; training and assistance requested by State and local governments which may be provided without reimbursement; 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; and the conducting and participation in firearm matches; $134,800,000, of which not to exceed $2,000,000 shall remain available until expended, for payments to State and local governments for protection of permanent and observer foreign diplomatic missions, pursuant to Public Law 94–196.

GENERAL PROVISIONS—TREASURY DEPARTMENT Sec. 101. Appropriations in this Act to the Treasury Department shall be available for uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901–2) including maintenance, repairs, and cleaning; purchase of insurance for official motor vehicles operated in foreign countries; 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 as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. This title may be cited as the “Treasury Department Appropriations Act, 1979”.

TITLE II U.S. POSTAL SERVICE

payment to the postal service fund For payment to the Postal Service Fund for public service costs and for revenue foregone on free and reduced rate mail, pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 2401 (b) and (c), and for meeting the liabilities of the former Post Office Department to the Employees’ Compensation Fund and to postal employees for earned and unused annual leave as of June 30, 1971, pursuant to 39 U.S.C. 2004, $1,785,176,000. This title may be cited as the “Postal Service Appropriation Act, 1979”.

TITLE III EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

compensation of the president For compensation of the President, including an expense allowance at the rate of $50,000 per annum as authorized by 3 U.S.C. 102, $250,000.

Office of Administration salaries and expenses For expenses necessary for the Office of Administration, $7,279,000, including hire of passenger motor vehicles.

The White House Office salaries and expenses For expenses necessary for the White House Office as authorized by law, including not to exceed $3,850,000 for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, at such per diem rates for individuals as the President may specify and other personal services without regard to the provisions of law regulating the employment and compensation of persons in the Government service; hire of passenger motor vehicles, newspapers, periodicals, teletype news service, and travel (not to exceed $100,000 to be accounted for solely on the certificate of the President); and not to exceed $12,000 for official entertainment expenses, to be available for allocation within the Executive Office of the President; $16,711,000.

Executive Residence operating expenses For the care, maintenance, repair and alteration, refurnishing, improvement, heating and lighting, including electric power and fixtures, of the Executive Residence, to be expended as the President may determine, notwithstanding the provisions of this or any other Act, and official entertainment expenses of the President to be accounted for solely on his certificate, $2,575,000.

Official Residence of the Vice President operating expenses For the care, maintenance, repair and alteration, furnishing, improvement, heating and lighting, including electric power and fixtures, of the official residence of the Vice President, and for official entertainment expenses of the Vice President, to be accounted for solely on his certificate, $129,000: 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.

Special Assistance to the President salaries and expenses For expenses necessary 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, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem equivalent of the rate for grade GS–18, compensation for one position at a rate not to exceed the rate of level II of the Executive Schedule, and other personal services without regard to the provisions of law regulating the employment and compensation of persons in the Government service, including hire of passenger motor vehicles, $1,280,000.

Council of Economic Advisers salaries and expenses For necessary expenses of the Council in carrying out its functions under the Employment Act of 1946 (15 U.S.C. 1021), $2,042,000.

Council on Wage and Price Stability salaries and expenses For expenses necessary for the Council on Wage and Price Stability as authorized by the Council on Wage and Price Stability Act of 1974 (Public Law 93–387 as amended by Public Law 94–78 and Public Law 95–121), $1,753,000.

Domestic Policy Staff salaries and expenses For necessary expenses of the Domestic Policy Staff, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem equivalent of the rate for grade GS–18; and other personal services without regard to the provisions of law regulating the employment and compensation of persons in the Government service; $2,500,000.

National Security Council salaries and expenses For expenses necessary for the National Security Council, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $3,400,000.

Office of Management and Budget salaries and expenses For expenses necessary for the Office of Management and Budget, including hire of passenger motor vehicles, services as authorized by 6 U.S.C. 3109, and not to exceed $2,500 for official reception and representation expenses, $28,200,000.

Office of Federal Procurement Policy salaries and expenses For expenses of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $3,000,000.

Unanticipated Needs For expenses necessary to enable the President to meet unanticipated needs, in furtherance of the national interest, security, or defense which may arise at home or abroad during the current fiscal year, and to pay administrative expenses (including personnel, in his discretion and without regard to any provision of law regulating employment and pay of persons in the government service or regulating expenditures of government funds) incurred with respect thereto, $1,000,000. This title may be cited as the “Executive Office Appropriations Act, 1979”.

TITLE IV INDEPENDENT AGENCIES

Administrative Conference of the United States salaries and expenses For necessary expenses of the Administrative Conference of the United States, established by the Administrative Conference Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. 571 et seq.), $1,062,000.

Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations salaries and expenses For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the Act of September 24, 1959, as amended (73 Stat. 703–706), $1,659,000.

Advisory Committee on Federal Pay salaries and expenses For necessary expenses of the Advisory Committee on Federal Pay, established by 5 U.S.C. 5306, $232,000.

Civil Service Commission salaries and expenses (including transfers of funds) For necessary expenses, 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; hire of passenger motor vehicles; not to exceed $2,500 for official reception and representation expenses; and advances or reimbursements to applicable funds of the Commission and the Federal Bureau of Investigation for expenses incurred under Executive Order 10422 of January 9, 1953, as amended; $120,500,000 together with not to exceed $32,275,000 for current fiscal year administrative expenses for the retirement and insurance programs to be transferred from the appropriate trust funds of the Commission in amounts determined by the Commission without regard to other statutes: Provided, That the provisions of this appropriation shall not affect the authority to use applicable trust funds for administrative expenses of effecting statutory annuity adjustments. No part of the appropriation herein made to the Civil Service Commission shall be available for the salaries and expenses of the Legal Examining Unit of the Commission, established pursuant to Executive Order 9358 of July 1, 1943, or any successor unit of like purpose. 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, $606,035,000, to remain available until expended. 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 funds, $2,105,283,000: Provided, That annuities authorized by the Act of May 29, 1944, as amended (2 C.Z.C. 181), 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.

Federal Labor Relations Council salaries and expenses For expenses necessary to carry out functions of the Civil Service Commission under Executive Order No. 11491 of October 29, 1969, as amended, $1,787,000: Provided, That public members of the Federal Service Impasses Panel may be paid travel expenses 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.

intergovernmental personnel assistance For grants to improve State and local personnel administration, as authorized by the Intergovernmental Personnel Act of 1970, $20,000,000, to remain available until expended.

Committee For Purchase From the Blind and Other Severely Handicapped salaries and expenses For expenses necessary for the Committee for Purchase From the Blind and Other Severely Handicapped established by the Act of June 23, 1971, Public Law 92–28, including hire of passenger motor vehicles, $441,000.

Federal Election Commission salaries and expenses For expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of the Federal Election Campaign Act Amendments of 1976, $8,000,000, of which $750,000 shall be available only for activities, including contract support, of the National Clearinghouse of the Federal Election Commission.

General Services Administration disposal of surplus real and related personal property operating expenses Not to exceed $7,549,000 of any proceeds received by the General Services Administration during the current fiscal year from transfers of excess property and the disposal of surplus real and related personal property shall be deposited to this appropriation, and shall be available for necessary expenses in carrying out surplus property functions, pursuant to the Land and Water Conservation Act of 1965, as amended (16 U.S.C. 460 1–5).

Federal Buildings Fund limitations on availability of revenue For additional expenses necessary to carry out the purposes of the fund established pursuant to section 210(f) of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended (40 U.S.C. 490(f)), $21,150,000 to be deposited into said fund. The revenues and collections deposited into said 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 Government agencies (including space adjustments) 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; 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, taxes, and any other obligations for public buildings acquired by purchase contract: in the aggregate amount of $1,460,962,000, of which (1) not to exceed $113,978,000 shall remain available until expended for construction of additional projects as authorized by law at locations and at maximum construction improvement costs (including funds for sites and expenses) as follows: New Construction: Arkansas: Little Rock, Post Office and Courthouse (Extension), $2,794,000 and Acquisition and Improvements of United States Postal Service Properties, $14,836,000 Georgia: Savannah, Federal Office Building and Parking Facility, $21,150,000 Massachusetts: Boston, Federal Office Building, $75,198,000: Provided, That the immediately foregoing limits of costs may be exceeded to the extent that savings are effected in other such projects, but by not to exceed 10 per centum: (2) not to exceed $200,000,000, which shall remain available until expended, for alterations and major repairs; (3) not to exceed $100,473,000 for payment on purchase contracts entered into prior to July 1, 1975; (4) not to exceed $506,137,000 for rental of space; (5) not to exceed $472,874,000 for real property operations; and (6) not to exceed $67,500,000 for program direction and centralized services: Provided further, That for the purposes of this authorization, buildings constructed pursuant to the Public Buildings Purchase Contract Act of 1954 (40 U.S.C. 356), the Public Buildings Amendments of 1972 (40 U.S.C. 490), and buildings under the control of another department or agency where alterations of such “outbuildings are required in connection with the moving of such other department or agency from buildings then, or thereafter to be, under the control of General Services Administration shall be considered to be federally owned buildings: 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, as amended, shall be available from such revenues and collections: Provided further, That $2,000,000 by the United States as a gift from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts pursuant to Chapter 298 of the 1976 Acts of the legislature of the Commonwealth shall accrue to the fund, and not to exceed $2,000,000 authorized herein for alterations and major repairs of public buildings shall be available in advance of receipt of said gift to be applied for the purpose of the gift: Provided further, That any revenues and collections and any other sums accruing to this fund during fiscal year 1979, 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 $1,460,962,000, shall remain in the Fund and shall not be available for expenditure except as authorized in appropriation Acts.

Federal Supply Service operating expenses For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for supply distribution (including contractual services incident to receiving, handling and shipping supply items), procurement, inspection, standardization, and supply management activities as authorized by law, transportation, public utilities, the utilization of excess property, the disposal of surplus property, the rehabilitation of personal property, the national stockpile established by the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 98–98h), the supplemental stockpile established by section 104(b) of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (68 Stat. 456, as amended by 73 Stat. 607) and the inventory maintained under the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended (50 U.S.C. 2061–2166), including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; $165,350,000: Provided, That during the current fiscal year the General Services Administration is authorized to acquire leasehold interests in property, for periods not in excess of twenty years, for the storage, security, and maintenance of strategic, critical, and other materials in the national and supplemental stockpiles, provided said leasehold interests are at nominal cost to the Government: Provided further, That during the current fiscal year there shall be no limitation on the value of surplus strategic and critical materials which, in accordance with section 6 of the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 98e), may be transferred without reimbursement to the national stockpile: Provided further, That during the current fiscal year materials in the inventory maintained under the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended (50 U.S.C. App. 2061–2166), and excess materials in the national stockpile and supplemental stockpile, the disposition of which is authorized by law, shall be available, without reimbursement, for transfer at fair market value to contractors as payment for expenses (including transportation and other accessorial expenses) of acquisition of materials, or of refining, processing, or otherwise beneficiating materials, or of rotating materials, pursuant to section 3 of the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 98b), and of processing and refining materials pursuant to section 303(d) of the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended (50 U.S.C. App. 2093(d)).

National Archives And Records Service operating expenses For necessary expenses in connection with Federal records management and related activities, as provided by law, including reimbursement for security guard services, contractual services incident to movement or disposal of records, and acceptance and utilization of voluntary and uncompensated services, $74,000,000, of which $4,000,000 for allocations and grants for historical publications and records as authorized by 44 U.S.C. 2504, as amended, shall remain available until expended. records declassification For expenses necessary for the review and declassification of documents, and related records management activities, pursuant to 44 U.S.C. 2104,2108, and 2904 and implementing provisions of Executive Order 11652, directives issued pursuant thereto, and other applicable authorities, including expenses not otherwise provided for, and acceptance and utilization of voluntary and uncompensated services, $1,565,000.

Automated Data and Telecommunications Service operating expenses For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for carrying out Government-wide responsibilities relating to automated data management, telecommunications and related activities, as authorized by law, including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $8,500,000.

Federal Preparedness Agency salaries and expenses For expenses necessary for emergency preparedness functions, including activities authorized by 50 U.S.C. 404(b) (3), and 50 U.S.C. App. 2251–2297, and the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act (50 U.S.C. 98–98h), section 104(b) of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act of 1954 (68 Stat. 456, as amended by 73 Stat. 607), and the Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended (50 U.S.C. 2061–2166), including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 and expenses of attendance of cooperating officials and individuals at meetings concerned with the work of emergency planning, and the provision of transportation in connection with the continuity of Government program, to the same extent and in the same manner as permitted the Secretary of a military department under 10 U.S.C. 2632, $39,245,000.

General Management and Agency Operations salaries and expenses For expenses of general management and agency operations of activities under the control of the General Services Administration, $14,800,000: Provided, That not to exceed $2,500 shall be available for reception and representation expenses. indian trust accounting For expenses necessary to provide accounting, records management, and other support incident to adjudication of Indian Tribal claims by the United States Court of Claims, $2,600,000: Provided, That none of these funds shall be available for transfer to any other account.

Allowances and Office Staff for Former Presidents 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, $771,000: 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.

Administrative and Staff Support Services salaries and expenses For administrative expenses necessary in providing general administrative and staff support services within the General Services Administration, not otherwise provided for, $90,000,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall be available, subject to reimbursement by the applicable agency, for services performed for other agencies pursuant to section 601 of the Economy Act of 1932, as amended (31 U.S.C. 686).

General Provisions—General Services Administration Sec. 1. The appropriate appropriation or fund available to the General Services Administration shall be credited with (1) 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); and (2) appropriations or funds available to other agencies, and transferred to the General Services Administration, in connection with property transferred to the General Services Administration pursuant to the Act of July 2, 1948 (50 U.S.C. 451ff), and such appropriations or funds may be so transferred, with the approval of the Office of Management and Budget. Sec. 2. Funds available to the General Services Administration shall be available for the hire of passenger motor vehicles. Sec. 3. None of the funds available under this Act or under section 111 of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 shall be obligated or expended for the procurement by purchase, lease or any other arrangement, in whole or in part, of any or all the automatic data processing system, data communications network, or related software and services for the joint General Services Administration-Department of Agriculture MCS project 97–72 contained in the Request for Proposal CDPA 74–14, any successor to such project, or any other common user shared facilities authorized under section 111 of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949.

United States Tax Court salaries and expenses For necessary expenses, including contract reporting and other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 8109, $8,715,000: Provided, That travel expenses of the judges shall be paid upon the written certificate of the judge.

Defense Civil Preparedness Agency operation and maintenance For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for carrying out civil defense activities including the hire of motor vehicles; and financial contributions to the States for civil defense purposes, as authorized by law; $77,000,000: Provided, That not to exceed $35,000,000 shall be available for allocation under section 205 of the Federal Civil Defense Act of 1950, as amended. research, shelter survey, and marking For expenses, not otherwise provided for, necessary for studies and research to develop measures and plans for civil defense; continuing shelter surveys, marking, and equipping surveyed spaces; and financial contributions to the States under section 201 (i) of the Federal Civil Defense Act, which shall be equally matched, for emergency operating centers and civil defense equipment; $19,500,000.

General Provisions—Civil Defense Sec. 1. Appropriations contained in this Act for carrying out civil defense activities shall not be available in excess of the limitations on appropriations contained in section 408 of the Federal Civil Defense Act, as amended (50 U.S.C. App . 2260). Sec. 2. No part of any appropriation in this Act shall be available for the construction of warehouses or for the lease of warehouse space in any building which is to be constructed specifically for civil defense activities. This title may be cited as the “Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1979”.

TITLE V— GENERAL PROVISIONS

this act Sec. 501. Where appropriations in this Act are expendable for travel expenses of employees and no specific limitation has been placed thereon, the expenditures for such travel expenses may not exceed the amount set forth therefor in the budget estimates submitted for the appropriations: Provided, That this section shall not apply to travel performed by uncompensated officials of local boards and appeal boards of the Selective Service System; to travel performed directly in connection with care and treatment of medical beneficiaries of the Veterans Administration; or to payments to interagency motor pools where separately set forth in the budget schedules. Sec. 502. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be available to pay the salary of 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 ninety days after his release from such service or from hospitalization continuing after discharge for a period of not more than one year made application for restoration to his former position and has been certified by the Civil Service Commission as still qualified to perform the duties of his former position and has not been restored thereto. Sec. 503. No part of any appropriation made available in this Act shall be used for the purchase or sale of real estate or for the purpose of establishing new offices inside or outside the District of Columbia: Provided, That this limitation shall not apply to programs which have been approved by the Congress and appropriations made therefor. Sec. 504. 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. 505. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be available for the procurement of or for the payment of the salary of any person engaged in the procurement of any hand or measuring tool(s) not produced in the United States or its possessions except to the extent that the Administrator of General Services or his designee shall determine that a satisfactory quality and sufficient quantity of hand or measuring tools produced in the United States or its possessions cannot be procured as and when needed from sources in the United States and its possessions or except in accordance with procedures prescribed by section 6–104.4 (b) of Armed Services Procurement Regulation dated January 1, 1969, as such regulation existed on June 15, 1970, This section shall be applicable to all solicitations for bids opened after its enactment. Sec. 506. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be available for the procurement of, or for the payment of, the salary of any person engaged in the procurement of stainless steel flatware not produced in the United States or its possessions, except to the extent that the Administrator of General Services or his designee shall determine that a satisfactory quality and sufficient quantity of stainless steel flatware produced in the United States or its possessions, cannot be procured as and when needed from sources in the United States and its possessions, or except in accordance with procedures provided by section 6–104.4 (b) of Armed Services Procurement Regulation, dated January 1, 1969. This section shall be applicable to all solicitations for bids issued after its enactment. Sec. 507. None of the funds available under this Act shall be available for administrative expenses in connection with the transfer of any functions, personnel, facilities, equipment, or funds out of the United States Customs Service unless such transfers have been specifically authorized by the Congress. Sec. 508. None of the funds available under this Act shall be available for administrative expenses for the purpose of transferring the border control activities of the United States Customs Service to any other agency of the Federal Government.

TITLE VI— GENERAL PROVISIONS

Departments, Agencies, and Corporations Sec. 601. 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 and ambulances), is hereby fixed at $3,400 except station wagons for which the maximum shall be $3,800: Provided, That these limits may be exceeded by not to exceed $1,700 for police-type vehicles, and by not to exceed $3,600 for special heavy-duty vehicles. Sec. 602. Unless otherwise specified and 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 continental United States unless such person (1) is a citizen of the United States, (2) is a person in the service of the United States on the date of enactment of this Act, who, being eligible for citizenship, has filed a declaration of intention to become a citizen of the United States prior to such date and is actually residing in the United States, (3) is a person who owes allegiance to the United States, (4) is an alien from Cuba, Poland, South Vietnam, or the Baltic countries lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence, or (5) South Vietnamese, Cambodian and Laotian refugees paroled into the United States between January 1, 1975, and the date of enactment of this Act: 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 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 not more than $4,000 or imprisoned for not more than one year, or both: Provided further, That the above penalclause 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 the Republic of the Philippines or to nationals of those countries allied with the United States in the current defense effort, or to temporary employment of translators, or to temporary employment in the field service (not to exceed sixty days) as a result of emergencies. Sec. 603. 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. 604. 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. 605. Funds made available by this or any other Act for administrative expenses in the current fiscal year of the corporations and agencies subject to the Government Corporation Control Act, as amended (31 U.S.C. 841) 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. 606. Pursuant to section 1415 of the Act of July 15, 1952 (66 Stat. 662), foreign credits (including currencies) owed to or owned by the United States may be used by Federal agencies for any purpose for which appropriations are made for the current fiscal year (including the carrying out of Acts requiring or authorizing the use of such credits), only when reimbursement therefor is made to the Treasury from applicable appropriations of the agency concerned: Provided, That such credits received as exchange allowances or proceeds of sales of personal property may be used in whole or part payment for acquisition of similar items, to the extent and in the manner authorized by law, without reimbursement to the Treasury. Sec. 607. (a) No part of any appropriation contained in this or any other Act, or of the funds available for expenditure by any corporation or agency, shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes designed to support or defeat legislation pending before Congress. (b) No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be available for the payment of the salary of any officer or employee of the United States Postal Service, who— (1) prohibits or prevents, or at tempts or threatens to prohibit or prevent, any officer or employee of the United States Postal Service from having any direct oral or written communication or contact with any Member or committee of Congress in connection with any matter pertaining to the employment of such officer or employee or pertaining to the United States Postal Service in any way, irrespective of whether such communication or contact is at the initiative of such officer or employee or in response to the request or inquiry of such Member or committee; or (2) removes, suspends from duty without pay, demotes, reduces in rank, seniority, status, pay, or performance or 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 officer or employee of the United States Postal Service, or at tempts or threatens to commit any of the foregoing actions with respect to such officer or employee, by reason of any communication or contact of such officer or employee with any Member or committee of Congress as described in paragraph (1) of this subsection. Sec. 608. No part of any appropriation contained in this or any other Act, shall be available to finance interdepartmental boards, com-missions, councils, committees, or similar groups under section 214 of the Independent Offices Appropriations Act, 1946 (31 U.S.C. 691) which do not have prior and specific congressional approval of such method of financial support. Sec. 609. Appropriations available to any department or agency during the current fiscal year for necessary expenses, including maintenance or operating expenses, shall also be available far 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 (86 Stat. 216), or other applicable law. Sec. 610. Funds made available by this or any other Act to (1) the General Services Administration, including the fund created by the Public Buildings Amendments of 1972 (86 Stat. 216), and (2) 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 United States or the Postal Service and under the charge and control of the General Services Administration or 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 (62 Stat. 281; 40 U.S.C. 318), but shall not be restricted to certain Federal property as otherwise required by the proviso contained in said section, 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 (62 Stat. 281; 40 U.S.C. 318a, 318b) attaching thereto penal consequences under the authority and within the limits provided in section 4 of the Act of June 1, 1948 (62 Stat. 281; 40 U.S.C. 318c). Sec. 611. No part of any appropriation contained in, or funds made available by this or any other Act, shall be available for any agency to pay to the Administrator of the General Services Administration a higher rate per square foot for rental of space and services (established pursuant to section 210(j) of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended) than the rate per square foot established for the space and services by the General Services Administration for the current fiscal year and for which appropriations were granted. Sec. 612. None of the funds available under this or any other Act shall be available for administrative expenses in connection with the designation for construction, arranging for financing, or execution of contracts or agreements for financing or construction of any additional purchase contract projects pursuant to section 5 of the Public Buildings Amendments of 1972 (Public Law 92–313) during the period beginning October 1, 1976, and ending September 30, 1979. Sec. 613. (a) No part of the funds appropriated for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1979, by this Act or any other Act may be used to pay the salary or pay of any individual in any office or position in the legislative, executive, or judicial branch, or in the government of the District of Columbia, at a rate which exceeds the rate (or maximum rate, if higher) of salary or basic pay payable for such office or position for September 30, 1978, if the rate of salary or basic pay for such office or position is— (1) fixed at a rate which is equal to or greater than the rate of basic pay for level V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of title 5, United States Code, or (2) limited to a maximum rate which is equal to or greater than the rate of basic pay for such level V (or to a percentage of such a maximum rate) by reason of section 5308 of title 5, United States Code, or any other provision of law or congressional resolution. (b) For purposes of subsection (a), the rate or maximum rate (as the case may be) of salary or basic pay payable for September 30, 1978, for any office or position which was not in existence on such date shall be deemed to be the rate or maximum rate (as the case may be) of salary or basic pay payable to individuals in comparable offices or positions for such date, as determined under regulations prescribed— (1) by the President, in the case of any office or position within the executive branch or in the government of the District of Columbia; (2) jointly by the Speaker of the House and the President pro tempore of the Senate, in the case of any office or position within the legislative branch; or (3) by the Chief Justice of the United States, in the case of any office or position within the judicial branch. (c) For purposes of administering any provision of law, rule, or regulation which provides retirement, life insurance, or other employee benefit, which requires any deduction or contribution, or which 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. Sec. 614. (a) No part of any of the funds appropriated for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1979, by this Act or any other Act, may be used to pay the salary or pay of any individual in any office or position in an amount which exceeds the rate of salary or basic pay payable for such office or position on September 30, 1978, by more than 5.5 percent, as a result of any adjustments which take effect during such fiscal year under— (1) section 5305 of title 5, United States Code; (2) any other provision of law if such adjustment is determined by reference to such section 5305; or (3) section 5343 of title 5, United States Code, if such adjustment is granted pursuant to a wage survey (but only with respect to prevailing rate employees described in section 5342(a) (2) (A) of that title). (b) For the purpose of administering any provision of law, rule, or Regulation which provides premium pay, retirement, life insurance, or other employee benefit, which requires any deduction or contribution, or which 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. This Act may be cited as the “Treasury, Postal Service, and General Short title, Government Appropriations Act, 1979”.