Appropriations for FY1999: Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and General Government

Appropriations for FY1999: Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and General Government

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CRS Report for Congress
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Appropriations for FY1999:
Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of
the President, and General Government
Updated October 26, 1998
(name redacted) and Sharon Gressle, Coordinators
Economics Division and Government Division
Congressional Research Service ˜ The Library of Congress

Appropriations are one part of a complex federal budget process that includes budget
resolutions, appropriations (regular, supplemental, and continuing) bills, rescissions,
and budget reconciliation bills. The process begins with the President’s budget
request and is bounded by the rules of the House and Senate, the Congressional
Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (as amended), the Budget
Enforcement Act of 1990, and current program authorizations. In addition, the line
item veto took effect for the first time in 1997.
This report is a guide to one of the 13 regular appropriations bills that Congress
passes each year. It is designed to supplement the information provided by the House
and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on Treasury, Postal Service, Executive
Office of the President, and General Government. It summarizes the current
legislative status of the bill, its scope, major issues, funding levels, and related
legislative activity. The report lists the key CRS staff relevant to the issues covered
and related CRS products.
This report is updated as soon as possible after major legislative developments,
especially following legislative action in the committees and on the floor of the House
and Senate.
NOTE: A Web version of this document with
active links is available to congressional staff at
[http://www.loc.gov/crs/products/apppage.html]

Appropriations for FY1999: Treasury, Postal Service,
Executive Office of the President, and General Government
Summary
Funding for the Department of the Treasury, the Postal Service, the Executive
Office of the President and several independent agencies is part of the Omnibus
Appropriations Act for FY1999 (P.L. 105-277), enacted October 21, 1998. Prior to
passage of the Omnibus bill, the accounts covered by H.R. 4104, the Treasury and
General Government bill, were funded through six continuing resolutions for FY1999.
The funding levels in P.L. 105-277, the same as those in the October 7
conference agreement (H.Rept. 105-760), reflect $13.44 billion in discretionary
funding (using figures adjusted for Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
scorekeeping), including $132 million for the Crime Trust Fund. The President had
requested $13.58 billion and the FY1998 funding level was $12.73 billion. The
Department of Treasury, which receives about half of the funding voted in this bill
each year, was voted $295 million more than it received for FY1998. Of that
increase, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) received $128 million. Most of the new
funding going to the IRS would be devoted to improving customer service and the
restructuring of the agency as required under P.L. 105-206.
The net grand total appropriation for the accounts under Treasury and General
Government, including mandatory funding, is $26,772,527,000. After the CBO
scorekeeping is factored in, the total is $27,056,332,000, with $13,613,547,000 in
mandatory funding.
Funding to support technological Year 2000 compliance is included for some
accounts. However, the act includes a governmentwide emergency appropriation for
this purpose, which does not require offsets but does require a specific request from
the Administration before the funds are released.
The January 1999 adjustment in pay for federal employees will be at the rate of
3.6%, for a combined national and locality-based payment adjustment. However, the
bill funds the adjustment at 3.1%, with the agencies expected to absorb the difference.
The act prohibits a January 1999 pay adjustment for Members of Congress, federal
judges, and executive branch officials. The act also provides enhancements to the
Senior Executive Service awards program and reforms the federal firefighter overtime
policy.
The act includes two of four controversial provisions which had been dropped
when the October 7 conference agreement on H.R. 4104 was issued. Requiring
extension of contraceptive coverage to all providers of prescription drug coverage
under the Federal Employees’ Health Benefits Plan, with certain exceptions, and
granting asylum to Haitian refugees already in the United States are in the act.
Omitted from the act are provisions which would have required a four-vote majority
among the Federal Election Commission membership every four years to retain the
general counsel and staff director and set standards for child care at federal facilities.

Key Policy Staff
Area of Expertise
Name
CRS Division
Tel.
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms
(name redacted)
GOV
7-....
Child Care
(name redacted)
EPW
7-....
Council of Economic Advisers
(name redacted)
E
7-....
Customs Service
Fred Kaiser
GOV
7-....
Debt Management
James Bickley
E
7-....
Executive Office of the President
(name redacted)
GOV
7-....
Federal Election Commission
Joseph Cantor
GOV
7-....
Federal Employee Health Care Policy
Carolyn Merck
EPW
7-....
General Services Administration
(name redacted)
GOV
7-....
Immigration Policy
Ruth Wasem
EPW
7-....
Independent Agencies
Sharon Gressle
GOV
7-....
Internal Revenue Service
(name redacted)
E
7-....
National Archives
Harold Relyea
GOV
7-....
Office of Personnel Management
Barbara Schwemle
GOV
7-....
Pension Policy
Carolyn Merck
EPW
7-....
Postal Service
Bernevia McCalip
E
7-....
Procurement Reform
(name redacted)
GOV
7-....
Secret Service
(name redacted)
GOV
7-....
Division abbreviations: E = Economics; GOV = Government; EPW = Education and Public Welfare.

Contents
Most Recent Developments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Conference Agreements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
FY1999 Continuing Resolutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Status and Legislative History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Budget and Key Policy Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Department of the Treasury . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Postal Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Executive Office of the President . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Independent Agencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Administration of District of Columbia Retirement Benefits . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Haitian Immigration Policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Year 2000 Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Major Funding Trends . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
For Additional Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
CRS Issue Briefs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
CRS Info Packs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
CRS Reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Other Readings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Selected World Wide Web Sites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
List of Tables
Table 1. Status of FY1999 Appropriations for the Treasury, Postal Service,
Executive Office of the President and General Government . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Table 2. Appropriations for the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the
President, and General Government, FY1994 to FY1998 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Table 3. Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President and General
Government Appropriation, FY1999, by Title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Table 4. Department of Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President,
and General Government Appropriations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Appropriations for FY1999: Treasury, Postal
Service, Executive Office of the President, and
General Government
Most Recent Developments
On October 21, 1998 Congress completed action on, and the President signed,
P.L. 105-277, the Omnibus Appropriations Act for FY1999. Among the regular
appropriations bills that were incorporated into the omnibus bill was that for
Treasury and General Government.1
On October 7, 1998, the House adopted a conference agreement on H.R. 4104,
Treasury and General Government FY1999 Appropriations. Four policy issues,
present in the earlier conference agreement, were absent from the second agreement.
Objections to their omission were raised in the Senate on October 9 and no
agreement was reached.
On September 3, 1998, the Senate passed H.R. 4104, amended, in lieu of S.
2312, making appropriations for the Treasury and General Government for FY1999.
The Senate vote was 91 to 5, and conferees were named. On July 16, 1998, the
House passed H.R. 4104 by a vote of 218 to 203. House conferees were named on
September 16, 1998.
Introduction
Appropriations for the Department of the Treasury, in addition to funding the
operations of the department, fund the work of a group of law enforcement
organizations, which include the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (BATF),
the Customs Service, the Secret Service, the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network,
and the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center. Treasury appropriations also
cover the Internal Revenue Service, the Financial Management Service, and the
Bureau of Public Debt.
For the most part, the U.S. Postal Service has become self-supporting. Federal
contributions are limited to payments to the Postal Service Fund to compensate for
revenues foregone (e.g., free postal service for the blind).
P.L. 105-277, §101(h), October 21, 1998, 112 Stat. 2681.
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Appropriations for the Executive Office of the President provide salaries and
expenses for the White House Offices, operation of the residences of the President
and Vice President, and most other agencies within the Executive Office of the
President (EOP). Organizations such as the Council of Economic Advisers, the
National Security Council, the Office of Management and Budget, and the Office of
National Drug Control Policy are funded through these provisions.
Among the independent agencies financed through this bill are the Federal
Election Commission, the General Services Administration, the National Archives and
Records Administration, the Office of Personnel Management, the Office of Special
Counsel, and the U.S. Tax Court.
A more detailed discussion of the agencies and programs covered by the omnibus
funding act is presented in the “Budget and Key Policy Issues” section below.
For the purposes of legislative history on the omnibus funding act, the reader is
reminded that the P.L. 105-277 is a product of using the Transportation appropriation
bill (H.R. 2348) as the vehicle for creating the larger bill. The Treasury and General
Government appropriation saw congressional action as H.R. 4104 prior to being
included in the omnibus measure.
Table 4 provides the funding details for the major accounts within the bill.
Conference Agreements
There were two conference agreements on H.R. 4104. For details on votes and
congressional document citations, see the “Status and Legislative History” section
below. Funding in both versions was the same and
2
remains the same in the P.L. 105-
277. Using Congressional Budget Office scorekeeping, the discretionary funding total
is $13.44 billion. The President had requested $13.58 billion and the FY1998 funding
level was $12.73 billion.
The October 1, 1998 conference agreement (H.Rept. 105-760) on H.R. 4104
added three titles to the bill which had not been in either the House or Senate
versions. The new language addressed the issues of child care in federally operated
facilities (Title VII), technical amendments for the federal administration of certain
District of Columbia employees’ retirement benefits (Title VIII), and asylum policy
for Haitian nationals (Title IX). A rule (H.J. Res.563), which would allow for the
consideration of the conference agreement and waive all points of order against the
conference agreement, failed in the House. It was not considered in the Senate.
The October 7, 1998 conference agreement (H.Rept. 105-789) was different
from the earlier agreement in four respects. It did not contain four controversial
A
2
funding table showing the FY1998 enacted, the President’s FY1999 request, House and
Senate -passed versions, and the conference agreement is found at “H.R. 4104 - Treasury,
Postal Service, and General Government Appropriations Bill, 1999,” Congressional Record,
daily edition, October 7, 1998, pp. H9923-H9925.

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policy issues: Federal Election Commission senior staff appointment policy (which
had been in both the Senate and House bills at some stage of the process); extension
of contraceptive coverage requirement to all providers of prescription drug coverage
under the Federal Employees’ Health Benefits Plan, except five specifically designated
religious organizations (passed by both House and Senate with minor language
differences); extension of asylum protection to Haitian nationals; and standards for
child care in federal facilities (these being new provisions added to the bill as part of
the October 1, 1998 conference agreement).
In this report, the Federal Election Commission issue is discussed under that
agency’s entry in “Independent Agencies” below. The contraceptive coverage issue
is discussed as part of the Office of Personnel Management presentation in that same
section. The Haitian immigration issue is discussed following the “Independent
Agencies” section.
Child Care in Federal Facilities. The omnibus appropriations law contains no
new provisions regarding child care for federal employees. However, Title VII of the
October 1, 1998, conference agreement would have established new requirements for
child care facilities operated by federal agencies, including legislative branch agencies,
for their employees. The October 1 conference agreement would have required that
such facilities be licensed under state or local law, within six months of the
legislation’s enactment, and be accredited by a state or nationally recognized
accreditation entity, within five years of enactment. The agreement also would have
required regulations establishing health and safety standards for federal agency child
care programs. Under the October 1 conference agreement, executive branch
agencies would have been authorized to use agency funds to provide child care for
employees and to improve the affordability of such care for low-income employees.
The agreement also would have authorized $900,000 in fiscal year 1999, and such
sums thereafter, for an interagency council of federal agencies to share best practices
and coordinate policy with regard to child care. However, these provisions were not
included in the October 7, 1998, conference agreement, nor in the omnibus
appropriations bill that was signed into law.
FY1999 Continuing Resolutions
Prior to enactment of the FY1999 omnibus funding bill, six continuing
resolutions were passed to fund the Treasury and General Government accounts for
FY1999. On September 24, 1998, the President signed P.L. 105-240, to make
continuing appropriations for FY1999. P.L. 105-240, which expired October 9,
1998, funded the accounts under H.R. 4104, as passed, primarily at the level
appropriated for FY1998. On October 9, P.L. 105-249 (H.J.Res. 133) was enacted
to extend the continuing resolution through October 12. On October 12, P.L. 105-
254 (H.J.Res. 134) was enacted to continue funding through October 14. A fourth
continuing resolution, P.L. 105-257 (H.J.Res. 135), was adopted to continue funding
through October 16. A fifth continuing resolution, P.L. 105-260 (H.J.Res. 136) to
fund the government through October 20, 1998, was adopted October 16. The sixth,
and final FY1999 continuing funding resolution, P.L. 105-273 (H.J.Res. 137), was
enacted on October 20 and would have expired on October 21, 1998.

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Most of the accounts discussed in this report were funded at the FY1998 enacted
level for the 21 days during which the continuing resolutions applied. The exceptions
to the current-rate funding levels are primarily those for which the FY1999 budget
request was lower than the FY1998 operating level. If the budget request was lower
than the current rate, the funding rate that would prevail would be the greater of the
two rates.. That provision would affect such accounts as the Financial Management
Service within the Department of the Treasury; two accounts under the Violent Crime
Reduction Program: Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and U.S. Secret
Service; one account within the Executive Office of the President: White House
Repair and Restoration; within the General Services Administration, the funding for
the Office of Inspector General; and the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records
Review Board.
The reader should note that this report is a broad summary of the appropriations
activity for the covered accounts. The continuing appropriations resolution stipulated
conditions which may have affected the manner in which the funds were administered.
To fully understand the impact of those conditions, one must study the FY1998 and
FY1999 funding and administrative policy and practices for each account in some
detail.
Status and Legislative History
In summary, H.R. 4104, Treasury and General Government FY1999
appropriations, passed the House on July 16, 1998. On September 3, 1998, the
Senate passed H.R. 4104, amended, in lieu of S. 2312. P.L. 105-277 (112 Stat. 2681,
approved October 21, 1998), the FY1999 omnibus funding act, incorporates the
funding levels and most legislative provision s found in the October 7, 1998
conference report on H.R. 4104.
The accounts under H.R. 4104 were funded through P.L. 105-240 (September
24, 1998), a continuing appropriations resolution expiring October 9, 1998. H.J.Res.
128 passed both the House (421-0, Roll Call. No. 445) and Senate on September 17,
1998.
3 Resolutions to continue the provisions of P.L. 105-240 were adopted for the
purpose of extending funding until permanent funding was enacted: A second
continuing resolution (P.L. 105-249, H.J.Res. 133) was adopted October 9; a third
continuing resolution (P.L. 105-254, H.J.Res. 134), expiring October 14, was adopted
October 12; a fourth continuing resolution (P.L. 105-257, H.J.Res. 135) was adopted
October 14, expiring October 16; a fifth continuing resolution (P.L. 105-260, H.J.Res.
136) was adopted October 16, expiring October 20; the sixth, and final, continuing
resolution (P.L. 105-273, H.J.Res. 137) was enacted on October 20 and would have
expired October 21, 1998.
3U.S. Congress. Congressional Record, daily edition, September 17, 1998, pp. H7931-
H7937, S10499-S10501.

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On June 22, 1998, Representative Kolbe introduced, and the House Committee
on Appropriations reported, H.R. 4104 (H.Rept. 105-592). The House Rule
4
s
Committee reported H.Res. 485 (H.Rept. 105-597), a resolution providing for the
consideration of H.R. 4104. H.Res. 485 failed of passage (125-291, Roll No. 268)
on June 25, 1998. H.Res. 498 (H.Rept. 105-622), a resolution for consideration of
5
H.R. 4104, was reported July 14, 1998 and was agreed to on July 15 (218-201, 1
present, Roll No. 284). H.R. 4104
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passed the House, amended, July 16, 1998 (218-
203, Roll No. 293). On September 16, Representatives Jim Kolbe, Frank Wolf
7
,
Ernest Istook, Anne Northup, Robert Aderholt, Bob Livingston, Joseph McDade,
Steny Hoyer, Carrie Meek, David Price, and David Obey were named as conferees.
The House also agreed to a motion to instruct these conferees.8
On July 15, 1998, Senator Ben Nighthorse Campbell introduced, and the Senate
Committee on Appropriations reported, S. 2312 (S.Rept. 105-251). The Senat
9
e
began consideration and debate on S. 2312 July 28, with continued deliberations on
July 29 and July 30, 1998. Upon returning from the
10
August recess, the Senate took
up S. 2312 on September 3. S. 2312 was laid aside and H.R. 4104, amended, was
passed in lieu of S. 2312 (91-5, Vote No. 260). Sena
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tors Ben Nighthorse Campbell,
Richard C. Shelby, Lauch Faircloth, Ted Stevens, Herb Kohl, Barbara A. Mikulski,
and Robert C. Byrd were named as conferees.
A conference agreement was reached on October 1, 1998. The rule, whic
12
h
would have allowed the House to consider the conference report and which would
4U.S. House of Representatives. Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government
Appropriations Bill, 1999. H.Rept. 105-592, 105th Congress, 2 sess. June 22, 1998
nd
.
(Washington: GPO, 1998) 128 p. Hereafter referred to as H.Rept. 105-592.
5U.S. Congress. Congressional Record, daily edition, June 25, 1998, pp. H5307-H5315,
H5330-5331.
U.S. Congress.
6
Congressional Record, daily edition, July 15, 1998, pp. H5564-H5573.
U.S.
7
Congress. Congressional Record, daily edition, July 15, 1998, pp. H5573-H5581 and
July 16, 1998, pp. H5651-H5723.
8U.S. Congress. Congressional Record, daily edition, September 16, 1998, pp. H7814-
H7817.
U.S.
9
Senate. Treasury and General Government Appropriations Bill, 1999. S.Rept. 105-
251, 105th Congress, 2 sess. July 15, 1998. (Washington: GPO, 1998) 102 p. Hereafte
nd
r
referred to as S.Rept. 105-251.
10U.S. Congress. Congressional Record, daily edition, July 28, 1998, pp. S9099-9110,
S9113-9130, July 29, 1998, pp. S9163-9238, and July 30, 1998, pp. S9356-9357.
U.S. Congress.
11
Congressional Record, daily edition, September 3, 1998, pp. S9912-16.
12U.S. Congress. House. Committee on Conference on H.R. 4104. 105 Congress, 2
th
nd
Session. H.Rept. 105-760, October 1, 1998. See, Conference Report on H.R. 4104,
Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 1999, Congressional Record, daily
edition, October 1, 1998, pp. H9213-9245. (Hereafter referred to as H.Rept. 105-760.)

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have waived all points of order, failed on October 1, 1998, by a vote of 106-294.13
On October 5, 1998, the conference report was recommitted to conference.
14 A
meeting of the conference on October 6 did not result in agreement. A second
conference agreement was reported on October 7. The rule (H.Res. 579, H.Rept.
15
105-790) waiving points of order against the conference report was agreed to. The
16
House rejected a motion to recommit the conference report and it was subsequently
adopted. Although the Senate took it under consideration October 9, the Senat
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was unable to reach agreement on the October 7 conference agreement.18
The Administration’s Statements of Policy did not indicate a veto threat for H.R.
4104.19
Table 1. Status of FY1999 Appropriations for the Treasury, Postal
Service, Executive Office of the President and General Government
Subcommittee
Conference Report
Markup
Approval
House
House
Senate
Senate
Conference
Public
House
Senate
Report
Passage
Report
Passage
Report
House
Senate
Law
H.Rept.
105-760
P.L. 105-
failed
277
H.R.
H.R.
10/1/98
H.Rept.
(H.R.
H.Rept.
4104
S.Rept.
4104
H.Rept.
105-789
4328)
6/11/98 7/14/98 105-592
7/16/98
105-251
9/3/98
105-789
10/7/98
—
10/21/98
U.S.
13
Congress. House. Committee on Rules. H.Res. 563; see Congressional Record, daily
edition, October 1, 1998, pp. H9252, H9255-H9262.
14Recommittal of Conference Report to H.R. 4104, Treasury and General Government
appropriations Act, 1999, to Committee of Conference, Congressional Record, daily edition,
October 5, 1998, p. H9494.
15U.S. Congress. House. Committee on Conference on H.R. 4104. 105 Congress, 2
th
nd
Session. H.Rept. 105-789, October 7, 1998. (Hereafter referred to as H.Rept. 105-789);
Conference report on H.R. 4104, Treasury and General Government Apprpopriations Act,
1999, Congressional Record, daily edition, October 7, 1998, pp. H9870-9898.
16Waiving points of order against conference report on H.R. 4104, Treasury and General
Government Appropriations Act, 1999, Congressional Record, daily edition, October 7,
1998, pp. H9911-H9920.
Congressional
17
Record, daily edition, October 7, 1998, pp. H9920-H9932, H9941-H9942.
Vote on motion to recommit with instructions: yeas 202, nays 226 (vote no. 493); vote on
adoption of the conference report: yeas 290, nays 137 (vote no 494).
18Congressional Record, daily edition, October 9, 1998, pp. S12130-12137. Motion to
proceed agreed to by vote of yeas 58and nays 39 (vote no. 312).
See
19
the U.S. Office of Management and Budget web site for text of the 1998 issuances: June
23 to House Committee on Rules, June 24 to House of Representatives, and July 28 to Senate.
[http://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/EOP/OMB/SAP]

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Budget and Key Policy Issues
Department of the Treasury
P.L. 105-277 provides the Treasury with $11,673,742,000. Of the Treasury
funding, the IRS would get the largest portion — $7,869,853,000.
The House, approving H.R. 4104 on July 16, 1998, allotted 11.54 billion to the
Treasury Department. Approval by the Senate of H.R. 4104 took place on September
3, 1998. The Senate version of H.R. 4104 also provided $11.54 billion for the
Treasury. As in the House bill, the largest portion of the recommended Treasury
appropriation, was allotted to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The conference
report gave the Treasury $11,673,742,000, of which $7,869,853,000 goes to the IRS.
The Senate appropriations subcommittee on Treasury and General Government,
in its report on its own appropriations bill, S. 2312, instructed the IRS to spend the
extra money mainly on upgrading customer service, safeguarding the confidentiality
of taxpayer records, and encouraging electronic filing of returns.20
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF). A total of $541,574,000
has been appropriated to the ATF for FY1999, an increase of 1.4% over the
$533,956,000 appropriated in FY1998. Of the total, $27 million is available for the
Youth Crime Gun Interdiction Initiative, and $4.5 million must be used for the
expansion of the National Tracing Center. Funds cannot be used to: centralize
records of firearms licensees; implement regulations concerning a modification to the
term “curios or relics”; investigate relief for individuals disqualified from possessing
guns; and, electronically retrieve information on persons disqualified from firearms
ownership because they were adjudicated as “mental defectives” or involuntarily
committed to a mental institution.
Other policy changes in the omnibus appropriations act of interest to firearms
licensees and others include the following: modifications to definitions of “shotgun,”
“rifle,” and “antique firearms;” addition of a new requirement that licensees offer for
sale gun storage or safety devices; allowance for pawnbrokers to conduct instant
background checks when a firearm is first brought in as loan collateral, and a
requirement that such checks be conducted when the owner later retrieves his or her
firearm from the pawnbroker; amendments to the statutory provisions related to the
acquisition of firearms by aliens; and, authority for the Secretary of the Treasury to
reimburse those importers who were, at first, permitted to import certain
semiautomatic rifles but were subsequently prohibited from selling those rifles to
dealers.
Customs Service. For FY1999, the Customs Service received a total
appropriation of $1,761,253,000. This amount consists of: $1,642,565,000 in basic
appropriations; $113,688,000 in separate appropriations for air and marine
interdiction programs; and $5,000,000 in separate appropriations for collection of the
U.S.
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Harbor Maintenance Fee and user fees at small airports. The final total, which was
reported by the conference committee, is higher than either the initial House version
($1,743,753,000) or the Senate version ($1,748,761,000); the FY 1999 total is also
9.4% higher than the FY1998 appropriation.
The FY1999 appropriations act, moreover, provides for certain expenditures up
to specified amounts. These include: $8 million for the procurement of automation
infrastructure items, $2.4 million to double the staffing and resources for the child
pornography cyber-smuggling initiative, $4.0 million for research, $0.5 million for the
expansion of services at the Vermont World Trade Office, and $2.5 million for the
relocation of the Customs Air Branch from Belle Chase to Hammond, Louisiana.
Finally, $9.5 million is delayed for obligation until September 30, 1999, the end of the
fiscal year.
Internal Revenue Service (IRS). P.L. 105-277 provides a net total FY1999
appropriation of $7,869,853,000 for the IRS.
For FY1999, the Senate voted a total of $7,851,807,000 for the IRS, an amount
that is 1.4% more than the Congress voted the IRS for FY1998. In its report on its
own appropriations bill, S. 2312, the Senate Subcommittee on Treasury an
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General Government endorsed the plan of IRS Commissioner Rosotti to reorganize
the IRS under the terms of H.R. 2676 (signed into law as P.L. 105-206 on July 22,
1998) to take steps to stimulate electronic filing of returns and to improve customer
services. Expanded customer service is to include toll-free telephone assistance,
increased community-based tax preparation sites, and a marketing and educational
effort to include paid advertisements and direct mailings to assist low-income
taxpayers in determining their eligibility for the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC).
The Senate committee’s report did not specify the amount of IRS funding to be
devoted to implementing the reorganization plan.
Like the Senate committee, the House voted more funding for the IRS for
FY1999 than the Congress voted it for FY1998. The amount, $7,766,234,000,
exceeded the FY1998 appropriation by 0.3%. In its report, the Hous
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Appropriations Subcommittee on Treasury and General Government specified that
$125,000,000 of the FY1999 funding, which the House voted for the Information
Systems segment of the agency, should be reserved for customer service and for
restructuring and reform of the IRS. In so writing, the House committee also
endorsed the provisions requiring management changes and improved customer
service included in H.R. 2676, the bill to restructure the IRS, which was signed into
law as P.L. 105-206 on July 22.
The conference committee voted the IRS $7,869,853,000 for FY1999 — 1.7%
more than the IRS received in FY1998.
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Secret Service. P.L. 105-277 provides $600,302,000 to the Secret Service for
the salaries and expenses account, which includes an additional $18,000,000 for
protective costs to be made available for two fiscal years and $8,068,000 for the
acquisition, construction, improvement, and related expenses account, which includes
$1,623,000 for fixed site security. The conferees agreed that a limitation of 739 new
vehicle purchases be set in keeping with department-wide efforts to exercise strong
oversight in the management of law enforcement vehicles. $5,000,000 shall not be
available for obligation until September 30, 1999.
The Senate had originally approved an appropriation of $592,970,000 for the
Secret Service in FY1999. This amount exceeded the appropriation voted for the
Secret Service by the Congress for FY1998 by 3.5%. Under the Senate bill,
$13,000,000 would have been dedicated to increased protective travel activity . The
bill would have circumscribed $7,860,000 of White House security costs, but
included funding for counterfeit investigations and election-year 2000 candidate and
nominee protection under the Violent Crime program.
The House, however, would have awarded the Secret Service $601,102,000,
which was 4.9% more than Congress voted the service for FY1998. In its report,23
the House Appropriations Committee commended the work of the Electronic Crime
Special Agent Program (ECSAP), which the committee said had accomplished much
in the field of internet and communication crime “ in a short time and with slim
resources.”
Violent Crime Reduction . The Omnibus Appropriations Act for FY1999
appropriates $132 million for the violent crime reduction programs accounts. The
overall funding corresponds to the House-passed level but there were some
programmatic changes. For example, the act transfers to the Executive Office of the
President, $11.5 million for the Office of National Drug Control Policy; increases, by
$3 million, grants to GREAT (Gang Resistance Education and Training); and funds
the financial crimes enforcement network at $1.4 million.24
Postal Service
While the Postal Service generates most of the funding it requires through sales
of its products and services, it also receives an appropriation from the federal
government. The Postal Service receives an annual appropriation to its Postal Service
Fund to pay for revenue foregone on free and reduced rate mail (for the blind, for
example). P.L. 105-277 provides FY1999 funding at $71,195,000.
Prior to the 105 Congress, the Postal Service Fund also made workers
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compensation payments to disabled workers who had been injured on the job. Passage
of P.L. 105-33, however, repealed the authorization for the appropriation to the
Postal Service Fund for workers’ compensation.
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P.L. 105-277 requires the Postal Service to submit, within 6 months of
enactment, a report on its current and future commercial services. The report would
include policy justifications, the costs of development and implementation, and
revenues earned and lost from such activities. The Postal Service is required to
report on its packaging service, describing how such service meets customer demand
nationally.
Section 633 of the Treasury and General Government appropriations, as found
in the omnibus funding statute, amends the policy guidelines for future international
postal service agreements. It makes the Secretary of State solely responsible for
formulating, coordinating, and overseeing foreign policy related to international postal
and delivery services. With the consent of the President, the Secretary may negotiate
and/or conclude any postal treaty or convention. Postal Service officials, with
presidential consent, may establish international rates and/or fees for mail and delivery
services. Regarding the importing or exporting of mail shipments, the Postal Service
is required to follow the same procedures and laws applicable to similar shipments
transmitted by or to private companies.
Executive Office of the President
The Treasury appropriations bill funds all but three offices in the Executive
Office of the President (EOP). Of the three exceptions, the Council on Environmental
Quality (including the Office of Environmental Quality) and the Office of Science and
Technology are funded under the Veterans Affairs, Housing and Urban Development,
and Independent Agencies appropriations bill (P.L. 105-276). The Office of the
United States Trade Representative is funded under the Commerce, Justice, State, and
the Judiciary and Related Agencies appropriations bill (§101(b), P.L. 105-277).
While generally placed in the budget documents with the Executive Office of the
President, there are accounts which are not included in the operating funds of the
EOP. These include appropriations for the Federal Drug Control Programs, which
are for transfer to other federal agencies and to state and local entities.
The FY1999 appropriations for the offices in the EOP that are funded by the
Treasury and General Government Appropriation Act of 1999 total $217,644,000,
which is 0.3% less than the $218,244,000 requested by the President, and 9.7% more
than the $198,918,000 appropriated for FY1998. Initially, the House had approved
$202,814,000 (7.6% less than requested, and 2% more than the FY1998
appropriations); the Senate had approved $217,434,000 (0.4% less than requested,
and 9.3% above the FY1998 appropriations).

Compensation of the President.
The FY1999 appropriation is $250,000, the
amount requested by the President, and includes an expense allowance of $50,000.
White House Office. The FY1999 appropriation is $52,344,000, the amount
requested by the President, and 2.2% more than the $51,199,000 appropriated for
FY1998. No more than $3,850,000 may be used for the temporary or intermittent
employment of experts and consults. $10,100,000 is earmarked for non-
telecommunications support services historically provided and funded by the White
House Communications Agency, a Department of Defense component and in
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The appropriations include a provision which prohibits the use of funds for the
White House to request official background reports from the FBI without the written
consent of the individual who is the subject of the report, unless the request is due to
extraordinary circumstances involving national security. They also include a provision
authorizing the payment of legal costs in the case Association of American Physicians
and Surgeons, Inc. v. Clinton, from the Compensation of the President and the White
House Office Salaries and Expenses accounts.
Executive Residence (White House).25 The FY1999 appropriation is
$8,691,000, the amount requested by the President, and 8% more than the $8,045,000
appropriated for FY1998). Of the total, $630,000 is to be used for domestic staff
overtime, but that amount may not be used until the Comptroller General notifies the
Appropriations Committees that the EOP has received, reviewed and commented on
the draft report of the General Accounting Office (GAO) with respect to Executive
Residence operations, and that the GAO is in receipt of the EOP’s comments.
Special Assistance to the President (Office of the Vice President) and Official
Residence of the Vice President. The FY1999 appropriation for the Office of the
Vice President is $3,512,000, the amount requested by the President, and 4.0% more
than the $3,378,000 appropriated for FY1998. The appropriation for the Official
Residence is $334,000, the amount requested by the President, and the same as
appropriated for FY1998. Up to $90,000 may be used for official entertainment
expenses.
Council of Economic Advisers. The FY1999 appropriation is $3,666,000, the
amount requested by the President, and 3.5% more than the $3,542,000 appropriated
for FY1998.
The Office of Policy Development. The FY1999 appropriation is $4,032,000,
the amount requested by the President, and 1.2% more than the $3,983,000
appropriated for FY1998. New appropriations language requires the agency to
assess the proposed policies and regulations of federal agencies that may affect family
well-being, to provide evaluations to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB),
and to advise the President on how such agency action may strengthen families.
The National Security Council. The FY1999 appropriation is $6,806,000, the
amount requested by the President, and 2.4% more than the $6,648,000 appropriated
for FY1998.
Office of Administration. The FY1999 appropriation is $28,350,000, which is
43% less than the $40,550,000 requested by the President, and 1.9% less than the
25 Maintenance and repair costs for the White House are also funded by the National Park
Service as part of that agency’s responsibility for national monuments. Entertainment costs
for state functions are funded by the Department of State. Reimbursable political events in
the Executive Residence are to be paid for in advance by the sponsor, and all such advance
payments are to be credited to a Reimbursable Expenses account. The political party of the
President is to deposit $25,000 to be available for expenses relating to events during the fiscal
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$28,883,000 appropriated for FY1998. The President’s budget request earmarked
$12,000,000 for a capital investment plan to modernize the information technology
infrastructure. The conference report notes that additional funds of $12,000,000 for
Year 2000 compliance within the EOP are required this fiscal year. In passing the
initial appropriations, the House Appropriations Committee indicated that the
$12,000,000 would be made available for information technology systems through
emergency appropriations for Year 2000 Compliance (see discussion below). During
debate on the floor of the House, the provision on the Year 2000 compliance was
struck on a point of order. The Senate committee report states that $11,410,000 for
computer costs associated with the Year 2000 matter is to be funded in a separate
emergency appropriations account. Initially, the House had approved the FY1999
request, and the Senate had approved $29,140,000.
Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The FY1999 appropriation is
$60,617,000, the amount requested by the President, and 5.5% more than the
$57,440,000 appropriated for FY1998. When passing the initial appropriations bill
(H.R. 4104), the Senate approved the FY1999 request, but the House approved
$59,017,000, or 2.7% less. The House also directed that not more than $5,229,000
would be for the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, with $1,200,000 of
that amount not to be obligated, pending OMB action on paperwork reduction and
the Congressional Review Act. These limitations were dropped in conference.
The appropriation includes language requiring OMB to report on
governmentwide paperwork reduction and the implementation of the Congressional
Review Act. OMB is also required to prepare an accounting statement and associated
report on the cumulative and individual costs and benefits of federal regulatory
programs and major rules, as well as an analysis of impacts of federal regulation on
State, local, and tribal government, small business, wages, and economic growth, and
recommendations for reform. The agency is also to issue guidelines to agencies to
standardize measures of costs and benefits, and the formation of accounting
statements. OMB is also to ensure that proposed policies and regulations of federal
agencies are consistent with efforts to strengthen families.
Finally, as with previous FY appropriations language, none of the funds are to
be expended for the altering of the transcript of testimony of witnesses, except for the
testimony of officials of the Office of Management and Budget before the House and
Senate Committees on Appropriations, or the House and Senate Committees on
Veterans Affairs or their subcommittees. The proviso does not apply to printed
hearings released by the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations or the
House and Senate Committees on Veterans’ Affairs.
Office of National Drug Control Policy. The FY1999 appropriation is
$48,042,000, 31.8% more than the $36,442,000 requested by the President, and
37.2% more than the $35,016,000 appropriated for FY1998. This includes
$13,000,000 to continue the technology transfer pilot program managed by the
Counterdrug Technology Assessment Center (CTAC), $17,942,000 for ONDCP
operations, $16,000,000 for the basic CTAC program, and $1,100,000 for policy
research, of which $100,000 is to be used for evaluating the Drug-Free Communities
Act, as proposed by the Senate. As in prior funding cycles, there is an allocation from
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ONDCP in conjunction with the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program
(HIDTA).
Federal Drug Control Programs. None of the funding for the two federal drug
control programs listed below are used for operations of any of the agencies or
accounts within the Executive Office of the President. Therefore, appropriations for
the two programs are not included under the $217,644,000 appropriated for the EOP
in FY1999, or the initial $202,814,000 approved by the House, and $217,434,000
approved by the Senate.
For the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program (HIDTA), $182,477,000
is appropriated for FY1999, which is 12.6% more than the $162,007,000 requested
by the President, and 14.8% more than the $159,007,000 appropriated for FY1998.
Of the amount, $81,007,000 is to be transferred to state and local entities for drug
control activities, and $81,000,000 may be transferred to federal agencies. Initially,
the House had approved the FY1999 request, and the Senate had approved
$183,977,000. Existing HIDTAs are funded at the fiscal year 1998 level, while
$20,477,000 is to supplement or expand existing HIDTAs, or to provide for the
creation of new HIDTAs.
For the second program, the Special Forfeiture Fund, $214,500,000 is
appropriated for FY1999, which is 17.0% less than the $251,000,000 requested, by
the President, and 1.7% more than the $211,000,000 appropriated for FY1998.
Initially, the House had approved $215,000,000, and the Senate had approved
$200,000,000. Of the total amount, $185,000,000 is earmarked for the youth media
campaign, $20,000,000 for implementation of the Drug-Free Community Act,
$5,000,000 for the chronic users study, and $4,500,000 for transfer to the
Agricultural Research Service for anti-drug research and related matters.
Funds Appropriated to the President — Unanticipated Needs. The FY1999
appropriation is $1,000,000, the amount requested by the President. Initially, the
House had dropped the funding provision because of a point of order, and the Senate
had not recommended any appropriation. The same amount was appropriated in
FY1998 through the VA-HUD and Independent Agencies Appropriations bill. The
appropriations enable the President to meet unanticipated exigencies in support of the
national interest, security or defense.
Independent Agencies
Federal Election Commission. P.L. 105-277 funds the Federal Election
Commission (FEC) at $36,500,000. It contains no provision for term limits or other
restrictions on the appointment of the general counsel or staff director.
As reported from the House Appropriations Committee, H.R. 4104 would
provide $33.7 million for the Federal Election Commission (FEC). This amount was
$2.1 million over the $31.6 million appropriated for FY1998, but $2.8 million below
the President’s requested $36.5 million. Of the $33.7 million total, no less than $4.4
million was to be earmarked for computer modernization. The committee voted to
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least four Commissioners — for the appointment or reappointment of the FEC staff
director and general counsel, effective January 1, 1999.
Before the House passed H.R. 4104, it made two changes in FEC provisions.
First, it accepted an amendment (by 214-210) to add $2.8 million to the FEC’s
budget, for use in enforcement, thus bringing the total to the $36.5 million
recommended by the President. Second, the appointment provision for FEC officials
was stricken by the chair, in response to a point of order that it constituted legislation
in a general appropriations bill, in violation of House Rule XXI.
The Senate’s Treasury and General Government Appropriations bill would
provide the FEC with $33.7 million, as did the House committee. The Senate
Appropriations Committee’s July 15, 1998 report (S.Rept. 105-251) explained that
the reduction from the administration’s proposal was attributable in part to the latter’s
inclusion of $400,000 for year 2000 conversion costs, an activity the committee
anticipates being funded through a separate account. The bill specified that no more
than $5,000 may be used for reception and representation expenses.
The Senate passed H.R. 4104 on September 3, after adding two provisions
related to the FEC. The first, an amendment by Senator Glenn accepted by voice
vote, added $2.8 million to the committee’s bill for enforcement, thus bringing the
total to the $36.5 million requested by the President and passed by the House. The
second was an amendment by Senator McConnell regarding terms of the FEC general
counsel and staff director, passed by voice vote. This amendment was a modified
version of one initially offered, which was similar to one included in the House
committee report. As incorporated in the Senate bill, a 6-year limit would be imposed
on the terms of these officials, effective January 1, 1999, with initial appointment by
at least four and reappointment by at least three commissioners. The current general
counsel could remain in office through January 1, 2008, without requiring
reappointment.
The House-Senate October 1 conference agreement dropped the Senate-passed
language and reinstated the House committee language on FEC officials’ terms, to
require an affirmative vote every 4 years — by at least four Commissioners — for
appointment or reappointment of the staff director and general counsel, as of January
1, 1999 (H.Rept. 105-760). On October 1, the House voted down the rule for
consideration of H.R. 4104 (H.Res. 563), in part because of the FEC appointment
provision. The October 7 (H.Rept. 105-789) conference agreement omitted all
reference to the appointment provision.
Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA). P.L. 105-277 provides a FY1999
appropriation of $22,586,000 for the FLRA. This is the same amount as requested
by the President, as passed by the House and the Senate, and as specified in the
conference report for H.R. 4104. The FLRA serves as a neutral party in the
settlement of disputes that arise between unions, employees, and agencies on matters
outlined in the Federal Service Labor Management Relations Statute; decides major
policy issues; prescribes regulations; and disseminates information appropriate to the
needs of agencies, labor organizations, and the public. The funding is 2.5% above the
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General Services Administration. Overall FY1999 appropriations for the
General Services Administration (GSA) are $593,853,000.
GSA establishes policy and provides for the management of government
property and records. The President’s FY1999 budget proposes an appropriation of
$140,735,000 for GSA. This total includes $106,494,000 for the Office of
Government-wide Policy (policy and operations account), $32,000,000 for the Office
of the Inspector General, and $2,241,000 for allowances for former Presidents.
GSA’s FY1998 appropriation was $143,565,000. Thus, the Administration’s request
for new funds is 2% less than was appropriated for these GSA accounts in FY1998.
There was no request for Federal Buildings Fund appropriations.
P.L. 105-277 provides $5,605,018,000 in new obligational authority for GSA’s
Federal Building Fund. In order to provide the resources necessary to carry out the
program, the act appropriates $450,018,000 into the fund. It also provides
$492,190,000 for the construction and acquisition of new projects.
The House and Senate versions of H.R. 4104, as it went to conference, differed
primarily in the funding levels for the Federal Buildings Fund and for the GSA policy
and operations account. The conference agreement would provide GSA an
appropriation of $593,853,000. Of that, $450,018,000 would go to the Federal
Buildings Fund and $109,594,000 to the policy and operations account.
On July 16, 1998, the House approved funding for GSA at $622,035,000. A sum
of $2,000,000 was added to the policy and operations account to continue the pilot
project for the development, demonstration, and research of emerging digital learning
technologies. The bulk of the additional funds ($479,300,000) would go toward the
Federal Buildings Fund. Through an amendment, the GSA account was reduced by
$2,800,000 which was subsequently allocated to the Federal Election Commission.
A point of order struck the individual listing, but not funding, of new construction
projects because they had no authorization.
The Senate-passed version of GSA funding would provide $649,487,000. Of
this total, $508,752,000 would go into GSA’s Federal Buildings Fund, almost $30
million more than the House version would provide. The Senate version would fund
the policy and operations account at the requested level. Both versions would
provide $32,000,000 for the Office of Inspector General, and $2,241,000 for
allowances and office staff for former presidents.
According to GSA staff, only about 1% of its total funding comes from direct
congressional appropriations. Most of GSA’s funding derives from reimbursements
from other agencies, through revolving funds for the purchase of goods and services,
or rent paid for space in GSA-owned and leased buildings. In addition, the way in
which GSA may apply its new obligational authority for the Federal Buildings Fund
(FBF) real property program, which is projected to be $5,156,833,000 for FY1999,
is subject to congressional authorization. Of the FBF total, the FY1999 budget
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The John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Review Board. Authorized
through September 30, 1998, by P.L. 105-25 of July 3, 1997, the John F. Kennedy
Records Review Board received $1,600,000 for FY1998, of which $100,000 is for
the termination of the panel. No FY1999 funds for the Board are sought by the
Administration or provided for by the FY1999 statute. Responsibility for managing
the John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection resulting from the work of the
Board rests with the National Archives and Records Administration.
Merit Systems Protection Board. P.L. 105-277 provides an appropriation of
$25,805,000 for the MSPB. This is the same amount as requested by the President,
as passed by the House and the Senate, and as specified in the conference report for
H.R. 4104. The funding is 2% above the $25,290,000 appropriated in FY1998. In
addition, $2,430,000 will be transferred from a trust fund to provide for administrative
expenses to adjudicate retirement appeals. The MSPB is charged with assisting
federal agencies in running a merit-based civil service system. The House report that
accompanied H.R. 4104 states that
The Committee is strongly supportive of efforts by the Merit Systems Protection
Board (MSPB) to automate and streamline its information processing, and make
more extensive use of telecommunications.26
National Archives and Records Administration. The FY1999 Omnibus
Appropriations Act funds the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
at $241,927,000, which is the amount that conferees on the original Treasury
appropriations bill (H.R. 4104) had agreed upon. The $224,614,000 for operating
expenses was more than the President’s request ($230,025,000), the House allotment
($216,753,000), and the Senate allocation($221,030,000). The Senate funded
operating expenses, repairs and restoration, and the grants program of the National
Historical Publications and Records Commission at levels higher than the House.
Generally, the conferees accepted the Senate funding levels and increased the
operating expenses, noting that $5,411,000 was required in FY1999 for Year 2000
compliance.
The NARA accounts, as reported by the House Committee on Appropriations,
remained unchanged when the House approved H.R. 4104 on July 16. As introduced,
H.R. 4104 would have funded NARA at $216,753,000. The operating expenses
support the management of the government’s archives and records, operation of
presidential libraries, and the review of records for declassification of classified
security information. The committee allocation was $13,272,000 below the budget
request and $11,586,500 above the FY1998 appropriation. The committee had
recommended that NARA be eligible for $5,411,000 of the emergency appropriations
for Year 2000 Compliance, but the emergency appropriation fell on a point of order
during House consideration (see discussion below).
The House committee directed the Archivist of the United States to submit, by
February 1, 1999, an update of agency compliance with specified declassification
requirements. The Archivist was also directed to submit, by May 1, 1999, an agency-
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by agency report on fiscal year 1998 security classification costs, as well as an
estimate of FY1999 costs.
For NARA operating expenses, the Senate Committee on Appropriations
recommended an allocation of $221,030,000, which is $8,995,000 below the budget
request and $15,863,000 above the FY1998 appropriation. The committee had
directed that $4,277,000 of the recommended amount be delayed funding, available
only at the very end of FY1999. Activities funded by these monies included
systematic review of all classified records at NARA which are over 30 years old,
except intelligence and cryptological materials dated after 1945, which were to be
reviewed when 50 years old.
The $11,325,000 for NARA facilities repairs and restoration recommended by
the Senate Committee on Appropriations was given floor approval on September 3.
This amount was $875,000 above the budget request and $3,325,000 below the
FY1998 appropriation. The committee had directed that $2,000,000 of the
recommended amount be delayed funding, available only at the very end of FY1999.
The funding above the budget request for repairs and restoration reflects committee
concern about the impending space crisis faced by NARA. The committee applauded
the space needs study being conducted by NARA, and indicated it looked forward to
working with the agency on priorities and strategies to ensure long-term, appropriate
space for both the temporary and permanently valuable records of the nation in the
next millennium.27
Office of Government Ethics. The Office of Government Ethics (OGE), a small
agency within the executive branch, was established by the Ethics in Government Act
of 1978. Originally part of the Office of Personnel Management, OGE became a
separate agency on October 1, 1989, as a result of the Office of Government Ethics
Reorganization Act of 1988. The Office of Government Ethics exercises leadership
in the executive branch to prevent conflicts of interest on the part of government
employees, and to resolve those conflicts of interest that do occur. In partnership
with executive branch agencies and departments, OGE fosters high ethical standards
for employees and strengthens the public's confidence that the government's business
is conducted with impartiality and integrity. For FY1999, the budget request was
$8,492,000. This was a 2.75% ($227,000) increase from the $8,265,000 appropriated
for FY1998. The FY1999 appropriation is for the requested amount of $8,492,000.
Office of Personnel Management. The FY1999 Omnibus Appropriations Act
provides an appropriation of $13,435,607,000 for OPM. This is the same amount as
requested by the President, as passed by the House and the Senate, and as specified
in the conference report for H.R. 4104. This includes discretionary funding of
$85,350,000 for salaries and expenses and $960,000 for the Office of Inspector
General (OIG) and mandatory funding of $4,632,000,000 for the government
payment for annuitants of the employees health benefits program, $35,000,000 for the
government payment for annuitants of the employees life insurance program, and
$8,682,297,000 for payment to the civil service retirement and disability fund. Not
included in this total are trust fund transfers of $91,236,000 for salaries and expenses
S.Rept. 105-251, p. 77.
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and $9,145,000 for OIG salaries and expenses. (In FY1998, $91,236,000 for salaries
and expenses and $8,645,000 for OIG salaries and expenses were transferred from
trust funds.) The funding is 5% above the $12,792,310,000 appropriated in FY1998.
One of the most contentious issues in the debate over the Treasury and General
Government appropriations was that of contraceptive coverage by the Federal
Employees Health Benefits program administered by OPM. Section 656 of the
Treasury act requires health insurance carriers and plans participating in the Federal
Employees’ Health Benefits Program (FEHBP) to include coverage of prescription
contraceptives under their prescription drug coverage. The law exempts, on grounds
of religious belief five plans participating in the FEHBP during 1999 and any plan that
may participate in the future that, for religious reasons, does not cover prescription
contraceptives. Although prior law did not require that prescription drugs be covered
under FEHBP, the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) had the authority to
negotiate the services covered by participating carriers and plans, and starting in 1990,
OPM has required “at least minimum coverage for prescription drugs.” Plans may
have a separate deductible for prescription drug costs and may require enrollees to
pay half the cost of prescriptions.
The legislation precludes a carrier or plan with a FEHBP contract from
discriminating against a health care provider who refuses to prescribe contraceptives
for religious or moral reasons.
In 1998, 351 carriers and plans participated in the FEHBP, including seven fee-
for-service plans available to any federal employee or retiree (in which nearly 70% of
all policy holders are enrolled) and seven fee-for-service plans for employees of
certain agencies. The remainder are geographically-based Health Maintenance
Organizations or other managed care arrangements. During the 1998 contract year,
one fee-for service plan (enrolling less than 1% of all policy holders) did not cover
prescription contraceptives; 29 non-religious managed care plans did not cover
prescription contraceptives; and five religious plans did not cover prescription
contraceptives. Most plans limited the kinds of prescription contraceptives they
would cover. For instance, most plans covered birth control pills, but only 28% of
the plans covered intrauterine devices (IUDs). All plans covered surgical sterilization.
The House Committee on Appropriations noted issues of concern with regard
to other policy issues managed by OPM. The House report that accompanied H.R.
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4104 states that
The Committee remains aware of concerns about the amount of official time taken
by federal employees [to work on union activities] and may revisit this issue after
reviewing the results of the forthcoming [OPM] report.
The committee also
H.Rept. 105-592, pp. 72-73.
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directs OPM to report by February 1, 1999 on the number of FEHBP [Federal
Employees Health Benefit Program] health plans and the number of Federal
employees and retirees covered by those plans that as of January 1, 1999 require
the use of generic drugs in those cases where they are less expensive than non-
generic drugs and neither the prescribing physician nor the patient has requested
the use of non-generic drugs. Similar data should be provided by OPM for
January 1, 1998 and January 1, 1997.
The committee directs OPM to establish an independent office, the Family-
Friendly Workplace Advocacy Office, which shall report directly to the OPM
Director. According to the House committee report,
No later than 180 days after the end of the Fiscal Year, OPM shall report to the
Committee on the work of the Advocacy Office, and provide recommendations
regarding statutory or administrative improvements which may be needed in
family-friendly programs.
The Senate Appropriations Committee report, that accompanied its version of
the bill, provided direction to OPM as well
The Committee again instructs OPM to expend up to $300,000 in fiscal year 1999
to continue and expand efforts to ensure that Federal employees and their families
have ready access to health promotion and disease prevention activities.29
The act provides enhanced Meritorious and Distinguished Executive Awards for
the Senior Executive Service. This provision was in the H.R. 4104 conference report
and the House-passed, but not the Senate-passed version of that bill. The act also
includes a reform in overtime pay policy for federal structural firefighters, and denies
an annual pay adjustment to Members of Congress, federal judges, and members of
the Executive Schedule in FY 1999. Both of these provisions were in the H.R. 4104
conference report and the House-passed and Senate-passed versions of that bill.
A 3.6% combined annual and locality pay adjustment for federal employees is
provided by the FY1999 funding statute. This provision was in the H.R. 4104
conference report and in the Senate-passed version of that bill. Funding covers only
a 3.1% adjustment and agencies are expected to absorb the difference. As passed by
the House, H.R. 4104 was silent on the pay adjustment, but assumed a funding level
of 3.1%. The President’s budget called for a 3.1% pay adjustment for federal
employees under 5 U.S.C. 5303 (General Schedule base pay) and 5 U.S.C. 5304
(locality-based comparability payments). In late August, however, the President
announced that he would support a 3.6% pay adjustment in January 1999 and a 4.4%
adjustment in January 2000.
Although it fell to a point of order during House consideration, §644 of the
House bill, as reported, would have amended title 5 to modify the conditions that
must be met before the President could issue alternative plans for the annual and
locality-based comparability pay adjustments. The standard for issuing an alternative
plan would have been “a declared state of war or severe economic conditions.” The
S.Rept. 105-251, p. 79.
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latter would be considered to exist if, during the 12-month period ending two calendar
quarters before the date as of which the adjustment is scheduled to take effect, there
occur two consecutive quarters of negative growth in the real Gross Domestic
Product. This is the definition of recession most commonly used by economists. The
provision would have applied with respect to annual and locality pay adjustments
scheduled to take effect after 1999. The section also would have provided a 3.1%
30
annual federal pay adjustment in FY1999, unless otherwise provided for under 5
U.S.C. 5303.
The current law provision providing that federal employee health plan funding
may not be used to pay for abortion is continued by the act. This provision was in the
H.R. 4104 conference report and in both the House-passed and the Senate-passed
versions of that bill. The conference report also continues the current law exception
for circumstances where the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were
carried to term or when the pregnancy results from rape or incest. This exception was
included in the H.R. 4104 conference report and the Senate-passed version of that bill,
but the House-passed version did not include it.
Among OPM’s performance goals under the Government Performance and
Results Act, which are included in the FY1999 budget are these: that the average time
to process an annuity application will be 35 days by 1999; that further reductions
below the current 3.3 minutes will be made in customer call wait time for annuity
inquiries; that in 1999, OPM will help agencies raise the levels of under-represented
groups in the federal service to 2% over current levels; and that in 1999, OPM will
continue to foster more labor-management partnerships.
Office of Special Counsel (OSC). P.L. 105-277 provides an appropriation of
$8,720,000 for the OSC. This is the same amount as requested by the President, as
passed by the House and the Senate, and as specified in the conference report for
H.R. 4104. The OSC investigates federal employee allegations of prohibited
personnel practices and, when appropriate, prosecutes before the Merit Systems
Protection Board; provides a channel for whistle blowing by federal employees; and
enforces the Hatch Act. The funding is 3.2% above the $8,450,000 appropriated in
FY1998.
Administration of District of Columbia Retirement Benefits
Title XI of the Balanced Budget Act 1997 of transferred responsibility fo
31
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financing and administration of retirement benefits for District of Columbia police
officers, firefighters, teachers, and judges from the D.C. Government to the Federal
Government. Title VIII of P.L. 105-277 includes technical amendments to the
Balanced Budget Act regarding federal administration of those plans.
H.R.
30
3251 and S. 1679, Federal Employee Pay Fairness Act of 1998, were introduced in the
105th Congress to establish this definition.
P.L. 105-33; August 5, 1997; 111 Stat. 251, at 712.
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Haitian Immigration Policy
When Congress enacted legislation in November 1997 that enabled unsuccessful
Nicaraguan and Cuban asylum seekers to nonetheless become legal permanent
residents, and permitted certain unsuccessful Central American and East European
asylum applicants to seek another form of immigration relief, it opted not to include
Haitian asylum seekers. President Clinton and Members of Congress from both
parties called for legislation to provide comparable immigration relief to Haitians, and
the Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act of 1998 was introduced (S. 1504/H.R.
3049) to provide that relief. The Senate added the language of S. 1504, as reported
by the Senate Judiciary Committee, to S. 2312, the bill to provide funding for the
Treasury and other agencies, during floor debate on July 29, 1998. When the
conferees included the Senate provision to provide permanent residence to an
estimated 40,000 to 48,000 Haitians, it proved quite controversial in the House. After
the rule failed on October 1, the provision was dropped from H.R. 4104. The Haitian
immigration relief provision, however, was included in the omnibus spending bill
enacted at the close of the 105 Congress.
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Year 2000 Compliance
The FY1999 Omnibus Appropriations Act (P.L. 105-277) includes $3.4 billion
in emergency funding, which does not require budget offsets, to be used to bring
federal computer systems into Year 2000 compliance. Defense-related agencies will
receive $1.1 billion and the remaining $2.3 billion will be for agency-wide systems.
Many of the agencies received funding, under the act,for this purpose within the
agency accounts.
The $2,250,000 is designated as follows :
33
! $2.2 billion to correct the information technology systems for all federal
departments and agencies except the Department of Defense;
! $5,500,000 for the Sergeant of Arms of the Senate;
! $6,373,000 for the House of Representatives to be administered by the Chief
Administrative Officer of the House;
! $5,000,000 to the General Accounting Office to be available to emergency
Year 2000 conversion efforts in other agencies of the legislative branch; and
! $13 million for the judicial information technology fund.
32U.S. Library of Congress, Congressional Research Service, Immigration: Haitian Relief
Issues and Legislation, by ruth ellen Wasem, CRS Report 98-270.
33Conference Report on H.R. 4328, making omnibus consolidated and emergency
supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 1999, Congressional Record, daily edition,
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H.R. 4104, the Treasury and General Government FY1999 appropriations bill,
at various points in the legislative process, would have provided emergency funding
for the Year 2000 compliance. The Administration had requested that Congress
preserve flexibility “so that funds are available to address emerging needs.” Th
34
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House Appropriations Committee had recommended that $392,973,000 of a $2.25
billion governmentwide emergency appropriation be provided to departments and
agencies covered by H.R. 4104. The IRS would receive the bulk of that allocation.
The distribution among those agencies and departments would have been as follows:
Department of the Treasury:
Departmental Offices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 2,000,000
Automation Enhancement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,762,000
BATF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,000,000
Financial Management Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,000,000
Bureau of Public Debt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,000,000
IRS, Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359,000,000
[Subtotal, Department of the Treasury
$373,762,000]
Executive Office of the President:
Office of Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12,200,000
Office of Management and Budget . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,600,000
[Subtotal, Executive Office of the President
$13,800,00]
National Archives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,411,000
Total Year 2000 Compliance Emergency Funding, covered accounts,
H.R. 4104, as reported to the House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $392,973,000
As passed by the Senate, the bill did not stipulate specific distribution of the funds.
Under the provisions of the continuing resolution (P.L. 105-240), expiring
October 9, 1998, there would be no specific emergency appropriation to address the
challenges of Year 2000 technological compliance. However, §118 of P.L. 105-240,
provides that, through a 30-day period following October 9, 1998,
Funds may be used to initiate or resume projects or activities at a rate in excess of
the current rate to the extent necessary, consistent with existing agency plans, to
achieve Year 2000 (Y2K) computer conversion.
That language was extended through the omnibus spending bill.
The conference agreement of October 1, 1998, on H.R. 4104 did not contain a
separate appropriation to cover governmentwide Year 2000 compliance activities.
It did provide, for several accounts, an increase over the House and Senate levels for
that purpose. The conference report, in a statement relating to the Department of
35
Treasury departmental offices account provides a policy statement on other Year
2000 funding:
[
34 http://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/EOP/OMB/SAP] for S. 2312 on July 28, 1998.
H.Rept. 105-760.
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The Senate bill included language in this and a number of other accounts
which provides that funds appropriated in this Act may be used for Year 2000
computer conversion costs pending the availability of funding for that purpose in
a separate appropriation. The conferees have deleted that language in each
instance in which it occurs and have instead included a new general provision
(Section 513) to permit the use of funds provided in this Act to initiate or continue
projects or activities to the extent necessary to achieve Year 2000 computer
conversion until such time as supplemental appropriations are provided for those
activities.36
As passed by the Senate, H.R. 4104 would have provided a $3.25 billion
emergency appropriation. Funds would be transferred, as necessary, by the Director
of OMB to all affected federal agencies for expenses necessary to meet the definition
of Year 2000 Compliant under the Federal Acquisition Regulations. Appropriations
would be made available only to the extent that an official budget request, as an
emergency requirement as defined in section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget
and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, was sent by the President
to Congress, and, that Congress designated appropriations as such. On September
16, the House agreed to a motion which would instruct the House conferees to insist
on the Senate provision.
There were objections to using the emergency funding vehicle rather than a
supplemental. The emergency appropriation would not require offsets. The House
Committee on Rules sent forward a rule (H.Res. 485, H.Rept. 105-597) on June 23,
1998, which would strike the $2.25 billion in emergency funding related to the Year
2000 conversion of federal information technology systems. If the House had agreed
to H.Res. 485, all language related to the emergency funding would have bee
37
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stricken and, it is assumed, a supplemental containing that funding would be
considered separately. A subsequent rule (H.Res. 498) under which the bill was
considered allowed the provision to be considered on the floor, with no restrictions
as to amendment. During consideration, a point of order against the provision was
sustained and the funding was stricken from the bill.
Major Funding Trends
The Omnibus Appropriations Act for FY1999 (P.L. 105-277) appropriates
$27,056,332,000 (includes Congressional Budget Office (CBO) scorekeeping
adjustments) for the combined mandatory and discretionary spending. This is a gain
of 5.75% over the CBO figures for the FY1998 appropriation. This funding total is
about 0.5% less than that requested by the President. Within the bill, however, there
are considerable differences between the President’s request for specific accounts and
the conference agreement on those accounts. For example, the President requested
no funding for the Federal Buildings Fund and the provides an appropriation of over
$450,000,000.
Ibid, p. H9233
36
H.Res. 485 failed on June 25, 1998.
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Both the House and Senate-passed versions of H.R. 4104 would fund these
accounts at more than 5% over the FY1998 appropriation. Data reflecting the CBO
adjustments show that the House version, at $26,954,669,000, is 5.36% over the
CBO figure of $25,585,078,000 for FY1998. The Senate version, at
$26,956,522,000, also represents an increase of approximately 5.36%. These funding
levels are 0.88% (rounded) below the President’s request for FY1999 of
$27,193,489,000.
If comparisons were to be drawn using the funding amounts in the House and
Senate versions of the bill, and not taking the CBO adjustments into account, the
House would provide an appropriation of $26,614,669,000 which is 5.09% more than
the $25,325,767,500 FY1998 appropriation and 0.84% less than the $26,839,489,000
requested by the President for FY1999. The Senate funding level of $29,923,612,000
is 18.16% more than the FY1998 appropriation and 11.49% more than the President’s
FY1999 request.
Table 2. Appropriations for the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive
Office of the President, and General Government, FY1994 to FY1998
(in billions of current dollars)a
FY1994
FY1995
FY1996
FY1997
FY1998
22.539
23.455
23.164
24.102
25.585
Source: House Committee on Appropriations, as of September 29, 1998.
These
a
figures, in current dollars, include CBO adjustments for permanent budget authorities,
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Table 3. Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President
and General Government Appropriation, FY1999, by Title
(Discretionary funding, in millions
without CBO scorekeeping)
FY1998
FY1999
House
Senate
Title
Enacted
Request
Passed
Passed
P.L. 105-277
I. Treasury
11,378.5
12,143.9
11,533.5
11,539.
11,673.7
2
II. USPS
86.3
100.2
71.2
71.2
71.2
III. EOP
568.9
631.3
579.8
601.4
614.6
IV. Agencies
13,292.1
13,964.1
14,430.1
14,461.
14,413.0
8
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Table 4. Department of Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the
President, and General Government Appropriations
(in thousands of dollars)
Bureau or Agency
FY1998
FY1999
House
Senate
Enacted
Request a
Passed
Passed
P.L. 105-277
Title I: Department of the Treasury, Selected Accounts
Department Offices
114,771
123,846
122,889
120,671
123,151
Treasury Building Repair
and Restoration
10,484
27,000
27,000
27,000
27,000
Office of Inspector Gen-
30,678
eral
29,719
30,678
30,678
30,678
Financial Crimes Enforce-
ment Network
22,835
24,000
24,000
23,670
24,000
Federal Law Enforcement
Training Center
97,211
100,283
100,283
81,611
106,683
Financial Management
Service
207,790
205,510
198,510
196,490
196,490
Bureau of Alcohol, To-
bacco, and Firearms
533,956
576,324
530,624
529,489
541,574
U.S. Customs Service
1,609,859
1,741,553
1,743,753
1,748,761
1,761,253
Bureau of the Public Debt
169,426
173,100
172,100
172,100
172,100
Internal Revenue Service
Total
7,741,853
8,338,853
7,766,234
7,851,807
7,869,853
Processing, Assistance, and
Management
2,925,874
3,162,430
3,025,013
3,077,353
3,086,208
Earned Income Tax Credit
Compliance Initiative
138,000
143,000
143,000
143,000
143,000
Tax Law Enforcement
3,110,822
3,169,539
3,164,189
3,164,399
3,164,189
Information Systems
1,272,487
1,540,884
1,224,032
1,329,486
1,265,456
U.S. Secret Service
573,147
601,102
601,102
592,970
608,370
Violent Crime Reduction
Program (Crime Control
Trust Fund)
131,000
132,172
132,000
132,000
132,000
Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco
and Firearms
19,421
0
3,000
1,800
3,000
Financial Crimes
Enforcement Network
1,000
1,000
0
1,400
1,400
(0)
Interagency Crime and
Drug Enforcement
0
45,000
24,000
45,000
24,000
U.S. Secret Service
15,731
11,700
14,528
15,403
22,628
ONDCP-HIDTA
23,200
0
14,000
0
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Bureau or Agency
FY1998
FY1999
House
Senate
Enacted
Request a
Passed
Passed
P.L. 105-277
Gang Resistance Education
and Training: Grants
10,000
10,000
10,000
13,239
13,000
Federal Law Enforcement
Training Center
1,000
0
0
1,158
0
(1,000)
U.S. Customs Service
60,648
64,472
66,472
54,000
65,472
Total, Treasury
11,378,484
12,143,927
11,533,513
11,539,237
11,673,742
(12,133,127)
Title II: U.S. Postal Service
Payment to the Postal Ser-
vice Fund
86,274
100,195
71,195
71,195
71,195
Payment to the Postal Ser-
—
—
—
—
—
vice Fund for Non-funded
Liabilities
Total, Postal Service
86,274
100,195
71,195
71,195
71,195
Title III: Executive Office of the President (EOP)b and Funds Appropriated to the President
Compensation of the Pres-
ident
250
250
250
250
250
The White House Office
(salaries and expenses)
51,199
52,344
52,344
52,344
52,344
Executive Residence at the
White House (operating
expenses)
8,045
8,691
8,061
8,691
8,691
White House Repair and
Restoration
200
0
0
0
0
Office of the Vice Presi-
dent (salaries and
expenses)
3,378
3,512
3,512
3,512
3,512
Official Residence of the
Vice President (operating
expenses)
334
334
334
334
334
Council of Economic Ad-
visers
3,542
3,666
3,666
3,666
3,666
Office of Policy Develop-
ment
3,983
4,032
4,032
4,032
4,032
National Security Council
6,648
6,806
6,806
6,806
6,806
Office of Administration
28,883
40,550
28,350
29,140
28,350
Office of Management and
Budget
57,440
60,617
59,017
60,617
60,617

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Bureau or Agency
FY1998
FY1999
House
Senate
Enacted
Request a
Passed
Passed
P.L. 105-277
Office of National Drug
Control Policy
35,016
36,442
36,442
48,042
48,042
Federal Drug Control Programs c
Federal Drug Control
Program, High Intensity
Drug Trafficking Areas
Program (HIDTA)
159,007
162,007
162,007
183,977
182,477
Federal Drug Control
Program, Special
Forfeiture Fund
211,000
251,000
215,000
200,000
214,500
Funds Appropriated to the
President
0
1,000
0
0
1,000
Total, EOP and Funds
Appropriated to the
President
568,925
631,251
579,821
601,411
614,621
Title IV: Independent Agencies
Committee for Purchase
from People Who Are
Blind or Severely Disabled
1,940
2,464
2,464
2,464
2,464
Federal Election Commis-
sion
31,650
36,504
36,500
36,500
36,500
Federal Labor Relations
Authority
22,039
22,586
22,586
22,586
22,586
General Services Admin-
istration
143,565
140,735
622,035
649,487
593,853
Federal Buildings Fund
0
0
479,300
508,752
450,018
Policy and Operations
107,487
106,494
108,494
106,494
109,594
Office of Inspector General
33,870
32,000
32,000
32,000
32,000
Allowances and Office Staff
for Former Presidents
2,208
2,241
2,241
2,241
2,241
Expenses, presidential
transition
0
0
0
0
0
John F. Kennedy Assassi-
nation Records Review
Board
1,600
0
0
0
0
Merit Systems Protection
Board (salaries and
expenses)
25,290
25,805
25,805
25,805
25,805
Morris K. Udall scholar-
ship and excellence in na-
tional environmental pol-
icy foundation
1,750
2,000
0
0
0

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Bureau or Agency
FY1998
FY1999
House
Senate
Enacted
Request a
Passed
Passed
P.L. 105-277
National Archives and
Records Administration
221,305
242,463
229,191
241,927
239,343
Operating Expenses
205,167
230,025
216,753
221,030
224,614
Reduction of Debt
- 4,012
- 4,012
-4,012
-4,012
-4,012
Repairs and Restoration
14,650
10,450
10,450
11,325
11,325
National Historical
Publications and Records
Commission: Grants
Program
5,500
6,000
6,000
11,000
10,000
Office of Government
Ethics
8,265
8,492
8,492
8,492
8,492
Office of Personnel
Management
12,792,310
13,435,607
13,435,607
13,435,607
13,435,607
Salaries and expenses
85,350
85,350
85,350
85,350
85,350
Office of Inspector General
960
960
960
960
960
Government Payment for
Annuitants, Employees
Health Benefits
4,338,000
4,632,000
4,632,000
4,632,000
4,632,000
Government Payment for
Annuitants, Employees
Life Insurance
32,000
35,000
35,000
35,000
35,000
Payment to Civil Service
Retirement and Disability
Fund
8,336,000
8,682,297
8,682,297
8,682,297
8,682,297
Office of Special Counsel
8,450
8,720
8,720
8,720
8,720
United States Tax Court
33,921
34,490
34,490
32,765
32,765
Total, Independent
Agencies
13,292,085
13,964,116
14,430,140
14,461,769
14,412,969
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Table 4 notes:
Sources: U.S. Congress. House of Representatives, Committee on Appropriations computer
room, Budget Authority and Outlays Conference Agreement, issued September 29, 1998. Senate
Appropriations Committee, Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government
Appropriations Bill, 1999, S. Rept. 105-251, July 15, 1998.
a In

a few instances the funding levels provided in the S. Rept. 105-251 differ from
those provided by the House Committee on Appropriations following passage of H.R.
4104. The Senate numbers are shown in parentheses.
The
b
Council on Environmental Quality/Office of Environmental Quality, Office of
Science and Technology Policy, and the Office of the United States Trade Representative
are funded under other appropriations.
Since these funds are not for operations of the Executive Office
c
of the President
(EOP), but are to be transferred to federal, state and local agencies for anti-drug
operations, they are not included in the EOP operations funds. The funds are under the
control of the Office of National Drug Control Policy.
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CRS Issue Briefs
CRS Issue Brief 98010. Child Care Legislation in the 105 Congress
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, by (name redacted).
CRS Issue Brief 98024. Federal Employees and the FY1999 Budget, by (name re d
acted).
CRS Issue Brief 95035. Federal Regulatory Reform: An Overview, by Roger Garcia.
CRS Issue Brief 89148. Item Veto and Expanded Impoundment Proposals, by (name re
dacted).
CRS Issue Brief 95083. Postal Service’s Mail Monopoly: Is It Time for Change?, by
Bernevia McCalip.
CRS Info Packs
CRS Info Pack 517G. Government Performance and Results Act: implementing the
results.
CRS Reports
CRS Report 97-635. The Balanced Budget Act of 1997: Retirement and Health
Insurance Provisions for Postal and Federal Personnel, by Carolyn L. Merck.
CRS Report 98-541. Child Care: The Role of the Federal Government, by (name redacted).

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CRS Report 97-892. Continuing Appropriations Acts: Brief Overview of Recent
Practices, by (name redacted)
CRS Report 97-232. Federal Pay: FY1998 Salary Adjustments, by (name reda
cted).
CRS Report 97-1008. Federal Pay: FY1999 Salary Adjustments, by (name reda
cted).
CRS Report 97-904. Fiscal Year 1998 Continuing Resolution, by (name redacted).
CRS Report 98-800. Fiscal Year 1999 Continuing Resolutions, by (name redacted).
CRS Report 97-382. Government Performance and Results Act: Implications for
Congressional Oversight, by (name redacted) and (name redacted).
CRS Report 97-70. Government Performance and Results Act, P.L. 103-62:
Implementation Through Fall 1996 and Issues for the 105th Congress, by
(name redacted).
CRS Report 98-270. Immigration: Haitian Relief Issues and Legislation, by (name reda
cted).
CRS Report 96-765. The Line Item Veto Act, by (name redacted) a
nd (name redacted).
CRS Report 97-72. Performance-Based Organizations in the Federal Government: A
Reinvention Innovation, by (name redacted).
CRS Report 98-4. Personnel Management Flexibility for the Internal Revenue Service:
105 Congress Legislation
th
, by (name redacted).
CRS Report 97-984 E. Restructuring the Internal Revenue Service: A Comparison of
Two Major Bills in the 105 Congress,
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by (name redacted).
CRS Report 97-659. Salaries and Allowances: The Congress, by (name redacted).
CRS Report 98-53. Salaries of Federal Officials, by (name redacted).
CRS Report 95-906. Shutdown of the Federal Government: Effects on the Federal
Workforce, by James P. McGrath.
CRS Report 97-216. Treasury-Inflation Protection Securities: A Fact Sheet, by James
Bickley.
CRS Report 97-134. Treasury-Inflation Protection Securities: Description, Goals, and
Policy Issues, by James Bickley.
CRS Report 96-603. Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and
General Government: Appropriations for FY1997, by (name redacted) and Barbara
Schwemle.

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CRS Report 97-202. Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and
General Government: Appropriations for FY1998 by (name redacted) and Barbara
Schwemle.
Other Readings
U.S. General Accounting Office. High Risk Series. IRS Management. GAO/HR 97-8.
Washington, February 1997.
Selected World Wide Web Sites
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documents), the federal budget process, and duties and functions are available at the
following web or gopher sites.
Congressional Budget Office (CBO).
[http://www.cbo.gov]
General Accounting Office (GAO).
[http://www.gao.gov]
National Commission on Restructuring the Internal Revenue Service
[http://www.house.gov/natcommirs/main.htm]
Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
[http://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/EOP/OMB/html/ombhome.html]
Office of management and Budget, Statements of Administration Policy (SAPS)
[http://www.whitehouse.gov/WH/EOP/OMB/SAP]

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