Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government Appropriations Act, 1988

Summary

Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government Appropriations Act, 1988 - Title I: Department of the Treasury - Treasury Department Appropriations Act, 1988 - Makes appropriations to the Department of the Treasury for FY 1988 for the following: (1) the Office of the Secretary; (2) international affairs functions within the Office of the Secretary; (3) the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center; (4) the Financial Management Service; (5) the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms; (6) the U.S. Customs Service; (7) operation and maintenance expenses of the Air Interdiction program; (8) the Customs Forfeiture Fund; (9) customs services at small airports; (10) the U.S. Mint; (11) the Bureau of the Public Debt; and (12) the Internal Revenue Service, including salaries and expenses, processing tax returns, examinations and appeals, investigations, collections, and taxpayer services. Limits the amount of appropriated funds for specified purposes within the Internal Revenue Service which may be transferred to other Internal Revenue Service appropriations. Makes appropriations to the U.S. Secret Service. Authorizes the use of Department of the Treasury appropriations for uniforms and allowances, purchasing insurance for motor vehicles operated in foreign countries, entering into contracts, and other authorized services. Prohibits funds appropriated under this title from being used for the collection of any underpayment of tax, unless collected under specified procedures. Limits the amount of funds appropriated to the Department of the Treasury that may be transferred between appropriations. Prohibits any funds made available by this Act from being used to place the U.S. Secret Service, the U.S. Customs Service or the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms under the operation and oversight of the Inspector General of the Department of the Treasury. Title II: United States Postal Service - Postal Service Appropriation Act, 1988 - Makes appropriations to the Postal Service Fund for FY 1988. Title III: Executive Office of the President - Executive Office Appropriations Act, 1988 - Makes appropriations for FY 1988 for the Executive Office of the President, for salaries and/or operating expenses of the following: (1) compensation of the President; (2) the executive residence at the White House; (3) the Office of Administration; (4) the White House Office; (5) the official residence of the Vice President; (6) the provision of special assistance to the President; (7) the Council of Economic Advisers; (8) the Office of Policy Development; (9) the National Critical Materials Council; (10) the National Security Council; (11) the Office of Management and Budget; (12) the Office of Federal Procurement Policy; and (13) unanticipated needs. Title IV: Independent Agencies - Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1988 - Makes appropriations for FY 1988 for salaries and expenses of the following independent agencies: (1) the Administrative Conference of the United States; (2) the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations; (3) the Committee for Purchase from the Blind and Other Severely Handicapped; and (4) the Federal Election Commission. Makes funds deposited in the Federal Buildings Fund available for specified purchases of the General Services Administration (GSA), limiting the availability of such funds for certain programs, construction projects, purchases, and repairs and alterations of GSA. Makes appropriations for FY 1988 for: (1) the Federal Supply Service; (2) general management and administrative expenses of GSA; (3) the Federal Property Resources Service; (4) the National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund; (5) real property relocation; (6) the Information Resources Management Service; (7) the Office of the Inspector General; and (8) allowances and office staff for former Presidents. Requires the appropriate fund or appropriation to be credited within GSA for certain specified expenses, with the approval of the Office of Management and Budget. Requires GSA funds to be available for the hire of passenger motor vehicles. Requires appropriations available for any department or agency for necessary expenses to be available to the GSA for charges for space and services and building renovation and alteration expenses which constitute public improvements. Limits the amount of funds that may be transferred between appropriations within the GSA, requiring such proposed transfers to be submitted to the Senate and House Appropriations Committees for approval. Limits the transfer of funds for activities of the Federal Buildings Fund. Authorizes the use of funds made available for rent payment by the GSA to be available for leasing space in buildings erected on land owned by the United States. Makes appropriations for FY 1988 for the following purposes: (1) the National Archives and Records Administration; (2) the Office of Personnel Management (including the transfer of trust funds); (3) for a revolving fund for entertainment expenses of the President's Commission on Executive Exchange; (4) for Government contributions for health insurance payments for retired employees; (5) for payment to the Civil Service and Retirement Disability Fund; (6) the Merit Systems Protection Board (including a transfer of funds); (7) the Office of Special Counsel; (8) the Federal Labor Relations Authority; and (9) the United States Tax Court. Title V: General Provisions - Sets forth certain limits, with conditions, on the use of appropriations made under this Act for travel expenses. Prohibits the availability of any part of an appropriation made under this Act for the following: (1) to pay the salary of an employee filling a position formerly held by an employee who left the employment to serve in the armed forces, successfully completed his required period of service, and has reapplied for his former position; (2) to purchase or sell real estate in order to establish new offices inside or outside the District of Columbia; (3) to remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless expressly so provided in this Act; and (4) for the purchase of hand or measuring tools not produced in the United States, with certain exceptions as determined by the Administrator of General Services. Sets forth expenditure limitations on appropriations made under this Act with regard to consulting service procurement contracts. Prohibits certain funds made available to the GSA from being obligated or expended after the date of enactment of this Act for certain building services functions previously performed by GSA employees. Prohibits any of the funds made available under this Act from being used for any of the following: (1) administrative expenses in connection with the enforcement of specified provisions concerning the labeling and advertising of wine, distilled spirits, and malt beverages, with an exception; (2) to competitively procure electric utility service, except where such procurement is expressly authorized; (3) for administrative expenses in closing the GSA Federal Information Center in Sacramento, California; (4) for the purpose of eliminating any existing requirement for sureties on customs bonds; (5) for the funding of any activity or the payment of any Government employee which would prohibit the enforcement of a specified provision of the 1930 Tariff Act; (6) to transfer control over the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in Glynco, Georgia, out of the Treasury Department; and (7) for publicity or propaganda purposes within the United States not heretofore authorized by the Congress. Prohibits the use of any part of an appropriation made in this Act for the payment of the salary of any officer or employee of the U.S. Postal Service who in any way interferes with another employee's ability to communicate with any member or committee of the Congress in connection with any matter pertaining to the employment of such officers or employees with the Postal Service. Prohibits, with specified exceptions, the use of any funds appropriated under this Act for the following purposes: (1) to procure passenger automobiles with a fuel efficiency rating of less than 22 MPG; (2) to pay for an abortion, or to fund any Federal health plan which provides any benefits or coverage for abortions; and (3) to store, maintain, or protect more than a specified amount of silver deposited in the National Defense Stockpile. Requires the Administrator of General Services, or any other responsible Federal official assuming the Administrator's duties in such regard, to use all funds authorized and appropriated before January 1, 1985, from the National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund to evaluate and purchase stockpile materials to meet current stockpile goals. Prohibits any funds appropriated in this Act from being available for any of the following purposes: (1) for the procurement of, or the payment of the salary of any person engaged in the procurement of, stainless steel flatware not produced in the United States; (2) for the payment of the salary of any employee of the GSA in a specified region of the United States for the performance of duties previously assigned to GSA employees in another specified region; (3) for implementing any part of a certain port testing program at any port not already included in the test as of June 23, 1987; (4) to solicit bids or enter into any contracts to close or consolidate executive seminar centers for the Office of Personnel Management; and (5) for the sale, lease, or other specified activity in connection with the disposition of land on which the Beltsville Agricultural Center is located in Beltsville, Maryland, without the specific approval of the Congress. Requires, not later than October 1, 1988, a specified amount of previously-appropriated funds to be obligated for the upgrade and acquisition of certain first tier strategic materials as defined under the Strategic and Critical Materials Stock Piling Act. Limits the total amount to be obligated for such upgrading. Prohibits any of the funds appropriated or made available by this Act from being used for administering or implementing any Federal employee drug testing under Executive Order 12564, unless: (1) the Secretary of Health and Human Services certifies in writing to the Senate and House Appropriations Committees that each Federal agency has developed plans for achieving a drug-free workplace, that the Department of Health and Human Services has published mandatory guidelines which establish complete drug-testing standards, and that all agency drug-testing programs comply with applicable law; (2) the Secretary of Health and Human Services has submitted to the Congress, in writing, a detailed agency-by-agency analysis relating to the criteria, procedures, and standards to be used for employee drug-testing; and (3) the Director of the Office of Management and Budget has submitted in writing to the Senate and House Appropriations Committees a detailed agency-by-agency analysis of the anticipated costs of carrying out such Executive Order and related requirements under this Act during the five-year period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act. Requires notice of the mandatory drug-testing guidelines to be published in the Federal Register, allowing for comments on such guidelines for a period of 60 days thereafter. Outlines provisions concerning compliance by drug-testing programs of the Departments of Transportation and of Energy with Executive Order 12564. Requires agencies other than those enumerated under this Act to follow the same reporting requirements outlined in this Act before such agencies will be permitted to use appropriated funds under this Act to carry out the Executive Order. Outlines the rights of a Federal employee who is the subject of a drug test under any program or plan, and specifically limits the instances in which the results of such drug tests may be disclosed without such employee's prior written consent. Requires each agency covered by the Executive Order to submit to the Senate and House Appropriations Committees, as well as any other appropriate committees, an annual report relating to drug-testing activities conducted by such agency during the previous year. Prohibits any of the funds appropriated under this Act from being available for either: (1) the sale, lease, or other disposal of any portion of the land on which the Phoenix Indian School is located at Phoenix, Arizona, without the specific approval of the Congress; or (2) the sale or other disposal of lands in the vicinity of Bull Shoals Lake, Arkansas, administered by the Department of the Army's Corps of Engineers, without specific approval of the Congress. Directs the Administrator of GSA to acquire space for the United States Courts in Tacoma, Washington, at the site of Union Station in that city. Authorizes the availability of appropriations under this Act for Federal employee incentive awards. Title VI: General Provisions - Limits the per-vehicle amount that may be expended for the purchase of passenger motor vehicles, with specified exceptions. Authorizes appropriations currently available to the executive departments and independent agencies for travel expenses for the current fiscal year to be available also for quarters allowances and cost-of-living allowances. Prohibits any part of any funds appropriated in this or any other Act from being used to pay the salary of any officer or employee of the Government whose post of duty is in the continental United States unless such person: (1) is a citizen of the United States; (2) has filed a declaration of intention to become a citizen of the United States; (3) is a person owing allegiance to the United States; (4) is a lawfully-admitted alien from Poland, Cuba, South Vietnam, or the Baltic countries; or (5) is a South Vietnamese, Cambodian, or Laotian refugee paroled in the United States after January 1, 1975. States exceptions and provides penalties for those persons submitting false affidavits under this provision. Requires appropriations available during the current year to any: (1) department or agency for maintenance and operating expenses to also be available for payment to GSA for charges for space and services and for those building renovation and alteration expenses which constitute public improvements; (2) Government corporation for administrative expenses to also be available for the payment of rent in the District of Columbia. Prohibits funds from any appropriation in the current year from being paid to a person for filling a position for which he or she has been nominated after the Senate has voted not to approve such nomination. Provides that funds made available under this or any other Act for employing agency contributions to Federal retirement funds shall be available only for such purpose. Authorizes the use of foreign credits owed to or owned by the United States for any purpose for which appropriations are made for the current year, only when the appropriate reimbursement is made to the Treasury from the agency concerned. Prohibits appropriations contained in this or any other Act from being used for interagency financing of boards, commissions, councils, or similar groups which do not have a prior and specific statutory approval to receive financial support from more than one agency or instrumentality. Authorizes funds made available by this or any other Act to either GSA or the Postal Service Fund to be used for the 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 either GSA or the Postal Service, with certain conditions and restrictions. Prohibits funds made available under this or any other Act from being used for administrative expenses in connection with the execution of contracts for certain purchase contract projects pursuant to the Public Building Amendments of 1972 during the periods between FY 1977 through 1988. Prohibits funds available pursuant to this Act from being available to implement any regulation which has been disapproved by a resolution duly adopted under the laws of the United States. Prohibits funds made available under this or any other Act from being used for any agency to pay the Administrator of General Services a higher rental rate for the use of space and services than the rate established by the GSA for the fiscal year for which the appropriations are granted. Prohibits the use of funds appropriated under this or any other Act for FY 1988 or 1989 from being used to pay any prevailing rate employee (as defined under Federal law), during specified periods of such fiscal years, in an amount that exceeds the current rates payable after taking into consideration certain applicable rate adjustments. States that such prohibition shall apply in a manner as prescribed by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), with specified exceptions. Requires OPM to determine the prevailing rate for employees paid from a pay schedule that was not in existence as of September 30, 1987, and prohibits prevailing rates paid to employees subject to this provision from being changed from those rates in effect as of September 30, 1987, except as determined by OPM. Allows OPM to provide exceptions to the limitations imposed by this provision if determined necessary to retain or recruit qualified employees. Prohibits any funds made available under this Act from being used to plan, implement, or administer: (1) any reduction in the number of regions, districts, or entry processing locations of the U.S. Customs Service; or (2) any consolidation or centralization of duty assessment or appraisement functions of any offices of such Service. Prohibits, during the period in which any department or agency head holds office, funds in excess of $5,000 from being used to renovate, redecorate, or remodel the office of such department or agency head unless advance notice has been expressly approved by the Senate and House Appropriations Committees. Outlines the conditions under which office space will be leased by the Government to an individual or entity providing child care services during FY 1988 or thereafter, including the requirement that, in order to qualify for such leasing, such individual or entity must use such space to provide child care services to a group of individuals of whom at least 50 percent or more are current Federal employees. Allows such space to be provided without charge for rent or services connected with such rental. Permits the use of appropriations to pay travel to the United States for the immediate family of employees serving abroad in cases of death or life-threatening illnesses of such employees. Prohibits any of the funds appropriated under this or any other Act from being used: (1) to prepare, promulgate, or implement any regulations dealing with organizations participating in the 1987 and 1988 Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) other than repromulgating and implementing the 1985 and 1985 CFC regulations, with certain specified exceptions; and (2) to repeal, amend, or modify any policy, practice, or procedure contained in Federal regulations governing set-asides for small businesses, unless such modifications are required to implement certain amendments made pursuant to the Individual Career Investment Accounts Act or successor provisions, if enacted.

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• Passed Senate amended

  summary · EN · 25 September 1987

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• Passed House amended

  summary · EN · 15 July 1987

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 9 July 1987

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