United States Secret Service

United States Secret Service salaries and expenses For necessary expenses of the United States Secret Service, including purchase (not to exceed three hundred and forty-three vehicles for police-type use for replacement only) and hire of passenger motor vehicles; hire of aircraft; training and assistance requested by State and local governments, which may be provided without reimbursement; services of expert witnesses at such rates as may be determined by the Director; rental of buildings in the District of Columbia, and fencing, lighting, guard booths, and other facilities on private or other property not in Government ownership or control, as may be necessary to perform protective functions; for payment of per diem and/or subsistence allowances to employees where a protective assignment during the actual day or days of the visit of a protectee require an employee to work 16 hours per day or to remain overnight at his or her post of duty; the conducting of and participating in firearms matches; presentation of awards; and for travel of Secret Service employees on protective missions without regard to the limitations on such expenditures in this or any other Act: Provided, That approval is obtained in advance from the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations; for repairs, alterations, and minor construction at the James J. Rowley Secret Service Training Center; for research and development; for making grants to conduct behavioral research in support of protective research and operations; not to exceed $12,500 for official reception and representation expenses; not to exceed $50,000 to provide technical assistance and equipment to foreign law enforcement organizations in counterfeit investigations; for payment in advance for commercial accommodations as may be necessary to perform protective functions; and for uniforms without regard to the general purchase price limitation for the current fiscal year; $476,931,000: Provided further, That of the offsetting collections credited to this account, $43,000 are permanently canceled. general provision—department of the treasury Section 101. Of the funds appropriated by this or any other Act to the Internal Revenue Service, amounts attributable to efficiency savings for fiscal year 1995 shall be identified as such by the Commissioner during that fiscal year: Provided, That in the fiscal year when the savings are realized, the amount of efficiency savings shall be non-recurred from the Internal Revenue Service budget base: Provided further, That on an annual basis, the Internal Revenue Service shall report to the House and Senate Appropriations Committees on the status of the program. Sec. 102. Any obligation or expenditure by the Secretary in connection with law enforcement activities of a Federal agency or a Department of the Treasury law enforcement organization in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 9703(g)(4)(B) from unobligated balances remaining in the Fund on September 30, 1995, shall be108 STAT. 2390 made in compliance with the reprogramming guidelines contained in the House and Senate reports accompanying this Act. Sec. 103. Appropriations to the Treasury Department in this Act shall be available for uniforms or allowances therefor, as authorized by law (5 U.S.C. 5901), including maintenance, repairs, and cleaning; purchase of insurance for official motor vehicles operated in foreign countries; purchase of motor vehicles without regard to the general purchase price limitation for vehicles purchased and used overseas for the current fiscal year; entering into contracts with the Department of State for the furnishing of health and medical services to employees and their dependents serving in foreign countries; and services authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. Sec. 104. Not to exceed 2 per centum of any appropriations in this Act for the Department of the Treasury may be transferred between such appropriations. Notwithstanding any authority to transfer funds between appropriations contained in this or any other Act, no transfer may increase or decrease any appropriation in this Act by more than 2 per centum and any such proposed transfers shall be approved in advance by the Committees on Appropriations of the House and Senate. Sec. 105. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, beginning in fiscal year 1995 and thereafter, the Financial Management Service (FMS) shall be reimbursed, for postage incurred by FMS to make check payments on their behalf, by: the Department of Veterans Affairs, for the mailing of Compensation and Pension benefit payments; the Department of Health and Human Services, for the mailing of Supplemental Security Income payments; and the Office of Personnel Management, for the mailing of Retirement payments. Such reimbursement shall be due beginning with checks mailed on October 1, 1994, and such reimbursement shall occur on a monthly basis. Sec. 106. (a) Of the budgetary resources available to the Department of the Treasury during fiscal year 1995, $33,437,000 are permanently canceled. (b) The Secretary of the Treasury shall allocate the amount of budgetary resources canceled among the Department’s accounts available for procurement and procurement-related expenses. Amounts available for procurement and procurement-related expenses in each such account shall be reduced by the amount allocated to such account. (c) For the purposes of this section, the definition of “procurement” includes all stages of the process of acquiring property or services, beginning with the process of determining a need for a product or services and ending with contract completion and closeout, as specified in 41 U.S.C. 403(2). Sec. 107. None of the funds appropriated by this title shall be used in connection with the collection of any underpayment of any tax imposed by the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 unless the conduct of officers and employees of the Internal Revenue Service in connection with such collection complies with subsection (a) of section 806 (relating to communications in connection with debt collection), and section 806 (relating to harassment or abuse), of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (16 U.S.C. 1692). Sec. 108. The Internal Revenue Service shall institute policies and procedures which will safeguard the confidentiality of taxpayer information. 108 STAT. 2391 Sec. 109. The funds provided to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms for fiscal year 1995 in this Act for the enforcement of the Federal Alcohol Administration Act shall be expended in a manner so as not to diminish enforcement efforts with respect to section 105 of the Federal Alcohol Administration Act. Sec. 110. (a) The Secretary of the Treasury shall implement the plan announced by the Bureau of the Public Debt on March 19, 1991, to consolidate such Bureau’s operations in Parkersburg, West Virginia. (b) The consolidation referred to in subsection (a) shall be completed by December 31, 1995, in accordance with the plan of the Bureau of the Public Debt. Sec. 111. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, Customs personnel funded through reimbursement from the Puerto Rico Trust Fund shall not be reduced as the result of workforce reductions required under Executive order or other guidance to Executive branch agencies in fiscal year 1995 and hereafter. Sec. 112.Subsection (a) of section 9703 of title 31, United States Code, is amended— (a) by redesignating subparagraphs (G) and (J) of paragraph (2) as (I) and (J) of paragraph (1), respectively; and (b) by redesignating in paragraph (2) subparagraphs (H) and (I) as subparagraphs (G) and (H), respectively. Sec. 113. (a) The Director of the United States Secret Service shall direct and apply appropriate agency personnel and resources for the purpose of conducting a security survey of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. (b) Such security survey shall include a review of all general security provisions, including— (1) the security and safeguarding of currency; (2) personnel screening and employee background check procedures; (3) access control and identification procedures; (4) the security and safeguarding of currency materials, supplies and related items; and (5) other security areas of concern as deemed relevant and appropriate by the agency. (c) The Bureau of Engraving and Printing and the Federal agencies which participated in any investigations or arrest of person(s) for theft of currency from the Bureau of Engraving and Printing are directed to— (1) provide any assistance and cooperation to the United States Secret Service for the purpose of the security survey; (2) provide Secret Service personnel, in accordance with all laws, with access to person(s) arrested in connection with theft or removal of currency from the Bureau of Engraving and Printing; and (3) provide access to all relevant investigative reports and materials: Provided, That access to such persons is approved by the appropriate United States Attorney. (d) The Director of the United States Secret Service shall provide a preliminary report to tne Congress no later than 90 days from the date of enactment of this Act, and a final report containing specific findings and recommendations to the Congress within 180 days of enactment of this Act. This title may be cited as the “Treasury Department Appropriations Act, 1995”.