PROVISIONS IN BUDGET RECONCILIATION ACT AND CONTINUING RESOLUTION AFFECTING AGENCY ADMINISTRATION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
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• Document Creation Date: December 27, 2016
• Document Release Date: May 28, 2013
• Sequence Number: 31
• Publication Date: January 4, 1988
• Content Type: MEMO

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OCA 88-0168
4 January 1988
NOTE TO: Deputy Director for Administration
FROM:
Office of Congressional Affairs
SUBJECT: Provisions in Budget Reconciliation Act and
Continuing Resolution Affecting Agency Administration
1. Listed below are several provisions contained in either
the Budget Reconciliation Act (HR 3545) or the Continuing
Resolution (HJ Res. 395) which impact on the operations of the
directorate. Most of these changes you know about, but several
you do not. I am sending a copy of this note to the affected
DA offices with excerpts from the two acts.
BUDGET RECONCILIATION ACT (HR 3545)
2. Section 6001 changes lump-sum annuities. Those
employees retiring after 3 January who elect to take a lump-sum
can receive only 60% the first year. The remaining 40% is
payable the second year.
3. Section 9007 closes the Public Pension Offset loophole
for those who join FERS after 31 December 1988.
CONTINUING RESOLUTION (HJ RES 395)
4. Title III, section 304 of the State Department
Appropriations Act prohibits Soviet occupancy of Mount Alto
until the new office building (NOB) in Moscow is ready for U.S.
occupancy. No new funds may be obligated for the NOB except
for engineering and technical studies. In order to make this
change, section 305 waives section 151 of the State
Authorization Act (HR 1777).
5. Section 601 of The Treasury Authorization Act limits
the amount government agencies may pay for the purchase of
passenger cars.
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6. Section 603 of the Treasury Authorization Act provides
that no funds may be used to compensate any employee of the
U.S. Government whose post is in the continental U.S. unless
the person is a U.S. citizen or has filed for citizenship.
(There are other additional exceptions.)
7. Section 615 of the Treasury Authorization Act limits
the amount of money which may be spent on the renovation of an
employee's office to $5,000 before Congress must be notified.
8. Section 616 of the Treasury Authorization Act permits
agencies to provide space for child care services.
9. Section 617 of the Treasury Authorization Act permits
funds to be used to pay for travel to the U.S. by immediate
family members of employees serving overseas in cases of death
or life threatening illness of the employee.
10. Section 618 of the Treasury Authorization Act
prohibits expenditure of funds for certain activities related
to the Combined Federal Campaign.
11. Section 621 of the Treasury Authorization Act provides
that agencies detailing employees to other agencies submit a
report to Congress. This is the section for which we sought an
exemption for CIA and the Intelligence Community. The
exemption survived.
12. Section 623 of the Treasury Authorization Act requires
that back pay awarded for unjustified personnel actions be paid
with interest under certain conditions.
13. Section 624 of the Treasury Authorization Act exempts
the Thrift Savings Plan from nondiscrimination rules applied to
private pension plans.
14. Section 625 of the Treasury Authorization Act
continues and extends OPM's demonstration projects permitting
employees to transfer leave to employees who need leave for
emergency situations.
15. Section 628 of the Treasury Authorization Act provides
for reimbursement of employees transfered overseas for the sale
of residency and for certain travel expenses.
16. Section 630 of the Treasury Authorization Act
prohibits agencies from using funds to implement or enforce the
nondisclosure agreements under certain conditions. In
addition, this provision requires removal of the word
"classifiable" from these agreements.
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17. Nowhere in either Act is contained the provisions
affecting Cafeteria benefit plans.
18. I understand, but have not yet found, that there is a
provision supposedly contained in the Continuing Resolution
which requires all executive agencies to purchase and use the
FTS 2000 telephone system.
19. There are probably other sections which will impact on
the DA which have yet to be discovered, but the ones discussed
here should be the major ones. I will advise you and the
appropriate office directors of any new discoveries.
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Attachment:
Portions of HR 3545 and HJ Res. 395
cc: D/OP w/att.
D/OF w/att.
D/OS w/att.
D/OL w/att.
D/OC wo/att.
D/OMS wo/att.
D/OTE wo/att.
D/OIT wo/att.
C/M&S/DDA wo/att.
Distribution:
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1 - ea. cc
1 - OCA Record
1 - JB Chrono
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