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 PUBLIC LAW 104-52—NOV. 19, 1995 109 STAT. 491 OFFICE OF SPECIAL COUNSEL SALARIES AND EXPENSES For necessary expenses to carry out functions of the Office of Special Counsel pursuant to Reorganization Plan Numbered 2 of 1978, the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 (Public Law 95- 454), the Whistleblower Protection Act of 1989 (Public Law 101- 12), Public Law 103-424, and the Uniformed Services Employment and Remployment Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-353), including services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, payment of fees and expenses for witnesses, rental of conference rooms in the District of Columbia and elsewhere, and hire of passenger motor vehicles; $7,840,000. UNITED STATES TAX COURT SA]:jmiES AND EXPENSES For necessary expenses, including contract reporting and other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109; $33,269,000: Provided, That travel expenses of the judges shall be paid upon the written certificate of the judge. This title may be cited as the "Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1996". TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS 26 USC 7443 note. THIS ACT SEC. 501. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. SEC. 502. The expenditure of any appropriation under this Act for any consulting semce through procurement contract, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public record and available for public inspection, except where otherwise provided under existing law, or under existing Executive order issued pursuant to existing law. SEC. 503. None of the funds made available to the General Services Administration pursuant to section 210(f) of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 shall be obligated or expended after the date of enactment of this Act for the procurement by contract of any guard, elevator operator, messenger or custodial services if any permanent veterans preference employee of the General Services Administration at said date, would be terminated as a result of the procurement of such services, except that such funds may be obligated or expended for the procurement by contract of the covered services with sheltered workshops employ- ing the severely handicapped under Public Law 92-28. Only if such workshops decline to contract for the provision of the covered services may the General Services Administration procure the services by competitive contract, for a period not to exceed 5 years. At such time as such competitive contract expires or is terminated for any reason, the General Services Administration shall again offer to contract for the services from a sheltered workshop prior to offering such services for competitive procurement. Contracts. Public information. Contracts. 40 USC 490c.

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