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 PUBLIC LAW 104-208—SEPT. 30, 1996 110 STAT. 3009-344 PAYMENT TO CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY FUND For financing the unfunded liability of new and increased annuity benefits becoming effective on or after October 20, 1969, as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 8348, and annuities under special Acts to be credited to the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund, such sums as may be necessary: Provided, That annuities author- 33 USC 776. ized by the Act of May 29, 1944, as amended, and the Act of August 19, 1950, as amended (33 U.S.C. 771-75), may hereafter be paid out of the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund. 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; $8,116,000. UNITED STATES TAX COURT SALARIES AND EXPENSES For necessary expenses, including contract reporting and other services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $33,781,000: Provided, That travel expenses of the judges shall be paid upon the written 26 USC 7443 certificate of the judge. °ote. This title may be cited as the "Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997". TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS THIS ACT SECTION 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 service 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. Section 5131 of title 31, United States Code, is amended— (1) by striking subsection (c); and (2) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (c). SEC. 504. None of the funds made available by this Act shall be available for any activity or for paying the salary of any Government employee where funding an activity or paying a salary to

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