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 PUBLIC LAW 105-61—OCT. 10, 1997 111 STAT. 1281 Internal Revenue Service shall submit a reprogramming request, of which no less than $87,000,000 shall be available for Year 2000 conversion: Provided further. That none of the funds under this heading, or funds made available under this heading in any previous Acts, may be obligated to award or otherwise initiate a Prime contract to implement the Internal Revenue Service's Modernization Blueprint submitted to Congress on May 15, 1997, although funds may be used to develop a Request for Proposals for the Prime contract. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENTS For necessary expenses for the capital asset acquisition of information technology systems, including management and related contractual costs of said acquisition, including contractual costs associated with operations as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, $325,000,000, which shall remain available until September 30, 2000: Provided, That none of these funds is available for obligation until September 1, 1998: Provided further. That none of these funds shall be obligated until the Internal Revenue Service and the Department of the Treasury submits to Congress for approval, a plan for expenditure that: (1) implements the Internal Revenue Service's Modernization Blueprint submitted to Congress on May 15, 1997; (2) meets the information systems investment guidelines established by the Office of Management and Budget in the fiscal year 1998 budget; (3) has been reviewed and approved by the Internal Revenue Service's Investment Review Board, the Office of Management and Budget, and the Department of the Treasury's Modernization Management Board, and has been reviewed by the General Accounting Office; (4) meets the requirements of the May 15, 1997 Internal Revenue Service's Systems Life Cycle program; EUid (5) is in compliance with acquisition rules, requirements, guidelines, and systems acquisition management practices of the Federal Government. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE SECTION 101. Not to exceed 5 percent of smy appropriation made available in this Act to the Internal Revenue Service may be transferred to any other Internal Revenue Service appropriation upon the advance approval of the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations. SEC. 102. The Internal Revenue Service shall maintain a train- 26 USC 7803 ing program to ensure that Internal Revenue Service employees note. are trained in taxpayers' rights, in dealing courteously with the taxpayers, and in cross-cultural relations. SEC. 103. The funds provided in this Act for the Internal Revenue Service shall be used to provide, as a minimum, the fiscal year 1995 level of service, staffing, and funding for Taxpayer Services. SEC. 104. 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, including any private sector employees under contract to the Internal Revenue Service,

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