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Applicability. 5 USC 9505 note.

Effective date. 5 USC 8335 note.

Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2003.

PUBLIC LAW 108–7—FEB. 20, 2003

that records so collected, maintained, or obtained have been disclosed under 5 U.S.C. 552 prior to the date of the enactment of this Act. SEC. 645. (a) Section 9505(d) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking the second sentence and inserting the following: ‘‘Such amount may not exceed the maximum amount which would be allowable under paragraph (3) of section 5384(b) if such paragraph were applied by substituting ‘the Internal Revenue Service’ for ‘an agency’. ’’. (b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to fiscal years beginning after September 30, 2002. SEC. 646. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to finalize, implement, administer, or enforce— (1) the proposed rule relating to the determination that real estate brokerage is an activity that is financial in nature or incidental to a financial activity published in the Federal Register on January 3, 2001 (66 Fed. Reg. 307 et seq.); or (2) the revision proposed in such rule to section 1501.2 of title 12 of the Code of Federal Regulations. SEC. 647. While nothing in this section shall prevent any agency of the executive branch from subjecting work performed by Federal Government employees or private contractors to public-private competition or conversions, none of the funds made available in this Act may be used by an agency of the executive branch to establish, apply, or enforce any numerical goal, target, or quota for subjecting the employees of the executive agency to public-private competitions or for converting such employees or the work performed by such employees to private contractor performance under the Office of Management and Budget Circular A–76 or any other administrative regulation, directive, or policy unless the goal, target, or quota is based on considered research and sound analysis of past activities and is consistent with the stated mission of the executive agency. Nothing in this section shall limit the use of such funds for the administration of the Government Performance and Results Act of 1993 or for the administration of any other provision of law. SEC. 648. (a) Section 8335(a) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘8336’’ and inserting ‘‘8336(e)’’. (b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall be effective as of January 1, 2003. This division may be cited as the ‘‘Treasury and General Government Appropriations Act, 2003’’. DIVISION K—VETERANS AFFAIRS AND HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, AND INDEPENDENT AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS, 2003 JOINT RESOLUTION Making appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, and offices for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2003, and for other purposes.

That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, boards, commissions, corporations,

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