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Any statistical information furnished in confidence to the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce by individuals, corporations, and firms shall be held to be confidential, and shall be used only for the statistical purposes for which it is supplied. Except as provided in subchapter III of chapter 35 of title 44, the Director of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce shall not permit anyone other than the sworn employees of the Bureau to examine such individual reports, nor shall he permit any statistics of domestic commerce to be published in such manner as to reveal the identity of the individual, corporation, or firm furnishing such data.
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The President shall receive in full for his services during the term for which he shall have been elected compensation in the aggregate amount of $400,000 a year, to be paid monthly, and in addition an expense allowance of $50,000 to assist in defraying expenses relating to or resulting from the discharge of his official duties. Any unused amount of such expense allowance shall revert to the Treasury pursuant to [section 1552 of title 31](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title31-section1552&num=0&edition=prelim), United States Code. No amount of such expense allowance shall be included in the gross income of the President. He shall be entitled also to the use of the furniture and other effects belonging to the United States and kept in the Executive Residence at the White House.
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**(a)** There is in the Treasury of the United States a Postal Service Retiree Health Benefits Fund which is administered by the Office of Personnel Management. **(b)** The Fund is available without fiscal year limitation for payments required under section 8906(g)(2)(A). **(c)** The Secretary of the Treasury shall immediately invest, in interest-bearing securities of the United States such currently available portions of the Fund as are not immediately required for payments from the Fund. Such investments shall be made in the same manner as investments for the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund under section 8348. **(d)** (1) Not later than June 30, 2026, and by June 30 of each succeeding year, the Office shall compute, for the most recently concluded fiscal year, the amount (if any) that Government contributions required to be paid from the Fund under section 8906(g)(2)(A) exceeded the estimated net claims costs under the enrollment of the individuals described in section 8906(g)(2)(A). (2) Not later than September 30 of each year in which the Office makes a computation under paragraph (1), the United States Postal Service shall pay into the Fund the amount (if any) of the excess computed under such paragraph. **(e)** Any computation required under [section 3654(b) of title 39](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title39-section3654/b&num=0&edition=prelim) shall be based on— (1) the net present value of the future net claims costs with respect to— (A) current annuitants of the United States Postal Service as of the end of the fiscal year ending on September 30 of the relevant reporting year; and (B) current employees of the United States Postal Service who would, as of September 30 of that year— (i) be eligible to b
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**(a) Establishment** There is established within the Department of Justice, under the general authority of the Attorney General, a Bureau of Justice Statistics (hereinafter referred to in this subchapter as “Bureau”). **(b) Appointment of Director; experience; authority; restrictions** The Bureau shall be headed by a Director appointed by the President. The Director shall have had experience in statistical programs. The Director shall have final authority for all grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts awarded by the Bureau. The Director shall be responsible for the integrity of data and statistics and shall protect against improper or illegal use or disclosure. The Director shall report to the Attorney General through the Assistant Attorney General. The Director shall not engage in any other employment than that of serving as Director; nor shall the Director hold any office in, or act in any capacity for, any organization, agency, or institution with which the Bureau makes any contract or other arrangement under this Act. **(c) Duties and functions of Bureau** The Bureau is authorized to— (1) make grants to, or enter into cooperative agreements or contracts with public agencies, institutions of higher education, private organizations, or private individuals for purposes related to this subchapter; grants shall be made subject to continuing compliance with standards for gathering justice statistics set forth in rules and regulations promulgated by the Director; (2) collect and analyze information concerning criminal victimization, including crimes against the elderly, and civil disputes; (3) collect and analyze data that will serve as a continuous and comparable national social indication of the prevalence, incidence, rates, extent, distribution, and attribu
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There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subchapter not more than $3,200,000 for fiscal year 2009, $3,200,000 for fiscal year 2010, and $3,200,000 for fiscal year 2011. Of any amounts appropriated under this section, not more than $2,500 may be made available in each fiscal year for official representation and entertainment expenses for foreign dignitaries.
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**(a)** Except as provided under subsection (f)(1), in this section, the term “appropriate committees of Congress” means— (1) the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; and (2) the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of Representatives. **(b)** (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, under a test program which the Administrator of General Services determines to be in the interest of the Government and approves, an employing agency may pay through the proper disbursing official any necessary travel expenses in lieu of any payment otherwise authorized or required under this subchapter for employees participating in a telework program. Under an approved test program, an agency may provide an employee with the option to waive any payment authorized or required under this subchapter. An agency shall include in any request to the Administrator for approval of such a test program an analysis of the expected costs and benefits and a set of criteria for evaluating the effectiveness of the program. (2) Any test program conducted under this section shall be designed to enhance cost savings or other efficiencies that accrue to the Government. (3) Under any test program, if an agency employee voluntarily relocates from the pre-existing duty station of that employee, the Administrator may authorize the employing agency to establish a reasonable maximum number of occasional visits to the pre-existing duty station before that employee is eligible for payment of any accrued travel expenses by that agency. (4) Nothing in this section is intended to limit the authority of any agency to conduct test programs. **(c)** The Administrator shall transmit a copy of any test program approved by the Administrator und
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In this chapter: (1) The term “employee” means an employee defined under section 8901(1) and an employee of the District of Columbia courts. (2) The terms “annuitant”, “member of family”, and “dependent” have the meanings as such terms are defined under paragraphs (3), (5), and (9), respectively, of section 8901. (3) The term “eligible individual” refers to an individual described in paragraph (1), (2), or (8), without regard to whether the individual is enrolled in a health benefits plan under chapter 89. (4) The term “Office” means the Office of Personnel Management. (5) The term “qualified company” means a company (or consortium of companies or an employee organization defined under section 8901(8)) that offers indemnity, preferred provider organization, health maintenance organization, or discount dental programs and if required is licensed to issue applicable coverage in any number of States, taking any subsidiaries of such a company into account (and, in the case of a consortium, considering the member companies and any subsidiaries thereof, collectively). (6) The term “employee organization” means an association or other organization of employees which is national in scope, or in which membership is open to all employees of a Government agency who are eligible to enroll in a health benefits plan under chapter 89. (7) The term “State” includes the District of Columbia. (8) The term “covered TRICARE-eligible individual” means an individual entitled to dental care under chapter 55 of title 10, pursuant to section 1076c of such title, who the Secretary of Defense determines should be an eligible individual for purposes of this chapter.
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**(a) Definitions.—** In this section: (1) **Agency.—** — The term “agency” means an Executive agency. (2) **Director.—** — The term “Director” means the Director of the Office. (3) **Examination.—** — The term “examination” means the process by which an applicant demonstrates knowledge, skills, abilities, and competencies. (4) **Examining agency.—** — The term “examining agency” means— (A) the Office; or (B) an agency to which the Director has delegated examining authority under section 1104(a)(2). (5) **Office.—** — The term “Office” means the Office of Personnel Management. (6) **Passing score.—** — The term “passing score” means a minimum acceptable score or rating, consistent with applicable law, that may include a quantitative or qualitative assessment that an applicant can pass or fail. (7) **Relevant committees.—** — The term “relevant committees” means— (A) the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate; and (B) the Committee on Oversight and Accountability of the House of Representatives. (8) **Subject matter expert.—** — The term “subject matter expert” means an employee or selecting official— (A) who possesses an understanding of the duties of, and knowledge, skills, and abilities required for, the position for which the employee or selecting official is developing or administering an examination; and (B) whom the delegated examining unit of the examining agency that employs the employee or selecting official designates to assist in the development and administration of technical assessments. (9) **Technical assessment.—** — The term “technical assessment” means a position-specific tool that is relevant to the position for which the tool is developed that— (A) allows for the demonstration of job-relate
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**(a) Limitation on Criminal History Inquiries.—** (1) **In general.—** — Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3), an executive agency— (A) may not require that an individual or sole proprietor who submits a bid for a contract to disclose criminal history record information regarding that individual or sole proprietor before determining the apparent awardee; and (B) shall require, as a condition of receiving a Federal contract and receiving payments under such contract that the contractor may not verbally, or through written form, request the disclosure of criminal history record information regarding an applicant for a position related to work under such contract before the contractor extends a conditional offer to the applicant. (2) **Otherwise required by law.—** — The prohibition under paragraph (1) does not apply with respect to a contract if consideration of criminal history record information prior to a conditional offer with respect to the position is otherwise required by law. (3) **Exception for certain positions.—** (A) *In general.—* — The prohibition under paragraph (1) does not apply with respect to— (i) a contract that requires an individual hired under the contract to access classified information or to have sensitive law enforcement or national security duties; or (ii) a position that the Administrator of General Services identifies under the regulations issued under subparagraph (B). (B) *Regulations.—* (i) *Issuance.—* — Not later than 16 months after the date of enactment of the Fair Chance to Compete for Jobs Act of 2019, the Administrator of General Services, in consultation with the Secretary of Defense, shall issue regulations identifying additional positions with respect to which the prohibition under paragraph
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**(a)** The Office of Personnel Management shall conduct the investigations and issue the reports required by the following statutes— (1) sections 272b, 281b(e), and 290a of title 22; (2) [section 1874(c) of title 42](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title42-section1874/c&num=0&edition=prelim); and (3) [section 1203(e) of title 6](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title6-section1203/e&num=0&edition=prelim), District of Columbia Code. **(b)** When an investigation under subsection (a) of this section develops data indicating that the loyalty of the individual being investigated is questionable, the Office shall refer the matter to the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a full field investigation, a report of which shall be furnished to the Office for its information and appropriate action. **(c)** When the President considers it in the national interest, he may have the investigations of a group or class, which are required by subsection (a) of this section, made by the Federal Bureau of Investigation rather than the Office. **(d)** The investigation and report required by subsection (a) of this section shall be made by the Federal Bureau of Investigation rather than the Office for those specific positions which the Secretary of State certifies are of a high degree of importance or sensitivity. **(e)** (1) A revolving fund is available, to the Office without fiscal year limitation, for financing investigations, training, and such other functions as the Office is authorized or required to perform on a reimbursable basis, including personnel management services performed at the request of individual agencies (which would otherwise be the responsibility of such agencies), or at the request of nonappropriated fu
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