112 STAT. 2681-811 PUBLIC LAW 105-277—OCT. 21, 1998 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Inspector General of the Department of State and the Foreign Service shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees which includes the following: (A) Detailed descriptions of the internal guidance developed or used by the Office of the Inspector General with respect to public disclosure of any information related to an ongoing investigation of any officer or employee of the Department of State, the United States Information Agency, or the United States Arms Control and Disarmament Agency. (B) Detailed descriptions of those instances for the year ending December 31, 1997, in which any disclosure of information to the public by an employee of the Office of Inspector General about an ongoing investigation occurred, including details on the recipient of the information, the date of the disclosure, and the internal clearance process for the disclosure. (2) STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION.— Disclosure of information to the public under this section shall not be construed to include information shared with Congress by an employee of the Office of the Inspector General. SEC. 2209. CAPITAL INVESTMENT FUND. Section 135 of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (22 U.S.C. 2684a) is amended— (1) in subsection (a), by inserting "and enhancement" after "procurement"; (2) in subsection (c), by striking "are authorized to" and inserting "shall"; (3) in subsection (d), by striking "for expenditure to procure capital equipment and information technology" and inserting "for purposes of subsection (a)"; and (4) by amending subsection (e) to read as follows: "(e) REPROGRAMMING PROCEDURES. — Funds credited to the Capital Investment Fund shall not be available for obligation or expenditure except in compliance with the procedures applicable to reprogramming notifications under section 34 of the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 (22 U.S.C. 2706).". SEC. 2210. CONTRACTING FOR LOCAL GUARDS SERVICES OVERSEAS. Section 136(c) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1990 and 1991 (22 U.S.C. 4864(c)) is amended— (1) by amending paragraph (3) to read as follows: "(3) in evaluating proposals for such contracts, award contracts to the technically acceptable firm offering the lowest evaluated price, except that proposals of United States persons and qualified United States joint venture persons (as defined in subsection (d)) shall be evaluated by reducing the bid price by 10 percent;"; (2) by inserting "and" at the end of paragraph (5); (3) by striking "; and" at the end of paragraph (6) and inserting a period; and (4) by striking paragraph (7).
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