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PUBLIC LAW 101-162—NOV. 21, 1989 103 STAT. 1031 TITLE VI—GENERAL PROVISIONS SEC. 601. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be used for publicity or propaganda purposes not authorized by the Congress. SEC. 602. 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. 603. 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 expendi- tures are a matter of public record and available for public inspec- tion, except where otherwise provided under existing law, or under existing Executive order issued pursuant to existing law. SEC. 604. If any provision of this Act or the application of such provision to any person or circumstances shall be held invalid, the remainder of the Act and the application of each provision to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is held invalid shall not be affected thereby. SEC. 605. Five working days after enactment of this Act and thereafter, the Federal Trade Commission shall assess and collect filing fees established at $20,000 which shall be paid by persons acquiring voting securities or assets who are required to file premerger notifications by the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (15 U.S.C. 18a) and the regulations promulgated thereunder. For purposes of said Act, no notification shall be considered filed until payment of the fee required by this section. Fees collected pursuant to this section shall be divided evenly between and credited to the appropriations, Federal Trade Commission, "Salaries and Expenses" and Department of Justice, "Salaries and Expenses, Antitrust Division": Provided, That fees in excess of $40,000,000 in fiscal year 1990 shall be deposited to the credit of the Treasury of the United States. SEC. 606. (a) None of the funds provided under this Act or provided from any accounts in the Treasury of the United States derived by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this Act shall be available for obligation or expenditure tnrough a reprogramming of funds which: (1) creates new programs; (2) elimi- nates a program, project, or activity; (3) increases funds or personnel by any means for any project or activity for which funds have been denied or restricted; (4) relocates an office or employees; (5) reorga- nizes offices, programs, or activities; or (6) contracts out or privatizes any functions or activities presently performed by Federal employ- ees; unless the Appropriations Committees of both Houses of Con- gress are notified fifteen days in advance of such reprogramming of funds. OD) None of the funds provided under this Act or provided from any accounts in the Treeisury of the United States derived by the collection of fees available to the agencies funded by this Act shall be available for obligation or expenditure for activities, programs, or projects through a reprogramming of funds in excess of $500,000 or 10 per centum, whichever is less, that: (1) augments existing pro- grams, projects, or activities; (2) reduces by 10 per centum funding for any existing program, project, or activity, or numbers of person- nel by 10 per centum as approved by Congress; or (3) results from any general savings from a reduction in personnel which would result in a change in existing programs, activities, or projects as Contracts. Securities. 15 USC 18a note.