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108 STAT. 2422 PUBLIC LAW 103-329—SEPT. 30, 1994 (b) After July 31, 1995, subsection (a) shall apply only if the Administrator of General Services has reported that the FTS2000 '^procurement is producing prices that allow the Government to satisfy its requirements for such procurement in the most costeffective manner. SEC. 623. (a) No amount of any grant made by a Federal . agency shall be used to finance the acquisition of goods or services (including construction services) unless the recipient of the grant agrees, as a condition for the receipt of such grant, to— (1) specify in any announcement of the awarding of the contract tor the procurement of the goods and services involved (including construction services) the amount of Federal funds that will be used to finance the acquisition; and (2) express the amount announced pursuant to paragraph (1) as a percentage of the total costs of the planned acquisition, (b) The requirements of subsection (a) shall not apply to a procurement for goods or services (including construction services) that has an aggregate value of less than $500,000. SEC. 624. Notwithstanding section 1346 of title 31, United States Code, funds made available for fiscal year 1995 by this or any other Act shall be available for the interagency funding of national security and emergency preparedness telecommuni- . cations initiatives which benefit multiple Federal departments, agencies, or entities, as provided by Executive Order Numbered 12472 (April 3, 1984). SEC. 625. Notwithstanding any provisions of this or any other Act, during the fiscal year ending September 30, 1995, any department, division, bureau, or office may use funds appropriated by this or any other Act to install telephone lines, and necessary equipment, and to pay monthly charges, in any private residence or private apartment of an employee who has been authorized to work at home in accordance with guidelines issued by the Office of Personnel Management: Provided, That the head of the department, division, bureau, or office certifies that adequate safeguards against private misuse exist, and that the service is necessary for direct support of the agency's mission. SEC. 626. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this or any other Act may be obligated or expended iDy any Federal department, agency, or other instrumentality for the salaries or expenses of any employee appointed to a position of a confidential or policy- determining character excepted from the competitive service pursuant to section 3302 of title 5, United States Code, without a certification to the Office of Personnel Management from the head of the Federal department, agency, or other instrumentality employ- ing the Schedule C appointee that the Schedule C position was not created solely or primarily in order to detsiil the employee to the White House. (b) The provisions of this section shall not apply to Federal employees or members of the armed services detailed to or from— (1) the Central Intelligence Agency; (2) the National Security Agency; (3) the Defense Intelligence Agency; (4) the offices within the Department of Defense for the collection of specialized national foreign intelligence through reconnaissance programs; (5) the Bureau of Intelligence and Research of the Department of State;