110 STAT. 1321-309
PUBLIC LAW 104-134—APR. 26, 1996
Contracts.
Public
information.
Records.
(1) pursuant to a certification of an officer or employee
of the United States unless—
(A) such certification is accompanied by, or is part
of, a voucher or abstract which describes the payee or
payees and the items or services for which such expenditure
is being made, or
(B) the expenditure of funds pursuant to such certification, and without such a voucher or abstract, is specifically authorized by law; and
(2) unless such expenditure is subject to audit by the General Accounting Office or is specifically exempt by law from
such audit.
SEC. 506. None of the funds provided in this Act to any department or agency may be expended for the transportation of any
officer or employee of such department or agency between his
domicile and his place of employment, with the exception of any
officer or employee authorized such transportation under title 31,
United States Code, section 1344.
SEC. 507. None of the funds provided in this Act may be
used for payment, through grants or contracts, to recipients that
do not share in the cost of conducting research resulting from
proposals not specifically solicited by the Government: Provided,
That the extent of cost sharing by the recipient shall reflect the
mutuality of interest of the grantee or contractor and the Government in the research.
SEC. 508. None of the funds provided in this Act may be
used, directly or through grants, to pay or to provide reimbursement
for payment of the salary of a consultant (whether retained by
the Federal Government or a grantee) at more than the daily
equivalent of the rate paid for Level IV of the Executive Schedule,
unless specifically authorized by law.
SEC. 509. None of the funds in this Act shall be used to
pay the expenses of, or otherwise compensate, non-Federal parties
intervening in regulatory or adjudicatory proceedings. Nothing
herein affects the authority of the Consumer Product Safety
Commission pursuant to section 7 of the Consumer Product Safety
Act (15 U.S.C. 2056 et seq.).
SEC. 510. Except as otherwise provided under existing law
or under an existing Executive order issued pursuant to an existing
law, the obligation or expenditure of any appropriation under this
Act for contracts for any consulting service shall be limited to
contracts which are (1) a matter of public record and available
for public inspection, and (2) thereafter included in a publicly available list of all contracts entered into within twenty-four months
prior to the date on which the list is made available to the public
and of all contracts on which performance has not been completed
by such date. The list required by the preceding sentence shall
be updated quarterly and shall include a narrative description
of the work to be performed under each such contract.
SEC. 511. Except as otherwise provided by law, no part of
any appropriation contained in this Act shall be obligated or
expended by any executive agency, as referred to in the Office
of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 401 et seq.) for a
contract for services unless such executive agency (1) has awarded
and entered into such contract in full compliance with such Act
and the regulations promulgated thereunder, and (2) requires any
report prepared pursuant to such contract, including plans, evalua-
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