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p^^". »ssi>^,4 PUBLIC LAW 105-277—OCT. 21, 1998 112 STAT. 2681-526 (d) PEER REVIEW.— The Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall provide for independent and external peer review of the guidelines and each accounting statement and associated report under this section. Such peer review shall not be subject to the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.). SEC. 639. None of the ftmds appropriated by this Act or emy other Act, may be used by an agency to provide a Federal employee's home address to any labor organization except when it is made known to the Federal official having authority to obligate or expend such funds that the employee has authorized such disclosure or that such disclosure has been ordered by a court of competent jurisdiction. SEC. 640. The Secretary of the Treasury is authorized to estab- 18 USC 846 note. lish scientific certification standards for explosives detection canines, and shall provide, on a reimbursable basis, for the certification of explosives detection canines employed by Federal agencies, or other agencies providing explosives detection services at airports in the United States. SEC. 641. None of the funds made available in this Act or any other Act may be used to provide any non-public information such as mailing or telephone lists to any person or any organization outside of the Federal Government without the approval of the Committees on Appropriations. SEC. 642. No part of any appropriation contained in this or any other Act shall be used for publicity or propagsinda purposes within the United States not heretofore authorized by the Congress. SEC. 643. The Director of the United States Marshals Service is directed to conduct a quarterly threat assessment on the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Pohcy. SEC. 644. Section 636(c) of Public Law 104-208 is amended 5 USC note prec. as follows: 5941. (1) In subparagraph (1) by inserting after "United States Code" the following: "any agency or court in the Judicial Branch,"; (2) In subparagraph (2) by amending "prosecution, or detention" to read: "prosecution, detention, or supervision"; and (3) In subparagraph (3) by inserting after "title 5," the following: "and, with regard to the Judicial Branch, mean a justice or judge of the United States as defined in 28 U.S.C. 451 in regular active service or retired from regular active service, other judicial officers as authorized by the Judicial Conference of the United States, and supervisors and managers within the Judicial Brsinch as authorized by the Judicial Conference of the United States,". SEC. 645. (a) In this section the term "agency"— (1) means an Executive agency as defined under section 105 of title 5, United States Code; (2) includes a mihtary department as defined under section 102 of such title, the Postal Service, and the Postal Rate Commission; and (3) shall not include the General Accounting Office. (b) Unless authorized in accordance with law or regulations to use such time for other purposes, an employee of an agency shall use official time in an honest effort to perform official duties. An employee not under a leave system, including a Presidential appointee exempted under section 6301(2) of title 5, United States Cfode, has an obligation to expend an honest effort and a reasonable