118 STAT. 345 PUBLIC LAW 108–199—JAN. 23, 2004 SEC. 529. For the purpose of resolving litigation and imple menting any settlement agreements regarding the nonforeign area cost of living allowance program, the Office of Personnel Manage ment may accept and utilize (without regard to any restriction on unanticipated travel expenses imposed in an Appropriations Act) funds made available to the Office pursuant to court approval. SEC. 530. No funds appropriated or otherwise made available under this Act shall be made available to any person or entity that has been convicted of violating the Buy American Act (41 U.S.C. 10a–10c). SEC. 531. No funds appropriated by this Act shall be available to pay for an abortion, or the administrative expenses in connection with any health plan under the Federal employees health benefits program which provides any benefits or coverage for abortions. SEC. 532. The provision of section 531 shall not apply where the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term, or the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or incest. SEC. 533. None of the funds provided in this Act, provided by previous appropriations Acts to the agencies or entities funded in this Act that remain available for obligation or expenditure in fiscal year 2004, or provided from any accounts in the Treasury derived by the collection of fees and available to the agencies funded by this Act, shall be available for obligation or expenditure through a reprogramming of funds that— (1) creates a new program; (2) eliminates a program, project, or activity; (3) increases funds for any program, project, or activity for which funds have been denied or restricted by the Congress; (4) proposes to use funds directed for a specific activity by either the House or Senate Committees on Appropriations for a different purpose; (5) augments existing programs, projects, or activities in excess of $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is greater; or (6) reduces existing programs, projects, or activities by $5,000,000 or 10 percent, whichever is greater, unless prior approval is received from the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations. SEC. 534. None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to require a State or local government to post a traffic control device or variable message sign, or any other type of traffic warning sign, in a language other than English, except with respect to the names of cities, streets, places, events, or signs related to an international border. SEC. 535. EXEMPTION FROM LIMITATIONS ON PROCUREMENT OF FOREIGN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY THAT ISACOMMERCIAL ITEM. (a) EXEMPTION.—In order to promote Government access to commer cial information technology, the restriction on purchasing non domestic articles, materials, and supplies set forth in the Buy American Act (41 U.S.C. 10a et seq.), shall not apply to the acquisi tion by the Federal Government of information technology (as defined in section 11101 of title 40, United States Code, that is a commercial item (as defined in section 4(12) of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 U.S.C. 403(12)). (b) DEFINITION.—Section 11101(6) of title 40, United States Code, is amended— (1) in subparagraph (A), by inserting after ‘‘storage,’’ the following: ‘‘analysis, evaluation,’’; and Abortion.
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