123STA T . 32 08PUBLIC LA W 111 – 11 7—DE C.1 6, 200 9exc e s s of$5,0 00 t of urni s h or re d ecor a te the office of such de p art -m ent head, a g enc y head, officer, or emp l oyee, or to purchase fur- niture or ma k e impro v ements for any such office, unless advance notice of such furnishing or redecoration is transmitted to the C ommittees on A ppropriations of the H ouse of R epresentatives and the S enate .F or the purposes of this section, the term ‘ ‘office ’ ’ shall include the entire suite of offices assigned to the individual, as w ell as any other space used primarily b y the individual or the use of which is directly controlled by the individual. S EC . 712 . N otwithstanding section 3 1 U .S.C. 13 46 , or section 70 8 of this Act, funds made available for the current fiscal year by this or any other Act shall be available for the interagency funding of national security and emergency preparedness tele- communications initiatives which benefit multiple Federal depart- ments, agencies, or entities, as provided by E xecutive O rder No. 12472 ( April 3, 1 9 84 ) . SEC. 713. (a) None of the funds appropriated by this or any other Act may be obligated or expended by 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 pursu- ant to 5 U.S.C. 3302, without a certification to the Office of P er- sonnel M anagement from the head of the Federal department, agency, or other instrumentality employing the Schedule C appointee that the Schedule C position was not created solely or primarily in order to detail the employee to the W hite House. (b) T he provisions of this section shall not apply to Federal employees or members of the armed forces detailed to or from — (1) the Central I ntelligence Agency
(2) the National Security Agency; (3) the D efense Intelligence Agency; (4) the National G eospatial-Intelligence Agency; (5) the offices within the Department of Defense for the collection of speciali z ed national foreign intelligence through reconnaissance programs; (6) the B ureau of Intelligence and Research of the Depart- ment of State; (7) any agency, office, or unit of the Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine Corps, the Department of Homeland Secu- rity, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Drug Enforce- ment Administration of the Department of J ustice, the Depart- ment of Transportation, the Department of the Treasury, and the Department of Energy performing intelligence functions; and (8) the Director of National Intelligence or the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. SEC. 714. No part of any appropriation contained in this or any other Act shall be available for the payment of the salary of any officer or employee of the Federal Government, who— (1) prohibits or prevents, or attempts or threatens to pro- hibit or prevent, any other officer or employee of the Federal Government from having any direct oral or written communica- tion or contact with any Member, committee, or subcommittee of the Congress in connection with any matter pertaining to the employment of such other officer or employee or pertaining to the department or agency of such other officer or employee in any way, irrespective of whether such communication or Defin i t i o n .
