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Legislative Branch The 2022 Legislative Branch funding bill appropriates a total of $5.925 billion, an increase of $625 million or 11.8 percent, over 2021.
The legislation: • Strengthens Legislative Branch capacity by increasing funding for Congressional offices by 21 percent so they can recruit and retain a talented and diverse workforce • Protects our democracy with funding, building on the emergency supplemental • passed in July, to secure the United States Capitol Improves training and bolsters wellness support for the Capitol Police, who were attacked on January 6 • Grows opportunity by increasing funding for internships to support more interns from working and middle-class families Bill Summary: House of Representatives – The bill provides a total of $1.715 billion in discretionary appropriations for the House of Representatives, an increase of $238 million above the FY 2021 enacted level.
• $774.4 million for the Members Representational Allowance (MRA), the basic office budgets of House Members, an increase of $134.4 million (21%) above the FY 2021 level.

This is the largest increase in the MRA appropriation since its authorization in 1996.

• $34.95 million for the offices of the Majority and Minority Leadership, an increase of $6 million (21%) above the FY 2021 level.
• $18.2 million in funding for paid interns for Member and Leadership offices including $2.3 million in new funding for interns within Committee offices.

This allowance helps extend internship opportunities to people who may not be financially able to take an unpaid position.

• $197 million for the operations of House committees, an increase of $34.2 million (21%) above the FY 2021 level.
This appropriation will cover the funding allocated to committees for 2021 by the biennial funding resolution adopted by the House in the 1st session of the 117th Congress (H. Res.

316).

• $288.5 million for the salaries and expenses of House officers and employees, including the offices of the Clerk of the House, Sergeant at Arms, Chief Administrative Officer (CAO), Parliamentarian, and Legislative Counsel, among others.

This in an increase of $27.7 million above the FY 2021 level.
o Within this funding, $27.7 million is provided for the Sergeant at Arms, $4.4 million above the FY 2021 level; $12.6 million for the Office of Legislative Counsel, $688,000 above the FY 2021 level; and $3 million for the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, $1.5 million above the FY 2021 level.

• $2 million for the House Modernization Initiatives Account to make Congress more effective, efficient, and transparent on behalf of the American people.
• $9.294 million the Congressional Green and Gold Congressional Aide Program (formerly Wounded Warrior Program/Gold Star Families), an increase of $5.3 million above the FY 2021 level.

Other Agencies • $60.9 million for the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), an increase of $3.7 million above the FY 2021 level.
This funding level will allow CBO to be responsive to Committees, Leadership and Members to the greatest extent practicable and to modestly increase its efforts to improve modeling and analytical capability in key areas and to make its work as transparent and accessible as possible.

• $124.2 million for the Government Publishing Office, an increase of $7.2 million above the FY 2021 level.

This funding allows for the publishing of Congressional information in both digital and print formats.
• $719.2 million for the Government Accountability Office (GAO), an increase of $58.1 million above the FY 2021 level.

This funding should allow the GAO to bring on 190 additional staff, including for the Science, Technology Assessment and Analytics Team, to handle its large workload, and to begin to address its information technology and building renovation needs.
• $794.0 million, an increase of $37 million above the FY 2021 level, for the Library of Congress, including the Copyright Office, Congressional Research Service, and National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled.

This funding level will allow continued progress on urgent information technology needs and on modernization of systems for copyright registration and recordation and support ongoing Library initiatives such as the Veterans’ History Project.
o Of the amount for the Library, the bill includes $129.1 million for Congressional Research Service, an increase of $3.6 million above FY 2021 level.

o The Library’s total includes $10 million for the third, and final installment of funding for the Library’s Visitor Experience initiative, subject to the Appropriations Committees’ review of the specific plans, cost estimates, and schedules for the initiative.
It also includes $5 million for modernizing the infrastructure that handles distribution of audio and Braille reading materials at the National Library Service for the Blind and for purchase of braille e-readers.

• $773.9 million for the Architect of the Capitol, an increase of $98.8 million above the FY 2021 level.

Funding includes $128 million to continue restoration of the Cannon House Office Building.

• $602.5 million for the Capitol Police, an increase of $87 million above the FY 2021 level.
Funding will allow for the hiring of up to 2,112 sworn officers and 450 civilian members of the Capitol Police.

The Committee report includes several significant measures to help bring more transparency, diversity, and leadership training, and standardize vetting and routinely review staff for employment suitability with the Capitol Police.
Noteworthy Actions: • Honoring Heroes -The bill directs the AOC to affix a honorific plaque on the Western front of the Capitol honoring the law enforcement officers and agencies that responded to the attack on the United States Capitol on January 6