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Calendar No. 151

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 1206

[Report No. 106–75]

Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending

September 30, 2000, and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JUNE 10, 1999

Mr. BENNETT from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following

original bill; which was read twice and placed on the calendar

A BILL

Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the

fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for other

purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any

4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the

5 Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September

6 30, 2000, and for other purposes, namely:
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1 TITLE I—CONGRESSIONAL OPERATIONS

2 SENATE

3 EXPENSE ALLOWANCES

4 For expense allowances of the Vice President,

5 $10,000; the President Pro Tempore of the Senate,

6 $10,000; Majority Leader of the Senate, $10,000; Minor7 ity Leader of the Senate, $10,000; Majority Whip of the

8 Senate, $5,000; Minority Whip of the Senate, $5,000; and

9 Chairmen of the Majority and Minority Conference Com10 mittees, $3,000 for each Chairman; in all, $56,000.

11 REPRESENTATION ALLOWANCES FOR THE MAJORITY AND

12 MINORITY LEADERS

13 For representation allowances of the Majority and

14 Minority Leaders of the Senate, $15,000 for each such

15 Leader; in all, $30,000.

16 SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

17 For compensation of officers, employees, and others

18 as authorized by law, including agency contributions,

19 $89,968,000, which shall be paid from this appropriation

20 without regard to the below limitations, as follows:

21 OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT

22 For the Office of the Vice President, $1,721,000.

23 OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE

24 For the Office of the President Pro Tempore,

25 $437,000.
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1 OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERS

2 For Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders,

3 $2,644,000.

4 OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY WHIPS

5 For Offices of the Majority and Minority Whips,

6 $1,634,000.

7 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

8 For salaries of the Committee on Appropriations,

9 $6,525,000.

10 CONFERENCE COMMITTEES

11 For the Conference of the Majority and the Con12 ference of the Minority, at rates of compensation to be

13 fixed by the Chairman of each such committee,

14 $1,132,000 for each such committee; in all, $2,264,000.

15 OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES OF THE CONFERENCE OF

16 THE MAJORITY AND THE CONFERENCE OF THE MINORITY

17 For Offices of the Secretaries of the Conference of

18 the Majority and the Conference of the Minority,

19 $590,000.

20 POLICY COMMITTEES

21 For salaries of the Majority Policy Committee and

22 the Minority Policy Committee, $1,151,000 for each such

23 committee; in all, $2,302,000.

24 OFFICE OF THE CHAPLAIN

25 For Office of the Chaplain, $277,000.
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1 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

2 For Office of the Secretary, $14,202,000.

3 OFFICE OF THE SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER

4 For Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper,

5 $34,794,000.

6 OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND

7 MINORITY

8 For Offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the

9 Secretary for the Minority, $1,246,000.

10 AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS AND RELATED EXPENSES

11 For agency contributions for employee benefits, as

12 authorized by law, and related expenses, $21,332,000.

13 OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL OF THE SENATE

14 For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legisla15 tive Counsel of the Senate, $3,901,000.

16 OFFICE OF SENATE LEGAL COUNSEL

17 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate

18 Legal Counsel, $1,035,000.

19 EXPENSE ALLOWANCES OF THE SECRETARY OF THE

20 SENATE, SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF

21 THE SENATE, AND SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJOR22 ITY AND MINORITY OF THE SENATE

23 For expense allowances of the Secretary of the Sen24 ate, $3,000; Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Sen25 ate, $3,000; Secretary for the Majority of the Senate,
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1 $3,000; Secretary for the Minority of the Senate, $3,000;

2 in all, $12,000.

3 CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE

4 INQUIRIES AND INVESTIGATIONS

5 For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered

6 by the Senate, or conducted pursuant to section 134(a)

7 of Public Law 601, Seventy-ninth Congress, as amended,

8 section 112 of Public Law 96–304 and Senate Resolution

9 281, agreed to March 11, 1980, $71,604,000.

10 EXPENSES OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE CAUCUS ON

11 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL

12 For expenses of the United States Senate Caucus on

13 International Narcotics Control, $370,000.

14 SECRETARY OF THE SENATE

15 For expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the

16 Senate, $1,511,000.

17 SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE SENATE

18 For expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms

19 and Doorkeeper of the Senate, $66,261,000.

20 MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

21 For miscellaneous items, $8,655,000.

22 SENATORS’ OFFICIAL PERSONNEL AND OFFICE EXPENSE

23 ACCOUNT

24 For Senators’ Official Personnel and Office Expense

25 Account, $245,703,000.
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1 OFFICIAL MAIL COSTS

2 For expenses necessary for official mail costs of the

3 Senate, $300,000.

4 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

5 SECTION 1. Effective in the case of any fiscal year

6 which begins on or after October 1, 1999, clause (iii) of

7 paragraph (3)(A) of section 506(b) of the Supplemental

8 Appropriations Act, 1973 (2 U.S.C. 58(b)) is amended to

9 read as follows:

10 ‘‘(iii) subject to subparagraph (B), in case the

11 Senator represents Alabama, $184,476, Alaska,

12 $252,784, Arizona, $200,830, Arkansas, $169,453,

13 California, $474,426, Colorado, $189,246, Con14 necticut, $161,999, Delaware, $128,102, Florida,

15 $305,664, Georgia, $213,982, Hawaii, $280,277,

16 Idaho, $164,491, Illinois, $268,850, Indiana,

17 $196,677, Iowa, $172,129, Kansas, $169,343, Ken18 tucky, $179,294, Louisiana, $187,141, Maine,

19 $148,779, Maryland, $173,860, Massachusetts,

20 $197,265, Michigan, $238,866, Minnesota,

21 $189,441, Mississippi, $169,570, Missouri,

22 $200,277, Montana, $162,375, Nebraska, $161,164,

23 Nevada, $173,159, New Hampshire, $143,378, New

24 Jersey, $207,958, New Mexico, $167,622, New

25 York, $329,562, North Carolina, $216,136, North
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1 Dakota, $150,545, Ohio, $261,920, Oklahoma,

2 $182,009, Oregon, $191,432, Pennsylvania,

3 $267,991, Rhode Island, $139,303, South Carolina,

4 $172,723, South Dakota, $152,385, Tennessee,

5 $194,539, Texas, $354,501, Utah, $170,413,

6 Vermont, $136,826, Virginia, $196,177, Wash7 ington, $216,915, West Virginia, $148,814, Wis8 consin, $193,708, Wyoming, $153,169, plus’’.

9 SEC. 2. Effective on and after October 1, 1999, each

10 of the dollar amounts contained in the table under section

11 105(d)(1)(A) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations

12 Act, 1968 (2 U.S.C. 61–1(d)(1)(A)) shall be deemed to

13 be the dollar amounts in that table, as increased by section

14 8 of Public Law 105–275, increased by an additional

15 $50,000 each.

16 SEC. 3. SENATE OFFICE SPACE ALLOCATIONS. Sec17 tion 3 under the heading ‘‘ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS’’

18 in the appropriation for the Senate in the Legislative

19 Branch Appropriations Act, 1975 (2 U.S.C. 59; 88 Stat.

20 428) is amended—

21 (1) in subsection (b)—

22 (A) by striking paragraphs (1) and (2) and

23 inserting the following:

24 ‘‘(1) 5,000 square feet if the population of the

25 State of the Senator is less than 3,000,000;’’;
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1 (B) by striking ‘‘8,000’’ in paragraph (13)

2 and inserting ‘‘8,200’’; and

3 (C) by redesignating paragraphs (3)

4 through (13) as paragraphs (2) through (12),

5 respectively; and

6 (2) in subsection (c)(2)—

7 (A) by striking ‘‘$30,000’’ and inserting

8 ‘‘$40,000’’;

9 (B) by striking ‘‘4,800’’ and inserting

10 ‘‘5,000’’;

11 (C) by striking ‘‘$734’’ and inserting

12 ‘‘$1,000’’; and

13 (D) by adding at the end the following:

14 ‘‘Effective beginning with the 106th Congress,

15 the aggregate amount in effect under this para16 graph for any Congress shall be increased by

17 the inflation adjustment factor for the calendar

18 year in which the Congress begins. For pur19 poses of the preceding sentence, the inflation

20 adjustment factor for any calendar year is a

21 fraction the numerator of which is the implicit

22 price deflator for the gross domestic product as

23 computed and published by the Department of

24 Commerce for the preceding calendar year and
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1 the denominator of which is such deflator for

2 the calendar year 1998.’’.

3 SEC. 4. Section 6(c) of the Legislative Branch Appro4 priations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105–275; 2 U.S.C. 121b–

5 1(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following:

6 ‘‘(3) The provisions of section 4 of the Act of July

7 31, 1946 (40 U.S.C. 193d), except for the provisions relat8 ing to solicitation, shall not apply to any activity carried

9 out pursuant to this section, subject to approval of such

10 activities by the Committee on Rules and Administra11 tion.’’.

12 SEC. 5. The first section of Public Law 87–82 (40

13 U.S.C. 174j–1) is amended by adding at the end the fol14 lowing: ‘‘The provisions of section 4 of the Act of July

15 31, 1946 (40 U.S.C. 193d), except for the provisions relat16 ing to solicitation, shall not apply to any activity carried

17 out pursuant to this section, subject to the approval of

18 such activities by the Committee on Rules and Administra19 tion.’’.

20 SEC. 6. The Legislative Counsel may, subject to the

21 approval of the President pro tempore of the Senate, des22 ignate one of the Senior Counsels appointed under section

23 102 of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1979

24 (2 U.S.C. 274 note; Public Law 95–391; 92 Stat. 771)

25 as Deputy Legislative Counsel. The Deputy Legislative
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1 Counsel shall perform the functions of the Legislative

2 Counsel during the absence or disability of the Legislative

3 Counsel, or when the office is vacant.

4 SEC. 7. Section 814(i) of the Foreign Relations Au5 thorization Act, Fiscal Years 1986 and 1987 (22 U.S.C.

6 2291 note) is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 1999’’

7 and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2002’’.

8 JOINT ITEMS

9 For Joint Committees, as follows:

10 JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE

11 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic

12 Committee, $3,200,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary

13 of the Senate.

14 JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION

15 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on

16 Taxation, $6,456,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Ad17 ministrative Officer of the House.

18 JOINT COMMITTEE ON THE LIBRARY

19 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on

20 the Library, $500,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary

21 of the Senate.

22 For other joint items, as follows:

23 OFFICE OF THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN

24 For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent ex25 penses of the emergency rooms, and for the Attending
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1 Physician and his assistants, including: (1) an allowance

2 of $1,500 per month to the Attending Physician; (2) an

3 allowance of $500 per month each to three medical officers

4 while on duty in the Office of the Attending Physician;

5 (3) an allowance of $500 per month to one assistant and

6 $400 per month each not to exceed eleven assistants on

7 the basis heretofore provided for such assistants; and (4)

8 $1,002,600 for reimbursement to the Department of the

9 Navy for expenses incurred for staff and equipment as10 signed to the Office of the Attending Physician, which

11 shall be advanced and credited to the applicable appropria12 tion or appropriations from which such salaries, allow13 ances, and other expenses are payable and shall be avail14 able for all the purposes thereof, $1,898,000, to be dis15 bursed by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House.

16 CAPITOL POLICE BOARD

17 CAPITOL POLICE

18 SALARIES

19 For the Capitol Police Board for salaries of officers,

20 members, and employees of the Capitol Police, including

21 overtime, hazardous duty pay differential, clothing allow22 ance of not more than $600 each for members required

23 to wear civilian attire, and Government contributions for

24 health, retirement, Social Security, and other applicable

25 employee benefits, $80,783,000, of which $38,648,000 is
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1 provided to the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Rep2 resentatives, to be disbursed by the Chief Administrative

3 Officer of the House, and $42,135,000 is provided to the

4 Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, to be

5 disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate: Provided, That,

6 of the amounts appropriated under this heading, such

7 amounts as may be necessary may be transferred between

8 the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives and

9 the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, upon

10 approval of the Committee on Appropriations of the House

11 of Representatives and the Committee on Appropriations

12 of the Senate.

13 GENERAL EXPENSES

14 For the Capitol Police Board for necessary expenses

15 of the Capitol Police, including motor vehicles, commu16 nications and other equipment, security equipment and in17 stallation, uniforms, weapons, supplies, materials, train18 ing, medical services, forensic services, stenographic serv19 ices, personal and professional services, the employee as20 sistance program, not more than $2,000 for the awards

21 program, postage, telephone service, travel advances, relo22 cation of instructor and liaison personnel for the Federal

23 Law Enforcement Training Center, and $85 per month

24 for extra services performed for the Capitol Police Board

25 by an employee of the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate
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1 or the House of Representatives designated by the Chair2 man of the Board, $7,913,000, to be disbursed by the

3 Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representa4 tives: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provision

5 of law, the cost of basic training for the Capitol Police

6 at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center for fis7 cal year 2000 shall be paid by the Secretary of the Treas8 ury from funds available to the Department of the Treas9 ury.

10 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

11 SEC. 101. Amounts appropriated for fiscal year 2000

12 for the Capitol Police Board for the Capitol Police may

13 be transferred between the headings ‘‘SALARIES’’ and

14 ‘‘GENERAL EXPENSES’’ upon the approval of—

15 (1) the Committee on Appropriations of the

16 House of Representatives, in the case of amounts

17 transferred from the appropriation provided to the

18 Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives

19 under the heading ‘‘SALARIES’’;

20 (2) the Committee on Appropriations of the

21 Senate, in the case of amounts transferred from the

22 appropriation provided to the Sergeant at Arms and

23 Doorkeeper of the Senate under the heading ‘‘SALA24 RIES’’; and
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1 (3) the Committees on Appropriations of the

2 Senate and the House of Representatives, in the

3 case of other transfers.

4 CAPITOL GUIDE SERVICE AND SPECIAL SERVICES

5 OFFICE

6 For salaries and expenses of the Capitol Guide Serv7 ice and Special Services Office, $2,336,000, to be dis8 bursed by the Secretary of the Senate: Provided, That no

9 part of such amount may be used to employ more than

10 forty-three individuals: Provided further, That the Capitol

11 Guide Board is authorized, during emergencies, to employ

12 not more than two additional individuals for not more

13 than 120 days each, and not more than ten additional in14 dividuals for not more than six months each, for the Cap15 itol Guide Service.

16 STATEMENTS OF APPROPRIATIONS

17 For the preparation, under the direction of the Com18 mittees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House

19 of Representatives, of the statements for the first session

20 of the One Hundred Sixth Congress, showing appropria21 tions made, indefinite appropriations, and contracts au22 thorized, together with a chronological history of the reg23 ular appropriations bills as required by law, $30,000, to

24 be paid to the persons designated by the chairmen of such

25 committees to supervise the work.
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1 OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Compli4 ance, as authorized by section 305 of the Congressional

5 Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1385), $2,000,000.

6 CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 For salaries and expenses necessary to carry out the

9 provisions of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (Pub10 lic Law 93–344), including not more than $2,500 to be

11 expended on the certification of the Director of the Con12 gressional Budget Office in connection with official rep13 resentation and reception expenses, $26,221,000: Pro14 vided, That no part of such amount may be used for the

15 purchase or hire of a passenger motor vehicle.

16 ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

17 CAPITOL BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

18 CAPITOL BUILDINGS

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 For salaries for the Architect of the Capitol, the As21 sistant Architect of the Capitol, and other personal serv22 ices, at rates of pay provided by law; for surveys and stud23 ies in connection with activities under the care of the Ar24 chitect of the Capitol; for all necessary expenses for the

25 maintenance, care and operation of the Capitol and elec26 trical substations of the Senate and House office buildings
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1 under the jurisdiction of the Architect of the Capitol, in2 cluding furnishings and office equipment, including not

3 more than $1,000 for official reception and representation

4 expenses, to be expended as the Architect of the Capitol

5 may approve; for purchase or exchange, maintenance and

6 operation of a passenger motor vehicle; and not to exceed

7 $20,000 for attendance, when specifically authorized by

8 the Architect of the Capitol, at meetings or conventions

9 in connection with subjects related to work under the Ar10 chitect of the Capitol, $48,195,000, of which $7,620,000

11 shall remain available until expended.

12 CAPITOL GROUNDS

13 For all necessary expenses for care and improvement

14 of grounds surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House

15 office buildings, and the Capitol Power Plant, $5,627,000,

16 of which $330,000 shall remain available until expended.

17 SENATE OFFICE BUILDINGS

18 For all necessary expenses for maintenance, care and

19 operation of Senate office buildings; and furniture and

20 furnishings to be expended under the control and super21 vision of the Architect of the Capitol, $64,038,000, of

22 which $22,305,000 shall remain available until expended.

23 CAPITOL POWER PLANT

24 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care

25 and operation of the Capitol Power Plant; lighting, heat26 ing, power (including the purchase of electrical energy)
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1 and water and sewer services for the Capitol, Senate and

2 House office buildings, Library of Congress buildings, and

3 the grounds about the same, Botanic Garden, Senate ga4 rage, and air conditioning refrigeration not supplied from

5 plants in any of such buildings; heating the Government

6 Printing Office and Washington City Post Office, and

7 heating and chilled water for air conditioning for the Su8 preme Court Building, the Union Station complex, the

9 Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building and the

10 Folger Shakespeare Library, expenses for which shall be

11 advanced or reimbursed upon request of the Architect of

12 the Capitol and amounts so received shall be deposited

13 into the Treasury to the credit of this appropriation,

14 $45,006,000, of which $6,000,000 shall remain available

15 until expended: Provided, That not more than $4,000,000

16 of the funds credited or to be reimbursed to this appro17 priation as herein provided shall be available for obligation

18 during fiscal year 2000.

19 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

20 CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions

23 of section 203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of

24 1946 (2 U.S.C. 166) and to revise and extend the Anno25 tated Constitution of the United States of America,
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1 $71,244,000: Provided, That no part of such amount may

2 be used to pay any salary or expense in connection with

3 any publication, or preparation of material therefor (ex4 cept the Digest of Public General Bills), to be issued by

5 the Library of Congress unless such publication has ob6 tained prior approval of either the Committee on House

7 Administration of the House of Representatives or the

8 Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate.

9 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

10 CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING AND BINDING

11 For authorized printing and binding for the Congress

12 and the distribution of Congressional information in any

13 format; printing and binding for the Architect of the Cap14 itol; expenses necessary for preparing the semimonthly

15 and session index to the Congressional Record, as author16 ized by law (44 U.S.C. 902); printing and binding of Gov17 ernment publications authorized by law to be distributed

18 to Members of Congress; and printing, binding, and dis19 tribution of Government publications authorized by law to

20 be distributed without charge to the recipient,

21 $77,704,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall not

22 be available for paper copies of the permanent edition of

23 the Congressional Record for individual Representatives,

24 Resident Commissioners or Delegates authorized under 44

25 U.S.C. 906: Provided further, That this appropriation
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1 shall be available for the payment of obligations incurred

2 under the appropriations for similar purposes for pre3 ceding fiscal years: Provided further, That notwithstanding

4 the 2-year limitation under section 718 of title 44, United

5 States Code, none of the funds appropriated or made

6 available under this Act or any other Act for printing and

7 binding and related services provided to Congress under

8 chapter 7 of title 44, United States Code, may be ex9 pended to print a document, report, or publication after

10 the 27-month period beginning on the date that such docu11 ment, report, or publication is authorized by Congress to

12 be printed, unless Congress reauthorizes such printing in

13 accordance with section 718 of title 44, United States

14 Code.

15 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Congressional Oper16 ations Appropriations Act, 2000’’.

17 TITLE II—OTHER AGENCIES

18 BOTANIC GARDEN

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care

21 and operation of the Botanic Garden and the nurseries,

22 buildings, grounds, and collections; and purchase and ex23 change, maintenance, repair, and operation of a passenger

24 motor vehicle; all under the direction of the Joint Com25 mittee on the Library, $3,428,000.
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1 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Library of Congress

4 not otherwise provided for, including development and

5 maintenance of the Union Catalogs; custody and custodial

6 care of the Library buildings; special clothing; cleaning,

7 laundering and repair of uniforms; preservation of motion

8 pictures in the custody of the Library; operation and

9 maintenance of the American Folklife Center in the Li10 brary; preparation and distribution of catalog records and

11 other publications of the Library; hire or purchase of one

12 passenger motor vehicle; and expenses of the Library of

13 Congress Trust Fund Board not properly chargeable to

14 the income of any trust fund held by the Board,

15 $250,491,000, of which not more than $6,500,000 shall

16 be derived from collections credited to this appropriation

17 during fiscal year 2000, and shall remain available until

18 expended, under the Act of June 28, 1902 (chapter 1301;

19 32 Stat. 480; 2 U.S.C. 150) and not more than $350,000

20 shall be derived from collections during fiscal year 2000

21 and shall remain available until expended for the develop22 ment and maintenance of an international legal informa23 tion database and activities related thereto: Provided,

24 That the Library of Congress may not obligate or expend

25 any funds derived from collections under the Act of June
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1 28, 1902, in excess of the amount authorized for obliga2 tion or expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided fur3 ther, That the total amount available for obligation shall

4 be reduced by the amount by which collections are less

5 than the $6,850,000: Provided further, That of the total

6 amount appropriated, $10,321,380 is to remain available

7 until expended for acquisition of books, periodicals, news8 papers, and all other materials including subscriptions for

9 bibliographic services for the Library, including $40,000

10 to be available solely for the purchase, when specifically

11 approved by the Librarian, of special and unique materials

12 for additions to the collections: Provided further, That of

13 the total amount appropriated, $2,347,000 is to remain

14 available until expended for the acquisition and partial

15 support for implementation of an Integrated Library Sys16 tem (ILS): Provided further, That of the total amount ap17 propriated, $600,000 is to remain available until expended

18 for the purpose of digitizing archival materials relating to

19 ethnic groups of California, including Japanese Ameri20 cans, which amount shall be transferred to an educational

21 archive able to conduct such a project as approved by the

22 Library.
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1 COPYRIGHT OFFICE

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, in4 cluding publication of the decisions of the United States

5 courts involving copyrights, $37,628,000, of which not

6 more than $20,800,000, to remain available until ex7 pended, shall be derived from collections credited to this

8 appropriation during fiscal year 2000 under 17 U.S.C.

9 708(d): Provided, That the Copyright Office may not obli10 gate or expend any funds derived from collections under

11 17 U.S.C. 708(d), in excess of the amount authorized for

12 obligation or expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided

13 further, That not more than $5,454,000 shall be derived

14 from collections during fiscal year 2000 under 17 U.S.C.

15 111(d)(2), 119(b)(2), 802(h), and 1005: Provided further,

16 That the total amount available for obligation shall be re17 duced by the amount by which collections are less than

18 $26,254,000: Provided further, That not more than

19 $100,000 of the amount appropriated is available for the

20 maintenance of an ‘‘International Copyright Institute’’ in

21 the Copyright Office of the Library of Congress for the

22 purpose of training nationals of developing countries in

23 intellectual property laws and policies: Provided further,

24 That not more than $7,250 may be expended, on the cer25 tification of the Librarian of Congress, in connection with
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1 official representation and reception expenses for activities

2 of the International Copyright Institute and for copyright

3 delegations, visitors, and seminars.

4 BOOKS FOR THE BLIND AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 For salaries and expenses to carry out the Act of

7 March 3, 1931 (chapter 400; 46 Stat. 1487; 2 U.S.C.

8 135a), $47,984,000, of which $14,019,000 shall remain

9 available until expended.

10 FURNITURE AND FURNISHINGS

11 For necessary expenses for the purchase, installation,

12 maintenance, and repair of furniture, furnishings, office

13 and library equipment, $5,415,000.

14 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

15 SEC. 201. Appropriations in this Act available to the

16 Library of Congress shall be available, in an amount of

17 not more than $198,390, of which $59,300 is for the Con18 gressional Research Service, when specifically authorized

19 by the Librarian, for attendance at meetings concerned

20 with the function or activity for which the appropriation

21 is made.

22 SEC. 202. (a) No part of the funds appropriated in

23 this Act shall be used by the Library of Congress to ad24 minister any flexible or compressed work schedule which—
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1 (1) applies to any manager or supervisor in a

2 position the grade or level of which is equal to or

3 higher than GS–15; and

4 (2) grants such manager or supervisor the right

5 to not be at work for all or a portion of a workday

6 because of time worked by the manager or super7 visor on another workday.

8 (b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘manager

9 or supervisor’’ means any management official or super10 visor, as such terms are defined in section 7103(a)(10)

11 and (11) of title 5, United States Code.

12 SEC. 203. Appropriated funds received by the Library

13 of Congress from other Federal agencies to cover general

14 and administrative overhead costs generated by per15 forming reimbursable work for other agencies under the

16 authority of 31 U.S.C. 1535 and 1536 shall not be used

17 to employ more than 65 employees and may be expended

18 or obligated—

19 (1) in the case of a reimbursement, only to such

20 extent or in such amounts as are provided in appro21 priations Acts; or

22 (2) in the case of an advance payment, only—

23 (A) to pay for such general or administra24 tive overhead costs as are attributable to the

25 work performed for such agency; or
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1 (B) to such extent or in such amounts as

2 are provided in appropriations Acts, with re3 spect to any purpose not allowable under sub4 paragraph (A).

5 SEC. 204. Of the amounts appropriated to the Li6 brary of Congress in this Act, not more than $5,000 may

7 be expended, on the certification of the Librarian of Con8 gress, in connection with official representation and recep9 tion expenses for the incentive awards program.

10 SEC. 205. Of the amount appropriated to the Library

11 of Congress in this Act, not more than $12,000 may be

12 expended, on the certification of the Librarian of Con13 gress, in connection with official representation and recep14 tion expenses for the Overseas Field Offices.

15 SEC. 206. (a) For fiscal year 2000, the obligational

16 authority of the Library of Congress for the activities de17 scribed in subsection (b) may not exceed $98,788,000.

18 (b) The activities referred to in subsection (a) are re19 imbursable and revolving fund activities that are funded

20 from sources other than appropriations to the Library in

21 appropriations Acts for the legislative branch.

22 SEC. 207. The Library of Congress may use available

23 funds, now and hereafter, to enter into contracts for the

24 lease or acquisition of severable services for a period that

25 begins in one fiscal year and ends in the next fiscal year
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1 and to enter into multi-year contracts for the acquisition

2 of property and services pursuant to sections 303L and

3 304B, respectively, of the Federal Property and Adminis4 trative Services Act (41 U.S.C. 253l and 254c).

5 ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

6 LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

7 STRUCTURAL AND MECHANICAL CARE

8 For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and

9 structural maintenance, care and operation of the Library

10 buildings and grounds, $17,327,000, of which $5,740,000

11 shall remain available until expended.

12 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

13 OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

15 For expenses of the Office of Superintendent of Doc16 uments necessary to provide for the cataloging and index17 ing of Government publications and their distribution to

18 the public, Members of Congress, other Government agen19 cies, and designated depository and international exchange

20 libraries as authorized by law, $29,986,000: Provided,

21 That travel expenses, including travel expenses of the De22 pository Library Council to the Public Printer, shall not

23 exceed $150,000: Provided further, That amounts of not

24 more than $2,000,000 from current year appropriations

25 are authorized for producing and disseminating Congres-
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1 sional serial sets and other related publications for 1998

2 and 1999 to depository and other designated libraries.

3 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE REVOLVING FUND

4 For payment to the ‘‘Government Printing Office re5 volving fund’’, $5,000,000, to remain available until ex6 pended, for air-conditioning systems and elevator repair.

7 The Government Printing Office is hereby authorized

8 to make such expenditures, within the limits of funds

9 available and in accord with the law, and to make such

10 contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year

11 limitations as provided by section 9104 of title 31, United

12 States Code, as may be necessary in carrying out the pro13 grams and purposes set forth in the budget for the current

14 fiscal year for the Government Printing Office revolving

15 fund: Provided, That not more than $2,500 may be ex16 pended on the certification of the Public Printer in connec17 tion with official representation and reception expenses:

18 Provided further, That the revolving fund shall be available

19 for the hire or purchase of not more than twelve passenger

20 motor vehicles: Provided further, That expenditures in con21 nection with travel expenses of the advisory councils to

22 the Public Printer shall be deemed necessary to carry out

23 the provisions of title 44, United States Code: Provided

24 further, That the revolving fund shall be available for tem25 porary or intermittent services under section 3109(b) of
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1 title 5, United States Code, but at rates for individuals

2 not more than the daily equivalent of the annual rate of

3 basic pay for level V of the Executive Schedule under sec4 tion 5316 of such title: Provided further, That the revolv5 ing fund and the funds provided under the heading ‘‘OF6 FICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS, SALARIES

7 AND EXPENSES’’ together may not be available for the full8 time equivalent employment of more than 3,383

9 workyears: Provided further, That activities financed

10 through the revolving fund may provide information in any

11 format: Provided further, That the revolving fund shall not

12 be used to administer any flexible or compressed work

13 schedule which applies to any manager or supervisor in

14 a position the grade or level of which is equal to or higher

15 than GS–15: Provided further, That expenses for attend16 ance at meetings shall not exceed $75,000.

17 GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 For necessary expenses of the General Accounting

20 Office, including not more than $7,000 to be expended on

21 the certification of the Comptroller General of the United

22 States in connection with official representation and recep23 tion expenses; temporary or intermittent services under

24 section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, but at rates

25 for individuals not more than the daily equivalent of the
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1 annual rate of basic pay for level IV of the Executive

2 Schedule under section 5315 of such title; hire of one pas3 senger motor vehicle; advance payments in foreign coun4 tries in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 3324; benefits com5 parable to those payable under sections 901(5), 901(6),

6 and 901(8) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C.

7 4081(5), 4081(6), and 4081(8)); and under regulations

8 prescribed by the Comptroller General of the United

9 States, rental of living quarters in foreign countries,

10 $382,298,000: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C.

11 9105 hereafter amounts reimbursed to the Comptroller

12 General pursuant to that section shall be deposited to the

13 appropriation of the General Accounting Office then avail14 able and remain available until expended, and not more

15 than $1,400,000 of such funds shall be available for use

16 in fiscal year 2000: Provided further, That this appropria17 tion and appropriations for administrative expenses of any

18 other department or agency which is a member of the

19 Joint Financial Management Improvement Program

20 (JFMIP) shall be available to finance an appropriate

21 share of JFMIP costs as determined by the JFMIP, in22 cluding the salary of the Executive Director and secre23 tarial support: Provided further, That this appropriation

24 and appropriations for administrative expenses of any

25 other department or agency which is a member of the Na-
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1 tional Intergovernmental Audit Forum or a Regional

2 Intergovernmental Audit Forum shall be available to fi3 nance an appropriate share of either Forum’s costs as de4 termined by the respective Forum, including necessary

5 travel expenses of non-Federal participants. Payments

6 hereunder to either Forum or the JFMIP may be credited

7 as reimbursements to any appropriation from which costs

8 involved are initially financed: Provided further, That this

9 appropriation and appropriations for administrative ex10 penses of any other department or agency which is a mem11 ber of the American Consortium on International Public

12 Administration (ACIPA) shall be available to finance an

13 appropriate share of ACIPA costs as determined by the

14 ACIPA, including any expenses attributable to member15 ship of ACIPA in the International Institute of Adminis16 trative Sciences.

17 TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS

18 SEC. 301. No part of the funds appropriated in this

19 Act shall be used for the maintenance or care of private

20 vehicles, except for emergency assistance and cleaning as

21 may be provided under regulations relating to parking fa22 cilities for the House of Representatives issued by the

23 Committee on House Administration and for the Senate

24 issued by the Committee on Rules and Administration.
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1 SEC. 302. No part of the funds appropriated in this

2 Act shall remain available for obligation beyond fiscal year

3 2000 unless expressly so provided in this Act.

4 SEC. 303. Whenever in this Act any office or position

5 not specifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of

6 1929 is appropriated for or the rate of compensation or

7 designation of any office or position appropriated for is

8 different from that specifically established by such Act,

9 the rate of compensation and the designation in this Act

10 shall be the permanent law with respect thereto: Provided,

11 That the provisions in this Act for the various items of

12 official expenses of Members, officers, and committees of

13 the Senate and House of Representatives, and clerk hire

14 for Senators and Members of the House of Representa15 tives shall be the permanent law with respect thereto.

16 SEC. 304. The expenditure of any appropriation

17 under this Act for any consulting service through procure18 ment contract, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited

19 to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter

20 of public record and available for public inspection, except

21 where otherwise provided under existing law, or under ex22 isting Executive order issued pursuant to existing law.

23 SEC. 305. (a) It is the sense of the Congress that,

24 to the greatest extent practicable, all equipment and prod-
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1 ucts purchased with funds made available in this Act

2 should be American-made.

3 (b) In providing financial assistance to, or entering

4 into any contract with, any entity using funds made avail5 able in this Act, the head of each Federal agency, to the

6 greatest extent practicable, shall provide to such entity a

7 notice describing the statement made in subsection (a) by

8 the Congress.

9 (c) If it has been finally determined by a court or

10 Federal agency that any person intentionally affixed a

11 label bearing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, or any in12 scription with the same meaning, to any product sold in

13 or shipped to the United States that is not made in the

14 United States, such person shall be ineligible to receive

15 any contract or subcontract made with funds provided

16 pursuant to this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspen17 sion, and ineligibility procedures described in section

18 9.400 through 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regula19 tions.

20 SEC. 306. Such sums as may be necessary are appro21 priated to the account described in subsection (a) of sec22 tion 415 of Public Law 104–1 to pay awards and settle23 ments as authorized under such subsection.

24 SEC. 307. Amounts available for administrative ex25 penses of any legislative branch entity which participates
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1 in the Legislative Branch Financial Managers Council

2 (LBFMC) established by charter on March 26, 1996, shall

3 be available to finance an appropriate share of LBFMC

4 costs as determined by the LBFMC, except that the total

5 LBFMC costs to be shared among all participating legisla6 tive branch entities (in such allocations among the entities

7 as the entities may determine) may not exceed $1,500.

8 SEC. 308. Section 316 of Public Law 101–302 is

9 amended in the first sentence of subsection (a) by striking

10 ‘‘1999’’ and inserting ‘‘2000’’.

11 SEC. 309. For purposes of section 8147 of title 5,

12 United States Code, the Government Printing Office is not

13 considered an agency which is required by statute to sub14 mit an annual budget pursuant to or as provided by chap15 ter 91 of title 31, United States Code, and is not required

16 to pay an additional amount for the cost of administration.

17 SEC. 310. Chapter 5 of title II of division B of the

18 Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Ap19 propriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105–277; 112 Stat.

20 2681–569) is amended in the matter under the sub21 heading ‘‘CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER’’ under the heading

22 ‘‘ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL’’ by striking ‘‘the

23 Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate, the

24 Committee on House Oversight of the House of Rep25 resentatives, the Committees on Appropriations of the
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1 House of Representatives and of the Senate, and other

2 appropriate committees of the House of Representatives

3 and of the Senate’’ and inserting ‘‘the United States Cap4 itol Preservation Commission established under section

5 801 of the Arizona-Idaho Conservation Act of 1988 (40

6 U.S.C. 188a)’’.

7 SEC. 311. (a) The National Park Service (in this sec8 tion referred to as the ‘‘sponsor’’) may during each of cal9 endar years 1999 and 2000 sponsor a series of three con10 certs by the National Symphony Orchestra (in this section

11 each concert referred to as an ‘‘event’’) on the Capitol

12 Grounds. Such concerts shall be held on Memorial Day,

13 4th of July, and Labor Day of each such calendar year,

14 or on such alternate dates during that calendar year as

15 the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Com16 mittee on Rules and Administration of the Senate may

17 jointly designate.

18 (b)(1) Under conditions to be prescribed by the Ar19 chitect of the Capitol and the Capitol Police Board, each

20 event authorized by subsection (a)—

21 (A) shall be free of admission charge and open

22 to the public, with no preferential seating except for

23 security purposes as determined in accordance with

24 subsection (d), and
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1 (B) shall be arranged not to interfere with the

2 needs of Congress.

3 (2) The sponsor shall assume full responsibility for

4 all expenses and liabilities incident to all activities associ5 ated with each event.

6 (3) Pursuant to section 451 of the Legislative Reor7 ganization Act of 1970 (40 U.S.C. 193m–l), the Comp8 troller General of the United States shall perform an an9 nual audit of the events for each of calendar years 1999

10 and 2000 and provide a report on each audit to the Speak11 er of the House of Representatives and the Chairman of

12 the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration not

13 later than December 15 of the calendar year for which

14 the audit was performed.

15 (c)(1) Subject to the approval of the Architect of the

16 Capitol, the sponsor may erect upon the Capitol Grounds

17 such stage, sound amplification devices, and other related

18 structures and equipment as may be required for each

19 event.

20 (2) Subject to the restrictions contained in subsection

21 (d), the concerts held on Memorial Day and 4th of July

22 (or their alternate dates) may be broadcast over radio, tel23 evision, and other media outlets.

24 (3) In order to permit the setting up and taking down

25 of structures and equipment and the conducting of dress
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1 rehearsals, the Architect of the Capitol may permit the

2 sponsor to use the West Central Front of the United

3 States Capitol for each event for not more than—

4 (A) six days if the concert is televised, and

5 (B) four days if the concert is not televised.

6 The Architect may not schedule any use under this para7 graph if it would interfere with any concert to be per8 formed by a military band of the United States.

9 (4) The Architect of the Capitol and the Capitol Po10 lice Board are authorized to make any such additional ar11 rangements as may be required to carry out each event.

12 (d)(1) The Capitol Police Board shall for each

13 event—

14 (A) provide for all security related needs, and

15 (B) provide for enforcement of the restrictions

16 contained in section 4 of the Act of July 31, 1946

17 (40 U.S.C. 193d; 60 Stat. 718), concerning sales,

18 displays, advertisements, and solicitations on the

19 Capitol Grounds, as well as other restrictions appli20 cable to the Capitol Grounds.

21 (2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), credits may be

22 appropriately given to private sponsors of an event at the

23 conclusion of any broadcast of the event.

24 (3) The Architect of the Capitol and the Capitol Po25 lice Board shall enter into an agreement with the sponsor,
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1 and such other persons participating in an event as the

2 Architect of the Capitol and the Capitol Police Board con3 siders appropriate, under which the sponsor and such per4 sons agree to comply with the requirements of this sub5 section. The agreement shall specifically prohibit the use

6 for a commercial purpose of any photograph taken at, or

7 broadcast production of, the event.

8 SEC. 312. TRADE DEFICIT REVIEW COMMISSION. (a)

9 APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 127(i) of the Trade Deficit

10 Review Commission Act (19 U.S.C. 2213 note) is amend11 ed by adding at the end the following new sentence:

12 ‘‘Amounts appropriated pursuant to this subsection shall

13 remain available until the date which is 90 days after the

14 date on which the Commission submits the final report

15 described in subsection (e).’’.

16 (b) APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN PAY AUTHORITIES

17 TO MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION.—Section 127(g) of

18 the Trade Deficit Review Commission Act is amended by

19 adding at the end the following new paragraph:

20 ‘‘(6) APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN PAY AUTHORI21 TIES.—

22 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An individual who is a

23 member of the Commission and is an annuitant

24 or otherwise covered by section 8344 or 8468 of

25 title 5, United States Code, by reason of mem-
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1 bership on the Commission is not subject to the

2 provisions of section 8344 or 8468 (whichever

3 is applicable) with respect to such membership.

4 ‘‘(B) UNIFORMED SERVICE.—An individual

5 who is a member of the Commission and is a

6 member or former member of a uniformed serv7 ice is not subject to the provisions of sub8 sections (b) and (c) of section 5532, United

9 States Code, with respect to membership on the

10 Commission.’’.

11 (c) TERMINATION OF COMMISSION AND OTHER MAT12 TERS.—Section 127 of the Trade Deficit Review Commis13 sion Act is amended by adding at the end the following

14 new subsections:

15 ‘‘(j) FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ACT.—The

16 provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Public

17 Law 92-463; 5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to the Com18 mission.

19 ‘‘(k) TERMINATION.—The Commission shall termi20 nate 90 days after the date on which the Commission sub21 mits the final report under subsection (e).’’.

22 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative Branch Ap23 propriations Act, 2000’’.
Calendar No. 151

106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 1206

[Report No. 106–75]

A BILL

Making appropriations for the legislative branch for

for other purposes.the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and

JUNE 10, 1999

Read twice and placed on the calendar