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Union Calendar No. 83 

109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2985 

[Report No. 109–139] 

Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending 

September 30, 2006, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 20, 2005 

Mr. LEWIS, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following bill; 

which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State 

of the Union and ordered to be printed 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the 

fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, 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, 2006, and for other purposes, namely: 
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1 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For salaries and expenses of the House of Represent4 atives, $1,092,407,000, as follows: 

5 HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES

6 For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, 

7 $19,844,000, including: Office of the Speaker, 

8 $2,788,000, including $25,000 for official expenses of the 

9 Speaker; Office of the Majority Floor Leader, $2,089,000, 

10 including $10,000 for official expenses of the Majority 

11 Leader; Office of the Minority Floor Leader, $2,928,000, 

12 including $10,000 for official expenses of the Minority 

13 Leader; Office of the Majority Whip, including the Chief 

14 Deputy Majority Whip, $1,797,000, including $5,000 for 

15 official expenses of the Majority Whip; Office of the Mi16 nority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Minority Whip, 

17 $1,345,000, including $5,000 for official expenses of the 

18 Minority Whip; Speaker’s Office for Legislative Floor Ac19 tivities, $482,000; Republican Steering Committee, 

20 $906,000; Republican Conference, $1,548,000; Repub21 lican Policy Committee, $307,000; Democratic Steering 

22 and Policy Committee, $1,945,000; Democratic Caucus, 

23 $816,000; nine minority employees, $1,445,000; training 

24 and program development—majority, $290,000; training 

25 and program development—minority, $290,000; Cloak-
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1 room Personnel—majority, $434,000; and Cloakroom 

2 Personnel—minority, $434,000. 

3 MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES

4 INCLUDING MEMBERS’ CLERK HIRE, OFFICIAL

5 EXPENSES OF MEMBERS, AND OFFICIAL MAIL

6 For Members’ representational allowances, including 

7 Members’ clerk hire, official expenses, and official mail, 

8 $538,109,000. 

9 COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES

10 STANDING COMMITTEES, SPECIALAND SELECT

11 For salaries and expenses of standing committees, 

12 special and select, authorized by House resolutions, 

13 $117,913,000: Provided, That such amount shall remain 

14 available for such salaries and expenses until December 

15 31, 2006. 

16 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

17 For salaries and expenses of the Committee on Ap18 propriations, $25,668,000, including studies and examina19 tions of executive agencies and temporary personal serv20 ices for such committee, to be expended in accordance with 

21 section 202(b) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 

22 1946 and to be available for reimbursement to agencies 

23 for services performed: Provided, That such amount shall 

24 remain available for such salaries and expenses until De25 cember 31, 2006. 
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1 SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

2 For compensation and expenses of officers and em3 ployees, as authorized by law, $167,749,000, including: 

4 for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Clerk, includ5 ing not more than $13,000, of which not more than 

6 $10,000 is for the Family Room, for official representa7 tion and reception expenses, $21,911,000; for salaries and 

8 expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms, including 

9 the position of Superintendent of Garages, and including 

10 not more than $3,000 for official representation and re11 ception expenses, $6,284,000; for salaries and expenses of 

12 the Office of the Chief Administrative Officer, 

13 $116,971,000, of which $3,306,000 shall remain available 

14 until expended; for salaries and expenses of the Office of 

15 the Inspector General, $3,991,000; for salaries and ex16 penses of the Office of Emergency Planning, Preparedness 

17 and Operations, $5,000,000, to remain available until ex18 pended; for salaries and expenses of the Office of General 

19 Counsel, $962,000; for the Office of the Chaplain, 

20 $161,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the 

21 Parliamentarian, including the Parliamentarian and 

22 $2,000 for preparing the Digest of Rules, $1,767,000; for 

23 salaries and expenses of the Office of the Law Revision 

24 Counsel of the House, $2,453,000; for salaries and ex25 penses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the 
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1 House, $6,963,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office 

2 of Interparliamentary Affairs, $720,000; for other author3 ized employees, $161,000; and for salaries and expenses 

4 of the Office of the Historian, $405,000. 

5 ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES

6 For allowances and expenses as authorized by House 

7 resolution or law, $223,124,000, including: supplies, mate8 rials, administrative costs and Federal tort claims, 

9 $4,179,000; official mail for committees, leadership of10 fices, and administrative offices of the House, $410,000; 

11 Government contributions for health, retirement, Social 

12 Security, and other applicable employee benefits, 

13 $214,422,000; supplies, materials, and other costs relating 

14 to the House portion of expenses for the Capitol Visitor 

15 Center, $3,410,000, to remain available until expended; 

16 and miscellaneous items including purchase, exchange, 

17 maintenance, repair and operation of House motor vehi18 cles, interparliamentary receptions, and gratuities to heirs 

19 of deceased employees of the House, $703,000. 

20 CHILD CARE CENTER

21 For salaries and expenses of the House of Represent22 atives Child Care Center, such amounts as are deposited 

23 in the account established by section 312(d)(1) of the Leg24 islative Branch Appropriations Act, 1992 (2 U.S.C. 2112), 

25 subject to the level specified in the budget of the Center, 
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1 as submitted to the Committee on Appropriations of the 

2 House of Representatives. 

3 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

4 SEC. 101. (a) REQUIRING AMOUNTS REMAINING IN

5 MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES TO BE

6 USED FOR DEFICIT REDUCTION OR TO REDUCE THE

7 FEDERAL DEBT.—Notwithstanding any other provision of 

8 law, any amounts appropriated under this Act for 

9 ‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—SALARIES AND

10 EXPENSES—MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOW11 ANCES’’ shall be available only for fiscal year 2006. Any 

12 amount remaining after all payments are made under such 

13 allowances for fiscal year 2006 shall be deposited in the 

14 Treasury and used for deficit reduction (or, if there is no 

15 Federal budget deficit after all such payments have been 

16 made, for reducing the Federal debt, in such manner as 

17 the Secretary of the Treasury considers appropriate). 

18 (b) REGULATIONS.—The Committee on House Ad19 ministration of the House of Representatives shall have 

20 authority to prescribe regulations to carry out this section. 

21 (c) DEFINITION.—As used in this section, the term 

22 ‘‘Member of the House of Representatives’’ means a Rep23 resentative in, or a Delegate or Resident Commissioner 

24 to, the Congress. 
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1 JOINT ITEMS 

2 For Joint Committees, as follows: 

3 JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE

4 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic 

5 Committee, $4,276,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary 

6 of the Senate. 

7 JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION

8 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on 

9 Taxation, $8,781,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Ad10 ministrative Officer of the House of Representatives. 

11 For other joint items, as follows: 

12 OFFICE OF THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN

13 For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent ex14 penses of the emergency rooms, and for the Attending 

15 Physician and his assistants, including: (1) an allowance 

16 of $2,175 per month to the Attending Physician; (2) an 

17 allowance of $725 per month each to four medical officers 

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

19 (3) an allowance of $725 per month to two assistants and 

20 $580 per month each not to exceed 11 assistants on the 

21 basis heretofore provided for such assistants; and (4) 

22 $1,834,000 for reimbursement to the Department of the 

23 Navy for expenses incurred for staff and equipment as24 signed to the Office of the Attending Physician, which 

25 shall be advanced and credited to the applicable appropria-
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1 tion or appropriations from which such salaries, allow2 ances, and other expenses are payable and shall be avail3 able for all the purposes thereof, $2,545,000, to be dis4 bursed by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House 

5 of Representatives. 

6 CAPITOL GUIDE SERVICE AND SPECIAL SERVICES

7 OFFICE

8 For salaries and expenses of the Capitol Guide Serv9 ice and Special Services Office, $4,268,000, to be dis10 bursed by the Secretary of the Senate: Provided, That no 

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

12 58 individuals: Provided further, That the Capitol Guide 

13 Board is authorized, during emergencies, to employ not 

14 more than two additional individuals for not more than 

15 120 days each, and not more than 10 additional individ16 uals for not more than 6 months each, for the Capitol 

17 Guide Service. 

18 STATEMENTS OF APPROPRIATIONS

19 For the preparation, under the direction of the Com20 mittees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 

21 of Representatives, of the statements for the first session 

22 of the 109th Congress, showing appropriations made, in23 definite appropriations, and contracts authorized, together 

24 with a chronological history of the regular appropriations 

25 bills as required by law, $30,000, to be paid to the persons 
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1 designated by the chairmen of such committees to super2 vise the work. 

3 CAPITOL POLICE 

4 SALARIES

5 For salaries of employees of the Capitol Police, in6 cluding overtime, hazardous duty pay differential, and 

7 Government contributions for health, retirement, social se8 curity, professional liability insurance, and other applica9 ble employee benefits, $210,350,000, to be disbursed by 

10 the Chief of the Capitol Police or his designee. 

11 GENERALEXPENSES

12 For necessary expenses of the Capitol Police, includ13 ing motor vehicles, communications and other equipment, 

14 security equipment and installation, uniforms, weapons, 

15 supplies, materials, training, medical services, forensic 

16 services, stenographic services, personal and professional 

17 services, the employee assistance program, the awards pro18 gram, postage, communication services, travel advances, 

19 relocation of instructor and liaison personnel for the Fed20 eral Law Enforcement Training Center, and not more 

21 than $5,000 to be expended on the certification of the 

22 Chief of the Capitol Police in connection with official rep23 resentation and reception expenses, $29,345,000, to be 

24 disbursed by the Chief of the Capitol Police or his des25 ignee: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provision 

26 of law, the cost of basic training for the Capitol Police 
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1 at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center for fis2 cal year 2006 shall be paid by the Secretary of Homeland 

3 Security from funds available to the Department of Home4 land Security. 

5 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 

7 SEC. 1001. TRANSFER AUTHORITY.—Amounts ap8 propriated for fiscal year 2006 for the Capitol Police may 

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

10 ‘‘GENERALEXPENSES’’ upon the approval of the Commit11 tees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 

12 Representatives. 

13 SEC. 1002. (a) The United States Capitol Police may 

14 not operate a mounted horse unit during fiscal year 2006 

15 or any succeeding fiscal year. 

16 (b) Not later than 60 days after the date of the enact17 ment of this Act, the Chief of the Capitol Police shall 

18 transfer to the Chief of the United States Park Police the 

19 horses, equipment, and supplies of the Capitol Police 

20 mounted horse unit which remain in the possession of the 

21 Capitol Police as of such date. 

22 SEC. 1003. (a) Section 103(h)(1)(A)(i)(I) of the Eth23 ics in Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App. 

24 103(h)(1)(A)(i)(I)) is amended by inserting ‘‘United 

25 States Capitol Police,’’ after ‘‘Architect of the Capitol,’’. 
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1 (b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 

2 apply with respect to reports filed under the Ethics in 

3 Government Act of 1978 for calendar year 2005 and each 

4 succeeding calendar year. 

5 SEC. 1004. Section 1003 of the Legislative Branch 

6 Appropriations Act, 2004 (Public Law 108–83; 117 Stat. 

7 1021), is hereby repealed, and each provision of law 

8 amended by such section is hereby restored as if such sec9 tion had not been enacted into law. 

10 SEC. 1005. (a) During fiscal year 2006 and each suc11 ceeding fiscal year, the United States Capitol Police may 

12 not carry out any reprogramming, transfer, or use of 

13 funds described in subsection (b) unless— 

14 (1) the Chief of the Capitol Police submits a re15 quest for the reprogramming, transfer, or use of 

16 funds to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

17 House of Representatives and Senate on or before 

18 August 1 of the respective year, unless both such 

19 Committees agree to accept the request at a later 

20 date because of extraordinary and emergency cir21 cumstances cited by the Chief; 

22 (2) the request contains clearly stated and de23 tailed documentation presenting justification for the 

24 reprogramming, transfer, or use of funds; 
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1 (3) the request contains a declaration that, as 

2 of the date of the request, none of the funds in3 cluded in the request have been obligated, and none 

4 will be obligated, until both Committees have ap5 proved the request; and 

6 (4) both Committees approve the request. 

7 (b) A reprogramming, transfer, or use of funds de8 scribed in this subsection is any reprogramming or trans9 fer of funds, or use of unobligated balances, under 

10 which— 

11 (1) the amount to be shifted to or from any ob12 ject class, approved budget, or program involved 

13 under the request, or the aggregate amount to be 

14 shifted to or from any object class, approved budget, 

15 or program involved during the fiscal year taking 

16 into account the amount contained in the request, is 

17 in excess of $250,000 or 10 percent, whichever is 

18 less, of the object class, approved budget, or pro19 gram; 

20 (2) the reprogramming, transfer, or use of 

21 funds would result in a major change to the pro22 gram or item which is different than that presented 

23 to and approved by the Committees on Appropria24 tions of the House of Representatives and Senate; or 
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1 (3) the funds involved were earmarked by either 

2 of the Committees for a specific activity which is dif3 ferent than the activity proposed under the request, 

4 without regard to whether the amount provided in 

5 the earmark is less than, equal to, or greater than 

6 the amount required to carry out the activity. 

7 SEC. 1006. (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE.—There 

8 is established in the United States Capitol Police the Of9 fice of the Inspector General (hereafter in this section re10 ferred to as the ‘‘Office’’), headed by the Inspector Gen11 eral of the United States Capitol Police (hereafter in this 

12 section referred to as the ‘‘Inspector General’’). 

13 (b) INSPECTOR GENERAL.— 

14 (1) APPOINTMENT.—The Inspector General 

15 shall be appointed by the Capitol Police Board, in 

16 consultation with and subject to the approval of the 

17 Speaker of the House of Representatives and the 

18 President pro tempore of the Senate, acting jointly, 

19 and shall be appointed without regard to political af20 filiation and solely on the basis of integrity and dem21 onstrated ability in accounting, auditing, financial 

22 analysis, law, management analysis, public adminis23 tration, or investigations. 

24 (2) TERM OF SERVICE.—The Inspector General 

25 shall serve for a term of 5 years, and an individual 
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1 serving as Inspector General may be reappointed for 

2 not more than 2 additional terms. 

3 (3) REMOVAL.—The Inspector General may be 

4 removed from office prior to the expiration of his 

5 term only by the unanimous vote of all of the mem6 bers of the Capitol Police Board, and the Board 

7 shall communicate the reasons for any such removal 

8 to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and 

9 President pro tempore of the Senate. 

10 (4) SALARY.—The Inspector General shall be 

11 paid at an annual rate equal to $1,000 less than the 

12 annual rate of pay in effect for the Chief of the Cap13 itol Police. 

14 (5) DEADLINE.—The Capitol Police Board shall 

15 appoint the first Inspector General under this sec16 tion not later than 180 days after the date of the 

17 enactment of this Act. 

18 (c) DUTIES.— 

19 (1) APPLICABILITY OF DUTIES OF INSPECTOR

20 GENERALOF EXECUTIVE BRANCH ESTABLISH21 MENT.—The Inspector General shall carry out the 

22 same duties and responsibilities with respect to the 

23 United States Capitol Police as an Inspector General 

24 of an establishment carries out with respect to an 

25 establishment under section 4 of the Inspector Gen-
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1 eral Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App. 4), under the same 

2 terms and conditions which apply under such sec3 tion. 

4 (2) SEMIANNUALREPORTS.—The Inspector 

5 General shall prepare and submit semiannual re6 ports summarizing the activities of the Office in the 

7 same manner, and in accordance with the same 

8 deadlines, terms, and conditions, as an Inspector 

9 General of an establishment under section 5 of the 

10 Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App. 5). 

11 For purposes of applying section 5 of such Act to 

12 the Inspector General, the Capitol Police Board shall 

13 be considered the head of the establishment, except 

14 that the Inspector General shall transmit to the 

15 Chief of the Capitol Police a copy of any report sub16 mitted to the Board pursuant to this paragraph. 

17 (3) INVESTIGATIONS OF COMPLAINTS OF EM18 PLOYEES AND MEMBERS.— 

19 (A) AUTHORITY.—The Inspector General 

20 may receive and investigate complaints or infor21 mation from an employee or member of the 

22 Capitol Police concerning the possible existence 

23 of an activity constituting a violation of law, 

24 rules, or regulations, or mismanagement, gross 

25 waste of funds, abuse of authority, or a sub-
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1 stantial and specific danger to the public health 

2 and safety, including complaints or information 

3 the investigation of which is under the jurisdic4 tion of the Internal Affairs Division of the Cap5 itol Police as of the date of the enactment of 

6 this Act. 

7 (B) NONDISCLOSURE.—The Inspector 

8 General shall not, after receipt of a complaint 

9 or information from an employee or member, 

10 disclose the identity of the employee or member 

11 without the consent of the employee or member, 

12 unless the Inspector General determines such 

13 disclosure is unavoidable during the course of 

14 the investigation. 

15 (C) PROHIBITING RETALIATION.—An em16 ployee or member of the Capitol Police who has 

17 authority to take, direct others to take, rec18 ommend, or approve any personnel action, shall 

19 not, with respect to such authority, take or 

20 threaten to take any action against any em21 ployee or member as a reprisal for making a 

22 complaint or disclosing information to the In23 spector General, unless the complaint was made 

24 or the information disclosed with the knowledge 
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1 that it was false or with willful disregard for its 

2 truth or falsity. 

3 (4) INDEPENDENCE IN CARRYING OUT DU4 TIES.—Neither the Capitol Police Board, the Chief 

5 of the Capitol Police, nor any other member or em6 ployee of the Capitol Police may prevent or prohibit 

7 the Inspector General from carrying out any of the 

8 duties or responsibilities assigned to the Inspector 

9 General under this section. 

10 (d) POWERS.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Inspector General may 

12 exercise the same authorities with respect to the 

13 United States Capitol Police as an Inspector General 

14 of an establishment may exercise with respect to an 

15 establishment under section 6(a) of the Inspector 

16 General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App. 6(a)), other 

17 than paragraphs (7) and (8) of such section. 

18 (2) STAFF.— 

19 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Inspector General 

20 may appoint and fix the pay of such personnel 

21 as the Inspector General considers appropriate. 

22 Such personnel may be appointed without re23 gard to the provisions of title 5, United States 

24 Code, regarding appointments in the competi25 tive service, and may be paid without regard to 
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1 the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III 

2 of chapter 53 of such title relating to classifica3 tion and General Schedule pay rates, except 

4 that no personnel of the Office (other than the 

5 Inspector General) may be paid at an annual 

6 rate greater than $500 less than the annual 

7 rate of pay of the Inspector General under sub8 section (b)(4). 

9 (B) EXPERTS AND CONSULTANTS.—The 

10 Inspector General may procure temporary and 

11 intermittent services under section 3109 of title 

12 5, United States Code, at rates not to exceed 

13 the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic 

14 pay for level IV of the Executive Schedule 

15 under section 5315 of such title. 

16 (C) INDEPENDENCE IN APPOINTING

17 STAFF.—No individual may carry out any of 

18 the duties or responsibilities of the Office unless 

19 the individual is appointed by the Inspector 

20 General, or provides services procured by the 

21 Inspector General, pursuant to this paragraph. 

22 Nothing in this subparagraph may be construed 

23 to prohibit the Inspector General from entering 

24 into a contract or other arrangement for the 

25 provision of services under this section. 
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1 (D) APPLICABILITY OF CAPITOL POLICE

2 PERSONNELRULES.—None of the regulations 

3 governing the appointment and pay of employ4 ees of the Capitol Police shall apply with re5 spect to the appointment and compensation of 

6 the personnel of the Office, except to the extent 

7 agreed to by the Inspector General. Nothing in 

8 the previous sentence may be construed to af9 fect subparagraphs (A) through (C). 

10 (3) EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES.—The Chief of 

11 the Capitol Police shall provide the Office with ap12 propriate and adequate office space, together with 

13 such equipment, supplies, and communications facili14 ties and services as may be necessary for the oper15 ation of the Office, and shall provide necessary 

16 maintenance services for such office space and the 

17 equipment and facilities located therein. 

18 (e) TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS.— 

19 (1) TRANSFER.—To the extent that any office 

20 or entity in the Capitol Police prior to the appoint21 ment of the first Inspector General under this sec22 tion carried out any of the duties and responsibilities 

23 assigned to the Inspector General under this section, 

24 the functions of such office or entity shall be trans-
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1 ferred to the Office upon the appointment of the 

2 first Inspector General under this section. 

3 (2) NO REDUCTION IN PAY OR BENEFITS.—The 

4 transfer of the functions of an office or entity to the 

5 Office under paragraph (1) may not result in a re6 duction in the pay or benefits of any employee of the 

7 office or entity, except to the extent required under 

8 subsection (d)(2)(A). 

9 SEC. 1007. (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 60 

10 days after the last day of each semiannual period, the 

11 Chief of the Capitol Police shall submit to Congress, with 

12 respect to that period, a detailed, itemized report of the 

13 disbursements for the operations of the United States 

14 Capitol Police. 

15 (b) CONTENTS.—The report required by subsection 

16 (a) shall include— 

17 (1) the name of each person or entity who re18 ceives a payment from the Capitol Police; 

19 (2) the cost of any item furnished to the Cap20 itol Police; 

21 (3) a description of any service rendered to the 

22 Capitol Police, together with service dates; 

23 (4) a statement of all amounts appropriated to, 

24 or received or expended by, the Capitol Police and 
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1 any unexpended balances of such amounts for any 

2 open fiscal year; and 

3 (5) such additional information as may be re4 quired by regulation of the Committee on House Ad5 ministration of the House of Representatives or the 

6 Committee on Rules and Administration of the Sen7 ate. 

8 (c) PRINTING.—Each report under this section shall 

9 be printed as a House document. 

10 (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply with 

11 respect to the semiannual periods of October 1 through 

12 March 31 and April 1 through September 30 of each year, 

13 beginning with the semiannual period in which this section 

14 is enacted. 

15 OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE 

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

17 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Compli18 ance, as authorized by section 305 of the Congressional 

19 Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1385), $3,112,000, 

20 of which $780,000 shall remain available until September 

21 30, 2007: Provided, That the Executive Director of the 

22 Office of Compliance may, within the limits of available 

23 appropriations, dispose of surplus or obsolete personal 

24 property by interagency transfer, donation, or discarding: 

25 Provided further, That not more than $500 may be ex-
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1 pended on the certification of the Executive Director of 

2 the Office of Compliance in connection with official rep3 resentation and reception expenses. 

4 CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE 

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 For salaries and expenses necessary for operation of 

7 the Congressional Budget Office, including not more than 

8 $3,000 to be expended on the certification of the Director 

9 of the Congressional Budget Office in connection with offi10 cial representation and reception expenses, $35,450,000. 

11 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

12 SEC. 1100. (a) PERMITTING WAIVER OF CLAIMS FOR

13 OVERPAYMENT OF PAY AND ALLOWANCES.—Section 

14 5584(g) of title 5, United States Code, is amended— 

15 (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph 

16 (5); 

17 (2) by striking the period at the end of para18 graph (6) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

19 (3) by inserting immediately after paragraph 

20 (6) the following new paragraph: 

21 ‘‘(7) the Congressional Budget Office.’’. 

22 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

23 this section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2006 

24 and each succeeding fiscal year. 
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1 ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL 

2 GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

3 For salaries for the Architect of the Capitol, and 

4 other personal services, at rates of pay provided by law; 

5 for surveys and studies in connection with activities under 

6 the care of the Architect of the Capitol; for all necessary 

7 expenses for the general and administrative support of the 

8 operations under the Architect of the Capitol including the 

9 Botanic Garden; electrical substations of the Capitol, Sen10 ate and House office buildings, and other facilities under 

11 the jurisdiction of the Architect of the Capitol; including 

12 furnishings and office equipment; including not more than 

13 $5,000 for official reception and representation expenses, 

14 to be expended as the Architect of the Capitol may ap15 prove; for purchase or exchange, maintenance, and oper16 ation of a passenger motor vehicle, $77,002,000, of which 

17 $350,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2008. 

18 CAPITOL BUILDING

19 For all necessary expenses for maintenance, care, and 

20 operation of the Capitol, $22,097,000, of which 

21 $6,580,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

22 2008. 

23 CAPITOL GROUNDS

24 For all necessary expenses for care and improvement 

25 of grounds surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House 
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1 office buildings, and the Capitol Power Plant, $7,723,000, 

2 of which $740,000 shall remain available until September 

3 30, 2008. 

4 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS

5 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

6 and operation of the House office buildings, $59,616,000, 

7 of which $20,922,000 shall remain available until Sep8 tember 30, 2008. 

9 CAPITOL POWER PLANT

10 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

11 and operation of the Capitol Power Plant; lighting, heat12 ing, power (including the purchase of electrical energy) 

13 and water and sewer services for the Capitol, Senate and 

14 House office buildings, Library of Congress buildings, and 

15 the grounds about the same, Botanic Garden, Senate ga16 rage, and air conditioning refrigeration not supplied from 

17 plants in any of such buildings; heating the Government 

18 Printing Office and Washington City Post Office, and 

19 heating and chilled water for air conditioning for the Su20 preme Court Building, the Union Station complex, the 

21 Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building and the 

22 Folger Shakespeare Library, expenses for which shall be 

23 advanced or reimbursed upon request of the Architect of 

24 the Capitol and amounts so received shall be deposited 

25 into the Treasury to the credit of this appropriation, 
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1 $58,585,000, of which $1,592,000 shall remain available 

2 until September 30, 2008: Provided, That not more than 

3 $6,600,000 of the funds credited or to be reimbursed to 

4 this appropriation as herein provided shall be available for 

5 obligation during fiscal year 2006. 

6 LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

7 For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and 

8 structural maintenance, care and operation of the Library 

9 buildings and grounds, $31,318,000, of which $6,325,000 

10 shall remain available until September 30, 2008. 

11 CAPITOL POLICE BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

12 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

13 and operation of buildings and grounds of the United 

14 States Capitol Police, $16,830,000, of which $5,500,000 

15 shall remain available until September 30, 2008. 

16 BOTANIC GARDEN

17 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

18 and operation of the Botanic Garden and the nurseries, 

19 buildings, grounds, and collections; and purchase and ex20 change, maintenance, repair, and operation of a passenger 

21 motor vehicle; all under the direction of the Joint Com22 mittee on the Library, $7,211,000: Provided, That this ap23 propriation shall not be available for construction of the 

24 National Garden: Provided further, That of the amount 

25 made available under this heading, the Architect may obli-
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1 gate and expend such sums as may be necessary for the 

2 maintenance, care, and operation of the National Garden 

3 established under section 307E of the Legislative Branch 

4 Appropriations Act, 1989 (2 U.S.C. 2146), upon vouchers 

5 approved by the Architect or a duly authorized designee. 

6 CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER

7 For an additional amount for the Capitol Visitor Cen8 ter project, $36,900,000, to remain available until ex9 pended: Provided, That the Architect of the Capitol may 

10 not obligate any of the funds which are made available 

11 for the Capitol Visitor Center project without an obliga12 tion plan approved by the Committees on Appropriations 

13 of the Senate and House of Representatives. 

14 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

15 SEC. 1201. (a) Section 108 of the Legislative Branch 

16 Appropriations Act, 1991 (2 U.S.C. 1849), is amended— 

17 (1) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘8 positions’’ 

18 and inserting ‘‘10 positions’’; and 

19 (2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘4 positions’’ 

20 and inserting ‘‘2 positions’’. 

21 (b) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 

22 apply with respect to pay periods beginning on or after 

23 the date of the enactment of this Act. 

24 SEC. 1202. (a) Section 905 of the 2002 Supplemental 

25 Appropriations Act for Further Recovery From and Re-
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1 sponse To Terrorist Attacks on the United States (2 

2 U.S.C. 1819) is amended— 

3 (1) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub4 section (e); and 

5 (2) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol6 lowing new subsection: 

7 ‘‘(d) In the case of a building or facility acquired 

8 through purchase pursuant to subsection (a), the Archi9 tect of the Capitol may enter into or assume a lease with 

10 another person for the use of any portion of the building 

11 or facility that the Architect of the Capitol determines is 

12 not required to be used to carry out the purposes of this 

13 section, subject to the approval of the entity which ap14 proved the acquisition of such building or facility under 

15 subsection (b).’’. 

16 (b) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 

17 apply with respect to leases entered into on or after the 

18 date of the enactment of this Act. 

19 SEC. 1203. (a) There is hereby established the Cap20 itol Visitor Center Governing Board (hereafter in this sec21 tion referred to as the ‘‘Governing Board’’), consisting of 

22 each of the following individuals: 

23 (1) The Speaker of the House of Representa24 tives, or the Speaker’s designee. 
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1 (2) The minority leader of the House of Rep2 resentatives, or the minority leader’s designee. 

3 (3) The majority leader of the Senate, or the 

4 majority leader’s designee. 

5 (4) The minority leader of the Senate, or the 

6 minority leader’s designee. 

7 (5) The chairman of the Committee on House 

8 Administration of the House of Representatives, who 

9 shall serve as co-chairman of the Governing Board. 

10 (6) The ranking minority member of the Com11 mittee on House Administration of the House of 

12 Representatives. 

13 (7) The chairman of the Committee on Rules 

14 and Administration of the Senate, who shall serve as 

15 co-chairman of the Governing Board. 

16 (8) The ranking minority member of the Com17 mittee on Rules and Administration of the Senate. 

18 (b) The Governing Board shall be responsible for es19 tablishing the policies which govern the operations of the 

20 Capitol Visitor Center, consistent with applicable law. 

21 (c) This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 

22 2006 and each succeeding fiscal year.
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1 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 (INCLUDING RESCISSION)

4 For necessary expenses of the Library of Congress 

5 not otherwise provided for, including development and 

6 maintenance of the Library’s catalogs; custody and custo7 dial care of the Library buildings; special clothing; clean8 ing, laundering and repair of uniforms; preservation of 

9 motion pictures in the custody of the Library; operation 

10 and maintenance of the American Folklife Center in the 

11 Library; preparation and distribution of catalog records 

12 and other publications of the Library; hire or purchase 

13 of one passenger motor vehicle; and expenses of the Li14 brary of Congress Trust Fund Board not properly charge15 able to the income of any trust fund held by the Board, 

16 $388,144,000, of which not more than $6,000,000 shall 

17 be derived from collections credited to this appropriation 

18 during fiscal year 2006, and shall remain available until 

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

20 32 Stat. 480; 2 U.S.C. 150) and not more than $350,000 

21 shall be derived from collections during fiscal year 2006 

22 and shall remain available until expended for the develop23 ment and maintenance of an international legal informa24 tion database and activities related thereto: Provided, 

25 That the Library of Congress may not obligate or expend 

26 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 $6,350,000: Provided further, That of the total 

6 amount appropriated, $13,972,000 shall remain available 

7 until expended for the partial acquisition of books, periodi8 cals, newspapers, and all other materials including sub9 scriptions for bibliographic services for the Library, in10 cluding $40,000 to be available solely for the purchase, 

11 when specifically approved by the Librarian, of special and 

12 unique materials for additions to the collections: Provided 

13 further, That of the total amount appropriated, not more 

14 than $12,000 may be expended, on the certification of the 

15 Librarian of Congress, in connection with official rep16 resentation and reception expenses for the Overseas Field 

17 Offices: Provided further, That of the total amount appro18 priated, $500,000 shall remain available until expended, 

19 and shall be transferred to the Abraham Lincoln Bicenten20 nial Commission for carrying out the purposes of Public 

21 Law 106–173, of which $10,000 may be used for official 

22 representation and reception expenses of the Abraham 

23 Lincoln Bicentennial Commission: Provided further, That 

24 of the total amount appropriated, $11,078,000 shall re25 main available until expended for partial support of the 
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1 National Audio-Visual Conservation Center: Provided fur2 ther, That of the amounts made available under this head3 ing in chapter 9 of division A of the Miscellaneous Appro4 priations Act, 2001 (Public Law 106–554; 114 Stat. 

5 2763A–194), $15,500,000 is rescinded. 

6 COPYRIGHT OFFICE

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, 

9 $58,601,000, of which not more than $30,481,000, to re10 main available until expended, shall be derived from collec11 tions credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 2006 

12 under section 708(d) of title 17, United States Code: Pro13 vided, That the Copyright Office may not obligate or ex14 pend any funds derived from collections under such sec15 tion, in excess of the amount authorized for obligation or 

16 expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided further, That 

17 not more than $5,465,000 shall be derived from collections 

18 during fiscal year 2006 under sections 111(d)(2), 

19 119(b)(2), 802(h), 1005, and 1316 of such title: Provided 

20 further, That the total amount available for obligation 

21 shall be reduced by the amount by which collections are 

22 less than $35,946,000: Provided further, That not more 

23 than $100,000 of the amount appropriated is available for 

24 the maintenance of an ‘‘International Copyright Institute’’ 

25 in the Copyright Office of the Library of Congress for the 
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1 purpose of training nationals of developing countries in 

2 intellectual property laws and policies: Provided further, 

3 That not more than $4,250 may be expended, on the cer4 tification of the Librarian of Congress, in connection with 

5 official representation and reception expenses for activities 

6 of the International Copyright Institute and for copyright 

7 delegations, visitors, and seminars: Provided further, That 

8 notwithstanding any provision of chapter 8 of title 17, 

9 United States Code, any amounts made available under 

10 this heading which are attributable to royalty fees and 

11 payments received by the Copyright Office pursuant to 

12 sections 111, 119, and chapter 10 of such title may be 

13 used for the costs incurred in the administration of the 

14 Copyright Royalty Judges program. 

15 CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

17 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

18 of section 203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 

19 1946 (2 U.S.C. 166) and to revise and extend the Anno20 tated Constitution of the United States of America, 

21 $99,952,000: Provided, That no part of such amount may 

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

23 any publication, or preparation of material therefor (ex24 cept the Digest of Public General Bills), to be issued by 

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1 tained prior approval of either the Committee on House 

2 Administration of the House of Representatives or the 

3 Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate. 

4 BOOKS FOR THE BLIND AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 For salaries and expenses to carry out the Act 

7 of March 3, 1931 (chapter 400; 46 Stat. 1487; 2 

8 U.S.C. 135a), $54,049,000, of which $15,831,000 shall 

9 remain available until expended. 

10 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

11 SEC. 1301. INCENTIVE AWARDS PROGRAM.—Of the 

12 amounts appropriated to the Library of Congress in this 

13 Act, not more than $5,000 may be expended, on the cer14 tification of the Librarian of Congress, in connection with 

15 official representation and reception expenses for the in16 centive awards program. 

17 SEC. 1302. REIMBURSABLE AND REVOLVING FUND

18 ACTIVITIES. (a) IN GENERAL.—For fiscal year 2006, the 

19 obligational authority of the Library of Congress for the 

20 activities described in subsection (b) may not exceed 

21 $109,943,000. 

22 (b) ACTIVITIES.—The activities referred to in sub23 section (a) are reimbursable and revolving fund activities 

24 that are funded from sources other than appropriations 
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1 to the Library in appropriations Acts for the legislative 

2 branch. 

3 (c) TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—During fiscal year 2006, 

4 the Librarian of Congress may temporarily transfer funds 

5 appropriated in this Act, under the heading ‘‘LIBRARY 

6 OF CONGRESS’’ under the subheading ‘‘SALARIES AND

7 EXPENSES’’ to the revolving fund for the FEDLINK Pro8 gram and the Federal Research Program established 

9 under section 103 of the Library of Congress Fiscal Oper10 ations Improvement Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–481; 

11 2 U.S.C. 182c): Provided, That the total amount of such 

12 transfers may not exceed $1,900,000: Provided further, 

13 That the appropriate revolving fund account shall reim14 burse the Library for any amounts transferred to it before 

15 the period of availability of the Library appropriation ex16 pires. 

17 SEC. 1303. UNITED STATES DIPLOMATIC FACILI18 TIES.—Funds made available for the Library of Congress 

19 under this Act are available for transfer to the Depart20 ment of State as remittance for a fee charged by the De21 partment for fiscal year 2006 for the maintenance, up22 grade, or construction of United States diplomatic facili23 ties only to the extent that the amount of the fee so 

24 charged is equal to or less than the unreimbursed value 

25 of the services provided during fiscal year 2006 to the Li-
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1 brary of Congress on State Department diplomatic facili2 ties. 

3 SEC. 1304. (a) Section 208 of the Legislative Branch 

4 Appropriations Act, 1996 (Public Law 104–53; 109 Stat. 

5 532), is hereby repealed. 

6 (b) The amendment made by this section shall take 

7 effect on the date of the enactment of this Act or October 

8 1, 2005, whichever occurs earlier. 

9 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 

10 CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING AND BINDING

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 

12 For authorized printing and binding for the Congress 

13 and the distribution of Congressional information in any 

14 format; printing and binding for the Architect of the Cap15 itol; expenses necessary for preparing the semimonthly 

16 and session index to the Congressional Record, as author17 ized by law (section 902 of title 44, United States Code); 

18 printing and binding of Government publications author19 ized by law to be distributed to Members of Congress; and 

20 printing, binding, and distribution of Government publica21 tions authorized by law to be distributed without charge 

22 to the recipient, $88,090,000: Provided, That this appro23 priation shall not be available for paper copies of the per24 manent edition of the Congressional Record for individual 

25 Representatives, Resident Commissioners or Delegates au-
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1 thorized under section 906 of title 44, United States Code: 

2 Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available 

3 for the payment of obligations incurred under the appro4 priations for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years: 

5 Provided further, That notwithstanding the 2-year limita6 tion under section 718 of title 44, United States Code, 

7 none of the funds appropriated or made available under 

8 this Act or any other Act for printing and binding and 

9 related services provided to Congress under chapter 7 of 

10 title 44, United States Code, may be expended to print 

11 a document, report, or publication after the 27-month pe12 riod beginning on the date that such document, report, 

13 or publication is authorized by Congress to be printed, un14 less Congress reauthorizes such printing in accordance 

15 with section 718 of title 44, United States Code: Provided 

16 further, That any unobligated or unexpended balances in 

17 this account or accounts for similar purposes for preceding 

18 fiscal years may be transferred to the Government Print19 ing Office revolving fund for carrying out the purposes of 

20 this heading, subject to the approval of the Committees 

21 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 

22 Senate. 
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1 OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 

4 For expenses of the Office of Superintendent of Doc5 uments necessary to provide for the cataloging and index6 ing of Government publications and their distribution to 

7 the public, Members of Congress, other Government agen8 cies, and designated depository and international exchange 

9 libraries as authorized by law, $33,337,000: Provided, 

10 That amounts of not more than $2,000,000 from current 

11 year appropriations are authorized for producing and dis12 seminating Congressional serial sets and other related 

13 publications for fiscal years 2004 and 2005 to depository 

14 and other designated libraries: Provided further, That any 

15 unobligated or unexpended balances in this account or ac16 counts for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years may 

17 be transferred to the Government Printing Office revolv18 ing fund for carrying out the purposes of this heading, 

19 subject to the approval of the Committees on Appropria20 tions of the House of Representatives and Senate. 

21 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE REVOLVING FUND

22 For payment to the Government Printing Office Re23 volving Fund, $1,200,000 for workforce retraining. The 

24 Government Printing Office may make such expenditures, 

25 within the limits of funds available and in accord with the 
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1 law, and to make such contracts and commitments without 

2 regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 

3 9104 of title 31, United States Code, as may be necessary 

4 in carrying out the programs and purposes set forth in 

5 the budget for the current fiscal year for the Government 

6 Printing Office revolving fund: Provided, That not more 

7 than $5,000 may be expended on the certification of the 

8 Public Printer in connection with official representation 

9 and reception expenses: Provided further, That the revolv10 ing fund shall be available for the hire or purchase of not 

11 more than 12 passenger motor vehicles: Provided further, 

12 That expenditures in connection with travel expenses of 

13 the advisory councils to the Public Printer shall be deemed 

14 necessary to carry out the provisions of title 44, United 

15 States Code: Provided further, That the revolving fund 

16 shall be available for temporary or intermittent services 

17 under section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, but 

18 at rates for individuals not more than the daily equivalent 

19 of the annual rate of basic pay for level V of the Executive 

20 Schedule under section 5316 of such title: Provided fur21 ther, That the revolving fund and the funds provided 

22 under the headings ‘‘OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF

23 DOCUMENTS’’ and ‘‘SALARIES AND EXPENSES’’ together 

24 may not be available for the full-time equivalent employ25 ment of more than 2,621 workyears (or such other number 
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1 of workyears as the Public Printer may request, subject 

2 to the approval of the Committees on Appropriations of 

3 the House of Representatives and Senate): Provided fur4 ther, That activities financed through the revolving fund 

5 may provide information in any format: Provided further, 

6 That not more than $10,000 may be expended from the 

7 revolving fund in support of the activities of the Benjamin 

8 Franklin Tercentenary Commission established by Public 

9 Law 107–202. 

10 GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For necessary expenses of the Government Account13 ability Office, including not more than $12,500 to be ex14 pended on the certification of the Comptroller General of 

15 the United States in connection with official representa16 tion and reception expenses; temporary or intermittent 

17 services under section 3109(b) of title 5, United States 

18 Code, but at rates for individuals not more than the daily 

19 equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay for level IV of 

20 the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of such title; 

21 hire of one passenger motor vehicle; advance payments in 

22 foreign countries in accordance with section 3324 of title 

23 31, United States Code; benefits comparable to those pay24 able under sections 901(5), (6), and (8) of the Foreign 

25 Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4081(5), (6), and (8)); 
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1 and under regulations prescribed by the Comptroller Gen2 eral of the United States, rental of living quarters in for3 eign countries, $482,395,000: Provided, That not more 

4 than $5,104,000 of payments received under section 782 

5 of title 31, United States Code, shall be available for use 

6 in fiscal year 2006: Provided further, That not more than 

7 $2,061,000 of reimbursements received under section 

8 9105 of title 31, United States Code, shall be available 

9 for use in fiscal year 2006: Provided further, That this 

10 appropriation and appropriations for administrative ex11 penses of any other department or agency which is a mem12 ber of the National Intergovernmental Audit Forum or a 

13 Regional Intergovernmental Audit Forum shall be avail14 able to finance an appropriate share of either Forum’s 

15 costs as determined by the respective Forum, including 

16 necessary travel expenses of non-Federal participants: 

17 Provided further, That payments hereunder to the Forum 

18 may be credited as reimbursements to any appropriation 

19 from which costs involved are initially financed. 

20 PAYMENT TO THE OPEN WORLD LEADERSHIP CENTER

21 TRUST FUND

22 For a payment to the Open World Leadership Center 

23 Trust Fund for financing activities of the Open World 

24 Leadership Center under section 313 of the Legislative 
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1 Branch Appropriations Act, 2001 (2 U.S.C. 1151), 

2 $14,000,000. 

3 TITLE II—GENERAL PROVISIONS 

4 SEC. 201. MAINTENANCE AND CARE OF PRIVATE

5 VEHICLES.—No part of the funds appropriated in this Act 

6 shall be used for the maintenance or care of private vehi7 cles, except for emergency assistance and cleaning as may 

8 be provided under regulations relating to parking facilities 

9 for the House of Representatives issued by the Committee 

10 on House Administration and for the Senate issued by the 

11 Committee on Rules and Administration. 

12 SEC. 202. FISCAL YEAR LIMITATION.—No part of 

13 the funds appropriated in this Act shall remain available 

14 for obligation beyond fiscal year 2006 unless expressly so 

15 provided in this Act. 

16 SEC. 203. RATES OF COMPENSATION AND DESIGNA17 TION.—Whenever in this Act any office or position not 

18 specifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of 1929 

19 (46 Stat. 32 et seq.) is appropriated for or the rate of 

20 compensation or designation of any office or position ap21 propriated for is different from that specifically estab22 lished by such Act, the rate of compensation and the des23 ignation in this Act shall be the permanent law with re24 spect thereto: Provided, That the provisions in this Act 

25 for the various items of official expenses of Members, offi-
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1 cers, and committees of the Senate and House of Rep2 resentatives, and clerk hire for Senators and Members of 

3 the House of Representatives shall be the permanent law 

4 with respect thereto. 

5 SEC. 204. CONSULTING SERVICES.—The expenditure 

6 of any appropriation under this Act for any consulting 

7 service through procurement contract, under section 3109 

8 of title 5, United States Code, shall be limited to those 

9 contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public 

10 record and available for public inspection, except where 

11 otherwise provided under existing law, or under existing 

12 Executive order issued under existing law. 

13 SEC. 205. AWARDS AND SETTLEMENTS.—Such sums 

14 as may be necessary are appropriated to the account de15 scribed in subsection (a) of section 415 of the Congres16 sional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1415(a)) to 

17 pay awards and settlements as authorized under such sub18 section. 

19 SEC. 206. COSTS OF LBFMC.—Amounts available 

20 for administrative expenses of any legislative branch entity 

21 which participates in the Legislative Branch Financial 

22 Managers Council (LBFMC) established by charter on 

23 March 26, 1996, shall be available to finance an appro24 priate share of LBFMC costs as determined by the 

25 LBFMC, except that the total LBFMC costs to be shared 
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1 among all participating legislative branch entities (in such 

2 allocations among the entities as the entities may deter3 mine) may not exceed $2,000. 

4 SEC. 207. LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE.—The Archi5 tect of the Capitol, in consultation with the District of Co6 lumbia, is authorized to maintain and improve the land7 scape features, excluding streets and sidewalks, in the ir8 regular shaped grassy areas bounded by Washington Ave9 nue, SW on the northeast, Second Street SW on the west, 

10 Square 582 on the south, and the beginning of the I–395 

11 tunnel on the southeast. 

12 SEC. 208. LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS.—None of the 

13 funds made available in this Act may be transferred to 

14 any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United 

15 States Government, except pursuant to a transfer made 

16 by, or transfer authority provided in, this Act or any other 

17 appropriation Act. 

18 SEC. 209. COMPENSATION LIMITATION.—None of 

19 the funds contained in this Act or any other Act may be 

20 used to pay the salary of any officer or employee of the 

21 legislative branch during fiscal year 2006 or any suc22 ceeding fiscal year to the extent that the aggregate 

23 amount of compensation paid to the employee during the 

24 year (including base salary, performance awards and other 

25 bonus payments, and incentive payments, but excluding 
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1 the value of any in-kind benefits and payments) exceeds 

2 the annual rate of pay for a Member of the House of Rep3 resentatives or a Senator. 

4 TITLE III—CONTINUITY IN REPRESENTATION 

5 SEC. 301. Section 26 of the Revised Statutes of the 

6 United States (2 U.S.C. 8) is amended—

7 (1) by striking ‘‘The time’’ and inserting ‘‘(a) 

8 IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection (b), 

9 the time’’; and 

10 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub11 section: 

12 ‘‘(b) SPECIAL RULES IN EXTRAORDINARY CIR13 CUMSTANCES.—

14 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In extraordinary cir15 cumstances, the executive authority of any State in 

16 which a vacancy exists in its representation in the 

17 House of Representatives shall issue a writ of elec18 tion to fill such vacancy by special election. 

19 ‘‘(2) TIMING OF SPECIALELECTION.—A special 

20 election held under this subsection to fill a vacancy 

21 shall take place not later than 49 days after the 

22 Speaker of the House of Representatives announces 

23 that the vacancy exists, unless, during the 75-day 

24 period which begins on the date of the announce25 ment of the vacancy—
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1 ‘‘(A) a regularly scheduled general election 

2 for the office involved is to be held; or 

3 ‘‘(B) another special election for the office 

4 involved is to be held, pursuant to a writ for a 

5 special election issued by the chief executive of 

6 the State prior to the date of the announcement 

7 of the vacancy. 

8 ‘‘(3) NOMINATIONS BY PARTIES.—If a special 

9 election is to be held under this subsection, the de10 termination of the candidates who will run in such 

11 election shall be made—

12 ‘‘(A) by nominations made not later than 

13 10 days after the Speaker announces that the 

14 vacancy exists by the political parties of the 

15 State that are authorized by State law to nomi16 nate candidates for the election; or 

17 ‘‘(B) by any other method the State con18 siders appropriate, including holding primary 

19 elections, that will ensure that the State will 

20 hold the special election within the deadline re21 quired under paragraph (2). 

22 ‘‘(4) EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES.—

23 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In this subsection, 

24 ‘extraordinary circumstances’ occur when the 

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1 nounces that vacancies in the representation 

2 from the States in the House exceed 100. 

3 ‘‘(B) JUDICIALREVIEW.—If any action is 

4 brought for declaratory or injunctive relief to 

5 challenge an announcement made under sub6 paragraph (A), the following rules shall apply: 

7 ‘‘(i) Not later than 2 days after the 

8 announcement, the action shall be filed in 

9 the United States District Court having ju10 risdiction in the district of the Member of 

11 the House of Representatives whose seat 

12 has been announced to be vacant and shall 

13 be heard by a 3-judge court convened pur14 suant to section 2284 of title 28, United 

15 States Code. 

16 ‘‘(ii) A copy of the complaint shall be 

17 delivered promptly to the Clerk of the 

18 House of Representatives. 

19 ‘‘(iii) A final decision in the action 

20 shall be made within 3 days of the filing 

21 of such action and shall not be reviewable. 

22 ‘‘(iv) The executive authority of the 

23 State that contains the district of the 

24 Member of the House of Representatives 

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1 cant shall have the right to intervene either 

2 in support of or opposition to the position 

3 of a party to the case regarding the an4 nouncement of such vacancy. 

5 ‘‘(5) PROTECTING ABILITY OF ABSENT MILI6 TARY AND OVERSEAS VOTERS TO PARTICIPATE IN

7 SPECIALELECTIONS.—

8 ‘‘(A) DEADLINE FOR TRANSMITTAL OF AB9 SENTEE BALLOTS.—In conducting a special 

10 election held under this subsection to fill a va11 cancy in its representation, the State shall en12 sure to the greatest extent practicable (includ13 ing through the use of electronic means) that 

14 absentee ballots for the election are transmitted 

15 to absent uniformed services voters and over16 seas voters (as such terms are defined in the 

17 Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Vot18 ing Act) not later than 15 days after the 

19 Speaker of the House of Representatives an20 nounces that the vacancy exists. 

21 ‘‘(B) PERIOD FOR BALLOT TRANSIT

22 TIME.—Notwithstanding the deadlines referred 

23 to in paragraphs (2) and (3), in the case of an 

24 individual who is an absent uniformed services 

25 voter or an overseas voter (as such terms are 
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1 defined in the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens 

2 Absentee Voting Act), a State shall accept and 

3 process any otherwise valid ballot or other elec4 tion material from the voter so long as the bal5 lot or other material is received by the appro6 priate State election official not later than 45 

7 days after the State transmits the ballot or 

8 other material to the voter. 

9 ‘‘(6) APPLICATION TO DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

10 AND TERRITORIES.—This subsection shall apply—

11 ‘‘(A) to a Delegate or Resident Commis12 sioner to the Congress in the same manner as 

13 it applies to a Member of the House of Rep14 resentatives; and 

15 ‘‘(B) to the District of Columbia, the Com16 monwealth of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, 

17 Guam, and the United States Virgin Islands in 

18 the same manner as it applies to a State, ex19 cept that a vacancy in the representation from 

20 any such jurisdiction in the House shall not be 

21 taken into account by the Speaker in deter22 mining whether vacancies in the representation 

23 from the States in the House exceed 100 for 

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1 ‘‘(7) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION REGARDING FED2 ERAL ELECTION LAWS.—Nothing in this subsection 

3 may be construed to affect the application to special 

4 elections under this subsection of any Federal law 

5 governing the administration of elections for Federal 

6 office (including any law providing for the enforce7 ment of any such law), including, but not limited to, 

8 the following: 

9 ‘‘(A) The Voting Rights Act of 1965 (42 

10 U.S.C. 1973 et seq.), as amended. 

11 ‘‘(B) The Voting Accessibility for the El12 derly and Handicapped Act (42 U.S.C. 1973ee 

13 et seq.), as amended. 

14 ‘‘(C) The Uniformed and Overseas Citizens 

15 Absentee Voting Act (42 U.S.C. 1973ff et seq.), 

16 as amended. 

17 ‘‘(D) The National Voter Registration Act 

18 of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 1973gg et seq.), as amend19 ed. 

20 ‘‘(E) The Americans With Disabilities Act 

21 of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.), as amended. 

22 ‘‘(F) The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 

23 U.S.C. 701 et seq.), as amended. 

24 ‘‘(G) The Help America Vote Act of 2002 

25 (42 U.S.C. 15301 et seq.), as amended.’’. 
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1 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative Branch Ap2 propriations Act, 2006’’. 

Union Calendar No. 83

109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2985

[Report No. 109–139] 

A BILL

Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch 

and for other purposes. for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, 

JUNE 20, 2005

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed