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In the Senate of the United States, 

June 30, 2005. 

Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R. 2985) entitled ‘‘An Act making appropriations for 

the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 

30, 2006, and for other purposes.’’, do pass with the following 

AMENDMENTS: 

1 Ω1æPage 2, after line 4, insert: 

2 TITLE I—LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 

3 APPROPRIATIONS 

4 SENATE 

5 EXPENSE ALLOWANCES

6 For expense allowances of the Vice President, $20,000; 

7 the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, $40,000; Majority 

8 Leader of the Senate, $40,000; Minority Leader of the Sen9 ate, $40,000; Majority Whip of the Senate, $10,000; Minor10 ity Whip of the Senate, $10,000; President Pro Tempore 

11 emeritus, $15,000; Chairmen of the Majority and Minority 
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1 Conference Committees, $5,000 for each Chairman; and 

2 Chairmen of the Majority and Minority Policy Committees, 

3 $5,000 for each Chairman; in all, $195,000. 

4 REPRESENTATION ALLOWANCES FOR THE MAJORITY AND

5 MINORITY LEADERS

6 For representation allowances of the Majority and Mi7 nority Leaders of the Senate, $15,000 for each such Leader; 

8 in all, $30,000. 

9 SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

10 For compensation of officers, employees, and others as 

11 authorized by law, including agency contributions, 

12 $147,120,000, which shall be paid from this appropriation 

13 without regard to the following limitations: 

14 OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT

15 For the Office of the Vice President, $2,181,000. 

16 OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE

17 For the Office of the President Pro Tempore, $582,000. 

18 OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE EMERITUS

19 For the Office of the President Pro Tempore emeritus, 

20 $290,000. 

21 OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERS

22 For Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders, 

23 $4,340,000. 

24 OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY WHIPS

25 For Offices of the Majority and Minority Whips, 

26 $2,644,000. 
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1 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

2 For salaries of the Committee on Appropriations, 

3 $13,758,000. 

4 CONFERENCE COMMITTEES

5 For the Conference of the Majority and the Conference 

6 of the Minority, at rates of compensation to be fixed by the 

7 Chairman of each such committee, $1,470,000 for each such 

8 committee; in all, $2,940,000. 

9 OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES OF THE CONFERENCE OF

10 THE MAJORITY AND THE CONFERENCE OF THE MINORITY

11 For Offices of the Secretaries of the Conference of the 

12 Majority and the Conference of the Minority, $728,000. 

13 POLICY COMMITTEES

14 For salaries of the Majority Policy Committee and the 

15 Minority Policy Committee, $1,524,000 for each such com16 mittee; in all, $3,048,000. 

17 OFFICE OF THE CHAPLAIN

18 For Office of the Chaplain, $354,000. 

19 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

20 For Office of the Secretary, $20,866,000. 

21 OFFICE OF THE SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER

22 For Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, 

23 $56,700,000. 
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1 OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND

2 MINORITY

3 For Offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the 

4 Secretary for the Minority, $1,584,000. 

5 AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS AND RELATED EXPENSES

6 For agency contributions for employee benefits, as au7 thorized by law, and related expenses, $37,105,000. 

8 OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL OF THE SENATE

9 For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legisla10 tive Counsel of the Senate, $5,437,000. 

11 OFFICE OF SENATE LEGAL COUNSEL

12 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate Legal 

13 Counsel, $1,306,000. 

14 EXPENSE ALLOWANCES OF THE SECRETARY OF THE SEN15 ATE, SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE

16 SENATE, AND SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND

17 MINORITY OF THE SENATE

18 For expense allowances of the Secretary of the Senate, 

19 $6,000; Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, 

20 $6,000; Secretary for the Majority of the Senate, $6,000; 

21 Secretary for the Minority of the Senate, $6,000; in all, 

22 $24,000. 

23 CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE

24 INQUIRIES AND INVESTIGATIONS

25 For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered 

26 by the Senate, or conducted under section 134(a) of the Leg-
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1 islative Reorganization Act of 1946 (Public Law 97–601), 

2 section 112 of the Supplemental Appropriations and Rescis3 sion Act, 1980 (Public Law 96–304), and Senate Resolution 

4 281, 96th Congress, agreed to March 11, 1980, 

5 $119,637,000. 

6 EXPENSES OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE CAUCUS ON

7 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL

8 For expenses of the United States Senate Caucus on 

9 International Narcotics Control, $520,000. 

10 SECRETARY OF THE SENATE

11 For expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the Sen12 ate, $1,980,000. 

13 SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE SENATE

14 For expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms and 

15 Doorkeeper of the Senate, $142,000,000, which shall remain 

16 available until September 30, 2010. 

17 MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

18 For miscellaneous items, $17,000,000, of which up to 

19 $500,000 shall be made available for a pilot program for 

20 mailings of postal patron postcards by Senators for the pur21 pose of providing notice of a town meeting by a Senator 

22 in a county (or equivalent unit of local government) at 

23 which the Senator will personally attend: Provided, That 

24 any amount allocated to a Senator for such mailing shall 

25 not exceed 50 percent of the cost of the mailing and the 
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1 remaining cost shall be paid by the Senator from other 

2 funds available to the Senator. 

3 SENATORS’ OFFICIAL PERSONNEL AND OFFICE EXPENSE

4 ACCOUNT

5 For Senators’ Official Personnel and Office Expense 

6 Account, $350,000,000. 

7 OFFICIAL MAIL COSTS

8 For expenses necessary for official mail costs of the 

9 Senate, $300,000. 

10 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

11 SEC. 1. GROSS RATE OF COMPENSATION IN OFFICES

12 OF SENATORS. Effective on and after October 1, 2005, each 

13 of the dollar amounts contained in the table under section 

14 105(d)(1)(A) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 

15 1968 (2 U.S.C. 61–1(d)(1)(A)) shall be deemed to be the 

16 dollar amounts in that table, as adjusted by law and in 

17 effect on September 30, 2005, increased by an additional 

18 $50,000 each. 

19 SEC. 2. CONSULTANTS. With respect to fiscal year 

20 2006, the first sentence of section 101(a) of the Supple21 mental Appropriations Act, 1977 (2 U.S.C. 61h–6(a)) shall 

22 be applied by substituting ‘‘nine individual consultants’’ 

23 for ‘‘eight individual consultants’’. 

24 SEC. 3. UNITED STATES SENATE COLLECTION. Section 

25 316 of Public Law 101–302 (2 U.S.C. 2107) is amended 
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1 in the first sentence of subsection (a) by striking ‘‘2005’’ 

2 and inserting ‘‘2006’’. 

3 SEC. 4. SENATE COMMISSION ON ART. Section 3(c)(2) 

4 of Public Law 108–83 (2 U.S.C. 2108(c)(2)) is amended 

5 by striking ‘‘and for any purposes’’ through the period and 

6 inserting ‘‘for any purposes for which funds from the con7 tingent fund of the Senate may be used under section 316(a) 

8 of Public Law 101–302 (2 U.S.C. 2107(a)), and for expend9 itures, not to exceed $10,000 in any fiscal year, for meals 

10 and refreshments in Capitol facilities in connection with 

11 official activities of the Commission or other authorized 

12 programs or activities.’’. 

13 SEC. 5. ABSENCES. Section 40 of the Revised Statutes 

14 (2 U.S.C. 39) is amended by— 

15 (1) striking ‘‘Secretary of the Senate and the’’; 

16 (2) striking ‘‘, respectively, shall’’ and inserting 

17 ‘‘shall’’; 

18 (3) striking ‘‘Senate or’’; and 

19 (4) striking ‘‘, respectively, unless’’ and inserting 

20 ‘‘, unless’’. 

21 SEC. 6. MODIFICATION OF CERTAIN CONSULTANT RE22 QUIREMENT. Section 10(a)(5) of the Legislative Branch Ap23 propriations Act, 1999 (2 U.S.C. 72d) is amended by in24 serting ‘‘, except that any approval (and related reporting 

25 requirement) shall not apply’’ after ‘‘May 14, 1975’’. 
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1 Ω2æPage 8, strike out line 13 and all that follows through 

2 Page 24 line 11 and insert: 

3 CAPITOL GUIDE SERVICE AND SPECIAL SERVICES OFFICE

4 For salaries and expenses of the Capitol Guide Service 

5 and Special Services Office, $4,098,000, to be disbursed by 

6 the Secretary of the Senate: Provided, That no part of such 

7 amount may be used to employ more than 58 individuals: 

8 Provided further, That the Capitol Guide Board is author9 ized, during emergencies, to employ not more than two ad10 ditional individuals for not more than 120 days each, and 

11 not more than 10 additional individuals for not more than 

12 6 months each, for the Capitol Guide Service. 

13 STATEMENTS OF APPROPRIATIONS

14 For the preparation, under the direction of the Com15 mittees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 

16 Representatives, of the statements for the first session of the 

17 109th Congress, showing appropriations made, indefinite 

18 appropriations, and contracts authorized, together with a 

19 chronological history of the regular appropriations bills as 

20 required by law, $30,000, to be paid to the persons des21 ignated by the chairmen of such committees to supervise 

22 the work. 
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1 CAPITOL POLICE 

2 SALARIES

3 For salaries of employees of the Capitol Police, includ4 ing overtime, hazardous duty pay differential, and Govern5 ment contributions for health, retirement, social security, 

6 professional liability insurance, and other applicable em7 ployee benefits, $222,600,000, to be disbursed by the Chief 

8 of the Capitol Police or his designee. 

9 GENERAL EXPENSES

10 For necessary expenses of the Capitol Police, including 

11 motor vehicles, communications and other equipment, secu12 rity equipment and installation, uniforms, weapons, sup13 plies, materials, training, medical services, forensic services, 

14 stenographic services, personal and professional services, the 

15 employee assistance program, the awards program, postage, 

16 communication services, travel advances, relocation of in17 structor and liaison personnel for the Federal Law Enforce18 ment Training Center, and not more than $5,000 to be ex19 pended on the certification of the Chief of the Capitol Police 

20 in connection with official representation and reception ex21 penses, $42,000,000, to be disbursed by the Chief of the Cap22 itol Police or his designee: Provided, That, notwithstanding 

23 any other provision of law, the cost of basic training for 

24 the Capitol Police at the Federal Law Enforcement Train25 ing Center for fiscal year 2005 shall be paid by the Sec-
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1 retary of Homeland Security from funds available to the 

2 Department of Homeland Security. 

3 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

5 SEC. 1001. TRANSFER AUTHORITY. Amounts appro6 priated for fiscal year 2006 for the Capitol Police may be 

7 transferred between the headings ‘‘SALARIES’’ and ‘‘GEN8 ERAL EXPENSES’’ upon the approval of the Committees on 

9 Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representa10 tives. 

11 SEC. 1002. CAPITOL POLICE AND TRANSFER OF LI12 BRARY OF CONGRESS POLICE. (a) LIMITATION ON CERTAIN

13 HIRING AUTHORITY OF CAPITOL POLICE.—Section 

14 1006(b)(3) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 

15 2004 (Public Law 108–83; 117 Stat. 1023), as amended 

16 by section 1002 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations 

17 Act, 2005 (2 U.S.C. 1901 note; Public Law 108–447; 118 

18 Stat. 3179), is further amended by adding after subpara19 graph (D), the following: 

20 ‘‘(E) LIMITATION FOR FISCAL YEAR 2006.— 

21 During fiscal year 2006, the number of individ22 uals hired under this subsection may not ex23 ceed— 

24 ‘‘(i) the number of Library of Congress 

25 Police employees who separated from service 
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1 or transferred to a position other than a Li2 brary of Congress Police employee position 

3 during fiscal year 2005 for whom a cor4 responding hire was not made under this 

5 subsection; and 

6 ‘‘(ii) the number of Library of Con7 gress Police employees who separate from 

8 service or transfer to a position other than 

9 a Library of Congress Police employee posi10 tion during fiscal year 2006.’’. 

11 (b) MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.—The Memo12 randum of Understanding between the Library of Congress 

13 and the Capitol Police entered into on December 12, 2004, 

14 shall remain in effect through fiscal year 2006, subject to 

15 such modifications as may be made in accordance with the 

16 modification and dispute resolution provisions of the 

17 Memorandum of Understanding. 

18 OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE 

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Compliance, 

21 as authorized by section 305 of the Congressional Account22 ability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1385), $3,112,000, of which 

23 $780,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2007: 

24 Provided, That the Executive Director of the Office of Com25 pliance may, within the limits of available appropriations, 
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1 dispose of surplus or obsolete personal property by inter2 agency transfer, donation, or discarding. 

3 CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE 

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For salaries and expenses necessary for operation of 

6 the Congressional Budget Office, including not more than 

7 $3,000 to be expended on the certification of the Director 

8 of the Congressional Budget Office in connection with offi9 cial representation and reception expenses, $35,853,000. 

10 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

11 SEC. 1100. WAIVER OF CERTAIN CLAIMS. Section 

12 5584(g) of title 5, United States Code, (relating to the defi13 nition of an agency) is amended— 

14 (1) by redesignating paragraph (6) as a para15 graph (7); 

16 (2) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph 

17 (5); 

18 (3) by inserting after paragraph (5) the fol19 lowing: 

20 ‘‘(6) the Congressional Budget Office; and’’; and 

21 (4) in the last sentence, by striking ‘‘paragraph 

22 (6)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (7)’’. 
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1 ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL 

2 GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

3 For salaries for the Architect of the Capitol, and other 

4 personal services, at rates of pay provided by law; for sur5 veys and studies in connection with activities under the 

6 care of the Architect of the Capitol; for all necessary ex7 penses 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, to 

14 be expended as the Architect of the Capitol may approve; 

15 for purchase or exchange, maintenance, and operation of 

16 a passenger motor vehicle, $76,522,000. 

17 CAPITOL BUILDING

18 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care, 

19 and operation of the Capitol, $25,380,000, of which 

20 $10,055,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

21 2010. 

22 CAPITOL GROUNDS

23 For all necessary expenses for care and improvement 

24 of grounds surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House 

25 office buildings, and the Capitol Power Plant, $7,061,000. 
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1 SENATE OFFICE BUILDINGS

2 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

3 and operation of Senate office buildings; and furniture and 

4 furnishings to be expended under the control and super5 vision of the Architect of the Capitol, $67,004,000, of which 

6 $15,745,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

7 2010. 

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9 through Page 41 line 9 and insert: 

10 CAPITOL POWER PLANT

11 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

12 and operation of the Capitol Power Plant; lighting, heating, 

13 power (including the purchase of electrical energy) and 

14 water and sewer services for the Capitol, Senate and House 

15 office buildings, Library of Congress buildings, and the 

16 grounds about the same, Botanic Garden, Senate garage, 

17 and air conditioning refrigeration not supplied from plants 

18 in any of such buildings; heating the Government Printing 

19 Office and Washington City Post Office, and heating and 

20 chilled water for air conditioning for the Supreme Court 

21 Building, the Union Station complex, the Thurgood Mar22 shall Federal Judiciary Building and the Folger Shake23 speare Library, expenses for which shall be advanced or re24 imbursed upon request of the Architect of the Capitol and 

25 amounts so received shall be deposited into the Treasury 
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1 to the credit of this appropriation, $58,817,000, of which 

2 $1,600,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

3 2010: Provided, That not more than $6,500,000 of the funds 

4 credited or to be reimbursed to this appropriation as herein 

5 provided shall be available for obligation during fiscal year 

6 2006. 

7 LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

8 For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and 

9 structural maintenance, care and operation of the Library 

10 buildings and grounds, $70,948,000, of which $42,950,000 

11 shall remain available until September 30, 2010. 

12 CAPITOL POLICE BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

13 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care, 

14 and operation of buildings and grounds of the United States 

15 Capitol Police, $10,031,000. 

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, $7,633,000: 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, $41,900,000, to remain available until ex9 pended, and in addition, $2,300,000 for Capitol Visitor 

10 Center operation costs: Provided, That the Architect of the 

11 Capitol may not obligate any of the funds which are made 

12 available for the Capitol Visitor Center project without an 

13 obligation plan approved by the Committee on Appropria14 tions of the Senate and House of Representatives. 

15 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

16 SEC. 1201. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE CAPITOL

17 VISITOR CENTER. The Architect of the Capitol may appoint 

18 an Executive Director of the Capitol Visitor Center whose 

19 annual rate of pay shall be determined by the Architect of 

20 the Capitol and shall not exceed $1,500 less than the annual 

21 rate of pay for the Architect of the Capitol. 

22 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For necessary expenses of the Library of Congress not 

25 otherwise provided for, including development and mainte-
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1 nance of the Library’s catalogs; custody and custodial care 

2 of the Library buildings; special clothing; cleaning, laun3 dering and repair of uniforms; preservation of motion pic4 tures in the custody of the Library; operation and mainte5 nance of the American Folklife Center in the Library; prep6 aration and distribution of catalog records and other publi7 cations of the Library; hire or purchase of one passenger 

8 motor vehicle; and expenses of the Library of Congress Trust 

9 Fund Board not properly chargeable to the income of any 

10 trust fund held by the Board, $397,285,000, of which not 

11 more than $6,000,000 shall be derived from collections cred12 ited to this appropriation during fiscal year 2006, and 

13 shall remain available until expended, under the Act of 

14 June 28, 1902 (chapter 1301; 32 Stat. 480; 2 U.S.C. 150) 

15 and not more than $350,000 shall be derived from collec16 tions during fiscal year 2006 and shall remain available 

17 until expended for the development and maintenance of an 

18 international legal information database and activities re19 lated thereto: Provided, That the Library of Congress may 

20 not obligate or expend any funds derived from collections 

21 under the Act of June 28, 1902, in excess of the amount 

22 authorized for obligation or expenditure in appropriations 

23 Acts: Provided further, That the total amount available for 

24 obligation shall be reduced by the amount by which collec25 tions are less than $6,350,000: Provided further, That of 
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1 the total amount appropriated, $13,972,000 shall remain 

2 available until expended for the partial acquisition of books, 

3 periodicals, newspapers, and all other materials including 

4 subscriptions for bibliographic services for the Library, in5 cluding $40,000 to be available solely for the purchase, when 

6 specifically approved by the Librarian, of special and 

7 unique materials for additions to the collections: Provided 

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

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

10 Librarian of Congress, in connection with official represen11 tation and reception expenses for the Overseas Field Offices: 

12 Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated, 

13 $4,000,000 shall remain available until expended for the 

14 digital collections and school curricula program under sec15 tion 1305 of this Act: Provided further, That of the total 

16 amount appropriated, $600,000 shall remain available 

17 until expended, and shall be transferred to the Abraham 

18 Lincoln Bicentennial Commission for carrying out the pur19 poses of Public Law 106–173, of which $10,000 may be used 

20 for official representation and reception expenses of the 

21 Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission: Provided fur22 ther, That of the total amount appropriated, $12,085,000 

23 shall remain available until expended for partial support 

24 of the National Audio-Visual Conservation Center: Provided 

25 further, That of the total amount appropriated, $250,000 
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1 shall be used to provide a grant to the Middle Eastern Text 

2 Initiative for translation and publishing of middle eastern 

3 text: Provided further, That no funds made available under 

4 this heading may be expended inconsistently with the provi5 sions and intent of section 1006 of the Legislative Branch 

6 Appropriations Act, 2004 (Public Law 108–83), as amend7 ed, and the memorandum of understanding between the Li8 brary of Congress and the Capitol Police entered into on 

9 December 12, 2004. 

10 COPYRIGHT OFFICE

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office and the 

13 new Copyright Royalty Judges program, $57,322,000, of 

14 which not more than $30,481,000, to remain available until 

15 expended, shall be derived from collections credited to this 

16 appropriation during fiscal year 2006 under section 708(d) 

17 of title 17, United States Code: Provided, That the Copy18 right Office may not obligate or expend any funds derived 

19 from collections under such section, in excess of the amount 

20 authorized for obligation or expenditure in appropriations 

21 Acts: Provided further, That not more than $4,141,000 shall 

22 be derived from collections during fiscal year 2006 under 

23 sections 111(d)(2), 119(b)(2), 802(h), 1005, and 1316 of 

24 such title: Provided further, That the total amount available 

25 for obligation shall be reduced by the amount by which col-
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1 lections are less than $34,622,000: Provided further, That 

2 not more than $100,000 of the amount appropriated is 

3 available for the maintenance of an ‘‘International Copy4 right Institute’’ in the Copyright Office of the Library of 

5 Congress for the purpose of training nationals of developing 

6 countries in intellectual property laws and policies: Pro7 vided further, That not more than $4,250 may be expended, 

8 on the certification of the Librarian of Congress, in connec9 tion with official representation and reception expenses for 

10 activities of the International Copyright Institute and for 

11 copyright delegations, visitors, and seminars. 

12 CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 

15 section 203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 

16 (2 U.S.C. 166) and to revise and extend the Annotated Con17 stitution of the United States of America, $101,755,000: 

18 Provided, That no part of such amount may be used to pay 

19 any salary or expense in connection with any publication, 

20 or preparation of material therefor (except the Digest of 

21 Public General Bills), to be issued by the Library of Con22 gress unless such publication has obtained prior approval 

23 of either the Committee on House Administration of the 

24 House of Representatives or the Committee on Rules and 

25 Administration of the Senate. 
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1 BOOKS FOR THE BLIND AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For salaries and expenses to carry out the Act of March 

4 3, 1931 (chapter 400; 46 Stat. 1487; 2 U.S.C. 135a), 

5 $64,172,000, of which $25,667,000 shall remain available 

6 until expended and of which $800,000 shall be available to 

7 the Librarian of Congress to pay telecommunications costs 

8 for eligible readers to have interstate toll free access to elec9 tronic editions of periodicals and newspapers, disseminated 

10 in specialized audio and electronic text formats from a 

11 multi-State nonprofit source which obtains content from 

12 publishers for free distribution to blind and physically 

13 handicapped readers in a minimum of 20 States. 

14 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

15 SEC. 1301. INCENTIVE AWARDS PROGRAM. Of the 

16 amounts appropriated to the Library of Congress in this 

17 Act, not more than $5,000 may be expended, on the certifi18 cation of the Librarian of Congress, in connection with offi19 cial representation and reception expenses for the incentive 

20 awards program. 

21 SEC. 1302. REIMBURSABLE AND REVOLVING FUND AC22 TIVITIES. (a) IN GENERAL.—For fiscal year 2006, the 

23 obligational authority of the Library of Congress for the ac24 tivities described in subsection (b) may not exceed 

25 $109,943,000. 
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1 (b) ACTIVITIES.—The activities referred to in sub2 section (a) are reimbursable and revolving fund activities 

3 that are funded from sources other than appropriations to 

4 the Library in appropriations Acts for the legislative 

5 branch. 

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

7 the Librarian of Congress may temporarily transfer funds 

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

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

10 EXPENSES’’ to the revolving fund for the FEDLINK Pro11 gram and the Federal Research Program established under 

12 section 103 of the Library of Congress Fiscal Operations 

13 Improvement Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–481; 2 U.S.C. 

14 182c): Provided, That the total amount of such transfers 

15 may not exceed $1,900,000: Provided further, That the ap16 propriate revolving fund account shall reimburse the Li17 brary for any amounts transferred to it before the period 

18 of availability of the Library appropriation expires. 

19 SEC. 1303. NATIONAL DIGITAL INFORMATION INFRA20 STRUCTURE AND PRESERVATION PROGRAM. The Miscella21 neous Appropriations Act, 2001 (enacted into law by sec22 tion 1(a)(4) of Public Law 106–554, 114 Stat. 2763A–194) 

23 is amended in the first proviso under the subheading ‘‘SAL24 ARIES AND EXPENSES’’ under the heading ‘‘LIBRARY OF 

25 CONGRESS’’ in chapter 9 of division A by adding at the 
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1 end ‘‘, except that an amount not to exceed $25,000,000 of 

2 such additional $75,000,000 shall remain available until 

3 expended and may be used for competitive grants to State 

4 governmental entities, without regard to any matching con5 tribution requirement, to work cooperatively to collect and 

6 preserve at-risk digital State and local government infor7 mation’’. 

8 SEC. 1304. UNITED STATES DIPLOMATIC FACILITIES. 

9 Funds made available for the Library of Congress under 

10 this Act are available for transfer to the Department of 

11 State as remittance for a fee charged by the Department 

12 for fiscal year 2006 for the maintenance, upgrade, or con13 struction of United States diplomatic facilities only to the 

14 extent that the amount of the fee so charged is equal to or 

15 less than the unreimbursed value of the services provided 

16 during fiscal year 2006 to the Library of Congress on State 

17 Department diplomatic facilities. 

18 SEC. 1305. INCORPORATION OF DIGITAL COLLECTIONS

19 INTO SCHOOL CURRICULA. (a) SHORT TITLE.—This section 

20 may be cited as the ‘‘Library of Congress Digital Collections 

21 and School Curricula Act of 2005’’. 

22 (b) PROGRAM.—The Librarian of Congress shall ad23 minister a program to teach educators and librarians how 

24 to incorporate the digital collections of the Library of Con25 gress into school curricula. 
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1 (c) EDUCATIONAL CONSORTIUM.—In administering 

2 the program under this section, the Librarian of Congress 

3 may— 

4 (1) establish an educational consortium to sup5 port the program; and 

6 (2) make funds appropriated for the program 

7 available to consortium members, educational institu8 tions, and libraries. 

9 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are 

10 authorized to be appropriated such sums as necessary to 

11 carry out this section for fiscal year 2006 and each fiscal 

12 year thereafter. 

13 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 

14 CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING AND BINDING

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

16 For authorized printing and binding for the Congress 

17 and the distribution of Congressional information in any 

18 format; printing and binding for the Architect of the Cap19 itol; expenses necessary for preparing the semimonthly and 

20 session index to the Congressional Record, as authorized by 

21 law (section 902 of title 44, United States Code); printing 

22 and binding of Government publications authorized by law 

23 to be distributed to Members of Congress; and printing, 

24 binding, and distribution of Government publications au25 thorized by law to be distributed without charge to the re-
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1 cipient, $88,090,000: Provided, That this appropriation 

2 shall not be available for paper copies of the permanent edi3 tion of the Congressional Record for individual Representa4 tives, Resident Commissioners or Delegates authorized 

5 under section 906 of title 44, United States Code: Provided 

6 further, That this appropriation shall be available for the 

7 payment of obligations incurred under the appropriations 

8 for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years: Provided 

9 further, That notwithstanding the 2-year limitation under 

10 section 718 of title 44, United States Code, none of the funds 

11 appropriated or made available under this Act or any other 

12 Act for printing and binding and related services provided 

13 to Congress under chapter 7 of title 44, United States Code, 

14 may be expended to print a document, report, or publica15 tion after the 27-month period beginning on the date that 

16 such document, report, or publication is authorized by Con17 gress to be printed, unless Congress reauthorizes such print18 ing in accordance with section 718 of title 44, United States 

19 Code: Provided further, That any unobligated or unex20 pended balances in this account or accounts for similar 

21 purposes for preceding fiscal years may be transferred to 

22 the Government Printing Office revolving fund for carrying 

23 out the purposes of this heading, subject to the approval 

24 of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep25 resentatives and 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 Docu5 ments necessary to provide for the cataloging and indexing 

6 of Government publications and their distribution to the 

7 public, Members of Congress, other Government agencies, 

8 and designated depository and international exchange li9 braries as authorized by law, $33,837,000: Provided, That 

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

11 appropriations are authorized for producing and dissemi12 nating Congressional serial sets and other related publica13 tions for fiscal years 2004 and 2005 to depository and other 

14 designated libraries: Provided further, That any unobli15 gated or unexpended balances in this account or accounts 

16 for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years may be 

17 transferred to the Government Printing Office revolving 

18 fund for carrying out the purposes of this heading, subject 

19 to the approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the 

20 House of Representatives and Senate. 

21 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE REVOLVING FUND

22 For payment to the Government Printing Office Re23 volving Fund, $5,000,000 for workforce retraining: Pro24 vided, That the Government Printing Office may make such 

25 expenditures, within the limits of funds available and in 

26 accordance with law, and to make such contracts and com-
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1 mitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as pro2 vided by section 9104 of title 31, United States Code, as 

3 may be necessary in carrying out the programs and pur4 poses set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year for 

5 the Government Printing Office revolving fund: Provided 

6 further, That not more than $5,000 may be expended on 

7 the certification of the Public Printer in connection with 

8 official representation and reception expenses: Provided fur9 ther, That the revolving fund shall be available for the hire 

10 or purchase of not more than 12 passenger motor vehicles: 

11 Provided further, That expenditures in connection with 

12 travel expenses of the advisory councils to the Public Print13 er shall be deemed necessary to carry out the provisions of 

14 title 44, United States Code: Provided further, That the re15 volving fund shall be available for temporary or intermit16 tent services under section 3109(b) of title 5, United States 

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

18 equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay for level V of 

19 the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of such title: Pro20 vided further, That the revolving fund and the funds pro21 vided under the headings ‘‘OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF

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

23 may not be available for the full-time equivalent employ24 ment of more than 2,621 workyears (or such other number 

25 of workyears as the Public Printer may request, subject to 
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1 the approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the 

2 House of Representatives and Senate): Provided further, 

3 That activities financed through the revolving fund may 

4 provide information in any format: Provided further, That 

5 not more than $10,000 may be expended from the revolving 

6 fund in support of the activities of the Benjamin Franklin 

7 Tercentenary Commission established by Public Law 107– 

8 202. 

9 GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 

10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

11 For necessary expenses of the Government Account12 ability Office, including not more than $12,500 to be ex13 pended on the certification of the Comptroller General of 

14 the United States in connection with official representation 

15 and reception expenses; temporary or intermittent services 

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

17 at rates for individuals not more than the daily equivalent 

18 of the annual rate of basic pay for level IV of the Executive 

19 Schedule under section 5315 of such title; hire of one pas20 senger motor vehicle; advance payments in foreign countries 

21 in accordance with section 3324 of title 31, United States 

22 Code; benefits comparable to those payable under section 

23 901(5), (6), and (8) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 

24 U.S.C. 4081(5), (6), and (8)); and under regulations pre25 scribed by the Comptroller General of the United States, 
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1 rental of living quarters in foreign countries, $484,383,000: 

2 Provided, That not more than $5,104,000 of payments re3 ceived under section 782 of title 31, United States Code, 

4 shall be available for use in fiscal year 2006: Provided fur5 ther, That not more than $2,061,000 of reimbursements re6 ceived under section 9105 of title 31, United States Code, 

7 shall be available for use in fiscal year 2006: Provided fur8 ther, That this appropriation and appropriations for ad9 ministrative expenses of any other department or agency 

10 which is a member of the National Intergovernmental Audit 

11 Forum or a Regional Intergovernmental Audit Forum shall 

12 be available to finance an appropriate share of either Fo13 rum’s costs as determined by the respective Forum, includ14 ing necessary travel expenses of non-Federal participants: 

15 Provided further, That payments hereunder to the Forum 

16 may be credited as reimbursements to any appropriation 

17 from which costs involved are initially financed. 

18 OPEN WORLD LEADERSHIP CENTER TRUST 

19 FUND 

20 For a payment to the Open World Leadership Center 

21 Trust Fund for financing activities of the Open World 

22 Leadership Center, $14,000,000. 
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1 JOHN C. STENNIS CENTER FOR PUBLIC SERVICE 

2 TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT 

3 For payment to the John C. Stennis Center for Public 

4 Service Development Trust Fund established under section 

5 116 of the John C. Stennis Center for Public Service Train6 ing and Development Act (2 U.S.C. 1105), $430,000. 

7 Ω4æPage 44, strike out lines 1 through line 11 and insert: 

8 SEC. 209. COMPENSATION LIMITATION. Legislative 

9 branch appropriations are not available to pay the salary 

10 of any officer or employee to the extent that the aggregate 

11 amount of compensation (including base salary, awards, 

12 bonus incentives, excluding in-kind compensation) exceeds 

13 the annual rate for a Senator or Member unless the applica14 ble entity head has certified that the entity has a perform15 ance appraisal system which (as designed and applied) 

16 makes meaningful distinctions based on relative perform17 ance consistent with the criteria established pursuant to 5 

18 U.S.C. 5307(d)(3)(A). Each entity head shall recertify its 

19 performance appraisal system (bi-annually in accordance 

20 with 5 U.S.C. 5307(d)(3)(B)). Entities with such certified 

21 appraisal systems may pay total annual compensation up 

22 to the amounts Executive branch personnel subject to cer23 tified performance appraisal systems may receive. 
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1 Ω5æPage 44, strike out line 12 and all that follows 

2 through Page 50 line 12. 

Attest: 

Secretary. 

109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2985 

AMENDMENTS