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[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2985 Engrossed Amendment Senate (EAS)]

  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

                  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:

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               TITLE I--LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS

                                 SENATE

                           Expense Allowances

    For expense allowances of the Vice President, $20,000; the 
President Pro Tempore of the Senate, $40,000; Majority Leader of the 
Senate, $40,000; Minority Leader of the Senate, $40,000; Majority Whip 
of the Senate, $10,000; Minority Whip of the Senate, $10,000; President 
Pro Tempore emeritus, $15,000; Chairmen of the Majority and Minority 
Conference Committees, $5,000 for each Chairman; and Chairmen of the 
Majority and Minority Policy Committees, $5,000 for each Chairman; in 
all, $195,000.

    Representation Allowances for the Majority and Minority Leaders

    For representation allowances of the Majority and Minority Leaders 
of the Senate, $15,000 for each such Leader; in all, $30,000.

                    Salaries, Officers and Employees

    For compensation of officers, employees, and others as authorized 
by law, including agency contributions, $147,120,000, which shall be 
paid from this appropriation without regard to the following 
limitations:

                      office of the vice president

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

                  office of the president pro tempore

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

              office of the president pro tempore emeritus

    For the Office of the President Pro Tempore emeritus, $290,000.

              offices of the majority and minority leaders

    For Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders, $4,340,000.

               offices of the majority and minority whips

    For Offices of the Majority and Minority Whips, $2,644,000.

                      committee on appropriations

    For salaries of the Committee on Appropriations, $13,758,000.

                         conference committees

    For the Conference of the Majority and the Conference of the 
Minority, at rates of compensation to be fixed by the Chairman of each 
such committee, $1,470,000 for each such committee; in all, $2,940,000.

 offices of the secretaries of the conference of the majority and the 
                       conference of the minority

    For Offices of the Secretaries of the Conference of the Majority 
and the Conference of the Minority, $728,000.

                           policy committees

    For salaries of the Majority Policy Committee and the Minority 
Policy Committee, $1,524,000 for each such committee; in all, 
$3,048,000.

                         office of the chaplain

    For Office of the Chaplain, $354,000.

                        office of the secretary

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

             office of the sergeant at arms and doorkeeper

    For Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, $56,700,000.

        offices of the secretaries for the majority and minority

    For Offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the Secretary for 
the Minority, $1,584,000.

               agency contributions and related expenses

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

            Office of the Legislative Counsel of the Senate

    For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel 
of the Senate, $5,437,000.

                     Office of Senate Legal Counsel

    For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate Legal Counsel, 
$1,306,000.

Expense Allowances of the Secretary of the Senate, Sergeant at Arms and 
Doorkeeper of the Senate, and Secretaries for the Majority and Minority 
                             of the Senate

    For expense allowances of the Secretary of the Senate, $6,000; 
Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, $6,000; Secretary for 
the Majority of the Senate, $6,000; Secretary for the Minority of the 
Senate, $6,000; in all, $24,000.

                   Contingent Expenses of the Senate

                      inquiries and investigations

    For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered by the Senate, 
or conducted under section 134(a) of the Legislative Reorganization Act 
of 1946 (Public Law 97-601), section 112 of the Supplemental 
Appropriations and Rescission Act, 1980 (Public Law 96-304), and Senate 
Resolution 281, 96th Congress, agreed to March 11, 1980, $119,637,000.

expenses of the united states senate caucus on international narcotics 
                                control

    For expenses of the United States Senate Caucus on International 
Narcotics Control, $520,000.

                        secretary of the senate

    For expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the Senate, 
$1,980,000.

             sergeant at arms and doorkeeper of the senate

    For expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper 
of the Senate, $142,000,000, which shall remain available until 
September 30, 2010.

                          miscellaneous items

    For miscellaneous items, $17,000,000, of which up to $500,000 shall 
be made available for a pilot program for mailings of postal patron 
postcards by Senators for the purpose of providing notice of a town 
meeting by a Senator in a county (or equivalent unit of local 
government) at which the Senator will personally attend: Provided, That 
any amount allocated to a Senator for such mailing shall not exceed 50 
percent of the cost of the mailing and the remaining cost shall be paid 
by the Senator from other funds available to the Senator.

        senators' official personnel and office expense account

    For Senators' Official Personnel and Office Expense Account, 
$350,000,000.

                          official mail costs

    For expenses necessary for official mail costs of the Senate, 
$300,000.

                       administrative provisions

    Sec. 1. Gross Rate of Compensation in Offices of Senators. 
Effective on and after October 1, 2005, each of the dollar amounts 
contained in the table under section 105(d)(1)(A) of the Legislative 
Branch Appropriations Act, 1968 (2 U.S.C. 61-1(d)(1)(A)) shall be 
deemed to be the dollar amounts in that table, as adjusted by law and 
in effect on September 30, 2005, increased by an additional $50,000 
each.
    Sec. 2. Consultants. With respect to fiscal year 2006, the first 
sentence of section 101(a) of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1977 
(2 U.S.C. 61h-6(a)) shall be applied by substituting ``nine individual 
consultants'' for ``eight individual consultants''.
    Sec. 3. United States Senate Collection. Section 316 of Public Law 
101-302 (2 U.S.C. 2107) is amended in the first sentence of subsection 
(a) by striking ``2005'' and inserting ``2006''.
    Sec. 4. Senate Commission on Art. Section 3(c)(2) of Public Law 
108-83 (2 U.S.C. 2108(c)(2)) is amended by striking ``and for any 
purposes'' through the period and inserting ``for any purposes for 
which funds from the contingent fund of the Senate may be used under 
section 316(a) of Public Law 101-302 (2 U.S.C. 2107(a)), and for 
expenditures, not to exceed $10,000 in any fiscal year, for meals and 
refreshments in Capitol facilities in connection with official 
activities of the Commission or other authorized programs or 
activities.''.
    Sec. 5. Absences. Section 40 of the Revised Statutes (2 U.S.C. 39) 
is amended by--
            (1) striking ``Secretary of the Senate and the'';
            (2) striking ``, respectively, shall'' and inserting 
        ``shall'';
            (3) striking ``Senate or''; and
            (4) striking ``, respectively, unless'' and inserting ``, 
        unless''.
    Sec. 6. Modification of Certain Consultant Requirement. Section 
10(a)(5) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1999 (2 U.S.C. 
72d) is amended by inserting ``, except that any approval (and related 
reporting requirement) shall not apply'' after ``May 14, 1975''.

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           Capitol Guide Service and Special Services Office

    For salaries and expenses of the Capitol Guide Service and Special 
Services Office, $4,098,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the 
Senate: Provided, That no part of such amount may be used to employ 
more than 58 individuals: Provided further, That the Capitol Guide 
Board is authorized, during emergencies, to employ not more than two 
additional individuals for not more than 120 days each, and not more 
than 10 additional individuals for not more than 6 months each, for the 
Capitol Guide Service.

                      Statements of Appropriations

    For the preparation, under the direction of the Committees on 
Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives, of the 
statements for the first session of the 109th Congress, showing 
appropriations made, indefinite appropriations, and contracts 
authorized, together with a chronological history of the regular 
appropriations bills as required by law, $30,000, to be paid to the 
persons designated by the chairmen of such committees to supervise the 
work.

                             CAPITOL POLICE

                                Salaries

    For salaries of employees of the Capitol Police, including 
overtime, hazardous duty pay differential, and Government contributions 
for health, retirement, social security, professional liability 
insurance, and other applicable employee benefits, $222,600,000, to be 
disbursed by the Chief of the Capitol Police or his designee.

                            General Expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Capitol Police, including motor 
vehicles, communications and other equipment, security equipment and 
installation, uniforms, weapons, supplies, materials, training, medical 
services, forensic services, stenographic services, personal and 
professional services, the employee assistance program, the awards 
program, postage, communication services, travel advances, relocation 
of instructor and liaison personnel for the Federal Law Enforcement 
Training Center, and not more than $5,000 to be expended on the 
certification of the Chief of the Capitol Police in connection with 
official representation and reception expenses, $42,000,000, to be 
disbursed by the Chief of the Capitol Police or his designee: Provided, 
That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the cost of basic 
training for the Capitol Police at the Federal Law Enforcement Training 
Center for fiscal year 2005 shall be paid by the Secretary of Homeland 
Security from funds available to the Department of Homeland Security.

                       Administrative Provisions

                     (including transfer of funds)

    Sec. 1001. Transfer Authority. Amounts appropriated for fiscal year 
2006 for the Capitol Police may be transferred between the headings 
``salaries'' and ``general expenses'' upon the approval of the 
Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 
Representatives.
    Sec. 1002. Capitol Police and Transfer of Library of Congress 
Police. (a) Limitation On Certain Hiring Authority of Capitol Police.--
Section 1006(b)(3) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2004 
(Public Law 108-83; 117 Stat. 1023), as amended by section 1002 of the 
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2005 (2 U.S.C. 1901 note; Public 
Law 108-447; 118 Stat. 3179), is further amended by adding after 
subparagraph (D), the following:
                    ``(E) Limitation for fiscal year 2006.--During 
                fiscal year 2006, the number of individuals hired under 
                this subsection may not exceed--
                            ``(i) the number of Library of Congress 
                        Police employees who separated from service or 
                        transferred to a position other than a Library 
                        of Congress Police employee position during 
                        fiscal year 2005 for whom a corresponding hire 
                        was not made under this subsection; and
                            ``(ii) the number of Library of Congress 
                        Police employees who separate from service or 
                        transfer to a position other than a Library of 
                        Congress Police employee position during fiscal 
                        year 2006.''.
    (b) Memorandum of Understanding.--The Memorandum of Understanding 
between the Library of Congress and the Capitol Police entered into on 
December 12, 2004, shall remain in effect through fiscal year 2006, 
subject to such modifications as may be made in accordance with the 
modification and dispute resolution provisions of the Memorandum of 
Understanding.

                          OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE

                         Salaries and Expenses

    For salaries and expenses of the Office of Compliance, as 
authorized by section 305 of the Congressional Accountability Act of 
1995 (2 U.S.C. 1385), $3,112,000, of which $780,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2007: Provided, That the Executive 
Director of the Office of Compliance may, within the limits of 
available appropriations, dispose of surplus or obsolete personal 
property by interagency transfer, donation, or discarding.

                      CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE

                         Salaries and Expenses

    For salaries and expenses necessary for operation of the 
Congressional Budget Office, including not more than $3,000 to be 
expended on the certification of the Director of the Congressional 
Budget Office in connection with official representation and reception 
expenses, $35,853,000.

                        Administrative Provision

    Sec. 1100. Waiver of Certain Claims. Section 5584(g) of title 5, 
United States Code, (relating to the definition of an agency) is 
amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraph (6) as a paragraph (7);
            (2) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (5);
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (5) the following:
            ``(6) the Congressional Budget Office; and''; and
            (4) in the last sentence, by striking ``paragraph (6)'' and 
        inserting ``paragraph (7)''.

                        ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

                         General Administration

    For salaries for the Architect of the Capitol, and other personal 
services, at rates of pay provided by law; for surveys and studies in 
connection with activities under the care of the Architect of the 
Capitol; for all necessary expenses for the general and administrative 
support of the operations under the Architect of the Capitol including 
the Botanic Garden; electrical substations of the Capitol, Senate and 
House office buildings, and other facilities under the jurisdiction of 
the Architect of the Capitol; including furnishings and office 
equipment; including not more than $5,000 for official reception and 
representation expenses, to be expended as the Architect of the Capitol 
may approve; for purchase or exchange, maintenance, and operation of a 
passenger motor vehicle, $76,522,000.

                            Capitol Building

    For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care, and operation 
of the Capitol, $25,380,000, of which $10,055,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2010.

                            Capitol Grounds

    For all necessary expenses for care and improvement of grounds 
surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House office buildings, and the 
Capitol Power Plant, $7,061,000.

                        Senate Office Buildings

    For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation 
of Senate office buildings; and furniture and furnishings to be 
expended under the control and supervision of the Architect of the 
Capitol, $67,004,000, of which $15,745,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2010.

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                          Capitol Power Plant

    For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation 
of the Capitol Power Plant; lighting, heating, power (including the 
purchase of electrical energy) and water and sewer services for the 
Capitol, Senate and House office buildings, Library of Congress 
buildings, and the grounds about the same, Botanic Garden, Senate 
garage, and air conditioning refrigeration not supplied from plants in 
any of such buildings; heating the Government Printing Office and 
Washington City Post Office, and heating and chilled water for air 
conditioning for the Supreme Court Building, the Union Station complex, 
the Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building and the Folger 
Shakespeare Library, expenses for which shall be advanced or reimbursed 
upon request of the Architect of the Capitol and amounts so received 
shall be deposited into the Treasury to the credit of this 
appropriation, $58,817,000, of which $1,600,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2010: Provided, That not more than $6,500,000 of 
the funds credited or to be reimbursed to this appropriation as herein 
provided shall be available for obligation during fiscal year 2006.

                     Library Buildings and Grounds

    For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and structural 
maintenance, care and operation of the Library buildings and grounds, 
$70,948,000, of which $42,950,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2010.

                  Capitol Police Buildings and Grounds

    For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care, and operation 
of buildings and grounds of the United States Capitol Police, 
$10,031,000.

                             Botanic Garden

    For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation 
of the Botanic Garden and the nurseries, buildings, grounds, and 
collections; and purchase and exchange, maintenance, repair, and 
operation of a passenger motor vehicle; all under the direction of the 
Joint Committee on the Library, $7,633,000: Provided, That this 
appropriation shall not be available for construction of the National 
Garden: Provided further, That of the amount made available under this 
heading, the Architect may obligate and expend such sums as may be 
necessary for the maintenance, care, and operation of the National 
Garden established under section 307E of the Legislative Branch 
Appropriations Act, 1989 (2 U.S.C. 2146), upon vouchers approved by the 
Architect or a duly authorized designee.

                         Capitol Visitor Center

    For an additional amount for the Capitol Visitor Center project, 
$41,900,000, to remain available until expended, and in addition, 
$2,300,000 for Capitol Visitor Center operation costs: Provided, That 
the Architect of the Capitol may not obligate any of the funds which 
are made available for the Capitol Visitor Center project without an 
obligation plan approved by the Committee on Appropriations of the 
Senate and House of Representatives.

                        Administrative Provision

    Sec. 1201. Executive Director of the Capitol Visitor Center. The 
Architect of the Capitol may appoint an Executive Director of the 
Capitol Visitor Center whose annual rate of pay shall be determined by 
the Architect of the Capitol and shall not exceed $1,500 less than the 
annual rate of pay for the Architect of the Capitol.

                          LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

                         Salaries and Expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Library of Congress not otherwise 
provided for, including development and maintenance of the Library's 
catalogs; custody and custodial care of the Library buildings; special 
clothing; cleaning, laundering and repair of uniforms; preservation of 
motion pictures in the custody of the Library; operation and 
maintenance of the American Folklife Center in the Library; preparation 
and distribution of catalog records and other publications of the 
Library; hire or purchase of one passenger motor vehicle; and expenses 
of the Library of Congress Trust Fund Board not properly chargeable to 
the income of any trust fund held by the Board, $397,285,000, of which 
not more than $6,000,000 shall be derived from collections credited to 
this appropriation during fiscal year 2006, and shall remain available 
until expended, under the Act of June 28, 1902 (chapter 1301; 32 Stat. 
480; 2 U.S.C. 150) and not more than $350,000 shall be derived from 
collections during fiscal year 2006 and shall remain available until 
expended for the development and maintenance of an international legal 
information database and activities related thereto: Provided, That the 
Library of Congress may not obligate or expend any funds derived from 
collections under the Act of June 28, 1902, in excess of the amount 
authorized for obligation or expenditure in appropriations Acts: 
Provided further, That the total amount available for obligation shall 
be reduced by the amount by which collections are less than $6,350,000: 
Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated, $13,972,000 
shall remain available until expended for the partial acquisition of 
books, periodicals, newspapers, and all other materials including 
subscriptions for bibliographic services for the Library, including 
$40,000 to be available solely for the purchase, when specifically 
approved by the Librarian, of special and unique materials for 
additions to the collections: Provided further, That of the total 
amount appropriated, not more than $12,000 may be expended, on the 
certification of the Librarian of Congress, in connection with official 
representation and reception expenses for the Overseas Field Offices: 
Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated, $4,000,000 
shall remain available until expended for the digital collections and 
school curricula program under section 1305 of this Act: Provided 
further, That of the total amount appropriated, $600,000 shall remain 
available until expended, and shall be transferred to the Abraham 
Lincoln Bicentennial Commission for carrying out the purposes of Public 
Law 106-173, of which $10,000 may be used for official representation 
and reception expenses of the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission: 
Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated, $12,085,000 
shall remain available until expended for partial support of the 
National Audio-Visual Conservation Center: Provided further, That of 
the total amount appropriated, $250,000 shall be used to provide a 
grant to the Middle Eastern Text Initiative for translation and 
publishing of middle eastern text: Provided further, That no funds made 
available under this heading may be expended inconsistently with the 
provisions and intent of section 1006 of the Legislative Branch 
Appropriations Act, 2004 (Public Law 108-83), as amended, and the 
memorandum of understanding between the Library of Congress and the 
Capitol Police entered into on December 12, 2004.

                            Copyright Office

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office and the new 
Copyright Royalty Judges program, $57,322,000, of which not more than 
$30,481,000, to remain available until expended, shall be derived from 
collections credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 2006 
under section 708(d) of title 17, United States Code: Provided, That 
the Copyright Office may not obligate or expend any funds derived from 
collections under such section, in excess of the amount authorized for 
obligation or expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided further, 
That not more than $4,141,000 shall be derived from collections during 
fiscal year 2006 under sections 111(d)(2), 119(b)(2), 802(h), 1005, and 
1316 of such title: Provided further, That the total amount available 
for obligation shall be reduced by the amount by which collections are 
less than $34,622,000: Provided further, That not more than $100,000 of 
the amount appropriated is available for the maintenance of an 
``International Copyright Institute'' in the Copyright Office of the 
Library of Congress for the purpose of training nationals of developing 
countries in intellectual property laws and policies: Provided further, 
That not more than $4,250 may be expended, on the certification of the 
Librarian of Congress, in connection with official representation and 
reception expenses for activities of the International Copyright 
Institute and for copyright delegations, visitors, and seminars.

                     Congressional Research Service

                         salaries and expenses

    For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 203 
of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 166) and to 
revise and extend the Annotated Constitution of the United States of 
America, $101,755,000: Provided, That no part of such amount may be 
used to pay any salary or expense in connection with any publication, 
or preparation of material therefor (except the Digest of Public 
General Bills), to be issued by the Library of Congress unless such 
publication has obtained prior approval of either the Committee on 
House Administration of the House of Representatives or the Committee 
on Rules and Administration of the Senate.

             Books for the Blind and Physically Handicapped

                         salaries and expenses

    For salaries and expenses to carry out the Act of March 3, 1931 
(chapter 400; 46 Stat. 1487; 2 U.S.C. 135a), $64,172,000, of which 
$25,667,000 shall remain available until expended and of which $800,000 
shall be available to the Librarian of Congress to pay 
telecommunications costs for eligible readers to have interstate toll 
free access to electronic editions of periodicals and newspapers, 
disseminated in specialized audio and electronic text formats from a 
multi-State nonprofit source which obtains content from publishers for 
free distribution to blind and physically handicapped readers in a 
minimum of 20 States.

                       Administrative Provisions

    Sec. 1301. Incentive Awards Program. Of the amounts appropriated to 
the Library of Congress in this Act, not more than $5,000 may be 
expended, on the certification of the Librarian of Congress, in 
connection with official representation and reception expenses for the 
incentive awards program.
    Sec. 1302. Reimbursable and Revolving Fund Activities. (a) In 
General.--For fiscal year 2006, the obligational authority of the 
Library of Congress for the activities described in subsection (b) may 
not exceed $109,943,000.
    (b) Activities.--The activities referred to in subsection (a) are 
reimbursable and revolving fund activities that are funded from sources 
other than appropriations to the Library in appropriations Acts for the 
legislative branch.
    (c) Transfer of Funds.--During fiscal year 2006, the Librarian of 
Congress may temporarily transfer funds appropriated in this Act, under 
the heading ``LIBRARY OF CONGRESS'' under the subheading ``Salaries and 
Expenses'' to the revolving fund for the FEDLINK Program and the 
Federal Research Program established under section 103 of the Library 
of Congress Fiscal Operations Improvement Act of 2000 (Public Law 106-
481; 2 U.S.C. 182c): Provided, That the total amount of such transfers 
may not exceed $1,900,000: Provided further, That the appropriate 
revolving fund account shall reimburse the Library for any amounts 
transferred to it before the period of availability of the Library 
appropriation expires.
    Sec. 1303. National Digital Information Infrastructure and 
Preservation Program. The Miscellaneous Appropriations Act, 2001 
(enacted into law by section 1(a)(4) of Public Law 106-554, 114 Stat. 
2763A-194) is amended in the first proviso under the subheading 
``Salaries and Expenses'' under the heading ``LIBRARY OF CONGRESS'' in 
chapter 9 of division A by adding at the end ``, except that an amount 
not to exceed $25,000,000 of such additional $75,000,000 shall remain 
available until expended and may be used for competitive grants to 
State governmental entities, without regard to any matching 
contribution requirement, to work cooperatively to collect and preserve 
at-risk digital State and local government information''.
    Sec. 1304. United States Diplomatic Facilities. Funds made 
available for the Library of Congress under this Act are available for 
transfer to the Department of State as remittance for a fee charged by 
the Department for fiscal year 2006 for the maintenance, upgrade, or 
construction of United States diplomatic facilities only to the extent 
that the amount of the fee so charged is equal to or less than the 
unreimbursed value of the services provided during fiscal year 2006 to 
the Library of Congress on State Department diplomatic facilities.
    Sec. 1305. Incorporation of Digital Collections Into School 
Curricula. (a) Short Title.--This section may be cited as the ``Library 
of Congress Digital Collections and School Curricula Act of 2005''.
    (b) Program.--The Librarian of Congress shall administer a program 
to teach educators and librarians how to incorporate the digital 
collections of the Library of Congress into school curricula.
    (c) Educational Consortium.--In administering the program under 
this section, the Librarian of Congress may--
            (1) establish an educational consortium to support the 
        program; and
            (2) make funds appropriated for the program available to 
        consortium members, educational institutions, and libraries.
    (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated such sums as necessary to carry out this section for 
fiscal year 2006 and each fiscal year thereafter.

                       GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

                   Congressional Printing and Binding

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For authorized printing and binding for the Congress and the 
distribution of Congressional information in any format; printing and 
binding for the Architect of the Capitol; expenses necessary for 
preparing the semimonthly and session index to the Congressional 
Record, as authorized by law (section 902 of title 44, United States 
Code); printing and binding of Government publications authorized by 
law to be distributed to Members of Congress; and printing, binding, 
and distribution of Government publications authorized by law to be 
distributed without charge to the recipient, $88,090,000: Provided, 
That this appropriation shall not be available for paper copies of the 
permanent edition of the Congressional Record for individual 
Representatives, Resident Commissioners or Delegates authorized under 
section 906 of title 44, United States Code: Provided further, That 
this appropriation shall be available for the payment of obligations 
incurred under the appropriations for similar purposes for preceding 
fiscal years: Provided further, That notwithstanding the 2-year 
limitation under section 718 of title 44, United States Code, none of 
the funds appropriated or made available under this Act or any other 
Act for printing and binding and related services provided to Congress 
under chapter 7 of title 44, United States Code, may be expended to 
print a document, report, or publication after the 27-month period 
beginning on the date that such document, report, or publication is 
authorized by Congress to be printed, unless Congress reauthorizes such 
printing in accordance with section 718 of title 44, United States 
Code: Provided further, That any unobligated or unexpended balances in 
this account or accounts for similar purposes for preceding fiscal 
years may be transferred to the Government Printing Office revolving 
fund for carrying out the purposes of this heading, subject to the 
approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and Senate.

                 Office of Superintendent of Documents

                         salaries and expenses

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For expenses of the Office of Superintendent of Documents necessary 
to provide for the cataloging and indexing of Government publications 
and their distribution to the public, Members of Congress, other 
Government agencies, and designated depository and international 
exchange libraries as authorized by law, $33,837,000: Provided, That 
amounts of not more than $2,000,000 from current year appropriations 
are authorized for producing and disseminating Congressional serial 
sets and other related publications for fiscal years 2004 and 2005 to 
depository and other designated libraries: Provided further, That any 
unobligated or unexpended balances in this account or accounts for 
similar purposes for preceding fiscal years may be transferred to the 
Government Printing Office revolving fund for carrying out the purposes 
of this heading, subject to the approval of the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate.

               Government Printing Office Revolving Fund

    For payment to the Government Printing Office Revolving Fund, 
$5,000,000 for workforce retraining: Provided, That the Government 
Printing Office may make such expenditures, within the limits of funds 
available and in accordance with law, and to make such contracts and 
commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by 
section 9104 of title 31, United States Code, as may be necessary in 
carrying out the programs and purposes set forth in the budget for the 
current fiscal year for the Government Printing Office revolving fund: 
Provided further, That not more than $5,000 may be expended on the 
certification of the Public Printer in connection with official 
representation and reception expenses: Provided further, That the 
revolving fund shall be available for the hire or purchase of not more 
than 12 passenger motor vehicles: Provided further, That expenditures 
in connection with travel expenses of the advisory councils to the 
Public Printer shall be deemed necessary to carry out the provisions of 
title 44, United States Code: Provided further, That the revolving fund 
shall be available for temporary or intermittent services under section 
3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, but at rates for individuals 
not more than the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay for 
level V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of such title: 
Provided further, That the revolving fund and the funds provided under 
the headings ``Office of Superintendent of Documents'' and ``salaries 
and expenses'' together may not be available for the full-time 
equivalent employment of more than 2,621 workyears (or such other 
number of workyears as the Public Printer may request, subject to the 
approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and Senate): Provided further, That activities financed 
through the revolving fund may provide information in any format: 
Provided further, That not more than $10,000 may be expended from the 
revolving fund in support of the activities of the Benjamin Franklin 
Tercentenary Commission established by Public Law 107-202.

                    GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE

                         Salaries and Expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Government Accountability Office, 
including not more than $12,500 to be expended on the certification of 
the Comptroller General of the United States in connection with 
official representation and reception expenses; temporary or 
intermittent services under section 3109(b) of title 5, United States 
Code, but at rates for individuals not more than the daily equivalent 
of the annual rate of basic pay for level IV of the Executive Schedule 
under section 5315 of such title; hire of one passenger motor vehicle; 
advance payments in foreign countries in accordance with section 3324 
of title 31, United States Code; benefits comparable to those payable 
under section 901(5), (6), and (8) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 
(22 U.S.C. 4081(5), (6), and (8)); and under regulations prescribed by 
the Comptroller General of the United States, rental of living quarters 
in foreign countries, $484,383,000: Provided, That not more than 
$5,104,000 of payments received under section 782 of title 31, United 
States Code, shall be available for use in fiscal year 2006: Provided 
further, That not more than $2,061,000 of reimbursements received under 
section 9105 of title 31, United States Code, shall be available for 
use in fiscal year 2006: Provided further, That this appropriation and 
appropriations for administrative expenses of any other department or 
agency which is a member of the National Intergovernmental Audit Forum 
or a Regional Intergovernmental Audit Forum shall be available to 
finance an appropriate share of either Forum's costs as determined by 
the respective Forum, including necessary travel expenses of non-
Federal participants: Provided further, That payments hereunder to the 
Forum may be credited as reimbursements to any appropriation from which 
costs involved are initially financed.

                OPEN WORLD LEADERSHIP CENTER TRUST FUND

    For a payment to the Open World Leadership Center Trust Fund for 
financing activities of the Open World Leadership Center, $14,000,000.

   JOHN C. STENNIS CENTER FOR PUBLIC SERVICE TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT

    For payment to the John C. Stennis Center for Public Service 
Development Trust Fund established under section 116 of the John C. 
Stennis Center for Public Service Training and Development Act (2 
U.S.C. 1105), $430,000.

(4)Page 44, strike out lines 1 through line 11 and insert: 
    Sec. 209. Compensation Limitation. Legislative branch 
appropriations are not available to pay the salary of any officer or 
employee to the extent that the aggregate amount of compensation 
(including base salary, awards, bonus incentives, excluding in-kind 
compensation) exceeds the annual rate for a Senator or Member unless 
the applicable entity head has certified that the entity has a 
performance appraisal system which (as designed and applied) makes 
meaningful distinctions based on relative performance consistent with 
the criteria established pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 5307(d)(3)(A). Each 
entity head shall recertify its performance appraisal system (bi-
annually in accordance with 5 U.S.C. 5307(d)(3)(B)). Entities with such 
certified appraisal systems may pay total annual compensation up to the 
amounts Executive branch personnel subject to certified performance 
appraisal systems may receive.

(5)Page 44, strike out line 12 and all that follows through Page 50 
line 12.

            Attest:

                                                             Secretary.
109th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 2985

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                               AMENDMENTS
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