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Calendar No. 138

109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H.R. 2985

[Report No. 109–89] 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 24, 2005

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations 

JUNE 24, 2005

Reported by Mr. ALLARD, with amendments 

[Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic] 

AN ACT

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 TITLE I—LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 

2 APPROPRIATIONS 

3 SENATE 

4 EXPENSE ALLOWANCES

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

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

7 Leader of the Senate, $40,000; Minority Leader of the Sen8 ate, $40,000; Majority Whip of the Senate, $10,000; Minor9 ity Whip of the Senate, $10,000; President Pro Tempore 

10 emeritus, $15,000; Chairmen of the Majority and Minority 

11 Conference Committees, $5,000 for each Chairman; and 

12 Chairmen of the Majority and Minority Policy Committees, 

13 $5,000 for each Chairman; in all, $195,000. 

14 REPRESENTATION ALLOWANCES FOR THE MAJORITY AND

15 MINORITY LEADERS

16 For representation allowances of the Majority and Mi17 nority Leaders of the Senate, $15,000 for each such Leader; 

18 in all, $30,000. 

19 SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

20 For compensation of officers, employees, and others as 

21 authorized by law, including agency contributions, 

22 $147,120,000, which shall be paid from this appropriation 

23 without regard to the following limitations: 

24 OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT

25 For the Office of the Vice President, $2,181,000. 
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1 OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE

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

3 OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE EMERITUS

4 For the Office of the President Pro Tempore emeritus, 

5 $290,000. 

6 OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERS

7 For Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders, 

8 $4,340,000. 

9 OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY WHIPS

10 For Offices of the Majority and Minority Whips, 

11 $2,644,000. 

12 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

13 For salaries of the Committee on Appropriations, 

14 $13,758,000. 

15 CONFERENCE COMMITTEES

16 For the Conference of the Majority and the Conference 

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

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

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

20 OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES OF THE CONFERENCE OF

21 THE MAJORITY AND THE CONFERENCE OF THE MINORITY

22 For Offices of the Secretaries of the Conference of the 

23 Majority and the Conference of the Minority, $728,000. 
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1 POLICY COMMITTEES

2 For salaries of the Majority Policy Committee and the 

3 Minority Policy Committee, $1,524,000 for each such com4 mittee; in all, $3,048,000. 

5 OFFICE OF THE CHAPLAIN

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

7 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

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

9 OFFICE OF THE SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER

10 For Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, 

11 $56,700,000. 

12 OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND

13 MINORITY

14 For Offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the 

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

16 AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS AND RELATED EXPENSES

17 For agency contributions for employee benefits, as au18 thorized by law, and related expenses, $37,105,000. 

19 OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL OF THE SENATE

20 For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legisla21 tive Counsel of the Senate, $5,437,000. 

22 OFFICE OF SENATE LEGAL COUNSEL

23 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate Legal 

24 Counsel, $1,306,000. 
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1 EXPENSE ALLOWANCES OF THE SECRETARY OF THE SEN2 ATE, SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE

3 SENATE, AND SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND

4 MINORITY OF THE SENATE

5 For expense allowances of the Secretary of the Senate, 

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

7 $6,000; Secretary for the Majority of the Senate, $6,000; 

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

9 $24,000. 

10 CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE

11 INQUIRIES AND INVESTIGATIONS

12 For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered 

13 by the Senate, or conducted under section 134(a) of the Leg14 islative Reorganization Act of 1946 (Public Law 97–601), 

15 section 112 of the Supplemental Appropriations and Rescis16 sion Act, 1980 (Public Law 96–304), and Senate Resolution 

17 281, 96th Congress, agreed to March 11, 1980, 

18 $119,637,000. 

19 EXPENSES OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE CAUCUS ON

20 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL

21 For expenses of the United States Senate Caucus on 

22 International Narcotics Control, $520,000. 

23 SECRETARY OF THE SENATE

24 For expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the Sen25 ate, $1,980,000. 
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1 SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE SENATE

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

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

4 available until September 30, 2010. 

5 MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

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

7 $500,000 shall be made available for a pilot program for 

8 mailings of postal patron postcards by Senators for the pur9 pose of providing notice of a town meeting by a Senator 

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

11 which the Senator will personally attend: Provided, That 

12 any amount allocated to a Senator for such mailing shall 

13 not exceed 50 percent of the cost of the mailing and the 

14 remaining cost shall be paid by the Senator from other 

15 funds available to the Senator. 

16 SENATORS’ OFFICIAL PERSONNEL AND OFFICE EXPENSE

17 ACCOUNT

18 For Senators’ Official Personnel and Office Expense 

19 Account, $350,000,000. 

20 OFFICIAL MAIL COSTS

21 For expenses necessary for official mail costs of the 

22 Senate, $300,000. 

23 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

24 SEC. 1. GROSS RATE OF COMPENSATION IN OFFICES

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

26 of the dollar amounts contained in the table under section 
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1 105(d)(1)(A) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 

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

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

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

5 $50,000 each. 

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

7 2006, the first sentence of section 101(a) of the Supple8 mental Appropriations Act, 1977 (2 U.S.C. 61h–6(a)) shall 

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

10 for ‘‘eight individual consultants’’. 

11 SEC. 3. UNITED STATES SENATE COLLECTION. Section 

12 316 of Public Law 101–302 (2 U.S.C. 2107) is amended 

13 in the first sentence of subsection (a) by striking ‘‘2005’’ 

14 and inserting ‘‘2006’’. 

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

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

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

18 inserting ‘‘for any purposes for which funds from the con19 tingent fund of the Senate may be used under section 316(a) 

20 of Public Law 101–302 (2 U.S.C. 2107(a)), and for expend21 itures, not to exceed $10,000 in any fiscal year, for meals 

22 and refreshments in Capitol facilities in connection with 

23 official activities of the Commission or other authorized 

24 programs or activities.’’. 
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1 SEC. 5. ABSENCES. Section 40 of the Revised Statutes 

2 (2 U.S.C. 39) is amended by—

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

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

5 ‘‘shall’’; 

6 (3) striking ‘‘Senate or’’; and 

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

8 ‘‘, unless’’. 

9 SEC. 6. MODIFICATION OF CERTAIN CONSULTANT RE10 QUIREMENT. Section 10(a)(5) of the Legislative Branch Ap11 propriations Act, 1999 (2 U.S.C. 72d) is amended by in12 serting ‘‘, except that any approval (and related reporting 

13 requirement) shall not apply’’ after ‘‘May 14, 1975’’.

14 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 For salaries and expenses of the House of Represent17 atives, $1,092,407,000, as follows:

18 HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES

19 For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, 

20 $19,844,000, including: Office of the Speaker, 

21 $2,788,000, including $25,000 for official expenses of the 

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

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

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

25 including $10,000 for official expenses of the Minority 
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1 Leader; Office of the Majority Whip, including the Chief 

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

3 official expenses of the Majority Whip; Office of the Mi4 nority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Minority Whip, 

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

6 Minority Whip; Speaker’s Office for Legislative Floor Ac7 tivities, $482,000; Republican Steering Committee, 

8 $906,000; Republican Conference, $1,548,000; Repub9 lican Policy Committee, $307,000; Democratic Steering 

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

11 $816,000; nine minority employees, $1,445,000; training 

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

13 and program development—minority, $290,000; Cloak14 room Personnel—majority, $434,000; and Cloakroom 

15 Personnel—minority, $434,000.

16 MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES

17 INCLUDING MEMBERS’ CLERK HIRE, OFFICIAL

18 EXPENSES OF MEMBERS, AND OFFICIAL MAIL

19 For Members’ representational allowances, including 

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

21 $538,109,000.

22 COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES

23 STANDING COMMITTEES, SPECIAL AND SELECT

24 For salaries and expenses of standing committees, 

25 special and select, authorized by House resolutions, 
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1 $117,913,000: Provided, That such amount shall remain 

2 available for such salaries and expenses until December 

3 31, 2006. 

4 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

5 For salaries and expenses of the Committee on Ap6 propriations, $25,668,000, including studies and examina7 tions of executive agencies and temporary personal serv8 ices for such committee, to be expended in accordance with 

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

10 1946 and to be available for reimbursement to agencies 

11 for services performed: Provided, That such amount shall 

12 remain available for such salaries and expenses until De13 cember 31, 2006. 

14 SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

15 For compensation and expenses of officers and em16 ployees, as authorized by law, $167,749,000, including: 

17 for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Clerk, includ18 ing not more than $13,000, of which not more than 

19 $10,000 is for the Family Room, for official representa20 tion and reception expenses, $21,911,000; for salaries and 

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

22 the position of Superintendent of Garages, and including 

23 not more than $3,000 for official representation and re24 ception expenses, $6,284,000; for salaries and expenses of 

25 the Office of the Chief Administrative Officer, 
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1 $116,971,000, of which $3,306,000 shall remain available 

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

3 the Inspector General, $3,991,000; for salaries and ex4 penses of the Office of Emergency Planning, Preparedness 

5 and Operations, $5,000,000, to remain available until ex6 pended; for salaries and expenses of the Office of General 

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

8 $161,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the 

9 Parliamentarian, including the Parliamentarian and 

10 $2,000 for preparing the Digest of Rules, $1,767,000; for 

11 salaries and expenses of the Office of the Law Revision 

12 Counsel of the House, $2,453,000; for salaries and ex13 penses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the 

14 House, $6,963,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office 

15 of Interparliamentary Affairs, $720,000; for other author16 ized employees, $161,000; and for salaries and expenses 

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

18 ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES

19 For allowances and expenses as authorized by House 

20 resolution or law, $223,124,000, including: supplies, mate21 rials, administrative costs and Federal tort claims, 

22 $4,179,000; official mail for committees, leadership of23 fices, and administrative offices of the House, $410,000; 

24 Government contributions for health, retirement, Social 

25 Security, and other applicable employee benefits, 
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1 $214,422,000; supplies, materials, and other costs relating 

2 to the House portion of expenses for the Capitol Visitor 

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

4 and miscellaneous items including purchase, exchange, 

5 maintenance, repair and operation of House motor vehi6 cles, interparliamentary receptions, and gratuities to heirs 

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

8 CHILD CARE CENTER

9 For salaries and expenses of the House of Represent10 atives Child Care Center, such amounts as are deposited 

11 in the account established by section 312(d)(1) of the Leg12 islative Branch Appropriations Act, 1992 (2 U.S.C. 2112), 

13 subject to the level specified in the budget of the Center, 

14 as submitted to the Committee on Appropriations of the 

15 House of Representatives. 

16 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

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

18 MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES TO BE

19 USED FOR DEFICIT REDUCTION OR TO REDUCE THE

20 FEDERAL DEBT.—Notwithstanding any other provision of 

21 law, any amounts appropriated under this Act for 

22 ‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—SALARIES AND

23 EXPENSES—MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOW24 ANCES’’ shall be available only for fiscal year 2006. Any 

25 amount remaining after all payments are made under such 
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1 allowances for fiscal year 2006 shall be deposited in the 

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

3 Federal budget deficit after all such payments have been 

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

5 the Secretary of the Treasury considers appropriate). 

6 (b) REGULATIONS.—The Committee on House Ad7 ministration of the House of Representatives shall have 

8 authority to prescribe regulations to carry out this section. 

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

10 ‘‘Member of the House of Representatives’’ means a Rep11 resentative in, or a Delegate or Resident Commissioner 

12 to, the Congress. 

13 JOINT ITEMS 

14 For Joint Committees, as follows: 

15 JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE

16 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic 

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

18 of the Senate. 

19 JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION

20 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on 

21 Taxation, $8,781,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Ad22 ministrative Officer of the House of Representatives. 

23 For other joint items, as follows: 
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1 OFFICE OF THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN

2 For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent ex3 penses of the emergency rooms, and for the Attending 

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

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

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

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

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

9 $580 per month each not to exceed 11 assistants on the 

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

11 $1,834,000 for reimbursement to the Department of the 

12 Navy for expenses incurred for staff and equipment as13 signed to the Office of the Attending Physician, which 

14 shall be advanced and credited to the applicable appropria15 tion or appropriations from which such salaries, allow16 ances, and other expenses are payable and shall be avail17 able for all the purposes thereof, $2,545,000, to be dis18 bursed by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House 

19 of Representatives.

20 CAPITOL GUIDE SERVICE AND SPECIAL SERVICES

21 OFFICE

22 For salaries and expenses of the Capitol Guide Serv23 ice and Special Services Office, $4,268,000, to be dis24 bursed by the Secretary of the Senate: Provided, That no 

25 part of such amount may be used to employ more than 
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1 58 individuals: Provided further, That the Capitol Guide 

2 Board is authorized, during emergencies, to employ not 

3 more than two additional individuals for not more than 

4 120 days each, and not more than 10 additional individ5 uals for not more than 6 months each, for the Capitol 

6 Guide Service. 

7 STATEMENTS OF APPROPRIATIONS

8 For the preparation, under the direction of the Com9 mittees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 

10 of Representatives, of the statements for the first session 

11 of the 109th Congress, showing appropriations made, in12 definite appropriations, and contracts authorized, together 

13 with a chronological history of the regular appropriations 

14 bills as required by law, $30,000, to be paid to the persons 

15 designated by the chairmen of such committees to super16 vise the work. 

17 CAPITOL POLICE 

18 SALARIES

19 For salaries of employees of the Capitol Police, in20 cluding overtime, hazardous duty pay differential, and 

21 Government contributions for health, retirement, social se22 curity, professional liability insurance, and other applica23 ble employee benefits, $210,350,000, to be disbursed by 

24 the Chief of the Capitol Police or his designee. 
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1 GENERAL EXPENSES

2 For necessary expenses of the Capitol Police, includ3 ing motor vehicles, communications and other equipment, 

4 security equipment and installation, uniforms, weapons, 

5 supplies, materials, training, medical services, forensic 

6 services, stenographic services, personal and professional 

7 services, the employee assistance program, the awards pro8 gram, postage, communication services, travel advances, 

9 relocation of instructor and liaison personnel for the Fed10 eral Law Enforcement Training Center, and not more 

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

12 Chief of the Capitol Police in connection with official rep13 resentation and reception expenses, $29,345,000, to be 

14 disbursed by the Chief of the Capitol Police or his des15 ignee: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provision 

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

17 at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center for fis18 cal year 2006 shall be paid by the Secretary of Homeland 

19 Security from funds available to the Department of Home20 land Security. 

21 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 

23 SEC. 1001. TRANSFER AUTHORITY.—Amounts ap24 propriated for fiscal year 2006 for the Capitol Police may 

25 be transferred between the headings ‘‘SALARIES’’ and 
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1 ‘‘GENERAL EXPENSES’’ upon the approval of the Commit2 tees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 

3 Representatives. 

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

5 not operate a mounted horse unit during fiscal year 2006 

6 or any succeeding fiscal year. 

7 (b) Not later than 60 days after the date of the enact8 ment of this Act, the Chief of the Capitol Police shall 

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

10 horses, equipment, and supplies of the Capitol Police 

11 mounted horse unit which remain in the possession of the 

12 Capitol Police as of such date. 

13 SEC. 1003. (a) Section 103(h)(1)(A)(i)(I) of the Eth14 ics in Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App. 

15 103(h)(1)(A)(i)(I)) is amended by inserting ‘‘United 

16 States Capitol Police,’’ after ‘‘Architect of the Capitol,’’. 

17 (b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 

18 apply with respect to reports filed under the Ethics in 

19 Government Act of 1978 for calendar year 2005 and each 

20 succeeding calendar year. 

21 SEC. 1004. Section 1003 of the Legislative Branch 

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

23 1021), is hereby repealed, and each provision of law 

24 amended by such section is hereby restored as if such sec25 tion had not been enacted into law. 
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1 SEC. 1005. (a) During fiscal year 2006 and each suc2 ceeding fiscal year, the United States Capitol Police may 

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

4 funds described in subsection (b) unless—

5 (1) the Chief of the Capitol Police submits a re6 quest for the reprogramming, transfer, or use of 

7 funds to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

8 House of Representatives and Senate on or before 

9 August 1 of the respective year, unless both such 

10 Committees agree to accept the request at a later 

11 date because of extraordinary and emergency cir12 cumstances cited by the Chief; 

13 (2) the request contains clearly stated and de14 tailed documentation presenting justification for the 

15 reprogramming, transfer, or use of funds; 

16 (3) the request contains a declaration that, as 

17 of the date of the request, none of the funds in18 cluded in the request have been obligated, and none 

19 will be obligated, until both Committees have ap20 proved the request; and 

21 (4) both Committees approve the request. 

22 (b) A reprogramming, transfer, or use of funds de23 scribed in this subsection is any reprogramming or trans24 fer of funds, or use of unobligated balances, under 

25 which—
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1 (1) the amount to be shifted to or from any ob2 ject class, approved budget, or program involved 

3 under the request, or the aggregate amount to be 

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

5 or program involved during the fiscal year taking 

6 into account the amount contained in the request, is 

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

8 less, of the object class, approved budget, or pro9 gram; 

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

11 funds would result in a major change to the pro12 gram or item which is different than that presented 

13 to and approved by the Committees on Appropria14 tions of the House of Representatives and Senate; or 

15 (3) the funds involved were earmarked by either 

16 of the Committees for a specific activity which is dif17 ferent than the activity proposed under the request, 

18 without regard to whether the amount provided in 

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

20 the amount required to carry out the activity. 

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

22 is established in the United States Capitol Police the Of23 fice of the Inspector General (hereafter in this section re24 ferred to as the ‘‘Office’’), headed by the Inspector Gen-
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1 eral of the United States Capitol Police (hereafter in this 

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

3 (b) INSPECTOR GENERAL.—

4 (1) APPOINTMENT.—The Inspector General 

5 shall be appointed by the Capitol Police Board, in 

6 consultation with and subject to the approval of the 

7 Speaker of the House of Representatives and the 

8 President pro tempore of the Senate, acting jointly, 

9 and shall be appointed without regard to political af10 filiation and solely on the basis of integrity and dem11 onstrated ability in accounting, auditing, financial 

12 analysis, law, management analysis, public adminis13 tration, or investigations. 

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

15 shall serve for a term of 5 years, and an individual 

16 serving as Inspector General may be reappointed for 

17 not more than 2 additional terms. 

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

19 removed from office prior to the expiration of his 

20 term only by the unanimous vote of all of the mem21 bers of the Capitol Police Board, and the Board 

22 shall communicate the reasons for any such removal 

23 to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and 

24 President pro tempore of the Senate. 
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1 (4) SALARY.—The Inspector General shall be 

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

3 annual rate of pay in effect for the Chief of the Cap4 itol Police. 

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

6 appoint the first Inspector General under this sec7 tion not later than 180 days after the date of the 

8 enactment of this Act. 

9 (c) DUTIES.—

10 (1) APPLICABILITY OF DUTIES OF INSPECTOR

11 GENERAL OF EXECUTIVE BRANCH ESTABLISH12 MENT.—The Inspector General shall carry out the 

13 same duties and responsibilities with respect to the 

14 United States Capitol Police as an Inspector General 

15 of an establishment carries out with respect to an 

16 establishment under section 4 of the Inspector Gen17 eral Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App. 4), under the same 

18 terms and conditions which apply under such sec19 tion. 

20 (2) SEMIANNUAL REPORTS.—The Inspector 

21 General shall prepare and submit semiannual re22 ports summarizing the activities of the Office in the 

23 same manner, and in accordance with the same 

24 deadlines, terms, and conditions, as an Inspector 

25 General of an establishment under section 5 of the 
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1 Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App. 5). 

2 For purposes of applying section 5 of such Act to 

3 the Inspector General, the Capitol Police Board shall 

4 be considered the head of the establishment, except 

5 that the Inspector General shall transmit to the 

6 Chief of the Capitol Police a copy of any report sub7 mitted to the Board pursuant to this paragraph. 

8 (3) INVESTIGATIONS OF COMPLAINTS OF EM9 PLOYEES AND MEMBERS.—

10 (A) AUTHORITY.—The Inspector General 

11 may receive and investigate complaints or infor12 mation from an employee or member of the 

13 Capitol Police concerning the possible existence 

14 of an activity constituting a violation of law, 

15 rules, or regulations, or mismanagement, gross 

16 waste of funds, abuse of authority, or a sub17 stantial and specific danger to the public health 

18 and safety, including complaints or information 

19 the investigation of which is under the jurisdic20 tion of the Internal Affairs Division of the Cap21 itol Police as of the date of the enactment of 

22 this Act. 

23 (B) NONDISCLOSURE.—The Inspector 

24 General shall not, after receipt of a complaint 

25 or information from an employee or member, 
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1 disclose the identity of the employee or member 

2 without the consent of the employee or member, 

3 unless the Inspector General determines such 

4 disclosure is unavoidable during the course of 

5 the investigation. 

6 (C) PROHIBITING RETALIATION.—An em7 ployee or member of the Capitol Police who has 

8 authority to take, direct others to take, rec9 ommend, or approve any personnel action, shall 

10 not, with respect to such authority, take or 

11 threaten to take any action against any em12 ployee or member as a reprisal for making a 

13 complaint or disclosing information to the In14 spector General, unless the complaint was made 

15 or the information disclosed with the knowledge 

16 that it was false or with willful disregard for its 

17 truth or falsity. 

18 (4) INDEPENDENCE IN CARRYING OUT DU19 TIES.—Neither the Capitol Police Board, the Chief 

20 of the Capitol Police, nor any other member or em21 ployee of the Capitol Police may prevent or prohibit 

22 the Inspector General from carrying out any of the 

23 duties or responsibilities assigned to the Inspector 

24 General under this section. 

25 (d) POWERS.—
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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Inspector General may 

2 exercise the same authorities with respect to the 

3 United States Capitol Police as an Inspector General 

4 of an establishment may exercise with respect to an 

5 establishment under section 6(a) of the Inspector 

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

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

8 (2) STAFF.—

9 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Inspector General 

10 may appoint and fix the pay of such personnel 

11 as the Inspector General considers appropriate. 

12 Such personnel may be appointed without re13 gard to the provisions of title 5, United States 

14 Code, regarding appointments in the competi15 tive service, and may be paid without regard to 

16 the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III 

17 of chapter 53 of such title relating to classifica18 tion and General Schedule pay rates, except 

19 that no personnel of the Office (other than the 

20 Inspector General) may be paid at an annual 

21 rate greater than $500 less than the annual 

22 rate of pay of the Inspector General under sub23 section (b)(4). 

24 (B) EXPERTS AND CONSULTANTS.—The 

25 Inspector General may procure temporary and 
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1 intermittent services under section 3109 of title 

2 5, United States Code, at rates not to exceed 

3 the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic 

4 pay for level IV of the Executive Schedule 

5 under section 5315 of such title. 

6 (C) INDEPENDENCE IN APPOINTING

7 STAFF.—No individual may carry out any of 

8 the duties or responsibilities of the Office unless 

9 the individual is appointed by the Inspector 

10 General, or provides services procured by the 

11 Inspector General, pursuant to this paragraph. 

12 Nothing in this subparagraph may be construed 

13 to prohibit the Inspector General from entering 

14 into a contract or other arrangement for the 

15 provision of services under this section. 

16 (D) APPLICABILITY OF CAPITOL POLICE

17 PERSONNEL RULES.—None of the regulations 

18 governing the appointment and pay of employ19 ees of the Capitol Police shall apply with re20 spect to the appointment and compensation of 

21 the personnel of the Office, except to the extent 

22 agreed to by the Inspector General. Nothing in 

23 the previous sentence may be construed to af24 fect subparagraphs (A) through (C). 
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1 (3) EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES.—The Chief of 

2 the Capitol Police shall provide the Office with ap3 propriate and adequate office space, together with 

4 such equipment, supplies, and communications facili5 ties and services as may be necessary for the oper6 ation of the Office, and shall provide necessary 

7 maintenance services for such office space and the 

8 equipment and facilities located therein. 

9 (e) TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS.—

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

11 or entity in the Capitol Police prior to the appoint12 ment of the first Inspector General under this sec13 tion carried out any of the duties and responsibilities 

14 assigned to the Inspector General under this section, 

15 the functions of such office or entity shall be trans16 ferred to the Office upon the appointment of the 

17 first Inspector General under this section. 

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

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

20 Office under paragraph (1) may not result in a re21 duction in the pay or benefits of any employee of the 

22 office or entity, except to the extent required under 

23 subsection (d)(2)(A). 

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

25 days after the last day of each semiannual period, the 
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1 Chief of the Capitol Police shall submit to Congress, with 

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

3 disbursements for the operations of the United States 

4 Capitol Police. 

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

6 (a) shall include—

7 (1) the name of each person or entity who re8 ceives a payment from the Capitol Police; 

9 (2) the cost of any item furnished to the Cap10 itol Police; 

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

12 Capitol Police, together with service dates; 

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

14 or received or expended by, the Capitol Police and 

15 any unexpended balances of such amounts for any 

16 open fiscal year; and 

17 (5) such additional information as may be re18 quired by regulation of the Committee on House Ad19 ministration of the House of Representatives or the 

20 Committee on Rules and Administration of the Sen21 ate. 

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

23 be printed as a House document. 

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

25 respect to the semiannual periods of October 1 through 
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1 March 31 and April 1 through September 30 of each year, 

2 beginning with the semiannual period in which this section 

3 is enacted. 

4 OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE 

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Compli7 ance, as authorized by section 305 of the Congressional 

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

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

10 30, 2007: Provided, That the Executive Director of the 

11 Office of Compliance may, within the limits of available 

12 appropriations, dispose of surplus or obsolete personal 

13 property by interagency transfer, donation, or discarding: 

14 Provided further, That not more than $500 may be ex15 pended on the certification of the Executive Director of 

16 the Office of Compliance in connection with official rep17 resentation and reception expenses. 

18 CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE 

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 For salaries and expenses necessary for operation of 

21 the Congressional Budget Office, including not more than 

22 $3,000 to be expended on the certification of the Director 

23 of the Congressional Budget Office in connection with offi24 cial representation and reception expenses, $35,450,000. 
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

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

3 OVERPAYMENT OF PAY AND ALLOWANCES.—Section 

4 5584(g) of title 5, United States Code, is amended—

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

6 (5); 

7 (2) by striking the period at the end of para8 graph (6) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

9 (3) by inserting immediately after paragraph 

10 (6) the following new paragraph: 

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

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

13 this section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2006 

14 and each succeeding fiscal year. 

15 ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL 

16 GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

17 For salaries for the Architect of the Capitol, and 

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

19 for surveys and studies in connection with activities under 

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

21 expenses for the general and administrative support of the 

22 operations under the Architect of the Capitol including the 

23 Botanic Garden; electrical substations of the Capitol, Sen24 ate and House office buildings, and other facilities under 

25 the jurisdiction of the Architect of the Capitol; including 
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1 furnishings and office equipment; including not more than 

2 $5,000 for official reception and representation expenses, 

3 to be expended as the Architect of the Capitol may ap4 prove; for purchase or exchange, maintenance, and oper5 ation of a passenger motor vehicle, $77,002,000, of which 

6 $350,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2008. 

7 CAPITOL BUILDING

8 For all necessary expenses for maintenance, care, and 

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

10 $6,580,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

11 2008. 

12 CAPITOL GROUNDS

13 For all necessary expenses for care and improvement 

14 of grounds surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House 

15 office buildings, and the Capitol Power Plant, $7,723,000, 

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

17 30, 2008.

18 CAPITOL GUIDE SERVICE AND SPECIAL SERVICES OFFICE

19 For salaries and expenses of the Capitol Guide Service 

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

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

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

23 Provided further, That the Capitol Guide Board is author24 ized, during emergencies, to employ not more than two ad25 ditional individuals for not more than 120 days each, and 
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1 not more than 10 additional individuals for not more than 

2 6 months each, for the Capitol Guide Service. 

3 STATEMENTS OF APPROPRIATIONS

4 For the preparation, under the direction of the Com5 mittees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 

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

7 109th Congress, showing appropriations made, indefinite 

8 appropriations, and contracts authorized, together with a 

9 chronological history of the regular appropriations bills as 

10 required by law, $30,000, to be paid to the persons des11 ignated by the chairmen of such committees to supervise 

12 the work. 

13 CAPITOL POLICE 

14 SALARIES

15 For salaries of employees of the Capitol Police, includ16 ing overtime, hazardous duty pay differential, and Govern17 ment contributions for health, retirement, social security, 

18 professional liability insurance, and other applicable em19 ployee benefits, $222,600,000, to be disbursed by the Chief 

20 of the Capitol Police or his designee. 

21 GENERAL EXPENSES

22 For necessary expenses of the Capitol Police, including 

23 motor vehicles, communications and other equipment, secu24 rity equipment and installation, uniforms, weapons, sup25 plies, materials, training, medical services, forensic services, 
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1 stenographic services, personal and professional services, the 

2 employee assistance program, the awards program, postage, 

3 communication services, travel advances, relocation of in4 structor and liaison personnel for the Federal Law Enforce5 ment Training Center, and not more than $5,000 to be ex6 pended on the certification of the Chief of the Capitol Police 

7 in connection with official representation and reception ex8 penses, $42,000,000, to be disbursed by the Chief of the Cap9 itol Police or his designee: Provided, That, notwithstanding 

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

11 the Capitol Police at the Federal Law Enforcement Train12 ing Center for fiscal year 2005 shall be paid by the Sec13 retary of Homeland Security from funds available to the 

14 Department of Homeland Security. 

15 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

17 SEC. 1001. TRANSFER AUTHORITY. Amounts appro18 priated for fiscal year 2006 for the Capitol Police may be 

19 transferred between the headings ‘‘SALARIES’’ and ‘‘GEN20 ERAL EXPENSES’’ upon the approval of the Committees on 

21 Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representa22 tives. 

23 SEC. 1002. CAPITOL POLICE AND TRANSFER OF LI24 BRARY OF CONGRESS POLICE. (a) LIMITATION ON CERTAIN

25 HIRING AUTHORITY OF CAPITOL POLICE.—Section 
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1 1006(b)(3) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 

2 2004 (Public Law 108–83; 117 Stat. 1023), as amended 

3 by section 1002 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations 

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

5 Stat. 3179), is further amended by adding after subpara6 graph (D), the following: 

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

8 During fiscal year 2006, the number of individ9 uals hired under this subsection may not ex10 ceed—

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

12 Police employees who separated from service 

13 or transferred to a position other than a Li14 brary of Congress Police employee position 

15 during fiscal year 2005 for whom a cor16 responding hire was not made under this 

17 subsection; and 

18 ‘‘(ii) the number of Library of Con19 gress Police employees who separate from 

20 service or transfer to a position other than 

21 a Library of Congress Police employee posi22 tion during fiscal year 2006.’’. 

23 (b) MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.—The Memo24 randum of Understanding between the Library of Congress 

25 and the Capitol Police entered into on December 12, 2004, 
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1 shall remain in effect through fiscal year 2006, subject to 

2 such modifications as may be made in accordance with the 

3 modification and dispute resolution provisions of the 

4 Memorandum of Understanding. 

5 OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE 

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Compliance, 

8 as authorized by section 305 of the Congressional Account9 ability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1385), $3,112,000, of which 

10 $780,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2007: 

11 Provided, That the Executive Director of the Office of Com12 pliance may, within the limits of available appropriations, 

13 dispose of surplus or obsolete personal property by inter14 agency transfer, donation, or discarding. 

15 CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE 

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

17 For salaries and expenses necessary for operation of 

18 the Congressional Budget Office, including not more than 

19 $3,000 to be expended on the certification of the Director 

20 of the Congressional Budget Office in connection with offi21 cial representation and reception expenses, $35,853,000. 

22 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

23 SEC. 1100. WAIVER OF CERTAIN CLAIMS. Section 

24 5584(g) of title 5, United States Code, (relating to the defi25 nition of an agency) is amended—
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1 (1) by redesignating paragraph (6) as a para2 graph (7); 

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

4 (5); 

5 (3) by inserting after paragraph (5) the fol6 lowing: 

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

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

9 (6)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (7)’’. 

10 ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL 

11 GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

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

13 personal services, at rates of pay provided by law; for sur14 veys and studies in connection with activities under the 

15 care of the Architect of the Capitol; for all necessary ex16 penses for the general and administrative support of the 

17 operations under the Architect of the Capitol including the 

18 Botanic Garden; electrical substations of the Capitol, Sen19 ate and House office buildings, and other facilities under 

20 the jurisdiction of the Architect of the Capitol; including 

21 furnishings and office equipment; including not more than 

22 $5,000 for official reception and representation expenses, to 

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

24 for purchase or exchange, maintenance, and operation of 

25 a passenger motor vehicle, $76,522,000. 
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1 CAPITOL BUILDING

2 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care, 

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

4 $10,055,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

5 2010. 

6 CAPITOL GROUNDS

7 For all necessary expenses for care and improvement 

8 of grounds surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House 

9 office buildings, and the Capitol Power Plant, $7,061,000. 

10 SENATE OFFICE BUILDINGS

11 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

12 and operation of Senate office buildings; and furniture and 

13 furnishings to be expended under the control and super14 vision of the Architect of the Capitol, $67,004,000, of which 

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

16 2010.

17 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS

18 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

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

20 of which $20,922,000 shall remain available until Sep21 tember 30, 2008.

22 CAPITOL POWER PLANT

23 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

24 and operation of the Capitol Power Plant; lighting, heat25 ing, power (including the purchase of electrical energy) 
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1 and water and sewer services for the Capitol, Senate and 

2 House office buildings, Library of Congress buildings, and 

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

5 plants in any of such buildings; heating the Government 

6 Printing Office and Washington City Post Office, and 

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

9 Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building and the 

10 Folger Shakespeare Library, expenses for which shall be 

11 advanced or reimbursed upon request of the Architect of 

12 the Capitol and amounts so received shall be deposited 

13 into the Treasury to the credit of this appropriation, 

14 $58,585,000, of which $1,592,000 shall remain available 

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

16 $6,600,000 of the funds credited or to be reimbursed to 

17 this appropriation as herein provided shall be available for 

18 obligation during fiscal year 2006. 

19 LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

20 For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and 

21 structural maintenance, care and operation of the Library 

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

23 shall remain available until September 30, 2008. 
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1 CAPITOL POLICE BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

2 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

3 and operation of buildings and grounds of the United 

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

5 shall remain available until September 30, 2008. 

6 BOTANIC GARDEN

7 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

8 and operation of the Botanic Garden and the nurseries, 

9 buildings, grounds, and collections; and purchase and ex10 change, maintenance, repair, and operation of a passenger 

11 motor vehicle; all under the direction of the Joint Com12 mittee on the Library, $7,211,000: Provided, That this ap13 propriation shall not be available for construction of the 

14 National Garden: Provided further, That of the amount 

15 made available under this heading, the Architect may obli16 gate and expend such sums as may be necessary for the 

17 maintenance, care, and operation of the National Garden 

18 established under section 307E of the Legislative Branch 

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

20 approved by the Architect or a duly authorized designee. 

21 CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER

22 For an additional amount for the Capitol Visitor Cen23 ter project, $36,900,000, to remain available until ex24 pended: Provided, That the Architect of the Capitol may 

25 not obligate any of the funds which are made available 
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1 for the Capitol Visitor Center project without an obliga2 tion plan approved by the Committees on Appropriations 

3 of the Senate and House of Representatives. 

4 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

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

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

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

8 and inserting ‘‘10 positions’’; and 

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

10 and inserting ‘‘2 positions’’. 

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

12 apply with respect to pay periods beginning on or after 

13 the date of the enactment of this Act. 

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

15 Appropriations Act for Further Recovery From and Re16 sponse To Terrorist Attacks on the United States (2 

17 U.S.C. 1819) is amended—

18 (1) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub19 section (e); and 

20 (2) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol21 lowing new subsection: 

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

23 through purchase pursuant to subsection (a), the Archi24 tect of the Capitol may enter into or assume a lease with 

25 another person for the use of any portion of the building 
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1 or facility that the Architect of the Capitol determines is 

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

3 section, subject to the approval of the entity which ap4 proved the acquisition of such building or facility under 

5 subsection (b).’’. 

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

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

8 date of the enactment of this Act. 

9 SEC. 1203. (a) There is hereby established the Cap10 itol Visitor Center Governing Board (hereafter in this sec11 tion referred to as the ‘‘Governing Board’’), consisting of 

12 each of the following individuals: 

13 (1) The Speaker of the House of Representa14 tives, or the Speaker’s designee. 

15 (2) The minority leader of the House of Rep16 resentatives, or the minority leader’s designee. 

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

18 majority leader’s designee. 

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

20 minority leader’s designee. 

21 (5) The chairman of the Committee on House 

22 Administration of the House of Representatives, who 

23 shall serve as co-chairman of the Governing Board. 
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1 (6) The ranking minority member of the Com2 mittee on House Administration of the House of 

3 Representatives. 

4 (7) The chairman of the Committee on Rules 

5 and Administration of the Senate, who shall serve as 

6 co-chairman of the Governing Board. 

7 (8) The ranking minority member of the Com8 mittee on Rules and Administration of the Senate. 

9 (b) The Governing Board shall be responsible for es10 tablishing the policies which govern the operations of the 

11 Capitol Visitor Center, consistent with applicable law. 

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

13 2006 and each succeeding fiscal year. 

14 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 (INCLUDING RESCISSION)

17 For necessary expenses of the Library of Congress 

18 not otherwise provided for, including development and 

19 maintenance of the Library’s catalogs; custody and custo20 dial care of the Library buildings; special clothing; clean21 ing, laundering and repair of uniforms; preservation of 

22 motion pictures in the custody of the Library; operation 

23 and maintenance of the American Folklife Center in the 

24 Library; preparation and distribution of catalog records 

25 and other publications of the Library; hire or purchase 

26 of one passenger motor vehicle; and expenses of the Li-
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1 brary of Congress Trust Fund Board not properly charge2 able to the income of any trust fund held by the Board, 

3 $388,144,000, of which not more than $6,000,000 shall 

4 be derived from collections credited to this appropriation 

5 during fiscal year 2006, and shall remain available until 

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

7 32 Stat. 480; 2 U.S.C. 150) and not more than $350,000 

8 shall be derived from collections during fiscal year 2006 

9 and shall remain available until expended for the develop10 ment and maintenance of an international legal informa11 tion database and activities related thereto: Provided,

12 That the Library of Congress may not obligate or expend 

13 any funds derived from collections under the Act of June 

14 28, 1902, in excess of the amount authorized for obliga15 tion or expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided fur16 ther, That the total amount available for obligation shall 

17 be reduced by the amount by which collections are less 

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

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

20 until expended for the partial acquisition of books, periodi21 cals, newspapers, and all other materials including sub22 scriptions for bibliographic services for the Library, in23 cluding $40,000 to be available solely for the purchase, 

24 when specifically approved by the Librarian, of special and 

25 unique materials for additions to the collections: Provided 
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1 further, That of the total amount appropriated, not more 

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

3 Librarian of Congress, in connection with official rep4 resentation and reception expenses for the Overseas Field 

5 Offices: Provided further, That of the total amount appro6 priated, $500,000 shall remain available until expended, 

7 and shall be transferred to the Abraham Lincoln Bicenten8 nial Commission for carrying out the purposes of Public 

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

10 representation and reception expenses of the Abraham 

11 Lincoln Bicentennial Commission: Provided further, That 

12 of the total amount appropriated, $11,078,000 shall re13 main available until expended for partial support of the 

14 National Audio-Visual Conservation Center: Provided fur15 ther, That of the amounts made available under this head16 ing in chapter 9 of division A of the Miscellaneous Appro17 priations Act, 2001 (Public Law 106–554; 114 Stat. 

18 2763A–194), $15,500,000 is rescinded. 

19 COPYRIGHT OFFICE

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, 

22 $58,601,000, of which not more than $30,481,000, to re23 main available until expended, shall be derived from collec24 tions credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 2006 

25 under section 708(d) of title 17, United States Code: Pro-
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1 vided, That the Copyright Office may not obligate or ex2 pend any funds derived from collections under such sec3 tion, in excess of the amount authorized for obligation or 

4 expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided further, That 

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

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

7 119(b)(2), 802(h), 1005, and 1316 of such title: Provided 

8 further, That the total amount available for obligation 

9 shall be reduced by the amount by which collections are 

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

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

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

13 in the Copyright Office of the Library of Congress for the 

14 purpose of training nationals of developing countries in 

15 intellectual property laws and policies: Provided further,

16 That not more than $4,250 may be expended, on the cer17 tification of the Librarian of Congress, in connection with 

18 official representation and reception expenses for activities 

19 of the International Copyright Institute and for copyright 

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

21 notwithstanding any provision of chapter 8 of title 17, 

22 United States Code, any amounts made available under 

23 this heading which are attributable to royalty fees and 

24 payments received by the Copyright Office pursuant to 

25 sections 111, 119, and chapter 10 of such title may be 
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1 used for the costs incurred in the administration of the 

2 Copyright Royalty Judges program. 

3 CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

6 of section 203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 

7 1946 (2 U.S.C. 166) and to revise and extend the Anno8 tated Constitution of the United States of America, 

9 $99,952,000: Provided, That no part of such amount may 

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

11 any publication, or preparation of material therefor (ex12 cept the Digest of Public General Bills), to be issued by 

13 the Library of Congress unless such publication has ob14 tained prior approval of either the Committee on House 

15 Administration of the House of Representatives or the 

16 Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate. 

17 BOOKS FOR THE BLIND AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 For salaries and expenses to carry out the Act

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

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

22 remain available until expended. 

23 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

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

25 amounts appropriated to the Library of Congress in this 
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1 Act, not more than $5,000 may be expended, on the cer2 tification of the Librarian of Congress, in connection with 

3 official representation and reception expenses for the in4 centive awards program. 

5 SEC. 1302. REIMBURSABLE AND REVOLVING FUND

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

7 obligational authority of the Library of Congress for the 

8 activities described in subsection (b) may not exceed 

9 $109,943,000. 

10 (b) ACTIVITIES.—The activities referred to in sub11 section (a) are reimbursable and revolving fund activities 

12 that are funded from sources other than appropriations 

13 to the Library in appropriations Acts for the legislative 

14 branch. 

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

16 the Librarian of Congress may temporarily transfer funds 

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

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

19 EXPENSES’’ to the revolving fund for the FEDLINK Pro20 gram and the Federal Research Program established 

21 under section 103 of the Library of Congress Fiscal Oper22 ations Improvement Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–481; 

23 2 U.S.C. 182c): Provided, That the total amount of such 

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

25 That the appropriate revolving fund account shall reim-
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1 burse the Library for any amounts transferred to it before 

2 the period of availability of the Library appropriation ex3 pires. 

4 SEC. 1303. UNITED STATES DIPLOMATIC FACILI5 TIES.—Funds made available for the Library of Congress 

6 under this Act are available for transfer to the Depart7 ment of State as remittance for a fee charged by the De8 partment for fiscal year 2006 for the maintenance, up9 grade, or construction of United States diplomatic facili10 ties only to the extent that the amount of the fee so 

11 charged is equal to or less than the unreimbursed value 

12 of the services provided during fiscal year 2006 to the Li13 brary of Congress on State Department diplomatic facili14 ties. 

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

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

17 532), is hereby repealed. 

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

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

20 1, 2005, whichever occurs earlier. 

21 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 

22 CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING AND BINDING

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 

24 For authorized printing and binding for the Congress 

25 and the distribution of Congressional information in any 
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1 format; printing and binding for the Architect of the Cap2 itol; expenses necessary for preparing the semimonthly 

3 and session index to the Congressional Record, as author4 ized by law (section 902 of title 44, United States Code); 

5 printing and binding of Government publications author6 ized by law to be distributed to Members of Congress; and 

7 printing, binding, and distribution of Government publica8 tions authorized by law to be distributed without charge 

9 to the recipient, $88,090,000 (reduced by $5,400,000): 

10 Provided, That this appropriation shall not be available 

11 for paper copies of the permanent edition of the Congres12 sional Record for individual Representatives, Resident 

13 Commissioners or Delegates authorized under section 906 

14 of title 44, United States Code: Provided further, That this 

15 appropriation shall be available for the payment of obliga16 tions incurred under the appropriations for similar pur17 poses for preceding fiscal years: Provided further, That 

18 notwithstanding the 2-year limitation under section 718 

19 of title 44, United States Code, none of the funds appro20 priated or made available under this Act or any other Act 

21 for printing and binding and related services provided to 

22 Congress under chapter 7 of title 44, United States Code, 

23 may be expended to print a document, report, or publica24 tion after the 27-month period beginning on the date that 

25 such document, report, or publication is authorized by 
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1 Congress to be printed, unless Congress reauthorizes such 

2 printing in accordance with section 718 of title 44, United 

3 States Code: Provided further, That any unobligated or 

4 unexpended balances in this account or accounts for simi5 lar purposes for preceding fiscal years may be transferred 

6 to the Government Printing Office revolving fund for car7 rying out the purposes of this heading, subject to the ap8 proval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

9 of Representatives and Senate. 

10 OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 

13 For expenses of the Office of Superintendent of Doc14 uments necessary to provide for the cataloging and index15 ing of Government publications and their distribution to 

16 the public, Members of Congress, other Government agen17 cies, and designated depository and international exchange 

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

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

20 year appropriations are authorized for producing and dis21 seminating Congressional serial sets and other related 

22 publications for fiscal years 2004 and 2005 to depository 

23 and other designated libraries: Provided further, That any 

24 unobligated or unexpended balances in this account or ac25 counts for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years may 
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1 be transferred to the Government Printing Office revolv2 ing fund for carrying out the purposes of this heading, 

3 subject to the approval of the Committees on Appropria4 tions of the House of Representatives and Senate. 

5 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE REVOLVING FUND

6 For payment to the Government Printing Office Re7 volving Fund, $1,200,000 for workforce retraining. The 

8 Government Printing Office may make such expenditures, 

9 within the limits of funds available and in accord with the 

10 law, and to make such contracts and commitments without 

11 regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 

12 9104 of title 31, United States Code, as may be necessary 

13 in carrying out the programs and purposes set forth in 

14 the budget for the current fiscal year for the Government 

15 Printing Office revolving fund: Provided, That not more 

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

17 Public Printer in connection with official representation 

18 and reception expenses: Provided further, That the revolv19 ing fund shall be available for the hire or purchase of not 

20 more than 12 passenger motor vehicles: Provided further, 

21 That expenditures in connection with travel expenses of 

22 the advisory councils to the Public Printer shall be deemed 

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

24 States Code: Provided further, That the revolving fund 

25 shall be available for temporary or intermittent services 
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1 under section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, but 

2 at rates for individuals not more than the daily equivalent 

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

4 Schedule under section 5316 of such title: Provided fur5 ther, That the revolving fund and the funds provided 

6 under the headings ‘‘OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF

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

8 may not be available for the full-time equivalent employ9 ment of more than 2,621 workyears (or such other number 

10 of workyears as the Public Printer may request, subject 

11 to the approval of the Committees on Appropriations of 

12 the House of Representatives and Senate): Provided fur13 ther, That activities financed through the revolving fund 

14 may provide information in any format: Provided further, 

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

16 revolving fund in support of the activities of the Benjamin 

17 Franklin Tercentenary Commission established by Public 

18 Law 107–202. 

19 GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 For necessary expenses of the Government Account22 ability Office, including not more than $12,500 to be ex23 pended on the certification of the Comptroller General of 

24 the United States in connection with official representa25 tion and reception expenses; temporary or intermittent 
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1 services under section 3109(b) of title 5, United States 

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

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

4 the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of such title; 

5 hire of one passenger motor vehicle; advance payments in 

6 foreign countries in accordance with section 3324 of title 

7 31, United States Code; benefits comparable to those pay8 able under sections 901(5), (6), and (8) of the Foreign 

9 Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4081(5), (6), and (8)); 

10 and under regulations prescribed by the Comptroller Gen11 eral of the United States, rental of living quarters in for12 eign countries, $482,395,000: Provided, That not more 

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

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

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

16 $2,061,000 of reimbursements received under section 

17 9105 of title 31, United States Code, shall be available 

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

19 appropriation and appropriations for administrative ex20 penses of any other department or agency which is a mem21 ber of the National Intergovernmental Audit Forum or a 

22 Regional Intergovernmental Audit Forum shall be avail23 able to finance an appropriate share of either Forum’s 

24 costs as determined by the respective Forum, including 

25 necessary travel expenses of non-Federal participants: 
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1 Provided further, That payments hereunder to the Forum 

2 may be credited as reimbursements to any appropriation 

3 from which costs involved are initially financed. 

4 PAYMENT TO THE OPEN WORLD LEADERSHIP CENTER

5 TRUST FUND

6 For a payment to the Open World Leadership Center 

7 Trust Fund for financing activities of the Open World 

8 Leadership Center under section 313 of the Legislative 

9 Branch Appropriations Act, 2001 (2 U.S.C. 1151), 

10 $14,000,000.

11 CAPITOL POWER PLANT

12 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

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

14 power (including the purchase of electrical energy) and 

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

16 office buildings, Library of Congress buildings, and the 

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

18 and air conditioning refrigeration not supplied from plants 

19 in any of such buildings; heating the Government Printing 

20 Office and Washington City Post Office, and heating and 

21 chilled water for air conditioning for the Supreme Court 

22 Building, the Union Station complex, the Thurgood Mar23 shall Federal Judiciary Building and the Folger Shake24 speare Library, expenses for which shall be advanced or re25 imbursed upon request of the Architect of the Capitol and 
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1 amounts so received shall be deposited into the Treasury 

2 to the credit of this appropriation, $58,817,000, of which 

3 $1,600,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

4 2010: Provided, That not more than $6,500,000 of the funds 

5 credited or to be reimbursed to this appropriation as herein 

6 provided shall be available for obligation during fiscal year 

7 2006. 

8 LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

9 For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and 

10 structural maintenance, care and operation of the Library 

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

12 shall remain available until September 30, 2010. 

13 CAPITOL POLICE BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

14 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care, 

15 and operation of buildings and grounds of the United States 

16 Capitol Police, $10,031,000. 

17 BOTANIC GARDEN

18 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

19 and operation of the Botanic Garden and the nurseries, 

20 buildings, grounds, and collections; and purchase and ex21 change, maintenance, repair, and operation of a passenger 

22 motor vehicle; all under the direction of the Joint Com23 mittee on the Library, $7,633,000: Provided, That this ap24 propriation shall not be available for construction of the 

25 National Garden: Provided further, That of the amount 
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1 made available under this heading, the Architect may obli2 gate and expend such sums as may be necessary for the 

3 maintenance, care, and operation of the National Garden 

4 established under section 307E of the Legislative Branch 

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

6 approved by the Architect or a duly authorized designee. 

7 CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER

8 For an additional amount for the Capitol Visitor Cen9 ter project, $41,900,000, to remain available until ex10 pended, and in addition, $2,300,000 for Capitol Visitor 

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

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

13 available for the Capitol Visitor Center project without an 

14 obligation plan approved by the Committee on Appropria15 tions of the Senate and House of Representatives. 

16 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

17 SEC. 1201. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE CAPITOL

18 VISITOR CENTER. The Architect of the Capitol may appoint 

19 an Executive Director of the Capitol Visitor Center whose 

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

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

22 rate of pay for the Architect of the Capitol. 
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1 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Library of Congress not 

4 otherwise provided for, including development and mainte5 nance of the Library’s catalogs; custody and custodial care 

6 of the Library buildings; special clothing; cleaning, laun7 dering and repair of uniforms; preservation of motion pic8 tures in the custody of the Library; operation and mainte9 nance of the American Folklife Center in the Library; prep10 aration and distribution of catalog records and other publi11 cations of the Library; hire or purchase of one passenger 

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

13 Fund Board not properly chargeable to the income of any 

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

15 more than $6,000,000 shall be derived from collections cred16 ited to this appropriation during fiscal year 2006, and 

17 shall remain available until expended, under the Act of 

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

19 and not more than $350,000 shall be derived from collec20 tions during fiscal year 2006 and shall remain available 

21 until expended for the development and maintenance of an 

22 international legal information database and activities re23 lated thereto: Provided, That the Library of Congress may 

24 not obligate or expend any funds derived from collections 

25 under the Act of June 28, 1902, in excess of the amount 
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1 authorized for obligation or expenditure in appropriations 

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

3 obligation shall be reduced by the amount by which collec4 tions are less than $6,350,000: Provided further, That of 

5 the total amount appropriated, $13,972,000 shall remain 

6 available until expended for the partial acquisition of books, 

7 periodicals, newspapers, and all other materials including 

8 subscriptions for bibliographic services for the Library, in9 cluding $40,000 to be available solely for the purchase, when 

10 specifically approved by the Librarian, of special and 

11 unique materials for additions to the collections: Provided 

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

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

14 Librarian of Congress, in connection with official represen15 tation and reception expenses for the Overseas Field Offices: 

16 Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated, 

17 $4,000,000 shall remain available until expended for the 

18 digital collections and school curricula program under sec19 tion 1305 of this Act: Provided further, That of the total 

20 amount appropriated, $600,000 shall remain available 

21 until expended, and shall be transferred to the Abraham 

22 Lincoln Bicentennial Commission for carrying out the pur23 poses of Public Law 106–173, of which $10,000 may be used 

24 for official representation and reception expenses of the 

25 Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission: Provided fur-
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1 ther, That of the total amount appropriated, $12,085,000 

2 shall remain available until expended for partial support 

3 of the National Audio-Visual Conservation Center: Provided 

4 further, That of the total amount appropriated, $250,000 

5 shall be used to provide a grant to the Middle Eastern Text 

6 Initiative for translation and publishing of middle eastern 

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

8 this heading may be expended inconsistently with the provi9 sions and intent of section 1006 of the Legislative Branch 

10 Appropriations Act, 2004 (Public Law 108–83), as amend11 ed, and the memorandum of understanding between the Li12 brary of Congress and the Capitol Police entered into on 

13 December 12, 2004. 

14 COPYRIGHT OFFICE

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office and the 

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

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

19 expended, shall be derived from collections credited to this 

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

21 of title 17, United States Code: Provided, That the Copy22 right Office may not obligate or expend any funds derived 

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

24 authorized for obligation or expenditure in appropriations 

25 Acts: Provided further, That not more than $4,141,000 shall 
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1 be derived from collections during fiscal year 2006 under 

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

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

4 for obligation shall be reduced by the amount by which col5 lections are less than $34,622,000: Provided further, That 

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

7 available for the maintenance of an ‘‘International Copy8 right Institute’’ in the Copyright Office of the Library of 

9 Congress for the purpose of training nationals of developing 

10 countries in intellectual property laws and policies: Pro11 vided further, That not more than $4,250 may be expended, 

12 on the certification of the Librarian of Congress, in connec13 tion with official representation and reception expenses for 

14 activities of the International Copyright Institute and for 

15 copyright delegations, visitors, and seminars. 

16 CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 

19 section 203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 

20 (2 U.S.C. 166) and to revise and extend the Annotated Con21 stitution of the United States of America, $101,755,000: 

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

23 any salary or expense in connection with any publication, 

24 or preparation of material therefor (except the Digest of 

25 Public General Bills), to be issued by the Library of Con-
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1 gress unless such publication has obtained prior approval 

2 of either the Committee on House Administration of the 

3 House of Representatives or the Committee on Rules and 

4 Administration of the Senate. 

5 BOOKS FOR THE BLIND AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

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

8 3, 1931 (chapter 400; 46 Stat. 1487; 2 U.S.C. 135a), 

9 $64,172,000, of which $25,667,000 shall remain available 

10 until expended. 

11 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

12 SEC. 1301. INCENTIVE AWARDS PROGRAM. Of the 

13 amounts appropriated to the Library of Congress in this 

14 Act, not more than $5,000 may be expended, on the certifi15 cation of the Librarian of Congress, in connection with offi16 cial representation and reception expenses for the incentive 

17 awards program. 

18 SEC. 1302. REIMBURSABLE AND REVOLVING FUND AC19 TIVITIES. (a) IN GENERAL.—For fiscal year 2006, the 

20 obligational authority of the Library of Congress for the ac21 tivities described in subsection (b) may not exceed 

22 $109,943,000. 

23 (b) ACTIVITIES.—The activities referred to in sub24 section (a) are reimbursable and revolving fund activities 

25 that are funded from sources other than appropriations to 
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1 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 under 

9 section 103 of the Library of Congress Fiscal Operations 

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

11 182c): Provided, That the total amount of such transfers 

12 may not exceed $1,900,000: Provided further, That the ap13 propriate revolving fund account shall reimburse the Li14 brary for any amounts transferred to it before the period 

15 of availability of the Library appropriation expires. 

16 SEC. 1303. NATIONAL DIGITAL INFORMATION INFRA17 STRUCTURE AND PRESERVATION PROGRAM. The Miscella18 neous Appropriations Act, 2001 (enacted into law by sec19 tion 1(a)(4) of Public Law 106–554, 114 Stat. 2763A–194) 

20 is amended in the first proviso under the subheading ‘‘SAL21 ARIES AND EXPENSES’’ under the heading ‘‘LIBRARY OF 

22 CONGRESS’’ in chapter 9 of division A by adding at the 

23 end ‘‘, except that an amount not to exceed $25,000,000 of 

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

25 expended and may be used for competitive grants to State 
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1 governmental entities, without regard to any matching con2 tribution requirement, to work cooperatively to collect and 

3 preserve at-risk digital State and local government infor4 mation’’. 

5 SEC. 1304. UNITED STATES DIPLOMATIC FACILITIES. 

6 Funds made available for the Library of Congress under 

7 this Act are available for transfer to the Department of 

8 State as remittance for a fee charged by the Department 

9 for fiscal year 2006 for the maintenance, upgrade, or con10 struction of United States diplomatic facilities only to the 

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

12 less than the unreimbursed value of the services provided 

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

14 Department diplomatic facilities. 

15 SEC. 1305. INCORPORATION OF DIGITAL COLLECTIONS

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

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

18 and School Curricula Act of 2005’’. 

19 (b) PROGRAM.—The Librarian of Congress shall ad20 minister a program to teach educators and librarians how 

21 to incorporate the digital collections of the Library of Con22 gress into school curricula. 

23 (c) EDUCATIONAL CONSORTIUM.—In administering 

24 the program under this section, the Librarian of Congress 

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1 (1) establish an educational consortium to sup2 port the program; and 

3 (2) make funds appropriated for the program 

4 available to consortium members, educational institu5 tions, and libraries. 

6 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are 

7 authorized to be appropriated such sums as necessary to 

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

9 year thereafter. 

10 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 

11 CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING AND BINDING

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

13 For authorized printing and binding for the Congress 

14 and the distribution of Congressional information in any 

15 format; printing and binding for the Architect of the Cap16 itol; expenses necessary for preparing the semimonthly and 

17 session index to the Congressional Record, as authorized by 

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

19 and binding of Government publications authorized by law 

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

21 binding, and distribution of Government publications au22 thorized by law to be distributed without charge to the re23 cipient, $88,090,000: Provided, That this appropriation 

24 shall not be available for paper copies of the permanent edi25 tion of the Congressional Record for individual Representa-
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1 tives, Resident Commissioners or Delegates authorized 

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

3 further, That this appropriation shall be available for the 

4 payment of obligations incurred under the appropriations 

5 for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years: Provided 

6 further, That notwithstanding the 2-year limitation under 

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

8 appropriated or made available under this Act or any other 

9 Act for printing and binding and related services provided 

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

11 may be expended to print a document, report, or publica12 tion after the 27-month period beginning on the date that 

13 such document, report, or publication is authorized by Con14 gress to be printed, unless Congress reauthorizes such print15 ing in accordance with section 718 of title 44, United States 

16 Code: Provided further, That any unobligated or unex17 pended balances in this account or accounts for similar 

18 purposes for preceding fiscal years may be transferred to 

19 the Government Printing Office revolving fund for carrying 

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

21 of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep22 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 TITLE II—GENERAL PROVISIONS 

8 SEC. 201. MAINTENANCE AND CARE OF PRIVATE

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

10 shall be used for the maintenance or care of private vehi11 cles, except for emergency assistance and cleaning as may 

12 be provided under regulations relating to parking facilities 

13 for the House of Representatives issued by the Committee 

14 on House Administration and for the Senate issued by the 

15 Committee on Rules and Administration. 

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

17 the funds appropriated in this Act shall remain available 

18 for obligation beyond fiscal year 2006 unless expressly so 

19 provided in this Act. 

20 SEC. 203. RATES OF COMPENSATION AND DESIGNA21 TION.—Whenever in this Act any office or position not 

22 specifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of 1929 

23 (46 Stat. 32 et seq.) is appropriated for or the rate of 

24 compensation or designation of any office or position ap25 propriated for is different from that specifically estab-
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1 lished by such Act, the rate of compensation and the des2 ignation in this Act shall be the permanent law with re3 spect thereto: Provided, That the provisions in this Act 

4 for the various items of official expenses of Members, offi5 cers, and committees of the Senate and House of Rep6 resentatives, and clerk hire for Senators and Members of 

7 the House of Representatives shall be the permanent law 

8 with respect thereto. 

9 SEC. 204. CONSULTING SERVICES.—The expenditure 

10 of any appropriation under this Act for any consulting 

11 service through procurement contract, under section 3109 

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

13 contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public 

14 record and available for public inspection, except where 

15 otherwise provided under existing law, or under existing 

16 Executive order issued under existing law. 

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

18 as may be necessary are appropriated to the account de19 scribed in subsection (a) of section 415 of the Congres20 sional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1415(a)) to 

21 pay awards and settlements as authorized under such sub22 section. 

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

24 for administrative expenses of any legislative branch entity 

25 which participates in the Legislative Branch Financial 
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1 Managers Council (LBFMC) established by charter on 

2 March 26, 1996, shall be available to finance an appro3 priate share of LBFMC costs as determined by the 

4 LBFMC, except that the total LBFMC costs to be shared 

5 among all participating legislative branch entities (in such 

6 allocations among the entities as the entities may deter7 mine) may not exceed $2,000. 

8 SEC. 207. LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE.—The Archi9 tect of the Capitol, in consultation with the District of Co10 lumbia, is authorized to maintain and improve the land11 scape features, excluding streets and sidewalks, in the ir12 regular shaped grassy areas bounded by Washington Ave13 nue, SW on the northeast, Second Street SW on the west, 

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

15 tunnel on the southeast. 

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

17 funds made available in this Act may be transferred to 

18 any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United 

19 States Government, except pursuant to a transfer made 

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

21 appropriation Act.

22 SEC. 209. COMPENSATION LIMITATION.—None of 

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

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

25 legislative branch during fiscal year 2006 or any suc-
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1 ceeding fiscal year to the extent that the aggregate 

2 amount of compensation paid to the employee during the 

3 year (including base salary, performance awards and other 

4 bonus payments, and incentive payments, but excluding 

5 the value of any in-kind benefits and payments) exceeds 

6 the annual rate of pay for a Member of the House of Rep7 resentatives or a Senator.

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 TITLE III—CONTINUITY IN REPRESENTATION 

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

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

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

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

6 the time’’; and 

7 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub8 section: 

9 ‘‘(b) SPECIAL RULES IN EXTRAORDINARY CIR10 CUMSTANCES.—

11 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In extraordinary cir12 cumstances, the executive authority of any State in 

13 which a vacancy exists in its representation in the 

14 House of Representatives shall issue a writ of elec15 tion to fill such vacancy by special election. 

16 ‘‘(2) TIMING OF SPECIAL ELECTION.—A special 

17 election held under this subsection to fill a vacancy 

18 shall take place not later than 49 days after the 

19 Speaker of the House of Representatives announces 

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

21 period which begins on the date of the announce22 ment of the vacancy—

23 ‘‘(A) a regularly scheduled general election 

24 for the office involved is to be held; or 
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1 ‘‘(B) another special election for the office 

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

3 special election issued by the chief executive of 

4 the State prior to the date of the announcement 

5 of the vacancy. 

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

7 election is to be held under this subsection, the de8 termination of the candidates who will run in such 

9 election shall be made—

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

11 10 days after the Speaker announces that the 

12 vacancy exists by the political parties of the 

13 State that are authorized by State law to nomi14 nate candidates for the election; or 

15 ‘‘(B) by any other method the State con16 siders appropriate, including holding primary 

17 elections, that will ensure that the State will 

18 hold the special election within the deadline re19 quired under paragraph (2). 

20 ‘‘(4) EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES.—

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

22 ‘extraordinary circumstances’ occur when the 

23 Speaker of the House of Representatives an24 nounces that vacancies in the representation 

25 from the States in the House exceed 100. 
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1 ‘‘(B) JUDICIAL REVIEW.—If any action is 

2 brought for declaratory or injunctive relief to 

3 challenge an announcement made under sub4 paragraph (A), the following rules shall apply: 

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

6 announcement, the action shall be filed in 

7 the United States District Court having ju8 risdiction in the district of the Member of 

9 the House of Representatives whose seat 

10 has been announced to be vacant and shall 

11 be heard by a 3-judge court convened pur12 suant to section 2284 of title 28, United 

13 States Code. 

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

15 delivered promptly to the Clerk of the 

16 House of Representatives. 

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

18 shall be made within 3 days of the filing 

19 of such action and shall not be reviewable. 

20 ‘‘(iv) The executive authority of the 

21 State that contains the district of the 

22 Member of the House of Representatives 

23 whose seat has been announced to be va24 cant shall have the right to intervene either 

25 in support of or opposition to the position 
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1 of a party to the case regarding the an2 nouncement of such vacancy. 

3 ‘‘(5) PROTECTING ABILITY OF ABSENT MILI4 TARY AND OVERSEAS VOTERS TO PARTICIPATE IN

5 SPECIAL ELECTIONS.—

6 ‘‘(A) DEADLINE FOR TRANSMITTAL OF AB7 SENTEE BALLOTS.—In conducting a special 

8 election held under this subsection to fill a va9 cancy in its representation, the State shall en10 sure to the greatest extent practicable (includ11 ing through the use of electronic means) that 

12 absentee ballots for the election are transmitted 

13 to absent uniformed services voters and over14 seas voters (as such terms are defined in the 

15 Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Vot16 ing Act) not later than 15 days after the 

17 Speaker of the House of Representatives an18 nounces that the vacancy exists. 

19 ‘‘(B) PERIOD FOR BALLOT TRANSIT

20 TIME.—Notwithstanding the deadlines referred 

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

22 individual who is an absent uniformed services 

23 voter or an overseas voter (as such terms are 

24 defined in the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens 

25 Absentee Voting Act), a State shall accept and 
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1 process any otherwise valid ballot or other elec2 tion material from the voter so long as the bal3 lot or other material is received by the appro4 priate State election official not later than 45 

5 days after the State transmits the ballot or 

6 other material to the voter. 

7 ‘‘(6) APPLICATION TO DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

8 AND TERRITORIES.—This subsection shall apply—

9 ‘‘(A) to a Delegate or Resident Commis10 sioner to the Congress in the same manner as 

11 it applies to a Member of the House of Rep12 resentatives; and 

13 ‘‘(B) to the District of Columbia, the Com14 monwealth of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, 

15 Guam, and the United States Virgin Islands in 

16 the same manner as it applies to a State, ex17 cept that a vacancy in the representation from 

18 any such jurisdiction in the House shall not be 

19 taken into account by the Speaker in deter20 mining whether vacancies in the representation 

21 from the States in the House exceed 100 for 

22 purposes of paragraph (4)(A). 

23 ‘‘(7) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION REGARDING FED24 ERAL ELECTION LAWS.—Nothing in this subsection 

25 may be construed to affect the application to special 
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1 elections under this subsection of any Federal law 

2 governing the administration of elections for Federal 

3 office (including any law providing for the enforce4 ment of any such law), including, but not limited to, 

5 the following: 

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

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

8 ‘‘(B) The Voting Accessibility for the El9 derly and Handicapped Act (42 U.S.C. 1973ee 

10 et seq.), as amended. 

11 ‘‘(C) The Uniformed and Overseas Citizens 

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

13 as amended. 

14 ‘‘(D) The National Voter Registration Act 

15 of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 1973gg et seq.), as amend16 ed. 

17 ‘‘(E) The Americans With Disabilities Act 

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

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

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

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

22 (42 U.S.C. 15301 et seq.), as amended.’’.

23 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative Branch Ap24 propriations Act, 2006’’. 

Calendar No. 138

109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H.R. 2985

[Report No. 109–89] 

AN ACT

Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch 

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

JUNE 24, 2005

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on 

J

Appropriations 

UNE 24, 2005

Reported with amendments