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109TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2985

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 30, 2005

Ordered to be printed with the amendments of the Senate numbered 

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:

7 Ω1æTITLE I—LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 

8 APPROPRIATIONS

9 SENATE 

10 EXPENSE ALLOWANCES

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

12 the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, $40,000; Majority 
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1 Leader of the Senate, $40,000; Minority Leader of the Sen2 ate, $40,000; Majority Whip of the Senate, $10,000; Minor3 ity Whip of the Senate, $10,000; President Pro Tempore 

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

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

6 Chairmen of the Majority and Minority Policy Committees, 

7 $5,000 for each Chairman; in all, $195,000. 

8 REPRESENTATION ALLOWANCES FOR THE MAJORITY AND

9 MINORITY LEADERS

10 For representation allowances of the Majority and Mi11 nority Leaders of the Senate, $15,000 for each such Leader; 

12 in all, $30,000. 

13 SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

14 For compensation of officers, employees, and others as 

15 authorized by law, including agency contributions, 

16 $147,120,000, which shall be paid from this appropriation 

17 without regard to the following limitations: 

18 OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT

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

20 OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE

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

22 OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE EMERITUS

23 For the Office of the President Pro Tempore emeritus, 

24 $290,000. 
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1 OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERS

2 For Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders, 

3 $4,340,000. 

4 OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY WHIPS

5 For Offices of the Majority and Minority Whips, 

6 $2,644,000. 

7 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

8 For salaries of the Committee on Appropriations, 

9 $13,758,000. 

10 CONFERENCE COMMITTEES

11 For the Conference of the Majority and the Conference 

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

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

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

15 OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES OF THE CONFERENCE OF

16 THE MAJORITY AND THE CONFERENCE OF THE MINORITY

17 For Offices of the Secretaries of the Conference of the 

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

19 POLICY COMMITTEES

20 For salaries of the Majority Policy Committee and the 

21 Minority Policy Committee, $1,524,000 for each such com22 mittee; in all, $3,048,000. 

23 OFFICE OF THE CHAPLAIN

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

25 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

26 For Office of the Secretary, $20,866,000. 
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1 OFFICE OF THE SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER

2 For Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, 

3 $56,700,000. 

4 OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND

5 MINORITY

6 For Offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the 

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

8 AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS AND RELATED EXPENSES

9 For agency contributions for employee benefits, as au10 thorized by law, and related expenses, $37,105,000. 

11 OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL OF THE SENATE

12 For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legisla13 tive Counsel of the Senate, $5,437,000. 

14 OFFICE OF SENATE LEGAL COUNSEL

15 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate Legal 

16 Counsel, $1,306,000. 

17 EXPENSE ALLOWANCES OF THE SECRETARY OF THE SEN18 ATE, SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE

19 SENATE, AND SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND

20 MINORITY OF THE SENATE

21 For expense allowances of the Secretary of the Senate, 

22 $6,000; Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, 

23 $6,000; Secretary for the Majority of the Senate, $6,000; 

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

25 $24,000. 
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1 CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE

2 INQUIRIES AND INVESTIGATIONS

3 For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered 

4 by the Senate, or conducted under section 134(a) of the Leg5 islative Reorganization Act of 1946 (Public Law 97–601), 

6 section 112 of the Supplemental Appropriations and Rescis7 sion Act, 1980 (Public Law 96–304), and Senate Resolution 

8 281, 96th Congress, agreed to March 11, 1980, 

9 $119,637,000. 

10 EXPENSES OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE CAUCUS ON

11 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL

12 For expenses of the United States Senate Caucus on 

13 International Narcotics Control, $520,000. 

14 SECRETARY OF THE SENATE

15 For expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the Sen16 ate, $1,980,000. 

17 SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE SENATE

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

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

20 available until September 30, 2010. 

21 MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

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

23 $500,000 shall be made available for a pilot program for 

24 mailings of postal patron postcards by Senators for the pur25 pose of providing notice of a town meeting by a Senator 

26 in a county (or equivalent unit of local government) at 
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1 which the Senator will personally attend: Provided, That 

2 any amount allocated to a Senator for such mailing shall 

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

4 remaining cost shall be paid by the Senator from other 

5 funds available to the Senator. 

6 SENATORS’ OFFICIAL PERSONNEL AND OFFICE EXPENSE

7 ACCOUNT

8 For Senators’ Official Personnel and Office Expense 

9 Account, $350,000,000. 

10 OFFICIAL MAIL COSTS

11 For expenses necessary for official mail costs of the 

12 Senate, $300,000. 

13 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

14 SEC. 1. GROSS RATE OF COMPENSATION IN OFFICES

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

16 of the dollar amounts contained in the table under section 

17 105(d)(1)(A) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 

18 1968 (2 U.S.C. 61–1(d)(1)(A)) shall be deemed to be the 

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

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

21 $50,000 each. 

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

23 2006, the first sentence of section 101(a) of the Supple24 mental Appropriations Act, 1977 (2 U.S.C. 61h–6(a)) shall 

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

26 for ‘‘eight individual consultants’’. 
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1 SEC. 3. UNITED STATES SENATE COLLECTION. Section 

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

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

4 and inserting ‘‘2006’’. 

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

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

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

8 inserting ‘‘for any purposes for which funds from the con9 tingent fund of the Senate may be used under section 316(a) 

10 of Public Law 101–302 (2 U.S.C. 2107(a)), and for expend11 itures, not to exceed $10,000 in any fiscal year, for meals 

12 and refreshments in Capitol facilities in connection with 

13 official activities of the Commission or other authorized 

14 programs or activities.’’. 

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

16 (2 U.S.C. 39) is amended by—

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

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

19 ‘‘shall’’; 

20 (3) striking ‘‘Senate or’’; and 

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

22 ‘‘, unless’’. 

23 SEC. 6. MODIFICATION OF CERTAIN CONSULTANT RE24 QUIREMENT. Section 10(a)(5) of the Legislative Branch Ap25 propriations Act, 1999 (2 U.S.C. 72d) is amended by in-
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1 serting ‘‘, except that any approval (and related reporting 

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

3 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For salaries and expenses of the House of Represent6 atives, $1,092,407,000, as follows: 

7 HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES

8 For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, 

9 $19,844,000, including: Office of the Speaker, 

10 $2,788,000, including $25,000 for official expenses of the 

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

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

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

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

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

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

17 official expenses of the Majority Whip; Office of the Mi18 nority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Minority Whip, 

19 $1,345,000, including $5,000 for official expenses of the 

20 Minority Whip; Speaker’s Office for Legislative Floor Ac21 tivities, $482,000; Republican Steering Committee, 

22 $906,000; Republican Conference, $1,548,000; Repub23 lican Policy Committee, $307,000; Democratic Steering 

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

25 $816,000; nine minority employees, $1,445,000; training 
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1 and program development—majority, $290,000; training 

2 and program development—minority, $290,000; Cloak3 room Personnel—majority, $434,000; and Cloakroom 

4 Personnel—minority, $434,000.

5 MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES

6 INCLUDING MEMBERS’ CLERK HIRE, OFFICIAL

7 EXPENSES OF MEMBERS, AND OFFICIAL MAIL

8 For Members’ representational allowances, including 

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

10 $538,109,000.

11 COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES

12 STANDING COMMITTEES, SPECIAL AND SELECT

13 For salaries and expenses of standing committees, 

14 special and select, authorized by House resolutions, 

15 $117,913,000: Provided, That such amount shall remain 

16 available for such salaries and expenses until December 

17 31, 2006. 

18 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

19 For salaries and expenses of the Committee on Ap20 propriations, $25,668,000, including studies and examina21 tions of executive agencies and temporary personal serv22 ices for such committee, to be expended in accordance with 

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

24 1946 and to be available for reimbursement to agencies 

25 for services performed: Provided, That such amount shall 
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1 remain available for such salaries and expenses until De2 cember 31, 2006. 

3 SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

4 For compensation and expenses of officers and em5 ployees, as authorized by law, $167,749,000, including: 

6 for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Clerk, includ7 ing not more than $13,000, of which not more than 

8 $10,000 is for the Family Room, for official representa9 tion and reception expenses, $21,911,000; for salaries and 

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

11 the position of Superintendent of Garages, and including 

12 not more than $3,000 for official representation and re13 ception expenses, $6,284,000; for salaries and expenses of 

14 the Office of the Chief Administrative Officer, 

15 $116,971,000, of which $3,306,000 shall remain available 

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

17 the Inspector General, $3,991,000; for salaries and ex18 penses of the Office of Emergency Planning, Preparedness 

19 and Operations, $5,000,000, to remain available until ex20 pended; for salaries and expenses of the Office of General 

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

22 $161,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the 

23 Parliamentarian, including the Parliamentarian and 

24 $2,000 for preparing the Digest of Rules, $1,767,000; for 

25 salaries and expenses of the Office of the Law Revision 
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1 Counsel of the House, $2,453,000; for salaries and ex2 penses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the 

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

4 of Interparliamentary Affairs, $720,000; for other author5 ized employees, $161,000; and for salaries and expenses 

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

7 ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES

8 For allowances and expenses as authorized by House 

9 resolution or law, $223,124,000, including: supplies, mate10 rials, administrative costs and Federal tort claims, 

11 $4,179,000; official mail for committees, leadership of12 fices, and administrative offices of the House, $410,000; 

13 Government contributions for health, retirement, Social 

14 Security, and other applicable employee benefits, 

15 $214,422,000; supplies, materials, and other costs relating 

16 to the House portion of expenses for the Capitol Visitor 

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

18 and miscellaneous items including purchase, exchange, 

19 maintenance, repair and operation of House motor vehi20 cles, interparliamentary receptions, and gratuities to heirs 

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

22 CHILD CARE CENTER

23 For salaries and expenses of the House of Represent24 atives Child Care Center, such amounts as are deposited 

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

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

3 as submitted to the Committee on Appropriations of the 

4 House of Representatives. 

5 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

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

7 MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES TO BE

8 USED FOR DEFICIT REDUCTION OR TO REDUCE THE

9 FEDERAL DEBT.—Notwithstanding any other provision of 

10 law, any amounts appropriated under this Act for 

11 ‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—SALARIES AND

12 EXPENSES—MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOW13 ANCES’’ shall be available only for fiscal year 2006. Any 

14 amount remaining after all payments are made under such 

15 allowances for fiscal year 2006 shall be deposited in the 

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

17 Federal budget deficit after all such payments have been 

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

19 the Secretary of the Treasury considers appropriate). 

20 (b) REGULATIONS.—The Committee on House Ad21 ministration of the House of Representatives shall have 

22 authority to prescribe regulations to carry out this section. 

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

24 ‘‘Member of the House of Representatives’’ means a Rep-
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1 resentative in, or a Delegate or Resident Commissioner 

2 to, the Congress. 

3 JOINT ITEMS 

4 For Joint Committees, as follows: 

5 JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE

6 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic 

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

8 of the Senate. 

9 JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION

10 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on 

11 Taxation, $8,781,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Ad12 ministrative Officer of the House of Representatives. 

13 For other joint items, as follows: 

14 OFFICE OF THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN

15 For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent ex16 penses of the emergency rooms, and for the Attending 

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

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

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

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

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

22 $580 per month each not to exceed 11 assistants on the 

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

24 $1,834,000 for reimbursement to the Department of the 

25 Navy for expenses incurred for staff and equipment as-
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1 signed to the Office of the Attending Physician, which 

2 shall be advanced and credited to the applicable appropria3 tion or appropriations from which such salaries, allow4 ances, and other expenses are payable and shall be avail5 able for all the purposes thereof, $2,545,000, to be dis6 bursed by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House 

7 of Representatives.

8 Ω2æCAPITOL GUIDE SERVICE AND SPECIAL SERVICES

9 OFFICE

10 For salaries and expenses of the Capitol Guide Serv11 ice and Special Services Office, $4,268,000, to be dis12 bursed by the Secretary of the Senate: Provided, That no 

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

14 58 individuals: Provided further, That the Capitol Guide 

15 Board is authorized, during emergencies, to employ not 

16 more than two additional individuals for not more than 

17 120 days each, and not more than 10 additional individ18 uals for not more than 6 months each, for the Capitol 

19 Guide Service. 

20 STATEMENTS OF APPROPRIATIONS

21 For the preparation, under the direction of the Com22 mittees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 

23 of Representatives, of the statements for the first session 

24 of the 109th Congress, showing appropriations made, in25 definite appropriations, and contracts authorized, together 
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1 with a chronological history of the regular appropriations 

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

3 designated by the chairmen of such committees to super4 vise the work. 

5 CAPITOL POLICE 

6 SALARIES

7 For salaries of employees of the Capitol Police, in8 cluding overtime, hazardous duty pay differential, and 

9 Government contributions for health, retirement, social se10 curity, professional liability insurance, and other applica11 ble employee benefits, $210,350,000, to be disbursed by 

12 the Chief of the Capitol Police or his designee. 

13 GENERAL EXPENSES

14 For necessary expenses of the Capitol Police, includ15 ing motor vehicles, communications and other equipment, 

16 security equipment and installation, uniforms, weapons, 

17 supplies, materials, training, medical services, forensic 

18 services, stenographic services, personal and professional 

19 services, the employee assistance program, the awards pro20 gram, postage, communication services, travel advances, 

21 relocation of instructor and liaison personnel for the Fed22 eral Law Enforcement Training Center, and not more 

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

24 Chief of the Capitol Police in connection with official rep25 resentation and reception expenses, $29,345,000, to be 

26 disbursed by the Chief of the Capitol Police or his des-
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1 ignee: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provision 

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

3 at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center for fis4 cal year 2006 shall be paid by the Secretary of Homeland 

5 Security from funds available to the Department of Home6 land Security. 

7 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 

9 SEC. 1001. TRANSFER AUTHORITY.—Amounts ap10 propriated for fiscal year 2006 for the Capitol Police may 

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

12 ‘‘GENERAL EXPENSES’’ upon the approval of the Commit13 tees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 

14 Representatives. 

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

16 not operate a mounted horse unit during fiscal year 2006 

17 or any succeeding fiscal year. 

18 (b) Not later than 60 days after the date of the enact19 ment of this Act, the Chief of the Capitol Police shall 

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

21 horses, equipment, and supplies of the Capitol Police 

22 mounted horse unit which remain in the possession of the 

23 Capitol Police as of such date. 

24 SEC. 1003. (a) Section 103(h)(1)(A)(i)(I) of the Eth25 ics in Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App. 
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1 103(h)(1)(A)(i)(I)) is amended by inserting ‘‘United 

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

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

4 apply with respect to reports filed under the Ethics in 

5 Government Act of 1978 for calendar year 2005 and each 

6 succeeding calendar year. 

7 SEC. 1004. Section 1003 of the Legislative Branch 

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

9 1021), is hereby repealed, and each provision of law 

10 amended by such section is hereby restored as if such sec11 tion had not been enacted into law. 

12 SEC. 1005. (a) During fiscal year 2006 and each suc13 ceeding fiscal year, the United States Capitol Police may 

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

15 funds described in subsection (b) unless—

16 (1) the Chief of the Capitol Police submits a re17 quest for the reprogramming, transfer, or use of 

18 funds to the Committees on Appropriations of the 

19 House of Representatives and Senate on or before 

20 August 1 of the respective year, unless both such 

21 Committees agree to accept the request at a later 

22 date because of extraordinary and emergency cir23 cumstances cited by the Chief; 
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1 (2) the request contains clearly stated and de2 tailed documentation presenting justification for the 

3 reprogramming, transfer, or use of funds; 

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

5 of the date of the request, none of the funds in6 cluded in the request have been obligated, and none 

7 will be obligated, until both Committees have ap8 proved the request; and 

9 (4) both Committees approve the request. 

10 (b) A reprogramming, transfer, or use of funds de11 scribed in this subsection is any reprogramming or trans12 fer of funds, or use of unobligated balances, under 

13 which—

14 (1) the amount to be shifted to or from any ob15 ject class, approved budget, or program involved 

16 under the request, or the aggregate amount to be 

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

18 or program involved during the fiscal year taking 

19 into account the amount contained in the request, is 

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

21 less, of the object class, approved budget, or pro22 gram; 

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

24 funds would result in a major change to the pro25 gram or item which is different than that presented 
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1 to and approved by the Committees on Appropria2 tions of the House of Representatives and Senate; or 

3 (3) the funds involved were earmarked by either 

4 of the Committees for a specific activity which is dif5 ferent than the activity proposed under the request, 

6 without regard to whether the amount provided in 

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

8 the amount required to carry out the activity. 

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

10 is established in the United States Capitol Police the Of11 fice of the Inspector General (hereafter in this section re12 ferred to as the ‘‘Office’’), headed by the Inspector Gen13 eral of the United States Capitol Police (hereafter in this 

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

15 (b) INSPECTOR GENERAL.—

16 (1) APPOINTMENT.—The Inspector General 

17 shall be appointed by the Capitol Police Board, in 

18 consultation with and subject to the approval of the 

19 Speaker of the House of Representatives and the 

20 President pro tempore of the Senate, acting jointly, 

21 and shall be appointed without regard to political af22 filiation and solely on the basis of integrity and dem23 onstrated ability in accounting, auditing, financial 

24 analysis, law, management analysis, public adminis25 tration, or investigations. 
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1 (2) TERM OF SERVICE.—The Inspector General 

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

3 serving as Inspector General may be reappointed for 

4 not more than 2 additional terms. 

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

6 removed from office prior to the expiration of his 

7 term only by the unanimous vote of all of the mem8 bers of the Capitol Police Board, and the Board 

9 shall communicate the reasons for any such removal 

10 to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and 

11 President pro tempore of the Senate. 

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

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

14 annual rate of pay in effect for the Chief of the Cap15 itol Police. 

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

17 appoint the first Inspector General under this sec18 tion not later than 180 days after the date of the 

19 enactment of this Act. 

20 (c) DUTIES.—

21 (1) APPLICABILITY OF DUTIES OF INSPECTOR

22 GENERAL OF EXECUTIVE BRANCH ESTABLISH23 MENT.—The Inspector General shall carry out the 

24 same duties and responsibilities with respect to the 

25 United States Capitol Police as an Inspector General 
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1 of an establishment carries out with respect to an 

2 establishment under section 4 of the Inspector Gen3 eral Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App. 4), under the same 

4 terms and conditions which apply under such sec5 tion. 

6 (2) SEMIANNUAL REPORTS.—The Inspector 

7 General shall prepare and submit semiannual re8 ports summarizing the activities of the Office in the 

9 same manner, and in accordance with the same 

10 deadlines, terms, and conditions, as an Inspector 

11 General of an establishment under section 5 of the 

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

13 For purposes of applying section 5 of such Act to 

14 the Inspector General, the Capitol Police Board shall 

15 be considered the head of the establishment, except 

16 that the Inspector General shall transmit to the 

17 Chief of the Capitol Police a copy of any report sub18 mitted to the Board pursuant to this paragraph. 

19 (3) INVESTIGATIONS OF COMPLAINTS OF EM20 PLOYEES AND MEMBERS.—

21 (A) AUTHORITY.—The Inspector General 

22 may receive and investigate complaints or infor23 mation from an employee or member of the 

24 Capitol Police concerning the possible existence 

25 of an activity constituting a violation of law, 
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1 rules, or regulations, or mismanagement, gross 

2 waste of funds, abuse of authority, or a sub3 stantial and specific danger to the public health 

4 and safety, including complaints or information 

5 the investigation of which is under the jurisdic6 tion of the Internal Affairs Division of the Cap7 itol Police as of the date of the enactment of 

8 this Act. 

9 (B) NONDISCLOSURE.—The Inspector 

10 General shall not, after receipt of a complaint 

11 or information from an employee or member, 

12 disclose the identity of the employee or member 

13 without the consent of the employee or member, 

14 unless the Inspector General determines such 

15 disclosure is unavoidable during the course of 

16 the investigation. 

17 (C) PROHIBITING RETALIATION.—An em18 ployee or member of the Capitol Police who has 

19 authority to take, direct others to take, rec20 ommend, or approve any personnel action, shall 

21 not, with respect to such authority, take or 

22 threaten to take any action against any em23 ployee or member as a reprisal for making a 

24 complaint or disclosing information to the In25 spector General, unless the complaint was made 
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1 or the information disclosed with the knowledge 

2 that it was false or with willful disregard for its 

3 truth or falsity. 

4 (4) INDEPENDENCE IN CARRYING OUT DU5 TIES.—Neither the Capitol Police Board, the Chief 

6 of the Capitol Police, nor any other member or em7 ployee of the Capitol Police may prevent or prohibit 

8 the Inspector General from carrying out any of the 

9 duties or responsibilities assigned to the Inspector 

10 General under this section. 

11 (d) POWERS.—

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

13 exercise the same authorities with respect to the 

14 United States Capitol Police as an Inspector General 

15 of an establishment may exercise with respect to an 

16 establishment under section 6(a) of the Inspector 

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

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

19 (2) STAFF.—

20 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Inspector General 

21 may appoint and fix the pay of such personnel 

22 as the Inspector General considers appropriate. 

23 Such personnel may be appointed without re24 gard to the provisions of title 5, United States 

25 Code, regarding appointments in the competi-
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1 tive service, and may be paid without regard to 

2 the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III 

3 of chapter 53 of such title relating to classifica4 tion and General Schedule pay rates, except 

5 that no personnel of the Office (other than the 

6 Inspector General) may be paid at an annual 

7 rate greater than $500 less than the annual 

8 rate of pay of the Inspector General under sub9 section (b)(4). 

10 (B) EXPERTS AND CONSULTANTS.—The 

11 Inspector General may procure temporary and 

12 intermittent services under section 3109 of title 

13 5, United States Code, at rates not to exceed 

14 the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic 

15 pay for level IV of the Executive Schedule 

16 under section 5315 of such title. 

17 (C) INDEPENDENCE IN APPOINTING

18 STAFF.—No individual may carry out any of 

19 the duties or responsibilities of the Office unless 

20 the individual is appointed by the Inspector 

21 General, or provides services procured by the 

22 Inspector General, pursuant to this paragraph. 

23 Nothing in this subparagraph may be construed 

24 to prohibit the Inspector General from entering 
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1 into a contract or other arrangement for the 

2 provision of services under this section. 

3 (D) APPLICABILITY OF CAPITOL POLICE

4 PERSONNEL RULES.—None of the regulations 

5 governing the appointment and pay of employ6 ees of the Capitol Police shall apply with re7 spect to the appointment and compensation of 

8 the personnel of the Office, except to the extent 

9 agreed to by the Inspector General. Nothing in 

10 the previous sentence may be construed to af11 fect subparagraphs (A) through (C). 

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

13 the Capitol Police shall provide the Office with ap14 propriate and adequate office space, together with 

15 such equipment, supplies, and communications facili16 ties and services as may be necessary for the oper17 ation of the Office, and shall provide necessary 

18 maintenance services for such office space and the 

19 equipment and facilities located therein. 

20 (e) TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS.—

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

22 or entity in the Capitol Police prior to the appoint23 ment of the first Inspector General under this sec24 tion carried out any of the duties and responsibilities 

25 assigned to the Inspector General under this section, 
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1 the functions of such office or entity shall be trans2 ferred to the Office upon the appointment of the 

3 first Inspector General under this section. 

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

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

6 Office under paragraph (1) may not result in a re7 duction in the pay or benefits of any employee of the 

8 office or entity, except to the extent required under 

9 subsection (d)(2)(A). 

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

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

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

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

14 disbursements for the operations of the United States 

15 Capitol Police. 

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

17 (a) shall include—

18 (1) the name of each person or entity who re19 ceives a payment from the Capitol Police; 

20 (2) the cost of any item furnished to the Cap21 itol Police; 

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

23 Capitol Police, together with service dates; 

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

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

2 open fiscal year; and 

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

6 Committee on Rules and Administration of the Sen7 ate. 

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

9 be printed as a House document. 

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

11 respect to the semiannual periods of October 1 through 

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

13 beginning with the semiannual period in which this section 

14 is enacted. 

15 OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE 

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

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

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

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

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

22 Office of Compliance may, within the limits of available 

23 appropriations, dispose of surplus or obsolete personal 

24 property by interagency transfer, donation, or discarding: 

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

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

4 CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE 

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 For salaries and expenses necessary for operation of 

7 the Congressional Budget Office, including not more than 

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

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

11 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

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

13 OVERPAYMENT OF PAY AND ALLOWANCES.—Section 

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

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

16 (5); 

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

19 (3) by inserting immediately after paragraph 

20 (6) the following new paragraph: 

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

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

23 this section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2006 

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

2 GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

3 For salaries for the Architect of the Capitol, and 

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

5 for surveys and studies in connection with activities under 

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

7 expenses for the general and administrative support of the 

8 operations under the Architect of the Capitol including the 

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

11 the jurisdiction of the Architect of the Capitol; including 

12 furnishings and office equipment; including not more than 

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

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

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

18 CAPITOL BUILDING

19 For all necessary expenses for maintenance, care, and 

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

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

22 2008. 

23 CAPITOL GROUNDS

24 For all necessary expenses for care and improvement 

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

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

3 30, 2008.

4 CAPITOL GUIDE SERVICE AND SPECIAL SERVICES OFFICE

5 For salaries and expenses of the Capitol Guide Service 

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

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

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

9 Provided further, That the Capitol Guide Board is author10 ized, during emergencies, to employ not more than two ad11 ditional individuals for not more than 120 days each, and 

12 not more than 10 additional individuals for not more than 

13 6 months each, for the Capitol Guide Service. 

14 STATEMENTS OF APPROPRIATIONS

15 For the preparation, under the direction of the Com16 mittees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 

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

18 109th Congress, showing appropriations made, indefinite 

19 appropriations, and contracts authorized, together with a 

20 chronological history of the regular appropriations bills as 

21 required by law, $30,000, to be paid to the persons des22 ignated by the chairmen of such committees to supervise 

23 the work. 
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1 CAPITOL POLICE 

2 SALARIES

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

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

8 of the Capitol Police or his designee. 

9 GENERAL EXPENSES

10 For necessary expenses of the Capitol Police, including 

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

14 stenographic services, personal and professional services, the 

15 employee assistance program, the awards program, postage, 

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

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

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

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

2 Department of Homeland Security. 

3 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

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

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

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

13 HIRING AUTHORITY OF CAPITOL POLICE.—Section 

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

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

16 by section 1002 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

5 subsection; and 

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

8 service or transfer to a position other than 

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

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

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

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

15 such modifications as may be made in accordance with the 

16 modification and dispute resolution provisions of the 

17 Memorandum of Understanding. 

18 OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE 

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Compliance, 

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

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

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

3 CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE 

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For salaries and expenses necessary for operation of 

6 the Congressional Budget Office, including not more than 

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

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

10 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

11 SEC. 1100. WAIVER OF CERTAIN CLAIMS. Section 

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

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

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

17 (5); 

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

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

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

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

2 GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

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

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

6 care of the Architect of the Capitol; for all necessary ex7 penses for the general and administrative support of the 

8 operations under the Architect of the Capitol including the 

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

11 the jurisdiction of the Architect of the Capitol; including 

12 furnishings and office equipment; including not more than 

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

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

15 for purchase or exchange, maintenance, and operation of 

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

17 CAPITOL BUILDING

18 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care, 

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

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

21 2010. 

22 CAPITOL GROUNDS

23 For all necessary expenses for care and improvement 

24 of grounds surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House 

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

2 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

3 and operation of Senate office buildings; and furniture and 

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

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

7 2010.

8 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS

9 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

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

11 of which $20,922,000 shall remain available until Sep12 tember 30, 2008.

13 Ω3æCAPITOL POWER PLANT

14 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

15 and operation of the Capitol Power Plant; lighting, heat16 ing, power (including the purchase of electrical energy) 

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

18 House office buildings, Library of Congress buildings, and 

19 the grounds about the same, Botanic Garden, Senate ga20 rage, and air conditioning refrigeration not supplied from 

21 plants in any of such buildings; heating the Government 

22 Printing Office and Washington City Post Office, and 

23 heating and chilled water for air conditioning for the Su24 preme Court Building, the Union Station complex, the 

25 Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building and the 
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1 Folger Shakespeare Library, expenses for which shall be 

2 advanced or reimbursed upon request of the Architect of 

3 the Capitol and amounts so received shall be deposited 

4 into the Treasury to the credit of this appropriation, 

5 $58,585,000, of which $1,592,000 shall remain available 

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

7 $6,600,000 of the funds credited or to be reimbursed to 

8 this appropriation as herein provided shall be available for 

9 obligation during fiscal year 2006. 

10 LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

11 For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and 

12 structural maintenance, care and operation of the Library 

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

14 shall remain available until September 30, 2008. 

15 CAPITOL POLICE BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

16 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

17 and operation of buildings and grounds of the United 

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

19 shall remain available until September 30, 2008. 

20 BOTANIC GARDEN

21 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

22 and operation of the Botanic Garden and the nurseries, 

23 buildings, grounds, and collections; and purchase and ex24 change, maintenance, repair, and operation of a passenger 

25 motor vehicle; all under the direction of the Joint Com-
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1 mittee on the Library, $7,211,000: Provided, That this ap2 propriation shall not be available for construction of the 

3 National Garden: Provided further, That of the amount 

4 made available under this heading, the Architect may obli5 gate and expend such sums as may be necessary for the 

6 maintenance, care, and operation of the National Garden 

7 established under section 307E of the Legislative Branch 

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

9 approved by the Architect or a duly authorized designee. 

10 CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER

11 For an additional amount for the Capitol Visitor Cen12 ter project, $36,900,000, to remain available until ex13 pended: Provided, That the Architect of the Capitol may 

14 not obligate any of the funds which are made available 

15 for the Capitol Visitor Center project without an obliga16 tion plan approved by the Committees on Appropriations 

17 of the Senate and House of Representatives. 

18 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

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

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

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

22 and inserting ‘‘10 positions’’; and 

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

24 and inserting ‘‘2 positions’’. 
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1 (b) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 

2 apply with respect to pay periods beginning on or after 

3 the date of the enactment of this Act. 

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

5 Appropriations Act for Further Recovery From and Re6 sponse To Terrorist Attacks on the United States (2 

7 U.S.C. 1819) is amended—

8 (1) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub9 section (e); and 

10 (2) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol11 lowing new subsection: 

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

13 through purchase pursuant to subsection (a), the Archi14 tect of the Capitol may enter into or assume a lease with 

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

16 or facility that the Architect of the Capitol determines is 

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

18 section, subject to the approval of the entity which ap19 proved the acquisition of such building or facility under 

20 subsection (b).’’. 

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

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

23 date of the enactment of this Act. 

24 SEC. 1203. (a) There is hereby established the Cap25 itol Visitor Center Governing Board (hereafter in this sec-
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1 tion referred to as the ‘‘Governing Board’’), consisting of 

2 each of the following individuals: 

3 (1) The Speaker of the House of Representa4 tives, or the Speaker’s designee. 

5 (2) The minority leader of the House of Rep6 resentatives, or the minority leader’s designee. 

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

8 majority leader’s designee. 

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

10 minority leader’s designee. 

11 (5) The chairman of the Committee on House 

12 Administration of the House of Representatives, who 

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

14 (6) The ranking minority member of the Com15 mittee on House Administration of the House of 

16 Representatives. 

17 (7) The chairman of the Committee on Rules 

18 and Administration of the Senate, who shall serve as 

19 co-chairman of the Governing Board. 

20 (8) The ranking minority member of the Com21 mittee on Rules and Administration of the Senate. 

22 (b) The Governing Board shall be responsible for es23 tablishing the policies which govern the operations of the 

24 Capitol Visitor Center, consistent with applicable law. 
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1 (c) This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 

2 2006 and each succeeding fiscal year. 

3 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 (INCLUDING RESCISSION)

6 For necessary expenses of the Library of Congress 

7 not otherwise provided for, including development and 

8 maintenance of the Library’s catalogs; custody and custo9 dial care of the Library buildings; special clothing; clean10 ing, laundering and repair of uniforms; preservation of 

11 motion pictures in the custody of the Library; operation 

12 and maintenance of the American Folklife Center in the 

13 Library; preparation and distribution of catalog records 

14 and other publications of the Library; hire or purchase 

15 of one passenger motor vehicle; and expenses of the Li16 brary of Congress Trust Fund Board not properly charge17 able to the income of any trust fund held by the Board, 

18 $388,144,000, of which not more than $6,000,000 shall 

19 be derived from collections credited to this appropriation 

20 during fiscal year 2006, and shall remain available until 

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

22 32 Stat. 480; 2 U.S.C. 150) and not more than $350,000 

23 shall be derived from collections during fiscal year 2006 

24 and shall remain available until expended for the develop25 ment and maintenance of an international legal informa26 tion database and activities related thereto: Provided,
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1 That the Library of Congress may not obligate or expend 

2 any funds derived from collections under the Act of June 

3 28, 1902, in excess of the amount authorized for obliga4 tion or expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided fur5 ther, That the total amount available for obligation shall 

6 be reduced by the amount by which collections are less 

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

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

9 until expended for the partial acquisition of books, periodi10 cals, newspapers, and all other materials including sub11 scriptions for bibliographic services for the Library, in12 cluding $40,000 to be available solely for the purchase, 

13 when specifically approved by the Librarian, of special and 

14 unique materials for additions to the collections: Provided 

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

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

17 Librarian of Congress, in connection with official rep18 resentation and reception expenses for the Overseas Field 

19 Offices: Provided further, That of the total amount appro20 priated, $500,000 shall remain available until expended, 

21 and shall be transferred to the Abraham Lincoln Bicenten22 nial Commission for carrying out the purposes of Public 

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

24 representation and reception expenses of the Abraham 

25 Lincoln Bicentennial Commission: Provided further, That 
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1 of the total amount appropriated, $11,078,000 shall re2 main available until expended for partial support of the 

3 National Audio-Visual Conservation Center: Provided fur4 ther, That of the amounts made available under this head5 ing in chapter 9 of division A of the Miscellaneous Appro6 priations Act, 2001 (Public Law 106–554; 114 Stat. 

7 2763A–194), $15,500,000 is rescinded. 

8 COPYRIGHT OFFICE

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, 

11 $58,601,000, of which not more than $30,481,000, to re12 main available until expended, shall be derived from collec13 tions credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 2006 

14 under section 708(d) of title 17, United States Code: Pro15 vided, That the Copyright Office may not obligate or ex16 pend any funds derived from collections under such sec17 tion, in excess of the amount authorized for obligation or 

18 expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided further, That 

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

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

21 119(b)(2), 802(h), 1005, and 1316 of such title: Provided 

22 further, That the total amount available for obligation 

23 shall be reduced by the amount by which collections are 

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

25 than $100,000 of the amount appropriated is available for 
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1 the maintenance of an ‘‘International Copyright Institute’’ 

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

3 purpose of training nationals of developing countries in 

4 intellectual property laws and policies: Provided further,

5 That not more than $4,250 may be expended, on the cer6 tification of the Librarian of Congress, in connection with 

7 official representation and reception expenses for activities 

8 of the International Copyright Institute and for copyright 

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

10 notwithstanding any provision of chapter 8 of title 17, 

11 United States Code, any amounts made available under 

12 this heading which are attributable to royalty fees and 

13 payments received by the Copyright Office pursuant to 

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

15 used for the costs incurred in the administration of the 

16 Copyright Royalty Judges program. 

17 CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

20 of section 203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 

21 1946 (2 U.S.C. 166) and to revise and extend the Anno22 tated Constitution of the United States of America, 

23 $99,952,000: Provided, That no part of such amount may 

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

25 any publication, or preparation of material therefor (ex-
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1 cept the Digest of Public General Bills), to be issued by 

2 the Library of Congress unless such publication has ob3 tained prior approval of either the Committee on House 

4 Administration of the House of Representatives or the 

5 Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate. 

6 BOOKS FOR THE BLIND AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 For salaries and expenses to carry out the Act of 

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

10 135a), $54,049,000, of which $15,831,000 shall remain 

11 available until expended. 

12 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

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

14 amounts appropriated to the Library of Congress in this 

15 Act, not more than $5,000 may be expended, on the cer16 tification of the Librarian of Congress, in connection with 

17 official representation and reception expenses for the in18 centive awards program. 

19 SEC. 1302. REIMBURSABLE AND REVOLVING FUND

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

21 obligational authority of the Library of Congress for the 

22 activities described in subsection (b) may not exceed 

23 $109,943,000. 

24 (b) ACTIVITIES.—The activities referred to in sub25 section (a) are reimbursable and revolving fund activities 
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1 that are funded from sources other than appropriations 

2 to the Library in appropriations Acts for the legislative 

3 branch. 

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

5 the Librarian of Congress may temporarily transfer funds 

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

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

8 EXPENSES’’ to the revolving fund for the FEDLINK Pro9 gram and the Federal Research Program established 

10 under section 103 of the Library of Congress Fiscal Oper11 ations Improvement Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–481; 

12 2 U.S.C. 182c): Provided, That the total amount of such 

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

14 That the appropriate revolving fund account shall reim15 burse the Library for any amounts transferred to it before 

16 the period of availability of the Library appropriation ex17 pires. 

18 SEC. 1303. UNITED STATES DIPLOMATIC FACILI19 TIES.—Funds made available for the Library of Congress 

20 under this Act are available for transfer to the Depart21 ment of State as remittance for a fee charged by the De22 partment for fiscal year 2006 for the maintenance, up23 grade, or construction of United States diplomatic facili24 ties only to the extent that the amount of the fee so 

25 charged is equal to or less than the unreimbursed value 
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1 of the services provided during fiscal year 2006 to the Li2 brary of Congress on State Department diplomatic facili3 ties. 

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

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

6 532), is hereby repealed. 

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

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

9 1, 2005, whichever occurs earlier. 

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 

17 and session index to the Congressional Record, as author18 ized by law (section 902 of title 44, United States Code); 

19 printing and binding of Government publications author20 ized by law to be distributed to Members of Congress; and 

21 printing, binding, and distribution of Government publica22 tions authorized by law to be distributed without charge 

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

24 Provided, That this appropriation shall not be available 

25 for paper copies of the permanent edition of the Congres-
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1 sional Record for individual Representatives, Resident 

2 Commissioners or Delegates authorized under section 906 

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

4 appropriation shall be available for the payment of obliga5 tions incurred under the appropriations for similar pur6 poses for preceding fiscal years: Provided further, That 

7 notwithstanding the 2-year limitation under section 718 

8 of title 44, United States Code, none of the funds appro9 priated or made available under this Act or any other Act 

10 for printing and binding and related services provided to 

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

12 may be expended to print a document, report, or publica13 tion after the 27-month period beginning on the date that 

14 such document, report, or publication is authorized by 

15 Congress to be printed, unless Congress reauthorizes such 

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

17 States Code: Provided further, That any unobligated or 

18 unexpended balances in this account or accounts for simi19 lar purposes for preceding fiscal years may be transferred 

20 to the Government Printing Office revolving fund for car21 rying out the purposes of this heading, subject to the ap22 proval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

23 of Representatives 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 Doc5 uments necessary to provide for the cataloging and index6 ing of Government publications and their distribution to 

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

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

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

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

13 publications for fiscal years 2004 and 2005 to depository 

14 and other designated libraries: Provided further, That any 

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

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

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

21 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE REVOLVING FUND

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

24 Government Printing Office may make such expenditures, 

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

2 regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 

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

4 in carrying out the programs and purposes set forth in 

5 the budget for the current fiscal year for the Government 

6 Printing Office revolving fund: Provided, That not more 

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

8 Public Printer in connection with official representation 

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

11 more than 12 passenger motor vehicles: Provided further, 

12 That expenditures in connection with travel expenses of 

13 the advisory councils to the Public Printer shall be deemed 

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

15 States Code: Provided further, That the revolving fund 

16 shall be available for temporary or intermittent services 

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

18 at rates for individuals not more than the daily equivalent 

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

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

22 under the headings ‘‘OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF

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

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

2 to the approval of the Committees on Appropriations of 

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

5 may provide information in any format: Provided further, 

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

7 revolving fund in support of the activities of the Benjamin 

8 Franklin Tercentenary Commission established by Public 

9 Law 107–202. 

10 GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

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

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

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

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

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

20 the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of such title; 

21 hire of one passenger motor vehicle; advance payments in 

22 foreign countries in accordance with section 3324 of title 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

15 costs as determined by the respective Forum, including 

16 necessary travel expenses of non-Federal participants: 

17 Provided further, That payments hereunder to the Forum 

18 may be credited as reimbursements to any appropriation 

19 from which costs involved are initially financed. 

20 PAYMENT TO THE OPEN WORLD LEADERSHIP CENTER

21 TRUST FUND

22 For a payment to the Open World Leadership Center 

23 Trust Fund for financing activities of the Open World 

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

2 $14,000,000.

3 CAPITOL POWER PLANT

4 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

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

6 power (including the purchase of electrical energy) and 

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

8 office buildings, Library of Congress buildings, and the 

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

10 and air conditioning refrigeration not supplied from plants 

11 in any of such buildings; heating the Government Printing 

12 Office and Washington City Post Office, and heating and 

13 chilled water for air conditioning for the Supreme Court 

14 Building, the Union Station complex, the Thurgood Mar15 shall Federal Judiciary Building and the Folger Shake16 speare Library, expenses for which shall be advanced or re17 imbursed upon request of the Architect of the Capitol and 

18 amounts so received shall be deposited into the Treasury 

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

20 $1,600,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

21 2010: Provided, That not more than $6,500,000 of the funds 

22 credited or to be reimbursed to this appropriation as herein 

23 provided shall be available for obligation during fiscal year 

24 2006. 
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1 LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

2 For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and 

3 structural maintenance, care and operation of the Library 

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

5 shall remain available until September 30, 2010. 

6 CAPITOL POLICE BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

7 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care, 

8 and operation of buildings and grounds of the United States 

9 Capitol Police, $10,031,000. 

10 BOTANIC GARDEN

11 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

12 and operation of the Botanic Garden and the nurseries, 

13 buildings, grounds, and collections; and purchase and ex14 change, maintenance, repair, and operation of a passenger 

15 motor vehicle; all under the direction of the Joint Com16 mittee on the Library, $7,633,000: Provided, That this ap17 propriation shall not be available for construction of the 

18 National Garden: Provided further, That of the amount 

19 made available under this heading, the Architect may obli20 gate and expend such sums as may be necessary for the 

21 maintenance, care, and operation of the National Garden 

22 established under section 307E of the Legislative Branch 

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

24 approved by the Architect or a duly authorized designee. 
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1 CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER

2 For an additional amount for the Capitol Visitor Cen3 ter project, $41,900,000, to remain available until ex4 pended, and in addition, $2,300,000 for Capitol Visitor 

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

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

7 available for the Capitol Visitor Center project without an 

8 obligation plan approved by the Committee on Appropria9 tions of the Senate and House of Representatives. 

10 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

11 SEC. 1201. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE CAPITOL

12 VISITOR CENTER. The Architect of the Capitol may appoint 

13 an Executive Director of the Capitol Visitor Center whose 

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

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

16 rate of pay for the Architect of the Capitol. 

17 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 For necessary expenses of the Library of Congress not 

20 otherwise provided for, including development and mainte21 nance of the Library’s catalogs; custody and custodial care 

22 of the Library buildings; special clothing; cleaning, laun23 dering and repair of uniforms; preservation of motion pic24 tures in the custody of the Library; operation and mainte25 nance of the American Folklife Center in the Library; prep-
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1 aration and distribution of catalog records and other publi2 cations of the Library; hire or purchase of one passenger 

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

4 Fund Board not properly chargeable to the income of any 

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

6 more than $6,000,000 shall be derived from collections cred7 ited to this appropriation during fiscal year 2006, and 

8 shall remain available until expended, under the Act of 

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

10 and not more than $350,000 shall be derived from collec11 tions during fiscal year 2006 and shall remain available 

12 until expended for the development and maintenance of an 

13 international legal information database and activities re14 lated thereto: Provided, That the Library of Congress may 

15 not obligate or expend any funds derived from collections 

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

17 authorized for obligation or expenditure in appropriations 

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

19 obligation shall be reduced by the amount by which collec20 tions are less than $6,350,000: Provided further, That of 

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

22 available until expended for the partial acquisition of books, 

23 periodicals, newspapers, and all other materials including 

24 subscriptions for bibliographic services for the Library, in25 cluding $40,000 to be available solely for the purchase, when 
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1 specifically approved by the Librarian, of special and 

2 unique materials for additions to the collections: Provided 

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

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

5 Librarian of Congress, in connection with official represen6 tation and reception expenses for the Overseas Field Offices: 

7 Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated, 

8 $4,000,000 shall remain available until expended for the 

9 digital collections and school curricula program under sec10 tion 1305 of this Act: Provided further, That of the total 

11 amount appropriated, $600,000 shall remain available 

12 until expended, and shall be transferred to the Abraham 

13 Lincoln Bicentennial Commission for carrying out the pur14 poses of Public Law 106–173, of which $10,000 may be used 

15 for official representation and reception expenses of the 

16 Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission: Provided fur17 ther, That of the total amount appropriated, $12,085,000 

18 shall remain available until expended for partial support 

19 of the National Audio-Visual Conservation Center: Provided 

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

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

22 Initiative for translation and publishing of middle eastern 

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

24 this heading may be expended inconsistently with the provi25 sions and intent of section 1006 of the Legislative Branch 
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1 Appropriations Act, 2004 (Public Law 108–83), as amend2 ed, and the memorandum of understanding between the Li3 brary of Congress and the Capitol Police entered into on 

4 December 12, 2004. 

5 COPYRIGHT OFFICE

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office and the 

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

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

10 expended, shall be derived from collections credited to this 

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

12 of title 17, United States Code: Provided, That the Copy13 right Office may not obligate or expend any funds derived 

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

15 authorized for obligation or expenditure in appropriations 

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

17 be derived from collections during fiscal year 2006 under 

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

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

20 for obligation shall be reduced by the amount by which col21 lections are less than $34,622,000: Provided further, That 

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

23 available for the maintenance of an ‘‘International Copy24 right Institute’’ in the Copyright Office of the Library of 

25 Congress for the purpose of training nationals of developing 
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1 countries in intellectual property laws and policies: Pro2 vided further, That not more than $4,250 may be expended, 

3 on the certification of the Librarian of Congress, in connec4 tion with official representation and reception expenses for 

5 activities of the International Copyright Institute and for 

6 copyright delegations, visitors, and seminars. 

7 CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE

8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

9 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 

10 section 203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 

11 (2 U.S.C. 166) and to revise and extend the Annotated Con12 stitution of the United States of America, $101,755,000: 

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

14 any salary or expense in connection with any publication, 

15 or preparation of material therefor (except the Digest of 

16 Public General Bills), to be issued by the Library of Con17 gress unless such publication has obtained prior approval 

18 of either the Committee on House Administration of the 

19 House of Representatives or the Committee on Rules and 

20 Administration of the Senate. 

21 BOOKS FOR THE BLIND AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED

22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

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

24 3, 1931 (chapter 400; 46 Stat. 1487; 2 U.S.C. 135a), 

25 $64,172,000, of which $25,667,000 shall remain available 
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1 until expended and of which $800,000 shall be available to 

2 the Librarian of Congress to pay telecommunications costs 

3 for eligible readers to have interstate toll free access to elec4 tronic editions of periodicals and newspapers, disseminated 

5 in specialized audio and electronic text formats from a 

6 multi-State nonprofit source which obtains content from 

7 publishers for free distribution to blind and physically 

8 handicapped readers in a minimum of 20 States. 

9 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

10 SEC. 1301. INCENTIVE AWARDS PROGRAM. Of the 

11 amounts appropriated to the Library of Congress in this 

12 Act, not more than $5,000 may be expended, on the certifi13 cation of the Librarian of Congress, in connection with offi14 cial representation and reception expenses for the incentive 

15 awards program. 

16 SEC. 1302. REIMBURSABLE AND REVOLVING FUND AC17 TIVITIES. (a) IN GENERAL.—For fiscal year 2006, the 

18 obligational authority of the Library of Congress for the ac19 tivities described in subsection (b) may not exceed 

20 $109,943,000. 

21 (b) ACTIVITIES.—The activities referred to in sub22 section (a) are reimbursable and revolving fund activities 

23 that are funded from sources other than appropriations to 

24 the Library in appropriations Acts for the legislative 

25 branch. 
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1 (c) TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—During fiscal year 2006, 

2 the Librarian of Congress may temporarily transfer funds 

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

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

5 EXPENSES’’ to the revolving fund for the FEDLINK Pro6 gram and the Federal Research Program established under 

7 section 103 of the Library of Congress Fiscal Operations 

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

9 182c): Provided, That the total amount of such transfers 

10 may not exceed $1,900,000: Provided further, That the ap11 propriate revolving fund account shall reimburse the Li12 brary for any amounts transferred to it before the period 

13 of availability of the Library appropriation expires. 

14 SEC. 1303. NATIONAL DIGITAL INFORMATION INFRA15 STRUCTURE AND PRESERVATION PROGRAM. The Miscella16 neous Appropriations Act, 2001 (enacted into law by sec17 tion 1(a)(4) of Public Law 106–554, 114 Stat. 2763A–194) 

18 is amended in the first proviso under the subheading ‘‘SAL19 ARIES AND EXPENSES’’ under the heading ‘‘LIBRARY OF 

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

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

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

23 expended and may be used for competitive grants to State 

24 governmental entities, without regard to any matching con25 tribution requirement, to work cooperatively to collect and 
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1 preserve at-risk digital State and local government infor2 mation’’. 

3 SEC. 1304. UNITED STATES DIPLOMATIC FACILITIES. 

4 Funds made available for the Library of Congress under 

5 this Act are available for transfer to the Department of 

6 State as remittance for a fee charged by the Department 

7 for fiscal year 2006 for the maintenance, upgrade, or con8 struction of United States diplomatic facilities only to the 

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

10 less than the unreimbursed value of the services provided 

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

12 Department diplomatic facilities. 

13 SEC. 1305. INCORPORATION OF DIGITAL COLLECTIONS

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

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

16 and School Curricula Act of 2005’’. 

17 (b) PROGRAM.—The Librarian of Congress shall ad18 minister a program to teach educators and librarians how 

19 to incorporate the digital collections of the Library of Con20 gress into school curricula. 

21 (c) EDUCATIONAL CONSORTIUM.—In administering 

22 the program under this section, the Librarian of Congress 

23 may—

24 (1) establish an educational consortium to sup25 port the program; and 
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1 (2) make funds appropriated for the program 

2 available to consortium members, educational institu3 tions, and libraries. 

4 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are 

5 authorized to be appropriated such sums as necessary to 

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

7 year thereafter. 

8 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 

9 CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING AND BINDING

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

11 For authorized printing and binding for the Congress 

12 and the distribution of Congressional information in any 

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

15 session index to the Congressional Record, as authorized by 

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

17 and binding of Government publications authorized by law 

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

19 binding, and distribution of Government publications au20 thorized by law to be distributed without charge to the re21 cipient, $88,090,000: Provided, That this appropriation 

22 shall not be available for paper copies of the permanent edi23 tion of the Congressional Record for individual Representa24 tives, Resident Commissioners or Delegates authorized 

25 under section 906 of title 44, United States Code: Provided 
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1 further, That this appropriation shall be available for the 

2 payment of obligations incurred under the appropriations 

3 for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years: Provided 

4 further, That notwithstanding the 2-year limitation under 

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

6 appropriated or made available under this Act or any other 

7 Act for printing and binding and related services provided 

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

9 may be expended to print a document, report, or publica10 tion after the 27-month period beginning on the date that 

11 such document, report, or publication is authorized by Con12 gress to be printed, unless Congress reauthorizes such print13 ing in accordance with section 718 of title 44, United States 

14 Code: Provided further, That any unobligated or unex15 pended balances in this account or accounts for similar 

16 purposes for preceding fiscal years may be transferred to 

17 the Government Printing Office revolving fund for carrying 

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

19 of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep20 resentatives and Senate. 

21 OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS

22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

24 For expenses of the Office of Superintendent of Docu25 ments necessary to provide for the cataloging and indexing 

26 of Government publications and their distribution to the 
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1 public, Members of Congress, other Government agencies, 

2 and designated depository and international exchange li3 braries as authorized by law, $33,837,000: Provided, That 

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

5 appropriations are authorized for producing and dissemi6 nating Congressional serial sets and other related publica7 tions for fiscal years 2004 and 2005 to depository and other 

8 designated libraries: Provided further, That any unobli9 gated or unexpended balances in this account or accounts 

10 for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years may be 

11 transferred to the Government Printing Office revolving 

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

13 to the approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the 

14 House of Representatives and Senate. 

15 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE REVOLVING FUND

16 For payment to the Government Printing Office Re17 volving Fund, $5,000,000 for workforce retraining: Pro18 vided, That the Government Printing Office may make such 

19 expenditures, within the limits of funds available and in 

20 accordance with law, and to make such contracts and com21 mitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as pro22 vided by section 9104 of title 31, United States Code, as 

23 may be necessary in carrying out the programs and pur24 poses set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year for 

25 the Government Printing Office revolving fund: Provided 
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1 further, That not more than $5,000 may be expended on 

2 the certification of the Public Printer in connection with 

3 official representation and reception expenses: Provided fur4 ther, That the revolving fund shall be available for the hire 

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

6 Provided further, That expenditures in connection with 

7 travel expenses of the advisory councils to the Public Print8 er shall be deemed necessary to carry out the provisions of 

9 title 44, United States Code: Provided further, That the re10 volving fund shall be available for temporary or intermit11 tent services under section 3109(b) of title 5, United States 

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

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

14 the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of such title: Pro15 vided further, That the revolving fund and the funds pro16 vided under the headings ‘‘OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF

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

18 may not be available for the full-time equivalent employ19 ment of more than 2,621 workyears (or such other number 

20 of workyears as the Public Printer may request, subject to 

21 the approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the 

22 House of Representatives and Senate): Provided further, 

23 That activities financed through the revolving fund may 

24 provide information in any format: Provided further, That 

25 not more than $10,000 may be expended from the revolving 
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1 fund in support of the activities of the Benjamin Franklin 

2 Tercentenary Commission established by Public Law 107–

3 202. 

4 GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 For necessary expenses of the Government Account7 ability Office, including not more than $12,500 to be ex8 pended on the certification of the Comptroller General of 

9 the United States in connection with official representation 

10 and reception expenses; temporary or intermittent services 

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

12 at rates for individuals not more than the daily equivalent 

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

14 Schedule under section 5315 of such title; hire of one pas15 senger motor vehicle; advance payments in foreign countries 

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

17 Code; benefits comparable to those payable under section 

18 901(5), (6), and (8) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 

19 U.S.C. 4081(5), (6), and (8)); and under regulations pre20 scribed by the Comptroller General of the United States, 

21 rental of living quarters in foreign countries, $484,383,000: 

22 Provided, That not more than $5,104,000 of payments re23 ceived under section 782 of title 31, United States Code, 

24 shall be available for use in fiscal year 2006: Provided fur25 ther, That not more than $2,061,000 of reimbursements re-
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1 ceived under section 9105 of title 31, United States Code, 

2 shall be available for use in fiscal year 2006: Provided fur3 ther, That this appropriation and appropriations for ad4 ministrative expenses of any other department or agency 

5 which is a member of the National Intergovernmental Audit 

6 Forum or a Regional Intergovernmental Audit Forum shall 

7 be available to finance an appropriate share of either Fo8 rum’s costs as determined by the respective Forum, includ9 ing necessary travel expenses of non-Federal participants: 

10 Provided further, That payments hereunder to the Forum 

11 may be credited as reimbursements to any appropriation 

12 from which costs involved are initially financed. 

13 OPEN WORLD LEADERSHIP CENTER TRUST 

14 FUND 

15 For a payment to the Open World Leadership Center 

16 Trust Fund for financing activities of the Open World 

17 Leadership Center, $14,000,000. 

18 JOHN C. STENNIS CENTER FOR PUBLIC SERVICE 

19 TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT 

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

21 Service Development Trust Fund established under section 

22 116 of the John C. Stennis Center for Public Service Train23 ing and Development Act (2 U.S.C. 1105), $430,000.
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1 TITLE II—GENERAL PROVISIONS 

2 SEC. 201. MAINTENANCE AND CARE OF PRIVATE

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

4 shall be used for the maintenance or care of private vehi5 cles, except for emergency assistance and cleaning as may 

6 be provided under regulations relating to parking facilities 

7 for the House of Representatives issued by the Committee 

8 on House Administration and for the Senate issued by the 

9 Committee on Rules and Administration. 

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

11 the funds appropriated in this Act shall remain available 

12 for obligation beyond fiscal year 2006 unless expressly so 

13 provided in this Act. 

14 SEC. 203. RATES OF COMPENSATION AND DESIGNA15 TION.—Whenever in this Act any office or position not 

16 specifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of 1929 

17 (46 Stat. 32 et seq.) is appropriated for or the rate of 

18 compensation or designation of any office or position ap19 propriated for is different from that specifically estab20 lished by such Act, the rate of compensation and the des21 ignation in this Act shall be the permanent law with re22 spect thereto: Provided, That the provisions in this Act 

23 for the various items of official expenses of Members, offi24 cers, and committees of the Senate and House of Rep25 resentatives, and clerk hire for Senators and Members of 
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1 the House of Representatives shall be the permanent law 

2 with respect thereto. 

3 SEC. 204. CONSULTING SERVICES.—The expenditure 

4 of any appropriation under this Act for any consulting 

5 service through procurement contract, under section 3109 

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

7 contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public 

8 record and available for public inspection, except where 

9 otherwise provided under existing law, or under existing 

10 Executive order issued under existing law. 

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

12 as may be necessary are appropriated to the account de13 scribed in subsection (a) of section 415 of the Congres14 sional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1415(a)) to 

15 pay awards and settlements as authorized under such sub16 section. 

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

18 for administrative expenses of any legislative branch entity 

19 which participates in the Legislative Branch Financial 

20 Managers Council (LBFMC) established by charter on 

21 March 26, 1996, shall be available to finance an appro22 priate share of LBFMC costs as determined by the 

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

24 among all participating legislative branch entities (in such 
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1 allocations among the entities as the entities may deter2 mine) may not exceed $2,000. 

3 SEC. 207. LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE.—The Archi4 tect of the Capitol, in consultation with the District of Co5 lumbia, is authorized to maintain and improve the land6 scape features, excluding streets and sidewalks, in the ir7 regular shaped grassy areas bounded by Washington Ave8 nue, SW on the northeast, Second Street SW on the west, 

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

10 tunnel on the southeast. 

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

12 funds made available in this Act may be transferred to 

13 any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United 

14 States Government, except pursuant to a transfer made 

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

16 appropriation Act.

17 Ω4æSEC. 209. COMPENSATION LIMITATION.—None 

18 of the funds contained in this Act or any other Act may 

19 be used to pay the salary of any officer or employee of 

20 the legislative branch during fiscal year 2006 or any suc21 ceeding fiscal year to the extent that the aggregate 

22 amount of compensation paid to the employee during the 

23 year (including base salary, performance awards and other 

24 bonus payments, and incentive payments, but excluding 

25 the value of any in-kind benefits and payments) exceeds 
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1 the annual rate of pay for a Member of the House of Rep2 resentatives or a Senator.

3 SEC. 209. COMPENSATION LIMITATION. Legislative 

4 branch appropriations are not available to pay the salary 

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

6 amount of compensation (including base salary, awards, 

7 bonus incentives, excluding in-kind compensation) exceeds 

8 the annual rate for a Senator or Member unless the applica9 ble entity head has certified that the entity has a perform10 ance appraisal system which (as designed and applied) 

11 makes meaningful distinctions based on relative perform12 ance consistent with the criteria established pursuant to 5 

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

14 performance appraisal system (bi-annually in accordance 

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

16 appraisal systems may pay total annual compensation up 

17 to the amounts Executive branch personnel subject to cer18 tified performance appraisal systems may receive.

19 Ω5æTITLE III—CONTINUITY IN 

20 REPRESENTATION

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

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

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

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

25 the time’’; and 
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1 (2) by adding at the end the following new sub2 section: 

3 ‘‘(b) SPECIAL RULES IN EXTRAORDINARY CIR4 CUMSTANCES.—

5 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In extraordinary cir6 cumstances, the executive authority of any State in 

7 which a vacancy exists in its representation in the 

8 House of Representatives shall issue a writ of elec9 tion to fill such vacancy by special election. 

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

11 election held under this subsection to fill a vacancy 

12 shall take place not later than 49 days after the 

13 Speaker of the House of Representatives announces 

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

15 period which begins on the date of the announce16 ment of the vacancy—

17 ‘‘(A) a regularly scheduled general election 

18 for the office involved is to be held; or 

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

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

21 special election issued by the chief executive of 

22 the State prior to the date of the announcement 

23 of the vacancy. 

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

25 election is to be held under this subsection, the de-
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1 termination of the candidates who will run in such 

2 election shall be made—

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

4 10 days after the Speaker announces that the 

5 vacancy exists by the political parties of the 

6 State that are authorized by State law to nomi7 nate candidates for the election; or 

8 ‘‘(B) by any other method the State con9 siders appropriate, including holding primary 

10 elections, that will ensure that the State will 

11 hold the special election within the deadline re12 quired under paragraph (2). 

13 ‘‘(4) EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES.—

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

15 ‘extraordinary circumstances’ occur when the 

16 Speaker of the House of Representatives an17 nounces that vacancies in the representation 

18 from the States in the House exceed 100. 

19 ‘‘(B) JUDICIAL REVIEW.—If any action is 

20 brought for declaratory or injunctive relief to 

21 challenge an announcement made under sub22 paragraph (A), the following rules shall apply: 

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

24 announcement, the action shall be filed in 

25 the United States District Court having ju-
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1 risdiction in the district of the Member of 

2 the House of Representatives whose seat 

3 has been announced to be vacant and shall 

4 be heard by a 3-judge court convened pur5 suant to section 2284 of title 28, United 

6 States Code. 

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

8 delivered promptly to the Clerk of the 

9 House of Representatives. 

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

11 shall be made within 3 days of the filing 

12 of such action and shall not be reviewable. 

13 ‘‘(iv) The executive authority of the 

14 State that contains the district of the 

15 Member of the House of Representatives 

16 whose seat has been announced to be va17 cant shall have the right to intervene either 

18 in support of or opposition to the position 

19 of a party to the case regarding the an20 nouncement of such vacancy. 

21 ‘‘(5) PROTECTING ABILITY OF ABSENT MILI22 TARY AND OVERSEAS VOTERS TO PARTICIPATE IN

23 SPECIAL ELECTIONS.—

24 ‘‘(A) DEADLINE FOR TRANSMITTAL OF AB25 SENTEE BALLOTS.—In conducting a special 
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1 election held under this subsection to fill a va2 cancy in its representation, the State shall en3 sure to the greatest extent practicable (includ4 ing through the use of electronic means) that 

5 absentee ballots for the election are transmitted 

6 to absent uniformed services voters and over7 seas voters (as such terms are defined in the 

8 Uniformed and Overseas Citizens Absentee Vot9 ing Act) not later than 15 days after the 

10 Speaker of the House of Representatives an11 nounces that the vacancy exists. 

12 ‘‘(B) PERIOD FOR BALLOT TRANSIT

13 TIME.—Notwithstanding the deadlines referred 

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

15 individual who is an absent uniformed services 

16 voter or an overseas voter (as such terms are 

17 defined in the Uniformed and Overseas Citizens 

18 Absentee Voting Act), a State shall accept and 

19 process any otherwise valid ballot or other elec20 tion material from the voter so long as the bal21 lot or other material is received by the appro22 priate State election official not later than 45 

23 days after the State transmits the ballot or 

24 other material to the voter. 
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1 ‘‘(6) APPLICATION TO DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

2 AND TERRITORIES.—This subsection shall apply—

3 ‘‘(A) to a Delegate or Resident Commis4 sioner to the Congress in the same manner as 

5 it applies to a Member of the House of Rep6 resentatives; and 

7 ‘‘(B) to the District of Columbia, the Com8 monwealth of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, 

9 Guam, and the United States Virgin Islands in 

10 the same manner as it applies to a State, ex11 cept that a vacancy in the representation from 

12 any such jurisdiction in the House shall not be 

13 taken into account by the Speaker in deter14 mining whether vacancies in the representation 

15 from the States in the House exceed 100 for 

16 purposes of paragraph (4)(A). 

17 ‘‘(7) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION REGARDING FED18 ERAL ELECTION LAWS.—Nothing in this subsection 

19 may be construed to affect the application to special 

20 elections under this subsection of any Federal law 

21 governing the administration of elections for Federal 

22 office (including any law providing for the enforce23 ment of any such law), including, but not limited to, 

24 the following: 
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1 ‘‘(A) The Voting Rights Act of 1965 (42 

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

3 ‘‘(B) The Voting Accessibility for the El4 derly and Handicapped Act (42 U.S.C. 1973ee 

5 et seq.), as amended. 

6 ‘‘(C) The Uniformed and Overseas Citizens 

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

8 as amended. 

9 ‘‘(D) The National Voter Registration Act 

10 of 1993 (42 U.S.C. 1973gg et seq.), as amend11 ed. 

12 ‘‘(E) The Americans With Disabilities Act 

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

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

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

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

17 (42 U.S.C. 15301 et seq.), as amended.’’.

18 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative Branch Ap19 propriations Act, 2006’’.

Passed the House of Representatives June 22, 2005. 

Attest: JEFF TRANDAHL, 

Clerk. 

Passed the Senate June 30, 2005. 

Attest: EMILY J. REYNOLDS, 

Secretary.