104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2492

AN ACT

Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch

and for other purposes.for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996,
104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2492

AN ACT

Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the

fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, 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, 1996, and for other purposes, namely:
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1 TITLE I—CONGRESSIONAL OPERATIONS

2 SENATE

3 EXPENSE ALLOWANCES

4 For expense allowances of the Vice President,

5 $10,000; the President Pro Tempore of the Senate,

6 $10,000; Majority Leader of the Senate, $10,000; Minor7 ity Leader of the Senate, $10,000; Majority Whip of the

8 Senate, $5,000; Minority Whip of the Senate, $5,000; and

9 Chairmen of the Majority and Minority Conference Com10 mittees, $3,000 for each Chairman; in all, $56,000.

11 REPRESENTATION ALLOWANCES FOR THE MAJORITY

12 AND MINORITY LEADERS

13 For representation allowances of the Majority and

14 Minority Leaders of the Senate, $15,000 for each such

15 Leader; in all, $30,000.

16 SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

17 For compensation of officers, employees, and others

18 as authorized by law, including agency contributions,

19 $69,727,000, which shall be paid from this appropriation

20 without regard to the below limitations, as follows:

21 OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT

22 For the Office of the Vice President, $1,513,000.

23 OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE

24 For the Office of the President Pro Tempore,

25 $325,000.
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1 OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERS

2 For Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders,

3 $2,195,000.

4 OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY WHIPS

5 For Offices of the Majority and Minority Whips,

6 $656,000.

7 CONFERENCE COMMITTEES

8 For the Conference of the Majority and the Con9 ference of the Minority, at rates of compensation to be

10 fixed by the Chairman of each such committee, $996,000

11 for each such committee; in all, $1,992,000.

12 OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES OF THE CONFERENCE OF

13 THE MAJORITY AND THE CONFERENCE OF THE MINORITY

14 For Offices of the Secretaries of the Conference of

15 the Majority and the Conference of the Minority,

16 $360,000.

17 POLICY COMMITTEES

18 For salaries of the Majority Policy Committee and

19 the Minority Policy Committee, $965,000 for each such

20 committee, in all, $1,930,000.

21 OFFICE OF THE CHAPLAIN

22 For Office of the Chaplain, $192,000.

23 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

24 For Office of the Secretary, $12,128,000.
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1 OFFICE OF THE SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER

2 For Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper,

3 $31,889,000.

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, $1,047,000.

8 AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS AND RELATED EXPENSES

9 For agency contributions for employee benefits, as

10 authorized by law, and related expenses, $15,500,000.

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, $3,381,000.

14 OFFICE OF SENATE LEGAL COUNSEL

15 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate

16 Legal Counsel, $936,000.

17 EXPENSE ALLOWANCES OF THE SECRETARY OF THE

18 SENATE, SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF

19 THE SENATE, AND SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJOR20 ITY AND MINORITY OF THE SENATE

21 For expense allowances of the Secretary of the Sen22 ate, $3,000; Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Sen23 ate, $3,000; Secretary for the Majority of the Senate,

24 $3,000; Secretary for the Minority of the Senate, $3,000;

25 in all, $12,000.
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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 pursuant to section 134(a)

5 of Public Law 601, Seventy-ninth Congress, as amended,

6 section 112 of Public Law 96–304 and Senate Resolution

7 281, agreed to March 11, 1980, $66,395,000.

8 EXPENSES OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE CAUCUS ON

9 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL

10 For expenses of the United States Senate Caucus on

11 International Narcotics Control, $305,000.

12 SECRETARY OF THE SENATE

13 For expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the

14 Senate, $1,266,000.

15 SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE SENATE

16 For expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms

17 and Doorkeeper of the Senate, $61,347,000.

18 MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

19 For miscellaneous items, $6,644,000.

20 SENATORS’ OFFICIAL PERSONNEL AND OFFICE EXPENSE

21 ACCOUNT

22 For Senators’ Official Personnel and Office Expense

23 Account, $204,029,000.

24 OFFICE OF SENATE FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES

25 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate Fair

26 Employment Practices, $778,000.
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1 SETTLEMENTS AND AWARDS RESERVE

2 For expenses for settlements and awards,

3 $1,000,000, to remain available until expended.

4 STATIONERY (REVOLVING FUND)

5 For stationery for the President of the Senate,

6 $4,500, for officers of the Senate and the Conference of

7 the Majority and Conference of the Minority of the Senate,

8 $8,500; in all, $13,000.

9 OFFICIAL MAIL COSTS

10 For expenses necessary for official mail costs of the

11 Senate, $11,000,000.

12 RESCISSION

13 Of the funds previously appropriated under the head14 ing ‘‘SENATE’’, $63,544,724.12 are rescinded.

15 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

16 SECTION 1. (a) On and after October 1, 1995, no

17 Senator shall receive mileage under section 17 of the Act

18 of July 28, 1866 (2 U.S.C. 43).

19 (b) On and after October 1, 1995, the President of

20 the Senate shall not receive mileage under the first section

21 of the Act of July 8, 1935 (2 U.S.C. 43a).

22 SEC. 2. (a) There is established in the Treasury of

23 the United States within the contingent fund of the Senate

24 a revolving fund, to be known as the ‘‘Office of the Chap25 lain Expense Revolving Fund’’ (hereafter referred to as
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1 the ‘‘fund’’). The fund shall consist of all moneys collected

2 or received with respect to the Office of the Chaplain of

3 the Senate.

4 (b) The fund shall be available without fiscal year

5 limitation for disbursement by the Secretary of the Senate,

6 not to exceed $10,000 in any fiscal year, for the payment

7 of official expenses incurred by the Chaplain of the Senate.

8 In addition, moneys in the fund may be used to purchase

9 food or food related items. The fund shall not be available

10 for the payment of salaries.

11 (c) All moneys (including donated moneys) received

12 or collected with respect to the Office of the Chaplain of

13 the Senate shall be deposited in the fund and shall be

14 available for purposes of this section.

15 (d) Disbursements from the fund shall be made on

16 vouchers approved by the Chaplain of the Senate.

17 SEC. 3. Funds appropriated under the heading, ‘‘Set18 tlements and Awards Reserve’’ in Public Law 103–283

19 shall remain available until expended.

20 SEC. 4. Section 902 of the Supplemental Appropria21 tions Act, 1983 (2 U.S.C. 88b–6) is amended by striking

22 the second sentence and inserting the following: ‘‘The

23 amounts so withheld shall be deposited in the revolving

24 fund, within the contingent fund of the Senate, for the

25 Daniel Webster Senate Page Residence, as established by
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1 section 4 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act,

2 1995 (2 U.S.C. 88b–7).’’.

3 SEC. 5. (a) Any payment for local and long distance

4 telecommunications service provided to any user by the

5 Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate shall

6 cover the total invoiced amount, including any amount re7 lating to separately identified toll calls, and shall be

8 charged to the appropriation for the fiscal year in which

9 the underlying base service period covered by the invoice

10 ends.

11 (b) As used in subsection (a), the term ‘‘user’’ means

12 any Senator, Officer of the Senate, Committee, office, or

13 entity provided telephone equipment and services by the

14 Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate.

15 SEC. 6. Section 4(b) of Public Law 103–283 is

16 amended by inserting before ‘‘collected’’ the following:

17 ‘‘(including donated moneys)’’.

18 SEC. 7. Section 1 of Public Law 101–520 (2 U.S.C.

19 61g–6a) is amended to read as follows:

20 ‘‘SECTION 1. (a)(1) The Chairman of the Majority

21 or Minority Policy Committee of the Senate may, during

22 any fiscal year, at his or her election transfer funds from

23 the appropriation account for salaries for the Majority and

24 Minority Policy Committees of the Senate, to the account,
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1 within the contingent fund of the Senate, from which ex2 penses are payable for such committees.

3 ‘‘(2) The Chairman of the Majority or Minority Pol4 icy Committee of the Senate may, during any fiscal year,

5 at his or her election transfer funds from the appropria6 tion account for expenses, within the contingent fund of

7 the Senate, for the Majority and Minority Policy Commit8 tees of the Senate, to the account from which salaries are

9 payable for such committees.

10 ‘‘(b)(1) The Chairman of the Majority or Minority

11 Conference Committee of the Senate may, during any fis12 cal year, at his or her election transfer funds from the

13 appropriation account for salaries for the Majority and

14 Minority Conference Committees of the Senate, to the ac15 count, within the contingent fund of the Senate, from

16 which expenses are payable for such committees.

17 ‘‘(2) The Chairman of the Majority or Minority Con18 ference Committee of the Senate may, during any fiscal

19 year, at his or her election transfer funds from the appro20 priation account for expenses, within the contingent fund

21 of the Senate, for the Majority and Minority Conference

22 Committees of the Senate, to the account from which sala23 ries are payable for such committees.

24 ‘‘(c) Any funds transferred under this section shall

25 be—
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1 ‘‘(1) available for expenditure by such commit2 tee in like manner and for the same purposes as are

3 other moneys which are available for expenditure by

4 such committee from the account to which the funds

5 were transferred; and

6 ‘‘(2) made at such time or times as the Chair7 man shall specify in writing to the Senate Disburs8 ing Office.

9 ‘‘(d) The Chairman of a committee transferring funds

10 under this section shall notify the Committee on Appro11 priations of the Senate of the transfer.’’.

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

13 effect on October 1, 1995, and shall be effective with re14 spect to fiscal years beginning on or after that date.

15 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

17 For salaries and expenses of the House of Represent18 atives, $671,561,000, as follows:

19 HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES

20 For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law,

21 $11,271,000, including: Office of the Speaker,

22 $1,478,000, including $25,000 for official expenses of the

23 Speaker; Office of the Majority Floor Leader, $1,470,000,

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

25 Leader; Office of the Minority Floor Leader, $1,480,000,
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1 including $10,000 for official expenses of the Minority

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

3 Deputy Majority Whip, $928,000, including $5,000 for of4 ficial expenses of the Majority Whip; Office of the Minor5 ity Whip, including the Chief Deputy Minority Whip,

6 $918,000, including $5,000 for official expenses of the Mi7 nority Whip; Speaker’s Office for Legislative Floor Activi8 ties, $376,000; Republican Steering Committee,

9 $664,000; Republican Conference, $1,083,000; Demo10 cratic Steering and Policy Committee, $1,181,000; Demo11 cratic Caucus, $566,000; and nine minority employees,

12 $1,127,000.

13 MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES

14 INCLUDING MEMBERS’ CLERK HIRE, OFFICIAL

15 EXPENSES OF MEMBERS, AND OFFICIAL MAIL

16 For Members’ representational allowances, including

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

18 $360,503,000: Provided, That no such funds shall be used

19 for the purposes of sending unsolicited mass mailings

20 within 90 days before an election in which the Member

21 is a candidate.
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1 COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES

2 STANDING COMMITTEES, SPECIAL AND SELECT

3 For salaries and expenses of standing committees,

4 special and select, authorized by House resolutions,

5 $78,629,000.

6 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

7 For salaries and expenses of the Committee on Ap8 propriations, $16,945,000, including studies and examina9 tions of executive agencies and temporary personal serv10 ices for such committee, to be expended in accordance with

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

12 1946 and to be available for reimbursement to agencies

13 for services performed.

14 SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

15 For compensation and expenses of officers and em16 ployees, as authorized by law, $83,733,000, including: for

17 salaries and expenses of the Office of the Clerk, including

18 not to exceed $1,000 for official representation and recep19 tion expenses, $13,807,000; for salaries and expenses of

20 the Office of the Sergeant at Arms, including the position

21 of Superintendent of Garages, and including not to exceed

22 $750 for official representation and reception expenses,

23 $3,410,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the

24 Chief Administrative Officer, $53,556,000, including sala25 ries, expenses and temporary personal services of House
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1 Information Resources, $27,500,000, of which

2 $16,000,000 is provided herein: Provided, That House In3 formation Resources is authorized to receive reimburse4 ment from Members of the House of Representatives and

5 other governmental entities for services provided and such

6 reimbursement shall be deposited in the Treasury for cred7 it to this account; for salaries and expenses of the Office

8 of the Inspector General, $3,954,000; for salaries and ex9 penses of the Office of Compliance, $858,000; Office of

10 the Chaplain, $126,000; for salaries and expenses of the

11 Office of the Parliamentarian, including the Parliamentar12 ian and $2,000 for preparing the Digest of Rules,

13 $1,180,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the

14 Law Revision Counsel of the House, $1,700,000; for sala15 ries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel

16 of the House, $4,524,000; and other authorized employ17 ees, $618,000.

18 ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES

19 For allowances and expenses as authorized by House

20 resolution or law, $120,480,000, including: supplies, mate21 rials, administrative costs and Federal tort claims,

22 $1,213,000; official mail for committees, leadership of23 fices, and administrative offices of the House, $1,000,000;

24 reemployed annuitants reimbursements, $68,000; Govern25 ment contributions to employees’ life insurance fund, re-
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1 tirement funds, Social Security fund, Medicare fund,

2 health benefits fund, and worker’s and unemployment

3 compensation, $117,541,000; and miscellaneous items in4 cluding purchase, exchange, maintenance, repair and oper5 ation of House motor vehicles, interparliamentary recep6 tions, and gratuities to heirs of deceased employees of the

7 House, $658,000.

8 CHILD CARE CENTER

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

11 in the account established by section 312(d)(1) of the Leg12 islative Branch Appropriations Act, 1992 (40 U.S.C.

13 184g(d)(1)), subject to the level specified in the budget

14 of the Center, as submitted to the Committee on Appro15 priations of the House of Representatives.

16 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

17 SEC. 101. Effective with respect to fiscal years begin18 ning with fiscal year 1995, in the case of mail from outside

19 sources presented to the Chief Administrative Officer of

20 the House of Representatives (other than mail through the

21 Postal Service and mail with postage otherwise paid) for

22 internal delivery in the House of Representatives, the

23 Chief Administrative Officer is authorized to collect fees

24 equal to the applicable postage. Amounts received by the

25 Chief Administrative Officer as fees under the preceding
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1 sentence shall be deposited in the Treasury as miscellane2 ous receipts.

3 SEC. 102. Effective with respect to fiscal years begin4 ning with fiscal year 1995, amounts received by the Chief

5 Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives

6 from the Administrator of General Services for rebates

7 under the Government Travel Charge Card Program shall

8 be deposited in the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.

9 SEC. 103. The provisions of section 223(b) of House

10 Resolution 6, One Hundred Fourth Congress, agreed to

11 January 5 (legislative day, January 4), 1995, establishing

12 the Speaker’s Office for Legislative Floor Activities;

13 House Resolution 7, One Hundred Fourth Congress,

14 agreed to January 5 (legislative day, January 4), 1995,

15 providing for the designation of certain minority employ16 ees; House Resolution 9, One Hundred Fourth Congress,

17 agreed to January 5 (legislative day, January 4), 1995,

18 providing amounts for the Republican Steering Committee

19 and the Democratic Policy Committee; House Resolution

20 10, One Hundred Fourth Congress, agreed to January 5

21 (legislative day, January 4), 1995, providing for the trans22 fer of two employee positions; and House Resolution 113,

23 One Hundred Fourth Congress, agreed to March 10,

24 1995, providing for the transfer of certain employee posi25 tions shall each be the permanent law with respect thereto.
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1 SEC. 104. (a) The five statutory positions specified

2 in subsection (b), subsection (c), and subsection (d) are

3 transferred from the House Republican Conference to the

4 Republican Steering Committee.

5 (b) The first two of the five positions referred to in

6 subsection (a) are—

7 (1) the position established for the chief deputy

8 majority whip by subsection (a) of the first section

9 of House Resolution 393, Ninety-fifth Congress,

10 agreed to March 31, 1977, as enacted into perma11 nent law by section 115 of the Legislative Branch

12 Appropriation Act, 1978 (2 U.S.C. 74a–3); and

13 (2) the position established for the chief deputy

14 majority whip by section 102(a)(4) of the Legislative

15 Branch Appropriations Act, 1990;

16 both of which positions were transferred to the majority

17 leader by House Resolution 10, One Hundred Fourth Con18 gress, agreed to January 5 (legislative day, January 4),

19 1995, as enacted into permanent law by section 103 of

20 this Act, and both of which positions were further trans21 ferred to the House Republican Conference by House Res22 olution 113, One Hundred Fourth Congress, agreed to

23 March 10, 1995, as enacted into permanent law by section

24 103 of this Act.
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1 (c) The second two of the five positions referred to

2 in subsection (a) are the two positions established by sec3 tion 103(a)(2) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations

4 Act, 1986.

5 (d) The fifth of the five positions referred to in sub6 section (a) is the position for the House Republican Con7 ference established by House Resolution 625, Eighty-ninth

8 Congress, agreed to October 22, 1965, as enacted into per9 manent law by section 103 of the Legislative Branch Ap10 propriation Act, 1967.

11 (e) The transfers under this section shall take effect

12 on the date of the enactment of this Act.

13 SEC. 105. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision

14 of law, or any rule, regulation, or other authority, travel

15 for studies and examinations under section 202(b) of the

16 Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 72a(b))

17 shall be governed by applicable laws or regulations of the

18 House of Representatives or as promulgated from time to

19 time by the Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations

20 of the House of Representatives.

21 (b) Subsection (a) shall take effect on the date of the

22 enactment of this Act and shall apply to travel performed

23 on or after that date.

24 SEC. 106. (a) Notwithstanding the paragraph under

25 the heading ‘‘GENERAL PROVISION’’ in chapter XI of the
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1 Third Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1957 (2 U.S.C.

2 102a) or any other provision of law, effective on the date

3 of the enactment of this section, unexpended balances in

4 accounts described in subsection (b) are withdrawn, with

5 unpaid obligations to be liquidated in the manner provided

6 in the second sentence of that paragraph.

7 (b) The accounts referred to in subsection (a) are the

8 House of Representatives legislative service organization

9 revolving accounts under section 311 of the Legislative

10 Branch Appropriations Act, 1994 (2 U.S.C. 96a).

11 SEC. 107. (a) Each fund and account specified in

12 subsection (b) shall be available only to the extent pro13 vided in appropriations Acts.

14 (b) The funds and accounts referred to in subsection

15 (a) are—

16 (1) the revolving fund for the House Barber

17 Shops, established by the paragraph under the head18 ing ‘‘HOUSE BARBER SHOPS REVOLVING FUND’’ in

19 the matter relating to the House of Representatives

20 in chapter III of title I of the Supplemental Appro21 priations Act, 1975 (Public Law 93–554; 88 Stat.

22 1776);

23 (2) the revolving fund for the House Beauty

24 Shop, established by the matter under the heading

25 ‘‘HOUSE BEAUTY SHOP’’ in the matter relating to
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1 administrative provisions for the House of Rep2 resentatives in the Legislative Branch Appropriation

3 Act, 1970 (Public Law 91–145; 83 Stat. 347);

4 (3) the special deposit account established for

5 the House of Representatives Restaurant by section

6 208 of the First Supplemental Civil Functions Ap7 propriation Act, 1941 (40 U.S.C. 174k note); and

8 (4) the revolving fund established for the House

9 Recording Studio by section 105(g) of the Legisla10 tive Branch Appropriation Act, 1957 (2 U.S.C.

11 123b(g)).

12 (c) This section shall take effect on October 1, 1995,

13 and shall apply with respect to fiscal years beginning on

14 or after that date.

15 SEC. 107A. For fiscal year 1996, subject to the direc16 tion of the Committee on House Oversight of the House

17 of Representatives, of the total amount deposited in the

18 account referred to in section 107(b)(3) of this Act from

19 vending operations of the House of Representatives Res20 taurant System, the cost of goods sold shall be available

21 to pay the cost of inventory for such operations.

22 SEC. 108. The House Employees Position Classifica23 tion Act (2 U.S.C. 291, et seq.) is amended—

24 (1) in section 3(1), by striking out ‘‘Door25 keeper, and the Postmaster,’’ and inserting in lieu
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1 thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer, and the In2 spector General’’;

3 (2) in the first sentence of section 4(b), by

4 striking out ‘‘Doorkeeper, and the Postmaster,’’ and

5 inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Offi6 cer, and the Inspector General’’;

7 (3) in section 5(b)(1), by striking out ‘‘Door8 keeper, and the Postmaster’’ and inserting in lieu

9 thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer, and the In10 spector General’’; and

11 (4) in the first sentence of section 5(c), by

12 striking out ‘‘Doorkeeper, and the Postmaster,’’ and

13 inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Offi14 cer, and the Inspector General’’.

15 SEC. 109. (a) Upon the approval of the appropriate

16 employing authority, an employee of the House of Rep17 resentatives who is separated from employment, may be

18 paid a lump sum for the accrued annual leave of the em19 ployee. The lump sum—

20 (1) shall be paid in an amount not more than

21 the lesser of—

22 (A) the amount of the monthly pay of the

23 employee, as determined by the Chief Adminis24 trative Officer of the House of Representatives;

25 or
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1 (B) the amount equal to the monthly pay

2 of the employee, as determined by the Chief Ad3 ministrative Officer of the House of Represent4 atives, divided by 30, and multiplied by the

5 number of days of the accrued annual leave of

6 the employee;

7 (2) shall be paid—

8 (A) for clerk hire employees, from the clerk

9 hire allowance of the Member;

10 (B) for committee employees, from

11 amounts appropriated for committees; and

12 (C) for other employees, from amounts ap13 propriated to the employing authority; and

14 (3) shall be based on the rate of pay in effect

15 with respect to the employee on the last day of em16 ployment of the employee.

17 (b) The Committee on House Oversight shall have

18 authority to prescribe regulations to carry out this section.

19 (c) As used in this section, the term ‘‘employee of

20 the House of Representatives’’ means an employee whose

21 pay is disbursed by the Clerk of the House of Representa22 tives or the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of

23 Representatives, as applicable, except that such term does

24 not include a uniformed or civilian support employee

25 under the Capitol Police Board.
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1 (d) Payments under this section may be made with

2 respect to separations from employment taking place after

3 June 30, 1995.

4 SEC. 110. (a)(1) Effective on the date of the enact5 ment of this Act, the allowances for office personnel and

6 equipment for certain Members of the House of Rep7 resentatives, as adjusted through the day before the date

8 of the enactment of this Act, are further adjusted as speci9 fied in paragraph (2).

10 (2) The further adjustments referred to in paragraph

11 (1) are as follows:

12 (A) The allowance for the majority leader is in13 creased by $167,532.

14 (B) The allowance for the majority whip is de15 creased by $167,532.

16 (b)(1) Effective on the date of the enactment of this

17 Act, the House of Representatives allowances referred to

18 in paragraph (2), as adjusted through the day before the

19 date of the enactment of this Act, are further adjusted,

20 or are established, as the case may be, as specified in para21 graph (2).

22 (2) The further adjustments and the establishment

23 referred to in paragraph (1) are as follows:

24 (A) The allowance for the Republican Con25 ference is increased by $134,491.
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1 (B) The allowance for the Republican Steering

2 Committee is established at $66,995.

3 (C) The allowance for the Democratic Steering

4 and Policy Committee is increased by $201,430.

5 (D) The allowance for the Democratic Caucus

6 is increased by $56.

7 JOINT ITEMS

8 For Joint Committees, as follows:

9 JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE

10 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic

11 Committee, $3,000,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary

12 of the Senate.

13 JOINT COMMITTEE ON PRINTING

14 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on

15 Printing, $750,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of

16 the Senate.

17 JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION

18 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on

19 Taxation, $5,116,000, to be disbursed by the Clerk of the

20 House.

21 For other joint items, as follows:

22 OFFICE OF THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN

23 For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent ex24 penses of the emergency rooms, and for the Attending

25 Physician and his assistants, including (1) an allowance

26 of $1,500 per month to the Attending Physician; (2) an
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1 allowance of $500 per month each to two medical officers

2 while on duty in the Attending Physician’s office; (3) an

3 allowance of $500 per month to one assistant and $400

4 per month each to not to exceed nine assistants on the

5 basis heretofore provided for such assistance; and (4)

6 $852,000 for reimbursement to the Department of the

7 Navy for expenses incurred for staff and equipment as8 signed to the Office of the Attending Physician, which

9 shall be advanced and credited to the applicable appropria10 tion or appropriations from which such salaries, allow11 ances, and other expenses are payable and shall be avail12 able for all the purposes thereof, $1,260,000, to be dis13 bursed by the Clerk of the House.

14 CAPITOL POLICE BOARD

15 CAPITOL POLICE

16 SALARIES

17 For the Capitol Police Board for salaries, including

18 overtime, hazardous duty pay differential, clothing allow19 ance of not more than $600 each for members required

20 to wear civilian attire, and Government contributions to

21 employees’ benefits funds, as authorized by law, of offi22 cers, members, and employees of the Capitol Police,

23 $70,132,000, of which $34,213,000 is provided to the Ser24 geant at Arms of the House of Representatives, to be dis25 bursed by the Clerk of the House, and $35,919,000 is pro-
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1 vided to the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Sen2 ate, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate: Pro3 vided, That, of the amounts appropriated under this head4 ing, such amounts as may be necessary may be transferred

5 between the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Represent6 atives and the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the

7 Senate, upon approval of the Committee on Appropria8 tions of the House of Representatives and the Committee

9 on Appropriations of the Senate.

10 GENERAL EXPENSES

11 For the Capitol Police Board for necessary expenses

12 of the Capitol Police, including motor vehicles, commu13 nications and other equipment, uniforms, weapons, sup14 plies, materials, training, medical services, forensic serv15 ices, stenographic services, the employee assistance pro16 gram, not more than $2,000 for the awards program,

17 postage, telephone service, travel advances, relocation of

18 instructor and liaison personnel for the Federal Law En19 forcement Training Center, and $85 per month for extra

20 services performed for the Capitol Police Board by an em21 ployee of the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate or the House

22 of Representatives designated by the Chairman of the

23 Board, $2,560,000, to be disbursed by the Clerk of the

24 House of Representatives: Provided, That, notwithstand25 ing any other provision of law, the cost of basic training
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1 for the Capitol Police at the Federal Law Enforcement

2 Training Center for fiscal year 1996 shall be paid by the

3 Secretary of the Treasury from funds available to the De4 partment of the Treasury.

5 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

6 SEC. 111. Amounts appropriated for fiscal year 1996

7 for the Capitol Police Board under the heading ‘‘CAPITOL

8 POLICE’’ may be transferred between the headings ‘‘SALA9 RIES’’ and ‘‘GENERAL EXPENSES’’, upon approval of the

10 Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the

11 House of Representatives.

12 CAPITOL GUIDE SERVICE AND SPECIAL SERVICES

13 OFFICE

14 For salaries and expenses of the Capitol Guide Serv15 ice and Special Services Office, $1,991,000, to be dis16 bursed by the Secretary of the Senate: Provided, That

17 none of these funds shall be used to employ more than

18 forty individuals: Provided further, That the Capitol Guide

19 Board is authorized, during emergencies, to employ not

20 more than two additional individuals for not more than

21 one hundred twenty days each, and not more than ten ad22 ditional individuals for not more than six months each,

23 for the Capitol Guide Service.

24 STATEMENTS OF APPROPRIATIONS

25 For the preparation, under the direction of the Com26 mittees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House
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1 of Representatives, of the statements for the first session

2 of the One Hundred Fourth Congress, showing appropria3 tions made, indefinite appropriations, and contracts au4 thorized, together with a chronological history of the regu5 lar appropriations bills as required by law, $30,000, to be

6 paid to the persons designated by the chairmen of such

7 committees to supervise the work.

8 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

9 SEC. 112. Section 310 of the Legislative Branch Ap10 propriations Act, 1990 (2 U.S.C. 130e), is amended—

11 (1) by striking out ‘‘Clerk’’ and inserting in lieu

12 thereof ‘‘Sergeant at Arms’’; and

13 (2) by striking out ‘‘Librarian of Congress’’ and

14 inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Architect of the Capitol’’.

15 OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE

16 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Compli17 ance, as authorized by section 305 of Public Law 104–

18 1, the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C.

19 1385), $2,500,000, of which $500,000 shall be transferred

20 from the amount provided for salaries and expenses of the

21 Office of Compliance under the headings ‘‘HOUSE OF

22 REPRESENTATIVES’’, ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’, and

23 ‘‘Salaries, Officers and Employees’’.
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1 OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For salaries and expenses necessary to carry out the

4 orderly closure of the Office of Technology Assessment,

5 $3,615,000, of which $150,000 shall remain available

6 until September 30, 1997. Upon enactment of this Act,

7 $2,500,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading

8 in Public Law 103–283 shall remain available until Sep9 tember 30, 1996: Provided, That none of the funds made

10 available in this Act shall be available for salaries or ex11 penses of any employee of the Office of Technology Assess12 ment in excess of 17 employees except for severance pay

13 purposes.

14 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

15 SEC. 113. Upon enactment of this Act all employees

16 of the Office of Technology Assessment for 183 days pre17 ceding termination of employment who are terminated as

18 a result of the elimination of the Office and who are not

19 otherwise gainfully employed may continue to be paid by

20 the Office of Technology Assessment at their respective

21 salaries for a period not to exceed 60 calendar days follow22 ing the employee’s date of termination or until the em23 ployee becomes otherwise gainfully employed whichever is

24 earlier. Any day for which a former employee receives a

25 payment under this section shall be counted as Federal

26 service for purposes of determining entitlement to bene-
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1 fits, including retirement, annual and sick leave earnings,

2 and health and life insurance. A statement in writing to

3 the Director of the Office of Technology Assessment or

4 his designee by any such employee that he was not gain5 fully employed during such period or the portion thereof

6 for which payment is claimed shall be accepted as prima

7 facie evidence that he was not so employed.

8 SEC. 114. Notwithstanding the provisions of the Fed9 eral Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949,

10 as amended, or any other provision of law, upon the aboli11 tion of the Office of Technology Assessment, all records

12 and property of the Office (including the Unix system, all

13 computer hardware and software, all library collections

14 and research materials, and all photocopying equipment),

15 shall be under the administrative control of the Architect

16 of the Capitol. Not later than December 31, 1995, the Ar17 chitect shall submit a proposal to transfer such records

18 and property to appropriate support agencies of the Legis19 lative Branch which request such transfer, and shall carry

20 out such transfer subject to the approval of the Commit21 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives

22 and the Senate.
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1 CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For salaries and expenses necessary to carry out the

4 provisions of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (Pub5 lic Law 93–344), including not to exceed $2,500 to be ex6 pended on the certification of the Director of the Congres7 sional Budget Office in connection with official representa8 tion and reception expenses, $24,288,000: Provided, That

9 none of these funds shall be available for the purchase or

10 hire of a passenger motor vehicle: Provided further, That

11 none of the funds in this Act shall be available for salaries

12 or expenses of any employee of the Congressional Budget

13 Office in excess of 232 full-time equivalent positions: Pro14 vided further, That any sale or lease of property, supplies,

15 or services to the Congressional Budget Office shall be

16 deemed to be a sale or lease of such property, supplies,

17 or services to the Congress subject to section 903 of Public

18 Law 98–63: Provided further, That the Director of the

19 Congressional Budget Office shall have the authority,

20 within the limits of available appropriations, to dispose of

21 surplus or obsolete personal property by inter-agency

22 transfer, donation, or discarding.

23 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

24 SEC. 115. Section 8402(c) of title 5, United States

25 Code, is amended—
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1 (1) by redesignating paragraph (7) as para2 graph (8); and

3 (2) by inserting after paragraph (6) the follow4 ing:

5 ‘‘(7) The Director of the Congressional Budget Office

6 may exclude from the operation of this chapter an em7 ployee under the Congressional Budget Office whose em8 ployment is temporary or intermittent.’’.

9 ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

10 OFFICE OF THE ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

11 SALARIES

12 For the Architect of the Capitol, the Assistant Archi13 tect of the Capitol, and other personal services, at rates

14 of pay provided by law, $8,569,000.

15 TRAVEL

16 Appropriations under the control of the Architect of

17 the Capitol shall be available for expenses of travel on offi18 cial business not to exceed in the aggregate under all

19 funds the sum of $20,000.

20 CONTINGENT EXPENSES

21 To enable the Architect of the Capitol to make sur22 veys and studies, and to meet unforeseen expenses in con23 nection with activities under his care, $100,000.
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1 CAPITOL BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

2 CAPITOL BUILDINGS

3 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care

4 and operation of the Capitol and electrical substations of

5 the Senate and House office buildings, under the jurisdic6 tion of the Architect of the Capitol, including furnishings

7 and office equipment; including not to exceed $1,000 for

8 official reception and representation expenses, to be ex9 pended as the Architect of the Capitol may approve; pur10 chase or exchange, maintenance and operation of a pas11 senger motor vehicle; and attendance, when specifically

12 authorized by the Architect of the Capitol, at meetings or

13 conventions in connection with subjects related to work

14 under the Architect of the Capitol, $22,882,000, of which

15 $2,950,000 shall remain available until expended: Pro16 vided, That hereafter expenses, based on full cost recovery,

17 for flying American flags and providing certification serv18 ices therefor shall be advanced or reimbursed upon request

19 of the Architect of the Capitol, and amounts so received

20 shall be deposited into the Treasury.

21 CAPITOL GROUNDS

22 For all necessary expenses for care and improvement

23 of grounds surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House

24 office buildings, and the Capitol Power Plant, $5,143,000,

25 of which $25,000 shall remain available until expended.
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1 SENATE OFFICE BUILDINGS

2 For all necessary expenses for maintenance, care and

3 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, $41,757,000, of

6 which $4,850,000 shall remain available until expended.

7 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS

8 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care

9 and operation of the House office buildings, $33,001,000,

10 of which $5,261,000 shall remain available until expended.

11 CAPITOL POWER PLANT

12 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care

13 and operation of the Capitol Power Plant; lighting, heat14 ing, power (including the purchase of electrical energy)

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

16 House office buildings, Library of Congress buildings, and

17 the grounds about the same, Botanic Garden, Senate ga18 rage, and air conditioning refrigeration not supplied from

19 plants in any of such buildings; heating the Government

20 Printing Office and Washington City Post Office, and

21 heating and chilled water for air conditioning for the Su22 preme Court Building, Union Station complex, Thurgood

23 Marshall Federal Judiciary Building and the Folger

24 Shakespeare Library, expenses for which shall be ad25 vanced or reimbursed upon request of the Architect of the
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1 Capitol and amounts so received shall be deposited into

2 the Treasury to the credit of this appropriation,

3 $31,518,000: Provided, That not to exceed $4,000,000 of

4 the funds credited or to be reimbursed to this appropria5 tion as herein provided shall be available for obligation

6 during fiscal year 1996.

7 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

8 CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions

11 of section 203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of

12 1946 (2 U.S.C. 166) and to revise and extend the Anno13 tated Constitution of the United States of America,

14 $60,084,000: Provided, That no part of this appropriation

15 may be used to pay any salary or expense in connection

16 with any publication, or preparation of material therefor

17 (except the Digest of Public General Bills), to be issued

18 by the Library of Congress unless such publication has

19 obtained prior approval of either the Committee on House

20 Oversight of the House of Representatives or the Commit21 tee on Rules and Administration of the Senate: Provided

22 further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law,

23 the compensation of the Director of the Congressional Re24 search Service, Library of Congress, shall be at an annual

25 rate which is equal to the annual rate of basic pay for
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1 positions at level IV of the Executive Schedule under sec2 tion 5315 of title 5, United States Code.

3 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

4 CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING AND BINDING

5 For authorized printing and binding for the Congress

6 and the distribution of Congressional information in any

7 format; printing and binding for the Architect of the Cap8 itol; expenses necessary for preparing the semimonthly

9 and session index to the Congressional Record, as author10 ized by law (44 U.S.C. 902); printing and binding of Gov11 ernment publications authorized by law to be distributed

12 to Members of Congress; and printing, binding, and dis13 tribution of Government publications authorized by law to

14 be distributed without charge to the recipient,

15 $83,770,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall not

16 be available for paper copies of the permanent edition of

17 the Congressional Record for individual Representatives,

18 Resident Commissioners or Delegates authorized under 44

19 U.S.C. 906: Provided further, That this appropriation

20 shall be available for the payment of obligations incurred

21 under the appropriations for similar purposes for preced22 ing fiscal years.

23 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Congressional Oper24 ations Appropriations Act, 1996’’.
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1 TITLE II—OTHER AGENCIES

2 BOTANIC GARDEN

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care

5 and operation of the Botanic Garden and the nurseries,

6 buildings, grounds, and collections; and purchase and ex7 change, maintenance, repair, and operation of a passenger

8 motor vehicle; all under the direction of the Joint Commit9 tee on the Library, $3,053,000.

10 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

11 SEC. 201. (a) Section 201 of the Legislative Branch

12 Appropriations Act, 1993 (40 U.S.C. 216c note) is amend13 ed by striking out ‘‘$6,000,000’’ each place it appears and

14 inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘$10,000,000’’.

15 (b) Section 307E(a)(1) of the Legislative Branch Ap16 propriations Act, 1989 (40 U.S.C. 216c(a)(1)) is amended

17 by striking out ‘‘plans’’ and inserting in lieu thereof

18 ‘‘plants’’.

19 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 For necessary expenses of the Library of Congress,

22 not otherwise provided for, including development and

23 maintenance of the Union Catalogs; custody and custodial

24 care of the Library buildings; special clothing; cleaning,

25 laundering and repair of uniforms; preservation of motion
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1 pictures in the custody of the Library; preparation and

2 distribution of catalog cards and other publications of the

3 Library; hire or purchase of one passenger motor vehicle;

4 and expenses of the Library of Congress Trust Fund

5 Board not properly chargeable to the income of any trust

6 fund held by the Board, $211,664,000, of which not more

7 than $7,869,000 shall be derived from collections credited

8 to this appropriation during fiscal year 1996 under the

9 Act of June 28, 1902 (chapter 1301; 32 Stat. 480; 2

10 U.S.C. 150): Provided, That the total amount available for

11 obligation shall be reduced by the amount by which collec12 tions are less than the $7,869,000: Provided further, That

13 of the total amount appropriated, $8,458,000 is to remain

14 available until expended for acquisition of books, periodi15 cals, and newspapers, and all other materials including

16 subscriptions for bibliographic services for the Library, in17 cluding $40,000 to be available solely for the purchase,

18 when specifically approved by the Librarian, of special and

19 unique materials for additions to the collections.

20 COPYRIGHT OFFICE

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, in23 cluding publication of the decisions of the United States

24 courts involving copyrights, $30,818,000, of which not

25 more than $16,840,000 shall be derived from collections
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1 credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 1996

2 under 17 U.S.C. 708(c), and not more than $2,990,000

3 shall be derived from collections during fiscal year 1996

4 under 17 U.S.C. 111(d)(2), 119(b)(2), 802(h), and 1005:

5 Provided, That the total amount available for obligation

6 shall be reduced by the amount by which collections are

7 less than $19,830,000: Provided further, That up to

8 $100,000 of the amount appropriated is available for the

9 maintenance of an ‘‘International Copyright Institute’’ in

10 the Copyright Office of the Library of Congress for the

11 purpose of training nationals of developing countries in

12 intellectual property laws and policies: Provided further,

13 That not to exceed $2,250 may be expended on the certifi14 cation of the Librarian of Congress or his designee, in con15 nection with official representation and reception expenses

16 for activities of the International Copyright Institute.

17 BOOKS FOR THE BLIND AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 For salaries and expenses to carry out the provisions

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

21 2 U.S.C. 135a), $44,951,000, of which $11,694,000 shall

22 remain available until expended.

23 FURNITURE AND FURNISHINGS

24 For necessary expenses for the purchase and repair

25 of furniture, furnishings, office and library equipment,
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1 $4,882,000, of which $943,000 shall be available until ex2 pended only for the purchase and supply of furniture,

3 shelving, furnishings, and related costs necessary for the

4 renovation and restoration of the Thomas Jefferson and

5 John Adams Library buildings.

6 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

7 SEC. 202. Appropriations in this Act available to the

8 Library of Congress shall be available, in an amount not

9 to exceed $194,290, of which $58,100 is for the Congres10 sional Research Service, when specifically authorized by

11 the Librarian, for attendance at meetings concerned with

12 the function or activity for which the appropriation is

13 made.

14 SEC. 203. (a) No part of the funds appropriated in

15 this Act shall be used by the Library of Congress to ad16 minister any flexible or compressed work schedule which—

17 (1) applies to any manager or supervisor in

18 a position the grade or level of which is equal to or

19 higher than GS–15; and

20 (2) grants such manager or supervisor the

21 right to not be at work for all or a portion of a

22 workday because of time worked by the manager or

23 supervisor on another workday.

24 (b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘manager

25 or supervisor’’ means any management official or super-
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1 visor, as such terms are defined in section 7103(a) (10)

2 and (11) of title 5, United States Code.

3 SEC. 204. Appropriated funds received by the Library

4 of Congress from other Federal agencies to cover general

5 and administrative overhead costs generated by perform6 ing reimbursable work for other agencies under the au7 thority of 31 U.S.C. 1535 and 1536 shall not be used to

8 employ more than 65 employees and may be expended or

9 obligated—

10 (1) in the case of a reimbursement, only to

11 such extent or in such amounts as are provided in

12 appropriations Acts; or

13 (2) in the case of an advance payment,

14 only—

15 (A) to pay for such general or adminis16 trative overhead costs as are attributable to the

17 work performed for such agency; or

18 (B) to such extent or in such amounts

19 as are provided in appropriations Acts, with re20 spect to any purpose not allowable under sub21 paragraph (A).

22 SEC. 205. Not to exceed $5,000 of any funds appro23 priated to the Library of Congress may be expended, on

24 the certification of the Librarian of Congress, in connec-
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1 tion with official representation and reception expenses for

2 the Library of Congress incentive awards program.

3 SEC. 206. Not to exceed $12,000 of funds appro4 priated to the Library of Congress may be expended, on

5 the certification of the Librarian of Congress or his des6 ignee, in connection with official representation and recep7 tion expenses for the Overseas Field Offices.

8 SEC. 207. Under the heading ‘‘Library of Congress’’

9 obligational authority shall be available, in an amount not

10 to exceed $99,412,000 for reimbursable and revolving

11 fund activities, and $6,812,000 for non-expenditure trans12 fer activities in support of parliamentary development dur13 ing the current fiscal year.

14 SEC. 208. Notwithstanding this or any other Act,

15 obligational authority under the heading ‘‘Library of Con16 gress’’ for activities in support of parliamentary develop17 ment is prohibited, except for Russia, Ukraine, Albania,

18 Slovakia, and Romania, for other than incidental pur19 poses.

20 SEC. 209. (a) The purpose of this section is to reduce

21 the cost of information support for the Congress by elimi22 nating duplication among systems which provide electronic

23 access by Congress to legislative information.

24 (b) As used in this section, the term ‘‘legislative infor25 mation’’ means information, prepared within the legisla-
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1 tive branch, consisting of the text of publicly available

2 bills, amendments, committee hearings, and committee re3 ports, the text of the Congressional Record, data relating

4 to bill status, data relating to legislative activity, and other

5 similar public information that is directly related to the

6 legislative process.

7 (c) Pursuant to the plan approved under subsection

8 (d) and consistent with the provisions of any other law,

9 the Library of Congress or the entity designated by that

10 plan shall develop and maintain, in coordination with

11 other appropriate entities of the legislative branch, a sin12 gle legislative information retrieval system to serve the en13 tire Congress.

14 (d) The Library shall develop a plan for creation of

15 this system, taking into consideration the findings and

16 recommendations of the study directed by House Report

17 No. 103–517 to identify and eliminate redundancies in

18 congressional information systems. This plan must be ap19 proved by the Committee on Rules and Administration of

20 the Senate, the Committee on House Oversight of the

21 House of Representatives, and the Committees on Appro22 priations of the Senate and the House of Representatives.

23 The Library shall provide these committees with regular

24 status reports on the development of the plan.
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1 (e) In formulating its plan, the Library shall examine

2 issues regarding efficient ways to make this information

3 available to the public. This analysis shall be submitted

4 to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and

5 the House of Representatives as well as the Committee

6 on Rules and Administration of the Senate, and the Com7 mittee on House Oversight of the House of Representa8 tives for their consideration and possible action.

9 ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

10 LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

11 STRUCTURAL AND MECHANICAL CARE

12 For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and

13 structural maintenance, care and operation of the Library

14 buildings and grounds, $12,428,000, of which $3,710,000

15 shall remain available until expended.

16 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

17 OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 For expenses of the Office of Superintendent of Doc20 uments necessary to provide for the cataloging and index21 ing of Government publications and their distribution to

22 the public, Members of Congress, other Government agen23 cies, and designated depository and international exchange

24 libraries as authorized by law, $30,307,000: Provided,

25 That travel expenses, including travel expenses of the De-
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1 pository Library Council to the Public Printer, shall not

2 exceed $130,000: Provided further, That funds, not to ex3 ceed $2,000,000, from current year appropriations are au4 thorized for producing and disseminating Congressional

5 Serial Sets and other related Congressional/non-Congres6 sional publications for 1994 and 1995 to depository and

7 other designated libraries.

8 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

9 SEC. 210. The fiscal year 1997 budget submission of

10 the Public Printer to the Congress for the Government

11 Printing Office shall include appropriations requests and

12 recommendations to the Congress that—

13 (1) are consistent with the strategic plan in14 cluded in the technological study performed by the

15 Public Printer pursuant to Senate Report 104–114;

16 (2) assure substantial progress toward maxi17 mum use of electronic information dissemination

18 technologies by all departments, agencies, and other

19 entities of the Government with respect to the De20 pository Library Program and information dissemi21 nation generally; and

22 (3) are formulated so as to require that any de23 partment, agency, or other entity of the Government

24 that does not make such progress shall bear from its

25 own resources the cost of its information dissemina26 tion by other than electronic means.
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1 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE REVOLVING FUND

2 The Government Printing Office is hereby authorized

3 to make such expenditures, within the limits of funds

4 available and in accord with the law, and to make such

5 contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year

6 limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government

7 Corporation Control Act as may be necessary in carrying

8 out the programs and purposes set forth in the budget

9 for the current fiscal year for the Government Printing

10 Office revolving fund: Provided, That not to exceed $2,500

11 may be expended on the certification of the Public Printer

12 in connection with official representation and reception ex13 penses: Provided further, That the revolving fund shall be

14 available for the hire or purchase of passenger motor vehi15 cles, not to exceed a fleet of twelve: Provided further, That

16 expenditures in connection with travel expenses of the ad17 visory councils to the Public Printer shall be deemed nec18 essary to carry out the provisions of title 44, United States

19 Code: Provided further, That the revolving fund shall be

20 available for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 but

21 at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate

22 equivalent to the rate for level V of the Executive Schedule

23 (5 U.S.C. 5316): Provided further, That the revolving fund

24 and the funds provided under the headings ‘‘OFFICE OF

25 SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS’’ and ‘‘SALARIES AND
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1 EXPENSES’’ together may not be available for the full-time

2 equivalent employment of more than 3,800 workyears by

3 the end of fiscal year 1996: Provided further, That activi4 ties financed through the revolving fund may provide in5 formation in any format: Provided further, That the re6 volving fund shall not be used to administer any flexible

7 or compressed work schedule which applies to any man8 ager or supervisor in a position the grade or level of which

9 is equal to or higher than GS–15: Provided further, That

10 expenses for attendance at meetings shall not exceed

11 $75,000.

12 GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 For necessary expenses of the General Accounting

15 Office, including not to exceed $7,000 to be expended on

16 the certification of the Comptroller General of the United

17 States in connection with official representation and recep18 tion expenses; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 but

19 at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate

20 equivalent to the rate for level IV of the Executive Sched21 ule (5 U.S.C. 5315); hire of one passenger motor vehicle;

22 advance payments in foreign countries in accordance with

23 31 U.S.C. 3324; benefits comparable to those payable

24 under sections 901(5), 901(6) and 901(8) of the Foreign

25 Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4081(5), 4081(6) and
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1 4081(8)); and under regulations prescribed by the Comp2 troller General of the United States, rental of living quar3 ters in foreign countries and travel benefits comparable

4 with those which are now or hereafter may be granted sin5 gle employees of the Agency for International Develop6 ment, including single Foreign Service personnel assigned

7 to AID projects, by the Administrator of the Agency for

8 International Development—or his designee—under the

9 authority of section 636(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act

10 of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2396(b)); $374,406,000: Provided,

11 That not more than $400,000 of reimbursements received

12 incident to the operation of the General Accounting Office

13 Building shall be available for use in fiscal year 1996: Pro14 vided further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 9105 here15 after amounts reimbursed to the Comptroller General pur16 suant to that section shall be deposited to the appropria17 tion of the General Accounting Office then available and

18 remain available until expended, and not more than

19 $8,000,000 of such funds shall be available for use in fis20 cal year 1996: Provided further, That this appropriation

21 and appropriations for administrative expenses of any

22 other department or agency which is a member of the

23 Joint Financial Management Improvement Program

24 (JFMIP) shall be available to finance an appropriate

25 share of JFMIP costs as determined by the JFMIP, in-
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1 cluding the salary of the Executive Director and secretar2 ial support: Provided further, That this appropriation and

3 appropriations for administrative expenses of any other

4 department or agency which is a member of the National

5 Intergovernmental Audit Forum or a Regional Intergov6 ernmental Audit Forum shall be available to finance an

7 appropriate share of Forum costs as determined by the

8 Forum, including necessary travel expenses of non-Federal

9 participants. Payments hereunder to either the Forum or

10 the JFMIP may be credited as reimbursements to any ap11 propriation from which costs involved are initially fi12 nanced: Provided further, That to the extent that funds

13 are otherwise available for obligation, agreements or con14 tracts for the removal of asbestos, and renovation of the

15 building and building systems (including the heating, ven16 tilation and air conditioning system, electrical system and

17 other major building systems) of the General Accounting

18 Office Building may be made for periods not exceeding

19 five years: Provided further, That this appropriation and

20 appropriations for administrative expenses of any other

21 department or agency which is a member of the American

22 Consortium on International Public Administration

23 (ACIPA) shall be available to finance an appropriate share

24 of ACIPA costs as determined by the ACIPA, including
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1 any expenses attributable to membership of ACIPA in the

2 International Institute of Administrative Sciences.

3 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

4 SEC. 211. (a) Effective June 30, 1996, the functions

5 of the Comptroller General identified in subsection (b) are

6 transferred to the Director of the Office of Management

7 and Budget, contingent upon the additional transfer to the

8 Office of Management and Budget of such personnel,

9 budget authority, records, and property of the General Ac10 counting Office relating to such functions as the Comp11 troller General and the Director jointly determine to be

12 necessary. The Director may delegate any such function,

13 in whole or in part, to any other agency or agencies if

14 the Director determines that such delegation would be

15 cost-effective or otherwise in the public interest, and may

16 transfer to such agency or agencies any personnel, budget

17 authority, records, and property received by the Director

18 pursuant to the preceding sentence that relate to the dele19 gated functions. Personnel transferred pursuant to this

20 provision shall not be separated or reduced in classifica21 tion or compensation for one year after any such transfer,

22 except for cause.

23 (b) The following provisions of the United States

24 Code contain the functions to be transferred pursuant to

25 subsection (a): sections 5564 and 5583 of title 5; sections
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1 2312, 2575, 2733, 2734, 2771, 4712, and 9712 of title

2 10; sections 1626 and 4195 of title 22; section 420 of title

3 24; sections 2414 and 2517 of title 28; sections 1304,

4 3702, 3726, and 3728 of title 31; sections 714 and 715

5 of title 32; section 554 of title 37; section 5122 of title

6 38; and section 256a of title 41.

7 SEC. 212. (a) Section 732 of title 31, United States

8 Code, is amended by adding a new subsection (h) as fol9 lows:

10 ‘‘(h) Notwithstanding the provisions of subchapter I

11 of chapter 35 of title 5, United States Code, the Comptrol12 ler General shall prescribe regulations for the release of

13 officers and employees of the General Accounting Office

14 in a reduction in force which give due effect to tenure of

15 employment, military preference, performance and/or con16 tributions to the agency’s goals and objectives, and length

17 of service. The regulations shall, to the extent deemed fea18 sible by the Comptroller General, be designed to minimize

19 disruption to the Office and to assist in promoting the effi20 ciency of the Office.’’.

21 SEC. 213. Section 753 of title 31, United States

22 Code, is amended—

23 (1) by redesignating subsections (b), (c), and

24 (d) as (c), (d), and (e), respectively;
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1 (2) by inserting after subsection (a) a new sub2 section (b) as follows:

3 ‘‘(b) The Board has no authority to issue a stay of

4 any reduction in force action.’’; and

5 (3) in the second sentence of subsection (c), as

6 redesignated, by striking ‘‘(c)’’ and inserting ‘‘(d)’’.

7 TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS

8 SEC. 301. No part of the funds appropriated in this

9 Act shall be used for the maintenance or care of private

10 vehicles, except for emergency assistance and cleaning as

11 may be provided under regulations relating to parking fa12 cilities for the House of Representatives issued by the

13 Committee on House Oversight and for the Senate issued

14 by the Committee on Rules and Administration.

15 SEC. 302. No part of any appropriation contained in

16 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the

17 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.

18 SEC. 303. Whenever any office or position not specifi19 cally established by the Legislative Pay Act of 1929 is ap20 propriated for herein or whenever the rate of compensa21 tion or designation of any position appropriated for herein

22 is different from that specifically established for such posi23 tion by such Act, the rate of compensation and the des24 ignation of the position, or either, appropriated for or pro25 vided herein, shall be the permanent law with respect
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1 thereto: Provided, That the provisions herein for the var2 ious items of official expenses of Members, officers, and

3 committees of the Senate and House of Representatives,

4 and clerk hire for Senators and Members of the House

5 of Representatives shall be the permanent law with respect

6 thereto.

7 SEC. 304. The expenditure of any appropriation

8 under this Act for any consulting service through procure9 ment contract, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited

10 to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter

11 of public record and available for public inspection, except

12 where otherwise provided under existing law, or under ex13 isting Executive order issued pursuant to existing law.

14 SEC. 305. (a) It is the sense of the Congress that,

15 to the greatest extent practicable, all equipment and prod16 ucts purchased with funds made available in this Act

17 should be American-made.

18 (b) In providing financial assistance to, or entering

19 into any contract with, any entity using funds made avail20 able in this Act, the head of each Federal agency, to the

21 greatest extent practicable, shall provide to such entity a

22 notice describing the statement made in subsection (a) by

23 the Congress.

24 SEC. 306. (a) Upon approval of the Committee on

25 Appropriations of the House of Representatives, and in
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1 accordance with conditions determined by the Committee

2 on House Oversight, positions in connection with House

3 parking activities and related funding shall be transferred

4 from the appropriation ‘‘Architect of the Capitol, Capitol

5 buildings and grounds, House office buildings’’ to the ap6 propriation ‘‘House of Representatives, salaries, officers

7 and employees, Office of the Sergeant at Arms’’: Provided,

8 That the position of Superintendent of Garages shall be

9 subject to authorization in annual appropriations Acts.

10 (b) For purposes of section 8339(m) of title 5, United

11 States Code, the days of unused sick leave to the credit

12 of any such employee as of the date such employee is

13 transferred under subsection (a) shall be included in the

14 total service of such employee in connection with the com15 putation of any annuity under subsections (a) through (e)

16 and (o) of such section.

17 (c) In the case of days of annual leave to the credit

18 of any such employee as of the date such employee is

19 transferred under subsection (a) the Architect of the Cap20 itol is authorized to make a lump sum payment to each

21 such employee for that annual leave. No such payment

22 shall be considered a payment or compensation within the

23 meaning of any law relating to dual compensation.

24 SEC. 307. None of the funds made available in this

25 Act may be used for the relocation of the office of any
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1 Member of the House of Representatives within the House

2 office buildings.

3 SEC. 308. (a)(1) Effective October 1, 1995, the unex4 pended balances of appropriations specified in paragraph

5 (2) are transferred to the appropriation for general ex6 penses of the Capitol Police, to be used for design and

7 installation of security systems for the Capitol buildings

8 and grounds.

9 (2) The unexpended balances referred to in para10 graph (1) are—

11 (A) the unexpended balance of appropriations

12 for security installations, as referred to in the para13 graph under the heading ‘‘CAPITOL BUILDINGS’’,

14 under the general headings ‘‘JOINT ITEMS’’, ‘‘AR15 CHITECT OF THE CAPITOL’’, and ‘‘CAPITOL

16 BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS’’ in title I of the Legisla17 tive Branch Appropriations Act, 1995 (108 Stat.

18 1434), including any unexpended balance from a

19 prior fiscal year and any unexpended balance under

20 such headings in this Act; and

21 (B) the unexpended balance of the appropria22 tion for an improved security plan, as transferred to

23 the Architect of the Capitol by section 102 of the

24 Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1989 (102

25 Stat. 2165).
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1 (b) Effective October 1, 1995, the responsibility for

2 design and installation of security systems for the Capitol

3 buildings and grounds is transferred from the Architect

4 of the Capitol to the Capitol Police Board. Such design

5 and installation shall be carried out under the direction

6 of the Committee on House Oversight of the House of

7 Representatives and the Committee on Rules and Admin8 istration of the Senate, and without regard to section 3709

9 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (41 U.S.C.

10 5). On and after October 1, 1995, any alteration to a

11 structural, mechanical, or architectural feature of the Cap12 itol buildings and grounds that is required for a security

13 system under the preceding sentence may be carried out

14 only with the approval of the Architect of the Capitol.

15 (c)(1) Effective October 1, 1995, all positions speci16 fied in paragraph (2) and each individual holding any such

17 position (on a permanent basis) immediately before that

18 date, as identified by the Architect of the Capitol, shall

19 be transferred to the Capitol Police.

20 (2) The positions referred to in paragraph (1) are

21 those positions which, immediately before October 1,

22 1995, are—

23 (A) under the Architect of the Capitol;

24 (B) within the Electronics Engineering Division

25 of the Office of the Architect of the Capitol; and
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1 (C) related to the design or installation of secu2 rity systems for the Capitol buildings and grounds.

3 (3) All annual leave and sick leave standing to the

4 credit of an individual immediately before such individual

5 is transferred under paragraph (1) shall be credited to

6 such individual, without adjustment, in the new position

7 of the individual.

8 SEC. 309. (a) Section 230(a) of the Congressional Ac9 countability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1371(a)) is amended

10 by striking out ‘‘Administrative Conference of the United

11 States’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Board’’.

12 (b) Section 230(d)(1) of the Congressional Account13 ability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1371(d)(1)) is amended—

14 (1) by striking out ‘‘Administrative Conference

15 of the United States’’ and inserting in lieu thereof

16 ‘‘Board’’; and

17 (2) by striking out ‘‘and shall submit the study

18 and recommendations to the Board’’.

19 (c) The amendments made by this section shall take

20 effect only if the Administrative Conference of the United

21 States ceases to exist prior to the completion and submis22 sion of the study to the Board as required by section 230

23 of the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C.

24 1371).
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1 SEC. 310. Any amount appropriated in this Act for

2 ‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—Salaries and Ex3 penses—Members’ Representational Allowances’’ shall be

4 available only for fiscal year 1996. Any amount remaining

5 after all payments are made under such allowances for

6 such fiscal year shall be deposited in the Treasury, to be

7 used for deficit reduction.

8 SEC. 311. Section 316 of Public Law 101–302 is

9 amended in the first sentence of subsection (a) by striking

10 ‘‘1995’’ and inserting ‘‘1996’’.

11 SEC. 312. Such sums as may be necessary are appro12 priated to the account described in subsection (a) of sec13 tion 415 of Public Law 104–1 to pay awards and settle14 ments as authorized under such subsection.

15 SEC. 313. (a) The Sergeant at Arms of the House

16 of Representatives shall have the same law enforcement

17 authority, including the authority to carry firearms, as a

18 member of the Capitol Police. The law enforcement au19 thority under the preceding sentence shall be subject to

20 the requirement that the Sergeant at Arms have the quali21 fications specified in subsection (b).

22 (b) The qualifications referred to in subsection (a)

23 are the following:
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1 (1) A minimum of five years of experience as a

2 law enforcement officer before beginning service as

3 the Sergeant at Arms.

4 (2) Current certification in the use of firearms

5 by the appropriate Federal law enforcement entity

6 or an equivalent non-Federal entity.

7 (3) Any other firearms qualification required

8 for members of the Capitol Police.

9 (c) The Committee on House Oversight of the House

10 of Representatives shall have authority to prescribe regu11 lations to carry out this section.

12 SEC. 314. Notwithstanding any other provision of

13 law, effective September 1, 1995, the Committee on House

14 Oversight of the House of Representatives shall have au15 thority—

16 (1) to combine the House of Representatives

17 Clerk Hire Allowance, Official Expenses Allowance,

18 and Official Mail Allowance into a single allowance,

19 to be known as the ‘‘Members’ Representational Al20 lowance’’; and

21 (2) to prescribe regulations relating to alloca22 tions, expenditures, and other matters with respect

23 to the Members’ Representational Allowance.
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1 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative Branch

2 Appropriations Act, 1996’’.

Passed the House of Representatives October 31,

1995.

Attest:

Clerk.