108TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2657

AN ACT

Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch

for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004,and for other purposes.

108TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2657

AN ACT

Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the

fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, 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,
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1 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any

2 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the

3 fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other pur4 poses, namely:

5 TITLE I—LEGISLATIVE BRANCH

6 APPROPRIATIONS

7 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

9 For salaries and expenses of the House of Represent10 atives, $1,014,464,000, as follows:

11 HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES

12 For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law,

13 $17,094,000, including: Office of the Speaker,

14 $2,048,000, including $25,000 for official expenses of the

15 Speaker; Office of the Majority Floor Leader, $1,965,000,

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

17 Leader; Office of the Minority Floor Leader, $2,390,000,

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

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

20 Deputy Majority Whip, $1,684,000, including $5,000 for

21 official expenses of the Majority Whip; Office of the Mi22 nority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Minority Whip,

23 $1,259,000, including $5,000 for official expenses of the

24 Minority Whip; Speaker’s Office for Legislative Floor Ac25 tivities, $460,000; Republican Steering Committee,

26 $862,000; Republican Conference, $1,448,000; Demo-
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1 cratic Steering and Policy Committee, $1,542,000; Demo2 cratic Caucus, $768,000; nine minority employees,

3 $1,380,000; training and program development—major4 ity, $290,000; training and program development—minor5 ity, $290,000; Cloakroom Personnel—majority, $354,000;

6 and Cloakroom Personnel—minority, $354,000.

7 MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES

8 INCLUDING MEMBERS’ CLERK HIRE, OFFICIAL

9 EXPENSES OF MEMBERS, AND OFFICIAL MAIL

10 For Members’ representational allowances, including

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

12 $514,454,000.

13 COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES

14 STANDING COMMITTEES, SPECIAL AND SELECT

15 For salaries and expenses of standing committees,

16 special and select, authorized by House resolutions,

17 $106,058,000: Provided, That such amount shall remain

18 available for such salaries and expenses until December

19 31, 2004.

20 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

21 For salaries and expenses of the Committee on Ap22 propriations, $24,926,000, including studies and examina23 tions of executive agencies and temporary personal serv24 ices for such committee, to be expended in accordance with

25 section 202(b) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of
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1 1946 and to be available for reimbursement to agencies

2 for services performed: Provided, That such amount shall

3 remain available for such salaries and expenses until De4 cember 31, 2004.

5 SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

6 For compensation and expenses of officers and em7 ployees, as authorized by law, $158,324,000, including:

8 for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Clerk, includ9 ing not more than $13,000, of which not more than

10 $10,000 is for the Family Room, for official representa11 tion and reception expenses, $18,632,000; for salaries and

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

13 the position of Superintendent of Garages, and including

14 not more than $3,000 for official representation and re15 ception expenses, $5,471,000; for salaries and expenses of

16 the Office of the Chief Administrative Officer,

17 $113,141,000, of which $9,400,000 shall remain available

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

19 the Inspector General, $3,847,000; for salaries and ex20 penses of the Office of Emergency Planning, Preparedness

21 and Operations, $5,000,000, to remain available until ex22 pended; for salaries and expenses of the Office of General

23 Counsel, $926,000; for the Office of the Chaplain,

24 $153,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the

25 Parliamentarian, including the Parliamentarian and
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1 $2,000 for preparing the Digest of Rules, $1,560,000; for

2 salaries and expenses of the Office of the Law Revision

3 Counsel of the House, $2,263,000; for salaries and ex4 penses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the

5 House, $6,233,000; for salaries and expenses of the Cor6 rections Calendar Office, $948,000; and for other author7 ized employees, $150,000.

8 ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES

9 For allowances and expenses as authorized by House

10 resolution or law, $193,608,000, including: supplies, mate11 rials, administrative costs and Federal tort claims,

12 $3,975,000; official mail for committees, leadership of13 fices, and administrative offices of the House, $410,000;

14 Government contributions for health, retirement, Social

15 Security, and other applicable employee benefits,

16 $188,533,000; and miscellaneous items including pur17 chase, exchange, maintenance, repair and operation of

18 House motor vehicles, interparliamentary receptions, and

19 gratuities to heirs of deceased employees of the House,

20 $690,000.

21 CHILD CARE CENTER

22 For salaries and expenses of the House of Represent23 atives Child Care Center, such amounts as are deposited

24 in the account established by section 312(d)(1) of the Leg25 islative Branch Appropriations Act, 1992 (2 U.S.C. 2112),
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1 subject to the level specified in the budget of the Center,

2 as submitted to the Committee on Appropriations of the

3 House of Representatives.

4 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

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

6 MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES TO BE

7 USED FOR DEFICIT REDUCTION OR TO REDUCE THE

8 FEDERAL DEBT.—Notwithstanding any other provision of

9 law, any amounts appropriated under this Act for

10 ‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—SALARIES AND

11 EXPENSES—MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOW12 ANCES’’ shall be available only for fiscal year 2004. Any

13 amount remaining after all payments are made under such

14 allowances for fiscal year 2004 shall be deposited in the

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

16 Federal budget deficit after all such payments have been

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

18 the Secretary of the Treasury considers appropriate).

19 (b) REGULATIONS.—The Committee on House Ad20 ministration of the House of Representatives shall have

21 authority to prescribe regulations to carry out this section.

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

23 ‘‘Member of the House of Representatives’’ means a Rep24 resentative in, or a Delegate or Resident Commissioner

25 to, the Congress.
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1 SEC. 102. None of the funds in this Act may be used

2 to provide supplemental dental or vision heath insurance

3 benefits for Members and employees of the House of Rep4 resentatives.

5 JOINT ITEMS

6 For Joint Committees, as follows:

7 JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE

8 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic

9 Committee, $3,805,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary

10 of the Senate.

11 JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION

12 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on

13 Taxation, $8,112,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Ad14 ministrative Officer of the House.

15 For other joint items, as follows:

16 OFFICE OF THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN

17 For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent ex18 penses of the emergency rooms, and for the Attending

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

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

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

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

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

24 $580 per month each not to exceed 11 assistants on the

25 basis heretofore provided for such assistants; and (4)
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1 $1,566,000 for reimbursement to the Department of the

2 Navy for expenses incurred for staff and equipment as3 signed to the Office of the Attending Physician, which

4 shall be advanced and credited to the applicable appropria5 tion or appropriations from which such salaries, allow6 ances, and other expenses are payable and shall be avail7 able for all the purposes thereof, $2,236,000, to be dis8 bursed by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House

9 of Representatives.

10 CAPITOL GUIDE SERVICE AND SPECIAL SERVICES

11 OFFICE

12 For salaries and expenses of the Capitol Guide Serv13 ice and Special Services Office, $3,511,000, to be dis14 bursed by the Secretary of the Senate: Provided, That no

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

16 58 individuals: Provided further, That the Capitol Guide

17 Board is authorized, during emergencies, to employ not

18 more than two additional individuals for not more than

19 120 days each, and not more than 10 additional individ20 uals for not more than 6 months each, for the Capitol

21 Guide Service.

22 STATEMENTS OF APPROPRIATIONS

23 For the preparation, under the direction of the Com24 mittees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House

25 of Representatives, of the statements for the first session
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1 of the One Hundred Eighth Congress, showing appropria2 tions made, indefinite appropriations, and contracts au3 thorized, together with a chronological history of the reg4 ular appropriations bills as required by law, $30,000, to

5 be paid to the persons designated by the chairmen of such

6 committees to supervise the work.

7 CAPITOL POLICE

8 SALARIES

9 For salaries of employees of the Capitol Police, in10 cluding overtime, hazardous duty pay differential, and

11 Government contributions for health, retirement, Social

12 Security, and other applicable employee benefits,

13 $189,913,000, to be disbursed by the Chief of the Capitol

14 Police or his designee.

15 GENERAL EXPENSES

16 For necessary expenses of the Capitol Police, includ17 ing motor vehicles, communications and other equipment,

18 security equipment and installation, uniforms, weapons,

19 supplies, materials, training, medical services, forensic

20 services, stenographic services, personal and professional

21 services, the employee assistance program, the awards pro22 gram, postage, communication services, travel advances,

23 relocation of instructor and liaison personnel for the Fed24 eral Law Enforcement Training Center, and not more

25 than $5,000 to be expended on the certification of the
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1 Chief of the Capitol Police in connection with official rep2 resentation and reception expenses, $21,917,000, of which

3 $1,745,000 shall remain available until expended, to be

4 disbursed by the Chief of the Capitol Police or his des5 ignee: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provi6 sion of law, the cost of basic training for the Capitol Police

7 at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center for fis8 cal year 2004 shall be paid by the Secretary of Homeland

9 Security from funds available to the Department of Home10 land Security.

11 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

13 SEC. 1001. TRANSFER AUTHORITY.—Amounts ap14 propriated for fiscal year 2004 for the Capitol Police may

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

16 ‘‘GENERAL EXPENSES’’ upon the approval of the Commit17 tees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of

18 Representatives.

19 OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Compli22 ance, as authorized by section 305 of the Congressional

23 Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1385), $2,255,000,

24 of which $304,700 shall remain available until September

25 30, 2005: Provided, That the Executive Director of the
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1 Office of Compliance may have the authority, within the

2 limits of available appropriations, to dispose of surplus or

3 obsolete personal property by interagency transfer, dona4 tion, or discarding.

5 CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 For salaries and expenses necessary for operation of

8 the Congressional Budget Office, including not more than

9 $3,000 to be expended on the certification of the Director

10 of the Congressional Budget Office in connection with offi11 cial representation and reception expenses, $33,820,000:

12 Provided, That no part of such amount may be used for

13 the purchase or hire of a passenger motor vehicle.

14 ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

15 GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

16 For salaries for the Architect of the Capitol, and

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

18 for surveys and studies in connection with activities under

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

20 expenses for the general and administrative support of the

21 operations under the Architect of the Capitol including the

22 Botanic Garden; electrical substations of the Capitol, Sen23 ate and House office buildings, and other facilities under

24 the jurisdiction of the Architect of the Capitol; including

25 furnishings and office equipment; including not more than
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1 $5,000 for official reception and representation expenses,

2 to be expended as the Architect of the Capitol may ap3 prove; for purchase or exchange, maintenance, and oper4 ation of a passenger motor vehicle, $84,513,000, of which

5 $11,660,000 shall remain available until September 30,

6 2008.

7 CAPITOL BUILDING

8 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care

9 and operation of the Capitol, $23,307,000, of which

10 $7,863,000 shall remain available until September 30,

11 2008.

12 CAPITOL GROUNDS

13 For all necessary expenses for care and improvement

14 of grounds surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House

15 office buildings, and the Capitol Power Plant, $6,886,000,

16 of which $585,000 shall remain available until September

17 30, 2008.

18 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS

19 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care

20 and operation of the House office buildings, $54,564,000,

21 of which $19,498,000 shall remain available until Sep22 tember 30, 2008.

23 CAPITOL POWER PLANT

24 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care

25 and operation of the Capitol Power Plant; lighting, heat-
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1 ing, power (including the purchase of electrical energy)

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

3 House office buildings, Library of Congress buildings, and

4 the grounds about the same, Botanic Garden, Senate ga5 rage, and air conditioning refrigeration not supplied from

6 plants in any of such buildings; heating the Government

7 Printing Office and Washington City Post Office, and

8 heating and chilled water for air conditioning for the Su9 preme Court Building, the Union Station complex, the

10 Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building and the

11 Folger Shakespeare Library, expenses for which shall be

12 advanced or reimbursed upon request of the Architect of

13 the Capitol and amounts so received shall be deposited

14 into the Treasury to the credit of this appropriation,

15 $81,543,000, of which $36,652,000 shall remain available

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

17 $4,400,000 of the funds credited or to be reimbursed to

18 this appropriation as herein provided shall be available for

19 obligation during fiscal year 2004.

20 LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

21 For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and

22 structural maintenance, care and operation of the Library

23 buildings and grounds, $34,750,000, of which

24 $16,877,000 shall remain available until September 30,

25 2008.
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1 CAPITOL POLICE BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

2 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care,

3 and operation of buildings and grounds of the United

4 States Capitol Police, $3,308,000, of which $2,075,000

5 shall remain available until September 30, 2008.

6 BOTANIC GARDEN

7 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care

8 and operation of the Botanic Garden and the nurseries,

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

11 motor vehicle; all under the direction of the Joint Com12 mittee on the Library, $6,062,000, of which $25,000 shall

13 remain available until September 30, 2008: Provided,

14 That this appropriation shall not be available for any ac15 tivities of the National Garden.

16 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

17 SEC. 1101. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b),

18 none of the funds provided by this Act or any other Act

19 may be used by the Architect of the Capitol after the expi20 ration of the 180-day period which begins on the date of

21 the enactment of this Act to employ any individual as a

22 temporary employee within a category of temporary em23 ployment which does not provide employees with the same

24 eligibility for life insurance, health insurance, retirement,
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1 and other benefits which is provided to temporary employ2 ees who are hired for a period exceeding 1 year in length.

3 (b) Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to any

4 of the following individuals:

5 (1) An individual who is employed under the

6 Architect of the Capitol Summer Employment Pro7 gram.

8 (2) An individual who is hired for a total of 120

9 days or less during any 5-year period (excluding any

10 days in which the individual is employed under the

11 Architect of the Capitol Summer Employment Pro12 gram).

13 (3) An individual employed by the Architect of

14 the Capitol as a temporary employee as of the date

15 of the enactment of this Act who exercises in writ16 ing, not later than 180 days after such date, an op17 tion offered by the Architect to remain under the

18 pay system (including benefits) provided for the in19 dividual as of such date.

20 (4) An individual who becomes employed by the

21 Architect of the Capitol after the date of the enact22 ment of this Act who exercises in writing, prior to

23 the individual’s employment, an option offered by

24 the Architect to receive pay and benefits under an

25 alternative system which does not provide the bene-
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1 fits described in subsection (a), except that under

2 such an option the Architect shall be required to

3 provide the individual with the benefits described in

4 subsection (a) as soon as the individual’s period of

5 service as a temporary employee exceeds 1 year in

6 length.

7 (c) Nothing in this section may be construed to re8 quire the Architect of the Capitol to provide duplicative

9 benefits for any employee.

10 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For necessary expenses of the Library of Congress

13 not otherwise provided for, including development and

14 maintenance of the Library’s Catalogs; custody and custo15 dial care of the Library buildings; special clothing; clean16 ing, laundering and repair of uniforms; preservation of

17 motion pictures in the custody of the Library; operation

18 and maintenance of the American Folklife Center in the

19 Library; preparation and distribution of catalog records

20 and other publications of the Library; hire or purchase

21 of one passenger motor vehicle; and expenses of the Li22 brary of Congress Trust Fund Board not properly charge23 able to the income of any trust fund held by the Board,

24 $366,520,000, of which not more than $6,500,000 shall

25 be derived from collections credited to this appropriation
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1 during fiscal year 2004, and shall remain available until

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

3 32 Stat. 480; 2 U.S.C. 150) and not more than $350,000

4 shall be derived from collections during fiscal year 2004

5 and shall remain available until expended for the develop6 ment and maintenance of an international legal informa7 tion database and activities related thereto: Provided,

8 That the Library of Congress may not obligate or expend

9 any funds derived from collections under the Act of June

10 28, 1902, in excess of the amount authorized for obliga11 tion or expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided fur12 ther, That the total amount available for obligation shall

13 be reduced by the amount by which collections are less

14 than the $6,850,000: Provided further, That of the total

15 amount appropriated, $11,236,000 shall remain available

16 until expended for acquisition of books, periodicals, news17 papers, and all other materials including subscriptions for

18 bibliographic services for the Library, including $40,000

19 to be available solely for the purchase, when specifically

20 approved by the Librarian, of special and unique materials

21 for additions to the collections: Provided further, That of

22 the total amount appropriated, not more than $12,000

23 may be expended, on the certification of the Librarian of

24 Congress, in connection with official representation and

25 reception expenses for the Overseas Field Offices: Pro-
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1 vided further, That of the total amount appropriated,

2 $905,000 shall remain available until expended for the ac3 quisition and partial support for implementation of an In4 tegrated Library System (ILS): Provided further, That of

5 the amount appropriated, $500,000 shall remain available

6 until expended, and shall be transferred to the Abraham

7 Lincoln Bicentennial Commission for carrying out the pur8 poses of Public Law 106–173, of which amount $10,000

9 may be used for official representation and reception ex10 penses of the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission:

11 Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated,

12 $1,380,000 shall remain available until September 30,

13 2008 for the acquisition and partial support for implemen14 tation of a Central Financial Management System: Pro15 vided further, That of the total amount appropriated,

16 $11,060,000 shall remain available until expended for par17 tial support of the National Audio-Visual Conservation

18 Center: Provided further, That of the total amount appro19 priated, $2,762,000 shall remain available until Sep20 tember 30, 2008, for the development and maintenance

21 of the Alternate Computer Facility.

22 COPYRIGHT OFFICE

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office,

25 $47,290,000, of which not more than $23,321,000, to re-
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1 main available until expended, shall be derived from collec2 tions credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 2004

3 under section 708(d) of title 17, United States Code: Pro4 vided, That the Copyright Office may not obligate or ex5 pend any funds derived from collections under such sec6 tion, in excess of the amount authorized for obligation or

7 expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided further, That

8 not more than $6,343,000 shall be derived from collections

9 during fiscal year 2004 under sections 111(d)(2),

10 119(b)(2), 802(h), and 1005 of such title: Provided fur11 ther, That the total amount available for obligation shall

12 be reduced by the amount by which collections are less

13 than $29,664,000: Provided further, That not more than

14 $100,000 of the amount appropriated is available for the

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

16 the Copyright Office of the Library of Congress for the

17 purpose of training nationals of developing countries in

18 intellectual property laws and policies: Provided further,

19 That not more than $4,250 may be expended, on the cer20 tification of the Librarian of Congress, in connection with

21 official representation and reception expenses for activities

22 of the International Copyright Institute and for copyright

23 delegations, visitors, and seminars.
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1 CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions

4 of section 203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of

5 1946 (2 U.S.C. 166) and to revise and extend the Anno6 tated Constitution of the United States of America,

7 $93,590,000: Provided, That no part of such amount may

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

9 any publication, or preparation of material therefor (ex10 cept the Digest of Public General Bills), to be issued by

11 the Library of Congress unless such publication has ob12 tained prior approval of either the Committee on House

13 Administration of the House of Representatives or the

14 Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate.

15 BOOKS FOR THE BLIND AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

17 For salaries and expenses to carry out the Act of

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

19 135a), $51,706,000, of which $14,812,000 shall remain

20 available until expended.

21 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

22 SEC. 1201. Of the amounts appropriated to the Li23 brary of Congress in this Act, not more than $5,000 may

24 be expended, on the certification of the Librarian of Con-
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1 gress, in connection with official representation and recep2 tion expenses for the incentive awards program.

3 SEC. 1202. (a) For fiscal year 2004, the obligational

4 authority of the Library of Congress for the activities de5 scribed in subsection (b) may not exceed $105,589,000.

6 (b) The activities referred to in subsection (a) are re7 imbursable and revolving fund activities that are funded

8 from sources other than appropriations to the Library in

9 appropriations Acts for the legislative branch.

10 (c) During fiscal year 2004, the Librarian of Con11 gress may temporarily transfer funds appropriated in this

12 Act under the heading ‘‘LIBRARY OF CONGRESS—

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES’’ to the revolving fund for the

14 FEDLINK Program and the Federal Research Program

15 established under section 103 of the Library of Congress

16 Fiscal Operations Improvement Act of 2000 (Public Law

17 106–481; 2 U.S.C. 182c): Provided, That the total amount

18 of such transfers may not exceed $1,900,000: Provided

19 further, That the appropriate revolving fund account shall

20 reimburse the Library for any amounts transferred to it

21 before the period of availability of the Library appropria22 tion expires.
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1 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

2 CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING AND BINDING

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 For authorized printing and binding for the Congress

5 and the distribution of Congressional information in any

6 format; printing and binding for the Architect of the Cap7 itol; expenses necessary for preparing the semimonthly

8 and session index to the Congressional Record, as author9 ized by law (section 902 of title 44, United States Code);

10 printing and binding of Government publications author11 ized by law to be distributed to Members of Congress; and

12 printing, binding, and distribution of Government publica13 tions authorized by law to be distributed without charge

14 to the recipient, $91,111,000: Provided, That this appro15 priation shall not be available for paper copies of the per16 manent edition of the Congressional Record for individual

17 Representatives, Resident Commissioners or Delegates au18 thorized under section 906 of title 44, United States Code:

19 Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available

20 for the payment of obligations incurred under the appro21 priations for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years:

22 Provided further, That notwithstanding the 2-year limita23 tion under section 718 of title 44, United States Code,

24 none of the funds appropriated or made available under

25 this Act or any other Act for printing and binding and
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1 related services provided to Congress under chapter 7 of

2 title 44, United States Code, may be expended to print

3 a document, report, or publication after the 27-month pe4 riod beginning on the date that such document, report,

5 or publication is authorized by Congress to be printed, un6 less Congress reauthorizes such printing in accordance

7 with section 718 of title 44, United States Code: Provided

8 further, That any unobligated or unexpended balances in

9 this account or accounts for similar purposes for preceding

10 fiscal years may be transferred to the Government Print11 ing Office revolving fund for carrying out the purposes of

12 this heading, subject to the approval of the Committees

13 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and

14 Senate.

15 OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

18 For expenses of the Office of Superintendent of Doc19 uments necessary to provide for the cataloging and index20 ing of Government publications and their distribution to

21 the public, Members of Congress, other Government agen22 cies, and designated depository and international exchange

23 libraries as authorized by law, $34,456,000: Provided,

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

25 year appropriations are authorized for producing and dis-
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1 seminating Congressional serial sets and other related

2 publications for 2002 and 2003 to depository and other

3 designated libraries: Provided further, That any unobli4 gated or unexpended balances in this account or accounts

5 for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years may be

6 transferred to the Government Printing Office revolving

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

8 to the approval of the Committees on Appropriations of

9 the House of Representatives and Senate.

10 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE REVOLVING FUND

11 For payment to the Government Printing Office Re12 volving Fund, $5,000,000 for working capital. The Gov13 ernment Printing Office is hereby authorized to make such

14 expenditures, within the limits of funds available and in

15 accord with the law, and to make such contracts and com16 mitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as pro17 vided by section 9104 of title 31, United States Code, as

18 may be necessary in carrying out the programs and pur19 poses set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year

20 for the Government Printing Office revolving fund: Pro21 vided, That not more than $7,500 may be expended on

22 the certification of the Public Printer in connection with

23 official representation and reception expenses: Provided

24 further, That the revolving fund shall be available for the

25 hire or purchase of not more than 12 passenger motor
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1 vehicles: Provided further, That expenditures in connection

2 with travel expenses of the advisory councils to the Public

3 Printer shall be deemed necessary to carry out the provi4 sions of title 44, United States Code: Provided further,

5 That the revolving fund shall be available for temporary

6 or intermittent services under section 3109(b) of title 5,

7 United States Code, but at rates for individuals not more

8 than the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay

9 for level V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316

10 of such title: Provided further, That the revolving fund and

11 the funds provided under the headings ‘‘OFFICE OF SU12 PERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS’’ and ‘‘SALARIES AND

13 EXPENSES’’ together may not be available for the full-time

14 equivalent employment of more than 3,189 workyears (or

15 such other number of workyears as the Public Printer may

16 request, subject to the approval of the Committees on Ap17 propriations of the House of Representatives and Senate):

18 Provided further, That activities financed through the re19 volving fund may provide information in any format.

20 GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 For necessary expenses of the General Accounting

23 Office, including not more than $12,500 to be expended

24 on the certification of the Comptroller General of the

25 United States in connection with official representation
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1 and reception expenses; temporary or intermittent services

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

3 at rates for individuals not more than the daily equivalent

4 of the annual rate of basic pay for level IV of the Execu5 tive Schedule under section 5315 of such title; hire of one

6 passenger motor vehicle; advance payments in foreign

7 countries in accordance with section 3324 of title 31,

8 United States Code; benefits comparable to those payable

9 under section 901(5), (6), and (8) of the Foreign Service

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

11 regulations prescribed by the Comptroller General of the

12 United States, rental of living quarters in foreign coun13 tries, $458,533,000: Provided, That not more than

14 $4,806,200 of payments received under section 782 of title

15 31, United States Code, shall be available for use in fiscal

16 year 2004: Provided further, That not more than

17 $1,200,000 of reimbursements received under section

18 9105 of title 31, United States Code, shall be available

19 for use in fiscal year 2004: Provided further, That this

20 appropriation and appropriations for administrative ex21 penses of any other department or agency which is a mem22 ber of the National Intergovernmental Audit Forum or a

23 Regional Intergovernmental Audit Forum shall be avail24 able to finance an appropriate share of either Forum’s

25 costs as determined by the respective Forum, including
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1 necessary travel expenses of non-Federal participants:

2 Provided further, That payments hereunder to the Forum

3 may be credited as reimbursements to any appropriation

4 from which costs involved are initially financed: Provided

5 further, That this appropriation and appropriations for ad6 ministrative expenses of any other department or agency

7 which is a member of the American Consortium on Inter8 national Public Administration (ACIPA) shall be available

9 to finance an appropriate share of ACIPA costs as deter10 mined by the ACIPA, including any expenses attributable

11 to membership of ACIPA in the International Institute of

12 Administrative Sciences.

13 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

14 SEC. 1301. (a) At any time during fiscal year 2004

15 or any succeeding fiscal year, the Comptroller General

16 may accept payment from the Securities and Exchange

17 Commission for the performance of any audit of the finan18 cial statements of the Commission which is conducted by

19 the Comptroller General.

20 (b) Any payment accepted under the authority of sub21 section (a) shall be credited to the account established for

22 salaries and expenses of the General Accounting Office,

23 and shall be available for obligation and expenditure upon

24 receipt.
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1 PAYMENT TO THE OPEN WORLD LEADERSHIP CENTER

2 TRUST FUND

3 For a payment to the Open World Leadership Center

4 Trust Fund for financing activities of the Open World

5 Leadership Center, $13,000,000.

6 TITLE II—GENERAL PROVISIONS

7 SEC. 201. No part of the funds appropriated in this

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

9 vehicles, except for emergency assistance and cleaning as

10 may be provided under regulations relating to parking fa11 cilities for the House of Representatives issued by the

12 Committee on House Administration and for the Senate

13 issued by the Committee on Rules and Administration.

14 SEC. 202. No part of the funds appropriated in this

15 Act shall remain available for obligation beyond fiscal year

16 2004 unless expressly so provided in this Act.

17 SEC. 203. Whenever in this Act any office or position

18 not specifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of

19 1929 is appropriated for or the rate of compensation or

20 designation of any office or position appropriated for is

21 different from that specifically established by such Act,

22 the rate of compensation and the designation in this Act

23 shall be the permanent law with respect thereto: Provided,

24 That the provisions in this Act for the various items of

25 official expenses of Members, officers, and committees of
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1 the Senate and House of Representatives, and clerk hire

2 for Senators and Members of the House of Representa3 tives shall be the permanent law with respect thereto.

4 SEC. 204. The expenditure of any appropriation

5 under this Act for any consulting service through procure6 ment contract, under section 3109 of title 5, United States

7 Code, shall be limited to those contracts where such ex8 penditures are a matter of public record and available for

9 public inspection, except where otherwise provided under

10 existing law, or under existing Executive order issued

11 under existing law.

12 SEC. 205. Such sums as may be necessary are appro13 priated to the account described in subsection (a) of sec14 tion 415 of the Congressional Accountability Act to pay

15 awards and settlements as authorized under such sub16 section.

17 SEC. 206. Amounts available for administrative ex18 penses of any legislative branch entity which participates

19 in the Legislative Branch Financial Managers Council

20 (LBFMC) established by charter on March 26, 1996, shall

21 be available to finance an appropriate share of LBFMC

22 costs as determined by the LBFMC, except that the total

23 LBFMC costs to be shared among all participating legisla24 tive branch entities (in such allocations among the entities

25 as the entities may determine) may not exceed $2,000.
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1 SEC. 207. The Architect of the Capitol, in consulta2 tion with the District of Columbia, is authorized to main3 tain and improve the landscape features, excluding streets

4 and sidewalks, in the irregular shaped grassy areas bound5 ed by Washington Avenue, SW on the northeast, Second

6 Street SW on the west, Square 582 on the south, and the

7 beginning of the I–395 tunnel on the southeast.

8 SEC. 208. None of the funds made available in this

9 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in10 strumentality of the United States Government, except

11 pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro12 vided in, this Act or any other appropriation Act.

13 SEC. 209. During fiscal year 2004 and any suc14 ceeding fiscal year, any entity in the legislative branch

15 which is a member of the Federal Accounting Standards

16 Advisory Board may use funds made available to the enti17 ty for the fiscal year to finance an appropriate share of

18 the costs of the Board for the year.

19 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative Branch Ap20 propriations Act, 2004’’.

Passed the House of Representatives July 9, 2003.

Attest:

Clerk.