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Union Calendar No. 95

108TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2657

[Report No. 108–186] 

Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending 

September 30, 2004, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 1, 2003

Mr. KINGSTON, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following 

bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 

A BILL

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, 

3 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 

5 fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, and for other pur6 poses, namely: 
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1 TITLE I—LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 

2 APPROPRIATIONS 

3 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For salaries and expenses of the House of Represent6 atives, $1,014,464,000, as follows: 

7 HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES

8 For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, 

9 $17,094,000, including: Office of the Speaker, 

10 $2,048,000, including $25,000 for official expenses of the 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

19 $1,259,000, including $5,000 for official expenses of the 

20 Minority Whip; Speaker’s Office for Legislative Floor Ac21 tivities, $460,000; Republican Steering Committee, 

22 $862,000; Republican Conference, $1,448,000; Demo23 cratic Steering and Policy Committee, $1,542,000; Demo24 cratic Caucus, $768,000; nine minority employees, 

25 $1,380,000; training and program development—major26 ity, $290,000; training and program development—minor-
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1 ity, $290,000; Cloakroom Personnel—majority, $354,000; 

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

3 MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES

4 INCLUDING MEMBERS’ CLERK HIRE, OFFICIAL

5 EXPENSES OF MEMBERS, AND OFFICIAL MAIL

6 For Members’ representational allowances, including 

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

8 $514,454,000. 

9 COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES

10 STANDING COMMITTEES, SPECIALAND SELECT

11 For salaries and expenses of standing committees, 

12 special and select, authorized by House resolutions, 

13 $106,058,000: Provided, That such amount shall remain 

14 available for such salaries and expenses until December 

15 31, 2004.

16 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

17 For salaries and expenses of the Committee on Ap18 propriations, $24,926,000, including studies and examina19 tions of executive agencies and temporary personal serv20 ices for such committee, to be expended in accordance with 

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

22 1946 and to be available for reimbursement to agencies 

23 for services performed: Provided, That such amount shall 

24 remain available for such salaries and expenses until De25 cember 31, 2004. 
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1 SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

2 For compensation and expenses of officers and em3 ployees, as authorized by law, $158,324,000, including: 

4 for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Clerk, includ5 ing not more than $13,000, of which not more than 

6 $10,000 is for the Family Room, for official representa7 tion and reception expenses, $18,632,000; for salaries and 

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

9 the position of Superintendent of Garages, and including 

10 not more than $3,000 for official representation and re11 ception expenses, $5,471,000; for salaries and expenses of 

12 the Office of the Chief Administrative Officer, 

13 $113,141,000, of which $9,400,000 shall remain available 

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

15 the Inspector General, $3,847,000; for salaries and ex16 penses of the Office of Emergency Planning, Preparedness 

17 and Operations, $5,000,000, to remain available until ex18 pended; for salaries and expenses of the Office of General 

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

20 $153,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the 

21 Parliamentarian, including the Parliamentarian and 

22 $2,000 for preparing the Digest of Rules, $1,560,000; for 

23 salaries and expenses of the Office of the Law Revision 

24 Counsel of the House, $2,263,000; for salaries and ex25 penses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the 
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1 House, $6,233,000; for salaries and expenses of the Cor2 rections Calendar Office, $948,000; and for other author3 ized employees, $150,000. 

4 ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES

5 For allowances and expenses as authorized by House 

6 resolution or law, $193,608,000, including: supplies, mate7 rials, administrative costs and Federal tort claims, 

8 $3,975,000; official mail for committees, leadership of9 fices, and administrative offices of the House, $410,000; 

10 Government contributions for health, retirement, Social 

11 Security, and other applicable employee benefits, 

12 $188,533,000; and miscellaneous items including pur13 chase, exchange, maintenance, repair and operation of 

14 House motor vehicles, interparliamentary receptions, and 

15 gratuities to heirs of deceased employees of the House, 

16 $690,000. 

17 CHILD CARE CENTER

18 For salaries and expenses of the House of Represent19 atives Child Care Center, such amounts as are deposited 

20 in the account established by section 312(d)(1) of the Leg21 islative Branch Appropriations Act, 1992 (2 U.S.C. 2112), 

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

23 as submitted to the Committee on Appropriations of the 

24 House of Representatives.
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

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

3 MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES TO BE

4 USED FOR DEFICIT REDUCTION OR TO REDUCE THE

5 FEDERAL DEBT.—Notwithstanding any other provision of 

6 law, any amounts appropriated under this Act for 

7 ‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—SALARIES AND

8 EXPENSES—MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOW9 ANCES’’ shall be available only for fiscal year 2004. Any 

10 amount remaining after all payments are made under such 

11 allowances for fiscal year 2004 shall be deposited in the 

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

13 Federal budget deficit after all such payments have been 

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

15 the Secretary of the Treasury considers appropriate). 

16 (b) REGULATIONS.—The Committee on House Ad17 ministration of the House of Representatives shall have 

18 authority to prescribe regulations to carry out this section. 

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

20 ‘‘Member of the House of Representatives’’ means a Rep21 resentative in, or a Delegate or Resident Commissioner 

22 to, the Congress. 

23 JOINT ITEMS 

24 For Joint Committees, as follows: 
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1 JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE

2 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic 

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

4 of the Senate. 

5 JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION

6 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on 

7 Taxation, $8,112,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Ad8 ministrative Officer of the House. 

9 For other joint items, as follows: 

10 OFFICE OF THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN

11 For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent ex12 penses of the emergency rooms, and for the Attending 

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

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

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

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

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

18 $580 per month each not to exceed 11 assistants on the 

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

20 $1,566,000 for reimbursement to the Department of the 

21 Navy for expenses incurred for staff and equipment as22 signed to the Office of the Attending Physician, which 

23 shall be advanced and credited to the applicable appropria24 tion or appropriations from which such salaries, allow25 ances, and other expenses are payable and shall be avail-
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1 able for all the purposes thereof, $2,236,000, to be dis2 bursed by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House 

3 of Representatives. 

4 CAPITOL GUIDE SERVICE AND SPECIAL SERVICES

5 OFFICE

6 For salaries and expenses of the Capitol Guide Serv7 ice and Special Services Office, $3,511,000, to be dis8 bursed by the Secretary of the Senate: Provided, That no 

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

10 58 individuals: Provided further, That the Capitol Guide 

11 Board is authorized, during emergencies, to employ not 

12 more than two additional individuals for not more than 

13 120 days each, and not more than 10 additional individ14 uals for not more than 6 months each, for the Capitol 

15 Guide Service. 

16 STATEMENTS OF APPROPRIATIONS

17 For the preparation, under the direction of the Com18 mittees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 

19 of Representatives, of the statements for the first session 

20 of the One Hundred Eighth Congress, showing appropria21 tions made, indefinite appropriations, and contracts au22 thorized, together with a chronological history of the reg23 ular appropriations bills as required by law, $30,000, to 

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

25 committees to supervise the work. 
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1 CAPITOL POLICE 

2 SALARIES

3 For salaries of employees of the Capitol Police, in4 cluding overtime, hazardous duty pay differential, and 

5 Government contributions for health, retirement, Social 

6 Security, and other applicable employee benefits, 

7 $189,913,000, to be disbursed by the Chief of the Capitol 

8 Police or his designee.

9 GENERAL EXPENSES

10 For necessary expenses of the Capitol Police, includ11 ing motor vehicles, communications and other equipment, 

12 security equipment and installation, uniforms, weapons, 

13 supplies, materials, training, medical services, forensic 

14 services, stenographic services, personal and professional 

15 services, the employee assistance program, the awards pro16 gram, postage, communication services, travel advances, 

17 relocation of instructor and liaison personnel for the Fed18 eral Law Enforcement Training Center, and not more 

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

20 Chief of the Capitol Police in connection with official rep21 resentation and reception expenses, $21,917,000, of which 

22 $1,745,000 shall remain available until expended, to be 

23 disbursed by the Chief of the Capitol Police or his des24 ignee: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provi25 sion of law, the cost of basic training for the Capitol Police 
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1 at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center for fis2 cal year 2004 shall be paid by the Secretary of Homeland 

3 Security from funds available to the Department of Home4 land Security. 

5 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

7 SEC. 1001. TRANSFER AUTHORITY.—Amounts ap8 propriated for fiscal year 2004 for the Capitol Police may 

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

10 ‘‘GENERALEXPENSES’’ upon the approval of the Commit11 tees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 

12 Representatives. 

13 OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE 

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

15 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Compli16 ance, as authorized by section 305 of the Congressional 

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

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

19 30, 2005: Provided, That the Executive Director of the 

20 Office of Compliance may have the authority, within the 

21 limits of available appropriations, to dispose of surplus or 

22 obsolete personal property by interagency transfer, dona23 tion, or discarding.
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1 CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE 

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For salaries and expenses necessary for operation of 

4 the Congressional Budget Office, including not more than 

5 $3,000 to be expended on the certification of the Director 

6 of the Congressional Budget Office in connection with offi7 cial representation and reception expenses, $33,820,000: 

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

9 the purchase or hire of a passenger motor vehicle. 

10 ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL 

11 GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

12 For salaries for the Architect of the Capitol, and 

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

14 for surveys and studies in connection with activities under 

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

16 expenses for the general and administrative support of the 

17 operations under the Architect of the Capitol including the 

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

20 the jurisdiction of the Architect of the Capitol; including 

21 furnishings and office equipment; including not more than 

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

23 to be expended as the Architect of the Capitol may ap24 prove; for purchase or exchange, maintenance, and oper25 ation of a passenger motor vehicle, $84,513,000, of which 
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1 $11,660,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

2 2008. 

3 CAPITOL BUILDING

4 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

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

6 $7,863,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

7 2008. 

8 CAPITOL GROUNDS

9 For all necessary expenses for care and improvement 

10 of grounds surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House 

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

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

13 30, 2008. 

14 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS

15 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

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

17 of which $19,498,000 shall remain available until Sep18 tember 30, 2008. 

19 CAPITOL POWER PLANT

20 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

21 and operation of the Capitol Power Plant; lighting, heat22 ing, power (including the purchase of electrical energy) 

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

24 House office buildings, Library of Congress buildings, and 

25 the grounds about the same, Botanic Garden, Senate ga-
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1 rage, and air conditioning refrigeration not supplied from 

2 plants in any of such buildings; heating the Government 

3 Printing Office and Washington City Post Office, and 

4 heating and chilled water for air conditioning for the Su5 preme Court Building, the Union Station complex, the 

6 Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building and the 

7 Folger Shakespeare Library, expenses for which shall be 

8 advanced or reimbursed upon request of the Architect of 

9 the Capitol and amounts so received shall be deposited 

10 into the Treasury to the credit of this appropriation, 

11 $81,543,000, of which $36,652,000 shall remain available 

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

13 $4,400,000 of the funds credited or to be reimbursed to 

14 this appropriation as herein provided shall be available for 

15 obligation during fiscal year 2004. 

16 LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

17 For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and 

18 structural maintenance, care and operation of the Library 

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

20 $16,877,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

21 2008. 

22 CAPITOL POLICE BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

23 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care, 

24 and operation of buildings and grounds of the United 
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1 States Capitol Police, $3,308,000, of which $2,075,000 

2 shall remain available until September 30, 2008. 

3 BOTANIC GARDEN

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 Com9 mittee on the Library, $6,062,000, of which $25,000 shall 

10 remain available until September 30, 2008: Provided,

11 That this appropriation shall not be available for any ac12 tivities of the National Garden.

13 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

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

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

16 may be used by the Architect of the Capitol after the expi17 ration of the 180-day period which begins on the date of 

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

19 temporary employee within a category of temporary em20 ployment which does not provide employees with the same 

21 eligibility for life insurance, health insurance, retirement, 

22 and other benefits which is provided to temporary employ23 ees who are hired for a period exceeding 1 year in length. 

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

25 of the following individuals: 
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1 (1) An individual who is employed under the 

2 Architect of the Capitol Summer Employment Pro3 gram. 

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

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

6 days in which the individual is employed under the 

7 Architect of the Capitol Summer Employment Pro8 gram). 

9 (3) An individual employed by the Architect of 

10 the Capitol as a temporary employee as of the date 

11 of the enactment of this Act who exercises in writ12 ing, not later than 180 days after such date, an op13 tion offered by the Architect to remain under the 

14 pay system (including benefits) provided for the in15 dividual as of such date. 

16 (4) An individual who becomes employed by the 

17 Architect of the Capitol after the date of the enact18 ment of this Act who exercises in writing, prior to 

19 the individual’s employment, an option offered by 

20 the Architect to receive pay and benefits under an 

21 alternative system which does not provide the bene22 fits described in subsection (a), except that under 

23 such an option the Architect shall be required to 

24 provide the individual with the benefits described in 

25 subsection (a) as soon as the individual’s period of 
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1 service as a temporary employee exceeds 1 year in 

2 length. 

3 (c) Nothing in this section may be construed to re4 quire the Architect of the Capitol to provide duplicative 

5 benefits for any employee. 

6 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 For necessary expenses of the Library of Congress 

9 not otherwise provided for, including development and 

10 maintenance of the Library’s Catalogs; custody and custo11 dial care of the Library buildings; special clothing; clean12 ing, laundering and repair of uniforms; preservation of 

13 motion pictures in the custody of the Library; operation 

14 and maintenance of the American Folklife Center in the 

15 Library; preparation and distribution of catalog records 

16 and other publications of the Library; hire or purchase 

17 of one passenger motor vehicle; and expenses of the Li18 brary of Congress Trust Fund Board not properly charge19 able to the income of any trust fund held by the Board, 

20 $366,520,000, of which not more than $6,500,000 shall 

21 be derived from collections credited to this appropriation 

22 during fiscal year 2004, and shall remain available until 

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

24 32 Stat. 480; 2 U.S.C. 150) and not more than $350,000 

25 shall be derived from collections during fiscal year 2004 
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1 and shall remain available until expended for the develop2 ment and maintenance of an international legal informa3 tion database and activities related thereto: Provided,

4 That the Library of Congress may not obligate or expend 

5 any funds derived from collections under the Act of June 

6 28, 1902, in excess of the amount authorized for obliga7 tion or expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided fur8 ther, That the total amount available for obligation shall 

9 be reduced by the amount by which collections are less 

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

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

12 until expended for acquisition of books, periodicals, news13 papers, and all other materials including subscriptions for 

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

15 to be available solely for the purchase, when specifically 

16 approved by the Librarian, of special and unique materials 

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

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

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

20 Congress, in connection with official representation and 

21 reception expenses for the Overseas Field Offices: Pro22 vided further, That of the total amount appropriated, 

23 $905,000 shall remain available until expended for the ac24 quisition and partial support for implementation of an In25 tegrated Library System (ILS): Provided further, That of 
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1 the amount appropriated, $500,000 shall remain available 

2 until expended, and shall be transferred to the Abraham 

3 Lincoln Bicentennial Commission for carrying out the pur4 poses of Public Law 106–173, of which amount $10,000 

5 may be used for official representation and reception ex6 penses of the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission: 

7 Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated, 

8 $1,380,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

9 2008 for the acquisition and partial support for implemen10 tation of a Central Financial Management System: Pro11 vided further, That of the total amount appropriated, 

12 $11,060,000 shall remain available until expended for par13 tial support of the National Audio-Visual Conservation 

14 Center: Provided further, That of the total amount appro15 priated, $2,762,000 shall remain available until Sep16 tember 30, 2008, for the development and maintenance 

17 of the Alternate Computer Facility. 

18 COPYRIGHT OFFICE

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, 

21 $47,290,000, of which not more than $23,321,000, to re22 main available until expended, shall be derived from collec23 tions credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 2004 

24 under section 708(d) of title 17, United States Code: Pro25 vided, That the Copyright Office may not obligate or ex-
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1 pend any funds derived from collections under such sec2 tion, in excess of the amount authorized for obligation or 

3 expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided further, That 

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

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

6 119(b)(2), 802(h), and 1005 of such title: Provided fur7 ther, That the total amount available for obligation shall 

8 be reduced by the amount by which collections are less 

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

10 $100,000 of the amount appropriated is available for the 

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

12 the Copyright Office of the Library of Congress for the 

13 purpose of training nationals of developing countries in 

14 intellectual property laws and policies: Provided further,

15 That not more than $4,250 may be expended, on the cer16 tification of the Librarian of Congress, in connection with 

17 official representation and reception expenses for activities 

18 of the International Copyright Institute and for copyright 

19 delegations, visitors, and seminars. 

20 CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

23 of section 203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 

24 1946 (2 U.S.C. 166) and to revise and extend the Anno25 tated Constitution of the United States of America, 
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1 $93,590,000: Provided, That no part of such amount may 

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

3 any publication, or preparation of material therefor (ex4 cept the Digest of Public General Bills), to be issued by 

5 the Library of Congress unless such publication has ob6 tained prior approval of either the Committee on House 

7 Administration of the House of Representatives or the 

8 Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate. 

9 BOOKS FOR THE BLIND AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED

10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

11 For salaries and expenses to carry out the Act of 

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

13 135a), $51,706,000, of which $14,812,000 shall remain 

14 available until expended. 

15 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

16 SEC. 1201. Of the amounts appropriated to the Li17 brary of Congress in this Act, not more than $5,000 may 

18 be expended, on the certification of the Librarian of Con19 gress, in connection with official representation and recep20 tion expenses for the incentive awards program. 

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

22 authority of the Library of Congress for the activities de23 scribed in subsection (b) may not exceed $105,589,000. 

24 (b) The activities referred to in subsection (a) are re25 imbursable and revolving fund activities that are funded 
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1 from sources other than appropriations to the Library in 

2 appropriations Acts for the legislative branch. 

3 (c) During fiscal year 2004, the Librarian of Con4 gress may temporarily transfer funds appropriated in this 

5 Act under the heading ‘‘LIBRARY OF CONGRESS—

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

7 FEDLINK Program and the Federal Research Program 

8 established under section 103 of the Library of Congress 

9 Fiscal Operations Improvement Act of 2000 (Public Law 

10 106–481; 2 U.S.C. 182c): Provided, That the total amount 

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

12 further, That the appropriate revolving fund account shall 

13 reimburse the Library for any amounts transferred to it 

14 before the period of availability of the Library appropria15 tion expires. 

16 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 

17 CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING AND BINDING

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 

19 For authorized printing and binding for the Congress 

20 and the distribution of Congressional information in any 

21 format; printing and binding for the Architect of the Cap22 itol; expenses necessary for preparing the semimonthly 

23 and session index to the Congressional Record, as author24 ized by law (section 902 of title 44, United States Code); 

25 printing and binding of Government publications author-
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1 ized by law to be distributed to Members of Congress; and 

2 printing, binding, and distribution of Government publica3 tions authorized by law to be distributed without charge 

4 to the recipient, $91,111,000: Provided, That this appro5 priation shall not be available for paper copies of the per6 manent edition of the Congressional Record for individual 

7 Representatives, Resident Commissioners or Delegates au8 thorized under section 906 of title 44, United States Code: 

9 Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available 

10 for the payment of obligations incurred under the appro11 priations for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years: 

12 Provided further, That notwithstanding the 2-year limita13 tion under section 718 of title 44, United States Code, 

14 none of the funds appropriated or made available under 

15 this Act or any other Act for printing and binding and 

16 related services provided to Congress under chapter 7 of 

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

18 a document, report, or publication after the 27-month pe19 riod beginning on the date that such document, report, 

20 or publication is authorized by Congress to be printed, un21 less Congress reauthorizes such printing in accordance 

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

23 further, That any unobligated or unexpended balances in 

24 this account or accounts for similar purposes for preceding 

25 fiscal years may be transferred to the Government Print-
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1 ing Office revolving fund for carrying out the purposes of 

2 this heading, subject to the approval of the Committees 

3 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 

4 Senate. 

5 OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 

8 For expenses of the Office of Superintendent of Doc9 uments necessary to provide for the cataloging and index10 ing of Government publications and their distribution to 

11 the public, Members of Congress, other Government agen12 cies, and designated depository and international exchange 

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

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

15 year appropriations are authorized for producing and dis16 seminating Congressional serial sets and other related 

17 publications for 2002 and 2003 to depository and other 

18 designated libraries: Provided further, That any unobli19 gated or unexpended balances in this account or accounts 

20 for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years may be 

21 transferred to the Government Printing Office revolving 

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

23 to the approval of the Committees on Appropriations of 

24 the House of Representatives and Senate. 
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1 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE REVOLVING FUND

2 For payment to the Government Printing Office Re3 volving Fund, $5,000,000 for working capital. The Gov4 ernment Printing Office is hereby authorized to make such 

5 expenditures, within the limits of funds available and in 

6 accord with the law, and to make such contracts and com7 mitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as pro8 vided by section 9104 of title 31, United States Code, as 

9 may be necessary in carrying out the programs and pur10 poses set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year 

11 for the Government Printing Office revolving fund: Pro12 vided, That not more than $7,500 may be expended on 

13 the certification of the Public Printer in connection with 

14 official representation and reception expenses: Provided 

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

16 hire or purchase of not more than 12 passenger motor 

17 vehicles: Provided further, That expenditures in connection 

18 with travel expenses of the advisory councils to the Public 

19 Printer shall be deemed necessary to carry out the provi20 sions of title 44, United States Code: Provided further, 

21 That the revolving fund shall be available for temporary 

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

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

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

25 for level V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 
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1 of such title: Provided further, That the revolving fund and 

2 the funds provided under the headings ‘‘OFFICE OF SU3 PERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS’’ and ‘‘SALARIES AND

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

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

6 such other number of workyears as the Public Printer may 

7 request, subject to the approval of the Committees on Ap8 propriations of the House of Representatives and Senate): 

9 Provided further, That activities financed through the re10 volving fund may provide information in any format.

11 GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE 

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For necessary expenses of the General Accounting 

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

15 on the certification of the Comptroller General of the 

16 United States in connection with official representation 

17 and reception expenses; temporary or intermittent services 

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

19 at rates for individuals not more than the daily equivalent 

20 of the annual rate of basic pay for level IV of the Execu21 tive Schedule under section 5315 of such title; hire of one 

22 passenger motor vehicle; advance payments in foreign 

23 countries in accordance with section 3324 of title 31, 

24 United States Code; benefits comparable to those payable 

25 under section 901(5), (6), and (8) of the Foreign Service 
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1 Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4081(5), (6), and (8)); and under 

2 regulations prescribed by the Comptroller General of the 

3 United States, rental of living quarters in foreign coun4 tries, $458,533,000: Provided, That not more than 

5 $4,806,200 of payments received under section 782 of title 

6 31, United States Code, shall be available for use in fiscal 

7 year 2004: Provided further, That not more than 

8 $1,200,000 of reimbursements received under section 

9 9105 of title 31, United States Code, shall be available 

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

11 appropriation and appropriations for administrative ex12 penses of any other department or agency which is a mem13 ber of the National Intergovernmental Audit Forum or a 

14 Regional Intergovernmental Audit Forum shall be avail15 able to finance an appropriate share of either Forum’s 

16 costs as determined by the respective Forum, including 

17 necessary travel expenses of non-Federal participants: 

18 Provided further, That payments hereunder to the Forum 

19 may be credited as reimbursements to any appropriation 

20 from which costs involved are initially financed: Provided 

21 further, That this appropriation and appropriations for ad22 ministrative expenses of any other department or agency 

23 which is a member of the American Consortium on Inter24 national Public Administration (ACIPA) shall be available 

25 to finance an appropriate share of ACIPA costs as deter-
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1 mined by the ACIPA, including any expenses attributable 

2 to membership of ACIPA in the International Institute of 

3 Administrative Sciences. 

4 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

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

6 or any succeeding fiscal year, the Comptroller General 

7 may accept payment from the Securities and Exchange 

8 Commission for the performance of any audit of the finan9 cial statements of the Commission which is conducted by 

10 the Comptroller General. 

11 (b) Any payment accepted under the authority of sub12 section (a) shall be credited to the account established for 

13 salaries and expenses of the General Accounting Office, 

14 and shall be available for obligation and expenditure upon 

15 receipt. 

16 PAYMENT TO THE OPEN WORLD LEADERSHIP CENTER

17 TRUST FUND

18 For a payment to the Open World Leadership Center 

19 Trust Fund for financing activities of the Open World 

20 Leadership Center, $13,000,000. 

21 TITLE II—GENERAL PROVISIONS 

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

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

24 vehicles, except for emergency assistance and cleaning as 

25 may be provided under regulations relating to parking fa-
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1 cilities for the House of Representatives issued by the 

2 Committee on House Administration and for the Senate 

3 issued by the Committee on Rules and Administration.

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

5 Act shall remain available for obligation beyond fiscal year 

6 2004 unless expressly so provided in this Act. 

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

8 not specifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of 

9 1929 is appropriated for or the rate of compensation or 

10 designation of any office or position appropriated for is 

11 different from that specifically established by such Act, 

12 the rate of compensation and the designation in this Act 

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

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

15 official expenses of Members, officers, and committees of 

16 the Senate and House of Representatives, and clerk hire 

17 for Senators and Members of the House of Representa18 tives shall be the permanent law with respect thereto. 

19 SEC. 204. The expenditure of any appropriation 

20 under this Act for any consulting service through procure21 ment contract, under section 3109 of title 5, United States 

22 Code, shall be limited to those contracts where such ex23 penditures are a matter of public record and available for 

24 public inspection, except where otherwise provided under 
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1 existing law, or under existing Executive order issued 

2 under existing law. 

3 SEC. 205. Such sums as may be necessary are appro4 priated to the account described in subsection (a) of sec5 tion 415 of the Congressional Accountability Act to pay 

6 awards and settlements as authorized under such sub7 section. 

8 SEC. 206. Amounts available for administrative ex9 penses of any legislative branch entity which participates 

10 in the Legislative Branch Financial Managers Council 

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

12 be available to finance an appropriate share of LBFMC 

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

14 LBFMC costs to be shared among all participating legisla15 tive branch entities (in such allocations among the entities 

16 as the entities may determine) may not exceed $2,000. 

17 SEC. 207. The Architect of the Capitol, in consulta18 tion with the District of Columbia, is authorized to main19 tain and improve the landscape features, excluding streets 

20 and sidewalks, in the irregular shaped grassy areas bound21 ed by Washington Avenue, SW on the northeast, Second 

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

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

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

25 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in-
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1 strumentality of the United States Government, except 

2 pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro3 vided in, this Act or any other appropriation Act. 

4 SEC. 209. During fiscal year 2004 and any suc5 ceeding fiscal year, any entity in the legislative branch 

6 which is a member of the Federal Accounting Standards 

7 Advisory Board may use funds made available to the enti8 ty for the fiscal year to finance an appropriate share of 

9 the costs of the Board for the year. 

10 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative Branch Ap11 propriations Act, 2004’’. 

Union Calendar No. 95

108TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H.R. 2657

[Report No. 108–186] 

A BILL

Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch 

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

JULY 1, 2003

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed