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108TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2657

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 11, 2003

Ordered to be printed with the amendments of the Senate numbered 

AN ACT

Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the 

fiscal year ending September 30, 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: 

7 TITLE I—LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 

8 APPROPRIATIONS 

9 Ω1æSENATE

10 EXPENSE ALLOWANCES

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

12 the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, $20,000; Majority 
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1 Leader of the Senate, $20,000; Minority Leader of the Sen2 ate, $20,000; Majority Whip of the Senate, $10,000; Minor3 ity Whip of the Senate, $10,000; President Pro Tempore 

4 emeritus, $7,500; Chairmen of the Majority and Minority 

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

6 Chairmen of the Majority and Minority Policy Committees, 

7 $5,000 for each Chairman; in all, $127,500. 

8 REPRESENTATION ALLOWANCES FOR THE MAJORITY AND

9 MINORITY LEADERS

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

12 in all, $30,000. 

13 SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

14 For compensation of officers, employees, and others as 

15 authorized by law, including agency contributions, 

16 $125,307,000, which shall be paid from this appropriation 

17 without regard to the following limitations: 

18 OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT

19 For the Office of the Vice President, $2,028,000. 

20 OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE

21 For the Office of the President Pro Tempore, $539,000. 

22 OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE EMERITUS

23 For the Office of the President Pro Tempore emeritus, 

24 $156,000. 
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1 OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERS

2 For Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders, 

3 $3,220,000. 

4 OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY WHIPS

5 For Offices of the Majority and Minority Whips, 

6 $2,324,000. 

7 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

8 For salaries of the Committee on Appropriations, 

9 $12,799,000. 

10 CONFERENCE COMMITTEES

11 For the Conference of the Majority and the Conference 

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

13 Chairman of each such committee, $1,358,000 for each such 

14 committee; in all, $2,716,000. 

15 OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES OF THE CONFERENCE OF

16 THE MAJORITY AND THE CONFERENCE OF THE MINORITY

17 For Offices of the Secretaries of the Conference of the 

18 Majority and the Conference of the Minority, $674,000. 

19 POLICY COMMITTEES

20 For salaries of the Majority Policy Committee and the 

21 Minority Policy Committee, $1,417,000 for each such com22 mittee; in all, $2,834,000. 

23 OFFICE OF THE CHAPLAIN

24 For Office of the Chaplain, $327,000. 

25 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

26 For Office of the Secretary, $18,299,000. 
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1 OFFICE OF THE SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER

2 For Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, 

3 $45,789,000. 

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, $1,468,000. 

8 AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS AND RELATED EXPENSES

9 For agency contributions for employee benefits, as au10 thorized by law, and related expenses, $32,134,000. 

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, $4,843,000. 

14 OFFICE OF SENATE LEGAL COUNSEL

15 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate Legal 

16 Counsel, $1,222,000. 

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

19 SENATE, AND SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND

20 MINORITY OF THE SENATE

21 For expense allowances of the Secretary of the Senate, 

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

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

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

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

2 INQUIRIES AND INVESTIGATIONS

3 For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered 

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

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

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

9 $118,462,000. 

10 EXPENSES OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE CAUCUS ON

11 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL

12 For expenses of the United States Senate Caucus on 

13 International Narcotics Control, $520,000. 

14 SECRETARY OF THE SENATE

15 For expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the Sen16 ate, $2,265,000, of which $500,000 shall be transferred to 

17 the Senate Preservation Fund and shall be available with18 out fiscal year limitation. 

19 SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE SENATE

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

21 Doorkeeper of the Senate, $136,843,000, of which 

22 $30,835,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

23 2006, and of which $4,255,000 shall remain available until 

24 September 30, 2008. 
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1 MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

2 For miscellaneous items, $18,425,000, of which up to 

3 $500,000 shall be made available for a pilot program for 

4 mailings of postal patron postcards by Senators for the pur5 pose of providing notice of a town meeting by a Senator 

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

7 which the Senator will personally attend: Provided, That 

8 any amount allocated to a Senator for such mailing shall 

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

10 remaining cost shall be paid by the Senator from other 

11 funds available to the Senator. 

12 SENATORS’ OFFICIAL PERSONNEL AND OFFICE EXPENSE

13 ACCOUNT

14 For Senators’ Official Personnel and Office Expense 

15 Account, $310,000,000. 

16 OFFICIAL MAIL COSTS

17 For expenses necessary for official mail costs of the 

18 Senate, $300,000. 

19 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

20 SECTION. 1. GROSS RATE OF COMPENSATION IN OF21 FICES OF SENATORS. Effective on and after October 1, 2003, 

22 each of the dollar amounts contained in the table under sec23 tion 105(d)(1)(A) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations 

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

25 the dollar amounts in that table, as adjusted by law and 
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1 in effect on September 30, 2003, increased by an additional 

2 $50,000 each. 

3 SEC. 2. PAYMENT OF EXPENSES OF CONFERENCES OF

4 MAJORITY AND MINORITY. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 120 

5 of Public Law 97–51 (2 U.S.C. 61g–6) is amended in the 

6 first sentence by striking ‘‘an amount, not in excess of 

7 $100,000,’’ and inserting ‘‘such amount as necessary’’. 

8 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply with 

9 respect to fiscal year 2004, and each fiscal year thereafter. 

10 SEC. 3. PROVISIONS RELATING TO SENATE COMMIS11 SION ON ART. (a) AUTHORITY TO ACQUIRE AND DIS12 POSE.—

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Senate Commission on 

14 Art (referred to in this section as the ‘‘Commission’’) 

15 may—

16 (A) accept gifts of money; and 

17 (B) acquire (by gift, purchase, or otherwise) 

18 any work of art, historical object, document, or 

19 material relating to historical matters, or ex20 hibit, for placement or exhibition in the Senate 

21 Wing of the Capitol, the Senate Office Buildings, 

22 or in rooms, spaces, or corridors thereof. 

23 (2) ACCESSION OR DISPOSAL.—All works of art, 

24 historical objects, documents, or material related to 

25 historical matters, or exhibits, acquired by the Com-
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1 mission may, as determined by the Commission and 

2 after consultation with the Curatorial Advisory 

3 Board, be—

4 (A) retained for accession to the United 

5 States Senate Collection or other use; or 

6 (B) disposed of by sale or other transaction. 

7 (3) REPEAL.—Senate Resolution 95, 92d Con8 gress, agreed to April 1, 1971, and enacted into law 

9 by section 901(a) of Public Law 100–696 (2 U.S.C. 

10 2106) is repealed. 

11 (b) ADVISORY BOARDS.—

12 (1) CURATORIAL ADVISORY BOARD.—There is es13 tablished a Board which shall be chaired by the Sen14 ate Curator. The Curatorial Advisory Board shall 

15 provide advice and assistance to the Commission on 

16 the acquisition, care, and disposition of items for or 

17 within the United States Senate Collection, and on 

18 such other matters as the Commission determines ap19 propriate. 

20 (2) ADDITIONAL ADVISORY BOARDS.—

21 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Commission, or the 

22 chairman and vice chairman acting jointly on 

23 behalf of the Commission and after giving notice 

24 to the Commission, may establish 1 or more ad25 ditional advisory boards. 
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1 (B) TERM.—The term of existence for an 

2 additional advisory board—

3 (i) shall be specified by the Commis4 sion but no longer than 4 years; and 

5 (ii) shall be renewable. 

6 (C) PURPOSE.—The purpose of an addi7 tional advisory board shall be to provide advice 

8 and assistance to the Commission and to further 

9 the purposes of the Commission. 

10 (3) APPOINTMENTS.—

11 (A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subparagraph 

12 (B), the Curatorial Advisory Board and other 

13 advisory boards established by the Commission 

14 under paragraph (2) shall be composed of mem15 bers appointed by the Commission, or the chair16 man and vice chairman acting jointly on behalf 

17 of the Commission and after giving notice to the 

18 Commission. 

19 (B) APPLICABLE RULES.—Members ap20 pointed under subparagraph (A)—

21 (i) shall be appointed from public and 

22 private life and shall serve at the pleasure 

23 of the Commission; and 

24 (ii) in the case of individuals ap25 pointed to the Curatorial Advisory Board, 
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1 shall be experts or have significant experi2 ence in the field of arts, historic preserva3 tion, or other appropriate fields. 

4 Each member of the Commission may have ap5 pointed to an advisory board created by the 

6 Commission at least 1 individual requested by 

7 that member. 

8 (4) MEMBERS.—A member of a board under this 

9 subsection—

10 (A) may, at the discretion of the Commis11 sion, be reimbursed for actual and necessary ex12 penses incurred in the performance of the official 

13 duties of the board from any funds available to 

14 the Commission in accordance with applicable 

15 Senate regulations for such expenses; and 

16 (B) shall not, by virtue of such member’s 

17 service on the board, be deemed to be an officer, 

18 employee, or agent of the Senate and may not 

19 bind the Senate in any contract or obligation. 

20 (5) TERMS FOR ADDITIONAL ADVISORY BOARD

21 MEMBERS.—Members appointed to the other advisory 

22 boards created under paragraph (2) shall serve for 

23 terms as stated in their appointment, but no longer 

24 than a term of 4 years, except that any member may 

25 be reappointed upon the expiration of their term. 
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1 (6) REGULATIONS.—The Commission, or the 

2 chairman and vice chairman acting jointly on behalf 

3 of the Commission and after giving notice to the Com4 mission, in consultation with the Committee on Rules 

5 and Administration, may promulgate such regula6 tions governing advisory boards established under this 

7 subsection as are necessary to carry out the purposes 

8 of this subsection. 

9 (7) ASSISTANCE.—The Executive Secretary of the 

10 Commission shall provide assistance to an advisory 

11 board as authorized by the Commission. 

12 (c) ESTABLISHMENT OF SENATE PRESERVATION

13 FUND.—

14 (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in 

15 the Treasury a fund, to be known as the ‘‘Senate 

16 Preservation Fund’’ (in this section referred to as the 

17 ‘‘fund’’), which shall consist of amounts deposited and 

18 credited under paragraph (3). 

19 (2) PAYMENT OF COSTS.—The fund shall be 

20 available to the Commission for the payment of acqui21 sition and transaction costs incurred for acquisitions 

22 under subsection (a), for official activities of any ad23 visory board established under subsection (b), and for 

24 any purposes for which funds from the contingent 
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1 fund of the Senate may be used under section 316(a) 

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

3 (3) DEPOSITS, CREDITS, AND DISBURSEMENTS.—

4 (A) DEPOSITS.—The Commission shall de5 posit in the fund amounts appropriated for use 

6 of the fund, gifts of money, and proceeds of 

7 transactions under subsection (a). 

8 (B) CREDITS.—The Secretary of the Treas9 ury shall credit to the fund the interest on, and 

10 the proceeds from sale or redemption of, obliga11 tions held in the fund. 

12 (C) DISBURSEMENTS.—Disbursements from 

13 the fund shall be made on vouchers approved by 

14 the Commission and signed by the Executive 

15 Secretary of the Commission. 

16 (4) INVESTMENTS.—

17 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the 

18 Treasury shall invest any portion of the fund 

19 that, as determined by the Commission, is not 

20 required to meet current withdrawals. 

21 (B) TYPE OF OBLIGATION.—Each invest22 ment required by this paragraph shall be made 

23 in an interest bearing obligation of the United 

24 States or an obligation guaranteed as to the 

25 principal and interest by the United States that, 
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1 as determined by the Commission, has a matu2 rity suitable for the fund. 

3 (C) COMMISSION APPROVAL.—In carrying 

4 out this subsection, the Secretary of the Treasury 

5 may make such purchases, sales, and redemption 

6 of obligations as may be approved by the Com7 mission. 

8 (5) SERVICES AND SUPPORT.—The Library of 

9 Congress shall provide financial management and 

10 disbursing services and support to the Commission as 

11 may be required and mutually agreed to by the Li12 brarian of Congress and the Executive Secretary of 

13 the Commission. 

14 (6) AUDITS.—The Comptroller General of the 

15 United States shall conduct annual audits of the Sen16 ate Preservation Fund and shall report the results of 

17 each audit to the Commission. 

18 (d) ADMINISTRATIVE CHANGES.—

19 (1) SENATE COMMISSION ON ART.—Section 1 of 

20 Senate Resolution 382, 90th Congress, agreed to Octo21 ber 1, 1968, and enacted into law by section 901(a) 

22 of Public Law 100–696 (2 U.S.C. 2101) is amend23 ed—

24 (A) in subsection (b), by striking the first 

25 sentence and inserting ‘‘The Majority Leader 
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1 and Minority Leader of the Senate shall be the 

2 chairman and vice chairman, respectively, of the 

3 Commission.’’; and 

4 (B) by striking subsection (c) and inserting 

5 the following: 

6 ‘‘(c) The Secretary of the Senate shall appoint a Sen7 ate Curator approved by the Senate Commission on Art. 

8 The Senate Curator shall be an employee of the Secretary 

9 of the Senate assigned to assist the Commission. The Sec10 retary of the Senate shall assign additional employees to 

11 assist the Commission, and provide such other assistance, 

12 as the Commission determines necessary.’’. 

13 (2) PURCHASE OF ART.—The first sentence of 

14 section 316(a) of Public Law 101–302 (2 U.S.C. 

15 2107(a)) is amended by inserting after ‘‘in which in16 curred,’’ the following: ‘‘for the purchase of art and 

17 historical objects for the United States Senate Collec18 tion, for exhibits and public education relating to the 

19 United States Senate Collection, for administrative 

20 and transitional expenses of the Senate Commission 

21 on Art, and’’. 

22 SEC. 4. ORIENTATION SEMINARS. The first sentence of 

23 section 107(a) of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 

24 1979 (Public Law 96–38; 2 U.S.C. 69a) is amended by 

25 striking ‘‘$10,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$25,000’’. 
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1 SEC. 5. EXPENSE ALLOWANCES FOR CERTAIN OFFI2 CERS OF THE SENATE. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 119(a) 

3 of the joint resolution entitled ‘‘Joint resolution making 

4 continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1982, and for 

5 other purposes’’, approved October 1, 1981 (2 U.S.C. 65c) 

6 is amended by striking ‘‘$3,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$6,000’’. 

7 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this 

8 section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2004, and 

9 each fiscal year thereafter. 

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

11 2004, the first sentence of section 101(a) of the Supple12 mental Appropriations Act, 1977 (2 U.S.C. 61h–6(a)) shall 

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

14 for ‘‘eight individual consultants’’.

15 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

17 For salaries and expenses of the House of Represent18 atives, $1,014,464,000, as follows: 

19 HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES

20 For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, 

21 $17,094,000, including: Office of the Speaker, 

22 $2,048,000, including $25,000 for official expenses of the 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

6 Minority Whip; Speaker’s Office for Legislative Floor Ac7 tivities, $460,000; Republican Steering Committee, 

8 $862,000; Republican Conference, $1,448,000; Demo9 cratic Steering and Policy Committee, $1,542,000; Demo10 cratic Caucus, $768,000; nine minority employees, 

11 $1,380,000; training and program development—major12 ity, $290,000; training and program development—minor13 ity, $290,000; Cloakroom Personnel—majority, $354,000; 

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

15 MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES

16 INCLUDING MEMBERS’ CLERK HIRE, OFFICIAL

17 EXPENSES OF MEMBERS, AND OFFICIAL MAIL

18 For Members’ representational allowances, including 

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

20 $514,454,000. 

21 COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES

22 STANDING COMMITTEES, SPECIAL AND SELECT

23 For salaries and expenses of standing committees, 

24 special and select, authorized by House resolutions, 

25 $106,058,000: Provided, That such amount shall remain 
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1 available for such salaries and expenses until December 

2 31, 2004.

3 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

4 For salaries and expenses of the Committee on Ap5 propriations, $24,926,000, including studies and examina6 tions of executive agencies and temporary personal serv7 ices for such committee, to be expended in accordance with 

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

9 1946 and to be available for reimbursement to agencies 

10 for services performed: Provided, That such amount shall 

11 remain available for such salaries and expenses until De12 cember 31, 2004. 

13 SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

14 For compensation and expenses of officers and em15 ployees, as authorized by law, $158,324,000, including: 

16 for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Clerk, includ17 ing not more than $13,000, of which not more than 

18 $10,000 is for the Family Room, for official representa19 tion and reception expenses, $18,632,000; for salaries and 

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

21 the position of Superintendent of Garages, and including 

22 not more than $3,000 for official representation and re23 ception expenses, $5,471,000; for salaries and expenses of 

24 the Office of the Chief Administrative Officer, 

25 $113,141,000, of which $9,400,000 shall remain available 
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1 until expended; for salaries and expenses of the Office of 

2 the Inspector General, $3,847,000; for salaries and ex3 penses of the Office of Emergency Planning, Preparedness 

4 and Operations, $5,000,000, to remain available until ex5 pended; for salaries and expenses of the Office of General 

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

7 $153,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the 

8 Parliamentarian, including the Parliamentarian and 

9 $2,000 for preparing the Digest of Rules, $1,560,000; for 

10 salaries and expenses of the Office of the Law Revision 

11 Counsel of the House, $2,263,000; for salaries and ex12 penses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the 

13 House, $6,233,000; for salaries and expenses of the Cor14 rections Calendar Office, $948,000; and for other author15 ized employees, $150,000. 

16 ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES

17 For allowances and expenses as authorized by House 

18 resolution or law, $193,608,000, including: supplies, mate19 rials, administrative costs and Federal tort claims, 

20 $3,975,000; official mail for committees, leadership of21 fices, and administrative offices of the House, $410,000; 

22 Government contributions for health, retirement, Social 

23 Security, and other applicable employee benefits, 

24 $188,533,000; and miscellaneous items including pur25 chase, exchange, maintenance, repair and operation of 
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1 House motor vehicles, interparliamentary receptions, and 

2 gratuities to heirs of deceased employees of the House, 

3 $690,000. 

4 CHILD CARE CENTER

5 For salaries and expenses of the House of Represent6 atives Child Care Center, such amounts as are deposited 

7 in the account established by section 312(d)(1) of the Leg8 islative Branch Appropriations Act, 1992 (2 U.S.C. 2112), 

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

10 as submitted to the Committee on Appropriations of the 

11 House of Representatives. 

12 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

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

14 MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES TO BE

15 USED FOR DEFICIT REDUCTION OR TO REDUCE THE

16 FEDERAL DEBT.—Notwithstanding any other provision of 

17 law, any amounts appropriated under this Act for 

18 ‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—SALARIES AND

19 EXPENSES—MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOW20 ANCES’’ shall be available only for fiscal year 2004. Any 

21 amount remaining after all payments are made under such 

22 allowances for fiscal year 2004 shall be deposited in the 

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

24 Federal budget deficit after all such payments have been 
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1 made, for reducing the Federal debt, in such manner as 

2 the Secretary of the Treasury considers appropriate). 

3 (b) REGULATIONS.—The Committee on House Ad4 ministration of the House of Representatives shall have 

5 authority to prescribe regulations to carry out this section. 

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

7 ‘‘Member of the House of Representatives’’ means a Rep8 resentative in, or a Delegate or Resident Commissioner 

9 to, the Congress. 

10 SEC. 102. None of the funds in this Act may be used 

11 to provide supplemental dental or vision heath insurance 

12 benefits for Members and employees of the House of Rep13 resentatives. 

14 JOINT ITEMS 

15 Ω2æFor Joint Committees, as follows:

16 JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE

17 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic 

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

19 of the Senate. 

20 JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION

21 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on 

22 Taxation, $8,112,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Ad23 ministrative Officer of the House. 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

11 $1,566,000 for reimbursement to the Department of the 

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

14 shall be advanced and credited to the applicable appropria15 tion or appropriations from which such salaries, allow16 ances, and other expenses are payable and shall be avail17 able for all the purposes thereof, $2,236,000, to be dis18 bursed by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House 

19 of Representatives. 

20 CAPITOL GUIDE SERVICE AND SPECIAL SERVICES

21 OFFICE

22 For salaries and expenses of the Capitol Guide Serv23 ice and Special Services Office, $3,511,000, to be dis24 bursed by the Secretary of the Senate: Provided, That no 

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

2 Board is authorized, during emergencies, to employ not 

3 more than two additional individuals for not more than 

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

6 Guide Service. 

7 STATEMENTS OF APPROPRIATIONS

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

10 of Representatives, of the statements for the first session 

11 of the One Hundred Eighth Congress, showing appropria12 tions made, indefinite appropriations, and contracts au13 thorized, together with a chronological history of the reg14 ular appropriations bills as required by law, $30,000, to 

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

16 committees to supervise the work. 

17 CAPITOL POLICE 

18 SALARIES

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

21 Government contributions for health, retirement, Social 

22 Security, and other applicable employee benefits, 

23 $189,913,000, to be disbursed by the Chief of the Capitol 

24 Police or his designee. 
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1 GENERAL EXPENSES

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

4 security equipment and installation, uniforms, weapons, 

5 supplies, materials, training, medical services, forensic 

6 services, stenographic services, personal and professional 

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

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

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

12 Chief of the Capitol Police in connection with official rep13 resentation and reception expenses, $21,917,000, of which 

14 $1,745,000 shall remain available until expended, to be 

15 disbursed by the Chief of the Capitol Police or his des16 ignee: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provi17 sion of law, the cost of basic training for the Capitol Police 

18 at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center for fis19 cal year 2004 shall be paid by the Secretary of Homeland 

20 Security from funds available to the Department of Home21 land Security. 

22 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

24 SEC. 1001. TRANSFER AUTHORITY.—Amounts ap25 propriated for fiscal year 2004 for the Capitol Police may 
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1 be transferred between the headings ‘‘SALARIES’’ and 

2 ‘‘GENERAL EXPENSES’’ upon the approval of the Commit3 tees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 

4 Representatives. 

5 OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE 

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Compli8 ance, as authorized by section 305 of the Congressional 

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

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

11 30, 2005: Provided, That the Executive Director of the 

12 Office of Compliance may have the authority, within the 

13 limits of available appropriations, to dispose of surplus or 

14 obsolete personal property by interagency transfer, dona15 tion, or discarding. 

16 CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE 

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 For salaries and expenses necessary for operation of 

19 the Congressional Budget Office, including not more than 

20 $3,000 to be expended on the certification of the Director 

21 of the Congressional Budget Office in connection with offi22 cial representation and reception expenses, $33,820,000: 

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

24 the purchase or hire of a passenger motor vehicle. 
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1 ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL 

2 GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

3 For salaries for the Architect of the Capitol, and 

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

5 for surveys and studies in connection with activities under 

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

7 expenses for the general and administrative support of the 

8 operations under the Architect of the Capitol including the 

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

11 the jurisdiction of the Architect of the Capitol; including 

12 furnishings and office equipment; including not more than 

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

14 to be expended as the Architect of the Capitol may ap15 prove; for purchase or exchange, maintenance, and oper16 ation of a passenger motor vehicle, $84,513,000, of which 

17 $11,660,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

18 2008. 

19 CAPITOL BUILDING

20 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

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

22 $7,863,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

23 2008. 
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1 CAPITOL GROUNDS

2 For all necessary expenses for care and improvement 

3 of grounds surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House 

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

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

6 30, 2008.

7 For Joint Committees, as follows: 

8 JOINT CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE ON INAUGURAL

9 CEREMONIES OF 2005

10 For all construction expenses, salaries, and other ex11 penses associated with conducting the inaugural ceremonies 

12 of the President and Vice President of the United States, 

13 January 20, 2005, in accordance with such program as 

14 may be adopted by the joint congressional committee au15 thorized to conduct the inaugural ceremonies of 2005, 

16 $1,250,000 to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate 

17 and to remain available until September 30, 2005. Funds 

18 made available under this heading shall be available for 

19 payment, on a direct or reimbursable basis, whether in20 curred on, before, or after, October 1, 2004: Provided, That 

21 the compensation of any employee of the Committee on 

22 Rules and Administration of the Senate who has been des23 ignated to perform service with respect to the inaugural 

24 ceremonies of 2005 shall continue to be paid by the Com25 mittee on Rules and Administration, but the account from 
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1 which such staff member is paid may be reimbursed for the 

2 services of the staff member (including agency contributions 

3 when appropriate) out of funds made available under this 

4 heading. 

5 JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE

6 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic Com7 mittee, $3,988,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the 

8 Senate. 

9 JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION

10 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on 

11 Taxation, $8,112,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Adminis12 trative Officer of the House. 

13 For other joint items, as follows: 

14 OFFICE OF THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN

15 For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent ex16 penses of the emergency rooms, and for the Attending Physi17 cian and his assistants, including: (1) an allowance of 

18 $2,175 per month to the Attending Physician; (2) an allow19 ance of $725 per month each to 4 medical officers while 

20 on duty in the Office of the Attending Physician; (3) an 

21 allowance of $725 per month to 2 assistants and $580 per 

22 month each not to exceed 11 assistants on the basis here23 tofore provided for such assistants; and (4) $1,566,000 for 

24 reimbursement to the Department of the Navy for expenses 

25 incurred for staff and equipment assigned to the Office of 
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1 the Attending Physician, which shall be advanced and cred2 ited to the applicable appropriation or appropriations from 

3 which such salaries, allowances, and other expenses are pay4 able and shall be available for all the purposes thereof, 

5 $2,236,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Administrative Of6 ficer of the House of Representatives. 

7 CAPITOL GUIDE SERVICE AND SPECIAL SERVICES OFFICE

8 For salaries and expenses of the Capitol Guide Service 

9 and Special Services Office, $3,511,000, to be disbursed by 

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

11 amount may be used to employ more than 70 individuals: 

12 Provided further, That the Capitol Guide Board is author13 ized, during emergencies, to employ not more than 2 addi14 tional individuals for not more than 120 days each, and 

15 not more than 10 additional individuals for not more than 

16 6 months each, for the Capitol Guide Service. 

17 STATEMENTS OF APPROPRIATIONS

18 For the preparation, under the direction of the Com19 mittees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 

20 Representatives, of the statements for the 1st session of the 

21 108th Congress, showing appropriations made, indefinite 

22 appropriations, and contracts authorized, together with a 

23 chronological history of the regular appropriations bills as 

24 required by law, $30,000, to be paid to the persons des-
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1 ignated by the chairmen of such committees to supervise 

2 the work. 

3 CAPITOL POLICE 

4 SALARIES

5 For salaries of employees of the Capitol Police, includ6 ing overtime, hazardous duty pay differential, and Govern7 ment contributions for health, retirement, social security, 

8 and other applicable employee benefits, $207,000,000, to be 

9 disbursed by the Chief of the Capitol Police or his designee. 

10 GENERAL EXPENSES

11 For necessary expenses of the Capitol Police, including 

12 motor vehicles, communications and other equipment, secu13 rity equipment and installation, uniforms, weapons, sup14 plies, materials, training, medical services, forensic services, 

15 stenographic services, personal and professional services, the 

16 employee assistance program, the awards program, postage, 

17 communication services, travel advances, relocation of in18 structor and liaison personnel for the Federal Law Enforce19 ment Training Center, and not more than $5,000 to be ex20 pended on the certification of the Chief of the Capitol Police 

21 in connection with official representation and reception ex22 penses, $33,000,000, of which $1,700,000 shall remain 

23 available until expended, to be disbursed by the Chief of 

24 the Capitol Police or his designee: Provided, That, notwith25 standing any other provision of law, the cost of basic train-
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1 ing for the Capitol Police at the Federal Law Enforcement 

2 Training Center for fiscal year 2004 shall be paid by the 

3 Secretary of Homeland Security from funds available to the 

4 Department of Homeland Security. 

5 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

7 SEC. 1001. TRANSFER AUTHORITY. Amounts appro8 priated for fiscal year 2004 for the Capitol Police may be 

9 transferred between the headings ‘‘SALARIES’’ and ‘‘GEN10 ERAL EXPENSES’’ upon the approval of the Committees on 

11 Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representa12 tives. 

13 SEC. 1002. AUTHORIZATION OF WEAPONS. Section 

14 1824 of the Revised Statutes (2 U.S.C. 1941) is amended—

15 (1) in the first sentence—

16 (A) by striking ‘‘The Sergeant at Arms of 

17 the Senate and the Sergeant at Arms of the 

18 House of Representatives’’ and inserting ‘‘The 

19 Capitol Police Board’’; and 

20 (B) by striking all beginning with ‘‘payable 

21 out’’ through the period and inserting ‘‘payable 

22 from appropriations to the Capitol Police upon 

23 certification of payment by the Chief of the Cap24 itol Police.’’; and 

25 (2) in the second sentence—
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1 (A) by inserting ‘‘or other arms as author2 ized by the Capitol Police Board’’ after ‘‘fur3 nished’’; and 

4 (B) by striking ‘‘the Sergeant at Arms of 

5 the Senate and the Sergeant at Arms of the 

6 House of Representatives’’ and inserting ‘‘the 

7 Capitol Police Board’’. 

8 SEC. 1003. LEGAL REPRESENTATION AUTHORITY. (a) 

9 IN GENERAL.—

10 (1) AUTHORIZATION OF REPRESENTATION.—Any 

11 counsel described under paragraph (2) may for the 

12 purposes of providing legal assistance and representa13 tion to the United States Capitol Police Board or the 

14 United States Capitol Police enter an appearance in 

15 any proceeding before any court of the United States 

16 or of any State or political subdivision thereof, with17 out compliance with any requirement for admission 

18 to practice before such court. 

19 (2) COUNSEL.—Paragraph (1) refers to—

20 (A) the General Counsel for the United 

21 States Capitol Police Board and the Chief of the 

22 Capitol Police; 

23 (B) the Employment Counsel for the United 

24 States Capitol Police Board and the United 

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1 (C) any attorney employed in the Office of 

2 the General Counsel for the United States Cap3 itol Police or the Office of Employment Counsel 

4 for the United States Capitol Police; 

5 (D) the counsel for, or any attorney em6 ployed by, any successor office of either office de7 scribed under subparagraph (C); and 

8 (E) any attorney retained by contract with 

9 either office described under subparagraph (C). 

10 (b) LIMITATIONS.—

11 (1) DIRECTION FOR APPEARANCE.—Entrance of 

12 appearance authorized under subsection (a) shall be 

13 subject to the direction of the Capitol Police Board or 

14 the Chief of the Capitol Police. 

15 (2) UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT.—The au16 thority under subsection (a) shall not apply with re17 spect to the admission of any person to practice before 

18 the United States Supreme Court. 

19 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply to fis20 cal year 2004, and each fiscal year thereafter. 

21 SEC. 1004. EXTENDED CAPITOL POLICE JURISDIC22 TION ZONE. (a) Section 9B of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to 

23 define the area of the United States Capitol Grounds, to 

24 regulate the use thereof, and for other purposes’’, approved 
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1 July 31, 1946 (2 U.S.C. 1967) is amended by striking sub2 section (b) and inserting the following: 

3 ‘‘(b) The area referred to in subsection (a)(4) of this 

4 section is that area bounded by the north curb of New York 

5 Avenue, NW and H Street, NW extending northeast along 

6 the north curb of H Street, NW extending east along the 

7 north curb of H Street, NE, to the intersection of H Street, 

8 NE and 13th Street, NE, extending south along the east 

9 curb to the intersection of 13th Street, SE and I Street, 

10 SE, running west along the south curb of I Street, SE to 

11 the intersection of I Street, SW and 7th Street, SW extend12 ing northwest along the Potomac river front to 14th Street, 

13 NW, extending north along the west curb of 14th Street, 

14 NW to the intersection of the north curb of New York Ave15 nue, NW and the north curb of H Street, NW.’’ . 

16 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section will become effec17 tive upon the approval by the Capitol Police Board of writ18 ten policy and procedures for implementing the truck inter19 diction program. 

20 SEC. 1005. RETIREMENT TREATMENT FOR CAPITOL

21 POLICE HAZARDOUS MATERIALS RESPONSE TEAM MEM22 BERS. (a) RETIREMENT TREATMENT.—

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of chapters 83 

24 and 84 of title 5, United States Code, a hazardous 
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1 materials response team member of the Capitol Police 

2 shall be treated as a member of the Capitol Police. 

3 (2) APPLICATION.—This subsection shall apply 

4 to periods of service performed as a hazardous mate5 rials response team member of the Capitol Police on 

6 and after December 1, 2002. 

7 (b) TREATMENT OF INCUMBENTS.—

8 (1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection, the 

9 term—

10 (A) ‘‘incumbent’’ means an individual 

11 who—

12 (i) is first appointed as a hazardous 

13 materials response team member of the Cap14 itol Police before the effective date of this 

15 section; and 

16 (ii) is employed as a hazardous mate17 rials response team member of the Capitol 

18 Police on that date; and 

19 (B) ‘‘prior service’’ means any period of 

20 service performed by an incumbent as a haz21 ardous materials response team member of the 

22 Capitol Police before the effective date of this sec23 tion. 

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1 (A) IN GENERAL.—An incumbent shall pay 

2 with respect to prior service an amount into the 

3 Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund 

4 equal to—

5 (i) the difference between the indi6 vidual contributions that were actually 

7 made for such prior service and the indi8 vidual contributions that would have been 

9 made for such service if subsection (a) had 

10 then been in effect; and 

11 (ii) interest computed on the amount 

12 under clause (i) based on section 8334(e) of 

13 title 5, United States Code. 

14 (B) EFFECT OF NOT CONTRIBUTING.—If no 

15 part of or less than the full amount required 

16 under subparagraph (A) is paid, all prior serv17 ice of the incumbent shall remain fully creditable 

18 as treated under subsection (a), but the resulting 

19 annuity shall be reduced in a manner similar to 

20 that described under section 8334(d)(2) of title 5, 

21 United States Code, to the extent necessary to 

22 make up the amount unpaid. 

23 (3) GOVERNMENT CONTRIBUTIONS FOR PRIOR

24 SERVICE.—The Capitol Police shall pay with respect 

25 to prior service of each incumbent an amount into the 
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1 Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund equal 

2 to—

3 (A) the difference between the Government 

4 contributions that were actually made for such 

5 prior service and the Government contributions 

6 that would have been made for such service if 

7 subsection (a) had then been in effect; and 

8 (B) interest computed on the amount under 

9 subparagraph (A) based on section 8334(e) of 

10 title 5, United States Code. 

11 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take effect 

12 on the first day of the first applicable pay period beginning 

13 on or after the date of enactment of this Act. 

14 OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE 

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Compliance, 

17 as authorized by section 305 of the Congressional Account18 ability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1385), $2,255,000, of which 

19 $304,700 shall remain available until September 30, 2005: 

20 Provided, That the Executive Director of the Office of Com21 pliance may, within the limits of available appropriations, 

22 dispose of surplus or obsolete personal property by inter23 agency transfer, donation, 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, $33,612,000: 

8 Provided, That this appropriation shall be available to fi9 nance an appropriate share of Federal Accounting Stand10 ards Advisory Board (FASAB) costs as determined by 

11 FASAB. 

12 ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL 

13 GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

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

15 personal services, at rates of pay provided by law; for sur16 veys and studies in connection with activities under the 

17 care of the Architect of the Capitol; for all necessary ex18 penses for the general and administrative support of the 

19 operations under the Architect of the Capitol including the 

20 Botanic Garden; including furnishings and office equip21 ment; including not more than $5,000 for official reception 

22 and representation expenses, to be expended as the Architect 

23 of the Capitol may approve; for purchase or exchange, 

24 maintenance, and operation of a passenger motor vehicle, 
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1 $71,697,000, of which $4,200,000 shall remain available 

2 until September 30, 2008. 

3 CAPITOL BUILDING

4 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

5 and operation of the Capitol, $27,777,000, of which 

6 $12,302,000 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, $6,986,000, 

12 of which $685,000 shall remain available until September 

13 30, 2008. 

14 SENATE OFFICE BUILDINGS

15 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

16 and operation of Senate office buildings; and furniture and 

17 furnishings to be expended under the control and super18 vision of the Architect of the Capitol, $63,388,000, of which 

19 $17,433,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

20 2008.

21 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS

22 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

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

24 of which $19,498,000 shall remain available until Sep25 tember 30, 2008. 
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1 Ω3æCAPITOL POWER PLANT

2 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

3 and operation of the Capitol Power Plant; lighting, heat4 ing, power (including the purchase of electrical energy) 

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

6 House office buildings, Library of Congress buildings, and 

7 the grounds about the same, Botanic Garden, Senate ga8 rage, and air conditioning refrigeration not supplied from 

9 plants in any of such buildings; heating the Government 

10 Printing Office and Washington City Post Office, and 

11 heating and chilled water for air conditioning for the Su12 preme Court Building, the Union Station complex, the 

13 Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building and the 

14 Folger Shakespeare Library, expenses for which shall be 

15 advanced or reimbursed upon request of the Architect of 

16 the Capitol and amounts so received shall be deposited 

17 into the Treasury to the credit of this appropriation, 

18 $81,543,000, of which $36,652,000 shall remain available 

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

20 $4,400,000 of the funds credited or to be reimbursed to 

21 this appropriation as herein provided shall be available for 

22 obligation during fiscal year 2004. 

23 LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

24 For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and 

25 structural maintenance, care and operation of the Library 
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1 buildings and grounds, $34,750,000, of which 

2 $16,877,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

3 2008. 

4 CAPITOL POLICE BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

5 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care, 

6 and operation of buildings and grounds of the United 

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

8 shall remain available until September 30, 2008. 

9 BOTANIC GARDEN

10 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

11 and operation of the Botanic Garden and the nurseries, 

12 buildings, grounds, and collections; and purchase and ex13 change, maintenance, repair, and operation of a passenger 

14 motor vehicle; all under the direction of the Joint Com15 mittee on the Library, $6,062,000, of which $25,000 shall 

16 remain available until September 30, 2008: Provided, 

17 That this appropriation shall not be available for any ac18 tivities of the National Garden. 

19 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

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

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

22 may be used by the Architect of the Capitol after the expi23 ration of the 180-day period which begins on the date of 

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

25 temporary employee within a category of temporary em-
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1 ployment which does not provide employees with the same 

2 eligibility for life insurance, health insurance, retirement, 

3 and other benefits which is provided to temporary employ4 ees who are hired for a period exceeding 1 year in length. 

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

6 of the following individuals: 

7 (1) An individual who is employed under the 

8 Architect of the Capitol Summer Employment Pro9 gram. 

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

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

12 days in which the individual is employed under the 

13 Architect of the Capitol Summer Employment Pro14 gram). 

15 (3) An individual employed by the Architect of 

16 the Capitol as a temporary employee as of the date 

17 of the enactment of this Act who exercises in writ18 ing, not later than 180 days after such date, an op19 tion offered by the Architect to remain under the 

20 pay system (including benefits) provided for the in21 dividual as of such date. 

22 (4) An individual who becomes employed by the 

23 Architect of the Capitol after the date of the enact24 ment of this Act who exercises in writing, prior to 

25 the individual’s employment, an option offered by 
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1 the Architect to receive pay and benefits under an 

2 alternative system which does not provide the bene3 fits described in subsection (a), except that under 

4 such an option the Architect shall be required to 

5 provide the individual with the benefits described in 

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

7 service as a temporary employee exceeds 1 year in 

8 length. 

9 (c) Nothing in this section may be construed to re10 quire the Architect of the Capitol to provide duplicative 

11 benefits for any employee. 

12 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 For necessary expenses of the Library of Congress 

15 not otherwise provided for, including development and 

16 maintenance of the Library’s Catalogs; custody and custo17 dial care of the Library buildings; special clothing; clean18 ing, laundering and repair of uniforms; preservation of 

19 motion pictures in the custody of the Library; operation 

20 and maintenance of the American Folklife Center in the 

21 Library; preparation and distribution of catalog records 

22 and other publications of the Library; hire or purchase 

23 of one passenger motor vehicle; and expenses of the Li24 brary of Congress Trust Fund Board not properly charge25 able to the income of any trust fund held by the Board, 
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1 $366,520,000, of which not more than $6,500,000 shall 

2 be derived from collections credited to this appropriation 

3 during fiscal year 2004, and shall remain available until 

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

5 32 Stat. 480; 2 U.S.C. 150) and not more than $350,000 

6 shall be derived from collections during fiscal year 2004 

7 and shall remain available until expended for the develop8 ment and maintenance of an international legal informa9 tion database and activities related thereto: Provided, 

10 That the Library of Congress may not obligate or expend 

11 any funds derived from collections under the Act of June 

12 28, 1902, in excess of the amount authorized for obliga13 tion or expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided fur14 ther, That the total amount available for obligation shall 

15 be reduced by the amount by which collections are less 

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

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

18 until expended for acquisition of books, periodicals, news19 papers, and all other materials including subscriptions for 

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

21 to be available solely for the purchase, when specifically 

22 approved by the Librarian, of special and unique materials 

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

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

25 may be expended, on the certification of the Librarian of 
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1 Congress, in connection with official representation and 

2 reception expenses for the Overseas Field Offices: Pro3 vided further, That of the total amount appropriated, 

4 $905,000 shall remain available until expended for the ac5 quisition and partial support for implementation of an In6 tegrated Library System (ILS): Provided further, That of 

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

8 until expended, and shall be transferred to the Abraham 

9 Lincoln Bicentennial Commission for carrying out the pur10 poses of Public Law 106–173, of which amount $10,000 

11 may be used for official representation and reception ex12 penses of the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission: 

13 Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated, 

14 $1,380,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

15 2008 for the acquisition and partial support for implemen16 tation of a Central Financial Management System: Pro17 vided further, That of the total amount appropriated, 

18 $11,060,000 shall remain available until expended for par19 tial support of the National Audio-Visual Conservation 

20 Center: Provided further, That of the total amount appro21 priated, $2,762,000 shall remain available until Sep22 tember 30, 2008, for the development and maintenance 

23 of the Alternate Computer Facility. 
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1 COPYRIGHT OFFICE

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, 

4 $47,290,000, of which not more than $23,321,000, to re5 main available until expended, shall be derived from collec6 tions credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 2004 

7 under section 708(d) of title 17, United States Code: Pro8 vided, That the Copyright Office may not obligate or ex9 pend any funds derived from collections under such sec10 tion, in excess of the amount authorized for obligation or 

11 expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided further, That 

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

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

14 119(b)(2), 802(h), and 1005 of such title: Provided fur15 ther, That the total amount available for obligation shall 

16 be reduced by the amount by which collections are less 

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

18 $100,000 of the amount appropriated is available for the 

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

20 the Copyright Office of the Library of Congress for the 

21 purpose of training nationals of developing countries in 

22 intellectual property laws and policies: Provided further, 

23 That not more than $4,250 may be expended, on the cer24 tification of the Librarian of Congress, in connection with 

25 official representation and reception expenses for activities 
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1 of the International Copyright Institute and for copyright 

2 delegations, visitors, and seminars. 

3 CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

6 of section 203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 

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

9 $93,590,000: Provided, That no part of such amount may 

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

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

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

15 Administration of the House of Representatives or the 

16 Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate. 

17 BOOKS FOR THE BLIND AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 For salaries and expenses to carry out the Act of 

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

21 135a), $51,706,000, of which $14,812,000 shall remain 

22 available until expended. 

23 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

24 SEC. 1201. Of the amounts appropriated to the Li25 brary of Congress in this Act, not more than $5,000 may 
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1 be expended, on the certification of the Librarian of Con2 gress, in connection with official representation and recep3 tion expenses for the incentive awards program. 

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

5 authority of the Library of Congress for the activities de6 scribed in subsection (b) may not exceed $105,589,000. 

7 (b) The activities referred to in subsection (a) are re8 imbursable and revolving fund activities that are funded 

9 from sources other than appropriations to the Library in 

10 appropriations Acts for the legislative branch. 

11 (c) During fiscal year 2004, the Librarian of Con12 gress may temporarily transfer funds appropriated in this 

13 Act under the heading ‘‘LIBRARY OF CONGRESS—

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

15 FEDLINK Program and the Federal Research Program 

16 established under section 103 of the Library of Congress 

17 Fiscal Operations Improvement Act of 2000 (Public Law 

18 106–481; 2 U.S.C. 182c): Provided, That the total amount 

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

20 further, That the appropriate revolving fund account shall 

21 reimburse the Library for any amounts transferred to it 

22 before the period of availability of the Library appropria23 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 CAPITOL POWER PLANT

20 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

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

22 power (including the purchase of electrical energy) and 

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

24 office buildings, Library of Congress buildings, and the 

25 grounds about the same, Botanic Garden, Senate garage, 
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1 and air conditioning refrigeration not supplied from plants 

2 in any of such buildings; heating the Government Printing 

3 Office and Washington City Post Office, and heating and 

4 chilled water for air conditioning for the Supreme Court 

5 Building, the Union Station complex, the Thurgood Mar6 shall Federal Judiciary Building and the Folger Shake7 speare Library, expenses for which shall be advanced or re8 imbursed upon request of the Architect of the Capitol and 

9 amounts so received shall be deposited into the Treasury 

10 to the credit of this appropriation, $88,979,000, of which 

11 $38,402,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

12 2008: Provided, That not more than $4,400,000 of the funds 

13 credited or to be reimbursed to this appropriation as herein 

14 provided shall be available for obligation during fiscal year 

15 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, $41,620,000, of which $23,747,000 

20 shall remain available until September 30, 2008. 

21 CAPITOL POLICE BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

22 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care, 

23 and operation of buildings and grounds of the United States 

24 Capitol Police, $3,308,000, of which $2,075,000 shall re25 main available until September 30, 2008. 
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1 BOTANIC GARDEN

2 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

3 and operation of the Botanic Garden and the nurseries, 

4 buildings, grounds, and collections; and purchase and ex5 change, maintenance, repair, and operation of a passenger 

6 motor vehicle; all under the direction of the Joint Com7 mittee on the Library, $6,239,000, of which $202,000 shall 

8 remain available until September 30, 2008. 

9 CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER

10 For an additional amount for the Capitol Visitor Cen11 ter project, $47,800,000, to remain available until ex12 pended: Provided, That the Architect of the Capitol may 

13 not obligate any of the funds which are made available for 

14 the Capitol Visitor Center without an obligation plan ap15 proved by the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 

16 and of the House of Representatives. 

17 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

18 SEC. 1101. ACQUISITION OF SPACE. (a) IN GEN19 ERAL.—Funds appropriated to the Architect of the Capitol 

20 shall be available—

21 (1) for the leasing of space in areas within the 

22 District of Columbia and its environs beyond the 

23 boundaries of the United States Capitol Grounds to 

24 meet space requirements of the United States Senate, 

25 United States House of Representatives, United 
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1 States Capitol Police, and the Architect of the Capitol 

2 under such terms and conditions as the Committee or 

3 Commission referred to under subsection (b) may au4 thorize; and 

5 (2) to incur any necessary expense in connection 

6 with any leasing of space under paragraph (1). 

7 (b) CONDITIONS TO LEASE SPACE.—The Architect of 

8 the Capitol may lease space under subsection (a) upon sub9 mission of written notice of intent to lease such space to—

10 (1) the Committee on Rules and Administration 

11 of the Senate for space to be leased that is situated 

12 north of the United States Capitol Building; 

13 (2) the House Office Building Commission for 

14 space to be leased that is situated south of the United 

15 States Capitol Building; and 

16 (3) the Committees on Appropriations of the 

17 Senate and House of Representatives. 

18 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply with 

19 respect to fiscal year 2004, and each fiscal year thereafter. 

20 SEC. 1102. ALTERNATE COMPUTING FACILITY. (a) IN

21 GENERAL.—There are transferred into the account under 

22 the subheading ‘‘GENERAL ADMINISTRATION’’ under the 

23 heading ‘‘ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL’’ $54,000,000 

24 for the purchase of an alternate computing facility, of 

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1 (1) $44,000,000 shall be transferred from unobli2 gated funds transferred to ‘‘Architect of the Capitol’’, 

3 ‘‘Capitol Buildings and Grounds’’, ‘‘Capitol Build4 ings’’ (under the subheading ‘‘LEGISLATIVE BRANCH

5 EMERGENCY RESPONSE FUND (INCLUDING TRANSFER

6 OF FUNDS)’’ under the heading ‘‘JOINT ITEMS’’ 

7 under the heading ‘‘LEGISLATIVE BRANCH’’ 

8 under chapter 9 of division B of the Department of 

9 Defense and Emergency Supplemental Appropria10 tions for Recovery from and Response to Terrorist At11 tacks on the United States Act, 2002 (Public Law 

12 107–117)) from amounts made available in Public 

13 Law 107–38; and 

14 (2) $10,000,000 shall be transferred from unobli15 gated funds transferred to ‘‘Capitol Police Board’’, 

16 ‘‘Capitol Police’’, ‘‘General Expenses’’ under that sub17 heading (relating to the Legislative Branch Emer18 gency Response Fund) from amounts made available 

19 in Public Law 107–38. 

20 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take effect 

21 on September 30, 2004. 

22 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For necessary expenses of the Library of Congress not 

25 otherwise provided for, including development and mainte-
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1 nance of the Library’s catalogs; custody and custodial care 

2 of the Library buildings; special clothing; cleaning, laun3 dering and repair of uniforms; preservation of motion pic4 tures in the custody of the Library; operation and mainte5 nance of the American Folklife Center in the Library; prep6 aration and distribution of catalog records and other publi7 cations of the Library; hire or purchase of 1 passenger 

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

9 Fund Board not properly chargeable to the income of any 

10 trust fund held by the Board, $367,539,000, of which not 

11 more than $6,500,000 shall be derived from collections cred12 ited to this appropriation during fiscal year 2004, and 

13 shall remain available until expended, under the Act of 

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

15 and not more than $350,000 shall be derived from collec16 tions during fiscal year 2004 and shall remain available 

17 until expended for the development and maintenance of an 

18 international legal information database and activities re19 lated thereto: Provided, That the Library of Congress may 

20 not obligate or expend any funds derived from collections 

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

22 authorized for obligation or expenditure in appropriations 

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

24 obligation shall be reduced by the amount by which collec25 tions are less than the $6,850,000: Provided further, That 
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1 of the total amount appropriated, $11,596,000 shall remain 

2 available until expended for acquisition of books, periodi3 cals, newspapers, and all other materials including sub4 scriptions for bibliographic services for the Library, includ5 ing $40,000 to be available solely for the purchase, when 

6 specifically approved by the Librarian, of special and 

7 unique materials for additions to the collections: Provided 

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

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

10 Librarian of Congress, in connection with official represen11 tation and reception expenses for the Overseas Field Offices: 

12 Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated, 

13 $905,000 shall remain available until expended for the ac14 quisition and partial support for implementation of an In15 tegrated Library System (ILS): Provided further, That of 

16 the total amount appropriated, $4,000,000 shall remain 

17 available until expended for the purpose of teaching edu18 cators and librarians how to incorporate the Library’s dig19 ital collections into school curricula and shall be transferred 

20 to the educational consortium formed to conduct the ‘‘Ad21 venture of the American Mind’’ project as approved by the 

22 Library: Provided further, That of the amount appro23 priated, $250,000 shall remain available until expended, 

24 and shall be transferred to the Abraham Lincoln Bicenten25 nial Commission for carrying out the purposes of Public 
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1 Law 106–173, of which amount $10,000 may be used for 

2 official representation and reception expenses of the Abra3 ham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission: Provided further, 

4 That of the total amount appropriated, $1,380,000 shall re5 main available until September 30, 2008 for the acquisition 

6 and partial support for implementation of a Central Fi7 nancial Management System: Provided further, That of the 

8 total amount appropriated, $11,060,000 shall remain avail9 able until expended for support of the National Audio-Vis10 ual Conservation Center: Provided further, That of the total 

11 amount appropriated, $2,762,000 shall remain available 

12 until expended for the development and maintenance of the 

13 Alternate Computer Facility: Provided further, That, of the 

14 total amount appropriated, $500,000 shall remain avail15 able until expended and shall be transferred to the Knox 

16 College Abraham Lincoln Studies Center for exhibits relat17 ing to the Lincoln-Douglas Debates and the Underground 

18 Railroad and for other educational activities of the Center: 

19 Provided further, That, of the total amount appropriated, 

20 $500,000 shall remain available until expended and shall 

21 be transferred to the Louisiana Department of Culture, 

22 Recreation and Tourism for activities relating to the Lou23 isiana Purchase Bicentennial Celebration. 
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1 COPYRIGHT OFFICE

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, 

4 $48,290,000, of which not more than $23,321,000, to re5 main available until expended, shall be derived from collec6 tions credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 2003 

7 under section 708(d) of title 17, United States Code: Pro8 vided, That the Copyright Office may not obligate or expend 

9 any funds derived from collections under such section, in 

10 excess of the amount authorized for obligation or expendi11 ture in appropriations Acts: Provided further, That not 

12 more than $6,343,000 shall be derived from collections dur13 ing fiscal year 2004 under sections 111(d)(2), 119(b)(2), 

14 802(h), and 1005 of such title: Provided further, That the 

15 total amount available for obligation shall be reduced by 

16 the amount by which collections are less than $29,664,000: 

17 Provided further, That not more than $100,000 of the 

18 amount appropriated is available for the maintenance of 

19 an ‘‘International Copyright Institute’’ in the Copyright 

20 Office of the Library of Congress for the purpose of training 

21 nationals of developing countries in intellectual property 

22 laws and policies: Provided further, That not more than 

23 $4,250 may be expended, on the certification of the Librar24 ian of Congress, in connection with official representation 

25 and reception expenses for activities of the International 
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1 Copyright Institute and for copyright delegations, visitors, 

2 and seminars. 

3 CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 

6 section 203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 

7 (2 U.S.C. 166) and to revise and extend the Annotated Con8 stitution of the United States of America, $91,726,000: Pro9 vided, That no part of such amount may be used to pay 

10 any salary or expense in connection with any publication, 

11 or preparation of material therefor (except the Digest of 

12 Public General Bills), to be issued by the Library of Con13 gress unless such publication has obtained prior approval 

14 of either the Committee on House Administration of the 

15 House of Representatives or the Committee on Rules and 

16 Administration of the Senate. 

17 BOOKS FOR THE BLIND AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

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

20 3, 1931 (chapter 400; 46 Stat. 1487; 2 U.S.C. 135a), 

21 $51,706,000, of which $14,812,000 shall remain available 

22 until expended. 

23 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

24 SEC. 1201. INCENTIVE AWARDS PROGRAM. Of the 

25 amounts appropriated to the Library of Congress in this 
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1 Act, not more than $5,000 may be expended, on the certifi2 cation of the Librarian of Congress, in connection with offi3 cial representation and reception expenses for the incentive 

4 awards program. 

5 SEC. 1202. REIMBURSABLE AND REVOLVING FUND AC6 TIVITIES. (a) IN GENERAL.—For fiscal year 2004, the 

7 obligational authority of the Library of Congress for the ac8 tivities described in subsection (b) may not exceed 

9 $105,589,000. 

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

12 that are funded from sources other than appropriations to 

13 the Library in appropriations Acts for the legislative 

14 branch. 

15 (c) TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—During fiscal year 2004, 

16 the Librarian of Congress may temporarily transfer funds 

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

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

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

21 section 103 of the Library of Congress Fiscal Operations 

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

23 182c): Provided, That the total amount of such transfers 

24 may not exceed $1,900,000: Provided further, That the ap25 propriate revolving fund account shall reimburse the Li-
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1 brary for any amounts transferred to it before the period 

2 of availability of the Library appropriation expires. 

3 SEC. 1203. NATIONAL AUDIOVISUAL CONSERVATION

4 CENTER. (a) ACQUISITION.—Section (1)(a) of the Act enti5 tled ‘‘An Act to authorize acquisition of certain real prop6 erty for the Library of Congress, and for other purposes’’ 

7 (2 U.S.C. 141 note; Public Law 105–144) is amended by 

8 striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following: 

9 ‘‘(1) Three parcels totaling approximately 45 

10 acres, more or less, located in Culpeper County, Vir11 ginia, and identified as Culpeper County Tax Parcel 

12 Numbers 51–80B, 51–80C, and 51–80D, further de13 scribed as real estate (consisting of 40.949 acres) con14 veyed to David and Lucille Packard Foundation by 

15 deed from Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, dated 

16 May 15, 1998, and recorded May 19, 1998, in the 

17 Clerk’s Office, Circuit Court of Culpeper County, Vir18 ginia, in Deed Book 644, page 372; and real estate 

19 (consisting of 4.181 acres) conveyed to Packard Hu20 manities Institute by deed from Russell H. Inskeep, 

21 dated February 13, 2002, and recorded February 13, 

22 2002, in the Clerk’s Office, Circuit Court of Culpeper 

23 County, Virginia, as instrument number 

24 020001299.’’. 
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1 (b) LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS.—Section 

2 11(d) of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act relating the policing of 

3 the buildings of the Library of Congress’’, approved August 

4 4, 1950 (2 U.S.C. 167(j)), is amended by striking para5 graph (1) and inserting the following: 

6 ‘‘(1) Three parcels totaling approximately 45 

7 acres, more or less, located in Culpeper County, Vir8 ginia, and identified as Culpeper County Tax Parcel 

9 Numbers 51–80B, 51–80C, and 51–80D, further de10 scribed as real estate (consisting of 40.949 acres) con11 veyed to David and Lucille Packard Foundation by 

12 deed from Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, dated 

13 May 15, 1998, and recorded May 19, 1998, in the 

14 Clerk’s Office, Circuit Court of Culpeper County, Vir15 ginia, in Deed Book 644, page 372; and real estate 

16 (consisting of 4.181 acres) conveyed to Packard Hu17 manities Institute by deed from Russell H. Inskeep, 

18 dated February 13, 2002, and recorded February 13, 

19 2002, in the Clerk’s Office, Circuit Court of Culpeper 

20 County, Virginia, as instrument number 

21 020001299.’’. 

22 SEC. 1204. VOLUNTARY SEPARATION PAYMENTS. (a) 

23 IN GENERAL.—The Congressional Research Service may for 

24 such employees as it determines appropriate authorize a 

25 payment to employees who voluntarily separate before 
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1 March 31, 2004, whether by retirement or resignation, 

2 which payment shall be paid in accordance with the provi3 sions of section 5597(d) of title 5, United States Code. 

4 (b) LIMITATION.—No more than 40 employees may re5 ceive a voluntary separation payment under this section. 

6 SEC. 1205. TRANSFER OF LIBRARY OF CONGRESS PO7 LICE.—Section 1015(a)(3) of the Legislative Branch Appro8 priations Act, 2003, is amended by inserting ‘‘, or, if ear9 lier, on February 20, 2005’’ before the period. 

10 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 

11 CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING AND BINDING

12 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

13 For authorized printing and binding for the Congress 

14 and the distribution of Congressional information in any 

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

17 session index to the Congressional Record, as authorized by 

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

19 and binding of Government publications authorized by law 

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

21 binding, and distribution of Government publications au22 thorized by law to be distributed without charge to the re23 cipient, $91,111,000: Provided, That this appropriation 

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

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

3 further, That this appropriation shall be available for the 

4 payment of obligations incurred under the appropriations 

5 for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years: Provided 

6 further, That notwithstanding the 2-year limitation under 

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

8 appropriated or made available under this Act or any other 

9 Act for printing and binding and related services provided 

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

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

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

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

18 purposes for preceding fiscal years may be transferred to 

19 the Government Printing Office revolving fund for carrying 

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

21 of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep22 resentatives and Senate. 
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1 OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 For expenses of the Office of Superintendent of Docu5 ments necessary to provide for the cataloging and indexing 

6 of Government publications and their distribution to the 

7 public, Members of Congress, other Government agencies, 

8 and designated depository and international exchange li9 braries as authorized by law, $34,456,000: Provided, That 

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

11 appropriations are authorized for producing and dissemi12 nating Congressional serial sets and other related publica13 tions for calendar years 2002 and 2003 to depository and 

14 other designated libraries: Provided further, That any unob15 ligated or unexpended balances in this account or accounts 

16 for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years may be 

17 transferred to the Government Printing Office revolving 

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

19 to the approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the 

20 House of Representatives and Senate. 

21 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE REVOLVING FUND

22 For payment to the Government Printing Office Re23 volving Fund, $10,000,000 for working capital. The Gov24 ernment Printing Office may make such expenditures, with25 in the limits of funds available and in accord with the law, 

26 and to make such contracts and commitments without re-
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1 gard to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 9104 

2 of title 31, United States Code, as may be necessary in car3 rying out the programs and purposes set forth in the budget 

4 for the current fiscal year for the Government Printing Of5 fice revolving fund: Provided, That not more than $5,000 

6 may be expended on the certification of the Public Printer 

7 in connection with official representation and reception ex8 penses: Provided further, That the revolving fund shall be 

9 available for the hire or purchase of not more than 12 pas10 senger motor vehicles: Provided further, That expenditures 

11 in connection with travel expenses of the advisory councils 

12 to the Public Printer shall be deemed necessary to carry 

13 out the provisions of title 44, United States Code: Provided 

14 further, That the revolving fund shall be available for tem15 porary or intermittent services under section 3109(b) of 

16 title 5, United States Code, but at rates for individuals not 

17 more than the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic 

18 pay for level V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 

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

20 the funds provided under the headings ‘‘OFFICE OF SUPER21 INTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS’’ and ‘‘SALARIES AND EX22 PENSES’’ together may not be available for the full-time 

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

24 such other number of workyears as the Public Printer may 

25 request, subject to the approval of the Committees on Appro-
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1 priations of the House of Representatives and Senate): Pro2 vided further, That activities financed through the revolving 

3 fund may provide information in any format. 

4 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

5 SEC. 1301. PAY OF PUBLIC PRINTER AND DEPUTY

6 PUBLIC PRINTER. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 303 of title 

7 44, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 

8 ‘‘SEC. 303. PUBLIC PRINTER AND DEPUTY PUBLIC PRINTER: 

9 PAY 

10 ‘‘The annual rate of pay for the Public Printer shall 

11 be a rate which is equal to the rate for level II of the Execu12 tive Schedule under subchapter II of chapter 53 of title 5. 

13 The annual rate of pay for the Deputy Public Printer shall 

14 be a rate which is equal to the rate for level III of such 

15 Executive Schedule.’’. 

16 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this 

17 section shall take effect on the first day of the first applica18 ble pay period beginning on or after the date of enactment 

19 of this Act. 

20 SEC. 1302. SURPLUS PROPERTY, ACCEPTANCE OF

21 GIFTS, AND VOLUNTARY SERVICES. (a) IN GENERAL.—

22 Chapter 3 of title 44, United States Code, is amended by 

23 adding after section 317 the following: 
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1 ‘‘SEC. 318. TRANSFER OF SURPLUS PROPERTY, ACCEPT2 ANCE OF GIFTS, AND ACCEPTANCE OF VOL3 UNTARY SERVICES 

4 ‘‘(a) The Public Printer may—

5 ‘‘(1) transfer or donate surplus Government pub6 lications and condemned Government Printing Office 

7 machinery, material, equipment, and supplies, to—

8 ‘‘(A) other Federal entities; 

9 ‘‘(B) any organization described under sec10 tion 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 

11 1986 and exempt from taxation under 501(a) of 

12 such Code; or 

13 ‘‘(C) State or local governments; 

14 ‘‘(2) accept, hold, administer, and utilize gifts 

15 and bequests of property, both real and personal, for 

16 the purpose of aiding or facilitating the work of the 

17 Government Printing Office; and 

18 ‘‘(3) accept voluntary and uncompensated serv19 ices, notwithstanding section 1342 of title 31. 

20 ‘‘(b) Gifts and bequests of money and the proceeds from 

21 sales of other property received as gifts or bequests to the 

22 Government Printing Office shall be deposited in the revolv23 ing fund and shall be disbursed upon order of the Public 

24 Printer. Property accepted under this section, and the pro25 ceeds from that property, shall be used as nearly as possible 

26 in accordance with the terms of the gift or bequest. For pur-
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1 poses of Federal income, estate, or gift taxes, property ac2 cepted under this section shall be considered as a gift, de3 vise, or bequest to the United States. 

4 ‘‘(c) Individuals providing voluntary and uncompen5 sated services under subsection (a)(3) shall not be considered 

6 Federal employees, except for purposes of chapter 81 of title 

7 5, with respect to job-incurred disability and title 28, with 

8 respect to tort claims.’’. 

9 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The 

10 table of sections for chapter 3 of title 44, United States 

11 Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to 

12 section 317 the following:

‘‘318. Transfer of surplus property, acceptance of gifts, and acceptance of voluntary services.’’.

13 GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE 

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

15 For necessary expenses of the General Accounting Of16 fice, including not more than $12,500 to be expended on 

17 the certification of the Comptroller General of the United 

18 States in connection with official representation and recep19 tion expenses; temporary or intermittent services under sec20 tion 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, but at rates for 

21 individuals not more than the daily equivalent of the an22 nual rate of basic pay for level IV of the Executive Schedule 

23 under section 5315 of such title; hire of 1 passenger motor 

24 vehicle; advance payments in foreign countries in accord-
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1 ance with section 3324 of title 31, United States Code; bene2 fits comparable to those payable under section 901(5), (6), 

3 and (8) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 

4 4081(5), (6), and (8)); and under regulations prescribed by 

5 the Comptroller General of the United States, rental of liv6 ing quarters in foreign countries, $462,112,000: Provided, 

7 That not more than $4,806,200 of payments received under 

8 section 782 of title 31, United States Code, shall be avail9 able for use in fiscal year 2004: Provided further, That not 

10 more than $1,200,000 of reimbursements received under sec11 tion 9105 of title 31, United States Code, shall be available 

12 for use in fiscal year 2004: Provided further, That this ap13 propriation and appropriations for administrative ex14 penses of any other department or agency which is a mem15 ber of the National Intergovernmental Audit Forum or a 

16 Regional Intergovernmental Audit Forum shall be available 

17 to finance an appropriate share of either Forum’s costs as 

18 determined by the respective Forum, including necessary 

19 travel expenses of non-Federal participants: Provided fur20 ther, That payments hereunder to the Forum may be cred21 ited as reimbursements to any appropriation from which 

22 costs involved are initially financed: Provided further, That 

23 this appropriation and appropriations for administrative 

24 expenses of any other department or agency which is a 

25 member of the American Consortium on International Pub-
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1 lic Administration (ACIPA) shall be available to finance 

2 an appropriate share of ACIPA costs as determined by the 

3 ACIPA, including any expenses attributable to membership 

4 of ACIPA in the International Institute of Administrative 

5 Sciences: Provided further, That this appropriation shall 

6 hereafter be available to finance an appropriate share of 

7 the Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board costs. 

8 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

9 SEC. 1401. PAYMENT FOR AUDITS. (a) IN GENERAL.—

10 At any time during fiscal year 2004 or thereafter, the 

11 Comptroller General may accept payment from the Securi12 ties and Exchange Commission for the performance of any 

13 audit of the financial statements of the Commission which 

14 is conducted by the Comptroller General. 

15 (b) CREDIT TO ACCOUNT.—Any payment accepted 

16 under the authority of subsection (a) shall be credited to 

17 the account established for salaries and expenses of the Gen18 eral Accounting Office, and shall be available for obligation 

19 and expenditure upon receipt. 

20 PAYMENT TO THE OPEN WORLD LEADERSHIP 

21 CENTER TRUST FUND 

22 For a payment to the Open World Leadership Center 

23 Trust Fund for financing activities of the Open World 

24 Leadership Center, $14,000,000. 
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1 TITLE II—GENERAL PROVISIONS 

2 SEC. 201. MAINTENANCE AND CARE OF PRIVATE VEHI3 CLES. No part of the funds appropriated in this Act shall 

4 be used for the maintenance or care of private vehicles, ex5 cept for emergency assistance and cleaning as may be pro6 vided under regulations relating to parking facilities for the 

7 House of Representatives issued by the Committee on House 

8 Administration and for the Senate issued by the Committee 

9 on Rules and Administration. 

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

11 funds appropriated in this Act shall remain available for 

12 obligation beyond fiscal year 2004 unless expressly so pro13 vided in this Act. 

14 SEC. 203. RATES OF COMPENSATION AND DESIGNA15 TION. Whenever in this Act any office or position not spe16 cifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of 1929 (46 

17 Stat. 32 et seq.) is appropriated for or the rate of compensa18 tion or designation of any office or position appropriated 

19 for is different from that specifically established by such 

20 Act, the rate of compensation and the designation in this 

21 Act shall be the permanent law with respect thereto: Pro22 vided, That the provisions in this Act for the various items 

23 of official expenses of Members, officers, and committees of 

24 the Senate and House of Representatives, and clerk hire for 
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1 Senators and Members of the House of Representatives shall 

2 be the permanent law with respect thereto. 

3 SEC. 204. CONSULTING SERVICES. The expenditure of 

4 any appropriation under this Act for any consulting service 

5 through procurement contract, under section 3109 of title 

6 5, United States Code, shall be limited to those contracts 

7 where such expenditures are a matter of public record and 

8 available for public inspection, except where otherwise pro9 vided under existing law, or under existing Executive order 

10 issued under existing law. 

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

12 may be necessary are appropriated to the account described 

13 in subsection (a) of section 415 of the Congressional Ac14 countability Act (2 U.S.C. 1415(a)) to pay awards and set15 tlements as authorized under such subsection. 

16 SEC. 206. COSTS OF LBFMC. Amounts available for 

17 administrative expenses of any legislative branch entity 

18 which participates in the Legislative Branch Financial 

19 Managers Council (LBFMC) established by charter on 

20 March 26, 1996, shall be available to finance an appro21 priate share of LBFMC costs as determined by the LBFMC, 

22 except that the total LBFMC costs to be shared among all 

23 participating legislative branch entities (in such allocations 

24 among the entities as the entities may determine) may not 

25 exceed $2,000. 
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1 TITLE III—FISCAL YEAR 2003 EMERGENCY 

2 SUPPLEMENTAL 

3 For an additional amount for ‘‘Department of Home4 land Security, Emergency Preparedness and Response, Dis5 aster Relief Fund’’, to cover necessary expenses under the 

6 Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assist7 ance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), $1,550,000,000, and not8 withstanding 42 U.S.C. 5203, to remain available until ex9 pended: Provided, That for an additional amount for ‘‘Na10 tional Aeronautics and Space Administration, Human 

11 Space Flight’’, to cover necessary expenses for responding 

12 to the Space Shuttle Columbia accident, $50,000,000, to re13 main available until expended: Provided further, That for 

14 an additional amount for ‘‘Department of Agriculture, For15 est Service, Wildland Fire Management’’, to cover necessary 

16 expenses for wildfire suppression and emergency rehabilita17 tion activities of the Forest Service, $253,000,000, to re18 main available until expended: Provided further, That for 

19 an additional amount for ‘‘Department of the Interior, Bu20 reau of Land Management, Wildland Fire Management’’, 

21 to cover necessary expenses for wildfire suppression and 

22 emergency rehabilitation activities of the Bureau of Land 

23 Management, $61,000,000, to remain available until ex24 pended, of which $25,000,000 shall be available for emer25 gency actions to reduce the threat to human safety in areas 
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1 declared under a State of Emergency by the Governor of 

2 any State due to the danger of catastrophic fire from dead 

3 and dying trees, including—(1) clearing of evacuation 

4 routes, (2) clearing around emergency shelter locations, (3) 

5 clearing around emergency communication sites, and (4) 

6 clearing buffer zones around highly populous communities 

7 in order to prevent fire sweeping though such communities: 

8 Provided further, That for an additional amount for ‘‘Cor9 poration for National and Community Service, National 

10 and Community Service Programs Operating Expenses’’, 

11 for grants under the National Service Trust program au12 thorized under subtitle C of title I of the National and Com13 munity Service Act of 1990 (the ‘‘Act’’) (42 U.S.C. 12571 

14 et seq.) (relating to activities including the AmeriCorps pro15 gram) and for educational awards authorized under subtitle 

16 D of title I of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12601), $100,000,000, 

17 with funds for grants to remain available until September 

18 30, 2004, and funds for educational awards to remain 

19 available until expended: Provided further, That the first 

20 proviso under the heading ‘‘Corporation for National and 

21 Community Service, National and Community Service Pro22 grams Operating Expenses’’ in Public Law 108–7 shall 

23 apply only to positions originally approved subsequent to 

24 March 10, 2003: Provided further, That the Inspector Gen25 eral of the Corporation for National and Community Serv-
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1 ice shall conduct random audits of the Corporation and the 

2 grantees that administer activities under the AmeriCorps 

3 programs and shall de-fund any grantee that has been de4 termined to have committed any substantial violations of 

5 the requirements of the AmeriCorps programs: Provided 

6 further, That the Corps of Engineers shall immediately re7 program such funds as are necessary to cover $11,000,000 

8 in contractual obligations and other expenses relating to the 

9 Grand Forks Flood Control Project, Grand Forks, North 

10 Dakota, authorized by section 137 of title I of division C 

11 of Public Law 105–277 (112 Stat. 2681–597): Provided fur12 ther, That Notwithstanding any other provision of law, dur13 ing the period from September 1 through September 30, 

14 2003, the Secretary of Education shall transfer to the Edu15 cation for the Disadvantaged account an amount not to ex16 ceed $4,353,368 from amounts that would otherwise lapse 

17 at the end of fiscal year 2003 and that were originally made 

18 available under the Department of Education Appropria19 tions Act, 2003 or any Department of Education Appro20 priations Act for a previous fiscal year: Provided further, 

21 That the funds transferred to the Education for the Dis22 advantaged account shall be obligated by September 30, 

23 2003: Provided further, That the Secretary shall notify the 

24 Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 

25 of any such transfer: Provided further, That any amounts 
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1 transferred to the Education for the Disadvantaged account 

2 pursuant to this paragraph shall be for carrying out sub3 part 2 of part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary 

4 Education Act of 1965, and shall be allocated, notwith5 standing any other provision of law, only to those States 

6 that received funds under that subpart for fiscal year 2003 

7 that were less than those States received under that subpart 

8 for fiscal year 2002: Provided further, That the Secretary 

9 of Education shall use these additional funds to increase 

10 those States’ allocations under that subpart up to the 

11 amount they received under that subpart for fiscal year 

12 2002: Provided further, That each such State shall use the 

13 funds appropriated under this paragraph to ratably in14 crease the amount of funds for each eligible local edu15 cational agency in the State that received less under that 

16 subpart in fiscal year 2003 than it received under that sub17 part in fiscal year 2002: Provided further, That the Sec18 retary shall not take into account the funds made available 

19 under this paragraph in determining State allocations 

20 under any other program administered by the Secretary in 

21 any fiscal year: Provided further, That for an additional 

22 amount for ‘‘Corps of Engineers—Civil, Flood Control and 

23 Coastal Emergencies’’, for emergency expenses due to flood 

24 control, hurricane, and shore protection activities, as au25 thorized by section 5 of the Flood Control Act of August 
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1 16, 1941, as amended (33 U.S.C. 701n), $10,000,000, to 

2 remain available until expended: Provided further, That the 

3 Secretary of Agriculture shall use $20,000,000 of the funds 

4 of the Commodity Credit Corporation, to remain available 

5 until expended, for the suppression and control of the Mor6 mon cricket infestation on public and private land in Ne7 vada, Utah, and Idaho, that amount to be expended in 

8 equal amounts among the 3 States: Provided further, That 

9 these amounts for these specific purposes are designated by 

10 the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to sec11 tion 502 of H. Con. Res. 95, the concurrent resolution on 

12 the budget for fiscal year 2004: Provided further, That this 

13 paragraph shall be effective immediately upon the enact14 ment of this Act.

15 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative Branch Ap16 propriations Act, 2004’’.

Passed the House of Representatives July 9, 2003. 

Attest: JEFF TRANDAHL, 

Clerk.

Passed the Senate July 11, 2003. 

Attest: EMILY J. REYNOLDS, 

Secretary.