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106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 5657

Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending

September 30, 2001, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

DECEMBER 14, 2000

Mr. TAYLOR of North Carolina introduced the following bill; which was

referred to the Committee on Appropriations

A BILL

Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the

fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and for other

purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any

4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the

5 Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September

6 30, 2001, and for other purposes, namely:
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1 TITLE I—CONGRESSIONAL OPERATIONS

2 SENATE

3 PAYMENT TO WIDOWS AND HEIRS OF DECEASED

4 MEMBERS OF CONGRESS

5 For a payment to Nancy Nally Coverdell, widow of

6 Paul D. Coverdell, late a Senator from Georgia, $141,300.

7 EXPENSE ALLOWANCES

8 For expense allowances of the Vice President,

9 $10,000; the President Pro Tempore of the Senate,

10 $10,000; Majority Leader of the Senate, $10,000; Minor11 ity Leader of the Senate, $10,000; Majority Whip of the

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

13 Chairmen of the Majority and Minority Conference Com14 mittees, $3,000 for each Chairman; and Chairmen of the

15 Majority and Minority Policy Committees, $3,000 for each

16 Chairman; in all, $62,000.

17 REPRESENTATION ALLOWANCES FOR THE MAJORITY AND

18 MINORITY LEADERS

19 For representation allowances of the Majority and

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

21 Leader; in all, $30,000.

22 SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

23 For compensation of officers, employees, and others

24 as authorized by law, including agency contributions,
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1 $92,321,000, which shall be paid from this appropriation

2 without regard to the below limitations, as follows:

3 OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT

4 For the Office of the Vice President, $1,785,000.

5 OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE

6 For the Office of the President Pro Tempore,

7 $453,000.

8 OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERS

9 For Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders,

10 $2,742,000.

11 OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY WHIPS

12 For Offices of the Majority and Minority Whips,

13 $1,722,000.

14 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

15 For salaries of the Committee on Appropriations,

16 $6,917,000.

17 CONFERENCE COMMITTEES

18 For the Conference of the Majority and the Con19 ference of the Minority, at rates of compensation to be

20 fixed by the Chairman of each such committee,

21 $1,152,000 for each such committee; in all, $2,304,000.
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1 OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES OF THE CONFERENCE OF

2 THE MAJORITY AND THE CONFERENCE OF THE MINORITY

3 For Offices of the Secretaries of the Conference of

4 the Majority and the Conference of the Minority,

5 $590,000.

6 POLICY COMMITTEES

7 For salaries of the Majority Policy Committee and

8 the Minority Policy Committee, $1,171,000 for each such

9 committee; in all, $2,342,000.

10 OFFICE OF THE CHAPLAIN

11 For Office of the Chaplain, $288,000.

12 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

13 For Office of the Secretary, $14,738,000.

14 OFFICE OF THE SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER

15 For Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper,

16 $34,811,000.

17 OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND

18 MINORITY

19 For Offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the

20 Secretary for the Minority, $1,292,000.

21 AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS AND RELATED EXPENSES

22 For agency contributions for employee benefits, as

23 authorized by law, and related expenses, $22,337,000.
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1 OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL OF THE SENATE

2 For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legisla3 tive Counsel of the Senate, $4,046,000.

4 OFFICE OF SENATE LEGAL COUNSEL

5 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate

6 Legal Counsel, $1,069,000.

7 EXPENSE ALLOWANCES OF THE SECRETARY OF THE

8 SENATE, SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF

9 THE SENATE, AND SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJOR10 ITY AND MINORITY OF THE SENATE

11 For expense allowances of the Secretary of the Sen12 ate, $3,000; Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Sen13 ate, $3,000; Secretary for the Majority of the Senate,

14 $3,000; Secretary for the Minority of the Senate, $3,000;

15 in all, $12,000.

16 CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE

17 INQUIRIES AND INVESTIGATIONS

18 For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered

19 by the Senate, or conducted pursuant to section 134(a)

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

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

22 281, agreed to March 11, 1980, $73,000,000.

23 EXPENSES OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE CAUCUS ON

24 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL

25 For expenses of the United States Senate Caucus on

26 International Narcotics Control, $370,000.
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1 SECRETARY OF THE SENATE

2 For expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the

3 Senate, $2,077,000.

4 SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE SENATE

5 For expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms

6 and Doorkeeper of the Senate, $71,511,000, of which

7 $2,500,000 shall remain available until September 30,

8 2003.

9 MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

10 For miscellaneous items, $8,655,000.

11 SENATORS’ OFFICIAL PERSONNEL AND OFFICE EXPENSE

12 ACCOUNT

13 For Senators’ Official Personnel and Office Expense

14 Account, $253,203,000.

15 OFFICIAL MAIL COSTS

16 For expenses necessary for official mail costs of the

17 Senate $300,000.

18 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

19 SECTION 1. SEMIANNUAL REPORT. (a) IN GEN20 ERAL.—Section 105(a) of the Legislative Branch Appro21 priations Act, 1965 (2 U.S.C. 104a) is amended by adding

22 at the end the following:

23 ‘‘(5)(A) Notwithstanding the requirements of para24 graph (1) relating to the level of detail of statement and

25 itemization, each report by the Secretary of the Senate
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1 required under such paragraph shall be compiled at a

2 summary level for each office of the Senate authorized to

3 obligate appropriated funds.

4 ‘‘(B) Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to the report5 ing of expenditures relating to personnel compensation,

6 travel and transportation of persons, other contractual

7 services, and acquisition of assets.

8 ‘‘(C) In carrying out this paragraph the Secretary of

9 the Senate shall apply the Standard Federal Object Classi10 fication of Expenses as the Secretary determines appro11 priate.’’.

12 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE AND APPLICATION.—

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2),

14 the amendment made by this section shall take ef15 fect on the date of enactment of this Act.

16 (2) FIRST REPORT AFTER ENACTMENT.—The

17 Secretary of the Senate may elect to compile and

18 submit the report for the semiannual period during

19 which the date of enactment of this section occurs,

20 as if the amendment made by this section had not

21 been enacted.

22 SEC. 2. SENATE EMPLOYEE PAY ADJUSTMENTS.

23 Section 4 of the Federal Pay Comparability Act of 1970

24 (2 U.S.C. 60a–1) is amended—

25 (1) in subsection (a)—
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1 (A) by inserting ‘‘(or section 5304 or

2 5304a of such title, as applied to employees em3 ployed in the pay locality of the Washington,

4 D.C.-Baltimore, Maryland consolidated metro5 politan statistical area)’’ after ‘‘employees

6 under section 5303 of title 5, United States

7 Code,’’; and

8 (B) by inserting ‘‘(and, as the case may

9 be, section 5304 or 5304a of such title, as ap10 plied to employees employed in the pay locality

11 of the Washington, D.C.-Baltimore, Maryland

12 consolidated metropolitan statistical area)’’

13 after ‘‘the President under such section 5303’’;

14 (2) by redesignating subsection (e) as sub15 section (f ); and

16 (3) by inserting after subsection (d) the fol17 lowing:

18 ‘‘(e) Any percentage used in any statute specifically

19 providing for an adjustment in rates of pay in lieu of an

20 adjustment made under section 5303 of title 5, United

21 States Code, and, as the case may be, section 5304 or

22 5304a of such title for any calendar year shall be treated

23 as the percentage used in an adjustment made under such

24 section 5303, 5304, or 5304a, as applicable, for purposes

25 of subsection (a).’’.
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1 SEC. 3. (a) Section 6(c) of the Legislative Branch Ap2 propriations Act, 1999 (2 U.S.C. 121b–1(c)) is

3 amended—

4 (1) by striking ‘‘and agency contributions’’ in

5 paragraph (2)(A), and

6 (2) by adding at the end the following:

7 ‘‘(3) Agency contributions for employees of Sen8 ate Hair Care Services shall be paid from the appro9 priations account for ‘SALARIES, OFFICERS AND

10 EMPLOYEES’.’’.

11 (b) This section shall apply to pay periods beginning

12 on or after October 1, 2000.

13 SEC. 4. (a) There is established in the Treasury of

14 the United States a revolving fund to be known as the

15 Senate Health and Fitness Facility Revolving Fund (‘‘the

16 revolving fund’’).

17 (b) The Architect of the Capitol shall deposit in the

18 revolving fund—

19 (1) any amounts received as dues or other as20 sessments for use of the Senate Health and Fitness

21 Facility, and

22 (2) any amounts received from the operation of

23 the Senate waste recycling program.

24 (c) Subject to the approval of the Committee on Ap25 propriations of the Senate, amounts in the revolving fund
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1 shall be available to the Architect of the Capitol, without

2 fiscal year limitation, for payment of costs of the Senate

3 Health and Fitness Facility.

4 (d) The Architect of the Capitol shall withdraw from

5 the revolving fund and deposit in the Treasury of the

6 United States as miscellaneous receipts all moneys in the

7 revolving fund that the Architect determines are in excess

8 of the current and reasonably foreseeable needs of the

9 Senate Health and Fitness Facility.

10 (e) Subject to the approval of the Committee on

11 Rules and Administration of the Senate, the Architect of

12 the Capitol may issue such regulations as may be nec13 essary to carry out the provisions of this section.

14 SEC. 5. For each fiscal year (commencing with the

15 fiscal year ending September 30, 2001), there is author16 ized an expense allowance for the Chairmen of the Major17 ity and Minority Policy Committees which shall not exceed

18 $3,000 each fiscal year for each such Chairman; and

19 amounts from such allowance shall be paid to either of

20 such Chairmen only as reimbursement for actual expenses

21 incurred by him and upon certification and documentation

22 of such expenses, and amounts so paid shall not be re23 ported as income and shall not be allowed as a deduction

24 under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
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1 SEC. 6. (a) The head of the employing office of an

2 employee of the Senate may, upon termination of employ3 ment of the employee, authorize payment of a lump sum

4 for the accrued annual leave of that employee if—

5 (1) the head of the employing office—

6 (A) has approved a written leave policy au7 thorizing employees to accrue leave and estab8 lishing the conditions upon which accrued leave

9 may be paid; and

10 (B) submits written certification to the Fi11 nancial Clerk of the Senate of the number of

12 days of annual leave accrued by the employee

13 for which payment is to be made under the

14 written leave policy of the employing office; and

15 (2) there are sufficient funds to cover the lump

16 sum payment.

17 (b)(1) A lump sum payment under this section shall

18 not exceed the lesser of—

19 (A) twice the monthly rate of pay of the em20 ployee; or

21 (B) the product of the daily rate of pay of the

22 employee and the number of days of accrued annual

23 leave of the employee.

24 (2) The Secretary of the Senate shall determine the

25 rates of pay of an employee under paragraph (1)(A) and
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1 (B) on the basis of the annual rate of pay of the employee

2 in effect on the date of termination of employment.

3 (c) Any payment under this section shall be paid from

4 the appropriation account or fund used to pay the em5 ployee.

6 (d) If an individual who received a lump sum pay7 ment under this section is reemployed as an employee of

8 the Senate before the end of the period covered by the

9 lump sum payment, the individual shall refund an amount

10 equal to the applicable pay covering the period between

11 the date of reemployment and the expiration of the lump

12 sum period. Such amount shall be deposited to the appro13 priation account or fund used to pay the lump sum pay14 ment.

15 (e) The Committee on Rules and Administration of

16 the Senate may prescribe regulations to carry out this sec17 tion.

18 (f ) In this section, the term—

19 (1) ‘‘employee of the Senate’’ means any em20 ployee whose pay is disbursed by the Secretary of

21 the Senate, except that the term does not include a

22 member of the Capitol Police or a civilian employee

23 of the Capitol Police; and

24 (2) ‘‘head of the employing office’’ means any

25 person with the final authority to appoint, hire, dis-
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1 charge, and set the terms, conditions, or privileges

2 of the employment of an individual whose pay is dis3 bursed by the Secretary of the Senate.

4 SEC. 7. (a) Agency contributions for employees whose

5 salaries are disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate from

6 the appropriations account ‘‘JOINT ECONOMIC COM7 MITTEE’’ under the heading ‘‘JOINT ITEMS’’ shall be

8 paid from the Senate appropriations account for ‘‘SALA9 RIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES’’.

10 (b) This section shall apply to pay periods beginning

11 on or after October 1, 2000.

12 SEC. 8. Section 316 of Public Law 101–302 (40

13 U.S.C. 188b–6) is amended—

14 (1) in the first sentence of subsection (a) by

15 striking ‘‘items of art, fine art, and historical items’’

16 and inserting ‘‘works of art, historical objects, docu17 ments, or material relating to historical matters for

18 placement or exhibition’’;

19 (2) in the second sentence of subsection (a)—

20 (A) by striking ‘‘such items’’ each place it

21 appears and inserting ‘‘such works, objects,

22 documents, or material’’ in each such place; and

23 (B) by striking ‘‘an item’’ and inserting ‘‘a

24 work, object, document, or material’’; and

25 (3) in subsection (b)—
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1 (A) by striking ‘‘such items of art’’ and in2 serting ‘‘such works, objects, documents, or ma3 terials’’; and

4 (B) by striking ‘‘shall’’ and inserting

5 ‘‘may’’.

6 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 For salaries and expenses of the House of Represent9 atives, $769,551,000, as follows:

10 HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES

11 For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law,

12 $14,378,000, including: Office of the Speaker,

13 $1,759,000, including $25,000 for official expenses of the

14 Speaker; Office of the Majority Floor Leader, $1,726,000,

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

16 Leader; Office of the Minority Floor Leader, $2,096,000,

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

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

19 Deputy Majority Whip, $1,466,000, including $5,000 for

20 official expenses of the Majority Whip; Office of the Mi21 nority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Minority Whip,

22 $1,096,000, including $5,000 for official expenses of the

23 Minority Whip; Speaker’s Office for Legislative Floor Ac24 tivities, $410,000; Republican Steering Committee,

25 $765,000; Republican Conference, $1,255,000; Demo-
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1 cratic Steering and Policy Committee, $1,352,000; Demo2 cratic Caucus, $668,000; nine minority employees,

3 $1,229,000; training and program development—major4 ity, $278,000; and training and program development—

5 minority, $278,000.

6 MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES

7 INCLUDING MEMBERS’ CLERK HIRE, OFFICIAL

8 EXPENSES OF MEMBERS, AND OFFICIAL MAIL

9 For Members’ representational allowances, including

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

11 $410,182,000.

12 COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES

13 STANDING COMMITTEES, SPECIAL AND SELECT

14 For salaries and expenses of standing committees,

15 special and select, authorized by House resolutions,

16 $92,196,000: Provided, That such amount shall remain

17 available for such salaries and expenses until December

18 31, 2002.

19 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

20 For salaries and expenses of the Committee on Ap21 propriations, $20,628,000, including studies and examina22 tions of executive agencies and temporary personal serv23 ices for such committee, to be expended in accordance with

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

25 1946 and to be available for reimbursement to agencies
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1 for services performed: Provided, That such amount shall

2 remain available for such salaries and expenses until De3 cember 31, 2002.

4 SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

5 For compensation and expenses of officers and em6 ployees, as authorized by law, $90,403,000, including: for

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

8 not more than $3,500, of which not more than $2,500 is

9 for the Family Room, for official representation and recep10 tion expenses, $14,590,000; for salaries and expenses of

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

12 of Superintendent of Garages, and including not more

13 than $750 for official representation and reception ex14 penses, $3,692,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office

15 of the Chief Administrative Officer, $58,550,000, of which

16 $1,054,000 shall remain available until expended, includ17 ing $26,605,000 for salaries, expenses and temporary per18 sonal services of House Information Resources, of which

19 $26,020,000 is provided herein: Provided, That of the

20 amount provided for House Information Resources,

21 $6,497,000 shall be for net expenses of telecommuni22 cations: Provided further, That House Information Re23 sources is authorized to receive reimbursement from Mem24 bers of the House of Representatives and other govern25 mental entities for services provided and such reimburse-
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1 ment shall be deposited in the Treasury for credit to this

2 account; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the In3 spector General, $3,249,000; for salaries and expenses of

4 the Office of General Counsel, $806,000; for the Office

5 of the Chaplain, $140,000; for salaries and expenses of

6 the Office of the Parliamentarian, including the Parlia7 mentarian and $2,000 for preparing the Digest of Rules,

8 $1,201,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the

9 Law Revision Counsel of the House, $2,045,000; for sala10 ries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel

11 of the House, $5,085,000; for salaries and expenses of the

12 Corrections Calendar Office, $832,000; and for other au13 thorized employees, $213,000.

14 ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES

15 For allowances and expenses as authorized by House

16 resolution or law, $141,764,000, including: supplies, mate17 rials, administrative costs and Federal tort claims,

18 $2,235,000; official mail for committees, leadership of19 fices, and administrative offices of the House, $410,000;

20 Government contributions for health, retirement, Social

21 Security, and other applicable employee benefits,

22 $138,726,000; and miscellaneous items including pur23 chase, exchange, maintenance, repair, and operation of

24 House motor vehicles, interparliamentary receptions, and
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1 gratuities to heirs of deceased employees of the House,

2 $393,000.

3 CHILD CARE CENTER

4 For salaries and expenses of the House of Represent5 atives Child Care Center, such amounts as are deposited

6 in the account established by section 312(d)(1) of the Leg7 islative Branch Appropriations Act, 1992 (40 U.S.C.

8 184g(d)(1)), subject to the level specified in the budget

9 of the Center, as submitted to the Committee on Appro10 priations of the House of Representatives.

11 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

12 SEC. 101. During fiscal year 2001 and any suc13 ceeding fiscal year, the Chief Administrative Officer of the

14 House of Representatives may—

15 (1) enter into contracts for the acquisition of

16 severable services for a period that begins in 1 fiscal

17 year and ends in the next fiscal year to the same ex18 tent as the head of an executive agency under the

19 authority of section 303L of the Federal Property

20 and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C.

21 253l); and

22 (2) enter into multiyear contracts for the acqui23 sitions of property and nonaudit-related services to

24 the same extent as executive agencies under the au25 thority of section 304B of the Federal Property and
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1 Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C.

2 254c).

3 SEC. 102. (a) PERMITTING NEW HOUSE EMPLOYEES

4 TO BE PLACED ABOVE MINIMUM STEP OF COMPENSA5 TION LEVEL.—The House Employees Position Classifica6 tion Act (2 U.S.C. 291 et seq.) is amended by striking

7 section 10 (2 U.S.C. 299).

8 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by

9 subsection (a) shall apply with respect to employees ap10 pointed on or after October 1, 2000.

11 SEC. 103. (a) REQUIRING AMOUNTS REMAINING IN

12 MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES TO BE

13 USED FOR DEFICIT REDUCTION OR TO REDUCE THE

14 FEDERAL DEBT.—Notwithstanding any other provision of

15 law, any amounts appropriated under this Act for

16 ‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—SALARIES AND

17 EXPENSES—MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOW18 ANCES’’ shall be available only for fiscal year 2001. Any

19 amount remaining after all payments are made under such

20 allowances for fiscal year 2001 shall be deposited in the

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

22 Federal budget deficit after all such payments have been

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

24 the Secretary of the Treasury considers appropriate).
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1 (b) REGULATIONS.—The Committee on House Ad2 ministration of the House of Representatives shall have

3 authority to prescribe regulations to carry out this section.

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

5 ‘‘Member of the House of Representatives’’ means a Rep6 resentative in, or a Delegate or Resident Commissioner

7 to, Congress.

8 SEC. 104. (a) There is hereby appropriated for pay9 ment to the Prince William County Public Schools

10 $215,000, to be used to pay for educational services for

11 the son of Mrs. Evelyn Gibson, the widow of Detective

12 John Michael Gibson of the United States Capitol Police.

13 (b) The payment under subsection (a) shall be made

14 in accordance with terms and conditions established by the

15 Committee on House Administration of the House of Rep16 resentatives.

17 (c) The funds used for the payment made under sub18 section (a) shall be derived from the applicable accounts

19 of the House of Representatives.

20 JOINT ITEMS

21 For Joint Committees, as follows:

22 JOINT CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE ON INAUGURAL

23 CEREMONIES OF 2001

24 For all construction expenses, salaries, and other ex25 penses associated with conducting the inaugural cere-
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1 monies of the President and Vice President of the United

2 States, January 20, 2001, in accordance with such pro3 gram as may be adopted by the joint committee authorized

4 by Senate Concurrent Resolution 89, agreed to March 14,

5 2000 (One Hundred Sixth Congress), and Senate Concur6 rent Resolution 90, agreed to March 14, 2000 (One Hun7 dred Sixth Congress), $1,000,000 to be disbursed by the

8 Secretary of the Senate and to remain available until Sep9 tember 30, 2001. Funds made available under this head10 ing shall be available for payment, on a direct or reimburs11 able basis, whether incurred on, before, or after, October

12 1, 2000: Provided, That the compensation of any employee

13 of the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Sen14 ate who has been designated to perform service for the

15 Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies

16 shall continue to be paid by the Committee on Rules and

17 Administration, but the account from which such staff

18 member is paid may be reimbursed for the services of the

19 staff member (including agency contributions when appro20 priate) out of funds made available under this heading.

21 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

22 SEC. 105. During fiscal year 2001 the Secretary of

23 Defense shall provide protective services on a non24 reimbursable basis to the United States Capitol Police

25 with respect to the following events:
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1 (1) Upon request of the Chair of the Joint Con2 gressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies es3 tablished under Senate Concurrent Resolution 89,

4 One Hundred Sixth Congress, agreed to March 14,

5 2000, the proceedings and ceremonies conducted for

6 the inauguration of the President-elect and Vice

7 President-elect of the United States.

8 (2) Upon request of the Speaker of the House

9 of Representatives and the President Pro Tempore

10 of the Senate, the joint session of Congress held to

11 receive a message from the President of the United

12 States on the State of the Union.

13 JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE

14 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic

15 Committee, $3,315,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary

16 of the Senate.

17 JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION

18 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on

19 Taxation, $6,430,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Ad20 ministrative Officer of the House.

21 For other joint items, as follows:

22 OFFICE OF THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN

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

25 Physician and his assistants, including: (1) an allowance
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1 of $1,500 per month to the Attending Physician; (2) an

2 allowance of $500 per month each to three medical officers

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

4 (3) an allowance of $500 per month to one assistant and

5 $400 per month each not to exceed 11 assistants on the

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

7 $1,159,904 for reimbursement to the Department of the

8 Navy for expenses incurred for staff and equipment as9 signed to the Office of the Attending Physician, which

10 shall be advanced and credited to the applicable appropria11 tion or appropriations from which such salaries, allow12 ances, and other expenses are payable and shall be avail13 able for all the purposes thereof, $1,835,000, to be dis14 bursed by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House.

15 CAPITOL POLICE BOARD

16 CAPITOL POLICE

17 SALARIES

18 For the Capitol Police Board for salaries of officers,

19 members, and employees of the Capitol Police, including

20 overtime, hazardous duty pay differential, clothing allow21 ance of not more than $600 each for members required

22 to wear civilian attire, and Government contributions for

23 health, retirement, Social Security, and other applicable

24 employee benefits, $97,142,000, of which $47,053,000 is

25 provided to the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Rep-
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1 resentatives, to be disbursed by the Chief Administrative

2 Officer of the House, and $50,089,000 is provided to the

3 Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, to be

4 disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate: Provided, That,

5 of the amounts appropriated under this heading, such

6 amounts as may be necessary may be transferred between

7 the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives and

8 the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, upon

9 approval of the Committee on Appropriations of the House

10 of Representatives and the Committee on Appropriations

11 of the Senate.

12 GENERAL EXPENSES

13 For the Capitol Police Board for necessary expenses

14 of the Capitol Police, including motor vehicles, commu15 nications and other equipment, security equipment and in16 stallation, uniforms, weapons, supplies, materials, train17 ing, medical services, forensic services, stenographic serv18 ices, personal and professional services, the employee as19 sistance program, not more than $2,000 for the awards

20 program, postage, telephone service, travel advances, relo21 cation of instructor and liaison personnel for the Federal

22 Law Enforcement Training Center, and $85 per month

23 for extra services performed for the Capitol Police Board

24 by an employee of the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate

25 or the House of Representatives designated by the Chair-
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1 man of the Board, $6,772,000, to be disbursed by the

2 Capitol Police Board or their delegee: Provided, That, not3 withstanding any other provision of law, the cost of basic

4 training for the Capitol Police at the Federal Law En5 forcement Training Center for fiscal year 2001 shall be

6 paid by the Secretary of the Treasury from funds available

7 to the Department of the Treasury.

8 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

9 SEC. 106. Amounts appropriated for fiscal year 2001

10 for the Capitol Police Board for the Capitol Police may

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

12 ‘‘GENERAL EXPENSES’’ upon the approval of—

13 (1) the Committee on Appropriations of the

14 House of Representatives, in the case of amounts

15 transferred from the appropriation provided to the

16 Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives

17 under the heading ‘‘SALARIES’’;

18 (2) the Committee on Appropriations of the

19 Senate, in the case of amounts transferred from the

20 appropriation provided to the Sergeant at Arms and

21 Doorkeeper of the Senate under the heading ‘‘SALA22 RIES’’; and

23 (3) the Committees on Appropriations of the

24 Senate and the House of Representatives, in the

25 case of other transfers.
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1 SEC. 107. (a) APPOINTMENT OF CERTIFYING OFFI2 CERS OF THE CAPITOL POLICE.—The Chief Administra3 tive Officer of the United States Capitol Police, or when

4 there is not a Chief Administrative Officer, the Capitol

5 Police Board, shall appoint certifying officers to certify all

6 vouchers for payment from funds made available to the

7 United States Capitol Police.

8 (b) RESPONSIBILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY OF CER9 TIFYING OFFICERS.—

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—Each officer or employee of

11 the Capitol Police who has been duly authorized in

12 writing by the Chief Administrative Officer, or the

13 Capitol Police Board if there is not a Chief Adminis14 trative Officer, to certify vouchers pursuant to sub15 section (a) shall—

16 (A) be held responsible for the existence

17 and correctness of the facts recited in the cer18 tificate or otherwise stated on the voucher or its

19 supporting papers and for the legality of the

20 proposed payment under the appropriation or

21 fund involved;

22 (B) be held responsible and accountable for

23 the correctness of the computations of certified

24 vouchers; and
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1 (C) be held accountable for and required to

2 make good to the United States the amount of

3 any illegal, improper, or incorrect payment re4 sulting from any false, inaccurate, or mis5 leading certificate made by such officer or em6 ployee, as well as for any payment prohibited by

7 law or which did not represent a legal obligation

8 under the appropriation or fund involved.

9 (2) RELIEF BY COMPTROLLER GENERAL.—The

10 Comptroller General may, at the Comptroller Gen11 eral’s discretion, relieve such certifying officer or

12 employee of liability for any payment otherwise

13 proper if the Comptroller General finds—

14 (A) that the certification was based on of15 ficial records and that the certifying officer or

16 employee did not know, and by reasonable dili17 gence and inquiry could not have ascertained,

18 the actual facts; or

19 (B) that the obligation was incurred in

20 good faith, that the payment was not contrary

21 to any statutory provision specifically prohib22 iting payments of the character involved, and

23 the United States has received value for such

24 payment.
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1 (c) ENFORCEMENT OF LIABILITY.—The liability of

2 the certifying officers of the United States Capitol Police

3 shall be enforced in the same manner and to the same

4 extent as currently provided with respect to the enforce5 ment of the liability of disbursing and other accountable

6 officers, and such officers shall have the right to apply

7 for and obtain a decision by the Comptroller General on

8 any question of law involved in a payment on any vouchers

9 presented to them for certification.

10 SEC. 108. CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER.—(a)

11 There shall be within the Capitol Police an Office of Ad12 ministration to be headed by a Chief Administrative Offi13 cer:

14 (1) The Chief Administrative Officer shall be

15 appointed by the Comptroller General after consulta16 tion with the Capitol Police Board, and shall report

17 to and serve at the pleasure of the Comptroller Gen18 eral.

19 (2) The Comptroller General shall appoint as

20 Chief Administrative Officer an individual with the

21 knowledge and skills necessary to carry out the re22 sponsibilities for budgeting, financial management,

23 information technology, and human resource man24 agement described in this section.
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1 (3) The Chief Administrative Officer shall re2 ceive basic pay at a rate determined by the Comp3 troller General, but not to exceed the annual rate of

4 basic pay payable for ES–2 of the Senior Executive

5 Service Basic Rates Schedule established for mem6 bers of the Senior Executive Service of the General

7 Accounting Office under section 733 of title 31.

8 (4) The Capitol Police shall reimburse from

9 available appropriations any costs incurred by the

10 General Accounting Office under this section.

11 (b) The Chief Administrative Officer shall have the

12 following areas of responsibility:

13 (1) BUDGETING.—The Chief Administrative Of14 ficer shall—

15 (A) after consulting with the Chief of Po16 lice on the portion of the budget covering uni17 formed police force personnel, prepare and sub18 mit to the Capitol Police Board an annual

19 budget for the Capitol Police; and

20 (B) execute the budget and monitor

21 through periodic examinations the execution of

22 the Capitol Police budget in relation to actual

23 obligations and expenditures.

24 (2) FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT.—The Chief Ad25 ministrative Officer shall—
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1 (A) oversee all financial management ac2 tivities relating to the programs and operations

3 of the Capitol Police;

4 (B) develop and maintain an integrated ac5 counting and financial system for the Capitol

6 Police, including financial reporting and inter7 nal controls, which—

8 (i) complies with applicable account9 ing principles, standards, and require10 ments, and internal control standards;

11 (ii) complies with any other require12 ments applicable to such systems;

13 (iii) provides for—

14 (I) complete, reliable, consistent,

15 and timely information which is pre16 pared on a uniform basis and which is

17 responsive to financial information

18 needs of the Capitol Police;

19 (II) the development and report20 ing of cost information;

21 (III) the integration of account22 ing and budgeting information; and

23 (IV) the systematic measurement

24 of performance;
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1 (C) direct, manage, and provide policy

2 guidance and oversight of Capitol Police finan3 cial management personnel, activities, and oper4 ations, including—

5 (i) the recruitment, selection, and

6 training of personnel to carry out Capitol

7 Police financial management functions;

8 and

9 (ii) the implementation of Capitol Po10 lice asset management systems, including

11 systems for cash management, debt collec12 tion, and property and inventory manage13 ment and control; and

14 (D) the Chief Administrative Officer shall

15 prepare annual financial statements for the

16 Capitol Police and provide for an annual audit

17 of the financial statements by an independent

18 public accountant in accordance with generally

19 accepted government auditing standards.

20 (3) INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY.—The Chief

21 Administrative Officer shall—

22 (A) direct, coordinate, and oversee the ac23 quisition, use, and management of information

24 technology by the Capitol Police;
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1 (B) promote and oversee the use of infor2 mation technology to improve the efficiency and

3 effectiveness of programs of the Capitol Police;

4 and

5 (C) establish and enforce information tech6 nology principles, guidelines, and objectives, in7 cluding developing and maintaining an informa8 tion technology architecture for the Capitol Po9 lice.

10 (4) HUMAN RESOURCES.—The Chief Adminis11 trative Officer shall—

12 (A) direct, coordinate, and oversee human

13 resource management activities of the Capitol

14 Police, except that with respect to uniformed

15 police force personnel, the Chief Administrative

16 Officer shall perform these activities in coopera17 tion with the Chief of the Capitol Police;

18 (B) develop and monitor payroll and time

19 and attendance systems and employee services;

20 and

21 (C) develop and monitor processes for re22 cruiting, selecting, appraising, and promoting

23 employees.

24 (c) Administrative provisions with respect to the Of25 fice of Administration:
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1 (1) The Chief Administrative Officer is author2 ized to select, appoint, employ, and discharge such

3 officers and employees as may be necessary to carry

4 out the functions, powers, and duties of the Office

5 of Administration but he shall not have the author6 ity to hire or discharge uniformed police force per7 sonnel.

8 (2) The Chief Administrative Officer may uti9 lize resources of another agency on a reimbursable

10 basis to be paid from available appropriations of the

11 Capitol Police.

12 (d) No later than 180 days after appointment, the

13 Chief Administrative Officer shall prepare, after consulta14 tion with the Capitol Police Board and the Chief of the

15 Capitol Police, a plan—

16 (1) describing the policies, procedures, and ac17 tions the Chief Administrative Officer will take in

18 carrying out the responsibilities assigned under this

19 section;

20 (2) identifying and defining responsibilities and

21 roles of all offices, bureaus, and divisions of the

22 Capitol Police for budgeting, financial management,

23 information technology, and human resources man24 agement; and
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1 (3) detailing mechanisms for ensuring that the

2 offices, bureaus, and divisions perform their respon3 sibilities and roles in a coordinated and integrated

4 manner.

5 (e) No later than September 30, 2001, the Chief Ad6 ministrative Officer shall prepare, after consultation with

7 the Capitol Police Board and the Chief of the Capitol Po8 lice, a report on the Chief Administrative Officer’s

9 progress in implementing the plan described in subsection

10 (d) and recommendations to improve the budgeting, finan11 cial, information technology, and human resources man12 agement of the Capitol Police, including organizational,

13 accounting and administrative control, and personnel

14 changes.

15 (f ) The Chief Administrative Officer shall submit the

16 plan required in subsection (d) and the report required

17 in subsection (e) to the Committees on Appropriations of

18 the House of Representatives and of the Senate, the Com19 mittee on House Administration of the House of Rep20 resentatives, and the Committee on Rules and Administra21 tion of the Senate.

22 (g) As of October 1, 2002, unless otherwise deter23 mined by the Comptroller General, the Chief Administra24 tive Officer established by section (a) will cease to be an

25 employee of the General Accounting Office and will be-
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1 come an employee of the Capitol Police, and the Capitol

2 Police Board shall assume all responsibilities of the Comp3 troller General under this section.

4 SEC. 109. (a) Section 1(c) of Public Law 96–152 (40

5 U.S.C. 206–1) is amended by striking ‘‘the annual rate’’

6 and all that follows and inserting the following: ‘‘the rate

7 of basic pay payable for level ES–4 of the Senior Execu8 tive Service, as established under subchapter VIII of chap9 ter 53 of title 5, United States Code (taking into account

10 any comparability payments made under section 5304(h)

11 of such title).’’.

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

13 apply with respect to pay periods beginning on or after

14 the date of the enactment of this Act.

15 CAPITOL GUIDE SERVICE AND SPECIAL SERVICES

16 OFFICE

17 For salaries and expenses of the Capitol Guide Serv18 ice and Special Services Office, $2,371,000, to be dis19 bursed by the Secretary of the Senate: Provided, That no

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

21 43 individuals: Provided further, That the Capitol Guide

22 Board is authorized, during emergencies, to employ not

23 more than two additional individuals for not more than

24 120 days each, and not more than 10 additional individ-
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1 uals for not more than 6 months each, for the Capitol

2 Guide Service.

3 STATEMENTS OF APPROPRIATIONS

4 For the preparation, under the direction of the Com5 mittees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House

6 of Representatives, of the statements for the second ses7 sion of the One Hundred Sixth Congress, showing appro8 priations made, indefinite appropriations, and contracts

9 authorized, together with a chronological history of the

10 regular appropriations bills as required by law, $30,000,

11 to be paid to the persons designated by the chairmen of

12 such committees to supervise the work.

13 OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

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

17 Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1385), $1,820,000.

18 CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 For salaries and expenses necessary to carry out the

21 provisions of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (Pub22 lic Law 93–344), including not more than $3,000 to be

23 expended on the certification of the Director of the Con24 gressional Budget Office in connection with official rep25 resentation and reception expenses, $28,493,000: Pro-
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1 vided, That no part of such amount may be used for the

2 purchase or hire of a passenger motor vehicle.

3 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

4 SEC. 110. Beginning on the date of enactment of this

5 Act and hereafter, the Congressional Budget Office may

6 use available funds to enter into contracts for the procure7 ment of severable services for a period that begins in one

8 fiscal year and ends in the next fiscal year and may enter

9 into multi-year contracts for the acquisition of property

10 and services, to the same extent as executive agencies

11 under the authority of section 303L and 304B, respec12 tively, of the Federal Property and Administrative Serv13 ices Act (41 U.S.C. 253l and 254c).

14 ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

15 CAPITOL BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

16 CAPITOL BUILDINGS

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 For salaries for the Architect of the Capitol, the As19 sistant Architect of the Capitol, and other personal serv20 ices, at rates of pay provided by law; for surveys and stud21 ies in connection with activities under the care of the Ar22 chitect of the Capitol; for all necessary expenses for the

23 maintenance, care and operation of the Capitol and elec24 trical substations of the Senate and House office buildings

25 under the jurisdiction of the Architect of the Capitol, in-
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1 cluding furnishings and office equipment, including not

2 more than $1,000 for official reception and representation

3 expenses, to be expended as the Architect of the Capitol

4 may approve; for purchase or exchange, maintenance and

5 operation of a passenger motor vehicle; and not to exceed

6 $20,000 for attendance, when specifically authorized by

7 the Architect of the Capitol, at meetings or conventions

8 in connection with subjects related to work under the Ar9 chitect of the Capitol, $43,689,000, of which $3,843,000

10 shall remain available until expended: Provided, That not11 withstanding any other provision of law, such amount

12 shall be available for the position of Project Manager for

13 the Capitol Visitor Center, at a rate of compensation

14 which does not exceed the rate of basic pay payable for

15 level ES–2 of the Senior Executive Service, as established

16 under subchapter VIII of chapter 53 of title 5, United

17 States Code (taking into account any comparability pay18 ments made under section 5304(h) of such title): Provided

19 further, That effective on the date of the enactment of this

20 Act, any amount made available under this heading under

21 the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2000, shall be

22 available for such position at such rate of compensation.

23 CAPITOL GROUNDS

24 For all necessary expenses for care and improvement

25 of grounds surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House
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1 office buildings, and the Capitol Power Plant, $5,362,000,

2 of which $125,000 shall remain available until expended.

3 SENATE OFFICE BUILDINGS

4 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care

5 and operation of Senate office buildings; and furniture and

6 furnishings to be expended under the control and super7 vision of the Architect of the Capitol, $63,974,000, of

8 which $21,669,000 shall remain available until expended.

9 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS

10 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care

11 and operation of the House office buildings, $32,750,000,

12 of which $123,000 shall remain available until expended.

13 CAPITOL POWER PLANT

14 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care

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

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

18 House office buildings, Library of Congress buildings, and

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

21 plants in any of such buildings; heating the Government

22 Printing Office and Washington City Post Office, and

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

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

2 advanced or reimbursed upon request of the Architect of

3 the Capitol and amounts so received shall be deposited

4 into the Treasury to the credit of this appropriation,

5 $39,415,000, of which $523,000 shall remain available

6 until expended: Provided, That not more than $4,400,000

7 of the funds credited or to be reimbursed to this appro8 priation as herein provided shall be available for obligation

9 during fiscal year 2001.

10 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

11 CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions

14 of section 203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of

15 1946 (2 U.S.C. 166) and to revise and extend the Anno16 tated Constitution of the United States of America,

17 $73,592,000: Provided, That no part of such amount may

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

19 any publication, or preparation of material therefor (ex20 cept the Digest of Public General Bills), to be issued by

21 the Library of Congress unless such publication has ob22 tained prior approval of either the Committee on House

23 Administration of the House of Representatives or the

24 Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate.
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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 (44 U.S.C. 902); printing and binding of Gov10 ernment publications authorized by law to be distributed

11 to Members of Congress; and printing, binding, and dis12 tribution of Government publications authorized by law to

13 be distributed without charge to the recipient,

14 $71,462,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall not

15 be available for paper copies of the permanent edition of

16 the Congressional Record for individual Representatives,

17 Resident Commissioners or Delegates authorized under 44

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

19 shall be available for the payment of obligations incurred

20 under the appropriations for similar purposes for pre21 ceding fiscal years: Provided further, That notwithstanding

22 the 2-year limitation under section 718 of title 44, United

23 States Code, none of the funds appropriated or made

24 available under this Act or any other Act for printing and

25 binding and related services provided to Congress under
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1 chapter 7 of title 44, United States Code, may be ex2 pended to print a document, report, or publication after

3 the 27-month period beginning on the date that such docu4 ment, report, or publication is authorized by Congress to

5 be printed, unless Congress reauthorizes such printing in

6 accordance with section 718 of title 44, United States

7 Code: Provided further, That any unobligated or unex8 pended balances in this account or accounts for similar

9 purposes for preceding fiscal years may be transferred to

10 the Government Printing Office revolving fund for car11 rying out the purposes of this heading, subject to the ap12 proval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House

13 of Representatives and Senate.

14 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

15 SEC. 111. (a) CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING AND BIND16 ING FOR THE HOUSE THROUGH CLERK OF HOUSE.—

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any provi18 sion of title 44, United States Code, or any other

19 law, there are authorized to be appropriated to the

20 Clerk of the House of Representatives such sums as

21 may be necessary for congressional printing and

22 binding services for the House of Representatives.

23 (2) PREPARATION OF ESTIMATES.—Estimated

24 expenditures and proposed appropriations for con25 gressional printing and binding services shall be pre-
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1 pared and submitted by the Clerk of the House of

2 Representatives in accordance with title 31, United

3 States Code, in the same manner as estimates and

4 requests are prepared for other legislative branch

5 services under such title, except that such requests

6 shall be based upon the results of the study con7 ducted under subsection (b) (with respect to any fis8 cal year covered by such study).

9 (3) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This subsection shall

10 apply with respect to fiscal year 2003 and each suc11 ceeding fiscal year.

12 (b) STUDY.—

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—During fiscal year 2001, the

14 Clerk of the House of Representatives shall conduct

15 a comprehensive study of the needs of the House for

16 congressional printing and binding services during

17 fiscal year 2003 and succeeding fiscal years (includ18 ing transitional issues during fiscal year 2002), and

19 shall include in the study an analysis of the most

20 cost-effective program or programs for providing

21 printed or other media-based publications for House

22 uses.

23 (2) SUBMISSION TO COMMITTEES.—The Clerk

24 shall submit the study conducted under paragraph

25 (1) to the Committee on House Administration of
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1 the House of Representatives, who shall review the

2 study and prepare such regulations or other mate3 rials (including proposals for legislation) as it con4 siders appropriate to enable the Clerk to carry out

5 congressional printing and binding services for the

6 House in accordance with this section.

7 (c) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘congres8 sional printing and binding services’’ means the following

9 services:

10 (1) Authorized printing and binding for the

11 Congress and the distribution of congressional infor12 mation in any format.

13 (2) Preparing the semimonthly and session

14 index to the Congressional Record.

15 (3) Printing and binding of Government publi16 cations authorized by law to be distributed to Mem17 bers of Congress.

18 (4) Printing, binding, and distribution of Gov19 ernment publications authorized by law to be distrib20 uted without charge to the recipient.

21 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Congressional Oper22 ations Appropriations Act, 2001’’.
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1 TITLE II—OTHER AGENCIES

2 BOTANIC GARDEN

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care

5 and operation of the Botanic Garden and the nurseries,

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

8 motor vehicle; all under the direction of the Joint Com9 mittee on the Library, $3,328,000, of which $25,000 shall

10 remain available until expended.

11 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For necessary expenses of the Library of Congress

14 not otherwise provided for, including development and

15 maintenance of the Union Catalogs; custody and custodial

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

17 laundering and repair of uniforms; preservation of motion

18 pictures in the custody of the Library; operation and

19 maintenance of the American Folklife Center in the Li20 brary; preparation and distribution of catalog records and

21 other publications of the Library; hire or purchase of one

22 passenger motor vehicle; and expenses of the Library of

23 Congress Trust Fund Board not properly chargeable to

24 the income of any trust fund held by the Board,

25 $282,838,000, of which not more than $6,500,000 shall
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1 be derived from collections credited to this appropriation

2 during fiscal year 2001, and shall remain available until

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

4 32 Stat. 480; 2 U.S.C. 150) and not more than $350,000

5 shall be derived from collections during fiscal year 2001

6 and shall remain available until expended for the develop7 ment and maintenance of an international legal informa8 tion database and activities related thereto: Provided,

9 That the Library of Congress may not obligate or expend

10 any funds derived from collections under the Act of June

11 28, 1902, in excess of the amount authorized for obliga12 tion or expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided fur13 ther, That the total amount available for obligation shall

14 be reduced by the amount by which collections are less

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

16 amount appropriated, $10,459,575 is to remain available

17 until expended for acquisition of books, periodicals, news18 papers, and all other materials including subscriptions for

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

20 to be available solely for the purchase, when specifically

21 approved by the Librarian, of special and unique materials

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

23 the total amount appropriated, $2,506,000 is to remain

24 available until expended for the acquisition and partial

25 support for implementation of an Integrated Library Sys-
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1 tem (ILS): Provided further, That of the total amount ap2 propriated, $10,000,000 is to remain available until ex3 pended for salaries and expenses to carry out the Russian

4 Leadership Program enacted on May 21, 1999 (113 Stat.

5 93 et seq.): Provided further, That of the total amount

6 appropriated, $5,957,800 is to remain available until ex7 pended for the purpose of teaching educators how to incor8 porate the Library’s digital collections into school cur9 ricula, which amount shall be transferred to the edu10 cational consortium formed to conduct the ‘‘Joining

11 Hands Across America: Local Community Initiative’’

12 project as approved by the Library: Provided further, That

13 of the total amount appropriated, $404,000 is to remain

14 available until expended for a collaborative digitization

15 and telecommunications project with the United States

16 Military Academy and any remaining balance is available

17 for other Library purposes: Provided further, That of the

18 total amount appropriated, $4,300,000 is to remain avail19 able until expended for the purpose of developing a high

20 speed data transmission between the Library of Congress

21 and educational facilities, libraries, or networks serving

22 western North Carolina, and any remaining balance is

23 available for support of the Library’s Digital Futures ini24 tiative.
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1 COPYRIGHT OFFICE

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office,

4 $38,523,000, of which not more than $23,500,000, to re5 main available until expended, shall be derived from collec6 tions credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 2001

7 under 17 U.S.C. 708(d): Provided, That the Copyright Of8 fice may not obligate or expend any funds derived from

9 collections under 17 U.S.C. 708(d), in excess of the

10 amount authorized for obligation or expenditure in appro11 priations Acts: Provided further, That not more than

12 $5,783,000 shall be derived from collections during fiscal

13 year 2001 under 17 U.S.C. 111(d)(2), 119(b)(2), 802(h),

14 and 1005: Provided further, That the total amount avail15 able for obligation shall be reduced by the amount by

16 which collections are less than $29,283,000: Provided fur17 ther, That not more than $100,000 of the amount appro18 priated is available for the maintenance of an ‘‘Inter19 national Copyright Institute’’ in the Copyright Office of

20 the Library of Congress for the purpose of training nation21 als of developing countries in intellectual property laws

22 and policies: Provided further, That not more than $4,250

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

24 Congress, in connection with official representation and

25 reception expenses for activities of the International Copy-
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1 right Institute and for copyright delegations, visitors, and

2 seminars.

3 BOOKS FOR THE BLIND AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For salaries and expenses to carry out the Act of

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

7 135a), $48,609,000, of which $14,154,000 shall remain

8 available until expended.

9 FURNITURE AND FURNISHINGS

10 For necessary expenses for the purchase, installation,

11 maintenance, and repair of furniture, furnishings, office

12 and library equipment, $4,892,000.

13 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

14 SEC. 201. Appropriations in this Act available to the

15 Library of Congress shall be available, in an amount of

16 not more than $199,630, of which $59,300 is for the Con17 gressional Research Service, when specifically authorized

18 by the Librarian of Congress, for attendance at meetings

19 concerned with the function or activity for which the ap20 propriation is made.

21 SEC. 202. (a) No part of the funds appropriated in

22 this Act shall be used by the Library of Congress to ad23 minister any flexible or compressed work schedule which—
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1 (1) applies to any manager or supervisor in a

2 position the grade or level of which is equal to or

3 higher than GS–15; and

4 (2) grants such manager or supervisor the right

5 to not be at work for all or a portion of a workday

6 because of time worked by the manager or super7 visor on another workday.

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

9 or supervisor’’ means any management official or super10 visor, as such terms are defined in section 7103(a)(10)

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

12 SEC. 203. Appropriated funds received by the Library

13 of Congress from other Federal agencies to cover general

14 and administrative overhead costs generated by per15 forming reimbursable work for other agencies under the

16 authority of sections 1535 and 1536 of title 31, United

17 States Code, shall not be used to employ more than 65

18 employees and may be expended or obligated—

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

20 extent or in such amounts as are provided in appro21 priations Acts; or

22 (2) in the case of an advance payment, only—

23 (A) to pay for such general or administra24 tive overhead costs as are attributable to the

25 work performed for such agency; or
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1 (B) to such extent or in such amounts as

2 are provided in appropriations Acts, with re3 spect to any purpose not allowable under sub4 paragraph (A).

5 SEC. 204. Of the amounts appropriated to the Li6 brary of Congress in this Act, not more than $5,000 may

7 be expended, on the certification of the Librarian of Con8 gress, in connection with official representation and recep9 tion expenses for the incentive awards program.

10 SEC. 205. Of the amount appropriated to the Library

11 of Congress in this Act, not more than $12,000 may be

12 expended, on the certification of the Librarian of Con13 gress, in connection with official representation and recep14 tion expenses for the Overseas Field Offices.

15 SEC. 206. (a) For fiscal year 2001, the obligational

16 authority of the Library of Congress for the activities de17 scribed in subsection (b) may not exceed $92,845,000.

18 (b) The activities referred to in subsection (a) are re19 imbursable and revolving fund activities that are funded

20 from sources other than appropriations to the Library in

21 appropriations Acts for the legislative branch.

22 SEC. 207. Section 1 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to

23 authorize acquisition of certain real property for the Li24 brary of Congress, and for other purposes’’, approved De-
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1 cember 15, 1997 (2 U.S.C. 141 note) is amended by add2 ing at the end the following new subsection:

3 ‘‘(c) TRANSFER PAYMENT BY ARCHITECT.—Notwith4 standing the limitation on reimbursement or transfer of

5 funds under subsection (a) of this section, the Architect

6 of the Capitol may, not later than 90 days after acquisi7 tion of the property under this section, transfer funds to

8 the entity from which the property was acquired by the

9 Architect of the Capitol. Such transfers may not exceed

10 a total of $16,500,000.’’.

11 SEC. 208. The Librarian of Congress may convert to

12 permanent positions 84 indefinite, time-limited positions

13 in the National Digital Library Program authorized in the

14 Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1996 for the Li15 brary of Congress under the heading, ‘‘Salaries and Ex16 penses’’ (Public Law 104–53). Notwithstanding any other

17 provision of law regarding qualifications and methods of

18 appointment of employees of the Library of Congress, the

19 Librarian may fill these permanent positions through the

20 non-competitive conversion of the incumbents in the ‘‘in21 definite-not-to-exceed’’ positions to ‘‘permanent’’ posi22 tions.

23 SEC. 209. (a) In addition to any other transfer au24 thority provided by law, during fiscal year 2001 and fiscal

25 years thereafter, the Librarian of Congress may transfer
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1 to and among available accounts of the Library of Con2 gress amounts appropriated to the Librarian from funds

3 for the purchase, installation, maintenance, and repair of

4 furniture, furnishings, and office and library equipment.

5 (b) Any amounts transferred pursuant to subsection

6 (a) shall be merged with and be available for the same

7 purpose and for the same period as the appropriation or

8 account to which such amounts are transferred.

9 (c) The Librarian may transfer amounts pursuant to

10 subsection (a) only with the approval of the Committees

11 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and

12 Senate.

13 SEC. 210. (a)(1) This subsection shall apply to any

14 individual who—

15 (A) is employed by the Library of Congress

16 Child Development Center (known as the ‘‘Little

17 Scholars Child Development Center’’, in this section

18 referred to as the ‘‘Center’’) established under sec19 tion 205(g)(1) of the Legislative Branch Appropria20 tions Act, 1991; and

21 (B) makes an election to be covered by this sub22 section with the Librarian of Congress, not later

23 than the later of—

24 (i) 60 days after the date of enactment of

25 this Act; or
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1 (ii) 60 days after the date the individual

2 begins such employment.

3 (2)(A) Any individual described under paragraph (1)

4 may be credited, under section 8411 of title 5, United

5 States Code, for service as an employee of the Center be6 fore the date of enactment of this Act, if such employee

7 makes a payment of the deposit under section 8411(f )(2)

8 of such title without application of section 8411(b)(3) of

9 such title.

10 (B) An individual described under paragraph (1)

11 shall be credited under section 8411 of title 5, United

12 States Code, for any service as an employee of the Center

13 on or after the date of enactment of this Act, if such em14 ployee has such amounts deducted and withheld from his

15 pay as determined by the Office of Personnel Management

16 which would be deducted and withheld from the basic pay

17 of an employee under section 8422 of title 5, United

18 States Code.

19 (3) Notwithstanding any other provision of this sub20 section, any service performed by an individual described

21 under paragraph (1) as an employee of the Center is

22 deemed to be civilian service creditable under section 8411

23 of title 5, United States Code, for purposes of qualifying

24 for survivor annuities and disability benefits under sub25 chapters IV and V of chapter 84 of such title, if such indi-
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1 vidual makes payment of an amount, determined by the

2 Office of Personnel Management, which would have been

3 deducted and withheld from the basic pay of such indi4 vidual if such individual had been an employee subject to

5 section 8422 of title 5, United States Code, for such pe6 riod so credited, together with interest thereon.

7 (4) An individual described under paragraph (1) shall

8 be deemed an employee for purposes of chapter 84 of title

9 5, United States Code, including subchapter III of such

10 title, and may make contributions under section 8432 of

11 such title effective for the first applicable pay period be12 ginning on or after the date such individual elects coverage

13 under this section.

14 (5) The Office of Personnel Management shall accept

15 the certification of the Librarian of Congress concerning

16 creditable service for purposes of this subsection.

17 (b) Any individual who is employed by the Center on

18 or after the date of enactment of this Act shall be deemed

19 an employee under section 8901(1) of title 5, United

20 States Code, for purposes of health insurance coverage

21 under chapter 89 of such title. An individual who is an

22 employee of the Center on the date of enactment of this

23 Act may elect coverage under this subsection before the

24 60th day after the date of enactment of this Act, and dur25 ing such periods as determined by the Office of Personnel
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1 Management for employees of the Center employed after

2 such date.

3 (c) An individual who is employed by the Center shall

4 be deemed an employee under section 8701(a) of title 5,

5 United States Code, for purposes of life insurance cov6 erage under chapter 87 of such title.

7 (d) Government contributions for individuals receiv8 ing benefits under this section, as computed under sec9 tions 8423, 8432, 8708, and 8906 shall be made by the

10 Librarian of Congress from any appropriations available

11 to the Library of Congress.

12 (e) The Library of Congress, directly or by agreement

13 with its designated representative, shall—

14 (1) process payroll for Center employees, in15 cluding making deductions and withholdings from

16 the pay of employees in the amounts determined

17 under sections 8422, 8432, 8707, and 8905 of title

18 5, United States Code;

19 (2) maintain appropriate personnel and payroll

20 records for Center employees, and transmit appro21 priate information and records to the Office of Per22 sonnel Management; and

23 (3) transmit funds for Government and em24 ployee contributions under this section to the Office

25 of Personnel Management.
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1 (f ) The Center shall—

2 (1) pay to the Library of Congress funds suffi3 cient to cover the gross salary and the employer’s

4 share of taxes under section 3111 of the Internal

5 Revenue Code of 1986 for Center employees, in

6 amounts computed by the Library of Congress;

7 (2) as required by the Library of Congress, re8 imburse the Library of Congress for reasonable ad9 ministrative costs incurred under subsection (e)(1);

10 (3) comply with regulations and procedures pre11 scribed by the Librarian of Congress for administra12 tion of this section;

13 (4) maintain appropriate records on all Center

14 employees, as required by the Librarian of Congress;

15 and

16 (5) consult with the Librarian of Congress on

17 the administration and implementation of this sec18 tion.

19 (g) The Librarian of Congress may prescribe regula20 tions to carry out this section.

21 ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

22 LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

23 STRUCTURAL AND MECHANICAL CARE

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, $15,970,000, of which $5,000,000

2 shall remain available until expended.

3 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

4 OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

7 For expenses of the Office of Superintendent of Doc8 uments necessary to provide for the cataloging and index9 ing of Government publications and their distribution to

10 the public, Members of Congress, other Government agen11 cies, and designated depository and international exchange

12 libraries as authorized by law, $27,954,000: Provided,

13 That travel expenses, including travel expenses of the De14 pository Library Council to the Public Printer, shall not

15 exceed $175,000: Provided further, That amounts of not

16 more than $2,000,000 from current year appropriations

17 are authorized for producing and disseminating Congres18 sional serial sets and other related publications for 1999

19 and 2000 to depository and other designated libraries:

20 Provided further, That any unobligated or unexpended bal21 ances in this account or accounts for similar purposes for

22 preceding fiscal years may be transferred to the Govern23 ment Printing Office revolving fund for carrying out the

24 purposes of this heading, subject to the approval of the
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1 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent2 atives and Senate.

3 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE REVOLVING FUND

4 The Government Printing Office is hereby authorized

5 to make such expenditures, within the limits of funds

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

7 contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year

8 limitations as provided by section 9104 of title 31, United

9 States Code, as may be necessary in carrying out the pro10 grams and purposes set forth in the budget for the current

11 fiscal year for the Government Printing Office revolving

12 fund: Provided, That not more than $2,500 may be ex13 pended on the certification of the Public Printer in connec14 tion with official representation and reception expenses:

15 Provided further, That the revolving fund shall be available

16 for the hire or purchase of not more than 12 passenger

17 motor vehicles: Provided further, That expenditures in con18 nection with travel expenses of the advisory councils to

19 the Public Printer shall be deemed necessary to carry out

20 the provisions of title 44, United States Code: Provided

21 further, That the revolving fund shall be available for tem22 porary or intermittent services under section 3109(b) of

23 title 5, United States Code, but at rates for individuals

24 not more than the daily equivalent of the annual rate of

25 basic pay for level V of the Executive Schedule under sec-
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1 tion 5316 of such title: Provided further, That the revolv2 ing fund and the funds provided under the headings ‘‘OF3 FICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS’’ and ‘‘SALA4 RIES AND EXPENSES’’ together may not be available for

5 the full-time equivalent employment of more than 3,285

6 workyears (or such other number of workyears as the Pub7 lic Printer may request, subject to the approval of the

8 Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the

9 House of Representatives): Provided further, That activi10 ties financed through the revolving fund may provide in11 formation in any format: Provided further, That the re12 volving fund shall not be used to administer any flexible

13 or compressed work schedule which applies to any man14 ager or supervisor in a position the grade or level of which

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

16 expenses for attendance at meetings shall not exceed

17 $75,000.

18 GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 For necessary expenses of the General Accounting

21 Office, including not more than $10,000 to be expended

22 on the certification of the Comptroller General of the

23 United States in connection with official representation

24 and reception expenses; temporary or intermittent services

25 under section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, but
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1 at rates for individuals not more than the daily equivalent

2 of the annual rate of basic pay for level IV of the Execu3 tive Schedule under section 5315 of such title; hire of one

4 passenger motor vehicle; advance payments in foreign

5 countries in accordance with section 3324 of title 31,

6 United States Code; benefits comparable to those payable

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

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

9 4081(8)); and under regulations prescribed by the Comp10 troller General of the United States, rental of living quar11 ters in foreign countries, $384,867,000: Provided, That

12 not more than $1,900,000 of payments received under 31

13 U.S.C. 782 shall be available for use in fiscal year 2001:

14 Provided further, That not more than $1,100,000 of reim15 bursements received under 31 U.S.C. 9105 shall be avail16 able for use in fiscal year 2001: Provided further, That

17 this appropriation and appropriations for administrative

18 expenses of any other department or agency which is a

19 member of the National Intergovernmental Audit Forum

20 or a Regional Intergovernmental Audit Forum shall be

21 available to finance an appropriate share of either Fo22 rum’s costs as determined by the respective Forum, in23 cluding necessary travel expenses of non-Federal partici24 pants. Payments hereunder to the Forum may be credited

25 as reimbursements to any appropriation from which costs
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1 involved are initially financed: Provided further, That this

2 appropriation and appropriations for administrative ex3 penses of any other department or agency which is a mem4 ber of the American Consortium on International Public

5 Administration (ACIPA) shall be available to finance an

6 appropriate share of ACIPA costs as determined by the

7 ACIPA, including any expenses attributable to member8 ship of ACIPA in the International Institute of Adminis9 trative Sciences.

10 TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS

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

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

13 vehicles, except for emergency assistance and cleaning as

14 may be provided under regulations relating to parking fa15 cilities for the House of Representatives issued by the

16 Committee on House Administration and for the Senate

17 issued by the Committee on Rules and Administration.

18 SEC. 302. No part of the funds appropriated in this

19 Act shall remain available for obligation beyond fiscal year

20 2001 unless expressly so provided in this Act.

21 SEC. 303. Whenever in this Act any office or position

22 not specifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of

23 1929 is appropriated for or the rate of compensation or

24 designation of any office or position appropriated for is

25 different from that specifically established by such Act,
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1 the rate of compensation and the designation in this Act

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

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

4 official expenses of Members, officers, and committees of

5 the Senate and House of Representatives, and clerk hire

6 for Senators and Members of the House of Representa7 tives shall be the permanent law with respect thereto.

8 SEC. 304. The expenditure of any appropriation

9 under this Act for any consulting service through procure10 ment contract, pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United

11 States Code, shall be limited to those contracts where such

12 expenditures are a matter of public record and available

13 for public inspection, except where otherwise provided

14 under existing law, or under existing Executive order

15 issued pursuant to existing law.

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

17 to the greatest extent practicable, all equipment and prod18 ucts purchased with funds made available in this Act

19 should be American-made.

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

21 into any contract with, any entity using funds made avail22 able in this Act, the head of each Federal agency, to the

23 greatest extent practicable, shall provide to such entity a

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

25 the Congress.
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1 (c) If it has been finally determined by a court or

2 Federal agency that any person intentionally affixed a

3 label bearing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, or any in4 scription with the same meaning, to any product sold in

5 or shipped to the United States that is not made in the

6 United States, such person shall be ineligible to receive

7 any contract or subcontract made with funds provided

8 pursuant to this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspen9 sion, and ineligibility procedures described in section

10 9.400 through 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regula11 tions.

12 SEC. 306. Such sums as may be necessary are appro13 priated to the account described in subsection (a) of sec14 tion 415 of Public Law 104–1 to pay awards and settle15 ments as authorized under such subsection.

16 SEC. 307. Amounts available for administrative ex17 penses of any legislative branch entity which participates

18 in the Legislative Branch Financial Managers Council

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

20 be available to finance an appropriate share of LBFMC

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

22 LBFMC costs to be shared among all participating legisla23 tive branch entities (in such allocations among the entities

24 as the entities may determine) may not exceed $252,000.
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1 SEC. 308. No part of any appropriation contained in

2 this Act under the heading ‘‘Architect of the Capitol’’ or

3 ‘‘Botanic Garden’’ shall be obligated or expended for a

4 construction contract in excess of $100,000, unless such

5 contract includes a provision that requires liquidated dam6 ages for contractor caused delay in an amount commensu7 rate with the daily net usable square foot cost of leasing

8 similar space in a first class office building within two

9 miles of the United States Capitol multiplied by the square

10 footage to be constructed under the contract.

11 SEC. 309. Section 316 of Public Law 101–302 is

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

13 ‘‘2000’’ and inserting ‘‘2001’’.

14 SEC. 310. RUSSIAN LEADERSHIP PROGRAM. Section

15 3011 of the 1999 Emergency Supplemental Appropria16 tions Act (Public Law 106–31; 113 Stat. 93) is

17 amended—

18 (1) by striking ‘‘fiscal years 1999 and 2000’’ in

19 subsections (a)(1), (b)(4)(B), (d)(3), and (h)(1)(A)

20 and inserting ‘‘fiscal years 2000 and 2001’’; and

21 (2) by striking ‘‘2001’’ in subsection (a)(2),

22 (e)(1), and (h)(1)(B) and inserting ‘‘2002’’.

23 SEC. 311. (a)(1) Any State may request the Joint

24 Committee on the Library of Congress to approve the re25 placement of a statue the State has provided for display
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1 in Statuary Hall in the Capitol of the United States under

2 section 1814 of the Revised Statutes (40 U.S.C. 187).

3 (2) A request shall be considered under paragraph

4 (1) only if—

5 (A) the request has been approved by a resolu6 tion adopted by the legislature of the State and the

7 request has been approved by the Governor of the

8 State, and

9 (B) the statue to be replaced has been displayed

10 in the Capitol of the United States for at least 10

11 years as of the time the request is made, except that

12 the Joint Committee may waive this requirement for

13 cause at the request of a State.

14 (b) If the Joint Committee on the Library of Con15 gress approves a request under subsection (a), the Archi16 tect of the Capitol shall enter into an agreement with the

17 State to carry out the replacement in accordance with the

18 request and any conditions the Joint Committee may re19 quire for its approval. Such agreement shall provide

20 that—

21 (1) the new statue shall be subject to the same

22 conditions and restrictions as apply to any statue

23 provided by a State under section 1814 of the Re24 vised Statutes (40 U.S.C. 187), and
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1 (2) the State shall pay any costs related to the

2 replacement, including costs in connection with the

3 design, construction, transportation, and placement

4 of the new statue, the removal and transportation of

5 the statue being replaced, and any unveiling cere6 mony.

7 (c) Nothing in this section shall be interpreted to per8 mit a State to have more than two statues on display in

9 the Capitol of the United States.

10 (d)(1) Subject to the approval of the Joint Committee

11 on the Library, ownership of any statue replaced under

12 this section shall be transferred to the State.

13 (2) If any statue is removed from the Capitol of the

14 United States as part of a transfer of ownership under

15 paragraph (1), then it may not be returned to the Capitol

16 for display unless such display is specifically authorized

17 by Federal law.

18 (e) The Architect of the Capitol, upon the approval

19 of the Joint Committee on the Library and with the advice

20 of the Commission of Fine Arts as requested, is authorized

21 and directed to relocate within the United States Capitol

22 any of the statues received from the States under section

23 1814 of the Revised Statutes (40 U.S.C. 187) prior to

24 the date of the enactment of this Act, and to provide for
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1 the reception, location, and relocation of the statues re2 ceived hereafter from the States under such section.

3 SEC. 312. (a) Section 201 of the Legislative Branch

4 Appropriations Act, 1993 (40 U.S.C. 216c note) is amend5 ed by striking ‘‘$10,000,000’’ each place it appears and

6 inserting ‘‘$14,500,000’’.

7 (b) Section 201 of such Act is amended—

8 (1) by inserting ‘‘(a)’’ before ‘‘Pursuant’’, and

9 (2) by adding at the end the following:

10 ‘‘(b) The Architect of the Capitol is authorized to so11 licit, receive, accept, and hold amounts under section

12 307E(a)(2) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act,

13 1989 (40 U.S.C. 216c(a)(2)) in excess of the $14,500,000

14 authorized under subsection (a), but such amounts (and

15 any interest thereon) shall not be expended by the Archi16 tect without approval in appropriation Acts as required

17 under section 307E(b)(3) of such Act (40 U.S.C.

18 216c(b)(3)).’’.

19 SEC. 313. CENTER FOR RUSSIAN LEADERSHIP DE20 VELOPMENT. (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—

21 (1) IN GENERAL.—There is established in the

22 legislative branch of the Government a center to be

23 known as the ‘‘Center for Russian Leadership Devel24 opment’’ (the ‘‘Center’’).
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1 (2) BOARD OF TRUSTEES.—The Center shall be

2 subject to the supervision and direction of a Board

3 of Trustees which shall be composed of nine mem4 bers as follows:

5 (A) Two members appointed by the Speak6 er of the House of Representatives, one of

7 whom shall be designated by the Majority Lead8 er of the House of Representatives and one of

9 whom shall be designated by the Minority Lead10 er of the House of Representatives.

11 (B) Two members appointed by the Presi12 dent pro tempore of the Senate, one of whom

13 shall be designated by the Majority Leader of

14 the Senate and one of whom shall be designated

15 by the Minority Leader of the Senate.

16 (C) The Librarian of Congress.

17 (D) Four private individuals with interests

18 in improving United States and Russian rela19 tions, designated by the Librarian of Congress.

20 Each member appointed under this paragraph shall

21 serve for a term of 3 years. Any vacancy shall be

22 filled in the same manner as the original appoint23 ment and the individual so appointed shall serve for

24 the remainder of the term. Members of the Board

25 shall serve without pay, but shall be entitled to reim-
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1 bursement for travel, subsistence, and other nec2 essary expenses incurred in the performance of their

3 duties.

4 (b) PURPOSE AND AUTHORITY OF THE CENTER.—

5 (1) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the Center is to

6 establish, in accordance with the provisions of para7 graph (2), a program to enable emerging political

8 leaders of Russia at all levels of government to gain

9 significant, firsthand exposure to the American free

10 market economic system and the operation of Amer11 ican democratic institutions through visits to govern12 ments and communities at comparable levels in the

13 United States.

14 (2) GRANT PROGRAM.—Subject to the provi15 sions of paragraphs (3) and (4), the Center shall es16 tablish a program under which the Center annually

17 awards grants to government or community organi18 zations in the United States that seek to establish

19 programs under which those organizations will host

20 Russian nationals who are emerging political leaders

21 at any level of government.

22 (3) RESTRICTIONS.—

23 (A) DURATION.—The period of stay in the

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1 grant funds under the program shall not exceed

2 30 days.

3 (B) LIMITATION.—The number of individ4 uals supported with grant funds under the pro5 gram shall not exceed 3,000 in any fiscal year.

6 (C) USE OF FUNDS.—Grant funds under

7 the program shall be used to pay—

8 (i) the costs and expenses incurred by

9 each program participant in traveling be10 tween Russia and the United States and in

11 traveling within the United States;

12 (ii) the costs of providing lodging in

13 the United States to each program partici14 pant, whether in public accommodations or

15 in private homes; and

16 (iii) such additional administrative ex17 penses incurred by organizations in car18 rying out the program as the Center may

19 prescribe.

20 (4) APPLICATION.—

21 (A) IN GENERAL.—Each organization in

22 the United States desiring a grant under this

23 section shall submit an application to the Cen24 ter at such time, in such manner, and accom-
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1 panied by such information as the Center may

2 reasonably require.

3 (B) CONTENTS.—Each application sub4 mitted pursuant to subparagraph (A) shall—

5 (i) describe the activities for which as6 sistance under this section is sought;

7 (ii) include the number of program

8 participants to be supported;

9 (iii) describe the qualifications of the

10 individuals who will be participating in the

11 program; and

12 (iv) provide such additional assur13 ances as the Center determines to be es14 sential to ensure compliance with the re15 quirements of this section.

16 (c) ESTABLISHMENT OF FUND.—

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—There is established in the

18 Treasury of the United States a trust fund to be

19 known as the ‘‘Russian Leadership Development

20 Center Trust Fund’’ (the ‘‘Fund’’) which shall con21 sist of amounts which may be appropriated, credited,

22 or transferred to it under this section.

23 (2) DONATIONS.—Any money or other property

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1 the authority of this section shall be credited to the

2 Fund.

3 (3) FUND MANAGEMENT.—

4 (A) IN GENERAL.—The provisions of sub5 sections (b), (c), and (d) of section 116 of the

6 Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1989 (2

7 U.S.C. 1105 (b), (c), and (d)), and the provi8 sions of section 117(b) of such Act (2 U.S.C.

9 1106(b)), shall apply to the Fund.

10 (B) EXPENDITURES.—The Secretary of

11 the Treasury is authorized to pay to the Center

12 from amounts in the Fund such sums as the

13 Board of Trustees of the Center determines are

14 necessary and appropriate to enable the Center

15 to carry out the provisions of this section.

16 (d) EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.—The Board shall ap17 point an Executive Director who shall be the chief execu18 tive officer of the Center and who shall carry out the func19 tions of the Center subject to the supervision and direction

20 of the Board of Trustees. The Executive Director of the

21 Center shall be compensated at the annual rate specified

22 by the Board, but in no event shall such rate exceed level

23 III of the Executive Schedule under section 5314 of title

24 5, United States Code.

25 (e) ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.—
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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—The provisions of section

2 119 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act,

3 1989 (2 U.S.C. 1108) shall apply to the Center.

4 (2) SUPPORT PROVIDED BY LIBRARY OF CON5 GRESS.—The Library of Congress may disburse

6 funds appropriated to the Center, compute and dis7 burse the basic pay for all personnel of the Center,

8 provide administrative, legal, financial management,

9 and other appropriate services to the Center, and

10 collect from the Fund the full costs of providing

11 services under this paragraph, as provided under an

12 agreement for services ordered under sections 1535

13 and 1536 of title 31, United States Code.

14 (f ) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There

15 are authorized to be appropriated such sums as may be

16 necessary to carry out this section.

17 (g) TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—Any amounts appro18 priated for use in the program established under section

19 3011 of the 1999 Emergency Supplemental Appropria20 tions Act (Public Law 106–31; 113 Stat. 93) shall be

21 transferred to the Fund and shall remain available without

22 fiscal year limitation.

23 (h) EFFECTIVE DATES.—

24 (1) IN GENERAL.—This section shall take effect

25 on the date of enactment of this Act.
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1 (2) TRANSFER.—Subsection (g) shall only apply

2 to amounts which remain unexpended on and after

3 the date the Board of Trustees of the Center cer4 tifies to the Librarian of Congress that grants are

5 ready to be made under the program established

6 under this section.

7 SEC. 314. REVIEW OF PROPOSED CHANGES TO EX8 PORT THRESHOLDS FOR COMPUTERS. Not more than 50

9 days after the date of the submission of the report referred

10 to in subsection (d) of section 1211 of the National De11 fense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1998 (50 U.S.C.

12 App. 2404 note), the Comptroller General of the United

13 States shall submit an assessment to Congress which con14 tains an analysis of the new computer performance levels

15 being proposed by the President under such section.

16 TITLE IV—EMERGENCY FISCAL YEAR 2000

17 SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS

18 The following sums are appropriated out of any

19 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to pro20 vide additional emergency supplemental appropriations for

21 the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending Sep22 tember 30, 2000, and for other purposes, namely:
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1 CAPITOL POLICE BOARD

2 SECURITY ENHANCEMENTS

3 For an additional amount for the Capitol Police

4 Board for costs associated with security enhancements,

5 under the terms and conditions of chapter 5 of title II

6 of division B of the Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency

7 Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105–

8 277), $2,102,000, to remain available until expended, of

9 which—

10 (1) $228,000 shall be for the acquisition and

11 installation of card readers for four additional access

12 points which are not currently funded under the im13 plementation of the security enhancement plan; and

14 (2) $1,874,000 shall be for security enhance15 ments to the buildings and grounds of the Library

16 of Congress:

17 Provided, That the entire amount is designated by Con18 gress as an emergency requirement pursuant to section

19 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency

20 Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended: Provided further,

21 That the entire amount shall be available only to the ex22 tent an official budget request for a specific dollar amount

23 that includes designation of the entire amount of the re24 quest as an emergency requirement as defined in the Bal25 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985,
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1 as amended, is transmitted by the President to the Con2 gress.

3 ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

4 CAPITOL BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

5 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS

6 For an additional amount for necessary expenses for

7 urgent repairs to the underground garage in the Cannon

8 House Office Building, $9,000,000, to remain available

9 until expended: Provided, That the entire amount is des10 ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement

11 pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget

12 and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended:

13 Provided further, That the entire amount shall be available

14 only to the extent an official budget request for a specific

15 dollar amount that includes designation of the entire

16 amount of the request as an emergency requirement as

17 defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit

18 Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the

19 President to the Congress.

20 DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN

21 DEVELOPMENT

22 FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION

23 FHA—GENERAL AND SPECIAL RISK PROGRAM ACCOUNT

24 For an additional amount for FHA—General and

25 special risk program account for the cost of guaranteed
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1 loans, as authorized by sections 238 and 519 of the Na2 tional Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z–3 and 1735c), in3 cluding the cost of loan modifications (as that term is de4 fined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of

5 1974, as amended), $40,000,000, to remain available until

6 expended: Provided, That the entire amount shall be avail7 able only to the extent an official budget request, that in8 cludes designation of the entire amount of the request as

9 an emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced

10 Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as

11 amended, is transmitted by the President to the Congress:

12 Provided further, That the entire amount is designated by

13 the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to

14 section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emer15 gency Deficit Control Act: Provided further, That the

16 funding under this heading shall only be made available

17 upon the submission of a certification by the Secretary

18 of Housing and Urban Development to the Committees

19 on Appropriations that all funds committed, expended, or

20 obligated under this heading in the Departments of Vet21 erans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, Inde22 pendent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000 were com23 mitted, expended or obligated in compliance with the

24 Antideficiency Act (31 U.S.C. 1341).
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1 SEC. 401. Appropriations made by this title are avail2 able immediately upon enactment of this Act.

3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative Branch Ap4 propriations Act, 2001’’.

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