103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 4454

AMENDMENTS
In the Senate of the United States,

June 16 (legislative day, June 7), 1994.

Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R. 4454) entitled ‘‘An Act making appropriations for

the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September

30, 1995, and for other purposes’’, do pass with the following

AMENDMENTS:

1 Ω1æPage 2, after line 1, insert:

2 SENATE

3 MILEAGE AND EXPENSES ALLOWANCES

4 MILEAGE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT AND SENATORS

5 For mileage of the Vice President and Senators of the

6 United States, $60,000.

7 EXPENSE ALLOWANCES

8 For expense allowances of the Vice President, $10,000;

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

10 Leader of the Senate, $10,000; Minority Leader of the Sen11 ate, $10,000; Majority Whip of the Senate, $5,000; Minority

12 Whip of the Senate, $5,000; and Chairmen of the Majority

13 and Minority Conference Committees, $3,000 for each

14 Chairman; in all, $56,000.
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1 REPRESENTATION ALLOWANCES FOR THE MAJORITY AND

2 MINORITY LEADERS

3 For representation allowances of the Majority and Mi4 nority Leaders of the Senate, $15,000 for each such Leader;

5 in all, $30,000.

6 SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

7 For compensation of officers, employees, and others as

8 authorized by law, including agency contributions,

9 $71,338,000, which shall be paid from this appropriation

10 without regard to the below limitations, as follows:

11 OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT

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

13 OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE

14 For the Office of the President Pro Tempore, $457,000.

15 OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERS

16 For Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders,

17 $2,195,000.

18 OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY WHIPS

19 For Offices of the Majority and Minority Whips,

20 $656,000.

21 CONFERENCE COMMITTEES

22 For the Conference of the Majority and the Conference

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

24 Chairman of each such committee, $996,000 for each such

25 committee; in all, $1,992,000.
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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 the

4 Majority and the Conference of the Minority, $384,000.

5 OFFICE OF THE CHAPLAIN

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

7 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

8 For Office of the Secretary, $12,961,000.

9 OFFICE OF THE SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER

10 For Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper,

11 $32,739,000.

12 OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND

13 MINORITY

14 For Offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the

15 Secretary for the Minority, $1,197,000.

16 AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS AND RELATED EXPENSES

17 For agency contributions for employee benefits, as au18 thorized by law, and related expenses, $17,052,000.

19 OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL OF THE SENATE

20 For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legisla21 tive Counsel of the Senate, $3,381,000.

22 OFFICE OF SENATE LEGAL COUNSEL

23 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate Legal

24 Counsel, $936,000.
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1 EXPENSE ALLOWANCES OF THE SECRETARY OF THE SEN2 ATE, SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE

3 SENATE, AND SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND

4 MINORITY OF THE SENATE

5 For expense allowances of the Secretary of the Senate,

6 $3,000; Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate,

7 $3,000; Secretary for the Majority of the Senate, $3,000;

8 Secretary for the Minority of the Senate, $3,000; in all,

9 $12,000.

10 CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE

11 SENATE POLICY COMMITTEES

12 For salaries and expenses of the Majority Policy Com13 mittee and the Minority Policy Committee, $1,287,000 for

14 each such committee; in all, $2,574,000.

15 INQUIRIES AND INVESTIGATIONS

16 For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered

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

18 Public Law 601, Seventy-ninth Congress, as amended, sec19 tion 112 of Public Law 96–304 and Senate Resolution 281,

20 agreed to March 11, 1980, $78,112,000.

21 EXPENSES OF UNITED STATES SENATE CAUCUS ON

22 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL

23 For expenses of the United States Senate Caucus on

24 International Narcotics Control, $348,000.
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1 SECRETARY OF THE SENATE

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 For expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the Sen4 ate, $1,966,500 and, in addition, $7,000,000, to be derived

5 by transfer from funds appropriated in fiscal year 1992

6 for ‘‘Salaries, Officers and Employees’’ and to remain

7 available until September 30, 1998.

8 SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE SENATE

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

10 Doorkeeper of the Senate, $74,894,000, of which

11 $21,347,000 shall remain available until expended.

12 MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

13 For miscellaneous items, $7,429,000.

14 SENATORS’ OFFICIAL PERSONNEL AND OFFICE EXPENSE

15 ACCOUNT

16 For Senators’ Official Personnel and Office Expense

17 Account, $206,542,000.

18 OFFICE OF SENATE FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES

19 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate Fair

20 Employment Practices, $889,000.

21 SETTLEMENTS AND AWARDS RESERVE

22 For expenses for settlements and awards, $1,000,000.

23 STATIONERY (REVOLVING FUND)

24 For stationery for the President of the Senate, $4,500,

25 for officers of the Senate and the Conference of the Majority
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1 and Conference of the Minority of the Senate, $8,500; in

2 all, $13,000.

3 OFFICIAL MAIL COSTS

4 For expenses necessary for official mail costs of the

5 Senate, $11,000,000, to remain available until September

6 30, 1996.

7 RESCISSION

8 Of the funds previously appropriated under the head9 ing ‘‘SENATE’’, $23,000,000 are rescinded.

10 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

11 SEC. 1. Effective on and after the date of enactment

12 of this Act, the Secretary of the Senate, subject to the ap13 proval of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate,

14 is authorized to transfer up to $300,000 from any Senate

15 appropriations account with respect to which the Secretary

16 has disbursing authority to the revolving fund established

17 under section 2(c) under the subheading ‘‘ADMINISTRA18 TIVE PROVISIONS’’ under the heading ‘‘SENATE’’ in

19 Public Law 102–392 (2 U.S.C. 121d(c)) to provide addi20 tional capitalization for such revolving fund. Any moneys

21 so transferred shall be available for use in the same manner

22 and to the same extent as the moneys otherwise in such re23 volving fund.

24 SEC. 2. (a) Not later than September 30, 1995, the Sec25 retary of the Senate shall submit to the Committee on Rules

26 and Administration a report evaluating the quality and
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1 scope of the educational experience available to visitors to

2 the Senate concerning the constitutional and historical role

3 of the Senate in American Government and society.

4 (b) The Secretary of the Senate shall include in the

5 report a plan for the improvement of the educational experi6 ence available to Senate visitors. Senate officers and offi7 cials and legislative branch support agencies shall work

8 with the Secretary of the Senate in the development of the

9 plan. Appropriate executive branch agencies, such as the

10 National Archives and Records Administration and the

11 Smithsonian Institution, are encouraged to offer assistance

12 to the Secretary of the Senate in developing the plan.

13 (c) There are authorized to be paid out of the Contin14 gent Fund of the Senate, upon vouchers approved by the

15 Secretary of the Senate, such sums as are necessary to reim16 burse the routine expenses associated with developing the

17 report required by this section.

18 SEC. 3. (a) Section 105(a) of the Legislative Branch

19 Appropriations Act 1965 (Public Law 88–454; 2 U.S.C.

20 104a) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following

21 new paragraph:

22 ‘‘(4) Each report by the Secretary of the Senate re23 quired by paragraph (1) shall contain a separate summary

24 of Senate accounts statement for each office of the Senate

25 authorized to obligate appropriated funds, including each
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1 Senator’s office, each officer of the Senate, and each commit2 tee of the Senate. The summary of Senate accounts state3 ment shall include—

4 ‘‘(A) the total amount of appropriations made

5 available or allocated to the office;

6 ‘‘(B) any supplemental appropriation, transfer

7 of funds, or rescission and the effect of such action on

8 the appropriation or allocation to the office;

9 ‘‘(C) total expenses incurred for salary and office

10 expenses; and

11 ‘‘(D) the unexpended balance.’’.

12 (b) Section 318 of the Legislative Branch Appropria13 tions Act, 1991 (Public Law 101–520; 2 U.S.C. 59f) is

14 amended by striking the period at the end of the last sen15 tence and inserting the following: ‘‘, and in the case of each

16 Senator, the allocation made to such Senator from the ap17 propriation for official mail expenses.’’.

18 (c) The amendments made by this section shall be effec19 tive with respect to—

20 (1) reports and statements covering periods be21 ginning on and after October 1, 1994; and

22 (2) appropriations made and obligations in23 curred on and after such date.

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

25 United States a revolving fund within the contingent fund
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1 of the Senate to be known as the Daniel Webster Senate

2 Page Residence Revolving Fund (hereafter referred to in

3 this section as the ‘‘fund’’). The fund shall consist of all

4 rental payments and other moneys collected or received by

5 the Sergeant at Arms with regard to the Daniel Webster

6 Senate Page Residence. All moneys in the fund shall be

7 available without fiscal year limitation for disbursement by

8 the Secretary of the Senate in connection with operation

9 and maintenance of the Daniel Webster Senate Page Resi10 dence not normally performed by the Architect of the Cap11 itol. In addition, such moneys may be used by the Sergeant

12 at Arms to purchase food and food related items and fund

13 activities for the pages.

14 (b) All moneys received from rental payments and

15 other moneys collected or received by the Sergeant at Arms

16 with regard to the Daniel Webster Senate Page Residence

17 shall be deposited in the fund and shall be available for

18 purposes of this section.

19 (c) Disbursements from the fund shall be made upon

20 vouchers approved by the Sergeant at Arms, or the designee

21 of the Sergeant at Arms.

22 (d) The Sergeant at Arms is authorized to prescribe

23 such regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provi24 sions of this section and to provide for the operations of

25 the Daniel Webster Senate Page Residence.
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1 SEC. 5. Effective October 1, 1994, each of the figures

2 contained in section 506(b)(3)(A)(iii) of the Supplemental

3 Appropriations Act, 1973 (2 U.S.C. 58(b)(3)(A)(iii)) is in4 creased by $50,000: Provided, That, in any fiscal year be5 ginning with fiscal year 1995, a Senator may use funds

6 provided for official office expenses, but not to exceed

7 $50,000, for mass mailing, as defined in section 6(b)(1) and

8 all such mass mailings shall be under the frank.

9 SEC. 6. (a) This section shall apply to mailings by

10 Senators, made during fiscal year 1995 and each fiscal year

11 thereafter in addition to any other law relating to the use

12 of the franking privilege.

13 (b) For the purposes of this paragraph—

14 (1) the term ‘‘mass mailing’’—

15 (A) means, with respect to a session of Con16 gress, a mailing of more than 500 newsletters or

17 other pieces of mail with substantially identical

18 content (whether such mail is deposited singly or

19 in bulk, or at the same time or different times),

20 but

21 (B) does not include a mailing—

22 (i) of matter in direct response to a

23 communication from a person to whom the

24 matter is mailed;
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1 (ii) to other Members of Congress or to

2 a Federal, State, or local government offi3 cial;

4 (iii) of a news release to the commu5 nications media;

6 (iv) of a town meeting notice, but no

7 such mailing may be made fewer than 60

8 days immediately before the date of any

9 primary election or general election (wheth10 er regular, special, or runoff) for any Fed11 eral, State, or local office in which a Mem12 ber of the Senate is a candidate for election;

13 or

14 (v) of a Federal publication or other

15 item that is provided by the Senate to all

16 Senators or made available by the Senate

17 for purchase by all Senators from official

18 funds specifically for distribution.

19 (c) Except as provided in section 5, a Senator may

20 not mail a mass mailing under the frank.

21 (d) The Senate Committee on Rules and Administra22 tion shall prescribe rules and regulations and take other

23 action as the Committee considers necessary and proper for

24 Senators to comply with this section and regulations.
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1 SEC. 7. Of the funds previously appropriated under

2 the heading ‘‘SENATE’’, $65,000,000 shall not remain

3 available for obligation beyond the date of enactment of this

4 Act.

5 SEC. 8. None of the funds appropriated under the

6 heading ‘‘SENATE’’ under the subheading ‘‘OFFICIAL MAIL

7 COSTS’’ may be used in any fiscal year beginning on or

8 after October 1, 1994, for mass mailings as defined in sec9 tion 6(b)(1).

10 Ω2æPage 9, strike out lines 6 to 23 and insert:

11 For the Capitol Police Board for salaries, including

12 overtime, hazardous duty pay differential, clothing allow13 ance of not more than $600 each for members required to

14 wear civilian attire, and Government contributions to em15 ployees’ benefits funds, as authorized by law, of officers,

16 members, and employees of the Capitol Police, $69,382,000,

17 of which $33,463,000 is provided to the Sergeant at Arms

18 of the House of Representatives, to be disbursed by the Clerk

19 of the House, and $35,919,000 is provided to the Sergeant

20 at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, to be disbursed by

21 the Secretary of the Senate: Provided, That of the amounts

22 appropriated for fiscal year 1995 for salaries, including

23 overtime, hazardous duty pay differential, clothing allow24 ance of not more than $600 each for members required to

25 wear civilian attire, and Government contributions to em-
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1 ployees’ benefits under this heading, such amounts as may

2 be necessary may be transferred between the Sergeant at

3 Arms of the House of Representatives and the Sergeant at

4 Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, upon approval of the

5 Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representa6 tives and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.

7 Ω3æPage 11, line 21, strike out ø$21,931,000¿ and in8 sert: $21,970,000

9 Ω4æPage 12, line 17, strike out ø$23,133,000¿ and in10 sert: $23,188,000

11 Ω5æPage 13, line 12, strike out ø$8,927,000¿ and insert:

12 $9,103,000

13 Ω6æPage 13, lines 21 and 22, strike out ø, to remain

14 available until expended¿

15 Ω7æPage 14, line 15, strike out ø$22,340,000¿ and in16 sert: $22,797,000

17 Ω8æPage 14, line 20, strike out ø$5,201,000¿ and insert:

18 $5,270,000

19 Ω9æPage 14, after line 21, insert:

20 SENATE OFFICE BUILDINGS

21 For all necessary expenses for maintenance, care and

22 operation of Senate Office Buildings; and furniture and
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1 furnishings, to be expended under the control and super2 vision of the Architect of the Capitol, $47,619,000, of which

3 $7,709,000 shall remain available until expended: Provided,

4 That of the amount appropriated under this heading such

5 sums as are necessary shall be used, at the direction of the

6 Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, to complete

7 improvements to the property acquired pursuant to section

8 1202 of Public Law 103–50.

9 Ω10æPage 15, line 20, strike out ø$33,342,000¿ and in10 sert: $33,437,000

11 Ω11æPage 16, line 15, strike out ø$58,938,000¿ and in12 sert: $60,459,000

13 Ω12æPage 17, line 16, strike out ø$87,717,000¿ and in14 sert: $89,724,000

15 Ω13æPage 18, after line 5, insert:

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

17 Ω14æPage 18, line 11, strike out ø$3,182,000¿ and in18 sert: $3,230,000, and, in addition, $7,000,000 to remain

19 available until expended to be derived by transfer from

20 funds previously made available without fiscal year limita21 tion under the heading ‘‘ARCHITECT OF THE CAP22 ITOL’’
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1 Ω15æPage 19, line 1, strike out ø$207,857,000¿ and in2 sert: $210,164,000

3 Ω16æPage 19, line 19, strike out ø$27,186,000¿ and in4 sert: $27,456,000

5 Ω17æPage 19, line 22, strike out ø$2,891,000¿ and in6 sert: $2,911,000

7 Ω18æPage 20, line 2, strike out ø$17,391,000¿ and in8 sert: $17,411,000

9 Ω19æPage 20, line 16, strike out ø$44,622,000¿ and in10 sert: $44,951,000

11 Ω20æPage 20, line 16, strike out ø$10,896,000¿ and in12 sert: $11,694,000

13 Ω21æPage 23, line 14, strike out ø$9,860,000¿ and in14 sert: $13,483,000

15 Ω22æPage 23, line 14, strike out ø$941,000¿ and insert:

16 $4,441,000

17 Ω23æPage 23, line 24, strike out ø$30,600,000¿ and in18 sert: $32,207,000

19 Ω24æPage 23, strike out all after line 24 over to and

20 including ‘‘further,’’ in line 3 on page 24
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1 Ω25æPage 25, line 14, strike out ø4,193¿ and insert:

2 4,493

3 Ω26æPage 25, after line 24, insert:

4 SEC. 207. Section 207(a) of the Legislative Appropria5 tions Act, 1993 (Public Law 102–392) is amended—

6 (1) in paragraph (1) by inserting ‘‘or made

7 available from any source’’ after ‘‘appropriated’’;

8 (2) in paragraph (2)(A) by inserting after ‘‘as

9 certified by the Public Printer,’’ the following: ‘‘if the

10 work is included in a class of work which’’;

11 (3) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para12 graph (4);

13 (4) by adding after paragraph (2) the following:

14 ‘‘(3) Any Federal officer or employee who pub15 lishes a Government publication or orders or con16 tracts for an individual printing order under para17 graph (2) shall comply with all applicable provisions

18 of chapter 19, title 44, United States Code, regarding

19 distribution of Government publications by the Gov20 ernment Printing Office to Federal depository librar21 ies.’’; and

22 (5) by amending paragraph (4), as redesignated

23 to read as follows:

24 ‘‘(4) As used in this section, the term ‘printing’

25 includes the processes of composition, platemaking,
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1 presswork, duplicating, silk screen processes, produc2 tion of an image on paper or other substrate by any

3 process, binding, microform, and the end items of

4 such processes.’’.

5 Ω27æPage 26, line 24, strike out ø$439,525,000¿ and

6 insert: $443,360,000

7 Ω28æPage 27, line 3, after ‘‘1995’’ insert: : Provided fur8 ther, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 9105 hereafter

9 amounts reimbursed to the Comptroller General pursuant

10 to that section shall be deposited to the appropriation of

11 the General Accounting Office then available and remain

12 available until expended, and not more than $6,000,000 of

13 such funds shall be available for use in fiscal year 1995

14 Ω29æPage 31, after line 19, insert:

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

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

17 ‘‘1994’’ and inserting ‘‘1995’’.

18 Ω30æPage 31, after line 19, insert:

19 SEC. 310. Provided, That upon enactment of this Act,

20 of the funds appropriated to the Clerk of the House in the

21 Fiscal Year 1986 Urgent Supplemental Appropriations Act,

22 Public Law 99–349, and subsequently transferred to the Ar23 chitect of the Capitol pursuant to the Legislative Branch

24 Appropriations Act, 1989, Public Law 100–458, for Capitol
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1 Complex Security Enhancements, made available until ex2 pended, not to exceed $2,015,000 may be obligated and dis3 bursed for the purchase and installation of x-ray machines

4 and magnetometers.

5 Ω31æPage 31, after line 19, insert:

6 SEC. 311. (a) No funds appropriated under this Act

7 may be used to carry out the provisions of section 8335(d)

8 or 8425(b) of title 5, United States Code, relating to the

9 mandatory separation of a member of the Capitol Police.

10 (b) Officers mandatorily separated under Public Law

11 101–428 shall be entitled to preferential rehire to the extent

12 qualified for any available positions.

13 Ω32æPage 31, after line 19, insert:

14 SEC. 312. The following amounts appropriated under

15 the following headings shall be withheld from obligation and

16 shall only become available to the extent necessary to cover

17 the costs of increases in pay and allowances authorized pur18 suant to the enactment of H.R. 4539, of the 103d Congress,

19 or pursuant to the pay order of the President or other ad20 ministrative action pursuant to law:

CAPITOL POLICE BOARD

CAPITOL POLICE

SALARIES .................................................................................... $167,000

OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT

SALARIES AND EXPENSES ................................................................. 39,000

CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES ................................................................. 55,000
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ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

OFFICE OF THE ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

SALARIES .................................................................................... 176,000

CAPITOL BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

CAPITOL BUILDINGS ................................................................... 161,000

CAPITOL GROUNDS ..................................................................... 69,000

SENATE OFFICE BUILDINGS ....................................................... 280,000

CAPITOL POWER PLANT .............................................................. 95,000

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES .......................................................... 671,000

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING AND BINDING ........................................ 2,007,000

OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS

SALARIES AND EXPENSES .......................................................... 107,000

BOTANIC GARDEN

SALARIES AND EXPENSES ................................................................. 48,000

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

SALARIES AND EXPENSES ................................................................. 2,307,000

COPYRIGHT OFFICE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES .......................................................... 270,000

BOOKS FOR THE BLIND AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED

SALARIES AND EXPENSES .......................................................... 79,000

ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

LIBRARY BUILDING AND GROUNDS

STRUCTURAL AND MECHANICAL CARE ...................................... 123,000

GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES ................................................................. 3,835,000

1 Ω33æPage 31, after line 19, insert:

2 SEC. 313. ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL HUMAN RE3 SOURCES PROGRAM.—(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section

4 may be cited as the ‘‘Architect of the Capitol Human Re5 sources Act’’.

6 (b) FINDING AND PURPOSE.—

7 (1) FINDING.—The Congress finds that the Office

8 of the Architect of the Capitol should develop human
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1 resources management programs that are consistent

2 with the practices common among other Federal and

3 private sector organizations.

4 (2) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this section

5 to require the Architect of the Capitol to establish and

6 maintain a personnel management system that incor7 porates fundamental principles that exist in other

8 modern personnel systems.

9 (c) PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.—

10 (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Architect of the Cap11 itol shall establish and maintain a personnel manage12 ment system.

13 (2) REQUIREMENTS.—The personnel manage14 ment system shall at a minimum include the follow15 ing:

16 (A) A system which ensures that applicants

17 for employment and employees of the Architect of

18 the Capitol are appointed, promoted, and as19 signed on the basis of merit and fitness after fair

20 and equitable consideration of all applicants and

21 employees through open competition.

22 (B) An equal employment opportunity pro23 gram which includes an affirmative employment

24 program for employees and applicants for em25 ployment, and procedures for monitoring
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1 progress by the Architect of the Capitol in ensur2 ing a workforce reflective of the diverse labor

3 force.

4 (C) A system for the classification of posi5 tions which takes into account the difficulty, re6 sponsibility, and qualification requirements of

7 the work performed, and which conforms to the

8 principle of equal pay for substantially equal

9 work.

10 (D) A program for the training of Architect

11 of the Capitol employees which has among its

12 goals improved employee performance and op13 portunities for employee advancement.

14 (E) A formal performance appraisal system

15 which will permit the accurate evaluation of job

16 performance on the basis of objective criteria for

17 all Architect of the Capitol employees.

18 (F) A fair and equitable system to address

19 unacceptable conduct and performance by Archi20 tect of the Capitol employees, including a general

21 statement of violations, sanctions, and proce22 dures which shall be made known to all employ23 ees, and a formal grievance procedure.

24 (G) A program to provide services to deal

25 with mental health, alcohol abuse, drug abuse,
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1 and other employee problems, and which ensures

2 employee confidentiality.

3 (H) A formal policy statement regarding

4 the use and accrual of sick and annual leave

5 which shall be made known to all employees, and

6 which is consistent with the other requirements

7 of this section.

8 (d) IMPLEMENTATION OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

9 SYSTEM.—

10 (1) DEVELOPMENT OF PLAN.—The Architect of

11 the Capitol shall—

12 (A) develop a plan for the establishment

13 and maintenance of a personnel management

14 system designed to achieve the requirements of

15 subsection (c);

16 (B) submit the plan to the Speaker of the

17 House of Representatives, the House Office

18 Building Commission, the Committee on Rules

19 and Administration of the Senate, and the Joint

20 Committee on the Library not later than 12

21 months after the date of enactment of this Act;

22 and

23 (C) implement the plan not later than 90

24 days after the plan is submitted to the Speaker

25 of the House of Representatives, the House Office
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1 Building Commission, the Committee on Rules

2 and Administration of the Senate, and the Joint

3 Committee on the Library, as specified in para4 graph (2).

5 (2) EVALUATION AND REPORTING.—The Archi6 tect of the Capitol shall develop a system of oversight

7 and evaluation to ensure that the personnel manage8 ment system of the Architect of the Capitol achieves

9 the requirements of subsection (c) and complies with

10 all other relevant laws, rules and regulations. The Ar11 chitect of the Capitol shall report to the Speaker of the

12 House of Representatives, the House Office Building

13 Commission, the Committee on Rules and Adminis14 tration of the Senate, and the Joint Committee on the

15 Library on an annual basis the results of its evalua16 tion under this subsection.

17 (3) APPLICATION OF LAWS.—Nothing in this sec18 tion shall be construed to alter or supersede any other

19 provision of law otherwise applicable to the Architect

20 of the Capitol or its employees, unless expressly pro21 vided in this section.

22 (e) DISCRIMINATION COMPLAINT PROCESSING.—

23 (1) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sub24 section:
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1 (A) The term ‘‘employee of the Architect of

2 the Capitol’’ or ‘‘employee’’ means—

3 (i) any employee of the Architect of the

4 Capitol, the Botanic Garden, or the Senate

5 Restaurants;

6 (ii) any applicant for a position that

7 is to be occupied by an individual described

8 in subparagraph (A); or

9 (iii) within 180 days after the termi10 nation of employment with the Architect of

11 the Capitol, any individual who was for12 merly an employee described in subpara13 graph (A) and whose claim of a violation

14 arises out of the individual’s employment

15 with the Architect of the Capitol.

16 (B) The term ‘‘violation’’ means a practice

17 that violates subsection (b) of this section.

18 (2) DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES PROHIBITED.—

19 (A) IN GENERAL.—All personnel actions af20 fecting employees of the Architect of the Capitol

21 shall be made free from any discrimination

22 based on—

23 (i) race, color, religion, sex, or national

24 origin, within the meaning of section 717 of
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1 the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C.

2 2000e–16);

3 (ii) age, within the meaning of section

4 15 of the Age Discrimination in Employ5 ment Act of 1967 (29 U.S.C. 633a); or

6 (iii) handicap or disability, within the

7 meaning of section 501 of the Rehabilitation

8 Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 791) and sections

9 102 through 104 of the Americans with Dis10 abilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12112–14).

11 (B) INTIMIDATION PROHIBITED.—Any in12 timidation of, or reprisal against, any employee

13 by the Architect of the Capitol, or by any em14 ployee of the Architect of the Capitol, because of

15 the exercise of a right under this section con16 stitutes an unlawful employment practice, which

17 may be remedied in the same manner as are

18 other violations described in paragraph (1).

19 (3) PROCEDURE FOR CONSIDERATION OF AL20 LEGED VIOLATIONS.—

21 (A) GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE PERSON22 NEL APPEALS BOARD.—(i) Any employee of the

23 Architect of the Capitol alleging a violation of

24 paragraph (2) may file a charge with the Gen25 eral Accounting Office Personnel Appeals Board
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1 in accordance with the General Accounting Of2 fice Personnel Act of 1980 (31 U.S.C. 751–55)

3 and regulations of the Board. Such a charge may

4 be filed only after the employee has filed a com5 plaint with the Architect of the Capitol in ac6 cordance with requirements prescribed by the Ar7 chitect of the Capitol and has exhausted all rem8 edies pursuant to such requirements.

9 (ii) The Architect of the Capitol shall carry

10 out any action within its authority that the

11 Board orders under section 4 of the General Ac12 counting Office Personnel Act of 1980 (31 U.S.C.

13 753).

14 (iii) The Architect of the Capitol shall reim15 burse the General Accounting Office for costs in16 curred by the Board in considering charges filed

17 under this subsection.

18 (B) GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE PERSON19 NEL APPEALS BOARD OR OFFICE OF SENATE

20 FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES.—An employee of

21 the Architect of the Capitol who is assigned to

22 the Senate Restaurants or to the Superintendent

23 of the Senate Office Buildings alleging a viola24 tion of subsection (b) may file a charge pursuant

25 to paragraph (1), or may elect to follow the pro-
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1 cedures outlined in the Government Employee

2 Rights Act of 1991 (2 U.S.C. 1201 et seq.).

3 (4) AMENDMENTS TO THE GENERAL ACCOUNT4 ING OFFICE PERSONNEL ACT OF 1980.—

5 (A) Section 751(a)(1) of title 31, United

6 States Code, amended by inserting ‘‘or Architect

7 of the Capitol’’ after ‘‘Office’’.

8 (B) Section 753(a) of title 31, United States

9 Code, is amended—

10 (i) in paragraph (7) by striking ‘‘and’’

11 at the end of the paragraph;

12 (ii) in paragraph (8) by striking the

13 period and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

14 (iii) by inserting at the end thereof the

15 following:

16 ‘‘(9) an action involving discrimination prohib17 ited under subsection (d)(2) of the Architect of the

18 Capitol Human Resources Act.’’

19 (C) Section 755 of title 31, United States

20 Code, is amended—

21 (i) in subsection (a) by striking the ‘‘or

22 (7)’’ and inserting ‘‘, (7), or (9)’’; and

23 (ii) in subsection (b) by striking ‘‘or

24 applicant for employment’’ and inserting
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1 ‘‘applicant for employment, or employee of

2 the Architect of the Capitol’’.

Attest:

Secretary.
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