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Calendar No. 460

103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 4454

[Report No. 103–283]

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JUNE 7, 1994

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations

JUNE 14 (legislative day, JUNE 7), 1994

Reported by Mr. REID, with amendments

[Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic]

AN ACT

Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the

fiscal year ending September 30, 1995, 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, 1995, and for other purposes, namely:
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1 TITLE I—CONGRESSIONAL OPERATIONS

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.

15 REPRESENTATION ALLOWANCES FOR THE MAJORITY AND

16 MINORITY LEADERS

17 For representation allowances of the Majority and Mi18 nority Leaders of the Senate, $15,000 for each such Leader;

19 in all, $30,000.

20 SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

21 For compensation of officers, employees, and others as

22 authorized by law, including agency contributions,

23 $71,338,000, which shall be paid from this appropriation

24 without regard to the below limitations, as follows:

25 OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT

26 For the Office of the Vice President, $1,513,000.
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1 OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE

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

3 OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERS

4 For Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders,

5 $2,195,000.

6 OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY WHIPS

7 For Offices of the Majority and Minority Whips,

8 $656,000.

9 CONFERENCE COMMITTEES

10 For the Conference of the Majority and the Conference

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

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

13 committee; in all, $1,992,000.

14 OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES OF THE CONFERENCE OF

15 THE MAJORITY AND THE CONFERENCE OF THE MINORITY

16 For Offices of the Secretaries of the Conference of the

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

18 OFFICE OF THE CHAPLAIN

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

20 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

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

22 OFFICE OF THE SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER

23 For Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper,

24 $32,739,000.
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1 OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND

2 MINORITY

3 For Offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the

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

5 AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS AND RELATED EXPENSES

6 For agency contributions for employee benefits, as au7 thorized by law, and related expenses, $17,052,000.

8 OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL OF THE SENATE

9 For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legisla10 tive Counsel of the Senate, $3,381,000.

11 OFFICE OF SENATE LEGAL COUNSEL

12 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate Legal

13 Counsel, $936,000.

14 EXPENSE ALLOWANCES OF THE SECRETARY OF THE SEN15 ATE, SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE

16 SENATE, AND SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND

17 MINORITY OF THE SENATE

18 For expense allowances of the Secretary of the Senate,

19 $3,000; Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate,

20 $3,000; Secretary for the Majority of the Senate, $3,000;

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

22 $12,000.
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1 CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE

2 SENATE POLICY COMMITTEES

3 For salaries and expenses of the Majority Policy Com4 mittee and the Minority Policy Committee, $1,287,000 for

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

6 INQUIRIES AND INVESTIGATIONS

7 For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered

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

9 Public Law 601, Seventy-ninth Congress, as amended, sec10 tion 112 of Public Law 96–304 and Senate Resolution 281,

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

12 EXPENSES OF UNITED STATES SENATE CAUCUS ON

13 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL

14 For expenses of the United States Senate Caucus on

15 International Narcotics Control, $348,000.

16 SECRETARY OF THE SENATE

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

18 For expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the Sen19 ate, $1,966,500 and, in addition, $7,000,000, to be derived

20 by transfer from funds appropriated in fiscal year 1992

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

22 available until September 30, 1998.

23 SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE SENATE

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

25 Doorkeeper of the Senate, $74,894,000.
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1 MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

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

3 SENATORS’ OFFICIAL PERSONNEL AND OFFICE EXPENSE

4 ACCOUNT

5 For Senators’ Official Personnel and Office Expense

6 Account, $203,542,000.

7 OFFICE OF SENATE FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES

8 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate Fair

9 Employment Practices, $889,000.

10 SETTLEMENTS AND AWARDS RESERVE

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

12 STATIONERY (REVOLVING FUND)

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

14 for officers of the Senate and the Conference of the Majority

15 and Conference of the Minority of the Senate, $8,500; in

16 all, $13,000.

17 OFFICIAL MAIL COSTS

18 For expenses necessary for official mail costs of the

19 Senate, $15,000,000.

20 RESCISSION

21 Of the funds previously appropriated under the head22 ing ‘‘SENATE’’, $23,000,000 are rescinded.

23 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

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

25 of this Act, the Secretary of the Senate, subject to the ap26 proval of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate,
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1 is authorized to transfer up to $300,000 from any Senate

2 appropriations account with respect to which the Secretary

3 has disbursing authority to the revolving fund established

4 under section 2(c) under the subheading ‘‘ADMINISTRA5 TIVE PROVISIONS’’ under the heading ‘‘SENATE’’ in

6 Public Law 102–392 (2 U.S.C. 121d(c)) to provide addi7 tional capitalization for such revolving fund. Any moneys

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

9 and to the same extent as the moneys otherwise in such re10 volving fund.

11 SEC. 2. (a) Not later than September 30, 1995, the Sec12 retary of the Senate shall submit to the Committee on Rules

13 and Administration a report evaluating the quality and

14 scope of the educational experience available to visitors to

15 the Senate concerning the constitutional and historical role

16 of the Senate in American Government and society.

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

18 report a plan for the improvement of the educational experi19 ence available to Senate visitors. Senate officers and offi20 cials and legislative branch support agencies shall work

21 with the Secretary of the Senate in the development of the

22 plan. Appropriate executive branch agencies, such as the

23 National Archives and Records Administration and the

24 Smithsonian Institution, are encouraged to offer assistance

25 to the Secretary of the Senate in developing the plan.
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1 (c) There are authorized to be paid out of the Contin2 gent Fund of the Senate, upon vouchers approved by the

3 Secretary of the Senate, such sums as are necessary to reim4 burse the routine expenses associated with developing the

5 report required by this section.

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

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

8 104a) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following

9 new paragraph:

10 ‘‘(4) Each report by the Secretary of the Senate re11 quired by paragraph (1) shall contain a separate summary

12 of Senate accounts statement for each office of the Senate

13 authorized to obligate appropriated funds, including each

14 Senator’s office, each officer of the Senate, and each commit15 tee of the Senate. The summary of Senate accounts state16 ment shall include—

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

18 available or allocated to the office;

19 ‘‘(B) any supplemental appropriation, transfer

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

21 the appropriation or allocation to the office;

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

23 expenses; and

24 ‘‘(D) the unexpended balance.’’.
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1 (b) Section 318 of the Legislative Branch Appropria2 tions Act, 1991 (Public Law 101–520; 2 U.S.C. 59f) is

3 amended by striking the period at the end of the last sen4 tence and inserting the following: ‘‘, and in the case of each

5 Senator, the allocation made to such Senator from the ap6 propriation for official mail expenses.’’.

7 (c) The amendments made by this section shall be effec8 tive with respect to—

9 (1) reports and statements covering periods be10 ginning on and after October 1, 1994; and

11 (2) appropriations made and obligations in12 curred on and after such date.

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

14 United States a revolving fund within the contingent fund

15 of the Senate to be known as the Daniel Webster Senate

16 Page Residence Revolving Fund (hereafter referred to in

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

18 rental payments and other moneys collected or received by

19 the Sergeant at Arms with regard to the Daniel Webster

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

21 available without fiscal year limitation for disbursement by

22 the Secretary of the Senate in connection with operation

23 and maintenance of the Daniel Webster Senate Page Resi24 dence not normally performed by the Architect of the Cap25 itol. In addition, such moneys may be used by the Sergeant
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1 at Arms to purchase food and food related items and fund

2 activities for the pages.

3 (b) All moneys received from rental payments and

4 other moneys collected or received by the Sergeant at Arms

5 with regard to the Daniel Webster Senate Page Residence

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

7 purposes of this section.

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

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

10 of the Sergeant at Arms.

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

12 such regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provi13 sions of this section and to provide for the operations of

14 the Daniel Webster Senate Page Residence.

15 SEC. 5. Effective October 1, 1994, each of the figures

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

17 Appropriations Act, 1973 (2 U.S.C. 58(b)(3)(A)(iii)) is in18 creased by $20,000.

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

20 Senators, Senators-elect, and offices of the Senate made dur21 ing fiscal year 1995 and each fiscal year thereafter in addi22 tion to any other law relating to the use of the franking

23 privilege.

24 (b) For the purposes of this paragraph—

25 (1) the term ‘‘mass mailing’’—
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1 (A) means, with respect to a session of Con2 gress, a mailing of 500 or more newsletters or

3 other pieces of mail with substantially identical

4 content (whether such mail is deposited singly or

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

6 but

7 (B) does not include a mailing—

8 (i) of matter in direct response to a

9 communication from a person to whom the

10 matter is mailed (to the extent of 2 such

11 mailings) that—

12 (I) in the case of an initial re13 sponse, is mailed at any time; or

14 (II) in the case of a followup re15 sponse, is mailed during that Congress

16 or no later than 60 days after the sine

17 die adjournment of that Congress;

18 (ii) to other Members of Congress or to

19 a Federal, State, or local government offi20 cial;

21 (iii) of a news release to the commu22 nications media;

23 (iv) of a town meeting or mobile office

24 notice; or
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1 (v) of a Federal publication or other

2 item that is provided by the Senate to all

3 Senators or made available by the Senate

4 for purchase by all Senators from official

5 funds specifically for distribution.

6 (c) A Senator, Senator-elect, or office of the Senate

7 may not mail a mass mailing under the frank.

8 (d) The Senate Committee on Rules and Administra9 tion shall prescribe rules and regulations and take other

10 action as the Committee considers necessary and proper for

11 Senators and Senators-elect to comply with this section and

12 regulations.

13 SEC. 7. Of the funds previously appropriated under

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

15 available for obligation beyond this date of enactment of

16 this Act.

17 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

18 PAYMENTS TO WIDOWS AND HEIRS OF DECEASED

19 MEMBERS OF CONGRESS

20 For payment to the estate of William H. Natcher,

21 late a Representative from the Commonwealth of Ken22 tucky, $133,600.

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For salaries and expenses of the House of Represent25 atives, $728,468,000, as follows:
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1 HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES

2 For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law,

3 $6,096,000, including: Office of the Speaker, $1,444,000,

4 including $25,000 for official expenses of the Speaker; Of5 fice of the Majority Floor Leader, $1,042,000, including

6 $10,000 for official expenses of the Majority Leader; Of7 fice of the Minority Floor Leader, $1,429,000, including

8 $10,000 for official expenses of the Minority Leader; Of9 fice of the Majority Whip, $1,284,000, including $5,000

10 for official expenses of the Majority Whip and not to ex11 ceed $563,000 for the Chief Deputy Majority Whips; and

12 Office of the Minority Whip, $897,000, including $5,000

13 for official expenses of the Minority Whip and not to ex14 ceed $104,000 for the Chief Deputy Minority Whip.

15 MEMBERS’ CLERK HIRE

16 For staff employed by each Member in the discharge

17 of official and representative duties, $240,417,000.

18 COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES

19 For professional and clerical employees of standing

20 committees, including the Committee on Appropriations

21 and the Committee on the Budget, $73,925,000.

22 COMMITTEE ON THE BUDGET (STUDIES)

23 For salaries, expenses, and studies by the Committee

24 on the Budget, and temporary personal services for such

25 committee to be expended in accordance with sections

26 101(c), 606, 703, and 901(e) of the Congressional Budget
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1 Act of 1974, and to be available for reimbursement to

2 agencies for services performed, $401,000.

3 STANDING COMMITTEES, SPECIAL AND SELECT

4 For salaries and expenses of standing committees,

5 special and select, authorized by the House, $53,191,000.

6 COMMITTEE ON HOUSE ADMINISTRATION

7 HOUSE INFORMATION SYSTEMS

8 For salaries, expenses and temporary personal serv9 ices of House Information Systems, under the direction

10 of the Committee on House Administration, $22,437,000,

11 of which $16,017,000 is provided herein: Provided, That

12 House Information Systems is authorized to receive reim13 bursement for services provided from Members of the

14 House of Representatives and other Governmental entities

15 and such reimbursement shall be deposited in the Treas16 ury for credit to this account: Provided further, That

17 amounts so credited for fiscal year 1994 and not obligated

18 shall be available for obligation in fiscal year 1995.

19 ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES

20 For allowances and expenses as authorized by House

21 resolution or law, $244,572,000, including: Official Ex22 penses of Members, $79,800,000; supplies, materials, ad23 ministrative costs and Federal tort claims, $6,103,000;

24 net expenses of purchase, lease and maintenance of office

25 equipment, $11,779,000; net expenses for telecommuni26 cations, $10,872,000; furniture and furnishings,
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1 $2,012,000; stenographic reporting of committee hearings,

2 $1,100,000; reemployed annuitants reimbursements,

3 $1,279,000; Government contributions to employees’ life

4 insurance fund, retirement funds, Social Security fund,

5 Medicare fund, health benefits fund, and worker’s and un6 employment compensation, $130,849,000; and miscellane7 ous items including purchase, exchange, maintenance, re8 pair and operation of House motor vehicles,

9 interparliamentary receptions, and gratuities to heirs of

10 deceased employees of the House, $778,000.

11 CHILD CARE CENTER

12 For salaries and expenses of the House of Represent13 atives Child Care Center, such amounts as are deposited

14 in the account established by section 312(d)(1) of the Leg15 islative Branch Appropriations Act, 1992 (40 U.S.C.

16 184g(d)(1)), subject to the level specified in the budget

17 of the Center, as submitted to the Committee on Appro18 priations of the House of Representatives.

19 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS (STUDIES AND

20 INVESTIGATIONS)

21 For salaries and expenses, studies and examinations

22 of executive agencies, by the Committee on Appropria23 tions, and temporary personal services for such committee,

24 to be expended in accordance with section 202(b) of the

25 Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 and to be available

26 for reimbursement to agencies for services performed,
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1 $6,495,000: Provided, That the Federal Bureau of Inves2 tigation, notwithstanding any other provision of law, may

3 in any fiscal year pay all administrative uncontrollable

4 overtime accrued by its employees while on detail to the

5 Committee on Appropriations.

6 OFFICIAL MAIL COSTS

7 For expenses necessary for official mail costs of the

8 House of Representatives, as authorized by law,

9 $31,000,000.

10 SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

11 For compensation and expenses of officers and em12 ployees, as authorized by law, $56,354,000, including: for

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

14 not to exceed $1,000 for official representation and recep15 tion expenses, $14,158,000; for salaries and expenses of

16 the Office of the Sergeant at Arms, including not to exceed

17 $500 for official representation and reception expenses,

18 $1,502,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the

19 Doorkeeper, including overtime as authorized by law,

20 $11,506,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of Di21 rector of Non-legislative and Financial Services,

22 $16,360,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of In23 spector General, $295,000; for salaries and expenses of

24 the Office of General Counsel, $762,000; Office of the

25 Chaplain, $124,000; Office of the Parliamentarian, includ26 ing the Parliamentarian and $2,000 for preparing the Di-
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1 gest of Rules, $983,000; for salaries and expenses of the

2 Office of the Historian, $337,000; for salaries and ex3 penses of the Office of the Law Revision Counsel of the

4 House, $1,630,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office

5 of the Legislative Counsel of the House, $4,400,000; six

6 minority employees, $747,000; the House Democratic

7 Steering and Policy Committee and the Democratic Cau8 cus, $1,523,000; the House Republican Conference,

9 $1,523,000; and other authorized employees, $504,000.

10 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

11 SEC. 101. (a) TRANSFER OF MAJORITY AND MINOR12 ITY PRINTERS TO DIRECTOR OF NON-LEGISLATIVE AND

13 FINANCIAL SERVICES.—As soon as practicable, but not

14 later than October 1, 1994, authority over the Majority

15 and Minority Printers of the House of Representatives

16 shall be transferred to the Director of Non-legislative and

17 Financial Services of the House.

18 (b) FEES FOR OFFICES AND UTILITIES.—

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—Upon the transfer required

20 by subsection (a), the Director shall charge the Ma21 jority and Minority Printers a reasonable monthly

22 fee for the rental of offices and utilities.

23 (2) AVAILABILITY OF RECEIPTS.—The amounts

24 received under this subsection shall be deposited in

25 the Treasury of the United States for credit to the
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1 appropriation for ‘‘Salaries and Expenses of the

2 House of Representatives’’, and shall be available for

3 expenditure in any fiscal year to the extent provided

4 in appropriations Acts.

5 (c) APPLICABILITY.—This section shall take effect

6 upon the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply

7 to any fiscal year.

8 JOINT ITEMS

9 For Joint Committees, as follows:

10 JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE

11 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic

12 Committee, $4,090,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary

13 of the Senate.

14 JOINT COMMITTEE ON PRINTING

15 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on

16 Printing, $1,370,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of

17 the Senate.

18 JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION

19 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on

20 Taxation, $6,019,000, to be disbursed by the Clerk of the

21 House.

22 For other joint items, as follows:

23 OFFICE OF THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN

24 For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent ex25 penses of the emergency rooms, and for the Attending

26 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 two medical officers

3 while on duty in the Attending Physician’s office; (3) an

4 allowance of $500 per month each to two assistants and

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

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

7 $918,000 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, $1,335,000, to be dis14 bursed by the Clerk of the House.

15 CAPITOL POLICE BOARD

16 CAPITOL POLICE

17 SALARIES

18 For the Capitol Police Board for salaries, including

19 overtime, and Government contributions to employees’

20 benefits funds, as authorized by law, of officers, members,

21 and employees of the Capitol Police, $65,991,000, of

22 which $31,833,000 is provided to the Sergeant at Arms

23 of the House of Representatives, to be disbursed by the

24 Clerk of the House, and $34,158,000 is provided to the

25 Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, to be
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1 disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate: Provided, That

2 of the amounts appropriated for fiscal year 1995 for sala3 ries, including overtime, and Government contributions to

4 employees’ benefits funds under this heading, such

5 amounts as may be necessary may be transferred between

6 the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives and

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

8 approval of the Committee on Appropriations of the House

9 of Representatives and the Committee on Appropriations

10 of the Senate.

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 GENERAL EXPENSES

8 For the Capitol Police Board for necessary expenses

9 of the Capitol Police, including motor vehicles, commu10 nications and other equipment, uniforms, weapons, sup11 plies, materials, training, medical services, the employee

12 assistance program, not more than $2,000 for the awards

13 program, postage, telephone service, travel advances, relo14 cation of instructor and liaison personnel for the Federal

15 Law Enforcement Training Center, and $85 per month

16 for extra services performed for the Capitol Police Board

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

18 or the House of Representatives designated by the Chair19 man of the Board, $2,000,000, to be disbursed by the

20 Clerk of the House of Representatives: Provided, That,

21 notwithstanding any other provision of law, the cost of

22 basic training for the Capitol Police at the Federal Law

23 Enforcement Training Center for fiscal year 1995 shall

24 be paid by the Secretary of the Treasury from funds avail25 able to the Department of the Treasury.
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

2 SEC. 102. Amounts appropriated for fiscal year 1995

3 for the Capitol Police Board under the heading ‘‘CAPITOL

4 POLICE’’ may be transferred between the headings ‘‘SALA5 RIES’’ and ‘‘GENERAL EXPENSES’’, upon approval of the

6 Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the

7 House of Representatives.

8 CAPITOL GUIDE SERVICE

9 For salaries and expenses of the Capitol Guide Serv10 ice, $1,628,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the

11 Senate: Provided, That none of these funds shall be used

12 to employ more than thirty-three individuals: Provided fur13 ther, That the Capitol Guide Board is authorized, during

14 emergencies, to employ not more than two additional indi15 viduals for not more than one hundred twenty days each,

16 and not more than ten additional individuals for not more

17 than six months each, for the Capitol Guide Service.

18 SPECIAL SERVICES OFFICE

19 For salaries and expenses of the Special Services Of20 fice, $363,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the

21 Senate.

22 OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For salaries and expenses necessary to carry out the

25 provisions of the Technology Assessment Act of 1972
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1 (Public Law 92–484), including official reception and rep2 resentation expenses (not to exceed $5,500 from the Trust

3 Fund), and expenses incurred in administering an em4 ployee incentive awards program (not to exceed $2,500),

5 and rental of space in the District of Columbia,

6 $21,931,000 $21,970,000: Provided, That none of the

7 funds in this Act shall be available for salaries or expenses

8 of any employee of the Office of Technology Assessment

9 in excess of 143 staff employees: Provided further, That

10 no part of this appropriation shall be available for assess11 ments or activities not initiated and approved in accord12 ance with section 3(d) of Public Law 92–484: Provided

13 further, That none of the funds in this Act shall be avail14 able for salaries or expenses of employees of the Office

15 of Technology Assessment in connection with any reim16 bursable study for which funds are provided from sources

17 other than appropriations made under this Act, or shall

18 be available for any other administrative expenses incurred

19 by the Office of Technology Assessment in carrying out

20 such a study.

21 CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE

22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

23 For salaries and expenses necessary to carry out the

24 provisions of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (Pub25 lic Law 93–344), including not to exceed $2,500 to be ex-
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1 pended on the certification of the Director of the Congres2 sional Budget Office in connection with official representa3 tion and reception expenses, $23,133,000 $23,188,000:

4 Provided, That none of these funds shall be available for

5 the purchase or hire of a passenger motor vehicle: Pro6 vided further, That none of the funds in this Act shall be

7 available for salaries or expenses of any employee of the

8 Congressional Budget Office in excess of 221 fulltime

9 equivalent positions: Provided further, That any sale or

10 lease of property, supplies, or services to the Congressional

11 Budget Office shall be deemed to be a sale or lease of

12 such property, supplies, or services to the Congress subject

13 to section 903 of Public Law 98–63: Provided further,

14 That the Director of the Congressional Budget Office shall

15 have the authority, within the limits of available appro16 priations, to dispose of surplus or obsolete personal prop17 erty by inter-agency transfer, donation, or discarding.

18 ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

19 OFFICE OF THE ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

20 SALARIES

21 For the Architect of the Capitol, the Assistant Archi22 tect of the Capitol, and other personal services, at rates

23 of pay provided by law, $8,927,000 $9,103,000.

24 TRAVEL

25 Appropriations under the control of the Architect of

26 the Capitol shall be available for expenses of travel on offi-
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1 cial business not to exceed in the aggregate under all

2 funds the sum of $20,000.

3 CONTINGENT EXPENSES

4 To enable the Architect of the Capitol to make sur5 veys and studies, and to meet unforeseen expenses in con6 nection with activities under his care, $100,000,–to re7 main available until expended.

8 CAPITOL BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

9 CAPITOL BUILDINGS

10 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care

11 and operation of the Capitol and electrical substations of

12 the Senate and House office buildings, under the jurisdic13 tion of the Architect of the Capitol, including furnishings

14 and office equipment; including not to exceed $1,000 for

15 official reception and representation expenses, to be ex16 pended as the Architect of the Capitol may approve; pur17 chase or exchange, maintenance and operation of a pas18 senger motor vehicle; security installations which are ap19 proved by the Capitol Police Board, authorized by House

20 Concurrent Resolution 550, Ninety-Second Congress,

21 agreed to September 19, 1972, the cost limitation of which

22 is hereby further increased by $200,000; and attendance,

23 when specifically authorized by the Architect of the Cap24 itol, at meetings or conventions in connection with subjects

25 related to work under the Architect of the Capitol,
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1 $22,340,000 $22,797,000, of which $2,763,000 shall re2 main available until expended.

3 CAPITOL GROUNDS

4 For all necessary expenses for care and improvement

5 of grounds surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House

6 office buildings, and the Capitol Power Plant, $5,201,000

7 $5,270,000, of which $25,000 shall remain available until

8 expended.

9 SENATE OFFICE BUILDINGS

10 For all necessary expenses for maintenance, care and

11 operation of Senate Office Buildings; and furniture and

12 furnishings, to be expended under the control and super13 vision of the Architect of the Capitol, $47,619,000, of which

14 $7,709,000 shall remain available until expended.

15 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS

16 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care

17 and operation of the House office buildings, including the

18 position of Superintendent of Garages as authorized by

19 law, $41,364,000, of which $10,260,000 shall remain

20 available until expended.

21 CAPITOL POWER PLANT

22 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care

23 and operation of the Capitol Power Plant; lighting, heat24 ing, power (including the purchase of electrical energy)

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

26 House office buildings, Library of Congress buildings, and
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1 the grounds about the same, Botanic Garden, Senate ga2 rage, and air conditioning refrigeration not supplied from

3 plants in any of such buildings; heating the Government

4 Printing Office and Washington City Post Office, and

5 heating and chilled water for air conditioning for the Su6 preme Court Building, Union Station complex, Thurgood

7 Marshall Federal Judiciary Building and the Folger

8 Shakespeare Library, expenses for which shall be ad9 vanced or reimbursed upon request of the Architect of the

10 Capitol and amounts so received shall be deposited into

11 the Treasury to the credit of this appropriation,

12 $33,342,000 $33,437,000, of which $865,000 shall remain

13 available until expended: Provided, That not to exceed

14 $3,200,000 of the funds credited or to be reimbursed to

15 this appropriation as herein provided shall be available for

16 obligation during fiscal year 1995.

17 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

18 SEC. 103. The matter in chapter III of title I of the

19 Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1975 under ‘‘Capitol

20 Buildings and Grounds’’ under the heading ‘‘ARCHI21 TECT OF THE CAPITOL’’ (40 U.S.C. 166b–2) is

22 amended by striking ‘‘to grade 11’’ and inserting ‘‘at not

23 to exceed grade 12’’.
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1 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

2 CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions

5 of section 203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of

6 1946 (2 U.S.C. 166) and to revise and extend the Anno7 tated Constitution of the United States of America,

8 $58,938,000 $60,459,000: Provided, That no part of this

9 appropriation may be used to pay any salary or expense

10 in connection with any publication, or preparation of ma11 terial therefor (except the Digest of Public General Bills),

12 to be issued by the Library of Congress unless such publi13 cation has obtained prior approval of either the Committee

14 on House Administration of the House of Representatives

15 or the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Sen16 ate: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other

17 provision of law, the compensation of the Director of the

18 Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress,

19 shall be at an annual rate which is equal to the annual

20 rate of basic pay for positions at level IV of the Executive

21 Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United States

22 Code.
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1 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

2 CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING AND BINDING

3 For authorized printing and binding for the Congress

4 and the distribution of Congressional information in any

5 format; printing and binding for the Architect of the Cap6 itol; expenses necessary for preparing the semimonthly

7 and session index to the Congressional Record, as author8 ized by law (44 U.S.C. 902); printing and binding of Gov9 ernment publications authorized by law to be distributed

10 to Members of Congress; and printing, binding, and dis11 tribution of Government publications authorized by law to

12 be distributed without charge to the recipient,

13 $87,717,000 $89,724,000: Provided, That this appropria14 tion shall not be available for printing and binding part

15 2 of the annual report of the Secretary of Agriculture

16 (known as the Yearbook of Agriculture) nor for copies of

17 the permanent edition of the Congressional Record for in18 dividual Representatives, Resident Commissioners or Del19 egates authorized under 44 U.S.C. 906: Provided further,

20 That this appropriation shall be available for the payment

21 of obligations incurred under the appropriations for simi22 lar purposes for preceding fiscal years.

23 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Congressional Oper24 ations Appropriations Act, 1995’’.
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1 TITLE II—OTHER AGENCIES

2 BOTANIC GARDEN

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

5 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care

6 and operation of the Botanic Garden and the nurseries,

7 buildings, grounds, and collections; and purchase and ex8 change, maintenance, repair, and operation of a passenger

9 motor vehicle; all under the direction of the Joint Commit10 tee on the Library, $3,182,000 $3,230,000, and, in addi11 tion, $7,000,000 to remain available until expended to be

12 derived by transfer from funds previously made available

13 without fiscal year limitation under the heading ‘‘ARCHI14 TECT OF THE CAPITOL’’.

15 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

17 For necessary expenses of the Library of Congress,

18 not otherwise provided for, including development and

19 maintenance of the Union Catalogs; custody and custodial

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

21 laundering and repair of uniforms; preservation of motion

22 pictures in the custody of the Library; operation and

23 maintenance of the American Folklife Center in the Li24 brary; preparation and distribution of catalog cards and

25 other publications of the Library; hire or purchase of one
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1 passenger motor vehicle; and expenses of the Library of

2 Congress Trust Fund Board not properly chargeable to

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

4 $207,857,000 $210,164,000, of which not more than

5 $7,869,000 shall be derived from collections credited to

6 this appropriation during fiscal year 1995 under the Act

7 of June 28, 1902 (chapter 1301; 32 Stat. 480; 2 U.S.C.

8 150): Provided, That the total amount available for obliga9 tion shall be reduced by the amount by which collections

10 are less than the $7,869,000: Provided further, That of

11 the total amount appropriated, $8,458,000 is to remain

12 available until expended for acquisition of books, periodi13 cals, and newspapers, and all other materials including

14 subscriptions for bibliographic services for the Library, in15 cluding $40,000 to be available solely for the purchase,

16 when specifically approved by the Librarian, of special and

17 unique materials for additions to the collections.

18 COPYRIGHT OFFICE

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, in21 cluding publication of the decisions of the United States

22 courts involving copyrights, $27,186,000 $27,456,000, of

23 which not more than $14,500,000 shall be derived from

24 collections credited to this appropriation during fiscal year

25 1995 under 17 U.S.C. 708(c), and not more than
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1 $2,891,000 $2,911,000 shall be derived from collections

2 during fiscal year 1995 under 17 U.S.C. 111(d)(2),

3 119(b)(2), 802(h), and 1005: Provided, That the total

4 amount available for obligation shall be reduced by the

5 amount by which collections are less than $17,391,000

6 $17,411,000: Provided further, That up to $100,000 of the

7 amount appropriated is available for the maintenance of

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

9 Office of the Library of Congress for the purpose of train10 ing nationals of developing countries in intellectual prop11 erty laws and policies: Provided further, That not to exceed

12 $2,250 may be expended on the certification of the Librar13 ian of Congress or his designee, in connection with official

14 representation and reception expenses for activities of the

15 International Copyright Institute.

16 BOOKS FOR THE BLIND AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 For salaries and expenses to carry out the provisions

19 of the Act of March 3, 1931 (chapter 400; 46 Stat. 1487;

20 2 U.S.C. 135a), $44,622,000 $44,951,000, of which

21 $10,896,000 $11,694,000 shall remain available until ex22 pended.

23 FURNITURE AND FURNISHINGS

24 For necessary expenses for the purchase and repair

25 of furniture, furnishings, office and library equipment,
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1 $5,825,000, of which $1,886,000 shall be available until

2 expended only for the purchase and supply of furniture,

3 shelving, furnishings, and related costs necessary for the

4 renovation and restoration of the Thomas Jefferson and

5 John Adams Library buildings.

6 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

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

8 Library of Congress shall be available, in an amount not

9 to exceed $194,290, of which $58,100 is for the Congres10 sional Research Service, when specifically authorized by

11 the Librarian, for attendance at meetings concerned with

12 the function or activity for which the appropriation is

13 made.

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

15 this Act shall be used by the Library of Congress to ad16 minister any flexible or compressed work schedule which—

17 (1) applies to any manager or supervisor in a

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

19 higher than GS–15; and

20 (2) grants such manager or supervisor the right

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

22 because of time worked by the manager or super23 visor on another workday.

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

25 or supervisor’’ means any management official or super-
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1 visor, as such terms are defined in section 7103(a) (10)

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

3 SEC. 203. Appropriated funds received by the Library

4 of Congress from other Federal agencies to cover general

5 and administrative overhead costs generated by perform6 ing reimbursable work for other agencies under the au7 thority of 31 U.S.C. 1535 and 1536 shall not be used to

8 employ more than 65 employees and may be expended or

9 obligated—

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

11 extent or in such amounts as are provided in appro12 priations Acts; or

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

14 (A) to pay for such general or administra15 tive overhead costs as are attributable to the

16 work performed for such agency; or

17 (B) to such extent or in such amounts as

18 are provided in appropriations Acts, with re19 spect to any purpose not allowable under sub20 paragraph (A).

21 SEC. 204. Not to exceed $5,000 of any funds appro22 priated to the Library of Congress may be expended, on

23 the certification of the Librarian of Congress, in connec24 tion with official representation and reception expenses for

25 the Library of Congress incentive awards program.
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1 SEC. 205. Not to exceed $12,000 of funds appro2 priated to the Library of Congress may be expended, on

3 the certification of the Librarian of Congress or his des4 ignee, in connection with official representation and recep5 tion expenses for the Overseas Field Offices.

6 SEC. 206. Under the heading ‘‘Library of Congress’’

7 obligational authority shall be available, in an amount not

8 to exceed $75,236,000 for reimbursable activities,

9 $8,706,000 for revolving fund activities, and $6,150,000

10 for non-expenditure transfer activities in support of par11 liamentary development during the current fiscal year.

12 ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

13 LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

14 STRUCTURAL AND MECHANICAL CARE

15 For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and

16 structural maintenance, care and operation of the Library

17 buildings and grounds, $9,860,000 $13,483,000, of which

18 $941,000 $4,441,000 shall remain available until ex19 pended.

20 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

21 OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS

22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

23 For expenses of the Office of Superintendent of Doc24 uments necessary to provide for the cataloging and index25 ing of Government publications and their distribution to
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1 the public, Members of Congress, other Government agen2 cies, and designated depository and international exchange

3 libraries as authorized by law, $30,600,000 $32,207,000:

4 Provided, That the objectives of chapter 41 of title 44,

5 United States Code, as enacted by the Government Print6 ing Office Electronic Information Access Enhancement

7 Act of 1993, shall be carried out through cost savings:

8 Provided further, That travel expenses, including travel ex9 penses of the Depository Library Council to the Public

10 Printer, shall not exceed $130,000: Provided further, That

11 funds, not to exceed $2,000,000, from current year appro12 priations are authorized for producing and disseminating

13 Congressional Serial Sets and other related Congressional/

14 non-Congressional publications for 1993 and 1994 to de15 pository and other designated libraries.

16 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE REVOLVING FUND

17 The Government Printing Office is hereby authorized

18 to make such expenditures, within the limits of funds

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

20 contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year

21 limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government

22 Corporation Control Act as may be necessary in carrying

23 out the programs and purposes set forth in the budget

24 for the current fiscal year for the ‘‘Government Printing

25 Office revolving fund’’: Provided, That not to exceed
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1 $2,500 may be expended on the certification of the Public

2 Printer in connection with official representation and re3 ception expenses: Provided further, That the revolving

4 fund shall be available for the hire or purchase of pas5 senger motor vehicles, not to exceed a fleet of twelve: Pro6 vided further, That expenditures in connection with travel

7 expenses of the advisory councils to the Public Printer

8 shall be deemed necessary to carry out the provisions of

9 title 44, United States Code: Provided further, That the

10 revolving fund shall be available for services as authorized

11 by 5 U.S.C. 3109 but at rates for individuals not to exceed

12 the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for level V of the

13 Executive Schedule (5 U.S.C. 5316): Provided further,

14 That the revolving fund and the funds provided under the

15 paragraph entitled ‘‘OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF

16 DOCUMENTS, SALARIES AND EXPENSES’’ together may not

17 be available for the full-time equivalent employment of

18 more than 4,193 4,493 workyears: Provided further, That

19 the revolving fund shall be available for expenses not to

20 exceed $500,000 for the development of plans and design

21 of a multi-purpose facility: Provided further, That activi22 ties financed through the revolving fund may provide in23 formation in any format: Provided further, That the re24 volving fund shall not be used to administer any flexible

25 or compressed work schedule which applies to any man-
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1 ager or supervisor in a position the grade or level of which

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

3 expenses for attendance at meetings shall not exceed

4 $75,000.

5 GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 For necessary expenses of the General Accounting

8 Office, including not to exceed $7,000 to be expended on

9 the certification of the Comptroller General of the United

10 States in connection with official representation and recep11 tion expenses; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 but

12 at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate

13 equivalent to the rate for level IV of the Executive Sched14 ule (5 U.S.C. 5315); hire of one passenger motor vehicle;

15 advance payments in foreign countries in accordance with

16 31 U.S.C. 3324; benefits comparable to those payable

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

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

19 4081(8)); and under regulations prescribed by the Comp20 troller General of the United States, rental of living quar21 ters in foreign countries and travel benefits comparable

22 with those which are now or hereafter may be granted sin23 gle employees of the Agency for International Develop24 ment, including single Foreign Service personnel assigned

25 to AID projects, by the Administrator of the Agency for
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1 International Development—or his designee—under the

2 authority of section 636(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act

3 of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2396(b)); $439,525,000 $443,360,000:

4 Provided, That not more than $1,000,000 of reimburse5 ments received incident to the operation of the General

6 Accounting Office Building shall be available for use in

7 fiscal year 1995: Provided further, That notwithstanding

8 31 U.S.C. 9105 hereafter amounts reimbursed to the Comp9 troller General pursuant to that section shall be deposited

10 to the appropriation of the General Accounting Office then

11 available and remain available until expended, and not

12 more than $6,000,000 of such funds shall be available for

13 use in fiscal year 1995: Provided further, That this appro14 priation and appropriations for administrative expenses of

15 any other department or agency which is a member of the

16 Joint Financial Management Improvement Program

17 (JFMIP) shall be available to finance an appropriate

18 share of JFMIP costs as determined by the JFMIP, in19 cluding the salary of the Executive Director and secretar20 ial support: Provided further, That this appropriation and

21 appropriations for administrative expenses of any other

22 department or agency which is a member of the National

23 Intergovernmental Audit Forum or a Regional Intergov24 ernmental Audit Forum shall be available to finance an

25 appropriate share of Forum costs as determined by the
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1 Forum, including necessary travel expenses of non-Federal

2 participants. Payments hereunder to either the Forum or

3 the JFMIP may be credited as reimbursements to any ap4 propriation from which costs involved are initially fi5 nanced: Provided further, That to the extent that funds

6 are otherwise available for obligation, agreements or con7 tracts for the removal of asbestos, and renovation of the

8 building and building systems (including the heating, ven9 tilation and air conditioning system, electrical system and

10 other major building systems) of the General Accounting

11 Office Building may be made for periods not exceeding

12 five years: Provided further, That this appropriation and

13 appropriations for administrative expenses of any other

14 department or agency which is a member of the American

15 Consortium on International Public Administration

16 (ACIPA) shall be available to finance an appropriate share

17 of ACIPA costs as determined by the ACIPA, including

18 any expenses attributable to membership of ACIPA in the

19 International Institute of Administrative Sciences.

20 TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS

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

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

23 vehicles, except for emergency assistance and cleaning as

24 may be provided under regulations relating to parking fa25 cilities for the House of Representatives issued by the
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1 Committee on House Administration and for the Senate

2 issued by the Committee on Rules and Administration.

3 SEC. 302. No part of any appropriation contained in

4 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the

5 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.

6 SEC. 303. Whenever any office or position not specifi7 cally established by the Legislative Pay Act of 1929 is ap8 propriated for herein or whenever the rate of compensa9 tion or designation of any position appropriated for herein

10 is different from that specifically established for such posi11 tion by such Act, the rate of compensation and the des12 ignation of the position, or either, appropriated for or pro13 vided herein, shall be the permanent law with respect

14 thereto: Provided, That the provisions herein for the var15 ious items of official expenses of Members, officers, and

16 committees of the Senate and House of Representatives,

17 and clerk hire for Senators and Members of the House

18 of Representatives shall be the permanent law with respect

19 thereto.

20 SEC. 304. The expenditure of any appropriation

21 under this Act for any consulting service through procure22 ment contract, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited

23 to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter

24 of public record and available for public inspection, except
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1 where otherwise provided under existing law, or under ex2 isting Executive order issued pursuant to existing law.

3 SEC. 305. The last sentence of section 307(a) of the

4 Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1994 (2 U.S.C.

5 60–1 note) is repealed.

6 SEC. 306. Annual and sick leave balances of employ7 ees transferred from the Office of the Director of Non8 legislative and Financial Services, House Postal Oper9 ations, to the Architect of the Capitol, as of October 31,

10 1993, shall be credited to the leave accounts of such per11 sonnel, subject to the provisions of section 6304 of title

12 5, United States Code, upon their transfer to the appro13 priation for House office buildings.

14 SEC. 307. (a) CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT SYS15 TEM.—The first sentence of section 8335(d) of title 5,

16 United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘55’’ and in17 serting ‘‘57’’.

18 (b) FEDERAL EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT SYSTEM.—

19 (1) Section 8425 of title 5, United States Code, is amend20 ed—

21 (A) in the first sentence of subsection (b) by

22 striking ‘‘member of the Capitol Police or’’ and

23 ‘‘member or’’;

24 (B) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub25 section (d); and
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1 (C) by inserting after subsection (b) the follow2 ing:

3 ‘‘(c) A member of the Capitol Police who is otherwise

4 eligible for immediate retirement under section 8412(d)

5 shall be separated from the service on the last day of the

6 month in which such member becomes 57 years of age

7 or completes 20 years of service if then over that age. The

8 Capitol Police Board, when in its judgment the public in9 terest so requires, may exempt such a member from auto10 matic separation under this subsection until that member

11 becomes 60 years of age. The Board shall notify the mem12 ber in writing of the date of separation at least 60 days

13 before that date. Action to separate the member is not

14 effective, without the consent of the member, until the last

15 day of the month in which the 60-day notice expires.’’.

16 (2) Section 8415(d) of title 5, United States Code,

17 is amended by striking ‘‘(a) or (b)’’ and inserting ‘‘(a),

18 (b), or (c)’’.

19 SEC. 308. (a) PURCHASE OF AMERICAN-MADE

20 EQUIPMENT AND PRODUCTS.—It is the sense of the Con21 gress that, to the greatest extent practicable, all equip22 ment and products purchased with funds made available

23 in this Act should be American-made.

24 (b) NOTICE TO GRANTEES AND CONTRACTORS.—In

25 providing financial assistance to, or entering into any con-
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1 tract with, any entity using funds made available in this

2 Act, the head of each Federal agency, to the greatest ex3 tent practicable, shall provide to such entity a notice de4 scribing the statement made in subsection (a) by the Con5 gress.

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

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

8 ‘‘1994’’ and inserting ‘‘1995’’.

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

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

11 Fiscal Year 1986 Urgent Supplemental Appropriations Act,

12 Public Law 99–349, and subsequently transferred to the Ar13 chitect of the Capitol pursuant to the Legislative Branch

14 Appropriations Act, 1989, Public Law 100–458, for Capitol

15 Complex Security Enhancements, made available until ex16 pended, not to exceed $2,015,000 may be obligated and dis17 bursed for the purchase and installation of x-ray machines

18 and magnetometers.

19 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative Branch

20 Appropriations Act, 1995’’.

Passed the House of Representatives May 26, 1994.

Attest: DONNALD K. ANDERSON,

Clerk.

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Calendar No. 460

103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 4454

[Report No. 103–283]

AN ACT

Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch

and for other purposes.for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1995,

JUNE 7, 1994

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on

Appropriations

JUNE 14 (legislative day, JUNE 7), 1994

Reported with amendments