103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 4454

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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

3 PAYMENTS TO WIDOWS AND HEIRS OF DECEASED

4 MEMBERS OF CONGRESS

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

6 late a Representative from the Commonwealth of Ken7 tucky, $133,600.

8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

9 For salaries and expenses of the House of Represent10 atives, $728,468,000, as follows:

11 HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES

12 For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law,

13 $6,096,000, including: Office of the Speaker, $1,444,000,

14 including $25,000 for official expenses of the Speaker; Of15 fice of the Majority Floor Leader, $1,042,000, including

16 $10,000 for official expenses of the Majority Leader; Of17 fice of the Minority Floor Leader, $1,429,000, including

18 $10,000 for official expenses of the Minority Leader; Of19 fice of the Majority Whip, $1,284,000, including $5,000

20 for official expenses of the Majority Whip and not to ex21 ceed $563,000 for the Chief Deputy Majority Whips; and

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

23 for official expenses of the Minority Whip and not to ex24 ceed $104,000 for the Chief Deputy Minority Whip.
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1 MEMBERS’ CLERK HIRE

2 For staff employed by each Member in the discharge

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

4 COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES

5 For professional and clerical employees of standing

6 committees, including the Committee on Appropriations

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

8 COMMITTEE ON THE BUDGET (STUDIES)

9 For salaries, expenses, and studies by the Committee

10 on the Budget, and temporary personal services for such

11 committee to be expended in accordance with sections

12 101(c), 606, 703, and 901(e) of the Congressional Budget

13 Act of 1974, and to be available for reimbursement to

14 agencies for services performed, $401,000.

15 STANDING COMMITTEES, SPECIAL AND SELECT

16 For salaries and expenses of standing committees,

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

18 COMMITTEE ON HOUSE ADMINISTRATION

19 HOUSE INFORMATION SYSTEMS

20 For salaries, expenses and temporary personal serv21 ices of House Information Systems, under the direction

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

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

24 House Information Systems is authorized to receive reim25 bursement for services provided from Members of the

26 House of Representatives and other Governmental entities
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1 and such reimbursement shall be deposited in the Treas2 ury for credit to this account: Provided further, That

3 amounts so credited for fiscal year 1994 and not obligated

4 shall be available for obligation in fiscal year 1995.

5 ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES

6 For allowances and expenses as authorized by House

7 resolution or law, $244,572,000, including: Official Ex8 penses of Members, $79,800,000; supplies, materials, ad9 ministrative costs and Federal tort claims, $6,103,000;

10 net expenses of purchase, lease and maintenance of office

11 equipment, $11,779,000; net expenses for telecommuni12 cations, $10,872,000; furniture and furnishings,

13 $2,012,000; stenographic reporting of committee hearings,

14 $1,100,000; reemployed annuitants reimbursements,

15 $1,279,000; Government contributions to employees’ life

16 insurance fund, retirement funds, Social Security fund,

17 Medicare fund, health benefits fund, and worker’s and un18 employment compensation, $130,849,000; and miscellane19 ous items including purchase, exchange, maintenance, re20 pair and operation of House motor vehicles,

21 interparliamentary receptions, and gratuities to heirs of

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

23 CHILD CARE CENTER

24 For salaries and expenses of the House of Represent25 atives Child Care Center, such amounts as are deposited

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

2 184g(d)(1)), subject to the level specified in the budget

3 of the Center, as submitted to the Committee on Appro4 priations of the House of Representatives.

5 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS (STUDIES AND

6 INVESTIGATIONS)

7 For salaries and expenses, studies and examinations

8 of executive agencies, by the Committee on Appropria9 tions, and temporary personal services for such committee,

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

11 Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 and to be available

12 for reimbursement to agencies for services performed,

13 $6,495,000: Provided, That the Federal Bureau of Inves14 tigation, notwithstanding any other provision of law, may

15 in any fiscal year pay all administrative uncontrollable

16 overtime accrued by its employees while on detail to the

17 Committee on Appropriations.

18 OFFICIAL MAIL COSTS

19 For expenses necessary for official mail costs of the

20 House of Representatives, as authorized by law,

21 $31,000,000.

22 SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

23 For compensation and expenses of officers and em24 ployees, as authorized by law, $56,354,000, including: for

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

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

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

3 $500 for official representation and reception expenses,

4 $1,502,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the

5 Doorkeeper, including overtime as authorized by law,

6 $11,506,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of Di7 rector of Non-legislative and Financial Services,

8 $16,360,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of In9 spector General, $295,000; for salaries and expenses of

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

11 Chaplain, $124,000; Office of the Parliamentarian, includ12 ing the Parliamentarian and $2,000 for preparing the Di13 gest of Rules, $983,000; for salaries and expenses of the

14 Office of the Historian, $337,000; for salaries and ex15 penses of the Office of the Law Revision Counsel of the

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

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

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

19 Steering and Policy Committee and the Democratic Cau20 cus, $1,523,000; the House Republican Conference,

21 $1,523,000; and other authorized employees, $504,000.

22 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

23 SEC. 101. (a) TRANSFER OF MAJORITY AND MINOR24 ITY PRINTERS TO DIRECTOR OF NON-LEGISLATIVE AND

25 FINANCIAL SERVICES.—As soon as practicable, but not
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1 later than October 1, 1994, authority over the Majority

2 and Minority Printers of the House of Representatives

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

4 Financial Services of the House.

5 (b) FEES FOR OFFICES AND UTILITIES.—

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

7 by subsection (a), the Director shall charge the Ma8 jority and Minority Printers a reasonable monthly

9 fee for the rental of offices and utilities.

10 (2) AVAILABILITY OF RECEIPTS.—The amounts

11 received under this subsection shall be deposited in

12 the Treasury of the United States for credit to the

13 appropriation for ‘‘Salaries and Expenses of the

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

15 expenditure in any fiscal year to the extent provided

16 in appropriations Acts.

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

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

19 to any fiscal year.

20 JOINT ITEMS

21 For Joint Committees, as follows:

22 JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE

23 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic

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

25 of the Senate.
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1 JOINT COMMITTEE ON PRINTING

2 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on

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

4 the Senate.

5 JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION

6 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on

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

8 House.

9 For other joint items, as follows:

10 OFFICE OF THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN

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

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

14 of $1,500 per month to the Attending Physician; (2) an

15 allowance of $500 per month each to two medical officers

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

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

18 $400 per month each not to exceed nine assistants on the

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

20 $918,000 for reimbursement to the Department of the

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

23 shall be advanced and credited to the applicable appropria24 tion or appropriations from which such salaries, allow25 ances, and other expenses are payable and shall be avail-
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1 able for all the purposes thereof, $1,335,000, to be dis2 bursed by the Clerk of the House.

3 CAPITOL POLICE BOARD

4 CAPITOL POLICE

5 SALARIES

6 For the Capitol Police Board for salaries, including

7 overtime, and Government contributions to employees’

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

15 of the amounts appropriated for fiscal year 1995 for sala16 ries, including overtime, and Government contributions to

17 employees’ benefits funds under this heading, such

18 amounts as may be necessary may be transferred between

19 the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives and

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

21 approval of the Committee on Appropriations of the House

22 of Representatives and the Committee on Appropriations

23 of the Senate.

24 GENERAL EXPENSES

25 For the Capitol Police Board for necessary expenses

26 of the Capitol Police, including motor vehicles, commu-
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1 nications and other equipment, uniforms, weapons, sup2 plies, materials, training, medical services, the employee

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

4 program, postage, telephone service, travel advances, relo5 cation of instructor and liaison personnel for the Federal

6 Law Enforcement Training Center, and $85 per month

7 for extra services performed for the Capitol Police Board

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

9 or the House of Representatives designated by the Chair10 man of the Board, $2,000,000, to be disbursed by the

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

12 notwithstanding any other provision of law, the cost of

13 basic training for the Capitol Police at the Federal Law

14 Enforcement Training Center for fiscal year 1995 shall

15 be paid by the Secretary of the Treasury from funds avail16 able to the Department of the Treasury.

17 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

18 SEC. 102. Amounts appropriated for fiscal year 1995

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

20 POLICE’’ may be transferred between the headings ‘‘SALA21 RIES’’ and ‘‘GENERAL EXPENSES’’, upon approval of the

22 Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the

23 House of Representatives.

24 CAPITOL GUIDE SERVICE

25 For salaries and expenses of the Capitol Guide Serv26 ice, $1,628,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the
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1 Senate: Provided, That none of these funds shall be used

2 to employ more than thirty-three individuals: Provided fur3 ther, That the Capitol Guide Board is authorized, during

4 emergencies, to employ not more than two additional indi5 viduals for not more than one hundred twenty days each,

6 and not more than ten additional individuals for not more

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

8 SPECIAL SERVICES OFFICE

9 For salaries and expenses of the Special Services Of10 fice, $363,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the

11 Senate.

12 OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 For salaries and expenses necessary to carry out the

15 provisions of the Technology Assessment Act of 1972

16 (Public Law 92–484), including official reception and rep17 resentation expenses (not to exceed $5,500 from the Trust

18 Fund), and expenses incurred in administering an em19 ployee incentive awards program (not to exceed $2,500),

20 and rental of space in the District of Columbia,

21 $21,931,000: Provided, That none of the funds in this Act

22 shall be available for salaries or expenses of any employee

23 of the Office of Technology Assessment in excess of 143

24 staff employees: Provided further, That no part of this ap25 propriation shall be available for assessments or activities
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1 not initiated and approved in accordance with section 3(d)

2 of Public Law 92–484: Provided further, That none of the

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

4 of employees of the Office of Technology Assessment in

5 connection with any reimbursable study for which funds

6 are provided from sources other than appropriations made

7 under this Act, or shall be available for any other adminis8 trative expenses incurred by the Office of Technology As9 sessment in carrying out such a study.

10 CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For salaries and expenses necessary to carry out the

13 provisions of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (Pub14 lic Law 93–344), including not to exceed $2,500 to be ex15 pended on the certification of the Director of the Congres16 sional Budget Office in connection with official representa17 tion and reception expenses, $23,133,000: Provided, That

18 none of these funds shall be available for the purchase or

19 hire of a passenger motor vehicle: Provided further, That

20 none of the funds in this Act shall be available for salaries

21 or expenses of any employee of the Congressional Budget

22 Office in excess of 221 fulltime equivalent positions: Pro23 vided further, That any sale or lease of property, supplies,

24 or services to the Congressional Budget Office shall be

25 deemed to be a sale or lease of such property, supplies,
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1 or services to the Congress subject to section 903 of Public

2 Law 98–63: Provided further, That the Director of the

3 Congressional Budget Office shall have the authority,

4 within the limits of available appropriations, to dispose of

5 surplus or obsolete personal property by inter-agency

6 transfer, donation, or discarding.

7 ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

8 OFFICE OF THE ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

9 SALARIES

10 For the Architect of the Capitol, the Assistant Archi11 tect of the Capitol, and other personal services, at rates

12 of pay provided by law, $8,927,000.

13 TRAVEL

14 Appropriations under the control of the Architect of

15 the Capitol shall be available for expenses of travel on offi16 cial business not to exceed in the aggregate under all

17 funds the sum of $20,000.

18 CONTINGENT EXPENSES

19 To enable the Architect of the Capitol to make sur20 veys and studies, and to meet unforeseen expenses in con21 nection with activities under his care, $100,000, to remain

22 available until expended.

23 CAPITOL BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

24 CAPITOL BUILDINGS

25 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care

26 and operation of the Capitol and electrical substations of
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1 the Senate and House office buildings, under the jurisdic2 tion of the Architect of the Capitol, including furnishings

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

4 official reception and representation expenses, to be ex5 pended as the Architect of the Capitol may approve; pur6 chase or exchange, maintenance and operation of a pas7 senger motor vehicle; security installations which are ap8 proved by the Capitol Police Board, authorized by House

9 Concurrent Resolution 550, Ninety-Second Congress,

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

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

12 when specifically authorized by the Architect of the Cap13 itol, at meetings or conventions in connection with subjects

14 related to work under the Architect of the Capitol,

15 $22,340,000, of which $2,763,000 shall remain available

16 until expended.

17 CAPITOL GROUNDS

18 For all necessary expenses for care and improvement

19 of grounds surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House

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

21 of which $25,000 shall remain available until expended.

22 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS

23 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care

24 and operation of the House office buildings, including the

25 position of Superintendent of Garages as authorized by
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1 law, $41,364,000, of which $10,260,000 shall remain

2 available until expended.

3 CAPITOL POWER PLANT

4 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care

5 and operation of the Capitol Power Plant; lighting, heat6 ing, power (including the purchase of electrical energy)

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

8 House office buildings, Library of Congress buildings, and

9 the grounds about the same, Botanic Garden, Senate ga10 rage, and air conditioning refrigeration not supplied from

11 plants in any of such buildings; heating the Government

12 Printing Office and Washington City Post Office, and

13 heating and chilled water for air conditioning for the Su14 preme Court Building, Union Station complex, Thurgood

15 Marshall Federal Judiciary Building and the Folger

16 Shakespeare Library, expenses for which shall be ad17 vanced or reimbursed upon request of the Architect of the

18 Capitol and amounts so received shall be deposited into

19 the Treasury to the credit of this appropriation,

20 $33,342,000, of which $865,000 shall remain available

21 until expended: Provided, That not to exceed $3,200,000

22 of the funds credited or to be reimbursed to this appro23 priation as herein provided shall be available for obligation

24 during fiscal year 1995.
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

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

3 Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1975 under ‘‘Capitol

4 Buildings and Grounds’’ under the heading ‘‘ARCHI5 TECT OF THE CAPITOL’’ (40 U.S.C. 166b–2) is

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

7 to exceed grade 12’’.

8 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

9 CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE

10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

11 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions

12 of section 203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of

13 1946 (2 U.S.C. 166) and to revise and extend the Anno14 tated Constitution of the United States of America,

15 $58,938,000: Provided, That no part of this appropriation

16 may be used to pay any salary or expense in connection

17 with any publication, or preparation of material therefor

18 (except the Digest of Public General Bills), to be issued

19 by the Library of Congress unless such publication has

20 obtained prior approval of either the Committee on House

21 Administration of the House of Representatives or the

22 Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate:

23 Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provi24 sion of law, the compensation of the Director of the Con25 gressional Research Service, Library of Congress, shall be
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1 at an annual rate which is equal to the annual rate of

2 basic pay for positions at level IV of the Executive Sched3 ule under section 5315 of title 5, United States Code.

4 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

5 CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING AND BINDING

6 For authorized printing and binding for the Congress

7 and the distribution of Congressional information in any

8 format; printing and binding for the Architect of the Cap9 itol; expenses necessary for preparing the semimonthly

10 and session index to the Congressional Record, as author11 ized by law (44 U.S.C. 902); printing and binding of Gov12 ernment publications authorized by law to be distributed

13 to Members of Congress; and printing, binding, and dis14 tribution of Government publications authorized by law to

15 be distributed without charge to the recipient,

16 $87,717,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall not

17 be available for printing and binding part 2 of the annual

18 report of the Secretary of Agriculture (known as the Year19 book of Agriculture) nor for copies of the permanent edi20 tion of the Congressional Record for individual Represent21 atives, Resident Commissioners or Delegates authorized

22 under 44 U.S.C. 906: Provided further, That this appro23 priation shall be available for the payment of obligations

24 incurred under the appropriations for similar purposes for

25 preceding fiscal years.
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1 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Congressional Oper2 ations Appropriations Act, 1995’’.

3 TITLE II—OTHER AGENCIES

4 BOTANIC GARDEN

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care

7 and operation of the Botanic Garden and the nurseries,

8 buildings, grounds, and collections; and purchase and ex9 change, maintenance, repair, and operation of a passenger

10 motor vehicle; all under the direction of the Joint Commit11 tee on the Library, $3,182,000.

12 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 For necessary expenses of the Library of Congress,

15 not otherwise provided for, including development and

16 maintenance of the Union Catalogs; custody and custodial

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

18 laundering and repair of uniforms; preservation of motion

19 pictures in the custody of the Library; operation and

20 maintenance of the American Folklife Center in the Li21 brary; preparation and distribution of catalog cards and

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

23 passenger motor vehicle; and expenses of the Library of

24 Congress Trust Fund Board not properly chargeable to

25 the income of any trust fund held by the Board,
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1 $207,857,000, of which not more than $7,869,000 shall

2 be derived from collections credited to this appropriation

3 during fiscal year 1995 under the Act of June 28, 1902

4 (chapter 1301; 32 Stat. 480; 2 U.S.C. 150): Provided,

5 That the total amount available for obligation shall be re6 duced by the amount by which collections are less than

7 the $7,869,000: Provided further, That of the total

8 amount appropriated, $8,458,000 is to remain available

9 until expended for acquisition of books, periodicals, and

10 newspapers, and all other materials including subscrip11 tions for bibliographic services for the Library, including

12 $40,000 to be available solely for the purchase, when spe13 cifically approved by the Librarian, of special and unique

14 materials for additions to the collections.

15 COPYRIGHT OFFICE

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

17 For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, in18 cluding publication of the decisions of the United States

19 courts involving copyrights, $27,186,000, of which not

20 more than $14,500,000 shall be derived from collections

21 credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 1995

22 under 17 U.S.C. 708(c), and not more than $2,891,000

23 shall be derived from collections during fiscal year 1995

24 under 17 U.S.C. 111(d)(2), 119(b)(2), 802(h), and 1005:

25 Provided, That the total amount available for obligation
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1 shall be reduced by the amount by which collections are

2 less than $17,391,000: Provided further, That up to

3 $100,000 of the amount appropriated is available for the

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

5 the Copyright Office of the Library of Congress for the

6 purpose of training nationals of developing countries in

7 intellectual property laws and policies: Provided further,

8 That not to exceed $2,250 may be expended on the certifi9 cation of the Librarian of Congress or his designee, in con10 nection with official representation and reception expenses

11 for activities of the International Copyright Institute.

12 BOOKS FOR THE BLIND AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 For salaries and expenses to carry out the provisions

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

16 2 U.S.C. 135a), $44,622,000, of which $10,896,000 shall

17 remain available until expended.

18 FURNITURE AND FURNISHINGS

19 For necessary expenses for the purchase and repair

20 of furniture, furnishings, office and library equipment,

21 $5,825,000, of which $1,886,000 shall be available until

22 expended only for the purchase and supply of furniture,

23 shelving, furnishings, and related costs necessary for the

24 renovation and restoration of the Thomas Jefferson and

25 John Adams Library buildings.
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

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

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

4 to exceed $194,290, of which $58,100 is for the Congres5 sional Research Service, when specifically authorized by

6 the Librarian, for attendance at meetings concerned with

7 the function or activity for which the appropriation is

8 made.

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

10 this Act shall be used by the Library of Congress to ad11 minister any flexible or compressed work schedule which—

12 (1) applies to any manager or supervisor in

13 a position the grade or level of which is equal to or

14 higher than GS–15; and

15 (2) grants such manager or supervisor the

16 right to not be at work for all or a portion of a

17 workday because of time worked by the manager or

18 supervisor on another workday.

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

20 or supervisor’’ means any management official or super21 visor, as such terms are defined in section 7103(a) (10)

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

23 SEC. 203. Appropriated funds received by the Library

24 of Congress from other Federal agencies to cover general

25 and administrative overhead costs generated by perform-
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1 ing reimbursable work for other agencies under the au2 thority of 31 U.S.C. 1535 and 1536 shall not be used to

3 employ more than 65 employees and may be expended or

4 obligated—

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

6 such extent or in such amounts as are provided in

7 appropriations Acts; or

8 (2) in the case of an advance payment,

9 only—

10 (A) to pay for such general or adminis11 trative overhead costs as are attributable to the

12 work performed for such agency; or

13 (B) to such extent or in such amounts

14 as are provided in appropriations Acts, with re15 spect to any purpose not allowable under sub16 paragraph (A).

17 SEC. 204. Not to exceed $5,000 of any funds appro18 priated to the Library of Congress may be expended, on

19 the certification of the Librarian of Congress, in connec20 tion with official representation and reception expenses for

21 the Library of Congress incentive awards program.

22 SEC. 205. Not to exceed $12,000 of funds appro23 priated to the Library of Congress may be expended, on

24 the certification of the Librarian of Congress or his des-
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1 ignee, in connection with official representation and recep2 tion expenses for the Overseas Field Offices.

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

4 obligational authority shall be available, in an amount not

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

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

7 for non-expenditure transfer activities in support of par8 liamentary development during the current fiscal year.

9 ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

10 LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

11 STRUCTURAL AND MECHANICAL CARE

12 For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and

13 structural maintenance, care and operation of the Library

14 buildings and grounds, $9,860,000, of which $941,000

15 shall remain available until expended.

16 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

17 OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 For expenses of the Office of Superintendent of Doc20 uments necessary to provide for the cataloging and index21 ing of Government publications and their distribution to

22 the public, Members of Congress, other Government agen23 cies, and designated depository and international exchange

24 libraries as authorized by law, $30,600,000: Provided,

25 That the objectives of chapter 41 of title 44, United States
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1 Code, as enacted by the Government Printing Office Elec2 tronic Information Access Enhancement Act of 1993, shall

3 be carried out through cost savings: Provided further, That

4 travel expenses, including travel expenses of the Deposi5 tory Library Council to the Public Printer, shall not ex6 ceed $130,000: Provided further, That funds, not to exceed

7 $2,000,000, from current year appropriations are author8 ized for producing and disseminating Congressional Serial

9 Sets and other related Congressional/non-Congressional

10 publications for 1993 and 1994 to depository and other

11 designated libraries.

12 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE REVOLVING FUND

13 The Government Printing Office is hereby authorized

14 to make such expenditures, within the limits of funds

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

16 contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year

17 limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government

18 Corporation Control Act as may be necessary in carrying

19 out the programs and purposes set forth in the budget

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

21 Office revolving fund’’: Provided, That not to exceed

22 $2,500 may be expended on the certification of the Public

23 Printer in connection with official representation and re24 ception expenses: Provided further, That the revolving

25 fund shall be available for the hire or purchase of pas-
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1 senger motor vehicles, not to exceed a fleet of twelve: Pro2 vided further, That expenditures in connection with travel

3 expenses of the advisory councils to the Public Printer

4 shall be deemed necessary to carry out the provisions of

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

6 revolving fund shall be available for services as authorized

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

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

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

10 That the revolving fund and the funds provided under the

11 paragraph entitled ‘‘OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF

12 DOCUMENTS, SALARIES AND EXPENSES’’ together may not

13 be available for the full-time equivalent employment of

14 more than 4,193 workyears: Provided further, That the re15 volving fund shall be available for expenses not to exceed

16 $500,000 for the development of plans and design of a

17 multi-purpose facility: Provided further, That activities fi18 nanced through the revolving fund may provide informa19 tion in any format: Provided further, That the revolving

20 fund shall not be used to administer any flexible or com21 pressed work schedule which applies to any manager or

22 supervisor in a position the grade or level of which is equal

23 to or higher than GS–15: Provided further, That expenses

24 for attendance at meetings shall not exceed $75,000.
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1 GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the General Accounting

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

5 the certification of the Comptroller General of the United

6 States in connection with official representation and recep7 tion expenses; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 but

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

9 equivalent to the rate for level IV of the Executive Sched10 ule (5 U.S.C. 5315); hire of one passenger motor vehicle;

11 advance payments in foreign countries in accordance with

12 31 U.S.C. 3324; benefits comparable to those payable

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

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

15 4081(8)); and under regulations prescribed by the Comp16 troller General of the United States, rental of living quar17 ters in foreign countries and travel benefits comparable

18 with those which are now or hereafter may be granted sin19 gle employees of the Agency for International Develop20 ment, including single Foreign Service personnel assigned

21 to AID projects, by the Administrator of the Agency for

22 International Development—or his designee—under the

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

24 of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2396(b)); $439,525,000: Provided,

25 That not more than $1,000,000 of reimbursements re-
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1 ceived incident to the operation of the General Accounting

2 Office Building shall be available for use in fiscal year

3 1995: Provided further, That this appropriation and ap4 propriations for administrative expenses of any other de5 partment or agency which is a member of the Joint Finan6 cial Management Improvement Program (JFMIP) shall be

7 available to finance an appropriate share of JFMIP costs

8 as determined by the JFMIP, including the salary of the

9 Executive Director and secretarial support: Provided fur10 ther, That this appropriation and appropriations for ad11 ministrative expenses of any other department or agency

12 which is a member of the National Intergovernmental

13 Audit Forum or a Regional Intergovernmental Audit

14 Forum shall be available to finance an appropriate share

15 of Forum costs as determined by the Forum, including

16 necessary travel expenses of non-Federal participants.

17 Payments hereunder to either the Forum or the JFMIP

18 may be credited as reimbursements to any appropriation

19 from which costs involved are initially financed: Provided

20 further, That to the extent that funds are otherwise avail21 able for obligation, agreements or contracts for the re22 moval of asbestos, and renovation of the building and

23 building systems (including the heating, ventilation and

24 air conditioning system, electrical system and other major

25 building systems) of the General Accounting Office Build-
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1 ing may be made for periods not exceeding five years: Pro2 vided further, That this appropriation and appropriations

3 for administrative expenses of any other department or

4 agency which is a member of the American Consortium

5 on International Public Administration (ACIPA) shall be

6 available to finance an appropriate share of ACIPA costs

7 as determined by the ACIPA, including any expenses at8 tributable to membership of ACIPA in the International

9 Institute of Administrative Sciences.

10 TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS

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

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

13 vehicles, except for emergency assistance and cleaning as

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

16 Committee on House Administration and for the Senate

17 issued by the Committee on Rules and Administration.

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

19 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the

20 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.

21 SEC. 303. Whenever any office or position not specifi22 cally established by the Legislative Pay Act of 1929 is ap23 propriated for herein or whenever the rate of compensa24 tion or designation of any position appropriated for herein

25 is different from that specifically established for such posi-
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1 tion by such Act, the rate of compensation and the des2 ignation of the position, or either, appropriated for or pro3 vided herein, shall be the permanent law with respect

4 thereto: Provided, That the provisions herein for the var5 ious items of official expenses of Members, officers, and

6 committees of the Senate and House of Representatives,

7 and clerk hire for Senators and Members of the House

8 of Representatives shall be the permanent law with respect

9 thereto.

10 SEC. 304. The expenditure of any appropriation

11 under this Act for any consulting service through procure12 ment contract, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited

13 to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter

14 of public record and available for public inspection, except

15 where otherwise provided under existing law, or under ex16 isting Executive order issued pursuant to existing law.

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

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

19 60–1 note) is repealed.

20 SEC. 306. Annual and sick leave balances of employ21 ees transferred from the Office of the Director of Non22 legislative and Financial Services, House Postal Oper23 ations, to the Architect of the Capitol, as of October 31,

24 1993, shall be credited to the leave accounts of such per25 sonnel, subject to the provisions of section 6304 of title
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1 5, United States Code, upon their transfer to the appro2 priation for House office buildings.

3 SEC. 307. (a) CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT SYS4 TEM.—The first sentence of section 8335(d) of title 5,

5 United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘55’’ and in6 serting ‘‘57’’.

7 (b) FEDERAL EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT SYSTEM.—

8 (1) Section 8425 of title 5, United States Code, is amend9 ed—

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

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

12 ‘‘member or’’;

13 (B) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub14 section (d); and

15 (C) by inserting after subsection (b) the follow16 ing:

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

18 eligible for immediate retirement under section 8412(d)

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

20 month in which such member becomes 57 years of age

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

22 Capitol Police Board, when in its judgment the public in23 terest so requires, may exempt such a member from auto24 matic separation under this subsection until that member

25 becomes 60 years of age. The Board shall notify the mem-
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1 ber in writing of the date of separation at least 60 days

2 before that date. Action to separate the member if not ef3 fective, without the consent of the member, until the last

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

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

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

7 (b), or (c)’’.

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

9 EQUIPMENT AND PRODUCTS.—It is the sense of the Con10 gress that, to the greatest extent practicable, all equip11 ment and products purchased with funds made available

12 in this Act should be American-made.

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

14 providing financial assistance to, or entering into any con15 tract with, any entity using funds made available in this

16 Act, the head of each Federal agency, to the greatest ex17 tent practicable, shall provide to such entity a notice de18 scribing the statement made in subsection (a) by the Con19 gress.
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1 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative Branch Ap2 propriations Act, 1995’’.

Passed the House of Representatives May 26, 1994.

Attest:

Clerk.

103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 4454

AN ACT

Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch

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