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103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 4454

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JUNE 16, 1994

Ordered to be printed with the amendments of the Senate numbered

AN ACT

Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the

fiscal year ending September 30, 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:

7 TITLE I—CONGRESSIONAL OPERATIONS

8 Ω1æSENATE

9 MILEAGE AND EXPENSES ALLOWANCES

10 MILEAGE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT AND SENATORS

11 For mileage of the Vice President and Senators of the

12 United States, $60,000.
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1 EXPENSE ALLOWANCES

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

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

4 Leader of the Senate, $10,000; Minority Leader of the Sen5 ate, $10,000; Majority Whip of the Senate, $5,000; Minority

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

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

8 Chairman; in all, $56,000.

9 REPRESENTATION ALLOWANCES FOR THE MAJORITY AND

10 MINORITY LEADERS

11 For representation allowances of the Majority and Mi12 nority Leaders of the Senate, $15,000 for each such Leader;

13 in all, $30,000.

14 SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

15 For compensation of officers, employees, and others as

16 authorized by law, including agency contributions,

17 $71,338,000, which shall be paid from this appropriation

18 without regard to the below limitations, as follows:

19 OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT

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

21 OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE

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

23 OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERS

24 For Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders,

25 $2,195,000.
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1 OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY WHIPS

2 For Offices of the Majority and Minority Whips,

3 $656,000.

4 CONFERENCE COMMITTEES

5 For the Conference of the Majority and the Conference

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

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

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

9 OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES OF THE CONFERENCE OF

10 THE MAJORITY AND THE CONFERENCE OF THE MINORITY

11 For Offices of the Secretaries of the Conference of the

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

13 OFFICE OF THE CHAPLAIN

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

15 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

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

17 OFFICE OF THE SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER

18 For Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper,

19 $32,739,000.

20 OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND

21 MINORITY

22 For Offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the

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

24 AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS AND RELATED EXPENSES

25 For agency contributions for employee benefits, as au26 thorized by law, and related expenses, $17,052,000.
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1 OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL OF THE SENATE

2 For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legisla3 tive Counsel of the Senate, $3,381,000.

4 OFFICE OF SENATE LEGAL COUNSEL

5 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate Legal

6 Counsel, $936,000.

7 EXPENSE ALLOWANCES OF THE SECRETARY OF THE SEN8 ATE, SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE

9 SENATE, AND SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND

10 MINORITY OF THE SENATE

11 For expense allowances of the Secretary of the Senate,

12 $3,000; Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate,

13 $3,000; Secretary for the Majority of the Senate, $3,000;

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

15 $12,000.

16 CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE

17 SENATE POLICY COMMITTEES

18 For salaries and expenses of the Majority Policy Com19 mittee and the Minority Policy Committee, $1,287,000 for

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

21 INQUIRIES AND INVESTIGATIONS

22 For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered

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

24 Public Law 601, Seventy-ninth Congress, as amended, sec25 tion 112 of Public Law 96–304 and Senate Resolution 281,

26 agreed to March 11, 1980, $78,112,000.
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1 EXPENSES OF UNITED STATES SENATE CAUCUS ON

2 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL

3 For expenses of the United States Senate Caucus on

4 International Narcotics Control, $348,000.

5 SECRETARY OF THE SENATE

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

7 For expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the Sen8 ate, $1,966,500 and, in addition, $7,000,000, to be derived

9 by transfer from funds appropriated in fiscal year 1992

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

11 available until September 30, 1998.

12 SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE SENATE

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

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

15 $21,347,000 shall remain available until expended.

16 MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

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

18 SENATORS’ OFFICIAL PERSONNEL AND OFFICE EXPENSE

19 ACCOUNT

20 For Senators’ Official Personnel and Office Expense

21 Account, $206,542,000.

22 OFFICE OF SENATE FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES

23 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate Fair

24 Employment Practices, $889,000.

25 SETTLEMENTS AND AWARDS RESERVE

26 For expenses for settlements and awards, $1,000,000.
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1 STATIONERY (REVOLVING FUND)

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

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

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

5 all, $13,000.

6 OFFICIAL MAIL COSTS

7 For expenses necessary for official mail costs of the

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

9 30, 1996.

10 RESCISSION

11 Of the funds previously appropriated under the head12 ing ‘‘SENATE’’, $23,000,000 are rescinded.

13 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

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

15 of this Act, the Secretary of the Senate, subject to the ap16 proval of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate,

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

18 appropriations account with respect to which the Secretary

19 has disbursing authority to the revolving fund established

20 under section 2(c) under the subheading ‘‘ADMINISTRA21 TIVE PROVISIONS’’ under the heading ‘‘SENATE’’ in

22 Public Law 102–392 (2 U.S.C. 121d(c)) to provide addi23 tional capitalization for such revolving fund. Any moneys

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

25 and to the same extent as the moneys otherwise in such re26 volving fund.
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1 SEC. 2. (a) Not later than September 30, 1995, the Sec2 retary of the Senate shall submit to the Committee on Rules

3 and Administration a report evaluating the quality and

4 scope of the educational experience available to visitors to

5 the Senate concerning the constitutional and historical role

6 of the Senate in American Government and society.

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

8 report a plan for the improvement of the educational experi9 ence available to Senate visitors. Senate officers and offi10 cials and legislative branch support agencies shall work

11 with the Secretary of the Senate in the development of the

12 plan. Appropriate executive branch agencies, such as the

13 National Archives and Records Administration and the

14 Smithsonian Institution, are encouraged to offer assistance

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

16 (c) There are authorized to be paid out of the Contin17 gent Fund of the Senate, upon vouchers approved by the

18 Secretary of the Senate, such sums as are necessary to reim19 burse the routine expenses associated with developing the

20 report required by this section.

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

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

23 104a) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following

24 new paragraph:
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1 ‘‘(4) Each report by the Secretary of the Senate re2 quired by paragraph (1) shall contain a separate summary

3 of Senate accounts statement for each office of the Senate

4 authorized to obligate appropriated funds, including each

5 Senator’s office, each officer of the Senate, and each commit6 tee of the Senate. The summary of Senate accounts state7 ment shall include—

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

9 available or allocated to the office;

10 ‘‘(B) any supplemental appropriation, transfer

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

12 the appropriation or allocation to the office;

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

14 expenses; and

15 ‘‘(D) the unexpended balance.’’.

16 (b) Section 318 of the Legislative Branch Appropria17 tions Act, 1991 (Public Law 101–520; 2 U.S.C. 59f) is

18 amended by striking the period at the end of the last sen19 tence and inserting the following: ‘‘, and in the case of each

20 Senator, the allocation made to such Senator from the ap21 propriation for official mail expenses.’’.

22 (c) The amendments made by this section shall be effec23 tive with respect to—

24 (1) reports and statements covering periods be25 ginning on and after October 1, 1994; and
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1 (2) appropriations made and obligations in2 curred on and after such date.

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

4 United States a revolving fund within the contingent fund

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

6 Page Residence Revolving Fund (hereafter referred to in

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

8 rental payments and other moneys collected or received by

9 the Sergeant at Arms with regard to the Daniel Webster

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

11 available without fiscal year limitation for disbursement by

12 the Secretary of the Senate in connection with operation

13 and maintenance of the Daniel Webster Senate Page Resi14 dence not normally performed by the Architect of the Cap15 itol. In addition, such moneys may be used by the Sergeant

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

17 activities for the pages.

18 (b) All moneys received from rental payments and

19 other moneys collected or received by the Sergeant at Arms

20 with regard to the Daniel Webster Senate Page Residence

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

22 purposes of this section.

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

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

25 of the Sergeant at Arms.
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1 (d) The Sergeant at Arms is authorized to prescribe

2 such regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provi3 sions of this section and to provide for the operations of

4 the Daniel Webster Senate Page Residence.

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

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

7 Appropriations Act, 1973 (2 U.S.C. 58(b)(3)(A)(iii)) is in8 creased by $50,000: Provided, That, in any fiscal year be9 ginning with fiscal year 1995, a Senator may use funds

10 provided for official office expenses, but not to exceed

11 $50,000, for mass mailing, as defined in section 6(b)(1) and

12 all such mass mailings shall be under the frank.

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

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

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

16 of the franking privilege.

17 (b) For the purposes of this paragraph—

18 (1) the term ‘‘mass mailing’’—

19 (A) means, with respect to a session of Con20 gress, a mailing of more than 500 newsletters or

21 other pieces of mail with substantially identical

22 content (whether such mail is deposited singly or

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

24 but

25 (B) does not include a mailing—
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1 (i) of matter in direct response to a

2 communication from a person to whom the

3 matter is mailed;

4 (ii) to other Members of Congress or to

5 a Federal, State, or local government offi6 cial;

7 (iii) of a news release to the commu8 nications media;

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

10 such mailing may be made fewer than 60

11 days immediately before the date of any

12 primary election or general election (wheth13 er regular, special, or runoff) for any Fed14 eral, State, or local office in which a Mem15 ber of the Senate is a candidate for election;

16 or

17 (v) of a Federal publication or other

18 item that is provided by the Senate to all

19 Senators or made available by the Senate

20 for purchase by all Senators from official

21 funds specifically for distribution.

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

23 not mail a mass mailing under the frank.

24 (d) The Senate Committee on Rules and Administra25 tion shall prescribe rules and regulations and take other
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1 action as the Committee considers necessary and proper for

2 Senators to comply with this section and regulations.

3 SEC. 7. Of the funds previously appropriated under

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

5 available for obligation beyond the date of enactment of this

6 Act.

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

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

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

10 after October 1, 1994, for mass mailings as defined in sec11 tion 6(b)(1).

12 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

13 PAYMENTS TO WIDOWS AND HEIRS OF DECEASED

14 MEMBERS OF CONGRESS

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

16 late a Representative from the Commonwealth of Ken17 tucky, $133,600.

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 For salaries and expenses of the House of Represent20 atives, $728,468,000, as follows:

21 HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES

22 For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law,

23 $6,096,000, including: Office of the Speaker, $1,444,000,

24 including $25,000 for official expenses of the Speaker; Of25 fice of the Majority Floor Leader, $1,042,000, including
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1 $10,000 for official expenses of the Majority Leader; Of2 fice of the Minority Floor Leader, $1,429,000, including

3 $10,000 for official expenses of the Minority Leader; Of4 fice of the Majority Whip, $1,284,000, including $5,000

5 for official expenses of the Majority Whip and not to ex6 ceed $563,000 for the Chief Deputy Majority Whips; and

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

8 for official expenses of the Minority Whip and not to ex9 ceed $104,000 for the Chief Deputy Minority Whip.

10 MEMBERS’ CLERK HIRE

11 For staff employed by each Member in the discharge

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

13 COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES

14 For professional and clerical employees of standing

15 committees, including the Committee on Appropriations

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

17 COMMITTEE ON THE BUDGET (STUDIES)

18 For salaries, expenses, and studies by the Committee

19 on the Budget, and temporary personal services for such

20 committee to be expended in accordance with sections

21 101(c), 606, 703, and 901(e) of the Congressional Budget

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

23 agencies for services performed, $401,000.

24 STANDING COMMITTEES, SPECIAL AND SELECT

25 For salaries and expenses of standing committees,

26 special and select, authorized by the House, $53,191,000.
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1 COMMITTEE ON HOUSE ADMINISTRATION

2 HOUSE INFORMATION SYSTEMS

3 For salaries, expenses and temporary personal serv4 ices of House Information Systems, under the direction

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

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

7 House Information Systems is authorized to receive reim8 bursement for services provided from Members of the

9 House of Representatives and other Governmental entities

10 and such reimbursement shall be deposited in the Treas11 ury for credit to this account: Provided further, That

12 amounts so credited for fiscal year 1994 and not obligated

13 shall be available for obligation in fiscal year 1995.

14 ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES

15 For allowances and expenses as authorized by House

16 resolution or law, $244,572,000, including: Official Ex17 penses of Members, $79,800,000; supplies, materials, ad18 ministrative costs and Federal tort claims, $6,103,000;

19 net expenses of purchase, lease and maintenance of office

20 equipment, $11,779,000; net expenses for telecommuni21 cations, $10,872,000; furniture and furnishings,

22 $2,012,000; stenographic reporting of committee hearings,

23 $1,100,000; reemployed annuitants reimbursements,

24 $1,279,000; Government contributions to employees’ life

25 insurance fund, retirement funds, Social Security fund,
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1 Medicare fund, health benefits fund, and worker’s and un2 employment compensation, $130,849,000; and miscellane3 ous items including purchase, exchange, maintenance, re4 pair and operation of House motor vehicles,

5 interparliamentary receptions, and gratuities to heirs of

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

7 CHILD CARE CENTER

8 For salaries and expenses of the House of Represent9 atives Child Care Center, such amounts as are deposited

10 in the account established by section 312(d)(1) of the Leg11 islative Branch Appropriations Act, 1992 (40 U.S.C.

12 184g(d)(1)), subject to the level specified in the budget

13 of the Center, as submitted to the Committee on Appro14 priations of the House of Representatives.

15 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS (STUDIES AND

16 INVESTIGATIONS)

17 For salaries and expenses, studies and examinations

18 of executive agencies, by the Committee on Appropria19 tions, and temporary personal services for such committee,

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

21 Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 and to be available

22 for reimbursement to agencies for services performed,

23 $6,495,000: Provided, That the Federal Bureau of Inves24 tigation, notwithstanding any other provision of law, may

25 in any fiscal year pay all administrative uncontrollable
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1 overtime accrued by its employees while on detail to the

2 Committee on Appropriations.

3 OFFICIAL MAIL COSTS

4 For expenses necessary for official mail costs of the

5 House of Representatives, as authorized by law,

6 $31,000,000.

7 SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

8 For compensation and expenses of officers and em9 ployees, as authorized by law, $56,354,000, including: for

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

11 not to exceed $1,000 for official representation and recep12 tion expenses, $14,158,000; for salaries and expenses of

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

14 $500 for official representation and reception expenses,

15 $1,502,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the

16 Doorkeeper, including overtime as authorized by law,

17 $11,506,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of Di18 rector of Non-legislative and Financial Services,

19 $16,360,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of In20 spector General, $295,000; for salaries and expenses of

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

22 Chaplain, $124,000; Office of the Parliamentarian, includ23 ing the Parliamentarian and $2,000 for preparing the Di24 gest of Rules, $983,000; for salaries and expenses of the

25 Office of the Historian, $337,000; for salaries and ex26 penses of the Office of the Law Revision Counsel of the
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1 House, $1,630,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office

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

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

4 Steering and Policy Committee and the Democratic Cau5 cus, $1,523,000; the House Republican Conference,

6 $1,523,000; and other authorized employees, $504,000.

7 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

8 SEC. 101. (a) TRANSFER OF MAJORITY AND MINOR9 ITY PRINTERS TO DIRECTOR OF NON-LEGISLATIVE AND

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

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

12 and Minority Printers of the House of Representatives

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

14 Financial Services of the House.

15 (b) FEES FOR OFFICES AND UTILITIES.—

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

17 by subsection (a), the Director shall charge the Ma18 jority and Minority Printers a reasonable monthly

19 fee for the rental of offices and utilities.

20 (2) AVAILABILITY OF RECEIPTS.—The amounts

21 received under this subsection shall be deposited in

22 the Treasury of the United States for credit to the

23 appropriation for ‘‘Salaries and Expenses of the

24 House of Representatives’’, and shall be available for
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1 expenditure in any fiscal year to the extent provided

2 in appropriations Acts.

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

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

5 to any fiscal year.

6 JOINT ITEMS

7 For Joint Committees, as follows:

8 JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE

9 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic

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

11 of the Senate.

12 JOINT COMMITTEE ON PRINTING

13 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on

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

15 the Senate.

16 JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION

17 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on

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

19 House.

20 For other joint items, as follows:

21 OFFICE OF THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN

22 For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent ex23 penses of the emergency rooms, and for the Attending

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

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

26 allowance of $500 per month each to two medical officers
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1 while on duty in the Attending Physician’s office; (3) an

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

3 $400 per month each not to exceed nine assistants on the

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

5 $918,000 for reimbursement to the Department of the

6 Navy for expenses incurred for staff and equipment as7 signed to the Office of the Attending Physician, which

8 shall be advanced and credited to the applicable appropria9 tion or appropriations from which such salaries, allow10 ances, and other expenses are payable and shall be avail11 able for all the purposes thereof, $1,335,000, to be dis12 bursed by the Clerk of the House.

13 CAPITOL POLICE BOARD

14 CAPITOL POLICE

15 SALARIES

16 Ω2æFor the Capitol Police Board for salaries, includ17 ing overtime, and Government contributions to employees’

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

25 of the amounts appropriated for fiscal year 1995 for sala-
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1 ries, including overtime, and Government contributions to

2 employees’ benefits funds under this heading, such

3 amounts as may be necessary may be transferred between

4 the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives and

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

6 approval of the Committee on Appropriations of the House

7 of Representatives and the Committee on Appropriations

8 of the Senate.

9 For the Capitol Police Board for salaries, including

10 overtime, hazardous duty pay differential, clothing allow11 ance of not more than $600 each for members required to

12 wear civilian attire, and Government contributions to em13 ployees’ benefits funds, as authorized by law, of officers,

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

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

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

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

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

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

20 appropriated for fiscal year 1995 for salaries, including

21 overtime, hazardous duty pay differential, clothing allow22 ance of not more than $600 each for members required to

23 wear civilian attire, and Government contributions to em24 ployees’ benefits under this heading, such amounts as may

25 be necessary may be transferred between the Sergeant at
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1 Arms of the House of Representatives and the Sergeant at

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

3 Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representa4 tives and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.

5 GENERAL EXPENSES

6 For the Capitol Police Board for necessary expenses

7 of the Capitol Police, including motor vehicles, commu8 nications and other equipment, uniforms, weapons, sup9 plies, materials, training, medical services, the employee

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

11 program, postage, telephone service, travel advances, relo12 cation of instructor and liaison personnel for the Federal

13 Law Enforcement Training Center, and $85 per month

14 for extra services performed for the Capitol Police Board

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

16 or the House of Representatives designated by the Chair17 man of the Board, $2,000,000, to be disbursed by the

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

19 notwithstanding any other provision of law, the cost of

20 basic training for the Capitol Police at the Federal Law

21 Enforcement Training Center for fiscal year 1995 shall

22 be paid by the Secretary of the Treasury from funds avail23 able to the Department of the Treasury.

24 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

25 SEC. 102. Amounts appropriated for fiscal year 1995

26 for the Capitol Police Board under the heading ‘‘CAPITOL
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1 POLICE’’ may be transferred between the headings ‘‘SALA2 RIES’’ and ‘‘GENERAL EXPENSES’’, upon approval of the

3 Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the

4 House of Representatives.

5 CAPITOL GUIDE SERVICE

6 For salaries and expenses of the Capitol Guide Serv7 ice, $1,628,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the

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

9 to employ more than thirty-three individuals: Provided fur10 ther, That the Capitol Guide Board is authorized, during

11 emergencies, to employ not more than two additional indi12 viduals for not more than one hundred twenty days each,

13 and not more than ten additional individuals for not more

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

15 SPECIAL SERVICES OFFICE

16 For salaries and expenses of the Special Services Of17 fice, $363,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the

18 Senate.

19 OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 For salaries and expenses necessary to carry out the

22 provisions of the Technology Assessment Act of 1972

23 (Public Law 92–484), including official reception and rep24 resentation expenses (not to exceed $5,500 from the Trust

25 Fund), and expenses incurred in administering an em-
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1 ployee incentive awards program (not to exceed $2,500),

2 and rental of space in the District of Columbia,

3 Ω3æ$21,931,000 $21,970,000: Provided, That none of the

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

5 of any employee of the Office of Technology Assessment

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

7 no part of this appropriation shall be available for assess8 ments or activities not initiated and approved in accord9 ance with section 3(d) of Public Law 92–484: Provided

10 further, That none of the funds in this Act shall be avail11 able for salaries or expenses of employees of the Office

12 of Technology Assessment in connection with any reim13 bursable study for which funds are provided from sources

14 other than appropriations made under this Act, or shall

15 be available for any other administrative expenses incurred

16 by the Office of Technology Assessment in carrying out

17 such a study.

18 CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 For salaries and expenses necessary to carry out the

21 provisions of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (Pub22 lic Law 93–344), including not to exceed $2,500 to be ex23 pended on the certification of the Director of the Congres24 sional Budget Office in connection with official representa25 tion and reception expenses, Ω4æ$23,133,000 $23,188,000:
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1 Provided, That none of these funds shall be available for

2 the purchase or hire of a passenger motor vehicle: Pro3 vided further, That none of the funds in this Act shall be

4 available for salaries or expenses of any employee of the

5 Congressional Budget Office in excess of 221 fulltime

6 equivalent positions: Provided further, That any sale or

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

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

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

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

11 That the Director of the Congressional Budget Office shall

12 have the authority, within the limits of available appro13 priations, to dispose of surplus or obsolete personal prop14 erty by inter-agency transfer, donation, or discarding.

15 ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

16 OFFICE OF THE ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

17 SALARIES

18 For the Architect of the Capitol, the Assistant Archi19 tect of the Capitol, and other personal services, at rates

20 of pay provided by law, Ω5æ$8,927,000 $9,103,000.

21 TRAVEL

22 Appropriations under the control of the Architect of

23 the Capitol shall be available for expenses of travel on offi24 cial business not to exceed in the aggregate under all

25 funds the sum of $20,000.
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1 CONTINGENT EXPENSES

2 To enable the Architect of the Capitol to make sur3 veys and studies, and to meet unforeseen expenses in con4 nection with activities under his care, $100,000Ω6æ,–to re5 main available until expended.

6 CAPITOL BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

7 CAPITOL BUILDINGS

8 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care

9 and operation of the Capitol and electrical substations of

10 the Senate and House office buildings, under the jurisdic11 tion of the Architect of the Capitol, including furnishings

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

13 official reception and representation expenses, to be ex14 pended as the Architect of the Capitol may approve; pur15 chase or exchange, maintenance and operation of a pas16 senger motor vehicle; security installations which are ap17 proved by the Capitol Police Board, authorized by House

18 Concurrent Resolution 550, Ninety-Second Congress,

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

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

21 when specifically authorized by the Architect of the Cap22 itol, at meetings or conventions in connection with subjects

23 related to work under the Architect of the Capitol,

24 Ω7æ$22,340,000 $22,797,000, of which $2,763,000 shall

25 remain available until expended.
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1 CAPITOL GROUNDS

2 For all necessary expenses for care and improvement

3 of grounds surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House

4 office buildings, and the Capitol Power Plant,

5 Ω8æ$5,201,000 $5,270,000, of which $25,000 shall remain

6 available until expended.

7 Ω9æSENATE OFFICE BUILDINGS

8 For all necessary expenses for maintenance, care and

9 operation of Senate Office Buildings; and furniture and

10 furnishings, to be expended under the control and super11 vision of the Architect of the Capitol, $47,619,000, of which

12 $7,709,000 shall remain available until expended: Provided,

13 That of the amount appropriated under this heading such

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

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

16 improvements to the property acquired pursuant to section

17 1202 of Public Law 103–50.

18 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS

19 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care

20 and operation of the House office buildings, including the

21 position of Superintendent of Garages as authorized by

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

23 available until expended.

24 CAPITOL POWER PLANT

25 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care

26 and operation of the Capitol Power Plant; lighting, heat-
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1 ing, power (including the purchase of electrical energy)

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

3 House office buildings, Library of Congress buildings, and

4 the grounds about the same, Botanic Garden, Senate ga5 rage, and air conditioning refrigeration not supplied from

6 plants in any of such buildings; heating the Government

7 Printing Office and Washington City Post Office, and

8 heating and chilled water for air conditioning for the Su9 preme Court Building, Union Station complex, Thurgood

10 Marshall Federal Judiciary Building and the Folger

11 Shakespeare Library, expenses for which shall be ad12 vanced or reimbursed upon request of the Architect of the

13 Capitol and amounts so received shall be deposited into

14 the Treasury to the credit of this appropriation,

15 Ω10æ$33,342,000 $33,437,000, of which $865,000 shall

16 remain available until expended: Provided, That not to ex17 ceed $3,200,000 of the funds credited or to be reimbursed

18 to this appropriation as herein provided shall be available

19 for obligation during fiscal year 1995.

20 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

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

22 Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1975 under ‘‘Capitol

23 Buildings and Grounds’’ under the heading ‘‘ARCHI24 TECT OF THE CAPITOL’’ (40 U.S.C. 166b–2) is
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1 amended by striking ‘‘to grade 11’’ and inserting ‘‘at not

2 to exceed grade 12’’.

3 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

4 CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions

7 of section 203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of

8 1946 (2 U.S.C. 166) and to revise and extend the Anno9 tated Constitution of the United States of America,

10 Ω11æ$58,938,000 $60,459,000: Provided, That no part of

11 this appropriation may be used to pay any salary or ex12 pense in connection with any publication, or preparation

13 of material therefor (except the Digest of Public General

14 Bills), to be issued by the Library of Congress unless such

15 publication has obtained prior approval of either the Com16 mittee on House Administration of the House of Rep17 resentatives or the Committee on Rules and Administra18 tion of the Senate: Provided further, That, notwithstand19 ing any other provision of law, the compensation of the

20 Director of the Congressional Research Service, Library

21 of Congress, shall be at an annual rate which is equal to

22 the annual rate of basic pay for positions at level IV of

23 the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, Unit24 ed States 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 Ω12æ$87,717,000 $89,724,000: Provided, That this appro14 priation shall not be available for printing and binding

15 part 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 Ω13æ(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, Ω14æ$3,182,000 $3,230,000, and, in

11 addition, $7,000,000 to remain available until expended to

12 be 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 Ω15æ$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, Ω16æ$27,186,000

23 $27,456,000, of which not more than $14,500,000 shall be

24 derived from collections credited to this appropriation dur25 ing fiscal year 1995 under 17 U.S.C. 708(c), and not more
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1 than Ω17æ$2,891,000 $2,911,000 shall be derived from

2 collections during fiscal year 1995 under 17 U.S.C.

3 111(d)(2), 119(b)(2), 802(h), and 1005: Provided, That

4 the total amount available for obligation shall be reduced

5 by the amount by which collections are less than

6 Ω18æ$17,391,000 $17,411,000: Provided further, That up

7 to $100,000 of the amount appropriated is available for

8 the maintenance of an ‘‘International Copyright Institute’’

9 in the Copyright Office of the Library of Congress for the

10 purpose of training nationals of developing countries in

11 intellectual property laws and policies: Provided further,

12 That not to exceed $2,250 may be expended on the certifi13 cation of the Librarian of Congress or his designee, in con14 nection with official representation and reception expenses

15 for activities of the 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), Ω19æ$44,622,000 $44,951,000, of which

21 Ω20æ$10,896,000 $11,694,000 shall remain available until

22 expended.

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

18 a 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

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

22 workday because of time worked by the manager or

23 supervisor 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

11 such extent or in such amounts as are provided in

12 appropriations Acts; or

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

14 only—

15 (A) to pay for such general or adminis16 trative overhead costs as are attributable to the

17 work performed for such agency; or

18 (B) to such extent or in such amounts

19 as are provided in appropriations Acts, with re20 spect to any purpose not allowable under sub21 paragraph (A).

22 SEC. 204. Not to exceed $5,000 of any funds appro23 priated to the Library of Congress may be expended, on

24 the certification of the Librarian of Congress, in connec-
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1 tion with official representation and reception expenses for

2 the Library of Congress incentive awards program.

3 SEC. 205. Not to exceed $12,000 of funds appro4 priated to the Library of Congress may be expended, on

5 the certification of the Librarian of Congress or his des6 ignee, in connection with official representation and recep7 tion expenses for the Overseas Field Offices.

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

9 obligational authority shall be available, in an amount not

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

11 $8,706,000 for revolving fund activities, and $6,150,000

12 for non-expenditure transfer activities in support of par13 liamentary development during the current fiscal year.

14 ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

15 LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

16 STRUCTURAL AND MECHANICAL CARE

17 For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and

18 structural maintenance, care and operation of the Library

19 buildings and grounds, Ω21æ$9,860,000 $13,483,000, of

20 which Ω22æ$941,000 $4,441,000 shall remain available

21 until expended.
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1 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

2 OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 For expenses of the Office of Superintendent of Doc5 uments necessary to provide for the cataloging and index6 ing of Government publications and their distribution to

7 the public, Members of Congress, other Government agen8 cies, and designated depository and international exchange

9 libraries as authorized by law, Ω23æ$30,600,000

10 $32,207,000: Provided, ∆24«That the objectives of chapter

11 41 of title 44, United States Code, as enacted by the Gov12 ernment Printing Office Electronic Information Access

13 Enhancement Act of 1993, shall be carried out through

14 cost savings: Provided further, That travel expenses, in15 cluding travel expenses of the Depository Library Council

16 to the Public Printer, shall not exceed $130,000: Provided

17 further, That funds, not to exceed $2,000,000, from cur18 rent year appropriations are authorized for producing and

19 disseminating Congressional Serial Sets and other related

20 Congressional/non-Congressional publications for 1993

21 and 1994 to depository and other designated libraries.

22 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE REVOLVING FUND

23 The Government Printing Office is hereby authorized

24 to make such expenditures, within the limits of funds

25 available and in accord with the law, and to make such
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1 contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year

2 limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government

3 Corporation Control Act as may be necessary in carrying

4 out the programs and purposes set forth in the budget

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

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

7 $2,500 may be expended on the certification of the Public

8 Printer in connection with official representation and re9 ception expenses: Provided further, That the revolving

10 fund shall be available for the hire or purchase of pas11 senger motor vehicles, not to exceed a fleet of twelve: Pro12 vided further, That expenditures in connection with travel

13 expenses of the advisory councils to the Public Printer

14 shall be deemed necessary to carry out the provisions of

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

16 revolving fund shall be available for services as authorized

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

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

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

20 That the revolving fund and the funds provided under the

21 paragraph entitled ‘‘OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF

22 DOCUMENTS, SALARIES AND EXPENSES’’ together may not

23 be available for the full-time equivalent employment of

24 more than Ω25æ4,193 4,493 workyears: Provided further,

25 That the revolving fund shall be available for expenses not
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1 to exceed $500,000 for the development of plans and de2 sign of a multi-purpose facility: Provided further, That ac3 tivities financed through the revolving fund may provide

4 information in any format: Provided further, That the re5 volving fund shall not be used to administer any flexible

6 or compressed work schedule which applies to any man7 ager or supervisor in a position the grade or level of which

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

9 expenses for attendance at meetings shall not exceed

10 $75,000.

11 Ω26æSEC. 207. Section 207(a) of the Legislative Ap12 propriations Act, 1993 (Public Law 102–392) is amend13 ed—

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

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

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

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

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

19 (3) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para20 graph (4);

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

22 ‘‘(3) Any Federal officer or employee who pub23 lishes a Government publication or orders or con24 tracts for an individual printing order under para25 graph (2) shall comply with all applicable provisions
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1 of chapter 19, title 44, United States Code, regarding

2 distribution of Government publications by the Gov3 ernment Printing Office to Federal depository librar4 ies.’’; and

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

6 to read as follows:

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

8 includes the processes of composition, platemaking,

9 presswork, duplicating, silk screen processes, produc10 tion of an image on paper or other substrate by any

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

12 such processes.’’.

13 GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

15 For necessary expenses of the General Accounting

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

17 the certification of the Comptroller General of the United

18 States in connection with official representation and recep19 tion expenses; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 but

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

21 equivalent to the rate for level IV of the Executive Sched22 ule (5 U.S.C. 5315); hire of one passenger motor vehicle;

23 advance payments in foreign countries in accordance with

24 31 U.S.C. 3324; benefits comparable to those payable

25 under sections 901(5), 901(6) and 901(8) of the Foreign
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1 Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4081(5), 4081(6) and

2 4081(8)); and under regulations prescribed by the Comp3 troller General of the United States, rental of living quar4 ters in foreign countries and travel benefits comparable

5 with those which are now or hereafter may be granted sin6 gle employees of the Agency for International Develop7 ment, including single Foreign Service personnel assigned

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

9 International Development—or his designee—under the

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

11 of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2396(b)); Ω27æ$439,525,000

12 $443,360,000: Provided, That not more than $1,000,000

13 of reimbursements received incident to the operation of

14 the General Accounting Office Building shall be available

15 for use in fiscal year 1995Ω28æ: Provided further, That

16 notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 9105 hereafter amounts reim17 bursed to the Comptroller General pursuant to that section

18 shall be deposited to the appropriation of the General Ac19 counting Office then available and remain available until

20 expended, and not more than $6,000,000 of such funds shall

21 be available for use in fiscal year 1995: Provided further,

22 That this appropriation and appropriations for adminis23 trative expenses of any other department or agency which

24 is a member of the Joint Financial Management Improve25 ment Program (JFMIP) shall be available to finance an
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1 appropriate share of JFMIP costs as determined by the

2 JFMIP, including the salary of the Executive Director

3 and secretarial support: Provided further, That this appro4 priation and appropriations for administrative expenses of

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

6 National Intergovernmental Audit Forum or a Regional

7 Intergovernmental Audit Forum shall be available to fi8 nance an appropriate share of Forum costs as determined

9 by the Forum, including necessary travel expenses of non10 Federal participants. Payments hereunder to either the

11 Forum or the JFMIP may be credited as reimbursements

12 to any appropriation from which costs involved are initially

13 financed: Provided further, That to the extent that funds

14 are otherwise available for obligation, agreements or con15 tracts for the removal of asbestos, and renovation of the

16 building and building systems (including the heating, ven17 tilation and air conditioning system, electrical system and

18 other major building systems) of the General Accounting

19 Office Building may be made for periods not exceeding

20 five years: Provided further, That this appropriation and

21 appropriations for administrative expenses of any other

22 department or agency which is a member of the American

23 Consortium on International Public Administration

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

25 of ACIPA costs as determined by the ACIPA, including
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1 any expenses attributable to membership of ACIPA in the

2 International Institute of Administrative Sciences.

3 TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS

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

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

6 vehicles, except for emergency assistance and cleaning as

7 may be provided under regulations relating to parking fa8 cilities for the House of Representatives issued by the

9 Committee on House Administration and for the Senate

10 issued by the Committee on Rules and Administration.

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

12 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the

13 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.

14 SEC. 303. Whenever any office or position not specifi15 cally established by the Legislative Pay Act of 1929 is ap16 propriated for herein or whenever the rate of compensa17 tion or designation of any position appropriated for herein

18 is different from that specifically established for such posi19 tion by such Act, the rate of compensation and the des20 ignation of the position, or either, appropriated for or pro21 vided herein, shall be the permanent law with respect

22 thereto: Provided, That the provisions herein for the var23 ious items of official expenses of Members, officers, and

24 committees of the Senate and House of Representatives,

25 and clerk hire for Senators and Members of the House
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1 of Representatives shall be the permanent law with respect

2 thereto.

3 SEC. 304. The expenditure of any appropriation

4 under this Act for any consulting service through procure5 ment contract, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited

6 to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter

7 of public record and available for public inspection, except

8 where otherwise provided under existing law, or under ex9 isting Executive order issued pursuant to existing law.

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

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

12 60–1 note) is repealed.

13 SEC. 306. Annual and sick leave balances of employ14 ees transferred from the Office of the Director of Non15 legislative and Financial Services, House Postal Oper16 ations, to the Architect of the Capitol, as of October 31,

17 1993, shall be credited to the leave accounts of such per18 sonnel, subject to the provisions of section 6304 of title

19 5, United States Code, upon their transfer to the appro20 priation for House office buildings.

21 SEC. 307. (a) CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT SYS22 TEM.—The first sentence of section 8335(d) of title 5,

23 United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘55’’ and in24 serting ‘‘57’’.
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1 (b) FEDERAL EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT SYSTEM.—

2 (1) Section 8425 of title 5, United States Code, is amend3 ed—

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

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

6 ‘‘member or’’;

7 (B) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub8 section (d); and

9 (C) by inserting after subsection (b) the follow10 ing:

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

12 eligible for immediate retirement under section 8412(d)

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

14 month in which such member becomes 57 years of age

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

16 Capitol Police Board, when in its judgment the public in17 terest so requires, may exempt such a member from auto18 matic separation under this subsection until that member

19 becomes 60 years of age. The Board shall notify the mem20 ber in writing of the date of separation at least 60 days

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

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

23 day of the month in which the 60-day notice expires.’’.
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1 (2) Section 8415(d) of title 5, United States Code,

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

3 (b), or (c)’’.

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

5 EQUIPMENT AND PRODUCTS.—It is the sense of the Con6 gress that, to the greatest extent practicable, all equip7 ment and products purchased with funds made available

8 in this Act should be American-made.

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

10 providing financial assistance to, or entering into any con11 tract with, any entity using funds made available in this

12 Act, the head of each Federal agency, to the greatest ex13 tent practicable, shall provide to such entity a notice de14 scribing the statement made in subsection (a) by the Con15 gress.

16 Ω29æSEC. 309. Section 316 of Public Law 101–302 is

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

18 ‘‘1994’’ and inserting ‘‘1995’’.

19 Ω30æSEC. 310. Provided, That upon enactment of this

20 Act, of the funds appropriated to the Clerk of the House

21 in the Fiscal Year 1986 Urgent Supplemental Appropria22 tions Act, Public Law 99–349, and subsequently transferred

23 to the Architect of the Capitol pursuant to the Legislative

24 Branch Appropriations Act, 1989, Public Law 100–458, for

25 Capitol Complex Security Enhancements, made available
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1 until expended, not to exceed $2,015,000 may be obligated

2 and disbursed for the purchase and installation of x-ray

3 machines and magnetometers.

4 Ω31æSEC. 311. (a) No funds appropriated under this

5 Act may be used to carry out the provisions of section

6 8335(d) or 8425(b) of title 5, United States Code, relating

7 to the mandatory separation of a member of the Capitol

8 Police.

9 (b) Officers mandatorily separated under Public Law

10 101–428 shall be entitled to preferential rehire to the extent

11 qualified for any available positions.

12 Ω32æSEC. 312. The following amounts appropriated

13 under the following headings shall be withheld from obliga14 tion and shall only become available to the extent necessary

15 to cover the costs of increases in pay and allowances author16 ized pursuant to the enactment of H.R. 4539, of the 103d

17 Congress, or pursuant to the pay order of the President or

18 other administrative action pursuant to law:

CAPITOL POLICE BOARD

CAPITOL POLICE

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

OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT

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

CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES ................................................................. 55,000

ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

OFFICE OF THE ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

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

CAPITOL BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

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

CAPITOL GROUNDS ..................................................................... 69,000
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SENATE OFFICE BUILDINGS ....................................................... 280,000

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

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE

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

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

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

OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS

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

BOTANIC GARDEN

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

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

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

COPYRIGHT OFFICE

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

BOOKS FOR THE BLIND AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED

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

ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

LIBRARY BUILDING AND GROUNDS

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

GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE

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

1 Ω33æSEC. 313. ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL HUMAN

2 RESOURCES PROGRAM.—(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section

3 may be cited as the ‘‘Architect of the Capitol Human Re4 sources Act’’.

5 (b) FINDING AND PURPOSE.—

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

7 of the Architect of the Capitol should develop human

8 resources management programs that are consistent

9 with the practices common among other Federal and

10 private sector organizations.

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

12 to require the Architect of the Capitol to establish and
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1 maintain a personnel management system that incor2 porates fundamental principles that exist in other

3 modern personnel systems.

4 (c) PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.—

5 (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Architect of the Cap6 itol shall establish and maintain a personnel manage7 ment system.

8 (2) REQUIREMENTS.—The personnel manage9 ment system shall at a minimum include the follow10 ing:

11 (A) A system which ensures that applicants

12 for employment and employees of the Architect of

13 the Capitol are appointed, promoted, and as14 signed on the basis of merit and fitness after fair

15 and equitable consideration of all applicants and

16 employees through open competition.

17 (B) An equal employment opportunity pro18 gram which includes an affirmative employment

19 program for employees and applicants for em20 ployment, and procedures for monitoring

21 progress by the Architect of the Capitol in ensur22 ing a workforce reflective of the diverse labor

23 force.

24 (C) A system for the classification of posi25 tions which takes into account the difficulty, re-
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1 sponsibility, and qualification requirements of

2 the work performed, and which conforms to the

3 principle of equal pay for substantially equal

4 work.

5 (D) A program for the training of Architect

6 of the Capitol employees which has among its

7 goals improved employee performance and op8 portunities for employee advancement.

9 (E) A formal performance appraisal system

10 which will permit the accurate evaluation of job

11 performance on the basis of objective criteria for

12 all Architect of the Capitol employees.

13 (F) A fair and equitable system to address

14 unacceptable conduct and performance by Archi15 tect of the Capitol employees, including a general

16 statement of violations, sanctions, and proce17 dures which shall be made known to all employ18 ees, and a formal grievance procedure.

19 (G) A program to provide services to deal

20 with mental health, alcohol abuse, drug abuse,

21 and other employee problems, and which ensures

22 employee confidentiality.

23 (H) A formal policy statement regarding

24 the use and accrual of sick and annual leave

25 which shall be made known to all employees, and
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1 which is consistent with the other requirements

2 of this section.

3 (d) IMPLEMENTATION OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT

4 SYSTEM.—

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

6 the Capitol shall—

7 (A) develop a plan for the establishment

8 and maintenance of a personnel management

9 system designed to achieve the requirements of

10 subsection (c);

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

12 House of Representatives, the House Office

13 Building Commission, the Committee on Rules

14 and Administration of the Senate, and the Joint

15 Committee on the Library not later than 12

16 months after the date of enactment of this Act;

17 and

18 (C) implement the plan not later than 90

19 days after the plan is submitted to the Speaker

20 of the House of Representatives, the House Office

21 Building Commission, the Committee on Rules

22 and Administration of the Senate, and the Joint

23 Committee on the Library, as specified in para24 graph (2).
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1 (2) EVALUATION AND REPORTING.—The Archi2 tect of the Capitol shall develop a system of oversight

3 and evaluation to ensure that the personnel manage4 ment system of the Architect of the Capitol achieves

5 the requirements of subsection (c) and complies with

6 all other relevant laws, rules and regulations. The Ar7 chitect of the Capitol shall report to the Speaker of the

8 House of Representatives, the House Office Building

9 Commission, the Committee on Rules and Adminis10 tration of the Senate, and the Joint Committee on the

11 Library on an annual basis the results of its evalua12 tion under this subsection.

13 (3) APPLICATION OF LAWS.—Nothing in this sec14 tion shall be construed to alter or supersede any other

15 provision of law otherwise applicable to the Architect

16 of the Capitol or its employees, unless expressly pro17 vided in this section.

18 (e) DISCRIMINATION COMPLAINT PROCESSING.—

19 (1) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sub20 section:

21 (A) The term ‘‘employee of the Architect of

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

23 (i) any employee of the Architect of the

24 Capitol, the Botanic Garden, or the Senate

25 Restaurants;
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1 (ii) any applicant for a position that

2 is to be occupied by an individual described

3 in subparagraph (A); or

4 (iii) within 180 days after the termi5 nation of employment with the Architect of

6 the Capitol, any individual who was for7 merly an employee described in subpara8 graph (A) and whose claim of a violation

9 arises out of the individual’s employment

10 with the Architect of the Capitol.

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

12 that violates subsection (b) of this section.

13 (2) DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES PROHIBITED.—

14 (A) IN GENERAL.—All personnel actions af15 fecting employees of the Architect of the Capitol

16 shall be made free from any discrimination

17 based on—

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

19 origin, within the meaning of section 717 of

20 the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C.

21 2000e–16);

22 (ii) age, within the meaning of section

23 15 of the Age Discrimination in Employ24 ment Act of 1967 (29 U.S.C. 633a); or
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1 (iii) handicap or disability, within the

2 meaning of section 501 of the Rehabilitation

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

4 102 through 104 of the Americans with Dis5 abilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12112–14).

6 (B) INTIMIDATION PROHIBITED.—Any in7 timidation of, or reprisal against, any employee

8 by the Architect of the Capitol, or by any em9 ployee of the Architect of the Capitol, because of

10 the exercise of a right under this section con11 stitutes an unlawful employment practice, which

12 may be remedied in the same manner as are

13 other violations described in paragraph (1).

14 (3) PROCEDURE FOR CONSIDERATION OF AL15 LEGED VIOLATIONS.—

16 (A) GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE PERSON17 NEL APPEALS BOARD.—(i) Any employee of the

18 Architect of the Capitol alleging a violation of

19 paragraph (2) may file a charge with the Gen20 eral Accounting Office Personnel Appeals Board

21 in accordance with the General Accounting Of22 fice Personnel Act of 1980 (31 U.S.C. 751–55)

23 and regulations of the Board. Such a charge may

24 be filed only after the employee has filed a com25 plaint with the Architect of the Capitol in ac-
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1 cordance with requirements prescribed by the Ar2 chitect of the Capitol and has exhausted all rem3 edies pursuant to such requirements.

4 (ii) The Architect of the Capitol shall carry

5 out any action within its authority that the

6 Board orders under section 4 of the General Ac7 counting Office Personnel Act of 1980 (31 U.S.C.

8 753).

9 (iii) The Architect of the Capitol shall reim10 burse the General Accounting Office for costs in11 curred by the Board in considering charges filed

12 under this subsection.

13 (B) GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE PERSON14 NEL APPEALS BOARD OR OFFICE OF SENATE

15 FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES.—An employee of

16 the Architect of the Capitol who is assigned to

17 the Senate Restaurants or to the Superintendent

18 of the Senate Office Buildings alleging a viola19 tion of subsection (b) may file a charge pursuant

20 to paragraph (1), or may elect to follow the pro21 cedures outlined in the Government Employee

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

23 (4) AMENDMENTS TO THE GENERAL ACCOUNTING

24 OFFICE PERSONNEL ACT OF 1980.—
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1 (A) Section 751(a)(1) of title 31, United

2 States Code, amended by inserting ‘‘or Architect

3 of the Capitol’’ after ‘‘Office’’.

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

5 Code, is amended—

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

7 at the end of the paragraph;

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

9 period and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

10 (iii) by inserting at the end thereof the

11 following:

12 ‘‘(9) an action involving discrimination prohib13 ited under subsection (d)(2) of the Architect of the

14 Capitol Human Resources Act.’’

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

16 Code, is amended—

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

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

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

20 applicant for employment’’ and inserting

21 ‘‘applicant for employment, or employee of

22 the Architect of the Capitol’’.
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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: DONNALD K. ANDERSON,

Clerk.

Passed the Senate June 16 (legislative day, June 7),

1994.

Attest: MARTHA S. POPE,

Secretary.

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