104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1854

AN ACT

Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch

and for other purposes.for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996,
104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1854

AN ACT

Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the

fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, 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, 1996, and for other purposes, namely:
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1 TITLE I—CONGRESSIONAL OPERATIONS

2 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 For salaries and expenses of the House of Rep5 resentatives, $671,561,000, as follows:

6 HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES

7 For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law,

8 $11,271,000, including: Office of the Speaker,

9 $1,478,000, including $25,000 for official expenses of the

10 Speaker; Office of the Majority Floor Leader, $1,470,000,

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

12 Leader; Office of the Minority Floor Leader, $1,480,000,

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

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

15 Deputy Majority Whip, $928,000, including $5,000 for of16 ficial expenses of the Majority Whip; Office of the Minor17 ity Whip, including the Chief Deputy Minority Whip,

18 $918,000, including $5,000 for official expenses of the Mi19 nority Whip; Speaker’s Office for Legislative Floor Activi20 ties, $376,000; Republican Steering Committee,

21 $664,000; Republican Conference, $1,083,000; Demo22 cratic Steering and Policy Committee, $1,181,000; Demo23 cratic Caucus, $566,000; and nine minority employees,

24 $1,127,000.
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1 MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES

2 INCLUDING MEMBERS’ CLERK HIRE, OFFICIAL

3 EXPENSES OF MEMBERS, AND OFFICIAL MAIL

4 For Members’ representational allowances, including

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

6 $360,503,000: Provided, That no such funds shall be used

7 for the purposes of sending unsolicited mass mailings

8 within 90 days before an election in which the Member

9 is a candidate.

10 COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES

11 STANDING COMMITTEES, SPECIAL AND SELECT

12 For salaries and expenses of standing committees,

13 special and select, authorized by House resolutions,

14 $78,629,000.

15 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

16 For salaries and expenses of the Committee on Ap17 propriations, $16,945,000, including studies and examina18 tions of executive agencies and temporary personal serv19 ices for such committee, to be expended in accordance with

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

21 1946 and to be available for reimbursement to agencies

22 for services performed.

23 SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

24 For compensation and expenses of officers and em25 ployees, as authorized by law, $83,733,000, including: for

26 salaries and expenses of the Office of the Clerk, including
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1 not to exceed $1,000 for official representation and recep2 tion expenses, $13,807,000; for salaries and expenses of

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

4 of Superintendent of Garages, and including not to exceed

5 $750 for official representation and reception expenses,

6 $3,410,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the

7 Chief Administrative Officer, $53,556,000, including sala8 ries, expenses and temporary personal services of House

9 Information Systems, $27,500,000, of which $16,000,000

10 is provided herein: Provided, That House Information Sys11 tems is authorized to receive reimbursement from Mem12 bers of the House of Representatives and other govern13 mental entities for services provided and such reimburse14 ment shall be deposited in the Treasury for credit to this

15 account; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the In16 spector General, $3,954,000; for salaries and expenses of

17 the Office of Compliance, $858,000; Office of the Chap18 lain, $126,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of

19 the Parliamentarian, including the Parliamentarian and

20 $2,000 for preparing the Digest of Rules, $1,180,000; for

21 salaries and expenses of the Office of the Law Revision

22 Counsel of the House, $1,700,000; for salaries and ex23 penses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the

24 House, $4,524,000; and other authorized employees,

25 $618,000.
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1 ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES

2 For allowances and expenses as authorized by House

3 resolution or law, $120,480,000, including: supplies, mate4 rials, administrative costs and Federal tort claims,

5 $1,213,000; official mail for committees, leadership of6 fices, and administrative offices of the House, $1,000,000;

7 reemployed annuitants reimbursements, $68,000; Govern8 ment contributions to employees’ life insurance fund, re9 tirement funds, Social Security fund, Medicare fund,

10 health benefits fund, and worker’s and unemployment

11 compensation, $117,541,000; and miscellaneous items in12 cluding purchase, exchange, maintenance, repair and oper13 ation of House motor vehicles, interparliamentary recep14 tions, and gratuities to heirs of deceased employees of the

15 House, $658,000.

16 CHILD CARE CENTER

17 For salaries and expenses of the House of Represent18 atives Child Care Center, such amounts as are deposited

19 in the account established by section 312(d)(1) of the Leg20 islative Branch Appropriations Act, 1992 (40 U.S.C.

21 184g(d)(1)), subject to the level specified in the budget

22 of the Center, as submitted to the Committee on Appro23 priations of the House of Representatives.

24 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

25 SEC. 101. Effective with respect to fiscal years begin26 ning with fiscal year 1995, in the case of mail from outside
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1 sources presented to the Chief Administrative Officer of

2 the House of Representatives (other than mail through the

3 Postal Service and mail with postage otherwise paid) for

4 internal delivery in the House of Representatives, the

5 Chief Administrative Officer is authorized to collect fees

6 equal to the applicable postage. Amounts received by the

7 Chief Administrative Officer as fees under the preceding

8 sentence shall be deposited in the Treasury as miscellane9 ous receipts.

10 SEC. 102. Effective with respect to fiscal years begin11 ning with fiscal year 1995, amounts received by the Chief

12 Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives

13 from the Administrator of General Services for rebates

14 under the Government Travel Charge Card Program shall

15 be deposited in the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.

16 SEC. 103. The provisions of section 223(b) of House

17 Resolution 6, One Hundred Fourth Congress, agreed to

18 January 5 (legislative day, January 4), 1995, establishing

19 the Speaker’s Office for Legislative Floor Activities;

20 House Resolution 7, One Hundred Fourth Congress,

21 agreed to January 5 (legislative day, January 4), 1995,

22 providing for the designation of certain minority employ23 ees; House Resolution 9, One Hundred Fourth Congress,

24 agreed to January 5 (legislative day, January 4), 1995,

25 providing amounts for the Republican Steering Committee
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1 and the Democratic Policy Committee; House Resolution

2 10, One Hundred Fourth Congress, agreed to January 5

3 (legislative day, January 4), 1995, providing for the trans4 fer of two employee positions; and House Resolution 113,

5 One Hundred Fourth Congress, agreed to March 10,

6 1995, providing for the transfer of certain employee posi7 tions shall each be the permanent law with respect thereto.

8 SEC. 104. (a) The five statutory positions specified

9 in subsection (b), subsection (c), and subsection (d) are

10 transferred from the House Republican Conference to the

11 Republican Steering Committee.

12 (b) The first two of the five positions referred to in

13 subsection (a) are—

14 (1) the position established for the chief deputy

15 majority whip by subsection (a) of the first section

16 of House Resolution 393, Ninety-fifth Congress,

17 agreed to March 31, 1977, as enacted into perma18 nent law by section 115 of the Legislative Branch

19 Appropriation Act, 1978 (2 U.S.C. 74a–3); and

20 (2) the position established for the chief deputy

21 majority whip by section 102(a)(4) of the Legislative

22 Branch Appropriations Act, 1990;

23 both of which positions were transferred to the majority

24 leader by House Resolution 10, One Hundred Fourth Con25 gress, agreed to January 5 (legislative day, January 4),
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1 1995, as enacted into permanent law by section 103 of

2 this Act, and both of which positions were further trans3 ferred to the House Republican Conference by House Res4 olution 113, One Hundred Fourth Congress, agreed to

5 March 10, 1995, as enacted into permanent law by section

6 103 of this Act.

7 (c) The second two of the five positions referred to

8 in subsection (a) are the two positions established by sec9 tion 103(a)(2) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations

10 Act, 1986.

11 (d) The fifth of the five positions referred to in sub12 section (a) is the position for the House Republican Con13 ference established by House Resolution 625, Eighty-ninth

14 Congress, agreed to October 22, 1965, as enacted into per15 manent law by section 103 of the Legislative Branch Ap16 propriation Act, 1967.

17 (e) The transfers under this section shall take effect

18 on the date of the enactment of this Act.

19 SEC. 105. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision

20 of law, or any rule, regulation, or other authority, travel

21 for studies and examinations under section 202(b) of the

22 Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 72a(b))

23 shall be governed by applicable laws or regulations of the

24 House of Representatives or as promulgated from time to
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1 time by the Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations

2 of the House of Representatives.

3 (b) Subsection (a) shall take effect on the date of the

4 enactment of this Act and shall apply to travel performed

5 on or after that date.

6 SEC. 106. (a) Notwithstanding the paragraph under

7 the heading ‘‘GENERAL PROVISION’’ in chapter XI of the

8 Third Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1957 (2 U.S.C.

9 102a) or any other provision of law, effective on the date

10 of the enactment of this section, unexpended balances in

11 accounts described in subsection (b) are withdrawn, with

12 unpaid obligations to be liquidated in the manner provided

13 in the second sentence of that paragraph.

14 (b) The accounts referred to in subsection (a) are the

15 House of Representatives legislative service organization

16 revolving accounts under section 311 of the Legislative

17 Branch Appropriations Act, 1994 (2 U.S.C. 96a).

18 SEC. 107. (a) Each fund and account specified in

19 subsection (b) shall be available only to the extent pro20 vided in appropriation Acts.

21 (b) The funds and accounts referred to in subsection

22 (a) are—

23 (1) the revolving fund for the House Barber

24 Shops, established by the paragraph under the head25 ing ‘‘HOUSE BARBER SHOPS REVOLVING FUND’’ in
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1 the matter relating to the House of Representatives

2 in chapter III of title I of the Supplemental Appro3 priations Act, 1975 (Public Law 93–554; 88 Stat.

4 1776);

5 (2) the revolving fund for the House Beauty

6 Shop, established by the matter under the heading

7 ‘‘HOUSE BEAUTY SHOP’’ in the matter relating to

8 administrative provisions for the House of Rep9 resentatives in the Legislative Branch Appropriation

10 Act, 1970 (Public Law 91–145; 83 Stat. 347);

11 (3) the special deposit account established for

12 the House of Representatives Restaurant by section

13 208 of the First Supplemental Civil Functions Ap14 propriation Act, 1941 (40 U.S.C. 174k note); and

15 (4) the revolving fund established for the House

16 Recording Studio by section 105(g) of the Legisla17 tive Branch Appropriation Act, 1957 (2 U.S.C.

18 123b(g)).

19 (c) This section shall take effect on October 1, 1995,

20 and shall apply with respect to fiscal years beginning on

21 or after that date.

22 SEC. 107A. For fiscal year 1996, subject to the direc23 tion of the Committee on House Oversight of the House

24 of Representatives, of the total amount deposited in the

25 account referred to in section 107(b)(3) of this Act from
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1 vending operations of the House of Representatives Res2 taurant System, the cost of goods sold shall be available

3 to pay the cost of inventory for such operations.

4 SEC. 108. The House Employees Position Classifica5 tion Act (2 U.S.C. 291, et seq.) is amended—

6 (1) in section 3(1), by striking out ‘‘Door7 keeper, and the Postmaster,’’ and inserting in lieu

8 thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer, and the In9 spector General’’;

10 (2) in the first sentence of section 4(b), by

11 striking out ‘‘Doorkeeper, and the Postmaster,’’ and

12 inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Offi13 cer, and the Inspector General’’;

14 (3) in section 5(b)(1), by striking out ‘‘Door15 keeper, and the Postmaster’’ and inserting in lieu

16 thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer, and the In17 spector General’’; and

18 (4) in the first sentence of section 5(c), by

19 striking out ‘‘Doorkeeper, and the Postmaster,’’ and

20 inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Offi21 cer, and the Inspector General’’.

22 SEC. 109. (a) Upon the approval of the appropriate

23 employing authority, an employee of the House of Rep24 resentatives who is separated from employment, may be
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1 paid a lump sum for the accrued annual leave of the em2 ployee. The lump sum—

3 (1) shall be paid in an amount not more than

4 the lesser of—

5 (A) the amount of the monthly pay of the

6 employee, as determined by the Chief Adminis7 trative Officer of the House of Representatives;

8 or

9 (B) the amount equal to the monthly pay

10 of the employee, as determined by the Chief Ad11 ministrative Officer of the House of Represent12 atives, divided by 30, and multiplied by the

13 number of days of the accrued annual leave of

14 the employee;

15 (2) shall be paid—

16 (A) for clerk hire employees, from the clerk

17 hire allowance of the Member;

18 (B) for committee employees, from

19 amounts appropriated for committees; and

20 (C) for other employees, from amounts ap21 propriated to the employing authority; and

22 (3) shall be based on the rate of pay in effect

23 with respect to the employee on the last day of em24 ployment of the employee.
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1 (b) The Committee on House Oversight shall have

2 authority to prescribe regulations to carry out this section.

3 (c) As used in this section, the term ‘‘employee of

4 the House of Representatives’’ means an employee whose

5 pay is disbursed by the Clerk of the House of Representa6 tives or the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of

7 Representatives, as applicable, except that such term does

8 not include a uniformed or civilian support employee

9 under the Capitol Police Board.

10 (d) Payments under this section may be made with

11 respect to separations from employment taking place after

12 June 30, 1995.

13 SEC. 110. (a)(1) Effective on the date of the enact14 ment of this Act, the allowances for office personnel and

15 equipment for certain Members of the House of Rep16 resentatives, as adjusted through the day before the date

17 of the enactment of this Act, are further adjusted as speci18 fied in paragraph (2).

19 (2) The further adjustments referred to in paragraph

20 (1) are as follows:

21 (A) The allowance for the majority leader is in22 creased by $167,532.

23 (B) The allowance for the majority whip is de24 creased by $167,532.
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1 (b)(1) Effective on the date of the enactment of this

2 Act, the House of Representatives allowances referred to

3 in paragraph (2), as adjusted through the day before the

4 date of the enactment of this Act, are further adjusted,

5 or are established, as the case may be, as specified in para6 graph (2).

7 (2) The further adjustments and the establishment

8 referred to in paragraph (1) are as follows:

9 (A) The allowance for the Republican Con10 ference is increased by $134,491.

11 (B) The allowance for the Republican Steering

12 Committee is established at $66,995.

13 (C) The allowance for the Democratic Steering

14 and Policy Committee is increased by $201,430.

15 (D) The allowance for the Democratic Caucus

16 is increased by $56.

17 JOINT ITEMS

18 For Joint Committees, as follows:

19 JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE

20 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic

21 Committee, $3,000,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary

22 of the Senate.

23 JOINT COMMITTEE ON PRINTING

24 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

25 For duties formerly carried out by the Joint Commit26 tee on Printing, $750,000, to be divided into equal
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1 amounts and transferred to the Committee on House

2 Oversight of the House of Representatives and the Com3 mittee on Rules and Administration of the Senate. For

4 the purpose of carrying out the functions of the Joint

5 Committee on Printing for the remainder of the One Hun6 dred Fourth Congress only, the rules and structure of the

7 committee will apply.

8 JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION

9 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on

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

11 House.

12 For other joint items, as follows:

13 OFFICE OF THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN

14 For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent ex15 penses of the emergency rooms, and for the Attending

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

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

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

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

20 allowance of $500 per month to one assistant and $400

21 per month each to not to exceed nine assistants on the

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

23 $852,000 for reimbursement to the Department of the

24 Navy for expenses incurred for staff and equipment as25 signed to the Office of the Attending Physician, which
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1 shall be advanced and credited to the applicable appropria2 tion or appropriations from which such salaries, allow3 ances, and other expenses are payable and shall be avail4 able for all the purposes thereof, $1,260,000, to be dis5 bursed by the Clerk of the House.

6 CAPITOL POLICE BOARD

7 CAPITOL POLICE

8 SALARIES

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

12 to wear civilian attire, and Government contributions to

13 employees’ benefits funds, as authorized by law, of offi14 cers, members, and employees of the Capitol Police,

15 $70,132,000, of which $34,213,000 is provided to the Ser16 geant at Arms of the House of Representatives, to be dis17 bursed by the Clerk of the House, and $35,919,000 is pro18 vided to the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Sen19 ate, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate: Pro20 vided, That, of the amounts appropriated under this head21 ing, such amounts as may be necessary may be transferred

22 between the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Represent23 atives and the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the

24 Senate, upon approval of the Committee on Appropria-
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1 tions of the House of Representatives and the Committee

2 on Appropriations of the Senate.

3 GENERAL EXPENSES

4 For the Capitol Police Board for necessary expenses

5 of the Capitol Police, including motor vehicles, commu6 nications and other equipment, uniforms, weapons, sup7 plies, materials, training, medical services, forensic serv8 ices, stenographic services, the employee assistance pro9 gram, not more than $2,000 for the awards program,

10 postage, telephone service, travel advances, relocation of

11 instructor and liaison personnel for the Federal Law En12 forcement Training Center, and $85 per month for extra

13 services performed for the Capitol Police Board by an em14 ployee of the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate or the House

15 of Representatives designated by the Chairman of the

16 Board, $2,560,000, to be disbursed by the Clerk of the

17 House of Representatives: Provided, That, notwithstand18 ing any other provision of law, the cost of basic training

19 for the Capitol Police at the Federal Law Enforcement

20 Training Center for fiscal year 1996 shall be paid by the

21 Secretary of the Treasury from funds available to the De22 partment of the Treasury.

23 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

24 SEC. 111. Amounts appropriated for fiscal year 1996

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

26 POLICE’’ may be transferred between the headings ‘‘SALA-
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1 RIES’’ and ‘‘GENERAL EXPENSES’’, upon approval of the

2 Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the

3 House of Representatives.

4 CAPITOL GUIDE SERVICE AND SPECIAL SERVICES

5 OFFICE

6 For salaries and expenses of the Capitol Guide Serv7 ice and Special Services Office, $1,991,000, to be dis8 bursed by the Secretary of the Senate: Provided, That

9 none of these funds shall be used to employ more than

10 forty individuals: Provided further, That the Capitol Guide

11 Board is authorized, during emergencies, to employ not

12 more than two additional individuals for not more than

13 one hundred twenty days each, and not more than ten ad14 ditional individuals for not more than six months each,

15 for the Capitol Guide Service.

16 STATEMENTS OF APPROPRIATIONS

17 For the preparation, under the direction of the Com18 mittees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House

19 of Representatives, of the statements for the first session

20 of the One Hundred Fourth Congress, showing appropria21 tions made, indefinite appropriations, and contracts au22 thorized, together with a chronological history of the regu23 lar appropriations bills as required by law, $30,000, to be

24 paid to the persons designated by the chairmen of such

25 committees to supervise the work.
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

2 SEC. 112. (a) Section 441 of the Legislative Reorga3 nization Act of 1970 (40 U.S.C. 851) is amended by add4 ing at the end the following new subsection:

5 ‘‘(k) In addition to any other function under this sec6 tion, the Capitol Guide Service shall provide special serv7 ices to Members of Congress, and to officers, employees,

8 and guests of Congress.’’.

9 (b) Section 310 of the Legislative Branch Appropria10 tions Act, 1990 (2 U.S.C. 130e) is repealed.

11 (c) The amendment made by subsection (a) and the

12 repeal made by subsection (b) shall take effect on October

13 1, 1995.

14 CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 For salaries and expenses necessary to carry out the

17 provisions of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (Pub18 lic Law 93–344), including not to exceed $2,500 to be ex19 pended on the certification of the Director of the Congres20 sional Budget Office in connection with official representa21 tion and reception expenses, $23,188,000: Provided, That

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

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

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

25 or expenses of any employee of the Congressional Budget
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1 Office in excess of 219 full-time equivalent positions: Pro2 vided further, That any sale or lease of property, supplies,

3 or services to the Congressional Budget Office shall be

4 deemed to be a sale or lease of such property, supplies,

5 or services to the Congress subject to section 903 of Public

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

7 Congressional Budget Office shall have the authority,

8 within the limits of available appropriations, to dispose of

9 surplus or obsolete personal property by inter-agency

10 transfer, donation, or discarding.

11 In addition, for salaries and expenses of the Congres12 sional Budget Office necessary to carry out the provisions

13 of title I of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995

14 (Public Law 104–4), as authorized by section 109 of such

15 Act, $1,100,000.

16 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

17 SEC. 113. Section 8402(c) of title 5, United States

18 Code, is amended—

19 (1) by redesignating paragraph (7) as para20 graph (8); and

21 (2) by inserting after paragraph (6) the follow22 ing:

23 ‘‘(7) The Director of the Congressional Budget Office

24 may exclude from the operation of this chapter an em-
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1 ployee under the Congressional Budget Office whose em2 ployment is temporary or intermittent.’’.

3 ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

4 OFFICE OF THE ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

5 SALARIES

6 For the Architect of the Capitol, the Assistant Archi7 tect of the Capitol, and other personal services, at rates

8 of pay provided by law, $8,569,000.

9 TRAVEL

10 Appropriations under the control of the Architect of

11 the Capitol shall be available for expenses of travel on offi12 cial business not to exceed in the aggregate under all

13 funds the sum of $20,000.

14 CONTINGENT EXPENSES

15 To enable the Architect of the Capitol to make sur16 veys and studies, and to meet unforeseen expenses in con17 nection with activities under his care, $100,000.

18 CAPITOL BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

19 CAPITOL BUILDINGS

20 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care

21 and operation of the Capitol and electrical substations of

22 the Senate and House office buildings, under the jurisdic23 tion of the Architect of the Capitol, including furnishings

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

25 official reception and representation expenses, to be ex-
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1 pended as the Architect of the Capitol may approve; pur2 chase or exchange, maintenance and operation of a pas3 senger motor vehicle; and attendance, when specifically

4 authorized by the Architect of the Capitol, at meetings or

5 conventions in connection with subjects related to work

6 under the Architect of the Capitol, $22,832,000, of which

7 $3,000,000 shall remain available until expended.

8 CAPITOL GROUNDS

9 For all necessary expenses for care and improvement

10 of grounds surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House

11 office buildings, and the Capitol Power Plant, $5,143,000,

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

13 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS

14 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care

15 and operation of the House office buildings, $33,001,000,

16 of which $5,261,000 shall remain available until expended.

17 CAPITOL POWER PLANT

18 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care

19 and operation of the Capitol Power Plant; lighting, heat20 ing, power (including the purchase of electrical energy)

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

22 House office buildings, Library of Congress buildings, and

23 the grounds about the same, Botanic Garden, Senate ga24 rage, and air conditioning refrigeration not supplied from

25 plants in any of such buildings; heating the Government
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1 Printing Office and Washington City Post Office, and

2 heating and chilled water for air conditioning for the Su3 preme Court Building, Union Station complex, Thurgood

4 Marshall Federal Judiciary Building and the Folger

5 Shakespeare Library, expenses for which shall be ad6 vanced or reimbursed upon request of the Architect of the

7 Capitol and amounts so received shall be deposited into

8 the Treasury to the credit of this appropriation,

9 $32,578,000: Provided, That not to exceed $4,000,000 of

10 the funds credited or to be reimbursed to this appropria11 tion as herein provided shall be available for obligation

12 during fiscal year 1996.

13 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

14 CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions

17 of section 203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of

18 1946 (2 U.S.C. 166) and to revise and extend the Anno19 tated Constitution of the United States of America,

20 $75,083,000: Provided, That no part of this appropriation

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

22 with any publication, or preparation of material therefor

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

24 by the Library of Congress unless such publication has

25 obtained prior approval of either the Committee on House
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1 Oversight of the House of Representatives or the Commit2 tee on Rules and Administration of the Senate: Provided

3 further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law,

4 the compensation of the Director of the Congressional Re5 search Service, Library of Congress, shall be at an annual

6 rate which is equal to the annual rate of basic pay for

7 positions at level IV of the Executive Schedule under sec8 tion 5315 of title 5, United States Code.

9 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

10 CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING AND BINDING

11 For authorized printing and binding for the Congress

12 and the distribution of Congressional information in any

13 format; printing and binding for the Architect of the Cap14 itol; expenses necessary for preparing the semimonthly

15 and session index to the Congressional Record, as author16 ized by law (44 U.S.C. 902); printing and binding of Gov17 ernment publications authorized by law to be distributed

18 to Members of Congress; and printing, binding, and dis19 tribution of Government publications authorized by law to

20 be distributed without charge to the recipient,

21 $88,281,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall not

22 be available for paper copies of the permanent edition of

23 the Congressional Record for individual Senators, Rep24 resentatives, Resident Commissioners or Delegates au25 thorized under 44 U.S.C. 906: Provided further, That this
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1 appropriation shall be available for the payment of obliga2 tions incurred under the appropriations for similar pur3 poses for preceding fiscal years.

4 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Congressional Oper5 ations Appropriations Act, 1996’’.

6 TITLE II—OTHER AGENCIES

7 BOTANIC GARDEN

8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

9 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care

10 and operation of the Botanic Garden and the nurseries,

11 buildings, grounds, and collections; and purchase and ex12 change, maintenance, repair, and operation of a passenger

13 motor vehicle; all under the direction of the Joint Commit14 tee on the Library, $3,053,000.

15 CONSERVATORY RENOVATION

16 For renovation of the Conservatory of the Botanic

17 Garden, $7,000,000, to be available to the Architect of

18 the Capitol without fiscal year limitation: Provided, That

19 the total amount appropriated for such renovation for this

20 fiscal year and later fiscal years may not exceed

21 $21,000,000.

22 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

23 SEC. 201. (a) Section 201 of the Legislative Branch

24 Appropriations Act, 1993 (40 U.S.C. 216c note) is amend-
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1 ed by striking out ‘‘$6,000,000’’ each place it appears and

2 inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘$10,000,000’’.

3 (b) Section 307E(a)(1) of the Legislative Branch Ap4 propriations Act, 1989 (40 U.S.C. 216c(a)(1)) is amended

5 by striking out ‘‘plans’’ and inserting in lieu thereof

6 ‘‘plants’’.

7 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

9 For necessary expenses of the Library of Congress,

10 not otherwise provided for, including development and

11 maintenance of the Union Catalogs; custody and custodial

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

13 laundering and repair of uniforms; preservation of motion

14 pictures in the custody of the Library; preparation and

15 distribution of catalog cards and other publications of the

16 Library; hire or purchase of one passenger motor vehicle;

17 and expenses of the Library of Congress Trust Fund

18 Board not properly chargeable to the income of any trust

19 fund held by the Board, $195,076,000 (less $1,165,000),

20 of which not more than $7,869,000 shall be derived from

21 collections credited to this appropriation during fiscal year

22 1996 under the Act of June 28, 1902 (chapter 1301; 32

23 Stat. 480; 2 U.S.C. 150): Provided, That the total amount

24 available for obligation shall be reduced by the amount

25 by which collections are less than the $7,869,000: Pro-
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1 vided further, That of the total amount appropriated,

2 $8,458,000 is to remain available until expended for ac3 quisition of books, periodicals, and newspapers, and all

4 other materials including subscriptions for bibliographic

5 services for the Library, including $40,000 to be available

6 solely for the purchase, when specifically approved by the

7 Librarian, of special and unique materials for additions

8 to the collections.

9 COPYRIGHT OFFICE

10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

11 For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, in12 cluding publication of the decisions of the United States

13 courts involving copyrights, $30,818,000, of which not

14 more than $16,840,000 shall be derived from collections

15 credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 1996

16 under 17 U.S.C. 708(c), and not more than $2,990,000

17 shall be derived from collections during fiscal year 1996

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

19 Provided, That the total amount available for obligation

20 shall be reduced by the amount by which collections are

21 less than $19,830,000: Provided further, That up to

22 $100,000 of the amount appropriated is available for the

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

24 the Copyright Office of the Library of Congress for the

25 purpose of training nationals of developing countries in
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1 intellectual property laws and policies: Provided further,

2 That not to exceed $2,250 may be expended on the certifi3 cation of the Librarian of Congress or his designee, in con4 nection with official representation and reception expenses

5 for activities of the International Copyright Institute.

6 BOOKS FOR THE BLIND AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 For salaries and expenses to carry out the provisions

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

10 2 U.S.C. 135a), $44,951,000, of which $11,694,000 shall

11 remain available until expended.

12 FURNITURE AND FURNISHINGS

13 For necessary expenses for the purchase and repair

14 of furniture, furnishings, office and library equipment,

15 $4,882,000, of which $943,000 shall be available until ex16 pended only for the purchase and supply of furniture,

17 shelving, furnishings, and related costs necessary for the

18 renovation and restoration of the Thomas Jefferson and

19 John Adams Library buildings.

20 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

21 SEC. 202. Appropriations in this Act available to the

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

23 to exceed $194,290, of which $58,100 is for the Congres24 sional Research Service, when specifically authorized by

25 the Librarian, for attendance at meetings concerned with
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1 the function or activity for which the appropriation is

2 made.

3 SEC. 203. (a) No part of the funds appropriated in

4 this Act shall be used by the Library of Congress to ad5 minister any flexible or compressed work schedule which—

6 (1) applies to any manager or supervisor in

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

8 higher than GS–15; and

9 (2) grants such manager or supervisor the

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

11 workday because of time worked by the manager or

12 supervisor on another workday.

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

14 or supervisor’’ means any management official or super15 visor, as such terms are defined in section 7103(a) (10)

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

17 SEC. 204. Appropriated funds received by the Library

18 of Congress from other Federal agencies to cover general

19 and administrative overhead costs generated by perform20 ing reimbursable work for other agencies under the au21 thority of 31 U.S.C. 1535 and 1536 shall not be used to

22 employ more than 65 employees and may be expended or

23 obligated—
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1 (1) in the case of a reimbursement, only to

2 such extent or in such amounts as are provided in

3 appropriations Acts; or

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

5 only—

6 (A) to pay for such general or adminis7 trative overhead costs as are attributable to the

8 work performed for such agency; or

9 (B) to such extent or in such amounts

10 as are provided in appropriations Acts, with re11 spect to any purpose not allowable under sub12 paragraph (A).

13 SEC. 205. Not to exceed $5,000 of any funds appro14 priated to the Library of Congress may be expended, on

15 the certification of the Librarian of Congress, in connec16 tion with official representation and reception expenses for

17 the Library of Congress incentive awards program.

18 SEC. 206. Not to exceed $12,000 of funds appro19 priated to the Library of Congress may be expended, on

20 the certification of the Librarian of Congress or his des21 ignee, in connection with official representation and recep22 tion expenses for the Overseas Field Offices.

23 SEC. 207. Under the heading ‘‘Library of Congress’’

24 obligational authority shall be available, in an amount not

25 to exceed $86,912,000 for reimbursable and revolving
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1 fund activities, and $5,667,000 for non-expenditure trans2 fer activities in support of parliamentary development dur3 ing the current fiscal year.

4 SEC. 208. Notwithstanding this or any other Act,

5 obligational authority under the heading ‘‘Library of Con6 gress’’ for activities in support of parliamentary develop7 ment is prohibited, except for Russia, Ukraine, Albania,

8 Slovakia, and Romania, for other than incidental pur9 poses.

10 SEC. 209. (a) Section 206 of the Legislative Branch

11 Appropriations Act, 1994 (2 U.S.C. 132a–1) is amended

12 by striking out ‘‘Effective’’ and all that follows through

13 ‘‘provided’’, and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Obligations for

14 reimbursable activities and revolving fund activities per15 formed by the Library of Congress and obligations exceed16 ing $100,000 for a fiscal year for any single gift fund ac17 tivity or trust fund activity performed by the Library of

18 Congress are limited to the amounts provided for such

19 purposes’’.

20 (b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take

21 effect on October 1, 1996, and shall apply with respect

22 to fiscal years beginning on or after that date.
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1 ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

2 LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

3 STRUCTURAL AND MECHANICAL CARE

4 For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and

5 structural maintenance, care and operation of the Library

6 buildings and grounds, $12,428,000, of which $3,710,000

7 shall remain available until expended.

8 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

9 OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS

10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

11 For expenses of the Office of Superintendent of Doc12 uments necessary to provide for the cataloging and index13 ing of Government publications and their distribution to

14 the public, Members of Congress, other Government agen15 cies, and designated depository and international exchange

16 libraries as authorized by law, $16,312,000: Provided,

17 That travel expenses, including travel expenses of the De18 pository Library Council to the Public Printer, shall not

19 exceed $130,000: Provided further, That funds, not to ex20 ceed $2,000,000, from current year appropriations are au21 thorized for producing and disseminating Congressional

22 Serial Sets and other related Congressional/non-Congres23 sional publications for 1994 and 1995 to depository and

24 other designated libraries.
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

2 SEC. 210. The last paragraph of section 1903 of title

3 44, United States Code, is amended by striking out the

4 last sentence and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

5 ‘‘The cost of production and distribution for publications

6 distributed to depository libraries—

7 ‘‘(1) in paper or microfiche formats, whether or

8 not such publications are requisitioned from or

9 through the Government Printing Office, shall be

10 borne by the components of the Government respon11 sible for their issuance; and

12 ‘‘(2) in other than paper or microfiche for13 mats—

14 ‘‘(A) if such publications are requisitioned

15 from or through the Government Printing Of16 fice, shall be charged to appropriations provided

17 to the Superintendent of Documents for that

18 purpose; and

19 ‘‘(B) if such publications are obtained else20 where than from the Government Printing Of21 fice, shall be borne by the components of the

22 Government responsible for their issuance.’’.

23 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE REVOLVING FUND

24 The Government Printing Office is hereby authorized

25 to make such expenditures, within the limits of funds
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1 available and in accord with the law, and to make such

2 contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year

3 limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government

4 Corporation Control Act as may be necessary in carrying

5 out the programs and purposes set forth in the budget

6 for the current fiscal year for the Government Printing

7 Office revolving fund: Provided, That not to exceed $2,500

8 may be expended on the certification of the Public Printer

9 in connection with official representation and reception ex10 penses: Provided further, That the revolving fund shall be

11 available for the hire or purchase of passenger motor vehi12 cles, not to exceed a fleet of twelve: Provided further, That

13 expenditures in connection with travel expenses of the ad14 visory councils to the Public Printer shall be deemed nec15 essary to carry out the provisions of title 44, United States

16 Code: Provided further, That the revolving fund shall be

17 available for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 but

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

19 equivalent to the rate for level V of the Executive Schedule

20 (5 U.S.C. 5316): Provided further, That the revolving fund

21 and the funds provided under the headings ‘‘OFFICE OF

22 SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS’’ and ‘‘SALARIES AND

23 EXPENSES’’ together may not be available for the full-time

24 equivalent employment of more than 3,550 workyears:

25 Provided further, That activities financed through the re-
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1 volving fund may provide information in any format: Pro2 vided further, That the revolving fund shall not be used

3 to administer any flexible or compressed work schedule

4 which applies to any manager or supervisor in a position

5 the grade or level of which is equal to or higher than GS–

6 15: Provided further, That expenses for attendance at

7 meetings shall not exceed $75,000.

8 GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 For necessary expenses of the General Accounting

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

12 the certification of the Comptroller General of the United

13 States in connection with official representation and recep14 tion expenses; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 but

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

16 equivalent to the rate for level IV of the Executive Sched17 ule (5 U.S.C. 5315); hire of one passenger motor vehicle;

18 advance payments in foreign countries in accordance with

19 31 U.S.C. 3324; benefits comparable to those payable

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

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

22 4081(8)); and under regulations prescribed by the Comp23 troller General of the United States, rental of living quar24 ters in foreign countries and travel benefits comparable

25 with those which are now or hereafter may be granted sin-
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1 gle employees of the Agency for International Develop2 ment, including single Foreign Service personnel assigned

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

4 International Development—or his designee—under the

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

6 of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2396(b)); $392,864,000: Provided,

7 That not more than $400,000 of reimbursements received

8 incident to the operation of the General Accounting Office

9 Building shall be available for use in fiscal year 1996: Pro10 vided further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 9105 here11 after amounts reimbursed to the Comptroller General pur12 suant to that section shall be deposited to the appropria13 tion of the General Accounting Office then available and

14 remain available until expended, and not more than

15 $8,000,000 of such funds shall be available for use in fis16 cal year 1996: Provided further, That this appropriation

17 and appropriations for administrative expenses of any

18 other department or agency which is a member of the

19 Joint Financial Management Improvement Program

20 (JFMIP) shall be available to finance an appropriate

21 share of JFMIP costs as determined by the JFMIP, in22 cluding the salary of the Executive Director and secretar23 ial support: Provided further, That this appropriation and

24 appropriations for administrative expenses of any other

25 department or agency which is a member of the National
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1 Intergovernmental Audit Forum or a Regional Intergov2 ernmental Audit Forum shall be available to finance an

3 appropriate share of Forum costs as determined by the

4 Forum, including necessary travel expenses of non-Federal

5 participants. Payments hereunder to either the Forum or

6 the JFMIP may be credited as reimbursements to any ap7 propriation from which costs involved are initially fi8 nanced: Provided further, That to the extent that funds

9 are otherwise available for obligation, agreements or con10 tracts for the removal of asbestos, and renovation of the

11 building and building systems (including the heating, ven12 tilation and air conditioning system, electrical system and

13 other major building systems) of the General Accounting

14 Office Building may be made for periods not exceeding

15 five years: Provided further, That this appropriation and

16 appropriations for administrative expenses of any other

17 department or agency which is a member of the American

18 Consortium on International Public Administration

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

20 of ACIPA costs as determined by the ACIPA, including

21 any expenses attributable to membership of ACIPA in the

22 International Institute of Administrative Sciences.

23 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

24 SEC. 211. (a) Effective June 30, 1996, the functions

25 of the Comptroller General identified in subsection (b) are
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1 transferred to the Director of the Office of Management

2 and Budget, contingent upon the additional transfer to the

3 Office of Management and Budget of such personnel,

4 budget authority, records, and property of the General Ac5 counting Office relating to such functions as the Comp6 troller General and the Director jointly determine to be

7 necessary. The Director may delegate any such function,

8 in whole or in part, to any other agency or agencies if

9 the Director determines that such delegation would be

10 cost-effective or otherwise in the public interest, and may

11 transfer to such agency or agencies any personnel, budget

12 authority, records, and property received by the Director

13 pursuant to the preceding sentence that relate to the dele14 gated functions. Personnel transferred pursuant to this

15 provision shall not be separated or reduced in classifica16 tion or compensation for one year after any such transfer,

17 except for cause.

18 (b) The following provisions of the United States

19 Code contain the functions to be transferred pursuant to

20 subsection (a): sections 5564 and 5583 of title 5; sections

21 2312, 2575, 2733, 2734, 2771, 4712, and 9712 of title

22 10; sections 1626 and 4195 of title 22; section 420 of title

23 24; sections 2414 and 2517 of title 28; sections 1304,

24 3702, 3726, and 3728 of title 31; sections 714 and 715
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1 of title 32; section 554 of title 37; section 5122 of title

2 38; and section 256a of title 41.

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 Oversight and for the Senate issued

10 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. (a) It is the sense of the Congress that,

11 to the greatest extent practicable, all equipment and prod12 ucts purchased with funds made available in this Act

13 should be American-made.

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

15 into any contract with, any entity using funds made avail16 able in this Act, the head of each Federal agency, to the

17 greatest extent practicable, shall provide to such entity a

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

19 the Congress.

20 SEC. 306. (a) Upon approval of the Committee on

21 Appropriations of the House of Representatives, and in

22 accordance with conditions determined by the Committee

23 on House Oversight, positions in connection with House

24 parking activities and related funding shall be transferred

25 from the appropriation ‘‘Architect of the Capitol, Capitol
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1 buildings and grounds, House office buildings’’ to the ap2 propriation ‘‘House of Representatives, salaries, officers

3 and employees, Office of the Sergeant at Arms’’: Provided,

4 That the position of Superintendent of Garages shall be

5 subject to authorization in annual appropriation Acts.

6 (b) For purposes of section 8339(m) of title 5, United

7 States Code, the days of unused sick leave to the credit

8 of any such employee as of the date such employee is

9 transferred under subsection (a) shall be included in the

10 total service of such employee in connection with the com11 putation of any annuity under subsections (a) through (e)

12 and (o) of such section.

13 (c) In the case of days of annual leave to the credit

14 of any such employee as of the date such employee is

15 transferred under subsection (a) the Architect of the Cap16 itol is authorized to make a lump sum payment to each

17 such employee for that annual leave. No such payment

18 shall be considered a payment or compensation within the

19 meaning of any law relating to dual compensation.

20 SEC. 307. None of the funds made available in this

21 Act may be used for the relocation of the office of any

22 Member of the House of Representatives within the House

23 office buildings.

24 SEC. 308. (a)(1) Effective October 1, 1995, the unex25 pended balances of appropriations specified in paragraph
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1 (2) are transferred to the appropriation for general ex2 penses of the Capitol Police, to be used for design and

3 installation of security systems for the Capitol buildings

4 and grounds.

5 (2) The unexpended balances referred to in para6 graph (1) are—

7 (A) the unexpended balance of appropriations

8 for security installations, as referred to in the para9 graph under the heading ‘‘CAPITOL BUILDINGS’’,

10 under the general headings ‘‘JOINT ITEMS’’, ‘‘AR11 CHITECT OF THE CAPITOL’’, and ‘‘CAPITOL

12 BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS’’ in title I of the Legisla13 tive Branch Appropriations Act, 1995 (108 Stat.

14 1434), including any unexpended balance from a

15 prior fiscal year and any unexpended balance under

16 such headings in this Act; and

17 (B) the unexpended balance of the appropria18 tion for an improved security plan, as transferred to

19 the Architect of the Capitol by section 102 of the

20 Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1989 (102

21 Stat. 2165).

22 (b) Effective October 1, 1995, the responsibility for

23 design and installation of security systems for the Capitol

24 buildings and grounds is transferred from the Architect

25 of the Capitol to the Capitol Police Board. Such design
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1 and installation shall be carried out under the direction

2 of the Committee on House Oversight of the House of

3 Representatives and the Committee on Rules and Admin4 istration of the Senate, and without regard to section 3709

5 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (41 U.S.C.

6 5). On and after October 1, 1995, any alteration to a

7 structural, mechanical, or architectural feature of the Cap8 itol buildings and grounds that is required for a security

9 system under the preceding sentence may be carried out

10 only with the approval of the Architect of the Capitol.

11 (c)(1) Effective October 1, 1995, all positions speci12 fied in paragraph (2) and each individual holding any such

13 position (on a permanent basis) immediately before that

14 date, as identified by the Architect of the Capitol, shall

15 be transferred to the Capitol Police.

16 (2) The positions referred to in paragraph (1) are

17 those positions which, immediately before October 1,

18 1995, are—

19 (A) under the Architect of the Capitol;

20 (B) within the Electronics Engineering Division

21 of the Office of the Architect of the Capitol; and

22 (C) related to the design or installation of secu23 rity systems for the Capitol buildings and grounds.

24 (3) All annual leave and sick leave standing to the

25 credit of an individual immediately before such individual
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1 is transferred under paragraph (1) shall be credited to

2 such individual, without adjustment, in the new position

3 of the individual.

4 SEC. 309. (a) Section 230(a) of the Congressional Ac5 countability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1371(a)) is amended

6 by striking out ‘‘Administrative Conference of the United

7 States’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Board’’.

8 (b) Section 230(d)(1) of the Congressional Account9 ability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1371(d)(1)) is amended—

10 (1) by striking out ‘‘Administrative Conference

11 of the United States’’ and inserting in lieu thereof

12 ‘‘Board’’; and

13 (2) by striking out ‘‘and shall submit the study

14 and recommendations to the Board’’.

15 SEC. 310. Section 122(d) of the Military Construc16 tion Appropriations Act, 1994 (Public Law 103–110; 2

17 U.S.C. 141 note) is amended by adding at the end the

18 following new sentence: ‘‘The Provost Marshal (U.S. Army

19 Military Police), Fort George G. Meade, is authorized to

20 police the real property, including improvements thereon,

21 transferred under subsection (a), and to make arrests on

22 the said real property and within any improvements situ23 ated thereon for any violation of any law of the United

24 States, the District of Columbia, or any State, or of any

25 regulation promulgated pursuant thereto, and such au-
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1 thority shall be construed as authorizing the Provost Mar2 shal, with the consent or upon the request of the Librarian

3 of Congress or his assistants, to enter any improvements

4 situated on the said real property that are under the juris5 diction of the Library of Congress to make arrests or to

6 patrol such structures.’’.

7 SEC. 311. (a)(1) Effective as prescribed by paragraph

8 (2), the administrative jurisdiction over the property de9 scribed in subsection (b), known as the Botanic Garden,

10 is transferred, without reimbursement, to the Secretary of

11 Agriculture. After such transfer, the Botanic Garden shall

12 continue as a scientific display garden to inform and edu13 cate visitors and the public as to the value of plants to

14 the well-being of humankind and the natural environment.

15 (2) The transfer referred to in paragraph (1) shall

16 take effect—

17 (A) on October 1, 1996, with respect to the

18 property described in subsection (b)(1)(A); and

19 (B) on the later of October 31, 1996, or the

20 date of the conveyance described in subsection

21 (b)(1)(B), with respect to the property described in

22 that subsection.

23 (b)(1) The property referred to in subsection (a)(1)

24 is the property consisting of—
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1 (A) Square 576 in the District of Columbia

2 (bounded by Maryland Avenue on the north, First

3 Street on the east, Independence Avenue on the

4 south, and Third Street on the west) and Square

5 578 in the District of Columbia (bounded by Inde6 pendence Avenue on the north, First Street on the

7 east, and Washington Avenue on the southwest),

8 other than the property included in the Capitol

9 Grounds by paragraph (20) of the first section of

10 Public Law 96–432 (40 U.S.C. 193a note);

11 (B) the site known as the Botanic Garden

12 Nursery at D.C. Village, consisting of 25 acres lo13 cated at 4701 Shepherd Parkway, S.W., Washing14 ton, D.C. (formerly part of a tract of land known as

15 Parcel 253/26), which site is to be conveyed by the

16 District of Columbia to the Architect of the Capitol

17 pursuant to Public Law 98–340 (40 U.S.C. 215

18 note);

19 (C) all buildings, structures, and other improve20 ments located on the property described in subpara21 graphs (A) and (B), respectively; and

22 (D) all equipment and other personal property

23 that, immediately before the transfer under this sec24 tion, is located on the property described in subpara25 graphs (A) and (B), respectively, and is under the
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1 control of the Architect of the Capitol, acting under

2 the direction of the Joint Committee on the Library.

3 (c) Not later than the date of the conveyance to the

4 Architect of the Capitol of the property described in sub5 section (b)(1)(B), the Architect of the Capitol and the Sec6 retary of Agriculture shall enter into an agreement to per7 mit the retention by the Architect of the Capitol of a por8 tion of that property for legislative branch storage and

9 support facilities and expansion of such facilities, and fa10 cilities to be developed for use by the Capitol Police.

11 (d)(1) Effective October 1, 1996, all employee posi12 tions specified in paragraph (2) and each individual hold13 ing any such position (on a permanent basis) immediately

14 before the transfer, as identified by the Architect of the

15 Capitol, shall be transferred to the Department of Agri16 culture.

17 (2) The employee positions referred to in paragraph

18 (1) are those positions which, immediately before October

19 1, 1996, are under the Architect of the Capitol and are

20 primarily related to the functions of the Botanic Garden.

21 (3) All annual leave and sick leave standing to the

22 credit of an individual immediately before such individual

23 is transferred under paragraph (1) shall be credited to

24 such individual, without adjustment, in the new position

25 of the individual.
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1 (e)(1) Notwithstanding the transfer under this sec2 tion, and without regard to the laws specified in paragraph

3 (2), the Architect of the Capitol shall retain full authority

4 for completing, under plans approved by the Architect, the

5 National Garden authorized by section 307E of the Legis6 lative Branch Appropriations Act, 1989 (40 U.S.C. 216c),

7 including the renovation of the Conservatory of the Bo8 tanic Garden under section 209(b) of Public Law 102–

9 229 (40 U.S.C. 216c note). In carrying out the preceding

10 sentence, the Architect—

11 (A) shall have full responsibility for design, con12 struction management and supervision, and accept13 ance of gifts;

14 (B) shall inform the Secretary of Agriculture

15 from time to time of the progress of the work in16 volved; and

17 (C) shall notify the Secretary of Agriculture

18 when, as determined by the Architect, the National

19 Garden, including the renovation of the Conserv20 atory of the Botanic Garden, is complete.

21 (2) The laws referred to in paragraph (1) are section

22 2 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act providing for a comprehen23 sive development of the park and playground system of

24 the National Capital.’’, approved June 6, 1924 (40 U.S.C.

25 71a), and the first section of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act
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1 establishing a Commission of Fine Arts.’’, approved May

2 17, 1910 (40 U.S.C. 104).

3 (f)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), effective

4 October 1, 1996, the unexpended balances of appropria5 tions for the Botanic Garden are transferred to the Sec6 retary of Agriculture.

7 (2) Any unexpended balances of appropriations for

8 completion of the National Garden, including the Conserv9 atory of the Botanic Garden, under subsection (e) shall

10 remain under the Architect of the Capitol.

11 (g) After the transfer under this section—

12 (1) under such terms and conditions as the Sec13 retary of Agriculture may impose, including a re14 quirement for payment of fees for the benefit of the

15 Botanic Garden, the National Garden and the Con16 servatory of the Botanic Garden shall be available

17 for receptions sponsored by Members of Congress;

18 and

19 (2) the Secretary of Agriculture, through the

20 Botanic Garden, shall continue, with reimbursement,

21 to propagate and provide such plant materials as the

22 Architect may require for the United States Capitol

23 Grounds, and such indoor plant materials and cut

24 flowers as are authorized by policies of the House of

25 Representatives and the Senate.
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1 SEC. 312. Any amount appropriated in this Act for

2 ‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—Salaries and Ex3 penses—Members’ Representational Allowances’’ shall be

4 available only for fiscal year 1996. Any amount remaining

5 after all payments are made under such allowances for

6 such fiscal year shall be deposited in the Treasury, to be

7 used for deficit reduction.

8 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative Branch Ap9 propriations Act, 1996’’.

Passed the House of Representatives June 22, 1995.

Attest:

Clerk.