Calendar No. 147

104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1854

[Report No. 104–114]

AN ACT

Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch

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

JULY 18 (legislative day, JULY 10), 1995

Reported with amendments
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Calendar No. 147

104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1854

[Report No. 104–114]

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JUNE 23 (legislative day, JUNE 19), 1995

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations

JULY 18 (legislative day, JULY 10), 1995

Reported by Mr. MACK, with amendments

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

AN ACT

Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the

fiscal year ending September 30, 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 SENATE

3 EXPENSE ALLOWANCES

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

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

6 Leader of the Senate, $10,000; Minority Leader of the Sen7 ate, $10,000; Majority Whip of the Senate, $5,000; Minority

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

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

10 Chairman; in all, $56,000.

11 REPRESENTATION ALLOWANCES FOR THE MAJORITY AND

12 MINORITY LEADERS

13 For representation allowances of the Majority and Mi14 nority Leaders of the Senate, $15,000 for each such Leader;

15 in all, $30,000.

16 SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

17 For compensation of officers, employees, and others as

18 authorized by law, including agency contributions,

19 $69,727,000, which shall be paid from this appropriation

20 without regard to the below limitations, as follows:

21 OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT

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

23 OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE

24 For the Office of the President Pro Tempore, $325,000.
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1 OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERS

2 For Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders,

3 $2,195,000.

4 OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY WHIPS

5 For Offices of the Majority and Minority Whips,

6 $656,000.

7 CONFERENCE COMMITTEES

8 For the Conference of the Majority and the Conference

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

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

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

12 OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES OF THE CONFERENCE OF

13 THE MAJORITY AND THE CONFERENCE OF THE MINORITY

14 For Offices of the Secretaries of the Conference of the

15 Majority and the Conference of the Minority, $360,000.

16 POLICY COMMITTEES

17 For salaries of the Majority Policy Committee and the

18 Minority Policy Committee, $965,000 for each such com19 mittee, in all, $1,930,000.

20 OFFICE OF THE CHAPLAIN

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

22 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

23 For Office of the Secretary, $12,128,000.

24 OFFICE OF THE SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER

25 For Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper,

26 $31,889,000.
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1 OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND

2 MINORITY

3 For Offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the

4 Secretary for the Minority, $1,047,000.

5 AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS AND RELATED EXPENSES

6 For agency contributions for employee benefits, as au7 thorized by law, and related expenses, $15,500,000.

8 OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL OF THE SENATE

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

11 OFFICE OF SENATE LEGAL COUNSEL

12 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate Legal

13 Counsel, $936,000.

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

16 SENATE, AND SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND

17 MINORITY OF THE SENATE

18 For expense allowances of the Secretary of the Senate,

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

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

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

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

2 INQUIRIES AND INVESTIGATIONS

3 For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered

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

5 Public Law 601, Seventy-ninth Congress, as amended, sec6 tion 112 of Public Law 96–304 and Senate Resolution 281,

7 agreed to March 11, 1980, $66,395,000.

8 EXPENSES OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE CAUCUS ON

9 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL

10 For expenses of the United States Senate Caucus on

11 International Narcotics Control, $305,000.

12 SECRETARY OF THE SENATE

13 For expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the Sen14 ate, $1,266,000.

15 SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE SENATE

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

17 Doorkeeper of the Senate, $61,347,000.

18 MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

19 For miscellaneous items, $6,644,000.

20 SENATORS’ OFFICIAL PERSONNEL AND OFFICE EXPENSE

21 ACCOUNT

22 For Senators’ Official Personnel and Office Expense

23 Account, $204,029,000.

24 OFFICE OF SENATE FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES

25 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate Fair

26 Employment Practices, $778,000.
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1 SETTLEMENTS AND AWARDS RESERVE

2 For expenses for settlements and awards, $1,000,000,

3 to remain available until expended.

4 STATIONERY (REVOLVING FUND)

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

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

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

8 all, $13,000.

9 OFFICIAL MAIL COSTS

10 For expenses necessary for official mail costs of the

11 Senate, $11,000,000.

12 RESCISSION

13 Of the funds previously appropriated under the head14 ing ‘‘SENATE’’, $63,544,724.12 are rescinded.

15 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

16 SECTION 1. (a) On and after October 1, 1995, no Sen17 ator shall receive mileage under section 17 of the Act of

18 July 28, 1866 (2 U.S.C. 43).

19 (b) On and after October 1, 1995, the President of the

20 Senate shall not receive mileage under the first section of

21 the Act of July 8, 1935 (2 U.S.C. 43a).

22 SEC. 2. (a) There is established in the Treasury of the

23 United States within the contingent fund of the Senate a

24 revolving fund, to be known as the ‘‘Office of the Chaplain

25 Expense Revolving Fund’’ (hereafter referred to as the

26 ‘‘fund’’). The fund shall consist of all moneys collected or
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1 received with respect to the Office of the Chaplain of the

2 Senate.

3 (b) The fund shall be available without fiscal year lim4 itation for disbursement by the Secretary of the Senate, not

5 to exceed $10,000 in any fiscal year, for the payment of

6 official expenses incurred by the Chaplain of the Senate.

7 In addition, moneys in the fund may be used to purchase

8 food or food related items. The fund shall not be available

9 for the payment of salaries.

10 (c) All moneys (including donated moneys) received or

11 collected with respect to the Office of the Chaplain of the

12 Senate shall be deposited in the fund and shall be available

13 for purposes of this section.

14 (d) Disbursements from the fund shall be made on

15 vouchers approved by the Chaplain of the Senate.

16 SEC. 3. Funds appropriated under the heading, ‘‘Set17 tlements and Awards Reserve’’ in Public Law 103–283 shall

18 remain available until expended.

19 SEC. 4. Section 902 of the Supplemental Appropria20 tions Act, 1983 (2 U.S.C. 88b–6) is amended by striking

21 the second sentence and inserting the following: ‘‘The

22 amounts so withheld shall be deposited in the revolving

23 fund, within the contingent fund of the Senate, for the Dan24 iel Webster Senate Page Residence, as established by section
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1 4 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1995 (2

2 U.S.C. 88b–7).’’.

3 SEC. 5. (a) Any payment for local and long distance

4 telecommunications service provided to any user by the Ser5 geant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate shall cover the

6 total invoiced amount, including any amount relating to

7 separately identified toll calls, and shall be charged to the

8 appropriation for the fiscal year in which the underlying

9 base service period covered by the invoice ends.

10 (b) As used in subsection (a), the term ‘‘user’’ means

11 any Senator, Officer of the Senate, Committee, office, or en12 tity provided telephone equipment and services by the Ser13 geant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate.

14 SEC. 6. Section 4(b) of Public Law 103–283 is amend15 ed by inserting before ‘‘collected’’ the following: ‘‘(including

16 donated moneys)’’.

17 SEC. 7. Section 1 of Public Law 101–520 (2 U.S.C.

18 61g–6a) is amended to read as follows:

19 ‘‘SECTION 1. (a)(1) The Chairman of the Majority or

20 Minority Policy Committee of the Senate may, during any

21 fiscal year, at his or her election transfer funds from the

22 appropriation account for salaries for the Majority and Mi23 nority Policy Committees of the Senate, to the account,

24 within the contingent fund of the Senate, from which ex25 penses are payable for such committees.
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1 ‘‘(2) The Chairman of the Majority or Minority Policy

2 Committee of the Senate may, during any fiscal year, at

3 his or her election transfer funds from the appropriation

4 account for expenses, within the contingent fund of the Sen5 ate, for the Majority and Minority Policy Committees of

6 the Senate, to the account from which salaries are payable

7 for such committees.

8 ‘‘(b)(1) The Chairman of the Majority or Minority

9 Conference Committee of the Senate may, during any fiscal

10 year, at his or her election transfer funds from the appro11 priation account for salaries for the Majority and Minority

12 Conference Committees of the Senate, to the account, within

13 the contingent fund of the Senate, from which expenses are

14 payable for such committees.

15 ‘‘(2) The Chairman of the Majority or Minority Con16 ference Committee of the Senate may, during any fiscal

17 year, at his or her election transfer funds from the appro18 priation account for expenses, within the contingent fund

19 of the Senate, for the Majority and Minority Conference

20 Committees of the Senate, to the account from which sala21 ries are payable for such committees.

22 ‘‘(c) Any funds transferred under this section shall

23 be—

24 ‘‘(1) available for expenditure by such committee

25 in like manner and for the same purposes as are other
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1 moneys which are available for expenditure by such

2 committee from the account to which the funds were

3 transferred; and

4 ‘‘(2) made at such time or times as the Chair5 man shall specify in writing to the Senate Disbursing

6 Office.

7 ‘‘(d) The Chairman of a committee transferring funds

8 under this section shall notify the Committee on Appropria9 tions of the Senate of the transfer.’’.

10 (b) The amendment made by this section shall take ef11 fect on October 1, 1995, and shall be effective with respect

12 to fiscal years beginning on or after that date.

13 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

15 For salaries and expenses of the House of Rep16 resentatives, $671,561,000, as follows:

17 HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES

18 For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law,

19 $11,271,000, including: Office of the Speaker,

20 $1,478,000, including $25,000 for official expenses of the

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

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

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

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

25 Leader; Office of the Majority Whip, including the Chief
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1 Deputy Majority Whip, $928,000, including $5,000 for of2 ficial expenses of the Majority Whip; Office of the Minor3 ity Whip, including the Chief Deputy Minority Whip,

4 $918,000, including $5,000 for official expenses of the Mi5 nority Whip; Speaker’s Office for Legislative Floor Activi6 ties, $376,000; Republican Steering Committee,

7 $664,000; Republican Conference, $1,083,000; Demo8 cratic Steering and Policy Committee, $1,181,000; Demo9 cratic Caucus, $566,000; and nine minority employees,

10 $1,127,000.

11 MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES

12 INCLUDING MEMBERS’ CLERK HIRE, OFFICIAL

13 EXPENSES OF MEMBERS, AND OFFICIAL MAIL

14 For Members’ representational allowances, including

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

16 $360,503,000: Provided, That no such funds shall be used

17 for the purposes of sending unsolicited mass mailings

18 within 90 days before an election in which the Member

19 is a candidate.

20 COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES

21 STANDING COMMITTEES, SPECIAL AND SELECT

22 For salaries and expenses of standing committees,

23 special and select, authorized by House resolutions,

24 $78,629,000.
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1 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

2 For salaries and expenses of the Committee on Ap3 propriations, $16,945,000, including studies and examina4 tions of executive agencies and temporary personal serv5 ices for such committee, to be expended in accordance with

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

7 1946 and to be available for reimbursement to agencies

8 for services performed.

9 SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

10 For compensation and expenses of officers and em11 ployees, as authorized by law, $83,733,000, including: for

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

13 not to exceed $1,000 for official representation and recep14 tion expenses, $13,807,000; for salaries and expenses of

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

16 of Superintendent of Garages, and including not to exceed

17 $750 for official representation and reception expenses,

18 $3,410,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the

19 Chief Administrative Officer, $53,556,000, including sala20 ries, expenses and temporary personal services of House

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

22 is provided herein: Provided, That House Information Sys23 tems is authorized to receive reimbursement from Mem24 bers of the House of Representatives and other govern25 mental entities for services provided and such reimburse-
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1 ment shall be deposited in the Treasury for credit to this

2 account; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the In3 spector General, $3,954,000; for salaries and expenses of

4 the Office of Compliance, $858,000; Office of the Chap5 lain, $126,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of

6 the Parliamentarian, including the Parliamentarian and

7 $2,000 for preparing the Digest of Rules, $1,180,000; for

8 salaries and expenses of the Office of the Law Revision

9 Counsel of the House, $1,700,000; for salaries and ex10 penses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the

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

12 $618,000.

13 ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES

14 For allowances and expenses as authorized by House

15 resolution or law, $120,480,000, including: supplies, mate16 rials, administrative costs and Federal tort claims,

17 $1,213,000; official mail for committees, leadership of18 fices, and administrative offices of the House, $1,000,000;

19 reemployed annuitants reimbursements, $68,000; Govern20 ment contributions to employees’ life insurance fund, re21 tirement funds, Social Security fund, Medicare fund,

22 health benefits fund, and worker’s and unemployment

23 compensation, $117,541,000; and miscellaneous items in24 cluding purchase, exchange, maintenance, repair and oper25 ation of House motor vehicles, interparliamentary recep-
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1 tions, and gratuities to heirs of deceased employees of the

2 House, $658,000.

3 CHILD CARE CENTER

4 For salaries and expenses of the House of Represent5 atives Child Care Center, such amounts as are deposited

6 in the account established by section 312(d)(1) of the Leg7 islative Branch Appropriations Act, 1992 (40 U.S.C.

8 184g(d)(1)), subject to the level specified in the budget

9 of the Center, as submitted to the Committee on Appro10 priations of the House of Representatives.

11 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

12 SEC. 101. Effective with respect to fiscal years begin13 ning with fiscal year 1995, in the case of mail from outside

14 sources presented to the Chief Administrative Officer of

15 the House of Representatives (other than mail through the

16 Postal Service and mail with postage otherwise paid) for

17 internal delivery in the House of Representatives, the

18 Chief Administrative Officer is authorized to collect fees

19 equal to the applicable postage. Amounts received by the

20 Chief Administrative Officer as fees under the preceding

21 sentence shall be deposited in the Treasury as miscellane22 ous receipts.

23 SEC. 102. Effective with respect to fiscal years begin24 ning with fiscal year 1995, amounts received by the Chief

25 Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives

26 from the Administrator of General Services for rebates
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1 under the Government Travel Charge Card Program shall

2 be deposited in the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.

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

4 Resolution 6, One Hundred Fourth Congress, agreed to

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

6 the Speaker’s Office for Legislative Floor Activities;

7 House Resolution 7, One Hundred Fourth Congress,

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

9 providing for the designation of certain minority employ10 ees; House Resolution 9, One Hundred Fourth Congress,

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

12 providing amounts for the Republican Steering Committee

13 and the Democratic Policy Committee; House Resolution

14 10, One Hundred Fourth Congress, agreed to January 5

15 (legislative day, January 4), 1995, providing for the trans16 fer of two employee positions; and House Resolution 113,

17 One Hundred Fourth Congress, agreed to March 10,

18 1995, providing for the transfer of certain employee posi19 tions shall each be the permanent law with respect thereto.

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

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

22 transferred from the House Republican Conference to the

23 Republican Steering Committee.

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

25 subsection (a) are—
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1 (1) the position established for the chief deputy

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

3 of House Resolution 393, Ninety-fifth Congress,

4 agreed to March 31, 1977, as enacted into perma5 nent law by section 115 of the Legislative Branch

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

7 (2) the position established for the chief deputy

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

9 Branch Appropriations Act, 1990;

10 both of which positions were transferred to the majority

11 leader by House Resolution 10, One Hundred Fourth Con12 gress, agreed to January 5 (legislative day, January 4),

13 1995, as enacted into permanent law by section 103 of

14 this Act, and both of which positions were further trans15 ferred to the House Republican Conference by House Res16 olution 113, One Hundred Fourth Congress, agreed to

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

18 103 of this Act.

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

20 in subsection (a) are the two positions established by sec21 tion 103(a)(2) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations

22 Act, 1986.

23 (d) The fifth of the five positions referred to in sub24 section (a) is the position for the House Republican Con25 ference established by House Resolution 625, Eighty-ninth
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1 Congress, agreed to October 22, 1965, as enacted into per2 manent law by section 103 of the Legislative Branch Ap3 propriation Act, 1967.

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

5 on the date of the enactment of this Act.

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

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

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

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

10 shall be governed by applicable laws or regulations of the

11 House of Representatives or as promulgated from time to

12 time by the Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations

13 of the House of Representatives.

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

15 enactment of this Act and shall apply to travel performed

16 on or after that date.

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

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

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

20 102a) or any other provision of law, effective on the date

21 of the enactment of this section, unexpended balances in

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

23 unpaid obligations to be liquidated in the manner provided

24 in the second sentence of that paragraph.
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1 (b) The accounts referred to in subsection (a) are the

2 House of Representatives legislative service organization

3 revolving accounts under section 311 of the Legislative

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

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

6 subsection (b) shall be available only to the extent pro7 vided in appropriation Acts.

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

9 (a) are—

10 (1) the revolving fund for the House Barber

11 Shops, established by the paragraph under the head12 ing ‘‘HOUSE BARBER SHOPS REVOLVING FUND’’ in

13 the matter relating to the House of Representatives

14 in chapter III of title I of the Supplemental Appro15 priations Act, 1975 (Public Law 93–554; 88 Stat.

16 1776);

17 (2) the revolving fund for the House Beauty

18 Shop, established by the matter under the heading

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

20 administrative provisions for the House of Rep21 resentatives in the Legislative Branch Appropriation

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

23 (3) the special deposit account established for

24 the House of Representatives Restaurant by section
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1 208 of the First Supplemental Civil Functions Ap2 propriation Act, 1941 (40 U.S.C. 174k note); and

3 (4) the revolving fund established for the House

4 Recording Studio by section 105(g) of the Legisla5 tive Branch Appropriation Act, 1957 (2 U.S.C.

6 123b(g)).

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

8 and shall apply with respect to fiscal years beginning on

9 or after that date.

10 SEC. 107A. For fiscal year 1996, subject to the direc11 tion of the Committee on House Oversight of the House

12 of Representatives, of the total amount deposited in the

13 account referred to in section 107(b)(3) of this Act from

14 vending operations of the House of Representatives Res15 taurant System, the cost of goods sold shall be available

16 to pay the cost of inventory for such operations.

17 SEC. 108. The House Employees Position Classifica18 tion Act (2 U.S.C. 291, et seq.) is amended—

19 (1) in section 3(1), by striking out ‘‘Door20 keeper, and the Postmaster,’’ and inserting in lieu

21 thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer, and the In22 spector General’’;

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

24 striking out ‘‘Doorkeeper, and the Postmaster,’’ and
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1 inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Offi2 cer, and the Inspector General’’;

3 (3) in section 5(b)(1), by striking out ‘‘Door4 keeper, and the Postmaster’’ and inserting in lieu

5 thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer, and the In6 spector General’’; and

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

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

9 inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Offi10 cer, and the Inspector General’’.

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

12 employing authority, an employee of the House of Rep13 resentatives who is separated from employment, may be

14 paid a lump sum for the accrued annual leave of the em15 ployee. The lump sum—

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

17 the lesser of—

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

19 employee, as determined by the Chief Adminis20 trative Officer of the House of Representatives;

21 or

22 (B) the amount equal to the monthly pay

23 of the employee, as determined by the Chief Ad24 ministrative Officer of the House of Represent25 atives, divided by 30, and multiplied by the
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1 number of days of the accrued annual leave of

2 the employee;

3 (2) shall be paid—

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

5 hire allowance of the Member;

6 (B) for committee employees, from

7 amounts appropriated for committees; and

8 (C) for other employees, from amounts ap9 propriated to the employing authority; and

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

11 with respect to the employee on the last day of em12 ployment of the employee.

13 (b) The Committee on House Oversight shall have

14 authority to prescribe regulations to carry out this section.

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

16 the House of Representatives’’ means an employee whose

17 pay is disbursed by the Clerk of the House of Representa18 tives or the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of

19 Representatives, as applicable, except that such term does

20 not include a uniformed or civilian support employee

21 under the Capitol Police Board.

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

23 respect to separations from employment taking place after

24 June 30, 1995.
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1 SEC. 110. (a)(1) Effective on the date of the enact2 ment of this Act, the allowances for office personnel and

3 equipment for certain Members of the House of Rep4 resentatives, as adjusted through the day before the date

5 of the enactment of this Act, are further adjusted as speci6 fied in paragraph (2).

7 (2) The further adjustments referred to in paragraph

8 (1) are as follows:

9 (A) The allowance for the majority leader is in10 creased by $167,532.

11 (B) The allowance for the majority whip is de12 creased by $167,532.

13 (b)(1) Effective on the date of the enactment of this

14 Act, the House of Representatives allowances referred to

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

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

17 or are established, as the case may be, as specified in para18 graph (2).

19 (2) The further adjustments and the establishment

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

21 (A) The allowance for the Republican Con22 ference is increased by $134,491.

23 (B) The allowance for the Republican Steering

24 Committee is established at $66,995.
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1 (C) The allowance for the Democratic Steering

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

3 (D) The allowance for the Democratic Caucus

4 is increased by $56.

5 JOINT ITEMS

6 For Joint Committees, as follows:

7 JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE

8 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic

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

10 of the Senate.

11 JOINT COMMITTEE ON PRINTING

12 (TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

13 For duties formerly carried out by the Joint Commit14 tee on Printing, $750,000, to be divided into equal

15 amounts and transferred to the Committee on House

16 Oversight of the House of Representatives and the Com17 mittee on Rules and Administration of the Senate. For

18 the purpose of carrying out the functions of the Joint

19 Committee on Printing for the remainder of the One Hun20 dred Fourth Congress only, the rules and structure of the

21 committee will apply.

22 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on

23 Printing, $1,164,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of

24 the Senate.
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1 JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION

2 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on

3 Taxation, $6,019,000 $5,116,000, to be disbursed by the

4 Clerk of the House.

5 For other joint items, as follows:

6 OFFICE OF THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN

7 For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent ex8 penses of the emergency rooms, and for the Attending

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

16 $852,000 for reimbursement to the Department of the

17 Navy for expenses incurred for staff and equipment as18 signed to the Office of the Attending Physician, which

19 shall be advanced and credited to the applicable appropria20 tion or appropriations from which such salaries, allow21 ances, and other expenses are payable and shall be avail22 able for all the purposes thereof, $1,260,000, to be dis23 bursed by the Clerk of the House.
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1 CAPITOL POLICE BOARD

2 CAPITOL POLICE

3 SALARIES

4 For the Capitol Police Board for salaries, including

5 overtime, hazardous duty pay differential, clothing allow6 ance of not more than $600 each for members required

7 to wear civilian attire, and Government contributions to

8 employees’ benefits funds, as authorized by law, of offi9 cers, members, and employees of the Capitol Police,

10 $70,132,000 $69,825,000, of which $34,213,000

11 $33,906,000 is provided to the Sergeant at Arms of the

12 House of Representatives, to be disbursed by the Clerk

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

14 at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, to be disbursed

15 by the Secretary of the Senate: Provided, That, of the

16 amounts appropriated under this heading, such amounts

17 as may be necessary may be transferred between the Ser18 geant at Arms of the House of Representatives and the

19 Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, upon ap20 proval of the Committee on Appropriations of the House

21 of Representatives and the Committee on Appropriations

22 of the Senate.

23 GENERAL EXPENSES

24 For the Capitol Police Board for necessary expenses

25 of the Capitol Police, including motor vehicles, commu-
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1 nications and other equipment, uniforms, weapons, sup2 plies, materials, training, medical services, forensic serv3 ices, stenographic services, the employee assistance pro4 gram, not more than $2,000 for the awards program,

5 postage, telephone service, travel advances, relocation of

6 instructor and liaison personnel for the Federal Law En7 forcement Training Center, and $85 per month for extra

8 services performed for the Capitol Police Board by an em9 ployee of the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate or the House

10 of Representatives designated by the Chairman of the

11 Board, $2,560,000 $2,190,000, to be disbursed by the

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

13 notwithstanding any other provision of law, the cost of

14 basic training for the Capitol Police at the Federal Law

15 Enforcement Training Center for fiscal year 1996 shall

16 be paid by the Secretary of the Treasury from funds avail17 able to the Department of the Treasury.

18 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

19 SEC. 111. Amounts appropriated for fiscal year 1996

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

21 POLICE’’ may be transferred between the headings ‘‘SALA22 RIES’’ and ‘‘GENERAL EXPENSES’’, upon approval of the

23 Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the

24 House of Representatives.
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1 CAPITOL GUIDE SERVICE AND SPECIAL SERVICES

2 OFFICE

3 For salaries and expenses of the Capitol Guide Serv4 ice and Special Services Office, $1,991,000, to be dis5 bursed by the Secretary of the Senate: Provided, That

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

7 forty individuals: Provided further, That the Capitol Guide

8 Board is authorized, during emergencies, to employ not

9 more than two additional individuals for not more than

10 one hundred twenty days each, and not more than ten ad11 ditional individuals for not more than six months each,

12 for the Capitol Guide Service.

13 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

14 SEC. 112. (a) Section 441 of the Legislative Reorga15 nization Act of 1970 (40 U.S.C. 851) is amended by adding

16 at the end the following new subsection:

17 ‘‘(k) In addition to any other function under this sec18 tion, the Capitol Guide Service shall provide special services

19 to Members of Congress, and to officers, employees, and

20 guests of Congress.’’.

21 (b) Section 310 of the Legislative Branch Appropria22 tions Act, 1990 (2 U.S.C. 130e) is repealed.

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

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

25 1, 1995.
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1 STATEMENTS OF APPROPRIATIONS

2 For the preparation, under the direction of the Com3 mittees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House

4 of Representatives, of the statements for the first session

5 of the One Hundred Fourth Congress, showing appropria6 tions made, indefinite appropriations, and contracts au7 thorized, together with a chronological history of the regu8 lar appropriations bills as required by law, $30,000, to be

9 paid to the persons designated by the chairmen of such

10 committees to supervise the work.

11 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

12 SEC. 112. (a) Section 441 of the Legislative Reorga13 nization Act of 1970 (40 U.S.C. 851) is amended by add14 ing at the end the following new subsection:

15 ‘‘(k) In addition to any other function under this sec16 tion, the Capitol Guide Service shall provide special serv17 ices to Members of Congress, and to officers, employees,

18 and guests of Congress.’’.

19 (b) Section 310 of the Legislative Branch Appropria20 tions Act, 1990 (2 U.S.C. 130e) is repealed.

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

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

23 1, 1995.
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1 OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE

2 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Compliance,

3 as authorized by section 305 of Public Law 104–1, the Con4 gressional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1385),

5 $2,500,000.

6 OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 For salaries and expenses necessary to carry out the

9 orderly closure of the Office of Technology Assessment,

10 $3,615,000, of which $150,000 shall remain available until

11 September 30, 1997. Upon enactment of this Act,

12 $2,500,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading

13 in Public Law 103–283 shall remain available until Sep14 tember 30, 1996: Provided, That none of the funds made

15 available in this Act shall be available for salaries or ex16 penses of any employee of the Office of Technology Assess17 ment in excess of 17 employees except for severance pay pur18 poses.

19 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

20 SEC. 113. Upon enactment of this Act all employees

21 of the Office of Technology Assessment for 183 days preced22 ing termination of employment who are terminated as a

23 result of the elimination of the Office and who are not other24 wise gainfully employed may continue to be paid by the

25 Office of Technology Assessment at their respective salaries
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1 for a period not to exceed 60 calendar days following the

2 employee’s date of termination or until the employee be3 comes otherwise gainfully employed whichever is earlier. A

4 statement in writing to the Director of the Office of Tech5 nology Assessment or his designee by any such employee

6 that he was not gainfully employed during such period or

7 the portion thereof for which payment is claimed shall be

8 accepted as prima facie evidence that he was not so em9 ployed.

10 SEC. 114. Notwithstanding the provisions of the Fed11 eral Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as

12 amended, or any other provision of law, upon the abolition

13 of the Office of Technology Assessment, all records and prop14 erty of that agency (including Unix system, all computer

15 hardware and software, all library collections and research

16 materials, and all photocopying equipment), with the excep17 tion of realty and furniture, are hereby transferred to the

18 jurisdiction and control of the Library of Congress, Con19 gressional Research Service, to be used and employed in

20 connection with its functions.

21 CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE

22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

23 For salaries and expenses necessary to carry out the

24 provisions of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (Pub25 lic Law 93–344), including not to exceed $2,500 to be ex-
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1 pended on the certification of the Director of the Congres2 sional Budget Office in connection with official representa3 tion and reception expenses, $23,188,000 $25,788,000:

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

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

7 available for salaries or expenses of any employee of the

8 Congressional Budget Office in excess of 219 244 full-time

9 equivalent positions: Provided further, That any sale or

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

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

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

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

14 That the Director of the Congressional Budget Office shall

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

18 In addition, for salaries and expenses of the Congres19 sional Budget Office necessary to carry out the provisions

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

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

22 Act, $1,100,000.

23 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

24 SEC. 113 115. Section 8402(c) of title 5, United

25 States Code, is amended—
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1 (1) by redesignating paragraph (7) as para2 graph (8); and

3 (2) by inserting after paragraph (6) the follow4 ing:

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

6 may exclude from the operation of this chapter an em7 ployee under the Congressional Budget Office whose em8 ployment is temporary or intermittent.’’.

9 ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

10 OFFICE OF THE ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

11 SALARIES

12 For the Architect of the Capitol, the Assistant Archi13 tect of the Capitol, and other personal services, at rates

14 of pay provided by law, $8,569,000 $8,876,000.

15 TRAVEL

16 Appropriations under the control of the Architect of

17 the Capitol shall be available for expenses of travel on offi18 cial business not to exceed in the aggregate under all

19 funds the sum of $20,000.

20 CONTINGENT EXPENSES

21 To enable the Architect of the Capitol to make sur22 veys and studies, and to meet unforeseen expenses in con23 nection with activities under his care, $100,000.
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1 CAPITOL BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

2 CAPITOL BUILDINGS

3 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care

4 and operation of the Capitol and electrical substations of

5 the Senate and House office buildings, under the jurisdic6 tion of the Architect of the Capitol, including furnishings

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

8 official reception and representation expenses, to be ex9 pended as the Architect of the Capitol may approve; pur10 chase or exchange, maintenance and operation of a pas11 senger motor vehicle; and attendance, when specifically

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

13 conventions in connection with subjects related to work

14 under the Architect of the Capitol, $22,832,000

15 $23,132,000, of which $3,000,000 $2,950,000 shall remain

16 available until expended: Provided, That hereafter expenses,

17 based on full cost recovery, for flying American flags and

18 providing certification services therefor shall be advanced

19 or reimbursed upon request of the Architect of the Capitol,

20 and amounts so received shall be deposited into the Treas21 ury to the credit of this appropriation.

22 CAPITOL GROUNDS

23 For all necessary expenses for care and improvement

24 of grounds surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House
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1 office buildings, and the Capitol Power Plant, $5,143,000,

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

3 SENATE OFFICE BUILDINGS

4 For all necessary expenses for maintenance, care and

5 operation of Senate Office Buildings; and furniture and

6 furnishings to be expended under the control and super7 vision of the Architect of the Capitol, $41,757,000, of which

8 $4,850,000 shall remain available until expended.

9 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS

10 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care

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

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

13 CAPITOL POWER PLANT

14 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care

15 and operation of the Capitol Power Plant; lighting, heat16 ing, power (including the purchase of electrical energy)

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

18 House office buildings, Library of Congress buildings, and

19 the grounds about the same, Botanic Garden, Senate ga20 rage, and air conditioning refrigeration not supplied from

21 plants in any of such buildings; heating the Government

22 Printing Office and Washington City Post Office, and

23 heating and chilled water for air conditioning for the Su24 preme Court Building, Union Station complex, Thurgood

25 Marshall Federal Judiciary Building and the Folger

26 Shakespeare Library, expenses for which shall be ad-
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1 vanced or reimbursed upon request of the Architect of the

2 Capitol and amounts so received shall be deposited into

3 the Treasury to the credit of this appropriation,

4 $32,578,000 $31,518,000: Provided, That not to exceed

5 $4,000,000 of the funds credited or to be reimbursed to

6 this appropriation as herein provided shall be available for

7 obligation during fiscal year 1996.

8 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

9 CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE

10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

11 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions

12 of section 203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of

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

15 $75,083,000 $60,084,000: Provided, That no part of this

16 appropriation may be used to pay any salary or expense

17 in connection with any publication, or preparation of ma18 terial therefor (except the Digest of Public General Bills),

19 to be issued by the Library of Congress unless such publi20 cation has obtained prior approval of either the Committee

21 on House Oversight of the House of Representatives or

22 the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate:

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

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

4 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

5 CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING AND BINDING

6 For authorized printing and binding for the Congress

7 and the distribution of Congressional information in any

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

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

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

15 be distributed without charge to the recipient,

16 $88,281,000 $85,500,000: Provided, That this appropria17 tion shall not be available for paper copies of the perma18 nent edition of the Congressional Record for individual

19 Senators, Representatives, Resident Commissioners or

20 Delegates authorized under 44 U.S.C. 906: Provided fur21 ther, That this appropriation shall be available for the pay22 ment of obligations incurred under the appropriations for

23 similar purposes for preceding fiscal years.

24 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Congressional Oper25 ations Appropriations Act, 1996’’.
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1 TITLE II—OTHER AGENCIES

2 BOTANIC GARDEN

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care

5 and operation of the Botanic Garden and the nurseries,

6 buildings, grounds, and collections; and purchase and ex7 change, maintenance, repair, and operation of a passenger

8 motor vehicle; all under the direction of the Joint Commit9 tee on the Library, $3,053,000.

10 CONSERVATORY RENOVATION

11 For renovation of the Conservatory of the Botanic

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

13 the Capitol without fiscal year limitation: Provided, That

14 the total amount appropriated for such renovation for this

15 fiscal year and later fiscal years may not exceed

16 $21,000,000.

17 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

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

19 Appropriations Act, 1993 (40 U.S.C. 216c note) is amend20 ed by striking out ‘‘$6,000,000’’ each place it appears and

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

22 (b) Section 307E(a)(1) of the Legislative Branch Ap23 propriations Act, 1989 (40 U.S.C. 216c(a)(1)) is amended

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

25 ‘‘plants’’.
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1 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Library of Congress,

4 not otherwise provided for, including development and

5 maintenance of the Union Catalogs; custody and custodial

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

7 laundering and repair of uniforms; preservation of motion

8 pictures in the custody of the Library; preparation and

9 distribution of catalog cards and other publications of the

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

11 and expenses of the Library of Congress Trust Fund

12 Board not properly chargeable to the income of any trust

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

14 $213,164,000, of which not more than $7,869,000 shall be

15 derived from collections credited to this appropriation dur16 ing fiscal year 1996 under the Act of June 28, 1902

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

18 That the total amount available for obligation shall be re19 duced by the amount by which collections are less than

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

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

22 until expended for acquisition of books, periodicals, and

23 newspapers, and all other materials including subscrip24 tions for bibliographic services for the Library, including

25 $40,000 to be available solely for the purchase, when spe-
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1 cifically approved by the Librarian, of special and unique

2 materials for additions to the collections.

3 COPYRIGHT OFFICE

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, in6 cluding publication of the decisions of the United States

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

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

9 credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 1996

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

11 shall be derived from collections during fiscal year 1996

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

13 Provided, That the total amount available for obligation

14 shall be reduced by the amount by which collections are

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

16 $100,000 of the amount appropriated is available for the

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

18 the Copyright Office of the Library of Congress for the

19 purpose of training nationals of developing countries in

20 intellectual property laws and policies: Provided further,

21 That not to exceed $2,250 may be expended on the certifi22 cation of the Librarian of Congress or his designee, in con23 nection with official representation and reception expenses

24 for activities of the International Copyright Institute.
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1 BOOKS FOR THE BLIND AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For salaries and expenses to carry out the provisions

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

5 2 U.S.C. 135a), $44,951,000, of which $11,694,000 shall

6 remain available until expended.

7 FURNITURE AND FURNISHINGS

8 For necessary expenses for the purchase and repair

9 of furniture, furnishings, office and library equipment,

10 $4,882,000, of which $943,000 shall be available until ex11 pended only for the purchase and supply of furniture,

12 shelving, furnishings, and related costs necessary for the

13 renovation and restoration of the Thomas Jefferson and

14 John Adams Library buildings.

15 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

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

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

18 to exceed $194,290, of which $58,100 is for the Congres19 sional Research Service, when specifically authorized by

20 the Librarian, for attendance at meetings concerned with

21 the function or activity for which the appropriation is

22 made.

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

24 this Act shall be used by the Library of Congress to ad25 minister any flexible or compressed work schedule which—
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1 (1) applies to any manager or supervisor in

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

3 higher than GS–15; and

4 (2) grants such manager or supervisor the

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

6 workday because of time worked by the manager or

7 supervisor on another workday.

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

9 or supervisor’’ means any management official or super10 visor, as such terms are defined in section 7103(a) (10)

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

12 SEC. 204. Appropriated funds received by the Library

13 of Congress from other Federal agencies to cover general

14 and administrative overhead costs generated by perform15 ing reimbursable work for other agencies under the au16 thority of 31 U.S.C. 1535 and 1536 shall not be used to

17 employ more than 65 employees and may be expended or

18 obligated—

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

20 such extent or in such amounts as are provided in

21 appropriations Acts; or

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

23 only—
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1 (A) to pay for such general or adminis2 trative overhead costs as are attributable to the

3 work performed for such agency; or

4 (B) to such extent or in such amounts

5 as are provided in appropriations Acts, with re6 spect to any purpose not allowable under sub7 paragraph (A).

8 SEC. 205. Not to exceed $5,000 of any funds appro9 priated to the Library of Congress may be expended, on

10 the certification of the Librarian of Congress, in connec11 tion with official representation and reception expenses for

12 the Library of Congress incentive awards program.

13 SEC. 206. Not to exceed $12,000 of funds appro14 priated to the Library of Congress may be expended, on

15 the certification of the Librarian of Congress or his des16 ignee, in connection with official representation and recep17 tion expenses for the Overseas Field Offices.

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

19 obligational authority shall be available, in an amount not

20 to exceed $86,912,000 $99,412,000 for reimbursable and

21 revolving fund activities, and $5,667,000 $7,295,000 for

22 non-expenditure transfer activities in support of par23 liamentary development during the current fiscal year.

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

25 obligational authority under the heading ‘‘Library of Con-
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1 gress’’ for activities funded by the Agency for International

2 Development in support of parliamentary development is

3 prohibited, except for Russia, Ukraine, Albania, Slovakia,

4 and Romania, Romania, and Egypt for other than inciden5 tal purposes.

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

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

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

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

10 reimbursable activities and revolving fund activities per11 formed by the Library of Congress and obligations exceed12 ing $100,000 for a fiscal year for any single gift fund ac13 tivity or trust fund activity performed by the Library of

14 Congress are limited to the amounts provided for such

15 purposes’’.

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

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

18 to fiscal years beginning on or after that date.

19 SEC. 209. The Library of Congress may for such em20 ployees as it deems appropriate authorize a payment to em21 ployees who voluntarily retire during fiscal 1996 which

22 payment shall be paid in accordance with the provisions

23 of section 5597(d) of title 5, United States Code.

24 SEC. 210. (a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section

25 is to reduce the cost of information support for the Congress
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1 by eliminating duplication among systems which provide

2 electronic access by Congress to legislative information.

3 (b) DEFINITIONS.—For the purpose of this section, the

4 term ‘‘legislative information’’ means information about

5 legislation prepared by, or on behalf of, the entire Congress,

6 or by the committees, subcommittees, or offices of the Con7 gress, to include, but not limited to, the text of bills and

8 amendments to bills; the Congressional Record; legislative

9 activity recorded for the Record and/or the current Senate

10 or House bill status systems; committee hearings, reports,

11 and prints.

12 (c) Consistent with the provisions of any other law,

13 the Library of Congress shall develop and maintain, in co14 ordination with other appropriate Legislative Branch enti15 ties, a single legislative information retrieval system to

16 serve the entire Congress.

17 (d) The Library shall develop a plan for creation of

18 this system, taking into consideration the findings and rec19 ommendations of the study directed by House Report No.

20 103–517 to identify and eliminate redundancies in congres21 sional information systems. This plan must be approved by

22 the Senate Rules and Administration Committee and the

23 House Oversight Committee. The Library shall provide

24 these committees, as well as the Senate and House Appro-
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1 priations Committees, with regular status reports on the

2 implementation of the plan.

3 (e) In formulating its plan, the Library shall examine

4 issues regarding efficient ways to make this information

5 available to the public. This analysis shall be submitted to

6 the Senate and House Appropriations Committees as well

7 as the Senate Rules and Administration Committee and the

8 House Oversight Committee for their consideration and pos9 sible action.

10 ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

11 LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

12 STRUCTURAL AND MECHANICAL CARE

13 For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and

14 structural maintenance, care and operation of the Library

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

16 shall remain available until expended.

17 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

18 OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 For expenses of the Office of Superintendent of Doc21 uments necessary to provide for the cataloging and index22 ing of Government publications and their distribution to

23 the public, Members of Congress, other Government agen24 cies, and designated depository and international exchange

25 libraries as authorized by law, $16,312,000 $30,307,000:
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1 Provided, That travel expenses, including travel expenses

2 of the Depository Library Council to the Public Printer,

3 shall not exceed $130,000: Provided further, That funds,

4 not to exceed $2,000,000, from current year appropria5 tions are authorized for producing and disseminating Con6 gressional Serial Sets and other related Congressional/

7 non-Congressional publications for 1994 and 1995 to de8 pository and other designated libraries.

9 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

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

11 44, United States Code, is amended by striking out the

12 last sentence and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

13 ‘‘The cost of production and distribution for publications

14 distributed to depository libraries—

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

16 not such publications are requisitioned from or

17 through the Government Printing Office, shall be

18 borne by the components of the Government respon19 sible for their issuance; and

20 ‘‘(2) in other than paper or microfiche for21 mats—

22 ‘‘(A) if such publications are requisitioned

23 from or through the Government Printing Of24 fice, shall be charged to appropriations provided

25 to the Superintendent of Documents for that

26 purpose; and
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1 ‘‘(B) if such publications are obtained else2 where than from the Government Printing Of3 fice, shall be borne by the components of the

4 Government responsible for their issuance.’’.

5 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE REVOLVING FUND

6 The Government Printing Office is hereby authorized

7 to make such expenditures, within the limits of funds

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

9 contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year

10 limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government

11 Corporation Control Act as may be necessary in carrying

12 out the programs and purposes set forth in the budget

13 for the current fiscal year for the Government Printing

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

15 may be expended on the certification of the Public Printer

16 in connection with official representation and reception ex17 penses: Provided further, That the revolving fund shall be

18 available for the hire or purchase of passenger motor vehi19 cles, not to exceed a fleet of twelve: Provided further, That

20 expenditures in connection with travel expenses of the ad21 visory councils to the Public Printer shall be deemed nec22 essary to carry out the provisions of title 44, United States

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

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

25 at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate
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1 equivalent to the rate for level V of the Executive Schedule

2 (5 U.S.C. 5316): Provided further, That the revolving fund

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

4 SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS’’ and ‘‘SALARIES AND

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

6 equivalent employment of more than 3,550 workyears

7 3,900 workyears by the end of fiscal year 1996: Provided

8 further, That activities financed through the revolving

9 fund may provide information in any format: Provided fur10 ther, That the revolving fund shall not be used to admin11 ister any flexible or compressed work schedule which ap12 plies to any manager or supervisor in a position the grade

13 or level of which is equal to or higher than GS–15: Pro14 vided further, That expenses for attendance at meetings

15 shall not exceed $75,000.

16 GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 For necessary expenses of the General Accounting

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

20 the certification of the Comptroller General of the United

21 States in connection with official representation and recep22 tion expenses; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 but

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

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

2 advance payments in foreign countries in accordance with

3 31 U.S.C. 3324; benefits comparable to those payable

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

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

6 4081(8)); and under regulations prescribed by the Comp7 troller General of the United States, rental of living quar8 ters in foreign countries and travel benefits comparable

9 with those which are now or hereafter may be granted sin10 gle employees of the Agency for International Develop11 ment, including single Foreign Service personnel assigned

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

13 International Development—or his designee—under the

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

15 of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2396(b)); $392,864,000 $374,406,000:

16 Provided, That not more than $400,000 of reimburse17 ments received incident to the operation of the General

18 Accounting Office Building shall be available for use in

19 fiscal year 1996: Provided further, That notwithstanding

20 31 U.S.C. 9105 hereafter amounts reimbursed to the

21 Comptroller General pursuant to that section shall be de22 posited to the appropriation of the General Accounting Of23 fice then available and remain available until expended,

24 and not more than $8,000,000 of such funds shall be

25 available for use in fiscal year 1996 and, in addition, the
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1 following sums are appropriated, to be available for the fis2 cal year beginning October 1, 1996 and ending September

3 30, 1997, for the necessary expenses of the General Account4 ing Office, in accordance with the authority, and on such

5 terms and conditions, as provided for in fiscal year 1996,

6 including $7,000 for official representation and reception

7 expenses, $338,425,400: Provided further, That not more

8 than $100,000 of reimbursements received incident to the

9 operation of the General Accounting Office Building shall

10 be available for use in 1997: Provided further, That not11 withstanding 31 U.S.C. 9105 hereafter amounts reimbursed

12 to the Comptroller General pursuant to that section shall

13 be deposited to the appropriation of the General Accounting

14 Office then available and remain available until expended,

15 and not more than $6,000,000 of such funds shall be avail16 able in fiscal year 1997: Provided further, That this appro17 priation and appropriations for administrative expenses of

18 any 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.
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

2 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

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

4 of the Comptroller General identified in subsection (b) are

5 transferred to the Director of the Office of Management

6 and Budget, contingent upon the additional transfer to the

7 Office of Management and Budget of such personnel,

8 budget authority, records, and property of the General Ac9 counting Office relating to such functions as the Comp10 troller General and the Director jointly determine to be

11 necessary. The Director may delegate any such function,

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

13 the Director determines that such delegation would be

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

15 transfer to such agency or agencies any personnel, budget

16 authority, records, and property received by the Director

17 pursuant to the preceding sentence that relate to the dele18 gated functions. Personnel transferred pursuant to this

19 provision shall not be separated or reduced in classifica20 tion or compensation for one year after any such transfer,

21 except for cause.

22 (b) The following provisions of the United States

23 Code contain the functions to be transferred pursuant to

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

25 2312, 2575, 2733, 2734, 2771, 4712, and 9712 of title
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1 10; sections 1626 and 4195 of title 22; section 420 of title

2 24; sections 2414 and 2517 of title 28; sections 1304,

3 3702, 3726, and 3728 of title 31; sections 714 and 715

4 of title 32; section 554 of title 37; section 5122 of title

5 38; and section 256a of title 41.

6 SEC. 211. (a) Section 732 of title 31, United States

7 Code, is amended by adding a new subsection (h) as follows:

8 ‘‘(h) Notwithstanding the provisions of subchapter I of

9 chapter 35 of title 5, United States Code, the Comptroller

10 General shall prescribe regulations for the release of officers

11 and employees of the General Accounting Office in a reduc12 tion in force which give due effect to tenure of employment,

13 military preference, performance and/or contributions to

14 the agency’s goals and objectives, and length of service. The

15 regulations shall, to the extent deemed feasible by the Comp16 troller General, be designed to minimize disruption to the

17 Office and to assist in promoting the efficiency of the Of18 fice.’’.

19 SEC. 212. Section 753 of title 31, United States Code,

20 is amended—

21 (1) by redesignating subsections (b), (c), and (d)

22 as (c), (d), and (e), respectively.

23 (2) by inserting after subsection (a) a new sub24 section (b) as follows:
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1 ‘‘(b) The Board has no authority to issue a stay of

2 any reduction in force action.’’; and

3 (3) in the second sentence of subsection (c), as re4 designated, by striking ‘‘(c)’’ and inserting ‘‘(d)’’.

5 SEC. 213. The General Accounting Office may for such

6 officers and employees as it deems appropriate authorize

7 a payment to officers and employees who voluntarily sepa8 rate on or before September 30, 1995, whether by retirement

9 or resignation, which payment shall be paid in accordance

10 with the provisions of section 5597(d) of title 5, United

11 States Code.

12 TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS

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

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

15 vehicles, except for emergency assistance and cleaning as

16 may be provided under regulations relating to parking fa17 cilities for the House of Representatives issued by the

18 Committee on House Oversight and for the Senate issued

19 by the Committee on Rules and Administration.

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

21 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the

22 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.

23 SEC. 303. Whenever any office or position not specifi24 cally established by the Legislative Pay Act of 1929 is ap25 propriated for herein or whenever the rate of compensa-
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1 tion or designation of any position appropriated for herein

2 is different from that specifically established for such posi3 tion by such Act, the rate of compensation and the des4 ignation of the position, or either, appropriated for or pro5 vided herein, shall be the permanent law with respect

6 thereto: Provided, That the provisions herein for the var7 ious items of official expenses of Members, officers, and

8 committees of the Senate and House of Representatives,

9 and clerk hire for Senators and Members of the House

10 of Representatives shall be the permanent law with respect

11 thereto.

12 SEC. 304. The expenditure of any appropriation

13 under this Act for any consulting service through procure14 ment contract, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited

15 to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter

16 of public record and available for public inspection, except

17 where otherwise provided under existing law, or under ex18 isting Executive order issued pursuant to existing law.

19 SEC. 305. (a) It is the sense of the Congress that,

20 to the greatest extent practicable, all equipment and prod21 ucts purchased with funds made available in this Act

22 should be American-made.

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

24 into any contract with, any entity using funds made avail25 able in this Act, the head of each Federal agency, to the
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1 greatest extent practicable, shall provide to such entity a

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

3 the Congress.

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

5 Appropriations of the House of Representatives, and in

6 accordance with conditions determined by the Committee

7 on House Oversight, positions in connection with House

8 parking activities and related funding shall be transferred

9 from the appropriation ‘‘Architect of the Capitol, Capitol

10 buildings and grounds, House office buildings’’ to the ap11 propriation ‘‘House of Representatives, salaries, officers

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

13 That the position of Superintendent of Garages shall be

14 subject to authorization in annual appropriation Acts.

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

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

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

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

19 total service of such employee in connection with the com20 putation of any annuity under subsections (a) through (e)

21 and (o) of such section.

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

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

24 transferred under subsection (a) the Architect of the Cap25 itol is authorized to make a lump sum payment to each
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1 such employee for that annual leave. No such payment

2 shall be considered a payment or compensation within the

3 meaning of any law relating to dual compensation.

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

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

6 Member of the House of Representatives within the House

7 office buildings.

8 SEC. 308. (a)(1) Effective October 1, 1995, the unex9 pended balances of appropriations specified in paragraph

10 (2) are transferred to the appropriation for general ex11 penses of the Capitol Police, to be used for design and

12 installation of security systems for the Capitol buildings

13 and grounds.

14 (2) The unexpended balances referred to in para15 graph (1) are—

16 (A) the unexpended balance of appropriations

17 for security installations, as referred to in the para18 graph under the heading ‘‘CAPITOL BUILDINGS’’,

19 under the general headings ‘‘JOINT ITEMS’’, ‘‘AR20 CHITECT OF THE CAPITOL’’, and ‘‘CAPITOL

21 BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS’’ in title I of the Legisla22 tive Branch Appropriations Act, 1995 (108 Stat.

23 1434), including any unexpended balance from a

24 prior fiscal year and any unexpended balance under

25 such headings in this Act; and
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1 (B) the unexpended balance of the appropria2 tion for an improved security plan, as transferred to

3 the Architect of the Capitol by section 102 of the

4 Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1989 (102

5 Stat. 2165).

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

7 design and installation of security systems for the Capitol

8 buildings and grounds is transferred from the Architect

9 of the Capitol to the Capitol Police Board. Such design

10 and installation shall be carried out under the direction

11 of the Committee on House Oversight of the House of

12 Representatives and the Committee on Rules and Admin13 istration of the Senate, and without regard to section 3709

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

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

16 structural, mechanical, or architectural feature of the Cap17 itol buildings and grounds that is required for a security

18 system under the preceding sentence may be carried out

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

20 (c)(1) Effective October 1, 1995, all positions speci21 fied in paragraph (2) and each individual holding any such

22 position (on a permanent basis) immediately before that

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

24 be transferred to the Capitol Police.
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1 (2) The positions referred to in paragraph (1) are

2 those positions which, immediately before October 1,

3 1995, are—

4 (A) under the Architect of the Capitol;

5 (B) within the Electronics Engineering Division

6 of the Office of the Architect of the Capitol; and

7 (C) related to the design or installation of secu8 rity systems for the Capitol buildings and grounds.

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

10 credit of an individual immediately before such individual

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

12 such individual, without adjustment, in the new position

13 of the individual.

14 SEC. 309 308. (a) Section 230(a) of the Congres15 sional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1371(a)) is

16 amended by striking out ‘‘Administrative Conference of

17 the United States’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Board’’.

18 (b) Section 230(d)(1) of the Congressional Account19 ability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1371(d)(1)) is amended—

20 (1) by striking out ‘‘Administrative Conference

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

22 ‘‘Board’’; and

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

24 and recommendations to the Board’’.
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1 SEC. 310 309. Section 122(d) of the Military Con2 struction Appropriations Act, 1994 (Public Law 103–110;

3 2 U.S.C. 141 note) is amended by adding at the end the

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

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

6 police the real property, including improvements thereon,

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

8 the said real property and within any improvements situ9 ated thereon for any violation of any law of the United

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

11 regulation promulgated pursuant thereto, and such au12 thority shall be construed as authorizing the Provost Mar13 shal, with the consent or upon the request of the Librarian

14 of Congress or his assistants, to enter any improvements

15 situated on the said real property that are under the juris16 diction of the Library of Congress to make arrests or to

17 patrol such structures.’’.

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

19 (2), the administrative jurisdiction over the property de20 scribed in subsection (b), known as the Botanic Garden,

21 is transferred, without reimbursement, to the Secretary of

22 Agriculture. After such transfer, the Botanic Garden shall

23 continue as a scientific display garden to inform and edu24 cate visitors and the public as to the value of plants to

25 the well-being of humankind and the natural environment.
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1 (2) The transfer referred to in paragraph (1) shall

2 take effect—

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

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

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

6 date of the conveyance described in subsection

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

8 that subsection.

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

10 is the property consisting of—

11 (A) Square 576 in the District of Columbia

12 (bounded by Maryland Avenue on the north, First

13 Street on the east, Independence Avenue on the

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

15 578 in the District of Columbia (bounded by Inde16 pendence Avenue on the north, First Street on the

17 east, and Washington Avenue on the southwest),

18 other than the property included in the Capitol

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

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

21 (B) the site known as the Botanic Garden

22 Nursery at D.C. Village, consisting of 25 acres lo23 cated at 4701 Shepherd Parkway, S.W., Washing24 ton, D.C. (formerly part of a tract of land known as

25 Parcel 253/26), which site is to be conveyed by the
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1 District of Columbia to the Architect of the Capitol

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

3 note);

4 (C) all buildings, structures, and other improve5 ments located on the property described in subpara6 graphs (A) and (B), respectively; and

7 (D) all equipment and other personal property

8 that, immediately before the transfer under this sec9 tion, is located on the property described in subpara10 graphs (A) and (B), respectively, and is under the

11 control of the Architect of the Capitol, acting under

12 the direction of the Joint Committee on the Library.

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

14 Architect of the Capitol of the property described in sub15 section (b)(1)(B), the Architect of the Capitol and the Sec16 retary of Agriculture shall enter into an agreement to per17 mit the retention by the Architect of the Capitol of a por18 tion of that property for legislative branch storage and

19 support facilities and expansion of such facilities, and fa20 cilities to be developed for use by the Capitol Police.

21 (d)(1) Effective October 1, 1996, all employee posi22 tions specified in paragraph (2) and each individual hold23 ing any such position (on a permanent basis) immediately

24 before the transfer, as identified by the Architect of the
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1 Capitol, shall be transferred to the Department of Agri2 culture.

3 (2) The employee positions referred to in paragraph

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

5 1, 1996, are under the Architect of the Capitol and are

6 primarily related to the functions of the Botanic Garden.

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

8 credit of an individual immediately before such individual

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

10 such individual, without adjustment, in the new position

11 of the individual.

12 (e)(1) Notwithstanding the transfer under this sec13 tion, and without regard to the laws specified in paragraph

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

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

16 National Garden authorized by section 307E of the Legis17 lative Branch Appropriations Act, 1989 (40 U.S.C. 216c),

18 including the renovation of the Conservatory of the Bo19 tanic Garden under section 209(b) of Public Law 102–

20 229 (40 U.S.C. 216c note). In carrying out the preceding

21 sentence, the Architect—

22 (A) shall have full responsibility for design, con23 struction management and supervision, and accept24 ance of gifts;
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1 (B) shall inform the Secretary of Agriculture

2 from time to time of the progress of the work in3 volved; and

4 (C) shall notify the Secretary of Agriculture

5 when, as determined by the Architect, the National

6 Garden, including the renovation of the Conserv7 atory of the Botanic Garden, is complete.

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

9 2 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act providing for a comprehen10 sive development of the park and playground system of

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

12 71a), and the first section of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act

13 establishing a Commission of Fine Arts.’’, approved May

14 17, 1910 (40 U.S.C. 104).

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

16 October 1, 1996, the unexpended balances of appropria17 tions for the Botanic Garden are transferred to the Sec18 retary of Agriculture.

19 (2) Any unexpended balances of appropriations for

20 completion of the National Garden, including the Conserv21 atory of the Botanic Garden, under subsection (e) shall

22 remain under the Architect of the Capitol.

23 (g) After the transfer under this section—

24 (1) under such terms and conditions as the Sec25 retary of Agriculture may impose, including a re-
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1 quirement for payment of fees for the benefit of the

2 Botanic Garden, the National Garden and the Con3 servatory of the Botanic Garden shall be available

4 for receptions sponsored by Members of Congress;

5 and

6 (2) the Secretary of Agriculture, through the

7 Botanic Garden, shall continue, with reimbursement,

8 to propagate and provide such plant materials as the

9 Architect may require for the United States Capitol

10 Grounds, and such indoor plant materials and cut

11 flowers as are authorized by policies of the House of

12 Representatives and the Senate.

13 SEC. 312 310. Any amount appropriated in this Act

14 for ‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—Salaries and

15 Expenses—Members’ Representational Allowances’’ shall

16 be available only for fiscal year 1996. Any amount remain17 ing after all payments are made under such allowances

18 for such fiscal year shall be deposited in the Treasury,

19 to be used for deficit reduction.

20 SEC. 311. Section 316 of Public Law 101–302 is

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

22 ‘‘1995’’ and inserting ‘‘1996’’.
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1 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative Branch

2 Appropriations Act, 1996’’.

Passed the House of Representatives June 22, 1995.

Attest: ROBIN H. CARLE,

Clerk.

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