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104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1854

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JULY 20, 1995

Ordered to be printed with the amendments of the Senate numbered

AN ACT

Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the

fiscal year ending September 30, 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:

7 TITLE I—CONGRESSIONAL OPERATIONS

8 Ω1æSENATE

9 EXPENSE ALLOWANCES

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

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

12 Leader of the Senate, $10,000; Minority Leader of the Sen-
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1 ate, $10,000; Majority Whip of the Senate, $5,000; Minority

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

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

4 Chairman; in all, $56,000.

5 REPRESENTATION ALLOWANCES FOR THE MAJORITY AND

6 MINORITY LEADERS

7 For representation allowances of the Majority and Mi8 nority Leaders of the Senate, $15,000 for each such Leader;

9 in all, $30,000.

10 SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

11 For compensation of officers, employees, and others as

12 authorized by law, including agency contributions,

13 $69,727,000, which shall be paid from this appropriation

14 without regard to the below limitations, as follows:

15 OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT

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

17 OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE

18 For the Office of the President Pro Tempore, $325,000.

19 OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERS

20 For Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders,

21 $2,195,000.

22 OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY WHIPS

23 For Offices of the Majority and Minority Whips,

24 $656,000.
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1 CONFERENCE COMMITTEES

2 For the Conference of the Majority and the Conference

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

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

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

6 OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES OF THE CONFERENCE OF

7 THE MAJORITY AND THE CONFERENCE OF THE MINORITY

8 For Offices of the Secretaries of the Conference of the

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

10 POLICY COMMITTEES

11 For salaries of the Majority Policy Committee and the

12 Minority Policy Committee, $965,000 for each such com13 mittee, in all, $1,930,000.

14 OFFICE OF THE CHAPLAIN

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

16 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

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

18 OFFICE OF THE SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER

19 For Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper,

20 $31,889,000. The account for the Office of Sergeant at Arms

21 and Doorkeeper is reduced by $10,000: Provided, That there

22 shall be no new elevator operators hired to operate auto23 matic elevators.
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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 Ω2æ(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, Ω3æ$6,019,000 $5,116,000, to be disbursed by

4 the 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 Ω4æ$70,132,000 $69,825,000, of which Ω5æ$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, Ω6æ$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 Ω7æCAPITOL 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 CAPITOL GUIDE SERVICE

14 For salaries and expenses of the Capitol Guide Service,

15 $1,628,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate:

16 Provided, That none of these funds shall be used to employ

17 more than thirty-three individuals: Provided further, That

18 the Capitol Guide Board is authorized, during emergencies,

19 to employ not more than two additional individuals for not

20 more than one hundred twenty days each, and not more

21 than ten additional individuals for not more than six

22 months each, for the Capitol Guide Service.
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1 SPECIAL SERVICES OFFICE

2 For salaries and expenses of the Special Services Of3 fice, $363,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Sen4 ate.

5 STATEMENTS OF APPROPRIATIONS

6 For the preparation, under the direction of the Com7 mittees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House

8 of Representatives, of the statements for the first session

9 of the One Hundred Fourth Congress, showing appropria10 tions made, indefinite appropriations, and contracts au11 thorized, together with a chronological history of the regu12 lar appropriations bills as required by law, $30,000, to be

13 paid to the persons designated by the chairmen of such

14 committees to supervise the work.

15 Ω8æADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

16 SEC. 112. (a) Section 441 of the Legislative Reorga17 nization Act of 1970 (40 U.S.C. 851) is amended by add18 ing at the end the following new subsection:

19 ‘‘(k) In addition to any other function under this sec20 tion, the Capitol Guide Service shall provide special serv21 ices to Members of Congress, and to officers, employees,

22 and guests of Congress.’’.

23 (b) Section 310 of the Legislative Branch Appropria24 tions Act, 1990 (2 U.S.C. 130e) is repealed.
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1 (c) The amendment made by subsection (a) and the

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

3 1, 1995.

4 Ω9æOFFICE OF COMPLIANCE

5 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Compliance,

6 as authorized by section 305 of Public Law 104–1, the Con7 gressional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1385),

8 $2,500,000.

9 Ω10æOFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT

10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

11 For salaries and expenses necessary to carry out the

12 orderly closure of the Office of Technology Assessment,

13 $3,615,000, of which $150,000 shall remain available until

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

15 $2,500,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading

16 in Public Law 103–283 shall remain available until Sep17 tember 30, 1996: Provided, That none of the funds made

18 available in this Act shall be available for salaries or ex19 penses of any employee of the Office of Technology Assess20 ment in excess of 17 employees except for severance pay pur21 poses.

22 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

23 SEC. 112. Upon enactment of this Act all employees

24 of the Office of Technology Assessment for 183 days preced25 ing termination of employment who are terminated as a
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1 result of the elimination of the Office and who are not other2 wise gainfully employed may continue to be paid by the

3 Office of Technology Assessment at their respective salaries

4 for a period not to exceed 60 calendar days following the

5 employee’s date of termination or until the employee be6 comes otherwise gainfully employed whichever is earlier. A

7 statement in writing to the Director of the Office of Tech8 nology Assessment or his designee by any such employee

9 that he was not gainfully employed during such period or

10 the portion thereof for which payment is claimed shall be

11 accepted as prima facie evidence that he was not so em12 ployed.

13 SEC. 113. Notwithstanding the provisions of the Fed14 eral Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as

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

16 of the Office of Technology Assessment, all records and prop17 erty of that agency (including Unix system, all computer

18 hardware and software, all library collections and research

19 materials, and all photocopying equipment), with the excep20 tion of realty and furniture, are hereby transferred to the

21 jurisdiction and control of the Library of Congress, Con22 gressional Research Service, to be used and employed in

23 connection with its functions.
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1 CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For salaries and expenses necessary to carry out the

4 provisions of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (Pub5 lic Law 93–344), including not to exceed $2,500 to be ex6 pended on the certification of the Director of the Congres7 sional Budget Office in connection with official representa8 tion and reception expenses, Ω11æ$23,188,000

9 $25,788,000: Provided, That none of these funds shall be

10 available for the purchase or hire of a passenger motor

11 vehicle: Provided further, That none of the funds in this

12 Act shall be available for salaries or expenses of any em13 ployee of the Congressional Budget Office in excess of

14 Ω12æ219 244 full-time equivalent positions: Provided fur15 ther, That any sale or lease of property, supplies, or serv16 ices to the Congressional Budget Office shall be deemed

17 to be a sale or lease of such property, supplies, or services

18 to the Congress subject to section 903 of Public Law 98–

19 63: Provided further, That the Director of the Congres20 sional Budget Office shall have the authority, within the

21 limits of available appropriations, to dispose of surplus or

22 obsolete personal property by inter-agency transfer, dona23 tion, or discarding.

24 Ω13æIn addition, for salaries and expenses of the

25 Congressional Budget Office necessary to carry out the
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1 provisions of title I of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act

2 of 1995 (Public Law 104–4), as authorized by section 109

3 of such Act, $1,100,000.

4 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

5 SEC. Ω14æ113 114. Section 8402(c) of title 5, United

6 States Code, is amended—

7 (1) by redesignating paragraph (7) as para8 graph (8); and

9 (2) by inserting after paragraph (6) the follow10 ing:

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

12 may exclude from the operation of this chapter an em13 ployee under the Congressional Budget Office whose em14 ployment is temporary or intermittent.’’.

15 ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

16 OFFICE OF THE ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

17 SALARIES

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

20 of pay provided by law, Ω15æ$8,569,000 $8,876,000.

21 TRAVEL

22 Appropriations under the control of the Architect of

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

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

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

5 CAPITOL BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

6 CAPITOL BUILDINGS

7 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care

8 and operation of the Capitol and electrical substations of

9 the Senate and House office buildings, under the jurisdic10 tion of the Architect of the Capitol, including furnishings

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

12 official reception and representation expenses, to be ex13 pended as the Architect of the Capitol may approve; pur14 chase or exchange, maintenance and operation of a pas15 senger motor vehicle; and attendance, when specifically

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

17 conventions in connection with subjects related to work

18 under the Architect of the Capitol, Ω16æ$22,832,000

19 $23,132,000, of which Ω17æ$3,000,000 $2,950,000 shall re20 main available until expendedΩ18æ: Provided, That here21 after expenses, based on full cost recovery, for flying Amer22 ican flags and providing certification services therefor shall

23 be advanced or reimbursed upon request of the Architect of

24 the Capitol, and amounts so received shall be deposited into

25 the Treasury to the credit of this appropriation.
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1 CAPITOL GROUNDS

2 For all necessary expenses for care and improvement

3 of grounds surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House

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

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

6 Ω19æSENATE OFFICE BUILDINGS

7 For all necessary expenses for maintenance, care and

8 operation of Senate Office Buildings; and furniture and

9 furnishings to be expended under the control and super10 vision of the Architect of the Capitol, $41,757,000, of which

11 $4,850,000 shall remain available until expended.

12 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS

13 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care

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

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

16 CAPITOL POWER PLANT

17 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care

18 and operation of the Capitol Power Plant; lighting, heat19 ing, power (including the purchase of electrical energy)

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

21 House office buildings, Library of Congress buildings, and

22 the grounds about the same, Botanic Garden, Senate ga23 rage, and air conditioning refrigeration not supplied from

24 plants in any of such buildings; heating the Government

25 Printing Office and Washington City Post Office, and
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1 heating and chilled water for air conditioning for the Su2 preme Court Building, Union Station complex, Thurgood

3 Marshall Federal Judiciary Building and the Folger

4 Shakespeare Library, expenses for which shall be ad5 vanced or reimbursed upon request of the Architect of the

6 Capitol and amounts so received shall be deposited into

7 the Treasury to the credit of this appropriation,

8 Ω20æ$32,578,000 $31,518,000: Provided, That not to ex9 ceed $4,000,000 of the funds credited or to be reimbursed

10 to this appropriation as herein provided shall be available

11 for obligation during fiscal year 1996.

12 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

13 CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

15 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions

16 of section 203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of

17 1946 (2 U.S.C. 166) and to revise and extend the Anno18 tated Constitution of the United States of America,

19 Ω21æ$75,083,000 $60,084,000: Provided, That no part of

20 this appropriation may be used to pay any salary or ex21 pense in connection with any publication, or preparation

22 of material therefor (except the Digest of Public General

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

24 publication has obtained prior approval of either the Com25 mittee on House Oversight of the House of Representa-
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1 tives or the Committee on Rules and Administration of

2 the Senate: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any

3 other provision of law, the compensation of the Director

4 of the Congressional Research Service, Library of Con5 gress, shall be at an annual rate which is equal to the

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

7 Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United

8 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 Ω22æ$88,281,000 $85,500,000: Provided, That this appro22 priation shall not be available for paper copies of the per23 manent edition of the Congressional Record for individual

24 Ω23æSenators, Representatives, Resident Commissioners

25 or Delegates authorized under 44 U.S.C. 906: Provided
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1 further, That this appropriation shall be available for the

2 payment of obligations incurred under the appropriations

3 for similar purposes 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 Ω24æCONSERVATORY 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, Ω25æ$195,076,000 (less

20 $1,165,000) $213,164,000, of which not more than

21 $7,869,000 shall be derived from collections credited to

22 this appropriation during fiscal year 1996 under the Act

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

24 150): Provided, That the total amount available for obliga25 tion shall be reduced by the amount by which collections
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1 are less than the $7,869,000: Provided further, That of

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

3 available until expended for acquisition of books, periodi4 cals, and newspapers, and all other materials including

5 subscriptions for bibliographic services for the Library, in6 cluding $40,000 to be available solely for the purchase,

7 when specifically approved by the Librarian, of special and

8 unique materials for additions 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 Ω26æ$86,912,000 $99,412,000 for reimbursable
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1 and revolving fund activities, and Ω27æ$5,667,000

2 $7,295,000 for non-expenditure transfer activities in sup3 port of parliamentary development during the current fis4 cal year.

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

6 obligational authority under the heading ‘‘Library of Con7 gress’’ for activities Ω28æfunded by the Agency for Inter8 national Development in support of parliamentary develop9 ment is prohibited, except for Russia, Ukraine, Albania,

10 Slovakia, Ω29æand Romania, Romania, and Egypt for

11 other than incidental purposes.

12 Ω30æSEC. 209. (a) Section 206 of the Legislative

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

14 amended by striking out ‘‘Effective’’ and all that follows

15 through ‘‘provided’’, and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Obliga16 tions for reimbursable activities and revolving fund activi17 ties performed by the Library of Congress and obligations

18 exceeding $100,000 for a fiscal year for any single gift

19 fund activity or trust fund activity performed by the Li20 brary of Congress are limited to the amounts provided for

21 such purposes’’.

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

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

24 to fiscal years beginning on or after that date.
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1 Ω31æSEC. 209. The Library of Congress may for such

2 employees as it deems appropriate authorize a payment to

3 employees who voluntarily retire during fiscal 1996 which

4 payment shall be paid in accordance with the provisions

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

6 Ω32æSEC. 210. (a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this sec7 tion is to reduce the cost of information support for the Con8 gress by eliminating duplication among systems which pro9 vide electronic access by Congress to legislative information.

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

11 term ‘‘legislative information’’ means information about

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

13 or by the committees, subcommittees, or offices of the Con14 gress, to include, but not limited to, the text of bills and

15 amendments to bills; the Congressional Record; legislative

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

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

18 and prints.

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

20 the Library of Congress shall develop and maintain, in co21 ordination with other appropriate Legislative Branch enti22 ties, a single legislative information retrieval system to

23 serve the entire Congress.

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

25 this system, taking into consideration the findings and rec-
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1 ommendations of the study directed by House Report No.

2 103–517 to identify and eliminate redundancies in congres3 sional information systems. This plan must be approved by

4 the Senate Rules and Administration Committee and the

5 House Oversight Committee. The Library shall provide

6 these committees, as well as the Senate and House Appro7 priations Committees, with regular status reports on the

8 implementation of the plan.

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

10 issues regarding efficient ways to make this information

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

12 the Senate and House Appropriations Committees as well

13 as the Senate Rules and Administration Committee and the

14 House Oversight Committee for their consideration and pos15 sible action.

16 ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

17 LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

18 STRUCTURAL AND MECHANICAL CARE

19 For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and

20 structural maintenance, care and operation of the Library

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

22 shall remain available until expended.
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1 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

2 OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

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

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

9 libraries as authorized by law, Ω33æ$16,312,000

10 $30,307,000: Provided, That travel expenses, including

11 travel expenses of the Depository Library Council to the

12 Public Printer, shall not exceed $130,000: Provided fur13 ther, That funds, not to exceed $2,000,000, from current

14 year appropriations are authorized for producing and dis15 seminating Congressional Serial Sets and other related

16 Congressional/non-Congressional publications for 1994

17 and 1995 to depository and other designated libraries.

18 Ω34æADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

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

20 44, United States Code, is amended by striking out the

21 last sentence and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

22 ‘‘The cost of production and distribution for publications

23 distributed to depository libraries—

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

25 not such publications are requisitioned from or
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1 through the Government Printing Office, shall be

2 borne by the components of the Government respon3 sible for their issuance; and

4 ‘‘(2) in other than paper or microfiche for5 mats—

6 ‘‘(A) if such publications are requisitioned

7 from or through the Government Printing Of8 fice, shall be charged to appropriations provided

9 to the Superintendent of Documents for that

10 purpose; and

11 ‘‘(B) if such publications are obtained else12 where than from the Government Printing Of13 fice, shall be borne by the components of the

14 Government responsible for their issuance.’’.

15 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE REVOLVING FUND

16 The Government Printing Office is hereby authorized

17 to make such expenditures, within the limits of funds

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

19 contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year

20 limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government

21 Corporation Control Act as may be necessary in carrying

22 out the programs and purposes set forth in the budget

23 for the current fiscal year for the Government Printing

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

25 may be expended on the certification of the Public Printer
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1 in connection with official representation and reception ex2 penses: Provided further, That the revolving fund shall be

3 available for the hire or purchase of passenger motor vehi4 cles, not to exceed a fleet of twelve: Provided further, That

5 expenditures in connection with travel expenses of the ad6 visory councils to the Public Printer shall be deemed nec7 essary to carry out the provisions of title 44, United States

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

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

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

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

12 (5 U.S.C. 5316): Provided further, That the revolving fund

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

14 SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS’’ and ‘‘SALARIES AND

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

16 equivalent employment of more than Ω35æ3,550

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

18 Provided further, That activities financed through the re19 volving fund may provide information in any format: Pro20 vided further, That the revolving fund shall not be used

21 to administer any flexible or compressed work schedule

22 which applies to any manager or supervisor in a position

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

24 15: Provided further, That expenses for attendance at

25 meetings shall not exceed $75,000.
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1 GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the General Accounting

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

5 the certification of the Comptroller General of the United

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

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

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

11 advance payments in foreign countries in accordance with

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

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

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

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

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

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

22 International Development—or his designee—under the

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

24 of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2396(b)); Ω36æ$392,864,000

25 $374,406,000: Provided, That not more than $400,000 of
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1 reimbursements received incident to the operation of the

2 General Accounting Office Building shall be available for

3 use in fiscal year 1996: Provided further, That notwith4 standing 31 U.S.C. 9105 hereafter amounts reimbursed

5 to the Comptroller General pursuant to that section shall

6 be deposited to the appropriation of the General Account7 ing Office then available and remain available until ex8 pended, and not more than $8,000,000 of such funds shall

9 be available for use in fiscal year 1996 Ω37æand, in addi10 tion, the following sums are appropriated, to be available

11 for the fiscal year beginning October 1, 1996 and ending

12 September 30, 1997, for the necessary expenses of the Gen13 eral Accounting Office, in accordance with the authority,

14 and on such terms and conditions, as provided for in fiscal

15 year 1996, including $7,000 for official representation and

16 reception expenses, $338,425,400: Provided further, That

17 not more than $100,000 of reimbursements received inci18 dent to the operation of the General Accounting Office

19 Building shall be available for use in 1997: Provided fur20 ther, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 9105 hereafter

21 amounts reimbursed to the Comptroller General pursuant

22 to that section shall be deposited to the appropriation of

23 the General Accounting Office then available and remain

24 available until expended, and not more than $6,000,000 of

25 such funds shall be available in fiscal year 1997: Provided
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1 further, That this appropriation and appropriations for ad2 ministrative expenses of any other department or agency

3 which is a member of the Joint Financial Management

4 Improvement Program (JFMIP) shall be available to fi5 nance an appropriate share of JFMIP costs as determined

6 by the JFMIP, including the salary of the Executive Di7 rector and secretarial support: Provided further, That this

8 appropriation and appropriations for administrative ex9 penses of any other department or agency which is a mem10 ber of the National Intergovernmental Audit Forum or a

11 Regional Intergovernmental Audit Forum shall be avail12 able to finance an appropriate share of Forum costs as

13 determined by the Forum, including necessary travel ex14 penses of non-Federal participants. Payments hereunder

15 to either the Forum or the JFMIP may be credited as

16 reimbursements to any appropriation from which costs in17 volved are initially financed: Provided further, That to the

18 extent that funds are otherwise available for obligation,

19 agreements or contracts for the removal of asbestos, and

20 renovation of the building and building systems (including

21 the heating, ventilation and air conditioning system, elec22 trical system and other major building systems) of the

23 General Accounting Office Building may be made for peri24 ods not exceeding five years: Provided further, That this

25 appropriation and appropriations for administrative ex-
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1 penses of any other department or agency which is a mem2 ber of the American Consortium on International Public

3 Administration (ACIPA) shall be available to finance an

4 appropriate share of ACIPA costs as determined by the

5 ACIPA, including any expenses attributable to member6 ship of ACIPA in the International Institute of Adminis7 trative Sciences.

8 Ω38æADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

9 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

10 Ω39æSEC. 211. (a) Effective June 30, 1996, the func11 tions of the Comptroller General identified in subsection

12 (b) are transferred to the Director of the Office of Man13 agement and Budget, contingent upon the additional

14 transfer to the Office of Management and Budget of such

15 personnel, budget authority, records, and property of the

16 General Accounting Office relating to such functions as

17 the Comptroller General and the Director jointly deter18 mine to be necessary. The Director may delegate any such

19 function, in whole or in part, to any other agency or agen20 cies if the Director determines that such delegation would

21 be cost-effective or otherwise in the public interest, and

22 may transfer to such agency or agencies any personnel,

23 budget authority, records, and property received by the

24 Director pursuant to the preceding sentence that relate

25 to the delegated functions. Personnel transferred pursuant
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1 to this provision shall not be separated or reduced in clas2 sification or compensation for one year after any such

3 transfer, except for cause.

4 (b) The following provisions of the United States

5 Code contain the functions to be transferred pursuant to

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

7 2312, 2575, 2733, 2734, 2771, 4712, and 9712 of title

8 10; sections 1626 and 4195 of title 22; section 420 of title

9 24; sections 2414 and 2517 of title 28; sections 1304,

10 3702, 3726, and 3728 of title 31; sections 714 and 715

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

12 38; and section 256a of title 41.

13 Ω40æSEC. 211. (a) Section 732 of title 31, United

14 States Code, is amended by adding a new subsection (h)

15 as follows:

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

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

18 General shall prescribe regulations for the release of officers

19 and employees of the General Accounting Office in a reduc20 tion in force which give due effect to tenure of employment,

21 military preference, performance and/or contributions to

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

23 regulations shall, to the extent deemed feasible by the Comp24 troller General, be designed to minimize disruption to the
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1 Office and to assist in promoting the efficiency of the Of2 fice.’’.

3 Ω41æSEC. 212. Section 753 of title 31, United States

4 Code, is amended—

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

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

7 (2) by inserting after subsection (a) a new sub8 section (b) as follows:

9 ‘‘(b) The Board has no authority to issue a stay of

10 any reduction in force action.’’; and

11 (3) in the second sentence of subsection (c), as re12 designated, by striking ‘‘(c)’’ and inserting ‘‘(d)’’.

13 Ω42æSEC. 213. The General Accounting Office may for

14 such officers and employees as it deems appropriate author15 ize a payment to officers and employees who voluntarily

16 separate on or before September 30, 1995, whether by retire17 ment or resignation, which payment shall be paid in ac18 cordance with the provisions of section 5597(d) of title 5,

19 United States Code.

20 TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS

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

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

23 vehicles, except for emergency assistance and cleaning as

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

2 by the Committee on Rules and Administration.

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

4 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the

5 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.

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

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

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

16 committees of the Senate and House of Representatives,

17 and clerk hire for Senators and Members of the House

18 of Representatives shall be the permanent law with respect

19 thereto.

20 SEC. 304. The expenditure of any appropriation

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

23 to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter

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

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

4 to the greatest extent practicable, all equipment and prod5 ucts purchased with funds made available in this Act

6 should be American-made.

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

8 into any contract with, any entity using funds made avail9 able in this Act, the head of each Federal agency, to the

10 greatest extent practicable, shall provide to such entity a

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

12 the Congress.

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

14 Appropriations of the House of Representatives, and in

15 accordance with conditions determined by the Committee

16 on House Oversight, positions in connection with House

17 parking activities and related funding shall be transferred

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

19 buildings and grounds, House office buildings’’ to the ap20 propriation ‘‘House of Representatives, salaries, officers

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

22 That the position of Superintendent of Garages shall be

23 subject to authorization in annual appropriation Acts.

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

25 States Code, the days of unused sick leave to the credit
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1 of any such employee as of the date such employee is

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

3 total service of such employee in connection with the com4 putation of any annuity under subsections (a) through (e)

5 and (o) of such section.

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

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

8 transferred under subsection (a) the Architect of the Cap9 itol is authorized to make a lump sum payment to each

10 such employee for that annual leave. No such payment

11 shall be considered a payment or compensation within the

12 meaning of any law relating to dual compensation.

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

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

15 Member of the House of Representatives within the House

16 office buildings.

17 Ω43æSEC. 308. (a)(1) Effective October 1, 1995, the

18 unexpended balances of appropriations specified in para19 graph (2) are transferred to the appropriation for general

20 expenses of the Capitol Police, to be used for design and

21 installation of security systems for the Capitol buildings

22 and grounds.

23 (2) The unexpended balances referred to in para24 graph (1) are—
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1 (A) the unexpended balance of appropriations

2 for security installations, as referred to in the para3 graph under the heading ‘‘CAPITOL BUILDINGS’’,

4 under the general headings ‘‘JOINT ITEMS’’, ‘‘AR5 CHITECT OF THE CAPITOL’’, and ‘‘CAPITOL

6 BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS’’ in title I of the Legisla7 tive Branch Appropriations Act, 1995 (108 Stat.

8 1434), including any unexpended balance from a

9 prior fiscal year and any unexpended balance under

10 such headings in this Act; and

11 (B) the unexpended balance of the appropria12 tion for an improved security plan, as transferred to

13 the Architect of the Capitol by section 102 of the

14 Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1989 (102

15 Stat. 2165).

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

17 design and installation of security systems for the Capitol

18 buildings and grounds is transferred from the Architect

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

20 and installation shall be carried out under the direction

21 of the Committee on House Oversight of the House of

22 Representatives and the Committee on Rules and Admin23 istration of the Senate, and without regard to section 3709

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

25 5). On and after October 1, 1995, any alteration to a
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1 structural, mechanical, or architectural feature of the Cap2 itol buildings and grounds that is required for a security

3 system under the preceding sentence may be carried out

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

5 (c)(1) Effective October 1, 1995, all positions speci6 fied in paragraph (2) and each individual holding any such

7 position (on a permanent basis) immediately before that

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

9 be transferred to the Capitol Police.

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

11 those positions which, immediately before October 1,

12 1995, are—

13 (A) under the Architect of the Capitol;

14 (B) within the Electronics Engineering Division

15 of the Office of the Architect of the Capitol; and

16 (C) related to the design or installation of secu17 rity systems for the Capitol buildings and grounds.

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

19 credit of an individual immediately before such individual

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

21 such individual, without adjustment, in the new position

22 of the individual.

23 Ω44æSEC. 309 308. (a) Section 230(a) of the Con24 gressional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1371(a))
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1 is amended by striking out ‘‘Administrative Conference of

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

3 (b) Section 230(d)(1) of the Congressional Account4 ability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1371(d)(1)) is amended—

5 (1) by striking out ‘‘Administrative Conference

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

7 ‘‘Board’’; and

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

9 and recommendations to the Board’’.

10 Ω45æ(c) The amendments made by this section shall

11 take effect only if the Administrative Conference of the

12 United States ceases to exist prior to the completion and

13 submission of the study to the Board as required by section

14 230 of the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (2

15 U.S.C. 1371).

16 Ω46æSEC. 310. Section 122(d) of the Military Con17 struction Appropriations Act, 1994 (Public Law 103–110;

18 2 U.S.C. 141 note) is amended by adding at the end the

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

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

21 police the real property, including improvements thereon,

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

23 the said real property and within any improvements situ24 ated thereon for any violation of any law of the United

25 States, the District of Columbia, or any State, or of any
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1 regulation promulgated pursuant thereto, and such au2 thority shall be construed as authorizing the Provost Mar3 shal, with the consent or upon the request of the Librarian

4 of Congress or his assistants, to enter any improvements

5 situated on the said real property that are under the juris6 diction of the Library of Congress to make arrests or to

7 patrol such structures.’’.

8 Ω47æSEC. 311. (a)(1) Effective as prescribed by

9 paragraph (2), the administrative jurisdiction over the

10 property described in subsection (b), known as the Botanic

11 Garden, is transferred, without reimbursement, to the Sec12 retary of Agriculture. After such transfer, the Botanic

13 Garden shall continue as a scientific display garden to in14 form and educate visitors and the public as to the value

15 of plants to the well-being of humankind and the natural

16 environment.

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

18 take effect—

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

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

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

22 date of the conveyance described in subsection

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

24 that subsection.
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1 (b)(1) The property referred to in subsection (a)(1)

2 is the property consisting of—

3 (A) Square 576 in the District of Columbia

4 (bounded by Maryland Avenue on the north, First

5 Street on the east, Independence Avenue on the

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

7 578 in the District of Columbia (bounded by Inde8 pendence Avenue on the north, First Street on the

9 east, and Washington Avenue on the southwest),

10 other than the property included in the Capitol

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

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

13 (B) the site known as the Botanic Garden

14 Nursery at D.C. Village, consisting of 25 acres lo15 cated at 4701 Shepherd Parkway, S.W., Washing16 ton, D.C. (formerly part of a tract of land known as

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

18 District of Columbia to the Architect of the Capitol

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

20 note);

21 (C) all buildings, structures, and other improve22 ments located on the property described in subpara23 graphs (A) and (B), respectively; and

24 (D) all equipment and other personal property

25 that, immediately before the transfer under this sec-
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1 tion, is located on the property described in subpara2 graphs (A) and (B), respectively, and is under the

3 control of the Architect of the Capitol, acting under

4 the direction of the Joint Committee on the Library.

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

6 Architect of the Capitol of the property described in sub7 section (b)(1)(B), the Architect of the Capitol and the Sec8 retary of Agriculture shall enter into an agreement to per9 mit the retention by the Architect of the Capitol of a por10 tion of that property for legislative branch storage and

11 support facilities and expansion of such facilities, and fa12 cilities to be developed for use by the Capitol Police.

13 (d)(1) Effective October 1, 1996, all employee posi14 tions specified in paragraph (2) and each individual hold15 ing any such position (on a permanent basis) immediately

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

17 Capitol, shall be transferred to the Department of Agri18 culture.

19 (2) The employee positions referred to in paragraph

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

21 1, 1996, are under the Architect of the Capitol and are

22 primarily related to the functions of the Botanic Garden.

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

24 credit of an individual immediately before such individual

25 is transferred under paragraph (1) shall be credited to
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1 such individual, without adjustment, in the new position

2 of the individual.

3 (e)(1) Notwithstanding the transfer under this sec4 tion, and without regard to the laws specified in paragraph

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

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

7 National Garden authorized by section 307E of the Legis8 lative Branch Appropriations Act, 1989 (40 U.S.C. 216c),

9 including the renovation of the Conservatory of the Bo10 tanic Garden under section 209(b) of Public Law 102–

11 229 (40 U.S.C. 216c note). In carrying out the preceding

12 sentence, the Architect—

13 (A) shall have full responsibility for design, con14 struction management and supervision, and accept15 ance of gifts;

16 (B) shall inform the Secretary of Agriculture

17 from time to time of the progress of the work in18 volved; and

19 (C) shall notify the Secretary of Agriculture

20 when, as determined by the Architect, the National

21 Garden, including the renovation of the Conserv22 atory of the Botanic Garden, is complete.

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

24 2 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act providing for a comprehen25 sive development of the park and playground system of
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1 the National Capital.’’, approved June 6, 1924 (40 U.S.C.

2 71a), and the first section of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act

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

4 17, 1910 (40 U.S.C. 104).

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

6 October 1, 1996, the unexpended balances of appropria7 tions for the Botanic Garden are transferred to the Sec8 retary of Agriculture.

9 (2) Any unexpended balances of appropriations for

10 completion of the National Garden, including the Conserv11 atory of the Botanic Garden, under subsection (e) shall

12 remain under the Architect of the Capitol.

13 (g) After the transfer under this section—

14 (1) under such terms and conditions as the Sec15 retary of Agriculture may impose, including a re16 quirement for payment of fees for the benefit of the

17 Botanic Garden, the National Garden and the Con18 servatory of the Botanic Garden shall be available

19 for receptions sponsored by Members of Congress;

20 and

21 (2) the Secretary of Agriculture, through the

22 Botanic Garden, shall continue, with reimbursement,

23 to propagate and provide such plant materials as the

24 Architect may require for the United States Capitol

25 Grounds, and such indoor plant materials and cut
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1 flowers as are authorized by policies of the House of

2 Representatives and the Senate.

3 SEC. Ω48æ312 309. Any amount appropriated in this

4 Act for ‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—Salaries

5 and Expenses—Members’ Representational Allowances’’

6 shall be available only for fiscal year 1996. Any amount

7 remaining after all payments are made under such allow8 ances for such fiscal year shall be deposited in the Treas9 ury, to be used for deficit reduction.

10 Ω49æSEC. 310. Section 316 of Public Law 101–302 is

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

12 ‘‘1995’’ and inserting ‘‘1996’’.

13 Ω50æSEC. 311. (a) It is the sense of the Senate that

14 the Senate should consider a resolution in the 104th Con15 gress, 1st Session, that requires an accredited member of

16 any of the Senate press galleries to file an annual public

17 report with the Secretary of the Senate disclosing the iden18 tity of the primary employer of the member and of any

19 additional sources of earned outside income received by the

20 member, together with the amounts received from each such

21 source.

22 (b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘Senate press

23 galleries’’ means—

24 (1) the Senate Press Gallery;
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1 (2) the Senate Radio and Television Correspond2 ents Gallery;

3 (3) the Senate Periodical Press Gallery; and

4 (4) the Senate Press Photographers Gallery.

5 Ω51æSEC. 312. None of the funds made available in

6 this Act may be used for any program for the selection of

7 Federal Government contractors when such program results

8 in the award of Federal contracts to unqualified persons,

9 in reverse discrimination, or in quotas, or is inconsistent

10 with the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States

11 in Adarand Constructors, Inc. v. Pena on June 12, 1995.

12 Ω52æSEC. 313. It is the sense of the Senate that before

13 the conclusion of the 104th Congress, comprehensive welfare

14 reform, food stamp reform, Medicare reform, Medicaid re15 form, superfund reform, wetlands reform, reauthorization

16 of the Safe Drinking Water Act, reauthorization of the En17 dangered Species Act, immigration reform, Davis-Bacon re18 form, State Department reauthorization, Defense Depart19 ment reauthorization, Bosnia arms embargo, foreign aid re20 authorization, fiscal year 1996 and 1997 Agriculture ap21 propriations, Commerce, Justice, State appropriations, De22 fense appropriations, District of Columbia appropriations,

23 Energy and Water Development appropriations, Foreign

24 Operations appropriations, Interior appropriations, Labor,

25 Health and Human Services and Education appropria-
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1 tions, Legislative Branch appropriations, Military Con2 struction appropriations, Transportation appropriations,

3 Treasury and Postal appropriations, and Veterans Affairs,

4 Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agen5 cies appropriations, reauthorization of the Older Americans

6 Act, reauthorization of the Individuals with Disabilities

7 Education Act, health care reform, comprehensive cam8 paign finance reform, job training reform, child support en9 forcement reform, tax reform, and a ‘‘Farm Bill’’ should

10 be considered.

11 Ω53æSEC. 314. (a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds

12 that—

13 (1) war and human tragedy have reigned in the

14 Balkans since January 1991;

15 (2) the conflict has occasioned the most horren16 dous war crimes since Nazi Germany and the Third

17 Reich’s death camps;

18 (3) these war crimes have been characterized by

19 ‘‘ethnic cleansing’’, summary executions, torture, forc20 ible displacement, massive and systematic rape, and

21 attacks on medical and relief personnel committed

22 mostly by Bosnian Serb military, para-military, and

23 police forces;

24 (4) more than 200,000 people, mostly Bosnian

25 Muslims, have been killed or are missing, 2.2 million
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1 are refugees, and another 1.8 million have been dis2 placed in Bosnia;

3 (5) the final report of the Commission of Experts

4 on War Crimes in the Former Yugoslavia, submitted

5 to the United Nations Security Council on May 31,

6 1995, documents more than 3500 pages of detailed

7 evidence of war crimes committed in Bosnia;

8 (6) the decisions of the United Nations Security

9 Council have been disregarded with impunity;

10 (7) Bosnian Serb forces have hindered humani11 tarian and relief efforts by the United Nations High

12 Commissioner for Refugees, the International Com13 mittee of the Red Cross, and other relief efforts;

14 (8) Bosnian Serb forces have incessantly shelled

15 relief outposts, hospitals, and Bosnian population

16 centers;

17 (9) the rampage of violence and suffering in

18 Bosnia and Herzegovina continues unchecked and the

19 United Nations and NATO remain unable or willing

20 to stop it; and

21 (10) the feeble reaction to the Bosnian tragedy is

22 sending a message to the world that barbaric warfare

23 and inhumanity is to be rewarded.

24 (b) SENSE OF THE SENATE.—It is the sense of the Sen25 ate that the Senate hereby—
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1 (1) condemns the war crimes and crimes against

2 humanity committed by all sides to the conflict in the

3 Balkans, particularly the Bosnian Serbs; and

4 (2) condemns the policies and actions of Bosnian

5 Serb President Radovan Karadzic and Bosnian Serb

6 military commander Ratko Mladic and urges the

7 Special Prosecutor of the International Criminal Tri8 bunal for the Former Yugoslavia to expedite the re9 view of evidence for their indictment for such crimes.

10 (3) It is the sense of the Senate that the Special

11 Prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunal

12 for the Former Yugoslavia should investigate the re13 cent and ongoing violations of international humani14 tarian law in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

15 (4) The Senate urges the President to make all

16 information, including intelligence information, on

17 war crimes and war criminals available to the Inter18 national Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugo19 slavia.

20 (5) It is the sense of the Senate that the Presi21 dent should not terminate economic sanctions, or co22 operate in the termination of such sanctions, against

23 the Governments of Serbia and Montenegro unless

24 and until the President determines and certifies to

25 Congress that President Slobodan Milosovic of Serbia
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1 is cooperating fully with the International Criminal

2 Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia.

3 Ω54æSEC. 315. REPEAL OF PROHIBITIONS AGAINST POLITI4 CAL RECOMMENDATIONS RELATING TO FED5 ERAL EMPLOYMENT.

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—(1) Section 3303 of title 5, United

7 States Code, is repealed.

8 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—(1)

9 The table of sections for chapter 33 of title 5, United States

10 Code, is amended by striking out the item relating to section

11 3303.

12 (2) Section 2302(b)(2) of title 5, United States Code,

13 is amended to read as follows:

14 ‘‘(2) solicit or consider any recommendation or

15 statement, oral or written, with respect to any indi16 vidual who requests or is under consideration for any

17 personnel action unless such recommendation or state18 ment is based on the personal knowledge or records of

19 the person furnishing it and consists of—

20 ‘‘(A) an evaluation of the work performance,

21 ability, aptitude, or general qualifications of

22 such individual; or

23 ‘‘(B) an evaluation of the character, loyalty,

24 or suitability of such individual;’’.
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1 Ω55æSEC. 316. (a) The head of each agency with re2 sponsibility for the maintenance and operation of facilities

3 funded under this Act shall take all actions necessary to

4 achieve during fiscal year 1996 a 5-percent reduction in

5 facilities energy costs from fiscal year 1995 levels. The head

6 of each such agency shall transmit to the Treasury of the

7 United States the total amount of savings achieved under

8 this subsection, and the amount transmitted shall be used

9 to reduce the deficit.

10 (b) The head of each agency described in subsection

11 (a) shall report to the Congress not later than December

12 31, 1996, on the results of the actions taken under sub13 section (a), together with any recommendations as to how

14 to further reduce energy costs and energy consumption in

15 the future. Each report shall specify the agency’s total fa16 cilities energy costs and shall identify the reductions

17 achieved and specify the actions that resulted in such reduc18 tions.
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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.

Passed the Senate July 20 (legislative day, July 10),

1995.

Attest: KELLY D. JOHNSTON,

Secretary.

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