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[Journal of the House of Representatives, 1995]
[Wednesday, September 6, 1995 (110), Para 110.16 Legislative Branch Appropriations FY 1996]
[Pages 1303-1305]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

para.110.16  legislative branch appropriations fy 1996

  Mr. PACKARD, pursuant to House Resolution 206, called up the following 
conference report (Rept. No. 104-212):

       The committee of conference on the disagreeing votes of the 
     two Houses on the amendments of the Senate to the bill (H.R. 
     1854) ``making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for 
     the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and for other 
     purposes,'' having met, after full and free conference, have 
     agreed to recommend and do recommend to their respective 
     Houses as follows:
       That the Senate recede from its amendments numbered 4, 5, 
     6, 7, 15, 28, 29, 31, 37, 39, 42, 43, 44, 50, 51, 52, 53, and 
     54.
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendments of the Senate numbered 3, 13, 17, 19, 20, 21, 23, 
     24, 26, 30, 33, 36, 38, 45, 46, and 47, and agree to the 
     same.
       Amendment numbered 1:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 1, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       Retain the matter proposed, amended as follows:
       Delete the sentence beginning ``$31,889,000.'' on line 15 
     and ending on line 18 of page 3 of the engrossed amendments 
     of the Senate to the bill H.R. 1854; and the Senate agree to 
     the same.
       Amendment numbered 2:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 2, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the matter stricken and the matter inserted by 
     said amendment, insert: For salaries and expenses of the 
     Joint Committee on Printing, $750,000, to be disbursed by the 
     Secretary of the Senate; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment Numbered 8:
       Restore the matter stricken by said amendment, amended to 
     read as follows:

                        administrative provision

       Sec. 112. Section 310 of the Legislative Branch 
     Appropriations Act, 1990, (2 U.S.C. 130e) is amended--
       (1) by striking out ``Clerk'' and inserting in lieu thereof 
     ``Sergeant at Arms''; and
       (2) by striking out ``Librarian of Congress'' and inserting 
     in lieu thereof ``Architect of the Capitol''.
       And the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 9:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 9, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the matter proposed by said amendment, insert:

                          Office of Compliance

       For salaries and expenses of the Office of Compliance, as 
     authorized by section 305 of Public Law 104-1, the 
     Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1385), 
     $2,500,000, of which $500,000 shall be transferred from the 
     amount provided for salaries and expenses of the Office of 
     Compliance under the headings ``HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES'', 
     ``Salaries and Expenses'', and ``Salaries, Officers, and 
     Employees''.
       And the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 10:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 10, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:

[[Page 1304]]

       In lieu of the matter proposed by said amendment, insert:

                    Office of Technology Assessment

                         Salaries and Expenses

       For salaries and expenses necessary to carry out the 
     orderly closure of the Office of Technology Assessment, 
     $3,615,000, of which $150,000 shall remain available until 
     September 30, 1997. Upon enactment of this Act, $2,500,000 of 
     the funds appropriated under this heading in Public Law 103-
     283 shall remain available until September 30, 1996: 
     Provided, That none of the funds made available in this Act 
     shall be available for salaries or expenses of any employee 
     of the Office of Technology Assessment in excess of 17 
     employees except for severance pay purposes.

                       administrative provisions

       Sec. 113. Upon enactment of this Act all employees of the 
     Office of Technology Assessment for 183 days preceding 
     termination of employment who are terminated as a result of 
     the elimination of the Office and who are not otherwise 
     gainfully employed may continue to be paid by the Office of 
     Technology Assessment at their respective salaries for a 
     period not to exceed 60 calendar days following the 
     employee's date of termination or until the employee becomes 
     otherwise gainfully employed whichever is earlier. Any day 
     for which a former employee receives a payment under this 
     section shall be counted as federal service for purposes of 
     determining entitlement to benefits, including retirement, 
     annual and sick leave earnings, and health and life 
     insurance. A statement in writing to the Director of the 
     Office of Technology Assessment or his designee by any such 
     employee that he was not gainfully employed during such 
     period or the portion thereof for which payment is claimed 
     shall be accepted as prima facie evidence that he was not so 
     employed.
       Sec. 114. Notwithstanding the provisions of the Federal 
     Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended, 
     or any other provision of law, upon the abolition of the 
     Office of Technology Assessment, all records and property of 
     the Office, (including the Unix system, all computer hardware 
     and software, all library collections and research materials, 
     and all photocopying equipment) shall be under the 
     administrative control of the Architect of the Capitol. Not 
     later than December 31, 1995, the Architect shall submit a 
     proposal on how to transfer such records and property to 
     appropriate support agencies of the Legislative Branch which 
     request such transfer, and shall carry out such transfer 
     subject to the approval of the Committees on Appropriations 
     of the House of Representatives and the Senate.
       And the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 11:
       That the house recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 11, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment, insert: 
     $24,288,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 12:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 12, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment, insert: 232; 
     and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 14:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 14, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the number proposed by said amendment, insert: 
     115; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 16:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 16, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment, insert: 
     $22,882,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 18:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 18, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the matter proposed by said amendment, insert: 
     Provided, That hereafter expenses, based on full cost 
     recovery, for flying American flags and providing 
     certification services therefor shall be advanced or 
     reimbursed upon request of the Architect of the Capitol, and 
     amounts so received shall be deposited into the Treasury; and 
     the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 22:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 22, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment, insert: 
     $83,770,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 25:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 25, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the matter stricken and inserted by said 
     amendment, insert: $211,664,000; and the Senate agree to the 
     same.
       Amendment numbered 27:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 27, and agree to the same 
     amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the sum proposed by said amendment, insert: 
     $6,812,000; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 32:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 32, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the matter proposed by said amendment, insert:
       Sec. 209.(a) The purpose of this section is to reduce the 
     cost of information support for the Congress by eliminating 
     duplication among systems which provide electronic access by 
     Congress to legislative information.
       (b) As used in this section, the term ``legislative 
     information'' means information, prepared within the 
     legislative branch, consisting of the text of publicly 
     available bills, amendments, committee hearings, and 
     committee reports, the text of the Congressional Record, data 
     relating to bill status, data relating to legislative 
     activity, and other similar public information that is 
     directly related to the legislative process.
       (c) Pursuant to the plan approved under subsection (d) and 
     consistent with the provisions of any other law, the Library 
     of Congress or the entity designated by that plan shall 
     develop and maintain, in coordination with other appropriate 
     entities of the legislative branch, a single legislative 
     information retrieval system to serve the entire Congress.
       (d) The Library shall develop a plan for creation of this 
     system, taking into consideration the findings and 
     recommendations of the study directed by House Report No. 
     103-517 to identify and eliminate redundancies in 
     congressional information systems. This plan must be approved 
     by the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate, 
     the Committee on House Oversight of the House of 
     Representatives, and the Committees on Appropriations of the 
     Senate and the House of Representatives. The Library shall 
     provide these committees with regular status reports on the 
     development of the plan.
       (e) In formulating its plan, the Library shall examine 
     issues regarding efficient ways to make this information 
     available to the public. This analysis shall be submitted to 
     the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 
     of Representatives as well as the Committee on Rules and 
     Administration of the Senate, and the Committee on House 
     Oversight of the House of Representatives for their 
     consideration and possible action.
       And the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 34:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 34, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       Restore the matter stricken by said amendment, amended to 
     read as follows:

                        administrative provision

       Sec. 210. The fiscal year 1997 budget submission of the 
     Public Printer to the Congress for the Government Printing 
     Office shall include appropriations requests and 
     recommendations to the Congress that--
       (1) are consistent with the strategic plan included in the 
     technological study performed by the Public Printer pursuant 
     to Senate Report 104-114;
       (2) assure substantial progress toward maximum use of 
     electronic information dissemination technologies by all 
     departments, agencies, and other entities of the Government 
     with respect to the Depository Library Program and 
     information dissemination generally; and
       (3) are formulated so as to require that any department, 
     agency, or other entity of the Government that does not make 
     such progress shall bear from its own resources the cost of 
     its information dissemination by other than electronic means.
       And the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 35:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 35, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the matter stricken and inserted by said 
     amendment, insert: 3,800 workyears by the end of fiscal year 
     1996; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 40:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 40, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the first section number proposed in said 
     amendment, insert: 212; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 41:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 41, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the first section number proposed in said 
     amendment, insert: 213; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 48:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 48, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the section number proposed by said amendment, 
     insert: 310; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 49:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 49, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the first section number proposed in said 
     amendment, insert: 311; and the Senate agree to the same.
       Amendment numbered 55:
       That the House recede from its disagreement to the 
     amendment of the Senate numbered 55, and agree to the same 
     with an amendment, as follows:
       In lieu of the matter proposed by said amendment, insert:
       Sec. 312. Such sums as may be necessary are appropriated to 
     the account described in subsection (a) of section 415 of 
     Public Law 104-1 to pay awards and settlements as authorized 
     under such subsection.

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       Sec. 313. (a) The Sergeant at Arms of the House of 
     Representatives shall have the same law enforcement 
     authority, including the authority to carry firearms, as a 
     member of the Capitol Police. The law enforcement authority 
     under the preceding sentence shall be subject to the 
     requirement that the Sergeant at Arms have the qualifications 
     specified in subsection (b).
       (b) The qualifications referred to in subsection (a) are 
     the following:
       (1) A minimum of five years of experience as a law 
     enforcement officer before beginning service as the Sergeant 
     at Arms.
       (2) Current certification in the use of firearms by the 
     appropriate Federal law enforcement entity or an equivalent 
     non-Federal entity.
       (3) Any other firearms qualification required for members 
     of the Capitol Police.
       (c) The Committee on House Oversight of the House of 
     Representatives shall have authority to prescribe regulations 
     to carry out this section.
       Sec. 314. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
     effective September 1, 1995, the Committee on House Oversight 
     of the House of Representatives shall have authority--
       (1) to combine the House of Representatives Clerk Hire 
     Allowance, Official Expenses Allowance, and Official Mail 
     Allowance into a single allowance, to be known as the 
     ``Members' Representational Allowance''; and
       (2) to prescribe regulations relating to allocations, 
     expenditures, and other matters with respect to the Members' 
     Representational Allowance.
       And the Senate agree to the same.

     Ron Packard,
     Bill Young,
     Charles H. Taylor,
     Dan Miller,
     Roger F. Wicker,
     Bob Livingston,
     Vic Fazio,
     Ray Thornton,
     Julian C. Dixon,
     David R. Obey,
                                Managers on the Part of the House.

     Connie Mack,
     R.F. Bennett,
     Mark O. Hatfield,
     Patty Murray,
     Barbara A. Mikulski,
                               Managers on the Part of the Senate.

  When said conference report was considered.
  After debate,
  By unanimous consent, the previous question was ordered on the 
conference report to its adoption or rejection.
  Mr. OBEY moved to recommit the conference report on H.R. 1854 to the 
committee of conference with instructions that the House conferees not 
meet until subsequently instructed to do so by the House pursuant to 
clause 1(c) of rule XXVIII.
  By unanimous consent, the previous question was ordered on the motion 
to recommit with instructions.
  The question being put, viva voce,
  Will the House recommit said conference report?
  The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr. LINDER, announced that the nays had it.
  Mr. OBEY demanded a recorded vote on agreeing to said motion, which 
demand was supported by one-fifth of a quorum, so a recorded vote was 
ordered.
  The vote was taken by electronic device.

It was decided in the

Yeas

164

negative

Nays

243
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