107TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 1172

AN ACT

Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the

fiscal year ending September 30, 2002, 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, 2002, and for other purposes, namely:
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1 TITLE I—CONGRESSIONAL OPERATIONS

2 SENATE

3 EXPENSE ALLOWANCES

4 For expense allowances of the Vice President,

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

6 $10,000; Majority Leader of the Senate, $10,000; Minor7 ity Leader of the Senate, $10,000; Majority Whip of the

8 Senate, $5,000; Minority Whip of the Senate, $5,000; and

9 Chairmen of the Majority and Minority Conference Com10 mittees, $3,000 for each Chairman; and Chairmen of the

11 Majority and Minority Policy Committees, $3,000 for each

12 Chairman; in all, $62,000.

13 REPRESENTATION ALLOWANCES FOR THE MAJORITY AND

14 MINORITY LEADERS

15 For representation allowances of the Majority and

16 Minority Leaders of the Senate, $15,000 for each such

17 Leader; in all, $30,000.

18 SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

19 For compensation of officers, employees, and others

20 as authorized by law, including agency contributions,

21 $104,039,000, which shall be paid from this appropriation

22 without regard to the below limitations, as follows:

23 OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT

24 For the Office of the Vice President, $1,867,000.
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1 OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE

2 For the Office of the President Pro Tempore,

3 $473,000.

4 OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERS

5 For Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders,

6 $2,868,000.

7 OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY WHIPS

8 For Offices of the Majority and Minority Whips,

9 $1,912,000.

10 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

11 For salaries of the Committee on Appropriations,

12 $9,875,000.

13 CONFERENCE COMMITTEES

14 For the Conference of the Majority and the Con15 ference of the Minority, at rates of compensation to be

16 fixed by the Chairman of each such committee,

17 $1,250,000 for each such committee; in all, $2,500,000.

18 OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES OF THE CONFERENCE OF

19 THE MAJORITY AND THE CONFERENCE OF THE MINORITY

20 For Offices of the Secretaries of the Conference of

21 the Majority and the Conference of the Minority,

22 $618,000.
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1 POLICY COMMITTEES

2 For salaries of the Majority Policy Committee and

3 the Minority Policy Committee, $1,275,000 for each such

4 committee; in all, $2,550,000.

5 OFFICE OF THE CHAPLAIN

6 For Office of the Chaplain, $301,000.

7 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

8 For Office of the Secretary, $15,424,000.

9 OFFICE OF THE SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER

10 For Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper,

11 $39,082,000.

12 OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND

13 MINORITY

14 For Offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the

15 Secretary for the Minority, $1,350,000.

16 AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS AND RELATED EXPENSES

17 For agency contributions for employee benefits, as

18 authorized by law, and related expenses, $25,219,000.

19 OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL OF THE SENATE

20 For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legisla21 tive Counsel of the Senate, $4,306,000.

22 OFFICE OF SENATE LEGAL COUNSEL

23 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate

24 Legal Counsel, $1,109,000.
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1 EXPENSE ALLOWANCES OF THE SECRETARY OF THE

2 SENATE, SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF

3 THE SENATE, AND SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJOR4 ITY AND MINORITY OF THE SENATE

5 For expense allowances of the Secretary of the Sen6 ate, $3,000; Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Sen7 ate, $3,000; Secretary for the Majority of the Senate,

8 $3,000; Secretary for the Minority of the Senate, $3,000;

9 in all, $12,000.

10 CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE

11 INQUIRIES AND INVESTIGATIONS

12 For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered

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

14 of Public Law 601, Seventy-ninth Congress, as amended,

15 section 112 of Public Law 96–304 and Senate Resolution

16 281, agreed to March 11, 1980, $107,264,000.

17 EXPENSES OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE CAUCUS ON

18 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL

19 For expenses of the United States Senate Caucus on

20 International Narcotics Control, $370,000.

21 SECRETARY OF THE SENATE

22 For expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the

23 Senate, $8,571,000, of which $7,000,000 shall remain

24 available until expended.
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1 SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE SENATE

2 For expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms

3 and Doorkeeper of the Senate, $95,904,000, of which

4 $8,654,000 shall remain available until September 30,

5 2004, and of which $11,354,000 shall remain available

6 until expended.

7 MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

8 For miscellaneous items, $11,274,000.

9 SENATORS’ OFFICIAL PERSONNEL AND OFFICE EXPENSE

10 ACCOUNT

11 For Senators’ Official Personnel and Office Expense

12 Account, $270,494,000.

13 OFFICIAL MAIL COSTS

14 For expenses necessary for official mail costs of the

15 Senate, $300,000.

16 MAILINGS FOR TOWN MEETINGS

17 For mailings of postal patron postcards by Members

18 for the purpose of providing notice of a town meeting by

19 a Member in a county (or equivalent unit of local govern20 ment) with a population of less than 50,000 that the Mem21 ber will personally attend to be allotted as requested,

22 $3,000,000, subject to authorization: Provided, That any

23 amount allocated to a Member for such mailing under this

24 paragraph shall not exceed 50 percent of the cost of the

25 mailing and the remaining costs shall be paid by the Mem26 ber from other funds available to the Member.
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

2 SECTION 1. (a) Section 101(a) of the Supplemental

3 Appropriations Act, 1977 (2 U.S.C. 61h–6(a)) is amended

4 in the first sentence by striking ‘‘four individual consult5 ants’’ and inserting ‘‘six individual consultants’’, and is

6 amended in the second sentence by striking ‘‘one consult7 ant’’ and inserting ‘‘not more than two individual consult8 ants’’.

9 (b) This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year

10 2002 and each fiscal year thereafter.

11 SEC. 2. STUDENT LOAN REPAYMENTS. (a) DEFINI12 TIONS.—In this section:

13 (1) EMPLOYEE OF THE SENATE.—The term

14 ‘‘employee of the Senate’’ has the meaning given the

15 term in section 101 of the Congressional Account16 ability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1301).

17 (2) EMPLOYING OFFICE.—The term ‘‘employing

18 office’’ means the employing office, as defined in

19 such section 101, of an employee of the Senate.

20 (3) STUDENT LOAN.—The term ‘‘student loan’’

21 has the meaning given the term in section 5379 of

22 title 5, United States Code.

23 (b) STUDENT LOAN REPAYMENT PROGRAM.—The

24 head of an employing office may, in order to recruit or

25 retain highly qualified personnel, establish a program
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1 under which the office may agree to repay (by direct pay2 ments on behalf of an employee of the Senate) any student

3 loan previously taken out by such employee.

4 (c) ADMINISTRATION.—

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—The head of an employing

6 office shall carry out the program in accordance with

7 the provisions of subsections (b) through (d) and

8 subsection (f) of section 5379 of title 5, United

9 States Code.

10 (2) APPLICATION.—For purposes of this sec11 tion, references in such provisions—

12 (A) to an agency shall be considered to be

13 references to an employing office; and

14 (B) to an employee shall be considered to

15 be references to an employee of the Senate.

16 (d) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There

17 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section

18 such sums as may be necessary.

19 (e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply to

20 fiscal year 2002 and each fiscal year thereafter.

21 SEC. 3. (a) Agency contributions for employees whose

22 salaries are disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate from

23 the appropriations account ‘‘Expenses of the United

24 States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control’’

25 under the heading ‘‘Congressional Operations’’ shall be
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1 paid from the Senate appropriations account for ‘‘Salaries,

2 Officers and Employees’’.

3 (b) This section shall apply to pay periods beginning

4 on or after October 1, 2001.

5 SEC. 4. (a) Section 5(a) under the subheading ‘‘AD6 MINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS’’ under the heading ‘‘SEN7 ATE’’ under title I of the Legislative Branch Appropria8 tions Act, 1996 (2 U.S.C. 58a note) is amended by strik9 ing ‘‘invoice ends’’ and inserting ‘‘invoice begins’’.

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

11 effect on October 1, 2001, and shall apply to base service

12 periods beginning on or after that date.

13 SEC. 5. (a) Section 120 of Public Law 97–51 (2

14 U.S.C. 61g–6) is amended in the first sentence by striking

15 ‘‘$75,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$100,000’’.

16 (b) This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year

17 2002 and each fiscal year thereafter.

18 SEC. 6. Effective on and after October 1, 2001, each

19 of the dollar amounts contained in the table under section

20 105(d)(1)(A) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations

21 Act, 1968 (2 U.S.C. 61–1(d)(1)(A)) shall be deemed to

22 be the dollar amounts in that table, as adjusted by law

23 and in effect on September 30, 2001, increased by an ad24 ditional $50,000 each.
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1 JOINT ITEMS

2 For Joint Committees, as follows:

3 JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE

4 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic

5 Committee, $3,424,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary

6 of the Senate.

7 JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION

8 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on

9 Taxation, $6,733,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Ad10 ministrative Officer of the House.

11 For other joint items, as follows:

12 OFFICE OF THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN

13 For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent ex14 penses of the emergency rooms, and for the Attending

15 Physician and his assistants, including: (1) an allowance

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

17 allowance of $500 per month each to three medical officers

18 while on duty in the Office of the Attending Physician;

19 (3) an allowance of $500 per month to one assistant and

20 $400 per month each not to exceed 11 assistants on the

21 basis heretofore provided for such assistants; and (4)

22 $1,159,904 for reimbursement to the Department of the

23 Navy for expenses incurred for staff and equipment as24 signed to the Office of the Attending Physician, which

25 shall be advanced and credited to the applicable appropria-
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1 tion or appropriations from which such salaries, allow2 ances, and other expenses are payable and shall be avail3 able for all the purposes thereof, $1,765,000, to be dis4 bursed by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House.

5 CAPITOL POLICE BOARD

6 CAPITOL POLICE

7 SALARIES

8 For the Capitol Police Board for salaries of officers,

9 members, and employees of the Capitol Police, including

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

12 to wear civilian attire, and Government contributions for

13 health, retirement, Social Security, and other applicable

14 employee benefits, $112,922,000, of which $55,296,000 is

15 provided to the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Rep16 resentatives, to be disbursed by the Chief Administrative

17 Officer of the House, and $57,626,000 is provided to the

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

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

20 of the amounts appropriated under this heading, such

21 amounts as may be necessary may be transferred between

22 the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives and

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

24 approval of the Committee on Appropriations of the House
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1 of Representatives and the Committee on Appropriations

2 of the Senate.

3 GENERAL EXPENSES

4 For the Capitol Police Board for necessary expenses

5 of the Capitol Police, including motor vehicles, commu6 nications and other equipment, security equipment and in7 stallation, uniforms, weapons, supplies, materials, train8 ing, medical services, forensic services, stenographic serv9 ices, personal and professional services, the employee as10 sistance program, not more than $2,000 for the awards

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

13 Law Enforcement Training Center, and $85 per month

14 for extra services performed for the Capitol Police Board

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

16 or the House of Representatives designated by the Chair17 man of the Board, $12,394,000, to be disbursed by the

18 Capitol Police Board or their delegee: Provided, That, not19 withstanding any other provision of law, the cost of basic

20 training for the Capitol Police at the Federal Law En21 forcement Training Center for fiscal year 2002 shall be

22 paid by the Secretary of the Treasury from funds available

23 to the Department of the Treasury.
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

2 SEC. 101. Amounts appropriated for fiscal year 2002

3 for the Capitol Police Board for the Capitol Police may

4 be transferred between the headings ‘‘SALARIES’’ and

5 ‘‘GENERAL EXPENSES’’ upon the approval of—

6 (1) the Committee on Appropriations of the

7 House of Representatives, in the case of amounts

8 transferred from the appropriation provided to the

9 Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives

10 under the heading ‘‘SALARIES’’;

11 (2) the Committee on Appropriations of the

12 Senate, in the case of amounts transferred from the

13 appropriation provided to the Sergeant at Arms and

14 Doorkeeper of the Senate under the heading ‘‘SALA15 RIES’’; and

16 (3) the Committees on Appropriations of the

17 Senate and the House of Representatives, in the

18 case of other transfers.

19 CAPITOL GUIDE SERVICE AND SPECIAL SERVICES

20 OFFICE

21 For salaries and expenses of the Capitol Guide Serv22 ice and Special Services Office, $2,512,000, to be dis23 bursed by the Secretary of the Senate: Provided, That no

24 part of such amount may be used to employ more than

25 43 individuals: Provided further, That the Capitol Guide
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1 Board is authorized, during emergencies, to employ not

2 more than two additional individuals for not more than

3 120 days each, and not more than 10 additional individ4 uals for not more than 6 months each, for the Capitol

5 Guide Service.

6 STATEMENTS OF APPROPRIATIONS

7 For the preparation, under the direction of the Com8 mittees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House

9 of Representatives, of the statements for the first session

10 of the One Hundred Seventh Congress, showing appro11 priations made, indefinite appropriations, and contracts

12 authorized, together with a chronological history of the

13 regular appropriations bills as required by law, $30,000,

14 to be paid to the persons designated by the chairmen of

15 such committees to supervise the work.

16 OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Compli19 ance, as authorized by section 305 of the Congressional

20 Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1385), $2,059,000.

21 CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE

22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

23 For salaries and expenses necessary to carry out the

24 provisions of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (Pub25 lic Law 93–344), including not more than $3,000 to be
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1 expended on the certification of the Director of the Con2 gressional Budget Office in connection with official rep3 resentation and reception expenses, $30,680,000: Pro4 vided, That no part of such amount may be used for the

5 purchase or hire of a passenger motor vehicle.

6 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

7 SEC. 102. (a) The Director of the Congressional

8 Budget Office may, by regulation, make applicable such

9 provisions of chapter 41 of title 5, United States Code,

10 as the Director determines necessary to provide hereafter

11 for training of individuals employed by the Congressional

12 Budget Office.

13 (b) The implementing regulations shall provide for

14 training that, in the determination of the Director, is con15 sistent with the training provided by agencies subject to

16 chapter 41 of title 5, United States Code.

17 (c) Any recovery of debt owed to the Congressional

18 Budget Office under this section and its implementing reg19 ulations shall be credited to the appropriations account

20 available for training employees of the Office at the time

21 of recovery.

22 (d) This section shall apply to fiscal year 2002 and

23 each fiscal year thereafter.

24 SEC. 103. Section 105(a) of the Legislative Branch

25 Appropriations Act, 1996 (2 U.S.C. § 606(a)), is amended
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1 by striking ‘‘or discarding.’’ and inserting ‘‘sale, trade-in,

2 or discarding.’’, and by adding at the end the following:

3 ‘‘Amounts received for the sale or trade-in of personal

4 property shall be credited to funds available for the oper5 ations of the Congressional Budget Office and be available

6 for the costs of acquiring the same or similar property.

7 Such funds shall be available for such purposes during the

8 fiscal year in which received and the following fiscal

9 year.’’.

10 SEC. 104. (a) The Director of the Congressional

11 Budget Office may, in order to recruit or retain qualified

12 personnel, establish and maintain hereafter a program

13 under which the Office may agree to repay (by direct pay14 ments on behalf of the employee) all or a portion of any

15 student loan previously taken out by such employee.

16 (b) The Director may, by regulation, make applicable

17 such provisions of section 5379 of title 5, United States

18 Code as the Director determines necessary to provide for

19 such program.

20 (c) The regulations shall provide the amount paid by

21 the Office may not exceed—

22 (1) $6,000 for any employee in any calendar

23 year; or

24 (2) a total of $40,000 in the case of any em25 ployee.
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1 (d) The Office may not reimburse an employee for

2 any repayments made by such employee prior to the Office

3 entering into an agreement under this section with such

4 employee.

5 (e) Any amount repaid by, or recovered from, an indi6 vidual under this section and its implementing regulations

7 shall be credited to the appropriation account available for

8 salaries and expenses of the Office at the time of repay9 ment or recovery.

10 (f) This section shall apply to fiscal year 2002 and

11 each fiscal year thereafter.

12 ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

13 CAPITOL BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

14 CAPITOL BUILDINGS

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 For salaries for the Architect of the Capitol, the As17 sistant Architect of the Capitol, and other personal serv18 ices, at rates of pay provided by law; for surveys and stud19 ies in connection with activities under the care of the Ar20 chitect of the Capitol; for all necessary expenses for the

21 maintenance, care and operation of the Capitol and elec22 trical substations of the Senate and House office buildings

23 under the jurisdiction of the Architect of the Capitol, in24 cluding furnishings and office equipment, including not

25 more than $1,000 for official reception and representation
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1 expenses, to be expended as the Architect of the Capitol

2 may approve; for purchase or exchange, maintenance and

3 operation of a passenger motor vehicle; and not to exceed

4 $20,000 for attendance, when specifically authorized by

5 the Architect of the Capitol, at meetings or conventions

6 in connection with subjects related to work under the Ar7 chitect of the Capitol, $54,000,000, of which $5,000,000

8 shall remain available until expended: Provided, That the

9 Architect of the Capitol, in consultation with the Comp10 troller General or his designee, shall appoint a Chief Fi11 nancial Officer within 90 days after the date of enactment

12 of this Act: Provided further, That notwithstanding any

13 other provision of law and subject to the availability of

14 appropriations, the Architect of the Capitol is authorized

15 to secure, through multi-year rental, lease, or other appro16 priate agreement, the property located at 67 K Street,

17 S.W., Washington, D.C., for use of Legislative Branch

18 agencies, and to incur any necessary incidental expenses

19 including maintenance, alterations, and repairs in connec20 tion therewith: Provided further, That in connection with

21 the property referred to under the preceding proviso, the

22 Architect of the Capitol is authorized to expend funds ap23 propriated to the Architect of the Capitol for the purpose

24 of the operations and support of Legislative Branch agen-
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1 cies, including the United States Capitol Police, as may

2 be required for that purpose.

3 CAPITOL GROUNDS

4 For all necessary expenses for care and improvement

5 of grounds surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House

6 office buildings, and the Capitol Power Plant, $6,000,000.

7 SENATE OFFICE BUILDINGS

8 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care

9 and operation of Senate office buildings; and furniture and

10 furnishings to be expended under the control and super11 vision of the Architect of the Capitol, $47,500,000, of

12 which $3,400,000 shall remain available until expended.

13 CAPITOL POWER PLANT

14 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care

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

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

18 House office buildings, Library of Congress buildings, and

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

21 plants in any of such buildings; heating the Government

22 Printing Office and Washington City Post Office, and

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

25 Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building and the
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1 Folger Shakespeare Library, expenses for which shall be

2 advanced or reimbursed upon request of the Architect of

3 the Capitol and amounts so received shall be deposited

4 into the Treasury to the credit of this appropriation,

5 $47,403,000, of which $3,300,000 shall remain available

6 until expended: Provided, That not more than $4,400,000

7 of the funds credited or to be reimbursed to this appro8 priation as herein provided shall be available for obligation

9 during fiscal year 2002.

10 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

11 CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions

14 of section 203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of

15 1946 (2 U.S.C. 166) and to revise and extend the Anno16 tated Constitution of the United States of America,

17 $81,139,000: Provided, That no part of such amount may

18 be used to pay any salary or expense in connection with

19 any publication, or preparation of material therefor (ex20 cept the Digest of Public General Bills), to be issued by

21 the Library of Congress unless such publication has ob22 tained prior approval of either the Committee on House

23 Administration of the House of Representatives or the

24 Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate.
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1 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

2 CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING AND BINDING

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 For authorized printing and binding for the Congress

5 and the distribution of Congressional information in any

6 format; printing and binding for the Architect of the Cap7 itol; expenses necessary for preparing the semimonthly

8 and session index to the Congressional Record, as author9 ized by law (44 U.S.C. 902); printing and binding of Gov10 ernment publications authorized by law to be distributed

11 to Members of Congress; and printing, binding, and dis12 tribution of Government publications authorized by law to

13 be distributed without charge to the recipient,

14 $81,000,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall not

15 be available for paper copies of the permanent edition of

16 the Congressional Record for individual Representatives,

17 Resident Commissioners or Delegates authorized under 44

18 U.S.C. 906: Provided further, That this appropriation

19 shall be available for the payment of obligations incurred

20 under the appropriations for similar purposes for pre21 ceding fiscal years: Provided further, That notwithstanding

22 the 2-year limitation under section 718 of title 44, United

23 States Code, none of the funds appropriated or made

24 available under this Act or any other Act for printing and

25 binding and related services provided to Congress under
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1 chapter 7 of title 44, United States Code, may be ex2 pended to print a document, report, or publication after

3 the 27-month period beginning on the date that such docu4 ment, report, or publication is authorized by Congress to

5 be printed, unless Congress reauthorizes such printing in

6 accordance with section 718 of title 44, United States

7 Code: Provided further, That any unobligated or unex8 pended balances in this account or accounts for similar

9 purposes for preceding fiscal years may be transferred to

10 the Government Printing Office revolving fund for car11 rying out the purposes of this heading, subject to the ap12 proval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House

13 of Representatives and Senate.

14 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Congressional Oper15 ations Appropriations Act, 2002’’.

16 TITLE II—OTHER AGENCIES

17 BOTANIC GARDEN

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care

20 and operation of the Botanic Garden and the nurseries,

21 buildings, grounds, and collections; and purchase and ex22 change, maintenance, repair, and operation of a passenger

23 motor vehicle; all under the direction of the Joint Com24 mittee on the Library, $5,829,000.
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1 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Library of Congress

4 not otherwise provided for, including development and

5 maintenance of the Union Catalogs; custody and custodial

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

7 laundering and repair of uniforms; preservation of motion

8 pictures in the custody of the Library; operation and

9 maintenance of the American Folklife Center in the Li10 brary; preparation and distribution of catalog records and

11 other publications of the Library; hire or purchase of one

12 passenger motor vehicle; and expenses of the Library of

13 Congress Trust Fund Board not properly chargeable to

14 the income of any trust fund held by the Board,

15 $297,775,000, of which not more than $6,500,000 shall

16 be derived from collections credited to this appropriation

17 during fiscal year 2002, and shall remain available until

18 expended, under the Act of June 28, 1902 (chapter 1301;

19 32 Stat. 480; 2 U.S.C. 150) and not more than $350,000

20 shall be derived from collections during fiscal year 2002

21 and shall remain available until expended for the develop22 ment and maintenance of an international legal informa23 tion database and activities related thereto: Provided,

24 That the Library of Congress may not obligate or expend

25 any funds derived from collections under the Act of June
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1 28, 1902, in excess of the amount authorized for obliga2 tion or expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided fur3 ther, That the total amount available for obligation shall

4 be reduced by the amount by which collections are less

5 than the $6,850,000: Provided further, That of the total

6 amount appropriated, $10,824,474 is to remain available

7 until expended for acquisition of books, periodicals, news8 papers, and all other materials including subscriptions for

9 bibliographic services for the Library, including $40,000

10 to be available solely for the purchase, when specifically

11 approved by the Librarian, of special and unique materials

12 for additions to the collections: Provided further, That of

13 the total amount appropriated, $1,517,903 is to remain

14 available until expended for the acquisition and partial

15 support for implementation of an Integrated Library Sys16 tem (ILS): Provided further, That of the amount appro17 priated, $500,000 shall remain available until expended

18 for the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission, of

19 which amount $3,000 may be used for official representa20 tion and reception expenses of the Abraham Lincoln Bi21 centennial Commission.

22 COPYRIGHT OFFICE

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office,

25 $40,701,000, of which not more than $21,880,000, to re-
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1 main available until expended, shall be derived from collec2 tions credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 2002

3 under 17 U.S.C. 708(d): Provided, That the Copyright Of4 fice may not obligate or expend any funds derived from

5 collections under 17 U.S.C. 708(d), in excess of the

6 amount authorized for obligation or expenditure in appro7 priations Acts: Provided further, That not more than

8 $5,984,000 shall be derived from collections during fiscal

9 year 2002 under 17 U.S.C. 111(d)(2), 119(b)(2), 802(h),

10 and 1005: Provided further, That the total amount avail11 able for obligation shall be reduced by the amount by

12 which collections are less than $27,864,000: Provided fur13 ther, That not more than $100,000 of the amount appro14 priated is available for the maintenance of an ‘‘Inter15 national Copyright Institute’’ in the Copyright Office of

16 the Library of Congress for the purpose of training nation17 als of developing countries in intellectual property laws

18 and policies: Provided further, That not more than $4,250

19 may be expended, on the certification of the Librarian of

20 Congress, in connection with official representation and

21 reception expenses for activities of the International Copy22 right Institute and for copyright delegations, visitors, and

23 seminars.
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1 BOOKS FOR THE BLIND AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For salaries and expenses to carry out the Act of

4 March 3, 1931 (chapter 400; 46 Stat. 1487; 2 U.S.C.

5 135a), $49,765,000, of which $14,437,000 shall remain

6 available until expended.

7 FURNITURE AND FURNISHINGS

8 For necessary expenses for the purchase, installation,

9 maintenance, and repair of furniture, furnishings, office

10 and library equipment, $8,532,000.

11 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

12 SEC. 201. Appropriations in this Act available to the

13 Library of Congress shall be available, in an amount of

14 not more than $407,560, of which $86,486 is for the Con15 gressional Research Service, when specifically authorized

16 by the Librarian of Congress, for attendance at meetings

17 concerned with the function or activity for which the ap18 propriation is made.

19 SEC. 202. (a) No part of the funds appropriated in

20 this Act shall be used by the Library of Congress to ad21 minister any flexible or compressed work schedule which—

22 (1) applies to any manager or supervisor in a

23 position the grade or level of which is equal to or

24 higher than GS–15; and
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1 (2) grants such manager or supervisor the right

2 to not be at work for all or a portion of a workday

3 because of time worked by the manager or super4 visor on another workday.

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

6 or supervisor’’ means any management official or super7 visor, as such terms are defined in section 7103(a)(10)

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

9 SEC. 203. Appropriated funds received by the Library

10 of Congress from other Federal agencies to cover general

11 and administrative overhead costs generated by per12 forming reimbursable work for other agencies under the

13 authority of sections 1535 and 1536 of title 31, United

14 States Code, shall not be used to employ more than 65

15 employees and may be expended or obligated—

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

17 extent or in such amounts as are provided in appro18 priations Acts; or

19 (2) in the case of an advance payment, only—

20 (A) to pay for such general or administra21 tive overhead costs as are attributable to the

22 work performed for such agency; or

23 (B) to such extent or in such amounts as

24 are provided in appropriations Acts, with re-
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1 spect to any purpose not allowable under sub2 paragraph (A).

3 SEC. 204. Of the amounts appropriated to the Li4 brary of Congress in this Act, not more than $5,000 may

5 be expended, on the certification of the Librarian of Con6 gress, in connection with official representation and recep7 tion expenses for the incentive awards program.

8 SEC. 205. Of the amount appropriated to the Library

9 of Congress in this Act, not more than $12,000 may be

10 expended, on the certification of the Librarian of Con11 gress, in connection with official representation and recep12 tion expenses for the Overseas Field Offices.

13 SEC. 206. (a) For fiscal year 2002, the obligational

14 authority of the Library of Congress for the activities de15 scribed in subsection (b) may not exceed $114,473,000.

16 (b) The activities referred to in subsection (a) are re17 imbursable and revolving fund activities that are funded

18 from sources other than appropriations to the Library in

19 appropriations Acts for the legislative branch.

20 (c) For fiscal year 2002, the Librarian of Congress

21 may temporarily transfer funds appropriated in this Act

22 under the heading ‘‘Library of Congress Salaries and Ex23 penses’’ to the revolving fund for the FEDLINK Program

24 and the Federal Research Program established under sec25 tion 103 of title I of the Library of Congress Fiscal Oper-
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1 ations Improvement Act of 2000, Public Law 106–481:

2 Provided, That the total amount of such transfers may

3 not exceed $1,900,000: Provided further, That the appro4 priate revolving fund account shall reimburse the Library

5 for any amounts transferred to it before the period of

6 availability of the Library appropriation expires.

7 SEC. 207. The Library of Congress Fiscal Operations

8 Improvement Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–481) is hereby

9 amended by striking the words ‘‘audio and video’’ in the

10 heading for section 101 and in subsection 101(a).

11 SEC. 208. The Library of Congress Fiscal Operations

12 Improvement Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–481) is hereby

13 amended in section 102 by adding the following new para14 graph to subsection (a):

15 ‘‘(4) Special events and programs.’’.

16 ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

17 CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER

18 For necessary expenses for the planning, engineering,

19 design, and construction of a new facility to provide great20 er security for all persons working in or visiting the United

21 States Capitol and to enhance the educational experience

22 of those who have come to learn about the Capitol building

23 and Congress, $1,000,000, to remain available until ex24 pended.
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1 CONGRESSIONAL CEMETERY

2 For a grant for the care and maintenance of the his3 toric Congressional Cemetery, $2,500,000, to remain

4 available until expended.

5 LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

6 STRUCTURAL AND MECHANICAL CARE

7 For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and

8 structural maintenance, care and operation of the Library

9 buildings and grounds, $18,753,000, of which $6,878,000

10 shall remain available until expended.

11 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

12 OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

15 For expenses of the Office of Superintendent of Doc16 uments necessary to provide for the cataloging and index17 ing of Government publications and their distribution to

18 the public, Members of Congress, other Government agen19 cies, and designated depository and international exchange

20 libraries as authorized by law, $28,728,000: Provided,

21 That travel expenses, including travel expenses of the De22 pository Library Council to the Public Printer, shall not

23 exceed $175,000: Provided further, That amounts of not

24 more than $2,000,000 from current year appropriations

25 are authorized for producing and disseminating Congres-
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1 sional serial sets and other related publications for 2000

2 and 2001 to depository and other designated libraries:

3 Provided further, That any unobligated or unexpended bal4 ances in this account or accounts for similar purposes for

5 preceding fiscal years may be transferred to the Govern6 ment Printing Office revolving fund for carrying out the

7 purposes of this heading, subject to the approval of the

8 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent9 atives and Senate.

10 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE REVOLVING FUND

11 The Government Printing Office is hereby authorized

12 to make such expenditures, within the limits of funds

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

14 contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year

15 limitations as provided by section 9104 of title 31, United

16 States Code, as may be necessary in carrying out the pro17 grams and purposes set forth in the budget for the current

18 fiscal year for the Government Printing Office revolving

19 fund: Provided, That not more than $2,500 may be ex20 pended on the certification of the Public Printer in connec21 tion with official representation and reception expenses:

22 Provided further, That the revolving fund shall be available

23 for the hire or purchase of not more than 12 passenger

24 motor vehicles: Provided further, That expenditures in con25 nection with travel expenses of the advisory councils to
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1 the Public Printer shall be deemed necessary to carry out

2 the provisions of title 44, United States Code: Provided

3 further, That the revolving fund shall be available for tem4 porary or intermittent services under section 3109(b) of

5 title 5, United States Code, but at rates for individuals

6 not more than the daily equivalent of the annual rate of

7 basic pay for level V of the Executive Schedule under sec8 tion 5316 of such title: Provided further, That the revolv9 ing fund and the funds provided under the headings ‘‘OF10 FICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS’’ and ‘‘SALA11 RIES AND EXPENSES’’ together may not be available for

12 the full-time equivalent employment of more than 3,260

13 workyears (or such other number of workyears as the Pub14 lic Printer may request, subject to the approval of the

15 Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the

16 House of Representatives): Provided further, That activi17 ties financed through the revolving fund may provide in18 formation in any format: Provided further, That the re19 volving fund shall not be used to administer any flexible

20 or compressed work schedule which applies to any man21 ager or supervisor in a position the grade or level of which

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

23 expenses for attendance at meetings shall not exceed

24 $75,000.
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

2 SEC. 209. EXTENSION OF EARLY RETIREMENT AND

3 VOLUNTARY SEPARATION INCENTIVE PAYMENT AU4 THORITIES. (a) EARLY RETIREMENT.—Section 309(b)(A)

5 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1999 (44

6 U.S.C. 305 note), is amended by striking ‘‘October 1,

7 2001’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘October 1, 2004’’.

8 (b) VOLUNTARY SEPARATION INCENTIVE PAY9 MENTS.—Section 309(c)(2) of the Legislative Branch Ap10 propriations Act, 1999 (44 U.S.C. 305 note), is amended

11 by striking ‘‘September 30, 2001’’ and inserting in lieu

12 thereof ‘‘October 1, 2004’’.

13 GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

15 For necessary expenses of the General Accounting

16 Office, including not more than $12,000 to be expended

17 on the certification of the Comptroller General of the

18 United States in connection with official representation

19 and reception expenses; temporary or intermittent services

20 under section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, but

21 at rates for individuals not more than the daily equivalent

22 of the annual rate of basic pay for level IV of the Execu23 tive Schedule under section 5315 of such title; hire of one

24 passenger motor vehicle; advance payments in foreign

25 countries in accordance with section 3324 of title 31,
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1 United States Code; benefits comparable to those payable

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

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

4 4081(8)); and under regulations prescribed by the Comp5 troller General of the United States, rental of living quar6 ters in foreign countries, $417,843,000: Provided, That

7 not more than $1,751,000 of payments received under 31

8 U.S.C. 782 shall be available for use in fiscal year 2002:

9 Provided further, That not more than $750,000 of reim10 bursements received under 31 U.S.C. 9105 shall be avail11 able for use in fiscal year 2002: Provided further, That

12 this appropriation and appropriations for administrative

13 expenses of any other department or agency which is a

14 member of the National Intergovernmental Audit Forum

15 or a Regional Intergovernmental Audit Forum shall be

16 available to finance an appropriate share of either Fo17 rum’s costs as determined by the respective Forum, in18 cluding necessary travel expenses of non-Federal partici19 pants: Provided further, That payments hereunder to the

20 Forum may be credited as reimbursements to any appro21 priation from which costs involved are initially financed:

22 Provided further, That this appropriation and appropria23 tions for administrative expenses of any other department

24 or agency which is a member of the American Consortium

25 on International Public Administration (ACIPA) shall be
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1 available to finance an appropriate share of ACIPA costs

2 as determined by the ACIPA, including any expenses at3 tributable to membership of ACIPA in the International

4 Institute of Administrative Sciences: Provided further,

5 That $1,000,000 from funds made available under this

6 heading shall be available for a pilot program in tech7 nology assessment: Provided further, That not later than

8 June 15, 2002, a report on the pilot program referred to

9 under the preceding proviso shall be submitted to Con10 gress.

11 PAYMENT TO THE RUSSIAN LEADERSHIP

12 DEVELOPMENT CENTER TRUST FUND

13 For a payment to the Russian Leadership Develop14 ment Center Trust Fund for financing activities of the

15 Center for Russian Leadership Development,

16 $10,000,000.

17 TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS

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

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

20 vehicles, except for emergency assistance and cleaning as

21 may be provided under regulations relating to parking fa22 cilities for the House of Representatives issued by the

23 Committee on House Administration and for the Senate

24 issued by the Committee on Rules and Administration.
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1 SEC. 302. No part of the funds appropriated in this

2 Act shall remain available for obligation beyond fiscal year

3 2002 unless expressly so provided in this Act.

4 SEC. 303. Whenever in this Act any office or position

5 not specifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of

6 1929 is appropriated for or the rate of compensation or

7 designation of any office or position appropriated for is

8 different from that specifically established by such Act,

9 the rate of compensation and the designation in this Act

10 shall be the permanent law with respect thereto: Provided,

11 That the provisions in this Act for the various items of

12 official expenses of Members, officers, and committees of

13 the Senate and House of Representatives, and clerk hire

14 for Senators and Members of the House of Representa15 tives shall be the permanent law with respect thereto.

16 SEC. 304. The expenditure of any appropriation

17 under this Act for any consulting service through procure18 ment contract, pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United

19 States Code, shall be limited to those contracts where such

20 expenditures are a matter of public record and available

21 for public inspection, except where otherwise provided

22 under existing law, or under existing Executive order

23 issued pursuant to existing law.

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

25 to the greatest extent practicable, all equipment and prod-
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1 ucts purchased with funds made available in this Act

2 should be American-made.

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

4 into any contract with, any entity using funds made avail5 able in this Act, the head of each Federal agency, to the

6 greatest extent practicable, shall provide to such entity a

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

8 the Congress.

9 (c) If it has been finally determined by a court or

10 Federal agency that any person intentionally affixed a

11 label bearing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, or any in12 scription with the same meaning, to any product sold in

13 or shipped to the United States that is not made in the

14 United States, such person shall be ineligible to receive

15 any contract or subcontract made with funds provided

16 pursuant to this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspen17 sion, and ineligibility procedures described in section

18 9.400 through 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regula19 tions.

20 SEC. 306. Such sums as may be necessary are appro21 priated to the account described in subsection (a) of sec22 tion 415 of Public Law 104–1 to pay awards and settle23 ments as authorized under such subsection.

24 SEC. 307. Amounts available for administrative ex25 penses of any legislative branch entity which participates
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1 in the Legislative Branch Financial Managers Council

2 (LBFMC) established by charter on March 26, 1996, shall

3 be available to finance an appropriate share of LBFMC

4 costs as determined by the LBFMC, except that the total

5 LBFMC costs to be shared among all participating legisla6 tive branch entities (in such allocations among the entities

7 as the entities may determine) may not exceed $252,000.

8 SEC. 308. Section 316 of Public Law 101–302 is

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

10 ‘‘2001’’ and inserting ‘‘2002’’.

11 SEC. 309. Section 5596(a) of title 5, U.S.C., is

12 amended by deleting ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph (4);

13 by deleting the period at the end of paragraph (5) and

14 inserting a semicolon, and by adding the following new

15 paragraphs, which shall be effective for all personnel ac16 tions taken on or after the date of enactment of this Act:

17 ‘‘(6) the Architect of the Capitol, including em18 ployees of the United States Senate Restaurants;

19 and

20 ‘‘(7) the United States Botanic Garden.’’.

21 SEC. 310. The Architect of the Capitol shall develop

22 and maintain an accounting and financial management

23 system, including financial reporting and internal controls,

24 which—
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1 (1) complies with applicable federal accounting

2 principles, standards, and requirements, and internal

3 control standards;

4 (2) complies with any other requirements appli5 cable to such systems; and

6 (3) provides for—

7 (A) complete, reliable, consistent, and

8 timely information which is prepared on a uni9 form basis and which is responsive to financial

10 information needs of the Architect of the Cap11 itol;

12 (B) the development and reporting of cost

13 information;

14 (C) the integration of accounting and

15 budgeting information; and

16 (D) the systematic measurement of per17 formance.

18 SEC. 311. (a) AUTHORITY OF ARCHITECT TO SET

19 PAY FOR CERTAIN POSITIONS.—Section 108 of the Legis20 lative Branch Appropriations Act, 1991 (40 U.S.C. 166b–

21 3b) is amended as follows:

22 (1) Subsections (a) and (b) are deleted in their

23 entirety and a new subsection (a) is added to read

24 as follows:
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1 ‘‘(a) The Architect of the Capitol may fix the rate

2 of basic pay for not more than 12 positions, at a rate not

3 less than the minimum rate nor more than the maximum

4 rate for the Senior Executive Service under chapter 53

5 of title 5, for the locality involved.’’.

6 (2) Subsection (c) is redesignated as subsection

7 (b).

8 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by

9 this section shall apply with respect to any pay periods

10 beginning on or after the date of the enactment of this

11 Act.

12 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative Branch Ap13 propriations Act, 2002’’.

Passed the Senate July 19, 2001.

Attest:

Secretary.
107TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 1172

AN ACT

Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch

for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002,and for other purposes.