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Calendar No. 436 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4678 

[Report No. 118–192] 

Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending 

September 30, 2025, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 11 (legislative day JULY 10), 2024 

Mr. REED, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following 

original bill; which was read twice and placed on the calendar 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the 

fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, 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, 2025, and for other purposes, namely: 
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1 TITLE I 

2 LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 

3 SENATE 

4 EXPENSE ALLOWANCES

5 For expense allowances of the Vice President, 

6 $20,000; the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, 

7 $40,000; Majority Leader of the Senate, $40,000; Minor8 ity Leader of the Senate, $40,000; Majority Whip of the 

9 Senate, $10,000; Minority Whip of the Senate, $10,000; 

10 President Pro Tempore Emeritus, $15,000; Chairmen of 

11 the Majority and Minority Conference Committees, $5,000 

12 for each Chairman; and Chairmen of the Majority and Mi13 nority Policy Committees, $5,000 for each Chairman; in 

14 all, $195,000. 

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 $293,770,000, which shall be paid from this appropriation 

22 as follows: 

23 OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT

24 For the Office of the Vice President, $3,102,000. 
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1 OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE

2 For the Office of the President Pro Tempore, 

3 $873,000. 

4 OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE EMERITUS

5 For the Office of the President Pro Tempore Emer6 itus, $377,000. 

7 OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERS

8 For Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders, 

9 $6,486,000. 

10 OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY WHIPS

11 For Offices of the Majority and Minority Whips, 

12 $4,070,000. 

13 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

14 For salaries of the Committee on Appropriations, 

15 $20,785,000. 

16 CONFERENCE COMMITTEES

17 For the Conference of the Majority and the Con18 ference of the Minority, at rates of compensation to be 

19 fixed by the Chairman of each such committee, 

20 $1,980,000 for each such committee; in all, $3,960,000. 

21 OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES OF THE CONFERENCE OF

22 THE MAJORITY AND THE CONFERENCE OF THE MINORITY

23 For Offices of the Secretaries of the Conference of 

24 the Majority and the Conference of the Minority, 

25 $986,000. 
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1 POLICY COMMITTEES

2 For salaries of the Majority Policy Committee and 

3 the Minority Policy Committee, $2,022,000 for each such 

4 committee; in all, $4,044,000. 

5 OFFICE OF THE CHAPLAIN

6 For Office of the Chaplain, $616,000. 

7 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

8 For Office of the Secretary, $32,462,000. 

9 OFFICE OF THE SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER

10 For Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, 

11 $121,739,000. 

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, $2,689,000. 

16 AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS AND RELATED EXPENSES

17 For agency contributions for employee benefits, as 

18 authorized by law, and related expenses, $91,581,000. 

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, $9,094,000. 

22 OFFICE OF SENATE LEGAL COUNSEL

23 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate 

24 Legal Counsel, $1,387,000. 
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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, $7,500; Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Sen7 ate, $7,500; Secretary for the Majority of the Senate, 

8 $7,500; Secretary for the Minority of the Senate, $7,500; 

9 in all, $30,000. 

10 CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE

11 INQUIRIES AND INVESTIGATIONS

12 For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered 

13 by the Senate, or conducted under paragraph 1 of rule 

14 XXVI of the Standing Rules of the Senate, section 112 

15 of the Supplemental Appropriations and Rescission Act, 

16 1980 (Public Law 96–304), and Senate Resolution 281, 

17 96th Congress, agreed to March 11, 1980, $187,200,000, 

18 of which $18,720,000 shall remain available until Sep19 tember 30, 2027. 

20 U.S. SENATE CAUCUS ON INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS

21 CONTROL

22 For expenses of the United States Senate Caucus on 

23 International Narcotics Control, $591,000. 
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1 SECRETARY OF THE SENATE

2 For expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the 

3 Senate, $17,299,000, of which $12,874,000 shall remain 

4 available until September 30, 2029, and of which 

5 $4,425,000 shall remain available until expended. 

6 SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE SENATE

7 For expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms 

8 and Doorkeeper of the Senate, $204,000,000, to remain 

9 available until September 30, 2029: Provided, That of the 

10 amounts made available under this heading, $5,000,000, 

11 to remain available until expended, shall be for Senate 

12 hearing room audiovisual equipment: Provided further, 

13 That of the amounts made available under this heading, 

14 $2,500,000, shall be available until expended for a resi15 dential security system program. 

16 SERGEANT AT ARMS FELLOWSHIPS FUND

17 For expenses authorized by the Sergeant at Arms 

18 Fellowships Fund, $6,277,000, to remain available until 

19 expended. 

20 MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

21 For miscellaneous items, $29,028,000 which shall re22 main available until September 30, 2027. 
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1 SENATORS’ OFFICIAL PERSONNEL AND OFFICE EXPENSE

2 ACCOUNT

3 For Senators’ Official Personnel and Office Expense 

4 Account, $588,381,000, of which $29,420,000 shall re5 main available until September 30, 2027, and of which 

6 $7,000,000 shall be allocated solely for the purpose of pro7 viding financial compensation to Senate interns. 

8 OFFICIAL MAIL COSTS

9 For expenses necessary for official mail costs of the 

10 Senate, $300,000. 

11 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

12 REQUIRING AMOUNTS REMAINING IN SENATORS’ OFFI13 CIAL PERSONNEL AND OFFICE EXPENSE ACCOUNT

14 TO BE USED FOR DEFICIT REDUCTION OR TO RE15 DUCE THE FEDERAL DEBT

16 SEC. 101. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

17 law, any amounts appropriated under this Act under the 

18 heading ‘‘SENATE—CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE

19 SENATE—SENATORS’ OFFICIAL PERSONNEL AND OFFICE

20 EXPENSE ACCOUNT’’ shall be available for obligation only 

21 during the fiscal year or fiscal years for which such 

22 amounts are made available. Any unexpended balances 

23 under such allowances remaining after the end of the pe24 riod of availability shall be returned to the Treasury in 

25 accordance with the undesignated paragraph under the 
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1 center heading ‘‘GENERAL PROVISION’’ under chapter 

2 XI of the Third Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1957 

3 (2 U.S.C. 4107) and used for deficit reduction (or, if there 

4 is no Federal budget deficit after all such payments have 

5 been made, for reducing the Federal debt, in such manner 

6 as the Secretary of the Treasury considers appropriate). 

7 JOINT ITEMS 

8 For Joint Committees, as follows: 

9 JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE

10 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic 

11 Committee, $4,283,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary 

12 of the Senate. 

13 JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION

14 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on 

15 Taxation, $14,450,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Ad16 ministrative Officer of the House of Representatives. 

17 For other joint items, as follows: 

18 OFFICE OF THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN

19 For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent ex20 penses of the emergency rooms, and for the Attending 

21 Physician and their assistants, including: 

22 (1) an allowance of $3,500 per month to the 

23 Attending Physician; 

24 (2) an allowance of $2,500 per month to the 

25 Senior Medical Officer; 
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1 (3) an allowance of $900 per month each to 

2 three medical officers while on duty in the Office of 

3 the Attending Physician; 

4 (4) an allowance of $900 per month to 2 assist5 ants and $900 per month each not to exceed 11 as6 sistants on the basis heretofore provided for such as7 sistants; and 

8 (5) $3,154,000 for reimbursement to the De9 partment of the Navy for expenses incurred for staff 

10 and equipment assigned to the Office of the Attend11 ing Physician, which shall be advanced and credited 

12 to the applicable appropriation or appropriations 

13 from which such salaries, allowances, and other ex14 penses are payable and shall be available for all the 

15 purposes thereof, $4,666,000, to be disbursed by the 

16 Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Rep17 resentatives: Provided, That of the amounts made 

18 available under this heading, $250,000 shall be for 

19 continuity related emergency medical materials and 

20 equipment. 

21 OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL ACCESSIBILITY SERVICES

22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

23 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Congres24 sional Accessibility Services, $1,838,000, to be disbursed 

25 by the Secretary of the Senate. 
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1 CAPITOL POLICE 

2 SALARIES

3 For salaries of employees of the Capitol Police, in4 cluding overtime, hazardous duty pay, and Government 

5 contributions for health, retirement, social security, pro6 fessional liability insurance, and other applicable employee 

7 benefits, $620,401,000, of which overtime shall not exceed 

8 $74,976,000 unless the Committees on Appropriations of 

9 the House and Senate are notified, to be disbursed by the 

10 Chief of the Capitol Police or a duly authorized designee: 

11 Provided, That of the amounts made available under this 

12 heading, at least $3,087,000 shall be available for over13 time to support requirements associated with the 2025 

14 Presidential Inauguration; and at least $15,000,000 shall 

15 be available for tuition reimbursement, recruitment and 

16 retention bonuses and other retention focused salary re17 lated items. 

18 GENERAL EXPENSES

19 For necessary expenses of the Capitol Police, includ20 ing motor vehicles, communications and other equipment, 

21 security equipment and installation, uniforms, weapons, 

22 supplies, materials, training, medical services, forensic 

23 services, Member protection-related activities and equip24 ment, stenographic services, personal and professional 

25 services, the employee assistance program, the wellness 
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1 program, the awards program, postage, communication 

2 services, travel advances, relocation of instructor and liai3 son personnel for the Federal Law Enforcement Training 

4 Centers, and not more than $7,500 to be expended on the 

5 certification of the Chief of the Capitol Police in connec6 tion with official representation and reception expenses, 

7 $212,155,000, of which $5,000,000 shall remain available 

8 until expended to fund Congressional Continuity of Oper9 ations (C-COOP), to be disbursed by the Chief of the Cap10 itol Police or a duly authorized designee: Provided, That, 

11 notwithstanding any other provision of law, the cost of 

12 basic training for the Capitol Police at the Federal Law 

13 Enforcement Training Centers for fiscal year 2025 shall 

14 be paid by the Secretary of Homeland Security from funds 

15 available to the Department of Homeland Security: Pro16 vided further, That none of the amounts made available 

17 under this heading may be used to purchase a drone man18 ufactured in the People’s Republic of China or by a busi19 ness affiliated with the People’s Republic of China except 

20 for national security purposes. 

21 OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL WORKPLACE 

22 RIGHTS 

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For salaries and expenses necessary for the operation 

25 of the Office of Congressional Workplace Rights, 
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1 $8,200,000, of which $2,500,000 shall remain available 

2 until September 30, 2026, and of which not more than 

3 $1,000 may be expended on the certification of the Execu4 tive Director in connection with official representation and 

5 reception expenses. 

6 CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE 

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 For salaries and expenses necessary for operation of 

9 the Congressional Budget Office, including not more than 

10 $6,000 to be expended on the certification of the Director 

11 of the Congressional Budget Office in connection with offi12 cial representation and reception expenses, $73,000,000: 

13 Provided, That the Director shall use not less than 

14 $500,000 of the amount made available under this head15 ing for (1) improving technical systems, processes, and 

16 models for the purpose of improving the transparency of 

17 estimates of budgetary effects to Members of Congress, 

18 employees of Members of Congress, and the public, and 

19 (2) to increase the availability of models, economic as20 sumptions, and data for Members of Congress, employees 

21 of Members of Congress, and the public. 

22 ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL 

23 CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATIONS

24 For salaries for the Architect of the Capitol, and 

25 other personal services, at rates of pay provided by law; 
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1 for all necessary expenses for surveys and studies, con2 struction, operation, and general and administrative sup3 port in connection with facilities and activities under the 

4 care of the Architect of the Capitol, including the Botanic 

5 Garden, Senate and House office buildings, and other fa6 cilities under the jurisdiction of the Architect of the Cap7 itol; for furnishings and office equipment; for official re8 ception and representation expenses of not more than 

9 $5,000, to be expended as the Architect of the Capitol may 

10 approve; for purchase or exchange, maintenance, and op11 eration of a passenger motor vehicle, $153,280,000. 

12 CAPITOL BUILDING

13 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

14 and operation of the Capitol, $51,602,000, of which 

15 $17,899,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

16 2029. 

17 CAPITOL GROUNDS

18 For all necessary expenses for care and improvement 

19 of grounds surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House 

20 office buildings, and the Capitol Power Plant, 

21 $21,422,000, of which $6,000,000 shall remain available 

22 until September 30, 2029. 

23 SENATE OFFICE BUILDINGS

24 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

25 and operation of Senate office buildings; and furniture and 
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1 furnishings to be expended under the control and super2 vision of the Architect of the Capitol, $157,948,000, of 

3 which $69,300,000 shall remain available until September 

4 30, 2029, and of which $5,000,000 shall remain available 

5 until expended. 

6 CAPITOL POWER PLANT

7 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

8 and operation of the Capitol Power Plant; and all elec9 trical substations of the Capitol; lighting, heating, power 

10 (including the purchase of electrical energy) and water 

11 and sewer services for the Capitol, Senate and House of12 fice buildings, Library of Congress buildings, and the 

13 grounds about the same, Botanic Garden, Senate garage, 

14 and air conditioning refrigeration not supplied from plants 

15 in any of such buildings; heating the Government Pub16 lishing Office and Washington City Post Office, and heat17 ing and chilled water for air conditioning for the Supreme 

18 Court Building, the Union Station complex, the Thurgood 

19 Marshall Federal Judiciary Building and the Folger 

20 Shakespeare Library, expenses for which shall be ad21 vanced or reimbursed upon request of the Architect of the 

22 Capitol and amounts so received shall be deposited into 

23 the Treasury to the credit of this appropriation, 

24 $127,114,000, of which $21,000,000 shall remain avail25 able until September 30, 2029: Provided, That not more 
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1 than $10,000,000 of the funds credited or to be reim2 bursed to this appropriation as herein provided shall be 

3 available for obligation during fiscal year 2025. 

4 LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

5 For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and 

6 structural maintenance, care and operation of the Library 

7 buildings and grounds, $83,500,000, of which 

8 $45,500,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

9 2029. 

10 CAPITOL POLICE BUILDINGS, GROUNDS AND SECURITY

11 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

12 and operation of buildings, grounds and security enhance13 ments of the United States Capitol Police, wherever lo14 cated, the Alternate Computing Facility, and Architect of 

15 the Capitol security operations, $92,588,000, of which 

16 $28,200,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

17 2029: Provided, That none of the amounts made available 

18 under this heading may be used to purchase a drone man19 ufactured in the People’s Republic of China or by a busi20 ness affiliated with the People’s Republic of China except 

21 for national security purposes. 

22 BOTANIC GARDEN

23 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

24 and operation of the Botanic Garden and the nurseries, 

25 buildings, grounds, and collections; and purchase and ex-
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1 change, maintenance, repair, and operation of a passenger 

2 motor vehicle; all under the direction of the Joint Com3 mittee on the Library, $22,000,000, of which $5,000,000 

4 shall remain available until September 30, 2029: Provided, 

5 That, of the amount made available under this heading, 

6 the Architect of the Capitol may obligate and expend such 

7 sums as may be necessary for the maintenance, care and 

8 operation of the National Garden established under sec9 tion 307E of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 

10 1989 (2 U.S.C. 2146), upon vouchers approved by the Ar11 chitect of the Capitol or a duly authorized designee. 

12 CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER

13 For all necessary expenses for the operation of the 

14 Capitol Visitor Center, $28,536,000. 

15 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

16 NO BONUSES FOR CONTRACTORS BEHIND SCHEDULE OR

17 OVER BUDGET

18 SEC. 120. None of the funds made available in this 

19 Act for the Architect of the Capitol may be used to make 

20 incentive or award payments to contractors for work on 

21 contracts or programs for which the contractor is behind 

22 schedule or over budget, unless the Architect of the Cap23 itol, or agency-employed designee, determines that any 

24 such deviations are due to unforeseeable events, govern-
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1 ment-driven scope changes, or are not significant within 

2 the overall scope of the project and/or program. 

3 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For all necessary expenses of the Library of Congress 

6 not otherwise provided for, including development and 

7 maintenance of the Library’s catalogs; custody and custo8 dial care of the Library buildings; information technology 

9 services provided centrally; special clothing; cleaning, 

10 laundering and repair of uniforms; preservation of motion 

11 pictures in the custody of the Library; operation and 

12 maintenance of the American Folklife Center in the Li13 brary; preparation and distribution of catalog records and 

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

15 passenger motor vehicle; and expenses of the Library of 

16 Congress Trust Fund Board not properly chargeable to 

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

18 $611,948,000, and, in addition, amounts credited to this 

19 appropriation during fiscal year 2025 under the Act of 

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

21 150), shall remain available until expended: Provided, 

22 That the Library of Congress may not obligate or expend 

23 any funds derived from collections under the Act of June 

24 28, 1902, in excess of the amount authorized for obliga25 tion or expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided fur-
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1 ther, That of the total amount appropriated, not more 

2 than $18,000 may be expended, on the certification of the 

3 Librarian of Congress, in connection with official rep4 resentation and reception expenses, including for the Over5 seas Field Offices: Provided further, That of the total 

6 amount appropriated, no less than $12,360,000 shall re7 main available until expended for the Teaching with Pri8 mary Sources program, of which $2,300,000 shall be for 

9 the Lewis-Houghton Civics and Democracy Initiative: Pro10 vided further, That of the total amount appropriated, 

11 $1,547,000 shall remain available until expended for up12 grade of the Legislative Branch Financial Management 

13 System: Provided further, That of the total amount appro14 priated, no less than $150,000 shall remain available until 

15 expended for the Surplus Books Program to promote the 

16 program and facilitate a greater number of donations to 

17 eligible entities across the United States: Provided further, 

18 That of the total amount appropriated, $4,409,000 shall 

19 remain available until expended for the Veterans History 

20 Project to continue digitization efforts of already collected 

21 materials, reach a greater number of veterans to record 

22 their stories, and promote public access to the Project: 

23 Provided further, That of such amount, $1,000,000 shall 

24 be available until expended for the further implementation 

25 of the pilot data storage and migration method initiative. 
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1 COPYRIGHT OFFICE

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For all necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, 

4 $106,133,000, of which not more than $38,025,000, to 

5 remain available until expended, shall be derived from col6 lections credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 

7 2025 under sections 708(d) and 1316 of title 17, United 

8 States Code: Provided, That the Copyright Office may not 

9 obligate or expend any funds derived from collections 

10 under such section in excess of the amount authorized for 

11 obligation or expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided 

12 further, That not more than $7,870,000 shall be derived 

13 from collections during fiscal year 2025 under sections 

14 111(d)(2), 119(b)(3), 803(e), and 1005 of such title: Pro15 vided further, That the total amount available for obliga16 tion shall be reduced by the amount by which collections 

17 are less than $45,895,000: Provided further, That of the 

18 funds provided under this heading, not less than 

19 $10,300,000 is for modernization initiatives, of which 

20 $9,300,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

21 2026: Provided further, That not more than $100,000 of 

22 the amount appropriated is available for the maintenance 

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

24 Office of the Library of Congress for the purpose of train25 ing nationals of developing countries in intellectual prop-
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1 erty laws and policies: Provided further, That not more 

2 than $6,500 may be expended, on the certification of the 

3 Librarian of Congress, in connection with official rep4 resentation and reception expenses for activities of the 

5 International Copyright Institute and for copyright dele6 gations, visitors, and seminars: Provided further, That, 

7 notwithstanding any provision of chapter 8 of title 17, 

8 United States Code, any amounts made available under 

9 this heading which are attributable to royalty fees and 

10 payments received by the Copyright Office pursuant to 

11 sections 111, 119, and chapter 10 of such title may be 

12 used for the costs incurred in the administration of the 

13 Copyright Royalty Judges program, with the exception of 

14 the costs of salaries and benefits for the Copyright Royalty 

15 Judges and staff under section 802(e). 

16 CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 For all necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

19 of section 203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 

20 1946 (2 U.S.C. 166) and to revise and extend the Anno21 tated Constitution of the United States of America, 

22 $141,000,000: Provided, That no part of such amount 

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

24 with any publication, or preparation of material therefor 

25 (except the Digest of Public General Bills), to be issued 
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1 by the Library of Congress unless such publication has 

2 obtained prior approval of either the Committee on House 

3 Administration of the House of Representatives or the 

4 Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate: 

5 Provided further, That this prohibition does not apply to 

6 publication of non-confidential Congressional Research 

7 Service (CRS) products: Provided further, That a non-con8 fidential CRS product includes any written product con9 taining research or analysis that is currently available for 

10 general congressional access on the CRS Congressional 

11 Intranet, or that would be made available on the CRS 

12 Congressional Intranet in the normal course of business 

13 and does not include material prepared in response to 

14 Congressional requests for confidential analysis or re15 search. 

16 NATIONAL LIBRARY SERVICE FOR THE BLIND AND

17 PRINT DISABLED

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 For all necessary expenses to carry out the Act of 

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

21 135a), $65,600,000: Provided, That of the total amount 

22 appropriated, $650,000 shall be available to contract to 

23 provide newspapers to blind and print disabled residents 

24 at no cost to the individual. 
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

2 REIMBURSABLE AND REVOLVING FUND ACTIVITIES

3 SEC. 130. (a) IN GENERAL.—For fiscal year 2025, 

4 the obligational authority of the Library of Congress for 

5 the activities described in subsection (b) may not exceed 

6 $328,789,000. 

7 (b) ACTIVITIES.—The activities referred to in sub8 section (a) are reimbursable and revolving fund activities 

9 that are funded from sources other than appropriations 

10 to the Library in appropriations Acts for the legislative 

11 branch. 

12 GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE 

13 CONGRESSIONAL PUBLISHING

14 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

15 For authorized publishing of congressional informa16 tion and the distribution of congressional information in 

17 any format; publishing of Government publications au18 thorized by law to be distributed to Members of Congress; 

19 and publishing, and distribution of Government publica20 tions authorized by law to be distributed without charge 

21 to the recipient, $83,000,000: Provided, That this appro22 priation shall not be available for paper copies of the per23 manent edition of the Congressional Record for individual 

24 Representatives, Resident Commissioners or Delegates au25 thorized under section 906 of title 44, United States Code: 
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1 Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available 

2 for the payment of obligations incurred under the appro3 priations for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years: 

4 Provided further, That notwithstanding the 2-year limita5 tion under section 718 of title 44, United States Code, 

6 none of the funds appropriated or made available under 

7 this Act or any other Act for printing and binding and 

8 related services provided to Congress under chapter 7 of 

9 title 44, United States Code, may be expended to print 

10 a document, report, or publication after the 27-month pe11 riod beginning on the date that such document, report, 

12 or publication is authorized by Congress to be printed, un13 less Congress reauthorizes such printing in accordance 

14 with section 718 of title 44, United States Code: Provided 

15 further, That unobligated or unexpended balances of ex16 pired discretionary funds made available under this head17 ing in this Act for this fiscal year may be transferred to, 

18 and merged with, funds under the heading ‘‘GOVERNMENT

19 PUBLISHING OFFICE BUSINESS OPERATIONS REVOLVING

20 FUND’’ no later than the end of the fifth fiscal year after 

21 the last fiscal year for which such funds are available for 

22 the purposes for which appropriated, to be available for 

23 carrying out the purposes of this heading, subject to the 

24 approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the 

25 House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided fur-
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1 ther, That notwithstanding sections 901, 902, and 906 of 

2 title 44, United States Code, this appropriation may be 

3 used to prepare indexes to the Congressional Record on 

4 only a monthly and session basis. 

5 PUBLIC INFORMATION PROGRAMS OF THE

6 SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

9 For expenses of the public information programs of 

10 the Office of Superintendent of Documents necessary to 

11 provide for the cataloging and indexing of Government 

12 publications in any format, and their distribution to the 

13 public, Members of Congress, other Government agencies, 

14 and designated depository and international exchange li15 braries as authorized by law, $39,000,000: Provided, That 

16 amounts of not more than $2,000,000 from current year 

17 appropriations are authorized for producing and dissemi18 nating Congressional serial sets and other related publica19 tions for the preceding two fiscal years to depository and 

20 other designated libraries: Provided further, That unobli21 gated or unexpended balances of expired discretionary 

22 funds made available under this heading in this Act for 

23 this fiscal year may be transferred to, and merged with, 

24 funds under the heading ‘‘GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OF25 FICE BUSINESS OPERATIONS REVOLVING FUND’’ no later 
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1 than the end of the fifth fiscal year after the last fiscal 

2 year for which such funds are available for the purposes 

3 for which appropriated, to be available for carrying out 

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

5 the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep6 resentatives and the Senate. 

7 GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE BUSINESS

8 OPERATIONS REVOLVING FUND

9 For payment to the Government Publishing Office 

10 Business Operations Revolving Fund, $11,425,000, to re11 main available until expended, for information technology 

12 development and facilities repair: Provided, That the Gov13 ernment Publishing Office is hereby authorized to make 

14 such expenditures, within the limits of funds available and 

15 in accordance with law, and to make such contracts and 

16 commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as 

17 provided by section 9104 of title 31, United States Code, 

18 as may be necessary in carrying out the programs and 

19 purposes set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year 

20 for the Government Publishing Office Business Operations 

21 Revolving Fund: Provided further, That not more than 

22 $7,500 may be expended on the certification of the Direc23 tor of the Government Publishing Office in connection 

24 with official representation and reception expenses: Pro25 vided further, That the Business Operations Revolving 
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1 Fund shall be available for the hire or purchase of not 

2 more than 12 passenger motor vehicles: Provided further, 

3 That expenditures in connection with travel expenses of 

4 the advisory councils to the Director of the Government 

5 Publishing Office shall be deemed necessary to carry out 

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

7 further, That the Business Operations Revolving Fund 

8 shall be available for temporary or intermittent services 

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

10 at rates for individuals not more than the daily equivalent 

11 of the annual rate of basic pay for level V of the Executive 

12 Schedule under section 5316 of such title: Provided fur13 ther, That activities financed through the Business Oper14 ations Revolving Fund may provide information in any 

15 format: Provided further, That the Business Operations 

16 Revolving Fund and the funds provided under the heading 

17 ‘‘PUBLIC INFORMATION PROGRAMS OF THE SUPER18 INTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS’’ may not be used for con19 tracted security services at Government Publishing Of20 fice’s passport facility in the District of Columbia. 

21 GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 

22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

23 For necessary expenses of the Government Account24 ability Office, including not more than $12,500 to be ex25 pended on the certification of the Comptroller General of 
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1 the United States in connection with official representa2 tion and reception expenses; temporary or intermittent 

3 services under section 3109(b) of title 5, United States 

4 Code, but at rates for individuals not more than the daily 

5 equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay for level IV of 

6 the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of such title; 

7 hire of one passenger motor vehicle; advance payments in 

8 foreign countries in accordance with section 3324 of title 

9 31, United States Code; benefits comparable to those pay10 able under sections 901(5), (6), and (8) of the Foreign 

11 Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4081(5), (6), and (8)); 

12 and under regulations prescribed by the Comptroller Gen13 eral of the United States, rental of living quarters in for14 eign countries, $883,139,000, of which $5,000,000 shall 

15 remain available until expended, and of which not less 

16 than $6,253,000 shall remain available until September 

17 30, 2026, for the Office of Inspector General: Provided, 

18 That, in addition, $33,424,000 of payments received 

19 under sections 782, 791, 3521, and 9105 of title 31, 

20 United States Code, shall be available without fiscal year 

21 limitation: Provided further, That this appropriation and 

22 appropriations for administrative expenses of any other 

23 department or agency which is a member of the National 

24 Intergovernmental Audit Forum or a Regional Intergov25 ernmental Audit Forum shall be available to finance an 
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1 appropriate share of either Forum’s costs as determined 

2 by the respective Forum, including necessary travel ex3 penses of non-Federal participants: Provided further, That 

4 payments hereunder to the Forum may be credited as re5 imbursements to any appropriation from which costs in6 volved are initially financed: Provided further, That 

7 amounts made available under this heading shall be avail8 able to cover costs incurred by the Tiny Findings Child 

9 Development Center, in such amount and for such pur10 poses as determined by the Comptroller General, subject 

11 to notification provided to the Committees on Appropria12 tions of the House of Representatives and the Senate. 

13 CONGRESSIONAL OFFICE FOR INTERNATIONAL 

14 LEADERSHIP FUND 

15 For a payment to the Congressional Office for Inter16 national Leadership Fund for financing activities of the 

17 Congressional Office for International Leadership under 

18 section 313 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 

19 2001 (2 U.S.C. 1151), $6,500,000: Provided, That funds 

20 made available to support Russian participants shall only 

21 be used for those engaging in free market development, 

22 humanitarian activities, and civic engagement, and shall 

23 not be used for officials of the central government of Rus24 sia. 
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1 JOHN C. STENNIS CENTER FOR PUBLIC 

2 SERVICE TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT 

3 For payment to the John C. Stennis Center for Pub4 lic Service Development Trust Fund established under 

5 section 116 of the John C. Stennis Center for Public Serv6 ice Training and Development Act (2 U.S.C. 1105), 

7 $430,000. 

8 TITLE II 

9 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

10 MAINTENANCE AND CARE OF PRIVATE VEHICLES

11 SEC. 201. No part of the funds appropriated in this 

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

13 vehicles, except for emergency assistance and cleaning as 

14 may be provided under regulations relating to parking fa15 cilities for the House of Representatives issued by the 

16 Committee on House Administration and for the Senate 

17 issued by the Committee on Rules and Administration. 

18 FISCAL YEAR LIMITATION

19 SEC. 202. No part of the funds appropriated in this 

20 Act shall remain available for obligation beyond fiscal year 

21 2025 unless expressly so provided in this Act. 

22 RATES OF COMPENSATION AND DESIGNATION

23 SEC. 203. Whenever in this Act any office or position 

24 not specifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of 

25 1929 (46 Stat. 32 et seq.) is appropriated for or the rate 
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1 of compensation or designation of any office or position 

2 appropriated for is different from that specifically estab3 lished by such Act, the rate of compensation and the des4 ignation in this Act shall be the permanent law with re5 spect thereto: Provided, That the provisions in this Act 

6 for the various items of official expenses of Members, offi7 cers, and committees of the Senate and House of Rep8 resentatives, and clerk hire for Senators and Members of 

9 the House of Representatives shall be the permanent law 

10 with respect thereto. 

11 CONSULTING SERVICES

12 SEC. 204. The expenditure of any appropriation 

13 under this Act for any consulting service through procure14 ment contract, under section 3109 of title 5, United States 

15 Code, shall be limited to those contracts where such ex16 penditures are a matter of public record and available for 

17 public inspection, except where otherwise provided under 

18 existing law, or under existing Executive order issued 

19 under existing law. 

20 COSTS OF LEGISLATIVE BRANCH FINANCIAL MANAGERS

21 COUNCIL

22 SEC. 205. Amounts available for administrative ex23 penses of any legislative branch entity which participates 

24 in the Legislative Branch Financial Managers Council 

25 (LBFMC) established by charter on March 26, 1996, shall 
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1 be available to finance an appropriate share of LBFMC 

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

3 LBFMC costs to be shared among all participating legisla4 tive branch entities (in such allocations among the entities 

5 as the entities may determine) may not exceed $2,000. 

6 LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS

7 SEC. 206. None of the funds made available in this 

8 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in9 strumentality of the United States Government, except 

10 pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro11 vided in, this Act or any other appropriation Act. 

12 GUIDED TOURS OF THE CAPITOL

13 SEC. 207. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), 

14 none of the funds made available to the Architect of the 

15 Capitol in this Act may be used to eliminate or restrict 

16 guided tours of the United States Capitol which are led 

17 by employees and interns of offices of Members of Con18 gress and other offices of the House of Representatives 

19 and Senate, unless through regulations as authorized by 

20 section 402(b)(8) of the Capitol Visitor Center Act of 

21 2008 (2 U.S.C. 2242(b)(8)). 

22 (b) At the direction of the Capitol Police Board, or 

23 at the direction of the Architect of the Capitol with the 

24 approval of the Capitol Police Board, guided tours of the 

25 United States Capitol which are led by employees and in-
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1 terns described in subsection (a) may be suspended tempo2 rarily or otherwise subject to restriction for security or re3 lated reasons to the same extent as guided tours of the 

4 United States Capitol which are led by the Architect of 

5 the Capitol. 

6 LIMITATION ON TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT

7 PROCUREMENT

8 SEC. 208. None of the funds appropriated or other9 wise made available under this Act may be used to acquire 

10 telecommunications equipment produced by Huawei Tech11 nologies Company or ZTE Corporation. 

12 PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN OPERATIONAL EXPENSES

13 SEC. 209. (a) None of the funds made available in 

14 this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 

15 network unless such network blocks the viewing, 

16 downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 

17 (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 

18 funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 

19 enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi20 nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities 

21 or other official government activities. 

22 PLASTIC WASTE REDUCTION

23 SEC. 210. All agencies and offices funded by this Act 

24 that contract with a food service provider or providers 

25 shall confer and coordinate with such food service provider 
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1 or providers, in consultation with disability advocacy 

2 groups, to eliminate or reduce plastic waste, including 

3 waste from plastic straws, explore the use of biodegradable 

4 items, and increase recycling and composting opportuni5 ties. 

6 LIMITATION ON COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENTS FOR

7 MEMBERS

8 SEC. 211. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

9 law, no adjustment shall be made under section 601(a) 

10 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 

11 4501) (relating to cost of living adjustments for Members 

12 of Congress) during fiscal year 2025. 

13 EXTENSION OF PUMP ACT PROTECTIONS TO

14 CONGRESSIONAL STAFF

15 SEC. 212. Section 203(a)(1) of the Congressional Ac16 countability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1313(a)(1)) is amend17 ed— 

18 (1) by striking ‘‘and section 12(c)’’ and insert19 ing ‘‘section 12(c), and section 18D’’; and 

20 (2) by inserting ‘‘, 218d’’ after ‘‘212(c)’’. 

21 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative Branch Ap22 propriations Act, 2025’’. 
Calendar No. 436 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4678 

[Report No. 118–192] 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch 

and for other purposes. for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, 

JULY 11 (legislative day JULY 10), 2024 

Read twice and placed on the calendar