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Union Calendar No. 458 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8772 

[Report No. 118–555] 

Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending 

September 30, 2025, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 17, 2024 

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

bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the 

fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, and for other 

purposes. 


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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: 

7 TITLE I 

8 LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 

9 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

10 PAYMENT TO WIDOWS AND HEIRS OF DECEASED

11 MEMBERS OF CONGRESS

12 For payment to Beatrice Y. Payne, widow of Donald 

13 M. Payne, Jr., late a Representative from the State of 

14 New Jersey, $174,000. 

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 For salaries and expenses of the House of Represent17 atives, $1,932,655,000, as follows: 

18 HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES

19 For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, 

20 $36,560,000, including: Office of the Speaker, 

21 $10,499,000, including $35,000 for official expenses of 

22 the Speaker; Office of the Majority Floor Leader, 

23 $3,730,000, including $15,000 for official expenses of the 

24 Majority Leader; Office of the Minority Floor Leader, 

25 $10,499,000, including $17,500 for official expenses of 


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1 the Minority Leader; Office of the Majority Whip, includ2 ing the Chief Deputy Majority Whip, $3,099,000, includ3 ing $5,000 for official expenses of the Majority Whip; Of4 fice of the Minority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Mi5 nority Whip, $2,809,000, including $5,000 for official ex6 penses of the Minority Whip; Republican Conference, 

7 $2,962,000; Democratic Caucus, $2,962,000: Provided, 

8 That such amount for salaries and expenses shall remain 

9 available from January 3, 2025 until January 2, 2026. 

10 MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES

11 INCLUDING MEMBERS’ CLERK HIRE, OFFICIAL EXPENSES

12 OF MEMBERS, AND OFFICIAL MAIL

13 For Members’ representational allowances, including 

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

15 $843,605,000. 

16 ALLOWANCE FOR COMPENSATION OF INTERNS IN

17 MEMBER OFFICES

18 For the allowance established under section 120 of 

19 the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2019 (2 

20 U.S.C. 5322a) for the compensation of interns who serve 

21 in the offices of Members of the House of Representatives, 

22 $20,638,800, to remain available from January 3, 2025 

23 until January 2, 2026: Provided, That notwithstanding 

24 section 120(b) of such Act, an office of a Member of the 

25 House of Representatives may use not more than $46,800 


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1 of the allowance available under this heading during legis2 lative year 2025. 

3 ALLOWANCE FOR COMPENSATION OF INTERNS IN HOUSE

4 LEADERSHIP OFFICES

5 For the allowance established under section 113 of 

6 the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2020 (2 

7 U.S.C. 5106) for the compensation of interns who serve 

8 in House leadership offices, $586,000, to remain available 

9 from January 3, 2025 until January 2, 2026: Provided, 

10 That of the amount provided under this heading, 

11 $322,300 shall be available for the compensation of in12 terns who serve in House leadership offices of the major13 ity, to be allocated among such offices by the Speaker of 

14 the House of Representatives, and $263,700 shall be avail15 able for the compensation of interns who serve in House 

16 leadership offices of the minority, to be allocated among 

17 such offices by the Minority Floor Leader. 

18 ALLOWANCE FOR COMPENSATION OF INTERNS IN HOUSE

19 STANDING, SPECIAL AND SELECT COMMITTEE OFFICES

20 For the allowance established under section 

21 113(a)(1) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 

22 2022 (Public Law 117–103) for the compensation of in23 terns who serve in offices of standing, special, and select 

24 committees (other than the Committee on Appropria25 tions), $2,600,000, to remain available from January 3, 


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1 2025 until January 2, 2026: Provided, That of the amount 

2 provided under this heading, $1,300,000 shall be available 

3 for the compensation of interns who serve in offices of the 

4 majority, and $1,300,000 shall be available for the com5 pensation of interns who serve in offices of the minority, 

6 to be allocated among such offices by the Chair, in con7 sultation with the ranking minority member, of the Com8 mittee on House Administration. 

9 ALLOWANCE FOR COMPENSATION OF INTERNS IN HOUSE

10 APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE OFFICES

11 For the allowance established under section 

12 113(a)(2) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 

13 2022 (Public Law 117–103) for the compensation of in14 terns who serve in offices of the Committee on Appropria15 tions, $463,000: Provided, That of the amount provided 

16 under this heading, $231,500 shall be available for the 

17 compensation of interns who serve in offices of the major18 ity, and $231,500 shall be available for the compensation 

19 of interns who serve in offices of the minority, to be allo20 cated among such offices by the Chair, in consultation 

21 with the ranking minority member, of the Committee on 

22 Appropriations. 


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1 COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES

2 STANDING COMMITTEES, SPECIAL AND SELECT

3 For salaries and expenses of standing committees, 

4 special and select, authorized by House resolutions, 

5 $180,862,000: Provided, That such amount shall remain 

6 available for such salaries and expenses until December 

7 31, 2026, except that $6,075,000 of such amount shall 

8 remain available until expended for committee room up9 grading. 

10 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

11 For salaries and expenses of the Committee on Ap12 propriations, $31,294,000, including studies and examina13 tions of executive agencies and temporary personal serv14 ices for such committee, to be expended in accordance with 

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

16 1946 and to be available for reimbursement to agencies 

17 for services performed: Provided, That such amount shall 

18 remain available for such salaries and expenses until De19 cember 31, 2026. 

20 SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

21 For compensation and expenses of officers and em22 ployees, as authorized by law, $325,961,000, including: 

23 for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Clerk, includ24 ing the positions of the Chaplain and the Historian, and 

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1 tion and reception expenses, of which not more than 

2 $20,000 is for the Family Room and not more than 

3 $2,000 is for the Office of the Chaplain, $44,984,000, of 

4 which $9,555,000 shall remain available until expended; 

5 for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at 

6 Arms, including the position of Superintendent of Garages 

7 and the Office of Emergency Management, and including 

8 not more than $3,000 for official representation and re9 ception expenses, $34,141,000, of which $12,625,000 

10 shall remain available until expended; for salaries and ex11 penses of the Office of the Chief Administrative Officer 

12 including not more than $5,000 for official representation 

13 and reception expenses, $213,072,000, of which 

14 $26,477,000 shall remain available until expended; for sal15 aries and expenses of the Office of the Whistleblower 

16 Ombuds, $1,250,000; for salaries and expenses of the Of17 fice of the Inspector General, $5,772,000; for salaries and 

18 expenses of the Office of General Counsel, $2,048,000; for 

19 salaries and expenses of the Office of the Parliamentarian, 

20 including the Parliamentarian, $2,000 for preparing the 

21 Digest of Rules, and not more than $1,000 for official rep22 resentation and reception expenses, $2,287,000; for sala23 ries and expenses of the Office of the Law Revision Coun24 sel of the House, $5,048,000, of which $1,000,000 shall 

25 remain available until expended; for salaries and expenses 


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1 of the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the House, 

2 $15,300,000, of which $2,000,000 shall remain available 

3 until expended; for salaries and expenses of the Office of 

4 Interparliamentary Affairs, $994,000; for other author5 ized employees, $1,065,000. 

6 ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES

7 For allowances and expenses as authorized by House 

8 resolution or law, $480,085,200, including: supplies, mate9 rials, administrative costs and Federal tort claims, 

10 $1,555,000; official mail for committees, leadership of11 fices, and administrative offices of the House, $190,000; 

12 Government contributions for health, retirement, Social 

13 Security, contractor support for actuarial projections, and 

14 other applicable employee benefits, $428,960,200, to re15 main available until March 31, 2026, except that 

16 $37,000,000 of such amount shall remain available until 

17 expended; salaries and expenses for Business Continuity 

18 and Disaster Recovery, $27,428,000, of which $6,000,000 

19 shall remain available until expended; transition activities 

20 for new members and staff, $15,786,000, to remain avail21 able until expended; Green and Gold Congressional Aide 

22 Program, $3,356,000, to remain available until expended; 

23 Office of Congressional Ethics, $1,810,000; and miscella24 neous items including purchase, exchange, maintenance, 

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1 parliamentary receptions, and gratuities to heirs of de2 ceased employees of the House, $1,000,000. 

3 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MODERNIZATION

4 INITIATIVES ACCOUNT

5 For the House of Representatives Modernization Ini6 tiatives Account established under section 115 of the Leg7 islative Branch Appropriations Act, 2021 (2 U.S.C. 5513), 

8 $10,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro9 vided, That disbursement from this account is subject to 

10 approval of the Committee on Appropriations of the House 

11 of Representatives: Provided further, That funds provided 

12 in this account shall only be used for initiatives approved 

13 by the Committee on House Administration. 

14 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

15 REQUIRING AMOUNTS REMAINING IN MEMBERS’ REP16 RESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES TO BE USED FOR

17 DEFICIT REDUCTION OR TO REDUCE THE FEDERAL

18 DEBT

19 SEC. 110. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 

20 of law, any amounts appropriated under this Act for 

21 ‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—SALARIES AND

22 EXPENSES—MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOW23 ANCES’’ shall be available only for fiscal year 2025. Any 

24 amount remaining after all payments are made under such 

25 allowances for fiscal year 2025 shall be deposited in the 


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1 Treasury and used for deficit reduction (or, if there is no 

2 Federal budget deficit after all such payments have been 

3 made, for reducing the Federal debt, in such manner as 

4 the Secretary of the Treasury considers appropriate). 

5 (b) The Committee on House Administration of the 

6 House of Representatives shall have authority to prescribe 

7 regulations to carry out this section. 

8 (c) As used in this section, the term ‘‘Member of the 

9 House of Representatives’’ means a Representative in, or 

10 a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress. 

11 LIMITATION ON AMOUNT AVAILABLE TO LEASE VEHICLES

12 SEC. 111. None of the funds made available in this 

13 Act may be used by the Chief Administrative Officer of 

14 the House of Representatives to make any payments from 

15 any Members’ Representational Allowance for the leasing 

16 of a vehicle, excluding mobile district offices, in an aggre17 gate amount that exceeds $1,000 for the vehicle in any 

18 month. 

19 CYBERSECURITY ASSISTANCE FOR HOUSE OF

20 REPRESENTATIVES

21 SEC. 112. The head of any Federal entity that pro22 vides assistance to the House of Representatives in the 

23 House’s efforts to deter, prevent, mitigate, or remediate 

24 cybersecurity risks to, and incidents involving, the infor25 mation systems of the House shall take all necessary steps 


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1 to ensure the constitutional integrity of the separate 

2 branches of the government at all stages of providing the 

3 assistance, including applying minimization procedures to 

4 limit the spread or sharing of privileged House and Mem5 ber information. 

6 LONG TERM LEASE REQUIREMENTS

7 SEC. 113. (a) Section 303(f) of the Energy Policy Act 

8 of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13212(f)) is amended— 

9 (1) in paragraph (2), by striking subparagraph 

10 (C); 

11 (2) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ‘‘branch, 

12 except that it does include the House of Representa13 tives with respect to an acquisition described in 

14 paragraph (2)(C).’’ and inserting ‘‘branch.’’; and 

15 (3) in paragraph (1), by striking subparagraph 

16 (C). 

17 (b) The amendments made by this section apply to 

18 fiscal year 2025 and each succeeding fiscal year. 

19 USE OF CHILD CARE CENTER REVOLVING FUND

20 SEC. 114. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 312(d)(3) of 

21 the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1992 (2 

22 U.S.C. 2062 (d)(3)) is amended 

23 (1) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as sub24 paragraph (D); and 


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1 (2) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the fol2 lowing new subparagraph: 

3 ‘‘(C) In order to ensure that the Center 

4 can receive and transmit critical and emergency 

5 communications in connection with the provi6 sion of child care services, the payment of 

7 telecom expenses for the Center, to include 

8 voicemail boxes, land lines, and official cellular 

9 devices of the Center issued to Center employ10 ees.’’. 

11 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 

12 subsection (a) shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2025 

13 and each succeeding fiscal year. 

14 JOINT ITEMS 

15 For Joint Committees, as follows: 

16 JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE

17 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic 

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

19 of the Senate. 

20 JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION

21 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on 

22 Taxation, $14,450,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Ad23 ministrative Officer of the House of Representatives. 

24 For other joint items, as follows: 


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1 OFFICE OF THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN

2 For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent ex3 penses of the emergency rooms, and for the Attending 

4 Physician and their assistants, including: 

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

6 Attending Physician; 

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

8 Senior Medical Officer; 

9 (3) an allowance of $900 per month each to 

10 three medical officers while on duty in the Office of 

11 the Attending Physician; 

12 (4) an allowance of $900 per month to 2 assist13 ants and $900 per month each not to exceed 11 as14 sistants on the basis heretofore provided for such as15 sistants; and 

16 (5) $3,145,000 for reimbursement to the De17 partment of the Navy for expenses incurred for staff 

18 and equipment assigned to the Office of the Attend19 ing Physician, which shall be advanced and credited 

20 to the applicable appropriation or appropriations 

21 from which such salaries, allowances, and other ex22 penses are payable and shall be available for all the 

23 purposes thereof, $4,416,000, to be disbursed by the 

24 Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Rep25 resentatives. 


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1 OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL ACCESSIBILITY SERVICES

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Congres4 sional Accessibility Services, $1,814,000, to be disbursed 

5 by the Secretary of the Senate. 

6 CAPITOL POLICE 

7 SALARIES

8 For salaries of employees of the Capitol Police, in9 cluding overtime, hazardous duty pay, and Government 

10 contributions for health, retirement, social security, pro11 fessional liability insurance, and other applicable employee 

12 benefits, $619,257,000, of which overtime shall not exceed 

13 $74,976,000 unless the Committees on Appropriations of 

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

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

16 Provided, That of the amount appropriated, $15,000,000 

17 shall be available for tuition reimbursement, recruitment 

18 and retention bonuses and other retention focused salary 

19 related items. 

20 GENERAL EXPENSES

21 For necessary expenses of the Capitol Police, includ22 ing motor vehicles, communications and other equipment, 

23 security equipment and installation, uniforms, weapons, 

24 supplies, materials, training, medical services, forensic 

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1 ment, stenographic services, personal and professional 

2 services, the employee assistance program, the awards pro3 gram, postage, communication services, travel advances, 

4 relocation of instructor and liaison personnel for the Fed5 eral Law Enforcement Training Centers, and not more 

6 than $5,000 to be expended on the certification of the 

7 Chief of the Capitol Police in connection with official rep8 resentation and reception expenses, $213,158,000, of 

9 which $5,848,000 shall remain available until expended to 

10 fund the Congressional Continuity of Operations (C11 COOP), to be disbursed by the Chief of the Capitol Police 

12 or a duly authorized designee: Provided, That, notwith13 standing any other provision of law, the cost of basic train14 ing for the Capitol Police at the Federal Law Enforcement 

15 Training Centers for fiscal year 2025 shall be paid by the 

16 Secretary of Homeland Security from funds available to 

17 the Department of Homeland Security: Provided further, 

18 That none of the amounts made available under this head19 ing may be used to purchase a drone manufactured in the 

20 People’s Republic of China or by a business affiliated with 

21 the People’s Republic of China except for national security 

22 purposes. 


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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

2 AUTHORIZATIONS REGARDING INTERNATIONAL TRAINING

3 SEC. 115. (a) Section 4120 of title 5, United States 

4 Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 

5 subsection: 

6 ‘‘(c) An employee of the Capitol Police may receive 

7 training under this section outside of the United States 

8 only with the prior approval of the Capitol Police Board. 

9 In this subsection, the term ‘United States’ means each 

10 of the several States of the United States, the District 

11 of Columbia, and the territories and possessions of the 

12 United States.’’. 

13 (b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 

14 apply with respect to fiscal year 2025 and each succeeding 

15 fiscal year. 

16 OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL WORKPLACE 

17 RIGHTS 

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 For salaries and expenses necessary for the operation 

20 of the Office of Congressional Workplace Rights, 

21 $8,150,000, of which $500,000 shall remain available 

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

23 $1,000 may be expended on the certification of the Execu24 tive Director in connection with official representation and 

25 reception expenses. 


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1 CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE 

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For salaries and expenses necessary for operation of 

4 the Congressional Budget Office, including not more than 

5 $6,000 to be expended on the certification of the Director 

6 of the Congressional Budget Office in connection with offi7 cial representation and reception expenses, $73,259,000: 

8 Provided, That the Director shall use not less than 

9 $500,000 of the amount made available under this head10 ing for (1) improving technical systems, processes, and 

11 models for the purpose of improving the transparency of 

12 estimates of budgetary effects to Members of Congress, 

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

14 (2) to increase the availability of models, economic as15 sumptions, and data for Members of Congress, employees 

16 of Members of Congress, and the public. 

17 ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL 

18 CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATIONS

19 For salaries for the Architect of the Capitol, and 

20 other personal services, at rates of pay provided by law; 

21 for all necessary expenses for surveys and studies, con22 struction, operation, and general and administrative sup23 port in connection with facilities and activities under the 

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

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1 cilities under the jurisdiction of the Architect of the Cap2 itol; for furnishings and office equipment; for official re3 ception and representation expenses of not more than 

4 $5,000, to be expended as the Architect of the Capitol may 

5 approve; for purchase or exchange, maintenance, and op6 eration of a passenger motor vehicle, $165,000,000, of 

7 which $1,000,000 shall remain available until September 

8 30, 2029. 

9 CAPITOL BUILDING

10 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

11 and operation of the Capitol, $41,002,000, of which 

12 $6,599,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

13 2029. 

14 CAPITOL GROUNDS

15 For all necessary expenses for care and improvement 

16 of grounds surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House 

17 office buildings, and the Capitol Power Plant, 

18 $33,922,000, of which $18,300,000 shall remain available 

19 until September 30, 2029. 

20 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS

21 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care, 

22 and operation of the House office buildings, 

23 $148,000,000, of which $64,050,000 shall remain avail24 able until September 30, 2029, and of which $5,000,000 

25 shall remain available until expended for the restoration 


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1 and renovation of the Cannon House Office Building: In 

2 addition, for a payment to the House Historic Buildings 

3 Revitalization Trust Fund, $5,500,000 to remain available 

4 until expended. 

5 CAPITOL POWER PLANT

6 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

7 and operation of the Capitol Power Plant; and all elec8 trical substations of the Capitol; lighting, heating, power 

9 (including the purchase of electrical energy) and water 

10 and sewer services for the Capitol, Senate and House of11 fice buildings, Library of Congress buildings, and the 

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

13 and air conditioning refrigeration not supplied from plants 

14 in any of such buildings; heating the Government Pub15 lishing Office and Washington City Post Office, and heat16 ing and chilled water for air conditioning for the Supreme 

17 Court Building, the Union Station complex, the Thurgood 

18 Marshall Federal Judiciary Building and the Folger 

19 Shakespeare Library, expenses for which shall be ad20 vanced or reimbursed upon request of the Architect of the 

21 Capitol and amounts so received shall be deposited into 

22 the Treasury to the credit of this appropriation, 

23 $127,414,000, of which $21,000,000 shall remain avail24 able until September 30, 2029: Provided, That not more 

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1 bursed to this appropriation as herein provided shall be 

2 available for obligation during fiscal year 2025. 

3 LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

4 For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and 

5 structural maintenance, care and operation of the Library 

6 buildings and grounds, $86,043,000, of which 

7 $45,500,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

8 2029. 

9 CAPITOL POLICE BUILDINGS, GROUNDS AND SECURITY

10 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

11 and operation of buildings, grounds and security enhance12 ments of the United States Capitol Police, wherever lo13 cated, the Alternate Computing Facility, and Architect of 

14 the Capitol security operations, $97,016,000, of which 

15 $28,200,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

16 2029: Provided, 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 BOTANIC GARDEN

22 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

23 and operation of the Botanic Garden and the nurseries, 

24 buildings, grounds, and collections; and purchase and ex25 change, maintenance, repair, and operation of a passenger 


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1 motor vehicle; all under the direction of the Joint Com2 mittee on the Library, $21,214,000, of which $5,000,000 

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

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

5 the Architect of the Capitol may obligate and expend such 

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

7 operation of the National Garden established under sec8 tion 307E of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 

9 1989 (2 U.S.C. 2146), upon vouchers approved by the Ar10 chitect of the Capitol or a duly authorized designee. 

11 CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER

12 For all necessary expenses for the operation of the 

13 Capitol Visitor Center, $29,127,000. 

14 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

15 NO BONUSES FOR CONTRACTORS BEHIND SCHEDULE OR

16 OVER BUDGET

17 SEC. 116. None of the funds made available in this 

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

19 incentive or award payments to contractors for work on 

20 contracts or programs for which the contractor is behind 

21 schedule or over budget, unless the Architect of the Cap22 itol, or agency-employed designee, determines that any 

23 such deviations are due to unforeseeable events, govern24 ment-driven scope changes, or are not significant within 

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


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1 ADMINISTRATION OF PUBLIC OUTREACH AND SERVICES

2 FOR CAPITOL GROUNDS AND ARBORETUM

3 SEC. 117. (a) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—The 

4 Architect of the Capitol, subject to the approval of the 

5 Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House 

6 of Representatives, may enter into cooperative agreements 

7 with entities under such terms as the Architect determines 

8 advisable, in order to support the Capitol Grounds and 

9 Arboretum in carrying out its duties, authorities and mis10 sion. 

11 (b) PLANT MATERIAL EXCHANGES.—The Architect 

12 of the Capitol may engage in plant material exchanges be13 tween the Capitol Grounds and Arboretum and other enti14 ties including Federal, State, or local government agen15 cies, botanic gardens, arboretums, educational institu16 tions, non-profit organizations, municipal parks, and gar17 dens. 

18 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply with 

19 respect to fiscal year 2025 and each succeeding fiscal year. 

20 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 For all necessary expenses of the Library of Congress 

23 not otherwise provided for, including development and 

24 maintenance of the Library’s catalogs; custody and custo25 dial care of the Library buildings; information technology 


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1 services provided centrally; special clothing; cleaning, 

2 laundering and repair of uniforms; preservation of motion 

3 pictures in the custody of the Library; operation and 

4 maintenance of the American Folklife Center in the Li5 brary; preparation and distribution of catalog records and 

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

7 passenger motor vehicle; and expenses of the Library of 

8 Congress Trust Fund Board not properly chargeable to 

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

10 $617,000,000, and, in addition, amounts credited to this 

11 appropriation during fiscal year 2025 under the Act of 

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

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

14 That the Library of Congress may not obligate or expend 

15 any funds derived from collections under the Act of June 

16 28, 1902, in excess of the amount authorized for obliga17 tion or expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided fur18 ther, That of the total amount appropriated, not more 

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

20 Librarian of Congress, in connection with official rep21 resentation and reception expenses, including for the Over22 seas Field Offices: Provided further, That of the total 

23 amount appropriated, no less than $10,698,000 shall re24 main available until expended for the Teaching with Pri25 mary Sources program, of which: Provided further, That 


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1 of the total amount appropriated, $1,547,000 shall remain 

2 available until expended for upgrade of the Legislative 

3 Branch Financial Management System: Provided further, 

4 That of the total amount appropriated, $150,000 shall re5 main available until expended for the Surplus Books Pro6 gram to promote the program and facilitate a greater 

7 number of donations to eligible entities across the United 

8 States: Provided further, That of the total amount appro9 priated, $4,409,000 shall remain available until expended 

10 for the Veterans History Project to continue digitization 

11 efforts of already collected materials, reach a greater num12 ber of veterans to record their stories, and promote public 

13 access to the Project. 

14 COPYRIGHT OFFICE

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 For all necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, 

17 $105,642,000, of which not more than $38,025,000, to 

18 remain available until expended, shall be derived from col19 lections credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 

20 2025 under sections 708(d) and 1316 of title 17, United 

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

22 obligate or expend any funds derived from collections 

23 under such section in excess of the amount authorized for 

24 obligation or expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided 

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


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1 from collections during fiscal year 2025 under sections 

2 111(d)(2), 119(b)(3), 803(e), and 1005 of such title: Pro3 vided further, That the total amount available for obliga4 tion shall be reduced by the amount by which collections 

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

6 funds provided under this heading, not less than 

7 $10,300,000 is for modernization initiatives, of which 

8 $9,300,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

9 2026: Provided further, That not more than $100,000 of 

10 the amount appropriated is available for the maintenance 

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

12 Office of the Library of Congress for the purpose of train13 ing nationals of developing countries in intellectual prop14 erty laws and policies: Provided further, That not more 

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

16 Librarian of Congress, in connection with official rep17 resentation and reception expenses for activities of the 

18 International Copyright Institute and for copyright dele19 gations, visitors, and seminars: Provided further, That, 

20 notwithstanding any provision of chapter 8 of title 17, 

21 United States Code, any amounts made available under 

22 this heading which are attributable to royalty fees and 

23 payments received by the Copyright Office pursuant to 

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

25 used for the costs incurred in the administration of the 


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1 Copyright Royalty Judges program, with the exception of 

2 the costs of salaries and benefits for the Copyright Royalty 

3 Judges and staff under section 802(e). 

4 CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 For all necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

7 of section 203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 

8 1946 (2 U.S.C. 166) and to revise and extend the Anno9 tated Constitution of the United States of America, 

10 $141,487,000: Provided, That no part of such amount 

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

12 with any publication, or preparation of material therefor 

13 (except the Digest of Public General Bills), to be issued 

14 by the Library of Congress unless such publication has 

15 obtained prior approval of either the Committee on House 

16 Administration of the House of Representatives or the 

17 Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate: 

18 Provided further, That this prohibition does not apply to 

19 publication of non-confidential Congressional Research 

20 Service (CRS) products: Provided further, That a non-con21 fidential CRS product includes any written product con22 taining research or analysis that is currently available for 

23 general congressional access on the CRS Congressional 

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

25 Congressional Intranet in the normal course of business 


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1 and does not include material prepared in response to 

2 Congressional requests for confidential analysis or re3 search. 

4 NATIONAL LIBRARY SERVICE FOR THE BLIND AND

5 PRINT DISABLED

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 For all necessary expenses to carry out the Act of 

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

9 135a), $65,205,000: Provided, That of the total amount 

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

11 provide newspapers to blind and print disabled residents 

12 at no cost to the individual. 

13 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

14 REIMBURSABLE AND REVOLVING FUND ACTIVITIES

15 SEC. 118. (a) IN GENERAL.—For fiscal year 2025, 

16 the obligational authority of the Library of Congress for 

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

18 $328,789,000. 

19 (b) ACTIVITIES.—The activities referred to in sub20 section (a) are reimbursable and revolving fund activities 

21 that are funded from sources other than appropriations 

22 to the Library in appropriations Acts for the legislative 

23 branch. 


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1 GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE 

2 CONGRESSIONAL PUBLISHING

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 For authorized publishing of congressional informa5 tion and the distribution of congressional information in 

6 any format; publishing of Government publications au7 thorized by law to be distributed to Members of Congress; 

8 and publishing, and distribution of Government publica9 tions authorized by law to be distributed without charge 

10 to the recipient, $83,000,000: Provided, That this appro11 priation shall not be available for paper copies of the per12 manent edition of the Congressional Record for individual 

13 Representatives, Resident Commissioners or Delegates au14 thorized under section 906 of title 44, United States Code: 

15 Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available 

16 for the payment of obligations incurred under the appro17 priations for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years: 

18 Provided further, That notwithstanding the 2-year limita19 tion under section 718 of title 44, United States Code, 

20 none of the funds appropriated or made available under 

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

22 related services provided to Congress under chapter 7 of 

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

24 a document, report, or publication after the 27-month pe25 riod beginning on the date that such document, report, 


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1 or publication is authorized by Congress to be printed, un2 less Congress reauthorizes such printing in accordance 

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

4 further, That unobligated or unexpended balances of ex5 pired discretionary funds made available under this head6 ing in this Act for this fiscal year may be transferred to, 

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

8 PUBLISHING OFFICE BUSINESS OPERATIONS REVOLVING

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

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

11 the purposes for which appropriated, to be available for 

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

13 approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the 

14 House of Representatives and the Senate: Provided fur15 ther, That this appropriation shall be available for pub16 lishing congressionally mandated reports under the Access 

17 to Congressionally Mandated Reports Act, Pub. L. 117– 

18 263, div. G, title LXXII, subtitle D: Provided further, 

19 That notwithstanding sections 901, 902, and 906 of title 

20 44, United States Code, this appropriation may be used 

21 to prepare indexes to the Congressional Record on only 

22 a monthly and session basis. 


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1 PUBLIC INFORMATION PROGRAMS OF THE

2 SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

5 For expenses of the public information programs of 

6 the Office of Superintendent of Documents necessary to 

7 provide for the cataloging and indexing of Government 

8 publications in any format, and their distribution to the 

9 public, Members of Congress, other Government agencies, 

10 and designated depository and international exchange li11 braries as authorized by law, $41,664,000: Provided, That 

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

13 appropriations are authorized for producing and dissemi14 nating Congressional serial sets and other related publica15 tions for the preceding two fiscal years to depository and 

16 other designated libraries: Provided further, That unobli17 gated or unexpended balances of expired discretionary 

18 funds made available under this heading in this Act for 

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

20 funds under the heading ‘‘GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OF21 FICE BUSINESS OPERATIONS REVOLVING FUND’’ no later 

22 than the end of the fifth fiscal year after the last fiscal 

23 year for which such funds are available for the purposes 

24 for which appropriated, to be available for carrying out 

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


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1 the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep2 resentatives and the Senate. 

3 GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE BUSINESS

4 OPERATIONS REVOLVING FUND

5 For payment to the Government Publishing Office 

6 Business Operations Revolving Fund, $11,425,000, to re7 main available until expended, for information technology 

8 development and facilities repair: Provided, That the Gov9 ernment Publishing Office is hereby authorized to make 

10 such expenditures, within the limits of funds available and 

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

12 commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as 

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

14 as may be necessary in carrying out the programs and 

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

16 for the Government Publishing Office Business Operations 

17 Revolving Fund: Provided further, That not more than 

18 $7,500 may be expended on the certification of the Direc19 tor of the Government Publishing Office in connection 

20 with official representation and reception expenses: Pro21 vided further, That the Business Operations Revolving 

22 Fund shall be available for the hire or purchase of not 

23 more than 12 passenger motor vehicles: Provided further, 

24 That expenditures in connection with travel expenses of 

25 the advisory councils to the Director of the Government 


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1 Publishing Office shall be deemed necessary to carry out 

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

3 further, That the Business Operations Revolving Fund 

4 shall be available for temporary or intermittent services 

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

6 at rates for individuals not more than the daily equivalent 

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

8 Schedule under section 5316 of such title: Provided fur9 ther, That activities financed through the Business Oper10 ations Revolving Fund may provide information in any 

11 format: Provided further, That the Business Operations 

12 Revolving Fund and the funds provided under the heading 

13 ‘‘PUBLIC INFORMATION PROGRAMS OF THE SUPER14 INTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS’’ may not be used for con15 tracted security services at Government Publishing Of16 fice’s passport facility in the District of Columbia. 

17 GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 For necessary expenses of the Government Account20 ability Office, including not more than $12,500 to be ex21 pended on the certification of the Comptroller General of 

22 the United States in connection with official representa23 tion and reception expenses; temporary or intermittent 

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

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


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

2 the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of such title; 

3 hire of one passenger motor vehicle; advance payments in 

4 foreign countries in accordance with section 3324 of title 

5 31, United States Code; benefits comparable to those pay6 able under sections 901(5), (6), and (8) of the Foreign 

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

8 and under regulations prescribed by the Comptroller Gen9 eral of the United States, rental of living quarters in for10 eign countries, $896,700,000, of which $5,000,000 shall 

11 remain available until expended: Provided, That, in addi12 tion, $33,424,000 of payments received under sections 

13 782, 791, 3521, and 9105 of title 31, United States Code, 

14 shall be available without fiscal year limitation: Provided 

15 further, That this appropriation and appropriations for ad16 ministrative expenses of any other department or agency 

17 which is a member of the National Intergovernmental 

18 Audit Forum or a Regional Intergovernmental Audit 

19 Forum shall be available to finance an appropriate share 

20 of either Forum’s costs as determined by the respective 

21 Forum, including necessary travel expenses of non-Federal 

22 participants: Provided further, That payments hereunder 

23 to the Forum may be credited as reimbursements to any 

24 appropriation from which costs involved are initially fi25 nanced. 


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1 CONGRESSIONAL OFFICE FOR INTERNATIONAL 

2 LEADERSHIP FUND 

3 For a payment to the Congressional Office for Inter4 national Leadership Fund for financing activities of the 

5 Congressional Office for International Leadership under 

6 section 313 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 

7 2001 (2 U.S.C. 1151), $6,600,000: Provided, That funds 

8 made available to support Russian participants shall only 

9 be used for those engaging in free market development, 

10 humanitarian activities, and civic engagement, and shall 

11 not be used for officials of the central government of Rus12 sia. 

13 JOHN C. STENNIS CENTER FOR PUBLIC 

14 SERVICE TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT 

15 For payment to the John C. Stennis Center for Pub16 lic Service Development Trust Fund established under 

17 section 116 of the John C. Stennis Center for Public Serv18 ice Training and Development Act (2 U.S.C. 1105), 

19 $430,000. 

20 TITLE II 

21 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

22 MAINTENANCE AND CARE OF PRIVATE VEHICLES

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

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

25 vehicles, except for emergency assistance and cleaning as 


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1 may be provided under regulations relating to parking fa2 cilities for the House of Representatives issued by the 

3 Committee on House Administration and for the Senate 

4 issued by the Committee on Rules and Administration. 

5 FISCAL YEAR LIMITATION

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

7 Act shall remain available for obligation beyond fiscal year 

8 2025 unless expressly so provided in this Act. 

9 RATES OF COMPENSATION AND DESIGNATION

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

11 not specifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of 

12 1929 (46 Stat. 32 et seq.) is appropriated for or the rate 

13 of compensation or designation of any office or position 

14 appropriated for is different from that specifically estab15 lished by such Act, the rate of compensation and the des16 ignation in this Act shall be the permanent law with re17 spect thereto: Provided, That the provisions in this Act 

18 for the various items of official expenses of Members, offi19 cers, and committees of the Senate and House of Rep20 resentatives, and clerk hire for Senators and Members of 

21 the House of Representatives shall be the permanent law 

22 with respect thereto. 

23 CONSULTING SERVICES

24 SEC. 204. The expenditure of any appropriation 

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1 ment contract, under section 3109 of title 5, United States 

2 Code, shall be limited to those contracts where such ex3 penditures are a matter of public record and available for 

4 public inspection, except where otherwise provided under 

5 existing law, or under existing Executive order issued 

6 under existing law. 

7 COSTS OF LEGISLATIVE BRANCH FINANCIAL MANAGERS

8 COUNCIL

9 SEC. 205. Amounts available for administrative ex10 penses of any legislative branch entity which participates 

11 in the Legislative Branch Financial Managers Council 

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

13 be available to finance an appropriate share of LBFMC 

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

15 LBFMC costs to be shared among all participating legisla16 tive branch entities (in such allocations among the entities 

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

18 LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS

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

20 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in21 strumentality of the United States Government, except 

22 pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro23 vided in, this Act or any other appropriation Act. 


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1 GUIDED TOURS OF THE CAPITOL

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

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

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

5 guided tours of the United States Capitol which are led 

6 by employees and interns of offices of Members of Con7 gress and other offices of the House of Representatives 

8 and Senate, unless through regulations as authorized by 

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

10 2008 (2 U.S.C. 2242(b)(8)). 

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

12 at the direction of the Architect of the Capitol with the 

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

14 United States Capitol which are led by employees and in15 terns described in subsection (a) may be suspended tempo16 rarily or otherwise subject to restriction for security or re17 lated reasons to the same extent as guided tours of the 

18 United States Capitol which are led by the Architect of 

19 the Capitol. 

20 PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN OPERATIONAL EXPENSES

21 SEC. 208. (a) None of the funds made available in 

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

23 network unless such network blocks the viewing, 

24 downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 


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

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

3 enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi4 nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities 

5 or other official government activities. 

6 PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN TELECOMMUNICATIONS

7 EQUIPMENT PROCUREMENT

8 SEC. 209. (a) PROHIBITION ON USE OR PROCURE9 MENT.— 

10 (1) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

11 made available under this Act may be used by the 

12 head of an agency, office, or other entity to— 

13 (A) procure or obtain or extend or renew 

14 a contract to procure or obtain any equipment, 

15 system, or service that uses covered tele16 communications equipment or services as a sub17 stantial or essential component of any system, 

18 or as critical technology as part of any system; 

19 or 

20 (B) enter into a contract (or extend or 

21 renew a contract) with an entity that uses any 

22 equipment, system, or service that uses covered 

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1 tem, or as critical technology as part of any 

2 system. 

3 (2) Nothing in paragraph (1) shall be construed 

4 to— 

5 (A) prohibit the head of an agency, office, 

6 or other entity from procuring with an entity to 

7 provide a service that connects to the facilities 

8 of a third-party, such as backhaul, roaming, or 

9 interconnection arrangements; or 

10 (B) cover telecommunications equipment 

11 that cannot route or redirect user data traffic 

12 or permit visibility into any user data or pack13 ets that such equipment transmits or otherwise 

14 handles. 

15 (b) PROHIBITION OF LOAN AND GRANT FUNDS.— 

16 (1) The head of an agency, office, or other enti17 ty may not obligate or expend loan or grant funds 

18 appropriated or otherwise made available under this 

19 Act to procure or obtain, extend or renew a contract 

20 to procure or obtain, or enter into a contract (or ex21 tend or renew a contract) to procure or obtain the 

22 equipment, services, or systems described in sub23 section (a). 

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1 ministering loan, grant, or subsidy programs shall 

2 prioritize available funding and technical support to 

3 assist affected businesses, institutions, and organiza4 tions as is reasonably necessary for those affected 

5 agencies, offices, and entities to transition from cov6 ered communications equipment and services, to pro7 cure replacement equipment and services, and to en8 sure that communications service to users and cus9 tomers is sustained. 

10 (3) Nothing in this subsection shall be con11 strued to— 

12 (A) prohibit the head of an agency, office, 

13 or entity from procuring with an entity to pro14 vide a service that connects to the facilities of 

15 a third-party, such as backhaul, roaming, or 

16 interconnection arrangements; or 

17 (B) cover telecommunications equipment 

18 that cannot route or redirect user data traffic 

19 or permit visibility into any user data or pack20 ets that such equipment transmits or otherwise 

21 handles. 

22 (c) EFFECTIVE DATES.—The prohibition under sub23 section (a)(1)(A) shall apply with respect to fiscal year 

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1 under subsections (a)(1)(B) and (b)(1) shall apply with 

2 respect to fiscal year 2026 and each succeeding fiscal year. 

3 (d) WAIVER AUTHORITY.—The head of an agency, 

4 office, or other entity may, on a one-time basis, waive the 

5 requirements under subsection (a) with respect to an 

6 agency, office, or entity that requests such a waiver. The 

7 waiver may be provided, for a period of not more than 

8 two years after the effective dates described in subsection 

9 (c), if the agency, office, or entity seeking the waiver— 

10 (1) provides a compelling justification for the 

11 additional time to implement the requirements under 

12 such subsection, as determined by the head of the 

13 agency, office, or entity; and 

14 (2) submits to the head of the agency, office, or 

15 entity, who shall not later than 30 days thereafter 

16 submit to the appropriate congressional committees, 

17 a full and complete laydown of the presences of cov18 ered telecommunications or video surveillance equip19 ment or services in the agency’s, office’s, or entity’s 

20 supply chain and a phase-out plan to eliminate such 

21 covered telecommunications or video surveillance 

22 equipment or services from the agency’s, office’s, or 

23 entity’s systems. 

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1 (1) The term ‘‘appropriate congressional com2 mittees’’ means the Committees on Appropriations 

3 of the House of Representatives and Senate. 

4 (2) The term ‘‘covered telecommunications 

5 equipment or services’’ means any of the following: 

6 (A) Telecommunications equipment pro7 duced by Huawei Technologies Company or 

8 ZTE Corporation (or any subsidiary or affiliate 

9 of such entities). 

10 (B) For the purpose of public safety, secu11 rity of government facilities, physical security 

12 surveillance of critical infrastructure, and other 

13 national security purposes, video surveillance 

14 and telecommunications equipment produced by 

15 Hytera Communications Corporation, 

16 Hangzhou Hikvision Digital Technology Com17 pany, or Dahua Technology Company (or any 

18 subsidiary or affiliate of such entities). 

19 (C) Telecommunications or video surveil20 lance services provided by such entities or using 

21 such equipment. 

22 (D) Telecommunications or video surveil23 lance equipment or services produced or pro24 vided by an entity that the Secretary of De25 fense, in consultation with the Director of the 


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1 National Intelligence or the Director of the 

2 Federal Bureau of Investigation, reasonably be3 lieves to be an entity owned or controlled by, or 

4 otherwise connected to, the government of a 

5 foreign adversary country. 

6 (3) The term ‘‘foreign adversary country’’ 

7 means a country specified in section 4872(d) of title 

8 10, United States Code. 

9 ANNUAL RATE OF PAY FOR PERSONNEL OF CERTAIN

10 LEGISLATIVE BRANCH OFFICES

11 SEC. 210. (a) Any provision of law which prohibits 

12 an increase in the annual rate of pay which would other13 wise apply during a calendar year for an employee serving 

14 in a position for which the rate of pay is fixed by statute 

15 at an Executive Schedule rate, or which prohibits the em16 ployee from receiving a rate increase during such calendar 

17 year, including section 747 of the Financial Services and 

18 General Government Appropriations Act, 2024 (division B 

19 of Public Law 118–47), shall not apply to the Director 

20 of the Government Publishing Office or the Librarian of 

21 Congress. 

22 (b) This section applies with respect to calendar year 

23 2025 and each succeeding calendar year. 


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1 LIMITATION ON TREATMENT AS FIDUCIARY

2 RELATIONSHIP

3 SEC. 211. (a) Section 13144 of title 5, United States 

4 Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 

5 subsection: 

6 ‘‘(c) LIMITATION ON TREATMENT AS FIDUCIARY

7 RELATIONSHIP.—For purposes of this section, the rela8 tionship between a Member who is providing care directly 

9 to a patient in the form of medical services or dental serv10 ices and the patient to whom such care is provided shall 

11 not be considered a fiduciary relationship.’’. 

12 (b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 

13 apply with respect to compensation received in fiscal year 

14 2025 or any succeeding fiscal year. 

15 SEC. 212. None of the funds made available by this 

16 Act may be used for any office, program, or activity for 

17 the purposes of diversity, equity, and inclusion training 

18 or implementation that promotes or perpetuates divisive 

19 concepts related to race or sex, such as the concepts that 

20 one race or sex is inherently superior to another, or that 

21 an individual’s moral character or worth is determined by 

22 their race or sex. 

23 SEC. 213. (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding sec24 tion 7 of title 1, United States Code, section 1738C of 

25 title 28, United States Code, or any other provision of law, 


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1 none of the funds provided by this Act, or previous appro2 priations Acts, shall be used in whole or in part to take 

3 any discriminatory action against a person, wholly or par4 tially, on the basis that such person speaks, or acts, in 

5 accordance with a sincerely held religious belief, or moral 

6 conviction, that marriage is, or should be recognized as, 

7 a union of one man and one woman. 

8 (b) DISCRIMINATORY ACTION DEFINED.—As used in 

9 subsection (a), a discriminatory action means any action 

10 taken by the Federal Government to— 

11 (1) alter in any way the Federal tax treatment 

12 of, or cause any tax, penalty, or payment to be as13 sessed against, or deny, delay, or revoke an exemp14 tion from taxation under section 501(a) of the Inter15 nal Revenue Code of 1986 of, any person referred to 

16 in subsection (a) 

17 (2) disallow a deduction for Federal tax pur18 poses of any charitable contribution made to or by 

19 such person; 

20 (3) withhold, reduce the amount or funding for, 

21 exclude, terminate, or otherwise make unavailable or 

22 deny, any Federal grant, contract, subcontract, co23 operative agreement, guarantee, loan, scholarship, li24 cense, certification, accreditation, employment, or 


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1 other similar position or status from or to such per2 son; 

3 (4) withhold, reduce, exclude, terminate, or oth4 erwise make unavailable or deny, any entitlement or 

5 benefit under a Federal benefit program, including 

6 admission to, equal treatment in, or eligibility for a 

7 degree from an educational program, from or to 

8 such person; or 

9 (5) withhold, reduce, exclude, terminate, or oth10 erwise make unavailable or deny access or an entitle11 ment to Federal property, facilities, educational in12 stitutions, speech fora (including traditional, limited, 

13 and nonpublic fora), or charitable fundraising cam14 paigns from or to such person. 

15 (c) ACCREDITATION; LICENSURE; CERTIFICATION.— 

16 The Federal Government shall consider accredited, li17 censed, or certified for purposes of Federal law any person 

18 that would be accredited, licensed, or certified, respec19 tively, for such purposes but for a determination against 

20 such person wholly or partially on the basis that the per21 son speaks, or acts, in accordance with a sincerely held 

22 religious belief or moral conviction described in subsection 

23 (a). 

24 SEC. 214. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

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


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

2 4501) (relating to cost of living adjustments for Members 

3 of Congress) during fiscal year 2025. 

4 SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT

5 SEC. 215. $0. 

6 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative Branch Ap7 propriations Act, 2025’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 458 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8772 

[Report No. 118–555] 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch 

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

JUNE 17, 2024 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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