PUBLIC LAW 104–53—NOV. 19, 1995

LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS

ACT, 1996
109 STAT. 514 PUBLIC LAW 104–53—NOV. 19, 1995

Public Law 104–53

104th Congress

An Act

Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending

September 30, 1996, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of

the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the

following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury

not otherwise appropriated, for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal

year ending September 30, 1996, and for other purposes, namely:

TITLE I—CONGRESSIONAL OPERATIONS

SENATE

EXPENSE ALLOWANCES

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

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

of the Senate, $10,000; Minority Leader of the Senate, $10,000;

Majority Whip of the Senate, $5,000; Minority Whip of the Senate,

$5,000; and Chairmen of the Majority and Minority Conference

Committees, $3,000 for each Chairman; in all, $56,000.

REPRESENTATION ALLOWANCES FOR THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY

LEADERS

For representation allowances of the Majority and Minority

Leaders of the Senate, $15,000 for each such Leader; in all, $30,000.

SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

For compensation of officers, employees, and others as authorized by law, including agency contributions, $69,727,000, which

shall be paid from this appropriation without regard to the below

limitations, as follows:

OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT

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

OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE

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

OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERS

For Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders, $2,195,000.

Congressional

Operations

Appropriations

Act, 1996.

2 USC 60a note.

Legislative

Branch

Appropriations

Act, 1996.

Nov. 19, 1995

[H.R. 2492]
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OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY WHIPS

For Offices of the Majority and Minority Whips, $656,000.

CONFERENCE COMMITTEES

For the Conference of the Majority and the Conference of the

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

of each such committee, $996,000 for each such committee; in

all, $1,992,000.

OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES OF THE CONFERENCE OF THE MAJORITY

AND THE CONFERENCE OF THE MINORITY

For Offices of the Secretaries of the Conference of the Majority

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

POLICY COMMITTEES

For salaries of the Majority Policy Committee and the Minority

Policy Committee, $965,000 for each such committee, in all,

$1,930,000.

OFFICE OF THE CHAPLAIN

For Office of the Chaplain, $192,000.

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

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

OFFICE OF THE SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER

For Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper,

$31,889,000.

OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY

For Offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the Secretary

for the Minority, $1,047,000.

AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS AND RELATED EXPENSES

For agency contributions for employee benefits, as authorized

by law, and related expenses, $15,500,000.

OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL OF THE SENATE

For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the Senate, $3,381,000.

OFFICE OF SENATE LEGAL COUNSEL

For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate Legal Counsel,

$936,000.
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EXPENSE ALLOWANCES OF THE SECRETARY OF THE SENATE, SER- GEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE SENATE, AND SEC- RETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY OF THE SENATE

For expense allowances of the Secretary of the Senate, $3,000;

Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, $3,000; Secretary

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

of the Senate, $3,000; in all, $12,000.

CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE

INQUIRIES AND INVESTIGATIONS

For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered by the

Senate, or conducted pursuant to section 134(a) of Public Law

601, Seventy-ninth Congress, as amended, section 112 of Public

Law 96–304 and Senate Resolution 281, agreed to March 11, 1980,

$66,395,000.

EXPENSES OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE CAUCUS ON

INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL

For expenses of the United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control, $305,000.

SECRETARY OF THE SENATE

For expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the Senate,

$1,266,000.

SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE SENATE

For expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, $61,347,000.

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

For miscellaneous items, $6,644,000.

SENATORS’ OFFICIAL PERSONNEL AND OFFICE EXPENSE ACCOUNT

For Senators’ Official Personnel and Office Expense Account,

$204,029,000.

OFFICE OF SENATE FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES

For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate Fair Employment Practices, $778,000.

SETTLEMENTS AND AWARDS RESERVE

For expenses for settlements and awards, $1,000,000, to remain

available until expended.

STATIONERY (REVOLVING FUND)

For stationery for the President of the Senate, $4,500, for

officers of the Senate and the Conference of the Majority and

Conference of the Minority of the Senate, $8,500; in all, $13,000.
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OFFICIAL MAIL COSTS

For expenses necessary for official mail costs of the Senate,

$11,000,000.

RESCISSION

Of the funds previously appropriated under the heading ‘‘SENATE’’, $63,544,724.12 are rescinded.

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

SECTION 1. (a) On and after October 1, 1995, no Senator shall

receive mileage under section 17 of the Act of July 28, 1866 (2

U.S.C. 43).

(b) On and after October 1, 1995, the President of the Senate

shall not receive mileage under the first section of the Act of

July 8, 1935 (2 U.S.C. 43a).

SEC. 2. (a) There is established in the Treasury of the United

States within the contingent fund of the Senate a revolving fund,

to be known as the ‘‘Office of the Chaplain Expense Revolving

Fund’’ (hereafter referred to as the ‘‘fund’’). The fund shall consist

of all moneys collected or received with respect to the Office of

the Chaplain of the Senate.

(b) The fund shall be available without fiscal year limitation

for disbursement by the Secretary of the Senate, not to exceed

$10,000 in any fiscal year, for the payment of official expenses

incurred by the Chaplain of the Senate. In addition, moneys in

the fund may be used to purchase food or food related items.

The fund shall not be available for the payment of salaries.

(c) All moneys (including donated moneys) received or collected

with respect to the Office of the Chaplain of the Senate shall

be deposited in the fund and shall be available for purposes of

this section.

(d) Disbursements from the fund shall be made on vouchers

approved by the Chaplain of the Senate.

SEC. 3. Funds appropriated under the heading, ‘‘Settlements

and Awards Reserve’’ in Public Law 103–283 shall remain available

until expended.

SEC. 4. Section 902 of the Supplemental Appropriations Act,

1983 (2 U.S.C. 88b–6) is amended by striking the second sentence

and inserting the following: ‘‘The amounts so withheld shall be

deposited in the revolving fund, within the contingent fund of

the Senate, for the Daniel Webster Senate Page Residence, as

established by section 4 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations

Act, 1995 (2 U.S.C. 88b–7).’’.

SEC. 5. (a) Any payment for local and long distance telecommunications service provided to any user by the Sergeant at

Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate shall cover the total invoiced

amount, including any amount relating to separately identified

toll calls, and shall be charged to the appropriation for the fiscal

year in which the underlying base service period covered by the

invoice ends.

(b) As used in subsection (a), the term ‘‘user’’ means any Senator, Officer of the Senate, Committee, office, or entity provided

telephone equipment and services by the Sergeant at Arms and

Doorkeeper of the Senate.

2 USC 58a note.

Nomenclature.

2 USC 61d–3.

2 USC 43a note.

Effective dates.

2 USC 43 note.
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SEC. 6. Section 4(b) of Public Law 103–283 is amended by inserting before ‘‘collected’’ the following: ‘‘(including donated moneys)’’.

SEC. 7. Section 1 of Public Law 101–520 (2 U.S.C. 61g–6a) is amended to read as follows:

‘‘SECTION 1. (a)(1) The Chairman of the Majority or Minority Policy Committee of the Senate may, during any fiscal year, at

his or her election transfer funds from the appropriation account

for salaries for the Majority and Minority Policy Committees of

the Senate, to the account, within the contingent fund of the Senate,

from which expenses are payable for such committees. ‘‘(2) The Chairman of the Majority or Minority Policy Committee of the Senate may, during any fiscal year, at his or her election

transfer funds from the appropriation account for expenses, within

the contingent fund of the Senate, for the Majority and Minority

Policy Committees of the Senate, to the account from which salaries

are payable for such committees. ‘‘(b)(1) The Chairman of the Majority or Minority Conference Committee of the Senate may, during any fiscal year, at his or

her election transfer funds from the appropriation account for salaries for the Majority and Minority Conference Committees of the

Senate, to the account, within the contingent fund of the Senate,

from which expenses are payable for such committees. ‘‘(2) The Chairman of the Majority or Minority Conference Committee of the Senate may, during any fiscal year, at his or

her election transfer funds from the appropriation account for

expenses, within the contingent fund of the Senate, for the Majority

and Minority Conference Committees of the Senate, to the account

from which salaries are payable for such committees. ‘‘(c) Any funds transferred under this section shall be— ‘‘(1) available for expenditure by such committee in like manner and for the same purposes as are other moneys which

are available for expenditure by such committee from the

account to which the funds were transferred; and

‘‘(2) made at such time or times as the Chairman shall

specify in writing to the Senate Disbursing Office.

‘‘(d) The Chairman of a committee transferring funds under

this section shall notify the Committee on Appropriations of the

Senate of the transfer.’’.

(b) The amendment made by this section shall take effect

on October 1, 1995, and shall be effective with respect to fiscal

years beginning on or after that date.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For salaries and expenses of the House of Representatives,

$671,561,000, as follows:

HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES

For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, $11,271,000,

including: Office of the Speaker, $1,478,000, including $25,000 for

official expenses of the Speaker; Office of the Majority Floor Leader,

$1,470,000, including $10,000 for official expenses of the Majority

Leader; Office of the Minority Floor Leader, $1,480,000, including

$10,000 for official expenses of the Minority Leader; Office of the

Effective date.

2 USC 61g–6a

note.

Notification.

2 USC 88b–7.
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Majority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Majority Whip,

$928,000, including $5,000 for official expenses of the Majority

Whip; Office of the Minority Whip, including the Chief Deputy

Minority Whip, $918,000, including $5,000 for official expenses

of the Minority Whip; Speaker’s Office for Legislative Floor Activities, $376,000; Republican Steering Committee, $664,000; Republican Conference, $1,083,000; Democratic Steering and Policy

Committee, $1,181,000; Democratic Caucus, $566,000; and nine

minority employees, $1,127,000.

MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES

INCLUDING MEMBERS’ CLERK HIRE, OFFICIAL EXPENSES OF

MEMBERS, AND OFFICIAL MAIL

For Members’ representational allowances, including Members’

clerk hire, official expenses, and official mail, $360,503,000: Provided, That no such funds shall be used for the purposes of sending

unsolicited mass mailings within 90 days before an election in

which the Member is a candidate.

COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES

STANDING COMMITTEES, SPECIAL AND SELECT

For salaries and expenses of standing committees, special and

select, authorized by House resolutions, $78,629,000.

COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

For salaries and expenses of the Committee on Appropriations,

$16,945,000, including studies and examinations of executive agencies and temporary personal services for such committee, to be

expended in accordance with section 202(b) of the Legislative

Reorganization Act of 1946 and to be available for reimbursement

to agencies for services performed.

SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

For compensation and expenses of officers and employees, as

authorized by law, $83,733,000, including: for salaries and expenses

of the Office of the Clerk, including not to exceed $1,000 for official

representation and reception expenses, $13,807,000; for salaries

and expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms, including

the position of Superintendent of Garages, and including not to

exceed $750 for official representation and reception expenses,

$3,410,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Chief

Administrative Officer, $53,556,000, including salaries, expenses

and temporary personal services of House Information Resources,

$27,500,000, of which $16,000,000 is provided herein: Provided,

That House Information Resources is authorized to receive

reimbursement from Members of the House of Representatives and

other governmental entities for services provided and such

reimbursement shall be deposited in the Treasury for credit to

this account; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Inspector

General, $3,954,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of

Compliance, $858,000; Office of the Chaplain, $126,000; for salaries

and expenses of the Office of the Parliamentarian, including the
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Parliamentarian and $2,000 for preparing the Digest of Rules,

$1,180,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Law

Revision Counsel of the House, $1,700,000; for salaries and expenses

of the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the House, $4,524,000;

and other authorized employees, $618,000.

ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES

For allowances and expenses as authorized by House resolution

or law, $120,480,000, including: supplies, materials, administrative

costs and Federal tort claims, $1,213,000; official mail for committees, leadership offices, and administrative offices of the House,

$1,000,000; reemployed annuitants reimbursements, $68,000;

Government contributions to employees’ life insurance fund, retirement funds, Social Security fund, Medicare fund, health benefits

fund, and worker’s and unemployment compensation, $117,541,000;

and miscellaneous items including purchase, exchange, maintenance, repair and operation of House motor vehicles,

interparliamentary receptions, and gratuities to heirs of deceased

employees of the House, $658,000.

CHILD CARE CENTER

For salaries and expenses of the House of Representatives

Child Care Center, such amounts as are deposited in the account

established by section 312(d)(1) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1992 (40 U.S.C. 184g(d)(1)), subject to the level specified

in the budget of the Center, as submitted to the Committee on

Appropriations of the House of Representatives.

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

SEC. 101. Effective with respect to fiscal years beginning with

fiscal year 1995, in the case of mail from outside sources presented

to the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives

(other than mail through the Postal Service and mail with postage

otherwise paid) for internal delivery in the House of Representatives, the Chief Administrative Officer is authorized to collect fees

equal to the applicable postage. Amounts received by the Chief

Administrative Officer as fees under the preceding sentence shall

be deposited in the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.

SEC. 102. Effective with respect to fiscal years beginning with

fiscal year 1995, amounts received by the Chief Administrative

Officer of the House of Representatives from the Administrator

of General Services for rebates under the Government Travel

Charge Card Program shall be deposited in the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.

SEC. 103. The provisions of section 223(b) of House Resolution

6, One Hundred Fourth Congress, agreed to January 5 (legislative

day, January 4), 1995, establishing the Speaker’s Office for Legislative Floor Activities; House Resolution 7, One Hundred Fourth

Congress, agreed to January 5 (legislative day, January 4), 1995,

providing for the designation of certain minority employees; House

Resolution 9, One Hundred Fourth Congress, agreed to January

5 (legislative day, January 4), 1995, providing amounts for the

Republican Steering Committee and the Democratic Policy Committee; House Resolution 10, One Hundred Fourth Congress, agreed

to January 5 (legislative day, January 4), 1995, providing for the

2 USC 74a–3,

74a–3 note, 74a–

7, 74c note.

Effective date.

2 USC 117k.

Effective date.

Mail.

2 USC 117j.
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transfer of two employee positions; and House Resolution 113, One

Hundred Fourth Congress, agreed to March 10, 1995, providing

for the transfer of certain employee positions shall each be the

permanent law with respect thereto.

SEC. 104. (a) The five statutory positions specified in subsection (b), subsection (c), and subsection (d) are transferred from the

House Republican Conference to the Republican Steering Committee.

(b) The first two of the five positions referred to in subsection

(a) are—

(1) the position established for the chief deputy majority whip by subsection (a) of the first section of House Resolution

393, Ninety-fifth Congress, agreed to March 31, 1977, as

enacted into permanent law by section 115 of the Legislative

Branch Appropriation Act, 1978 (2 U.S.C. 74a–3); and

(2) the position established for the chief deputy majority

whip by section 102(a)(4) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1990;

both of which positions were transferred to the majority leader

by House Resolution 10, One Hundred Fourth Congress, agreed

to January 5 (legislative day, January 4), 1995, as enacted into

permanent law by section 103 of this Act, and both of which positions were further transferred to the House Republican Conference

by House Resolution 113, One Hundred Fourth Congress, agreed

to March 10, 1995, as enacted into permanent law by section

103 of this Act.

(c) The second two of the five positions referred to in subsection

(a) are the two positions established by section 103(a)(2) of the

Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1986.

(d) The fifth of the five positions referred to in subsection

(a) is the position for the House Republican Conference established

by House Resolution 625, Eighty-ninth Congress, agreed to October

22, 1965, as enacted into permanent law by section 103 of the

Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1967.

(e) The transfers under this section shall take effect on the

date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 105. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, or

any rule, regulation, or other authority, travel for studies and

examinations under section 202(b) of the Legislative Reorganization

Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 72a(b)) shall be governed by applicable laws

or regulations of the House of Representatives or as promulgated

from time to time by the Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.

(b) Subsection (a) shall take effect on the date of the enactment

of this Act and shall apply to travel performed on or after that

date.

SEC. 106. (a) Notwithstanding the paragraph under the heading

‘‘GENERAL PROVISION’’ in chapter XI of the Third Supplemental

Appropriation Act, 1957 (2 U.S.C. 102a) or any other provision

of law, effective on the date of the enactment of this section,

unexpended balances in accounts described in subsection (b) are

withdrawn, with unpaid obligations to be liquidated in the manner

provided in the second sentence of that paragraph.

(b) The accounts referred to in subsection (a) are the House

of Representatives legislative service organization revolving

accounts under section 311 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations

Act, 1994 (2 U.S.C. 96a).

Effective date.

2 USC 96a note.

Effective date.

2 USC 72a note.

Effective date.
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SEC. 107. (a) Each fund and account specified in subsection

(b) shall be available only to the extent provided in appropriations

Acts.

(b) The funds and accounts referred to in subsection (a) are—

(1) the revolving fund for the House Barber Shops, established by the paragraph under the heading ‘‘HOUSE BARBER

SHOPS REVOLVING FUND’’ in the matter relating to the House

of Representatives in chapter III of title I of the Supplemental

Appropriations Act, 1975 (Public Law 93–554; 88 Stat. 1776);

(2) the revolving fund for the House Beauty Shop, established by the matter under the heading ‘‘HOUSE BEAUTY SHOP’’ in the matter relating to administrative provisions for the

House of Representatives in the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1970 (Public Law 91–145; 83 Stat. 347);

(3) the special deposit account established for the House

of Representatives Restaurant by section 208 of the First

Supplemental Civil Functions Appropriation Act, 1941 (40

U.S.C. 174k note); and

(4) the revolving fund established for the House Recording

Studio by section 105(g) of the Legislative Branch Appropriation

Act, 1957 (2 U.S.C. 123b(g)).

(c) This section shall take effect on October 1, 1995, and shall

apply with respect to fiscal years beginning on or after that date.

SEC. 107A. For fiscal year 1996, subject to the direction of

the Committee on House Oversight of the House of Representatives,

of the total amount deposited in the account referred to in section

107(b)(3) of this Act from vending operations of the House of Representatives Restaurant System, the cost of goods sold shall be

available to pay the cost of inventory for such operations.

SEC. 108. The House Employees Position Classification Act

(2 U.S.C. 291, et seq.) is amended—

(1) in section 3(1), by striking out ‘‘Doorkeeper, and the

Postmaster,’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative

Officer, and the Inspector General’’;

(2) in the first sentence of section 4(b), by striking out

‘‘Doorkeeper, and the Postmaster,’’ and inserting in lieu thereof

‘‘Chief Administrative Officer, and the Inspector General’’;

(3) in section 5(b)(1), by striking out ‘‘Doorkeeper, and

the Postmaster’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer, and the Inspector General’’; and

(4) in the first sentence of section 5(c), by striking out

‘‘Doorkeeper, and the Postmaster,’’ and inserting in lieu thereof

‘‘Chief Administrative Officer, and the Inspector General’’.

SEC. 109. (a) Upon the approval of the appropriate employing

authority, an employee of the House of Representatives who is

separated from employment, may be paid a lump sum for the

accrued annual leave of the employee. The lump sum—

(1) shall be paid in an amount not more than the lesser

of—

(A) the amount of the monthly pay of the employee,

as determined by the Chief Administrative Officer of the

House of Representatives; or

(B) the amount equal to the monthly pay of the

employee, as determined by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives, divided by 30, and

multiplied by the number of days of the accrued annual

leave of the employee;

Compensation.

2 USC 60o.

2 USC 294.

2 USC 293.

2 USC 292.

Effective date.

2 USC 123b note.
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(2) shall be paid— (A) for clerk hire employees, from the clerk hire allow- ance of the Member;

(B) for committee employees, from amounts appro- priated for committees; and (C) for other employees, from amounts appropriated to the employing authority; and

(3) shall be based on the rate of pay in effect with respect to the employee on the last day of employment of the employee.

(b) The Committee on House Oversight shall have authority to prescribe regulations to carry out this section. (c) As used in this section, the term ‘‘employee of the House of Representatives’’ means an employee whose pay is disbursed

by the Clerk of the House of Representatives or the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives, as applicable, except

that such term does not include a uniformed or civilian support

employee under the Capitol Police Board. (d) Payments under this section may be made with respect to separations from employment taking place after June 30, 1995.

SEC. 110. (a)(1) Effective on the date of the enactment of

this Act, the allowances for office personnel and equipment for

certain Members of the House of Representatives, as adjusted

through the day before the date of the enactment of this Act,

are further adjusted as specified in paragraph (2). (2) The further adjustments referred to in paragraph (1) are

as follows:

(A) The allowance for the majority leader is increased by

$167,532.

(B) The allowance for the majority whip is decreased by

$167,532.

(b)(1) Effective on the date of the enactment of this Act, the

House of Representatives allowances referred to in paragraph (2),

as adjusted through the day before the date of the enactment

of this Act, are further adjusted, or are established, as the case

may be, as specified in paragraph (2).

(2) The further adjustments and the establishment referred

to in paragraph (1) are as follows:

(A) The allowance for the Republican Conference is

increased by $134,491.

(B) The allowance for the Republican Steering Committee

is established at $66,995.

(C) The allowance for the Democratic Steering and Policy

Committee is increased by $201,430.

(D) The allowance for the Democratic Caucus is increased

by $56.

JOINT ITEMS

For Joint Committees, as follows:

JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE

For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic Committee,

$3,000,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate.

JOINT COMMITTEE ON PRINTING

For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Printing,

$750,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate.

Effective date.

Effective date.

Effective date.
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JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION

For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Taxation,

$5,116,000, to be disbursed by the Clerk of the House. For other joint items, as follows:

OFFICE OF THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN

For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent expenses of the emergency rooms, and for the Attending Physician and his

assistants, including (1) an allowance of $1,500 per month to the

Attending Physician; (2) an allowance of $500 per month each

to two medical officers while on duty in the Attending Physician’s

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

$400 per month each to not to exceed nine assistants on the basis

heretofore provided for such assistance; and (4) $852,000 for

reimbursement to the Department of the Navy for expenses incurred

for staff and equipment assigned to the Office of the Attending

Physician, which shall be advanced and credited to the applicable

appropriation or appropriations from which such salaries, allowances, and other expenses are payable and shall be available for

all the purposes thereof, $1,260,000, to be disbursed by the Clerk

of the House.

CAPITOL POLICE BOARD

CAPITOL POLICE

SALARIES

For the Capitol Police Board for salaries, including overtime, hazardous duty pay differential, clothing allowance of not more

than $600 each for members required to wear civilian attire, and

Government contributions to employees’ benefits funds, as authorized by law, of officers, members, and employees of the Capitol

Police, $70,132,000, of which $34,213,000 is provided to the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives, to be disbursed

by the Clerk of the House, and $35,919,000 is provided to the

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

by the Secretary of the Senate: Provided, That, of the amounts

appropriated under this heading, such amounts as may be necessary

may be transferred between the Sergeant at Arms of the House

of Representatives and the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of

the Senate, upon approval of the Committee on Appropriations

of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.

GENERAL EXPENSES

For the Capitol Police Board for necessary expenses of the Capitol Police, including motor vehicles, communications and other

equipment, uniforms, weapons, supplies, materials, training, medical services, forensic services, stenographic services, the employee

assistance program, not more than $2,000 for the awards program,

postage, telephone service, travel advances, relocation of instructor

and liaison personnel for the Federal Law Enforcement Training

Center, and $85 per month for extra services performed for the

Capitol Police Board by an employee of the Sergeant at Arms

of the Senate or the House of Representatives designated by the

Chairman of the Board, $2,560,000, to be disbursed by the Clerk
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of the House of Representatives: Provided, That, notwithstanding

any other provision of law, the cost of basic training for the Capitol

Police at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center for fiscal

year 1996 shall be paid by the Secretary of the Treasury from

funds available to the Department of the Treasury.

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

SEC. 111. Amounts appropriated for fiscal year 1996 for the

Capitol Police Board under the heading ‘‘CAPITOL POLICE’’ may

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

EXPENSES’’, upon approval of the Committees on Appropriations

of the Senate and the House of Representatives.

CAPITOL GUIDE SERVICE AND SPECIAL SERVICES OFFICE

For salaries and expenses of the Capitol Guide Service and

Special Services Office, $1,991,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary

of the Senate: Provided, That none of these funds shall be used

to employ more than forty individuals: Provided further, That the

Capitol Guide Board is authorized, during emergencies, to employ

not more than two additional individuals for not more than one

hundred twenty days each, and not more than ten additional

individuals for not more than six months each, for the Capitol

Guide Service.

STATEMENTS OF APPROPRIATIONS

For the preparation, under the direction of the Committees

on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives,

of the statements for the first session of the One Hundred Fourth

Congress, showing appropriations made, indefinite appropriations,

and contracts authorized, together with a chronological history of

the regular appropriations bills as required by law, $30,000, to

be paid to the persons designated by the chairmen of such committees to supervise the work.

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

SEC. 112. Section 310 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations

Act, 1990 (2 U.S.C. 130e), is amended—

(1) by striking out ‘‘Clerk’’ and inserting in lieu thereof

‘‘Sergeant at Arms’’; and

(2) by striking out ‘‘Librarian of Congress’’ and inserting

in lieu thereof ‘‘Architect of the Capitol’’.

OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE

For salaries and expenses of the Office of Compliance, as

authorized by section 305 of Public Law 104–1, the Congressional

Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1385), $2,500,000, of which

$500,000 shall be transferred from the amount provided for salaries

and expenses of the Office of Compliance under the headings

‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES’’, ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’, and

‘‘Salaries, Officers and Employees’’.
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OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For salaries and expenses necessary to carry out the orderly

closure of the Office of Technology Assessment, $3,615,000, of which

$150,000 shall remain available until September 30, 1997. Upon

enactment of this Act, $2,500,000 of the funds appropriated under

this heading in Public Law 103–283 shall remain available until

September 30, 1996: Provided, That none of the funds made available in this Act shall be available for salaries or expenses of any

employee of the Office of Technology Assessment in excess of 17

employees except for severance pay purposes.

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

SEC. 113. Upon enactment of this Act all employees of the

Office of Technology Assessment for 183 days preceding termination

of employment who are terminated as a result of the elimination

of the Office and who are not otherwise gainfully employed may

continue to be paid by the Office of Technology Assessment at

their respective salaries for a period not to exceed 60 calendar

days following the employee’s date of termination or until the

employee becomes otherwise gainfully employed whichever is earlier. Any day for which a former employee receives a payment

under this section shall be counted as Federal service for purposes

of determining entitlement to benefits, including retirement, annual

and sick leave earnings, and health and life insurance. A statement

in writing to the Director of the Office of Technology Assessment

or his designee by any such employee that he was not gainfully

employed during such period or the portion thereof for which payment is claimed shall be accepted as prima facie evidence that

he was not so employed.

SEC. 114. Notwithstanding the provisions of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended, or any

other provision of law, upon the abolition of the Office of Technology

Assessment, all records and property of the Office (including the

Unix system, all computer hardware and software, all library collections and research materials, and all photocopying equipment),

shall be under the administrative control of the Architect of the

Capitol. Not later than December 31, 1995, the Architect shall

submit a proposal to transfer such records and property to appropriate support agencies of the Legislative Branch which request

such transfer, and shall carry out such transfer subject to the

approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of

Representatives and the Senate.

CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For salaries and expenses necessary to carry out the provisions

of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (Public Law 93–344),

including not to exceed $2,500 to be expended on the certification

of the Director of the Congressional Budget Office in connection

with official representation and reception expenses, $24,288,000:

Provided, That none of these funds shall be available for the purchase or hire of a passenger motor vehicle: Provided further, That

2 USC 471 note.

Severance pay.

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none of the funds in this Act shall be available for salaries or

expenses of any employee of the Congressional Budget Office in

excess of 232 full-time equivalent positions: Provided further, That

any sale or lease of property, supplies, or services to the Congressional Budget Office shall be deemed to be a sale or lease of

such property, supplies, or services to the Congress subject to section 903 of Public Law 98–63: Provided further, That the Director

of the Congressional Budget Office shall have the authority, within

the limits of available appropriations, to dispose of surplus or

obsolete personal property by inter-agency transfer, donation, or

discarding.

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

SEC. 115. Section 8402(c) of title 5, United States Code, is

amended—

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

(2) by inserting after paragraph (6) the following:

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

exclude from the operation of this chapter an employee under

the Congressional Budget Office whose employment is temporary

or intermittent.’’.

ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

OFFICE OF THE ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

SALARIES

For the Architect of the Capitol, the Assistant Architect of

the Capitol, and other personal services, at rates of pay provided

by law, $8,569,000.

TRAVEL

Appropriations under the control of the Architect of the Capitol

shall be available for expenses of travel on official business not

to exceed in the aggregate under all funds the sum of $20,000.

CONTINGENT EXPENSES

To enable the Architect of the Capitol to make surveys and

studies, and to meet unforeseen expenses in connection with activities under his care, $100,000.

CAPITOL BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

CAPITOL BUILDINGS

For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation of the Capitol and electrical substations of the Senate and

House office buildings, under the jurisdiction of the Architect of

the Capitol, including furnishings and office equipment; including

not to exceed $1,000 for official reception and representation

expenses, to be expended as the Architect of the Capitol may

approve; purchase or exchange, maintenance and operation of a

passenger motor vehicle; and attendance, when specifically authorized by the Architect of the Capitol, at meetings or conventions

in connection with subjects related to work under the Architect

of the Capitol, $22,882,000, of which $2,950,000 shall remain avail40 USC 166a.

2 USC 606.

2 USC 605.
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able until expended: Provided, That hereafter expenses, based on

full cost recovery, for flying American flags and providing certification services therefor shall be advanced or reimbursed upon

request of the Architect of the Capitol, and amounts so received

shall be deposited into the Treasury.

CAPITOL GROUNDS

For all necessary expenses for care and improvement of grounds

surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House office buildings,

and the Capitol Power Plant, $5,143,000, of which $25,000 shall

remain available until expended.

SENATE OFFICE BUILDINGS

For all necessary expenses for maintenance, care and operation

of Senate Office Buildings; and furniture and furnishings to be

expended under the control and supervision of the Architect of

the Capitol, $41,757,000, of which $4,850,000 shall remain available

until expended.

HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS

For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation of the House office buildings, $33,001,000, of which $5,261,000

shall remain available until expended.

CAPITOL POWER PLANT

For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation of the Capitol Power Plant; lighting, heating, power (including

the purchase of electrical energy) and water and sewer services

for the Capitol, Senate and House office buildings, Library of Congress buildings, and the grounds about the same, Botanic Garden,

Senate garage, and air conditioning refrigeration not supplied from

plants in any of such buildings; heating the Government Printing

Office and Washington City Post Office, and heating and chilled

water for air conditioning for the Supreme Court Building, Union

Station complex, Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building

and the Folger Shakespeare Library, expenses for which shall be

advanced or reimbursed upon request of the Architect of the Capitol

and amounts so received shall be deposited into the Treasury to

the credit of this appropriation, $31,518,000: Provided, That not

to exceed $4,000,000 of the funds credited or to be reimbursed

to this appropriation as herein provided shall be available for obligation during fiscal year 1996.

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section

203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 166)

and to revise and extend the Annotated Constitution of the United

States of America, $60,084,000: Provided, That no part of this

appropriation may be used to pay any salary or expense in connection with any publication, or preparation of material therefor (except

Flags.

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the Digest of Public General Bills), to be issued by the Library

of Congress unless such publication has obtained prior approval

of either the Committee on House Oversight of the House of Representatives or the Committee on Rules and Administration of

the Senate: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the compensation of the Director of the Congressional

Research Service, Library of Congress, shall be at an annual rate

which is equal to the annual rate of basic pay for positions at

level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title

5, United States Code.

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING AND BINDING

For authorized printing and binding for the Congress and the

distribution of Congressional information in any format; printing

and binding for the Architect of the Capitol; expenses necessary

for preparing the semimonthly and session index to the Congressional Record, as authorized by law (44 U.S.C. 902); printing and

binding of Government publications authorized by law to be distributed to Members of Congress; and printing, binding, and distribution of Government publications authorized by law to be distributed

without charge to the recipient, $83,770,000: Provided, That this

appropriation shall not be available for paper copies of the permanent edition of the Congressional Record for individual Representatives, Resident Commissioners or Delegates authorized under 44

U.S.C. 906: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available for the payment of obligations incurred under the appropriations for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years.

This title may be cited as the ‘‘Congressional Operations Appropriations Act, 1996’’.

TITLE II—OTHER AGENCIES

BOTANIC GARDEN

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation of the Botanic Garden and the nurseries, buildings, grounds,

and collections; and purchase and exchange, maintenance, repair,

and operation of a passenger motor vehicle; all under the direction

of the Joint Committee on the Library, $3,053,000.

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

SEC. 201. (a) Section 201 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1993 (40 U.S.C. 216c note) is amended by striking out

‘‘$6,000,000’’ each place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof

‘‘$10,000,000’’.

(b) Section 307E(a)(1) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations

Act, 1989 (40 U.S.C. 216c(a)(1)) is amended by striking out ‘‘plans’’

and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘plants’’.

2 USC 166 note.
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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Library of Congress, not otherwise provided for, including development and maintenance of the

Union Catalogs; custody and custodial care of the Library buildings;

special clothing; cleaning, laundering and repair of uniforms;

preservation of motion pictures in the custody of the Library;

preparation and distribution of catalog cards and other publications

of the Library; hire or purchase of one passenger motor vehicle;

and expenses of the Library of Congress Trust Fund Board not

properly chargeable to the income of any trust fund held by the

Board, $211,664,000, of which not more than $7,869,000 shall be

derived from collections credited to this appropriation during fiscal

year 1996 under the Act of June 28, 1902 (chapter 1301; 32 Stat.

480; 2 U.S.C. 150): Provided, That the total amount available for

obligation shall be reduced by the amount by which collections

are less than the $7,869,000: Provided further, That of the total

amount appropriated, $8,458,000 is to remain available until

expended for acquisition of books, periodicals, and newspapers,

and all other materials including subscriptions for bibliographic

services for the Library, including $40,000 to be available solely

for the purchase, when specifically approved by the Librarian, of

special and unique materials for additions to the collections.

COPYRIGHT OFFICE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, including

publication of the decisions of the United States courts involving

copyrights, $30,818,000, of which not more than $16,840,000 shall

be derived from collections credited to this appropriation during

fiscal year 1996 under 17 U.S.C. 708(c), and not more than

$2,990,000 shall be derived from collections during fiscal year 1996

under 17 U.S.C. 111(d)(2), 119(b)(2), 802(h), and 1005: Provided,

That the total amount available for obligation shall be reduced

by the amount by which collections are less than $19,830,000:

Provided further, That up to $100,000 of the amount appropriated

is available for the maintenance of an ‘‘International Copyright

Institute’’ in the Copyright Office of the Library of Congress for

the purpose of training nationals of developing countries in intellectual property laws and policies: Provided further, That not to exceed

$2,250 may be expended on the certification of the Librarian of

Congress or his designee, in connection with official representation

and reception expenses for activities of the International Copyright

Institute.

BOOKS FOR THE BLIND AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For salaries and expenses to carry out the provisions of the Act of March 3, 1931 (chapter 400; 46 Stat. 1487; 2 U.S.C. 135a),

$44,951,000, of which $11,694,000 shall remain available until

expended.
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FURNITURE AND FURNISHINGS

For necessary expenses for the purchase and repair of furniture, furnishings, office and library equipment, $4,882,000, of which

$943,000 shall be available until expended only for the purchase

and supply of furniture, shelving, furnishings, and related costs

necessary for the renovation and restoration of the Thomas Jefferson and John Adams Library buildings.

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

SEC. 202. Appropriations in this Act available to the Library of Congress shall be available, in an amount not to exceed $194,290,

of which $58,100 is for the Congressional Research Service, when

specifically authorized by the Librarian, for attendance at meetings

concerned with the function or activity for which the appropriation

is made.

SEC. 203. (a) No part of the funds appropriated in this Act

shall be used by the Library of Congress to administer any flexible

or compressed work schedule which— (1) applies to any manager or supervisor in a position the grade or level of which is equal to or higher than GS–

15; and

(2) grants such manager or supervisor the right to not be at work for all or a portion of a workday because of time

worked by the manager or supervisor on another workday.

(b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘manager or super- visor’’ means any management official or supervisor, as such terms

are defined in section 7103(a) (10) and (11) of title 5, United

States Code.

SEC. 204. Appropriated funds received by the Library of Con- gress from other Federal agencies to cover general and administrative overhead costs generated by performing reimbursable work

for other agencies under the authority of 31 U.S.C. 1535 and 1536

shall not be used to employ more than 65 employees and may

be expended or obligated— (1) in the case of a reimbursement, only to such extent or in such amounts as are provided in appropriations Acts;

or

(2) in the case of an advance payment, only— (A) to pay for such general or administrative over- head costs as are attributable to the work performed for

such agency; or (B) to such extent or in such amounts as are provided

in appropriations Acts, with respect to any purpose not

allowable under subparagraph (A).

SEC. 205. Not to exceed $5,000 of any funds appropriated to the Library of Congress may be expended, on the certification

of the Librarian of Congress, in connection with official representation and reception expenses for the Library of Congress incentive

awards program.

SEC. 206. Not to exceed $12,000 of funds appropriated to the

Library of Congress may be expended, on the certification of the

Librarian of Congress or his designee, in connection with official

representation and reception expenses for the Overseas Field

Offices.

SEC. 207. Under the heading ‘‘Library of Congress’’ obligational

authority shall be available, in an amount not to exceed $99,412,000
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for reimbursable and revolving fund activities, and $6,812,000 for

non-expenditure transfer activities in support of parliamentary

development during the current fiscal year.

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

authority under the heading ‘‘Library of Congress’’ for activities

in support of parliamentary development is prohibited, except for

Russia, Ukraine, Albania, Slovakia, and Romania, for other than

incidental purposes.

SEC. 209. (a) The purpose of this section is to reduce the

cost of information support for the Congress by eliminating duplication among systems which provide electronic access by Congress

to legislative information.

(b) As used in this section, the term ‘‘legislative information’’

means information, prepared within the legislative branch, consisting of the text of publicly available bills, amendments, committee

hearings, and committee reports, the text of the Congressional

Record, data relating to bill status, data relating to legislative

activity, and other similar public information that is directly related

to the legislative process.

(c) Pursuant to the plan approved under subsection (d) and

consistent with the provisions of any other law, the Library of

Congress or the entity designated by that plan shall develop and

maintain, in coordination with other appropriate entities of the

legislative branch, a single legislative information retrieval system

to serve the entire Congress.

(d) The Library shall develop a plan for creation of this system,

taking into consideration the findings and recommendations of the

study directed by House Report No. 103–517 to identify and eliminate redundancies in congressional information systems. This plan

must be approved by the Committee on Rules and Administration

of the Senate, the Committee on House Oversight of the House

of Representatives, and the Committees on Appropriations of the

Senate and the House of Representatives. The Library shall provide

these committees with regular status reports on the development

of the plan.

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

regarding efficient ways to make this information available to the

public. This analysis shall be submitted to the Committees on

Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives

as well as the Committee on Rules and Administration of the

Senate, and the Committee on House Oversight of the House of

Representatives for their consideration and possible action.

ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

STRUCTURAL AND MECHANICAL CARE

For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and structural

maintenance, care and operation of the Library buildings and

grounds, $12,428,000, of which $3,710,000 shall remain available

until expended.

Public

information.

Reports.

Electronic

information.

2 USC 180.
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GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For expenses of the Office of Superintendent of Documents

necessary to provide for the cataloging and indexing of Government

publications and their distribution to the public, Members of Congress, other Government agencies, and designated depository and

international exchange libraries as authorized by law, $30,307,000:

Provided, That travel expenses, including travel expenses of the

Depository Library Council to the Public Printer, shall not exceed

$130,000: Provided further, That funds, not to exceed $2,000,000,

from current year appropriations are authorized for producing and

disseminating Congressional Serial Sets and other related Congressional/non-Congressional publications for 1994 and 1995 to depository and other designated libraries.

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

SEC. 210. The fiscal year 1997 budget submission of the Public

Printer to the Congress for the Government Printing Office shall

include appropriations requests and recommendations to the Congress that—

(1) are consistent with the strategic plan included in the

technological study performed by the Public Printer pursuant

to Senate Report 104–114;

(2) assure substantial progress toward maximum use of

electronic information dissemination technologies by all departments, agencies, and other entities of the Government with

respect to the Depository Library Program and information

dissemination generally; and

(3) are formulated so as to require that any department,

agency, or other entity of the Government that does not make

such progress shall bear from its own resources the cost of

its information dissemination by other than electronic means.

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE REVOLVING FUND

The Government Printing Office is hereby authorized to make

such expenditures, within the limits of funds available and in

accord with the law, and to make such contracts and commitments

without regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by section

104 of the Government Corporation Control Act as may be necessary

in carrying out the programs and purposes set forth in the budget

for the current fiscal year for the Government Printing Office revolving fund: Provided, That not to exceed $2,500 may be expended

on the certification of the Public Printer in connection with official

representation and reception expenses: Provided further, That the

revolving fund shall be available for the hire or purchase of passenger motor vehicles, not to exceed a fleet of twelve: Provided

further, That expenditures in connection with travel expenses of

the advisory councils to the Public Printer shall be deemed necessary to carry out the provisions of title 44, United States Code:

Provided further, That the revolving fund shall be available for

services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 but at rates for individuals

not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for level

Electronic

information.
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V of the Executive Schedule (5 U.S.C. 5316): Provided further,

That the revolving fund and the funds provided under the headings

‘‘OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS’’ and ‘‘SALARIES AND

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

employment of more than 3,800 workyears by the end of fiscal

year 1996: Provided further, That activities financed through the

revolving fund may provide information in any format: Provided

further, That the revolving fund shall not be used to administer

any flexible or compressed work schedule which applies to any

manager or supervisor in a position the grade or level of which

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

for attendance at meetings shall not exceed $75,000.

GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the General Accounting Office,

including not to exceed $7,000 to be expended on the certification

of the Comptroller General of the United States in connection

with official representation and reception expenses; services as

authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 but at rates for individuals not to

exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for level IV of

the Executive Schedule (5 U.S.C. 5315); hire of one passenger

motor vehicle; advance payments in foreign countries in accordance

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

sections 901(5), 901(6) and 901(8) of the Foreign Service Act of

1980 (22 U.S.C. 4081(5), 4081(6) and 4081(8)); and under regulations prescribed by the Comptroller General of the United States,

rental of living quarters in foreign countries and travel benefits

comparable with those which are now or hereafter may be granted

single employees of the Agency for International Development,

including single Foreign Service personnel assigned to AID projects,

by the Administrator of the Agency for International Development—

or his designee—under the authority of section 636(b) of the Foreign

Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2396(b)); $374,406,000: Provided,

That not more than $400,000 of reimbursements received incident

to the operation of the General Accounting Office Building shall

be available for use in fiscal year 1996: Provided further, That

notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 9105 hereafter amounts reimbursed to

the Comptroller General pursuant to that section shall be deposited

to the appropriation of the General Accounting Office then available

and remain available until expended, and not more than $8,000,000

of such funds shall be available for use in fiscal year 1996: Provided

further, That this appropriation and appropriations for administrative expenses of any other department or agency which is a member

of the Joint Financial Management Improvement Program (JFMIP)

shall be available to finance an appropriate share of JFMIP costs

as determined by the JFMIP, including the salary of the Executive

Director and secretarial support: Provided further, That this appropriation and appropriations for administrative expenses of any other

department or agency which is a member of the National Intergovernmental Audit Forum or a Regional Intergovernmental Audit

Forum shall be available to finance an appropriate share of Forum

costs as determined by the Forum, including necessary travel

expenses of non-Federal participants. Payments hereunder to either

the Forum or the JFMIP may be credited as reimbursements to

31 USC 9105

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any appropriation from which costs involved are initially financed:

Provided further, That to the extent that funds are otherwise available for obligation, agreements or contracts for the removal of

asbestos, and renovation of the building and building systems

(including the heating, ventilation and air conditioning system,

electrical system and other major building systems) of the General

Accounting Office Building may be made for periods not exceeding

five years: Provided further, That this appropriation and appropriations for administrative expenses of any other department or agency

which is a member of the American Consortium on International

Public Administration (ACIPA) shall be available to finance an

appropriate share of ACIPA costs as determined by the ACIPA,

including any expenses attributable to membership of ACIPA in

the International Institute of Administrative Sciences.

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

SEC. 211. (a) Effective June 30, 1996, the functions of the

Comptroller General identified in subsection (b) are transferred

to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, contingent

upon the additional transfer to the Office of Management and

Budget of such personnel, budget authority, records, and property

of the General Accounting Office relating to such functions as

the Comptroller General and the Director jointly determine to be

necessary. The Director may delegate any such function, in whole

or in part, to any other agency or agencies if the Director determines

that such delegation would be cost-effective or otherwise in the

public interest, and may transfer to such agency or agencies any

personnel, budget authority, records, and property received by the

Director pursuant to the preceding sentence that relate to the

delegated functions. Personnel transferred pursuant to this provision shall not be separated or reduced in classification or compensation for one year after any such transfer, except for cause.

(b) The following provisions of the United States Code contain

the functions to be transferred pursuant to subsection (a): sections

5564 and 5583 of title 5; sections 2312, 2575, 2733, 2734, 2771,

4712, and 9712 of title 10; sections 1626 and 4195 of title 22;

section 420 of title 24; sections 2414 and 2517 of title 28; sections

1304, 3702, 3726, and 3728 of title 31; sections 714 and 715 of

title 32; section 554 of title 37; section 5122 of title 38; and section

256a of title 41.

SEC. 212. (a) Section 732 of title 31, United States Code, is

amended by adding a new subsection (h) as follows:

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

35 of title 5, United States Code, the Comptroller General shall

prescribe regulations for the release of officers and employees of

the General Accounting Office in a reduction in force which give

due effect to tenure of employment, military preference, performance and/or contributions to the agency’s goals and objectives, and

length of service. The regulations shall, to the extent deemed feasible by the Comptroller General, be designed to minimize disruption to the Office and to assist in promoting the efficiency of the

Office.’’.

SEC. 213. Section 753 of title 31, United States Code, is

amended—

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

(d), and (e), respectively;

Regulations.

Reduction in

force.

Effective date.

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(2) by inserting after subsection (a) a new subsection (b)

as follows:

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

in force action.’’; and

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

TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS

SEC. 301. No part of the funds appropriated in this Act shall

be used for the maintenance or care of private vehicles, except

for emergency assistance and cleaning as may be provided under

regulations relating to parking facilities for the House of Representatives issued by the Committee on House Oversight and for the

Senate issued by the Committee on Rules and Administration.

SEC. 302. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act

shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year

unless expressly so provided herein.

SEC. 303. Whenever any office or position not specifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of 1929 is appropriated for herein

or whenever the rate of compensation or designation of any position

appropriated for herein is different from that specifically established

for such position by such Act, the rate of compensation and the

designation of the position, or either, appropriated for or provided

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

That the provisions herein for the various items of official expenses

of Members, officers, and committees of the Senate and House

of Representatives, and clerk hire for Senators and Members of

the House of Representatives shall be the permanent law with

respect thereto.

SEC. 304. The expenditure of any appropriation under this

Act for any consulting service through procurement contract, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited to those contracts where

such expenditures are a matter of public record and available

for public inspection, except where otherwise provided under existing law, or under existing Executive order issued pursuant to existing law.

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

greatest extent practicable, all equipment and products purchased

with funds made available in this Act should be American-made.

(b) In providing financial assistance to, or entering into any

contract with, any entity using funds made available in this Act,

the head of each Federal agency, to the greatest extent practicable,

shall provide to such entity a notice describing the statement made

in subsection (a) by the Congress.

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

of the House of Representatives, and in accordance with conditions

determined by the Committee on House Oversight, positions in

connection with House parking activities and related funding shall

be transferred from the appropriation ‘‘Architect of the Capitol,

Capitol buildings and grounds, House office buildings’’ to the appropriation ‘‘House of Representatives, salaries, officers and employees,

Office of the Sergeant at Arms’’: Provided, That the position of

Superintendent of Garages shall be subject to authorization in

annual appropriations Acts.

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

Code, the days of unused sick leave to the credit of any such

Annuities.

40 USC 175 note.

Notice.

Contracts.

Public

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employee as of the date such employee is transferred under subsection (a) shall be included in the total service of such employee

in connection with the computation of any annuity under subsections (a) through (e) and (o) of such section.

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

such employee as of the date such employee is transferred under

subsection (a) the Architect of the Capitol is authorized to make

a lump sum payment to each such employee for that annual leave.

No such payment shall be considered a payment or compensation

within the meaning of any law relating to dual compensation.

SEC. 307. None of the funds made available in this Act may

be used for the relocation of the office of any Member of the

House of Representatives within the House office buildings.

SEC. 308. (a)(1) Effective October 1, 1995, the unexpended

balances of appropriations specified in paragraph (2) are transferred

to the appropriation for general expenses of the Capitol Police,

to be used for design and installation of security systems for the

Capitol buildings and grounds.

(2) The unexpended balances referred to in paragraph (1) are—

(A) the unexpended balance of appropriations for security

installations, as referred to in the paragraph under the heading

‘‘CAPITOL BUILDINGS’’, under the general headings ‘‘JOINT

ITEMS’’, ‘‘ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL’’, and ‘‘CAPITOL

BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS’’ in title I of the Legislative Branch

Appropriations Act, 1995 (108 Stat. 1434), including any unexpended balance from a prior fiscal year and any unexpended

balance under such headings in this Act; and

(B) the unexpended balance of the appropriation for an

improved security plan, as transferred to the Architect of the

Capitol by section 102 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations

Act, 1989 (102 Stat. 2165).

(b) Effective October 1, 1995, the responsibility for design and

installation of security systems for the Capitol buildings and

grounds is transferred from the Architect of the Capitol to the

Capitol Police Board. Such design and installation shall be carried

out under the direction of the Committee on House Oversight of

the House of Representatives and the Committee on Rules and

Administration of the Senate, and without regard to section 3709

of the Revised Statutes of the United States (41 U.S.C. 5). On

and after October 1, 1995, any alteration to a structural, mechanical, or architectural feature of the Capitol buildings and grounds

that is required for a security system under the preceding sentence

may be carried out only with the approval of the Architect of

the Capitol.

(c)(1) Effective October 1, 1995, all positions specified in paragraph (2) and each individual holding any such position (on a

permanent basis) immediately before that date, as identified by

the Architect of the Capitol, shall be transferred to the Capitol

Police.

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

which, immediately before October 1, 1995, are—

(A) under the Architect of the Capitol;

(B) within the Electronics Engineering Division of the

Office of the Architect of the Capitol; and

(C) related to the design or installation of security systems

for the Capitol buildings and grounds.

Effective dates.

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

of an individual immediately before such individual is transferred

under paragraph (1) shall be credited to such individual, without

adjustment, in the new position of the individual.

SEC. 309. (a) Section 230(a) of the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1371(a)) is amended by striking out ‘‘Administrative Conference of the United States’’ and inserting in lieu thereof

‘‘Board’’.

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

(1) by striking out ‘‘Administrative Conference of the United

States’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Board’’; and

(2) by striking out ‘‘and shall submit the study and recommendations to the Board’’.

(c) The amendments made by this section shall take effect

only if the Administrative Conference of the United States ceases

to exist prior to the completion and submission of the study to

the Board as required by section 230 of the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1371).

SEC. 310. Any amount appropriated in this Act for ‘‘HOUSE

OF REPRESENTATIVES—Salaries and Expenses—Members’ Representational Allowances’’ shall be available only for fiscal year

1996. Any amount remaining after all payments are made under

such allowances for such fiscal year shall be deposited in the Treasury, to be used for deficit reduction.

SEC. 311. Section 316 of Public Law 101–302 is amended in

the first sentence of subsection (a) by striking ‘‘1995’’ and inserting

‘‘1996’’.

SEC. 312. Such sums as may be necessary are appropriated

to the account described in subsection (a) of section 415 of Public

Law 104–1 to pay awards and settlements as authorized under

such subsection.

SEC. 313. (a) The Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives shall have the same law enforcement authority, including

the authority to carry firearms, as a member of the Capitol Police.

The law enforcement authority under the preceding sentence shall

be subject to the requirement that the Sergeant at Arms have

the qualifications specified in subsection (b).

(b) The qualifications referred to in subsection (a) are the

following:

(1) A minimum of five years of experience as a law enforcement officer before beginning service as the Sergeant at Arms.

(2) Current certification in the use of firearms by the

appropriate Federal law enforcement entity or an equivalent

non-Federal entity.

(3) Any other firearms qualification required for members

of the Capitol Police.

(c) The Committee on House Oversight of the House of Representatives shall have authority to prescribe regulations to carry

out this section.

SEC. 314. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, effective

September 1, 1995, the Committee on House Oversight of the House

of Representatives shall have authority—

(1) to combine the House of Representatives Clerk Hire

Allowance, Official Expenses Allowance, and Official Mail

Allowance into a single allowance, to be known as the ‘‘Members’ Representational Allowance’’; and

Nomenclature.

Effective date.

2 USC 57b.

2 USC 78 note.

40 USC 188b–6.

2 USC 1371 note.
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LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 2492:

CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 141 (1995):

Oct. 31, considered and passed House.

Nov. 2, considered and passed Senate.

WEEKLY COMPILATION OF PRESIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS, Vol. 31 (1995):

Nov. 19, Presidential statement.

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(2) to prescribe regulations relating to allocations, expenditures, and other matters with respect to the Members’ Representational Allowance.

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative Branch Appropriations

Act, 1996’’.

Approved November 19, 1995.