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Union Calendar No. 359 

116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7611 

[Report No. 116–447] 

Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending 

September 30, 2021, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 14, 2020 

Mr. RYAN, 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, 2021, 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, 2021, and for other purposes, namely: 

7 TITLE I 

8 LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 

9 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

11 For salaries and expenses of the House of Represent12 atives, $1,479,819,000, as follows: 

13 HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES

14 For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, 

15 $28,884,000, including: Office of the Speaker, 

16 $8,295,000, including $25,000 for official expenses of the 

17 Speaker; Office of the Majority Floor Leader, $2,947,000, 

18 including $10,000 for official expenses of the Majority 

19 Leader; Office of the Minority Floor Leader, $8,295,000, 

20 including $10,000 for official expenses of the Minority 

21 Leader; Office of the Majority Whip, including the Chief 

22 Deputy Majority Whip, $2,448,000, including $5,000 for 

23 official expenses of the Majority Whip; Office of the Mi24 nority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Minority Whip, 

25 $2,219,000, including $5,000 for official expenses of the 


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1 Minority Whip; Republican Conference, $2,340,000; 

2 Democratic Caucus, $2,340,000: Provided, That such 

3 amount for salaries and expenses shall remain available 

4 from January 3, 2021 until January 2, 2022. 

5 MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES

6 INCLUDING MEMBERS’ CLERK HIRE, OFFICIAL

7 EXPENSES OF MEMBERS, AND OFFICIAL MAIL

8 For Members’ representational allowances, including 

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

10 $640,000,000. 

11 ALLOWANCE FOR COMPENSATION OF INTERNS IN

12 MEMBER OFFICES

13 For the allowance established under section 120 of 

14 the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2019 (2 

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

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

17 $11,025,000, to remain available through January 2, 

18 2022: Provided, That notwithstanding section 120(b) of 

19 such Act, an office of a Member of the House of Rep20 resentatives may use not more than $25,000 of the allow21 ance available under this heading during calendar year 

22 2021. 


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1 ALLOWANCE FOR COMPENSATION OF INTERNS IN HOUSE

2 LEADERSHIP OFFICES

3 For the allowance established under section 113 of 

4 the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2020 (2 

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

6 in House leadership offices, $365,000, to remain available 

7 through January 2, 2022: Provided, That of the amount 

8 provided under this heading, $200,000 shall be available 

9 for the compensation of interns who serve in House leader10 ship offices of the majority, to be allocated among such 

11 offices by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, 

12 and $165,000 shall be available for the compensation of 

13 interns who serve in House leadership offices of the minor14 ity, to be allocated among such offices by the Minority 

15 Floor Leader. 

16 COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES

17 STANDING COMMITTEES, SPECIAL AND SELECT

18 For salaries and expenses of standing committees, 

19 special and select, authorized by House resolutions, 

20 $138,100,000: Provided, That such amount shall remain 

21 available for such salaries and expenses until December 

22 31, 2022, except that $3,100,000 of such amount shall 

23 remain available until expended for committee room up24 grading. 


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1 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

2 For salaries and expenses of the Committee on Ap3 propriations, $24,725,000, including studies and examina4 tions of executive agencies and temporary personal serv5 ices for such committee, to be expended in accordance with 

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

7 1946 and to be available for reimbursement to agencies 

8 for services performed: Provided, That such amount shall 

9 remain available for such salaries and expenses until De10 cember 31, 2022. 

11 SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

12 For compensation and expenses of officers and em13 ployees, as authorized by law, $254,781,000, including: 

14 for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Clerk, includ15 ing the positions of the Chaplain and the Historian, and 

16 including not more than $25,000 for official representa17 tion and reception expenses, of which not more than 

18 $20,000 is for the Family Room and not more than 

19 $2,000 is for the Office of the Chaplain, $31,975,000, of 

20 which $4,00,000 shall remain available until expended; for 

21 salaries and expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at 

22 Arms, including the position of Superintendent of Garages 

23 and the Office of Emergency Management, and including 

24 not more than $3,000 for official representation and re25 ception expenses, $23,260,000, of which $11,000,000 


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1 shall remain available until expended; for salaries and ex2 penses of the Office of the Chief Administrative Officer 

3 including not more than $3,000 for official representation 

4 and reception expenses, $171,200,000, of which 

5 $26,000,000 shall remain available until expended; for sal6 aries and expenses of the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, 

7 $1,500,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the 

8 Whistleblower Ombudsman, $1,000,000; for salaries and 

9 expenses of the Office of the Inspector General, 

10 $5,019,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of Gen11 eral Counsel, $1,815,000; for salaries and expenses of the 

12 Office of the Parliamentarian, including the Parliamen13 tarian, $2,000 for preparing the Digest of Rules, and not 

14 more than $1,000 for official representation and reception 

15 expenses, $2,088,000; for salaries and expenses of the Of16 fice of the Law Revision Counsel of the House, 

17 $3,469,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the 

18 Legislative Counsel of the House, $11,937,000; for sala19 ries and expenses of the Office of Interparliamentary Af20 fairs, $934,000; for other authorized employees, 

21 $584,000. 

22 ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES

23 For allowances and expenses as authorized by House 

24 resolution or law, $379,939,000, including: supplies, mate25 rials, administrative costs and Federal tort claims, 


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1 $1,555,000; official mail for committees, leadership of2 fices, and administrative offices of the House, $190,000; 

3 Government contributions for health, retirement, Social 

4 Security, contractor support for actuarial projections, and 

5 other applicable employee benefits, $340,000,000, to re6 main available until March 31, 2022; salaries and ex7 penses for Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery, 

8 $18,508,000, of which $6,000,000 shall remain available 

9 until expended; transition activities for new members and 

10 staff, $13,000,000, to remain available until expended; 

11 Wounded Warrior Program and the Congressional Gold 

12 Star Family Fellowship Program, $3,975,000, to remain 

13 available until expended; Office of Congressional Ethics, 

14 $1,711,000; and miscellaneous items including purchase, 

15 exchange, maintenance, repair and operation of House 

16 motor vehicles, interparliamentary receptions, and gratu17 ities to heirs of deceased employees of the House, 

18 $1,000,000. 

19 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MODERNIZATION

20 INITIATIVES ACCOUNT

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

22 For the House of Representatives Modernization Ini23 tiatives Account established in section 115, $2,000,000, 

24 to remain available until expended: Provided, That dis25 bursement from this account is subject to approval of the 


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1 Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representa2 tives. Provided further, That funds provided in this ac3 count shall only be used for initiatives recommended by 

4 the Select Committee on Modernization or approved by the 

5 Committee on House Administration. 

6 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

7 REQUIRING AMOUNTS REMAINING IN MEMBERS’ REP8 RESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES TO BE USED FOR

9 DEFICIT REDUCTION OR TO REDUCE THE FEDERAL

10 DEBT

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

12 of law, any amounts appropriated under this Act for 

13 ‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—SALARIES AND

14 EXPENSES—MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOW15 ANCES’’ shall be available only for fiscal year 2021. Any 

16 amount remaining after all payments are made under such 

17 allowances for fiscal year 2021 shall be deposited in the 

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

19 Federal budget deficit after all such payments have been 

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

21 the Secretary of the Treasury considers appropriate). 

22 (b) The Committee on House Administration of the 

23 House of Representatives shall have authority to prescribe 

24 regulations to carry out this section. 


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

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

3 a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress. 

4 LIMITATION ON AMOUNT AVAILABLE TO LEASE VEHICLES

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

6 Act may be used by the Chief Administrative Officer of 

7 the House of Representatives to make any payments from 

8 any Members’ Representational Allowance for the leasing 

9 of a vehicle, excluding mobile district offices, in an aggre10 gate amount that exceeds $1,000 for the vehicle in any 

11 month. 

12 CYBERSECURITY ASSISTANCE FOR HOUSE OF

13 REPRESENTATIVES

14 SEC. 112. The head of any Federal entity that pro15 vides assistance to the House of Representatives in the 

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

17 cybersecurity risks to, and incidents involving, the infor18 mation systems of the House shall take all necessary steps 

19 to ensure the constitutional integrity of the separate 

20 branches of the government at all stages of providing the 

21 assistance, including applying minimization procedures to 

22 limit the spread or sharing of privileged House and Mem23 ber information. 


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1 RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS

2 SEC. 113. (a) Of the unobligated balances available 

3 from prior appropriations Acts from the revolving fund es4 tablished under House Resolution 64, Ninety Eighth Con5 gress, agreed to February 8, 1983, as enacted into perma6 nent law by section 110 of the Congressional Operations 

7 Appropriation Act, 1984 (2 U.S.C. 4917), $212,000 is 

8 hereby rescinded. 

9 (b) Of the unobligated balances available from prior 

10 appropriations Acts from the revolving fund established in 

11 the item relating to ‘‘Stationery’’ under the heading 

12 ‘‘House of Representatives, Contingent Expenses of the 

13 House’’ in the first section of the Legislative Branch Ap14 propriation Act, 1948 (2 U.S.C. 5534), $1,000,000 is 

15 hereby rescinded. 

16 (c) Of the unobligated balances available from prior 

17 appropriations Acts from the Net Expenses of Tele18 communications Revolving Fund under section 102 of the 

19 Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2005 (2 U.S.C. 

20 5538), $2,000,000 is hereby rescinded. 

21 STUDENT LOAN CAP ADJUSTMENT

22 SEC. 114. (a) INCREASE IN LIFETIME LIMIT.—Sec23 tion 105 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 

24 2003 (2 U.S.C. 4536) is amended— 


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

2 subsections (c) and (d); and 

3 (2) by inserting after subsection (a) the fol4 lowing new subsection: 

5 ‘‘(b) LIFETIME LIMIT ON AGGREGATE PAYMENTS

6 MADE ON BEHALF OF ANY INDIVIDUAL.—The aggregate 

7 amount of payments made on behalf of any individual 

8 under the program under this section by all employing of9 fices of the House of Representatives may not exceed 

10 $80,000.’’. 

11 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE; TRANSITION.— 

12 (1) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made 

13 by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to fiscal 

14 year 2021 and each succeeding fiscal year. 

15 (2) PERMITTING ADDITIONAL PAYMENTS ON

16 BEHALF OF INDIVIDUALS WHOSE PAYMENTS

17 REACHED PRIOR LIMIT.—In promulgating regula18 tions to carry out the amendment made by sub19 section (a), the Committee on House Administration 

20 of the House of Representatives shall include regula21 tions to permit payments to be made under the pro22 gram under section 105 of the Legislative Branch 

23 Appropriations Act, 2003 (2 U.S.C. 4536) on behalf 

24 of an individual who— 


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1 (A) is an employee of an employing office 

2 of the House during fiscal year 2021 or any 

3 succeeding fiscal year; 

4 (B) prior to fiscal year 2021, had pay5 ments made on the individual’s behalf under 

6 the program under such section; and 

7 (C) prior to fiscal year 2021, became ineli8 gible to have payments made on the individual’s 

9 behalf under the program because the aggre10 gate amount of the payments made on the indi11 vidual’s behalf under the program reached the 

12 limit on such aggregate amount which (under 

13 regulations promulgated by the Committee) was 

14 in effect prior to fiscal year 2021. 

15 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MODERNIZATION

16 INITIATIVES ACCOUNT

17 SEC. 115. (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby es18 tablished in the Treasury of the United States an account 

19 for the House of Representatives to be known as the 

20 ‘‘House of Representatives Modernization Initiatives Ac21 count’’ (hereafter in this section referred to as the ‘‘Ac22 count’’). 

23 (b) USE OF FUNDS.—Funds in the Account shall be 

24 used by the House of Representatives to carry out initia25 tives to modernize the operations of the House, including 


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1 initiatives to promote administrative efficiencies and ex2 pand the use of innovative technologies in offices of the 

3 House. 

4 (c) CONTINUING AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Funds 

5 in the Account are available without fiscal year limitation. 

6 (d) AUTHORIZING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS AMONG

7 OTHER HOUSE ACCOUNTS.—Section 101(c)(2) of the 

8 Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1993 (2 U.S.C. 

9 5507(c)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘, and ‘Allowance for 

10 Compensation of Interns in House Leadership Offices’.’’ 

11 and inserting ‘‘ ‘Allowance for Compensation of Interns in 

12 House Leadership Offices’, and ‘House of Representatives 

13 Modernization Initiatives Account’.’’. 

14 (e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section and the amend15 ments made by this section shall apply with respect to fis16 cal year 2021 and each succeeding fiscal year. 

17 JOINT ITEMS 

18 For Joint Committees, as follows: 

19 JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE

20 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic 

21 Committee, $4,203,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary 

22 of the Senate. 


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1 JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION

2 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on 

3 Taxation, $11,905,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Ad4 ministrative Officer of the House of Representatives. 

5 For other joint items, as follows: 

6 OFFICE OF THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN

7 For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent ex8 penses of the emergency rooms, and for the Attending 

9 Physician and his assistants, including: 

10 (1) an allowance of $2,175 per month to the 

11 Attending Physician; 

12 (2) an allowance of $1,300 per month to the 

13 Senior Medical Officer; 

14 (3) an allowance of $725 per month each to 

15 three medical officers while on duty in the Office of 

16 the Attending Physician; 

17 (4) an allowance of $725 per month to 2 assist18 ants and $580 per month each not to exceed 11 as19 sistants on the basis heretofore provided for such as20 sistants; and 

21 (5) $2,796,000 for reimbursement to the De22 partment of the Navy for expenses incurred for staff 

23 and equipment assigned to the Office of the Attend24 ing Physician, which shall be advanced and credited 

25 to the applicable appropriation or appropriations 


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1 from which such salaries, allowances, and other ex2 penses are payable and shall be available for all the 

3 purposes thereof, $3,869,000, to be disbursed by the 

4 Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Rep5 resentatives. 

6 OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL ACCESSIBILITY SERVICES

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Congres9 sional Accessibility Services, $1,536,000, to be disbursed 

10 by the Secretary of the Senate. 

11 CAPITOL POLICE 

12 SALARIES

13 For salaries of employees of the Capitol Police, in14 cluding overtime, hazardous duty pay, and Government 

15 contributions for health, retirement, social security, pro16 fessional liability insurance, and other applicable employee 

17 benefits, $395,720,000 of which overtime shall not exceed 

18 $50,246,000 unless the Committee on Appropriations of 

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

20 Chief of the Capitol Police or his designee. 

21 GENERAL EXPENSES

22 For necessary expenses of the Capitol Police, includ23 ing motor vehicles, communications and other equipment, 

24 security equipment and installation, uniforms, weapons, 

25 supplies, materials, training, medical services, forensic 


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1 services, 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 Center, 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, $68,621,000, of which 

9 $3,600,000 shall remain available until expended, to fund 

10 the Joint Audible Warning System, to be disbursed by the 

11 Chief of the Capitol Police or his designee: Provided, That, 

12 notwithstanding any other provision of law, the cost of 

13 basic training for the Capitol Police at the Federal Law 

14 Enforcement Training Center for fiscal year 2021 shall 

15 be paid by the Secretary of Homeland Security from funds 

16 available to the Department of Homeland Security. 

17 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

18 STUDENT LOAN CAP ADJUSTMENT

19 SEC. 116. Section 908(c) of the Emergency Supple20 mental Act, 2002 (2 U.S.C. 1926(c)), is amended by strik21 ing ‘‘$60,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$80,000’’. 


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1 OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL WORKPLACE 

2 RIGHTS 

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 For salaries and expenses necessary for the operation 

5 of the Office of Congressional Workplace Rights, 

6 $7,500,000, of which $1,000,000 shall remain available 

7 until September 30, 2022, and of which not more than 

8 $1,000 may be expended on the certification of the Execu9 tive Director in connection with official representation and 

10 reception expenses. 

11 CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE 

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For salaries and expenses necessary for operation of 

14 the Congressional Budget Office, including not more than 

15 $6,000 to be expended on the certification of the Director 

16 of the Congressional Budget Office in connection with offi17 cial representation and reception expenses, $57,292,000: 

18 Provided, That the Director shall use not less than 

19 $500,000 of the amount made available under this head20 ing for (1) improving technical systems, processes, and 

21 models for the purpose of improving the transparency of 

22 estimates of budgetary effects to Members of Congress, 

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1 sumptions, and data for Members of Congress, employees 

2 of Members of Congress, and the public. 

3 ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL 

4 CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATIONS

5 For salaries for the Architect of the Capitol, and 

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

7 for all necessary expenses for surveys and studies, con8 struction, operation, and general and administrative sup9 port in connection with facilities and activities under the 

10 care of the Architect of the Capitol including the Botanic 

11 Garden; electrical substations of the Capitol, Senate and 

12 House office buildings, and other facilities under the juris13 diction of the Architect of the Capitol; including fur14 nishings and office equipment; including not more than 

15 $5,000 for official reception and representation expenses, 

16 to be expended as the Architect of the Capitol may ap17 prove; for purchase or exchange, maintenance, and oper18 ation of a passenger motor vehicle, $139,239,000. 

19 CAPITOL BUILDING

20 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

21 and operation of the Capitol, $36,129,000, of which 

22 $6,099,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

23 2025. 


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1 CAPITOL GROUNDS

2 For all necessary expenses for care and improvement 

3 of grounds surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House 

4 office buildings, and the Capitol Power Plant, 

5 $20,560,000, of which $7,800,000 shall remain available 

6 until September 30, 2025. 

7 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

9 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

10 and operation of the House office buildings, 

11 $153,273,000, of which $14,540,000 shall remain avail12 able until September 30, 2025, and of which $62,000,000 

13 shall remain available until expended for the restoration 

14 and renovation of the Cannon House Office Building: Pro15 vided, That of the amount made available under this head16 ing, $9,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from the 

17 House Office Building Fund established under section 

18 176(d) of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2017, as 

19 added by section 101(3) of the Further Continuing Appro20 priation Act, 2017 (Public Law 114–254; 2 U.S.C. 2001 

21 note). 

22 CAPITOL POWER PLANT

23 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

24 and operation of the Capitol Power Plant; lighting, heat25 ing, power (including the purchase of electrical energy) 


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

2 House office buildings, Library of Congress buildings, and 

3 the grounds about the same, Botanic Garden, Senate ga4 rage, and air conditioning refrigeration not supplied from 

5 plants in any of such buildings; heating the Government 

6 Publishing Office and Washington City Post Office, and 

7 heating and chilled water for air conditioning for the Su8 preme Court Building, the Union Station complex, the 

9 Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building and the 

10 Folger Shakespeare Library, expenses for which shall be 

11 advanced or reimbursed upon request of the Architect of 

12 the Capitol and amounts so received shall be deposited 

13 into the Treasury to the credit of this appropriation, 

14 $116,461,000, of which $32,400,000 shall remain avail15 able until September 30, 2025: Provided, That not more 

16 than $10,000,000 of the funds credited or to be reim17 bursed to this appropriation as herein provided shall be 

18 available for obligation during fiscal year 2021. 

19 LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

20 For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and 

21 structural maintenance, care and operation of the Library 

22 buildings and grounds, $83,446,000, of which 

23 $51,600,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

24 2025. 


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1 CAPITOL POLICE BUILDINGS, GROUNDS AND SECURITY

2 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

3 and operation of buildings, grounds and security enhance4 ments of the United States Capitol Police, wherever lo5 cated, the Alternate Computing Facility, and Architect of 

6 the Capitol security operations, $45,993,000, of which 

7 $15,700,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

8 2025, and of which $2,500,000 shall remain available 

9 until expended. 

10 BOTANIC GARDEN

11 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

12 and operation of the Botanic Garden and the nurseries, 

13 buildings, grounds, and collections; and purchase and ex14 change, maintenance, repair, and operation of a passenger 

15 motor vehicle; all under the direction of the Joint Com16 mittee on the Library, $20,895,000, of which $8,300,000 

17 shall remain available until September 30, 2025: Provided, 

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

19 the Architect of the Capitol may obligate and expend such 

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

21 operation of the National Garden established under sec22 tion 307E of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 

23 1989 (2 U.S.C. 2146), upon vouchers approved by the Ar24 chitect of the Capitol or a duly authorized designee. 


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1 CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER

2 For all necessary expenses for the operation of the 

3 Capitol Visitor Center, $24,272,000. 

4 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

5 NO BONUSES FOR CONTRACTORS BEHIND SCHEDULE OR

6 OVER BUDGET

7 SEC. 117. None of the funds made available in this 

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

9 incentive or award payments to contractors for work on 

10 contracts or programs for which the contractor is behind 

11 schedule or over budget, unless the Architect of the Cap12 itol, or agency-employed designee, determines that any 

13 such deviations are due to unforeseeable events, govern14 ment-driven scope changes, or are not significant within 

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

16 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 For all necessary expenses of the Library of Congress 

19 not otherwise provided for, including development and 

20 maintenance of the Library’s catalogs; custody and custo21 dial care of the Library buildings; information technology 

22 services provided centrally; special clothing; cleaning, 

23 laundering and repair of uniforms; preservation of motion 

24 pictures in the custody of the Library; operation and 

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1 brary; preparation and distribution of catalog records and 

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

3 passenger motor vehicle; and expenses of the Library of 

4 Congress Trust Fund Board not properly chargeable to 

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

6 $523,654,000, and, in addition, not more than $6,000,000 

7 shall be derived from collections credited to this appropria8 tion during fiscal year 2021, and shall remain available 

9 until expended, under the Act of June 28, 1902 (chapter 

10 1301; 32 Stat. 480; 2 U.S.C. 150): Provided, That the 

11 Library of Congress may not obligate or expend any funds 

12 derived from collections under the Act of June 28, 1902, 

13 in excess of the amount authorized for obligation or ex14 penditure in appropriations Acts: Provided further, That 

15 the total amount available for obligation shall be reduced 

16 by the amount by which collections are less than 

17 $6,000,000: Provided further, That of the total amount 

18 appropriated, not more than $18,000 may be expended, 

19 on the certification of the Librarian of Congress, in con20 nection with official representation and reception ex21 penses, including for the Overseas Field Offices: Provided 

22 further, That of the total amount appropriated, 

23 $9,110,000 shall remain available until expended for the 

24 Teaching with Primary Sources program: Provided fur25 ther, That of the total amount appropriated, $1,350,000 


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1 shall remain available until expended for upgrade of the 

2 Legislative Branch Financial Management System: Pro3 vided further, That of the total amount appropriated, 

4 $250,000 shall remain available until expended for the 

5 Surplus Books Program to promote the program and fa6 cilitate a greater number of donations to eligible entities 

7 across the United States: Provided further, That of the 

8 total amount appropriated, $3,720,000 shall remain avail9 able until expended for the Veterans History Project to 

10 continue digitization efforts of already collected materials, 

11 reach a greater number of veterans to record their stories, 

12 and promote public access to the Project: Provided further, 

13 That of the total amount appropriated, $10,000,000 shall 

14 remain available until expended for the Library’s Visitor 

15 Experience project, and may be obligated and expended 

16 only upon approval by the Subcommittee on the Legisla17 tive Branch of the Committee on Appropriations of the 

18 House of Representatives and by the Subcommittee on the 

19 Legislative Branch of the Committee on Appropriations 

20 of the Senate: Provided further, That of the total amount 

21 appropriated, $4,370,000 shall remain available until Sep22 tember 30, 2025 to complete the second of three phases 

23 of the shelving replacement in the Law Library’s collection 

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1 tember 30, 2022 for preservation activities, and may be 

2 obligated and expended only upon approval by the Sub3 committee on the Legislative Branch of the Committee on 

4 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and by the 

5 Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch of the Committee 

6 on Appropriations of the Senate. 

7 COPYRIGHT OFFICE

8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

9 For all necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, 

10 $91,409,000, of which not more than $38,004,000, to re11 main available until expended, shall be derived from collec12 tions credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 2021 

13 under sections 708(d) and 1316 of title 17, United States 

14 Code: Provided, That the Copyright Office may not obli15 gate or expend any funds derived from collections under 

16 such section in excess of the amount authorized for obliga17 tion or expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided fur18 ther, That not more than $6,778,000 shall be derived from 

19 collections during fiscal year 2021 under sections 

20 111(d)(2), 119(b)(3), 803(e), and 1005 of such title: Pro21 vided further, That the total amount available for obliga22 tion shall be reduced by the amount by which collections 

23 are less than $44,782,000: Provided further, That of the 

24 funds provided under this heading, not less than 

25 $17,100,000 is for modernization initiatives, of which 


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1 $10,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

2 2022: Provided further, That not more than $100,000 of 

3 the amount appropriated is available for the maintenance 

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

5 Office of the Library of Congress for the purpose of train6 ing nationals of developing countries in intellectual prop7 erty laws and policies: Provided further, That not more 

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

9 Librarian of Congress, in connection with official rep10 resentation and reception expenses for activities of the 

11 International Copyright Institute and for copyright dele12 gations, visitors, and seminars: Provided further, That, 

13 notwithstanding any provision of chapter 8 of title 17, 

14 United States Code, any amounts made available under 

15 this heading which are attributable to royalty fees and 

16 payments received by the Copyright Office pursuant to 

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

18 used for the costs incurred in the administration of the 

19 Copyright Royalty Judges program, with the exception of 

20 the costs of salaries and benefits for the Copyright Royalty 

21 Judges and staff under section 802(e). 

22 CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For all necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

25 of section 203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 


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1 1946 (2 U.S.C. 166) and to revise and extend the Anno2 tated Constitution of the United States of America, 

3 $123,030,000: Provided, That no part of such amount 

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

5 with any publication, or preparation of material therefor 

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

7 by the Library of Congress unless such publication has 

8 obtained prior approval of either the Committee on House 

9 Administration of the House of Representatives or the 

10 Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate: 

11 Provided further, That this prohibition does not apply to 

12 publication of non-confidential Congressional Research 

13 Service (CRS) products: Provided further, That a non-con14 fidential CRS product includes any written product con15 taining research or analysis that is currently available for 

16 general congressional access on the CRS Congressional 

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

18 Congressional Intranet in the normal course of business 

19 and does not include material prepared in response to 

20 Congressional requests for confidential analysis or re21 search. 


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1 NATIONAL LIBRARY SERVICE FOR THE BLIND AND

2 PRINT DISABLED

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 For all necessary expenses to carry out the Act of 

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

6 135a), $59,439,000: Provided, That of the total amount 

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

8 provide newspapers to blind and physically handicapped 

9 residents at no cost to the individual. 

10 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

11 REIMBURSABLE AND REVOLVING FUND ACTIVITIES

12 SEC. 118. (a) IN GENERAL.—For fiscal year 2021, 

13 the obligational authority of the Library of Congress for 

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

15 $252,552,000. 

16 (b) ACTIVITIES.—The activities referred to in sub17 section (a) are reimbursable and revolving fund activities 

18 that are funded from sources other than appropriations 

19 to the Library in appropriations Acts for the legislative 

20 branch. 

21 GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE 

22 CONGRESSIONAL PUBLISHING

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

24 For authorized publishing of congressional informa25 tion and the distribution of congressional information in 


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1 any format; publishing of Government publications au2 thorized by law to be distributed to Members of Congress; 

3 and publishing, and distribution of Government publica4 tions authorized by law to be distributed without charge 

5 to the recipient, $78,000,000: Provided, That this appro6 priation shall not be available for paper copies of the per7 manent edition of the Congressional Record for individual 

8 Representatives, Resident Commissioners or Delegates au9 thorized under section 906 of title 44, United States Code: 

10 Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available 

11 for the payment of obligations incurred under the appro12 priations for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years: 

13 Provided further, That notwithstanding the 2-year limita14 tion under section 718 of title 44, United States Code, 

15 none of the funds appropriated or made available under 

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

17 related services provided to Congress under chapter 7 of 

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

19 a document, report, or publication after the 27-month pe20 riod beginning on the date that such document, report, 

21 or publication is authorized by Congress to be printed, un22 less Congress reauthorizes such printing in accordance 

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

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1 ing in this Act for this fiscal year may be transferred to, 

2 and merged with, funds under the heading ‘‘Government 

3 Publishing Office Business Operations Revolving Fund’’ 

4 no later than the end of the fifth fiscal year after the last 

5 fiscal year for which such funds are available for the pur6 poses for which appropriated, to be available for carrying 

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

8 of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep9 resentatives and the Senate: Provided further, That not10 withstanding sections 901, 902, and 906 of title 44, 

11 United States Code, this appropriation may be used to 

12 prepare indexes to the Congressional Record on only a 

13 monthly and session basis. 

14 PUBLIC INFORMATION PROGRAMS OF THE

15 SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

18 For expenses of the public information programs of 

19 the Office of Superintendent of Documents necessary to 

20 provide for the cataloging and indexing of Government 

21 publications in any format, and their distribution to the 

22 public, Members of Congress, other Government agencies, 

23 and designated depository and international exchange li24 braries as authorized by law, $32,300,000: Provided, That 

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1 appropriations are authorized for producing and dissemi2 nating Congressional serial sets and other related publica3 tions for fiscal years 2019 and 2020 to depository and 

4 other designated libraries: Provided further, That unobli5 gated or unexpended balances of expired discretionary 

6 funds made available under this heading in this Act for 

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

8 funds under the heading ‘‘Government Publishing Office 

9 Business Operations Revolving Fund’’ no later than the 

10 end of the fifth fiscal year after the last fiscal year for 

11 which such funds are available for the purposes for which 

12 appropriated, to be available for carrying out the purposes 

13 of this heading, subject to the approval of the Committees 

14 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 

15 Senate. 

16 GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE BUSINESS

17 OPERATIONS REVOLVING FUND

18 For payment to the Government Publishing Office 

19 Business Operations Revolving Fund, $6,700,000, to re20 main available until expended, for information technology 

21 development and facilities repair: Provided, That the Gov22 ernment Publishing Office is hereby authorized to make 

23 such expenditures, within the limits of funds available and 

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

25 commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as 


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

2 as may be necessary in carrying out the programs and 

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

4 for the Government Publishing Office Business Operations 

5 Revolving Fund: Provided further, That not more than 

6 $7,500 may be expended on the certification of the Direc7 tor of the Government Publishing Office in connection 

8 with official representation and reception expenses: Pro9 vided further, That the Business Operations Revolving 

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

11 more than 12 passenger motor vehicles: Provided further, 

12 That expenditures in connection with travel expenses of 

13 the advisory councils to the Director of the Government 

14 Publishing Office shall be deemed necessary to carry out 

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

16 further, That the Business Operations Revolving Fund 

17 shall be available for temporary or intermittent services 

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

19 at rates for individuals not more than the daily equivalent 

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

21 Schedule under section 5316 of such title: Provided fur22 ther, That activities financed through the Business Oper23 ations Revolving Fund may provide information in any 

24 format: Provided further, That the Business Operations 

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1 ‘‘Public Information Programs of the Superintendent of 

2 Documents’’ may not be used for contracted security serv3 ices at Government Publishing Office’s passport facility in 

4 the District of Columbia. 

5 GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 For necessary expenses of the Government Account8 ability Office, including not more than $12,500 to be ex9 pended on the certification of the Comptroller General of 

10 the United States in connection with official representa11 tion and reception expenses; temporary or intermittent 

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

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

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

15 the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of such title; 

16 hire of one passenger motor vehicle; advance payments in 

17 foreign countries in accordance with section 3324 of title 

18 31, United States Code; benefits comparable to those pay19 able under sections 901(5), (6), and (8) of the Foreign 

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

21 and under regulations prescribed by the Comptroller Gen22 eral of the United States, rental of living quarters in for23 eign countries, $664,346,000: Provided, That, in addition, 

24 $31,342,000 of payments received under sections 782, 

25 791, 3521, and 9105 of title 31, United States Code, shall 


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1 be available without fiscal year limitation: Provided fur2 ther, That this appropriation and appropriations for ad3 ministrative expenses of any other department or agency 

4 which is a member of the National Intergovernmental 

5 Audit Forum or a Regional Intergovernmental Audit 

6 Forum shall be available to finance an appropriate share 

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

8 Forum, including necessary travel expenses of non-Federal 

9 participants: Provided further, That payments hereunder 

10 to the Forum may be credited as reimbursements to any 

11 appropriation from which costs involved are initially fi12 nanced. 

13 OPEN WORLD LEADERSHIP CENTER TRUST 

14 FUND 

15 For a payment to the Open World Leadership Center 

16 Trust Fund for financing activities of the Open World 

17 Leadership Center under section 313 of the Legislative 

18 Branch Appropriations Act, 2001 (2 U.S.C. 1151), 

19 $6,000,000: Provided, That funds made available to sup20 port Russian participants shall only be used for those en21 gaging in free market development, humanitarian activi22 ties, and civic engagement, and shall not be used for offi23 cials of the central government of Russia. 


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1 JOHN C. STENNIS CENTER FOR PUBLIC 

2 SERVICE TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT 

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

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

7 $430,000. 

8 TITLE II 

9 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

10 MAINTENANCE AND CARE OF PRIVATE VEHICLES

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

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

13 vehicles, except for emergency assistance and cleaning as 

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

16 Committee on House Administration and for the Senate 

17 issued by the Committee on Rules and Administration. 

18 FISCAL YEAR LIMITATION

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

20 Act shall remain available for obligation beyond fiscal year 

21 2021 unless expressly so provided in this Act. 

22 RATES OF COMPENSATION AND DESIGNATION

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

24 not specifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of 

25 1929 (46 Stat. 32 et seq.) is appropriated for or the rate 


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1 of compensation or designation of any office or position 

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

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

9 the House of Representatives shall be the permanent law 

10 with respect thereto. 

11 CONSULTING SERVICES

12 SEC. 204. The expenditure of any appropriation 

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

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

17 public inspection, except where otherwise provided under 

18 existing law, or under existing Executive order issued 

19 under existing law. 

20 COSTS OF LBFMC

21 SEC. 205. Amounts available for administrative ex22 penses of any legislative branch entity which participates 

23 in the Legislative Branch Financial Managers Council 

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

25 be available to finance an appropriate share of LBFMC 


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

2 LBFMC costs to be shared among all participating legisla3 tive branch entities (in such allocations among the entities 

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

5 LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS

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

7 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in8 strumentality of the United States Government, except 

9 pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro10 vided in, this Act or any other appropriation Act. 

11 GUIDED TOURS OF THE CAPITOL

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

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

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

15 guided tours of the United States Capitol which are led 

16 by employees and interns of offices of Members of Con17 gress and other offices of the House of Representatives 

18 and Senate, unless through regulations as authorized by 

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

20 2008 (2 U.S.C. 2242(b)(8)). 

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

22 at the direction of the Architect of the Capitol with the 

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

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1 rarily or otherwise subject to restriction for security or re2 lated reasons to the same extent as guided tours of the 

3 United States Capitol which are led by the Architect of 

4 the Capitol. 

5 LIMITATION ON TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT

6 PROCUREMENT

7 SEC. 208. (a) None of the funds appropriated or oth8 erwise made available under this Act may be used to ac9 quire telecommunications equipment produced by Huawei 

10 Technologies Company, ZTE Corporation or a high-im11 pact or moderate-impact information system, as defined 

12 for security categorization in the National Institute of 

13 Standards and Technology’s (NIST) Federal Information 

14 Processing Standard Publication 199, ‘‘Standards for Se15 curity Categorization of Federal Information and Informa16 tion Systems’’ unless the agency, office, or other entity 

17 acquiring the equipment or system has— 

18 (1) reviewed the supply chain risk for the infor19 mation systems against criteria developed by NIST 

20 to inform acquisition decisions for high-impact and 

21 moderate-impact information systems within the 

22 Federal Government; 

23 (2) reviewed the supply chain risk from the pre24 sumptive awardee against available and relevant 


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1 threat information provided by the Federal Bureau 

2 of Investigation and other appropriate agencies; and 

3 (3) in consultation with the Federal Bureau of 

4 Investigation or other appropriate Federal entity, 

5 conducted an assessment of any risk of cyber-espio6 nage or sabotage associated with the acquisition of 

7 such system, including any risk associated with such 

8 system being produced, manufactured, or assembled 

9 by one or more entities identified by the United 

10 States Government as posing a cyber threat, includ11 ing but not limited to, those that may be owned, di12 rected, or subsidized by the People’s Republic of 

13 China, the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Democratic 

14 People’s Republic of Korea, or the Russian Federa15 tion. 

16 (b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise 

17 made available under this Act may be used to acquire a 

18 high-impact or moderate impact information system re19 viewed and assessed under subsection (a) unless the head 

20 of the assessing entity described in subsection (a) has— 

21 (1) developed, in consultation with NIST and 

22 supply chain risk management experts, a mitigation 

23 strategy for any identified risks; 

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1 sition of such system is in the vital national security 

2 interest of the United States; and 

3 (3) reported that determination to the Commit4 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representa5 tives and the Senate in a manner that identifies the 

6 system intended for acquisition and a detailed de7 scription of the mitigation strategies identified in 

8 paragraph (1), provided that such report may in9 clude a classified annex as necessary. 

10 PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN OPERATIONAL EXPENSES

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

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

13 network unless such network blocks the viewing, 

14 downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 

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

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

17 enforcement agency or any other entity carrying out crimi18 nal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication activities 

19 or other official government activities. 

20 PLASTIC WASTE REDUCTION

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

22 that contract with a food service provider or providers 

23 shall confer and coordinate with such food service provider 

24 or providers, in consultation with disability advocacy 

25 groups, to eliminate or reduce plastic waste, including 


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1 waste from plastic straws, explore the use of biodegradable 

2 items, and increase recycling and composting opportuni3 ties. 

4 ANNUAL RATE OF PAY FOR HEADS OF CERTAIN

5 LEGISLATIVE BRANCH OFFICES

6 SEC. 211. (a) ANNUAL RATE OF PAY FOR HEADS

7 OF CERTAIN OFFICES.— 

8 (1) DIRECTOR OF THE CONGRESSIONAL BUDG9 ET OFFICE.—Section 201(a)(5)(A) of the Congres10 sional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 601(a)(5)(A)) 

11 is amended by striking ‘‘that is equal to’’ and all 

12 that follows and inserting ‘‘that is equal to the an13 nual rate of basic pay for level II of the Executive 

14 Schedule.’’. 

15 (2) EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF

16 CONGRESSIONAL WORKPLACE RIGHTS.—Subpara17 graph (B) of section 302(a)(2) of the Congressional 

18 Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1382(a)(2)) is 

19 amended to read as follows: 

20 ‘‘(B) LIMITATION.—The annual rate of 

21 pay for the Executive Director may not exceed 

22 the annual rate of basic pay for level II of the 

23 Executive Schedule.’’. 

24 (3) ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL.—Section 1 of 

25 the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to fix the annual rates of 


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1 pay for the Architect of the Capitol and the Assist2 ant Architect of the Capitol’’ (2 U.S.C. 1802) is 

3 amended to read as follows: 

4 ‘‘SECTION 1. COMPENSATION. 

5 ‘‘The compensation of the Architect of the Capitol 

6 shall be at an annual rate equal to the annual rate of basic 

7 pay for level II of the Executive Schedule.’’. 

8 (4) CHIEF OF THE CAPITOL POLICE.—Sub9 section (c) of the first section of the Act entitled 

10 ‘‘An Act to establish by law the position of Chief of 

11 the Capitol Police, and for other purposes’’ (2 

12 U.S.C. 1902) is amended to read as follows: 

13 ‘‘(c) The annual rate of pay for the Chief of the Cap14 itol Police shall be equal to the annual rate of basic pay 

15 for level II of the Executive Schedule.’’. 

16 AUTHORITY TO HIRE INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE

17 DEFERRED ACTION FOR CHILDHOOD ARRIVALS PROGRAM

18 SEC. 212. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

19 law, an entity may use amounts appropriated or otherwise 

20 made available under this Act to pay the compensation 

21 of an officer or employee without regard to the officer’s 

22 or employee’s immigration status if the officer or employee 

23 has been issued an employment authorization document 

24 under the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Pro25 gram of the Secretary of Homeland Security, established 


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1 pursuant to the memorandum from the Secretary of 

2 Homeland Security entitled ‘‘Exercising Prosecutorial 

3 Discretion with Respect to Individuals Who Came to the 

4 United States as Children’’ , dated June 15, 2012. 

5 LIMITATION ON COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENTS FOR

6 MEMBERS

7 SEC. 213. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

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

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

10 4501) (relating to cost of living adjustments for Members 

11 of Congress) during fiscal year 2021. 

12 REMOVAL OF OFFENSIVE U.S. CAPITOL STATUARY

13 SEC. 214. (a) REMOVAL AND STORAGE.—Not later 

14 than 45 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 

15 the Architect of the Capitol— 

16 (1) shall remove all Confederate statues and 

17 Confederate busts from any area of the United 

18 States Capitol which is accessible to the public; and 

19 (2) shall remove the bust of Roger Brooke 

20 Taney; the statue of Charles Brantley Aycock; the 

21 statue of John Caldwell Calhoun; and the statue of 

22 James Paul Clarke from any area of the United 

23 States Capitol, which is accessible to the public. 

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1 itol shall keep such statue in storage until the Architect 

2 and the State which provided the statue arrange for the 

3 return of the statue to the State. 

4 (c) DEFINITIONS.— 

5 (1) Confederate statue.—In this section, the 

6 term ‘‘Confederate statue’’ means a statue which 

7 was provided by a State for display in the United 

8 States Capitol under section 1814 of the Revised 

9 Statutes (2 U.S.C. 2131), including a replacement 

10 statue provided by a State under section 311 of the 

11 Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2001 (2 

12 U.S.C. 2132), which depicts— 

13 (A) any individual who served voluntarily 

14 at any time as a member of the armed forces 

15 of the Confederate States of America or of the 

16 military forces of a State while the State was 

17 in rebellion against the United States; or 

18 (B) any individual who served as an offi19 cial in the government of the Confederate 

20 States of America or of a State while the State 

21 was in rebellion against the United States. 

22 (2) Confederate bust.—In this section, the term 

23 ‘‘Confederate bust’’ means a bust which depicts an 

24 individual described in subparagraph (A) or (B) of 

25 paragraph (1). 


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1 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative Branch Ap2 propriations Act, 2021’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 359 

116TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7611 

[Report No. 116–447] 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch 

and for other purposes. for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021, 

JULY 14, 2020 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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