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Calendar No. 127 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1283 

[Report No. 113–70] 

Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending 

September 30, 2014, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 11, 2013 

Mrs. SHAHEEN, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following 

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

A BILL 

Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the 

fiscal year ending September 30, 2014, and for other 

purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 

5 Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 

6 30, 2014, and for other purposes, namely: 
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1 TITLE I 

2 LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 

3 SENATE 

4 PAYMENT TO WIDOWS AND HEIRS OF DECEASED

5 MEMBERS OF CONGRESS

6 For a payment to Bonnie Englebardt Lautenberg, 

7 widow of Frank R. Lautenberg, late a Senator from New 

8 Jersey, $174,000. 

9 EXPENSE ALLOWANCES

10 For expense allowances of the Vice President, 

11 $18,760; the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, 

12 $37,520; Majority Leader of the Senate, $39,920; Minor13 ity Leader of the Senate, $39,920; Majority Whip of the 

14 Senate, $9,980; Minority Whip of the Senate, $9,980; 

15 Chairmen of the Majority and Minority Conference Com16 mittees, $4,690 for each Chairman; and Chairmen of the 

17 Majority and Minority Policy Committees, $4,690 for each 

18 Chairman; in all, $174,840. 

19 REPRESENTATION ALLOWANCES FOR THE MAJORITY

20 AND MINORITY LEADERS

21 For representation allowances of the Majority and 

22 Minority Leaders of the Senate, $14,070 for each such 

23 Leader; in all, $28,140. 
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1 SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

2 For compensation of officers, employees, and others 

3 as authorized by law, including agency contributions, 

4 $182,452,812, which shall be paid from this appropriation 

5 without regard to the following limitations: 

6 OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT

7 For the Office of the Vice President, $2,393,248. 

8 OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE

9 For the Office of the President Pro Tempore, 

10 $715,466. 

11 OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERS

12 For Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders, 

13 $5,201,576. 

14 OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY WHIPS

15 For Offices of the Majority and Minority Whips, 

16 $3,321,424. 

17 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

18 For salaries of the Committee on Appropriations, 

19 $15,064,000. 

20 CONFERENCE COMMITTEES

21 For the Conference of the Majority and the Con22 ference of the Minority, at rates of compensation to be 

23 fixed by the Chairman of each such committee, 

24 $1,639,000 for each such committee; in all, $3,278,000. 
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1 OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES OF THE CONFERENCE OF

2 THE MAJORITY AND THE CONFERENCE OF THE MINORITY

3 For Offices of the Secretaries of the Conference of 

4 the Majority and the Conference of the Minority, 

5 $805,402. 

6 POLICY COMMITTEES

7 For salaries of the Majority Policy Committee and 

8 the Minority Policy Committee, $1,673,905 for each such 

9 committee; in all, $3,347,810. 

10 OFFICE OF THE CHAPLAIN

11 For Office of the Chaplain, $410,886. 

12 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

13 For Office of the Secretary, $24,524,000. 

14 OFFICE OF THE SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER

15 For Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, 

16 $72,800,000. 

17 OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND

18 MINORITY

19 For Offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the 

20 Secretary for the Minority, $1,740,000. 

21 AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS AND RELATED EXPENSES

22 For agency contributions for employee benefits, as 

23 authorized by law, and related expenses, $48,851,000. 
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1 OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL OF THE SENATE

2 For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legisla3 tive Counsel of the Senate, $5,192,000. 

4 OFFICE OF SENATE LEGAL COUNSEL

5 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate 

6 Legal Counsel, $1,109,000. 

7 EXPENSE ALLOWANCES OF THE SECRETARY OF THE

8 SENATE, SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF

9 THE SENATE, AND SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJOR10 ITY AND MINORITY OF THE SENATE

11 For expense allowances of the Secretary of the Sen12 ate, $7,110; Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Sen13 ate, $7,110; Secretary for the Majority of the Senate, 

14 $7,110; Secretary for the Minority of the Senate, $7,110; 

15 in all, $28,440. 

16 CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE

17 INQUIRIES AND INVESTIGATIONS

18 For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered 

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

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

21 of the Supplemental Appropriations and Rescission Act, 

22 1980 (Public Law 96–304), and Senate Resolution 281, 

23 96th Congress, agreed to March 11, 1980, $134,000,000, 

24 of which $26,650,000 shall remain available until Sep25 tember 30, 2016. 
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1 EXPENSES OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE CAUCUS ON

2 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL

3 For expenses of the United States Senate Caucus on 

4 International Narcotics Control, $493,822. 

5 SECRETARY OF THE SENATE

6 For expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the 

7 Senate, $6,250,000 of which $4,350,000 shall remain 

8 available until September 30, 2017. 

9 SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE SENATE

10 For expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms 

11 and Doorkeeper of the Senate, $128,210,000, which shall 

12 remain available until September 30, 2018. 

13 MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

14 For miscellaneous items, $19,400,000, which shall 

15 remain available until September 30, 2016. 

16 SENATORS’ OFFICIAL PERSONNEL AND OFFICE EXPENSE

17 ACCOUNT

18 For Senators’ Official Personnel and Office Expense 

19 Account, $394,202,000 of which $19,109,214 shall remain 

20 available until September 30, 2016. 

21 OFFICIAL MAIL COSTS

22 For expenses necessary for official mail costs of the 

23 Senate, $281,000. 
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

2 WORKERS COMPENSATION PAYMENTS

3 SEC. 1. (a) IN GENERAL.—Available balances of ex4 pired appropriations which are subject to disbursement by 

5 the Secretary of the Senate shall be available to the Sec6 retary of the Senate to make the deposit to the credit of 

7 the Employees’ Compensation Fund required by section 

8 8147(b) of title 5, United States Code. 

9 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply with 

10 respect to appropriations for fiscal year 2014, and each 

11 fiscal year thereafter. 

12 JOINT ITEMS 

13 For Joint Committees, as follows: 

14 JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE

15 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic 

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

17 of the Senate. 

18 JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION

19 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on 

20 Taxation, $10,004,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Ad21 ministrative Officer of the House of Representatives. 

22 OFFICE OF THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN

23 For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent ex24 penses of the emergency rooms, and for the Attending 

25 Physician and his assistants, including: 
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1 (1) an allowance of $2,175 per month to the 

2 Attending Physician; 

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

4 Senior Medical Officer; 

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

6 three medical officers while on duty in the Office of 

7 the Attending Physician; 

8 (4) an allowance of $725 per month to 2 assist9 ants and $580 per month each not to exceed 11 as10 sistants on the basis heretofore provided for such as11 sistants; and 

12 (5) $2,603,000 for reimbursement to the De13 partment of the Navy for expenses incurred for staff 

14 and equipment assigned to the Office of the Attend15 ing Physician, which shall be advanced and credited 

16 to the applicable appropriation or appropriations 

17 from which such salaries, allowances, and other ex18 penses are payable and shall be available for all the 

19 purposes thereof, $3,400,000, to be disbursed by the 

20 Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Rep21 resentatives. 
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1 OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL ACCESSIBILITY SERVICES

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Congres4 sional Accessibility Services, $1,363,000, to be disbursed 

5 by the Secretary of the Senate. 

6 CAPITOL POLICE 

7 SALARIES

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

10 Government contributions for health, retirement, social se11 curity, professional liability insurance, and other applica12 ble employee benefits, $281,459,000, of which not more 

13 than $21,413,795 shall be for overtime, to be disbursed 

14 by the Chief of the Capitol Police or his designee. 

15 GENERAL EXPENSES

16 For necessary expenses of the Capitol Police, includ17 ing motor vehicles, communications and other equipment, 

18 security equipment and installation, uniforms, weapons, 

19 supplies, materials, training, medical services, forensic 

20 services, stenographic services, personal and professional 

21 services, the employee assistance program, the awards pro22 gram, postage, communication services, travel advances, 

23 relocation of instructor and liaison personnel for the Fed24 eral Law Enforcement Training Center, and not more 

25 than $5,000 to be expended on the certification of the 
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1 Chief of the Capitol Police in connection with official rep2 resentation and reception expenses, $57,000,000, to be 

3 disbursed by the Chief of the Capitol Police or his des4 ignee: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provi5 sion of law, the cost of basic training for the Capitol Police 

6 at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center for fis7 cal year 2014 shall be paid by the Secretary of Homeland 

8 Security from funds available to the Department of Home9 land Security. 

10 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

11 AUTHORITY TO TRANSFER AMOUNTS BETWEEN SALARIES

12 AND GENERAL EXPENSES

13 SEC. 1001. During fiscal year 2014 and any suc14 ceeding fiscal year, the Capitol Police may transfer 

15 amounts appropriated for the fiscal year between the cat16 egory for salaries and the category for general expenses, 

17 upon the approval of the Committees on Appropriations 

18 of the House of Representatives and Senate. 

19 FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR WORKERS COMPENSATION

20 PAYMENTS

21 SEC. 1002. (a) IN GENERAL.—Available balances of 

22 expired United States Capitol Police appropriations shall 

23 be available to the Capitol Police to make the deposit to 

24 the credit of the Employees’ Compensation Fund required 

25 by section 8147(b) of title 5, United States Code. 
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1 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 1018 of the 

2 Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2003 (2 U.S.C. 

3 1907) is amended by striking subsection (f). 

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

5 respect to appropriations for fiscal year 2014 and each 

6 fiscal year thereafter. 

7 OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE 

8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

9 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Compli10 ance, as authorized by section 305 of the Congressional 

11 Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1385), $3,868,000, 

12 of which $720,000 shall remain available until September 

13 30, 2015: Provided, That not more than $500 may be ex14 pended on the certification of the Executive Director of 

15 the Office of Compliance in connection with official rep16 resentation and reception expenses. 

17 CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE 

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 For salaries and expenses necessary for operation of 

20 the Congressional Budget Office, including not more than 

21 $6,000 to be expended on the certification of the Director 

22 of the Congressional Budget Office in connection with offi23 cial representation and reception expenses, $45,700,000. 
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1 ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL 

2 GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

3 For salaries for the Architect of the Capitol, and 

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

5 for surveys and studies in connection with activities under 

6 the care of the Architect of the Capitol; for all necessary 

7 expenses for the general and administrative support of the 

8 operations under the Architect of the Capitol including the 

9 Botanic Garden; electrical substations of the Capitol, Sen10 ate and House office buildings, and other facilities under 

11 the jurisdiction of the Architect of the Capitol; including 

12 furnishings and office equipment; including not more than 

13 $5,000 for official reception and representation expenses, 

14 to be expended as the Architect of the Capitol may ap15 prove; for purchase or exchange, maintenance, and oper16 ation of a passenger motor vehicle, $94,400,000, of which 

17 $599,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2018. 

18 CAPITOL BUILDING

19 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

20 and operation of the Capitol, $55,931,000, of which 

21 $14,900,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

22 2018, and of which $15,940,000 shall remain available 

23 until expended solely for expenses related to rehabilitation 

24 of the U.S. Capitol Dome. 
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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 $12,384,000, of which $2,000,000 shall remain available 

6 until September 30, 2018. 

7 SENATE OFFICE BUILDINGS

8 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

9 and operation of Senate office buildings; and furniture and 

10 furnishings to be expended under the control and super11 vision of the Architect of the Capitol, $76,404,000, of 

12 which $17,539,000 shall remain available until September 

13 30, 2018. 

14 CAPITOL POWER PLANT

15 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

16 and operation of the Capitol Power Plant; lighting, heat17 ing, power (including the purchase of electrical energy) 

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

19 House office buildings, Library of Congress buildings, and 

20 the grounds about the same, Botanic Garden, Senate ga21 rage, and air conditioning refrigeration not supplied from 

22 plants in any of such buildings; heating the Government 

23 Printing Office and Washington City Post Office, and 

24 heating and chilled water for air conditioning for the Su25 preme Court Building, the Union Station complex, the 
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1 Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building and the 

2 Folger Shakespeare Library, expenses for which shall be 

3 advanced or reimbursed upon request of the Architect of 

4 the Capitol and amounts so received shall be deposited 

5 into the Treasury to the credit of this appropriation, 

6 $110,827,000, of which $24,300,000 shall remain avail7 able until September 30, 2018: Provided, That not more 

8 than $9,000,000 of the funds credited or to be reimbursed 

9 to this appropriation as herein provided shall be available 

10 for obligation during fiscal year 2014. 

11 LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

12 For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and 

13 structural maintenance, care and operation of the Library 

14 buildings and grounds, $64,164,000 of which $38,474,000 

15 shall remain available until September 30, 2018. 

16 CAPITOL POLICE BUILDINGS, GROUNDS AND SECURITY

17 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

18 and operation of buildings, grounds and security enhance19 ments of the United States Capitol Police, wherever lo20 cated, the Alternate Computer Facility, and AOC security 

21 operations, $21,341,000, of which $3,314,000 shall re22 main available until September 30, 2018. 

23 BOTANIC GARDEN

24 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

25 and operation of the Botanic Garden and the nurseries, 
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1 buildings, grounds, and collections; and purchase and ex2 change, maintenance, repair, and operation of a passenger 

3 motor vehicle; all under the direction of the Joint Com4 mittee on the Library, $12,136,000, of which $2,082,000 

5 shall remain available until September 30, 2018: Provided, 

6 That of the amount made available under this heading, 

7 the Architect of the Capitol may obligate and expend such 

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

9 operation of the National Garden established under sec10 tion 307E of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 

11 1989 (2 U.S.C. 2146), upon vouchers approved by the Ar12 chitect of the Capitol or a duly authorized designee. 

13 CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER

14 For all necessary expenses for the operation of the 

15 Capitol Visitor Center, $21,276,000. 

16 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

17 COLLECTION AND SALE OF RECYCLABLE MATERIALS

18 SEC. 1101. Section 1101(c) of Legislative Branch 

19 Appropriations Act, 2009 (division G of Public Law 111– 

20 8, 123 Stat. 823, 2 U.S.C. 1811 note) is amended by 

21 striking ‘‘each of the fiscal years 2009 through 2013’’ and 

22 inserting ‘‘fiscal year 2009 and each fiscal year there23 after’’. 
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1 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Library of Congress 

4 not otherwise provided for, including development and 

5 maintenance of the Library’s catalogs; custody and custo6 dial care of the Library buildings; special clothing; clean7 ing, laundering and repair of uniforms; preservation of 

8 motion pictures in the custody of the Library; operation 

9 and maintenance of the American Folklife Center in the 

10 Library; activities under the Civil Rights History Project 

11 Act of 2009; preparation and distribution of catalog 

12 records and other publications of the Library; hire or pur13 chase of one passenger motor vehicle; and expenses of the 

14 Library of Congress Trust Fund Board not properly 

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

16 Board, $427,988,000, of which not more than $6,000,000 

17 shall be derived from collections credited to this appropria18 tion during fiscal year 2014, and shall remain available 

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

20 1301; 32 Stat. 480; 2 U.S.C. 150) and not more than 

21 $350,000 shall be derived from collections during fiscal 

22 year 2014 and shall remain available until expended for 

23 the development and maintenance of an international legal 

24 information database and activities related thereto: Pro25 vided, That the Library of Congress may not obligate or 
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1 expend any funds derived from collections under the Act 

2 of June 28, 1902, in excess of the amount authorized for 

3 obligation or expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided 

4 further, That the total amount available for obligation 

5 shall be reduced by the amount by which collections are 

6 less than $6,350,000: Provided further, That of the total 

7 amount appropriated, not more than $12,000 may be ex8 pended, on the certification of the Librarian of Congress, 

9 in connection with official representation and reception ex10 penses for the Overseas Field Offices: Provided further, 

11 That of the total amount appropriated, $7,119,000 shall 

12 remain available until expended for the digital collections 

13 and educational curricula program. 

14 COPYRIGHT OFFICE

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, 

17 $52,640,000, of which not more than $28,029,000, to re18 main available until expended, shall be derived from collec19 tions credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 2014 

20 under section 708(d) of title 17, United States Code: Pro21 vided, That the Copyright Office may not obligate or ex22 pend any funds derived from collections under such sec23 tion, in excess of the amount authorized for obligation or 

24 expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided further, That 

25 not more than $5,590,000 shall be derived from collections 
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1 during fiscal year 2014 under sections 111(d)(2), 

2 119(b)(2), 803(e), 1005, and 1316 of such title: Provided 

3 further, That the total amount available for obligation 

4 shall be reduced by the amount by which collections are 

5 less than $33,619,000: Provided further, That not more 

6 than $100,000 of the amount appropriated is available for 

7 the maintenance of an ‘‘International Copyright Institute’’ 

8 in the Copyright Office of the Library of Congress for the 

9 purpose of training nationals of developing countries in 

10 intellectual property laws and policies: Provided further, 

11 That not more than $6,500 may be expended, on the cer12 tification of the Librarian of Congress, in connection with 

13 official representation and reception expenses for activities 

14 of the International Copyright Institute and for copyright 

15 delegations, visitors, and seminars: Provided further, That 

16 notwithstanding any provision of chapter 8 of title 17, 

17 United States Code, any amounts made available under 

18 this heading which are attributable to royalty fees and 

19 payments received by the Copyright Office pursuant to 

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

21 used for the costs incurred in the administration of the 

22 Copyright Royalty Judges program, with the exception of 

23 the costs of salaries and benefits for the Copyright Royalty 

24 Judges and staff under section 802(e). 
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1 CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

4 of section 203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 

5 1946 (2 U.S.C. 166) and to revise and extend the Anno6 tated Constitution of the United States of America, 

7 $108,841,000: Provided, That no part of such amount 

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

9 with any publication, or preparation of material therefor 

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

11 by the Library of Congress unless such publication has 

12 obtained prior approval of either the Committee on House 

13 Administration of the House of Representatives or the 

14 Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate. 

15 BOOKS FOR THE BLIND AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

17 For salaries and expenses to carry out the Act of 

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

19 135a), $51,400,000: Provided, That of the total amount 

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

21 provide newspapers to blind and physically handicapped 

22 residents at no cost to the individual. 
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

2 REIMBURSABLE AND REVOLVING FUND ACTIVITIES

3 SEC. 1201. (a) IN GENERAL.—For fiscal year 2014, 

4 the obligational authority of the Library of Congress for 

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

6 $185,579,000. 

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

9 that are funded from sources other than appropriations 

10 to the Library in appropriations Acts for the legislative 

11 branch. 

12 (c) TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—During fiscal year 2014, 

13 the Librarian of Congress may temporarily transfer funds 

14 appropriated in this Act, under the heading ‘‘Library of 

15 Congress’’, under the subheading ‘‘Salaries and Ex16 penses’’, to the revolving fund for the FEDLINK Program 

17 and the Federal Research Program established under sec18 tion 103 of the Library of Congress Fiscal Operations Im19 provement Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–481; 2 U.S.C. 

20 182c): Provided, That the total amount of such transfers 

21 may not exceed $1,900,000: Provided further, That the ap22 propriate revolving fund account shall reimburse the Li23 brary for any amounts transferred to it before the period 

24 of availability of the Library appropriation expires. 
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1 TRANSFER AUTHORITY

2 SEC. 1202. (a) IN GENERAL.—Effective in fiscal year 

3 2014 and each succeeding fiscal year, amounts appro4 priated for the Library of Congress may be transferred 

5 during the fiscal year between any of the headings under 

6 the heading ‘‘Library of Congress’’ upon the approval of 

7 the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the 

8 House of Representatives. 

9 (b) LIMITATION.—Not more than 10 percent of the 

10 total amount of funds appropriated to the account under 

11 any heading under the heading ‘‘Library of Congress’’ in 

12 the fiscal year may be transferred from that account by 

13 all transfers made under subsection (a). 

14 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 

15 CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING AND BINDING

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

17 For authorized printing and binding for the Congress 

18 and the distribution of Congressional information in any 

19 format; printing and binding for the Architect of the Cap20 itol; expenses necessary for preparing the semimonthly 

21 and session index to the Congressional Record, as author22 ized by law (section 902 of title 44, United States Code); 

23 printing and binding of Government publications author24 ized by law to be distributed to Members of Congress; and 

25 printing, binding, and distribution of Government publica-
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1 tions authorized by law to be distributed without charge 

2 to the recipient, $79,736,000: Provided, That this appro3 priation shall not be available for paper copies of the per4 manent edition of the Congressional Record for individual 

5 Representatives, Resident Commissioners or Delegates au6 thorized under section 906 of title 44, United States Code: 

7 Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available 

8 for the payment of obligations incurred under the appro9 priations for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years: 

10 Provided further, That notwithstanding the 2-year limita11 tion under section 718 of title 44, United States Code, 

12 none of the funds appropriated or made available under 

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

14 related services provided to Congress under chapter 7 of 

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

16 a document, report, or publication after the 27-month pe17 riod beginning on the date that such document, report, 

18 or publication is authorized by Congress to be printed, un19 less Congress reauthorizes such printing in accordance 

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

21 further, That any unobligated or unexpended balances in 

22 this account or accounts for similar purposes for preceding 

23 fiscal years may be transferred to the Government Print24 ing Office revolving fund for carrying out the purposes of 

25 this heading, subject to the approval of the Committees 
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1 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 

2 Senate. 

3 OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

6 For expenses of the Office of Superintendent of Doc7 uments necessary to provide for the cataloging and index8 ing of Government publications and their distribution to 

9 the public, Members of Congress, other Government agen10 cies, and designated depository and international exchange 

11 libraries as authorized by law, $31,500,000: Provided, 

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

13 year appropriations are authorized for producing and dis14 seminating congressional serial sets and other related pub15 lications for fiscal years 2012 and 2013 to depository and 

16 other designated libraries: Provided further, That any un17 obligated or unexpended balances in this account or ac18 counts for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years may 

19 be transferred to the Government Printing Office revolv20 ing fund for carrying out the purposes of this heading, 

21 subject to the approval of the Committees on Appropria22 tions of the House of Representatives and Senate. 

23 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE REVOLVING FUND

24 For payment to the Government Printing Office Re25 volving Fund, $8,064,000 for information technology de-
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1 velopment: Provided, That the Government Printing Of2 fice is hereby authorized to make such expenditures, with3 in the limits of funds available and in accordance with law, 

4 and to make such contracts and commitments without re5 gard to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 9104 

6 of title 31, United States Code, as may be necessary in 

7 carrying out the programs and purposes set forth in the 

8 budget for the current fiscal year for the Government 

9 Printing Office Revolving Fund: Provided further, That 

10 not more than $7,500 may be expended on the certifi11 cation of the Public Printer in connection with official rep12 resentation and reception expenses: Provided further, That 

13 the revolving fund shall be available for the hire or pur14 chase of not more than 12 passenger motor vehicles: Pro15 vided further, That expenditures in connection with travel 

16 expenses of the advisory councils to the Public Printer 

17 shall be deemed necessary to carry out the provisions of 

18 title 44, United States Code: Provided further, That the 

19 revolving fund shall be available for temporary or intermit20 tent services under section 3109(b) of title 5, United 

21 States Code, but at rates for individuals not more than 

22 the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay for 

23 level V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of 

24 such title: Provided further, That activities financed 

25 through the revolving fund may provide information in any 
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1 format: Provided further, That the revolving fund and the 

2 funds provided under the headings ‘‘Office of Super3 intendent of Documents’’ and ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ 

4 may not be used for contracted security services at GPO’s 

5 passport facility in the District of Columbia. 

6 GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 For necessary expenses of the Government Account9 ability Office, including not more than $12,500 to be ex10 pended on the certification of the Comptroller General of 

11 the United States in connection with official representa12 tion and reception expenses; temporary or intermittent 

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

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

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

16 the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of such title; 

17 hire of one passenger motor vehicle; advance payments in 

18 foreign countries in accordance with section 3324 of title 

19 31, United States Code; benefits comparable to those pay20 able under sections 901(5), (6), and (8) of the Foreign 

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

22 and under regulations prescribed by the Comptroller Gen23 eral of the United States, rental of living quarters in for24 eign countries, $505,383,000: Provided, That in addition, 

25 $32,368,000 of payments received under sections 782, 
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1 3521, and 9105 of title 31, United States Code, shall be 

2 available without fiscal year limitation: Provided further, 

3 That this appropriation and appropriations for adminis4 trative expenses of any other department or agency which 

5 is a member of the National Intergovernmental Audit 

6 Forum or a Regional Intergovernmental Audit Forum 

7 shall be available to finance an appropriate share of either 

8 Forum’s costs as determined by the respective Forum, in9 cluding necessary travel expenses of non-Federal partici10 pants: Provided further, That payments hereunder to the 

11 Forum may be credited as reimbursements to any appro12 priation from which costs involved are initially financed. 

13 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

14 ELECTRONIC SYSTEM FOR FILING BID PROTESTS

15 SEC. 1301. Section 3555(c) of title 31, United States 

16 Code, is amended— 

17 (1) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘(c)’’; and 

18 (2) by adding at the end the following new 

19 paragraph: 

20 ‘‘(2) The Comptroller General may charge and 

21 collect fees for filing protests under this subchapter 

22 for the purpose of covering the costs of developing, 

23 maintaining, and operating an electronic system for 

24 filing such protests. The Comptroller General may 
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1 retain and use such fees immediately and without 

2 fiscal year limitation for such purpose.’’. 

3 OPEN WORLD LEADERSHIP CENTER TRUST 

4 FUND 

5 For a payment to the Open World Leadership Center 

6 Trust Fund for financing activities of the Open World 

7 Leadership Center under section 313 of the Legislative 

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

9 $4,000,000. 

10 JOHN C. STENNIS CENTER FOR PUBLIC 

11 SERVICE TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT 

12 For payment to the John C. Stennis Center for Pub13 lic Service Development Trust Fund established under 

14 section 116 of the John C. Stennis Center for Public Serv15 ice Training and Development Act (2 U.S.C. 1105), 

16 $430,000. 

17 TITLE II 

18 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

19 MAINTENANCE AND CARE OF PRIVATE VEHICLES

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

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

22 vehicles, except for emergency assistance and cleaning as 

23 may be provided under regulations relating to parking fa24 cilities for the House of Representatives issued by the 
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1 Committee on House Administration and for the Senate 

2 issued by the Committee on Rules and Administration. 

3 FISCAL YEAR LIMITATION

4 SEC. 202. No part of any appropriation contained in 

5 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 

6 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 

7 RATES OF COMPENSATION AND DESIGNATION

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

9 not specifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of 

10 1929 (46 Stat. 32 et seq.) is appropriated for or the rate 

11 of compensation or designation of any office or position 

12 appropriated for is different from that specifically estab13 lished by such Act, the rate of compensation and the des14 ignation in this Act shall be the permanent law with re15 spect thereto: Provided, That the provisions in this Act 

16 for the various items of official expenses of Members, offi17 cers, and committees of the Senate and House of Rep18 resentatives, and clerk hire for Senators and Members of 

19 the House of Representatives shall be the permanent law 

20 with respect thereto. 

21 CONSULTING SERVICES

22 SEC. 204. The expenditure of any appropriation 

23 under this Act for any consulting service through procure24 ment contract, under section 3109 of title 5, United States 

25 Code, shall be limited to those contracts where such ex-
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1 penditures are a matter of public record and available for 

2 public inspection, except where otherwise provided under 

3 existing law, or under existing Executive order issued 

4 under existing law. 

5 AWARDS AND SETTLEMENTS

6 SEC. 205. Such sums as may be necessary are appro7 priated to the account described in subsection (a) of sec8 tion 415 of the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 

9 (2 U.S.C. 1415(a)) to pay awards and settlements as au10 thorized under such subsection. 

11 COSTS OF LBFMC

12 SEC. 206. Amounts available for administrative ex13 penses of any legislative branch entity which participates 

14 in the Legislative Branch Financial Managers Council 

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

16 be available to finance an appropriate share of LBFMC 

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

18 LBFMC costs to be shared among all participating legisla19 tive branch entities (in such allocations among the entities 

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

21 LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE

22 SEC. 207. The Architect of the Capitol, in consulta23 tion with the District of Columbia, is authorized to main24 tain and improve the landscape features, excluding streets, 

25 in the irregular shaped grassy areas bounded by Wash-
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1 ington Avenue, SW, on the northeast, Second Street, SW, 

2 on the west, Square 582 on the south, and the beginning 

3 of the I–395 tunnel on the southeast. 

4 LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS

5 SEC. 208. None of the funds made available in this 

6 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in7 strumentality of the United States Government, except 

8 pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro9 vided in, this Act or any other appropriation Act. 

10 GUIDED TOURS OF THE CAPITOL

11 SEC. 209. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), 

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

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

14 guided tours of the United States Capitol which are led 

15 by employees and interns of offices of Members of Con16 gress and other offices of the House of Representatives 

17 and Senate. 

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

19 at the direction of the Architect of the Capitol with the 

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

21 United States Capitol which are led by employees and in22 terns described in subsection (a) may be suspended tempo23 rarily or otherwise subject to restriction for security or re24 lated reasons to the same extent as guided tours of the 
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1 United States Capitol which are led by the Architect of 

2 the Capitol. 

3 OPEN WORLD LEADERSHIP CENTER

4 SEC. 210. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 

5 of law, the Librarian of Congress may transfer up to 

6 $6,000,000 from the funds described in section 1201 of 

7 title I of this Act to the Open World Leadership Center 

8 Trust Fund for use as provided under section 313 of the 

9 Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2001 (2 U.S.C. 

10 1151). 

11 (b) The Board of Trustees of the Open World Lead12 ership Center may, pursuant to its authority under section 

13 313(c)(2) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 

14 2001 (2 U.S.C. 1151(c)(2)), solicit, accept, and use dona15 tions to the Open World Leadership Center Trust Fund 

16 for the purpose of reimbursing the funds described in sub17 section (a) for any amounts transferred to the Trust Fund 

18 under subsection (a). 

19 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative Branch Ap20 propriations Act, 2014’’. 
Calendar No. 127 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1283 

[Report No. 113–70] 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch 

and for other purposes. for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2014, 

JULY 11, 2013 

Read twice and placed on the calendar