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Union Calendar No. 126 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2792 

[Report No. 113–173] 

Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending 

September 30, 2014, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 23, 2013 

Mr. Alexander, 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, 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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For salaries and expenses of the House of Represent6 atives, $1,171,569,576, as follows: 

7 HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES

8 For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, 

9 $22,058,308, including: Office of the Speaker, 

10 $6,579,621, including $25,000 for official expenses of the 

11 Speaker; Office of the Majority Floor Leader, $2,158,463, 

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

13 Leader; Office of the Minority Floor Leader, $7,044,031, 

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

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

16 Deputy Majority Whip, $1,867,952, including $5,000 for 

17 official expenses of the Majority Whip; Office of the Mi18 nority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Minority Whip, 

19 $1,445,187, including $5,000 for official expenses of the 

20 Minority Whip; Republican Conference, $1,490,521; 

21 Democratic Caucus, $1,472,533: Provided, That such 

22 amount for salaries and expenses shall remain available 

23 from January 3, 2014 until January 2, 2015. 


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1 MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES

2 INCLUDING MEMBERS’ CLERK HIRE, OFFICIAL

3 EXPENSES OF MEMBERS, AND OFFICIAL MAIL

4 For Members’ representational allowances, including 

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

6 $543,918,813. 

7 COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES

8 STANDING COMMITTEES, SPECIAL AND SELECT

9 For salaries and expenses of standing committees, 

10 special and select, authorized by House resolutions, 

11 $119,376,151: Provided, That such amount shall remain 

12 available for such salaries and expenses until December 

13 31, 2014. 

14 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

15 For salaries and expenses of the Committee on Ap16 propriations, $25,271,004, including studies and examina17 tions of executive agencies and temporary personal serv18 ices for such committee, to be expended in accordance with 

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

20 1946 and to be available for reimbursement to agencies 

21 for services performed: Provided, That such amount shall 

22 remain available for such salaries and expenses until De23 cember 31, 2014. 


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1 SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

2 For compensation and expenses of officers and em3 ployees, as authorized by law, $173,721,185, including: 

4 for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Clerk, includ5 ing the positions of the Chaplain and the Historian, in6 cluding not more than $25,000, of which not more than 

7 $20,000 is for the Family Room and not more than 

8 $2,000 is for the Office of the Chaplain, for official rep9 resentation and reception expenses, $24,009,473; for sala10 ries and expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms, 

11 including the position of Superintendent of Garages and 

12 the Office of Emergency Management, and including not 

13 more than $3,000 for official representation and reception 

14 expenses, $11,926,729, of which $4,212,500 shall remain 

15 available until expended; for salaries and expenses of the 

16 Office of the Chief Administrative Officer including not 

17 more than $3,000 for official representation and reception 

18 expenses, $116,002,451, of which $9,100,000 shall remain 

19 available until expended; for salaries and expenses of the 

20 Office of the Inspector General, $4,741,809; for salaries 

21 and expenses of the Office of General Counsel, 

22 $1,340,987; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the 

23 Parliamentarian, including the Parliamentarian, $2,000 

24 for preparing the Digest of Rules, and not more than 

25 $1,000 for official representation and reception expenses, 


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1 $1,952,249; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the 

2 Law Revision Counsel of the House, $3,087,587; for sala3 ries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel 

4 of the House, $9,366,845; for salaries and expenses of the 

5 Office of Interparliamentary Affairs, $814,069; and for 

6 other authorized employees, $478,986. 

7 ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES

8 For allowances and expenses as authorized by House 

9 resolution or law, $287,224,115, including: supplies, mate10 rials, administrative costs and Federal tort claims, 

11 $3,502,789; official mail for committees, leadership of12 fices, and administrative offices of the House, $190,486; 

13 Government contributions for health, retirement, Social 

14 Security, and other applicable employee benefits, 

15 $260,995,068; Business Continuity and Disaster Recov16 ery, $16,217,008, of which $5,000,000 shall remain avail17 able until expended; transition activities for new Members 

18 and staff $1,631,487 to remain available until expended; 

19 Wounded Warrior Program $2,500,000, to remain avail20 able until expended; Office of Congressional Ethics, 

21 $1,467,030; and miscellaneous items including purchase, 

22 exchange, maintenance, repair and operation of House 

23 motor vehicles, interparliamentary receptions, and gratu24 ities to heirs of deceased employees of the House, 

25 $720,247. 


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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

2 SEC. 101. (a) REQUIRING AMOUNTS REMAINING IN

3 MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES TO BE

4 USED FOR DEFICIT REDUCTION OR TO REDUCE THE

5 FEDERAL DEBT.—Notwithstanding any other provision of 

6 law, any amounts appropriated under this Act for 

7 ‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—Salaries and Ex8 penses—Members’ Representational Allowances’’ shall be 

9 available only for fiscal year 2014. Any amount remaining 

10 after all payments are made under such allowances for fis11 cal year 2014 shall be deposited in the Treasury and used 

12 for deficit reduction (or, if there is no Federal budget def13 icit after all such payments have been made, for reducing 

14 the Federal debt, in such manner as the Secretary of the 

15 Treasury considers appropriate). 

16 (b) REGULATIONS.—The Committee on House Ad17 ministration of the House of Representatives shall have 

18 authority to prescribe regulations to carry out this section. 

19 (c) DEFINITION.—As used in this section, the term 

20 ‘‘Member of the House of Representatives’’ means a Rep21 resentative in, or a Delegate or Resident Commissioner 

22 to, the Congress. 

23 SEC. 102. (a) Section 109(a) of the Legislative 

24 Branch Appropriations Act, 1998 (2 U.S.C. 95d(a)) is 

25 amended by striking the period at the end and inserting 


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1 the following: ‘‘, and for reimbursing the Secretary of 

2 Labor for any amounts paid with respect to unemployment 

3 compensation payments for former employees of the 

4 House.’’. 

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

6 apply with respect to fiscal year 2014 and each succeeding 

7 fiscal year. 

8 SEC. 103. (a) Section 101(c)(2) of the Legislative 

9 Branch Appropriations Act, 1993 (2 U.S.C. 95b(c)(2)) is 

10 amended by striking ‘‘and ‘Allowances and Expenses’ ’’ 

11 and inserting the following: ‘‘ ‘Allowances and Expenses’, 

12 the heading for any joint committee under the heading 

13 ‘Joint Items’ (to the extent that amounts appropriated for 

14 the joint committee are disbursed by the Chief Adminis15 trative Officer of the House of Representatives), and ‘Of16 fice of the Attending Physician’ ’’. 

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

18 apply with respect to fiscal year 2014 and each succeeding 

19 fiscal year. 

20 JOINT ITEMS 

21 For Joint Committees, as follows: 

22 JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE

23 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic 

24 Committee, $3,983,158, to be disbursed by the Secretary 

25 of the Senate. 


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1 JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION

2 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on 

3 Taxation, $9,480,731, 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: (1) an allowance 

10 of $2,175 per month to the Attending Physician; (2) an 

11 allowance of $1,300 per month to the Senior Medical Offi12 cer; (3) an allowance of $725 per month each to three 

13 medical officers while on duty in the Office of the Attend14 ing Physician; (4) an allowance of $725 per month to 2 

15 assistants and $580 per month each not to exceed 11 as16 sistants on the basis heretofore provided for such assist17 ants; and (5) $2,625,000 for reimbursement to the De18 partment of the Navy for expenses incurred for staff and 

19 equipment assigned to the Office of the Attending Physi20 cian, which shall be advanced and credited to the applica21 ble appropriation or appropriations from which such sala22 ries, allowances, and other expenses are payable and shall 

23 be available for all the purposes thereof, $3,222,160, to 

24 be disbursed by the Chief Administrative Officer of the 

25 House of Representatives. 


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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, $1,291,707, to be disbursed 

5 by the Secretary of the Senate. 

6 CAPITOL POLICE 

7 SALARIES

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

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

12 benefits, $274,511,000. 

13 GENERAL EXPENSES

14 For necessary expenses of the Capitol Police, includ15 ing motor vehicles, communications and other equipment, 

16 security equipment and installation, uniforms, weapons, 

17 supplies, materials, training, medical services, forensic 

18 services, stenographic services, personal and professional 

19 services, the employee assistance program, the awards pro20 gram, postage, communication services, travel advances, 

21 relocation of instructor and liaison personnel for the Fed22 eral Law Enforcement Training Center, and not more 

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

24 Chief of the Capitol Police in connection with official rep25 resentation and reception expenses, $55,190,000, to be 


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1 disbursed by the Chief of the Capitol Police or his des2 ignee: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provi3 sion of law, the cost of basic training for the Capitol Police 

4 at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center for fis5 cal year 2014 shall be paid by the Secretary of Homeland 

6 Security from funds available to the Department of Home7 land Security. 

8 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

10 AUTHORITY TO TRANSFER AMOUNTS BETWEEN SALARIES

11 AND GENERAL EXPENSES

12 SEC. 1001. During fiscal year 2014 and any suc13 ceeding fiscal year, the Capitol Police may transfer 

14 amounts appropriated for the fiscal year between the cat15 egory for salaries and the category for general expenses, 

16 upon the approval of the Committees on Appropriations 

17 of the House of Representatives and Senate. 

18 FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR WORKERS COMPENSATION

19 PAYMENTS

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

21 expired United States Capitol Police appropriations shall 

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

23 the credit of the Employees’ Compensation Fund required 

24 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), $3,617,348, 

12 of which $780,000 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 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

18 SEC. 1101. (a) The second sentence of section 415(a) 

19 of the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 

20 1415(a)) is amended to read as follows: ‘‘There are appro21 priated for such account such sums as may be necessary 

22 to pay such awards and settlements.’’. 

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

24 apply with respect to fiscal year 2014 and each succeeding 

25 fiscal year. 


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1 SEMIANNUAL REPORT OF DISBURSEMENTS

2 SEC. 1102. (a) REPORTS REQUIRED.—Not later than 

3 60 days after the last day of each semiannual period of 

4 a fiscal year, the Executive Director of the Office of Com5 pliance shall submit to the Committee on House Adminis6 tration of the House of Representatives, the Committee 

7 on Rules and Administration of the Senate, and the Com8 mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

9 and Senate, with respect to that period, a detailed, 

10 itemized report of the disbursements for the operations of 

11 the Office of Compliance. 

12 (b) CONTENTS.—The report required by subsection 

13 (a) shall include— 

14 (1) the identification of any employee or con15 tractor who receives a payment from the Office of 

16 Compliance; 

17 (2) the quantity and price of any item furnished 

18 to the Office of Compliance; 

19 (3) a description of any service rendered to the 

20 Office of Compliance, together with a statement of 

21 the time required for the service, and the name, 

22 title, and amount paid to each person who renders 

23 the service; 


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1 (4) a statement of all amounts appropriated to, 

2 or received or expended by, the Office of Compliance 

3 and any unexpended balances of such amounts; and 

4 (5) such additional information as may be re5 quired by regulation of the Committee on House Ad6 ministration of the House of Representatives, the 

7 Committee on Rules and Administration of the Sen8 ate, or the Committees on Appropriations of the 

9 House of Representatives or Senate. 

10 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—This section shall apply with 

12 respect to the semiannual periods of October 1 

13 through March 31 and April 1 through September 

14 30 of each fiscal year, beginning with fiscal year 

15 2013. 

16 (2) SPECIAL RULE FOR REPORTS FOR FISCAL

17 YEAR 2013.—The Executive Director of the Office of 

18 Compliance shall submit the reports required for the 

19 two semiannual periods of fiscal year 2013 not later 

20 than 120 days after the date of the enactment of 

21 this Act. 

22 CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE 

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For salaries and expenses necessary for operation of 

25 the Congressional Budget Office, including not more than 


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1 $6,000 to be expended on the certification of the Director 

2 of the Congressional Budget Office in connection with offi3 cial representation and reception expenses, $41,496,677. 

4 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

5 ACCEPTANCE OF VOLUNTARY STUDENT SERVICES

6 SEC. 1201. (a) Section 3111(e) of title 5, United 

7 States Code, is amended— 

8 (1) by striking ‘‘(e)’’ and inserting ‘‘(e)(1)’’; 

9 and 

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

11 paragraph: 

12 ‘‘(2) In this section, the term ‘agency’ includes the 

13 Congressional Budget Office, except that in the case of 

14 the Congressional Budget Office— 

15 ‘‘(A) any student who provides voluntary service 

16 in accordance with this section shall be considered 

17 an employee of the Congressional Budget Office for 

18 purposes of section 203 of the Congressional Budget 

19 Act of 1974 (relating to the level of confidentiality 

20 of budget data); and 

21 ‘‘(B) the authority granted to the Office of Per22 sonnel Management under this section shall be exer23 cised by the Director of the Congressional Budget 

24 Office.’’. 


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

2 apply with respect to fiscal year 2014 and each succeeding 

3 fiscal year. 

4 ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL 

5 GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

6 For salaries for the Architect of the Capitol, and 

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

8 for surveys and studies in connection with activities under 

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

10 expenses for the general and administrative support of the 

11 operations under the Architect of the Capitol including the 

12 Botanic Garden; electrical substations of the Capitol, Sen13 ate and House office buildings, and other facilities under 

14 the jurisdiction of the Architect of the Capitol; including 

15 furnishings and office equipment; including not more than 

16 $5,000 for official reception and representation expenses, 

17 to be expended as the Architect of the Capitol may ap18 prove; for purchase or exchange, maintenance, and oper19 ation of a passenger motor vehicle, $85,286,000. 

20 CAPITOL BUILDING

21 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

22 and operation of the Capitol, $60,421,000, of which 

23 $20,702,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

24 2018, and of which $15,940,000 shall remain available 


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1 until expended solely for expenses related to rehabilitation 

2 of the U.S. Capitol Dome. 

3 CAPITOL GROUNDS

4 For all necessary expenses for care and improvement 

5 of grounds surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House 

6 office buildings, and the Capitol Power Plant, 

7 $13,037,000, of which $3,700,000 shall remain available 

8 until September 30, 2018. 

9 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS

10 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

11 and operation of the House office buildings, $71,622,000, 

12 of which $9,100,000 shall remain available until Sep13 tember 30, 2018. 

14 In addition, for a payment to the House Historic 

15 Buildings Revitalization Trust Fund, $70,000,000, shall 

16 remain available until expended. 

17 CAPITOL POWER PLANT

18 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

19 and operation of the Capitol Power Plant; lighting, heat20 ing, power (including the purchase of electrical energy) 

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

22 House office buildings, Library of Congress buildings, and 

23 the grounds about the same, Botanic Garden, Senate ga24 rage, and air conditioning refrigeration not supplied from 

25 plants in any of such buildings; heating the Government 


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1 Printing Office and Washington City Post Office, and 

2 heating and chilled water for air conditioning for the Su3 preme Court Building, the Union Station complex, the 

4 Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building and the 

5 Folger Shakespeare Library, expenses for which shall be 

6 advanced or reimbursed upon request of the Architect of 

7 the Capitol and amounts so received shall be deposited 

8 into the Treasury to the credit of this appropriation, 

9 $109,334,000, of which $37,200,000 shall remain avail10 able until September 30, 2018: Provided, That not more 

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

12 to this appropriation as herein provided shall be available 

13 for obligation during fiscal year 2014. 

14 LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

15 For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and 

16 structural maintenance, care and operation of the Library 

17 buildings and grounds, $47,861,000, of which 

18 $23,448,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

19 2018. 

20 CAPITOL POLICE BUILDINGS, GROUNDS, AND SECURITY

21 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

22 and operation of buildings, grounds and security enhance23 ments of the United States Capitol Police, wherever lo24 cated, the Alternate Computer Facility, and AOC security 


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1 operations, $18,898,000, of which $1,000,000 shall re2 main available until September 30, 2018. 

3 BOTANIC GARDEN

4 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

5 and operation of the Botanic Garden and the nurseries, 

6 buildings, grounds, and collections; and purchase and ex7 change, maintenance, repair, and operation of a passenger 

8 motor vehicle; all under the direction of the Joint Com9 mittee on the Library, $11,372,000: Provided, That of the 

10 amount made available under this heading, the Architect 

11 of the Capitol may obligate and expend such sums as may 

12 be necessary for the maintenance, care and operation of 

13 the National Garden established under section 307E of 

14 the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1989 (2 

15 U.S.C. 2146), upon vouchers approved by the Architect 

16 of the Capitol or a duly authorized designee. 

17 CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER

18 For all necessary expenses for the operation of the 

19 Capitol Visitor Center, $20,163,000. 

20 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

21 SEMIANNUAL REPORT OF DISBURSEMENTS

22 SEC. 1301. (a) REPORTS REQUIRED.—Not later than 

23 60 days after the last day of each semiannual period, the 

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1 bursements for the operations of the Office of the Archi2 tect of the Capitol. 

3 (b) CONTENTS.—The report required by subsection 

4 (a) shall include— 

5 (1) the name of each person who receives a pay6 ment from the Office of the Architect of the Capitol; 

7 (2) the quantity and price of any item furnished 

8 to the Office of the Architect of the Capitol; 

9 (3) a description of any service rendered to the 

10 Office of the Architect of the Capitol, together with 

11 a statement of the time required for the service, and 

12 the name, title, and amount paid to each person who 

13 renders the service; 

14 (4) a statement of all amounts appropriated to, 

15 or received or expended by, the Office of the Archi16 tect of the Capitol and any unexpended balances of 

17 such amounts; 

18 (5) the information submitted to the Comp19 troller General under section 3523(b) of title 31, 

20 United States Code; and 

21 (6) such additional information as may be re22 quired by regulation of the Committee on House Ad23 ministration of the House of Representatives or the 

24 Committee on Rules and Administration of the Sen25 ate. 


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1 (c) PRINTING.—Each report under this section shall 

2 be printed as a House document. 

3 (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply with 

4 respect to the semiannual periods of January 1 through 

5 June 30 and July 1 through December 31 of each year, 

6 beginning with the semiannual period in which this section 

7 is enacted. 

8 USE OF BUILDING

9 SEC. 1302. (a) USE OF BUILDING.—In exercising its 

10 authority under the item ‘‘Architect of the Capitol, Capitol 

11 Buildings and Grounds, House Office Buildings’’ in the 

12 Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1985 (Public Law 

13 98–367; 2 U.S.C. 2001 note), to use the building referred 

14 to in such item for the purposes of providing office and 

15 accommodations for the House of Representatives, the 

16 House Office Building Commission is authorized to enter 

17 into such agreements regarding the use of the building by 

18 the House or by other persons as the Commission con19 siders appropriate. 

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

21 respect to fiscal year 2014 and each succeeding fiscal year. 

22 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For necessary expenses of the Library of Congress 

25 not otherwise provided for, including development and 

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1 dial care of the Library buildings; special clothing; clean2 ing, laundering and repair of uniforms; preservation of 

3 motion pictures in the custody of the Library; operation 

4 and maintenance of the American Folklife Center in the 

5 Library; activities under the Civil Rights History Project 

6 Act of 2009; preparation and distribution of catalog 

7 records and other publications of the Library; hire or pur8 chase of one passenger motor vehicle; and expenses of the 

9 Library of Congress Trust Fund Board not properly 

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

11 Board, $398,642,813, of which not more than $6,000,000 

12 shall be derived from collections credited to this appropria13 tion during fiscal year 2014, and shall remain available 

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

15 1301; 32 Stat. 480; 2 U.S.C. 150) and not more than 

16 $350,000 shall be derived from collections during fiscal 

17 year 2014 and shall remain available until expended for 

18 the development and maintenance of an international legal 

19 information database and activities related thereto: Pro20 vided, That the Library of Congress may not obligate or 

21 expend any funds derived from collections under the Act 

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

23 obligation or expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided 

24 further, That the total amount available for obligation 

25 shall be reduced by the amount by which collections are 


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

2 amount appropriated, not more than $12,000 may be ex3 pended, on the certification of the Librarian of Congress, 

4 in connection with official representation and reception ex5 penses for the Overseas Field Offices: Provided further, 

6 That of the total amount appropriated, $7,068,000 shall 

7 remain available until expended for the digital collections 

8 and educational curricula program. 

9 COPYRIGHT OFFICE

10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

11 For all necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, 

12 $50,172,412, of which not more than $28,029,000, to re13 main available until expended, shall be derived from collec14 tions credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 2014 

15 under section 708(d) of title 17, United States Code: Pro16 vided, That the Copyright Office may not obligate or ex17 pend any funds derived from collections under such sec18 tion, in excess of the amount authorized for obligation or 

19 expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided further, That 

20 not more than $5,590,000 shall be derived from collections 

21 during fiscal year 2014 under sections 111(d)(2), 

22 119(b)(2), 803(e), 1005, and 1316 of such title: Provided 

23 further, That the total amount available for obligation 

24 shall be reduced by the amount by which collections are 

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


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

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

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

4 purpose of training nationals of developing countries in 

5 intellectual property laws and policies: Provided further, 

6 That not more than $4,250 may be expended, on the cer7 tification of the Librarian of Congress, in connection with 

8 official representation and reception expenses for activities 

9 of the International Copyright Institute and for copyright 

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

11 notwithstanding any provision of chapter 8 of title 17, 

12 United States Code, any amounts made available under 

13 this heading which are attributable to royalty fees and 

14 payments received by the Copyright Office pursuant to 

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

16 used for the costs incurred in the administration of the 

17 Copyright Royalty Judges program, with the exception of 

18 the costs of salaries and benefits for the Copyright Royalty 

19 Judges and staff under section 802(e). 

20 CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

23 of section 203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 

24 1946 (2 U.S.C. 166) and to revise and extend the Anno25 tated Constitution of the United States of America, 


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1 $101,407,996: Provided, That no part of such amount 

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

3 with any publication, or preparation of material therefor 

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

5 by the Library of Congress unless such publication has 

6 obtained prior approval of either the Committee on House 

7 Administration of the House of Representatives or the 

8 Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate. 

9 BOOKS FOR THE BLIND AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED

10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

11 For salaries and expenses to carry out the Act of 

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

13 135a), $48,023,446: Provided, That of the total amount 

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

15 provide newspapers to blind and physically handicapped 

16 residents at no cost to the individual. 

17 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

18 REIMBURSABLE AND REVOLVING FUND ACTIVITIES

19 SEC. 1401. (a) IN GENERAL.—For fiscal year 2014, 

20 the obligational authority of the Library of Congress for 

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

22 $178,958,000. 

23 (b) ACTIVITIES.—The activities referred to in sub24 section (a) are reimbursable and revolving fund activities 

25 that are funded from sources other than appropriations 


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1 to the Library in appropriations Acts for the legislative 

2 branch. 

3 AUTHORITY TO TRANSFER AMOUNTS BETWEEN

4 CATEGORIES OF APPROPRIATIONS

5 SEC. 1402. (a) IN GENERAL.—During fiscal year 

6 2014 and any succeeding fiscal year, the Librarian of Con7 gress may transfer amounts appropriated for the fiscal 

8 year between the categories of appropriations provided 

9 under law for the Library of Congress for the fiscal year, 

10 upon the approval of the Committees on Appropriations 

11 of the House of Representatives and Senate. 

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

13 total amount of funds appropriated to the account under 

14 any category of appropriations for the Library of Congress 

15 for a fiscal year may be transferred from that account by 

16 all transfers made under subsection (a). 

17 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 

18 CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING AND BINDING

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

20 For authorized printing and binding for the Congress 

21 and the distribution of Congressional information in any 

22 format; expenses necessary for preparing the semimonthly 

23 and session index to the Congressional Record, as author24 ized by law (section 902 of title 44, United States Code); 

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1 ized by law to be distributed to Members of Congress; and 

2 printing, binding, and distribution of Government publica3 tions authorized by law to be distributed without charge 

4 to the recipient, $79,736,000: Provided, That this appro5 priation shall not be available for paper copies of the per6 manent edition of the Congressional Record for individual 

7 Representatives, Resident Commissioners or Delegates au8 thorized under section 906 of title 44, United States Code: 

9 Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available 

10 for the payment of obligations incurred under the appro11 priations for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years: 

12 Provided further, That notwithstanding the 2-year limita13 tion under section 718 of title 44, United States Code, 

14 none of the funds appropriated or made available under 

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

16 related services provided to Congress under chapter 7 of 

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

18 a document, report, or publication after the 27-month pe19 riod beginning on the date that such document, report, 

20 or publication is authorized by Congress to be printed, un21 less Congress reauthorizes such printing in accordance 

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

23 further, That any unobligated or unexpended balances in 

24 this account or accounts for similar purposes for preceding 

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1 ing Office revolving fund for carrying out the purposes of 

2 this heading, subject to the approval of the Committees 

3 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 

4 Senate: Provided further, That notwithstanding sections 

5 901, 902, and 906 of title 44, United States Code, this 

6 appropriation may be used to prepare indexes to the Con7 gressional Record on only a monthly and session basis. 

8 OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

11 For expenses of the Office of Superintendent of Doc12 uments necessary to provide for the cataloging and index13 ing of Government publications and their distribution to 

14 the public, Members of Congress, other Government agen15 cies, and designated depository and international exchange 

16 libraries as authorized by law, $31,437,000: Provided, 

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

18 year appropriations are authorized for producing and dis19 seminating Congressional serial sets and other related 

20 publications for fiscal years 2012 and 2013 to depository 

21 and other designated libraries: Provided further, That any 

22 unobligated or unexpended balances in this account or ac23 counts for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years may 

24 be transferred to the Government Printing Office revolv25 ing fund for carrying out the purposes of this heading, 


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1 subject to the approval of the Committees on Appropria2 tions of the House of Representatives and Senate. 

3 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE REVOLVING FUND

4 For payment to the Government Printing Office Re5 volving Fund, $3,966,847, to remain available until ex6 pended, for information technology development and facili7 ties repair: Provided, That the Government Printing Of8 fice is hereby authorized to make such expenditures, with9 in the limits of funds available and in accordance with law, 

10 and to make such contracts and commitments without re11 gard to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 9104 

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

13 carrying out the programs and purposes set forth in the 

14 budget for the current fiscal year for the Government 

15 Printing Office revolving fund: Provided further, That not 

16 more than $7,500 may be expended on the certification 

17 of the Public Printer in connection with official represen18 tation and reception expenses: Provided further, That the 

19 revolving fund shall be available for the hire or purchase 

20 of not more than 12 passenger motor vehicles: Provided 

21 further, That expenditures in connection with travel ex22 penses of the advisory councils to the Public Printer shall 

23 be deemed necessary to carry out the provisions of title 

24 44, United States Code: Provided further, That the revolv25 ing fund shall be available for temporary or intermittent 


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

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

3 equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay for level V of 

4 the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of such title: 

5 Provided further, That activities financed through the re6 volving fund may provide information in any format: Pro7 vided further, That the revolving fund and the funds pro8 vided under the headings ‘‘Office of Superintendent of 

9 Documents’’ and ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ may not be 

10 used for contracted security services at GPO’s passport 

11 facility in the District of Columbia. 

12 GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 For necessary expenses of the Government Account15 ability Office, including not more than $12,500 to be ex16 pended on the certification of the Comptroller General of 

17 the United States in connection with official representa18 tion and reception expenses; temporary or intermittent 

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

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

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

22 the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of such title; 

23 hire of one passenger motor vehicle; advance payments in 

24 foreign countries in accordance with section 3324 of title 

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1 able under sections 901(5), (6), and (8) of the Foreign 

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

3 and under regulations prescribed by the Comptroller Gen4 eral of the United States, rental of living quarters in for5 eign countries, $486,226,129: Provided, That, in addition, 

6 $32,368,000 of payments received under sections 782, 

7 3521, and 9105 of title 31, United States Code, shall be 

8 available without fiscal year limitation: Provided further, 

9 That this appropriation and appropriations for adminis10 trative expenses of any other department or agency which 

11 is a member of the National Intergovernmental Audit 

12 Forum or a Regional Intergovernmental Audit Forum 

13 shall be available to finance an appropriate share of either 

14 Forum’s costs as determined by the respective Forum, in15 cluding necessary travel expenses of non-Federal partici16 pants: Provided further, That payments hereunder to the 

17 Forum may be credited as reimbursements to any appro18 priation from which costs involved are initially financed. 

19 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

20 USE OF ELECTRONIC FILING FOR PROCUREMENT

21 PROTEST SYSTEM

22 SEC. 1501. Section 3555(c) of title 31, United States 

23 Code, is amended to read as follows: 

24 ‘‘(c) ELECTRONIC FILING AND DOCUMENT DISSEMI25 NATION SYSTEM.— 


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1 ‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT AND OPERATION OF SYS2 TEM.—The Comptroller General shall establish and 

3 operate an electronic filing and document dissemina4 tion system under which, in accordance with proce5 dures prescribed by the Comptroller General— 

6 ‘‘(A) a person filing a protest under this 

7 subchapter may file the protest through elec8 tronic means; and 

9 ‘‘(B) all documents and information re10 quired with respect to the protest may be dis11 seminated and made available to the parties to 

12 the protest through electronic means. 

13 ‘‘(2) IMPOSITION OF FEES.— 

14 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Comptroller Gen15 eral may require each person who files a protest 

16 under this subchapter to pay a fee to support 

17 the establishment and operation of the elec18 tronic system under this subsection, without re19 gard to whether or not the person uses the sys20 tem with respect to the protest. 

21 ‘‘(B) AMOUNT.—The Comptroller General 

22 shall establish (and from time to time shall up23 date) a schedule setting forth the amount of the 

24 fee to be paid under subparagraph (A). 

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1 ‘‘(A) ESTABLISHMENT OF ACCOUNT.—The 

2 Comptroller General shall maintain a separate 

3 account among the accounts of the Government 

4 Accountability Office for the electronic system 

5 under this subsection, and shall deposit all 

6 amounts received as fees under paragraph (2) 

7 into the account. 

8 ‘‘(B) USE OF AMOUNTS.—Amounts in the 

9 account maintained under this paragraph shall 

10 be available to the Comptroller General, without 

11 fiscal year limitation, solely to establish and op12 erate the electronic system under this sub13 section.’’. 

14 OPEN WORLD LEADERSHIP CENTER TRUST 

15 FUND 

16 For a payment to the Open World Leadership Center 

17 Trust Fund for financing activities of the Open World 

18 Leadership Center under section 313 of the Legislative 

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

20 $1,000,000. 

21 TITLE II 

22 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

23 MAINTENANCE AND CARE OF PRIVATE VEHICLES

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

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


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1 vehicles, except for emergency assistance and cleaning as 

2 may be provided under regulations relating to parking fa3 cilities for the House of Representatives issued by the 

4 Committee on House Administration and for the Senate 

5 issued by the Committee on Rules and Administration. 

6 FISCAL YEAR LIMITATION

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

8 Act shall remain available for obligation beyond fiscal year 

9 2014 unless expressly so provided in this Act. 

10 RATES OF COMPENSATION AND DESIGNATION

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

12 not specifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of 

13 1929 (46 Stat. 32 et seq.) is appropriated for or the rate 

14 of compensation or designation of any office or position 

15 appropriated for is different from that specifically estab16 lished by such Act, the rate of compensation and the des17 ignation in this Act shall be the permanent law with re18 spect thereto: Provided, That the provisions in this Act 

19 for the various items of official expenses of Members, offi20 cers, and committees of the Senate and House of Rep21 resentatives, and clerk hire for Senators and Members of 

22 the House of Representatives shall be the permanent law 

23 with respect thereto. 


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1 CONSULTING SERVICES

2 SEC. 204. The expenditure of any appropriation 

3 under this Act for any consulting service through procure4 ment contract, under section 3109 of title 5, United States 

5 Code, shall be limited to those contracts where such ex6 penditures are a matter of public record and available for 

7 public inspection, except where otherwise provided under 

8 existing law, or under existing Executive order issued 

9 under existing law. 

10 COSTS OF LBFMC

11 SEC. 205. Amounts available for administrative ex12 penses of any legislative branch entity which participates 

13 in the Legislative Branch Financial Managers Council 

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

15 be available to finance an appropriate share of LBFMC 

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

17 LBFMC costs to be shared among all participating legisla18 tive branch entities (in such allocations among the entities 

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

20 LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE

21 SEC. 206. The Architect of the Capitol, in consulta22 tion with the District of Columbia, is authorized to main23 tain and improve the landscape features, excluding streets, 

24 in the irregular shaped grassy areas bounded by Wash25 ington Avenue, SW on the northeast, Second Street, SW, 


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

2 of the I–395 tunnel on the southeast. 

3 LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS

4 SEC. 207. None of the funds made available in this 

5 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in6 strumentality of the United States Government, except 

7 pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro8 vided in, this Act or any other appropriation Act. 

9 GUIDED TOURS OF THE CAPITOL

10 SEC. 208. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), 

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

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

13 guided tours of the United States Capitol which are led 

14 by employees and interns of offices of Members of Con15 gress and other offices of the House of Representatives 

16 and Senate. 

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

18 at the direction of the Architect of the Capitol with the 

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

20 United States Capitol which are led by employees and in21 terns described in subsection (a) may be suspended tempo22 rarily or otherwise subject to restriction for security or re23 lated reasons to the same extent as guided tours of the 

24 United States Capitol which are led by the Architect of 

25 the Capitol. 


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1 DELIVERY OF BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS

2 SEC. 209. None of the funds made available in this 

3 Act may be used to deliver a printed copy of a bill, joint 

4 resolution, or resolution to the office of a Member of the 

5 House of Representatives (including a Delegate or Resi6 dent Commissioner to the Congress) unless the Member 

7 requests a copy. 

8 DELIVERY OF CONGRESSIONAL RECORD

9 SEC. 210. None of the funds made available by this 

10 Act may be used to deliver a printed copy of any version 

11 of the Congressional Record to the office of a Member of 

12 the House of Representatives (including a Delegate or 

13 Resident Commissioner to the Congress). 

14 LIMITATION ON AMOUNT AVAILABLE TO LEASE VEHICLES

15 SEC. 211. None of the funds made available in this 

16 Act may be used by the Chief Administrative Officer of 

17 the House of Representatives to make any payments from 

18 any Members’ Representational Allowance for the leasing 

19 of a vehicle, excluding mobile district offices, in an aggre20 gate amount that exceeds $1,000 for the vehicle in any 

21 month. 

22 LIMITATION ON PRINTED COPIES OF U.S. CODE TO

23 HOUSE

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

25 Act may be used to provide an aggregate number of more 


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1 than 50 printed copies of any edition of the United States 

2 Code to all offices of the House of Representatives. 

3 AUTHORIZING COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY ON UNION SQUARE

4 SEC. 213. (a) TREATMENT AS PART OF CAPITOL

5 GROUNDS.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of chapter 51 

7 of title 40, United States Code, the United States 

8 Capitol Grounds shall include Union Square. 

9 (2) UNION SQUARE DEFINED.—In this section, 

10 the term ‘‘Union Square’’ means the area for which 

11 jurisdiction and control was transferred to the Ar12 chitect of the Capitol under section 1202 of the Leg13 islative Branch Appropriations Act, 2012 (Public 

14 Law 112-74). 

15 (b) CONTINUATION OF TYPES OF ACTIVITY PRE16 VIOUSLY AUTHORIZED.— 

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any limita18 tions on the use of the United States Capitol 

19 Grounds (including section 5104(c) of title 40, 

20 United States Code), the Chief of the United States 

21 Capitol Police (hereafter referred to as the 

22 ‘‘Chief’’)— 

23 (A) may issue a permit authorizing a per24 son to engage in commercial activity in Union 

25 Square if the activity is similar to the types of 


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1 commercial activity permitted in Union Square 

2 prior to the transfer of jurisdiction and control 

3 of Union Square to the Architect of the Capitol 

4 under section 1202 of the Legislative Branch 

5 Appropriations Act, 2012 (Public Law 112-74); 

6 and 

7 (B) under the terms and conditions of such 

8 a permit, may require the person to whom the 

9 permit is issued to pay a fee to cover any costs 

10 incurred by the Architect of the Capitol as a re11 sult of the issuance of the permit, if the fees 

12 are similar to the fees collected by the Director 

13 of the National Park Service for commercial ac14 tivity permitted in Union Square prior to such 

15 transfer of jurisdiction and control. 

16 (2) REGULATIONS.—The Chief shall carry out 

17 this section in accordance with such regulations as 

18 the Capitol Police Board may promulgate pursuant 

19 to the Board’s authority under section 14 of the Act 

20 of July 31, 1946 (2 U.S.C. 1969), except that the 

21 Board shall promulgate the regulations in consulta22 tion with the Committee on House Administration of 

23 the House of Representatives and the Committee on 

24 Rules and Administration of the Senate. 

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1 (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in 

2 the Treasury of the United States an account for 

3 the Architect of the Capitol to be known as the 

4 ‘‘Capitol Trust Account’’, consisting of all fees col5 lected by the Chief under subsection (b)(2). 

6 (2) TRANSFER.—Immediately upon receiving 

7 any fees collected under subsection (b)(2), the Chief 

8 shall transfer the fees to the Capitol Trust Account. 

9 (3) USE OF FUNDS.—Amounts in the Capitol 

10 Trust Account shall be available without fiscal year 

11 limitation for such maintenance, improvements, and 

12 projects with respect to Union Square as the Archi13 tect of the Capitol considers appropriate, subject to 

14 the approval of the Committees on Appropriations of 

15 the House of Representatives and Senate. 

16 (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take effect 

17 on the date of the enactment of the Legislative Branch 

18 Appropriations Act, 2012 (Public Law 112-74). 

19 SEC. 214. It is the sense of the Congress that Con20 gress should not pass any legislation that authorizes 

21 spending cuts that would increase poverty in the United 

22 States. 

23 SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT

24 SEC. 215. The amount by which the applicable alloca25 tion of new budget authority made by the Committee on 


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1 Appropriations of the House of Representatives under sec2 tion 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, ex3 cluding Senate items, exceeds the amount of proposed new 

4 budget authority is $0. 

5 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative Branch Ap6 propriations Act, 2014’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 126 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2792 

[Report No. 113–173] 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch 

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

JULY 23, 2013 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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