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Calendar No. 184 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1648 

[Report No. 115–137] 

Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending 

September 30, 2018, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 27, 2017 

Mr. LANKFORD, 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, 2018, 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, 2018, and for other purposes, namely: 
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1 TITLE I 

2 LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 

3 SENATE 

4 EXPENSE ALLOWANCES

5 For expense allowances of the Vice President, 

6 $18,760; the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, 

7 $37,520; Majority Leader of the Senate, $39,920; Minor8 ity Leader of the Senate, $39,920; Majority Whip of the 

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

10 President Pro Tempore Emeritus, $15,000; Chairmen of 

11 the Majority and Minority Conference Committees, $4,690 

12 for each Chairman; and Chairmen of the Majority and Mi13 nority Policy Committees, $4,690 for each Chairman; in 

14 all, $189,840. 

15 For representation allowances of the Majority and 

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

17 Leader; in all, $28,140. 

18 SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

19 For compensation of officers, employees, and others 

20 as authorized by law, including agency contributions, 

21 $194,709,812, which shall be paid from this appropriation 

22 as follows: 

23 OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT

24 For the Office of the Vice President, $2,417,248. 
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1 OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE

2 For the Office of the President Pro Tempore, 

3 $723,466. 

4 OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE EMERITUS

5 For the Office of the President Pro Tempore Emer6 itus, $309,000. 

7 OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERS

8 For Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders, 

9 $5,255,576. 

10 OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY WHIPS

11 For Offices of the Majority and Minority Whips, 

12 $3,359,424. 

13 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

14 For salaries of the Committee on Appropriations, 

15 $15,142,000. 

16 CONFERENCE COMMITTEES

17 For the Conference of the Majority and the Con18 ference of the Minority, at rates of compensation to be 

19 fixed by the Chairman of each such committee, 

20 $1,658,000 for each such committee; in all, $3,316,000. 

21 OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES OF THE CONFERENCE OF

22 THE MAJORITY AND THE CONFERENCE OF THE MINORITY

23 For Offices of the Secretaries of the Conference of 

24 the Majority and the Conference of the Minority, 

25 $817,402. 
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1 POLICY COMMITTEES

2 For salaries of the Majority Policy Committee and 

3 the Minority Policy Committee, $1,692,905 for each such 

4 committee; in all, $3,385,810. 

5 OFFICE OF THE CHAPLAIN

6 For Office of the Chaplain, $436,886. 

7 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

8 For Office of the Secretary, $25,132,000. 

9 OFFICE OF THE SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER

10 For Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, 

11 $78,565,000. 

12 OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND

13 MINORITY

14 For Offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the 

15 Secretary for the Minority, $1,810,000. 

16 AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS AND RELATED EXPENSES

17 For agency contributions for employee benefits, as 

18 authorized by law, and related expenses, $54,364,000. 

19 OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL OF THE SENATE

20 For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legisla21 tive Counsel of the Senate, $6,115,000. 

22 OFFICE OF SENATE LEGAL COUNSEL

23 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate 

24 Legal Counsel, $1,147,000. 
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1 EXPENSE ALLOWANCES OF THE SECRETARY OF THE

2 SENATE, SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF

3 THE SENATE, AND SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJOR4 ITY AND MINORITY OF THE SENATE

5 For expense allowances of the Secretary of the Sen6 ate, $7,110; Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Sen7 ate, $7,110; Secretary for the Majority of the Senate, 

8 $7,110; Secretary for the Minority of the Senate, $7,110; 

9 in all, $28,440. 

10 CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE

11 INQUIRIES AND INVESTIGATIONS

12 For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered 

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

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

15 of the Supplemental Appropriations and Rescission Act, 

16 1980 (Public Law 96–304), and Senate Resolution 281, 

17 96th Congress, agreed to March 11, 1980, $133,265,000, 

18 of which $26,650,000 shall remain available until Sep19 tember 30, 2020. 

20 U.S. SENATE CAUCUS ON INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS

21 CONTROL

22 For expenses of the United States Senate Caucus on 

23 International Narcotics Control, $508,000. 
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1 SECRETARY OF THE SENATE

2 For expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the 

3 Senate, $10,536,000 of which $7,036,000 shall remain 

4 available until September 30, 2022 and of which 

5 $3,500,000 shall remain available until expended. 

6 SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE SENATE

7 For expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms 

8 and Doorkeeper of the Senate, $130,076,000, which shall 

9 remain available until September 30, 2022. 

10 MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

11 For miscellaneous items, $18,870,349 which shall re12 main available until September 30, 2020. 

13 SENATORS’ OFFICIAL PERSONNEL AND OFFICE EXPENSE

14 ACCOUNT

15 For Senators’ Official Personnel and Office Expense 

16 Account, $404,000,000 of which $19,122,504 shall remain 

17 available until September 30, 2020. 

18 OFFICIAL MAIL COSTS

19 For expenses necessary for official mail costs of the 

20 Senate, $300,000. 
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

2 REQUIRING AMOUNTS REMAINING IN SENATORS’ OFFI3 CIAL PERSONNEL AND OFFICE EXPENSE ACCOUNT

4 TO BE USED FOR DEFICIT REDUCTION OR TO RE5 DUCE THE FEDERAL DEBT

6 SEC. 101. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

7 law, any amounts appropriated under this Act under the 

8 heading ‘‘SENATE’’ under the heading ‘‘CONTINGENT

9 EXPENSES OF THE SENATE’’ under the heading ‘‘SEN10 ATORS’ OFFICIAL PERSONNEL AND OFFICE EXPENSE AC11 COUNT’’ shall be available for obligation only during the 

12 fiscal year or fiscal years for which such amounts are 

13 made available. Any unexpended balances under such al14 lowances remaining after the end of the period of avail15 ability shall be returned to the Treasury in accordance 

16 with the undesignated paragraph under the center heading 

17 ‘‘GENERAL PROVISION’’ under chapter XI of the 

18 Third Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1957 (2 U.S.C. 

19 4107) and used for deficit reduction (or, if there is no 

20 Federal budget deficit after all such payments have been 

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

22 the Secretary of the Treasury considers appropriate). 

23 SENATE PROCUREMENTS

24 SEC. 102. Section 6102 of title 41, United States 

25 Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 
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1 ‘‘(i) SENATE.—Section 6101 of this title does not 

2 apply to agreements, contracts or purchases by any office 

3 of the Senate.’’. 

4 ADJUSTMENTS TO COMPENSATION

5 SEC. 103. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

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

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

8 4501) (relating to cost of living adjustments for Members 

9 of Congress) during fiscal year 2018. 

10 STUDENT LOAN REPAYMENT FOR EMPLOYEES OF

11 DEPARTING SENATORS AND VICE PRESIDENTS

12 SEC. 104. Section 102 of the Legislative Branch Ap13 propriations Act, 2002 (2 U.S.C. 4579) is amended— 

14 (1) in subsection (a)— 

15 (A) by redesignating paragraphs (1) 

16 through (5) as paragraphs (3) through (7), re17 spectively; 

18 (B) by inserting before paragraph (3), as 

19 so redesignated, the following: 

20 ‘‘(1) DEPARTURE DATE.—The term ‘departure 

21 date’ means the earlier of— 

22 ‘‘(A) the date on which the term of a de23 parting Senator or Vice President ends; or 

24 ‘‘(B) the date on which the departing Sen25 ator or Vice President will retire or resign. 
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1 ‘‘(2) DEPARTING SENATOR OR VICE PRESI2 DENT.—The term ‘departing Senator or Vice Presi3 dent’ means a Senator or Vice President who will 

4 not serve in the next term due to retirement, res5 ignation, a decision to not seek reelection, or a fail6 ure to secure reelection.’’; and 

7 (C) in paragraph (3)(B), as so redesig8 nated, by striking ‘‘rate of basic pay for an em9 ployee for a position at ES-1’’ and all that fol10 lows and inserting ‘‘rate of basic pay payable 

11 for a position at level IV of the Executive 

12 Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United 

13 States Code.’’; 

14 (2) in subsection (b)(1)(A)(ii), by striking ‘‘1- 

15 year’’; 

16 (3) in subsection (c)(1)— 

17 (A) by striking ‘‘The term’’ and inserting 

18 the following: 

19 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 

20 subparagraph (B), the term’’; and 

21 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

22 ‘‘(B) DEPARTING SENATORS AND VICE

23 PRESIDENTS.—After the date that is 1 year be24 fore the departure date of a departing Senator 

25 or Vice President, the departing Senator or 
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1 Vice President may enter into a service agree2 ment under this section with an eligible em3 ployee of the office of the Senator or Vice 

4 President (including an eligible employee who 

5 has completed a required period of employment 

6 under a previous service agreement) that in7 cludes a required period of employment that— 

8 ‘‘(i) is less than 1 year; and 

9 ‘‘(ii) shall end on the last day of the 

10 last full pay period ending on or before the 

11 departure date of the departing Senator or 

12 Vice President.’’; and 

13 (4) in subsection (d)— 

14 (A) in paragraph (2)— 

15 (i) in subparagraph (A), by striking 

16 ‘‘or’’ at the end; 

17 (ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

18 the period at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; 

19 and 

20 (iii) by adding at the end the fol21 lowing: 

22 ‘‘(C) the employee separates from service 

23 with the office of a departing Senator or Vice 

24 President.’’; and 
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1 (B) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘(in2 cluding a required period of employment de3 scribed in subsection (c)(1)(B))’’ after ‘‘re4 quired period of employment’’. 

5 FILING BY SENATE CANDIDATES WITH COMMISSION

6 SEC. 105. Section 302(g) of the Federal Election 

7 Campaign Act of 1971 (52 U.S.C. 30102(g)) is amended 

8 to read as follows: 

9 ‘‘(g) FILING WITH THE COMMISSION.—All designa10 tions, statements, and reports required to be filed under 

11 this Act shall be filed with the Commission.’’. 

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, $10,095,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Ad21 ministrative Officer of the House of Representatives. 

22 For other joint items, as follows: 
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1 OFFICE OF THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN

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

4 Physician and his assistants, including: 

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

6 Attending Physician; 

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

8 Senior Medical Officer; 

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

10 three medical officers while on duty in the Office of 

11 the Attending Physician; 

12 (4) an allowance of $725 per month to 2 assist13 ants and $580 per month each not to exceed 11 as14 sistants on the basis heretofore provided for such as15 sistants; and 

16 (5) $2,780,000 for reimbursement to the De17 partment of the Navy for expenses incurred for staff 

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

20 to the applicable appropriation or appropriations 

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

23 purposes thereof, $3,838,000, to be disbursed by the 

24 Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Rep25 resentatives. 
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1 OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL ACCESSIBILITY SERVICES

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Congres4 sional Accessibility Services, $1,429,000, to be disbursed 

5 by the Secretary of the Senate. 

6 CAPITOL POLICE 

7 SALARIES

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

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

12 benefits, $347,700,000 of which overtime shall not exceed 

13 $45,000,000 unless the Committee on Appropriations of 

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

15 Chief of the Capitol Police or his designee. 

16 GENERAL EXPENSES

17 For necessary expenses of the Capitol Police, includ18 ing motor vehicles, communications and other equipment, 

19 security equipment and installation, uniforms, weapons, 

20 supplies, materials, training, medical services, forensic 

21 services, stenographic services, personal and professional 

22 services, the employee assistance program, the awards pro23 gram, postage, communication services, travel advances, 

24 relocation of instructor and liaison personnel for the Fed25 eral Law Enforcement Training Center, and not more 
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1 than $5,000 to be expended on the certification of the 

2 Chief of the Capitol Police in connection with official rep3 resentation and reception expenses, $74,800,000, to be 

4 disbursed by the Chief of the Capitol Police or his des5 ignee: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provi6 sion of law, the cost of basic training for the Capitol Police 

7 at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center for fis8 cal year 2018 shall be paid by the Secretary of Homeland 

9 Security from funds available to the Department of Home10 land Security. 

11 OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE 

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Compli14 ance, as authorized by section 305 of the Congressional 

15 Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1385), $3,959,000, 

16 of which $450,000 shall remain available until September 

17 30, 2019: Provided, That not more than $500 may be ex18 pended on the certification of the Executive Director of 

19 the Office of Compliance in connection with official rep20 resentation and reception expenses. 

21 CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE 

22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

23 For salaries and expenses necessary for operation of 

24 the Congressional Budget Office, including not more than 

25 $6,000 to be expended on the certification of the Director 
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1 of the Congressional Budget Office in connection with offi2 cial representation and reception expenses, $48,100,000. 

3 ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL 

4 CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATIONS

5 For salaries for the Architect of the Capitol, and 

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

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

10 care of the Architect of the Capitol including the Botanic 

11 Garden; electrical substations of the Capitol, Senate and 

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

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

16 to be expended as the Architect of the Capitol may ap17 prove; for purchase or exchange, maintenance, and oper18 ation of a passenger motor vehicle, $91,589,000. 

19 CAPITOL BUILDING

20 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

21 and operation of the Capitol, $46,125,000, of which 

22 $22,125,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

23 2022. 
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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 $11,880,000, of which $2,000,000 shall remain available 

6 until September 30, 2022. 

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, $110,346,000, of 

12 which $49,884,000 shall remain available until September 

13 30, 2022. 

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 Publishing 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 $102,628,724, of which $25,487,724 shall remain avail7 able until September 30, 2022: 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 2018. 

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, $27,443,000, of which $2,500,000 

15 shall remain available until September 30, 2022. 

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 Computing Facility, and Architect of 

21 the Capitol security operations, $30,833,000, of which 

22 $13,300,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

23 2022. 
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1 BOTANIC GARDEN

2 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

3 and operation of the Botanic Garden and the nurseries, 

4 buildings, grounds, and collections; and purchase and ex5 change, maintenance, repair, and operation of a passenger 

6 motor vehicle; all under the direction of the Joint Com7 mittee on the Library, $12,613,000, of which $2,600,000 

8 shall remain available until September 30, 2022: Provided, 

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

10 the Architect of the Capitol may obligate and expend such 

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

12 operation of the National Garden established under sec13 tion 307E of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 

14 1989 (2 U.S.C. 2146), upon vouchers approved by the Ar15 chitect of the Capitol or a duly authorized designee. 

16 CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER

17 For all necessary expenses for the operation of the 

18 Capitol Visitor Center, $20,557,000. 

19 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

20 NO BONUSES FOR CONTRACTORS BEHIND SCHEDULE OR

21 OVER BUDGET

22 SEC. 110. None of the funds made available in this 

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

24 incentive or award payments to contractors for work on 

25 contracts or programs for which the contractor is behind 
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1 schedule or over budget, unless the Architect of the Cap2 itol, or agency-employed designee, determines that any 

3 such deviations are due to unforeseeable events, govern4 ment-driven scope changes, or are not significant within 

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

6 SCRIMS

7 SEC. 111. None of the funds made available by this 

8 Act may be used for scrims containing photographs of 

9 building facades during restoration or construction 

10 projects performed by the Architect of the Capitol. 

11 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For all necessary expenses of the Library of Congress 

14 not otherwise provided for, including development and 

15 maintenance of the Library’s catalogs; custody and custo16 dial care of the Library buildings; special clothing; clean17 ing, laundering and repair of uniforms; preservation of 

18 motion pictures in the custody of the Library; operation 

19 and maintenance of the American Folklife Center in the 

20 Library; preparation and distribution of catalog records 

21 and other publications of the Library; hire or purchase 

22 of one passenger motor vehicle; and expenses of the Li23 brary of Congress Trust Fund Board not properly charge24 able to the income of any trust fund held by the Board, 

25 $457,017,000, of which not more than $6,000,000 shall 
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1 be derived from collections credited to this appropriation 

2 during fiscal year 2018, and shall remain available until 

3 expended, under the Act of June 28, 1902 (chapter 1301; 

4 32 Stat. 480; 2 U.S.C. 150) and not more than $350,000 

5 shall be derived from collections during fiscal year 2018 

6 and shall remain available until expended for the develop7 ment and maintenance of an international legal informa8 tion database and activities related thereto: Provided, 

9 That the Library of Congress may not obligate or expend 

10 any funds derived from collections under the Act of June 

11 28, 1902, in excess of the amount authorized for obliga12 tion or expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided fur13 ther, That the total amount available for obligation shall 

14 be reduced by the amount by which collections are less 

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

16 amount appropriated, not more than $12,000 may be ex17 pended, on the certification of the Librarian of Congress, 

18 in connection with official representation and reception ex19 penses for the Overseas Field Offices: Provided further, 

20 That of the total amount appropriated, $8,444,000 shall 

21 remain available until expended for the digital collections 

22 and educational curricula program: Provided further, That 

23 of the total amount appropriated, $1,300,000 shall remain 

24 available until expended for upgrade of the Legislative 

25 Branch Financial Management System. 
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1 COPYRIGHT OFFICE

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For all necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, 

4 $68,825,000, of which not more than $35,218,000, to re5 main available until expended, shall be derived from collec6 tions credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 2018 

7 under section 708(d) of title 17, United States Code: Pro8 vided, That the Copyright Office may not obligate or ex9 pend any funds derived from collections under such sec10 tion, in excess of the amount authorized for obligation or 

11 expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided further, That 

12 not more than $6,087,000 shall be derived from collections 

13 during fiscal year 2018 under sections 111(d)(2), 

14 119(b)(3), 803(e), 1005, and 1316 of such title: Provided 

15 further, That the total amount available for obligation 

16 shall be reduced by the amount by which collections are 

17 less than $41,305,000: Provided further, That $2,260,000 

18 shall be derived from prior year unobligated balances: Pro19 vided further, That not more than $100,000 of the amount 

20 appropriated is available for the maintenance of an ‘‘Inter21 national Copyright Institute’’ in the Copyright Office of 

22 the Library of Congress for the purpose of training nation23 als of developing countries in intellectual property laws 

24 and policies: Provided further, That not more than $6,500 

25 may be expended, on the certification of the Librarian of 
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1 Congress, in connection with official representation and 

2 reception expenses for activities of the International Copy3 right Institute and for copyright delegations, visitors, and 

4 seminars: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any 

5 provision of chapter 8 of title 17, United States Code, any 

6 amounts made available under this heading which are at7 tributable to royalty fees and payments received by the 

8 Copyright Office pursuant to sections 111, 119, and chap9 ter 10 of such title may be used for the costs incurred 

10 in the administration of the Copyright Royalty Judges 

11 program, with the exception of the costs of salaries and 

12 benefits for the Copyright Royalty Judges and staff under 

13 section 802(e). 

14 CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 For all necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

17 of section 203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 

18 1946 (2 U.S.C. 166) and to revise and extend the Anno19 tated Constitution of the United States of America, 

20 $112,698,234: Provided, That no part of such amount 

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

22 with any publication, or preparation of material therefor 

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

24 by the Library of Congress unless such publication has 

25 obtained prior approval of either the Committee on House 
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1 Administration of the House of Representatives or the 

2 Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate; 

3 this prohibition does not apply to publication of non-con4 fidential Congressional Research Service (CRS) reports. A 

5 non-confidential CRS report includes any report con6 taining research or analysis that is currently available for 

7 general congressional access on the CRS Congressional 

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

9 Congressional Intranet in the normal course of business. 

10 It does not include reports prepared in direct response to 

11 a Congressional office request for custom analysis or re12 search. 

13 BOOKS FOR THE BLIND AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

15 For all necessary expenses to carry out the Act of 

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

17 135a), $50,248,000: Provided, That of the total amount 

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

19 provide newspapers to blind and physically handicapped 

20 residents at no cost to the individual. 

21 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

22 REIMBURSABLE AND REVOLVING FUND ACTIVITIES

23 SEC. 120. (a) IN GENERAL.—For fiscal year 2018, 

24 the obligational authority of the Library of Congress for 
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1 the activities described in subsection (b) may not exceed 

2 $190,642,000. 

3 (b) ACTIVITIES.—The activities referred to in sub4 section (a) are reimbursable and revolving fund activities 

5 that are funded from sources other than appropriations 

6 to the Library in appropriations Acts for the legislative 

7 branch. 

8 REVOLVING FUNDS UPDATE

9 SEC. 121. The Library of Congress Fiscal Operations 

10 Improvement Act of 2000 (2 U.S.C. 182a et seq.; Public 

11 Law 106–481) is amended— 

12 (a) in section 102 (2 U.S.C. 182b)— 

13 (1) in the section heading, by striking the head14 ing and inserting ‘‘Revolving fund for sales shop and 

15 other services’’; and 

16 (2) in subsection (a), by adding at the end the 

17 following: ‘‘(5) Training.’’; and 

18 (b) in section 103(f)(1) (2 U.S.C. 182c(f)(1)), by in19 serting ‘‘tribal governments (as defined in 40 U.S.C. 

20 502(c)(2)(B))’’ after ‘‘Federal Government,’’. 

21 GIFTS

22 SEC. 122. The first undesignated paragraph of sec23 tion 4 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to create a Library 

24 of Congress Trust Fund Board, and for other purposes’’, 

25 approved March 3, 1925 (2 U.S.C. 160), is amended— 
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1 (a) in the first sentence— 

2 (1) by striking ‘‘of money for immediate dis3 bursement’’; and 

4 (2) by striking the period at the end and insert5 ing ‘‘, of the following: (1) nonpersonal services; (2) 

6 voluntary and uncompensated personal services not 

7 to exceed $10,000 per person, per year in value; and 

8 (3) gifts or bequests of money for immediate dis9 bursement.’’; and 

10 (b) by adding the following sentence at the end of 

11 the first paragraph: ‘‘The Librarian shall make an annual 

12 public report regarding gifts accepted under this section.’’. 

13 APPLICATION OF CONGRESSIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY ACT

14 OF 1995 TO THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS; ELECTION

15 OF PROCEEDING

16 SEC. 123. (a) APPLICATION OF CONGRESSIONAL AC17 COUNTABILITY ACT OF 1995 TO THE LIBRARY OF CON18 GRESS.— 

19 (1) APPLICATION THROUGH DEFINITIONS.— 

20 (A) IN GENERAL.—Section 101 of the 

21 Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 

22 U.S.C. 1301) is amended— 

23 (i) in paragraph (3)— 

24 (I) in subparagraph (H), by 

25 striking ‘‘or’’ at the end; 
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1 (II) in subparagraph (I), by 

2 striking the period and inserting ‘‘; 

3 or’’; and 

4 (III) by adding at the end the 

5 following: 

6 ‘‘(J) the Library of Congress, except for 

7 section 220.’’; and 

8 (ii) in paragraph (9)— 

9 (I) in subparagraph (C), by strik10 ing ‘‘or’’ at the end; 

11 (II) in subparagraph (D), by 

12 striking the period and inserting ‘‘; 

13 or’’; and 

14 (III) by adding at the end the 

15 following: 

16 ‘‘(E) the Library of Congress, except for 

17 section 220.’’. 

18 (B) PUBLIC SERVICES AND ACCOMMODA19 TIONS.—Section 210(a) of the Congressional 

20 Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1331(a)) 

21 is amended— 

22 (i) in paragraph (9), by striking 

23 ‘‘and’’ at the end; 

24 (ii) in paragraph (10), by striking the 

25 period and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
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1 (iii) by adding at the end the fol2 lowing: 

3 ‘‘(11) the Library of Congress.’’. 

4 (C) LABOR-MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS.— 

5 Section 220(a) of the Congressional Account6 ability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1351(a)) is 

7 amended— 

8 (i) in paragraph (2), in the paragraph 

9 heading, by striking ‘‘(2) DEFINITION.—’’ 

10 and inserting ‘‘(2) APPLICATION.—’’ ; and 

11 (ii) by adding at the end the fol12 lowing: 

13 ‘‘(3) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sec14 tion, the term ‘covered employee’ does not include an 

15 employee of the Library of Congress, and the term 

16 ‘employing office’ does not include the Library of 

17 Congress.’’. 

18 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO ACT.—The 

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

20 1301 et seq.) is amended— 

21 (A) in section 204(a)(2) (2 U.S.C. 

22 1314(a)(2)), by striking ‘‘and the Library of 

23 Congress’’ each place it appears; 
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1 (B) in section 205(a)(2) (2 U.S.C. 

2 1315(a)(2)), by striking ‘‘and the Library of 

3 Congress’’ each place it appears; 

4 (C) in section 206(a)(2) (2 U.S.C. 

5 1316(a)(2))— 

6 (i) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

7 ‘‘and the Library of Congress’’; and 

8 (ii) in subparagraph (C), by striking 

9 ‘‘and the Library of Congress’’; 

10 (D) in section 215(a)(2) (2 U.S.C. 

11 1341(a)(2))— 

12 (i) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘, 

13 the Library of Congress,’’; and 

14 (ii) in subparagraph (D), by striking 

15 ‘‘and the Library of Congress’’; and 

16 (E) in section 415(a) (2 U.S.C. 1415(a))— 

17 (i) by striking the comma after ‘‘Gen18 eral Accounting Office’’ and inserting 

19 ‘‘or’’; and 

20 (ii) by striking ‘‘, or the Library of 

21 Congress’’. 

22 (b) ELECTION OF PROCEEDING.— 

23 (1) PROCEDURE.—Section 401(3) of the Con24 gressional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 

25 1401(3)) is amended— 
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1 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 

2 (A), by striking ‘‘either’’; 

3 (B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘or’’ 

4 at the end; 

5 (C) in subparagraph (B), by striking the 

6 period and inserting ‘‘, or’’; and 

7 (D) by adding at the end the following: 

8 ‘‘(C) in the case of an Library claimant (as 

9 defined in section 404(a)), a proceeding de10 scribed in section 404(b)(3) that relates to the 

11 violation at issue.’’. 

12 (2) ELECTION.—Section 404 of the Congres13 sional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1404) 

14 is amended— 

15 (A) by striking ‘‘Not’’ and inserting the 

16 following: 

17 ‘‘(b) ELECTION AFTER PROCEEDINGS INITIALLY

18 BROUGHT UNDER THIS ACT.—Not’’; and 

19 (B) by inserting after the section heading 

20 the following: 

21 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

22 ‘‘(1) DIRECT ACT.—The term ‘direct Act’ 

23 means an Act (other than this Act), or provision of 

24 the Revised Statutes, that is specified in section 

25 201, 202, 203, or 210. 
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1 ‘‘(2) DIRECT PROVISION.—The term ‘direct 

2 provision’ means a provision (including a definitional 

3 provision) of a direct Act that applies the rights or 

4 protections of a direct Act (including rights and pro5 tections relating to nonretaliation or noncoercion) to 

6 a library claimant. 

7 ‘‘(3) LIBRARY CLAIMANT.—The term ‘Library 

8 claimant’ means— 

9 ‘‘(A) with respect to a direct provision 

10 (other than a provision described in subpara11 graph (B)), an employee of the Library of Con12 gress who is covered by that direct provision, 

13 and 

14 ‘‘(B) with respect to a direct provision that 

15 applies the rights or protections of title II or 

16 III of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 

17 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12131 et seq., 12181 et seq.), 

18 an individual who is eligible to provide services 

19 for or receive services from the Library of Con20 gress and who is covered by that provision.’’; 

21 (C) in subsection (b), as added by subpara22 graph (A) of this paragraph— 

23 (i) in the matter preceding paragraph 

24 (1), by striking ‘‘may either’’ and inserting 
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1 ‘‘who initially requested counseling and 

2 mediation under this title may elect to’’; 

3 (ii) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘or’’ 

4 at the end; 

5 (iii) in paragraph (2), by striking the 

6 period and inserting ‘‘, or’’; and 

7 ‘‘(3) in the case of a Library claimant, bring 

8 the claim, complaint, or charge that is brought for 

9 a proceeding before the corresponding Federal agen10 cy, under the corresponding direct provision.’’; and 

11 (D) by adding at the end the following: 

12 ‘‘(c) ELECTION AFTER PROCEEDINGS INITIALLY

13 BROUGHT UNDER OTHER CIVIL RIGHTS OR LABOR

14 LAW.—A library claimant who initially brings a claim, 

15 complaint, or charge under a direct provision for a pro16 ceeding before a Federal agency may, prior to requesting 

17 a hearing under the agency’s procedures, elect to— 

18 ‘‘(1) bring any civil action relating to the claim, 

19 complaint, or charge, that is available to the Library 

20 claimant, 

21 ‘‘(2) file a complaint with the Office in accord22 ance with section 405, or 

23 ‘‘(3) file a civil action in accordance with sec24 tion 408 in the United States district court for the 
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1 district in which the employee is employed or for the 

2 District of Columbia.’’. 

3 (c) PROSPECTIVE APPLICABILITY.—This section and 

4 the amendments made by this section— 

5 (1) shall take effect on the date of enactment 

6 of this section; and 

7 (2) shall apply to any charge, complaint, or 

8 claim, that is made on or after the date of enact9 ment of this section, of a violation of— 

10 (A) section 201, 202, 203, 207, or 210 of 

11 the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 

12 U.S.C. 1311 et seq.); or 

13 (B) a direct provision as defined in section 

14 404(a) of the Congressional Accountability Act 

15 of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1404) (as added by sub16 section (b)). 

17 EQUAL ACCESS TO CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE

18 REPORTS

19 SEC. 124. (a) DEFINITIONS.— 

20 (1) CRS PRODUCT.—In this section, the term 

21 ‘‘CRS product’’ means any final work product of 

22 CRS in any format. 

23 (2) CRS REPORT.— 

24 (A) IN GENERAL.—In this section, the 

25 term ‘‘CRS Report’’ means any written CRS 
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1 product, including an update to a previous writ2 ten CRS product, consisting of— 

3 (i) a Congressional Research Service 

4 Report; 

5 (ii) a Congressional Research Service 

6 Authorization of Appropriations Product 

7 and Appropriations Product; or 

8 (iii) subject to subparagraph (B)(iii), 

9 any other written CRS product containing 

10 CRS research or CRS analysis which is 

11 available for general congressional access 

12 on the CRS Congressional Intranet. 

13 (B) EXCLUSIONS.—The term ‘‘CRS Re14 port’’ does not include— 

15 (i) any CRS product that is deter16 mined by the CRS Director to be a custom 

17 product or service because it was prepared 

18 in direct response to a request for custom 

19 analysis or research and is not available 

20 for general congressional access on the 

21 CRS Congressional Intranet; 

22 (ii) any Congressional Research Serv23 ice Report or any Congressional Research 

24 Service Authorization of Appropriations 

25 Product and Appropriations Product re-
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1 ported or produced before the effective 

2 date of this Act which, as of such effective 

3 date, is not available for general congres4 sional access on the CRS Congressional 

5 Intranet; or 

6 (iii) a written CRS product that has 

7 been made available by CRS for publica8 tion on a public website maintained by the 

9 GPO Director (other than the Website) or 

10 the Library of Congress. 

11 (3) OTHER DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 

12 (A) the term ‘‘CRS’’ means the Congres13 sional Research Service; 

14 (B) the term ‘‘CRS Congressional 

15 Intranet’’ means any of the websites maintained 

16 by CRS for the purpose of providing to Mem17 bers and employees of Congress access to infor18 mation from CRS; 

19 (C) the term ‘‘CRS Director’’ means the 

20 Director of CRS; 

21 (D) the term ‘‘GPO Director’’ means the 

22 Director of the Government Publishing Office; 

23 (E) the term ‘‘Member of Congress’’ in24 cludes a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to 

25 Congress; and 
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1 (F) the term ‘‘Website’’ means the website 

2 established and maintained under subsection 

3 (b). 

4 (b) AVAILABILITY OF CRS REPORTS THROUGH GPO 

5 WEBSITE.— 

6 (1) WEBSITE.— 

7 (A) ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTE8 NANCE.—The GPO Director, in consultation 

9 with the CRS Director, shall establish and 

10 maintain a public website containing CRS Re11 ports and an index of all CRS Reports con12 tained on the website, in accordance with this 

13 subsection. 

14 (B) FORMAT.—On the Website, CRS Re15 ports shall be searchable, sortable, and 

16 downloadable, including downloadable in bulk. 

17 (C) FREE ACCESS.—Notwithstanding sec18 tion 4102 of title 44, United States Code, the 

19 GPO Director may not charge a fee for access 

20 to the Website. 

21 (2) UPDATES; DISCLAIMER.—The GPO Direc22 tor, in consultation with the CRS Director, shall en23 sure that the Website— 

24 (A) is updated contemporaneously, auto25 matically, and electronically to include each new 
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1 or updated CRS Report released on or after the 

2 effective date of this section; 

3 (B) shows the status of each CRS Report 

4 as new, updated, or withdrawn; and 

5 (C) displays the following statement in ref6 erence to the CRS Reports included on the 

7 Website: ‘‘These documents were prepared by 

8 the Congressional Research Service (CRS). 

9 CRS serves as nonpartisan shared staff to con10 gressional committees and Members of Con11 gress. It operates solely at the behest of and 

12 under the direction of Congress. Information in 

13 a CRS Report should not be relied upon for 

14 purposes other than public understanding of in15 formation that has been provided by CRS to 

16 Members of Congress in connection with CRS’s 

17 institutional role. CRS Reports, as a work of 

18 the United States Government, are not subject 

19 to copyright protection in the United States. 

20 Any CRS Report may be reproduced and dis21 tributed in its entirety without permission from 

22 CRS. However, as a CRS Report may include 

23 copyrighted images or material from a third 

24 party, you may need to obtain the permission of 
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1 the copyright holder if you wish to copy or oth2 erwise use copyrighted material.’’. 

3 (3) FURNISHING OF NECESSARY INFORMATION

4 AND TECHNOLOGY.—The CRS Director shall consult 

5 with and provide assistance to the GPO Director to 

6 ensure— 

7 (A) that the GPO Director is provided 

8 with all of the information necessary to carry 

9 out this section, including all of the information 

10 described in clauses (i) through (v) of sub11 section (c)(1)(A), in such format and manner 

12 as the GPO Director considers appropriate; and 

13 (B) that CRS makes available and imple14 ments such technology as may be necessary to 

15 facilitate the contemporaneous, automatic, and 

16 electronic provision of CRS Reports to the GPO 

17 Director as required under this section. 

18 (4) NONEXCLUSIVITY.—The GPO Director may 

19 publish other information on the Website. 

20 (5) ADDITIONAL TECHNIQUES.—The GPO Di21 rector and the CRS Director may use additional 

22 techniques to make CRS Reports available to the 

23 public, if such techniques are consistent with this 

24 section and any other applicable laws. 
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1 (6) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.—The CRS Di2 rector is encouraged to make additional CRS prod3 ucts that are not custom products or services avail4 able to the GPO Director for publication on the 

5 Website, and the GPO Director is encouraged to 

6 publish such CRS products on the Website. 

7 (7) EXPANSION OF CONTENTS OF ANNUAL RE8 PORT TO CONGRESS TO INCLUDE INFORMATION ON

9 EFFORTS TO MAKE ADDITIONAL PRODUCTS AVAIL10 ABLE ON WEBSITE.—Section 203(i) of the Legisla11 tive Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 166(i)) is 

12 amended by striking the period at the end and in13 serting the following: ‘‘, and shall include in the re14 port a description of the efforts made by the Direc15 tor to make additional Congressional Research Serv16 ice products that are not custom products or services 

17 available to the Director of the Government Pub18 lishing Office for publication on the website estab19 lished and maintained under section 124 of the Leg20 islative Branch Appropriations Act, 2018.’’. 

21 (c) WEBSITE CONTENTS.— 

22 (1) SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS FOR REPORTS

23 POSTED ON WEBSITE.— 

24 (A) RESPONSIBILITIES OF GPO DIREC25 TOR.—With respect to each CRS Report in-
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1 cluded on the Website, the GPO Director shall 

2 include— 

3 (i) the name and identification num4 ber of the CRS Report; 

5 (ii) an indication as to whether the 

6 CRS Report is new, updated, or with7 drawn; 

8 (iii) the date of release of the CRS 

9 Report; 

10 (iv) the division or divisions of CRS 

11 that were responsible for the production of 

12 the CRS Report; and 

13 (v) any other information the GPO 

14 Director, in consultation with the CRS Di15 rector, considers appropriate. 

16 (B) RESPONSIBILITIES OF CRS DIREC17 TOR.—With respect to each CRS Report in18 cluded on the Website, the CRS Director shall, 

19 prior to transmitting the Report to the GPO 

20 Director— 

21 (i) at the discretion of the CRS Direc22 tor, remove the name of and any contact 

23 information for any employee of CRS; and 

24 (ii) include in the CRS Report the fol25 lowing written statement: ‘‘This document 
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1 was prepared by the Congressional Re2 search Service (CRS). CRS serves as non3 partisan shared staff to congressional com4 mittees and Members of Congress. It oper5 ates solely at the behest of and under the 

6 direction of Congress. Information in a 

7 CRS Report should not be relied upon for 

8 purposes other than public understanding 

9 of information that has been provided by 

10 CRS to Members of Congress in connec11 tion with CRS’s institutional role. CRS Re12 ports, as a work of the United States Gov13 ernment, are not subject to copyright pro14 tection in the United States. Any CRS Re15 port may be reproduced and distributed in 

16 its entirety without permission from CRS. 

17 However, as this CRS Report may include 

18 copyrighted images or material from a 

19 third party, you may need to obtain the 

20 permission of the copyright holder if you 

21 wish to copy or otherwise use copyrighted 

22 material.’’. 

23 (2) SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS FOR INDEX ON

24 WEBSITE.—The GPO Director shall ensure that the 
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1 index of all CRS Reports published on the Website 

2 is— 

3 (A) comprehensive; 

4 (B) contemporaneously updated; 

5 (C) searchable; 

6 (D) sortable; 

7 (E) maintained in a human-readable for8 mat; 

9 (F) maintained in a structured data for10 mat; 

11 (G) downloadable; and 

12 (H) inclusive of each item of information 

13 described in paragraph (1)(A) with respect to 

14 each CRS Report. 

15 (d) CONFORMING AMENDMENT TO DUTIES OF

16 CRS.—Section 203(d) of the Legislative Reorganization 

17 Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 166(d)) is amended— 

18 (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph 

19 (7); 

20 (2) by striking the period at the end of para21 graph (8) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

22 (3) by adding at the end the following new 

23 paragraph: 

24 ‘‘(9) to comply with the requirements of, and 

25 provide information and technological assistance 
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1 consistent with, section 124 of the Legislative 

2 Branch Appropriations Act, 2018.’’. 

3 (e) RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.— 

4 (1) NO EFFECT ON SPEECH OR DEBATE

5 CLAUSE.—Nothing in this section may be construed 

6 to diminish, qualify, condition, waive, or otherwise 

7 affect the applicability of clause 1 of section 6 of ar8 ticle I of the Constitution of the United States (com9 monly known as the ‘‘Speech or Debate Clause’’) or 

10 any other privilege available to Congress or Mem11 bers, offices, or employees of Congress with respect 

12 to any CRS Report made available online under this 

13 section. 

14 (2) CONFIDENTIAL COMMUNICATIONS.—Noth15 ing in this section may be construed to waive the re16 quirement that any confidential communication by 

17 CRS to a Member, office, or committee of Congress 

18 shall remain under the custody and control of Con19 gress and may be released only by Congress and its 

20 Houses, Members, offices, and committees, in ac21 cordance with the rules and privileges of each House 

22 and the requirements of this section. 

23 (3) DISSEMINATION OF CRS PRODUCTS.—Noth24 ing in this section may be construed to limit or oth25 erwise affect the ability of a Member, office, or com-
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1 mittee of Congress to disseminate CRS products on 

2 a website of the Member, office, or committee or to 

3 otherwise provide CRS products to the public, in4 cluding as part of constituent service activities. 

5 (f) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para7 graph (2), this section and the amendments made by 

8 this section shall take effect 90 days after the date 

9 on which the GPO Director submits the certification 

10 described in paragraph (2)(B). 

11 (2) PROVISION OF INFORMATION AND TECH12 NOLOGY.— 

13 (A) CRS DEADLINE.—Not later than 90 

14 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 

15 the CRS Director shall provide the GPO Direc16 tor with the information and technology nec17 essary for the GPO Director to begin the initial 

18 operation of the Website. 

19 (B) CERTIFICATION.—Upon provision of 

20 the information and technology described in 

21 subparagraph (A), the GPO Director shall sub22 mit to Congress a certification that the CRS 

23 Director has provided the information and tech24 nology necessary for the GPO Director to begin 

25 the initial operation of the Website. 
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1 GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE 

2 CONGRESSIONAL PUBLISHING

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

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

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

10 to the recipient, $79,528,000: Provided, That this appro11 priation shall not be available for paper copies of the per12 manent edition of the Congressional Record for individual 

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

15 Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available 

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

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

20 none of the funds appropriated or made available under 

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

22 related services provided to Congress under chapter 7 of 

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

24 a document, report, or publication after the 27-month pe25 riod beginning on the date that such document, report, 
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1 or publication is authorized by Congress to be printed, un2 less Congress reauthorizes such printing in accordance 

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

4 further, That any unobligated or unexpended balances in 

5 this account or accounts for similar purposes for preceding 

6 fiscal years may be transferred to the Government Pub7 lishing Office Business Operations Revolving Fund for 

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

9 approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the 

10 House of Representatives and Senate: Provided further, 

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

12 44, United States Code, this appropriation may be used 

13 to prepare indexes to the Congressional Record on only 

14 a monthly and session basis. 

15 PUBLIC INFORMATION PROGRAMS OF THE

16 SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

19 For expenses of the public information programs of 

20 the Office of Superintendent of Documents necessary to 

21 provide for the cataloging and indexing of Government 

22 publications and their distribution to the public, Members 

23 of Congress, other Government agencies, and designated 

24 depository and international exchange libraries as author25 ized by law, $29,000,000: Provided, That amounts of not 
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1 more than $2,000,000 from current year appropriations 

2 are authorized for producing and disseminating Congres3 sional serial sets and other related publications for fiscal 

4 years 2016 and 2017 to depository and other designated 

5 libraries: Provided further, That any unobligated or unex6 pended balances in this account or accounts for similar 

7 purposes for preceding fiscal years may be transferred to 

8 the Government Publishing Office Business Operations 

9 Revolving Fund for carrying out the purposes of this head10 ing, subject to the approval of the Committees on Appro11 priations of the House of Representatives and Senate. 

12 GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE BUSINESS

13 OPERATIONS REVOLVING FUND

14 For payment to the Government Publishing Office 

15 Business Operations Revolving Fund, $8,540,000, to re16 main available until expended, for information technology 

17 development and facilities repair: Provided, That the Gov18 ernment Publishing Office is hereby authorized to make 

19 such expenditures, within the limits of funds available and 

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

21 commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as 

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

23 as may be necessary in carrying out the programs and 

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

25 for the Government Publishing Office Business Operations 
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1 Revolving Fund: Provided further, That not more than 

2 $7,500 may be expended on the certification of the Direc3 tor of the Government Publishing Office in connection 

4 with official representation and reception expenses: Pro5 vided further, That the Business Operations Revolving 

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

7 more than 12 passenger motor vehicles: Provided further, 

8 That expenditures in connection with travel expenses of 

9 the advisory councils to the Director of the Government 

10 Publishing Office shall be deemed necessary to carry out 

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

12 further, That the Business Operations Revolving Fund 

13 shall be available for temporary or intermittent services 

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

15 at rates for individuals not more than the daily equivalent 

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

17 Schedule under section 5316 of such title: Provided fur18 ther, That activities financed through the Business Oper19 ations Revolving Fund may provide information in any 

20 format: Provided further, That the Business Operations 

21 Revolving Fund and the funds provided under the heading 

22 ‘‘Public Information Programs of the Superintendent of 

23 Documents’’ may not be used for contracted security serv24 ices at Government Publishing Office’s passport facility in 

25 the District of Columbia. 
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1 GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Government Account4 ability Office, including not more than $12,500 to be ex5 pended on the certification of the Comptroller General of 

6 the United States in connection with official representa7 tion and reception expenses; temporary or intermittent 

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

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

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

11 the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of such title; 

12 hire of one passenger motor vehicle; advance payments in 

13 foreign countries in accordance with section 3324 of title 

14 31, United States Code; benefits comparable to those pay15 able under sections 901(5), (6), and (8) of the Foreign 

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

17 and under regulations prescribed by the Comptroller Gen18 eral of the United States, rental of living quarters in for19 eign countries, $562,771,695: Provided, That of this 

20 amount $1,900,000 is provided for information technology 

21 investments to remain available until September 30, 2019: 

22 Provided further, That, in addition, $23,800,000 of pay23 ments received under sections 782, 791, 3521, and 9105 

24 of title 31, United States Code, shall be available without 

25 fiscal year limitation: Provided further, That this appro-
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1 priation and appropriations for administrative expenses of 

2 any other department or agency which is a member of the 

3 National Intergovernmental Audit Forum or a Regional 

4 Intergovernmental Audit Forum shall be available to fi5 nance an appropriate share of either Forum’s costs as de6 termined by the respective Forum, including necessary 

7 travel expenses of non-Federal participants: Provided fur8 ther, That payments hereunder to the Forum may be cred9 ited as reimbursements to any appropriation from which 

10 costs involved are initially financed. 

11 OPEN WORLD LEADERSHIP CENTER TRUST 

12 FUND 

13 For a payment to the Open World Leadership Center 

14 Trust Fund for financing activities of the Open World 

15 Leadership Center under section 313 of the Legislative 

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

17 $5,600,000: Provided, That funds made available to sup18 port Russian participants shall only be used for those en19 gaging in free market development, humanitarian activi20 ties, and civic engagement, and shall not be used for offi21 cials of the central government of Russia. 

22 JOHN C. STENNIS CENTER FOR PUBLIC 

23 SERVICE TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT 

24 For payment to the John C. Stennis Center for Pub25 lic Service Development Trust Fund established under 
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1 section 116 of the John C. Stennis Center for Public Serv2 ice Training and Development Act (2 U.S.C. 1105), 

3 $430,000. 

4 TITLE II 

5 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

6 MAINTENANCE AND CARE OF PRIVATE VEHICLES

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

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

9 vehicles, except for emergency assistance and cleaning as 

10 may be provided under regulations relating to parking fa11 cilities for the House of Representatives issued by the 

12 Committee on House Administration and for the Senate 

13 issued by the Committee on Rules and Administration. 

14 FISCAL YEAR LIMITATION

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

16 Act shall remain available for obligation beyond fiscal year 

17 2018 unless expressly so provided in this Act. 

18 RATES OF COMPENSATION AND DESIGNATION

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

20 not specifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of 

21 1929 (46 Stat. 32 et seq.) is appropriated for or the rate 

22 of compensation or designation of any office or position 

23 appropriated for is different from that specifically estab24 lished by such Act, the rate of compensation and the des25 ignation in this Act shall be the permanent law with re-
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1 spect thereto: Provided, That the provisions in this Act 

2 for the various items of official expenses of Members, offi3 cers, and committees of the Senate and House of Rep4 resentatives, and clerk hire for Senators and Members of 

5 the House of Representatives shall be the permanent law 

6 with respect thereto. 

7 CONSULTING SERVICES

8 SEC. 204. The expenditure of any appropriation 

9 under this Act for any consulting service through procure10 ment contract, under section 3109 of title 5, United States 

11 Code, shall be limited to those contracts where such ex12 penditures are a matter of public record and available for 

13 public inspection, except where otherwise provided under 

14 existing law, or under existing Executive order issued 

15 under existing law. 

16 COSTS OF LBFMC

17 SEC. 205. Amounts available for administrative ex18 penses of any legislative branch entity which participates 

19 in the Legislative Branch Financial Managers Council 

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

21 be available to finance an appropriate share of LBFMC 

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

23 LBFMC costs to be shared among all participating legisla24 tive branch entities (in such allocations among the entities 

25 as the entities may determine) may not exceed $2,000. 
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1 LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS

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

3 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in4 strumentality of the United States Government, except 

5 pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro6 vided in, this Act or any other appropriation Act. 

7 GUIDED TOURS OF THE CAPITOL

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

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

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

11 guided tours of the United States Capitol which are led 

12 by employees and interns of offices of Members of Con13 gress and other offices of the House of Representatives 

14 and Senate. 

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

16 at the direction of the Architect of the Capitol with the 

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

18 United States Capitol which are led by employees and in19 terns described in subsection (a) may be suspended tempo20 rarily or otherwise subject to restriction for security or re21 lated reasons to the same extent as guided tours of the 

22 United States Capitol which are led by the Architect of 

23 the Capitol. 

24 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative 

25 Branch Appropriations Act, 2018’’. 

Calendar No. 184 

115TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1648 

[Report No. 115–137] 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch 

and for other purposes. for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2018, 

JULY 27, 2017 

Read twice and placed on the calendar