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Calendar No. 478 

109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H.R. 5521 

[Report No. 109–267] 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 7, 2006 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations 

JUNE 22, 2006 

Reported by Mr. ALLARD, with an amendment 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

AN ACT 

Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the 

fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, 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, 2007, and for other purposes, namely: 
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1 TITLE I—LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 

2 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 For salaries and expenses of the House of Represent5 atives, $1,137,806,000, as follows: 

6 HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES

7 For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, 

8 $21,092,000, including: Office of the Speaker, 

9 $2,930,000, including $25,000 for official expenses of the 

10 Speaker; Office of the Majority Floor Leader, $2,213,000, 

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

12 Leader; Office of the Minority Floor Leader, $3,072,000, 

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

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

15 Deputy Majority Whip, $1,921,000, including $5,000 for 

16 official expenses of the Majority Whip; Office of the Mi17 nority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Minority Whip, 

18 $1,458,000, including $5,000 for official expenses of the 

19 Minority Whip; Speaker’s Office for Legislative Floor Ac20 tivities, $491,000; Republican Steering Committee, 

21 $924,000; Republican Conference, $1,699,000; Repub22 lican Policy Committee, $407,000; Democratic Steering 

23 and Policy Committee, $2,194,000; Democratic Caucus, 

24 $836,000; nine minority employees, $1,473,000; training 

25 and program development—majority, $290,000; training 

26 and program development—minority, $290,000; Cloak-
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1 room Personnel—majority, $447,000; and Cloakroom 

2 Personnel—minority, $447,000. 

3 MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES

4 INCLUDING MEMBERS’ CLERK HIRE, OFFICIAL

5 EXPENSES OF MEMBERS, AND OFFICIAL MAIL

6 For Members’ representational allowances, including 

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

8 $557,796,000. 

9 COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES

10 STANDING COMMITTEES, SPECIAL AND SELECT

11 For salaries and expenses of standing committees, 

12 special and select, authorized by House resolutions, 

13 $124,851,000: Provided, That such amount shall remain 

14 available for such salaries and expenses until December 

15 31, 2008. 

16 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

17 For salaries and expenses of the Committee on Ap18 propriations, $26,497,000, including studies and examina19 tions of executive agencies and temporary personal serv20 ices for such committee, to be expended in accordance with 

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

22 1946 and to be available for reimbursement to agencies 

23 for services performed: Provided, That such amount shall 

24 remain available for such salaries and expenses until De25 cember 31, 2008. 
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1 SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

2 For compensation and expenses of officers and em3 ployees, as authorized by law, $159,581,000, including: 

4 for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Clerk, includ5 ing not more than $13,000, of which not more than 

6 $10,000 is for the Family Room, for official representa7 tion and reception expenses, $21,505,000; for salaries and 

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

9 the position of Superintendent of Garages, and including 

10 not more than $3,000 for official representation and re11 ception expenses, $6,240,000; for salaries and expenses of 

12 the Office of the Chief Administrative Officer, 

13 $109,301,000, of which $4,996,000 shall remain available 

14 until expended; for salaries and expenses of the Office of 

15 the Inspector General, $4,204,000; for salaries and ex16 penses of the Office of Emergency Planning, Preparedness 

17 and Operations, $3,997,000, to remain available until ex18 pended; for salaries and expenses of the Office of General 

19 Counsel, $959,000; for the Office of the Chaplain, 

20 $164,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the 

21 Parliamentarian, including the Parliamentarian, $2,000 

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

23 $1,000 for official representation and reception expenses, 

24 $1,762,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the 

25 Law Revision Counsel of the House, $2,521,000; for sala-
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1 ries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel 

2 of the House, $7,406,000; for salaries and expenses of the 

3 Office of Interparliamentary Affairs, $737,000; for other 

4 authorized employees, $285,000; and for salaries and ex5 penses of the Office of the Historian, $500,000. 

6 ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES

7 For allowances and expenses as authorized by House 

8 resolution or law, $247,989,000, including: supplies, mate9 rials, administrative costs and Federal tort claims, 

10 $4,554,000; official mail for committees, leadership of11 fices, and administrative offices of the House, $410,000; 

12 Government contributions for health, retirement, Social 

13 Security, and other applicable employee benefits, 

14 $217,253,000; supplies, materials, and other costs relating 

15 to the House portion of expenses for the Capitol Visitor 

16 Center, $3,410,000, to remain available until expended; 

17 Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery, $21,659,000, 

18 of which $5,300,000 shall remain available until expended; 

19 and miscellaneous items including purchase, exchange, 

20 maintenance, repair and operation of House motor vehi21 cles, interparliamentary receptions, and gratuities to heirs 

22 of deceased employees of the House, $703,000. 

23 CHILD CARE CENTER

24 For salaries and expenses of the House of Represent25 atives Child Care Center, such amounts as are deposited 
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1 in the account established by section 312(d)(1) of the Leg2 islative Branch Appropriations Act, 1992 (2 U.S.C. 2112), 

3 subject to the level specified in the budget of the Center, 

4 as submitted to the Committee on Appropriations of the 

5 House of Representatives. 

6 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

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

8 MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES TO BE

9 USED FOR DEFICIT REDUCTION OR TO REDUCE THE

10 FEDERAL DEBT.—Notwithstanding any other provision of 

11 law, any amounts appropriated under this Act for 

12 ‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—SALARIES AND

13 EXPENSES—MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOW14 ANCES’’ shall be available only for fiscal year 2007. Any 

15 amount remaining after all payments are made under such 

16 allowances for fiscal year 2007 shall be deposited in the 

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

18 Federal budget deficit after all such payments have been 

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

20 the Secretary of the Treasury considers appropriate). 

21 (b) REGULATIONS.—The Committee on House Ad22 ministration of the House of Representatives shall have 

23 authority to prescribe regulations to carry out this section. 

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

25 ‘‘Member of the House of Representatives’’ means a Rep-
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1 resentative in, or a Delegate or Resident Commissioner 

2 to, the Congress. 

3 SEC. 102. LUMP-SUM ALLOWANCE.—(a) The aggre4 gate amount otherwise authorized to be appropriated for 

5 a fiscal year for the lump-sum allowance for each of the 

6 following offices shall be increased as follows: 

7 (1) The allowance for the Office of the Speaker 

8 is increased by $75,000. 

9 (2) The allowance for the Office of the Majority 

10 Floor Leader is increased by $75,000. 

11 (3) The allowance for the Office of the Minority 

12 Floor Leader is increased by $75,000. 

13 (4) The allowance for the Office of the Majority 

14 Whip is increased by $75,000. 

15 (5) The allowance for the Office of the Minority 

16 Whip is increased by $75,000. 

17 (6) The allowance for the Democratic Steering 

18 and Policy Committee is increased by $200,000. 

19 (7) The allowance for the Republican Con20 ference is increased by $110,000. 

21 (8) The allowance for the Republican Policy 

22 Committee is increased by $90,000. 

23 (b) This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 

24 2007 and each succeeding fiscal year. 
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1 SEC. 103. ACTING CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFI2 CER.—(a) In case of the death, resignation, separation 

3 from office, or disability of the Chief Administrative Offi4 cer of the House of Representatives, the duties of the 

5 Chief Administrative Officer may be carried out by a sub6 ordinate employee of the Office of the Chief Administra7 tive Officer (as designated by the Chief Administrative Of8 ficer) until a Chief Administrative Officer is appointed or 

9 an individual is appointed to act as the Chief Administra10 tive Officer by the Speaker of the House of Representa11 tives under section 208(a) of the Legislative Reorganiza12 tion Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 75a–1(a)). 

13 (b)(1) Section 7 of the Legislative Branch Appropria14 tions Act, 1943 (2 U.S.C. 75a), is repealed. 

15 (2) Section 208(b) of the Legislative Reorganization 

16 Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 75a–1(a)) is amended by striking 

17 ‘‘involved;’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘involved.’’. 

18 SEC. 104. CONTRACT FOR EXERCISE FACILITY.—(a) 

19 Section 103(a) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations 

20 Act, 2005 (Public Law 108–447; 118 Stat. 3175), is 

21 amended by striking ‘‘private entity’’ and inserting ‘‘public 

22 or private entity’’. 

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

24 effect as if included in the enactment of the Legislative 

25 Branch Appropriations Act, 2005. 
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1 SEC. 105. DISCOUNTED MEMBERSHIP.—(a) If the 

2 Architect of the Capitol and the Chief Administrative Offi3 cer of the House of Representatives agree to permit em4 ployees of the Office of the Architect of the Capitol to re5 ceive discounted memberships in a private exercise facility 

6 which has entered into a contract with the House to pro7 vide employees of the House with discounted memberships 

8 in the facility, the Architect may use amounts made avail9 able in a fiscal year for ‘‘General Administration’’ to make 

10 payments under the contract. 

11 (b) This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 

12 2007 and each succeeding fiscal year. 

13 SEC. 106. MEMBERSHIP IN EXERCISE FACILITY.— 

14 In addition to individuals whose pay is disbursed by the 

15 Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representa16 tives, membership in the exercise facility established for 

17 employees of the House (as described in section 103(a) 

18 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2005) shall 

19 be available to such other categories of individuals as may 

20 be approved by the Committee on House Administration. 

21 SEC. 107. MEDIA SUPPORT SERVICES.—(a) The re22 sponsibilities of positions under the House Press Gallery, 

23 the House Periodical Press Gallery, and the House Radio 

24 and Television Correspondents’ Gallery shall include pro25 viding media support services with respect to the presi-
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1 dential nominating conventions of the national committees 

2 of political parties. 

3 (b) The Standing Committee of Correspondents may 

4 enter into agreements with national committees of political 

5 parties under which the committees and persons author6 ized by the committees may reimburse employees for nec7 essary expenses incurred in carrying out the responsibil8 ities described in subsection (a) and employees may accept 

9 such reimbursement. 

10 (c) The terms and conditions under which employees 

11 exercise responsibilities under subsection (a), and the 

12 terms and conditions of any agreement entered into under 

13 subsection (b), shall be subject to the approval of the Chief 

14 Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives. 

15 (d) In this section, the terms ‘‘national committee’’ 

16 and ‘‘political party’’ have the meaning given such terms 

17 in section 301 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 

18 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431). 

19 JOINT ITEMS 

20 For Joint Committees, as follows: 

21 JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE

22 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic 

23 Committee, $4,370,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary 

24 of the Senate. 
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1 JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION

2 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on 

3 Taxation, $9,082,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Ad4 ministrative Officer of the House of Representatives. 

5 For other joint items, as follows: 

6 OFFICE OF THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN

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

9 Physician and his assistants, including: (1) an allowance 

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

11 allowance of $725 per month each to four medical officers 

12 while on duty in the Office of the Attending Physician; 

13 (3) an allowance of $725 per month to two assistants and 

14 $580 per month each not to exceed 11 assistants on the 

15 basis heretofore provided for such assistants; and (4) 

16 $1,920,000 for reimbursement to the Department of the 

17 Navy for expenses incurred for staff and equipment as18 signed to the Office of the Attending Physician, which 

19 shall be advanced and credited to the applicable appropria20 tion or appropriations from which such salaries, allow21 ances, and other expenses are payable and shall be avail22 able for all the purposes thereof, $2,652,000, to be dis23 bursed by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House 

24 of Representatives. 
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1 CAPITOL GUIDE SERVICE AND SPECIAL SERVICES

2 OFFICE

3 For salaries and expenses of the Capitol Guide Serv4 ice and Special Services Office, $8,490,000, to be dis5 bursed by the Secretary of the Senate. 

6 STATEMENTS OF APPROPRIATIONS

7 For the preparation, under the direction of the Com8 mittees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 

9 of Representatives, of the statements for the second ses10 sion of the 109th Congress, showing appropriations made, 

11 indefinite appropriations, and contracts authorized, to12 gether with a chronological history of the regular appro13 priations bills as required by law, $30,000, to be paid to 

14 the persons designated by the chairmen of such commit15 tees to supervise the work. 

16 CAPITOL POLICE 

17 SALARIES

18 For salaries of employees of the Capitol Police, in19 cluding overtime, hazardous duty pay differential, and 

20 Government contributions for health, retirement, social se21 curity, professional liability insurance, and other applica22 ble employee benefits, $220,600,000, to be disbursed by 

23 the Chief of the Capitol Police or his designee. 
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1 GENERAL EXPENSES

2 For necessary expenses of the Capitol Police, includ3 ing motor vehicles, communications and other equipment, 

4 security equipment and installation, uniforms, weapons, 

5 supplies, materials, training, medical services, forensic 

6 services, stenographic services, personal and professional 

7 services, the employee assistance program, the awards pro8 gram, postage, communication services, travel, travel ad9 vances, relocation of instructor and liaison personnel for 

10 the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, and not 

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

12 the Chief of the Capitol Police in connection with official 

13 representation and reception expenses, $38,500,000, to be 

14 disbursed by the Chief of the Capitol Police or his des15 ignee: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provision 

16 of law, the cost of basic training for the Capitol Police 

17 at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center for fis18 cal year 2007 shall be paid by the Secretary of Homeland 

19 Security from funds available to the Department of Home20 land Security. 

21 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

23 SEC. 1001. TRANSFER AUTHORITY.—Amounts ap24 propriated for fiscal year 2007 for the Capitol Police may 

25 be transferred between the headings ‘‘SALARIES’’ and 
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1 ‘‘GENERAL EXPENSES’’ upon the approval of the Commit2 tees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 

3 Representatives. 

4 SEC. 1002. STUDENT LOAN REIMBURSEMENT.—Sec5 tion 908(c) of the Emergency Supplemental Act, 2002 (2 

6 U.S.C. 1926(c)) is amended by striking ‘‘$40,000’’ and 

7 inserting ‘‘$60,000’’. 

8 SEC. 1003. ADVANCE PAYMENTS.—During fiscal 

9 year 2007 and each succeeding fiscal year, the Chief of 

10 the United States Capitol Police may make payments in 

11 advance for obligations of the Capitol Police for subscrip12 tion services if the Chief determines it to be more prompt, 

13 efficient, or economical to do so. 

14 OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE 

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Compli17 ance, as authorized by section 305 of the Congressional 

18 Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1385), $3,149,000, 

19 of which $780,000 shall remain available until September 

20 30, 2008: Provided, That the Executive Director of the 

21 Office of Compliance may, within the limits of available 

22 appropriations, dispose of surplus or obsolete personal 

23 property by interagency transfer, donation, or discarding: 

24 Provided further, That not more than $500 may be ex25 pended on the certification of the Executive Director of 
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1 the Office of Compliance in connection with official rep2 resentation and reception expenses. 

3 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

4 SEC. 1101. LUMP-SUM PAYMENTS.—(a) The Execu5 tive Director of the Office of Compliance shall have the 

6 authority to make lump-sum payments to reward excep7 tional performance by an employee or a group of employ8 ees. 

9 (b) Subsection (a) shall apply with respect to fiscal 

10 years beginning after September 30, 2006. 

11 CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE 

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For salaries and expenses necessary for operation of 

14 the Congressional Budget Office, including not more than 

15 $3,000 to be expended on the certification of the Director 

16 of the Congressional Budget Office in connection with offi17 cial representation and reception expenses, $36,329,000. 

18 ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL 

19 GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

20 For salaries for the Architect of the Capitol, and 

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

22 for surveys and studies in connection with activities under 

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

24 expenses for the general and administrative support of the 

25 operations under the Architect of the Capitol including the 
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1 Botanic Garden; electrical substations of the Capitol, Sen2 ate and House office buildings, and other facilities under 

3 the jurisdiction of the Architect of the Capitol; including 

4 furnishings and office equipment; including not more than 

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

6 to be expended as the Architect of the Capitol may ap7 prove; for purchase or exchange, maintenance, and oper8 ation of a passenger motor vehicle, $89,413,000, of which 

9 $5,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

10 2011. 

11 CAPITOL BUILDING

12 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

13 and operation of the Capitol, $22,396,000, of which 

14 $5,965,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

15 2011. 

16 CAPITOL GROUNDS

17 For all necessary expenses for care and improvement 

18 of grounds surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House 

19 office buildings, and the Capitol Power Plant, $7,806,000. 

20 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS

21 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

22 and operation of the House office buildings, $61,383,000, 

23 of which $19,805,000 shall remain available until Sep24 tember 30, 2011. 
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1 CAPITOL POWER PLANT

2 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

3 and operation of the Capitol Power Plant; lighting, heat4 ing, power (including the purchase of electrical energy) 

5 and water and sewer services for the Capitol, the Capitol 

6 Visitor Center, Senate and House office buildings, Library 

7 of Congress buildings, and the grounds about the same, 

8 Botanic Garden, Senate garage, and air conditioning re9 frigeration not supplied from plants in any of such build10 ings; heating the Government Printing Office and Wash11 ington City Post Office, and heating and chilled water for 

12 air conditioning for the Supreme Court Building, the 

13 Union Station complex, the Thurgood Marshall Federal 

14 Judiciary Building and the Folger Shakespeare Library, 

15 expenses for which shall be advanced or reimbursed upon 

16 request of the Architect of the Capitol and amounts so 

17 received shall be deposited into the Treasury to the credit 

18 of this appropriation, $79,327,000, of which $1,434,000 

19 shall remain available until September 30, 2011: Provided, 

20 That not more than $8,000,000 of the funds credited or 

21 to be reimbursed to this appropriation as herein provided 

22 shall be available for obligation during fiscal year 2007. 

23 LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

24 For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and 

25 structural maintenance, care and operation of the Library 
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1 buildings and grounds, $36,401,000, of which 

2 $12,971,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

3 2011. 

4 CAPITOL POLICE BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

5 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

6 and operation of buildings and grounds of the United 

7 States Capitol Police, $11,621,000, of which $2,000,000 

8 shall remain available until September 30, 2011. 

9 BOTANIC GARDEN

10 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

11 and operation of the Botanic Garden and the nurseries, 

12 buildings, grounds, and collections; and purchase and ex13 change, maintenance, repair, and operation of a passenger 

14 motor vehicle; all under the direction of the Joint Com15 mittee on the Library, $8,612,000: Provided, That this ap16 propriation shall not be available for construction of the 

17 National Garden: Provided further, That of the amount 

18 made available under this heading, the Architect may obli19 gate and expend such sums as may be necessary for the 

20 maintenance, care and operation of the National Garden 

21 established under section 307E of the Legislative Branch 

22 Appropriations Act, 1989 (2 U.S.C. 2146), upon vouchers 

23 approved by the Architect or a duly authorized designee. 
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1 CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER

2 For an additional amount for the Capitol Visitor Cen3 ter project, $25,600,000 to remain available until ex4 pended, and in addition, $20,575,000 for the Capitol Vis5 itor Center operation costs of which $1,000,000 shall re6 main available until September 30, 2011: Provided, That 

7 the Architect of the Capitol may not obligate any of the 

8 funds which are made available for the Capitol Visitor 

9 Center project without an obligation plan approved by the 

10 Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House 

11 of Representatives. 

12 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

13 SEC. 1201. ROSA PARKS STATUE.—(a) Section 1(a) 

14 of Public Law 109–116 (2 U.S.C. 2131a note) is amended 

15 by adding at the end the following new sentence: ‘‘The 

16 Joint Committee may authorize the Architect of the Cap17 itol to enter into the agreement required under this sub18 section on its behalf, under such terms and conditions as 

19 the Joint Committee may require.’’. 

20 (b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take 

21 effect as if included in the enactment of Public Law 109– 

22 116. 

23 SEC. 1202. STATUTORY POSITIONS.—(a) Section 

24 1203(e) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 
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1 2003 (2 U.S.C. 1805(e)) is amended by striking para2 graph (3). 

3 (b) Section 108(a) of the Legislative Branch Appro4 priations Act, 1991 (2 U.S.C. 1849(a)) is amended by 

5 striking ‘‘12 positions’’ and inserting ‘‘15 positions’’. 

6 (c) The amendments made by this Act shall apply 

7 with respect to pay periods beginning on or after the date 

8 of the enactment of this Act, except that any individual 

9 who was appointed to a position described in section 

10 1203(e)(3) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 

11 2003 (as in effect prior to the enactment of subsection 

12 (a)) who holds that position on the day before the date 

13 of the enactment of this Act shall be deemed to have been 

14 appointed to a position described in section 108(a) of the 

15 Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1991 (as amended 

16 by subsection (b)). 

17 SEC. 1203. TRAVEL AND TRANSPORTATION.—(a) 

18 Section 5721(1) of title 5, United States Code, is amend19 ed— 

20 (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (G) and 

21 (H) as subparagraphs (H) and (I); and 

22 (2) by inserting after subparagraph (F) the fol23 lowing new subparagraph: 

24 ‘‘(G) the Architect of the Capitol;’’. 
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1 (b) Section 521(1)(B) of the National Energy Con2 servation Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8241(1)(A)(B)) is amend3 ed by striking ‘‘(B) through (H)’’ and inserting ‘‘(B) 

4 through (I)’’. 

5 SEC. 1204. LEASING AUTHORITY.—(a) Section 

6 1102(b) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 

7 2004 (2 U.S.C. 1822(b)) is amended— 

8 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Committee 

9 on Rules and Administration’’ and inserting ‘‘Com10 mittees on Appropriations and Rules and Adminis11 tration’’; 

12 (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘the House 

13 Office Building Commission’’ and inserting ‘‘the 

14 Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep15 resentatives and the House Office Building Commis16 sion’’; and 

17 (3) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at 

18 the end and inserting ‘‘, for space to be leased for 

19 any other entity under subsection (a).’’. 

20 (b) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 

21 take effect as if included in the enactment of the Legisla22 tive Branch Appropriations Act, 2004. 

23 SEC. 1205. ADVANCE PAYMENTS.—During fiscal 

24 year 2007 and each succeeding fiscal year, the Architect 

25 of the Capitol may make payments in advance for obliga-
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1 tions of the Office of the Architect of the Capitol for sub2 scription services if the Architect determines it to be more 

3 prompt, efficient, or economical to do so. 

4 SEC. 1206. (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE.—There 

5 is established in the Office of the Architect of the Capitol 

6 the Office of the Inspector General, headed by the Inspec7 tor General of the Office of the Architect of the Capitol 

8 (hereafter in this section referred to as the ‘‘Inspector 

9 General’’). 

10 (b) INSPECTOR GENERAL.— 

11 (1) APPOINTMENT.—The Inspector General 

12 shall be appointed by the Architect of the Capitol, 

13 in consultation with the Committee on House Ad14 ministration of the House of Representatives and 

15 the Committee on Rules and Administration of the 

16 Senate, and shall be appointed without regard to po17 litical affiliation and solely on the basis of integrity 

18 and demonstrated ability in accounting, auditing, fi19 nancial analysis, law, management analysis, public 

20 administration, or investigations. 

21 (2) TERM OF SERVICE.—The Inspector General 

22 shall serve for a term of 5 years, and an individual 

23 serving as Inspector General may be reappointed for 

24 not more than 2 additional terms. 
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1 (3) REMOVAL.—The Inspector General may be 

2 removed from office prior to the expiration of his 

3 term only by the Architect of the Capitol. Upon such 

4 removal, the Architect shall promptly communicate 

5 the reasons for the removal in writing to the Com6 mittee on House Administration of the House of 

7 Representatives and the Committee on Rules and 

8 Administration of the Senate. 

9 (4) SALARY.—The Inspector General shall be 

10 paid at an annual rate equal to $1,500 less than the 

11 annual rate of pay in effect for the Architect of the 

12 Capitol. 

13 (c) DUTIES.— 

14 (1) APPLICABILITY OF DUTIES OF INSPECTOR

15 GENERAL OF EXECUTIVE BRANCH ESTABLISH16 MENT.—The Inspector General shall carry out the 

17 same duties and responsibilities with respect to the 

18 Architect of the Capitol as an Inspector General of 

19 an establishment carries out with respect to an es20 tablishment under section 4 of the Inspector General 

21 Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App. 4), under the same 

22 terms and conditions which apply under such sec23 tion. 

24 (2) SEMIANNUAL REPORTS.—The Inspector 

25 General shall prepare and submit semiannual re-
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1 ports summarizing the activities of the Office of the 

2 Inspector General in the same manner, and in ac3 cordance with the same deadlines, terms, and condi4 tions, as an Inspector General of an establishment 

5 under section 5 of the Inspector General Act of 

6 1978 (5 U.S.C. App. 5). For purposes of applying 

7 section 5 of such Act to the Inspector General, the 

8 Architect of the Capitol shall be considered the head 

9 of the establishment. 

10 (3) INVESTIGATIONS OF COMPLAINTS OF EM11 PLOYEES.— 

12 (A) AUTHORITY.—The Inspector General 

13 may receive and investigate complaints or infor14 mation from an employee of the Office of the 

15 Architect of the Capitol concerning the possible 

16 existence of an activity constituting a violation 

17 of law, rules, or regulations, or mismanage18 ment, gross waste of funds, abuse of authority, 

19 or a substantial and specific danger to the pub20 lic health and safety. 

21 (B) NONDISCLOSURE.—The Inspector 

22 General shall not, after receipt of a complaint 

23 or information from an employee, disclose the 

24 identity of the employee without the consent of 

25 the employee, unless the Inspector General de-
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1 termines such disclosure is unavoidable during 

2 the course of the investigation. 

3 (C) PROHIBITING RETALIATION.—An em4 ployee of the Office of the Architect of the Cap5 itol who has authority to take, direct others to 

6 take, recommend, or approve any personnel ac7 tion, shall not, with respect to such authority, 

8 take or threaten to take any action against any 

9 employee as a reprisal for making a complaint 

10 or disclosing information to the Inspector Gen11 eral, unless the complaint was made or the in12 formation disclosed with the knowledge that it 

13 was false or with willful disregard for its truth 

14 or falsity. 

15 (4) INDEPENDENCE IN CARRYING OUT DU16 TIES.—Neither the Architect of the Capitol nor any 

17 other employee of the Office of the Architect of the 

18 Capitol may prevent or prohibit the Inspector Gen19 eral from carrying out any of the duties or respon20 sibilities assigned to the Inspector General under 

21 this section. 

22 (d) POWERS.— 

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Inspector General may 

24 exercise the same authorities with respect to the Ar25 chitect of the Capitol as an Inspector General of an 
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1 establishment may exercise with respect to an estab2 lishment under section 6(a) of the Inspector General 

3 Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App. 6(a)), other than para4 graphs (7) and (8) of such section. 

5 (2) STAFF.— 

6 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Inspector General 

7 may appoint and fix the pay of such personnel 

8 as the Inspector General considers appropriate. 

9 Such personnel may be appointed without re10 gard to the provisions of title 5, United States 

11 Code, regarding appointments in the competi12 tive service, and may be paid without regard to 

13 the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III 

14 of chapter 53 of such title relating to classifica15 tion and General Schedule pay rates, except 

16 that no personnel of the Office (other than the 

17 Inspector General) may be paid at an annual 

18 rate greater than $500 less than the annual 

19 rate of pay of the Inspector General under sub20 section (b)(4). 

21 (B) EXPERTS AND CONSULTANTS.—The 

22 Inspector General may procure temporary and 

23 intermittent services under section 3109 of title 

24 5, United States Code, at rates not to exceed 

25 the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic 
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1 pay for level IV of the Executive Schedule 

2 under section 5315 of such title. 

3 (C) INDEPENDENCE IN APPOINTING

4 STAFF.—No individual may carry out any of 

5 the duties or responsibilities of the Office unless 

6 the individual is appointed by the Inspector 

7 General, or provides services procured by the 

8 Inspector General, pursuant to this paragraph. 

9 Nothing in this subparagraph may be construed 

10 to prohibit the Inspector General from entering 

11 into a contract or other arrangement for the 

12 provision of services under this section. 

13 (D) APPLICABILITY OF ARCHITECT OF THE

14 CAPITOL PERSONNEL RULES.—None of the reg15 ulations governing the appointment and pay of 

16 employees of the Office of the Architect of the 

17 Capitol shall apply with respect to the appoint18 ment and compensation of the personnel of the 

19 Office, except to the extent agreed to by the In20 spector General. Nothing in the previous sen21 tence may be construed to affect subparagraphs 

22 (A) through (C). 

23 (3) EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES.—The Architect 

24 of the Capitol shall provide the Office with appro25 priate and adequate office space, together with such 
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1 equipment, supplies, and communications facilities 

2 and services as may be necessary for the operation 

3 of the Office, and shall provide necessary mainte4 nance services for such office space and the equip5 ment and facilities located therein. 

6 (e) TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS.— 

7 (1) TRANSFER.—To the extent that any office 

8 or entity in the Office of the Architect of the Capitol 

9 prior to the appointment of the first Inspector Gen10 eral under this section carried out any of the duties 

11 and responsibilities assigned to the Inspector Gen12 eral under this section, the functions of such office 

13 or entity shall be transferred to the Office upon the 

14 appointment of the first Inspector General under 

15 this section. 

16 (2) NO REDUCTION IN PAY OR BENEFITS.—The 

17 transfer of the functions of an office or entity to the 

18 Office under paragraph (1) may not result in a re19 duction in the pay or benefits of any employee of the 

20 office or entity, except to the extent required under 

21 subsection (d)(2)(A). 

22 (f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take effect 

23 on the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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1 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Library of Congress 

4 not otherwise provided for, including development and 

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

8 motion pictures in the custody of the Library; operation 

9 and maintenance of the American Folklife Center in the 

10 Library; preparation and distribution of catalog records 

11 and other publications of the Library; hire or purchase 

12 of one passenger motor vehicle; and expenses of the Li13 brary of Congress Trust Fund Board not properly charge14 able to the income of any trust fund held by the Board, 

15 $396,022,000, of which not more than $6,000,000 shall 

16 be derived from collections credited to this appropriation 

17 during fiscal year 2007, and shall remain available until 

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

19 32 Stat. 480; 2 U.S.C. 150) and not more than $350,000 

20 shall be derived from collections during fiscal year 2007 

21 and shall remain available until expended for the develop22 ment and maintenance of an international legal informa23 tion database and activities related thereto: Provided, 

24 That the Library of Congress may not obligate or expend 

25 any funds derived from collections under the Act of June 
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1 28, 1902, in excess of the amount authorized for obliga2 tion or expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided fur3 ther, That the total amount available for obligation shall 

4 be reduced by the amount by which collections are less 

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

6 amount appropriated, $14,509,000 shall remain available 

7 until expended for the partial acquisition of books, periodi8 cals, newspapers, and all other materials including sub9 scriptions for bibliographic services for the Library, in10 cluding $40,000 to be available solely for the purchase, 

11 when specifically approved by the Librarian, of special and 

12 unique materials for additions to the collections: Provided 

13 further, That of the total amount appropriated, not more 

14 than $12,000 may be expended, on the certification of the 

15 Librarian of Congress, in connection with official rep16 resentation and reception expenses for the Overseas Field 

17 Offices: Provided further, That of the total amount appro18 priated, $5,954,000 is available for the digital collections 

19 and educational curricula program, of which $4,010,000 

20 shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 

21 That of the total amount appropriated, $600,000 shall re22 main available until expended, and shall be transferred to 

23 the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission for car24 rying out the purposes of Public Law 106–173, of which 

25 $10,000 may be used for official representation and recep-
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1 tion expenses of the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Com2 mission: Provided further, That of the total amount appro3 priated, $11,029,000 shall remain available until expended 

4 for partial support of the National Audio-Visual Conserva5 tion Center. 

6 COPYRIGHT OFFICE

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, 

9 $59,044,000, of which not more than $29,335,000, to re10 main available until expended, shall be derived from collec11 tions credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 2007 

12 under section 708(d) of title 17, United States Code: Pro13 vided, That the Copyright Office may not obligate or ex14 pend any funds derived from collections under such sec15 tion, in excess of the amount authorized for obligation or 

16 expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided further, That 

17 not more than $5,640,000 shall be derived from collections 

18 during fiscal year 2007 under sections 111(d)(2), 

19 119(b)(2), 803(e), 1005, and 1316 of such title: Provided 

20 further, That the total amount available for obligation 

21 shall be reduced by the amount by which collections are 

22 less than $34,975,000: Provided further, That not more 

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

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

25 in the Copyright Office of the Library of Congress for the 
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1 purpose of training nationals of developing countries in 

2 intellectual property laws and policies: Provided further, 

3 That not more than $4,250 may be expended, on the cer4 tification of the Librarian of Congress, in connection with 

5 official representation and reception expenses for activities 

6 of the International Copyright Institute and for copyright 

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

8 notwithstanding any provision of chapter 8 of title 17, 

9 United States Code, any amounts made available under 

10 this heading which are attributable to royalty fees and 

11 payments received by the Copyright Office pursuant to 

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

13 used for the costs incurred in the administration of the 

14 Copyright Royalty Judges program. 

15 CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

17 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

18 of section 203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 

19 1946 (2 U.S.C. 166) and to revise and extend the Anno20 tated Constitution of the United States of America, 

21 $102,462,000: Provided, That no part of such amount 

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

23 with any publication, or preparation of material therefor 

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

25 by the Library of Congress unless such publication has 
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1 obtained prior approval of either the Committee on House 

2 Administration of the House of Representatives or the 

3 Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate. 

4 BOOKS FOR THE BLIND AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 For salaries and expenses to carry out the Act 

7 of March 3, 1931 (chapter 400; 46 Stat. 1487; 2 

8 U.S.C. 135a), $53,974,000, of which $15,673,000 shall 

9 remain available until expended. 

10 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

11 SEC. 1301. INCENTIVE AWARDS PROGRAM.—Of the 

12 amounts appropriated to the Library of Congress in this 

13 Act, not more than $5,000 may be expended, on the cer14 tification of the Librarian of Congress, in connection with 

15 official representation and reception expenses for the in16 centive awards program. 

17 SEC. 1302. REIMBURSABLE AND REVOLVING FUND

18 ACTIVITIES. (a) IN GENERAL.—For fiscal year 2007, the 

19 obligational authority of the Library of Congress for the 

20 activities described in subsection (b) may not exceed 

21 $111,078,000. 

22 (b) ACTIVITIES.—The activities referred to in sub23 section (a) are reimbursable and revolving fund activities 

24 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 (c) TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—During fiscal year 2007, 

4 the Librarian of Congress may temporarily transfer funds 

5 appropriated in this Act, under the heading ‘‘LIBRARY 

6 OF CONGRESS’’ under the subheading ‘‘SALARIES AND

7 EXPENSES’’ to the revolving fund for the FEDLINK Pro8 gram and the Federal Research Program established 

9 under section 103 of the Library of Congress Fiscal Oper10 ations Improvement Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–481; 

11 2 U.S.C. 182c): Provided, That the total amount of such 

12 transfers may not exceed $1,900,000: Provided further, 

13 That the appropriate revolving fund account shall reim14 burse the Library for any amounts transferred to it before 

15 the period of availability of the Library appropriation ex16 pires. 

17 SEC. 1303. UNITED STATES DIPLOMATIC FACILI18 TIES.—Funds made available for the Library of Congress 

19 under this Act are available for transfer to the Depart20 ment of State as remittance for a fee charged by the De21 partment for fiscal year 2007 for the maintenance, up22 grade, or construction of United States diplomatic facili23 ties only to the extent that the amount of the fee so 

24 charged is equal to or less than the unreimbursed value 

25 of the services provided during fiscal year 2007 to the Li-
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1 brary of Congress on State Department diplomatic facili2 ties. 

3 SEC. 1304. AUDIT REQUIREMENT.—Section 207(e) 

4 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1998 (2 

5 U.S.C. 182(e)) is amended to read as follows: 

6 ‘‘(e) AUDIT.—The revolving fund shall be subject to 

7 audit by the Comptroller General at the Comptroller Gen8 eral’s discretion.’’. 

9 SEC. 1305. TRANSFER AUTHORITY.—Amounts ap10 propriated for fiscal year 2007 for the Library of Congress 

11 may be transferred between any of the headings for which 

12 the amounts are appropriated upon the approval of the 

13 Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House 

14 of Representatives. 

15 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 

16 CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING AND BINDING

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 

18 For authorized printing and binding for the Congress 

19 and the distribution of Congressional information in any 

20 format; printing and binding for the Architect of the Cap21 itol; expenses necessary for preparing the semimonthly 

22 and session index to the Congressional Record, as author23 ized by law (section 902 of title 44, United States Code); 

24 printing and binding of Government publications author25 ized by law to be distributed to Members of Congress; and 
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1 printing, binding, and distribution of Government publica2 tions authorized by law to be distributed without charge 

3 to the recipient, $95,233,000: Provided, That this appro4 priation shall not be available for paper copies of the per5 manent edition of the Congressional Record for individual 

6 Representatives, Resident Commissioners or Delegates au7 thorized under section 906 of title 44, United States Code: 

8 Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available 

9 for the payment of obligations incurred under the appro10 priations for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years: 

11 Provided further, That notwithstanding the 2-year limita12 tion under section 718 of title 44, United States Code, 

13 none of the funds appropriated or made available under 

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

15 related services provided to Congress under chapter 7 of 

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

17 a document, report, or publication after the 27-month pe18 riod beginning on the date that such document, report, 

19 or publication is authorized by Congress to be printed, un20 less Congress reauthorizes such printing in accordance 

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

22 further, That any unobligated or unexpended balances in 

23 this account or accounts for similar purposes for preceding 

24 fiscal years may be transferred to the Government Print25 ing Office revolving fund for carrying out the purposes of 
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1 this heading, subject to the approval of the Committees 

2 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 

3 Senate. 

4 OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

7 For expenses of the Office of Superintendent of Doc8 uments necessary to provide for the cataloging and index9 ing of Government publications and their distribution to 

10 the public, Members of Congress, other Government agen11 cies, and designated depository and international exchange 

12 libraries as authorized by law, $35,287,000: Provided, 

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

14 year appropriations are authorized for producing and dis15 seminating Congressional serial sets and other related 

16 publications for fiscal years 2005 and 2006 to depository 

17 and other designated libraries: Provided further, That any 

18 unobligated or unexpended balances in this account or ac19 counts for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years may 

20 be transferred to the Government Printing Office revolv21 ing fund for carrying out the purposes of this heading, 

22 subject to the approval of the Committees on Appropria23 tions of the House of Representatives and Senate. 
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1 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE REVOLVING FUND

2 The Government Printing Office may make such ex3 penditures, within the limits of funds available and in ac4 cord with the law, and to make such contracts and com5 mitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as pro6 vided by section 9104 of title 31, United States Code, as 

7 may be necessary in carrying out the programs and pur8 poses set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year 

9 for the Government Printing Office revolving fund: Pro10 vided, That not more than $5,000 may be expended on 

11 the certification of the Public Printer in connection with 

12 official representation and reception expenses: Provided 

13 further, That the revolving fund shall be available for the 

14 hire or purchase of not more than 12 passenger motor 

15 vehicles: Provided further, That expenditures in connection 

16 with travel expenses of the advisory councils to the Public 

17 Printer shall be deemed necessary to carry out the provi18 sions of title 44, United States Code: Provided further, 

19 That the revolving fund shall be available for temporary 

20 or intermittent services under section 3109(b) of title 5, 

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

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

23 for level V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 

24 of such title: Provided further, That the revolving fund and 

25 the funds provided under the headings ‘‘OFFICE OF SU-
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1 PERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS’’ and ‘‘SALARIES AND

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

3 equivalent employment of more than 2,621 workyears (or 

4 such other number of workyears as the Public Printer may 

5 request, subject to the approval of the Committees on Ap6 propriations of the House of Representatives and Senate): 

7 Provided further, That activities financed through the re8 volving fund may provide information in any format: Pro9 vided further, That not more than $10,000 may be ex10 pended from the revolving fund in support of the activities 

11 of the Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary Commission es12 tablished by Public Law 107–202. 

13 GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

15 For necessary expenses of the Government Account16 ability Office, including not more than $12,500 to be ex17 pended on the certification of the Comptroller General of 

18 the United States in connection with official representa19 tion and reception expenses; temporary or intermittent 

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

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

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

23 the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of such title; 

24 hire of one passenger motor vehicle; advance payments in 

25 foreign countries in accordance with section 3324 of title 
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1 31, United States Code; benefits comparable to those pay2 able under sections 901(5), (6), and (8) of the Foreign 

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

4 and under regulations prescribed by the Comptroller Gen5 eral of the United States, rental of living quarters in for6 eign countries, $488,234,000: Provided, That not more 

7 than $4,980,000 of payments received under section 782 

8 of title 31, United States Code, shall be available for use 

9 in fiscal year 2007: Provided further, That not more than 

10 $2,005,000 of reimbursements received under section 

11 9105 of title 31, United States Code, shall be available 

12 for use in fiscal year 2007: Provided further, That this 

13 appropriation and appropriations for administrative ex14 penses of any other department or agency which is a mem15 ber of the National Intergovernmental Audit Forum or a 

16 Regional Intergovernmental Audit Forum shall be avail17 able to finance an appropriate share of either Forum’s 

18 costs as determined by the respective Forum, including 

19 necessary travel expenses of non-Federal participants: 

20 Provided further, That payments hereunder to the Forum 

21 may be credited as reimbursements to any appropriation 

22 from which costs involved are initially financed. 
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1 OPEN WORLD LEADERSHIP CENTER TRUST 

2 FUND 

3 For a payment to the Open World Leadership Center 

4 Trust Fund for financing activities of the Open World 

5 Leadership Center under section 313 of the Legislative 

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

7 $13,400,000. 

8 JOHN C. STENNIS CENTER FOR PUBLIC SERVICE

9 TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT

10 For payment to the John C. Stennis Center for Pub11 lic Service Development Trust Fund established under 

12 section 116 of the John C. Stennis Center for Public Serv13 ice Training and Development Act (2 U.S.C. 1105), 

14 $430,000. 

15 TITLE II—GENERAL PROVISIONS 

16 SEC. 201. MAINTENANCE AND CARE OF PRIVATE

17 VEHICLES.—No part of the funds appropriated in this Act 

18 shall be used for the maintenance or care of private vehi19 cles, except for emergency assistance and cleaning as may 

20 be provided under regulations relating to parking facilities 

21 for the House of Representatives issued by the Committee 

22 on House Administration and for the Senate issued by the 

23 Committee on Rules and Administration. 

24 SEC. 202. FISCAL YEAR LIMITATION.—No part of 

25 the funds appropriated in this Act shall remain available 
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1 for obligation beyond fiscal year 2007 unless expressly so 

2 provided in this Act. 

3 SEC. 203. RATES OF COMPENSATION AND DESIGNA4 TION.—Whenever in this Act any office or position not 

5 specifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of 1929 

6 (46 Stat. 32 et seq.) is appropriated for or the rate of 

7 compensation or designation of any office or position ap8 propriated for is different from that specifically estab9 lished by such Act, the rate of compensation and the des10 ignation in this Act shall be the permanent law with re11 spect thereto: Provided, That the provisions in this Act 

12 for the various items of official expenses of Members, offi13 cers, and committees of the Senate and House of Rep14 resentatives, and clerk hire for Senators and Members of 

15 the House of Representatives shall be the permanent law 

16 with respect thereto. 

17 SEC. 204. CONSULTING SERVICES.—The expenditure 

18 of any appropriation under this Act for any consulting 

19 service through procurement contract, under section 3109 

20 of title 5, United States Code, shall be limited to those 

21 contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public 

22 record and available for public inspection, except where 

23 otherwise provided under existing law, or under existing 

24 Executive order issued under existing law. 
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1 SEC. 205. AWARDS AND SETTLEMENTS.—Such sums 

2 as may be necessary are appropriated to the account de3 scribed in subsection (a) of section 415 of the Congres4 sional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1415(a)) to 

5 pay awards and settlements as authorized under such sub6 section. 

7 SEC. 206. COSTS OF LBFMC.—Amounts available 

8 for administrative expenses of any legislative branch entity 

9 which participates in the Legislative Branch Financial 

10 Managers Council (LBFMC) established by charter on 

11 March 26, 1996, shall be available to finance an appro12 priate share of LBFMC costs as determined by the 

13 LBFMC, except that the total LBFMC costs to be shared 

14 among all participating legislative branch entities (in such 

15 allocations among the entities as the entities may deter16 mine) may not exceed $2,000. 

17 SEC. 207. LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE.—The Archi18 tect of the Capitol, in consultation with the District of Co19 lumbia, is authorized to maintain and improve the land20 scape features, excluding streets and sidewalks, in the ir21 regular shaped grassy areas bounded by Washington Ave22 nue, SW on the northeast, Second Street SW on the west, 

23 Square 582 on the south, and the beginning of the I–395 

24 tunnel on the southeast. 
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1 SEC. 208. LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS.—None of the 

2 funds made available in this Act may be transferred to 

3 any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United 

4 States Government, except pursuant to a transfer made 

5 by, or transfer authority provided in, this Act or any other 

6 appropriation Act. 

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

8 Act may be used to establish or operate a smoking area 

9 in the cafeteria and public dining areas of the Rayburn 

10 House Office Building. 

11 SEC. 210. For fiscal year 2007 only, all authorities 

12 previously exercised by the Architect of the Capitol, in13 cluding but not limited to the execution and supervision 

14 of contracts; and the hiring, supervising, training, and 

15 compensation of employees, shall be vested in the Comp16 troller General of the United States or his designee: Pro17 vided, That this delegation of authority shall terminate 

18 with the confirmation of a new Architect of the Capitol. 

19 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative Branch Ap20 propriations Act, 2007’’. 

21 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

22 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 

23 Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 

24 2007, and for other purposes, namely: 
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1 TITLE I 

2 LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS 

3 SENATE 

4 EXPENSE ALLOWANCES

5 For expense allowances of the Vice President, $20,000; 

6 the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, $40,000; Majority 

7 Leader of the Senate, $40,000; Minority Leader of the Sen8 ate, $40,000; Majority Whip of the Senate, $10,000; Minor9 ity Whip of the Senate, $10,000; President Pro Tempore 

10 emeritus, $15,000; Chairmen of the Majority and Minority 

11 Conference Committees, $5,000 for each Chairman; and 

12 Chairmen of the Majority and Minority Policy Committees, 

13 $5,000 for each Chairman; in all, $195,000. 

14 REPRESENTATION ALLOWANCES FOR THE MAJORITY AND

15 MINORITY LEADERS

16 For representation allowances of the Majority and Mi17 nority Leaders of the Senate, $15,000 for each such Leader; 

18 in all, $30,000. 

19 SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

20 For compensation of officers, employees, and others as 

21 authorized by law, including agency contributions, 

22 $157,889,000, which shall be paid from this appropriation 

23 without regard to the following limitations: 

24 OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT

25 For the Office of the Vice President, $2,250,000. 
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1 OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE

2 For the Office of the President Pro Tempore, $602,000. 

3 OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE EMERITUS

4 For the Office of the President Pro Tempore emeritus, 

5 $300,000. 

6 OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERS

7 For Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders, 

8 $4,658,000. 

9 OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY WHIPS

10 For Offices of the Majority and Minority Whips, 

11 $2,788,000. 

12 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

13 For salaries of the Committee on Appropriations, 

14 $14,490,000. 

15 CONFERENCE COMMITTEES

16 For the Conference of the Majority and the Conference 

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

18 Chairman of each such committee, $1,541,000 for each such 

19 committee; in all, $3,082,000. 

20 OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES OF THE CONFERENCE OF

21 THE MAJORITY AND THE CONFERENCE OF THE MINORITY

22 For Offices of the Secretaries of the Conference of the 

23 Majority and the Conference of the Minority, $754,000. 
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1 POLICY COMMITTEES

2 For salaries of the Majority Policy Committee and the 

3 Minority Policy Committee, $1,573,000 for each such com4 mittee; in all, $3,146,000. 

5 OFFICE OF THE CHAPLAIN

6 For Office of the Chaplain, $367,000. 

7 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

8 For Office of the Secretary, $22,166,000. 

9 OFFICE OF THE SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER

10 For Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, 

11 $59,500,000. 

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, $1,634,000. 

16 AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS AND RELATED EXPENSES

17 For agency contributions for employee benefits, as au18 thorized by law, and related expenses, $42,152,000. 

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, $5,982,000. 

22 OFFICE OF SENATE LEGAL COUNSEL

23 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate Legal 

24 Counsel, $1,400,000. 
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1 EXPENSE ALLOWANCES OF THE SECRETARY OF THE SEN2 ATE, SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE

3 SENATE, AND SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND

4 MINORITY OF THE SENATE

5 For expense allowances of the Secretary of the Senate, 

6 $6,000; Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, 

7 $6,000; Secretary for the Majority of the Senate, $6,000; 

8 Secretary for the Minority of the Senate, $6,000; in all, 

9 $24,000. 

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 of 

15 the Supplemental Appropriations and Rescission Act, 1980 

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

17 Congress, agreed to March 11, 1980, $129,000,000. 

18 EXPENSES OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE CAUCUS ON

19 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL

20 For expenses of the United States Senate Caucus on 

21 International Narcotics Control, $520,000. 

22 SECRETARY OF THE SENATE

23 For expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the Sen24 ate, $2,000,000. 
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1 SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE SENATE

2 For expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms and 

3 Doorkeeper of the Senate, $150,576,000, which shall remain 

4 available until September 30, 2011. 

5 MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

6 For miscellaneous items, $18,737,000, of which up to 

7 $500,000 shall be made available for a pilot program for 

8 mailings of postal patron postcards by Senators for the pur9 pose of providing notice of a town meeting by a Senator 

10 in a county (or equivalent unit of local government) at 

11 which the Senator will personally attend: Provided, That 

12 any amount allocated to a Senator for such mailing shall 

13 not exceed 50 percent of the cost of the mailing and the 

14 remaining cost shall be paid by the Senator from other 

15 funds available to the Senator. 

16 SENATORS’ OFFICIAL PERSONNEL AND OFFICE EXPENSE

17 ACCOUNT

18 For Senators’ Official Personnel and Office Expense 

19 Account, $374,031,000. 

20 OFFICIAL MAIL COSTS

21 For expenses necessary for official mail costs of the 

22 Senate, $300,000. 

23 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

24 SEC. 1. GROSS RATE OF COMPENSATION IN OFFICES

25 OF SENATORS. Effective on and after October 1, 2006, each 

26 of the dollar amounts contained in the table under section 
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1 105(d)(1)(A) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 

2 1968 (2 U.S.C. 61–1(d)(1)(A)) shall be deemed to be the 

3 dollar amounts in that table, as adjusted by law and in 

4 effect on September 30, 2006, increased by an additional 

5 $50,000 each. 

6 SEC. 2. UNITED STATES SENATE COLLECTION. Section 

7 316 of Public Law 101–302 (2 U.S.C. 2107) is amended 

8 in the first sentence of subsection (a) by striking ‘‘2006’’ 

9 and inserting ‘‘2007’’. 

10 SEC. 3. PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE EMERITUS OF THE

11 SENATE. Section 7(e) of the Legislative Branch Appropria12 tions Act, 2003 (2 U.S.C. 32b note) is amended by striking 

13 ‘‘and the 109th Congress’’ and inserting ‘‘, the 109th Con14 gress, and the 110th Congress’’. 

15 SEC. 4. OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES OF THE CON16 FERENCE OF THE MAJORITY AND THE CONFERENCE OF

17 THE MINORITY. (a) IN GENERAL.—Upon the written re18 quest of the Secretary of the Conference of the Majority or 

19 the Secretary of the Conference of the Minority, the Sec20 retary of the Senate shall transfer from the appropriations 

21 account appropriated under the subheading ‘‘OFFICES OF

22 THE SECRETARIES OF THE CONFERENCE OF THE MAJORITY

23 AND THE CONFERENCE OF THE MINORITY’’ under the head24 ing ‘‘SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES’’ such amount 

25 as the Secretary of the Conference of the Majority or the 
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1 Secretary of the Conference of the Minority shall specify to 

2 the appropriations account under the heading ‘‘MISCELLA3 NEOUS ITEMS’’ within the contingent fund of the Senate. 

4 (b) AUTHORITY TO INCUR EXPENSES.—The Secretary 

5 of the Conference of the Majority or the Secretary of the 

6 Conference of the Minority may incur such expenses as may 

7 be necessary or appropriate. Expenses incurred by the Sec8 retary of the Conference of the Majority or the Secretary 

9 of the Conference of the Minority shall be paid from the 

10 amount transferred under subsection (a) by the Secretary 

11 of the Conference of the Majority or the Secretary of the 

12 Conference of the Minority and upon vouchers approved by 

13 the Secretary of the Conference of the Majority or the Sec14 retary of the Conference of the Minority, as applicable. 

15 (c) AUTHORITY TO ADVANCE SUMS.—The Secretary of 

16 the Senate may advance such sums as may be necessary 

17 to defray expenses incurred in carrying out subsections (a) 

18 and (b). 

19 (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply to fis20 cal year 2007 and each fiscal year thereafter. 

21 SEC. 5. AUTHORITY TO ACQUIRE REAL PROPERTY

22 FOR THE SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE

23 SENATE. (a) IN GENERAL.—The Architect of the Capitol 

24 may acquire (through purchase, lease, transfer from another 

25 Federal entity, or otherwise) real property, for the use of 
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1 the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate to sup2 port the operations of the Senate— 

3 (1) subject to the approval of the Committee on 

4 Rules and Administration of the Senate; and 

5 (2) subject to the availability of appropriations 

6 and upon approval of an obligation plan by the Com7 mittee on Appropriations of the Senate. 

8 (b) AUTHORITY TO TRANSFER FUNDS.—Subject to the 

9 approval of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, 

10 the Secretary of the Senate may transfer funds for the ac11 quisition or maintenance of any property under subsection 

12 (a) from the account under the subheading ‘‘SERGEANT AT

13 ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE SENATE’’ under the head14 ing ‘‘CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE’’ under the 

15 heading ‘‘SENATE’’, to the account under the heading 

16 ‘‘SENATE OFFICE BUILDINGS’’ under the heading ‘‘ARCHI17 TECT OF THE CAPITOL’’. 

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

19 respect to fiscal year 2007 and each fiscal year thereafter. 

20 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 For salaries and expenses of the House of Representa23 tives, $1,137,806,000, as follows: 

24 HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES

25 For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, 

26 $21,092,000, including: Office of the Speaker, $2,930,000, 
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1 including $25,000 for official expenses of the Speaker; Office 

2 of the Majority Floor Leader, $2,213,000, including $10,000 

3 for official expenses of the Majority Leader; Office of the 

4 Minority Floor Leader, $3,072,000, including $10,000 for 

5 official expenses of the Minority Leader; Office of the Major6 ity Whip, including the Chief Deputy Majority Whip, 

7 $1,921,000, including $5,000 for official expenses of the Ma8 jority Whip; Office of the Minority Whip, including the 

9 Chief Deputy Minority Whip, $1,458,000, including $5,000 

10 for official expenses of the Minority Whip; Speaker’s Office 

11 for Legislative Floor Activities, $491,000; Republican Steer12 ing Committee, $924,000; Republican Conference, 

13 $1,699,000; Republican Policy Committee, $407,000; Demo14 cratic Steering and Policy Committee, $2,194,000; Demo15 cratic Caucus, $836,000; nine minority employees, 

16 $1,473,000; training and program development—majority, 

17 $290,000; training and program development—minority, 

18 $290,000; Cloakroom Personnel—majority, $447,000; and 

19 Cloakroom Personnel—minority, $447,000. 

20 MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES

21 INCLUDING MEMBERS’ CLERK HIRE, OFFICIAL EXPENSES

22 OF MEMBERS, AND OFFICIAL MAIL

23 For Members’ representational allowances, including 

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

25 $557,796,000. 
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1 COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES

2 STANDING COMMITTEES, SPECIAL AND SELECT

3 For salaries and expenses of standing committees, spe4 cial and select, authorized by House resolutions, 

5 $124,851,000: Provided, That such amount shall remain 

6 available for such salaries and expenses until December 31, 

7 2008. 

8 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

9 For salaries and expenses of the Committee on Appro10 priations, $26,497,000, including studies and examinations 

11 of executive agencies and temporary personal services for 

12 such committee, to be expended in accordance with section 

13 202(b) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 and 

14 to be available for reimbursement to agencies for services 

15 performed: Provided, That such amount shall remain avail16 able for such salaries and expenses until December 31, 2008. 

17 SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

18 For compensation and expenses of officers and employ19 ees, as authorized by law, $159,581,000, including: for sala20 ries and expenses of the Office of the Clerk, including not 

21 more than $13,000, of which not more than $10,000 is for 

22 the Family Room, for official representation and reception 

23 expenses, $21,505,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office 

24 of the Sergeant at Arms, including the position of Super25 intendent of Garages, and including not more than $3,000 
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1 for official representation and reception expenses, 

2 $6,240,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the 

3 Chief Administrative Officer, $109,301,000, of which 

4 $4,996,000 shall remain available until expended; for sala5 ries and expenses of the Office of the Inspector General, 

6 $4,204,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of Emer7 gency Planning, Preparedness and Operations, $3,997,000, 

8 to remain available until expended; for salaries and ex9 penses of the Office of General Counsel, $959,000; for the 

10 Office of the Chaplain, $164,000; for salaries and expenses 

11 of the Office of the Parliamentarian, including the Parlia12 mentarian, $2,000 for preparing the Digest of Rules, and 

13 not more than $1,000 for official representation and recep14 tion expenses, $1,762,000; for salaries and expenses of the 

15 Office of the Law Revision Counsel of the House, 

16 $2,521,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the 

17 Legislative Counsel of the House, $7,406,000; for salaries 

18 and expenses of the Office of Interparliamentary Affairs, 

19 $737,000; for other authorized employees, $285,000; and for 

20 salaries and expenses of the Office of the Historian, 

21 $500,000. 

22 ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES

23 For allowances and expenses as authorized by House 

24 resolution or law, $247,989,000, including: supplies, mate25 rials, administrative costs and Federal tort claims, 
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1 $4,554,000; official mail for committees, leadership offices, 

2 and administrative offices of the House, $410,000; Govern3 ment contributions for health, retirement, Social Security, 

4 and other applicable employee benefits, $217,253,000; sup5 plies, materials, and other costs relating to the House por6 tion of expenses for the Capitol Visitor Center, $3,410,000, 

7 to remain available until expended; Business Continuity 

8 and Disaster Recovery, $21,659,000, of which $5,300,000 

9 shall remain available until expended; and miscellaneous 

10 items including purchase, exchange, maintenance, repair 

11 and operation of House motor vehicles, interparliamentary 

12 receptions, and gratuities to heirs of deceased employees of 

13 the House, $703,000. 

14 CHILD CARE CENTER

15 For salaries and expenses of the House of Representa16 tives Child Care Center, such amounts as are deposited in 

17 the account established by section 312(d)(1) of the Legisla18 tive Branch Appropriations Act, 1992 (2 U.S.C. 2112), sub19 ject to the level specified in the budget of the Center, as sub20 mitted to the Committee on Appropriations of the House 

21 of Representatives. 

22 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

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

24 MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES TO BE USED

25 FOR DEFICIT REDUCTION OR TO REDUCE THE FEDERAL
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1 DEBT.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any 

2 amounts appropriated under this Act for ‘‘HOUSE OF 

3 REPRESENTATIVES—SALARIES AND EXPENSES— 

4 MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES’’ shall be 

5 available only for fiscal year 2007. Any amount remaining 

6 after all payments are made under such allowances for fis7 cal year 2007 shall be deposited in the Treasury and used 

8 for deficit reduction (or, if there is no Federal budget deficit 

9 after all such payments have been made, for reducing the 

10 Federal debt, in such manner as the Secretary of the Treas11 ury considers appropriate). 

12 (b) REGULATIONS.—The Committee on House Admin13 istration of the House of Representatives shall have author14 ity to prescribe regulations to carry out this section. 

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

16 ‘‘Member of the House of Representatives’’ means a Rep17 resentative in, or a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, 

18 the Congress. 

19 SEC. 102. LUMP-SUM ALLOWANCE.—(a) The aggregate 

20 amount otherwise authorized to be appropriated for a fiscal 

21 year for the lump-sum allowance for each of the following 

22 offices shall be increased as follows: 

23 (1) The allowance for the Office of the Speaker 

24 is increased by $75,000. 
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1 (2) The allowance for the Office of the Majority 

2 Floor Leader is increased by $75,000. 

3 (3) The allowance for the Office of the Minority 

4 Floor Leader is increased by $75,000. 

5 (4) The allowance for the Office of the Majority 

6 Whip is increased by $75,000. 

7 (5) The allowance for the Office of the Minority 

8 Whip is increased by $75,000. 

9 (6) The allowance for the Democratic Steering 

10 and Policy Committee is increased by $200,000. 

11 (7) The allowance for the Republican Conference 

12 is increased by $110,000. 

13 (8) The allowance for the Republican Policy 

14 Committee is increased by $90,000. 

15 (b) This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 

16 2007 and each succeeding fiscal year. 

17 SEC. 103. ACTING CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFI18 CER.—(a) In case of the death, resignation, separation from 

19 office, or disability of the Chief Administrative Officer of 

20 the House of Representatives, the duties of the Chief Admin21 istrative Officer may be carried out by a subordinate em22 ployee of the Office of the Chief Administrative Officer (as 

23 designated by the Chief Administrative Officer) until a 

24 Chief Administrative Officer is appointed or an individual 

25 is appointed to act as the Chief Administrative Officer by 
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1 the Speaker of the House of Representatives under section 

2 208(a) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 

3 U.S.C. 75a–1(a)). 

4 (b)(1) Section 7 of the Legislative Branch Appropria5 tions Act, 1943 (2 U.S.C. 75a), is repealed. 

6 (2) Section 208(b) of the Legislative Reorganization 

7 Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 75a–1(a)) is amended by striking 

8 ‘‘involved;’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘involved.’’. 

9 SEC. 104. CONTRACT FOR EXERCISE FACILITY.—(a) 

10 Section 103(a) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations 

11 Act, 2005 (Public Law 108–447; 118 Stat. 3175), is amend12 ed by striking ‘‘private entity’’ and inserting ‘‘public or 

13 private entity’’. 

14 (b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take 

15 effect as if included in the enactment of the Legislative 

16 Branch Appropriations Act, 2005. 

17 SEC. 105. DISCOUNTED MEMBERSHIP.—(a) If the Ar18 chitect of the Capitol and the Chief Administrative Officer 

19 of the House of Representatives agree to permit employees 

20 of the Office of the Architect of the Capitol to receive dis21 counted memberships in a private exercise facility which 

22 has entered into a contract with the House to provide em23 ployees of the House with discounted memberships in the 

24 facility, the Architect may use amounts made available in 
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1 a fiscal year for ‘‘General Administration’’ to make pay2 ments under the contract. 

3 (b) This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 

4 2007 and each succeeding fiscal year. 

5 SEC. 106. MEMBERSHIP IN EXERCISE FACILITY.—In 

6 addition to individuals whose pay is disbursed by the Chief 

7 Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives, 

8 membership in the exercise facility established for employees 

9 of the House (as described in section 103(a) of the Legisla10 tive Branch Appropriations Act, 2005) shall be available 

11 to such other categories of individuals as may be approved 

12 by the Committee on House Administration. 

13 SEC. 107. MEDIA SUPPORT SERVICES.—(a) The re14 sponsibilities of positions under the House Press Gallery, 

15 the House Periodical Press Gallery, and the House Radio 

16 and Television Correspondents’ Gallery shall include pro17 viding media support services with respect to the presi18 dential nominating conventions of the national committees 

19 of political parties. 

20 (b) The Standing Committee of Correspondents may 

21 enter into agreements with national committees of political 

22 parties under which the committees and persons authorized 

23 by the committees may reimburse employees for necessary 

24 expenses incurred in carrying out the responsibilities de-
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1 scribed in subsection (a) and employees may accept such 

2 reimbursement. 

3 (c) The terms and conditions under which employees 

4 exercise responsibilities under subsection (a), and the terms 

5 and conditions of any agreement entered into under sub6 section (b), shall be subject to the approval of the Chief Ad7 ministrative Officer of the House of Representatives. 

8 (d) In this section, the terms ‘‘national committee’’ 

9 and ‘‘political party’’ have the meaning given such terms 

10 in section 301 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 

11 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431). 

12 JOINT ITEMS 

13 For Joint Committees, as follows: 

14 JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE

15 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic Com16 mittee, $4,406,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the 

17 Senate. 

18 JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION

19 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on 

20 Taxation, $9,105,000 to be disbursed by the Chief Adminis21 trative Officer of the House of Representatives. 

22 For other joint items, as follows: 

23 OFFICE OF THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN

24 For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent ex25 penses of the emergency rooms, and for the Attending Physi-
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1 cian and his assistants, including: (1) an allowance of 

2 $2,175 per month to the Attending Physician; (2) an allow3 ance of $725 per month each to four medical officers while 

4 on duty in the Office of the Attending Physician; (3) an 

5 allowance of $725 per month to two assistants and $580 

6 per month each not to exceed 11 assistants on the basis here7 tofore provided for such assistants; and (4) $1,920,000 for 

8 reimbursement to the Department of the Navy for expenses 

9 incurred for staff and equipment assigned to the Office of 

10 the Attending Physician, which shall be advanced and cred11 ited to the applicable appropriation or appropriations from 

12 which such salaries, allowances, and other expenses are pay13 able and shall be available for all the purposes thereof, 

14 $2,652,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Administrative Of15 ficer of the House of Representatives. 

16 CAPITOL GUIDE SERVICE AND SPECIAL SERVICES OFFICE

17 For salaries and expenses of the Capitol Guide Service 

18 and Special Services Office, $8,489,000, to be disbursed by 

19 the Secretary of the Senate. 

20 STATEMENTS OF APPROPRIATIONS

21 For the preparation, under the direction of the Com22 mittees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 

23 Representatives, of the statements for the first session of the 

24 109th Congress, showing appropriations made, indefinite 

25 appropriations, and contracts authorized, together with a 
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1 chronological history of the regular appropriations bills as 

2 required by law, $30,000, to be paid to the persons des3 ignated by the chairmen of such committees to supervise 

4 the work. 

5 CAPITOL POLICE 

6 SALARIES

7 For salaries of employees of the Capitol Police, includ8 ing overtime, hazardous duty pay differential, and Govern9 ment contributions for health, retirement, social security, 

10 professional liability insurance, and other applicable em11 ployee benefits, $231,205,000, to be disbursed by the Chief 

12 of the Capitol Police or his designee. 

13 GENERAL EXPENSES

14 For necessary expenses of the Capitol Police, including 

15 motor vehicles, communications and other equipment, secu16 rity equipment and installation, uniforms, weapons, sup17 plies, materials, training, medical services, forensic services, 

18 stenographic services, personal and professional services, the 

19 employee assistance program, the awards program, postage, 

20 communication services, travel advances, relocation of in21 structor and liaison personnel for the Federal Law Enforce22 ment Training Center, and not more than $5,000 to be ex23 pended on the certification of the Chief of the Capitol Police 

24 in connection with official representation and reception ex25 penses, $41,200,000, to be disbursed by the Chief of the Cap-
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1 itol Police or his designee: Provided, That, notwithstanding 

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

3 the Capitol Police at the Federal Law Enforcement Train4 ing Center for fiscal year 2007 shall be paid by the Sec5 retary of Homeland Security from funds available to the 

6 Department of Homeland Security. 

7 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

8 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

9 SEC. 1001. TRANSFER AUTHORITY. Amounts appro10 priated for fiscal year 2007 for the Capitol Police may be 

11 transferred between the headings ‘‘SALARIES’’ and ‘‘GEN12 ERAL EXPENSES’’ upon the approval of the Committees on 

13 Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representa14 tives. 

15 SEC. 1002. TRANSFER OF LIBRARY OF CONGRESS PO16 LICE TO THE UNITED STATES CAPITOL POLICE. (a) DEFI17 NITIONS.—In this section— 

18 (1) the term ‘‘Act of August 4, 1950’’ means the 

19 Act entitled ‘‘An Act relating to the policing of the 

20 buildings and grounds of the Library of Congress’’, 

21 approved August 4, 1950 (2 U.S.C. 167 et seq.); 

22 (2) the term ‘‘function’’ means any duty, obliga23 tion, power, authority, responsibility, right, privilege, 

24 activity, or program; and 
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1 (3) the term ‘‘Library of Congress Police em2 ployee’’— 

3 (A) means an employee of the Library of 

4 Congress designated as police under the first sec5 tion of the Act of August 4, 1950 (2 U.S.C. 167); 

6 and 

7 (B) does not include any civilian employee 

8 performing police support functions, emergency 

9 preparedness functions, or collections security 

10 functions. 

11 (b) SUPERSEDING PROVISIONS.— 

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—The provisions of this section 

13 shall supersede the provisions of section 1015 of the 

14 Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2003 (2 

15 U.S.C. 1901 note) and section 1006 of the Legislative 

16 Branch Appropriations Act, 2004 (2 U.S.C. 1901 

17 note; Public Law 108–83; 117 Stat. 1023) to the ex18 tent that the provisions of this section are inconsistent 

19 with such other provisions. 

20 (2) REPEAL OF FORMER RETIREMENT TREAT21 MENT PROVISION.—Section 1015(a)(2) of the Legisla22 tive Branch Appropriations Act, 2003 (2 U.S.C. 1901 

23 note) is amended by striking subparagraph (B). 

24 (c) TRANSFER OF PERSONNEL AND FUNCTIONS.— 
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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Effective on the first day of 

2 the first pay period applicable to members of the Cap3 itol Police beginning on or after April 1, 2007, there 

4 are transferred to the Capitol Police— 

5 (A) each Library of Congress Police em6 ployee described under subsection (e); and 

7 (B) any functions performed under the first 

8 section of the Act of August 4, 1950 (2 U.S.C. 

9 167) and section 9 of that Act (2 U.S.C. 167h). 

10 (2) LIBRARY OF CONGRESS COLLECTIONS SECU11 RITY.—Nothing in paragraph (1)(B) shall be con12 strued to affect the authority of the Librarian of Con13 gress under subsection (k). 

14 (d) MEMBERS OF THE CAPITOL POLICE.—Each Li15 brary of Congress Police employee who is transferred under 

16 subsection (c)(1)(A) shall be a member of the Capitol Police. 

17 (e) EMPLOYEES TO BE TRANSFERRED.—A Library of 

18 Congress Police employee shall be transferred under sub19 section (c) if— 

20 (1) based on the assumption that such employee 

21 would perform a period of continuous Federal service 

22 after the date of transfer, such employee would be en23 titled to an annuity for immediate retirement under 

24 section 8336(b) or 8412(b) of title 5, United States 
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1 Code, on the date such employee becomes 60 years of 

2 age; and 

3 (2) the Chief of the Capitol Police makes a deter4 mination under subsection (f) that the employee meets 

5 the qualifications required to be a member of the Cap6 itol Police. 

7 (f) QUALIFICATION DETERMINATIONS.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—Each Library of Congress Po9 lice employee described under subsection (e)(1) shall 

10 request a qualification determination from the Chief 

11 of the Capitol Police. 

12 (2) STANDARDS.—In making qualification deter13 minations under this subsection, the Chief of the Cap14 itol Police shall apply— 

15 (A) the qualification standards applicable 

16 to members of the Capitol Police; and 

17 (B) the requirements under subsection (e)(1) 

18 and paragraph (3) of this subsection. 

19 (3) TRAINING.—A Library of Congress Police 

20 employee shall be required to successfully complete 

21 such training as determined by the Chief of the Cap22 itol Police. 

23 (4) AGE LIMITATION NOT TO APPLY.—The max24 imum age limitation of 37 years for hiring a member 
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1 of the Capitol Police shall not apply to an individual 

2 transferred under this section. 

3 (g) TRANSITION PROVISIONS.— 

4 (1) TRANSFER AND ALLOCATIONS OF PROPERTY

5 AND APPROPRIATIONS.— 

6 (A) IN GENERAL.—Effective on the date of 

7 transfer under subsection (c)— 

8 (i) the assets, liabilities, contracts, 

9 property, and records in connection with 

10 the functions and Library of Congress Po11 lice employees transferred by this section 

12 shall be transferred to the Capitol Police; 

13 and 

14 (ii) the unexpended balances of appro15 priations, authorizations, allocations, and 

16 other funds employed, used, held, arising 

17 from, available to, or to be made available 

18 in connection with the functions and Li19 brary of Congress Police employees trans20 ferred by this section shall be transferred to 

21 the appropriations accounts for the Capitol 

22 Police under the subheadings ‘‘SALARIES’’ 

23 and ‘‘GENERAL EXPENSES’’ under the head24 ing ‘‘CAPITOL POLICE’’, as applicable. 
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1 (B) USE OF FUNDS.—Unexpended funds 

2 transferred under this section shall be used only 

3 for the purposes for which the funds were origi4 nally authorized and appropriated. 

5 (2) TRANSFERRED EMPLOYEES.— 

6 (A) NONREDUCTION IN PAY OR RANK.—The 

7 transfer of any employee under this section shall 

8 not cause that employee to be separated or re9 duced in basic pay or rank. 

10 (B) LEAVE AND COMPENSATORY TIME.— 

11 Any annual leave, sick leave, or other leave, or 

12 compensatory time, to the credit of an individual 

13 transferred under this section shall be transferred 

14 to the credit of that individual as a member of 

15 the Capitol Police. 

16 (C) EXEMPTION FOR MANDATORY SEPARA17 TION.—Section 8335(c) or 8425(c) of title 5, 

18 United States Code, shall not apply to any indi19 vidual who is transferred to, and becomes a 

20 member of, the Capitol Police under this section, 

21 until the earlier of— 

22 (i) the date on which that individual is 

23 entitled to an annuity for immediate retire24 ment under section 8336(b) or 8412(b) of 

25 title 5, United States Code; or 
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1 (ii) the date on which the individual— 

2 (I) is 57 years of age or older; 

3 and 

4 (II) is entitled to an annuity for 

5 immediate retirement under section 

6 8336(m) or 8412(d) of title 5, United 

7 States Code, (including the determina8 tion of such entitlement after the appli9 cation of subparagraph (D) of this 

10 paragraph). 

11 (D) TREATMENT OF PRIOR SERVICE FOR

12 PURPOSES OF ELIGIBILITY FOR IMMEDIATE RE13 TIREMENT AS CAPITOL POLICE.—Any Library of 

14 Congress Police employee who is transferred 

15 under subsection (c) shall be entitled to have any 

16 creditable service as an employee under section 

17 8332 or 8411 included in calculating the em18 ployee’s service as a member of the Capitol Police 

19 for purposes of section 8336(m) or 8412(d) of 

20 title 5, United States Code, but for purposes of 

21 computing the amount of any benefit payable to 

22 or on behalf of the employee under such title, 

23 such service shall be treated as service as an em24 ployee and shall not be treated as service as a 

25 member of the Capitol Police. 
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1 (E) RULES OF CONSTRUCTION RELATING TO

2 EMPLOYEE REPRESENTATION.— 

3 (i) EMPLOYEE REPRESENTATION.— 

4 Nothing in this section shall be construed to 

5 authorize any labor organization that rep6 resented an individual who was a Library 

7 of Congress police employee before the trans8 fer under subsection (c) to represent that in9 dividual as a member of the Capitol Police 

10 after such transfer. 

11 (ii) AGREEMENTS NOT APPLICABLE.— 

12 Nothing in this section shall be construed to 

13 authorize any collective bargaining agree14 ment (or any related court order, stipulated 

15 agreement, or agreement to the terms or 

16 conditions of employment) applicable to Li17 brary of Congress police employees to apply 

18 to members of the Capitol Police. 

19 (3) REORGANIZATION.—The Capitol Police 

20 Board is authorized to allocate or reallocate any func21 tion transferred under this section among members of 

22 the Capitol Police, and to establish, consolidate, alter, 

23 or discontinue such organizational entities in the 

24 Capitol Police as may be necessary or appropriate. 
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1 (4) ADDITIONAL DETAILEES DURING TRAIN2 ING.—During the period preceding the date of the 

3 transfer under subsection (c), the Chief of the Capitol 

4 Police may detail additional members of the Capitol 

5 Police to the Library of Congress, without reimburse6 ment, equal to or less than the number of Library of 

7 Congress Police employees who are in training de8 scribed under subsection (f)(3) at any time. 

9 (5) REFERENCES.—Reference in any other Fed10 eral law, Executive order, rule, regulation, or delega11 tion of authority, or any document of or relating to 

12 the Librarian of Congress or the Library of Congress 

13 with regard to functions transferred under this sec14 tion, shall be deemed to refer to the Capitol Police 

15 Board. 

16 (h) CAPITOL POLICE JURISDICTION.— 

17 (1) CAPITOL POLICE JURISDICTION.—Section 9 

18 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to define the area of the 

19 United States Capitol Grounds, to regulate the use 

20 thereof, and for other purposes’’, approved July 31, 

21 1946 (2 U.S.C. 1961) is amended— 

22 (A) by inserting ‘‘(a)’’ before ‘‘The Capitol 

23 Police shall police’’; and 

24 (B) by adding at the end the following: 
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1 ‘‘(d) The authority under subsection (a) shall also 

2 apply to the Library of Congress grounds described under 

3 section 11 of the Act entitled ‘An Act relating to the policing 

4 of the buildings of the Library of Congress’, approved Au5 gust 4, 1950 (2 U.S.C. 167j) and any building on such 

6 grounds, except that in a case of a building not located in 

7 the District of Columbia, the authority granted to the Met8 ropolitan Police Force of the District of Columbia shall be 

9 granted to any police force within whose jurisdiction the 

10 buildings or grounds are located.’’. 

11 (2) LIBRARY OF CONGRESS BUILDINGS AND

12 GROUNDS AND CAPITOL BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS.— 

13 (A) CAPITOL BUILDINGS.—Section 5101 of 

14 title 40, United States Code, is amended by in15 serting ‘‘all buildings on the real property de16 scribed under section 5102(d),’’ after ‘‘(including 

17 the Administrative Building of the United States 

18 Botanic Garden),’’. 

19 (B) CAPITOL GROUNDS.—Section 5102 of 

20 title 40, United States Code, is amended by add21 ing at the end the following: 

22 ‘‘(d) LIBRARY OF CONGRESS BUILDINGS AND

23 GROUNDS.— 

24 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided under 

25 paragraph (2), the United States Capitol Grounds 
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1 shall include the Library of Congress grounds de2 scribed under section 11 of the Act entitled ‘An Act 

3 relating to the policing of the buildings of the Library 

4 of Congress’, approved August 4, 1950 (2 U.S.C. 

5 167j). 

6 ‘‘(2) AUTHORITY OF LIBRARIAN OF CONGRESS.— 

7 Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b), the Librar8 ian of Congress shall retain authority over the Li9 brary of Congress buildings and grounds in accord10 ance with section 1 of the Act of June 29, 1922 (2 

11 U.S.C. 141; 42 Stat. 715).’’. 

12 (C) CONFORMING AMENDMENT RELATING TO

13 DISORDERLY CONDUCT.—Section 5104(e)(2) of 

14 title 40, United States Code, is amended by 

15 striking subparagraph (C) and inserting the fol16 lowing: 

17 ‘‘(C) with the intent to disrupt the orderly 

18 conduct of official business, enter or remain in 

19 a room in any of the Capitol Buildings set aside 

20 or designated for the use of— 

21 ‘‘(i) either House of Congress or a 

22 Member, committee, officer, or employee of 

23 Congress, or either House of Congress; or 

24 ‘‘(ii) the Library of Congress.’’. 
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1 (D) CONFORMING AMENDMENT TO DESCRIP2 TION OF LIBRARY OF CONGRESS GROUNDS.—Sec3 tion 11 of the Act of August 4, 1950 (2 U.S.C. 

4 167j) is amended— 

5 (i) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘For 

6 the purposes of this Act the’’ and inserting 

7 ‘‘The’’; 

8 (ii) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘For 

9 the purposes of this Act, the’’ and inserting 

10 ‘‘The’’; 

11 (iii) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘For 

12 the purposes of this Act, the’’ and inserting 

13 ‘‘The’’; and 

14 (iv) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘For 

15 the purposes of this Act, the’’ and inserting 

16 ‘‘The’’; 

17 (3) AMENDMENTS RELATING TO LIBRARY OF

18 CONGRESS JURISDICTION.— 

19 (A) DESIGNATION OF LIBRARY OF CON20 GRESS POLICE EMPLOYEES.—The first section of 

21 the Act of August 4, 1950 (2 U.S.C. 167) is re22 pealed. 

23 (B) JURISDICTION OF LIBRARY OF CON24 GRESS POLICE EMPLOYEES.—Section 9 of the 
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1 Act of August 4, 1950 (2 U.S.C. 167h) is amend2 ed— 

3 (i) by striking ‘‘The police provided’’ 

4 through ‘‘Provided, That the’’ and inserting 

5 ‘‘The’’; and 

6 (ii) by striking ‘‘the Librarian of Con7 gress or his assistants’’ and inserting ‘‘the 

8 Capitol Police Board, in consultation with 

9 the Librarian of Congress,’’. 

10 (C) REGULATIONS.—Section 7(a) of the Act 

11 of August 4, 1950 (2 U.S.C. 167f(a)) is amend12 ed— 

13 (i) by striking ‘‘in sections 2 to 6, in14 clusive, of this Act, the Librarian of Con15 gress’’ and inserting ‘‘under sections 5103 

16 and 5104 of title 40, United States Code, 

17 the Capitol Police Board, in consultation 

18 with the Librarian of Congress,’’; and 

19 (ii) by inserting ‘‘the Librarian of 

20 Congress may prescribe such regulations as 

21 may be deemed necessary’’ after ‘‘property 

22 therein, and’’. 

23 (D) REPEAL OF CERTAIN OFFENSES.— 

24 (i) IN GENERAL.—Sections 2, 3, 4, 5, 

25 6, and 8 of the Act of August 4, 1950 (2 
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1 U.S.C. 167a, 167b, 167c, 167d, 167e, and 

2 167g) are repealed. 

3 (ii) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This subpara4 graph shall take effect on September 30, 

5 2008. 

6 (E) SUSPENSION OF PROHIBITIONS AGAINST

7 USE OF LIBRARY OF BUILDINGS AND

8 GROUNDS.— 

9 (i) IN GENERAL.—Section 10 of the Act 

10 of August 4, 1950 (2 U.S.C. 167i) is 

11 amended by striking ‘‘2 to 6, inclusive, of 

12 this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘5103 and 5104 of 

13 title 40, United States Code,’’. 

14 (ii) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This subpara15 graph shall take effect on September 30, 

16 2008. 

17 (i) TREATMENT OF LIBRARY OF CONGRESS POLICE

18 EMPLOYEES NOT TRANSFERRED.— 

19 (1) CONTINUITY OF EMPLOYMENT.— 

20 (A) IN GENERAL.—With respect to any in21 dividual who remains a Library of Congress Po22 lice employee on and after the date of the trans23 fer under subsection (c), subject to the Memo24 randum of Understanding described under sub25 section (l)— 
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1 (i) the first section of the Act of August 

2 4, 1950 (2 U.S.C. 167) and section 9 of that 

3 Act (2 U.S.C. 167h) shall apply as though 

4 the amendments under subsection (h)(3)(A) 

5 and (B) of this section had not been en6 acted; and 

7 (ii) notwithstanding the transfer of 

8 functions under subsection (c) of this sec9 tion, the Librarian of Congress and any 

10 such Library of Congress Police employee 

11 may exercise the functions under the first 

12 section and section 9 of the Act of August 

13 4, 1950. 

14 (B) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing 

15 under subparagraph (A) shall be construed to af16 fect the authority of the Librarian of Congress 

17 to— 

18 (i) terminate the employment of a Li19 brary of Congress Police employee; or 

20 (ii) transfer any individual serving in 

21 a Library of Congress Police employee posi22 tion to another position at the Library of 

23 Congress. 
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1 (2) TERMINATION OF LIBRARY OF CONGRESS PO2 LICE EMPLOYEE POSITIONS.—Effective on September 

3 30, 2008— 

4 (A) all Library of Congress Police employee 

5 positions are terminated; 

6 (B) any individual who is employed in such 

7 position on that date and entitled to an annuity 

8 for immediate retirement under section 8336(b) 

9 or 8412(b) of title 5, United States Code, shall 

10 be separated from service for retirement; and 

11 (C) with respect to any individual em12 ployed in such position on that date (other than 

13 an individual described under subparagraph 

14 (B)), the Librarian of Congress shall separate the 

15 individual from service. 

16 (j) ADDITIONAL MEMBERS OF THE CAPITOL PO17 LICE.—Effective on April 1, 2008, the Chief of the Capitol 

18 Police may hire an additional number of individuals as 

19 members of the Capitol Police equal to the number of Li20 brary of Congress Police employees on the date following 

21 the date of the transfer under subsection (c). 

22 (k) COLLECTIONS SECURITY.— 

23 (1) AUTHORITY OF THE LIBRARIAN OF CON24 GRESS.—The Librarian of Congress shall provide for 

25 collections security within the Library of Congress. 
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1 (2) CONTRACTS AND CONSULTATIONS.—In exer2 cising the authority under this subsection, the Librar3 ian of Congress— 

4 (A) may enter into contracts for goods and 

5 services; and 

6 (B) shall coordinate with the Chief of the 

7 Capitol Police. 

8 (l) MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.—The Memo9 randum of Understanding between the Library of Congress 

10 and the Capitol Police entered into on December 12, 2004, 

11 shall remain in effect through fiscal years 2007 and 2008, 

12 subject to— 

13 (1) the provisions of this section; and 

14 (2) such modifications as may be made in ac15 cordance with the modification and dispute resolution 

16 provisions of the Memorandum of Understanding, 

17 consistent with the provisions of this section. 

18 (m) REIMBURSEMENT OF AMOUNTS RELATING TO LI19 BRARY OF CONGRESS EVENTS.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—Any amounts received as re21 imbursement for salaries and expenses for services 

22 performed by the Capitol Police at any Library of 

23 Congress event shall be reimbursed to the appropria24 tions accounts for the Capitol Police under the sub25 headings ‘‘SALARIES’’ and ‘‘GENERAL EXPENSES’’ 
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1 under the heading ‘‘CAPITOL POLICE’’, as applica2 ble. 

3 (2) EXPENDITURE AND AVAILABILITY OF REIM4 BURSED FUNDS.—Funds reimbursed to appropria5 tions accounts under paragraph (1) may be expended 

6 and shall remain available in accordance with section 

7 2802(a)(2) of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 

8 2001 (2 U.S.C. 1905(a)(2)). 

9 (3) REIMBURSEMENT BY LIBRARIAN OF CON10 GRESS.—The Librarian of Congress may reimburse, 

11 from any available funds, to the appropriations ac12 counts described under paragraph (1) amounts for 

13 salaries and expenses for services performed by the 

14 Capitol Police at any Library of Congress event. 

15 (n) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Except as otherwise provided 

16 in this section, this section shall take effect on the date of 

17 enactment of this Act and apply to the fiscal year in which 

18 enacted and each fiscal year thereafter. 

19 SEC. 1003. AUTHORIZATION FOR ADVANCE PAYMENTS

20 ON CERTAIN CONTRACTS. (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwith21 standing section 3324 of title 31, United States Code, the 

22 Chief of the Capitol Police may make advance payments 

23 for any contract relating to an information and workflow 

24 system for the management of human capital life cycle proc25 esses if the Chief of the Capitol Police determines that mak-
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1 ing such advance payments is more prompt, efficient, or 

2 economical in the interest of carrying out required activities 

3 and operations of the Capitol Police. 

4 (b) NOTIFICATION.—Before exercising the authority 

5 under subsection (a), the Chief of the Capitol Police shall 

6 submit notification to the Committee on Appropriations of 

7 the Senate and the House of Representatives. 

8 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply to fis9 cal year 2007 and each fiscal year thereafter. 

10 SEC. 1004. GENERAL COUNSEL FOR THE UNITED

11 STATES CAPITOL POLICE AND THE CHIEF OF THE CAPITOL

12 POLICE. (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 111 of 

13 the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1979 (2 U.S.C. 

14 1901 note) or House Resolution 661 of the 95th Congress, 

15 approved July 29, 1977— 

16 (1) the appointment of an individual to the posi17 tion of General Counsel for the United States Capitol 

18 Police Board and the Chief of the Capitol Police shall 

19 be made by the Capitol Police Board without regard 

20 to political affiliation and solely on the basis of fit21 ness to perform the duties of the position; and 

22 (2) the pay for that position— 

23 (A) shall be disbursed by the Chief of the 

24 Capitol Police from funds appropriated to the 

25 Capitol Police; 
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1 (B) shall be set at the rate of pay in effect 

2 on the date of enactment of this Act; and 

3 (C) may be adjusted at any time after that 

4 date by the Capitol Police Board. 

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

6 respect to fiscal year 2007 and each fiscal year thereafter. 

7 CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE 

8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

9 For salaries and expenses necessary for operation of 

10 the Congressional Budget Office, including not more than 

11 $3,000 to be expended on the certification of the Director 

12 of the Congressional Budget Office in connection with offi13 cial representation and reception expenses, $36,987,000. 

14 ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL 

15 GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

16 For salaries for the Architect of the Capitol, and other 

17 personal services, at rates of pay provided by law; for sur18 veys and studies in connection with activities under the 

19 care of the Architect of the Capitol; for all necessary ex20 penses for the general and administrative support of the 

21 operations under the Architect of the Capitol including the 

22 Botanic Garden; electrical substations of the Capitol, Sen23 ate and House office buildings, and other facilities under 

24 the jurisdiction of the Architect of the Capitol; including 

25 furnishings and office equipment; including not more than 
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1 $5,000 for official reception and representation expenses, to 

2 be expended as the Architect of the Capitol may approve; 

3 for purchase or exchange, maintenance, and operation of 

4 a passenger motor vehicle, $90,669,000, of which $5,000,000 

5 shall remain available until September 30, 2011. 

6 CAPITOL BUILDING

7 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

8 and operation of the Capitol, $21,594,000, of which 

9 $5,133,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

10 2011. 

11 CAPITOL GROUNDS

12 For all necessary expenses for care and improvement 

13 of grounds surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House 

14 office buildings, and the Capitol Power Plant, $8,007,000. 

15 SENATE OFFICE BUILDINGS

16 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

17 and operation of Senate office buildings; and furniture and 

18 furnishings to be expended under the control and super19 vision of the Architect of the Capitol, $74,316,000, of which 

20 $20,014,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

21 2011. 

22 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS

23 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

24 and operation of the House office buildings, $61,383,000, 
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1 of which $19,805,000 shall remain available until Sep2 tember 30, 2011. 

3 CAPITOL POWER PLANT

4 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

5 and operation of the Capitol Power Plant; lighting, heating, 

6 power (including the purchase of electrical energy) and 

7 water and sewer services for the Capitol, Senate and House 

8 office buildings, Library of Congress buildings, and the 

9 grounds about the same, Botanic Garden, Senate garage, 

10 and air conditioning refrigeration not supplied from plants 

11 in any of such buildings; heating the Government Printing 

12 Office and Washington City Post Office, and heating and 

13 chilled water for air conditioning for the Supreme Court 

14 Building, the Union Station complex, the Thurgood Mar15 shall Federal Judiciary Building and the Folger Shake16 speare Library, expenses for which shall be advanced or re17 imbursed upon request of the Architect of the Capitol and 

18 amounts so received shall be deposited into the Treasury 

19 to the credit of this appropriation, $79,850,000, of which 

20 $4,125,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

21 2011: Provided, That not more than $8,000,000 of the funds 

22 credited or to be reimbursed to this appropriation as herein 

23 provided shall be available for obligation during fiscal year 

24 2007. 
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1 LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

2 For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and 

3 structural maintenance, care and operation of the Library 

4 buildings and grounds, $37,959,000, of which $14,361,000 

5 shall remain available until September 30, 2011. 

6 CAPITOL POLICE BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

7 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

8 and operation of buildings and grounds of the United States 

9 Capitol Police, $12,473,000, of which $3,000,000 shall re10 main available until September 30, 2011. 

11 BOTANIC GARDEN

12 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

13 and operation of the Botanic Garden and the nurseries, 

14 buildings, grounds, and collections; and purchase and ex15 change, maintenance, repair, and operation of a passenger 

16 motor vehicle; all under the direction of the Joint Com17 mittee on the Library, $9,240,000: Provided, That of the 

18 amount made available under this heading, the Architect 

19 may obligate and expend such sums as may be necessary 

20 for the maintenance, care and operation of the National 

21 Garden established under section 307E of the Legislative 

22 Branch Appropriations Act, 1989 (2 U.S.C. 2146), upon 

23 vouchers approved by the Architect or a duly authorized 

24 designee. 
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1 CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER

2 For an additional amount for the Capitol Visitor Cen3 ter project, $25,600,000, to remain available until ex4 pended, and in addition, $13,950,000 for Capitol Visitor 

5 Center operation costs: Provided, That the Architect of the 

6 Capitol may not obligate any of the funds which are made 

7 available for the Capitol Visitor Center project without an 

8 obligation plan approved by the Committees on Appropria9 tions of the Senate and House of Representatives. 

10 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

11 SEC. 1201. INSPECTOR GENERAL OF THE ARCHITECT

12 OF THE CAPITOL. (a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be 

13 cited as the ‘‘Architect of the Capitol Inspector General Act 

14 of 2006’’. 

15 (b) OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL.—There is an Of16 fice of Inspector General within the Office of the Architect 

17 of the Capitol which is an independent objective office to— 

18 (1) conduct and supervise audits and investiga19 tions relating to the Architect of the Capitol; 

20 (2) provide leadership and coordination and rec21 ommend policies to promote economy, efficiency, and 

22 effectiveness; and 

23 (3) provide a means of keeping the Architect of 

24 the Capitol and the Congress fully and currently in25 formed about problems and deficiencies relating to the 
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1 administration and operations of the Architect of the 

2 Capitol. 

3 (c) APPOINTMENT OF INSPECTOR GENERAL; SUPER4 VISION; REMOVAL.— 

5 (1) APPOINTMENT AND SUPERVISION.— 

6 (A) IN GENERAL.—There shall be at the 

7 head of the Office of Inspector General, an In8 spector General who shall be appointed by the 

9 Architect of the Capitol, in consultation with the 

10 Inspectors General of the Library of Congress, 

11 Government Printing Office, Government Ac12 countability Office, and United States Capitol 

13 Police. The appointment shall be made without 

14 regard to political affiliation and solely on the 

15 basis of integrity and demonstrated ability in 

16 accounting, auditing, financial analysis, law, 

17 management analysis, public administration, or 

18 investigations. The Inspector General shall re19 port to, and be under the general supervision of, 

20 the Architect of the Capitol. 

21 (B) AUDITS, INVESTIGATIONS, REPORTS, 

22 AND OTHER DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.— 

23 The Architect of the Capitol shall have no au24 thority to prevent or prohibit the Inspector Gen25 eral from— 
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1 (i) initiating, carrying out, or com2 pleting any audit or investigation; 

3 (ii) issuing any subpoena during the 

4 course of any audit or investigation; 

5 (iii) issuing any report; or 

6 (iv) carrying out any other duty or re7 sponsibility of the Inspector General under 

8 this section. 

9 (2) REMOVAL.—The Inspector General may be 

10 removed from office by the Architect of the Capitol. 

11 The Architect of the Capitol shall, promptly upon 

12 such removal, communicate in writing the reasons for 

13 any such removal to each House of Congress. 

14 (3) COMPENSATION.—The Inspector General 

15 shall be paid at an annual rate of pay equal to 

16 $1,500 less than the annual rate of pay of the Archi17 tect of the Capitol. 

18 (d) DUTIES, RESPONSIBILITIES, AUTHORITY, AND RE19 PORTS.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—Sections 4, 5 (other than sub21 sections (a)(13) and (e)(1)(B) thereof), 6 (other than 

22 subsection (a) (7) and (8) thereof), and 7 of the In23 spector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) shall 

24 apply to the Inspector General of the Architect of the 

25 Capitol and the Office of such Inspector General and 
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1 such sections shall be applied to the Office of the Ar2 chitect of the Capitol and the Architect of the Capitol 

3 by substituting— 

4 (A) ‘‘Office of the Architect of the Capitol’’ 

5 for ‘‘establishment’’; and 

6 (B) ‘‘Architect of the Capitol’’ for ‘‘head of 

7 the establishment’’. 

8 (2) EMPLOYEES.—The Inspector General, in car9 rying out this section, is authorized to select, appoint, 

10 and employ such officers and employees (including 

11 consultants) as may be necessary for carrying out the 

12 functions, powers, and duties of the Office of Inspector 

13 General subject to the provisions of law governing se14 lections, appointments, and employment in the Office 

15 of the Architect of the Capitol. 

16 (e) TRANSFERS.—All functions, personnel, and budget 

17 resources of the Office of the Inspector General of the Archi18 tect of the Capitol as in effect before the effective date of 

19 this section are transferred to the Office of Inspector Gen20 eral described under subsection (b). 

21 (f) REFERENCES.—References in any other Federal 

22 law, Executive order, rule, regulation, or delegation of au23 thority, or any document of or relating to the Inspector 

24 General of the Architect of the Capitol shall be deemed to 

25 refer to the Inspector General as set forth under this section. 
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1 (g) FIRST APPOINTMENT.—On the date occurring 180 

2 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Architect 

3 of the Capitol shall appoint an individual to the position 

4 of Inspector General of the Architect of the Capitol described 

5 under subparagraph (A) of subsection (c)(1) in accordance 

6 with that subparagraph. 

7 (h) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided under 

9 paragraph (2), this section shall take effect 180 days 

10 after the date of enactment of this Act and apply with 

11 respect to fiscal year 2007 and each fiscal year there12 after. 

13 (2) FIRST APPOINTMENT.—Subsection (g) shall 

14 take effect on the date of enactment of this Act and 

15 the Architect of the Capitol shall take such actions as 

16 necessary after such date of enactment to carry out 

17 that subsection. 

18 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 For necessary expenses of the Library of Congress not 

21 otherwise provided for, including development and mainte22 nance of the Library’s catalogs; custody and custodial care 

23 of the Library buildings; special clothing; cleaning, laun24 dering and repair of uniforms; preservation of motion pic25 tures in the custody of the Library; operation and mainte-
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1 nance of the American Folklife Center in the Library; prep2 aration and distribution of catalog records and other publi3 cations of the Library; hire or purchase of one passenger 

4 motor vehicle; and expenses of the Library of Congress Trust 

5 Fund Board not properly chargeable to the income of any 

6 trust fund held by the Board, $397,756,000, of which not 

7 more than $6,000,000 shall be derived from collections cred8 ited to this appropriation during fiscal year 2007, and 

9 shall remain available until expended, under the Act of 

10 June 28, 1902 (chapter 1301; 32 Stat. 480; 2 U.S.C. 150) 

11 and not more than $350,000 shall be derived from collec12 tions during fiscal year 2007 and shall remain available 

13 until expended for the development and maintenance of an 

14 international legal information database and activities re15 lated thereto: Provided, That the Library of Congress may 

16 not obligate or expend any funds derived from collections 

17 under the Act of June 28, 1902, in excess of the amount 

18 authorized for obligation or expenditure in appropriations 

19 Acts: Provided further, That the total amount available for 

20 obligation shall be reduced by the amount by which collec21 tions are less than $6,350,000: Provided further, That of 

22 the total amount appropriated, $15,509,000 shall remain 

23 available until expended for the partial acquisition of books, 

24 periodicals, newspapers, and all other materials including 

25 subscriptions for bibliographic services for the Library, in-
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1 cluding $40,000 to be available solely for the purchase, when 

2 specifically approved by the Librarian, of special and 

3 unique materials for additions to the collections: Provided 

4 further, That of the total amount appropriated, not more 

5 than $12,000 may be expended, on the certification of the 

6 Librarian of Congress, in connection with official represen7 tation and reception expenses for the Overseas Field Offices: 

8 Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated, 

9 $6,000,000 shall be used for the digital collections and edu10 cational curricula program, of which $4,056,000 shall re11 main available until September 30, 2011: Provided further, 

12 That of the total amount appropriated, $150,000 shall re13 main available to the Library of Congress until September 

14 30, 2009, for support of the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial 

15 Exhibition: Provided further, That of the total amount ap16 propriated, $700,000 shall remain available until expended, 

17 and shall be transferred to the Abraham Lincoln Bicenten18 nial Commission for carrying out the purposes of Public 

19 Law 106–173, of which $10,000 may be used for official 

20 representation and reception expenses of the Abraham Lin21 coln Bicentennial Commission: Provided further, That of 

22 the total amount appropriated, $11,029,000 shall remain 

23 available until expended for partial support of the National 

24 Audio-Visual Conservation Center: Provided further, That 

25 of the total amount appropriated, $250,000 shall be used 
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1 to provide a grant to the Middle Eastern Text Initiative 

2 for translation and publishing of middle eastern text. 

3 COPYRIGHT OFFICE

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, 

6 $59,044,000, of which not more than $28,335,000, to re7 main available until expended, shall be derived from collec8 tions credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 2007 

9 under section 708(d) of title 17, United States Code: Pro10 vided, That the Copyright Office may not obligate or expend 

11 any funds derived from collections under such section, in 

12 excess of the amount authorized for obligation or expendi13 ture in appropriations Acts: Provided further, That not 

14 more than $5,640,000 shall be derived from collections dur15 ing fiscal year 2007 under sections 111(d)(2), 119(b)(2), 

16 803(e), 1005, and 1316 of such title: Provided further, That 

17 the total amount available for obligation shall be reduced 

18 by the amount by which collections are less than 

19 $33,975,000: Provided further, That not more than 

20 $100,000 of the amount appropriated is available for the 

21 maintenance of an ‘‘International Copyright Institute’’ in 

22 the Copyright Office of the Library of Congress for the pur23 pose of training nationals of developing countries in intel24 lectual property laws and policies: Provided further, That 

25 not more than $4,250 may be expended, on the certification 
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1 of the Librarian of Congress, in connection with official 

2 representation and reception expenses for activities of the 

3 International Copyright Institute and for copyright delega4 tions, visitors, and seminars: Provided further, That not5 withstanding any provision of chapter 8 of title 17, United 

6 States Code, any amounts made available under this head7 ing which are attributable to royalty fees and payments re8 ceived by the Copyright Office pursuant to sections 111, 

9 119, and chapter 10 of such title may be used for the costs 

10 incurred in the administration of the Copyright Royalty 

11 Judges program. 

12 CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 

15 section 203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 

16 (2 U.S.C. 166) and to revise and extend the Annotated Con17 stitution of the United States of America, $103,625,000: 

18 Provided, That no part of such amount may be used to pay 

19 any salary or expense in connection with any publication, 

20 or preparation of material therefor (except the Digest of 

21 Public General Bills), to be issued by the Library of Con22 gress unless such publication has obtained prior approval 

23 of either the Committee on House Administration of the 

24 House of Representatives or the Committee on Rules and 

25 Administration of the Senate. 
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1 BOOKS FOR THE BLIND AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For salaries and expenses to carry out the Act of March 

4 3, 1931 (chapter 400; 46 Stat. 1487; 2 U.S.C. 135a), 

5 $55,547,000, of which $16,018,000 shall remain available 

6 until September 30, 2011: Provided, That of the total 

7 amount appropriated, $400,000 shall be used to reimburse 

8 the National Federation of the Blind for costs incurred in 

9 the operation of its ‘‘NEWSLINE’’ program. 

10 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

11 SEC. 1301. INCENTIVE AWARDS PROGRAM. Of the 

12 amounts appropriated to the Library of Congress in this 

13 Act, not more than $5,000 may be expended, on the certifi14 cation of the Librarian of Congress, in connection with offi15 cial representation and reception expenses for the incentive 

16 awards program. 

17 SEC. 1302. REIMBURSABLE AND REVOLVING FUND AC18 TIVITIES. (a) IN GENERAL.—For fiscal year 2007, the 

19 obligational authority of the Library of Congress for the ac20 tivities described in subsection (b) may not exceed 

21 $111,078,000. 

22 (b) ACTIVITIES.—The activities referred to in sub23 section (a) are reimbursable and revolving fund activities 

24 that are funded from sources other than appropriations to 
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1 the Library in appropriations Acts for the legislative 

2 branch. 

3 (c) TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—During fiscal year 2007, 

4 the Librarian of Congress may temporarily transfer funds 

5 appropriated in this Act, under the heading ‘‘LIBRARY 

6 OF CONGRESS’’ under the subheading ‘‘SALARIES AND

7 EXPENSES’’ to the revolving fund for the FEDLINK Pro8 gram and the Federal Research Program established under 

9 section 103 of the Library of Congress Fiscal Operations 

10 Improvement Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–481; 2 U.S.C. 

11 182c): Provided, That the total amount of such transfers 

12 may not exceed $1,900,000: Provided further, That the ap13 propriate revolving fund account shall reimburse the Li14 brary for any amounts transferred to it before the period 

15 of availability of the Library appropriation expires. 

16 SEC. 1303. UNITED STATES DIPLOMATIC FACILITIES. 

17 Funds made available for the Library of Congress under 

18 this Act are available for transfer to the Department of 

19 State as remittance for a fee charged by the Department 

20 for fiscal year 2007 for the maintenance, upgrade, or con21 struction of United States diplomatic facilities only to the 

22 extent that the amount of the fee so charged is equal to or 

23 less than the unreimbursed value of the services provided 

24 during fiscal year 2007 to the Library of Congress on State 

25 Department diplomatic facilities. 
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1 SEC. 1304. COOPERATIVE ACQUISITIONS PROGRAM

2 REVOLVING FUND AUDIT. Section 207 of the Legislative 

3 Branch Appropriations Act, 1998 (Public Law 105–55, 2 

4 U.S.C. 182) is amended by striking subsection (e) and in5 serting the following: 

6 ‘‘(e) AUDIT.—The revolving fund shall be subject to 

7 audit by the Comptroller General at the Comptroller Gen8 eral’s discretion.’’. 

9 SEC. 1305. COMPETITIVE STATUS OF LIBRARY OF

10 CONGRESS EMPLOYEES. (a) COMPETITIVE STATUS.—Not11 withstanding any other provision of law, any employee of 

12 the Library of Congress who has satisfactorily completed 

13 a probationary period in the Library of Congress under a 

14 non-temporary appointment acquires a competitive status 

15 for appointment to any position in the competitive service 

16 for which the employee possesses the required qualifications. 

17 (b) PROBATIONARY PERIOD NOT REQUIRED.—A Li18 brary of Congress employee who acquires a competitive sta19 tus under this section shall not be required to complete a 

20 probationary period upon appointment to a position in the 

21 competitive service. 

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

23 respect to fiscal year 2007 and each fiscal year thereafter. 

24 SEC. 1306. SELECTION PRIORITY FOR DISPLACED LI25 BRARY OF CONGRESS EMPLOYEES. (a) DEFINITION.—In 
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1 this section, the term ‘‘displaced employee of the Library 

2 of Congress’’ means, subject to subsection (c), a former or 

3 current employee of the Library of Congress who— 

4 (1) is or was serving on an appointment without 

5 time limit; 

6 (2) is or was serving in a position at level GS– 

7 15 of the General Schedule or less; and 

8 (3) is in receipt of a notice of reduction in force 

9 or a notice of proposed removal for declining a trans10 fer of function or directed reassignment out of the 

11 local commuting area or was separated or removed 

12 under such a notice. 

13 (b) SPECIAL SELECTION PRIORITY.—A displaced em14 ployee of the Library of Congress shall be eligible for special 

15 selection priority for a position in the competitive service 

16 under the interagency career transition assistance program 

17 administered by the Office of Personnel Management, and 

18 under any similar interagency program for displaced Fed19 eral employees that the Office may subsequently administer. 

20 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE AND APPLICATION.—This section 

21 shall be effective as of the date occurring 90 days before 

22 the date of enactment of this Act and apply to any displaced 

23 employee of the Library of Congress in receipt of a notice 

24 or separated or removed from service on or after that effec25 tive date. This section shall apply to the remainder of the 
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1 fiscal year in which enacted after such effective date and 

2 to each fiscal year thereafter. 

3 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 

4 CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING AND BINDING

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

6 For authorized printing and binding for the Congress 

7 and the distribution of Congressional information in any 

8 format; printing and binding for the Architect of the Cap9 itol; expenses necessary for preparing the semimonthly and 

10 session index to the Congressional Record, as authorized by 

11 law (section 902 of title 44, United States Code); printing 

12 and binding of Government publications authorized by law 

13 to be distributed to Members of Congress; and printing, 

14 binding, and distribution of Government publications au15 thorized by law to be distributed without charge to the re16 cipient, $97,300,000: Provided, That this appropriation 

17 shall not be available for paper copies of the permanent edi18 tion of the Congressional Record for individual Representa19 tives, Resident Commissioners or Delegates authorized 

20 under section 906 of title 44, United States Code: Provided 

21 further, That this appropriation shall be available for the 

22 payment of obligations incurred under the appropriations 

23 for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years: Provided 

24 further, That notwithstanding the 2-year limitation under 

25 section 718 of title 44, United States Code, none of the funds 
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1 appropriated or made available under this Act or any other 

2 Act for printing and binding and related services provided 

3 to Congress under chapter 7 of title 44, United States Code, 

4 may be expended to print a document, report, or publica5 tion after the 27-month period beginning on the date that 

6 such document, report, or publication is authorized by Con7 gress to be printed, unless Congress reauthorizes such print8 ing in accordance with section 718 of title 44, United States 

9 Code: Provided further, That any unobligated or unex10 pended balances in this account or accounts for similar 

11 purposes for preceding fiscal years may be transferred to 

12 the Government Printing Office revolving fund for carrying 

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

14 of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep15 resentatives and Senate. 

16 OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

19 For expenses of the Office of Superintendent of Docu20 ments necessary to provide for the cataloging and indexing 

21 of Government publications and their distribution to the 

22 public, Members of Congress, other Government agencies, 

23 and designated depository and international exchange li24 braries as authorized by law, $40,000,000: Provided, That 

25 amounts of not more than $2,000,000 from current year 
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1 appropriations are authorized for producing and dissemi2 nating Congressional serial sets and other related publica3 tions for fiscal years 2005 and 2006 to depository and other 

4 designated libraries: Provided further, That any unobli5 gated or unexpended balances in this account or accounts 

6 for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years may be 

7 transferred to the Government Printing Office revolving 

8 fund for carrying out the purposes of this heading, subject 

9 to the approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the 

10 House of Representatives and Senate. 

11 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE REVOLVING FUND

12 For payment to the Government Printing Office Re13 volving Fund, $2,980,000 for workforce retraining: Pro14 vided, That the Government Printing Office may make such 

15 expenditures, within the limits of funds available and in 

16 accordance with law, and to make such contracts and com17 mitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as pro18 vided by section 9104 of title 31, United States Code, as 

19 may be necessary in carrying out the programs and pur20 poses set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year for 

21 the Government Printing Office revolving fund: Provided 

22 further, That not more than $5,000 may be expended on 

23 the certification of the Public Printer in connection with 

24 official representation and reception expenses: Provided fur25 ther, That the revolving fund shall be available for the hire 
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1 or purchase of not more than 12 passenger motor vehicles: 

2 Provided further, That expenditures in connection with 

3 travel expenses of the advisory councils to the Public Print4 er shall be deemed necessary to carry out the provisions of 

5 title 44, United States Code: Provided further, That the re6 volving fund shall be available for temporary or intermit7 tent services under section 3109(b) of title 5, United States 

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

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

10 the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of such title: Pro11 vided further, That the revolving fund and the funds pro12 vided under the headings ‘‘OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF

13 DOCUMENTS’’ and ‘‘SALARIES AND EXPENSES’’ together 

14 may not be available for the full-time equivalent employ15 ment of more than 2,621 workyears (or such other number 

16 of workyears as the Public Printer may request, subject to 

17 the approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the 

18 House of Representatives and Senate): Provided further, 

19 That activities financed through the revolving fund may 

20 provide information in any format: Provided further, That 

21 not more than $10,000 may be expended from the revolving 

22 fund in support of the activities of the Benjamin Franklin 

23 Tercentenary Commission established by Public Law 107– 

24 202. 
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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 representation 

7 and reception expenses; temporary or intermittent services 

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

9 at rates for individuals not more than the daily equivalent 

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

11 Schedule under section 5315 of such title; hire of one pas12 senger motor vehicle; advance payments in foreign countries 

13 in accordance with section 3324 of title 31, United States 

14 Code; benefits comparable to those payable under sections 

15 901(5), (6), and (8) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 

16 U.S.C. 4081(5), (6), and (8)); and under regulations pre17 scribed by the Comptroller General of the United States, 

18 rental of living quarters in foreign countries, $498,620,000: 

19 Provided, That not more than $4,980,000 of payments re20 ceived under section 782 of title 31, United States Code, 

21 shall be available for use in fiscal year 2007: Provided fur22 ther, That not more than $2,005,000 of reimbursements re23 ceived under section 9105 of title 31, United States Code, 

24 shall be available for use in fiscal year 2007: Provided fur25 ther, That this appropriation and appropriations for ad-
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1 ministrative expenses of any other department or agency 

2 which is a member of the National Intergovernmental Audit 

3 Forum or a Regional Intergovernmental Audit Forum shall 

4 be available to finance an appropriate share of either Fo5 rum’s costs as determined by the respective Forum, includ6 ing necessary travel expenses of non-Federal participants: 

7 Provided further, That payments hereunder to the Forum 

8 may be credited as reimbursements to any appropriation 

9 from which costs involved are initially financed. 

10 OPEN WORLD LEADERSHIP CENTER TRUST 

11 FUND 

12 For a payment to the Open World Leadership Center 

13 Trust Fund for financing activities of the Open World 

14 Leadership Center under section 313 of the Legislative 

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

16 $14,000,000. 

17 JOHN C. STENNIS CENTER FOR PUBLIC SERVICE 

18 TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT 

19 For payment to the John C. Stennis Center for Public 

20 Service Development Trust Fund established under section 

21 116 of the John C. Stennis Center for Public Service Train22 ing and Development Act (2 U.S.C. 1105), $430,000. 
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1 TITLE II 

2 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

3 SEC. 201. MAINTENANCE AND CARE OF PRIVATE VEHI4 CLES. No part of the funds appropriated in this Act shall 

5 be used for the maintenance or care of private vehicles, ex6 cept for emergency assistance and cleaning as may be pro7 vided under regulations relating to parking facilities for the 

8 House of Representatives issued by the Committee on House 

9 Administration and for the Senate issued by the Committee 

10 on Rules and Administration. 

11 SEC. 202. FISCAL YEAR LIMITATION. No part of the 

12 funds appropriated in this Act shall remain available for 

13 obligation beyond fiscal year 2007 unless expressly so pro14 vided in this Act. 

15 SEC. 203. RATES OF COMPENSATION AND DESIGNA16 TION. Whenever in this Act any office or position not spe17 cifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of 1929 (46 

18 Stat. 32 et seq.) is appropriated for or the rate of compensa19 tion or designation of any office or position appropriated 

20 for is different from that specifically established by such 

21 Act, the rate of compensation and the designation in this 

22 Act shall be the permanent law with respect thereto: Pro23 vided, That the provisions in this Act for the various items 

24 of official expenses of Members, officers, and committees of 

25 the Senate and House of Representatives, and clerk hire for 
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1 Senators and Members of the House of Representatives shall 

2 be the permanent law with respect thereto. 

3 SEC. 204. CONSULTING SERVICES. The expenditure of 

4 any appropriation under this Act for any consulting service 

5 through procurement contract, under section 3109 of title 

6 5, United States Code, shall be limited to those contracts 

7 where such expenditures are a matter of public record and 

8 available for public inspection, except where otherwise pro9 vided under law, or under Executive order issued under 

10 law. 

11 SEC. 205. AWARDS AND SETTLEMENTS. Such sums as 

12 may be necessary are appropriated to the account described 

13 in subsection (a) of section 415 of the Congressional Ac14 countability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1415(a)) to pay awards 

15 and settlements as authorized under such subsection. 

16 SEC. 206. COSTS OF LBFMC. Amounts available for 

17 administrative expenses of any legislative branch entity 

18 which participates in the Legislative Branch Financial 

19 Managers Council (LBFMC) established by charter on 

20 March 26, 1996, shall be available to finance an appro21 priate share of LBFMC costs as determined by the LBFMC, 

22 except that the total LBFMC costs to be shared among all 

23 participating legislative branch entities (in such allocations 

24 among the entities as the entities may determine) may not 

25 exceed $2,000. 
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1 SEC. 207. LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE. The Architect of 

2 the Capitol, in consultation with the District of Columbia, 

3 is authorized to maintain and improve the landscape fea4 tures, excluding streets and sidewalks, in the irregular 

5 shaped grassy areas bounded by Washington Avenue, SW 

6 on the northeast, Second Street SW on the west, Square 582 

7 on the south, and the beginning of the I–395 tunnel on the 

8 southeast. 

9 SEC. 208. LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS. None of the 

10 funds made available in this Act may be transferred to any 

11 department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States 

12 Government, except pursuant to a transfer made by, or 

13 transfer authority provided in, this Act or any other appro14 priation Act. 

15 SEC. 209. ETHANOL FUEL AND ETHANOL COMPATIBLE

16 MOTOR VEHICLES. (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 

17 (1) the term ‘‘E-85 fuel’’ means a mixture con18 taining at least 85 percent of methanol, denatured 

19 ethanol, and other alcohols by volume with gasoline or 

20 other fuels; 

21 (2) the term ‘‘legislative agency or office’’ means 

22 any agency, office, or other entity to which funds are 

23 made available from appropriations to the Legislative 

24 Branch; and 

25 (3) the term ‘‘motor vehicle’’— 
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1 (A) has the meaning given under section 

2 30102(a)(6) of title 49, United States Code; and 

3 (B) does not include a motorcycle. 

4 (b) INSTALLATION OF E-85 FUEL PUMP.—Not later 

5 than September 30, 2007, the Architect of the Capitol 

6 shall— 

7 (1) install an E-85 fuel pump and related infra8 structure on the Capitol Grounds; and 

9 (2) make E-85 fuel from that pump available to 

10 any motor vehicle operated by any legislative agency 

11 or office. 

12 (c) E-85 FUEL COMPATIBLE MOTOR VEHICLES.—To 

13 the greatest extent practicable, the head of each legislative 

14 agency or office shall ensure that motor vehicles operated 

15 by such agency or office that are compatible for use of E16 85 fuel shall use E-85 fuel. 

17 (d) ACQUISITION OF E-85 FUEL COMPATIBLE MOTOR

18 VEHICLES.—To the greatest extent practicable, any con19 tract or other agreement entered into by a legislative agency 

20 or office after the date of enactment of this Act for the pur21 chase or lease of any motor vehicle shall require that the 

22 motor vehicle is compatible for use of E-85 fuel. 

23 (e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply with 

24 respect to fiscal year 2007 and each fiscal year thereafter. 
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1 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative Branch Ap2 propriations Act, 2007’’. 

Calendar No. 478 

109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H.R. 5521 

[Report No. 109–267] 

AN ACT 

Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch 

and for other purposes. for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, 

JUNE 7, 2006 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on 

J

Appropriations 

UNE 22, 2006 

Reported with an amendment