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Union Calendar No. 268 

109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5521 

[Report No. 109–485] 

Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending 

September 30, 2007, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 1, 2006 

Mr. LEWIS, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following bill; 

which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State 

of the Union and ordered to be printed 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the 

fiscal year ending September 30, 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 

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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 

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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 

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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 

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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 

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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 

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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 

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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 

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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 

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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 

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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 

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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’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 268 

109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5521 

[Report No. 109

–485] 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch 

and for other purposes. for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007, 

JUNE 1, 2006 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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