IIB 

109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5521 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 7, 2006 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations 

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, 


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1 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

2 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 

3 Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 

4 30, 2007, and for other purposes, namely: 

5 TITLE I—LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 

6 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 For salaries and expenses of the House of Represent9 atives, $1,137,806,000, as follows: 

10 HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES

11 For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, 

12 $21,092,000, including: Office of the Speaker, 

13 $2,930,000, including $25,000 for official expenses of the 

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

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

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

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

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

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

20 official expenses of the Majority Whip; Office of the Mi21 nority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Minority Whip, 

22 $1,458,000, including $5,000 for official expenses of the 

23 Minority Whip; Speaker’s Office for Legislative Floor Ac24 tivities, $491,000; Republican Steering Committee, 

25 $924,000; Republican Conference, $1,699,000; Repub26 lican Policy Committee, $407,000; Democratic Steering 

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

2 $836,000; nine minority employees, $1,473,000; training 

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

4 and program development—minority, $290,000; Cloak5 room Personnel—majority, $447,000; and Cloakroom 

6 Personnel—minority, $447,000. 

7 MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES

8 INCLUDING MEMBERS’ CLERK HIRE, OFFICIAL

9 EXPENSES OF MEMBERS, AND OFFICIAL MAIL

10 For Members’ representational allowances, including 

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

12 $557,796,000. 

13 COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES

14 STANDING COMMITTEES, SPECIAL AND SELECT

15 For salaries and expenses of standing committees, 

16 special and select, authorized by House resolutions, 

17 $124,851,000: Provided, That such amount shall remain 

18 available for such salaries and expenses until December 

19 31, 2008. 

20 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

21 For salaries and expenses of the Committee on Ap22 propriations, $26,497,000, including studies and examina23 tions of executive agencies and temporary personal serv24 ices for such committee, to be expended in accordance with 

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

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1 1946 and to be available for reimbursement to agencies 

2 for services performed: Provided, That such amount shall 

3 remain available for such salaries and expenses until De4 cember 31, 2008. 

5 SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

6 For compensation and expenses of officers and em7 ployees, as authorized by law, $159,581,000, including: 

8 for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Clerk, includ9 ing not more than $13,000, of which not more than 

10 $10,000 is for the Family Room, for official representa11 tion and reception expenses, $21,505,000; for salaries and 

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

13 the position of Superintendent of Garages, and including 

14 not more than $3,000 for official representation and re15 ception expenses, $6,240,000; for salaries and expenses of 

16 the Office of the Chief Administrative Officer, 

17 $109,301,000, of which $4,996,000 shall remain available 

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

19 the Inspector General, $4,204,000; for salaries and ex20 penses of the Office of Emergency Planning, Preparedness 

21 and Operations, $3,997,000, to remain available until ex22 pended; for salaries and expenses of the Office of General 

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

24 $164,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the 

25 Parliamentarian, including the Parliamentarian, $2,000 

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

2 $1,000 for official representation and reception expenses, 

3 $1,762,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the 

4 Law Revision Counsel of the House, $2,521,000; for sala5 ries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel 

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

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

8 authorized employees, $285,000; and for salaries and ex9 penses of the Office of the Historian, $500,000. 

10 ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES

11 For allowances and expenses as authorized by House 

12 resolution or law, $247,989,000, including: supplies, mate13 rials, administrative costs and Federal tort claims, 

14 $4,554,000; official mail for committees, leadership of15 fices, and administrative offices of the House, $410,000; 

16 Government contributions for health, retirement, Social 

17 Security, and other applicable employee benefits, 

18 $217,253,000; supplies, materials, and other costs relating 

19 to the House portion of expenses for the Capitol Visitor 

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

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

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

23 and miscellaneous items including purchase, exchange, 

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1 cles, interparliamentary receptions, and gratuities to heirs 

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

3 CHILD CARE CENTER

4 For salaries and expenses of the House of Represent5 atives Child Care Center, such amounts as are deposited 

6 in the account established by section 312(d)(1) of the Leg7 islative Branch Appropriations Act, 1992 (2 U.S.C. 2112), 

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

9 as submitted to the Committee on Appropriations of the 

10 House of Representatives. 

11 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

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

13 MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES TO BE

14 USED FOR DEFICIT REDUCTION OR TO REDUCE THE

15 FEDERAL DEBT.—Notwithstanding any other provision of 

16 law, any amounts appropriated under this Act for 

17 ‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—SALARIES AND

18 EXPENSES—MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOW19 ANCES’’ shall be available only for fiscal year 2007. Any 

20 amount remaining after all payments are made under such 

21 allowances for fiscal year 2007 shall be deposited in the 

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

23 Federal budget deficit after all such payments have been 

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

25 the Secretary of the Treasury considers appropriate). 

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1 (b) REGULATIONS.—The Committee on House Ad2 ministration of the House of Representatives shall have 

3 authority to prescribe regulations to carry out this section. 

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

5 ‘‘Member of the House of Representatives’’ means a Rep6 resentative in, or a Delegate or Resident Commissioner 

7 to, the Congress. 

8 SEC. 102. LUMP-SUM ALLOWANCE.—(a) The aggre9 gate amount otherwise authorized to be appropriated for 

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

11 following offices shall be increased as follows: 

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

13 is increased by $75,000. 

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

15 Floor Leader is increased by $75,000. 

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

17 Floor Leader is increased by $75,000. 

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

19 Whip is increased by $75,000. 

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

21 Whip is increased by $75,000. 

22 (6) The allowance for the Democratic Steering 

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

24 (7) The allowance for the Republican Con25 ference is increased by $110,000. 

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1 (8) The allowance for the Republican Policy 

2 Committee is increased by $90,000. 

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

4 2007 and each succeeding fiscal year. 

5 SEC. 103. ACTING CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFI6 CER.—(a) In case of the death, resignation, separation 

7 from office, or disability of the Chief Administrative Offi8 cer of the House of Representatives, the duties of the 

9 Chief Administrative Officer may be carried out by a sub10 ordinate employee of the Office of the Chief Administra11 tive Officer (as designated by the Chief Administrative Of12 ficer) until a Chief Administrative Officer is appointed or 

13 an individual is appointed to act as the Chief Administra14 tive Officer by the Speaker of the House of Representa15 tives under section 208(a) of the Legislative Reorganiza16 tion Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 75a–1(a)). 

17 (b)(1) Section 7 of the Legislative Branch Appropria18 tions Act, 1943 (2 U.S.C. 75a), is repealed. 

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

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

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

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

23 Section 103(a) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations 

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

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

2 or private entity’’. 

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

4 effect as if included in the enactment of the Legislative 

5 Branch Appropriations Act, 2005. 

6 SEC. 105. DISCOUNTED MEMBERSHIP.—(a) If the 

7 Architect of the Capitol and the Chief Administrative Offi8 cer of the House of Representatives agree to permit em9 ployees of the Office of the Architect of the Capitol to re10 ceive discounted memberships in a private exercise facility 

11 which has entered into a contract with the House to pro12 vide employees of the House with discounted memberships 

13 in the facility, the Architect may use amounts made avail14 able in a fiscal year for ‘‘General Administration’’ to make 

15 payments under the contract. 

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

17 2007 and each succeeding fiscal year. 

18 SEC. 106. MEMBERSHIP IN EXERCISE FACILITY.— 

19 In addition to individuals whose pay is disbursed by the 

20 Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representa21 tives, membership in the exercise facility established for 

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

23 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2005) shall 

24 be available to such other categories of individuals as may 

25 be approved by the Committee on House Administration. 

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1 SEC. 107. MEDIA SUPPORT SERVICES.—(a) The re2 sponsibilities of positions under the House Press Gallery, 

3 the House Periodical Press Gallery, and the House Radio 

4 and Television Correspondents’ Gallery shall include pro5 viding media support services with respect to the presi6 dential nominating conventions of the national committees 

7 of political parties. 

8 (b) The Standing Committee of Correspondents may 

9 enter into agreements with national committees of political 

10 parties under which the committees and persons author11 ized by the committees may reimburse employees for nec12 essary expenses incurred in carrying out the responsibil13 ities described in subsection (a) and employees may accept 

14 such reimbursement. 

15 (c) The terms and conditions under which employees 

16 exercise responsibilities under subsection (a), and the 

17 terms and conditions of any agreement entered into under 

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

19 Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives. 

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

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

22 in section 301 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 

23 1971 (2 U.S.C. 431). 

24 JOINT ITEMS 

25 For Joint Committees, as follows: 

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1 JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE

2 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic 

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

4 of the Senate. 

5 JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION

6 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on 

7 Taxation, $9,082,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Ad8 ministrative Officer of the House of Representatives. 

9 For other joint items, as follows: 

10 OFFICE OF THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN

11 For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent ex12 penses of the emergency rooms, and for the Attending 

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

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

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

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

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

18 $580 per month each not to exceed 11 assistants on the 

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

20 $1,920,000 for reimbursement to the Department of the 

21 Navy for expenses incurred for staff and equipment as22 signed to the Office of the Attending Physician, which 

23 shall be advanced and credited to the applicable appropria24 tion or appropriations from which such salaries, allow25 ances, and other expenses are payable and shall be availycherry on PROD1PC64 with BILLS
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1 able for all the purposes thereof, $2,652,000, to be dis2 bursed by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House 

3 of Representatives. 

4 CAPITOL GUIDE SERVICE AND SPECIAL SERVICES

5 OFFICE

6 For salaries and expenses of the Capitol Guide Serv7 ice and Special Services Office, $8,490,000, to be dis8 bursed by the Secretary of the Senate. 

9 STATEMENTS OF APPROPRIATIONS

10 For the preparation, under the direction of the Com11 mittees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 

12 of Representatives, of the statements for the second ses13 sion of the 109th Congress, showing appropriations made, 

14 indefinite appropriations, and contracts authorized, to15 gether with a chronological history of the regular appro16 priations bills as required by law, $30,000, to be paid to 

17 the persons designated by the chairmen of such commit18 tees to supervise the work. 

19 CAPITOL POLICE 

20 SALARIES

21 For salaries of employees of the Capitol Police, in22 cluding overtime, hazardous duty pay differential, and 

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1 ble employee benefits, $220,600,000, to be disbursed by 

2 the Chief of the Capitol Police or his designee. 

3 GENERAL EXPENSES

4 For necessary expenses of the Capitol Police, includ5 ing motor vehicles, communications and other equipment, 

6 security equipment and installation, uniforms, weapons, 

7 supplies, materials, training, medical services, forensic 

8 services, stenographic services, personal and professional 

9 services, the employee assistance program, the awards pro10 gram, postage, communication services, travel, travel ad11 vances, relocation of instructor and liaison personnel for 

12 the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, and not 

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

14 the Chief of the Capitol Police in connection with official 

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

16 disbursed by the Chief of the Capitol Police or his des17 ignee: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provision 

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

19 at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center for fis20 cal year 2007 shall be paid by the Secretary of Homeland 

21 Security from funds available to the Department of Home22 land Security. 

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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 SEC. 1001. TRANSFER AUTHORITY.—Amounts ap4 propriated for fiscal year 2007 for the Capitol Police may 

5 be transferred between the headings ‘‘SALARIES’’ and 

6 ‘‘GENERAL EXPENSES’’ upon the approval of the Commit7 tees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 

8 Representatives. 

9 SEC. 1002. STUDENT LOAN REIMBURSEMENT.—Sec10 tion 908(c) of the Emergency Supplemental Act, 2002 (2 

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

12 inserting ‘‘$60,000’’. 

13 SEC. 1003. ADVANCE PAYMENTS.—During fiscal 

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

15 the United States Capitol Police may make payments in 

16 advance for obligations of the Capitol Police for subscrip17 tion services if the Chief determines it to be more prompt, 

18 efficient, or economical to do so. 

19 OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE 

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Compli22 ance, as authorized by section 305 of the Congressional 

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

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

25 30, 2008: Provided, That the Executive Director of the 

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1 Office of Compliance may, within the limits of available 

2 appropriations, dispose of surplus or obsolete personal 

3 property by interagency transfer, donation, or discarding: 

4 Provided further, That not more than $500 may be ex5 pended on the certification of the Executive Director of 

6 the Office of Compliance in connection with official rep7 resentation and reception expenses. 

8 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

9 SEC. 1101. LUMP-SUM PAYMENTS.—(a) The Execu10 tive Director of the Office of Compliance shall have the 

11 authority to make lump-sum payments to reward excep12 tional performance by an employee or a group of employ13 ees. 

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

15 years beginning after September 30, 2006. 

16 CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE 

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 For salaries and expenses necessary for operation of 

19 the Congressional Budget Office, including not more than 

20 $3,000 to be expended on the certification of the Director 

21 of the Congressional Budget Office in connection with offi22 cial representation and reception expenses, $36,329,000. 

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1 ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL 

2 GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

3 For salaries for the Architect of the Capitol, and 

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

5 for surveys and studies in connection with activities under 

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

7 expenses for the general and administrative support of the 

8 operations under the Architect of the Capitol including the 

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

11 the jurisdiction of the Architect of the Capitol; including 

12 furnishings and office equipment; including not more than 

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

14 to be expended as the Architect of the Capitol may ap15 prove; for purchase or exchange, maintenance, and oper16 ation of a passenger motor vehicle, $89,413,000, of which 

17 $5,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

18 2011. 

19 CAPITOL BUILDING

20 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

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

22 $5,965,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

23 2011. 

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1 CAPITOL GROUNDS

2 For all necessary expenses for care and improvement 

3 of grounds surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House 

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

5 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS

6 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

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

8 of which $19,805,000 shall remain available until Sep9 tember 30, 2011. 

10 CAPITOL POWER PLANT

11 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

12 and operation of the Capitol Power Plant; lighting, heat13 ing, power (including the purchase of electrical energy) 

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

15 Visitor Center, Senate and House office buildings, Library 

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

17 Botanic Garden, Senate garage, and air conditioning re18 frigeration not supplied from plants in any of such build19 ings; heating the Government Printing Office and Wash20 ington City Post Office, and heating and chilled water for 

21 air conditioning for the Supreme Court Building, the 

22 Union Station complex, the Thurgood Marshall Federal 

23 Judiciary Building and the Folger Shakespeare Library, 

24 expenses for which shall be advanced or reimbursed upon 

25 request of the Architect of the Capitol and amounts so 

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1 received shall be deposited into the Treasury to the credit 

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

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

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

5 to be reimbursed to this appropriation as herein provided 

6 shall be available for obligation during fiscal year 2007. 

7 LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

8 For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and 

9 structural maintenance, care and operation of the Library 

10 buildings and grounds, $36,401,000, of which 

11 $12,971,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

12 2011. 

13 CAPITOL POLICE BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

14 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

15 and operation of buildings and grounds of the United 

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

17 shall remain available until September 30, 2011. 

18 BOTANIC GARDEN

19 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

20 and operation of the Botanic Garden and the nurseries, 

21 buildings, grounds, and collections; and purchase and ex22 change, maintenance, repair, and operation of a passenger 

23 motor vehicle; all under the direction of the Joint Com24 mittee on the Library, $8,612,000: Provided, That this ap25 propriation shall not be available for construction of the 

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1 National Garden: Provided further, That of the amount 

2 made available under this heading, the Architect may obli3 gate and expend such sums as may be necessary for the 

4 maintenance, care and operation of the National Garden 

5 established under section 307E of the Legislative Branch 

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

7 approved by the Architect or a duly authorized designee. 

8 CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER

9 For an additional amount for the Capitol Visitor Cen10 ter project, $25,600,000 to remain available until ex11 pended, and in addition, $20,575,000 for the Capitol Vis12 itor Center operation costs of which $1,000,000 shall re13 main available until September 30, 2011: Provided, That 

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

15 funds which are made available for the Capitol Visitor 

16 Center project without an obligation plan approved by the 

17 Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House 

18 of Representatives. 

19 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

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

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

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

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1 section on its behalf, under such terms and conditions as 

2 the Joint Committee may require.’’. 

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

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

5 116. 

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

7 1203(e) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 

8 2003 (2 U.S.C. 1805(e)) is amended by striking para9 graph (3). 

10 (b) Section 108(a) of the Legislative Branch Appro11 priations Act, 1991 (2 U.S.C. 1849(a)) is amended by 

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

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

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

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

16 who was appointed to a position described in section 

17 1203(e)(3) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 

18 2003 (as in effect prior to the enactment of subsection 

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

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

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

22 Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1991 (as amended 

23 by subsection (b)). 

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

2 Section 5721(1) of title 5, United States Code, is amend3 ed— 

4 (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (G) and 

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

6 (2) by inserting after subparagraph (F) the fol7 lowing new subparagraph: 

8 ‘‘(G) the Architect of the Capitol;’’. 

9 (b) Section 521(1)(B) of the National Energy Con10 servation Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8241(1)(A)(B)) is amend11 ed by striking ‘‘(B) through (H)’’ and inserting ‘‘(B) 

12 through (I)’’. 

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

14 1102(b) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 

15 2004 (2 U.S.C. 1822(b)) is amended— 

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

17 on Rules and Administration’’ and inserting ‘‘Com18 mittees on Appropriations and Rules and Adminis19 tration’’; 

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

21 Office Building Commission’’ and inserting ‘‘the 

22 Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep23 resentatives and the House Office Building Commis24 sion’’; and 

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

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

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

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

5 take effect as if included in the enactment of the Legisla6 tive Branch Appropriations Act, 2004. 

7 SEC. 1205. ADVANCE PAYMENTS.—During fiscal 

8 year 2007 and each succeeding fiscal year, the Architect 

9 of the Capitol may make payments in advance for obliga10 tions of the Office of the Architect of the Capitol for sub11 scription services if the Architect determines it to be more 

12 prompt, efficient, or economical to do so. 

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

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

15 the Office of the Inspector General, headed by the Inspec16 tor General of the Office of the Architect of the Capitol 

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

18 General’’). 

19 (b) INSPECTOR GENERAL.— 

20 (1) APPOINTMENT.—The Inspector General 

21 shall be appointed by the Architect of the Capitol, 

22 in consultation with the Committee on House Ad23 ministration of the House of Representatives and 

24 the Committee on Rules and Administration of the 

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1 litical affiliation and solely on the basis of integrity 

2 and demonstrated ability in accounting, auditing, fi3 nancial analysis, law, management analysis, public 

4 administration, or investigations. 

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

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

7 serving as Inspector General may be reappointed for 

8 not more than 2 additional terms. 

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

10 removed from office prior to the expiration of his 

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

12 removal, the Architect shall promptly communicate 

13 the reasons for the removal in writing to the Com14 mittee on House Administration of the House of 

15 Representatives and the Committee on Rules and 

16 Administration of the Senate. 

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

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

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

20 Capitol. 

21 (c) DUTIES.— 

22 (1) APPLICABILITY OF DUTIES OF INSPECTOR

23 GENERAL OF EXECUTIVE BRANCH ESTABLISH24 MENT.—The Inspector General shall carry out the 

25 same duties and responsibilities with respect to the 

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1 Architect of the Capitol as an Inspector General of 

2 an establishment carries out with respect to an es3 tablishment under section 4 of the Inspector General 

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

5 terms and conditions which apply under such sec6 tion. 

7 (2) SEMIANNUAL REPORTS.—The Inspector 

8 General shall prepare and submit semiannual re9 ports summarizing the activities of the Office of the 

10 Inspector General in the same manner, and in ac11 cordance with the same deadlines, terms, and condi12 tions, as an Inspector General of an establishment 

13 under section 5 of the Inspector General Act of 

14 1978 (5 U.S.C. App. 5). For purposes of applying 

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

16 Architect of the Capitol shall be considered the head 

17 of the establishment. 

18 (3) INVESTIGATIONS OF COMPLAINTS OF EM19 PLOYEES.— 

20 (A) AUTHORITY.—The Inspector General 

21 may receive and investigate complaints or infor22 mation from an employee of the Office of the 

23 Architect of the Capitol concerning the possible 

24 existence of an activity constituting a violation 

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1 ment, gross waste of funds, abuse of authority, 

2 or a substantial and specific danger to the pub3 lic health and safety. 

4 (B) NONDISCLOSURE.—The Inspector 

5 General shall not, after receipt of a complaint 

6 or information from an employee, disclose the 

7 identity of the employee without the consent of 

8 the employee, unless the Inspector General de9 termines such disclosure is unavoidable during 

10 the course of the investigation. 

11 (C) PROHIBITING RETALIATION.—An em12 ployee of the Office of the Architect of the Cap13 itol who has authority to take, direct others to 

14 take, recommend, or approve any personnel ac15 tion, shall not, with respect to such authority, 

16 take or threaten to take any action against any 

17 employee as a reprisal for making a complaint 

18 or disclosing information to the Inspector Gen19 eral, unless the complaint was made or the in20 formation disclosed with the knowledge that it 

21 was false or with willful disregard for its truth 

22 or falsity. 

23 (4) INDEPENDENCE IN CARRYING OUT DU24 TIES.—Neither the Architect of the Capitol nor any 

25 other employee of the Office of the Architect of the 

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1 Capitol may prevent or prohibit the Inspector Gen2 eral from carrying out any of the duties or respon3 sibilities assigned to the Inspector General under 

4 this section. 

5 (d) POWERS.— 

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

7 exercise the same authorities with respect to the Ar8 chitect of the Capitol as an Inspector General of an 

9 establishment may exercise with respect to an estab10 lishment under section 6(a) of the Inspector General 

11 Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App. 6(a)), other than para12 graphs (7) and (8) of such section. 

13 (2) STAFF.— 

14 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Inspector General 

15 may appoint and fix the pay of such personnel 

16 as the Inspector General considers appropriate. 

17 Such personnel may be appointed without re18 gard to the provisions of title 5, United States 

19 Code, regarding appointments in the competi20 tive service, and may be paid without regard to 

21 the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III 

22 of chapter 53 of such title relating to classifica23 tion and General Schedule pay rates, except 

24 that no personnel of the Office (other than the 

25 Inspector General) may be paid at an annual 

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1 rate greater than $500 less than the annual 

2 rate of pay of the Inspector General under sub3 section (b)(4). 

4 (B) EXPERTS AND CONSULTANTS.—The 

5 Inspector General may procure temporary and 

6 intermittent services under section 3109 of title 

7 5, United States Code, at rates not to exceed 

8 the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic 

9 pay for level IV of the Executive Schedule 

10 under section 5315 of such title. 

11 (C) INDEPENDENCE IN APPOINTING

12 STAFF.—No individual may carry out any of 

13 the duties or responsibilities of the Office unless 

14 the individual is appointed by the Inspector 

15 General, or provides services procured by the 

16 Inspector General, pursuant to this paragraph. 

17 Nothing in this subparagraph may be construed 

18 to prohibit the Inspector General from entering 

19 into a contract or other arrangement for the 

20 provision of services under this section. 

21 (D) APPLICABILITY OF ARCHITECT OF THE

22 CAPITOL PERSONNEL RULES.—None of the reg23 ulations governing the appointment and pay of 

24 employees of the Office of the Architect of the 

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1 ment and compensation of the personnel of the 

2 Office, except to the extent agreed to by the In3 spector General. Nothing in the previous sen4 tence may be construed to affect subparagraphs 

5 (A) through (C). 

6 (3) EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES.—The Architect 

7 of the Capitol shall provide the Office with appro8 priate and adequate office space, together with such 

9 equipment, supplies, and communications facilities 

10 and services as may be necessary for the operation 

11 of the Office, and shall provide necessary mainte12 nance services for such office space and the equip13 ment and facilities located therein. 

14 (e) TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS.— 

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

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

17 prior to the appointment of the first Inspector Gen18 eral under this section carried out any of the duties 

19 and responsibilities assigned to the Inspector Gen20 eral under this section, the functions of such office 

21 or entity shall be transferred to the Office upon the 

22 appointment of the first Inspector General under 

23 this section. 

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

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

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1 Office under paragraph (1) may not result in a re2 duction in the pay or benefits of any employee of the 

3 office or entity, except to the extent required under 

4 subsection (d)(2)(A). 

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

6 on the date of the enactment of this Act. 

7 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 

8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

9 For necessary expenses of the Library of Congress 

10 not otherwise provided for, including development and 

11 maintenance of the Library’s catalogs; custody and custo12 dial care of the Library buildings; special clothing; clean13 ing, laundering and repair of uniforms; preservation of 

14 motion pictures in the custody of the Library; operation 

15 and maintenance of the American Folklife Center in the 

16 Library; preparation and distribution of catalog records 

17 and other publications of the Library; hire or purchase 

18 of one passenger motor vehicle; and expenses of the Li19 brary of Congress Trust Fund Board not properly charge20 able to the income of any trust fund held by the Board, 

21 $396,022,000, of which not more than $6,000,000 shall 

22 be derived from collections credited to this appropriation 

23 during fiscal year 2007, and shall remain available until 

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

25 32 Stat. 480; 2 U.S.C. 150) and not more than $350,000 

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1 shall be derived from collections during fiscal year 2007 

2 and shall remain available until expended for the develop3 ment and maintenance of an international legal informa4 tion database and activities related thereto: Provided, 

5 That the Library of Congress may not obligate or expend 

6 any funds derived from collections under the Act of June 

7 28, 1902, in excess of the amount authorized for obliga8 tion or expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided fur9 ther, That the total amount available for obligation shall 

10 be reduced by the amount by which collections are less 

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

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

13 until expended for the partial acquisition of books, periodi14 cals, newspapers, and all other materials including sub15 scriptions for bibliographic services for the Library, in16 cluding $40,000 to be available solely for the purchase, 

17 when specifically approved by the Librarian, of special and 

18 unique materials for additions to the collections: Provided 

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

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

21 Librarian of Congress, in connection with official rep22 resentation and reception expenses for the Overseas Field 

23 Offices: Provided further, That of the total amount appro24 priated, $5,954,000 is available for the digital collections 

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

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1 shall remain available until expended: Provided further, 

2 That of the total amount appropriated, $600,000 shall re3 main available until expended, and shall be transferred to 

4 the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission for car5 rying out the purposes of Public Law 106–173, of which 

6 $10,000 may be used for official representation and recep7 tion expenses of the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Com8 mission: Provided further, That of the total amount appro9 priated, $11,029,000 shall remain available until expended 

10 for partial support of the National Audio-Visual Conserva11 tion Center. 

12 COPYRIGHT OFFICE

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, 

15 $59,044,000, of which not more than $29,335,000, to re16 main available until expended, shall be derived from collec17 tions credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 2007 

18 under section 708(d) of title 17, United States Code: Pro19 vided, That the Copyright Office may not obligate or ex20 pend any funds derived from collections under such sec21 tion, in excess of the amount authorized for obligation or 

22 expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided further, That 

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

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

25 119(b)(2), 803(e), 1005, and 1316 of such title: Provided 

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1 further, That the total amount available for obligation 

2 shall be reduced by the amount by which collections are 

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

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

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

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

7 purpose of training nationals of developing countries in 

8 intellectual property laws and policies: Provided further, 

9 That not more than $4,250 may be expended, on the cer10 tification of the Librarian of Congress, in connection with 

11 official representation and reception expenses for activities 

12 of the International Copyright Institute and for copyright 

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

14 notwithstanding any provision of chapter 8 of title 17, 

15 United States Code, any amounts made available under 

16 this heading which are attributable to royalty fees and 

17 payments received by the Copyright Office pursuant to 

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

19 used for the costs incurred in the administration of the 

20 Copyright Royalty Judges program. 

21 CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE

22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

23 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

24 of section 203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 

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1 tated Constitution of the United States of America, 

2 $102,462,000: Provided, That no part of such amount 

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

4 with any publication, or preparation of material therefor 

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

6 by the Library of Congress unless such publication has 

7 obtained prior approval of either the Committee on House 

8 Administration of the House of Representatives or the 

9 Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate. 

10 BOOKS FOR THE BLIND AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For salaries and expenses to carry out the Act 

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

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

15 remain available until expended. 

16 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

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

18 amounts appropriated to the Library of Congress in this 

19 Act, not more than $5,000 may be expended, on the cer20 tification of the Librarian of Congress, in connection with 

21 official representation and reception expenses for the in22 centive awards program. 

23 SEC. 1302. REIMBURSABLE AND REVOLVING FUND

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

25 obligational authority of the Library of Congress for the 

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1 activities described in subsection (b) may not exceed 

2 $111,078,000. 

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

5 that are funded from sources other than appropriations 

6 to the Library in appropriations Acts for the legislative 

7 branch. 

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

9 the Librarian of Congress may temporarily transfer funds 

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

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

12 EXPENSES’’ to the revolving fund for the FEDLINK Pro13 gram and the Federal Research Program established 

14 under section 103 of the Library of Congress Fiscal Oper15 ations Improvement Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–481; 

16 2 U.S.C. 182c): Provided, That the total amount of such 

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

18 That the appropriate revolving fund account shall reim19 burse the Library for any amounts transferred to it before 

20 the period of availability of the Library appropriation ex21 pires. 

22 SEC. 1303. UNITED STATES DIPLOMATIC FACILI23 TIES.—Funds made available for the Library of Congress 

24 under this Act are available for transfer to the Depart25 ment of State as remittance for a fee charged by the Deycherry on PROD1PC64 with BILLS
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1 partment for fiscal year 2007 for the maintenance, up2 grade, or construction of United States diplomatic facili3 ties only to the extent that the amount of the fee so 

4 charged is equal to or less than the unreimbursed value 

5 of the services provided during fiscal year 2007 to the Li6 brary of Congress on State Department diplomatic facili7 ties. 

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

9 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1998 (2 

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

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

12 audit by the Comptroller General at the Comptroller Gen13 eral’s discretion.’’. 

14 SEC. 1305. TRANSFER AUTHORITY.—Amounts ap15 propriated for fiscal year 2007 for the Library of Congress 

16 may be transferred between any of the headings for which 

17 the amounts are appropriated upon the approval of the 

18 Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House 

19 of Representatives. 

20 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 

21 CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING AND BINDING

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 

23 For authorized printing and binding for the Congress 

24 and the distribution of Congressional information in any 

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1 itol; expenses necessary for preparing the semimonthly 

2 and session index to the Congressional Record, as author3 ized by law (section 902 of title 44, United States Code); 

4 printing and binding of Government publications author5 ized by law to be distributed to Members of Congress; and 

6 printing, binding, and distribution of Government publica7 tions authorized by law to be distributed without charge 

8 to the recipient, $95,233,000: Provided, That this appro9 priation shall not be available for paper copies of the per10 manent edition of the Congressional Record for individual 

11 Representatives, Resident Commissioners or Delegates au12 thorized under section 906 of title 44, United States Code: 

13 Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available 

14 for the payment of obligations incurred under the appro15 priations for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years: 

16 Provided further, That notwithstanding the 2-year limita17 tion under section 718 of title 44, United States Code, 

18 none of the funds appropriated or made available under 

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

20 related services provided to Congress under chapter 7 of 

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

22 a document, report, or publication after the 27-month pe23 riod beginning on the date that such document, report, 

24 or publication is authorized by Congress to be printed, un25 less Congress reauthorizes such printing in accordance 

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

2 further, That any unobligated or unexpended balances in 

3 this account or accounts for similar purposes for preceding 

4 fiscal years may be transferred to the Government Print5 ing Office revolving fund for carrying out the purposes of 

6 this heading, subject to the approval of the Committees 

7 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 

8 Senate. 

9 OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS

10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

12 For expenses of the Office of Superintendent of Doc13 uments necessary to provide for the cataloging and index14 ing of Government publications and their distribution to 

15 the public, Members of Congress, other Government agen16 cies, and designated depository and international exchange 

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

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

19 year appropriations are authorized for producing and dis20 seminating Congressional serial sets and other related 

21 publications for fiscal years 2005 and 2006 to depository 

22 and other designated libraries: Provided further, That any 

23 unobligated or unexpended balances in this account or ac24 counts for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years may 

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1 ing fund for carrying out the purposes of this heading, 

2 subject to the approval of the Committees on Appropria3 tions of the House of Representatives and Senate. 

4 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE REVOLVING FUND

5 The Government Printing Office may make such ex6 penditures, within the limits of funds available and in ac7 cord with the law, and to make such contracts and com8 mitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as pro9 vided by section 9104 of title 31, United States Code, as 

10 may be necessary in carrying out the programs and pur11 poses set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year 

12 for the Government Printing Office revolving fund: Pro13 vided, That not more than $5,000 may be expended on 

14 the certification of the Public Printer in connection with 

15 official representation and reception expenses: Provided 

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

17 hire or purchase of not more than 12 passenger motor 

18 vehicles: Provided further, That expenditures in connection 

19 with travel expenses of the advisory councils to the Public 

20 Printer shall be deemed necessary to carry out the provi21 sions of title 44, United States Code: Provided further, 

22 That the revolving fund shall be available for temporary 

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

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

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

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1 for level V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 

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

3 the funds provided under the headings ‘‘OFFICE OF SU4 PERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS’’ and ‘‘SALARIES AND

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

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

7 such other number of workyears as the Public Printer may 

8 request, subject to the approval of the Committees on Ap9 propriations of the House of Representatives and Senate): 

10 Provided further, That activities financed through the re11 volving fund may provide information in any format: Pro12 vided further, That not more than $10,000 may be ex13 pended from the revolving fund in support of the activities 

14 of the Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary Commission es15 tablished by Public Law 107–202. 

16 GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 For necessary expenses of the Government Account19 ability Office, including not more than $12,500 to be ex20 pended on the certification of the Comptroller General of 

21 the United States in connection with official representa22 tion and reception expenses; temporary or intermittent 

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

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

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

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1 the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of such title; 

2 hire of one passenger motor vehicle; advance payments in 

3 foreign countries in accordance with section 3324 of title 

4 31, United States Code; benefits comparable to those pay5 able under sections 901(5), (6), and (8) of the Foreign 

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

7 and under regulations prescribed by the Comptroller Gen8 eral of the United States, rental of living quarters in for9 eign countries, $488,234,000: Provided, That not more 

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

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

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

13 $2,005,000 of reimbursements received under section 

14 9105 of title 31, United States Code, shall be available 

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

16 appropriation and appropriations for administrative ex17 penses of any other department or agency which is a mem18 ber of the National Intergovernmental Audit Forum or a 

19 Regional Intergovernmental Audit Forum shall be avail20 able to finance an appropriate share of either Forum’s 

21 costs as determined by the respective Forum, including 

22 necessary travel expenses of non-Federal participants: 

23 Provided further, That payments hereunder to the Forum 

24 may be credited as reimbursements to any appropriation 

25 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’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives June 7, 2006. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 

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