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114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4735 

To establish a working capital fund for the Architect of the Capitol, to 

permit the Architect of the Capitol to use certain funds to operate 

a shuttle service for Members and employees of Congress to travel 

to and from the House Office Buildings, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 14, 2016 

Mr. BRADY of Pennsylvania introduced the following bill; which was referred 

to the Committee on House Administration, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure and Appropriations, for a 

period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 

consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To establish a working capital fund for the Architect of 

the Capitol, to permit the Architect of the Capitol to 

use certain funds to operate a shuttle service for Members and employees of Congress to travel to and from 

the House Office Buildings, 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 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Architect of the Capitol 

5 Administrative Operations Improvement Act of 2016’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. WORKING CAPITAL FUND FOR ARCHITECT OF THE 

2 CAPITOL. 

3 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby established in 

4 the Treasury of the United States a working capital fund 

5 (hereafter in this section referred to as the ‘‘Fund’’) for 

6 the Architect of the Capitol. 

7 (b) AVAILABILITY OF AMOUNTS.—Amounts in the 

8 Fund shall be available to the Architect of the Capitol for 

9 such common agency services, activities, equipment, and 

10 other common costs as the Architect determines to be ap11 propriate, efficient, and economical. The Fund shall also 

12 be available for construction, capital repairs, renovations, 

13 rehabilitation, maintenance of real property, and similar 

14 agency expenses, on a reimbursable basis within the Archi15 tect of the Capitol. 

16 (c) CONTENTS.—The capital of the Fund consists 

17 of— 

18 (1) amounts appropriated to the Fund; 

19 (2) the reasonable value of stocks of supplies, 

20 equipment, and other assets and inventories on 

21 order that the Architect transfers to the fund, less 

22 related liabilities and unpaid obligations; 

23 (3) receipts from the sale or exchange of prop24 erty held in the Fund; 

25 (4) all miscellaneous receipts compensating the 

26 Architect of the Capitol for loss or damage to any 


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1 Government property under the Architect’s jurisdic2 tion or care, including but not limited to the United 

3 States Botanic Garden; 

4 (5) reimbursements pursuant to subsection (d); 

5 and 

6 (6) amounts transferred to the Fund pursuant 

7 to subsection (e). 

8 (d) REIMBURSEMENT.—The Fund shall be reim9 bursed from available accounts of the Architect of the 

10 Capitol for supplies, materials, services, and related ex11 penses, at rates which will approximate the full cost of 

12 operations, including— 

13 (1) accrual of employee leave and benefits; 

14 (2) depreciation of plant, property, and equip15 ment; and 

16 (3) overhead. 

17 (e) TRANSFERS FROM OTHER ACCOUNTS.—Notwith18 standing any other provision of law, the Architect is au19 thorized to transfer amounts from other available Archi20 tect of the Capitol accounts to the Fund as the Architect 

21 determines to be appropriate, efficient, and economical. 

22 (f) CONTINUING AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.— 

23 Amounts in the Fund are available without regard to fiscal 

24 year limitation. 


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1 SEC. 3. HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS SHUTTLE SERVICE. 

2 The Architect of the Capitol may use funds appro3 priated or otherwise made available under the heading 

4 ‘‘Architect of the Capitol, House Office Buildings’’ in any 

5 Act making appropriations for the legislative branch for 

6 a fiscal year for the purchase or rental, maintenance, and 

7 operation of passenger motor vehicles to provide shuttle 

8 service for Members and employees of Congress to and 

9 from the House Office Buildings. 

10 SEC. 4. USE OF EXPIRED FUNDS FOR MAKING UNEMPLOY11 MENT COMPENSATION PAYMENTS. 

12 Available balances of expired Architect of the Capitol 

13 appropriations shall be available to the Architect of the 

14 Capitol for reimbursing the Secretary of Labor for any 

15 amounts paid with respect to unemployment compensation 

16 payments for former employees of the Architect of the 

17 Capitol, without regard to the fiscal year for which the 

18 obligation to make such payments is incurred. 

19 SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

20 This Act shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2017 

21 and each succeeding fiscal year. 

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