114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5325 

AN ACT 

Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the 

fiscal year ending September 30, 2017, 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, 2017, and for other purposes, namely: 

5 TITLE I 

6 LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 

7 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

9 For salaries and expenses of the House of Represent10 atives, $1,189,050,766, as follows: 

11 HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES

12 For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, 

13 $22,278,891, including: Office of the Speaker, 

14 $6,645,417, including $25,000 for official expenses of the 

15 Speaker; Office of the Majority Floor Leader, $2,180,048, 

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

17 Leader; Office of the Minority Floor Leader, $7,114,471, 

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

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

20 Deputy Majority Whip, $1,886,632, including $5,000 for 

21 official expenses of the Majority Whip; Office of the Mi22 nority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Minority Whip, 

23 $1,459,639, including $5,000 for official expenses of the 

24 Minority Whip; Republican Conference, $1,505,426; 

25 Democratic Caucus, $1,487,258: Provided, That such 
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1 amount for salaries and expenses shall remain available 

2 from January 3, 2017 until January 2, 2018. 

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 $562,632,498. 

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 $127,053,373: Provided, That such amount shall remain 

14 available for such salaries and expenses until December 

15 31, 2018, except that $3,150,200 of such amount shall 

16 remain available until expended for committee room up17 grading. 

18 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

19 For salaries and expenses of the Committee on Ap20 propriations, $23,271,004, including studies and examina21 tions of executive agencies and temporary personal serv22 ices for such committee, to be expended in accordance with 

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

24 1946 and to be available for reimbursement to agencies 

25 for services performed: Provided, That such amount shall 
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1 remain available for such salaries and expenses until De2 cember 31, 2018. 

3 SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

4 For compensation and expenses of officers and em5 ployees, as authorized by law, $181,487,000, including: 

6 for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Clerk, includ7 ing the positions of the Chaplain and the Historian, and 

8 including not more than $25,000 for official representa9 tion and reception expenses, of which not more than 

10 $20,000 is for the Family Room and not more than 

11 $2,000 is for the Office of the Chaplain, $26,268,000; for 

12 salaries and expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at 

13 Arms, including the position of Superintendent of Garages 

14 and the Office of Emergency Management, and including 

15 not more than $3,000 for official representation and re16 ception expenses, $15,505,000, of which $5,618,902 shall 

17 remain available until expended; for salaries and expenses 

18 of the Office of the Chief Administrative Officer including 

19 not more than $3,000 for official representation and re20 ception expenses, $117,165,000, of which $2,120,000 

21 shall remain available until expended; for salaries and ex22 penses of the Office of the Inspector General, $4,963,000; 

23 for salaries and expenses of the Office of the General 

24 Counsel, $1,444,000; for salaries and expenses of the Of25 fice of the Parliamentarian, including the Parliamen-
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1 tarian, $2,000 for preparing the Digest of Rules, and not 

2 more than $1,000 for official representation and reception 

3 expenses, $1,999,000; for salaries and expenses of the Of4 fice of the Law Revision Counsel of the House, 

5 $3,167,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the 

6 Legislative Counsel of the House, $8,979,000; for salaries 

7 and expenses of the Office of Interparliamentary Affairs, 

8 $814,000; and for other authorized employees, 

9 $1,183,000. 

10 ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES

11 For allowances and expenses as authorized by House 

12 resolution or law, $272,328,000, including: supplies, mate13 rials, administrative costs and Federal tort claims, 

14 $3,625,000; official mail for committees, leadership of15 fices, and administrative offices of the House, $190,000; 

16 Government contributions for health, retirement, Social 

17 Security, and other applicable employee benefits, 

18 $245,334,000, to remain available until March 31, 2018; 

19 Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery, $16,217,000, 

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

21 transition activities for new Members and staff 

22 $2,084,000, to remain available until expended; Wounded 

23 Warrior Program $2,500,000, to remain available until 

24 expended; Office of Congressional Ethics, $1,658,000; and 

25 miscellaneous items including purchase, exchange, mainte-
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1 nance, repair and operation of House motor vehicles, 

2 interparliamentary receptions, and gratuities to heirs of 

3 deceased employees of the House, $720,000. 

4 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

5 REQUIRING AMOUNTS REMAINING IN MEMBERS’ REP6 RESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES TO BE USED FOR

7 DEFICIT REDUCTION OR TO REDUCE THE FEDERAL

8 DEBT

9 SEC. 101. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 

10 of law, any amounts appropriated under this Act for 

11 ‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—SALARIES AND

12 EXPENSES—MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOW13 ANCES’’ shall be available only for fiscal year 2017. Any 

14 amount remaining after all payments are made under such 

15 allowances for fiscal year 2017 shall be deposited in the 

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

17 Federal budget deficit after all such payments have been 

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

19 the Secretary of the Treasury considers appropriate). 

20 (b) REGULATIONS.—The Committee on House Ad21 ministration of the House of Representatives shall have 

22 authority to prescribe regulations to carry out this section. 

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

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

2 to, the Congress. 

3 DELIVERY OF BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS

4 SEC. 102. None of the funds made available in this 

5 Act may be used to deliver a printed copy of a bill, joint 

6 resolution, or resolution to the office of a Member of the 

7 House of Representatives (including a Delegate or Resi8 dent Commissioner to the Congress) unless the Member 

9 requests a copy. 

10 DELIVERY OF CONGRESSIONAL RECORD

11 SEC. 103. None of the funds made available by this 

12 Act may be used to deliver a printed copy of any version 

13 of the Congressional Record to the office of a Member of 

14 the House of Representatives (including a Delegate or 

15 Resident Commissioner to the Congress). 

16 LIMITATION ON AMOUNT AVAILABLE TO LEASE VEHICLES

17 SEC. 104. None of the funds made available in this 

18 Act may be used by the Chief Administrative Officer of 

19 the House of Representatives to make any payments from 

20 any Members’ Representational Allowance for the leasing 

21 of a vehicle, excluding mobile district offices, in an aggre22 gate amount that exceeds $1,000 for the vehicle in any 

23 month. 
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1 LIMITATION ON PRINTED COPIES OF U.S. CODE TO

2 HOUSE

3 SEC. 105. None of the funds made available by this 

4 Act may be used to provide an aggregate number of more 

5 than 50 printed copies of any edition of the United States 

6 Code to all offices of the House of Representatives. 

7 DELIVERY OF REPORTS OF DISBURSEMENTS

8 SEC. 106. None of the funds made available by this 

9 Act may be used to deliver a printed copy of the report 

10 of disbursements for the operations of the House of Rep11 resentatives under section 106 of the House of Represent12 atives Administrative Reform Technical Corrections Act 

13 (2 U.S.C. 5535) to the office of a Member of the House 

14 of Representatives (including a Delegate or Resident Com15 missioner to the Congress). 

16 DELIVERY OF DAILY CALENDAR

17 SEC. 107. None of the funds made available by this 

18 Act may be used to deliver to the office of a Member of 

19 the House of Representatives (including a Delegate or 

20 Resident Commissioner to the Congress) a printed copy 

21 of the Daily Calendar of the House of Representatives 

22 which is prepared by the Clerk of the House of Represent23 atives. 
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1 DELIVERY OF CONGRESSIONAL PICTORIAL DIRECTORY

2 SEC. 108. None of the funds made available by this 

3 Act may be used to deliver a printed copy of the Congres4 sional Pictorial Directory to the office of a Member of the 

5 House of Representatives (including a Delegate or Resi6 dent Commissioner to the Congress). 

7 ADJUSTMENTS TO COMPENSATION

8 SEC. 109. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

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

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

11 4501) (relating to cost of living adjustments for Members 

12 of Congress) during fiscal year 2017. 

13 OVERSEAS TRAVEL TO ACCOMPANY MEMBERS OF HOUSE

14 LEADERSHIP

15 SEC. 110. (a) TRAVEL AUTHORIZED.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—A member of the Capitol Po17 lice may travel outside of the United States for offi18 cial duty if— 

19 (A) that travel is with, or in preparation 

20 for, travel of a Member of the House of Rep21 resentatives who holds a position in a House 

22 Leadership Office, including travel of the Mem23 ber as part of a congressional delegation; and 
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1 (B) the Sergeant at Arms of the House of 

2 Representatives gives prior approval to the trav3 el of the member of the Capitol Police. 

4 (2) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection— 

5 (A) the term ‘‘House Leadership office’’ 

6 means an office of the House of Representatives 

7 for which the appropriation for salaries and ex8 penses of the office for the year involved is pro9 vided under the heading ‘‘House Leadership Of10 fices’’ in the act making appropriations for the 

11 Legislative Branch for the fiscal year involved; 

12 (B) the term ‘‘Member of the House of 

13 Representatives’’ includes a Delegate or Resi14 dent Commissioner to the Congress; and 

15 (C) the term ‘‘United States’’ means each 

16 of the several States of the United States, the 

17 District of Columbia, and the territories and 

18 possessions of the United States. 

19 (b) REIMBURSEMENT FROM SERGEANT AT ARMS.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—From amounts made avail21 able for salaries and expenses of the Office of the 

22 Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives, 

23 the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representa24 tives shall reimburse the Capitol Police for the over25 time pay, travel, and related expenses of any mem-
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1 ber of the Capitol Police who travels under the au2 thority of this section. 

3 (2) USE OF AMOUNTS RECEIVED.—Any 

4 amounts received by the Capitol Police for reim5 bursements under paragraph (1) shall be credited to 

6 the accounts established for the general expenses or 

7 salaries of the Capitol Police, and shall be available 

8 to carry out the purposes of such accounts during 

9 the fiscal year in which the amounts are received 

10 and the following fiscal year. 

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

12 respect to fiscal year 2017 and each succeeding fiscal year. 

13 JOINT ITEMS 

14 For Joint Committees, as follows: 

15 JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE

16 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic 

17 Committee, $4,203,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary 

18 of the Senate. 

19 JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION

20 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on 

21 Taxation, $10,095,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Ad22 ministrative Officer of the House of Representatives. 

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

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

4 Physician and his assistants, including: 

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

6 Attending Physician; 

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

8 Senior Medical Officer; 

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

10 three medical officers while on duty in the Office of 

11 the Attending Physician; 

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

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

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

20 to the applicable appropriation or appropriations 

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

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

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

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

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

5 by the Secretary of the Senate. 

6 CAPITOL POLICE 

7 SALARIES

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

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

12 benefits, $325,300,000 of which overtime shall not exceed 

13 $35,305,000 unless the Committee on Appropriations of 

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

15 Chief of the Capitol Police or his designee. 

16 GENERAL EXPENSES

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

19 security equipment and installation, uniforms, weapons, 

20 supplies, materials, training, medical services, forensic 

21 services, stenographic services, personal and professional 

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

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

2 Chief of the Capitol Police in connection with official rep3 resentation and reception expenses, $66,000,000, to be 

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

7 at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center for fis8 cal year 2017 shall be paid by the Secretary of Homeland 

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

11 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

12 AUTHORITY TO DISPOSE OF FORFEITED AND ABANDONED

13 PROPERTY AND TO ACCEPT SURPLUS OR OBSOLETE

14 PROPERTY OFFERED BY OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES

15 SEC. 1001. (a) Section 1003(a) of the Legislative 

16 Branch Appropriations Act, 2003 (2 U.S.C. 1906(a)) is 

17 amended by striking ‘‘surplus or obsolete property of the 

18 Capitol Police’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘surplus or 

19 obsolete property of the Capitol Police, and property which 

20 is in the possession of the Capitol Police because it has 

21 been disposed, forfeited, voluntarily abandoned, or un22 claimed,’’. 

23 (b) Upon notifying the Committees of Appropriations 

24 of the House of Representatives and Senate, the United 

25 States Capitol Police may accept surplus or obsolete prop-
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1 erty offered by another Federal department, agency, or of2 fice. 

3 (c) This section and the amendment made by this sec4 tion shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2017 and each 

5 succeeding fiscal year. 

6 OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE 

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Compli9 ance, as authorized by section 305 of the Congressional 

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

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

12 30, 2018: Provided, That not more than $500 may be ex13 pended on the certification of the Executive Director of 

14 the Office of Compliance in connection with official rep15 resentation and reception expenses. 

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 $6,000 to be expended on the certification of the Director 

21 of the Congressional Budget Office in connection with offi22 cial representation and reception expenses, $46,500,000. 
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

2 ESTABLISHMENT OF SENIOR LEVEL POSITIONS

3 SEC. 1101. (a) Notwithstanding the fourth sentence 

4 of section 201(b) of the Congressional Budget and Im5 poundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 601(b)), the 

6 Director of the Congressional Budget Office may establish 

7 and fix the compensation of senior level positions in the 

8 Congressional Budget Office to meet critical scientific, 

9 technical, professional, or executive needs of the Office. 

10 (b) LIMITATION ON COMPENSATION.—The annual 

11 rate of pay for any position established under this section 

12 may not exceed the annual rate of pay for level II of the 

13 Executive Schedule. 

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

15 respect to fiscal year 2017 and each succeeding fiscal year. 

16 ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL 

17 CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATIONS

18 For salaries for the Architect of the Capitol, and 

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

20 for all necessary expenses for surveys and studies, con21 struction, operation, and general and administrative sup22 port in connection with facilities and activities under the 

23 care of the Architect of the Capitol including the Botanic 

24 Garden; electrical substations of the Capitol, Senate and 

25 House office buildings, and other facilities under the juris-
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1 diction of the Architect of the Capitol; including fur2 nishings and office equipment; including not more than 

3 $5,000 for official reception and representation expenses, 

4 to be expended as the Architect of the Capitol may ap5 prove; for purchase or exchange, maintenance, and oper6 ation of a passenger motor vehicle, $88,542,234 (reduced 

7 by $100,000) (increased by $100,000) (reduced by 

8 $500,000), of which $5,268,000 shall remain available 

9 until September 30, 2021. 

10 CAPITOL BUILDING

11 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

12 and operation of the Capitol, $33,005,499 (increased by 

13 $250,000), of which $9,005,499 shall remain available 

14 until September 30, 2021. 

15 CAPITOL GROUNDS

16 For all necessary expenses for care and improvement 

17 of grounds surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House 

18 office buildings, and the Capitol Power Plant, 

19 $12,826,000, of which $2,946,000 shall remain available 

20 until September 30, 2021. 

21 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS

22 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

23 and operation of the House office buildings, $187,481,000 

24 (increased by $250,000), of which $61,404,000 shall re25 main available until September 30, 2021, and of which 
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1 $62,000,000 shall remain available until expended for the 

2 restoration and renovation of the Cannon House Office 

3 Building. 

4 In addition, for a payment to the House Historic 

5 Buildings Revitalization Trust Fund, $17,000,000, to re6 main available until expended. 

7 CAPITOL POWER PLANT

8 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

9 and operation of the Capitol Power Plant; lighting, heat10 ing, power (including the purchase of electrical energy) 

11 and water and sewer services for the Capitol, Senate and 

12 House office buildings, Library of Congress buildings, and 

13 the grounds about the same, Botanic Garden, Senate ga14 rage, and air conditioning refrigeration not supplied from 

15 plants in any of such buildings; heating the Government 

16 Publishing Office and Washington City Post Office, and 

17 heating and chilled water for air conditioning for the Su18 preme Court Building, the Union Station complex, the 

19 Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building and the 

20 Folger Shakespeare Library, expenses for which shall be 

21 advanced or reimbursed upon request of the Architect of 

22 the Capitol and amounts so received shall be deposited 

23 into the Treasury to the credit of this appropriation, 

24 $104,480,000, of which $27,339,000 shall remain avail25 able until September 30, 2021: Provided, That not more 
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1 than $9,000,000 of the funds credited or to be reimbursed 

2 to this appropriation as herein provided shall be available 

3 for obligation during fiscal year 2017. 

4 LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

5 For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and 

6 structural maintenance, care and operation of the Library 

7 buildings and grounds, $47,080,000, of which 

8 $22,137,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

9 2021. 

10 CAPITOL POLICE BUILDINGS, GROUNDS AND SECURITY

11 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

12 and operation of buildings, grounds and security enhance13 ments of the United States Capitol Police, wherever lo14 cated, the Alternate Computing Facility, and Architect of 

15 the Capitol security operations, $26,697,000, of which 

16 $9,164,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

17 2021. 

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, $14,067,000; of which $4,054,000 

25 shall remain available until September 30, 2021: Provided, 
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1 That of the amount made available under this heading, 

2 the Architect may obligate and expend such sums as may 

3 be necessary for the maintenance, care and operation of 

4 the National Garden established under section 307E of 

5 the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1989 (2 

6 U.S.C. 2146), upon vouchers approved by the Architect 

7 of the Capitol or a duly authorized designee. 

8 CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER

9 For all necessary expenses for the operation of the 

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

11 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

12 NO BONUSES FOR CONTRACTORS BEHIND SCHEDULE OR

13 OVER BUDGET

14 SEC. 1201. None of the funds made available in this 

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

16 incentive or award payments to contractors for work on 

17 contracts or programs for which the contractor is behind 

18 schedule or over budget, unless the Architect of the Cap19 itol, or agency-employed designee, determines that any 

20 such deviations are due to unforeseeable events, govern21 ment-driven scope changes, or are not significant within 

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

23 SCRIMS

24 SEC. 1202. None of the funds made available by this 

25 Act may be used for scrims containing photographs of 
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1 building facades during restoration or construction 

2 projects performed by the Architect of the Capitol. 

3 WORKING CAPITAL FUND

4 SEC. 1203. (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby 

5 established in the Treasury of the United States a working 

6 capital fund (hereafter in this section referred to as the 

7 ‘‘Fund’’) for the Architect of the Capitol. 

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

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

10 such common agency services, activities, and equipment, 

11 such as construction, capital repairs, renovations, rehabili12 tation, maintenance of real property, and similar agency 

13 expenses, on a reimbursable basis within the Architect of 

14 the Capitol as the Architect determines to be appropriate, 

15 efficient, and economical. 

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; 
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1 (4) all miscellaneous receipts compensating the 

2 Architect of the Capitol for loss or damage to any 

3 Government property under the Architect’s jurisdic4 tion or care, including but not limited to the United 

5 States Botanic Garden; 

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

7 and 

8 (6) amounts transferred to the Fund pursuant 

9 to subsection (e). 

10 (d) REIMBURSEMENT.—The Fund shall be reim11 bursed from available accounts of the Architect of the 

12 Capitol for supplies, materials, services, and related ex13 penses, at rates which will approximate the full cost of 

14 operations, including— 

15 (1) accrual of employee leave and benefits; 

16 (2) depreciation of plant, property, and equip17 ment; and 

18 (3) overhead. 

19 (e) TRANSFERS FROM OTHER ACCOUNTS.—The Ar20 chitect is authorized to transfer amounts from other avail21 able Architect of the Capitol accounts to the Fund in this 

22 and each succeeding fiscal year as the Architect deter23 mines to be appropriate, efficient, and economical, subject 

24 to the approval of the Committee on Appropriations of the 

25 Senate, the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
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1 Representatives, or both (as the case may be), in accord2 ance with section 306 of the Legislative Branch Appro3 priations Act, 1997 (2 U.S.C. 1862). 

4 (f) CONTINUING AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.— 

5 Amounts in the Fund are available without regard to fiscal 

6 year limitation. 

7 (g) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply with 

8 respect to fiscal year 2017 and each succeeding fiscal year. 

9 AUTHORITY FOR A HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS SHUTTLE

10 SEC. 1204. (a) The proviso in the item relating to 

11 ‘‘Capitol Grounds’’ in title VI of the Legislative Branch 

12 Appropriations Act, 1977 (90 Stat. 1453; 2 U.S.C. 2163) 

13 is amended by striking ‘‘appropriated under this heading’’ 

14 and inserting ‘‘appropriated for any available account of 

15 the Architect of the Capitol’’. 

16 (b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 

17 apply with respect to fiscal year 2017 and each succeeding 

18 fiscal year. 

19 USE OF EXPIRED FUNDS FOR UNEMPLOYMENT

20 COMPENSATION PAYMENTS

21 SEC. 1205. (a) Available balances of expired Archi22 tect of the Capitol appropriations shall be available to the 

23 Architect of the Capitol for reimbursing the Secretary of 

24 Labor for any amounts paid with respect to unemployment 

25 compensation payments for former employees of the Ar-
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1 chitect of the Capitol, not withstanding any other provi2 sion of law, without regard to the fiscal year for which 

3 the obligation to make such payments is incurred. 

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

5 2017 and each succeeding fiscal year. 

6 FLAG OFFICE REVOLVING FUND

7 SEC. 1206. (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is estab8 lished in the Treasury of the United States a revolving 

9 fund to be known as the ‘‘Flag Office Revolving Fund’’ 

10 (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Fund’’) for services 

11 provided by the Flag Office of the Architect of the Capitol 

12 (in this section referred to as the ‘‘Flag Office’’). 

13 (b) DEPOSIT OF FEES.—The Architect of the Capitol 

14 shall deposit any fees charged for services described in 

15 subsection (a) into the Fund. 

16 (c) CONTENTS OF FUND.—The Fund shall consist of 

17 the following amounts: 

18 (1) Amounts deposited by the Architect of the 

19 Capitol under subsection (b). 

20 (2) Any other amounts received by the Archi21 tect of the Capitol which are attributable to services 

22 provided by the Flag Office. 

23 (3) Such other amounts as may be appropriated 

24 under law. 

25 (d) USE OF AMOUNTS IN FUND.—Amounts in the 

26 Fund shall be available for disbursement by the Architect 
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1 of the Capitol, without fiscal year limitation, for expenses 

2 in connection with the services provided by the Flag Of3 fice, including— 

4 (1) supplies, inventories, equipment, and other 

5 expenses; and 

6 (2) the reimbursement of any applicable appro7 priations account for amounts used from such ap8 propriations account to pay the salaries of employees 

9 of the Flag Office. 

10 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For all necessary expenses of the Library of Congress 

13 not otherwise provided for, including development and 

14 maintenance of the Library’s catalogs; custody and custo15 dial care of the Library buildings; special clothing; clean16 ing, laundering and repair of uniforms; preservation of 

17 motion pictures in the custody of the Library; operation 

18 and maintenance of the American Folklife Center in the 

19 Library; preparation and distribution of catalog records 

20 and other publications of the Library; hire or purchase 

21 of one passenger motor vehicle; and expenses of the Li22 brary of Congress Trust Fund Board not properly charge23 able to the income of any trust fund held by the Board, 

24 $449,971,000, of which not more than $6,000,000 shall 

25 be derived from collections credited to this appropriation 
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1 during fiscal year 2017, and shall remain available until 

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

3 32 Stat. 480; 2 U.S.C. 150) and not more than $350,000 

4 shall be derived from collections during fiscal year 2017 

5 and shall remain available until expended for the develop6 ment and maintenance of an international legal informa7 tion database and activities related thereto: Provided, 

8 That the Library of Congress may not obligate or expend 

9 any funds derived from collections under the Act of June 

10 28, 1902, in excess of the amount authorized for obliga11 tion or expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided fur12 ther, That the total amount available for obligation shall 

13 be reduced by the amount by which collections are less 

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

15 amount appropriated, not more than $12,000 may be ex16 pended, on the certification of the Librarian of Congress, 

17 in connection with official representation and reception ex18 penses for the Overseas Field Offices: Provided further, 

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

20 remain available until expended for the digital collections 

21 and educational curricula program: Provided further, That 

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

23 available until expended for upgrade of the Legislative 

24 Branch Financial Management System: Provided further, 

25 That of the total amount appropriated, $4,039,000 shall 
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1 remain available until September 30, 2019 to complete the 

2 first of three phases of the shelving replacement in the 

3 Law Library’s collection storage areas: Provided further, 

4 That of the total amount appropriated, $24,000,000 shall 

5 remain available until September 30, 2019 to migrate the 

6 Library’s Primary Computing Facility (PCF) in the 

7 James Madison Building to an alternate PCF. 

8 COPYRIGHT OFFICE

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 For all necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, 

11 $68,827,000, of which not more than $31,269,000, to re12 main available until expended, shall be derived from collec13 tions credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 2017 

14 under section 708(d) of title 17, United States Code: Pro15 vided, That the Copyright Office may not obligate or ex16 pend any funds derived from collections under such sec17 tion, in excess of the amount authorized for obligation or 

18 expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided further, That 

19 not more than $5,929,000 shall be derived from collections 

20 during fiscal year 2017 under sections 111(d)(2), 

21 119(b)(3), 803(e), 1005, and 1316 of such title: Provided 

22 further, That the total amount available for obligation 

23 shall be reduced by the amount by which collections are 

24 less than $37,198,000: Provided further, That $4,531,000 

25 shall be derived from prior year unobligated balances: Pro-
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1 vided further, That not more than $100,000 of the amount 

2 appropriated is available for the maintenance of an ‘‘Inter3 national Copyright Institute’’ in the Copyright Office of 

4 the Library of Congress for the purpose of training nation5 als of developing countries in intellectual property laws 

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

7 may be expended, on the certification of the Librarian of 

8 Congress, in connection with official representation and 

9 reception expenses for activities of the International Copy10 right Institute and for copyright delegations, visitors, and 

11 seminars: Provided further, That notwithstanding any pro12 vision of chapter 8 of title 17, United States Code, any 

13 amounts made available under this heading which are at14 tributable to royalty fees and payments received by the 

15 Copyright Office pursuant to sections 111, 119, and chap16 ter 10 of such title may be used for the costs incurred 

17 in the administration of the Copyright Royalty Judges 

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

19 benefits for the Copyright Royalty Judges and staff under 

20 section 802(e). 

21 CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE

22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

23 For all necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

24 of section 203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 

25 1946 (2 U.S.C. 166) and to revise and extend the Anno-
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1 tated Constitution of the United States of America, 

2 $107,945,000: 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 all necessary expenses to carry out the Act of 

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

14 135a), $50,248,000: Provided, That of the total amount 

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

16 provide newspapers to blind and physically handicapped 

17 residents at no cost to the individual. 

18 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

19 REIMBURSABLE AND REVOLVING FUND ACTIVITIES

20 SEC. 1301. (a) IN GENERAL.—For fiscal year 2017, 

21 the obligational authority of the Library of Congress for 

22 the activities described in subsection (b) may not exceed 

23 $188,188,000. 

24 (b) ACTIVITIES.—The activities referred to in sub25 section (a) are reimbursable and revolving fund activities 
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1 that are funded from sources other than appropriations 

2 to the Library in appropriations Acts for the legislative 

3 branch. 

4 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS NATIONAL COLLECTION

5 STEWARDSHIP FUND

6 SEC. 1302. (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby 

7 established in the Treasury of the United States, as an 

8 account for the Librarian of Congress, the ‘‘Library of 

9 Congress National Collection Stewardship Fund’’ (here10 after in this section referred to as the ‘‘Fund’’). 

11 (b) CONTENTS OF FUND.—The Fund shall consist of 

12 the following amounts: 

13 (1) Such amounts as may be transferred by the 

14 Librarian from available amounts appropriated for 

15 any fiscal year for the Library of Congress under 

16 the heading ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’. 

17 (2) Such amounts as may be appropriated to 

18 the Fund under law. 

19 (c) USE OF AMOUNTS.—Amounts in the Fund may 

20 be used by the Librarian as follows: 

21 (1) The Librarian may use amounts directly for 

22 the purpose of preparing collection materials of the 

23 Library of Congress for long-term storage. 

24 (2) The Librarian may transfer amounts to the 

25 Architect of the Capitol for the purpose of designing, 

26 constructing, altering, upgrading, and equipping col-
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1 lections preservation and storage facilities for the Li2 brary of Congress, or for the purpose of acquiring 

3 real property by lease for the preservation and stor4 age of Library of Congress collections in accordance 

5 with section 1102 of the Legislative Branch Appro6 priations Act, 2009 (2 U.S.C. 1823a). 

7 (d) CONTINUING AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Any 

8 amounts in the Fund shall remain available until ex9 pended. 

10 (e) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after 

11 the end of each fiscal year, the Librarian shall submit a 

12 joint report on the Fund to the Joint Committee on the 

13 Library and the Committees on Appropriations of the 

14 House of Representatives and Senate. 

15 (f) INITIAL 5–YEAR PLAN.—Not later than 6 months 

16 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Librarian 

17 shall submit to the Joint Committee on the Library and 

18 the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep19 resentatives and Senate a report providing a plan for ex20 penditures from the Fund for the first 5 fiscal years of 

21 the Fund’s operation. 

22 (g) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply with 

23 respect to fiscal year 2017 and each succeeding fiscal year. 

24 FILM PRESERVATION PROGRAMS

25 SEC. 1303. (a) NATIONAL FILM PRESERVATION

26 BOARD.— 
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1 (1) REAUTHORIZATION.—Section 112 of the 

2 National Film Preservation Act of 1996 (2 U.S.C. 

3 179v) is amended by striking ‘‘through fiscal year 

4 2016’’ and inserting ‘‘through fiscal year 2026’’. 

5 (2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made 

6 by paragraph (1) shall take effect as if included in 

7 the enactment of the National Film Preservation Act 

8 of 1996. 

9 (b) NATIONAL FILM PRESERVATION FOUNDATION.— 

10 Section 151711(a)(1)(C) of title 36, United States Code, 

11 is amended by striking ‘‘through 2016’’ and inserting 

12 ‘‘through 2026’’. 

13 SOUND RECORDING PRESERVATION PROGRAMS

14 SEC. 1304. (a) NATIONAL RECORDING PRESERVA15 TION BOARD.—Section 133 of the National Recording 

16 Preservation Act of 2000 (2 U.S.C. 1743) is amended by 

17 striking ‘‘through fiscal year 2016’’ and inserting 

18 ‘‘through fiscal year 2026’’. 

19 (b) NATIONAL RECORDING PRESERVATION FOUNDA20 TION.— 

21 (1) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

22 Section 152411(a) of title 36, United States Code, 

23 is amended by striking ‘‘through fiscal year 2016’’ 

24 and inserting ‘‘through fiscal year 2026’’. 

25 (2) NUMBER OF MEMBERS OF BOARD OF DI26 RECTORS.—Section 152403(b)(2)(A) of such title is 
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1 amended by striking ‘‘nine directors’’ and inserting 

2 ‘‘12 directors’’. 

3 GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE 

4 CONGRESSIONAL PUBLISHING

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

6 For authorized publishing of congressional informa7 tion and the distribution of congressional information in 

8 any format; expenses necessary for preparing the semi9 monthly and session index to the Congressional Record, 

10 as authorized by law (section 902 of title 44, United 

11 States Code); publishing of Government publications au12 thorized by law to be distributed to Members of Congress; 

13 and publishing, and distribution of Government publica14 tions authorized by law to be distributed without charge 

15 to the recipient, $79,736,000: Provided, That this appro16 priation shall not be available for paper copies of the per17 manent edition of the Congressional Record for individual 

18 Representatives, Resident Commissioners or Delegates au19 thorized under section 906 of title 44, United States Code: 

20 Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available 

21 for the payment of obligations incurred under the appro22 priations for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years: 

23 Provided further, That notwithstanding the 2-year limita24 tion under section 718 of title 44, United States Code, 

25 none of the funds appropriated or made available under 
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1 this Act or any other Act for printing and binding and 

2 related services provided to Congress under chapter 7 of 

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

4 a document, report, or publication after the 27-month pe5 riod beginning on the date that such document, report, 

6 or publication is authorized by Congress to be printed, un7 less Congress reauthorizes such printing in accordance 

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

9 further, That any unobligated or unexpended balances in 

10 this account or accounts for similar purposes for preceding 

11 fiscal years may be transferred to the Government Pub12 lishing Office Business Operations Revolving Fund for 

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

14 approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the 

15 House of Representatives and Senate: Provided further, 

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

17 44, United States Code, this appropriation may be used 

18 to prepare indexes to the Congressional Record on only 

19 a monthly and session basis. 

20 PUBLIC INFORMATION PROGRAMS OF THE

21 SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS

22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

24 For expenses of the public information programs of 

25 the Office of Superintendent of Documents necessary to 
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1 provide for the cataloging and indexing of Government 

2 publications and their distribution to the public, Members 

3 of Congress, other Government agencies, and designated 

4 depository and international exchange libraries as author5 ized by law, $29,500,000: Provided, That amounts of not 

6 more than $2,000,000 from current year appropriations 

7 are authorized for producing and disseminating Congres8 sional serial sets and other related publications for fiscal 

9 years 2015 and 2016 to depository and other designated 

10 libraries: Provided further, That any unobligated or unex11 pended balances in this account or accounts for similar 

12 purposes for preceding fiscal years may be transferred to 

13 the Government Publishing Office Business Operations 

14 Revolving Fund for carrying out the purposes of this head15 ing, subject to the approval of the Committees on Appro16 priations of the House of Representatives and Senate. 

17 GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE BUSINESS

18 OPERATIONS REVOLVING FUND

19 For payment to the Government Publishing Office 

20 Business Operations Revolving Fund, $7,832,000, to re21 main available until expended, for information technology 

22 development and facilities repair: Provided, That the Gov23 ernment Publishing Office is hereby authorized to make 

24 such expenditures, within the limits of funds available and 

25 in accordance with law, and to make such contracts and 
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1 commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as 

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

3 as may be necessary in carrying out the programs and 

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

5 for the Government Publishing Office Business Operations 

6 Revolving Fund: Provided further, That not more than 

7 $7,500 may be expended on the certification of the Direc8 tor of the Government Publishing Office in connection 

9 with official representation and reception expenses: Pro10 vided further, That the Business Operations Revolving 

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

12 more than 12 passenger motor vehicles: Provided further, 

13 That expenditures in connection with travel expenses of 

14 the advisory councils to the Director of the Government 

15 Publishing Office shall be deemed necessary to carry out 

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

17 further, That the Business Operations Revolving Fund 

18 shall be available for temporary or intermittent services 

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

20 at rates for individuals not more than the daily equivalent 

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

22 Schedule under section 5316 of such title: Provided fur23 ther, That activities financed through the Business Oper24 ations Revolving Fund may provide information in any 

25 format: Provided further, That the Business Operations 
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1 Revolving Fund and the funds provided under the heading 

2 ‘‘Public Information Programs of the Superintendent of 

3 Documents’’ may not be used for contracted security serv4 ices at Government Publishing Office’s passport facility in 

5 the District of Columbia. 

6 GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 For necessary expenses of the Government Account9 ability Office, including not more than $12,500 to be ex10 pended on the certification of the Comptroller General of 

11 the United States in connection with official representa12 tion and reception expenses; temporary or intermittent 

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

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

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

16 the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of such title; 

17 hire of one passenger motor vehicle; advance payments in 

18 foreign countries in accordance with section 3324 of title 

19 31, United States Code; benefits comparable to those pay20 able under sections 901(5), (6), and (8) of the Foreign 

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

22 and under regulations prescribed by the Comptroller Gen23 eral of the United States, rental of living quarters in for24 eign countries, $533,100,000: Provided, That, in addition, 

25 $23,350,000 of payments received under sections 782, 
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1 791, 3521, and 9105 of title 31, United States Code, shall 

2 be available without fiscal year limitation: Provided fur3 ther, That this appropriation and appropriations for ad4 ministrative expenses of any other department or agency 

5 which is a member of the National Intergovernmental 

6 Audit Forum or a Regional Intergovernmental Audit 

7 Forum shall be available to finance an appropriate share 

8 of either Forum’s costs as determined by the respective 

9 Forum, including necessary travel expenses of non-Federal 

10 participants: Provided further, That payments hereunder 

11 to the Forum may be credited as reimbursements to any 

12 appropriation from which costs involved are initially fi13 nanced. 

14 OPEN WORLD LEADERSHIP CENTER TRUST 

15 FUND 

16 For a payment to the Open World Leadership Center 

17 Trust Fund for financing activities of the Open World 

18 Leadership Center under section 313 of the Legislative 

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

20 $1,000,000. 

21 JOHN C. STENNIS CENTER FOR PUBLIC 

22 SERVICE TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT 

23 For payment to the John C. Stennis Center for Pub24 lic Service Development Trust Fund established under 

25 section 116 of the John C. Stennis Center for Public Serv-
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1 ice Training and Development Act (2 U.S.C. 1105), 

2 $430,000. 

3 TITLE II 

4 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

5 MAINTENANCE AND CARE OF PRIVATE VEHICLES

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

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

8 vehicles, except for emergency assistance and cleaning as 

9 may be provided under regulations relating to parking fa10 cilities for the House of Representatives issued by the 

11 Committee on House Administration and for the Senate 

12 issued by the Committee on Rules and Administration. 

13 FISCAL YEAR LIMITATION

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

15 Act shall remain available for obligation beyond fiscal year 

16 2017 unless expressly so provided in this Act. 

17 RATES OF COMPENSATION AND DESIGNATION

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

19 not specifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of 

20 1929 (46 Stat. 32 et seq.) is appropriated for or the rate 

21 of compensation or designation of any office or position 

22 appropriated for is different from that specifically estab23 lished by such Act, the rate of compensation and the des24 ignation in this Act shall be the permanent law with re25 spect thereto: Provided, That the provisions in this Act 
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1 for the various items of official expenses of Members, offi2 cers, and committees of the Senate and House of Rep3 resentatives, and clerk hire for Senators and Members of 

4 the House of Representatives shall be the permanent law 

5 with respect thereto. 

6 CONSULTING SERVICES

7 SEC. 204. The expenditure of any appropriation 

8 under this Act for any consulting service through procure9 ment contract, under section 3109 of title 5, United States 

10 Code, shall be limited to those contracts where such ex11 penditures are a matter of public record and available for 

12 public inspection, except where otherwise provided under 

13 existing law, or under existing Executive order issued 

14 under existing law. 

15 COSTS OF LBFMC

16 SEC. 205. Amounts available for administrative ex17 penses of any legislative branch entity which participates 

18 in the Legislative Branch Financial Managers Council 

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

20 be available to finance an appropriate share of LBFMC 

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

22 LBFMC costs to be shared among all participating legisla23 tive branch entities (in such allocations among the entities 

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

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

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

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

7 GUIDED TOURS OF THE CAPITOL

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

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

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

11 guided tours of the United States Capitol which are led 

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

14 and Senate. 

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

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

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

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

22 United States Capitol which are led by the Architect of 

23 the Capitol. 
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1 COMPUTER NETWORK ACTIVITY

2 SEC. 208. (a) None of the funds made available in 

3 this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 

4 network unless such network blocks the viewing, 

5 downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 

6 (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 

7 funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 

8 enforcement agency or any other entity to carry out crimi9 nal or Congressional investigations, prosecution, or adju10 dication activities. 

11 SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT

12 SEC. 209. The amount by which the applicable alloca13 tion of new budget authority made by the Committee on 

14 Appropriations of the House of Representatives under sec15 tion 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, ex16 cluding Senate items, exceeds the amount of proposed new 

17 budget authority is $0. 

18 SEC. 210. None of the funds made available by this 

19 Act may be used to deliver a printed copy of the United 

20 States House of Representatives Telephone Directory to 

21 the office of any Member of the House of Representatives 

22 (including a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the 

23 Congress). 

24 SEC. 211. None of the funds made available by this 

25 Act may be used to deliver a printed copy of the Budget 
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1 of the United States Government; Analytical Perspectives, 

2 Budget of the United States Government; or the Appen3 dix, Budget of the United States Government, to the office 

4 of any Member of the House of Representatives (including 

5 a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the Congress). 

6 SEC. 212. None of the funds made available by this 

7 Act may be used to enter into a contract with any offeror 

8 or any of its principals if the offeror certifies, as required 

9 by Federal Acquisition Regulation, that the offeror or any 

10 of its principals— 

11 (1) within a three-year period preceding the 

12 offer, has been convicted of or had a civil judgment 

13 rendered against it for commission of fraud or a 

14 criminal offense in connection with obtaining, at15 tempting to obtain, or performing a public (Federal, 

16 State, or local) contract or subcontract; violation of 

17 Federal or State antitrust statutes relating to the 

18 submission of offers; or commission of embezzle19 ment, theft, forgery, bribery, falsification or destruc20 tion of records, making false statements, tax eva21 sion, violating Federal criminal tax laws, or receiving 

22 stolen property; 

23 (2) are presently indicted for, or otherwise 

24 criminally or civilly charged by a governmental enti-
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1 ty with, commission of any of the offenses enumer2 ated above in paragraph (1); or 

3 (3) within a three-year period preceding the 

4 offer, has been notified of any delinquent Federal 

5 taxes in an amount that exceeds $3,000 for which 

6 the liability remains unsatisfied. 

7 SEC. 213. None of the funds made available by this 

8 Act may be used to deliver a printed copy of the Federal 

9 Register to a Member of the House of Representatives (in10 cluding a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the Con11 gress) unless the Member requests a copy. 

12 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative Branch Ap13 propriations Act, 2017’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives June 10, 2016. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5325 

AN ACT 

Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch 

and for other purposes. for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2017,