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Calendar No. 516 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5325 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 13, 2016 

Received; read twice and placed on the calendar 

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, 

3 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 

5 Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 

6 30, 2017, and for other purposes, namely: 


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1 TITLE I 

2 LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 

3 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For salaries and expenses of the House of Represent6 atives, $1,189,050,766, as follows: 

7 HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES

8 For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, 

9 $22,278,891, including: Office of the Speaker, 

10 $6,645,417, including $25,000 for official expenses of the 

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

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

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

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

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

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

17 official expenses of the Majority Whip; Office of the Mi18 nority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Minority Whip, 

19 $1,459,639, including $5,000 for official expenses of the 

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

21 Democratic Caucus, $1,487,258: Provided, That such 

22 amount for salaries and expenses shall remain available 

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


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1 MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES

2 INCLUDING MEMBERS’ CLERK HIRE, OFFICIAL

3 EXPENSES OF MEMBERS, AND OFFICIAL MAIL

4 For Members’ representational allowances, including 

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

6 $562,632,498. 

7 COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES

8 STANDING COMMITTEES, SPECIAL AND SELECT

9 For salaries and expenses of standing committees, 

10 special and select, authorized by House resolutions, 

11 $127,053,373: Provided, That such amount shall remain 

12 available for such salaries and expenses until December 

13 31, 2018, except that $3,150,200 of such amount shall 

14 remain available until expended for committee room up15 grading. 

16 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

17 For salaries and expenses of the Committee on Ap18 propriations, $23,271,004, including studies and examina19 tions of executive agencies and temporary personal serv20 ices for such committee, to be expended in accordance with 

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

22 1946 and to be available for reimbursement to agencies 

23 for services performed: Provided, That such amount shall 

24 remain available for such salaries and expenses until De25 cember 31, 2018. 


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1 SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

2 For compensation and expenses of officers and em3 ployees, as authorized by law, $181,487,000, including: 

4 for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Clerk, includ5 ing the positions of the Chaplain and the Historian, and 

6 including not more than $25,000 for official representa7 tion and reception expenses, of which not more than 

8 $20,000 is for the Family Room and not more than 

9 $2,000 is for the Office of the Chaplain, $26,268,000; for 

10 salaries and expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at 

11 Arms, including the position of Superintendent of Garages 

12 and the Office of Emergency Management, and including 

13 not more than $3,000 for official representation and re14 ception expenses, $15,505,000, of which $5,618,902 shall 

15 remain available until expended; for salaries and expenses 

16 of the Office of the Chief Administrative Officer including 

17 not more than $3,000 for official representation and re18 ception expenses, $117,165,000, of which $2,120,000 

19 shall remain available until expended; for salaries and ex20 penses of the Office of the Inspector General, $4,963,000; 

21 for salaries and expenses of the Office of the General 

22 Counsel, $1,444,000; for salaries and expenses of the Of23 fice of the Parliamentarian, including the Parliamen24 tarian, $2,000 for preparing the Digest of Rules, and not 

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


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1 expenses, $1,999,000; for salaries and expenses of the Of2 fice of the Law Revision Counsel of the House, 

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

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

5 and expenses of the Office of Interparliamentary Affairs, 

6 $814,000; and for other authorized employees, 

7 $1,183,000. 

8 ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES

9 For allowances and expenses as authorized by House 

10 resolution or law, $272,328,000, including: supplies, mate11 rials, administrative costs and Federal tort claims, 

12 $3,625,000; official mail for committees, leadership of13 fices, and administrative offices of the House, $190,000; 

14 Government contributions for health, retirement, Social 

15 Security, and other applicable employee benefits, 

16 $245,334,000, to remain available until March 31, 2018; 

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

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

19 transition activities for new Members and staff 

20 $2,084,000, to remain available until expended; Wounded 

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

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

23 miscellaneous items including purchase, exchange, mainte24 nance, repair and operation of House motor vehicles, 


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1 interparliamentary receptions, and gratuities to heirs of 

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

3 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

4 REQUIRING AMOUNTS REMAINING IN MEMBERS’ REP5 RESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES TO BE USED FOR

6 DEFICIT REDUCTION OR TO REDUCE THE FEDERAL

7 DEBT

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

9 of law, any amounts appropriated under this Act for 

10 ‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—SALARIES AND

11 EXPENSES—MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOW12 ANCES’’ shall be available only for fiscal year 2017. Any 

13 amount remaining after all payments are made under such 

14 allowances for fiscal year 2017 shall be deposited in the 

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

16 Federal budget deficit after all such payments have been 

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

18 the Secretary of the Treasury considers appropriate). 

19 (b) REGULATIONS.—The Committee on House Ad20 ministration of the House of Representatives shall have 

21 authority to prescribe regulations to carry out this section. 

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

23 ‘‘Member of the House of Representatives’’ means a Rep24 resentative in, or a Delegate or Resident Commissioner 

25 to, the Congress. 


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1 DELIVERY OF BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS

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

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

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

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

7 requests a copy. 

8 DELIVERY OF CONGRESSIONAL RECORD

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

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

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

12 the House of Representatives (including a Delegate or 

13 Resident Commissioner to the Congress). 

14 LIMITATION ON AMOUNT AVAILABLE TO LEASE VEHICLES

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

16 Act may be used by the Chief Administrative Officer of 

17 the House of Representatives to make any payments from 

18 any Members’ Representational Allowance for the leasing 

19 of a vehicle, excluding mobile district offices, in an aggre20 gate amount that exceeds $1,000 for the vehicle in any 

21 month. 

22 LIMITATION ON PRINTED COPIES OF U.S. CODE TO

23 HOUSE

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

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


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

2 Code to all offices of the House of Representatives. 

3 DELIVERY OF REPORTS OF DISBURSEMENTS

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

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

6 of disbursements for the operations of the House of Rep7 resentatives under section 106 of the House of Represent8 atives Administrative Reform Technical Corrections Act 

9 (2 U.S.C. 5535) to the office of a Member of the House 

10 of Representatives (including a Delegate or Resident Com11 missioner to the Congress). 

12 DELIVERY OF DAILY CALENDAR

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

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

15 the House of Representatives (including a Delegate or 

16 Resident Commissioner to the Congress) a printed copy 

17 of the Daily Calendar of the House of Representatives 

18 which is prepared by the Clerk of the House of Represent19 atives. 

20 DELIVERY OF CONGRESSIONAL PICTORIAL DIRECTORY

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

22 Act may be used to deliver a printed copy of the Congres23 sional Pictorial Directory to the office of a Member of the 

24 House of Representatives (including a Delegate or Resi25 dent Commissioner to the Congress). 


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1 ADJUSTMENTS TO COMPENSATION

2 SEC. 109. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

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

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

5 4501) (relating to cost of living adjustments for Members 

6 of Congress) during fiscal year 2017. 

7 OVERSEAS TRAVEL TO ACCOMPANY MEMBERS OF HOUSE

8 LEADERSHIP

9 SEC. 110. (a) TRAVEL AUTHORIZED.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—A member of the Capitol Po11 lice may travel outside of the United States for offi12 cial duty if— 

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

14 for, travel of a Member of the House of Rep15 resentatives who holds a position in a House 

16 Leadership Office, including travel of the Mem17 ber as part of a congressional delegation; and 

18 (B) the Sergeant at Arms of the House of 

19 Representatives gives prior approval to the trav20 el of the member of the Capitol Police. 

21 (2) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection— 

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

23 means an office of the House of Representatives 

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1 vided under the heading ‘‘House Leadership Of2 fices’’ in the act making appropriations for the 

3 Legislative Branch for the fiscal year involved; 

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

5 Representatives’’ includes a Delegate or Resi6 dent Commissioner to the Congress; and 

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

8 of the several States of the United States, the 

9 District of Columbia, and the territories and 

10 possessions of the United States. 

11 (b) REIMBURSEMENT FROM SERGEANT AT ARMS.— 

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—From amounts made avail13 able for salaries and expenses of the Office of the 

14 Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives, 

15 the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representa16 tives shall reimburse the Capitol Police for the over17 time pay, travel, and related expenses of any mem18 ber of the Capitol Police who travels under the au19 thority of this section. 

20 (2) USE OF AMOUNTS RECEIVED.—Any 

21 amounts received by the Capitol Police for reim22 bursements under paragraph (1) shall be credited to 

23 the accounts established for the general expenses or 

24 salaries of the Capitol Police, and shall be available 

25 to carry out the purposes of such accounts during 


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1 the fiscal year in which the amounts are received 

2 and the following fiscal year. 

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

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

5 JOINT ITEMS 

6 For Joint Committees, as follows: 

7 JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE

8 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic 

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

10 of the Senate. 

11 JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION

12 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on 

13 Taxation, $10,095,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Ad14 ministrative Officer of the House of Representatives. 

15 For other joint items, as follows: 

16 OFFICE OF THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN

17 For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent ex18 penses of the emergency rooms, and for the Attending 

19 Physician and his assistants, including: 

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

21 Attending Physician; 

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

23 Senior Medical Officer; 


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

2 three medical officers while on duty in the Office of 

3 the Attending Physician; 

4 (4) an allowance of $725 per month to 2 assist5 ants and $580 per month each not to exceed 11 as6 sistants on the basis heretofore provided for such as7 sistants; and 

8 (5) $2,780,000 for reimbursement to the De9 partment of the Navy for expenses incurred for staff 

10 and equipment assigned to the Office of the Attend11 ing Physician, which shall be advanced and credited 

12 to the applicable appropriation or appropriations 

13 from which such salaries, allowances, and other ex14 penses are payable and shall be available for all the 

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

16 Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Rep17 resentatives. 

18 OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL ACCESSIBILITY SERVICES

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Congres21 sional Accessibility Services, $1,429,000, to be disbursed 

22 by the Secretary of the Senate. 


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1 CAPITOL POLICE 

2 SALARIES

3 For salaries of employees of the Capitol Police, in4 cluding overtime, hazardous duty pay, and Government 

5 contributions for health, retirement, social security, pro6 fessional liability insurance, and other applicable employee 

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

8 $35,305,000 unless the Committee on Appropriations of 

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

10 Chief of the Capitol Police or his designee. 

11 GENERAL EXPENSES

12 For necessary expenses of the Capitol Police, includ13 ing motor vehicles, communications and other equipment, 

14 security equipment and installation, uniforms, weapons, 

15 supplies, materials, training, medical services, forensic 

16 services, stenographic services, personal and professional 

17 services, the employee assistance program, the awards pro18 gram, postage, communication services, travel advances, 

19 relocation of instructor and liaison personnel for the Fed20 eral Law Enforcement Training Center, and not more 

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

22 Chief of the Capitol Police in connection with official rep23 resentation and reception expenses, $66,000,000, to be 

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1 sion of law, the cost of basic training for the Capitol Police 

2 at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center for fis3 cal year 2017 shall be paid by the Secretary of Homeland 

4 Security from funds available to the Department of Home5 land Security. 

6 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

7 AUTHORITY TO DISPOSE OF FORFEITED AND ABANDONED

8 PROPERTY AND TO ACCEPT SURPLUS OR OBSOLETE

9 PROPERTY OFFERED BY OTHER FEDERAL AGENCIES

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

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

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

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

14 obsolete property of the Capitol Police, and property which 

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

16 been disposed, forfeited, voluntarily abandoned, or un17 claimed,’’. 

18 (b) Upon notifying the Committees of Appropriations 

19 of the House of Representatives and Senate, the United 

20 States Capitol Police may accept surplus or obsolete prop21 erty offered by another Federal department, agency, or of22 fice. 

23 (c) This section and the amendment made by this sec24 tion shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2017 and each 

25 succeeding fiscal year. 


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1 OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE 

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Compli4 ance, as authorized by section 305 of the Congressional 

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

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

7 30, 2018: Provided, That not more than $500 may be ex8 pended on the certification of the Executive Director of 

9 the Office of Compliance in connection with official rep10 resentation and reception expenses. 

11 CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE 

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For salaries and expenses necessary for operation of 

14 the Congressional Budget Office, including not more than 

15 $6,000 to be expended on the certification of the Director 

16 of the Congressional Budget Office in connection with offi17 cial representation and reception expenses, $46,500,000. 

18 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

19 ESTABLISHMENT OF SENIOR LEVEL POSITIONS

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

21 of section 201(b) of the Congressional Budget and Im22 poundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 601(b)), the 

23 Director of the Congressional Budget Office may establish 

24 and fix the compensation of senior level positions in the 


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1 Congressional Budget Office to meet critical scientific, 

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

3 (b) LIMITATION ON COMPENSATION.—The annual 

4 rate of pay for any position established under this section 

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

6 Executive Schedule. 

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

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

9 ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL 

10 CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATIONS

11 For salaries for the Architect of the Capitol, and 

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

13 for all necessary expenses for surveys and studies, con14 struction, operation, and general and administrative sup15 port in connection with facilities and activities under the 

16 care of the Architect of the Capitol including the Botanic 

17 Garden; electrical substations of the Capitol, Senate and 

18 House office buildings, and other facilities under the juris19 diction of the Architect of the Capitol; including fur20 nishings and office equipment; including not more than 

21 $5,000 for official reception and representation expenses, 

22 to be expended as the Architect of the Capitol may ap23 prove; for purchase or exchange, maintenance, and oper24 ation of a passenger motor vehicle, $88,542,234 (reduced 

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


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1 $500,000), of which $5,268,000 shall remain available 

2 until September 30, 2021. 

3 CAPITOL BUILDING

4 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

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

6 $250,000), of which $9,005,499 shall remain available 

7 until September 30, 2021. 

8 CAPITOL GROUNDS

9 For all necessary expenses for care and improvement 

10 of grounds surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House 

11 office buildings, and the Capitol Power Plant, 

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

13 until September 30, 2021. 

14 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS

15 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

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

17 (increased by $250,000), of which $61,404,000 shall re18 main available until September 30, 2021, and of which 

19 $62,000,000 shall remain available until expended for the 

20 restoration and renovation of the Cannon House Office 

21 Building. 

22 In addition, for a payment to the House Historic 

23 Buildings Revitalization Trust Fund, $17,000,000, to re24 main available until expended. 


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1 CAPITOL POWER PLANT

2 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

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

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

6 House office buildings, Library of Congress buildings, and 

7 the grounds about the same, Botanic Garden, Senate ga8 rage, and air conditioning refrigeration not supplied from 

9 plants in any of such buildings; heating the Government 

10 Publishing Office and Washington City Post Office, and 

11 heating and chilled water for air conditioning for the Su12 preme Court Building, the Union Station complex, the 

13 Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building and the 

14 Folger Shakespeare Library, expenses for which shall be 

15 advanced or reimbursed upon request of the Architect of 

16 the Capitol and amounts so received shall be deposited 

17 into the Treasury to the credit of this appropriation, 

18 $104,480,000, of which $27,339,000 shall remain avail19 able until September 30, 2021: Provided, That not more 

20 than $9,000,000 of the funds credited or to be reimbursed 

21 to this appropriation as herein provided shall be available 

22 for obligation during fiscal year 2017. 

23 LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

24 For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and 

25 structural maintenance, care and operation of the Library 


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

2 $22,137,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

3 2021. 

4 CAPITOL POLICE BUILDINGS, GROUNDS AND SECURITY

5 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

6 and operation of buildings, grounds and security enhance7 ments of the United States Capitol Police, wherever lo8 cated, the Alternate Computing Facility, and Architect of 

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

10 $9,164,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

11 2021. 

12 BOTANIC GARDEN

13 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

14 and operation of the Botanic Garden and the nurseries, 

15 buildings, grounds, and collections; and purchase and ex16 change, maintenance, repair, and operation of a passenger 

17 motor vehicle; all under the direction of the Joint Com18 mittee on the Library, $14,067,000; of which $4,054,000 

19 shall remain available until September 30, 2021: Provided, 

20 That of the amount made available under this heading, 

21 the Architect may obligate and expend such sums as may 

22 be necessary for the maintenance, care and operation of 

23 the National Garden established under section 307E of 

24 the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1989 (2 


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

2 of the Capitol or a duly authorized designee. 

3 CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER

4 For all necessary expenses for the operation of the 

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

6 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

7 NO BONUSES FOR CONTRACTORS BEHIND SCHEDULE OR

8 OVER BUDGET

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

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

11 incentive or award payments to contractors for work on 

12 contracts or programs for which the contractor is behind 

13 schedule or over budget, unless the Architect of the Cap14 itol, or agency-employed designee, determines that any 

15 such deviations are due to unforeseeable events, govern16 ment-driven scope changes, or are not significant within 

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

18 SCRIMS

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

20 Act may be used for scrims containing photographs of 

21 building facades during restoration or construction 

22 projects performed by the Architect of the Capitol. 

23 WORKING CAPITAL FUND

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

25 established in the Treasury of the United States a working 


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

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

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

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

5 such common agency services, activities, and equipment, 

6 such as construction, capital repairs, renovations, rehabili7 tation, maintenance of real property, and similar agency 

8 expenses, on a reimbursable basis within the Architect of 

9 the Capitol as the Architect determines to be appropriate, 

10 efficient, and economical. 

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

12 of— 

13 (1) amounts appropriated to the Fund; 

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

15 equipment, and other assets and inventories on 

16 order that the Architect transfers to the fund, less 

17 related liabilities and unpaid obligations; 

18 (3) receipts from the sale or exchange of prop19 erty held in the Fund; 

20 (4) all miscellaneous receipts compensating the 

21 Architect of the Capitol for loss or damage to any 

22 Government property under the Architect’s jurisdic23 tion or care, including but not limited to the United 

24 States Botanic Garden; 


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

2 and 

3 (6) amounts transferred to the Fund pursuant 

4 to subsection (e). 

5 (d) REIMBURSEMENT.—The Fund shall be reim6 bursed from available accounts of the Architect of the 

7 Capitol for supplies, materials, services, and related ex8 penses, at rates which will approximate the full cost of 

9 operations, including— 

10 (1) accrual of employee leave and benefits; 

11 (2) depreciation of plant, property, and equip12 ment; and 

13 (3) overhead. 

14 (e) TRANSFERS FROM OTHER ACCOUNTS.—The Ar15 chitect is authorized to transfer amounts from other avail16 able Architect of the Capitol accounts to the Fund in this 

17 and each succeeding fiscal year as the Architect deter18 mines to be appropriate, efficient, and economical, subject 

19 to the approval of the Committee on Appropriations of the 

20 Senate, the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 

21 Representatives, or both (as the case may be), in accord22 ance with section 306 of the Legislative Branch Appro23 priations Act, 1997 (2 U.S.C. 1862). 


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1 (f) CONTINUING AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.— 

2 Amounts in the Fund are available without regard to fiscal 

3 year limitation. 

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

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

6 AUTHORITY FOR A HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS SHUTTLE

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

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

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

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

11 and inserting ‘‘appropriated for any available account of 

12 the Architect of the Capitol’’. 

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

14 apply with respect to fiscal year 2017 and each succeeding 

15 fiscal year. 

16 USE OF EXPIRED FUNDS FOR UNEMPLOYMENT

17 COMPENSATION PAYMENTS

18 SEC. 1205. (a) Available balances of expired Archi19 tect of the Capitol appropriations shall be available to the 

20 Architect of the Capitol for reimbursing the Secretary of 

21 Labor for any amounts paid with respect to unemployment 

22 compensation payments for former employees of the Ar23 chitect of the Capitol, not withstanding any other provi24 sion of law, without regard to the fiscal year for which 

25 the obligation to make such payments is incurred. 


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

2 2017 and each succeeding fiscal year. 

3 FLAG OFFICE REVOLVING FUND

4 SEC. 1206. (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is estab5 lished in the Treasury of the United States a revolving 

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

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

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

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

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

11 shall deposit any fees charged for services described in 

12 subsection (a) into the Fund. 

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

14 the following amounts: 

15 (1) Amounts deposited by the Architect of the 

16 Capitol under subsection (b). 

17 (2) Any other amounts received by the Archi18 tect of the Capitol which are attributable to services 

19 provided by the Flag Office. 

20 (3) Such other amounts as may be appropriated 

21 under law. 

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

23 Fund shall be available for disbursement by the Architect 

24 of the Capitol, without fiscal year limitation, for expenses 

25 in connection with the services provided by the Flag Of26 fice, including— 


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

2 expenses; and 

3 (2) the reimbursement of any applicable appro4 priations account for amounts used from such ap5 propriations account to pay the salaries of employees 

6 of the Flag Office. 

7 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 

8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

9 For all 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 $449,971,000, of which not more than $6,000,000 shall 

22 be derived from collections credited to this appropriation 

23 during fiscal year 2017, 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 2017 

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, not more than $12,000 may be ex13 pended, on the certification of the Librarian of Congress, 

14 in connection with official representation and reception ex15 penses for the Overseas Field Offices: Provided further, 

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

17 remain available until expended for the digital collections 

18 and educational curricula program: Provided further, That 

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

20 available until expended for upgrade of the Legislative 

21 Branch Financial Management System: Provided further, 

22 That of the total amount appropriated, $4,039,000 shall 

23 remain available until September 30, 2019 to complete the 

24 first of three phases of the shelving replacement in the 

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


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

2 remain available until September 30, 2019 to migrate the 

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

4 James Madison Building to an alternate PCF. 

5 COPYRIGHT OFFICE

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 For all necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, 

8 $68,827,000, of which not more than $31,269,000, to re9 main available until expended, shall be derived from collec10 tions credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 2017 

11 under section 708(d) of title 17, United States Code: Pro12 vided, That the Copyright Office may not obligate or ex13 pend any funds derived from collections under such sec14 tion, in excess of the amount authorized for obligation or 

15 expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided further, That 

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

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

18 119(b)(3), 803(e), 1005, and 1316 of such title: Provided 

19 further, That the total amount available for obligation 

20 shall be reduced by the amount by which collections are 

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

22 shall be derived from prior year unobligated balances: Pro23 vided further, That not more than $100,000 of the amount 

24 appropriated is available for the maintenance of an ‘‘Inter25 national Copyright Institute’’ in the Copyright Office of 


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1 the Library of Congress for the purpose of training nation2 als of developing countries in intellectual property laws 

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

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

5 Congress, in connection with official representation and 

6 reception expenses for activities of the International Copy7 right Institute and for copyright delegations, visitors, and 

8 seminars: Provided further, That notwithstanding any pro9 vision of chapter 8 of title 17, United States Code, any 

10 amounts made available under this heading which are at11 tributable to royalty fees and payments received by the 

12 Copyright Office pursuant to sections 111, 119, and chap13 ter 10 of such title may be used for the costs incurred 

14 in the administration of the Copyright Royalty Judges 

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

16 benefits for the Copyright Royalty Judges and staff under 

17 section 802(e). 

18 CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 For all necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

21 of section 203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 

22 1946 (2 U.S.C. 166) and to revise and extend the Anno23 tated Constitution of the United States of America, 

24 $107,945,000: Provided, That no part of such amount 

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


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1 with any publication, or preparation of material therefor 

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

3 by the Library of Congress unless such publication has 

4 obtained prior approval of either the Committee on House 

5 Administration of the House of Representatives or the 

6 Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate. 

7 BOOKS FOR THE BLIND AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED

8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

9 For all necessary expenses to carry out the Act of 

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

11 135a), $50,248,000: Provided, That of the total amount 

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

13 provide newspapers to blind and physically handicapped 

14 residents at no cost to the individual. 

15 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

16 REIMBURSABLE AND REVOLVING FUND ACTIVITIES

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

18 the obligational authority of the Library of Congress for 

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

20 $188,188,000. 

21 (b) ACTIVITIES.—The activities referred to in sub22 section (a) are reimbursable and revolving fund activities 

23 that are funded from sources other than appropriations 

24 to the Library in appropriations Acts for the legislative 

25 branch. 


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1 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS NATIONAL COLLECTION

2 STEWARDSHIP FUND

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

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

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

6 Congress National Collection Stewardship Fund’’ (here7 after in this section referred to as the ‘‘Fund’’). 

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

9 the following amounts: 

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

11 Librarian from available amounts appropriated for 

12 any fiscal year for the Library of Congress under 

13 the heading ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’. 

14 (2) Such amounts as may be appropriated to 

15 the Fund under law. 

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

17 be used by the Librarian as follows: 

18 (1) The Librarian may use amounts directly for 

19 the purpose of preparing collection materials of the 

20 Library of Congress for long-term storage. 

21 (2) The Librarian may transfer amounts to the 

22 Architect of the Capitol for the purpose of designing, 

23 constructing, altering, upgrading, and equipping col24 lections preservation and storage facilities for the Li25 brary of Congress, or for the purpose of acquiring 


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1 real property by lease for the preservation and stor2 age of Library of Congress collections in accordance 

3 with section 1102 of the Legislative Branch Appro4 priations Act, 2009 (2 U.S.C. 1823a). 

5 (d) CONTINUING AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Any 

6 amounts in the Fund shall remain available until ex7 pended. 

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

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

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

11 Library and the Committees on Appropriations of the 

12 House of Representatives and Senate. 

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

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

15 shall submit to the Joint Committee on the Library and 

16 the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep17 resentatives and Senate a report providing a plan for ex18 penditures from the Fund for the first 5 fiscal years of 

19 the Fund’s operation. 

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

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

22 FILM PRESERVATION PROGRAMS

23 SEC. 1303. (a) NATIONAL FILM PRESERVATION

24 BOARD.— 

25 (1) REAUTHORIZATION.—Section 112 of the 

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1 179v) is amended by striking ‘‘through fiscal year 

2 2016’’ and inserting ‘‘through fiscal year 2026’’. 

3 (2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made 

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

5 the enactment of the National Film Preservation Act 

6 of 1996. 

7 (b) NATIONAL FILM PRESERVATION FOUNDATION.— 

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

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

10 ‘‘through 2026’’. 

11 SOUND RECORDING PRESERVATION PROGRAMS

12 SEC. 1304. (a) NATIONAL RECORDING PRESERVA13 TION BOARD.—Section 133 of the National Recording 

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

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

16 ‘‘through fiscal year 2026’’. 

17 (b) NATIONAL RECORDING PRESERVATION FOUNDA18 TION.— 

19 (1) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.— 

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

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

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

23 (2) NUMBER OF MEMBERS OF BOARD OF DI24 RECTORS.—Section 152403(b)(2)(A) of such title is 

25 amended by striking ‘‘nine directors’’ and inserting 

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1 GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE 

2 CONGRESSIONAL PUBLISHING

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 For authorized publishing of congressional informa5 tion and the distribution of congressional information in 

6 any format; expenses necessary for preparing the semi7 monthly and session index to the Congressional Record, 

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

9 States Code); publishing of Government publications au10 thorized by law to be distributed to Members of Congress; 

11 and publishing, and distribution of Government publica12 tions authorized by law to be distributed without charge 

13 to the recipient, $79,736,000: Provided, That this appro14 priation shall not be available for paper copies of the per15 manent edition of the Congressional Record for individual 

16 Representatives, Resident Commissioners or Delegates au17 thorized under section 906 of title 44, United States Code: 

18 Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available 

19 for the payment of obligations incurred under the appro20 priations for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years: 

21 Provided further, That notwithstanding the 2-year limita22 tion under section 718 of title 44, United States Code, 

23 none of the funds appropriated or made available under 

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

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

2 a document, report, or publication after the 27-month pe3 riod beginning on the date that such document, report, 

4 or publication is authorized by Congress to be printed, un5 less Congress reauthorizes such printing in accordance 

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

7 further, That any unobligated or unexpended balances in 

8 this account or accounts for similar purposes for preceding 

9 fiscal years may be transferred to the Government Pub10 lishing Office Business Operations Revolving Fund for 

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

12 approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the 

13 House of Representatives and Senate: Provided further, 

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

15 44, United States Code, this appropriation may be used 

16 to prepare indexes to the Congressional Record on only 

17 a monthly and session basis. 

18 PUBLIC INFORMATION PROGRAMS OF THE

19 SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

22 For expenses of the public information programs of 

23 the Office of Superintendent of Documents necessary to 

24 provide for the cataloging and indexing of Government 

25 publications and their distribution to the public, Members 


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1 of Congress, other Government agencies, and designated 

2 depository and international exchange libraries as author3 ized by law, $29,500,000: Provided, That amounts of not 

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

5 are authorized for producing and disseminating Congres6 sional serial sets and other related publications for fiscal 

7 years 2015 and 2016 to depository and other designated 

8 libraries: Provided further, That any unobligated or unex9 pended balances in this account or accounts for similar 

10 purposes for preceding fiscal years may be transferred to 

11 the Government Publishing Office Business Operations 

12 Revolving Fund for carrying out the purposes of this head13 ing, subject to the approval of the Committees on Appro14 priations of the House of Representatives and Senate. 

15 GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE BUSINESS

16 OPERATIONS REVOLVING FUND

17 For payment to the Government Publishing Office 

18 Business Operations Revolving Fund, $7,832,000, to re19 main available until expended, for information technology 

20 development and facilities repair: Provided, That the Gov21 ernment Publishing Office is hereby authorized to make 

22 such expenditures, within the limits of funds available and 

23 in accordance with law, and to make such contracts and 

24 commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as 

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1 as may be necessary in carrying out the programs and 

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

3 for the Government Publishing Office Business Operations 

4 Revolving Fund: Provided further, That not more than 

5 $7,500 may be expended on the certification of the Direc6 tor of the Government Publishing Office in connection 

7 with official representation and reception expenses: Pro8 vided further, That the Business Operations Revolving 

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

10 more than 12 passenger motor vehicles: Provided further, 

11 That expenditures in connection with travel expenses of 

12 the advisory councils to the Director of the Government 

13 Publishing Office shall be deemed necessary to carry out 

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

15 further, That the Business Operations Revolving Fund 

16 shall be available for temporary or intermittent services 

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

18 at rates for individuals not more than the daily equivalent 

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

20 Schedule under section 5316 of such title: Provided fur21 ther, That activities financed through the Business Oper22 ations Revolving Fund may provide information in any 

23 format: Provided further, That the Business Operations 

24 Revolving Fund and the funds provided under the heading 

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1 Documents’’ may not be used for contracted security serv2 ices at Government Publishing Office’s passport facility in 

3 the District of Columbia. 

4 GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 For necessary expenses of the Government Account7 ability Office, including not more than $12,500 to be ex8 pended on the certification of the Comptroller General of 

9 the United States in connection with official representa10 tion and reception expenses; temporary or intermittent 

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

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

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

14 the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of such title; 

15 hire of one passenger motor vehicle; advance payments in 

16 foreign countries in accordance with section 3324 of title 

17 31, United States Code; benefits comparable to those pay18 able under sections 901(5), (6), and (8) of the Foreign 

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

20 and under regulations prescribed by the Comptroller Gen21 eral of the United States, rental of living quarters in for22 eign countries, $533,100,000: Provided, That, in addition, 

23 $23,350,000 of payments received under sections 782, 

24 791, 3521, and 9105 of title 31, United States Code, shall 

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1 ther, That this appropriation and appropriations for ad2 ministrative expenses of any other department or agency 

3 which is a member of the National Intergovernmental 

4 Audit Forum or a Regional Intergovernmental Audit 

5 Forum shall be available to finance an appropriate share 

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

7 Forum, including necessary travel expenses of non-Federal 

8 participants: Provided further, That payments hereunder 

9 to the Forum may be credited as reimbursements to any 

10 appropriation from which costs involved are initially fi11 nanced. 

12 OPEN WORLD LEADERSHIP CENTER TRUST 

13 FUND 

14 For a payment to the Open World Leadership Center 

15 Trust Fund for financing activities of the Open World 

16 Leadership Center under section 313 of the Legislative 

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

18 $1,000,000. 

19 JOHN C. STENNIS CENTER FOR PUBLIC 

20 SERVICE TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT 

21 For payment to the John C. Stennis Center for Pub22 lic Service Development Trust Fund established under 

23 section 116 of the John C. Stennis Center for Public Serv24 ice Training and Development Act (2 U.S.C. 1105), 

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1 TITLE II 

2 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

3 MAINTENANCE AND CARE OF PRIVATE VEHICLES

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

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

6 vehicles, except for emergency assistance and cleaning as 

7 may be provided under regulations relating to parking fa8 cilities for the House of Representatives issued by the 

9 Committee on House Administration and for the Senate 

10 issued by the Committee on Rules and Administration. 

11 FISCAL YEAR LIMITATION

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

13 Act shall remain available for obligation beyond fiscal year 

14 2017 unless expressly so provided in this Act. 

15 RATES OF COMPENSATION AND DESIGNATION

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

17 not specifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of 

18 1929 (46 Stat. 32 et seq.) is appropriated for or the rate 

19 of compensation or designation of any office or position 

20 appropriated for is different from that specifically estab21 lished by such Act, the rate of compensation and the des22 ignation in this Act shall be the permanent law with re23 spect thereto: Provided, That the provisions in this Act 

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1 resentatives, and clerk hire for Senators and Members of 

2 the House of Representatives shall be the permanent law 

3 with respect thereto. 

4 CONSULTING SERVICES

5 SEC. 204. The expenditure of any appropriation 

6 under this Act for any consulting service through procure7 ment contract, under section 3109 of title 5, United States 

8 Code, shall be limited to those contracts where such ex9 penditures are a matter of public record and available for 

10 public inspection, except where otherwise provided under 

11 existing law, or under existing Executive order issued 

12 under existing law. 

13 COSTS OF LBFMC

14 SEC. 205. Amounts available for administrative ex15 penses of any legislative branch entity which participates 

16 in the Legislative Branch Financial Managers Council 

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

18 be available to finance an appropriate share of LBFMC 

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

20 LBFMC costs to be shared among all participating legisla21 tive branch entities (in such allocations among the entities 

22 as the entities may determine) may not exceed $2,000. 

23 LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS

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1 strumentality of the United States Government, except 

2 pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro3 vided in, this Act or any other appropriation Act. 

4 GUIDED TOURS OF THE CAPITOL

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

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

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

8 guided tours of the United States Capitol which are led 

9 by employees and interns of offices of Members of Con10 gress and other offices of the House of Representatives 

11 and Senate. 

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

13 at the direction of the Architect of the Capitol with the 

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

15 United States Capitol which are led by employees and in16 terns described in subsection (a) may be suspended tempo17 rarily or otherwise subject to restriction for security or re18 lated reasons to the same extent as guided tours of the 

19 United States Capitol which are led by the Architect of 

20 the Capitol. 

21 COMPUTER NETWORK ACTIVITY

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

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

24 network unless such network blocks the viewing, 

25 downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 


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

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

3 enforcement agency or any other entity to carry out crimi4 nal or Congressional investigations, prosecution, or adju5 dication activities. 

6 SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT

7 SEC. 209. The amount by which the applicable alloca8 tion of new budget authority made by the Committee on 

9 Appropriations of the House of Representatives under sec10 tion 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, ex11 cluding Senate items, exceeds the amount of proposed new 

12 budget authority is $0. 

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

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

15 States House of Representatives Telephone Directory to 

16 the office of any Member of the House of Representatives 

17 (including a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the 

18 Congress). 

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

20 Act may be used to deliver a printed copy of the Budget 

21 of the United States Government; Analytical Perspectives, 

22 Budget of the United States Government; or the Appen23 dix, Budget of the United States Government, to the office 

24 of any Member of the House of Representatives (including 

25 a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the Congress). 


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

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

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

4 by Federal Acquisition Regulation, that the offeror or any 

5 of its principals— 

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

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

8 rendered against it for commission of fraud or a 

9 criminal offense in connection with obtaining, at10 tempting to obtain, or performing a public (Federal, 

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

12 Federal or State antitrust statutes relating to the 

13 submission of offers; or commission of embezzle14 ment, theft, forgery, bribery, falsification or destruc15 tion of records, making false statements, tax eva16 sion, violating Federal criminal tax laws, or receiving 

17 stolen property; 

18 (2) are presently indicted for, or otherwise 

19 criminally or civilly charged by a governmental enti20 ty with, commission of any of the offenses enumer21 ated above in paragraph (1); or 

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

23 offer, has been notified of any delinquent Federal 

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

25 the liability remains unsatisfied. 


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

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

3 Register to a Member of the House of Representatives (in4 cluding a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the Con5 gress) unless the Member requests a copy. 

6 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative Branch Ap7 propriations Act, 2017’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives June 10, 2016. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


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Calendar No. 516 

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, 

JUNE 13, 2016 

Received; read twice and placed on the calendar 


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