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Calendar No. 399

105TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 2137

[Report No. 105–204]

Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending

September 30, 1999, and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JUNE 5, 1998

Mr. BENNETT from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following

original bill; which was read twice and placed on the calendar

A BILL

Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the

fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, 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, 1999, and for other purposes, namely:
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1 TITLE I—CONGRESSIONAL OPERATIONS

2 SENATE

3 EXPENSE ALLOWANCES

4 For expense allowances of the Vice President,

5 $10,000; the President Pro Tempore of the Senate,

6 $10,000; Majority Leader of the Senate, $10,000; Minor7 ity Leader of the Senate, $10,000; Majority Whip of the

8 Senate, $5,000; Minority Whip of the Senate, $5,000; and

9 Chairmen of the Majority and Minority Conference Com10 mittees, $3,000 for each Chairman; in all, $56,000.

11 REPRESENTATION ALLOWANCES FOR THE MAJORITY AND

12 MINORITY LEADERS

13 For representation allowances of the Majority and

14 Minority Leaders of the Senate, $15,000 for each such

15 Leader; in all, $30,000.

16 SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

17 For compensation of officers, employees, and others

18 as authorized by law, including agency contributions,

19 $79,183,000, which shall be paid from this appropriation

20 without regard to the below limitations, as follows:

21 OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT

22 For the Office of the Vice President, $1,659,000.

23 OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE

24 For the Office of the President Pro Tempore,

25 $402,000.
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1 OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERS

2 For Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders,

3 $2,436,000.

4 OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY WHIPS

5 For Offices of the Majority and Minority Whips,

6 $1,416,000.

7 CONFERENCE COMMITTEES

8 For the Conference of the Majority and the Con9 ference of the Minority, at rates of compensation to be

10 fixed by the Chairman of each such committee,

11 $1,092,000 for each such committee; in all, $2,184,000.

12 OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES OF THE CONFERENCE OF

13 THE MAJORITY AND THE CONFERENCE OF THE MINORITY

14 For Offices of the Secretaries of the Conference of

15 the Majority and the Conference of the Minority,

16 $570,000.

17 POLICY COMMITTEES

18 For salaries of the Majority Policy Committee and

19 the Minority Policy Committee, $1,109,000 for each such

20 committee; in all, $2,218,000.

21 OFFICE OF THE CHAPLAIN

22 For Office of the Chaplain, $267,000.

23 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

24 For Office of the Secretary, $13,694,000.
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1 OFFICE OF THE SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER

2 For Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper,

3 $33,805,000.

4 OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND

5 MINORITY

6 For Offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the

7 Secretary for the Minority, $1,200,000.

8 AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS AND RELATED EXPENSES

9 For agency contributions for employee benefits, as

10 authorized by law, and related expenses, $19,332,000.

11 OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL OF THE SENATE

12 For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legisla13 tive Counsel of the Senate, $3,753,000.

14 OFFICE OF SENATE LEGAL COUNSEL

15 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate

16 Legal Counsel, $1,004,000.

17 EXPENSE ALLOWANCES OF THE SECRETARY OF THE

18 SENATE, SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF

19 THE SENATE, AND SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJOR20 ITY AND MINORITY OF THE SENATE

21 For expense allowances of the Secretary of the Sen22 ate, $3,000; Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Sen23 ate, $3,000; Secretary for the Majority of the Senate,

24 $3,000; Secretary for the Minority of the Senate, $3,000;

25 in all, $12,000.
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1 CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE

2 INQUIRIES AND INVESTIGATIONS

3 For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered

4 by the Senate, or conducted pursuant to section 134(a)

5 of Public Law 601, Seventy-ninth Congress, as amended,

6 section 112 of Public Law 96–304 and Senate Resolution

7 281, agreed to March 11, 1980, $75,600,000.

8 EXPENSES OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE CAUCUS ON

9 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL

10 For expenses of the United States Senate Caucus on

11 International Narcotics Control, $370,000.

12 SECRETARY OF THE SENATE

13 For expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the

14 Senate, $1,511,000.

15 SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE SENATE

16 For expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms

17 and Doorkeeper of the Senate, $60,511,000, of which

18 $5,000,000 shall remain available until September 30,

19 2000.

20 MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

21 For miscellaneous items, $7,905,000.

22 SENATORS’ OFFICIAL PERSONNEL AND OFFICE EXPENSE

23 ACCOUNT

24 For Senators’ Official Personnel and Office Expense

25 Account, $239,156,000.
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1 OFFICIAL MAIL COSTS

2 For expenses necessary for official mail costs of the

3 Senate, $300,000.

4 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

5 SECTION 1. (a) Effective in the case of any fiscal year

6 which begins on or after October 1, 1998, clause (iii) of

7 paragraph (3)(A) of section 506(b) of the Supplemental

8 Appropriations Act, 1973 (2 U.S.C. 58(b)) is amended to

9 read as follows:

10 ‘‘(iii) subject to subparagraph (B), in case the

11 Senator represents Alabama, $183,565, Alaska,

12 $252,505, Arizona, $197,409, Arkansas, $168,535,

13 California, $470,272, Colorado, $187,366, Connecti14 cut, $161,691, Delaware, $127,384, Florida,

15 $263,748, Georgia, $211,784, Hawaii, $279,648,

16 Idaho, $163,841, Illinois, $267,000, Indiana,

17 $195,391, Iowa, $171,340, Kansas, $168,912, Ken18 tucky, $176,975, Louisiana, $186,714, Maine,

19 $148,205, Maryland, $172,455, Massachusetts,

20 $196,819, Michigan, $235,846, Minnesota,

21 $187,742, Mississippi, $168,587, Missouri,

22 $198,365, Montana, $161,857, Nebraska, $160,550,

23 Nevada, $171,208, New Hampshire, $142,497, New

24 Jersey, $207,754, New Mexico, $166,721, New

25 York, $328,586, North Carolina, $212,711, North
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1 Dakota, $150,225, Ohio, $262,252, Oklahoma,

2 $181,913, Oregon, $189,258, Pennsylvania,

3 $267,240, Rhode Island, $138,637, South Carolina,

4 $171,731, South Dakota, $151,838, Tennessee,

5 $192,508, Texas, $353,911, Utah, $168,959, Ver6 mont, $136,315, Virginia, $193,935, Washington,

7 $213,887, West Virginia, $149,135, Wisconsin,

8 $191,314, Wyoming, $153,016, plus’’.

9 (b) Subparagraph (B) of section 506(b)(3) of the

10 Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1973 (2 U.S.C.

11 58(b)(3)) is amended—

12 (1) by striking ‘‘the amount referred to in sub13 paragraph (A)(iii)’’ and inserting ‘‘that part of the

14 amount referred to in subparagraph (A)(iii) that is

15 not specifically allocated for official mail expenses’’;

16 and

17 (2) by inserting before the period at the end the

18 following: ‘‘; and the part of the amount referred to

19 in subparagraph (A)(iii) that is allocated for official

20 mail expenses shall be recalculated in accordance

21 with regulations of the Committee on Rules and Ad22 ministration’’.

23 SEC. 2. (a) Section 2(b) of Public Law 104–53 (2

24 U.S.C. 61d–3(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘$10,000’’ and

25 inserting ‘‘$35,000’’.
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1 (b) The amendment made by subsection (a) is effec2 tive on and after October 1, 1998.

3 SEC. 3. Subsection (a) of the first section of Senate

4 Resolution 149, agreed to October 5, 1993 (103d Con5 gress, 1st Session), as amended by Senate Resolution 299,

6 agreed to September 24, 1996 (104th Congress, 2d Ses7 sion), is amended by striking ‘‘until December 31, 1998’’

8 and inserting ‘‘until December 31, 2000’’.

9 SEC. 4. (a) Section 101(a) of the Supplemental Ap10 propriations Act, 1977 (2 U.S.C. 61h–6(a)) is amended—

11 (1) by inserting after the first sentence the fol12 lowing: ‘‘The President pro tempore of the Senate is

13 authorized to appoint and fix the compensation of 1

14 consultant, on a temporary or intermittent basis, at

15 a daily rate of compensation not in excess of that

16 specified in the first sentence of this subsection.’’;

17 and

18 (2) in the sentence that begins ‘‘The provisions

19 of’’, by striking ‘‘section 8344’’ and inserting ‘‘sec20 tions 8344 and 8468’’.

21 (b) Section 101(b) of the Supplemental Appropria22 tions Act, 1977 (2 U.S.C. 61h–6(b)) is amended by strik23 ing all after ‘‘(b)’’ through ‘‘to such position’’ and insert24 ing ‘‘Any or all appointments under this section may be’’.
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1 (c) This section is effective on and after the date of

2 enactment of this Act.

3 SEC. 5. (a) There is established the Senate Leader’s

4 Lecture Series (hereinafter referred to as the ‘‘lecture se5 ries’’). Expenses incurred in connection with the lecture

6 series shall be paid from the appropriations account ‘‘Sec7 retary of the Senate’’ within the contingent fund of the

8 Senate and shall not exceed $30,000 in any fiscal year.

9 (b) Payments for expenses in connection with the lec10 ture series may cover expenses incurred by speakers, in11 cluding travel, subsistence, and per diem, and the cost of

12 receptions, including food, food related items, and hospi13 tality.

14 (c) Payments for expenses of the lecture series shall

15 be made on vouchers approved by the Secretary of the

16 Senate.

17 (d) This section is effective on and after October 1,

18 1997.

19 SEC. 6. (a) The Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper

20 of the Senate is authorized to appoint and fix the com21 pensation of such employees as may be necessary to oper22 ate Senate Hair Care Services.

23 (b) There is established in the Treasury of the United

24 States within the contingent fund of the Senate a revolv25 ing fund to be known as the Senate Hair Care Services
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1 Revolving Fund (hereafter in this section referred to as

2 the ‘‘revolving fund’’).

3 (c)(1) All moneys received by Senate Hair Care Serv4 ices from fees for services or from any other source shall

5 be deposited in the revolving fund.

6 (2) Moneys in the revolving fund shall be available

7 without fiscal year limitation for disbursement by the Sec8 retary of the Senate—

9 (A) for the payment of salaries and agency con10 tributions of employees of Senate Hair Care Serv11 ices; and

12 (B) for necessary supplies, equipment, and

13 other expenses of Senate Hair Care Services.

14 (d) Disbursements from the revolving fund shall be

15 made upon vouchers signed by the Sergeant at Arms and

16 Doorkeeper of the Senate, except that vouchers shall not

17 be required for the disbursement of salaries paid at an

18 annual rate.

19 (e) At the direction of the Committee on Rules and

20 Administration, the Secretary of the Senate shall with21 draw from the revolving fund and deposit in the Treasury

22 of the United States as miscellaneous receipts all moneys

23 in the revolving fund that the Committee may determine

24 are in excess of the current and reasonably foreseeable

25 needs of Senate Hair Care Services.
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1 (f) The Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Sen2 ate is authorized to prescribe such regulations as may be

3 necessary to carry out the provisions of this section, sub4 ject to the approval of the Committee on Rules and Ad5 ministration.

6 (g) There is transferred to the revolving fund estab7 lished by this section any unobligated balance in the fund

8 established by section 106 of Public Law 94–440 on the

9 effective date of this section.

10 (h)(1) Section 106 of Public Law 94–440 is repealed.

11 (2) Section 10(a) of Public Law 100–458 is repealed.

12 (i) This section shall be effective on and after October

13 1, 1998, or 30 days after the date of enactment of this

14 Act, whichever is later.

15 SEC. 7. The amount available to the Committee on

16 Rules and Administration for expenses under section 16(c)

17 of Senate Resolution 54, agreed to February 13, 1997,

18 is increased by $150,000.

19 SEC. 8. Effective on and after October 1, 1998, each

20 of the dollar amounts contained in the table under section

21 105(d)(1)(A) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations

22 Act, 1968 (2 U.S.C. 61–1(d)(1)(A)) shall be deemed to

23 be the dollar amounts in that table, as increased by section

24 5 of Public Law 105–55, increased by an additional

25 $50,000 each.
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1 SEC. 9. (a) With the prior written approval of the

2 Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate, the

3 Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate may

4 enter into agreements with public or private parties for

5 the purpose of demonstrating the use of alternative fuel

6 vehicles (as defined in section 301(2) of the Energy Policy

7 Act of 1992 (Public Law 102–486)) in Senate fleet oper8 ations. Any such agreement may also provide for nec9 essary fueling infrastructure in connection with the alter10 native fuel vehicles.

11 (b) A vehicle may be made available under subsection

12 (a) for a period not exceeding 90 days.

13 JOINT ITEMS

14 For Joint Committees, as follows:

15 JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE

16 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic

17 Committee, $2,796,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary

18 of the Senate.

19 JOINT COMMITTEE ON PRINTING

20 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on

21 Printing, $202,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of

22 the Senate: Provided, That funds appropriated under this

23 heading may not be available for expenditure for expenses

24 incurred after December 31, 1998.
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1 JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION

2 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on

3 Taxation, $5,965,400, to be disbursed by the Chief Ad4 ministrative Officer of the House.

5 For other joint items, as follows:

6 OFFICE OF THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN

7 For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent ex8 penses of the emergency rooms, and for the Attending

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

10 of $1,500 per month to the Attending Physician; (2) an

11 allowance of $500 per month each to two medical officers

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

13 (3) an allowance of $500 per month to one assistant and

14 $400 per month each to not to exceed nine assistants on

15 the basis heretofore provided for such assistants; and (4)

16 $893,000 for reimbursement to the Department of the

17 Navy for expenses incurred for staff and equipment as18 signed to the Office of the Attending Physician, which

19 shall be advanced and credited to the applicable appropria20 tion or appropriations from which such salaries, allow21 ances, and other expenses are payable and shall be avail22 able for all the purposes thereof, $1,415,000, to be dis23 bursed by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House.
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1 CAPITOL POLICE BOARD

2 CAPITOL POLICE

3 SALARIES

4 For the Capitol Police Board for salaries of officers,

5 members, and employees of the Capitol Police, including

6 overtime, hazardous duty pay differential, clothing allow7 ance of not more than $600 each for members required

8 to wear civilian attire, and Government contributions for

9 health, retirement, Social Security, and other applicable

10 employee benefits, $74,281,000, of which $35,770,000 is

11 provided to the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Rep12 resentatives, to be disbursed by the Chief Administrative

13 Officer of the House, and $38,511,000 is provided to the

14 Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, to be

15 disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate: Provided, That,

16 of the amounts appropriated under this heading, such

17 amounts as may be necessary may be transferred between

18 the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives and

19 the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, upon

20 approval of the Committee on Appropriations of the House

21 of Representatives and the Committee on Appropriations

22 of the Senate.

23 GENERAL EXPENSES

24 For the Capitol Police Board for necessary expenses

25 of the Capitol Police, including motor vehicles, commu-
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1 nications and other equipment, security equipment and in2 stallation, uniforms, weapons, supplies, materials, train3 ing, medical services, forensic services, stenographic serv4 ices, personal and professional services, the employee as5 sistance program, not more than $2,000 for the awards

6 program, postage, telephone service, travel advances, relo7 cation of instructor and liaison personnel for the Federal

8 Law Enforcement Training Center, and $85 per month

9 for extra services performed for the Capitol Police Board

10 by an employee of the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate

11 or the House of Representatives designated by the Chair12 man of the Board, $6,077,000, to be disbursed by the

13 Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representa14 tives: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provision

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

16 at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center for fis17 cal year 1999 shall be paid by the Secretary of the Treas18 ury from funds available to the Department of the Treas19 ury.

20 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

21 SEC. 101. Amounts appropriated for fiscal year 1999

22 for the Capitol Police Board for the Capitol Police may

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

24 ‘‘GENERAL EXPENSES’’ upon the approval of—
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1 (1) the Committee on Appropriations of the

2 House of Representatives, in the case of amounts

3 transferred from the appropriation provided to the

4 Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives

5 under the heading ‘‘SALARIES’’;

6 (2) the Committee on Appropriations of the

7 Senate, in the case of amounts transferred from the

8 appropriation provided to the Sergeant at Arms and

9 Doorkeeper of the Senate under the heading ‘‘SALA10 RIES’’; and

11 (3) the Committees on Appropriations of the

12 Senate and the House of Representatives, in the

13 case of other transfers.

14 CAPITOL GUIDE SERVICE AND SPECIAL SERVICES

15 OFFICE

16 For salaries and expenses of the Capitol Guide Serv17 ice and Special Services Office, $2,195,000, to be dis18 bursed by the Secretary of the Senate: Provided, That no

19 part of such amount may be used to employ more than

20 forty-three individuals: Provided further, That the Capitol

21 Guide Board is authorized, during emergencies, to employ

22 not more than two additional individuals for not more

23 than 120 days each, and not more than ten additional in24 dividuals for not more than six months each, for the Cap25 itol Guide Service.
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1 STATEMENTS OF APPROPRIATIONS

2 For the preparation, under the direction of the Com3 mittees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House

4 of Representatives, of the statements for the second ses5 sion of the One Hundred Fifth Congress, showing appro6 priations made, indefinite appropriations, and contracts

7 authorized, together with a chronological history of the

8 regular appropriations bills as required by law, $30,000,

9 to be paid to the persons designated by the chairmen of

10 such committees to supervise the work.

11 OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Compli14 ance, as authorized by section 305 of the Congressional

15 Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1385), $2,286,000.

16 CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 For salaries and expenses necessary to carry out the

19 provisions of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (Pub20 lic Law 93–344), including not more than $2,500 to be

21 expended on the certification of the Director of the Con22 gressional Budget Office in connection with official rep23 resentation and reception expenses, $25,671,000: Pro24 vided, That no part of such amount may be used for the

25 purchase or hire of a passenger motor vehicle.
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1 ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

2 CAPITOL BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

3 CAPITOL BUILDINGS

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For salaries for the Architect of the Capitol, the As6 sistant Architect of the Capitol, and other personal serv7 ices, at rates of pay provided by law; for surveys and stud8 ies in connection with activities under the care of the Ar9 chitect of the Capitol; for all necessary expenses for the

10 maintenance, care and operation of the Capitol and elec11 trical substations of the Senate and House office buildings

12 under the jurisdiction of the Architect of the Capitol, in13 cluding furnishings and office equipment, including not

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

15 expenses, to be expended as the Architect of the Capitol

16 may approve; for purchase or exchange, maintenance and

17 operation of a passenger motor vehicle; and not to exceed

18 $20,000 for attendance, when specifically authorized by

19 the Architect of the Capitol, at meetings or conventions

20 in connection with subjects related to work under the Ar21 chitect of the Capitol, $44,641,000, of which $8,175,000

22 shall remain available until expended.

23 CAPITOL GROUNDS

24 For all necessary expenses for care and improvement

25 of grounds surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House
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1 office buildings, and the Capitol Power Plant, $6,055,000,

2 of which $525,000 shall remain available until expended.

3 SENATE OFFICE BUILDINGS

4 For all necessary expenses for maintenance, care and

5 operation of Senate office buildings; and furniture and

6 furnishings to be expended under the control and super7 vision of the Architect of the Capitol, $53,644,000, of

8 which $14,115,000 shall remain available until expended.

9 CAPITOL POWER PLANT

10 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care

11 and operation of the Capitol Power Plant; lighting, heat12 ing, power (including the purchase of electrical energy)

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

14 House office buildings, Library of Congress buildings, and

15 the grounds about the same, Botanic Garden, Senate ga16 rage, and air conditioning refrigeration not supplied from

17 plants in any of such buildings; heating the Government

18 Printing Office and Washington City Post Office, and

19 heating and chilled water for air conditioning for the Su20 preme Court Building, the Union Station complex, the

21 Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building and the

22 Folger Shakespeare Library, expenses for which shall be

23 advanced or reimbursed upon request of the Architect of

24 the Capitol and amounts so received shall be deposited

25 into the Treasury to the credit of this appropriation,
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1 $38,222,000, of which $5,100,000 shall remain available

2 until expended: Provided, That not more than $4,000,000

3 of the funds credited or to be reimbursed to this appro4 priation as herein provided shall be available for obligation

5 during fiscal year 1999.

6 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

7 CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE

8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

9 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions

10 of section 203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of

11 1946 (2 U.S.C. 166) and to revise and extend the Anno12 tated Constitution of the United States of America,

13 $67,877,483: Provided, That no part of such amount may

14 be used to pay any salary or expense in connection with

15 any publication, or preparation of material therefor (ex16 cept the Digest of Public General Bills), to be issued by

17 the Library of Congress unless such publication has ob18 tained prior approval of either the Committee on House

19 Oversight of the House of Representatives or the Commit20 tee on Rules and Administration of the Senate: Provided

21 further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law,

22 the compensation of the Director of the Congressional Re23 search Service, Library of Congress, shall be at an annual

24 rate which is equal to the annual rate of basic pay for
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1 positions at level IV of the Executive Schedule under sec2 tion 5315 of title 5, United States Code.

3 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

4 CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING AND BINDING

5 For authorized printing and binding for the Congress

6 and the distribution of Congressional information in any

7 format; printing and binding for the Architect of the Cap8 itol; expenses necessary for preparing the semimonthly

9 and session index to the Congressional Record, as author10 ized by law (44 U.S.C. 902); printing and binding of Gov11 ernment publications authorized by law to be distributed

12 to Members of Congress; and printing, binding, and dis13 tribution of Government publications authorized by law to

14 be distributed without charge to the recipient,

15 $75,500,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall not

16 be available for paper copies of the permanent edition of

17 the Congressional Record for individual Representatives,

18 Resident Commissioners or Delegates authorized under 44

19 U.S.C. 906: Provided further, That none of the funds ap20 propriated or made available under this Act may be ex21 pended for printing and binding and related services pro22 vided to Congress under chapter 7 of title 44, United

23 States Code, unless such printing and binding and related

24 services are provided during fiscal year 1999 and the bill-
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1 ing of such printing and binding and related services oc2 curs not later than December 31, 2000.

3 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Congressional Oper4 ations Appropriations Act, 1999’’.

5 TITLE II—OTHER AGENCIES

6 BOTANIC GARDEN

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care

9 and operation of the Botanic Garden and the nurseries,

10 buildings, grounds, and collections; and purchase and ex11 change, maintenance, repair, and operation of a passenger

12 motor vehicle; all under the direction of the Joint Commit13 tee on the Library, $3,180,000.

14 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 For necessary expenses of the Library of Congress

17 not otherwise provided for, including development and

18 maintenance of the Union Catalogs; custody and custodial

19 care of the Library buildings; special clothing; cleaning,

20 laundering and repair of uniforms; preservation of motion

21 pictures in the custody of the Library; operation and

22 maintenance of the American Folklife Center in the Li23 brary; preparation and distribution of catalog records and

24 other publications of the Library; hire or purchase of one

25 passenger motor vehicle; and expenses of the Library of
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1 Congress Trust Fund Board not properly chargeable to

2 the income of any trust fund held by the Board,

3 $239,176,542, of which not more than $6,500,000 shall

4 be derived from collections credited to this appropriation

5 during fiscal year 1999, and shall remain available until

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

7 32 Stat. 480; 2 U.S.C. 150): Provided, That the Library

8 of Congress may not obligate or expend any funds derived

9 from collections under the Act of June 28, 1902, in excess

10 of the amount authorized for obligation or expenditure in

11 appropriations Acts: Provided further, That the total

12 amount available for obligation shall be reduced by the

13 amount by which collections are less than the $6,500,000:

14 Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated,

15 $10,119,000 is to remain available until expended for ac16 quisition of books, periodicals, newspapers, and all other

17 materials including subscriptions for bibliographic services

18 for the Library, including $40,000 to be available solely

19 for the purchase, when specifically approved by the Librar20 ian, of special and unique materials for additions to the

21 collections: Provided further, That of the total amount ap22 propriated, $3,544,000 is to remain available until ex23 pended for the acquisition and partial support for imple24 mentation of an integrated library system (ILS): Provided

25 further, That of the total amount appropriated,
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1 $2,000,000 is to remain available until expended for a

2 project to digitize collections for the Meeting of the Fron3 tiers United States-Russian digital library: Provided fur4 ther, That of the total amount appropriated, $250,000 is

5 to remain available until expended for the Library’s efforts

6 in connection with the commemoration of the Bicentennial

7 of the Lewis and Clark expedition.

8 COPYRIGHT OFFICE

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, in11 cluding publication of the decisions of the United States

12 courts involving copyrights, $35,269,000, of which not

13 more than $16,000,000 shall be derived from collections

14 credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 1999

15 under 17 U.S.C. 708(d), and not more than $5,170,000

16 shall be derived from collections during fiscal year 1999

17 under 17 U.S.C. 111(d)(2), 119(b)(2), 802(h), and 1005:

18 Provided, That the total amount available for obligation

19 shall be reduced by the amount by which collections are

20 less than $21,170,000: Provided further, That not more

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

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

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

24 purpose of training nationals of developing countries in

25 intellectual property laws and policies: Provided further,
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1 That not more than $2,250 may be expended, on the cer2 tification of the Librarian of Congress, in connection with

3 official representation and reception expenses for activities

4 of the International Copyright Institute.

5 BOOKS FOR THE BLIND AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 For salaries and expenses to carry out the Act of

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

9 135a), $46,895,000, of which $13,744,000 shall remain

10 available until expended.

11 FURNITURE AND FURNISHINGS

12 For necessary expenses for the purchase, installation,

13 maintenance, and repair of furniture, furnishings, office

14 and library equipment, $4,458,000.

15 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

16 SEC. 201. Appropriations in this Act available to the

17 Library of Congress shall be available, in an amount of

18 not more than $194,290, of which $58,100 is for the Con19 gressional Research Service, when specifically authorized

20 by the Librarian, for attendance at meetings concerned

21 with the function or activity for which the appropriation

22 is made.

23 SEC. 202. (a) No part of the funds appropriated in

24 this Act shall be used by the Library of Congress to ad25 minister any flexible or compressed work schedule which—
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1 (1) applies to any manager or supervisor in a

2 position the grade or level of which is equal to or

3 higher than GS–15; and

4 (2) grants such manager or supervisor the right

5 to not be at work for all or a portion of a workday

6 because of time worked by the manager or super7 visor on another workday.

8 (b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘manager

9 or supervisor’’ means any management official or super10 visor, as such terms are defined in section 7103(a) (10)

11 and (11) of title 5, United States Code.

12 SEC. 203. Appropriated funds received by the Library

13 of Congress from other Federal agencies to cover general

14 and administrative overhead costs generated by perform15 ing reimbursable work for other agencies under the au16 thority of 31 U.S.C. 1535 and 1536 shall not be used to

17 employ more than 65 employees and may be expended or

18 obligated—

19 (1) in the case of a reimbursement, only to such

20 extent or in such amounts as are provided in appro21 priations Acts; or

22 (2) in the case of an advance payment, only—

23 (A) to pay for such general or administra24 tive overhead costs as are attributable to the

25 work performed for such agency; or
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1 (B) to such extent or in such amounts as

2 are provided in appropriations Acts, with re3 spect to any purpose not allowable under sub4 paragraph (A).

5 SEC. 204. Of the amounts appropriated to the Li6 brary of Congress in this Act, not more than $5,000 may

7 be expended, on the certification of the Librarian of Con8 gress, in connection with official representation and recep9 tion expenses for the incentive awards program.

10 SEC. 205. Of the amount appropriated to the Library

11 of Congress in this Act, not more than $12,000 may be

12 expended, on the certification of the Librarian of Con13 gress, in connection with official representation and recep14 tion expenses for the Overseas Field Offices.

15 SEC. 206. (a) For fiscal year 1999, the obligational

16 authority of the Library of Congress for the activities de17 scribed in subsection (b) may not exceed $99,765,100.

18 (b) The activities referred to in subsection (a) are re19 imbursable and revolving fund activities that are funded

20 from sources other than appropriations to the Library in

21 appropriations Acts for the legislative branch.
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1 ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

2 LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

3 STRUCTURAL AND MECHANICAL CARE

4 For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and

5 structural maintenance, care and operation of the Library

6 buildings and grounds, $12,566,000, of which $910,000

7 shall remain available until expended.

8 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

9 SEC. 207. For fiscal year 1999, the amounts available

10 for expenditure to the Architect of the Capitol pursuant

11 to Section 4 of Public Law 105–144, approved December

12 15, 1997, may not exceed $2,500,000.

13 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

14 OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 For expenses of the Office of Superintendent of Doc17 uments necessary to provide for the cataloging and index18 ing of Government publications and their distribution to

19 the public, Members of Congress, other Government agen20 cies, and designated depository and international exchange

21 libraries as authorized by law, $29,600,000: Provided,

22 That travel expenses, including travel expenses of the De23 pository Library Council to the Public Printer, shall not

24 exceed $150,000: Provided further, That amounts of not

25 more than $2,000,000 from current year appropriations
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1 are authorized for producing and disseminating Congres2 sional serial sets and other related publications for 1997

3 and 1998 to depository and other designated libraries.

4 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE REVOLVING FUND

5 The Government Printing Office is hereby authorized

6 to make such expenditures, within the limits of funds

7 available and in accord with the law, and to make such

8 contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year

9 limitations as provided by section 9104 of title 31, United

10 States Code, as may be necessary in carrying out the pro11 grams and purposes set forth in the budget for the current

12 fiscal year for the Government Printing Office revolving

13 fund: Provided, That not more than $2,500 may be ex14 pended on the certification of the Public Printer in connec15 tion with official representation and reception expenses:

16 Provided further, That the revolving fund shall be available

17 for the hire or purchase of not more than twelve passenger

18 motor vehicles: Provided further, That expenditures in con19 nection with travel expenses of the advisory councils to

20 the Public Printer shall be deemed necessary to carry out

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

22 further, That the revolving fund shall be available for tem23 porary or intermittent services under section 3109(b) of

24 title 5, United States Code, but at rates for individuals

25 not more than the daily equivalent of the annual rate of
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1 basic pay for level V of the Executive Schedule under sec2 tion 5316 of such title: Provided further, That the revolv3 ing fund and the funds provided under the headings ‘‘OF4 FICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS’’ and ‘‘SALA5 RIES AND EXPENSES’’ together may not be available for

6 the full-time equivalent employment of more than 3,350

7 workyears: Provided further, That activities financed

8 through the revolving fund may provide information in any

9 format: Provided further, That the revolving fund shall not

10 be used to administer any flexible or compressed work

11 schedule which applies to any manager or supervisor in

12 a position the grade or level of which is equal to or higher

13 than GS–15: Provided further, That expenses for attend14 ance at meetings shall not exceed $75,000.

15 GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

17 For necessary expenses of the General Accounting

18 Office, including not more than $7,000 to be expended on

19 the certification of the Comptroller General of the United

20 States in connection with official representation and recep21 tion expenses; temporary or intermittent services under

22 section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, but at rates

23 for individuals not more than the daily equivalent of the

24 annual rate of basic pay for level IV of the Executive

25 Schedule under section 5315 of such title; hire of one pas-
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1 senger motor vehicle; advance payments in foreign coun2 tries in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 3324; benefits com3 parable to those payable under sections 901(5), 901(6)

4 and 901(8) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C.

5 4081(5), 4081(6) and 4081(8)); and under regulations

6 prescribed by the Comptroller General of the United

7 States, rental of living quarters in foreign countries;

8 $363,298,000: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C.

9 9105 hereafter amounts reimbursed to the Comptroller

10 General pursuant to that section shall be deposited to the

11 appropriation of the General Accounting Office then avail12 able and remain available until expended, and not more

13 than $2,000,000 of such funds shall be available for use

14 in fiscal year 1999: Provided further, That this appropria15 tion and appropriations for administrative expenses of any

16 other department or agency which is a member of the

17 Joint Financial Management Improvement Program

18 (JFMIP) shall be available to finance an appropriate

19 share of JFMIP costs as determined by the JFMIP, in20 cluding the salary of the Executive Director and secretar21 ial support: Provided further, That this appropriation and

22 appropriations for administrative expenses of any other

23 department or agency which is a member of the National

24 Intergovernmental Audit Forum or a Regional Intergov25 ernmental Audit Forum shall be available to finance an
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1 appropriate share of either Forum’s costs as determined

2 by the respective Forum, including necessary travel ex3 penses of non-Federal participants. Payments hereunder

4 to either the Forum or the JFMIP may be credited as

5 reimbursements to any appropriation from which costs in6 volved are initially financed: Provided further, That this

7 appropriation and appropriations for administrative ex8 penses of any other department or agency which is a mem9 ber of the American Consortium on International Public

10 Administration (ACIPA) shall be available to finance an

11 appropriate share of ACIPA costs as determined by the

12 ACIPA, including any expenses attributable to member13 ship of ACIPA in the International Institute of Adminis14 trative Sciences.

15 TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS

16 SEC. 301. No part of the funds appropriated in this

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

18 vehicles, except for emergency assistance and cleaning as

19 may be provided under regulations relating to parking fa20 cilities for the House of Representatives issued by the

21 Committee on House Oversight and for the Senate issued

22 by the Committee on Rules and Administration.

23 SEC. 302. No part of the funds appropriated in this

24 Act shall remain available for obligation beyond fiscal year

25 1999 unless expressly so provided in this Act.
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1 SEC. 303. Whenever in this Act any office or position

2 not specifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of

3 1929 is appropriated for or the rate of compensation or

4 designation of any office or position appropriated for is

5 different from that specifically established by such Act,

6 the rate of compensation and the designation in this Act

7 shall be the permanent law with respect thereto: Provided,

8 That the provisions in this Act for the various items of

9 official expenses of Members, officers, and committees of

10 the Senate and House of Representatives, and clerk hire

11 for Senators and Members of the House of Representa12 tives shall be the permanent law with respect thereto.

13 SEC. 304. The expenditure of any appropriation

14 under this Act for any consulting service through procure15 ment contract, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited

16 to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter

17 of public record and available for public inspection, except

18 where otherwise provided under existing law, or under ex19 isting Executive order issued pursuant to existing law.

20 SEC. 305. Such sums as may be necessary are appro21 priated to the account described in subsection (a) of sec22 tion 415 of Public Law 104–1 to pay awards and settle23 ments as authorized under such subsection.

24 SEC. 306. Amounts available for administrative ex25 penses of any legislative branch entity which participates
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1 in the Legislative Branch Financial Managers Council

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

3 be available to finance an appropriate share of LBFMC

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

5 LBFMC costs to be shared among all participating legisla6 tive branch entities (in such allocations among the entities

7 as the entities may determine) may not exceed $1,500.

8 SEC. 307. Section 316 of Public Law 101–302 is

9 amended in the first sentence of subsection (a) by striking

10 ‘‘1998’’ and inserting ‘‘1999’’.

11 SEC. 308. The Government Printing Office shall be

12 considered an agency for the purposes of the election in

13 section 801(b)(2)(B) of the National Energy Conservation

14 Policy Act and the Public Printer shall be considered the

15 head of the agency for purposes of subsection (b)(2)(C)

16 of such section.

17 SEC. 309. Section 8 of the American Folklife Preser18 vation Act (20 U.S.C. 2107) is amended to read as fol19 lows:

20 ‘‘SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

21 ‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated to the Cen22 ter to carry out this Act such sums as may be necessary

23 for each fiscal year.’’.

24 SEC. 310. That $3,110,611 shall be transferred from

25 the Employees’ Compensation Fund established under sec-
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1 tion 8147 of title 5, United States Code, to the Govern2 ment Printing Office revolving fund as reimbursement for

3 costs improperly transferred from the revolving fund pur4 suant to section 8147(c) of such title: Provided, That for

5 purposes of section 8147 of title 5, United States Code,

6 the Government Printing Office is not considered an agen7 cy which is required by statute to submit an annual budget

8 pursuant to or as provided by chapter 91 of title 31,

9 United States Code, and is not required to pay an addi10 tional amount for the cost of administration.

11 TITLE IV—TRADE DEFICIT REVIEW

12 COMMISSION

13 SEC. 401. SHORT TITLE. This title may be cited as

14 the ‘‘Trade Deficit Review Commission Act’’.

15 SEC. 402. FINDINGS. Congress makes the following

16 findings:

17 (1) The United States continues to run sub18 stantial merchandise trade and current account defi19 cits.

20 (2) Economic forecasts anticipate continued

21 growth in such deficits in the next few years.

22 (3) The positive net international asset position

23 that the United States built up over many years was

24 eliminated in the 1980s. The United States today

25 has become the world’s largest debtor nation.
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1 (4) The United States merchandise trade deficit

2 is characterized by large bilateral trade imbalances

3 with a handful of countries.

4 (5) The United States has one of the most open

5 borders and economies in the world. The United

6 States faces significant tariff and nontariff trade

7 barriers with its trading partners. Current overall

8 trade balances do not reflect the actual competitive9 ness or productivity of the United States economy.

10 (6) Since the last comprehensive review of na11 tional trade and investment policies was conducted

12 by a Presidential commission in 1970, there have

13 been massive worldwide economic and political

14 changes which have profoundly affected world trad15 ing relationships. Globalization, the increased mobil16 ity of capital and technology, the role of

17 transnational corporations, and the outsourcing of

18 production across national boundaries, are reshaping

19 both the comparative and competitive trade advan20 tages among nations.

21 (7) The United States is once again at a critical

22 juncture in trade policy development. The nature of

23 the United States trade deficit and its causes and

24 consequences must be analyzed and documented.
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1 SEC. 403. ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMISSION. (a) ES2 TABLISHMENT.—There is established a commission to be

3 known as the Trade Deficit Review Commission (hereafter

4 in this title referred to as the ‘‘Commission’’).

5 (b) PURPOSE.—The purpose of the Commission is to

6 study the causes and consequences of the United States

7 merchandise trade and current account deficits and to de8 velop trade policy recommendations for the 21st century.

9 The recommendations shall include strategies necessary to

10 achieve United States market access to foreign markets

11 that fully reflects the competitiveness and productivity of

12 the United States and also improves the standard of living

13 of United States citizens.

14 (c) MEMBERSHIP OF COMMISSION.—

15 (1) COMPOSITION.—The Commission shall be

16 composed of 12 members of whom—

17 (A) 1 Senator and 2 other persons shall be

18 appointed by the President pro tempore of the

19 Senate upon the recommendation of the Major20 ity Leader of the Senate;

21 (B) 1 Senator and 2 other persons shall be

22 appointed by the President pro tempore of the

23 Senate upon the recommendation of the Minor24 ity Leader of the Senate;
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1 (C) 1 Member of the House of Representa2 tives and 2 other persons shall be appointed by

3 the Speaker of the House of Representatives;

4 and

5 (D) 1 Member of the House of Representa6 tives and 2 other persons shall be appointed by

7 the Minority Leader of the House of Represent8 atives.

9 (2) QUALIFICATIONS OF MEMBERS.—

10 (A) APPOINTMENTS.—Persons who are ap11 pointed under paragraph (1), other than a per12 son who is a Senator or Member of the House

13 of Representatives, shall be persons who—

14 (i) have expertise in economics, inter15 national trade, manufacturing, labor, envi16 ronment, business, or have other pertinent

17 qualifications or experience; and

18 (ii) are not officers or employees of

19 the United States.

20 (B) OTHER CONSIDERATIONS.—In ap21 pointing Commission members, every effort

22 shall be made to ensure that the members—

23 (i) are representative of a broad cross24 section of economic and trade perspectives

25 within the United States; and
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1 (ii) provide fresh insights to analyzing

2 the causes and consequences of United

3 States merchandise trade and current ac4 count deficits.

5 (d) PERIOD OF APPOINTMENT; VACANCIES.—

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—Members shall be appointed

7 not later than 60 days after the date of enactment

8 of this Act and the appointment shall be for the life

9 of the Commission.

10 (2) VACANCIES.—Any vacancy in the Commis11 sion shall not affect its powers, but shall be filled in

12 the same manner as the original appointment.

13 (e) INITIAL MEETING.—Not later than 30 days after

14 the date on which all members of the Commission have

15 been appointed, the Commission shall hold its first meet16 ing.

17 (f) MEETINGS.—The Commission shall meet at the

18 call of the Chairperson.

19 (g) CHAIRPERSON AND VICE CHAIRPERSON.—The

20 members of the Commission shall elect a chairperson and

21 vice chairperson from among the members of the Commis22 sion.

23 (h) QUORUM.—A majority of the members of the

24 Commission shall constitute a quorum for the transaction

25 of business.
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1 (i) VOTING.—Each member of the Commission shall

2 be entitled to 1 vote, which shall be equal to the vote of

3 every other member of the Commission.

4 SEC. 404. DUTIES OF THE COMMISSION. (a) IN GEN5 ERAL.—The Commission shall be responsible for develop6 ing trade policy recommendations, by examining the eco7 nomic, trade, tax, and investment policies and laws, and

8 other incentives and restrictions that are relevant to ad9 dressing the causes and consequences of the United States

10 merchandise trade and current account deficits.

11 (b) RECOMMENDATIONS.—The Commission shall ex12 amine and make recommendations to Congress and the

13 President on the following:

14 (1) The manner in which the Government of

15 the United States establishes and administers the

16 Nation’s fundamental trade policies and objectives,

17 including—

18 (A) the relationship of the merchandise

19 trade and current account balances to the over20 all well-being of the United States economy and

21 any impact the trade balance may have on

22 wages and employment in various sectors of the

23 United States economy;

24 (B) any effects the merchandise trade and

25 current account deficits may have on the areas
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1 of manufacturing and technology and on de2 fense production and innovation capabilities of

3 the United States;

4 (C) the impact that United States mone5 tary and fiscal policies may have on United

6 States merchandise trade and current account

7 deficits; and

8 (D) the coordination, allocation, and ac9 countability of trade responsibilities among

10 Federal agencies and the means for congres11 sional oversight of the trade policy process.

12 (2) The causes and consequences of the mer13 chandise trade and current account deficits and spe14 cific bilateral trade deficits, including—

15 (A) identification and quantification of the

16 macroeconomic factors and bilateral trade bar17 riers contributing to the United States mer18 chandise trade and current account deficits;

19 (B) identification and quantification of any

20 impact of the merchandise trade and current

21 account deficits on the domestic economy, in22 dustrial base, manufacturing capacity, number

23 and quality of jobs, productivity, wages, and the

24 United States standard of living;
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1 (C) identification and quantification of

2 trade deficits within individual industrial, man3 ufacturing, and production sectors, and any re4 lationship to intraindustry and intracompany

5 transactions;

6 (D) a review of the adequacy of the cur7 rent collection and reporting of import and ex8 port data, and the identification and develop9 ment of additional data bases and economic

10 measurements that may be needed to properly

11 quantify the factors described in subparagraphs

12 (A), (B), and (C);

13 (E) the relationship that tariff and non14 tariff barriers may have to the merchandise

15 trade and current account deficits and the ex16 tent to which such deficits have become struc17 tural;

18 (F) the extent to which there is reciprocal

19 market access substantially equivalent to that

20 afforded by the United States in each country

21 with which the United States has a persistent

22 and substantial bilateral trade deficit; and

23 (G) the impact of transhipments on bilat24 eral trade.
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1 (3) Any relationship of United States merchan2 dise trade and current account deficits to both com3 parative and competitive trade advantages within the

4 global economy, including—

5 (A) a systematic analysis of the United

6 States trade patterns with different trading

7 partners, to what extent the trade patterns are

8 based on comparative and competitive trade ad9 vantages, and how the trade advantages relate

10 to the goods that are exported to and imported

11 from various trading partners;

12 (B) the extent to which the increased mo13 bility of capital and technology has changed

14 both comparative and competitive trade advan15 tages;

16 (C) the extent to which differences in the

17 growth rates of the United States and its trad18 ing partners may impact on United States mer19 chandise trade and current account deficits;

20 (D) any impact that labor, environmental,

21 or health and safety standards may have on

22 world trade;

23 (E) the impact that currency exchange

24 rate fluctuations and any manipulation of ex-
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1 change rates may have on United States mer2 chandise trade and current account deficits;

3 (F) the effect that offset and technology

4 transfer agreements have on the long-term com5 petitiveness of the United States manufacturing

6 sectors; and

7 (G) any effect that international trade,

8 labor, environmental, or other agreements may

9 have on United States competitiveness.

10 (4) The flow of investments both into and out

11 of the United States, including—

12 (A) any consequences for the United

13 States economy of the current status of the

14 United States as a debtor nation;

15 (B) any relationship between such invest16 ments and the United States merchandise trade

17 and current account deficits and living stand18 ards of United States workers;

19 (C) any impact such investments may have

20 on United States labor, community, environ21 mental, and health and safety standards, and

22 how such investment flows influence the loca23 tion of manufacturing facilities; and

24 (D) the effect of barriers to United States

25 foreign direct investment in developed and de-
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1 veloping nations, particularly nations with

2 which the United States has a merchandise

3 trade and current account deficit.

4 SEC. 405. FINAL REPORT; CONGRESSIONAL HEAR5 INGS. (a) FINAL REPORT.—

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 18 months

7 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commis8 sion shall submit to the President and Congress a

9 final report which contains—

10 (A) the findings and conclusions of the

11 Commission described in section 404;

12 (B) recommendations for addressing the

13 problems identified as part of the Commission’s

14 analysis; and

15 (C) any proposals for administrative and

16 legislative actions necessary to implement such

17 recommendations.

18 (2) SEPARATE VIEWS.—Any member of the

19 Commission may submit additional findings and rec20 ommendations as part of the final report.

21 (b) CONGRESSIONAL HEARINGS.—Not later than 6

22 months after the final report described in subsection (a)

23 is submitted, the Committee on Ways and Means of the

24 House of Representatives and the Committee on Finance

25 of the Senate shall hold hearings on the report. Other
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1 committees of the House of Representatives and Senate

2 with relevant jurisdiction may also hold hearings on the

3 report.

4 SEC. 406. POWERS OF COMMISSION. (a) HEAR5 INGS.—The Commission may hold such hearings, sit and

6 act at such times and places, take such testimony, and

7 receive such evidence as the Commission may find advis8 able to fulfill the requirements of this title. The Commis9 sion shall hold at least 1 or more hearings in Washington,

10 D.C., and 4 in different regions of the United States.

11 (b) INFORMATION FROM FEDERAL AGENCIES.—The

12 Commission may secure directly from any Federal depart13 ment or agency such information as the Commission con14 siders necessary to carry out the provisions of this title.

15 Upon request of the Chairperson of the Commission, the

16 head of such department or agency shall furnish such in17 formation to the Commission.

18 (c) POSTAL SERVICES.—The Commission may use

19 the United States mails in the same manner and under

20 the same conditions as other departments and agencies of

21 the Federal Government.

22 SEC. 407. COMMISSION PERSONNEL MATTERS. (a)

23 COMPENSATION OF MEMBERS.—

24 (1) IN GENERAL.—Each member of the Com25 mission who is not an officer or employee of the
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1 Federal Government shall be compensated at a rate

2 equal to the daily equivalent of the annual rate of

3 basic pay prescribed for level IV of the Executive

4 Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United

5 States Code, for each day (including travel time)

6 during which such member is engaged in the per7 formance of the duties of the Commission. All mem8 bers of the Commission who are officers or employ9 ees of the United States shall serve without com10 pensation in addition to that received for their serv11 ices as officers or employees of the United States.

12 (2) OFFICER AND EMPLOYEE OF THE UNITED

13 STATES.—For purposes of this section, a member of

14 the Commission who is a Senator or a member of

15 the House of Representatives shall be treated as an

16 officer or employee of the United States.

17 (b) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—The members of the Com18 mission shall be allowed travel expenses, including per

19 diem in lieu of subsistence, at rates authorized for employ20 ees of agencies under subchapter I of chapter 57 of title

21 5, United States Code, while away from their homes or

22 regular places of business in the performance of services

23 for the Commission.

24 (c) STAFF.—
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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Chairperson of the

2 Commission may, without regard to the civil service

3 laws and regulations, appoint and terminate an exec4 utive director and such other additional personnel as

5 may be necessary to enable the Commission to per6 form its duties. The employment of an executive di7 rector shall be subject to confirmation by the Com8 mission.

9 (2) COMPENSATION.—The Chairperson of the

10 Commission may fix the compensation of the execu11 tive director and other personnel without regard to

12 the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of

13 chapter 53 of title 5, United States Code, relating

14 to classification of positions and General Schedule

15 pay rates, except that the rate of pay for the execu16 tive director and other personnel may not exceed the

17 rate payable for level V of the Executive Schedule

18 under section 5316 of such title.

19 (d) DETAIL OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES.—Any

20 Federal Government employee may be detailed to the

21 Commission without reimbursement, and such detail shall

22 be without interruption or loss of civil service status or

23 privilege.

24 (e) PROCUREMENT OF TEMPORARY AND INTERMIT25 TENT SERVICES.—The Chairperson of the Commission
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1 may procure temporary and intermittent services under

2 section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, at rates

3 for individuals which do not exceed the daily equivalent

4 of the annual rate of basic pay prescribed for level V of

5 the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of such title.

6 SEC. 408. SUPPORT SERVICES. The Administrator of

7 the General Services Administration shall provide to the

8 Commission on a reimbursable basis such administrative

9 support services as the Commission may request.

10 SEC. 409. APPROPRIATIONS. There are appropriated

11 $2,000,000 to the Commission to carry out the provisions

12 of this title.

13 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative Branch Ap14 propriations Act, 1999’’.
Calendar No. 399

105TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 2137

[Report No. 105–204]

A BILL

Making appropriations for the legislative branch for

for other purposes.the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, and

JUNE 5, 1998

Read twice and placed on the calendar