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Calendar No. 116 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2250 

[Report No. 114–64] 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 20, 2015 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations 

JUNE 11, 2015 

Reported by Mrs. CAPITO, with an amendment 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

AN ACT 

Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the 

fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, and for other 

purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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1 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

2 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 

3 Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 

4 30, 2016, and for other purposes, namely: 

5 TITLE I—LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 

6 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

7 PAYMENT TO WIDOWS AND HEIRS OF DECEASED

8 MEMBERS OF CONGRESS

9 For payment to Tori B. Nunnelee, widow of Alan 

10 Nunnelee, late a Representative from the State of Mis11 sissippi, $174,000. 

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For salaries and expenses of the House of Represent14 atives, $1,180,736,000, as follows: 

15 HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES

16 For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, 

17 $22,278,891, including: Office of the Speaker, 

18 $6,645,417, including $25,000 for official expenses of the 

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

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

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

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

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

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

25 official expenses of the Majority Whip; Office of the Mi-
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1 nority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Minority Whip, 

2 $1,459,639, including $5,000 for official expenses of the 

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

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

5 amount for salaries and expenses shall remain available 

6 from January 3, 2016 until January 2, 2017. 

7 MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES

8 INCLUDING MEMBERS’ CLERK HIRE, OFFICIAL

9 EXPENSES OF MEMBERS, AND OFFICIAL MAIL

10 For Members’ representational allowances, including 

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

12 $554,317,732. 

13 COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES

14 STANDING COMMITTEES, SPECIAL AND SELECT

15 For salaries and expenses of standing committees, 

16 special and select, authorized by House resolutions, 

17 $123,903,173: Provided, That such amount shall remain 

18 available for such salaries and expenses until December 

19 31, 2016. 

20 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

21 For salaries and expenses of the Committee on Ap22 propriations, $23,271,004, including studies and examina23 tions of executive agencies and temporary personal serv24 ices for such committee, to be expended in accordance with 

25 section 202(b) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 
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1 1946 and to be available for reimbursement to agencies 

2 for services performed: Provided, That such amount shall 

3 remain available for such salaries and expenses until De4 cember 31, 2016. 

5 SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

6 For compensation and expenses of officers and em7 ployees, as authorized by law, $175,713,679, including: 

8 for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Clerk, includ9 ing the positions of the Chaplain and the Historian, and 

10 including not more than $25,000, of which not more than 

11 $20,000 is for the Family Room and not more than 

12 $2,000 is for the Office of the Chaplain, for official rep13 resentation and reception expenses, $24,980,898; for sala14 ries and expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms, 

15 including the position of Superintendent of Garages and 

16 the Office of Emergency Management, and including not 

17 more than $3,000 for official representation and reception 

18 expenses, $14,827,120 of which $4,784,229 shall remain 

19 available until expended; for salaries and expenses of the 

20 Office of the Chief Administrative Officer including not 

21 more than $3,000 for official representation and reception 

22 expenses, $115,010,000, of which $1,350,000 shall remain 

23 available until expended; for salaries and expenses of the 

24 Office of the Inspector General, $4,741,809; for salaries 

25 and expenses of the Office of General Counsel, 
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1 $1,413,450; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the 

2 Parliamentarian, including the Parliamentarian, $2,000 

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

4 $1,000 for official representation and reception expenses, 

5 $1,974,606; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the 

6 Law Revision Counsel of the House, $3,119,766; for sala7 ries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel 

8 of the House, $8,352,975; for salaries and expenses of the 

9 Office of Interparliamentary Affairs, $814,069; for other 

10 authorized employees, $478,986. 

11 ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES

12 For allowances and expenses as authorized by House 

13 resolution or law, $281,251,521, including: supplies, mate14 rials, administrative costs and Federal tort claims, 

15 $3,625,236; official mail for committees, leadership of16 fices, and administrative offices of the House, $190,486; 

17 Government contributions for health, retirement, Social 

18 Security, and other applicable employee benefits, 

19 $254,447,514, to remain available until March 31, 2017; 

20 Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery, $16,217,008 

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

22 transition activities for new members and staff, 

23 $2,084,000, to remain available until expended; Wounded 

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

25 expended; Office of Congressional Ethics, $1,467,030; and 
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1 miscellaneous items including purchase, exchange, mainte2 nance, repair and operation of House motor vehicles, 

3 interparliamentary receptions, and gratuities to heirs of 

4 deceased employees of the House, $720,247. 

5 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

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

7 MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES TO BE

8 USED FOR DEFICIT REDUCTION OR TO REDUCE THE

9 FEDERAL DEBT.—Notwithstanding any other provision of 

10 law, any amounts appropriated under this Act for 

11 ‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—SALARIES AND

12 EXPENSES—MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOW13 ANCES’’ shall be available only for fiscal year 2016. Any 

14 amount remaining after all payments are made under such 

15 allowances for fiscal year 2016 shall be deposited in the 

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

17 Federal budget deficit after all such payments have been 

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

19 the Secretary of the Treasury considers appropriate). 

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

22 authority to prescribe regulations to carry out this section. 

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

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

2 to, the Congress. 

3 DELIVERY OF BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS

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

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

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

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

9 requests a copy. 

10 DELIVERY OF CONGRESSIONAL RECORD

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

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

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

14 the House of Representatives (including a Delegate or 

15 Resident Commissioner to the Congress). 

16 LIMITATION ON AMOUNT AVAILABLE TO LEASE VEHICLES

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

18 Act may be used by the Chief Administrative Officer of 

19 the House of Representatives to make any payments from 

20 any Members’ Representational Allowance for the leasing 

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

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

2 HOUSE

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

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

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

6 Code to all offices of the House of Representatives. 

7 DELIVERY OF REPORTS OF DISBURSEMENTS

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

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

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

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

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

16 DELIVERY OF DAILY CALENDAR

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

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

19 the House of Representatives (including a Delegate or 

20 Resident Commissioner to the Congress) a printed copy 

21 of the Daily Calendar of the House of Representatives 

22 which is prepared by the Clerk of the House of Represent23 atives. 

24 JOINT ITEMS 

25 For Joint Committees, as follows: 
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1 JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE

2 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic 

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

4 of the Senate. 

5 JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION

6 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on 

7 Taxation, $10,095,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Ad8 ministrative Officer of the House of Representatives. 

9 For other joint items, as follows: 

10 OFFICE OF THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN

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

13 Physician and his assistants, including: 

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

15 Attending Physician; 

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

17 Senior Medical Officer; 

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

19 three medical officers while on duty in the Office of 

20 the Attending Physician; 

21 (4) an allowance of $725 per month to 2 assist22 ants and $580 per month each not to exceed 11 as23 sistants on the basis heretofore provided for such as24 sistants; and 
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1 (5) $2,692,000 for reimbursement to the De2 partment of the Navy for expenses incurred for staff 

3 and equipment assigned to the Office of the Attend4 ing Physician, which shall be advanced and credited 

5 to the applicable appropriation or appropriations 

6 from which such salaries, allowances, and other ex7 penses are payable and shall be available for all the 

8 purposes thereof, $3,784,000, to be disbursed by the 

9 Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Rep10 resentatives. 

11 OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL ACCESSIBILITY SERVICES

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Congres14 sional Accessibility Services, $1,387,000, to be disbursed 

15 by the Secretary of the Senate. 

16 CAPITOL POLICE 

17 SALARIES

18 For salaries of employees of the Capitol Police, in19 cluding overtime, hazardous duty pay, and Government 

20 contributions for health, retirement, social security, pro21 fessional liability insurance, and other applicable employee 

22 benefits, $300,000,000 of which overtime shall not exceed 

23 $30,928,000 unless the Committee on Appropriations of 

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

25 Chief of the Capitol Police or his designee. 
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1 GENERAL EXPENSES

2 For necessary expenses of the Capitol Police, includ3 ing motor vehicles, communications and other equipment, 

4 security equipment and installation, uniforms, weapons, 

5 supplies, materials, training, medical services, forensic 

6 services, stenographic services, personal and professional 

7 services, the employee assistance program, the awards pro8 gram, postage, communication services, travel advances, 

9 relocation of instructor and liaison personnel for the Fed10 eral Law Enforcement Training Center, and not more 

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

12 Chief of the Capitol Police in connection with official rep13 resentation and reception expenses, $69,000,000, to be 

14 disbursed by the Chief of the Capitol Police or his des15 ignee: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provi16 sion of law, the cost of basic training for the Capitol Police 

17 at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center for fis18 cal year 2016 shall be paid by the Secretary of Homeland 

19 Security from funds available to the Department of Home20 land Security. 

21 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

22 DEPOSIT OF REIMBURSEMENTS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT

23 ASSISTANCE

24 SEC. 1001. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2802(a)(1) of 

25 the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2001 (2 U.S.C. 
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1 1905(a)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘District of Colum2 bia)’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘District of Columbia), 

3 and from any other source in the case of assistance pro4 vided in connection with an activity that was not spon5 sored by Congress’’. 

6 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 2802(a)(2) 

7 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 1905(a)(2)) is amended by striking 

8 ‘‘law enforcement assistance to any Federal, State, or local 

9 government agency (including any agency of the District 

10 of Columbia)’’ and inserting ‘‘any law enforcement assist11 ance for which reimbursement described in paragraph (1) 

12 is made’’. 

13 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

14 this section shall apply with respect to any reimbursement 

15 received before, on, or after the date of the enactment of 

16 this Act. 

17 OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE 

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Compli20 ance, as authorized by section 305 of the Congressional 

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

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

23 30, 2017: Provided, That not more than $500 may be ex24 pended on the certification of the Executive Director of 
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1 the Office of Compliance in connection with official rep2 resentation and reception expenses. 

3 CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE 

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For salaries and expenses necessary for operation of 

6 the Congressional Budget Office, including not more than 

7 $6,000 to be expended on the certification of the Director 

8 of the Congressional Budget Office in connection with offi9 cial representation and reception expenses, $47,270,000. 

10 ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL 

11 CAPITOL CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATIONS

12 For salaries for the Architect of the Capitol, and 

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

14 for all necessary expenses for surveys and studies, con15 struction, operation, and general and administrative sup16 port in connection with facilities and activities under the 

17 care of the Architect of the Capitol including the Botanic 

18 Garden; electrical substations of the Capitol, Senate and 

19 House office buildings, and other facilities under the juris20 diction of the Architect of the Capitol; including fur21 nishings and office equipment; including not more than 

22 $5,000 for official reception and representation expenses, 

23 to be expended as the Architect of the Capitol may ap24 prove; for purchase or exchange, maintenance, and oper25 ation of a passenger motor vehicle, $90,946,000. 
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1 CAPITOL BUILDING

2 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

3 and operation of the Capitol, $46,737,000, of which 

4 $22,737,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

5 2020. 

6 CAPITOL GROUNDS

7 For all necessary expenses for care and improvement 

8 of grounds surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House 

9 office buildings, and the Capitol Power Plant, 

10 $11,880,000, of which $2,000,000 shall remain available 

11 until September 30, 2020. 

12 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS

13 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

14 and operation of the House office buildings, 

15 $149,962,000, of which $23,886,000 shall remain avail16 able until September 30, 2020, and of which $62,000,000 

17 shall remain available until expended for the restoration 

18 and renovation of the Cannon House Office Building. 

19 In addition, for a payment to the House Historic 

20 Buildings Revitalization Trust Fund, $10,000,000, to re21 main available until expended. 

22 CAPITOL POWER PLANT

23 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

24 and operation of the Capitol Power Plant; lighting, heat25 ing, power (including the purchase of electrical energy) 
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1 and water and sewer services for the Capitol, Senate and 

2 House office buildings, Library of Congress buildings, and 

3 the grounds about the same, Botanic Garden, Senate ga4 rage, and air conditioning refrigeration not supplied from 

5 plants in any of such buildings; heating the Government 

6 Printing Office and Washington City Post Office, and 

7 heating and chilled water for air conditioning for the Su8 preme Court Building, the Union Station complex, the 

9 Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building and the 

10 Folger Shakespeare Library, expenses for which shall be 

11 advanced or reimbursed upon request of the Architect of 

12 the Capitol and amounts so received shall be deposited 

13 into the Treasury to the credit of this appropriation, 

14 $91,549,898, of which $14,408,898 shall remain available 

15 until September 30, 2020: Provided, That not more than 

16 $9,000,000 of the funds credited or to be reimbursed to 

17 this appropriation as herein provided shall be available for 

18 obligation during fiscal year 2016. 

19 LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

20 For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and 

21 structural maintenance, care and operation of the Library 

22 buildings and grounds, $36,589,000, of which 

23 $11,646,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

24 2020. 
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1 CAPITOL POLICE BUILDINGS, GROUNDS AND SECURITY

2 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

3 and operation of buildings, grounds and security enhance4 ments of the United States Capitol Police, wherever lo5 cated, the Alternate Computer Facility, and AOC security 

6 operations, $22,058,000, of which $4,525,000 shall re7 main available until September 30, 2020. 

8 BOTANIC GARDEN

9 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

10 and operation of the Botanic Garden and the nurseries, 

11 buildings, grounds, and collections; and purchase and ex12 change, maintenance, repair, and operation of a passenger 

13 motor vehicle; all under the direction of the Joint Com14 mittee on the Library, $11,892,000; of which $2,100,000 

15 shall remain available until September 30, 2020: Provided, 

16 That of the amount made available under this heading, 

17 the Architect of the Capitol may obligate and expend such 

18 sums as may be necessary for the maintenance, care and 

19 operation of the National Garden established under sec20 tion 307E of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 

21 1989 (2 U.S.C. 2146), upon vouchers approved by the Ar22 chitect of the Capitol or a duly authorized designee. 

23 CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER

24 For all necessary expenses for the operation of the 

25 Capitol Visitor Center, $20,557,000. 
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

2 NO BONUSES FOR CONTRACTORS BEHIND SCHEDULE OR

3 OVER BUDGET

4 SEC. 1101. None of the funds made available in this 

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

6 incentive or award payments to contractors for work on 

7 contracts or programs for which the contractor is behind 

8 schedule or over budget, unless the Architect of the Cap9 itol, or agency-employed designee, determines that any 

10 such deviations are due to unforeseeable events, govern11 ment-driven scope changes, or are not significant within 

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

13 SCRIMS

14 SEC. 1102. None of the funds made available by this 

15 Act may be used for scrims containing photographs of 

16 building facades during restoration or construction 

17 projects performed by the Architect of the Capitol. 

18 ACQUISITION OF PARCEL AT FORT MEADE

19 SEC. 1103. (a) ACQUISITION.—The Architect of the 

20 Capitol is authorized to acquire from the Maryland State 

21 Highway Administration, at no cost to the United States, 

22 a parcel of real property (including improvements thereon) 

23 consisting of approximately 7.34 acres located within the 

24 portion of Fort George G. Meade in Anne Arundel County, 

25 Maryland, that was transferred to the Architect of the 
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1 Capitol by the Secretary of the Army pursuant to section 

2 122 of the Military Construction Appropriations Act, 1994 

3 (2 U.S.C. 141 note). 

4 (b) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The terms and condi5 tions applicable under subsections (b) and (d) of section 

6 122 of the Military Construction Appropriations Act, 1994 

7 (2 U.S.C. 141 note) to the property acquired by the Archi8 tect of the Capitol pursuant to such section shall apply 

9 to the real property acquired by the Architect pursuant 

10 to the authority of this section. 

11 OVERSIGHT PLAN FOR FUNDS PROVIDED FOR LARGE

12 SCALE PROJECTS

13 SEC. 1104. (a) The Architect of the Capitol may not 

14 obligate more than 25 percent of the amount made avail15 able to the Architect under this Act for any project for 

16 which $5,000,000 or more is appropriated under this Act 

17 until— 

18 (1) the Architect submits to the Comptroller 

19 General and the Committee on Appropriations of 

20 House of Representatives a plan for the use of the 

21 funds provided for the project which includes a de22 scription of any changes to the project’s schedule 

23 (including benchmarks for the timing of the comple24 tion of various stages of the project) or the project’s 

25 costs (including estimates of the total costs of the 
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1 project or the total life cycle costs of the project), as 

2 well as a description of the accounting and other 

3 safeguards the Architect will implement to ensure 

4 that the project will be carried out in a timely and 

5 cost-effective manner; and 

6 (2) the Comptroller General and the Committee 

7 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

8 approves such plan. 

9 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 

10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

11 For necessary expenses of the Library of Congress 

12 not otherwise provided for, including development and 

13 maintenance of the Library’s catalogs; custody and custo14 dial care of the Library buildings; special clothing; clean15 ing, laundering and repair of uniforms; preservation of 

16 motion pictures in the custody of the Library; operation 

17 and maintenance of the American Folklife Center in the 

18 Library; preparation and distribution of catalog records 

19 and other publications of the Library; hire or purchase 

20 of one passenger motor vehicle; and expenses of the Li21 brary of Congress Trust Fund Board not properly charge22 able to the income of any trust fund held by the Board, 

23 $419,357,000, of which not more than $6,000,000 shall 

24 be derived from collections credited to this appropriation 

25 during fiscal year 2016, and shall remain available until 
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1 expended, under the Act of June 28, 1902 (chapter 1301; 

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

3 shall be derived from collections during fiscal year 2016 

4 and shall remain available until expended for the develop5 ment and maintenance of an international legal informa6 tion database and activities related thereto: Provided, 

7 That the Library of Congress may not obligate or expend 

8 any funds derived from collections under the Act of June 

9 28, 1902, in excess of the amount authorized for obliga10 tion or expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided fur11 ther, That the total amount available for obligation shall 

12 be reduced by the amount by which collections are less 

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

14 amount appropriated, not more than $12,000 may be ex15 pended, on the certification of the Librarian of Congress, 

16 in connection with official representation and reception ex17 penses for the Overseas Field Offices: Provided further, 

18 That of the total amount appropriated, $8,231,000 shall 

19 remain available until expended for the digital collections 

20 and educational curricula program. 

21 COPYRIGHT OFFICE

22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

23 For all necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, 

24 $57,008,000, of which not more than $30,000,000, to re25 main available until expended, shall be derived from collec-
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1 tions credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 2016 

2 under section 708(d) of title 17, United States Code: Pro3 vided, That the Copyright Office may not obligate or ex4 pend any funds derived from collections under such sec5 tion, in excess of the amount authorized for obligation or 

6 expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided further, That 

7 not more than $5,777,000 shall be derived from collections 

8 during fiscal year 2016 under sections 111(d)(2), 

9 119(b)(3), 803(e), 1005, and 1316 of such title: Provided 

10 further, That the total amount available for obligation 

11 shall be reduced by the amount by which collections are 

12 less than $35,777,000: Provided further, That not more 

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

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

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

16 purpose of training nationals of developing countries in 

17 intellectual property laws and policies: Provided further, 

18 That not more than $6,500 may be expended, on the cer19 tification of the Librarian of Congress, in connection with 

20 official representation and reception expenses for activities 

21 of the International Copyright Institute and for copyright 

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

23 notwithstanding any provision of chapter 8 of title 17, 

24 United States Code, any amounts made available under 

25 this heading which are attributable to royalty fees and 
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1 payments received by the Copyright Office pursuant to 

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

3 used for the costs incurred in the administration of the 

4 Copyright Royalty Judges program, with the exception of 

5 the costs of salaries and benefits for the Copyright Royalty 

6 Judges and staff under section 802(e). 

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 $106,945,000: Provided, That no part of such amount 

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

15 with any publication, or preparation of material therefor 

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

17 by the Library of Congress unless such publication has 

18 obtained prior approval of either the Committee on House 

19 Administration of the House of Representatives or the 

20 Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate. 

21 BOOKS FOR THE BLIND AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED

22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

23 For salaries and expenses to carry out the Act of 

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

25 135a), $50,248,000: Provided, That of the total amount 
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1 appropriated, not more than $650,000 shall be available 

2 to contract to provide newspapers to blind and physically 

3 handicapped residents at no cost to the individual. 

4 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

5 REIMBURSABLE AND REVOLVING FUND ACTIVITIES

6 SEC. 1201. (a) IN GENERAL.—For fiscal year 2016, 

7 the obligational authority of the Library of Congress for 

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

9 $186,015,000. 

10 (b) ACTIVITIES.—The activities referred to in sub11 section (a) are reimbursable and revolving fund activities 

12 that are funded from sources other than appropriations 

13 to the Library in appropriations Acts for the legislative 

14 branch. 

15 GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE 

16 CONGRESSIONAL PUBLISHING

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

18 For authorized publishing of congressional informa19 tion and the distribution of congressional information in 

20 any format; expenses necessary for preparing the semi21 monthly and session index to the Congressional Record, 

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

23 States Code); publishing of Government publications au24 thorized by law to be distributed to Members of Congress; 

25 and publishing, and distribution of Government publica-
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1 tions authorized by law to be distributed without charge 

2 to the recipient, $79,736,000: Provided, That this appro3 priation shall not be available for paper copies of the per4 manent edition of the Congressional Record for individual 

5 Representatives, Resident Commissioners or Delegates au6 thorized under section 906 of title 44, United States Code: 

7 Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available 

8 for the payment of obligations incurred under the appro9 priations for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years: 

10 Provided further, That notwithstanding the 2-year limita11 tion under section 718 of title 44, United States Code, 

12 none of the funds appropriated or made available under 

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

14 related services provided to Congress under chapter 7 of 

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

16 a document, report, or publication after the 27-month pe17 riod beginning on the date that such document, report, 

18 or publication is authorized by Congress to be printed, un19 less Congress reauthorizes such printing in accordance 

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

21 further, That any unobligated or unexpended balances in 

22 this account or accounts for similar purposes for preceding 

23 fiscal years may be transferred to the Government Pub24 lishing Office business operations revolving fund for car25 rying out the purposes of this heading, subject to the ap-
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1 proval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

2 of Representatives and Senate: Provided further, That not3 withstanding sections 901, 902, and 906 of title 44, 

4 United States Code, this appropriation may be used to 

5 prepare indexes to the Congressional Record on only a 

6 monthly and session basis. 

7 PUBLIC INFORMATION PROGRAMS OF THE

8 SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

11 For expenses of the public information programs of 

12 the Office of Superintendent of Documents necessary to 

13 provide for the cataloging and indexing of Government 

14 publications and their distribution to the public, Members 

15 of Congress, other Government agencies, and designated 

16 depository and international exchange libraries as author17 ized by law, $30,500,000: Provided, That amounts of not 

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

19 are authorized for producing and disseminating Congres20 sional serial sets and other related publications for fiscal 

21 years 2014 and 2015 to depository and other designated 

22 libraries: Provided further, That any unobligated or unex23 pended balances in this account or accounts for similar 

24 purposes for preceding fiscal years may be transferred to 

25 the Government Publishing Office business operations re-
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1 volving fund for carrying out the purposes of this heading, 

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

4 GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE BUSINESS

5 OPERATIONS REVOLVING FUND

6 The Government Publishing Office is hereby author7 ized to make such expenditures, within the limits of funds 

8 available and in accordance with law, and to make such 

9 contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year 

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

11 States Code, as may be necessary in carrying out the pro12 grams and purposes set forth in the budget for the current 

13 fiscal year for the Government Publishing Office business 

14 operations revolving fund: Provided, That not more than 

15 $7,500 may be expended on the certification of the Direc16 tor of the Government Publishing Office in connection 

17 with official representation and reception expenses: Pro18 vided further, That the business operations revolving fund 

19 shall be available for the hire or purchase of not more than 

20 12 passenger motor vehicles: Provided further, That ex21 penditures in connection with travel expenses of the advi22 sory councils to the Director of the Government Pub23 lishing Office shall be deemed necessary to carry out the 

24 provisions of title 44, United States Code: Provided fur25 ther, That the business operations revolving fund shall be 
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1 available for temporary or intermittent services under sec2 tion 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, but at rates 

3 for individuals not more than the daily equivalent of the 

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

5 Schedule under section 5316 of such title: Provided fur6 ther, That activities financed through the business oper7 ations revolving fund may provide information in any for8 mat: Provided further, That the business operations revolv9 ing fund and the funds provided under the heading ‘‘Pub10 lic Information Programs of the Superintendent of Docu11 ments’’ may not be used for contracted security services 

12 at GPO’s passport facility in the District of Columbia. 

13 GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

15 For necessary expenses of the Government Account16 ability Office, including not more than $12,500 to be ex17 pended on the certification of the Comptroller General of 

18 the United States in connection with official representa19 tion and reception expenses; temporary or intermittent 

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

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

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

23 the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of such title; 

24 hire of one passenger motor vehicle; advance payments in 

25 foreign countries in accordance with section 3324 of title 
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1 31, United States Code; benefits comparable to those pay2 able under sections 901(5), (6), and (8) of the Foreign 

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

4 and under regulations prescribed by the Comptroller Gen5 eral of the United States, rental of living quarters in for6 eign countries, $522,000,000: Provided, That, in addition, 

7 $25,450,000 of payments received under sections 782, 

8 791, 3521, and 9105 of title 31, United States Code, shall 

9 be available without fiscal year limitation: Provided fur10 ther, That this appropriation and appropriations for ad11 ministrative expenses of any other department or agency 

12 which is a member of the National Intergovernmental 

13 Audit Forum or a Regional Intergovernmental Audit 

14 Forum shall be available to finance an appropriate share 

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

16 Forum, including necessary travel expenses of non-Federal 

17 participants: Provided further, That payments hereunder 

18 to the Forum may be credited as reimbursements to any 

19 appropriation from which costs involved are initially fi20 nanced. 

21 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

22 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DETAILS

23 SEC. 1301. (a) PERMITTING DETAILS FROM OTHER

24 FEDERAL OFFICES.—Section 731 of title 31, United 
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1 States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol2 lowing new subsection: 

3 ‘‘(k) FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DETAILS.—The activi4 ties of the Government Accountability Office may, in the 

5 reasonable discretion of the Comptroller General, be car6 ried out by receiving details of personnel from other offices 

7 of the Federal Government on a reimbursable, partially8 reimbursable, or nonreimbursable basis.’’. 

9 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 

10 subsection (a) shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2016 

11 and each succeeding fiscal year. 

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 $5,700,000 (reduced by $5,700,000), except that any 

19 funds made available under this heading to support Rus20 sian participants shall only be used for those engaging in 

21 free market development, humanitarian activities, and 

22 civic engagement, and shall not be used for officials of the 

23 central government of Russia. 
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1 JOHN C. STENNIS CENTER FOR PUBLIC SERVICE

2 TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT

3 For payment to the John C. Stennis Center for Pub4 lic Service Development Trust Fund established under 

5 section 116 of the John C. Stennis Center for Public Serv6 ice Training and Development Act (2 U.S.C. 1105), 

7 $430,000. 

8 TITLE II—GENERAL PROVISIONS 

9 MAINTENANCE AND CARE OF PRIVATE VEHICLES

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

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

12 vehicles, except for emergency assistance and cleaning as 

13 may be provided under regulations relating to parking fa14 cilities for the House of Representatives issued by the 

15 Committee on House Administration and for the Senate 

16 issued by the Committee on Rules and Administration. 

17 FISCAL YEAR LIMITATION

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

19 Act shall remain available for obligation beyond fiscal year 

20 2016 unless expressly so provided in this Act. 

21 RATES OF COMPENSATION AND DESIGNATION

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

23 not specifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of 

24 1929 (46 Stat. 32 et seq.) is appropriated for or the rate 

25 of compensation or designation of any office or position 
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1 appropriated for is different from that specifically estab2 lished by such Act, the rate of compensation and the des3 ignation in this Act shall be the permanent law with re4 spect thereto: Provided, That the provisions in this Act 

5 for the various items of official expenses of Members, offi6 cers, and committees of the Senate and House of Rep7 resentatives, and clerk hire for Senators and Members of 

8 the House of Representatives shall be the permanent law 

9 with respect thereto. 

10 CONSULTING SERVICES

11 SEC. 204. The expenditure of any appropriation 

12 under this Act for any consulting service through procure13 ment contract, under section 3109 of title 5, United States 

14 Code, shall be limited to those contracts where such ex15 penditures are a matter of public record and available for 

16 public inspection, except where otherwise provided under 

17 existing law, or under existing Executive order issued 

18 under existing law. 

19 COSTS OF LBFMC

20 SEC. 205. Amounts available for administrative ex21 penses of any legislative branch entity which participates 

22 in the Legislative Branch Financial Managers Council 

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

24 be available to finance an appropriate share of LBFMC 

25 costs as determined by the LBFMC, except that the total 
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1 LBFMC costs to be shared among all participating legisla2 tive branch entities (in such allocations among the entities 

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

4 LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE

5 SEC. 206. For fiscal year 2016 and each fiscal year 

6 thereafter, the Architect of the Capitol, in consultation 

7 with the District of Columbia, is authorized to maintain 

8 and improve the landscape features, excluding streets, in 

9 Square 580 up to the beginning of I–395. 

10 LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS

11 SEC. 207. None of the funds made available in this 

12 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in13 strumentality of the United States Government, except 

14 pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro15 vided in, this Act or any other appropriation Act. 

16 GUIDED TOURS OF THE CAPITOL

17 SEC. 208. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), 

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

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

20 guided tours of the United States Capitol which are led 

21 by employees and interns of offices of Members of Con22 gress and other offices of the House of Representatives 

23 and Senate 

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

25 at the direction of the Architect of the Capitol with the 
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1 approval of the Capitol Police Board, guided tours of the 

2 United States Capitol which are led by employees and in3 terns described in subsection (a) may be suspended tempo4 rarily or otherwise subject to restriction for security or re5 lated reasons to the same extent as guided tours of the 

6 United States Capitol which are led by the Architect of 

7 the Capitol. 

8 BATTERY RECHARGING STATIONS FOR PRIVATELY OWNED

9 VEHICLES IN PARKING AREAS UNDER THE JURISDIC10 TION OF THE LIBRARIAN OF CONGRESS AT NO NET

11 COST TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

12 SEC. 209. (a) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term 

13 ‘‘covered employee’’ means— 

14 (1) an employee of the Library of Congress; or 

15 (2) any other individual who is authorized to 

16 park in any parking area under the jurisdiction of 

17 the Library of Congress on the Library of Congress 

18 buildings and grounds. 

19 (b) AUTHORITY.— 

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (3), 

21 funds appropriated to the Architect of the Capitol 

22 under the heading ‘‘CAPITOL POWER PLANT’’ under 

23 the heading ‘‘ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL’’ in 

24 any fiscal year are available to construct, operate, 

25 and maintain on a reimbursable basis battery re-
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1 charging stations in parking areas under the juris2 diction of the Library of Congress on Library of 

3 Congress buildings and grounds for use by privately 

4 owned vehicles used by covered employees. 

5 (2) VENDORS AUTHORIZED.—In carrying out 

6 paragraph (1), the Architect of the Capitol may use 

7 one or more vendors on a commission basis. 

8 (3) APPROVAL OF CONSTRUCTION.—The Archi9 tect of the Capitol may construct or direct the con10 struction of battery recharging stations described 

11 under paragraph (1) after— 

12 (A) submission of written notice detailing 

13 the numbers and locations of the battery re14 charging stations to the Joint Committee on the 

15 Library; and 

16 (B) approval by that Committee. 

17 (c) FEES AND CHARGES.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 

19 the Architect of the Capitol shall charge fees or 

20 charges for electricity provided to covered employees 

21 sufficient to cover the costs to the Architect of the 

22 Capitol to carry out this section, including costs to 

23 any vendors or other costs associated with maintain24 ing the battery recharging stations. 
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1 (2) APPROVAL OF FEES OR CHARGES.—The Ar2 chitect of the Capitol may establish and adjust fees 

3 or charges under paragraph (1) after— 

4 (A) submission of written notice detailing 

5 the amount of the fee or charge to be estab6 lished or adjusted to the Joint Committee on 

7 the Library; and 

8 (B) approval by that Committee. 

9 (d) DEPOSIT AND AVAILABILITY OF FEES, CHARGES, 

10 AND COMMISSIONS.—Any fees, charges, or commissions 

11 collected by the Architect of the Capitol under this section 

12 shall be— 

13 (1) deposited in the Treasury to the credit of 

14 the appropriations account described under sub15 section (b); and 

16 (2) available for obligation without further ap17 propriation during the fiscal year collected. 

18 (e) REPORTS.— 

19 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after 

20 the end of each fiscal year, the Architect of the Cap21 itol shall submit a report on the financial adminis22 tration and cost recovery of activities under this sec23 tion with respect to that fiscal year to the Joint 

24 Committee on the Library and the Committees on 
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1 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 

2 Senate. 

3 (2) AVOIDING SUBSIDY.— 

4 (A) DETERMINATION.—Not later than 3 

5 years after the date of enactment of this Act 

6 and every 3 years thereafter, the Architect of 

7 the Capitol shall submit a report to the Joint 

8 Committee on the Library determining whether 

9 covered employees using battery charging sta10 tions as authorized by this section are receiving 

11 a subsidy from the taxpayers. 

12 (B) MODIFICATION OF RATES AND

13 FEES.—If a determination is made under sub14 paragraph (A) that a subsidy is being received, 

15 the Architect of the Capitol shall submit a plan 

16 to the Joint Committee on the Library on how 

17 to update the program to ensure no subsidy is 

18 being received. If the Joint Committee does not 

19 act on the plan within 60 days, the Architect of 

20 the Capitol shall take appropriate steps to in21 crease rates or fees to ensure reimbursement 

22 for the cost of the program consistent with an 

23 appropriate schedule for amortization, to be 

24 charged to those using the charging stations. 
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1 (f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply with 

2 respect to fiscal year 2016 and each fiscal year thereafter. 

3 COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT

4 SEC. 210. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

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

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

7 4501) (relating to cost of living adjustments for Members 

8 of Congress) during fiscal year 2016. 

9 SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT

10 SEC. 211. The amount by which the applicable alloca11 tion of new budget authority made by the Committee on 

12 Appropriations of the House of Representatives under sec13 tion 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, ex14 cluding Senate items, exceeds the amount of proposed new 

15 budget authority is $0 (increased by $5,700,000). 

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

17 Act may be used to deliver a printed copy of the Congres18 sional Pictorial Directory to the office of a Member of the 

19 House of Representatives (including a Delegate or Resi20 dent Commissioner to the Congress). 

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1 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative Branch Ap2 propriations Act, 2016’’. 

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 30, 

6 2016, and for other purposes, namely: 

7 TITLE I 

8 LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 

9 SENATE 

10 EXPENSE ALLOWANCES

11 For expense allowances of the Vice President, $18,760; 

12 the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, $37,520; Majority 

13 Leader of the Senate, $39,920; Minority Leader of the Sen14 ate, $39,920; Majority Whip of the Senate, $9,980; Minority 

15 Whip of the Senate, $9,980; Chairmen of the Majority and 

16 Minority Conference Committees, $4,690 for each Chair17 man; and Chairmen of the Majority and Minority Policy 

18 Committees, $4,690 for each Chairman; in all, $174,840. 

19 REPRESENTATION ALLOWANCES FOR THE MAJORITY AND

20 MINORITY LEADERS

21 For representation allowances of the Majority and Mi22 nority Leaders of the Senate, $14,070 for each such Leader; 

23 in all, $28,140. 
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1 SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

2 For compensation of officers, employees, and others as 

3 authorized by law, including agency contributions, 

4 $179,185,311, which shall be paid from this appropriation 

5 without regard to the following limitations: 

6 OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT

7 For the Office of the Vice President, $2,417,248. 

8 OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE

9 For the Office of the President Pro Tempore, $723,466. 

10 OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERS

11 For Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders, 

12 $5,255,576. 

13 OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY WHIPS

14 For Offices of the Majority and Minority Whips, 

15 $3,359,424. 

16 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

17 For salaries of the Committee on Appropriations, 

18 $15,142,000. 

19 CONFERENCE COMMITTEES

20 For the Conference of the Majority and the Conference 

21 of the Minority, at rates of compensation to be fixed by the 

22 Chairman of each such committee, $1,658,000 for each such 

23 committee; in all, $3,316,000. 
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1 OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES OF THE CONFERENCE OF

2 THE MAJORITY AND THE CONFERENCE OF THE MINORITY

3 For Offices of the Secretaries of the Conference of the 

4 Majority and the Conference of the Minority, $817,402. 

5 POLICY COMMITTEES

6 For salaries of the Majority Policy Committee and the 

7 Minority Policy Committee, $1,692,905 for each such com8 mittee; in all, $3,385,810. 

9 OFFICE OF THE CHAPLAIN

10 For Office of the Chaplain, $436,886. 

11 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

12 For Office of the Secretary, $24,772,000. 

13 OFFICE OF THE SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER

14 For Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, 

15 $69,000,000. 

16 OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND

17 MINORITY

18 For Offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the 

19 Secretary for the Minority, $1,762,000. 

20 AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS AND RELATED EXPENSES

21 For agency contributions for employee benefits, as au22 thorized by law, and related expenses, $48,797,499. 

23 OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL OF THE SENATE

24 For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legisla25 tive Counsel of the Senate, $5,408,500. 
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1 OFFICE OF SENATE LEGAL COUNSEL

2 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate Legal 

3 Counsel, $1,120,000. 

4 EXPENSE ALLOWANCES OF THE SECRETARY OF THE SEN5 ATE, SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE

6 SENATE, AND SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND

7 MINORITY OF THE SENATE

8 For expense allowances of the Secretary of the Senate, 

9 $7,110; Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, 

10 $7,110; Secretary for the Majority of the Senate, $7,110; 

11 Secretary for the Minority of the Senate, $7,110; in all, 

12 $28,440. 

13 CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE

14 INQUIRIES AND INVESTIGATIONS

15 For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered 

16 by the Senate, or conducted under paragraph 1 of rule 

17 XXVI of the Standing Rules of the Senate, section 112 of 

18 the Supplemental Appropriations and Rescission Act, 1980 

19 (Public Law 96–304), and Senate Resolution 281, 96th 

20 Congress, agreed to March 11, 1980, $133,265,000, of which 

21 $26,650,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

22 2018. 
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1 EXPENSES OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE CAUCUS ON

2 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL

3 For expenses of the United States Senate Caucus on 

4 International Narcotics Control, $508,000. 

5 SECRETARY OF THE SENATE

6 For expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the Sen7 ate, $8,750,000 of which $4,350,000 shall remain available 

8 until September 30, 2020 and of which $2,500,000 shall re9 main available until expended. 

10 SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE SENATE

11 For expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms and 

12 Doorkeeper of the Senate, $130,000,000, which shall remain 

13 available until September 30, 2020. 

14 MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

15 For miscellaneous items, $21,390,270 which shall re16 main available until September 30, 2018. 

17 SENATORS’ OFFICIAL PERSONNEL AND OFFICE EXPENSE

18 ACCOUNT

19 For Senators’ Official Personnel and Office Expense 

20 Account, $390,000,000 of which $19,121,212 shall remain 

21 available until September 30, 2018. 

22 OFFICIAL MAIL COSTS

23 For expenses necessary for official mail costs of the 

24 Senate, $300,000. 
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

2 REQUIRING AMOUNTS REMAINING IN SENATORS’ OFFICIAL

3 PERSONNEL AND OFFICE EXPENSE ACCOUNT TO BE

4 USED FOR DEFICIT REDUCTION OR TO REDUCE THE

5 FEDERAL DEBT

6 SEC. 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

7 any amounts appropriated under this Act under the head8 ing ‘‘SENATE’’ under the heading ‘‘CONTINGENT EX9 PENSES OF THE SENATE’’ under the heading ‘‘SENATORS’ 

10 OFFICIAL PERSONNEL AND OFFICE EXPENSE ACCOUNT’’ 

11 shall be available for obligation only during the fiscal year 

12 or fiscal years for which such amounts are made available. 

13 Any unexpended balances under such allowances remaining 

14 after the end of the period of availability shall be returned 

15 to the Treasury in accordance with the undesignated para16 graph under the center heading ‘‘GENERAL PROVISION’’ 

17 under chapter XI of the Third Supplemental Appropriation 

18 Act, 1957 (2 U.S.C. 4107) and used for deficit reduction 

19 (or, if there is no Federal budget deficit after all such pay20 ments have been made, for reducing the Federal debt, in 

21 such manner as the Secretary of the Treasury considers ap22 propriate). 

23 AUTHORITY FOR TRANSFER OF FUNDS

24 SEC. 2. Section 1 of the Legislative Branch Appropria25 tions Act, 1991 (2 U.S.C. 6153) is amended— 
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1 (1) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as 

2 subsections (d) and (e), respectively; 

3 (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol4 lowing: 

5 ‘‘(c)(1) The Chaplain of the Senate may, during any 

6 fiscal year, at the election of the Chaplain of the Senate, 

7 transfer funds from the appropriation account for salaries 

8 for the Office of the Chaplain of the Senate to the account, 

9 within the contingent fund of the Senate, from which ex10 penses are payable for the Office of the Chaplain. 

11 ‘‘(2) The Chaplain of the Senate may, during any fis12 cal year, at the election of the Chaplain of the Senate, trans13 fer funds from the appropriation account for expenses, with14 in the contingent fund of the Senate, for the Office of the 

15 Chaplain to the account from which salaries are payable 

16 for the Office of the Chaplain of the Senate.’’; 

17 (3) in subsection (d), as so redesignated— 

18 (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘or the 

19 Office of the Chaplain of the Senate, as the case 

20 may be,’’ after ‘‘such committee’’ each place it 

21 appears; and 

22 (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘or the 

23 Chaplain of the Senate, as the case may be,’’ 

24 after ‘‘the Chairman’’; and 
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1 (4) in subsection (e), as so redesignated, by in2 serting ‘‘or the Chaplain of the Senate, as the case 

3 may be,’’ after ‘‘The Chairman of a committee’’. 

4 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 PAYMENT TO WIDOWS AND HEIRS OF DECEASED

7 MEMBERS OF CONGRESS

8 For payment to Tori B. Nunnelee, widow of Alan 

9 Nunnelee, late a Representative from the State of Mis10 sissippi, $174,000. 

11 For salaries and expenses of the House of Representa12 tives, $1,180,736,000, as follows: 

13 HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES

14 For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, 

15 $22,278,891, including: Office of the Speaker, $6,645,417, 

16 including $25,000 for official expenses of the Speaker; Office 

17 of the Majority Floor Leader, $2,180,048, including $10,000 

18 for official expenses of the Majority Leader; Office of the 

19 Minority Floor Leader, $7,114,471, including $10,000 for 

20 official expenses of the Minority Leader; Office of the Major21 ity Whip, including the Chief Deputy Majority Whip, 

22 $1,886,632, including $5,000 for official expenses of the Ma23 jority Whip; Office of the Minority Whip, including the 

24 Chief Deputy Minority Whip, $1,459,639, including $5,000 

25 for official expenses of the Minority Whip; Republican Con-
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1 ference, $1,505,426; Democratic Caucus, $1,487,258: Pro2 vided, That such amount for salaries and expenses shall re3 main available from January 3, 2016 until January 2, 

4 2017. 

5 MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES

6 INCLUDING MEMBERS’ CLERK HIRE, OFFICIAL EXPENSES

7 OF MEMBERS, AND OFFICIAL MAIL

8 For Members’ representational allowances, including 

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

10 $554,317,732. 

11 COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES

12 STANDING COMMITTEES, SPECIAL AND SELECT

13 For salaries and expenses of standing committees, spe14 cial and select, authorized by House resolutions, 

15 $123,903,173: Provided, That such amount shall remain 

16 available for such salaries and expenses until December 31, 

17 2016. 

18 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

19 For salaries and expenses of the Committee on Appro20 priations, $23,271,004, including studies and examinations 

21 of executive agencies and temporary personal services for 

22 such committee, to be expended in accordance with section 

23 202(b) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 and 

24 to be available for reimbursement to agencies for services 
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1 performed: Provided, That such amount shall remain avail2 able for such salaries and expenses until December 31, 2016. 

3 SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

4 For compensation and expenses of officers and employ5 ees, as authorized by law, $175,713,679, including: for sala6 ries and expenses of the Office of the Clerk, including the 

7 positions of the Chaplain and the Historian, and including 

8 not more than $25,000, of which not more than $20,000 

9 is for the Family Room and not more than $2,000 is for 

10 the Office of the Chaplain, for official representation and 

11 reception expenses, $24,980,898; for salaries and expenses 

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

13 of Superintendent of Garages and the Office of Emergency 

14 Management, and including not more than $3,000 for offi15 cial representation and reception expenses, $14,827,120 of 

16 which $4,784,229 shall remain available until expended; for 

17 salaries and expenses of the Office of the Chief Administra18 tive Officer including not more than $3,000 for official rep19 resentation and reception expenses, $115,010,000, of which 

20 $1,350,000 shall remain available until expended; for sala21 ries and expenses of the Office of the Inspector General, 

22 $4,741,809; for salaries and expenses of the Office of General 

23 Counsel, $1,413,450; for salaries and expenses of the Office 

24 of the Parliamentarian, including the Parliamentarian, 

25 $2,000 for preparing the Digest of Rules, and not more than 
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1 $1,000 for official representation and reception expenses, 

2 $1,974,606; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the 

3 Law Revision Counsel of the House, $3,119,766; for salaries 

4 and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the 

5 House, $8,352,975; for salaries and expenses of the Office 

6 of Interparliamentary Affairs, $814,069; for other author7 ized employees, $478,986. 

8 ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES

9 For allowances and expenses as authorized by House 

10 resolution or law, $281,251,521, including: supplies, mate11 rials, administrative costs and Federal tort claims, 

12 $3,625,236; official mail for committees, leadership offices, 

13 and administrative offices of the House, $190,486; Govern14 ment contributions for health, retirement, Social Security, 

15 and other applicable employee benefits, $254,447,514, to re16 main available until March 31, 2017; Business Continuity 

17 and Disaster Recovery, $16,217,008 of which $5,000,000 

18 shall remain available until expended; transition activities 

19 for new members and staff, $2,084,000, to remain available 

20 until expended; Wounded Warrior Program $2,500,000, to 

21 remain available until expended; Office of Congressional 

22 Ethics, $1,467,030; and miscellaneous items including pur23 chase, exchange, maintenance, repair and operation of 

24 House motor vehicles, interparliamentary receptions, and 
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1 gratuities to heirs of deceased employees of the House, 

2 $720,247. 

3 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

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

5 MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES TO BE USED

6 FOR DEFICIT REDUCTION OR TO REDUCE THE FEDERAL

7 DEBT.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any 

8 amounts appropriated under this Act for ‘‘HOUSE OF 

9 REPRESENTATIVES—SALARIES AND EXPENSES— 

10 MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES’’ shall be 

11 available only for fiscal year 2016. Any amount remaining 

12 after all payments are made under such allowances for fis13 cal year 2016 shall be deposited in the Treasury and used 

14 for deficit reduction (or, if there is no Federal budget deficit 

15 after all such payments have been made, for reducing the 

16 Federal debt, in such manner as the Secretary of the Treas17 ury considers appropriate). 

18 (b) REGULATIONS.—The Committee on House Admin19 istration of the House of Representatives shall have author20 ity to prescribe regulations to carry out this section. 

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

22 ‘‘Member of the House of Representatives’’ means a Rep23 resentative in, or a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, 

24 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 Resident 

6 Commissioner to the Congress) unless the Member requests 

7 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 Resi13 dent 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 the 

17 House of Representatives to make any payments from any 

18 Members’ Representational Allowance for the leasing of a 

19 vehicle, excluding mobile district offices, in an aggregate 

20 amount that exceeds $1,000 for the vehicle in any month. 

21 LIMITATION ON PRINTED COPIES OF U.S. CODE TO HOUSE

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

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

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

25 Code to all offices of the House of Representatives. 
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1 DELIVERY OF REPORTS OF DISBURSEMENTS

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

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

4 of disbursements for the operations of the House of Rep5 resentatives under section 106 of the House of Representa6 tives Administrative Reform Technical Corrections Act (2 

7 U.S.C. 5535) to the office of a Member of the House of Rep8 resentatives (including a Delegate or Resident Commis9 sioner to the Congress). 

10 DELIVERY OF DAILY CALENDAR

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

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

13 House of Representatives (including a Delegate or Resident 

14 Commissioner to the Congress) a printed copy of the Daily 

15 Calendar of the House of Representatives which is prepared 

16 by the Clerk of the House of Representatives. 

17 JOINT ITEMS 

18 For Joint Committees, as follows: 

19 JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE

20 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic Com21 mittee, $4,203,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the 

22 Senate. 
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1 JOINT CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE ON INAUGURAL

2 CEREMONIES OF 2017 

3 For salaries and expenses associated with conducting 

4 the inaugural ceremonies of the President and Vice Presi5 dent of the United States, January 20, 2017, in accordance 

6 with such program as may be adopted by the joint congres7 sional committee authorized to conduct the inaugural cere8 monies of 2017, $1,250,000 to be disbursed by the Secretary 

9 of the Senate and to remain available until September 30, 

10 2017: Provided, That funds made available under this head11 ing shall be available for payment, on a direct or reimburs12 able basis, whether incurred on, before, or after, October 1, 

13 2016: Provided further, That the compensation of any em14 ployee of the Committee on Rules and Administration of 

15 the Senate who has been designated to perform service with 

16 respect to the inaugural ceremonies of 2017 shall continue 

17 to be paid by the Committee on Rules and Administration, 

18 but the account from which such staff member is paid may 

19 be reimbursed for the services of the staff member out of 

20 funds made available under this heading: Provided further, 

21 That there are authorized to be paid from the appropria22 tions account for ‘‘Expenses of Inquiries and Investiga23 tions’’ of the Senate such sums as may be necessary, without 

24 fiscal year limitation, for agency contributions related to 
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1 the compensation of employees of the joint congressional 

2 committee. 

3 JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION

4 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on 

5 Taxation, $10,095,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Admin6 istrative Officer of the House of Representatives. 

7 For other joint items, as follows: 

8 OFFICE OF THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN

9 For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent ex10 penses of the emergency rooms, and for the Attending Physi11 cian and his assistants, including: 

12 (1) an allowance of $2,175 per month to the At13 tending Physician; 

14 (2) an allowance of $1,300 per month to the Sen15 ior Medical Officer; 

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

17 medical officers while on duty in the Office of the At18 tending Physician; 

19 (4) an allowance of $725 per month to 2 assist20 ants and $580 per month each not to exceed 11 assist21 ants on the basis heretofore provided for such assist22 ants; and 

23 (5) $2,486,000 for reimbursement to the Depart24 ment of the Navy for expenses incurred for staff and 

25 equipment assigned to the Office of the Attending 
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1 Physician, which shall be advanced and credited to 

2 the applicable appropriation or appropriations from 

3 which such salaries, allowances, and other expenses 

4 are payable and shall be available for all the purposes 

5 thereof, $3,371,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Ad6 ministrative Officer of the House of Representatives. 

7 OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL ACCESSIBILITY SERVICES

8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

9 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Congressional 

10 Accessibility Services, $1,387,000, to be disbursed by the 

11 Secretary of the Senate. 

12 CAPITOL POLICE 

13 SALARIES

14 For salaries of employees of the Capitol Police, includ15 ing overtime, hazardous duty pay, and Government con16 tributions for health, retirement, social security, profes17 sional liability insurance, and other applicable employee 

18 benefits, $300,000,000 of which overtime shall not exceed 

19 $30,928,000 unless the Committee on Appropriations of the 

20 House and Senate are notified, to be disbursed by the Chief 

21 of the Capitol Police or his designee. 

22 GENERAL EXPENSES

23 For necessary expenses of the Capitol Police, including 

24 motor vehicles, communications and other equipment, secu25 rity equipment and installation, uniforms, weapons, sup-
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1 plies, materials, training, medical services, forensic services, 

2 stenographic services, personal and professional services, the 

3 employee assistance program, the awards program, postage, 

4 communication services, travel advances, relocation of in5 structor and liaison personnel for the Federal Law Enforce6 ment Training Center, and not more than $5,000 to be ex7 pended on the certification of the Chief of the Capitol Police 

8 in connection with official representation and reception ex9 penses, $66,465,499, to be disbursed by the Chief of the Cap10 itol Police or his designee: Provided, That, notwithstanding 

11 any other provision of law, the cost of basic training for 

12 the Capitol Police at the Federal Law Enforcement Train13 ing Center for fiscal year 2016 shall be paid by the Sec14 retary of Homeland Security from funds available to the 

15 Department of Homeland Security. 

16 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 

17 DEPOSIT OF REIMBURSEMENTS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT

18 ASSISTANCE

19 SEC. 1001. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2802(a)(1) of 

20 the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2001 (2 U.S.C. 

21 1905(a)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘District of Columbia)’’ 

22 and inserting the following: ‘‘District of Columbia), and 

23 from any other source in the case of assistance provided 

24 in connection with an activity that was not sponsored by 

25 Congress’’. 
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1 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 2802(a)(2) of 

2 such Act (2 U.S.C. 1905(a)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘law 

3 enforcement assistance to any Federal, State, or local gov4 ernment agency (including any agency of the District of 

5 Columbia)’’ and inserting ‘‘any law enforcement assistance 

6 for which reimbursement described in paragraph (1) is 

7 made’’. 

8 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this 

9 section shall only apply with respect to any reimbursement 

10 received before, on, or after the date of the enactment of the 

11 Act. 

12 OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE 

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Compliance, 

15 as authorized by section 305 of the Congressional Account16 ability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1385), $3,959,000, of which 

17 $450,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2017: 

18 Provided, That not more than $500 may be expended on 

19 the certification of the Executive Director of the Office of 

20 Compliance in connection with official representation and 

21 reception expenses. 

22 CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE 

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For salaries and expenses necessary for operation of 

25 the Congressional Budget Office, including not more than 
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1 $6,000 to be expended on the certification of the Director 

2 of the Congressional Budget Office in connection with offi3 cial representation and reception expenses, $45,700,000. 

4 ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL 

5 CAPITOL CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATIONS

6 For salaries for the Architect of the Capitol, and other 

7 personal services, at rates of pay provided by law; for all 

8 necessary expenses for surveys and studies, construction, op9 eration, and general and administrative support in connec10 tion with facilities and activities under the care of the Ar11 chitect of the Capitol including the Botanic Garden; elec12 trical substations of the Capitol, Senate and House office 

13 buildings, and other facilities under the jurisdiction of the 

14 Architect of the Capitol; including furnishings and office 

15 equipment; including not more than $5,000 for official re16 ception and representation expenses, to be expended as the 

17 Architect of the Capitol may approve; for purchase or ex18 change, maintenance, and operation of a passenger motor 

19 vehicle, $91,589,000. 

20 CAPITOL BUILDING

21 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

22 and operation of the Capitol, $45,546,000, of which 

23 $21,237,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

24 2020. 
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1 CAPITOL GROUNDS

2 For all necessary expenses for care and improvement 

3 of grounds surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House 

4 office buildings, and the Capitol Power Plant, $11,973,000, 

5 of which $2,000,000 shall remain available until September 

6 30, 2020. 

7 SENATE OFFICE BUILDINGS

8 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

9 and operation of Senate office buildings; and furniture and 

10 furnishings to be expended under the control and super11 vision of the Architect of the Capitol, $84,221,000, of which 

12 $26,283,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

13 2020. 

14 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS

15 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

16 and operation of the House office buildings, $149,962,000, 

17 of which $23,886,000 shall remain available until Sep18 tember 30, 2020, and of which $62,000,000 shall remain 

19 available until expended for the restoration and renovation 

20 of the Cannon House Office Building. 

21 In addition, for a payment to the House Historic 

22 Buildings Revitalization Trust Fund, $10,000,000, to re23 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, heating, 

4 power (including the purchase of electrical energy) and 

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

6 office buildings, Library of Congress buildings, and the 

7 grounds about the same, Botanic Garden, Senate garage, 

8 and air conditioning refrigeration not supplied from plants 

9 in any of such buildings; heating the Government Printing 

10 Office and Washington City Post Office, and heating and 

11 chilled water for air conditioning for the Supreme Court 

12 Building, the Union Station complex, the Thurgood Mar13 shall Federal Judiciary Building and the Folger Shake14 speare Library, expenses for which shall be advanced or re15 imbursed upon request of the Architect of the Capitol and 

16 amounts so received shall be deposited into the Treasury 

17 to the credit of this appropriation, $101,601,000, of which 

18 $19,635,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

19 2020: Provided, That not more than $9,000,000 of the funds 

20 credited or to be reimbursed to this appropriation as herein 

21 provided shall be available for obligation during fiscal year 

22 2016. 

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, $29,132,000, of which $3,994,000 

2 shall remain available until September 30, 2020. 

3 CAPITOL POLICE BUILDINGS, GROUNDS, AND SECURITY

4 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

5 and operation of buildings, grounds and security enhance6 ments of the United States Capitol Police, wherever located, 

7 the Alternate Computer Facility, and AOC security oper8 ations, $22,535,000, of which $4,376,000 shall remain 

9 available until September 30, 2020. 

10 BOTANIC GARDEN

11 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

12 and operation of the Botanic Garden and the nurseries, 

13 buildings, grounds, and collections; and purchase and ex14 change, maintenance, repair, and operation of a passenger 

15 motor vehicle; all under the direction of the Joint Com16 mittee on the Library, $11,980,000, of which $2,100,000 

17 shall remain available until September 30, 2020: Provided, 

18 That, of the amount made available under this heading, the 

19 Architect of the Capitol may obligate and expend such sums 

20 as may be necessary for the maintenance, care and oper21 ation of the National Garden established under section 

22 307E of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1989 

23 (2 U.S.C. 2146), upon vouchers approved by the Architect 

24 of the Capitol or a duly authorized designee. 
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1 CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER

2 For all necessary expenses for the operation of the Cap3 itol Visitor Center, $20,844,000. 

4 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

5 NO BONUSES FOR CONTRACTORS BEHIND SCHEDULE OR

6 OVER BUDGET

7 SEC. 1101. None of the funds made available in this 

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

9 incentive or award payments to contractors for work on 

10 contracts or programs for which the contractor is behind 

11 schedule or over budget, unless the Architect of the Capitol, 

12 or agency-employed designee, determines that any such de13 viations are due to unforeseeable events, government-driven 

14 scope changes, or are not significant within the overall 

15 scope of the project and/or program. 

16 SCRIMS

17 SEC. 1102. None of the funds made available by this 

18 Act may be used for scrims containing photographs of 

19 building facades during restoration or construction projects 

20 performed by the Architect of the Capitol. 

21 ACQUISITION OF PARCEL AT FORT MEADE

22 SEC. 1103. (a) ACQUISITION.—The Architect of the 

23 Capitol is authorized to acquire from the Maryland State 

24 Highway Administration, at no cost to the United States, 

25 a parcel of real property (including improvements thereon) 
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1 consisting of approximately 7.34 acres located within the 

2 portion of Fort George G. Meade in Anne Arundel County, 

3 Maryland, that was transferred to the Architect of the Cap4 itol by the Secretary of the Army pursuant to section 122 

5 of the Military Construction Appropriations Act, 1994 (2 

6 U.S.C. 141 note). 

7 (b) TERMS AND CONDITIONS.—The terms and condi8 tions applicable under subsections (b) and (d) of section 122 

9 of the Military Construction Appropriations Act, 1994 (2 

10 U.S.C. 141 note) to the property acquired by the Architect 

11 of the Capitol pursuant to such section shall apply to the 

12 real property acquired by the Architect pursuant to the au13 thority of this section. 

14 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 For necessary expenses of the Library of Congress not 

17 otherwise provided for, including development and mainte18 nance of the Library’s catalogs; custody and custodial care 

19 of the Library buildings; special clothing; cleaning, laun20 dering and repair of uniforms; preservation of motion pic21 tures in the custody of the Library; operation and mainte22 nance of the American Folklife Center in the Library; prep23 aration and distribution of catalog records and other publi24 cations of the Library; hire or purchase of one passenger 

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

2 trust fund held by the Board, $421,607,000, of which not 

3 more than $6,000,000 shall be derived from collections cred4 ited to this appropriation during fiscal year 2016, and 

5 shall remain available until expended, under the Act of 

6 June 28, 1902 (chapter 1301; 32 Stat. 480; 2 U.S.C. 150) 

7 and not more than $350,000 shall be derived from collec8 tions during fiscal year 2016 and shall remain available 

9 until expended for the development and maintenance of an 

10 international legal information database and activities re11 lated thereto: Provided, That the Library of Congress may 

12 not obligate or expend any funds derived from collections 

13 under the Act of June 28, 1902, in excess of the amount 

14 authorized for obligation or expenditure in appropriations 

15 Acts: Provided further, That the total amount available for 

16 obligation shall be reduced by the amount by which collec17 tions are less than $6,350,000: Provided further, That, of 

18 the total amount appropriated, not more than $12,000 may 

19 be expended, on the certification of the Librarian of Con20 gress, in connection with official representation and recep21 tion expenses for the Overseas Field Offices: Provided fur22 ther, That of the total amount appropriated, $8,231,000 

23 shall remain available until expended for the digital collec24 tions and educational curricula program: Provided further, 

25 That, of the total amount appropriated, $750,000 shall re-
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1 main available until expended for upgrade of the Legisla2 tive Branch Financial Management System. 

3 COPYRIGHT OFFICE

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For all necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, 

6 $56,490,000, of which not more than $30,000,000, to re7 main available until expended, shall be derived from collec8 tions credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 2016 

9 under section 708(d) of title 17, United States Code: Pro10 vided, That the Copyright Office may not obligate or expend 

11 any funds derived from collections under such section, in 

12 excess of the amount authorized for obligation or expendi13 ture in appropriations Acts: Provided further, That not 

14 more than $5,777,000 shall be derived from collections dur15 ing fiscal year 2016 under sections 111(d)(2), 119(b)(2), 

16 803(e), 1005, and 1316 of such title: Provided further, That 

17 the total amount available for obligation shall be reduced 

18 by the amount by which collections are less than 

19 $35,777,000: Provided further, That not more than 

20 $100,000 of the amount appropriated is available for the 

21 maintenance of an ‘‘International Copyright Institute’’ in 

22 the Copyright Office of the Library of Congress for the pur23 pose of training nationals of developing countries in intel24 lectual property laws and policies: Provided further, That 

25 not more than $6,500 may be expended, on the certification 
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1 of the Librarian of Congress, in connection with official 

2 representation and reception expenses for activities of the 

3 International Copyright Institute and for copyright delega4 tions, visitors, and seminars: Provided further, That, not5 withstanding any provision of chapter 8 of title 17, United 

6 States Code, any amounts made available under this head7 ing which are attributable to royalty fees and payments re8 ceived by the Copyright Office pursuant to sections 111, 

9 119, and chapter 10 of such title may be used for the costs 

10 incurred in the administration of the Copyright Royalty 

11 Judges program, with the exception of the costs of salaries 

12 and benefits for the Copyright Royalty Judges and staff 

13 under section 802(e). 

14 CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 

17 section 203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 

18 (2 U.S.C. 166) and to revise and extend the Annotated Con19 stitution of the United States of America, $106,945,000: 

20 Provided, That no part of such amount may be used to pay 

21 any salary or expense in connection with any publication, 

22 or preparation of material therefor (except the Digest of 

23 Public General Bills), to be issued by the Library of Con24 gress unless such publication has obtained prior approval 

25 of either the Committee on House Administration of the 
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1 House of Representatives or the Committee on Rules and 

2 Administration of the Senate. 

3 BOOKS FOR THE BLIND AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For salaries and expenses to carry out the Act of March 

6 3, 1931 (chapter 400; 46 Stat. 1487; 2 U.S.C. 135a), 

7 $50,248,000: Provided, That, of the total amount appro8 priated, $650,000 shall be available to contract to provide 

9 newspapers to blind and physically handicapped residents 

10 at no cost to the individual. 

11 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

12 REIMBURSABLE AND REVOLVING FUND ACTIVITIES

13 SEC. 1201. (a) IN GENERAL.—For fiscal year 2016, 

14 the obligational authority of the Library of Congress for the 

15 activities described in subsection (b) may not exceed 

16 $186,015,000. 

17 (b) ACTIVITIES.—The activities referred to in sub18 section (a) are reimbursable and revolving fund activities 

19 that are funded from sources other than appropriations to 

20 the Library in appropriations Acts for the legislative 

21 branch. 
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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, as 

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

9 Code); publishing of Government publications authorized by 

10 law to be distributed to Members of Congress; and pub11 lishing and distribution of Government publications au12 thorized by law to be distributed without charge to the re13 cipient, $79,736,000: Provided, That this appropriation 

14 shall not be available for paper copies of the permanent edi15 tion of the Congressional Record for individual Representa16 tives, Resident Commissioners or Delegates authorized 

17 under section 906 of title 44, United States Code: Provided 

18 further, That this appropriation shall be available for the 

19 payment of obligations incurred under the appropriations 

20 for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years: Provided 

21 further, That, notwithstanding the 2-year limitation under 

22 section 718 of title 44, United States Code, none of the funds 

23 appropriated or made available under this Act or any other 

24 Act for printing and binding and related services provided 

25 to Congress under chapter 7 of title 44, United States Code, 
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1 may be expended to print a document, report, or publica2 tion after the 27-month period beginning on the date that 

3 such document, report, or publication is authorized by Con4 gress to be printed, unless Congress reauthorizes such print5 ing in accordance with section 718 of title 44, United States 

6 Code: Provided further, That any unobligated or unex7 pended balances in this account or accounts for similar 

8 purposes for preceding fiscal years may be transferred to 

9 the Government Publishing Office business operations re10 volving fund for carrying out the purposes of this heading, 

11 subject to the approval of the Committees on Appropriations 

12 of the House of Representatives and Senate: Provided fur13 ther, That, notwithstanding sections 901, 902, and 906 of 

14 title 44, United States Code, this appropriation may be 

15 used to prepare indexes to the Congressional Record on only 

16 a monthly and session basis. 

17 PUBLIC INFORMATION PROGRAMS OF THE

18 SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

21 For expenses of the public information programs of the 

22 Office of Superintendent of Documents necessary to provide 

23 for the cataloging and indexing of Government publications 

24 and their distribution to the public, Members of Congress, 

25 other Government agencies, and designated depository and 
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1 international exchange libraries as authorized by law, 

2 $30,500,000: Provided, That amounts of not more than 

3 $2,000,000 from current year appropriations are author4 ized for producing and disseminating Congressional serial 

5 sets and other related publications for fiscal years 2014 and 

6 2015 to depository and other designated libraries: 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 car11 rying out the purposes of this heading, subject to the ap12 proval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

13 of Representatives and Senate. 

14 GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE BUSINESS

15 OPERATIONS REVOLVING FUND

16 For payment to the Government Publishing Office 

17 Business Operations Revolving Fund, $8,764,000, to re18 main available until expended, for information technology 

19 development and facilities repair: Provided, That the Gov20 ernment Publishing Office is hereby authorized to make 

21 such expenditures, within the limits of funds available and 

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

23 commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as 

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

25 as may be necessary in carrying out the programs and pur-
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1 poses set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year for 

2 the Government Publishing Office business operations re3 volving fund: Provided further, That not more than $7,500 

4 may be expended on the certification of the Director of the 

5 Government Publishing Office in connection with official 

6 representation and reception expenses: Provided further, 

7 That the business operations revolving fund shall be avail8 able for the hire or purchase of not more than 12 passenger 

9 motor vehicles: Provided further, That expenditures in con10 nection with travel expenses of the advisory councils to the 

11 Director of the Government Publishing Office shall be 

12 deemed necessary to carry out the provisions of title 44, 

13 United States Code: Provided further, That the business op14 erations revolving fund shall be available for temporary or 

15 intermittent services under section 3109(b) of title 5, United 

16 States Code, but at rates for individuals not more than the 

17 daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay for level 

18 V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of such title: 

19 Provided further, That activities financed through the busi20 ness operations revolving fund may provide information in 

21 any format: Provided further, That the business operations 

22 revolving fund and the funds provided under the heading 

23 ‘‘Public Information Programs of the Superintendent of 

24 Documents’’ may not be used for contracted security serv25 ices at GPO’s passport facility in the District of Columbia. 
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1 GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Government Account4 ability Office, including not more than $12,500 to be ex5 pended on the certification of the Comptroller General of 

6 the United States in connection with official representation 

7 and reception expenses; temporary or intermittent services 

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

9 at rates for individuals not more than the daily equivalent 

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

11 Schedule under section 5315 of such title; hire of one pas12 senger motor vehicle; advance payments in foreign countries 

13 in accordance with section 3324 of title 31, United States 

14 Code; benefits comparable to those payable under sections 

15 901(5), (6), and (8) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 

16 U.S.C. 4081(5), (6), and (8)); and under regulations pre17 scribed by the Comptroller General of the United States, 

18 rental of living quarters in foreign countries, $525,000,000: 

19 Provided, That, in addition, $25,450,000 of payments re20 ceived under sections 782, 3521, and 9105 of title 31, 

21 United States Code, shall be available without fiscal year 

22 limitation: Provided further, That this appropriation and 

23 appropriations for administrative expenses of any other de24 partment or agency which is a member of the National 

25 Intergovernmental Audit Forum or a Regional Intergovern-
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1 mental Audit Forum shall be available to finance an appro2 priate share of either Forum’s costs as determined by the 

3 respective Forum, including necessary travel expenses of 

4 non-Federal participants: Provided further, That payments 

5 hereunder to the Forum may be credited as reimbursements 

6 to any appropriation from which costs involved are ini7 tially financed. 

8 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

9 FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DETAILS

10 SEC. 1301. Section 731 of title 31, United States Code, 

11 is amended by adding at the end the following new sub12 section: 

13 ‘‘(k) FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DETAILS.—The activities 

14 of the Government Accountability Office may, in the reason15 able discretion of the Comptroller General, be carried out 

16 by sending or receiving details of personnel to other 

17 branches or agencies of the Federal Government, on a reim18 bursable, partially-reimbursable, or nonreimbursable 

19 basis.’’. 

20 OPEN WORLD LEADERSHIP CENTER TRUST 

21 FUND 

22 For a payment to the Open World Leadership Center 

23 Trust Fund for financing activities of the Open World 

24 Leadership Center under section 313 of the Legislative 

25 Branch Appropriations Act, 2001 (2 U.S.C. 1151), 
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1 $5,700,000: Provided, That funds made available to support 

2 Russian participants shall only be used for those engaging 

3 in free market development, humanitarian activities, and 

4 civic engagement, and shall not be used for officials of the 

5 central government of Russia. 

6 JOHN C. STENNIS CENTER FOR PUBLIC SERVICE 

7 TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT 

8 For payment to the John C. Stennis Center for Public 

9 Service Development Trust Fund established under section 

10 116 of the John C. Stennis Center for Public Service Train11 ing and Development Act (2 U.S.C. 1105), $430,000. 

12 TITLE II 

13 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

14 MAINTENANCE AND CARE OF PRIVATE VEHICLES

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

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

17 vehicles, except for emergency assistance and cleaning as 

18 may be provided under regulations relating to parking fa19 cilities for the House of Representatives issued by the Com20 mittee on House Administration and for the Senate issued 

21 by the Committee on Rules and Administration. 

22 FISCAL YEAR LIMITATION

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

24 Act shall remain available for obligation beyond fiscal year 

25 2016 unless expressly so provided in this Act. 
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1 RATES OF COMPENSATION AND DESIGNATION

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

3 not specifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of 

4 1929 (46 Stat. 32 et seq.) is appropriated for or the rate 

5 of compensation or designation of any office or position ap6 propriated for is different from that specifically established 

7 by such Act, the rate of compensation and the designation 

8 in this Act shall be the permanent law with respect thereto: 

9 Provided, That the provisions in this Act for the various 

10 items of official expenses of Members, officers, and commit11 tees of the Senate and House of Representatives, and clerk 

12 hire for Senators and Members of the House of Representa13 tives shall be the permanent law with respect thereto. 

14 CONSULTING SERVICES

15 SEC. 204. The expenditure of any appropriation under 

16 this Act for any consulting service through procurement 

17 contract, under section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, 

18 shall be limited to those contracts where such expenditures 

19 are a matter of public record and available for public in20 spection, except where otherwise provided under existing 

21 law, or under existing Executive order issued under existing 

22 law. 

23 COSTS OF LBFMC

24 SEC. 205. 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 $2,000. 

8 LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE

9 SEC. 206. For fiscal year 2016 and each fiscal year 

10 thereafter, the Architect of the Capitol, in consultation with 

11 the District of Columbia, is authorized to maintain and im12 prove the landscape features, excluding streets, in Square 

13 580 up to the beginning of I–395. 

14 LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS

15 SEC. 207. None of the funds made available in this 

16 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in17 strumentality of the United States Government, except pur18 suant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority provided 

19 in, this Act or any other appropriation Act. 

20 GUIDED TOURS OF THE CAPITOL

21 SEC. 208. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), 

22 none of the funds made available to the Architect of the Cap23 itol in this Act may be used to eliminate or restrict guided 

24 tours of the United States Capitol which are led by employ-
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1 ees and interns of offices of Members of Congress and other 

2 offices of the House of Representatives and Senate. 

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

4 at the direction of the Architect of the Capitol with the ap5 proval of the Capitol Police Board, guided tours of the 

6 United States Capitol which are led by employees and in7 terns described in subsection (a) may be suspended tempo8 rarily or otherwise subject to restriction for security or re9 lated reasons to the same extent as guided tours of the 

10 United States Capitol which are led by the Architect of the 

11 Capitol. 

12 BATTERY RECHARGING STATIONS FOR PRIVATELY OWNED

13 VEHICLES IN PARKING AREAS UNDER THE JURISDIC14 TION OF THE LIBRARIAN OF CONGRESS AT NO NET

15 COST TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

16 SEC. 209. (a) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term 

17 ‘‘covered employee’’ means— 

18 (1) an employee of the Library of Congress; or 

19 (2) any other individual who is authorized to 

20 park in any parking area under the jurisdiction of 

21 the Library of Congress on the Library of Congress 

22 buildings and grounds. 

23 (b) AUTHORITY.— 

24 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (3), 

25 funds appropriated to the Architect of the Capitol 
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1 under the heading ‘‘Capitol Power Plant’’ under the 

2 heading ‘‘ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL’’ in any 

3 fiscal year are available to construct, operate, and 

4 maintain on a reimbursable basis battery recharging 

5 stations in parking areas under the jurisdiction of the 

6 Library of Congress on Library of Congress buildings 

7 and grounds for use by privately owned vehicles used 

8 by covered employees. 

9 (2) VENDORS AUTHORIZED.—In carrying out 

10 paragraph (1), the Architect of the Capitol may use 

11 one or more vendors on a commission basis. 

12 (3) APPROVAL OF CONSTRUCTION.—The Archi13 tect of the Capitol may construct or direct the con14 struction of battery recharging stations described 

15 under paragraph (1) after— 

16 (A) submission of written notice detailing 

17 the numbers and locations of the battery re18 charging stations to the Joint Committee on the 

19 Library; and 

20 (B) approval by that Committee. 

21 (c) FEES AND CHARGES.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), the 

23 Architect of the Capitol shall charge fees or charges 

24 for electricity provided to covered employees sufficient 

25 to cover the costs to the Architect of the Capitol to 
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1 carry out this section, including costs to any vendors 

2 or other costs associated with maintaining the battery 

3 charging stations. 

4 (2) APPROVAL OF FEES OR CHARGES.—The Ar5 chitect of the Capitol may establish and adjust fees or 

6 charges under paragraph (1) after— 

7 (A) submission of written notice detailing 

8 the amount of the fee or charge to be established 

9 or adjusted to the Joint Committee on the Li10 brary; and 

11 (B) approval by that Committee. 

12 (d) DEPOSIT AND AVAILABILITY OF FEES, CHARGES, 

13 AND COMMISSIONS.—Any fees, charges, or commissions col14 lected by the Architect of the Capitol under this section shall 

15 be— 

16 (1) deposited in the Treasury to the credit of the 

17 appropriations account described under subsection 

18 (b); and 

19 (2) available for obligation without further ap20 propriation during the fiscal year collected. 

21 (e) REPORTS.— 

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 30 days after 

23 the end of each fiscal year, the Architect of the Capitol 

24 shall submit a report on the financial administration 

25 and cost recovery of activities under this section with 
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1 respect to that fiscal year to the Joint Committee on 

2 the Library and the Committees on Appropriations of 

3 the House of Representatives and Senate. 

4 (2) AVOIDING SUBSIDY.— 

5 (A) DETERMINATION.—Not later than 3 

6 years after the date of enactment of this Act and 

7 every 3 years thereafter, the Architect of the Cap8 itol shall submit a report to the Joint Committee 

9 on the Library determining whether covered em10 ployees using battery charging stations as au11 thorized by this section are receiving a subsidy 

12 from the taxpayers. 

13 (B) MODIFICATION OF RATES AND FEES.— 

14 If a determination is made under subparagraph 

15 (A) that a subsidy is being received, the Architect 

16 of the Capitol shall submit a plan to the Joint 

17 Committee on the Library on how to update the 

18 program to ensure no subsidy is being received. 

19 If the Joint Committee does not act on the plan 

20 within 60 days, the Architect of the Capitol shall 

21 take appropriate steps to increase rates or fees to 

22 ensure reimbursement for the cost of the program 

23 consistent with an appropriate schedule for am24 ortization, to be charged to those using the charg25 ing stations. 
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1 (f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply with 

2 respect to fiscal year 2016 and each fiscal year thereafter. 

3 COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENT

4 SEC. 210. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

5 no adjustment shall be made under section 601(a) of the 

6 Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4501) (re7 lating to cost of living adjustments for Members of Con8 gress) during fiscal year 2016. 

9 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative Branch Ap10 propriations Act, 2016’’. 

Calendar No. 116 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2250 

[Report No. 114–64] 

AN ACT 

Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch 

and for other purposes. for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2016, 

MAY 20, 2015 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on 

J

Appropriations 

UNE 11, 2015 

Reported with an amendment