IIB 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2250 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 20, 2015 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations 

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 

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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 

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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, 

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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; 

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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 

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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 

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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 

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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 

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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, 

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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 

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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 

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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 

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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’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives May 19, 2015. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


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