In the Senate of the United States,

June 16, 1999.

Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R. 1905) entitled ‘‘An Act making appropriations for

the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September

30, 2000, and for other purposes’’, do pass with the following

AMENDMENTS:

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2 SENATE

3 EXPENSE ALLOWANCES

4 For expense allowances of the Vice President, $10,000;

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

6 Leader of the Senate, $10,000; Minority Leader of the Sen7 ate, $10,000; Majority Whip of the Senate, $5,000; Minority

8 Whip of the Senate, $5,000; and Chairmen of the Majority

9 and Minority Conference Committees, $3,000 for each

10 Chairman; in all, $56,000.
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1 REPRESENTATION ALLOWANCES FOR THE MAJORITY AND

2 MINORITY LEADERS

3 For representation allowances of the Majority and Mi4 nority Leaders of the Senate, $15,000 for each such Leader;

5 in all, $30,000.

6 SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

7 For compensation of officers, employees, and others as

8 authorized by law, including agency contributions,

9 $89,968,000, which shall be paid from this appropriation

10 without regard to the below limitations, as follows:

11 OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT

12 For the Office of the Vice President, $1,721,000.

13 OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE

14 For the Office of the President Pro Tempore, $437,000.

15 OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERS

16 For Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders,

17 $2,644,000.

18 OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY WHIPS

19 For Offices of the Majority and Minority Whips,

20 $1,634,000.

21 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

22 For salaries of the Committee on Appropriations,

23 $6,525,000.
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1 CONFERENCE COMMITTEES

2 For the Conference of the Majority and the Conference

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

4 Chairman of each such committee, $1,132,000 for each such

5 committee; in all, $2,264,000.

6 OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES OF THE CONFERENCE OF

7 THE MAJORITY AND THE CONFERENCE OF THE MINORITY

8 For Offices of the Secretaries of the Conference of the

9 Majority and the Conference of the Minority, $590,000.

10 POLICY COMMITTEES

11 For salaries of the Majority Policy Committee and the

12 Minority Policy Committee, $1,151,000 for each such com13 mittee; in all, $2,302,000.

14 OFFICE OF THE CHAPLAIN

15 For Office of the Chaplain, $277,000.

16 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

17 For Office of the Secretary, $14,202,000.

18 OFFICE OF THE SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER

19 For Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper,

20 $34,794,000.

21 OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND

22 MINORITY

23 For Offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the

24 Secretary for the Minority, $1,246,000.
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1 AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS AND RELATED EXPENSES

2 For agency contributions for employee benefits, as au3 thorized by law, and related expenses, $21,332,000.

4 OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL OF THE SENATE

5 For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legisla6 tive Counsel of the Senate, $3,901,000.

7 OFFICE OF SENATE LEGAL COUNSEL

8 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate Legal

9 Counsel, $1,035,000.

10 EXPENSE ALLOWANCES OF THE SECRETARY OF THE SEN11 ATE, SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE

12 SENATE, AND SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND

13 MINORITY OF THE SENATE

14 For expense allowances of the Secretary of the Senate,

15 $3,000; Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate,

16 $3,000; Secretary for the Majority of the Senate, $3,000;

17 Secretary for the Minority of the Senate, $3,000; in all,

18 $12,000.

19 CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE

20 INQUIRIES AND INVESTIGATIONS

21 For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered

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

23 Public Law 601, Seventy-ninth Congress, as amended, sec24 tion 112 of Public Law 96–304 and Senate Resolution 281,

25 agreed to March 11, 1980, $71,604,000.
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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, $370,000.

5 SECRETARY OF THE SENATE

6 For expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the Sen7 ate, $1,511,000.

8 SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE SENATE

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

10 Doorkeeper of the Senate, $66,261,000.

11 MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

12 For miscellaneous items, $8,655,000.

13 SENATORS’ OFFICIAL PERSONNEL AND OFFICE EXPENSE

14 ACCOUNT

15 For Senators’ Official Personnel and Office Expense

16 Account, $245,703,000.

17 OFFICIAL MAIL COSTS

18 For expenses necessary for official mail costs of the

19 Senate, $300,000.

20 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

21 SECTION 1. Effective in the case of any fiscal year

22 which begins on or after October 1, 1999, clause (iii) of

23 paragraph (3)(A) of section 506(b) of the Supplemental Ap24 propriations Act, 1973 (2 U.S.C. 58(b)) is amended to read

25 as follows:
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1 ‘‘(iii) subject to subparagraph (B), in case the

2 Senator represents Alabama, $184,476, Alaska,

3 $252,784, Arizona, $200,830, Arkansas, $169,453,

4 California, $474,426, Colorado, $189,246, Con5 necticut, $161,999, Delaware, $128,102, Florida,

6 $305,664, Georgia, $213,982, Hawaii, $280,277,

7 Idaho, $164,491, Illinois, $268,850, Indiana,

8 $196,677, Iowa, $172,129, Kansas, $169,343, Ken9 tucky, $179,294, Louisiana, $187,141, Maine,

10 $148,779, Maryland, $173,860, Massachusetts,

11 $197,265, Michigan, $238,866, Minnesota, $189,441,

12 Mississippi, $169,570, Missouri, $200,277, Montana,

13 $162,375, Nebraska, $161,164, Nevada, $173,159, New

14 Hampshire, $143,378, New Jersey, $207,958, New

15 Mexico, $167,622, New York, $329,562, North Caro16 lina, $216,136, North Dakota, $150,545, Ohio,

17 $261,920, Oklahoma, $182,009, Oregon, $191,432,

18 Pennsylvania, $267,991, Rhode Island, $139,303,

19 South Carolina, $172,723, South Dakota, $152,385,

20 Tennessee, $194,539, Texas, $354,501, Utah,

21 $170,413, Vermont, $136,826, Virginia, $196,177,

22 Washington, $216,915, West Virginia, $148,814, Wis23 consin, $193,708, Wyoming, $153,169, plus’’.

24 SEC. 2. Effective on and after October 1, 1999, each

25 of the dollar amounts contained in the table under section
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1 105(d)(1)(A) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act,

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

3 dollar amounts in that table, as increased by section 8 of

4 Public Law 105–275, increased by an additional $50,000

5 each.

6 SEC. 3. SENATE OFFICE SPACE ALLOCATIONS. Section

7 3 under the heading ‘‘ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS’’ in the

8 appropriation for the Senate in the Legislative Branch Ap9 propriations Act, 1975 (2 U.S.C. 59; 88 Stat. 428) is

10 amended—

11 (1) in subsection (b)—

12 (A) by striking paragraphs (1) and (2) and

13 inserting the following:

14 ‘‘(1) 5,000 square feet if the population of the

15 State of the Senator is less than 3,000,000;’’;

16 (B) by striking ‘‘8,000’’ in paragraph (13)

17 and inserting ‘‘8,200’’; and

18 (C) by redesignating paragraphs (3)

19 through (13) as paragraphs (2) through (12), re20 spectively; and

21 (2) in subsection (c)(2)—

22 (A) by striking ‘‘$30,000’’ and inserting

23 ‘‘$40,000’’;

24 (B) by striking ‘‘4,800’’ and inserting

25 ‘‘5,000’’;
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1 (C) by striking ‘‘$734’’ and inserting

2 ‘‘$1,000’’; and

3 (D) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘Ef4 fective beginning with the 106th Congress, the

5 aggregate amount in effect under this paragraph

6 for any Congress shall be increased by the infla7 tion adjustment factor for the calendar year in

8 which the Congress begins. For purposes of the

9 preceding sentence, the inflation adjustment fac10 tor for any calendar year is a fraction the nu11 merator of which is the implicit price deflator

12 for the gross domestic product as computed and

13 published by the Department of Commerce for

14 the preceding calendar year and the denominator

15 of which is such deflator for the calendar year

16 1998.’’.

17 SEC. 4. Section 6(c) of the Legislative Branch Appro18 priations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105–275; 2 U.S.C. 121b–

19 1(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following:

20 ‘‘(3) The provisions of section 4 of the Act of July 31,

21 1946 (40 U.S.C. 193d), except for the provisions relating

22 to solicitation, shall not apply to any activity carried out

23 pursuant to this section, subject to approval of such activi24 ties by the Committee on Rules and Administration.’’.
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1 SEC. 5. The first section of Public Law 87–82 (40

2 U.S.C. 174j–1) is amended by adding at the end the fol3 lowing: ‘‘The provisions of section 4 of the Act of July 31,

4 1946 (40 U.S.C. 193d), except for the provisions relating

5 to solicitation, shall not apply to any activity carried out

6 pursuant to this section, subject to the approval of such ac7 tivities by the Committee on Rules and Administration.’’.

8 SEC. 6. The Legislative Counsel may, subject to the ap9 proval of the President pro tempore of the Senate, designate

10 one of the Senior Counsels appointed under section 102 of

11 the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1979 (2 U.S.C.

12 274 note; Public Law 95–391; 92 Stat. 771) as Deputy Leg13 islative Counsel. The Deputy Legislative Counsel shall per14 form the functions of the Legislative Counsel during the ab15 sence or disability of the Legislative Counsel, or when the

16 office is vacant.

17 SEC. 7. Section 814(i) of the Foreign Relations Au18 thorization Act, Fiscal Years 1986 and 1987 (22 U.S.C.

19 2291 note) is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 1999’’

20 and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2002’’.

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23 JOINT ITEMS

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

2 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic Com3 mittee, $3,200,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the

4 Senate.

5 JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION

6 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on

7 Taxation, $6,456,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Adminis8 trative Officer of the House.

9 JOINT COMMITTEE ON THE LIBRARY

10 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on

11 the Library, $500,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of

12 the Senate.

13 For other joint items, as follows:

14 OFFICE OF THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN

15 For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent ex16 penses of the emergency rooms, and for the Attending Physi17 cian and his assistants, including: (1) an allowance of

18 $1,500 per month to the Attending Physician; (2) an allow19 ance of $500 per month each to three medical officers while

20 on duty in the Office of the Attending Physician; (3) an

21 allowance of $500 per month to one assistant and $400 per

22 month each not to exceed eleven assistants on the basis here23 tofore provided for such assistants; and (4) $1,002,600 for

24 reimbursement to the Department of the Navy for expenses

25 incurred for staff and equipment assigned to the Office of
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1 the Attending Physician, which shall be advanced and cred2 ited to the applicable appropriation or appropriations from

3 which such salaries, allowances, and other expenses are pay4 able and shall be available for all the purposes thereof,

5 $1,898,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Administrative Of6 ficer of the House.

7 CAPITOL POLICE BOARD

8 CAPITOL POLICE

9 SALARIES

10 For the Capitol Police Board for salaries of officers,

11 members, and employees of the Capitol Police, including

12 overtime, hazardous duty pay differential, clothing allow13 ance of not more than $600 each for members required to

14 wear civilian attire, and Government contributions for

15 health, retirement, Social Security, and other applicable

16 employee benefits, $80,783,000, of which $38,648,000 is pro17 vided to the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representa18 tives, to be disbursed by the Chief Administrative Officer

19 of the House, and $42,135,000 is provided to the Sergeant

20 at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, to be disbursed by

21 the Secretary of the Senate: Provided, That, of the amounts

22 appropriated under this heading, such amounts as may be

23 necessary may be transferred between the Sergeant at Arms

24 of the House of Representatives and the Sergeant at Arms

25 and Doorkeeper of the Senate, upon approval of the Com-
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1 mittee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives

2 and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.

3 GENERAL EXPENSES

4 For the Capitol Police Board for necessary expenses

5 of the Capitol Police, including motor vehicles, communica6 tions and other equipment, security equipment and instal7 lation, uniforms, weapons, supplies, materials, training,

8 medical services, forensic services, stenographic services,

9 personal and professional services, the employee assistance

10 program, not more than $2,000 for the awards program,

11 postage, telephone service, travel advances, relocation of in12 structor and liaison personnel for the Federal Law Enforce13 ment Training Center, and $85 per month for extra services

14 performed for the Capitol Police Board by an employee of

15 the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate or the House of Rep16 resentatives designated by the Chairman of the Board,

17 $7,913,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Administrative Of18 ficer of the House of Representatives: Provided, That, not19 withstanding any other provision of law, the cost of basic

20 training for the Capitol Police at the Federal Law Enforce21 ment Training Center for fiscal year 2000 shall be paid

22 by the Secretary of the Treasury from funds available to

23 the Department of the Treasury.
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

2 SEC. 101. Amounts appropriated for fiscal year 2000

3 for the Capitol Police Board for the Capitol Police may be

4 transferred between the headings ‘‘SALARIES’’ and ‘‘GEN5 ERAL EXPENSES’’ upon the approval of—

6 (1) the Committee on Appropriations of the

7 House of Representatives, in the case of amounts

8 transferred from the appropriation provided to the

9 Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives

10 under the heading ‘‘SALARIES’’;

11 (2) the Committee on Appropriations of the Sen12 ate, in the case of amounts transferred from the ap13 propriation provided to the Sergeant at Arms and

14 Doorkeeper of the Senate under the heading ‘‘SALA15 RIES’’; and

16 (3) the Committees on Appropriations of the

17 Senate and the House of Representatives, in the case

18 of other transfers.

19 CAPITOL GUIDE SERVICE AND SPECIAL SERVICES OFFICE

20 For salaries and expenses of the Capitol Guide Service

21 and Special Services Office, $2,336,000, to be disbursed by

22 the Secretary of the Senate: Provided, That no part of such

23 amount may be used to employ more than forty-three indi24 viduals: Provided further, That the Capitol Guide Board

25 is authorized, during emergencies, to employ not more than
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1 two additional individuals for not more than 120 days

2 each, and not more than ten additional individuals for not

3 more than six months each, for the Capitol Guide Service.

4 STATEMENTS OF APPROPRIATIONS

5 For the preparation, under the direction of the Com6 mittees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of

7 Representatives, of the statements for the first session of the

8 One Hundred Sixth Congress, showing appropriations

9 made, indefinite appropriations, and contracts authorized,

10 together with a chronological history of the regular appro11 priations bills as required by law, $30,000, to be paid to

12 the persons designated by the chairmen of such committees

13 to supervise the work.

14 OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Compliance,

17 as authorized by section 305 of the Congressional Account18 ability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1385), $2,000,000.

19 CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 For salaries and expenses necessary to carry out the

22 provisions of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (Public

23 Law 93–344), including not more than $2,500 to be ex24 pended on the certification of the Director of the Congres25 sional Budget Office in connection with official representa-
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1 tion and reception expenses, $26,221,000: Provided, That

2 no part of such amount may be used for the purchase or

3 hire of a passenger motor vehicle.

4 ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

5 CAPITOL BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

6 CAPITOL BUILDINGS

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 For salaries for the Architect of the Capitol, the Assist9 ant Architect of the Capitol, and other personal services,

10 at rates of pay provided by law; for surveys and studies

11 in connection with activities under the care of the Architect

12 of the Capitol; for all necessary expenses for the mainte13 nance, care and operation of the Capitol and electrical sub14 stations of the Senate and House office buildings under the

15 jurisdiction of the Architect of the Capitol, including fur16 nishings and office equipment, including not more than

17 $1,000 for official reception and representation expenses, to

18 be expended as the Architect of the Capitol may approve;

19 for purchase or exchange, maintenance and operation of a

20 passenger motor vehicle; and not to exceed $20,000 for at21 tendance, when specifically authorized by the Architect of

22 the Capitol, at meetings or conventions in connection with

23 subjects related to work under the Architect of the Capitol,

24 $48,195,000, of which $7,620,000 shall remain available

25 until expended.
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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, $5,627,000,

5 of which $330,000 shall remain available until expended.

6 SENATE OFFICE BUILDINGS

7 For all necessary expenses for maintenance, care and

8 operation of Senate office buildings; and furniture and fur9 nishings to be expended under the control and supervision

10 of the Architect of the Capitol, $64,038,000, of which

11 $22,305,000 shall remain available until expended.

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14 CAPITOL POWER PLANT

15 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care

16 and operation of the Capitol Power Plant; lighting, heating,

17 power (including the purchase of electrical energy) and

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

19 office buildings, Library of Congress buildings, and the

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

21 and air conditioning refrigeration not supplied from plants

22 in any of such buildings; heating the Government Printing

23 Office and Washington City Post Office, and heating and

24 chilled water for air conditioning for the Supreme Court

25 Building, the Union Station complex, the Thurgood Mar-
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1 shall Federal Judiciary Building and the Folger Shake2 speare Library, expenses for which shall be advanced or re3 imbursed upon request of the Architect of the Capitol and

4 amounts so received shall be deposited into the Treasury

5 to the credit of this appropriation, $45,006,000, of which

6 $6,000,000 shall remain available until expended: Provided,

7 That not more than $4,000,000 of the funds credited or to

8 be reimbursed to this appropriation as herein provided

9 shall be available for obligation during fiscal year 2000.

10 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

11 CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of

14 section 203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946

15 (2 U.S.C. 166) and to revise and extend the Annotated Con16 stitution of the United States of America, $71,244,000: Pro17 vided, That no part of such amount may be used to pay

18 any salary or expense in connection with any publication,

19 or preparation of material therefor (except the Digest of

20 Public General Bills), to be issued by the Library of Con21 gress unless such publication has obtained prior approval

22 of either the Committee on House Administration of the

23 House of Representatives or the Committee on Rules and

24 Administration of the Senate.
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1 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

2 CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING AND BINDING

3 For authorized printing and binding for the Congress

4 and the distribution of Congressional information in any

5 format; printing and binding for the Architect of the Cap6 itol; expenses necessary for preparing the semimonthly and

7 session index to the Congressional Record, as authorized by

8 law (44 U.S.C. 902); printing and binding of Government

9 publications authorized by law to be distributed to Members

10 of Congress; and printing, binding, and distribution of Gov11 ernment publications authorized by law to be distributed

12 without charge to the recipient, $77,704,000: Provided,

13 That this appropriation shall not be available for paper

14 copies of the permanent edition of the Congressional Record

15 for individual Representatives, Resident Commissioners or

16 Delegates authorized under 44 U.S.C. 906: Provided further,

17 That this appropriation shall be available for the payment

18 of obligations incurred under the appropriations for similar

19 purposes for preceding fiscal years: Provided further, That

20 notwithstanding the 2-year limitation under section 718 of

21 title 44, United States Code, none of the funds appropriated

22 or made available under this Act or any other Act for print23 ing and binding and related services provided to Congress

24 under chapter 7 of title 44, United States Code, may be

25 expended to print a document, report, or publication after
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1 the 27-month period beginning on the date that such docu2 ment, report, or publication is authorized by Congress to

3 be printed, unless Congress reauthorizes such printing in

4 accordance with section 718 of title 44, United States Code.

5 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Congressional Oper6 ations Appropriations Act, 2000’’.

7 TITLE II—OTHER AGENCIES

8 BOTANIC GARDEN

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care

11 and operation of the Botanic Garden and the nurseries,

12 buildings, grounds, and collections; and purchase and ex13 change, maintenance, repair, and operation of a passenger

14 motor vehicle; all under the direction of the Joint Com15 mittee on the Library, $3,428,000.

16 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 For necessary expenses of the Library of Congress not

19 otherwise provided for, including development and mainte20 nance of the Union Catalogs; custody and custodial care

21 of the Library buildings; special clothing; cleaning, laun22 dering and repair of uniforms; preservation of motion pic23 tures in the custody of the Library; operation and mainte24 nance of the American Folklife Center in the Library; prep25 aration and distribution of catalog records and other publi-
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1 cations of the Library; hire or purchase of one passenger

2 motor vehicle; and expenses of the Library of Congress Trust

3 Fund Board not properly chargeable to the income of any

4 trust fund held by the Board, $250,491,000, of which not

5 more than $6,500,000 shall be derived from collections cred6 ited to this appropriation during fiscal year 2000, and

7 shall remain available until expended, under the Act of

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

9 and not more than $350,000 shall be derived from collec10 tions during fiscal year 2000 and shall remain available

11 until expended for the development and maintenance of an

12 international legal information database and activities re13 lated thereto: Provided, That the Library of Congress may

14 not obligate or expend any funds derived from collections

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

16 authorized for obligation or expenditure in appropriations

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

18 obligation shall be reduced by the amount by which collec19 tions are less than the $6,850,000: Provided further, That

20 of the total amount appropriated, $10,321,380 is to remain

21 available until expended for acquisition of books, periodi22 cals, newspapers, and all other materials including sub23 scriptions for bibliographic services for the Library, includ24 ing $40,000 to be available solely for the purchase, when

25 specifically approved by the Librarian, of special and
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1 unique materials for additions to the collections: Provided

2 further, That of the total amount appropriated, $2,347,000

3 is to remain available until expended for the acquisition

4 and partial support for implementation of an Integrated

5 Library System (ILS): Provided further, That of the total

6 amount appropriated, $600,000 is to remain available

7 until expended for the purpose of digitizing archival mate8 rials relating to ethnic groups of California, including Jap9 anese Americans, which amount shall be transferred to an

10 educational archive able to conduct such a project as ap11 proved by the Library.

12 COPYRIGHT OFFICE

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, includ15 ing publication of the decisions of the United States courts

16 involving copyrights, $37,628,000, of which not more than

17 $20,800,000, to remain available until expended, shall be

18 derived from collections credited to this appropriation dur19 ing fiscal year 2000 under 17 U.S.C. 708(d): Provided,

20 That the Copyright Office may not obligate or expend any

21 funds derived from collections under 17 U.S.C. 708(d), in

22 excess of the amount authorized for obligation or expendi23 ture in appropriations Acts: Provided further, That not

24 more than $5,454,000 shall be derived from collections dur25 ing fiscal year 2000 under 17 U.S.C. 111(d)(2), 119(b)(2),
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1 802(h), and 1005: Provided further, That the total amount

2 available for obligation shall be reduced by the amount by

3 which collections are less than $26,254,000: Provided fur4 ther, That not more than $100,000 of the amount appro5 priated is available for the maintenance of an ‘‘Inter6 national Copyright Institute’’ in the Copyright Office of the

7 Library of Congress for the purpose of training nationals

8 of developing countries in intellectual property laws and

9 policies: Provided further, That not more than $7,250 may

10 be expended, on the certification of the Librarian of Con11 gress, in connection with official representation and recep12 tion expenses for activities of the International Copyright

13 Institute and for copyright delegations, visitors, and semi14 nars.

15 BOOKS FOR THE BLIND AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

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

18 3, 1931 (chapter 400; 46 Stat. 1487; 2 U.S.C. 135a),

19 $47,984,000, of which $14,019,000 shall remain available

20 until expended.

21 FURNITURE AND FURNISHINGS

22 For necessary expenses for the purchase, installation,

23 maintenance, and repair of furniture, furnishings, office

24 and library equipment, $5,415,000.
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

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

3 Library of Congress shall be available, in an amount of not

4 more than $198,390, of which $59,300 is for the Congres5 sional Research Service, when specifically authorized by the

6 Librarian, for attendance at meetings concerned with the

7 function or activity for which the appropriation is made.

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

9 this Act shall be used by the Library of Congress to admin10 ister any flexible or compressed work schedule which—

11 (1) applies to any manager or supervisor in a

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

13 higher than GS–15; and

14 (2) grants such manager or supervisor the right

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

16 because of time worked by the manager or supervisor

17 on another workday.

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

19 or supervisor’’ means any management official or super20 visor, as such terms are defined in section 7103(a)(10) and

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

22 SEC. 203. Appropriated funds received by the Library

23 of Congress from other Federal agencies to cover general and

24 administrative overhead costs generated by performing re25 imbursable work for other agencies under the authority of
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1 31 U.S.C. 1535 and 1536 shall not be used to employ more

2 than 65 employees and may be expended or obligated—

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

4 extent or in such amounts as are provided in appro5 priations Acts; or

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

7 (A) to pay for such general or administra8 tive overhead costs as are attributable to the

9 work performed for such agency; or

10 (B) to such extent or in such amounts as

11 are provided in appropriations Acts, with re12 spect to any purpose not allowable under sub13 paragraph (A).

14 SEC. 204. Of the amounts appropriated to the Library

15 of Congress in this Act, not more than $5,000 may be ex16 pended, on the certification of the Librarian of Congress,

17 in connection with official representation and reception ex18 penses for the incentive awards program.

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

20 of Congress in this Act, not more than $12,000 may be ex21 pended, on the certification of the Librarian of Congress,

22 in connection with official representation and reception ex23 penses for the Overseas Field Offices.
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1 SEC. 206. (a) For fiscal year 2000, the obligational

2 authority of the Library of Congress for the activities de3 scribed in subsection (b) may not exceed $98,788,000.

4 (b) The activities referred to in subsection (a) are re5 imbursable and revolving fund activities that are funded

6 from sources other than appropriations to the Library in

7 appropriations Acts for the legislative branch.

8 SEC. 207. The Library of Congress may use available

9 funds, now and hereafter, to enter into contracts for the

10 lease or acquisition of severable services for a period that

11 begins in one fiscal year and ends in the next fiscal year

12 and to enter into multi-year contracts for the acquisition

13 of property and services pursuant to sections 303L and

14 304B, respectively, of the Federal Property and Adminis15 trative Services Act (41 U.S.C. 253l and 254c).

16 ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

17 LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

18 STRUCTURAL AND MECHANICAL CARE

19 For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and

20 structural maintenance, care and operation of the Library

21 buildings and grounds, $17,327,000, of which $5,740,000

22 shall remain available until expended.
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1 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

2 OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 For expenses of the Office of Superintendent of Docu5 ments necessary to provide for the cataloging and indexing

6 of Government publications and their distribution to the

7 public, Members of Congress, other Government agencies,

8 and designated depository and international exchange li9 braries as authorized by law, $29,986,000: Provided, That

10 travel expenses, including travel expenses of the Depository

11 Library Council to the Public Printer, shall not exceed

12 $150,000: Provided further, That amounts of not more than

13 $2,000,000 from current year appropriations are author14 ized for producing and disseminating Congressional serial

15 sets and other related publications for 1998 and 1999 to

16 depository and other designated libraries.

17 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE REVOLVING FUND

18 For payment to the ‘‘Government Printing Office re19 volving fund’’, $5,000,000, to remain available until ex20 pended, for air-conditioning systems and elevator repair.

21 The Government Printing Office is hereby authorized

22 to make such expenditures, within the limits of funds avail23 able and in accord with the law, and to make such contracts

24 and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations

25 as provided by section 9104 of title 31, United States Code,
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1 as may be necessary in carrying out the programs and pur2 poses set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year for

3 the Government Printing Office revolving fund: Provided,

4 That not more than $2,500 may be expended on the certifi5 cation of the Public Printer in connection with official rep6 resentation and reception expenses: Provided further, That

7 the revolving fund shall be available for the hire or purchase

8 of not more than twelve passenger motor vehicles: Provided

9 further, That expenditures in connection with travel ex10 penses of the advisory councils to the Public Printer shall

11 be deemed necessary to carry out the provisions of title 44,

12 United States Code: Provided further, That the revolving

13 fund shall be available for temporary or intermittent serv14 ices under section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code,

15 but at rates for individuals not more than the daily equiva16 lent of the annual rate of basic pay for level V of the Execu17 tive Schedule under section 5316 of such title: Provided fur18 ther, That the revolving fund and the funds provided under

19 the heading ‘‘OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCU20 MENTS, SALARIES AND EXPENSES’’ together may not be

21 available for the full-time equivalent employment of more

22 than 3,383 workyears: Provided further, That activities fi23 nanced through the revolving fund may provide informa24 tion in any format: Provided further, That the revolving

25 fund shall not be used to administer any flexible or com-
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1 pressed work schedule which applies to any manager or su2 pervisor in a position the grade or level of which is equal

3 to or higher than GS–15: Provided further, That expenses

4 for attendance at meetings shall not exceed $75,000.

5 GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 For necessary expenses of the General Accounting Of8 fice, including not more than $7,000 to be expended on the

9 certification of the Comptroller General of the United States

10 in connection with official representation and reception ex11 penses; temporary or intermittent services under section

12 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, but at rates for indi13 viduals not more than the daily equivalent of the annual

14 rate of basic pay for level IV of the Executive Schedule

15 under section 5315 of such title; hire of one passenger motor

16 vehicle; advance payments in foreign countries in accord17 ance with 31 U.S.C. 3324; benefits comparable to those pay18 able under sections 901(5), 901(6), and 901(8) of the For19 eign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4081(5), 4081(6), and

20 4081(8)); and under regulations prescribed by the Comp21 troller General of the United States, rental of living quar22 ters in foreign countries, $382,298,000: Provided, That not23 withstanding 31 U.S.C. 9105 hereafter amounts reimbursed

24 to the Comptroller General pursuant to that section shall

25 be deposited to the appropriation of the General Accounting
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1 Office then available and remain available until expended,

2 and not more than $1,400,000 of such funds shall be avail3 able for use in fiscal year 2000: Provided further, That this

4 appropriation and appropriations for administrative ex5 penses of any other department or agency which is a mem6 ber of the Joint Financial Management Improvement Pro7 gram (JFMIP) shall be available to finance an appropriate

8 share of JFMIP costs as determined by the JFMIP, includ9 ing the salary of the Executive Director and secretarial sup10 port: Provided further, That this appropriation and appro11 priations for administrative expenses of any other depart12 ment or agency which is a member of the National Intergov13 ernmental Audit Forum or a Regional Intergovernmental

14 Audit Forum shall be available to finance an appropriate

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

16 Forum, including necessary travel expenses of non-Federal

17 participants. Payments hereunder to either Forum or the

18 JFMIP may be credited as reimbursements to any appro19 priation from which costs involved are initially financed:

20 Provided further, That this appropriation and appropria21 tions for administrative expenses of any other department

22 or agency which is a member of the American Consortium

23 on International Public Administration (ACIPA) shall be

24 available to finance an appropriate share of ACIPA costs

25 as determined by the ACIPA, including any expenses at-
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1 tributable to membership of ACIPA in the International In2 stitute of Administrative Sciences.

3 TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS

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

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

6 vehicles, except for emergency assistance and cleaning as

7 may be provided under regulations relating to parking fa8 cilities for the House of Representatives issued by the Com9 mittee on House Administration and for the Senate issued

10 by the Committee on Rules and Administration.

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

12 Act shall remain available for obligation beyond fiscal year

13 2000 unless expressly so provided in this Act.

14 SEC. 303. Whenever in this Act any office or position

15 not specifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of

16 1929 is appropriated for or the rate of compensation or des17 ignation of any office or position appropriated for is dif18 ferent from that specifically established by such Act, the rate

19 of compensation and the designation in this Act shall be

20 the permanent law with respect thereto: Provided, That the

21 provisions in this Act for the various items of official ex22 penses of Members, officers, and committees of the Senate

23 and House of Representatives, and clerk hire for Senators

24 and Members of the House of Representatives shall be the

25 permanent law with respect thereto.
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1 SEC. 304. The expenditure of any appropriation under

2 this Act for any consulting service through procurement

3 contract, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited to

4 those contracts where such expenditures are a matter of pub5 lic record and available for public inspection, except where

6 otherwise provided under existing law, or under existing

7 Executive order issued pursuant to existing law.

8 SEC. 305. (a) It is the sense of the Congress that, to

9 the greatest extent practicable, all equipment and products

10 purchased with funds made available in this Act should be

11 American-made.

12 (b) In providing financial assistance to, or entering

13 into any contract with, any entity using funds made avail14 able in this Act, the head of each Federal agency, to the

15 greatest extent practicable, shall provide to such entity a

16 notice describing the statement made in subsection (a) by

17 the Congress.

18 (c) If it has been finally determined by a court or Fed19 eral agency that any person intentionally affixed a label

20 bearing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, or any inscrip21 tion with the same meaning, to any product sold in or

22 shipped to the United States that is not made in the United

23 States, such person shall be ineligible to receive any con24 tract or subcontract made with funds provided pursuant

25 to this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and in-
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1 eligibility procedures described in section 9.400 through

2 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations.

3 SEC. 306. Such sums as may be necessary are appro4 priated to the account described in subsection (a) of section

5 415 of Public Law 104–1 to pay awards and settlements

6 as authorized under such subsection.

7 SEC. 307. Amounts available for administrative ex8 penses of any legislative branch entity which participates

9 in the Legislative Branch Financial Managers Council

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

11 be available to finance an appropriate share of LBFMC

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

13 LBFMC costs to be shared among all participating legisla14 tive branch entities (in such allocations among the entities

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

16 SEC. 308. Section 316 of Public Law 101–302 is

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

18 ‘‘1999’’ and inserting ‘‘2000’’.

19 SEC. 309. For purposes of section 8147 of title 5,

20 United States Code, the Government Printing Office is not

21 considered an agency which is required by statute to submit

22 an annual budget pursuant to or as provided by chapter

23 91 of title 31, United States Code, and is not required to

24 pay an additional amount for the cost of administration.
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1 SEC. 310. Chapter 5 of title II of division B of the

2 Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Ap3 propriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105–277; 112 Stat.

4 2681–569) is amended in the matter under the subheading

5 ‘‘CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER’’ under the heading ‘‘ARCHI6 TECT OF THE CAPITOL’’ by striking ‘‘the Committee

7 on Rules and Administration of the Senate, the Committee

8 on House Oversight of the House of Representatives, the

9 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa10 tives and of the Senate, and other appropriate committees

11 of the House of Representatives and of the Senate’’ and in12 serting ‘‘the United States Capitol Preservation Commis13 sion established under section 801 of the Arizona-Idaho

14 Conservation Act of 1988 (40 U.S.C. 188a)’’.

15 SEC. 311. (a) The National Park Service (in this sec16 tion referred to as the ‘‘sponsor’’) may during each of cal17 endar years 1999 and 2000 sponsor a series of three concerts

18 by the National Symphony Orchestra (in this section each

19 concert referred to as an ‘‘event’’) on the Capitol Grounds.

20 Such concerts shall be held on Memorial Day, 4th of July,

21 and Labor Day of each such calendar year, or on such alter22 nate dates during that calendar year as the Speaker of the

23 House of Representatives and the Committee on Rules and

24 Administration of the Senate may jointly designate.
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1 (b)(1) Under conditions to be prescribed by the Archi2 tect of the Capitol and the Capitol Police Board, each event

3 authorized by subsection (a)—

4 (A) shall be free of admission charge and open

5 to the public, with no preferential seating except for

6 security purposes as determined in accordance with

7 subsection (d), and

8 (B) shall be arranged not to interfere with the

9 needs of Congress.

10 (2) The sponsor shall assume full responsibility for all

11 expenses and liabilities incident to all activities associated

12 with each event.

13 (3) Pursuant to section 451 of the Legislative Reorga14 nization Act of 1970 (40 U.S.C. 193m–l), the Comptroller

15 General of the United States shall perform an annual audit

16 of the events for each of calendar years 1999 and 2000 and

17 provide a report on each audit to the Speaker of the House

18 of Representatives and the Chairman of the Senate Com19 mittee on Rules and Administration not later than Decem20 ber 15 of the calendar year for which the audit was per21 formed.

22 (c)(1) Subject to the approval of the Architect of the

23 Capitol, the sponsor may erect upon the Capitol Grounds

24 such stage, sound amplification devices, and other related

25 structures and equipment as may be required for each event.
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1 (2) Subject to the restrictions contained in subsection

2 (d), the concerts held on Memorial Day and 4th of July

3 (or their alternate dates) may be broadcast over radio, tele4 vision, and other media outlets.

5 (3) In order to permit the setting up and taking down

6 of structures and equipment and the conducting of dress

7 rehearsals, the Architect of the Capitol may permit the

8 sponsor to use the West Central Front of the United States

9 Capitol for each event for not more than—

10 (A) six days if the concert is televised, and

11 (B) four days if the concert is not televised.

12 The Architect may not schedule any use under this para13 graph if it would interfere with any concert to be performed

14 by a military band of the United States.

15 (4) The Architect of the Capitol and the Capitol Police

16 Board are authorized to make any such additional arrange17 ments as may be required to carry out each event.

18 (d)(1) The Capitol Police Board shall for each event—

19 (A) provide for all security related needs, and

20 (B) provide for enforcement of the restrictions

21 contained in section 4 of the Act of July 31, 1946 (40

22 U.S.C. 193d; 60 Stat. 718), concerning sales, dis23 plays, advertisements, and solicitations on the Capitol

24 Grounds, as well as other restrictions applicable to

25 the Capitol Grounds.
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1 (2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), credits may be ap2 propriately given to private sponsors of an event at the con3 clusion of any broadcast of the event.

4 (3) The Architect of the Capitol and the Capitol Police

5 Board shall enter into an agreement with the sponsor, and

6 such other persons participating in an event as the Archi7 tect of the Capitol and the Capitol Police Board considers

8 appropriate, under which the sponsor and such persons

9 agree to comply with the requirements of this subsection.

10 The agreement shall specifically prohibit the use for a com11 mercial purpose of any photograph taken at, or broadcast

12 production of, the event.

13 SEC. 312. TRADE DEFICIT REVIEW COMMISSION. (a)

14 APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 127(i) of the Trade Deficit Re15 view Commission Act (19 U.S.C. 2213 note) is amended

16 by adding at the end the following new sentence:

17 ‘‘Amounts appropriated pursuant to this subsection shall

18 remain available until the date which is 90 days after the

19 date on which the Commission submits the final report de20 scribed in subsection (e).’’.

21 (b) APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN PAY AUTHORITIES TO

22 MEMBERS OF THE COMMISSION.—Section 127(g) of the

23 Trade Deficit Review Commission Act is amended by add24 ing at the end the following new paragraph:
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1 ‘‘(6) APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN PAY AUTHORI2 TIES.—

3 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An individual who is a

4 member of the Commission and is an annuitant

5 or otherwise covered by section 8344 or 8468 of

6 title 5, United States Code, by reason of member7 ship on the Commission is not subject to the pro8 visions of section 8344 or 8468 (whichever is ap9 plicable) with respect to such membership.

10 ‘‘(B) UNIFORMED SERVICE.—An individual

11 who is a member of the Commission and is a

12 member or former member of a uniformed service

13 is not subject to the provisions of subsections (b)

14 and (c) of section 5532, United States Code, with

15 respect to membership on the Commission.’’.

16 (c) TERMINATION OF COMMISSION AND OTHER MAT17 TERS.—Section 127 of the Trade Deficit Review Commis18 sion Act is amended by adding at the end the following

19 new subsections:

20 ‘‘(j) FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ACT.—The pro21 visions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Public Law

22 92-463; 5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to the Commission.

23 ‘‘(k) TERMINATION.—The Commission shall terminate

24 90 days after the date on which the Commission submits

25 the final report under subsection (e).’’.
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1 SEC. 313. CREDITABLE SERVICE WITH CONGRES2 SIONAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEES. Section 8332(m)(1)(A) of

3 title 5, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:

4 ‘‘(A) such employee has at least 4 years and 6

5 months of service on such committees as of December

6 12, 1980; and’’.

7 SEC. 314. Section 207(e) of title 18, United States

8 Code, is amended—

9 (1) by striking paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (4)

10 and inserting the following:

11 ‘‘(1) MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND ELECTED OF12 FICERS.—Any person who is a Member of Congress or

13 an elected officer of either House of Congress and who,

14 within 2 years after that person leaves office, know15 ingly makes, with the intent to influence, any com16 munication to or appearance before any Member, offi17 cer, or employee of either House of Congress, or any

18 employee of any other legislative office of Congress, on

19 behalf of any other person (except the United States)

20 in connection with any matter on which such former

21 Member of Congress or elected officer seeks action by

22 a Member, officer, or employee of either House of Con23 gress, in his or her official capacity, shall be punished

24 as provided in section 216 of this title.
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1 ‘‘(2) CONGRESSIONAL EMPLOYEES.—(A) Any

2 person who is an employee of the Senate or an em3 ployee of the House of Representatives who, within 2

4 years after termination of such employment, know5 ingly makes, with the intent to influence, any com6 munication to or appearance before any person de7 scribed under subparagraph (B), on behalf of any

8 other person (except the United States) in connection

9 with any matter on which such former employee seeks

10 action by a Member, officer, or employee of either

11 House of Congress, in his or her official capacity,

12 shall be punished as provided in section 216 of this

13 title.

14 ‘‘(B) The persons referred to under subparagraph

15 (A) with respect to appearances or communications

16 by a former employee are any Member, officer, or em17 ployee of the House of Congress in which such former

18 employee served.’’;

19 (2) in paragraph (6)—

20 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking

21 ‘‘paragraphs (2), (3), and (4)’’ and inserting

22 ‘‘paragraph (2)’’; and

23 (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking

24 ‘‘paragraph (5)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (3)’’;
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1 (3) in paragraph (7)(G), by striking ‘‘, (2), (3),

2 or (4)’’ and inserting ‘‘or (2)’’; and

3 (4) by redesignating paragraphs (5), (6), and (7)

4 as paragraphs (3), (4), and (5), respectively.

5 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative Branch Ap6 propriations Act, 2000’’.

Attest:

Secretary.
106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1905

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