106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1905

AN ACT

Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch

and for other purposes.for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000,
106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1905

AN ACT

Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the

fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for other

purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any
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1 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the

2 Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September

3 30, 2000, and for other purposes, namely:

4 TITLE I—CONGRESSIONAL OPERATIONS

5 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 For salaries and expenses of the House of Represent8 atives, $769,019,000, as follows:

9 HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES

10 For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law,

11 $14,202,000, including: Office of the Speaker,

12 $1,740,000, including $25,000 for official expenses of the

13 Speaker; Office of the Majority Floor Leader, $1,705,000,

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

15 Leader; Office of the Minority Floor Leader, $2,071,000,

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

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

18 Deputy Majority Whip, $1,423,000, including $5,000 for

19 official expenses of the Majority Whip; Office of the Mi20 nority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Minority Whip,

21 $1,057,000, including $5,000 for official expenses of the

22 Minority Whip; Speaker’s Office for Legislative Floor Ac23 tivities, $406,000; Republican Steering Committee,

24 $757,000; Republican Conference, $1,244,000; Demo25 cratic Steering and Policy Committee, $1,337,000; Demo-
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1 cratic Caucus, $664,000; nine minority employees,

2 $1,218,000; training and program development—major3 ity, $290,000; and training and program development—

4 minority, $290,000.

5 MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES

6 INCLUDING MEMBERS’ CLERK HIRE, OFFICIAL

7 EXPENSES OF MEMBERS, AND OFFICIAL MAIL

8 For Members’ representational allowances, including

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

10 $413,576,000.

11 COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES

12 STANDING COMMITTEES, SPECIAL AND SELECT

13 For salaries and expenses of standing committees,

14 special and select, authorized by House resolutions,

15 $93,878,000: Provided, That such amount shall remain

16 available for such salaries and expenses until December

17 31, 2000.

18 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

19 For salaries and expenses of the Committee on Ap20 propriations, $21,308,000, including studies and examina21 tions of executive agencies and temporary personal serv22 ices for such committee, to be expended in accordance with

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

24 1946 and to be available for reimbursement to agencies

25 for services performed: Provided, That such amount shall
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1 remain available for such salaries and expenses until De2 cember 31, 2000.

3 SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

4 For compensation and expenses of officers and em5 ployees, as authorized by law, $90,633,000, including: for

6 salaries and expenses of the Office of the Clerk, including

7 not more than $3,500, of which not more than $2,500 is

8 for the Family Room, for official representation and recep9 tion expenses, $14,881,000; for salaries and expenses of

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

11 of Superintendent of Garages, and including not more

12 than $750 for official representation and reception ex13 penses, $3,746,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office

14 of the Chief Administrative Officer, $57,289,000, of which

15 $2,500,000 shall remain available until expended, includ16 ing $25,169,000 for salaries, expenses and temporary per17 sonal services of House Information Resources, of which

18 $24,641,000 is provided herein: Provided, That of the

19 amount provided for House Information Resources,

20 $6,260,000 shall be for net expenses of telecommuni21 cations: Provided further, That House Information Re22 sources is authorized to receive reimbursement from Mem23 bers of the House of Representatives and other govern24 mental entities for services provided and such reimburse25 ment shall be deposited in the Treasury for credit to this
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1 account; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the In2 spector General, $3,926,000; for salaries and expenses of

3 the Office of General Counsel, $840,000; for the Office

4 of the Chaplain, $136,000; for salaries and expenses of

5 the Office of the Parliamentarian, including the Parlia6 mentarian and $2,000 for preparing the Digest of Rules,

7 $1,172,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the

8 Law Revision Counsel of the House, $2,045,000; for sala9 ries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel

10 of the House, $5,085,000; for salaries and expenses of the

11 Corrections Calendar Office, $825,000; and for other au12 thorized employees, $688,000.

13 ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES

14 For allowances and expenses as authorized by House

15 resolution or law, $135,422,000, including: supplies, mate16 rials, administrative costs and Federal tort claims,

17 $2,741,000; official mail for committees, leadership of18 fices, and administrative offices of the House, $410,000;

19 Government contributions for health, retirement, Social

20 Security, and other applicable employee benefits,

21 $131,595,000; and miscellaneous items including pur22 chase, exchange, maintenance, repair and operation of

23 House motor vehicles, interparliamentary receptions, and

24 gratuities to heirs of deceased employees of the House,

25 $676,000.
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1 CHILD CARE CENTER

2 For salaries and expenses of the House of Represent3 atives Child Care Center, such amounts as are deposited

4 in the account established by section 312(d)(1) of the Leg5 islative Branch Appropriations Act, 1992 (40 U.S.C.

6 184g(d)(1)), subject to the level specified in the budget

7 of the Center, as submitted to the Committee on Appro8 priations of the House of Representatives.

9 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

10 SEC. 101. (a) COMPLIANCE WITH ADMISSION RE11 QUIREMENTS.—The General Counsel of the House of Rep12 resentatives and any other counsel in the Office of the

13 General Counsel of the House of Representatives, includ14 ing any counsel specially retained by the Office of General

15 Counsel, shall be entitled, for the purpose of performing

16 the counsel’s functions, to enter an appearance in any pro17 ceeding before any court of the United States or of any

18 State or political subdivision thereof without compliance

19 with any requirements for admission to practice before

20 such court, except that the authorization conferred by this

21 subsection shall not apply with respect to the admission

22 of any such person to practice before the United States

23 Supreme Court.

24 (b) NOTIFICATION BY ATTORNEY GENERAL.—The

25 Attorney General shall notify the General Counsel of the
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1 House of Representatives with respect to any proceeding

2 in which the United States is a party of any determination

3 by the Attorney General or Solicitor General not to appeal

4 any court decision affecting the constitutionality of an Act

5 or joint resolution of Congress within such time as will

6 enable the House to direct the General Counsel to inter7 vene as a party in such proceeding pursuant to applicable

8 rules of the House of Representatives.

9 (c) GENERAL COUNSEL DEFINITION.—In this sec10 tion, the term ‘‘General Counsel of the House of Rep11 resentatives’’ means—

12 (1) the head of the Office of General Counsel

13 established and operating under clause 8 of rule II

14 of the Rules of the House of Representatives;

15 (2) the head of any successor office to the Of16 fice of General Counsel which is established after the

17 date of the enactment of this Act; and

18 (3) any other person authorized and directed in

19 accordance with the Rules of the House of Rep20 resentatives to provide legal assistance and represen21 tation to the House in connection with the matters

22 described in this section.

23 SEC. 102. section 104(a) of the Legislative Branch

24 Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105–275; 112 Stat.
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1 2439) is amended by striking ‘‘(2 U.S.C. 59(e)(2))’’ and

2 inserting ‘‘(2 U.S.C. 59e(e)(2))’’.

3 SEC. 103. (a) CLARIFICATION OF RULES REGARDING

4 USE OF FUNDS FOR OFFICIAL MAIL.—

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 311(e)(1) of the

6 Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1991 (2

7 U.S.C. 59e(e)(1)) is amended—

8 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph

9 (A), by striking ‘‘There is established’’ and all

10 that follows through ‘‘shall be prescribed—’’

11 and inserting the following: ‘‘The use of funds

12 of the House of Representatives which are

13 made available for official mail of Members, of14 ficers, and employees of the House of Rep15 resentatives who are persons entitled to use the

16 congressional frank shall be governed by regula17 tions promulgated—’’; and

18 (B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘the

19 Allowance’’ and inserting ‘‘official mail (except

20 as provided in subparagraph (B))’’.

21 (2) LIMITATIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF

22 FUNDS.—Section 311(e)(2) of such Act (2 U.S.C.

23 59e(e)(2)), as amended by section 104(a) of the

24 Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1999, is

25 amended—
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1 (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph

2 (A), by striking ‘‘The Official Mail Allowance’’

3 and inserting ‘‘Funds used for official mail’’;

4 (B) by striking subparagraph (A); and

5 (C) by redesignating subparagraphs (B)

6 and (C) as subparagraphs (A) and (B).

7 (3) REPEAL OF OBSOLETE TRANSFER AUTHOR8 ITY.—Section 311(e) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 59e(e))

9 is amended by striking paragraph (3).

10 (4) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—(A) section

11 1(a) of House Resolution 457, Ninety-second Con12 gress, agreed to July 21, 1971, as enacted into per13 manent law by chapter IV of the Supplemental Ap14 propriations Act, 1972 (2 U.S.C. 57(a)), is amended

15 by striking ‘‘the Official Mail Allowance’’ each place

16 it appears and inserting ‘‘official mail’’.

17 (B) section 311(a)(3) of the Legislative Branch

18 Appropriations Act, 1991 (2 U.S.C. 59e(a)(3)) is

19 amended by striking ‘‘costs charged against the Offi20 cial Mail Allowance for’’ and inserting ‘‘costs in21 curred for official mail by’’.

22 (b) REPEAL OF OBSOLETE REFERENCES TO CLERK

23 HIRE ALLOWANCE.—

24 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 104(a) of the House

25 of Representatives Administrative Reform Technical
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1 Corrections Act (2 U.S.C. 92(a)) is amended by

2 striking ‘‘clerk hire’’ each place it appears.

3 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The heading

4 of section 104 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 92(a)) is

5 amended by striking ‘‘CLERK HIRE’’.

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

7 this section shall apply with respect to the first session

8 of the One Hundred Sixth Congress and each succeeding

9 session of Congress.

10 SEC. 104. (a) REQUIRING AMOUNTS REMAINING IN

11 MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES TO BE

12 USED FOR DEFICIT REDUCTION OR TO REDUCE THE

13 FEDERAL DEBT.—Notwithstanding any other provision of

14 law, any amounts appropriated under this Act for

15 ‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—SALARIES AND

16 EXPENSES—MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOW17 ANCES’’ shall be available only for fiscal year 2000. Any

18 amount remaining after all payments are made under such

19 allowances for fiscal year 2000 shall be deposited in the

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

21 Federal budget deficit after all such payments have been

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

23 the Secretary of the Treasury considers appropriate).

24 (b) PUBLICATION.—After each session of Congress or

25 other period for which the amounts described in subsection
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1 (a) are made available, there shall be published in the Con2 gressional Record a statement showing, with respect to

3 such session or period, the amount deposited with respect

4 to each Member under subsection (a) and the total depos5 ited with respect to all Members.

6 (c) REGULATIONS.—The Committee on House Ad7 ministration of the House of Representatives shall have

8 authority to prescribe regulations to carry out this section.

9 (d) DEFINITION.—As used in this section, the term

10 ‘‘Member of the House of Representatives’’ means a Rep11 resentative in, or a Delegate or Resident Commissioner

12 to, the Congress.

13 JOINT ITEMS

14 For Joint Committees, as follows:

15 JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE

16 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic

17 Committee, $3,200,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary

18 of the Senate.

19 JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION

20 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on

21 Taxation, $6,188,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Ad22 ministrative Officer of the House.

23 For other joint items, as follows:
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1 OFFICE OF THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN

2 For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent ex3 penses of the emergency rooms, and for the Attending

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

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

6 allowance of $500 per month each to three medical officers

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

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

9 $400 per month each not to exceed eleven assistants on

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

11 $1,002,600 for reimbursement to the Department of the

12 Navy for expenses incurred for staff and equipment as13 signed to the Office of the Attending Physician, which

14 shall be advanced and credited to the applicable appropria15 tion or appropriations from which such salaries, allow16 ances, and other expenses are payable and shall be avail17 able for all the purposes thereof, $1,898,000, to be dis18 bursed by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House.

19 CAPITOL POLICE BOARD

20 CAPITOL POLICE

21 SALARIES

22 For the Capitol Police Board for salaries of officers,

23 members, and employees of the Capitol Police, including

24 overtime, hazardous duty pay differential, clothing allow25 ance of not more than $600 each for members required
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1 to wear civilian attire, and Government contributions for

2 health, retirement, Social Security, and other applicable

3 employee benefits, $78,501,000, of which $37,725,000 is

4 provided to the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Rep5 resentatives, to be disbursed by the Chief Administrative

6 Officer of the House, and $40,776,000 is provided to the

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

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

9 of the amounts appropriated under this heading, such

10 amounts as may be necessary may be transferred between

11 the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives and

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

13 approval of the Committee on Appropriations of the House

14 of Representatives and the Committee on Appropriations

15 of the Senate.

16 GENERAL EXPENSES

17 For the Capitol Police Board for necessary expenses

18 of the Capitol Police, including motor vehicles, commu19 nications and other equipment, security equipment and in20 stallation, uniforms, weapons, supplies, materials, train21 ing, medical services, forensic services, stenographic serv22 ices, personal and professional services, the employee as23 sistance program, not more than $2,000 for the awards

24 program, postage, telephone service, travel advances, relo25 cation of instructor and liaison personnel for the Federal
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1 Law Enforcement Training Center, and $85 per month

2 for extra services performed for the Capitol Police Board

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

4 or the House of Representatives designated by the Chair5 man of the Board, $6,711,000, to be disbursed by the

6 Capitol Police Board or their delegee: Provided, That, not7 withstanding any other provision of law, the cost of basic

8 training for the Capitol Police at the Federal Law En9 forcement Training Center for fiscal year 2000 shall be

10 paid by the Secretary of the Treasury from funds available

11 to the Department of the Treasury.

12 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

13 SEC. 105. Amounts appropriated for fiscal year 2000

14 for the Capitol Police Board for the Capitol Police may

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

16 ‘‘GENERAL EXPENSES’’ upon the approval of—

17 (1) the Committee on Appropriations of the

18 House of Representatives, in the case of amounts

19 transferred from the appropriation provided to the

20 Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives

21 under the heading ‘‘SALARIES’’;

22 (2) the Committee on Appropriations of the

23 Senate, in the case of amounts transferred from the

24 appropriation provided to the Sergeant at Arms and
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1 Doorkeeper of the Senate under the heading ‘‘SALA2 RIES’’; and

3 (3) the Committees on Appropriations of the

4 Senate and the House of Representatives, in the

5 case of other transfers.

6 CAPITOL GUIDE SERVICE AND SPECIAL SERVICES

7 OFFICE

8 For salaries and expenses of the Capitol Guide Serv9 ice and Special Services Office, $2,293,000, to be dis10 bursed by the Secretary of the Senate: Provided, That no

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

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

13 Guide Board is authorized, during emergencies, to employ

14 not more than two additional individuals for not more

15 than 120 days each, and not more than ten additional in16 dividuals for not more than six months each, for the Cap17 itol Guide Service.

18 STATEMENTS OF APPROPRIATIONS

19 For the preparation, under the direction of the Com20 mittees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House

21 of Representatives, of the statements for the first session

22 of the One Hundred Sixth Congress, showing appropria23 tions made, indefinite appropriations, and contracts au24 thorized, together with a chronological history of the reg25 ular appropriations bills as required by law, $30,000, to
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1 be paid to the persons designated by the chairmen of such

2 committees to supervise the work.

3 OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Compli6 ance, as authorized by section 305 of the Congressional

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

8 CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 For salaries and expenses necessary to carry out the

11 provisions of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (Pub12 lic Law 93–344), including not more than $2,500 to be

13 expended on the certification of the Director of the Con14 gressional Budget Office in connection with official rep15 resentation and reception expenses, $26,221,000: Pro16 vided, That no part of such amount may be used for the

17 purchase or hire of a passenger motor vehicle.

18 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

19 SEC. 106. (a) The Director of the Congressional

20 Budget Office shall have the authority to make lump-sum

21 payments to enhance staff recruitment and to reward ex22 ceptional performance by an employee or a group of em23 ployees.

24 (b) Subsection (a) shall apply with respect to fiscal

25 years beginning after September 30, 1999.
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1 SEC. 107. Paragraph (5) of section 201(a) of the

2 Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 601(a)) is

3 amended to read as follows:

4 ‘‘(5)(A) The Director shall receive compensa5 tion at an annual rate of pay that is equal to the

6 lower of—

7 ‘‘(i) the highest annual rate of compensa8 tion of any officer of the Senate; or

9 ‘‘(ii) the highest annual rate of compensa10 tion of any officer of the House of Representa11 tives.

12 ‘‘(B) The Deputy Director shall receive com13 pensation at an annual rate of pay that is $1,000

14 less than the annual rate of pay received by the Di15 rector, as determined under subparagraph (A).’’.

16 ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

17 CAPITOL BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

18 CAPITOL BUILDINGS

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 For salaries for the Architect of the Capitol, the As21 sistant Architect of the Capitol, and other personal serv22 ices, at rates of pay provided by law; for surveys and stud23 ies in connection with activities under the care of the Ar24 chitect of the Capitol; for all necessary expenses for the

25 maintenance, care and operation of the Capitol and elec-
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1 trical substations of the Senate and House office buildings

2 under the jurisdiction of the Architect of the Capitol, in3 cluding furnishings and office equipment, including not

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

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

6 may approve; for purchase or exchange, maintenance and

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

8 $20,000 for attendance, when specifically authorized by

9 the Architect of the Capitol, at meetings or conventions

10 in connection with subjects related to work under the Ar11 chitect of the Capitol, $47,569,000, of which $4,520,000

12 shall remain available until expended.

13 CAPITOL GROUNDS

14 For all necessary expenses for care and improvement

15 of grounds surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House

16 office buildings, and the Capitol Power Plant,

17 $5,579,0000, of which $155,000 shall remain available

18 until expended.

19 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS

20 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care

21 and operation of the House office buildings, $40,679,000,

22 of which $7,842,000 shall remain available until expended.

23 CAPITOL POWER PLANT

24 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care

25 and operation of the Capitol Power Plant; lighting, heat-
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1 ing, power (including the purchase of electrical energy)

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

3 House office buildings, Library of Congress buildings, and

4 the grounds about the same, Botanic Garden, Senate ga5 rage, and air conditioning refrigeration not supplied from

6 plants in any of such buildings; heating the Government

7 Printing Office and Washington City Post Office, and

8 heating and chilled water for air conditioning for the Su9 preme Court Building, the Union Station complex, the

10 Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building and the

11 Folger Shakespeare Library, expenses for which shall be

12 advanced or reimbursed upon request of the Architect of

13 the Capitol and amounts so received shall be deposited

14 into the Treasury to the credit of this appropriation,

15 $39,180,000: Provided, That not more than $4,000,000

16 of the funds credited or to be reimbursed to this appro17 priation as herein provided shall be available for obligation

18 during fiscal year 2000.

19 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

20 CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions

23 of section 203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of

24 1946 (2 U.S.C. 166) and to revise and extend the Anno25 tated Constitution of the United States of America,
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1 $71,255,000: Provided, That no part of such amount may

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

3 any publication, or preparation of material therefor (ex4 cept the Digest of Public General Bills), to be issued by

5 the Library of Congress unless such publication has ob6 tained prior approval of either the Committee on House

7 Administration of the House of Representatives or the

8 Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate.

9 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

10 CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING AND BINDING

11 For authorized printing and binding for the Congress

12 and the distribution of Congressional information in any

13 format; printing and binding for the Architect of the Cap14 itol; expenses necessary for preparing the semimonthly

15 and session index to the Congressional Record, as author16 ized by law (44 U.S.C. 902); printing and binding of Gov17 ernment publications authorized by law to be distributed

18 to Members of Congress; and printing, binding, and dis19 tribution of Government publications authorized by law to

20 be distributed without charge to the recipient,

21 $77,704,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall not

22 be available for paper copies of the permanent edition of

23 the Congressional Record for individual Representatives,

24 Resident Commissioners or Delegates authorized under 44

25 U.S.C. 906: Provided further, That this appropriation
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1 shall be available for the payment of obligations incurred

2 under the appropriations for similar purposes for pre3 ceding fiscal years: Provided further, That notwithstanding

4 the 2–year limitation under section 718 of title 44, United

5 States Code, none of the funds appropriated or made

6 available under this Act or any other Act for printing and

7 binding and related services provided to Congress under

8 chapter 7 of title 44, United States Code, may be ex9 pended to print a document, report, or publication after

10 the 27–month period beginning on the date that such doc11 ument, report, or publication is authorized by Congress

12 to be printed, unless Congress reauthorizes such printing

13 in accordance with section 718 of title 44, United States

14 Code.

15 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Congressional Oper16 ations Appropriations Act, 2000’’.

17 TITLE II—OTHER AGENCIES

18 BOTANIC GARDEN

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care

21 and operation of the Botanic Garden and the nurseries,

22 buildings, grounds, and collections; and purchase and ex23 change, maintenance, repair, and operation of a passenger

24 motor vehicle; all under the direction of the Joint Com25 mittee on the Library, $3,538,000.
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1 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Library of Congress

4 not otherwise provided for, including development and

5 maintenance of the Union Catalogs; custody and custodial

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

7 laundering and repair of uniforms; preservation of motion

8 pictures in the custody of the Library; operation and

9 maintenance of the American Folklife Center in the Li10 brary; preparation and distribution of catalog records and

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

12 passenger motor vehicle; and expenses of the Library of

13 Congress Trust Fund Board not properly chargeable to

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

15 $256,970,000, of which not more than $6,500,000 shall

16 be derived from collections credited to this appropriation

17 during fiscal year 2000, and shall remain available until

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

19 32 Stat. 480; 2 U.S.C. 150) and not more than $350,000

20 shall be derived from collections during fiscal year 2000

21 and shall remain available until expended for the develop22 ment and maintenance of an international legal informa23 tion database and activities related thereto: Provided,

24 That the Library of Congress may not obligate or expend

25 any funds derived from collections under the Act of June
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1 28, 1902, in excess of the amount authorized for obliga2 tion or expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided fur3 ther, That the total amount available for obligation shall

4 be reduced by the amount by which collections are less

5 than the $6,850,000: Provided further, That of the total

6 amount appropriated, $10,438,000 is to remain available

7 until expended for acquisition of books, periodicals, news8 papers, and all other materials including subscriptions for

9 bibliographic services for the Library, including $40,000

10 to be available solely for the purchase, when specifically

11 approved by the Librarian, of special and unique materials

12 for additions to the collections: Provided further, That of

13 the total amount appropriated, $2,347,000 is to remain

14 available until expended for the acquisition and partial

15 support for implementation of an Integrated Library Sys16 tem (ILS): Provided further, That of the total amount ap17 propriated, $5,579,000 is to remain available until ex18 pended for the purpose of teaching educators how to incor19 porate the Library’s digital collections into school cur20 ricula, which amount shall be transferred to the edu21 cational consortium formed to conduct the ‘‘Joining

22 Hands Across America: Local Community Initiative’’

23 project as approved by the Library.
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1 COPYRIGHT OFFICE

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office,

4 $37,639,000, of which not more than $20,800,000, to re5 main available until expended, shall be derived from collec6 tions credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 2000

7 under 17 U.S.C. 708(d): Provided, That the Copyright Of8 fice may not obligate or expend any funds derived from

9 collections under 17 U.S.C. 708(d), in excess of the

10 amount authorized for obligation or expenditure in appro11 priations Acts: Provided further, That not more than

12 $5,454,000 shall be derived from collections during fiscal

13 year 2000 under 17 U.S.C. 111(d)(2), 119(b)(2), 802(h),

14 and 1005: Provided further, That the total amount avail15 able for obligation shall be reduced by the amount by

16 which collections are less than $26,254,000: Provided fur17 ther, That not more than $100,000 of the amount appro18 priated is available for the maintenance of an ‘‘Inter19 national Copyright Institute’’ in the Copyright Office of

20 the Library of Congress for the purpose of training nation21 als of developing countries in intellectual property laws

22 and policies: Provided further, That not more than $4,250

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

24 Congress, in connection with official representation and

25 reception expenses for activities of the International Copy-
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1 right Institute and for Copyright delegations, visitors, and

2 seminars.

3 BOOKS FOR THE BLIND AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For salaries and expenses to carry out the Act of

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

7 135a), $48,033,000, of which $14,032,600 shall remain

8 available until expended.

9 FURNITURE AND FURNISHINGS

10 For necessary expenses for the purchase, installation,

11 maintenance, and repair of furniture, furnishings, office

12 and library equipment, $5,415,000.

13 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

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

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

16 not more than $198,390, of which $59,300 is for the Con17 gressional Research Service, when specifically authorized

18 by the Librarian of Congress, for attendance at meetings

19 concerned with the function or activity for which the ap20 propriation is made.

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

22 this Act shall be used by the Library of Congress to ad23 minister any flexible or compressed work schedule which—
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1 (1) applies to any manager or supervisor in

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

3 higher than GS–15; and

4 (2) grants such manager or supervisor the

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

6 workday because of time worked by the manager or

7 supervisor on another workday.

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

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

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

12 SEC. 203. Appropriated funds received by the Library

13 of Congress from other Federal agencies to cover general

14 and administrative overhead costs generated by per15 forming reimbursable work for other agencies under the

16 authority of 31 U.S.C. 1535 and 1536 shall not be used

17 to employ more than 65 employees and may be expended

18 or obligated—

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

15 SEC. 206. (a) For fiscal year 2000, the obligational

16 authority of the Library of Congress for the activities de17 scribed in subsection (b) may not exceed $98,788,000.

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

20 from sources other than appropriations to the Library in

21 appropriations Acts for the legislative branch.

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

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

24 lease or acquisition of severable services for a period that

25 begins in one fiscal year and ends in the next fiscal year
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1 and to enter into multi-year contracts for the acquisition

2 of property and services pursuant to sections 303L and

3 304B, respectively, of the Federal Property and Adminis4 trative Services Act (41 U.S.C. 253l and 254c).

5 SEC. 208. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision

6 of law regarding the qualifications and method of appoint7 ment of employees of the Library of Congress, the Librar8 ian of Congress, using such method of appointment as the

9 Librarian may select, may appoint not more than three

10 individuals who meet such qualifications as the Librarian

11 may impose to serve as management specialists for a term

12 not to exceed three years.

13 (b) No individual appointed as a management spe14 cialist under subsection (a) may serve in such position

15 after December 31, 2004.

16 SEC. 209. (a) section 904 of the Supplemental Appro17 priations Act, 1983 (2 U.S.C. 136a–2) is amended to read

18 as follows:

19 ‘‘SEC. 904. Notwithstanding any other provision of

20 law—

21 ‘‘(1) the Librarian of Congress shall be com22 pensated at an annual rate of pay which is equal to

23 the annual rate of basic pay payable for positions at

24 level II of the Executive Schedule under section

25 5313 of title 5, United States Code; and
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1 ‘‘(2) the Deputy Librarian of Congress shall be

2 compensated at an annual rate of pay which is equal

3 to the annual rate of basic pay payable for positions

4 at level III of the Executive Schedule under section

5 5314 of title 5, United States Code.’’.

6 (b) section 203(c)(1) of the Legislative Reorganiza7 tion Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 166(c)(1)) is amended by strik8 ing the second sentence and inserting the following: ‘‘The

9 basic pay of the Director shall be at a per annum rate

10 equal to the rate of basic pay provided for level III of the

11 Executive Schedule under section 5314 of title 5, United

12 States Code.’’.

13 (c) The amendments made by this section shall apply

14 with respect to the first pay period which begins on or

15 after the date of the enactment of this Act and each subse16 quent pay period.

17 ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

18 LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

19 STRUCTURAL AND MECHANICAL CARE

20 For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and

21 structural maintenance, care and operation of the Library

22 buildings and grounds, $17,782,000, of which $5,150,000

23 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 Doc5 uments necessary to provide for the cataloging and index6 ing of Government publications and their distribution to

7 the public, Members of Congress, other Government agen8 cies, and designated depository and international exchange

9 libraries as authorized by law, $29,986,000: Provided,

10 That travel expenses, including travel expenses of the De11 pository Library Council to the Public Printer, shall not

12 exceed $175,000: Provided further, That amounts of not

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

14 are authorized for producing and disseminating Congres15 sional serial sets and other related publications for 1998

16 and 1999 to depository and other designated libraries.

17 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE REVOLVING FUND

18 The Government Printing Office is hereby authorized

19 to make such expenditures, within the limits of funds

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

21 contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year

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

23 States Code, as may be necessary in carrying out the pro24 grams and purposes set forth in the budget for the current

25 fiscal year for the Government Printing Office revolving
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1 fund: Provided, That not more than $2,500 may be ex2 pended on the certification of the Public Printer in connec3 tion with official representation and reception expenses:

4 Provided further, That the revolving fund shall be available

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

6 motor vehicles: Provided further, That expenditures in con7 nection with travel expenses of the advisory councils to

8 the Public Printer shall be deemed necessary to carry out

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

10 further, That the revolving fund shall be available for tem11 porary or intermittent services under section 3109(b) of

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

13 not more than the daily equivalent of the annual rate of

14 basic pay for level V of the Executive Schedule under sec15 tion 5316 of such title: Provided further, That the revolv16 ing fund and the funds provided under the headings ‘‘OF17 FICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS’’ and ‘‘SALA18 RIES AND EXPENSES’’ together may not be available for

19 the full-time equivalent employment of more than 3,313

20 workyears (or such other number of workyears as the Pub21 lic Printer may request, subject to the approval of the

22 Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the

23 House of Representatives): Provided further, That activi24 ties financed through the revolving fund may provide in25 formation in any format: Provided further, That the re-
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1 volving fund shall not be used to administer any flexible

2 or compressed work schedule which applies to any man3 ager or supervisor in a position the grade or level of which

4 is equal to or higher than GS–15: Provided further, That

5 expenses for attendance at meetings shall not exceed

6 $75,000.

7 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

8 SEC. 210. (a) section 311 of title 44, United States

9 Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new

10 subsection:

11 ‘‘(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, sec12 tion 3709 of the Revised Statutes (41 U.S.C. 5) shall

13 apply with respect to purchases and contracts for the Gov14 ernment Printing Office as if the reference to ‘$25,000’

15 in clause (1) of such section were a reference to

16 ‘$100,000’.’’.

17 (b) The heading of section 311 of title 44, United

18 States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘AUTHORITY’’ and

19 inserting ‘‘AUTHORITY; SMALL PURCHASE THRESH20 OLD’’.

21 (c) The table of sections for chapter 3 of title 44,

22 United States Code, is amended by striking the item relat23 ing to section 311 and inserting the following:

‘‘311. Purchases exempt from the Federal Property and Administrative Services

Act; contract negotiation authority; small purchase threshold.’’.
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1 GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the General Accounting

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

5 the certification of the Comptroller General of the United

6 States in connection with official representation and recep7 tion expenses; temporary or intermittent services under

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

9 for individuals not more than the daily equivalent of the

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

11 Schedule under section 5315 of such title; hire of one pas12 senger motor vehicle; advance payments in foreign coun13 tries in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 3324; benefits com14 parable to those payable under sections 901(5), 901(6),

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

16 4081(5), 4081(6), and 4081(8)); and under regulations

17 prescribed by the Comptroller General of the United

18 States, rental of living quarters in foreign countries,

19 $372,681,000: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C.

20 9105 hereafter amounts reimbursed to the Comptroller

21 General pursuant to that section shall be deposited to the

22 appropriation of the General Accounting Office then avail23 able and remain available until expended, and not more

24 than $1,400,000 of such funds shall be available for use

25 in fiscal year 2000: Provided further, That this appropria-
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1 tion and appropriations for administrative expenses of any

2 other department or agency which is a member of the

3 Joint Financial Management Improvement Program

4 (JFMIP) shall be available to finance an appropriate

5 share of JFMIP costs as determined by the JFMIP, in6 cluding the salary of the Executive Director and secre7 tarial support: Provided further, That this appropriation

8 and appropriations for administrative expenses of any

9 other department or agency which is a member of the

10 National Intergovernmental Audit Forum or a Regional

11 Intergovernmental Audit Forum shall be available to

12 finance an appropriate share of either Forum’s costs as

13 determined by the respective Forum, including necessary

14 travel expenses of non-Federal participants. Payments

15 hereunder to either Forum or the JFMIP may be credited

16 as reimbursements to any appropriation from which costs

17 involved are initially financed: Provided further, That this

18 appropriation and appropriations for administrative ex19 penses of any other department or agency which is a mem20 ber of the American Consortium on International Public

21 Administration (ACIPA) shall be available to finance an

22 appropriate share of ACIPA costs as determined by the

23 ACIPA, including any expenses attributable to member24 ship of ACIPA in the International Institute of Adminis25 trative Sciences.
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1 TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS

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

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

4 vehicles, except for emergency assistance and cleaning as

5 may be provided under regulations relating to parking fa6 cilities for the House of Representatives issued by the

7 Committee on House Administration and for the Senate

8 issued by the Committee on Rules and Administration.

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

10 Act shall remain available for obligation beyond fiscal year

11 2000 unless expressly so provided in this Act.

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

13 not specifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of

14 1929 is appropriated for or the rate of compensation or

15 designation of any office or position appropriated for is

16 different from that specifically established by such Act,

17 the rate of compensation and the designation in this Act

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

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

20 official expenses of Members, officers, and committees of

21 the Senate and House of Representatives, and clerk hire

22 for Senators and Members of the House of Representa23 tives shall be the permanent law with respect thereto.

24 SEC. 304. The expenditure of any appropriation

25 under this Act for any consulting service through procure-
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1 ment contract, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited

2 to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter

3 of public record and available for public inspection, except

4 where otherwise provided under existing law, or under ex5 isting Executive order issued pursuant to existing law.

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

7 to the greatest extent practicable, all equipment and prod8 ucts purchased with funds made available in this Act

9 should be American-made.

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

11 into any contract with, any entity using funds made avail12 able in this Act, the head of each Federal agency, to the

13 greatest extent practicable, shall provide to such entity a

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

15 the Congress.

16 (c) If it has been finally determined by a court or

17 Federal agency that any person intentionally affixed a

18 label bearing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, or any in19 scription with the same meaning, to any product sold in

20 or shipped to the United States that is not made in the

21 United States, such person shall be ineligible to receive

22 any contract or subcontract made with funds provided

23 pursuant to this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspen24 sion, and ineligibility procedures described in section
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1 9.400 through 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regula2 tions.

3 SEC. 306. Such sums as may be necessary are appro4 priated to the account described in subsection (a) of sec5 tion 415 of Public Law 104–1 to pay awards and settle6 ments 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 308 of the Legislative Branch Ap17 propriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105–275; 112 Stat.

18 2452) is amended—

19 (1) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘(40 U.S.C.

20 174j–1(b)(1))’’ and inserting ‘‘(40 U.S.C. 174j–1

21 note)’’;

22 (2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘(40 U.S.C.

23 174j–1(c))’’ and inserting ‘‘(40 U.S.C. 174j–1

24 note)’’; and
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1 (3) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘(40 U.S.C.

2 174j–1(e))’’ and inserting ‘‘(40 U.S.C. 174j–1

3 note)’’.

4 SEC. 309. Notwithstanding any other provision of

5 this Act, appropriations under this Act for the following

6 agencies and activities are reduced by the following respec7 tive amounts:

8 House of Representatives, Salaries and Ex9 penses, $29,135,000, from which the following ac10 counts are to be reduced by the following amounts:

11 House Leadership Offices, $142,000;

12 Members’ Representational Allowances In13 cluding Members’ Clerk Hire, Official Expenses

14 of Members, and Official Mail, $28,297,000;

15 Committee on Appropriations, $213,000;

16 and

17 Salaries, Officers and Employees,

18 $483,000 to be derived from other authorized

19 employees.

20 Architect of the Capitol, Capitol Buildings and

21 Grounds, Capitol Buildings, Salaries and Expenses,

22 $1,465,000;

23 Architect of the Capitol, Capitol Buildings and

24 Grounds, House Office Buildings, $3,400,000;
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1 Architect of the Capitol, Capitol Buildings and

2 Grounds, Capitol Power Plant, $4,400,000;

3 Library of Congress, Congressional Research

4 Service, Salaries and Expenses, $315,000;

5 Government Printing Office, Congressional

6 Printing and Binding, $4,127,000;

7 Library of Congress, Salaries and Expenses,

8 $685,000;

9 Library of Congress, Furniture and Fur10 nishings, $5,415,000;

11 Architect of the Capitol, Library Buildings and

12 Grounds, Structural and Mechanical Care,

13 $4,372,000; and

14 General Accounting Office, Salaries and Ex15 penses, $1,500,000:

16 Provided, That the amount reduced under House of Rep17 resentatives, House Leadership Offices, shall be distrib18 uted among the various leadership offices as approved by

19 the Committee on Appropriations: Provided further, That

20 the amount to remain available under the heading Archi21 tect of the Capitol, Capitol Buildings and Grounds, Cap22 itol Buildings, Salaries and Expenses, is reduced by

23 $1,465,000; the amount to remain available under the

24 heading Architect of the Capitol, Capitol Buildings and

25 Grounds, House Office Buildings, is reduced by
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1 $3,400,000; and the amount to remain available under the

2 heading Architect of the Capitol, Library Buildings and

3 Grounds, Structural and Mechanical Care, is reduced by

4 $4,000,000.

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

Passed the House of Representatives June 10, 1999.

Attest:

Clerk.