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106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1905

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JUNE 16, 1999

Ordered to be printed with the amendments of the Senate numbered

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

4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the

5 Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September

6 30, 2000, and for other purposes, namely:

7 TITLE I—CONGRESSIONAL OPERATIONS

8 Ω1æSENATE

9 EXPENSE ALLOWANCES

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

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

12 Leader of the Senate, $10,000; Minority Leader of the Sen-
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1 ate, $10,000; Majority Whip of the Senate, $5,000; Minority

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

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

4 Chairman; in all, $56,000.

5 REPRESENTATION ALLOWANCES FOR THE MAJORITY AND

6 MINORITY LEADERS

7 For representation allowances of the Majority and Mi8 nority Leaders of the Senate, $15,000 for each such Leader;

9 in all, $30,000.

10 SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

11 For compensation of officers, employees, and others as

12 authorized by law, including agency contributions,

13 $89,968,000, which shall be paid from this appropriation

14 without regard to the below limitations, as follows:

15 OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT

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

17 OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE

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

19 OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERS

20 For Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders,

21 $2,644,000.

22 OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY WHIPS

23 For Offices of the Majority and Minority Whips,

24 $1,634,000.
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1 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

2 For salaries of the Committee on Appropriations,

3 $6,525,000.

4 CONFERENCE COMMITTEES

5 For the Conference of the Majority and the Conference

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

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

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

9 OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES OF THE CONFERENCE OF

10 THE MAJORITY AND THE CONFERENCE OF THE MINORITY

11 For Offices of the Secretaries of the Conference of the

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

13 POLICY COMMITTEES

14 For salaries of the Majority Policy Committee and the

15 Minority Policy Committee, $1,151,000 for each such com16 mittee; in all, $2,302,000.

17 OFFICE OF THE CHAPLAIN

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

19 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

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

21 OFFICE OF THE SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER

22 For Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper,

23 $34,794,000.
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1 OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND

2 MINORITY

3 For Offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the

4 Secretary for the Minority, $1,246,000.

5 AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS AND RELATED EXPENSES

6 For agency contributions for employee benefits, as au7 thorized by law, and related expenses, $21,332,000.

8 OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL OF THE SENATE

9 For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legisla10 tive Counsel of the Senate, $3,901,000.

11 OFFICE OF SENATE LEGAL COUNSEL

12 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate Legal

13 Counsel, $1,035,000.

14 EXPENSE ALLOWANCES OF THE SECRETARY OF THE SEN15 ATE, SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE

16 SENATE, AND SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND

17 MINORITY OF THE SENATE

18 For expense allowances of the Secretary of the Senate,

19 $3,000; Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate,

20 $3,000; Secretary for the Majority of the Senate, $3,000;

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

22 $12,000.
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1 CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE

2 INQUIRIES AND INVESTIGATIONS

3 For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered

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

5 Public Law 601, Seventy-ninth Congress, as amended, sec6 tion 112 of Public Law 96–304 and Senate Resolution 281,

7 agreed to March 11, 1980, $71,604,000.

8 EXPENSES OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE CAUCUS ON

9 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL

10 For expenses of the United States Senate Caucus on

11 International Narcotics Control, $370,000.

12 SECRETARY OF THE SENATE

13 For expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the Sen14 ate, $1,511,000.

15 SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE SENATE

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

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

18 MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

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

20 SENATORS’ OFFICIAL PERSONNEL AND OFFICE EXPENSE

21 ACCOUNT

22 For Senators’ Official Personnel and Office Expense

23 Account, $245,703,000.

24 OFFICIAL MAIL COSTS

25 For expenses necessary for official mail costs of the

26 Senate, $300,000.
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

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

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

4 paragraph (3)(A) of section 506(b) of the Supplemental Ap5 propriations Act, 1973 (2 U.S.C. 58(b)) is amended to read

6 as follows:

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

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

9 $252,784, Arizona, $200,830, Arkansas, $169,453,

10 California, $474,426, Colorado, $189,246, Con11 necticut, $161,999, Delaware, $128,102, Florida,

12 $305,664, Georgia, $213,982, Hawaii, $280,277,

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

14 $196,677, Iowa, $172,129, Kansas, $169,343, Ken15 tucky, $179,294, Louisiana, $187,141, Maine,

16 $148,779, Maryland, $173,860, Massachusetts,

17 $197,265, Michigan, $238,866, Minnesota, $189,441,

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

19 $162,375, Nebraska, $161,164, Nevada, $173,159, New

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

21 Mexico, $167,622, New York, $329,562, North Caro22 lina, $216,136, North Dakota, $150,545, Ohio,

23 $261,920, Oklahoma, $182,009, Oregon, $191,432,

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

25 South Carolina, $172,723, South Dakota, $152,385,
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1 Tennessee, $194,539, Texas, $354,501, Utah,

2 $170,413, Vermont, $136,826, Virginia, $196,177,

3 Washington, $216,915, West Virginia, $148,814, Wis4 consin, $193,708, Wyoming, $153,169, plus’’.

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

6 of the dollar amounts contained in the table under section

7 105(d)(1)(A) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act,

8 1968 (2 U.S.C. 61–1(d)(1)(A)) shall be deemed to be the

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

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

11 each.

12 SEC. 3. SENATE OFFICE SPACE ALLOCATIONS. Section

13 3 under the heading ‘‘ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS’’ in the

14 appropriation for the Senate in the Legislative Branch Ap15 propriations Act, 1975 (2 U.S.C. 59; 88 Stat. 428) is

16 amended—

17 (1) in subsection (b)—

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

19 inserting the following:

20 ‘‘(1) 5,000 square feet if the population of the

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

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

23 and inserting ‘‘8,200’’; and
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1 (C) by redesignating paragraphs (3)

2 through (13) as paragraphs (2) through (12), re3 spectively; and

4 (2) in subsection (c)(2)—

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

6 ‘‘$40,000’’;

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

8 ‘‘5,000’’;

9 (C) by striking ‘‘$734’’ and inserting

10 ‘‘$1,000’’; and

11 (D) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘Ef12 fective beginning with the 106th Congress, the

13 aggregate amount in effect under this paragraph

14 for any Congress shall be increased by the infla15 tion adjustment factor for the calendar year in

16 which the Congress begins. For purposes of the

17 preceding sentence, the inflation adjustment fac18 tor for any calendar year is a fraction the nu19 merator of which is the implicit price deflator

20 for the gross domestic product as computed and

21 published by the Department of Commerce for

22 the preceding calendar year and the denominator

23 of which is such deflator for the calendar year

24 1998.’’.
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1 SEC. 4. Section 6(c) of the Legislative Branch Appro2 priations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105–275; 2 U.S.C. 121b–

3 1(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following:

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

5 1946 (40 U.S.C. 193d), except for the provisions relating

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

7 pursuant to this section, subject to approval of such activi8 ties by the Committee on Rules and Administration.’’.

9 SEC. 5. The first section of Public Law 87–82 (40

10 U.S.C. 174j–1) is amended by adding at the end the fol11 lowing: ‘‘The provisions of section 4 of the Act of July 31,

12 1946 (40 U.S.C. 193d), except for the provisions relating

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

14 pursuant to this section, subject to the approval of such ac15 tivities by the Committee on Rules and Administration.’’.

16 SEC. 6. The Legislative Counsel may, subject to the ap17 proval of the President pro tempore of the Senate, designate

18 one of the Senior Counsels appointed under section 102 of

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

20 274 note; Public Law 95–391; 92 Stat. 771) as Deputy Leg21 islative Counsel. The Deputy Legislative Counsel shall per22 form the functions of the Legislative Counsel during the ab23 sence or disability of the Legislative Counsel, or when the

24 office is vacant.
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1 SEC. 7. Section 814(i) of the Foreign Relations Au2 thorization Act, Fiscal Years 1986 and 1987 (22 U.S.C.

3 2291 note) is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 1999’’

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

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 Ω2æJOINT 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 JOINT ITEMS

20 For Joint Committees, as follows:

21 JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE

22 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic Com23 mittee, $3,200,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the

24 Senate.
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1 JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION

2 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on

3 Taxation, $6,456,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Adminis4 trative Officer of the House.

5 JOINT COMMITTEE ON THE LIBRARY

6 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on

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

8 the Senate.

9 For other joint items, as follows:

10 OFFICE OF THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN

11 For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent ex12 penses of the emergency rooms, and for the Attending Physi13 cian and his assistants, including: (1) an allowance of

14 $1,500 per month to the Attending Physician; (2) an allow15 ance of $500 per month each to three medical officers while

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

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

18 month each not to exceed eleven assistants on the basis here19 tofore provided for such assistants; and (4) $1,002,600 for

20 reimbursement to the Department of the Navy for expenses

21 incurred for staff and equipment assigned to the Office of

22 the Attending Physician, which shall be advanced and cred23 ited to the applicable appropriation or appropriations from

24 which such salaries, allowances, and other expenses are pay25 able and shall be available for all the purposes thereof,
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1 $1,898,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Administrative Of2 ficer of the House.

3 CAPITOL POLICE BOARD

4 CAPITOL POLICE

5 SALARIES

6 For the Capitol Police Board for salaries of officers,

7 members, and employees of the Capitol Police, including

8 overtime, hazardous duty pay differential, clothing allow9 ance of not more than $600 each for members required to

10 wear civilian attire, and Government contributions for

11 health, retirement, Social Security, and other applicable

12 employee benefits, $80,783,000, of which $38,648,000 is pro13 vided to the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representa14 tives, to be disbursed by the Chief Administrative Officer

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

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

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

18 appropriated under this heading, such amounts as may be

19 necessary may be transferred between the Sergeant at Arms

20 of the House of Representatives and the Sergeant at Arms

21 and Doorkeeper of the Senate, upon approval of the Com22 mittee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives

23 and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.
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1 GENERAL EXPENSES

2 For the Capitol Police Board for necessary expenses

3 of the Capitol Police, including motor vehicles, communica4 tions and other equipment, security equipment and instal5 lation, uniforms, weapons, supplies, materials, training,

6 medical services, forensic services, stenographic services,

7 personal and professional services, the employee assistance

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

9 postage, telephone service, travel advances, relocation of in10 structor and liaison personnel for the Federal Law Enforce11 ment Training Center, and $85 per month for extra services

12 performed for the Capitol Police Board by an employee of

13 the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate or the House of Rep14 resentatives designated by the Chairman of the Board,

15 $7,913,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Administrative Of16 ficer of the House of Representatives: Provided, That, not17 withstanding any other provision of law, the cost of basic

18 training for the Capitol Police at the Federal Law Enforce19 ment Training Center for fiscal year 2000 shall be paid

20 by the Secretary of the Treasury from funds available to

21 the Department of the Treasury.

22 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

23 SEC. 101. Amounts appropriated for fiscal year 2000

24 for the Capitol Police Board for the Capitol Police may be
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1 transferred between the headings ‘‘SALARIES’’ and ‘‘GEN2 ERAL EXPENSES’’ upon the approval of—

3 (1) the Committee on Appropriations of the

4 House of Representatives, in the case of amounts

5 transferred from the appropriation provided to the

6 Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives

7 under the heading ‘‘SALARIES’’;

8 (2) the Committee on Appropriations of the Sen9 ate, in the case of amounts transferred from the ap10 propriation provided to the Sergeant at Arms and

11 Doorkeeper of the Senate under the heading ‘‘SALA12 RIES’’; and

13 (3) the Committees on Appropriations of the

14 Senate and the House of Representatives, in the case

15 of other transfers.

16 CAPITOL GUIDE SERVICE AND SPECIAL SERVICES OFFICE

17 For salaries and expenses of the Capitol Guide Service

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

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

20 amount may be used to employ more than forty-three indi21 viduals: Provided further, That the Capitol Guide Board

22 is authorized, during emergencies, to employ not more than

23 two additional individuals for not more than 120 days

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

25 more than six months each, for the Capitol Guide Service.
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1 STATEMENTS OF APPROPRIATIONS

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

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

5 One Hundred Sixth Congress, showing appropriations

6 made, indefinite appropriations, and contracts authorized,

7 together with a chronological history of the regular appro8 priations bills as required by law, $30,000, to be paid to

9 the persons designated by the chairmen of such committees

10 to supervise the work.

11 OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Compliance,

14 as authorized by section 305 of the Congressional Account15 ability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1385), $2,000,000.

16 CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 For salaries and expenses necessary to carry out the

19 provisions of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (Public

20 Law 93–344), including not more than $2,500 to be ex21 pended on the certification of the Director of the Congres22 sional Budget Office in connection with official representa23 tion and reception expenses, $26,221,000: Provided, That

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

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

2 CAPITOL BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

3 CAPITOL BUILDINGS

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For salaries for the Architect of the Capitol, the Assist6 ant Architect of the Capitol, and other personal services,

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

8 in connection with activities under the care of the Architect

9 of the Capitol; for all necessary expenses for the mainte10 nance, care and operation of the Capitol and electrical sub11 stations of the Senate and House office buildings under the

12 jurisdiction of the Architect of the Capitol, including fur13 nishings and office equipment, including not more than

14 $1,000 for official reception and representation expenses, to

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

16 for purchase or exchange, maintenance and operation of a

17 passenger motor vehicle; and not to exceed $20,000 for at18 tendance, when specifically authorized by the Architect of

19 the Capitol, at meetings or conventions in connection with

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

21 $48,195,000, of which $7,620,000 shall remain available

22 until expended.

23 CAPITOL GROUNDS

24 For all necessary expenses for care and improvement

25 of grounds surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House
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1 office buildings, and the Capitol Power Plant, $5,627,000,

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

3 SENATE OFFICE BUILDINGS

4 For all necessary expenses for maintenance, care and

5 operation of Senate office buildings; and furniture and fur6 nishings to be expended under the control and supervision

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

8 $22,305,000 shall remain available until expended.

9 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS

10 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care

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

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

13 Ω3æCAPITOL POWER PLANT

14 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care

15 and operation of the Capitol Power Plant; lighting, heat16 ing, power (including the purchase of electrical energy)

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

18 House office buildings, Library of Congress buildings, and

19 the grounds about the same, Botanic Garden, Senate ga20 rage, and air conditioning refrigeration not supplied from

21 plants in any of such buildings; heating the Government

22 Printing Office and Washington City Post Office, and

23 heating and chilled water for air conditioning for the Su24 preme Court Building, the Union Station complex, the

25 Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building and the
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1 Folger Shakespeare Library, expenses for which shall be

2 advanced or reimbursed upon request of the Architect of

3 the Capitol and amounts so received shall be deposited

4 into the Treasury to the credit of this appropriation,

5 $39,180,000: Provided, That not more than $4,000,000

6 of the funds credited or to be reimbursed to this appro7 priation as herein provided shall be available for obligation

8 during fiscal year 2000.

9 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

10 CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions

13 of section 203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of

14 1946 (2 U.S.C. 166) and to revise and extend the Anno15 tated Constitution of the United States of America,

16 $71,255,000: Provided, That no part of such amount may

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

18 any publication, or preparation of material therefor (ex19 cept the Digest of Public General Bills), to be issued by

20 the Library of Congress unless such publication has ob21 tained prior approval of either the Committee on House

22 Administration of the House of Representatives or the

23 Committee on Rules and 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

7 and session index to the Congressional Record, as author8 ized by law (44 U.S.C. 902); printing and binding of Gov9 ernment publications authorized by law to be distributed

10 to Members of Congress; and printing, binding, and dis11 tribution of Government publications authorized by law to

12 be distributed without charge to the recipient,

13 $77,704,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall not

14 be available for paper copies of the permanent edition of

15 the Congressional Record for individual Representatives,

16 Resident Commissioners or Delegates authorized under 44

17 U.S.C. 906: Provided further, That this appropriation

18 shall be available for the payment of obligations incurred

19 under the appropriations for similar purposes for pre20 ceding fiscal years: Provided further, That notwithstanding

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

22 States Code, none of the funds appropriated or made

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

24 binding and related services provided to Congress under

25 chapter 7 of title 44, United States Code, may be ex-
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1 pended to print a document, report, or publication after

2 the 27–month period beginning on the date that such doc3 ument, report, or publication is authorized by Congress

4 to be printed, unless Congress reauthorizes such printing

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

6 Code.

7 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Congressional Oper8 ations Appropriations Act, 2000’’.

9 TITLE II—OTHER AGENCIES

10 BOTANIC GARDEN

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care

13 and operation of the Botanic Garden and the nurseries,

14 buildings, grounds, and collections; and purchase and ex15 change, maintenance, repair, and operation of a passenger

16 motor vehicle; all under the direction of the Joint Com17 mittee on the Library, $3,538,000.

18 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 For necessary expenses of the Library of Congress

21 not otherwise provided for, including development and

22 maintenance of the Union Catalogs; custody and custodial

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

24 laundering and repair of uniforms; preservation of motion

25 pictures in the custody of the Library; operation and
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1 maintenance of the American Folklife Center in the Li2 brary; preparation and distribution of catalog records and

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

4 passenger motor vehicle; and expenses of the Library of

5 Congress Trust Fund Board not properly chargeable to

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

7 $256,970,000, of which not more than $6,500,000 shall

8 be derived from collections credited to this appropriation

9 during fiscal year 2000, and shall remain available until

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

11 32 Stat. 480; 2 U.S.C. 150) and not more than $350,000

12 shall be derived from collections during fiscal year 2000

13 and shall remain available until expended for the develop14 ment and maintenance of an international legal informa15 tion database and activities related thereto: Provided,

16 That the Library of Congress may not obligate or expend

17 any funds derived from collections under the Act of June

18 28, 1902, in excess of the amount authorized for obliga19 tion or expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided fur20 ther, That the total amount available for obligation shall

21 be reduced by the amount by which collections are less

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

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

24 until expended for acquisition of books, periodicals, news25 papers, and all other materials including subscriptions for
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1 bibliographic services for the Library, including $40,000

2 to be available solely for the purchase, when specifically

3 approved by the Librarian, of special and unique materials

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

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

6 available until expended for the acquisition and partial

7 support for implementation of an Integrated Library Sys8 tem (ILS): Provided further, That of the total amount ap9 propriated, $5,579,000 is to remain available until ex10 pended for the purpose of teaching educators how to incor11 porate the Library’s digital collections into school cur12 ricula, which amount shall be transferred to the edu13 cational consortium formed to conduct the ‘‘Joining

14 Hands Across America: Local Community Initiative’’

15 project as approved by the Library.

16 COPYRIGHT OFFICE

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office,

19 $37,639,000, of which not more than $20,800,000, to re20 main available until expended, shall be derived from collec21 tions credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 2000

22 under 17 U.S.C. 708(d): Provided, That the Copyright Of23 fice may not obligate or expend any funds derived from

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

25 amount authorized for obligation or expenditure in appro-
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1 priations Acts: Provided further, That not more than

2 $5,454,000 shall be derived from collections during fiscal

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

4 and 1005: Provided further, That the total amount avail5 able for obligation shall be reduced by the amount by

6 which collections are less than $26,254,000: Provided fur7 ther, That not more than $100,000 of the amount appro8 priated is available for the maintenance of an ‘‘Inter9 national Copyright Institute’’ in the Copyright Office of

10 the Library of Congress for the purpose of training nation11 als of developing countries in intellectual property laws

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

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

14 Congress, in connection with official representation and

15 reception expenses for activities of the International Copy16 right Institute and for Copyright delegations, visitors, and

17 seminars.

18 BOOKS FOR THE BLIND AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 For salaries and expenses to carry out the Act of

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

22 135a), $48,033,000, of which $14,032,600 shall remain

23 available until expended.
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1 FURNITURE AND FURNISHINGS

2 For necessary expenses for the purchase, installation,

3 maintenance, and repair of furniture, furnishings, office

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

5 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

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

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

8 not more than $198,390, of which $59,300 is for the Con9 gressional Research Service, when specifically authorized

10 by the Librarian of Congress, for attendance at meetings

11 concerned with the function or activity for which the ap12 propriation is made.

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

14 this Act shall be used by the Library of Congress to ad15 minister any flexible or compressed work schedule which—

16 (1) applies to any manager or supervisor in

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

18 higher than GS–15; and

19 (2) grants such manager or supervisor the

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

21 workday because of time worked by the manager or

22 supervisor on another workday.

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

24 or supervisor’’ means any management official or super-
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1 visor, as such terms are defined in section 7103(a)(10)

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

3 SEC. 203. Appropriated funds received by the Library

4 of Congress from other Federal agencies to cover general

5 and administrative overhead costs generated by per6 forming reimbursable work for other agencies under the

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

8 to employ more than 65 employees and may be expended

9 or obligated—

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

11 extent or in such amounts as are provided in appro12 priations Acts; or

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

14 (A) to pay for such general or administra15 tive overhead costs as are attributable to the

16 work performed for such agency; or

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

18 are provided in appropriations Acts, with re19 spect to any purpose not allowable under sub20 paragraph (A).

21 SEC. 204. Of the amounts appropriated to the Li22 brary of Congress in this Act, not more than $5,000 may

23 be expended, on the certification of the Librarian of Con24 gress, in connection with official representation and recep25 tion expenses for the incentive awards program.
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1 SEC. 205. Of the amount appropriated to the Library

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

3 expended, on the certification of the Librarian of Con4 gress, in connection with official representation and recep5 tion expenses for the Overseas Field Offices.

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

7 authority of the Library of Congress for the activities de8 scribed in subsection (b) may not exceed $98,788,000.

9 (b) The activities referred to in subsection (a) are re10 imbursable and revolving fund activities that are funded

11 from sources other than appropriations to the Library in

12 appropriations Acts for the legislative branch.

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

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

15 lease or acquisition of severable services for a period that

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

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

18 of property and services pursuant to sections 303L and

19 304B, respectively, of the Federal Property and Adminis20 trative Services Act (41 U.S.C. 253l and 254c).

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

22 of law regarding the qualifications and method of appoint23 ment of employees of the Library of Congress, the Librar24 ian of Congress, using such method of appointment as the

25 Librarian may select, may appoint not more than three
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1 individuals who meet such qualifications as the Librarian

2 may impose to serve as management specialists for a term

3 not to exceed three years.

4 (b) No individual appointed as a management spe5 cialist under subsection (a) may serve in such position

6 after December 31, 2004.

7 SEC. 209. (a) section 904 of the Supplemental Appro8 priations Act, 1983 (2 U.S.C. 136a–2) is amended to read

9 as follows:

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

11 law—

12 ‘‘(1) the Librarian of Congress shall be com13 pensated at an annual rate of pay which is equal to

14 the annual rate of basic pay payable for positions at

15 level II of the Executive Schedule under section

16 5313 of title 5, United States Code; and

17 ‘‘(2) the Deputy Librarian of Congress shall be

18 compensated at an annual rate of pay which is equal

19 to the annual rate of basic pay payable for positions

20 at level III of the Executive Schedule under section

21 5314 of title 5, United States Code.’’.

22 (b) section 203(c)(1) of the Legislative Reorganiza23 tion Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 166(c)(1)) is amended by strik24 ing the second sentence and inserting the following: ‘‘The

25 basic pay of the Director shall be at a per annum rate
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1 equal to the rate of basic pay provided for level III of the

2 Executive Schedule under section 5314 of title 5, United

3 States Code.’’.

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

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

6 after the date of the enactment of this Act and each subse7 quent pay period.

8 ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

9 LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

10 STRUCTURAL AND MECHANICAL CARE

11 For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and

12 structural maintenance, care and operation of the Library

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

14 shall remain available until expended.

15 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

16 OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 For expenses of the Office of Superintendent of Doc19 uments necessary to provide for the cataloging and index20 ing of Government publications and their distribution to

21 the public, Members of Congress, other Government agen22 cies, and designated depository and international exchange

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

24 That travel expenses, including travel expenses of the De25 pository Library Council to the Public Printer, shall not
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1 exceed $175,000: Provided further, That amounts of not

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

3 are authorized for producing and disseminating Congres4 sional serial sets and other related publications for 1998

5 and 1999 to depository and other designated libraries.

6 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE REVOLVING FUND

7 The Government Printing Office is hereby authorized

8 to make such expenditures, within the limits of funds

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

10 contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year

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

12 States Code, as may be necessary in carrying out the pro13 grams and purposes set forth in the budget for the current

14 fiscal year for the Government Printing Office revolving

15 fund: Provided, That not more than $2,500 may be ex16 pended on the certification of the Public Printer in connec17 tion with official representation and reception expenses:

18 Provided further, That the revolving fund shall be available

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

20 motor vehicles: Provided further, That expenditures in con21 nection with travel expenses of the advisory councils to

22 the Public Printer shall be deemed necessary to carry out

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

24 further, That the revolving fund shall be available for tem25 porary or intermittent services under section 3109(b) of
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1 title 5, United States Code, but at rates for individuals

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

3 basic pay for level V of the Executive Schedule under sec4 tion 5316 of such title: Provided further, That the revolv5 ing fund and the funds provided under the headings ‘‘OF6 FICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS’’ and ‘‘SALA7 RIES AND EXPENSES’’ together may not be available for

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

9 workyears (or such other number of workyears as the Pub10 lic Printer may request, subject to the approval of the

11 Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the

12 House of Representatives): Provided further, That activi13 ties financed through the revolving fund may provide in14 formation in any format: Provided further, That the re15 volving fund shall not be used to administer any flexible

16 or compressed work schedule which applies to any man17 ager or supervisor in a position the grade or level of which

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

19 expenses for attendance at meetings shall not exceed

20 $75,000.

21 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

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

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

24 subsection:
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1 ‘‘(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, sec2 tion 3709 of the Revised Statutes (41 U.S.C. 5) shall

3 apply with respect to purchases and contracts for the Gov4 ernment Printing Office as if the reference to ‘$25,000’

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

6 ‘$100,000’.’’.

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

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

9 inserting ‘‘AUTHORITY; SMALL PURCHASE THRESH10 OLD’’.

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

12 United States Code, is amended by striking the item relat13 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.’’.

14 GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 For necessary expenses of the General Accounting

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

18 the certification of the Comptroller General of the United

19 States in connection with official representation and recep20 tion expenses; temporary or intermittent services under

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

22 for individuals not more than the daily equivalent of the

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

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

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

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

6 prescribed by the Comptroller General of the United

7 States, rental of living quarters in foreign countries,

8 $372,681,000: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C.

9 9105 hereafter amounts reimbursed to the Comptroller

10 General pursuant to that section shall be deposited to the

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

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

14 in fiscal year 2000: Provided further, That this appropria15 tion and appropriations for administrative expenses of any

16 other department or agency which is a member of the

17 Joint Financial Management Improvement Program

18 (JFMIP) shall be available to finance an appropriate

19 share of JFMIP costs as determined by the JFMIP, in20 cluding the salary of the Executive Director and secre21 tarial support: Provided further, That this appropriation

22 and appropriations for administrative expenses of any

23 other department or agency which is a member of the

24 National Intergovernmental Audit Forum or a Regional

25 Intergovernmental Audit Forum shall be available to
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1 finance an appropriate share of either Forum’s costs as

2 determined by the respective Forum, including necessary

3 travel expenses of non-Federal participants. Payments

4 hereunder to either Forum or the JFMIP may be credited

5 as reimbursements to any appropriation from which costs

6 involved are initially financed: Provided further, That this

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

10 Administration (ACIPA) shall be available to finance an

11 appropriate share of ACIPA costs as determined by the

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

15 TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS

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

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

18 vehicles, except for emergency assistance and cleaning as

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

21 Committee on House Administration and for the Senate

22 issued by the Committee on Rules and Administration.

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

24 Act shall remain available for obligation beyond fiscal year

25 2000 unless expressly so provided in this Act.
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1 SEC. 303. Whenever in this Act any office or position

2 not specifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of

3 1929 is appropriated for or the rate of compensation or

4 designation of any office or position appropriated for is

5 different from that specifically established by such Act,

6 the rate of compensation and the designation in this Act

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

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

9 official expenses of Members, officers, and committees of

10 the Senate and House of Representatives, and clerk hire

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

13 SEC. 304. The expenditure of any appropriation

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

16 to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter

17 of public record and available for public inspection, except

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

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

21 to the greatest extent practicable, all equipment and prod22 ucts purchased with funds made available in this Act

23 should be American-made.

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

25 into any contract with, any entity using funds made avail-
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1 able in this Act, the head of each Federal agency, to the

2 greatest extent practicable, shall provide to such entity a

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

4 the Congress.

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

6 Federal agency that any person intentionally affixed a

7 label bearing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, or any in8 scription with the same meaning, to any product sold in

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

10 United States, such person shall be ineligible to receive

11 any contract or subcontract made with funds provided

12 pursuant to this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspen13 sion, and ineligibility procedures described in section

14 9.400 through 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regula15 tions.

16 SEC. 306. Such sums as may be necessary are appro17 priated to the account described in subsection (a) of sec18 tion 415 of Public Law 104–1 to pay awards and settle19 ments as authorized under such subsection.

20 SEC. 307. Amounts available for administrative ex21 penses of any legislative branch entity which participates

22 in the Legislative Branch Financial Managers Council

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

24 be available to finance an appropriate share of LBFMC

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

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

4 SEC. 308. section 308 of the Legislative Branch Ap5 propriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105–275; 112 Stat.

6 2452) is amended—

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

8 174j–1(b)(1))’’ and inserting ‘‘(40 U.S.C. 174j–1

9 note)’’;

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

11 174j–1(c))’’ and inserting ‘‘(40 U.S.C. 174j–1

12 note)’’; and

13 (3) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘(40 U.S.C.

14 174j–1(e))’’ and inserting ‘‘(40 U.S.C. 174j–1

15 note)’’.

16 SEC. 309. Notwithstanding any other provision of

17 this Act, appropriations under this Act for the following

18 agencies and activities are reduced by the following respec19 tive amounts:

20 House of Representatives, Salaries and Ex21 penses, $29,135,000, from which the following ac22 counts are to be reduced by the following amounts:

23 House Leadership Offices, $142,000;
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1 Members’ Representational Allowances In2 cluding Members’ Clerk Hire, Official Expenses

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

4 Committee on Appropriations, $213,000;

5 and

6 Salaries, Officers and Employees,

7 $483,000 to be derived from other authorized

8 employees.

9 Architect of the Capitol, Capitol Buildings and

10 Grounds, Capitol Buildings, Salaries and Expenses,

11 $1,465,000;

12 Architect of the Capitol, Capitol Buildings and

13 Grounds, House Office Buildings, $3,400,000;

14 Architect of the Capitol, Capitol Buildings and

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

16 Library of Congress, Congressional Research

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

18 Government Printing Office, Congressional

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

20 Library of Congress, Salaries and Expenses,

21 $685,000;

22 Library of Congress, Furniture and Fur23 nishings, $5,415,000;
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1 Architect of the Capitol, Library Buildings and

2 Grounds, Structural and Mechanical Care,

3 $4,372,000; and

4 General Accounting Office, Salaries and Ex5 penses, $1,500,000:

6 Provided, That the amount reduced under House of Rep7 resentatives, House Leadership Offices, shall be distrib8 uted among the various leadership offices as approved by

9 the Committee on Appropriations: Provided further, That

10 the amount to remain available under the heading Archi11 tect of the Capitol, Capitol Buildings and Grounds, Cap12 itol Buildings, Salaries and Expenses, is reduced by

13 $1,465,000; the amount to remain available under the

14 heading Architect of the Capitol, Capitol Buildings and

15 Grounds, House Office Buildings, is reduced by

16 $3,400,000; and the amount to remain available under the

17 heading Architect of the Capitol, Library Buildings and

18 Grounds, Structural and Mechanical Care, is reduced by

19 $4,000,000.

20 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative Branch Ap21 propriations Act, 2000’’.

22 CAPITOL POWER PLANT

23 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care

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

25 power (including the purchase of electrical energy) and
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1 water and sewer services for the Capitol, Senate and House

2 office buildings, Library of Congress buildings, and the

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

4 and air conditioning refrigeration not supplied from plants

5 in any of such buildings; heating the Government Printing

6 Office and Washington City Post Office, and heating and

7 chilled water for air conditioning for the Supreme Court

8 Building, the Union Station complex, the Thurgood Mar9 shall Federal Judiciary Building and the Folger Shake10 speare Library, expenses for which shall be advanced or re11 imbursed upon request of the Architect of the Capitol and

12 amounts so received shall be deposited into the Treasury

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

14 $6,000,000 shall remain available until expended: Provided,

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

16 be reimbursed to this appropriation as herein provided

17 shall be available for obligation during fiscal year 2000.

18 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

19 CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of

22 section 203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946

23 (2 U.S.C. 166) and to revise and extend the Annotated Con24 stitution of the United States of America, $71,244,000: Pro25 vided, That no part of such amount may be used to pay
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1 any salary or expense in connection with any publication,

2 or preparation of material therefor (except the Digest of

3 Public General Bills), to be issued by the Library of Con4 gress unless such publication has obtained prior approval

5 of either the Committee on House Administration of the

6 House of Representatives or the Committee on Rules and

7 Administration of the Senate.

8 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

9 CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING AND BINDING

10 For authorized printing and binding for the Congress

11 and the distribution of Congressional information in any

12 format; printing and binding for the Architect of the Cap13 itol; expenses necessary for preparing the semimonthly and

14 session index to the Congressional Record, as authorized by

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

16 publications authorized by law to be distributed to Members

17 of Congress; and printing, binding, and distribution of Gov18 ernment publications authorized by law to be distributed

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

20 That this appropriation shall not be available for paper

21 copies of the permanent edition of the Congressional Record

22 for individual Representatives, Resident Commissioners or

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

24 That this appropriation shall be available for the payment

25 of obligations incurred under the appropriations for similar
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1 purposes for preceding fiscal years: Provided further, That

2 notwithstanding the 2-year limitation under section 718 of

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

4 or made available under this Act or any other Act for print5 ing and binding and related services provided to Congress

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

7 expended to print a document, report, or publication after

8 the 27-month period beginning on the date that such docu9 ment, report, or publication is authorized by Congress to

10 be printed, unless Congress reauthorizes such printing in

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

12 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Congressional Oper13 ations Appropriations Act, 2000’’.

14 TITLE II—OTHER AGENCIES

15 BOTANIC GARDEN

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

17 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care

18 and operation of the Botanic Garden and the nurseries,

19 buildings, grounds, and collections; and purchase and ex20 change, maintenance, repair, and operation of a passenger

21 motor vehicle; all under the direction of the Joint Com22 mittee on the Library, $3,428,000.
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1 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Library of Congress not

4 otherwise provided for, including development and mainte5 nance of the Union Catalogs; custody and custodial care

6 of the Library buildings; special clothing; cleaning, laun7 dering and repair of uniforms; preservation of motion pic8 tures in the custody of the Library; operation and mainte9 nance of the American Folklife Center in the Library; prep10 aration and distribution of catalog records and other publi11 cations of the Library; hire or purchase of one passenger

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

13 Fund Board not properly chargeable to the income of any

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

15 more than $6,500,000 shall be derived from collections cred16 ited to this appropriation during fiscal year 2000, and

17 shall remain available until expended, under the Act of

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

19 and not more than $350,000 shall be derived from collec20 tions during fiscal year 2000 and shall remain available

21 until expended for the development and maintenance of an

22 international legal information database and activities re23 lated thereto: Provided, That the Library of Congress may

24 not obligate or expend any funds derived from collections

25 under the Act of June 28, 1902, in excess of the amount
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1 authorized for obligation or expenditure in appropriations

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

3 obligation shall be reduced by the amount by which collec4 tions are less than the $6,850,000: Provided further, That

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

6 available until expended for acquisition of books, periodi7 cals, newspapers, and all other materials including sub8 scriptions for bibliographic services for the Library, includ9 ing $40,000 to be available solely for the purchase, when

10 specifically approved by the Librarian, of special and

11 unique materials for additions to the collections: Provided

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

13 is to remain available until expended for the acquisition

14 and partial support for implementation of an Integrated

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

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

17 until expended for the purpose of digitizing archival mate18 rials relating to ethnic groups of California, including Jap19 anese Americans, which amount shall be transferred to an

20 educational archive able to conduct such a project as ap21 proved by the Library.

22 COPYRIGHT OFFICE

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, includ25 ing publication of the decisions of the United States courts
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1 involving copyrights, $37,628,000, of which not more than

2 $20,800,000, to remain available until expended, shall be

3 derived from collections credited to this appropriation dur4 ing fiscal year 2000 under 17 U.S.C. 708(d): Provided,

5 That the Copyright Office may not obligate or expend any

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

7 excess of the amount authorized for obligation or expendi8 ture in appropriations Acts: Provided further, That not

9 more than $5,454,000 shall be derived from collections dur10 ing fiscal year 2000 under 17 U.S.C. 111(d)(2), 119(b)(2),

11 802(h), and 1005: Provided further, That the total amount

12 available for obligation shall be reduced by the amount by

13 which collections are less than $26,254,000: Provided fur14 ther, That not more than $100,000 of the amount appro15 priated is available for the maintenance of an ‘‘Inter16 national Copyright Institute’’ in the Copyright Office of the

17 Library of Congress for the purpose of training nationals

18 of developing countries in intellectual property laws and

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

20 be expended, on the certification of the Librarian of Con21 gress, in connection with official representation and recep22 tion expenses for activities of the International Copyright

23 Institute and for copyright delegations, visitors, and semi24 nars.
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1 BOOKS FOR THE BLIND AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

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

4 3, 1931 (chapter 400; 46 Stat. 1487; 2 U.S.C. 135a),

5 $47,984,000, of which $14,019,000 shall remain available

6 until expended.

7 FURNITURE AND FURNISHINGS

8 For necessary expenses for the purchase, installation,

9 maintenance, and repair of furniture, furnishings, office

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

11 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

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

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

14 more than $198,390, of which $59,300 is for the Congres15 sional Research Service, when specifically authorized by the

16 Librarian, for attendance at meetings concerned with the

17 function or activity for which the appropriation is made.

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

19 this Act shall be used by the Library of Congress to admin20 ister any flexible or compressed work schedule which—

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

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

23 higher than GS–15; and

24 (2) grants such manager or supervisor the right

25 to not be at work for all or a portion of a workday
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1 because of time worked by the manager or supervisor

2 on another workday.

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

4 or supervisor’’ means any management official or super5 visor, as such terms are defined in section 7103(a)(10) and

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

7 SEC. 203. Appropriated funds received by the Library

8 of Congress from other Federal agencies to cover general and

9 administrative overhead costs generated by performing re10 imbursable work for other agencies under the authority of

11 31 U.S.C. 1535 and 1536 shall not be used to employ more

12 than 65 employees and may be expended or obligated—

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

14 extent or in such amounts as are provided in appro15 priations Acts; or

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

17 (A) to pay for such general or administra18 tive overhead costs as are attributable to the

19 work performed for such agency; or

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

21 are provided in appropriations Acts, with re22 spect to any purpose not allowable under sub23 paragraph (A).

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

25 of Congress in this Act, not more than $5,000 may be ex-
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1 pended, on the certification of the Librarian of Congress,

2 in connection with official representation and reception ex3 penses for the incentive awards program.

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

5 of Congress in this Act, not more than $12,000 may be ex6 pended, on the certification of the Librarian of Congress,

7 in connection with official representation and reception ex8 penses for the Overseas Field Offices.

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

10 authority of the Library of Congress for the activities de11 scribed in subsection (b) may not exceed $98,788,000.

12 (b) The activities referred to in subsection (a) are re13 imbursable and revolving fund activities that are funded

14 from sources other than appropriations to the Library in

15 appropriations Acts for the legislative branch.

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

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

18 lease or acquisition of severable services for a period that

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

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

21 of property and services pursuant to sections 303L and

22 304B, respectively, of the Federal Property and Adminis23 trative Services Act (41 U.S.C. 253l and 254c).
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1 ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

2 LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

3 STRUCTURAL AND MECHANICAL CARE

4 For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and

5 structural maintenance, care and operation of the Library

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

7 shall remain available until expended.

8 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

9 OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS

10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

11 For expenses of the Office of Superintendent of Docu12 ments necessary to provide for the cataloging and indexing

13 of Government publications and their distribution to the

14 public, Members of Congress, other Government agencies,

15 and designated depository and international exchange li16 braries as authorized by law, $29,986,000: Provided, That

17 travel expenses, including travel expenses of the Depository

18 Library Council to the Public Printer, shall not exceed

19 $150,000: Provided further, That amounts of not more than

20 $2,000,000 from current year appropriations are author21 ized for producing and disseminating Congressional serial

22 sets and other related publications for 1998 and 1999 to

23 depository and other designated libraries.
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1 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE REVOLVING FUND

2 For payment to the ‘‘Government Printing Office re3 volving fund’’, $5,000,000, to remain available until ex4 pended, for air-conditioning systems and elevator repair.

5 The Government Printing Office is hereby authorized

6 to make such expenditures, within the limits of funds avail7 able and in accord with the law, and to make such contracts

8 and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations

9 as provided by section 9104 of title 31, United States Code,

10 as may be necessary in carrying out the programs and pur11 poses set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year for

12 the Government Printing Office revolving fund: Provided,

13 That not more than $2,500 may be expended on the certifi14 cation of the Public Printer in connection with official rep15 resentation and reception expenses: Provided further, That

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

17 of not more than twelve passenger motor vehicles: Provided

18 further, That expenditures in connection with travel ex19 penses of the advisory councils to the Public Printer shall

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

21 United States Code: Provided further, That the revolving

22 fund shall be available for temporary or intermittent serv23 ices under section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code,

24 but at rates for individuals not more than the daily equiva25 lent of the annual rate of basic pay for level V of the Execu-
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1 tive Schedule under section 5316 of such title: Provided fur2 ther, That the revolving fund and the funds provided under

3 the heading ‘‘OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCU4 MENTS, SALARIES AND EXPENSES’’ together may not be

5 available for the full-time equivalent employment of more

6 than 3,383 workyears: Provided further, That activities fi7 nanced through the revolving fund may provide informa8 tion in any format: Provided further, That the revolving

9 fund shall not be used to administer any flexible or com10 pressed work schedule which applies to any manager or su11 pervisor in a position the grade or level of which is equal

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

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

14 GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 For necessary expenses of the General Accounting Of17 fice, including not more than $7,000 to be expended on the

18 certification of the Comptroller General of the United States

19 in connection with official representation and reception ex20 penses; temporary or intermittent services under section

21 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, but at rates for indi22 viduals not more than the daily equivalent of the annual

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

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

25 vehicle; advance payments in foreign countries in accord-
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1 ance with 31 U.S.C. 3324; benefits comparable to those pay2 able under sections 901(5), 901(6), and 901(8) of the For3 eign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4081(5), 4081(6), and

4 4081(8)); and under regulations prescribed by the Comp5 troller General of the United States, rental of living quar6 ters in foreign countries, $382,298,000: Provided, That not7 withstanding 31 U.S.C. 9105 hereafter amounts reimbursed

8 to the Comptroller General pursuant to that section shall

9 be deposited to the appropriation of the General Accounting

10 Office then available and remain available until expended,

11 and not more than $1,400,000 of such funds shall be avail12 able for use in fiscal year 2000: Provided further, That this

13 appropriation and appropriations for administrative ex14 penses of any other department or agency which is a mem15 ber of the Joint Financial Management Improvement Pro16 gram (JFMIP) shall be available to finance an appropriate

17 share of JFMIP costs as determined by the JFMIP, includ18 ing the salary of the Executive Director and secretarial sup19 port: Provided further, That this appropriation and appro20 priations for administrative expenses of any other depart21 ment or agency which is a member of the National Intergov22 ernmental Audit Forum or a Regional Intergovernmental

23 Audit Forum shall be available to finance an appropriate

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

25 Forum, including necessary travel expenses of non-Federal
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1 participants. Payments hereunder to either Forum or the

2 JFMIP may be credited as reimbursements to any appro3 priation from which costs involved are initially financed:

4 Provided further, That this appropriation and appropria5 tions for administrative expenses of any other department

6 or agency which is a member of the American Consortium

7 on International Public Administration (ACIPA) shall be

8 available to finance an appropriate share of ACIPA costs

9 as determined by the ACIPA, including any expenses at10 tributable to membership of ACIPA in the International In11 stitute of Administrative Sciences.

12 TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS

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

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

15 vehicles, except for emergency assistance and cleaning as

16 may be provided under regulations relating to parking fa17 cilities for the House of Representatives issued by the Com18 mittee on House Administration and for the Senate issued

19 by the Committee on Rules and Administration.

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

21 Act shall remain available for obligation beyond fiscal year

22 2000 unless expressly so provided in this Act.

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

24 not specifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of

25 1929 is appropriated for or the rate of compensation or des-
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1 ignation of any office or position appropriated for is dif2 ferent from that specifically established by such Act, the rate

3 of compensation and the designation in this Act shall be

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

5 provisions in this Act for the various items of official ex6 penses of Members, officers, and committees of the Senate

7 and House of Representatives, and clerk hire for Senators

8 and Members of the House of Representatives shall be the

9 permanent law with respect thereto.

10 SEC. 304. The expenditure of any appropriation under

11 this Act for any consulting service through procurement

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

13 those contracts where such expenditures are a matter of pub14 lic record and available for public inspection, except where

15 otherwise provided under existing law, or under existing

16 Executive order issued pursuant to existing law.

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

18 the greatest extent practicable, all equipment and products

19 purchased with funds made available in this Act should be

20 American-made.

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

22 into any contract with, any entity using funds made avail23 able in this Act, the head of each Federal agency, to the

24 greatest extent practicable, shall provide to such entity a
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1 notice describing the statement made in subsection (a) by

2 the Congress.

3 (c) If it has been finally determined by a court or Fed4 eral agency that any person intentionally affixed a label

5 bearing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, or any inscrip6 tion with the same meaning, to any product sold in or

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

8 States, such person shall be ineligible to receive any con9 tract or subcontract made with funds provided pursuant

10 to this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and in11 eligibility procedures described in section 9.400 through

12 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations.

13 SEC. 306. Such sums as may be necessary are appro14 priated to the account described in subsection (a) of section

15 415 of Public Law 104–1 to pay awards and settlements

16 as authorized under such subsection.

17 SEC. 307. Amounts available for administrative ex18 penses of any legislative branch entity which participates

19 in the Legislative Branch Financial Managers Council

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

21 be available to finance an appropriate share of LBFMC

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

23 LBFMC costs to be shared among all participating legisla24 tive branch entities (in such allocations among the entities

25 as the entities may determine) may not exceed $1,500.
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1 SEC. 308. Section 316 of Public Law 101–302 is

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

3 ‘‘1999’’ and inserting ‘‘2000’’.

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

5 United States Code, the Government Printing Office is not

6 considered an agency which is required by statute to submit

7 an annual budget pursuant to or as provided by chapter

8 91 of title 31, United States Code, and is not required to

9 pay an additional amount for the cost of administration.

10 SEC. 310. Chapter 5 of title II of division B of the

11 Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Ap12 propriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105–277; 112 Stat.

13 2681–569) is amended in the matter under the subheading

14 ‘‘CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER’’ under the heading ‘‘ARCHI15 TECT OF THE CAPITOL’’ by striking ‘‘the Committee

16 on Rules and Administration of the Senate, the Committee

17 on House Oversight of the House of Representatives, the

18 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa19 tives and of the Senate, and other appropriate committees

20 of the House of Representatives and of the Senate’’ and in21 serting ‘‘the United States Capitol Preservation Commis22 sion established under section 801 of the Arizona-Idaho

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

24 SEC. 311. (a) The National Park Service (in this sec25 tion referred to as the ‘‘sponsor’’) may during each of cal-
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1 endar years 1999 and 2000 sponsor a series of three concerts

2 by the National Symphony Orchestra (in this section each

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

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

5 and Labor Day of each such calendar year, or on such alter6 nate dates during that calendar year as the Speaker of the

7 House of Representatives and the Committee on Rules and

8 Administration of the Senate may jointly designate.

9 (b)(1) Under conditions to be prescribed by the Archi10 tect of the Capitol and the Capitol Police Board, each event

11 authorized by subsection (a)—

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

13 to the public, with no preferential seating except for

14 security purposes as determined in accordance with

15 subsection (d), and

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

17 needs of Congress.

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

19 expenses and liabilities incident to all activities associated

20 with each event.

21 (3) Pursuant to section 451 of the Legislative Reorga22 nization Act of 1970 (40 U.S.C. 193m–l), the Comptroller

23 General of the United States shall perform an annual audit

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

25 provide a report on each audit to the Speaker of the House
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1 of Representatives and the Chairman of the Senate Com2 mittee on Rules and Administration not later than Decem3 ber 15 of the calendar year for which the audit was per4 formed.

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

6 Capitol, the sponsor may erect upon the Capitol Grounds

7 such stage, sound amplification devices, and other related

8 structures and equipment as may be required for each event.

9 (2) Subject to the restrictions contained in subsection

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

11 (or their alternate dates) may be broadcast over radio, tele12 vision, and other media outlets.

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

14 of structures and equipment and the conducting of dress

15 rehearsals, the Architect of the Capitol may permit the

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

17 Capitol for each event for not more than—

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

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

20 The Architect may not schedule any use under this para21 graph if it would interfere with any concert to be performed

22 by a military band of the United States.

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

24 Board are authorized to make any such additional arrange25 ments as may be required to carry out each event.
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1 (d)(1) The Capitol Police Board shall for each event—

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

3 (B) provide for enforcement of the restrictions

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

5 U.S.C. 193d; 60 Stat. 718), concerning sales, dis6 plays, advertisements, and solicitations on the Capitol

7 Grounds, as well as other restrictions applicable to

8 the Capitol Grounds.

9 (2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), credits may be ap10 propriately given to private sponsors of an event at the con11 clusion of any broadcast of the event.

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

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

14 such other persons participating in an event as the Archi15 tect of the Capitol and the Capitol Police Board considers

16 appropriate, under which the sponsor and such persons

17 agree to comply with the requirements of this subsection.

18 The agreement shall specifically prohibit the use for a com19 mercial purpose of any photograph taken at, or broadcast

20 production of, the event.

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

22 APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 127(i) of the Trade Deficit Re23 view Commission Act (19 U.S.C. 2213 note) is amended

24 by adding at the end the following new sentence:
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1 ‘‘Amounts appropriated pursuant to this subsection shall

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

3 date on which the Commission submits the final report de4 scribed in subsection (e).’’.

5 (b) APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN PAY AUTHORITIES TO

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

7 Trade Deficit Review Commission Act is amended by add8 ing at the end the following new paragraph:

9 ‘‘(6) APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN PAY AUTHORI10 TIES.—

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

12 member of the Commission and is an annuitant

13 or otherwise covered by section 8344 or 8468 of

14 title 5, United States Code, by reason of member15 ship on the Commission is not subject to the pro16 visions of section 8344 or 8468 (whichever is ap17 plicable) with respect to such membership.

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

19 who is a member of the Commission and is a

20 member or former member of a uniformed service

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

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

23 respect to membership on the Commission.’’.

24 (c) TERMINATION OF COMMISSION AND OTHER MAT25 TERS.—Section 127 of the Trade Deficit Review Commis-
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1 sion Act is amended by adding at the end the following

2 new subsections:

3 ‘‘(j) FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ACT.—The pro4 visions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Public Law

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

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

7 90 days after the date on which the Commission submits

8 the final report under subsection (e).’’.

9 SEC. 313. CREDITABLE SERVICE WITH CONGRES10 SIONAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEES. Section 8332(m)(1)(A) of

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

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

13 months of service on such committees as of December

14 12, 1980; and’’.

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

16 Code, is amended—

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

18 and inserting the following:

19 ‘‘(1) MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND ELECTED OF20 FICERS.—Any person who is a Member of Congress or

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

22 within 2 years after that person leaves office, know23 ingly makes, with the intent to influence, any com24 munication to or appearance before any Member, offi25 cer, or employee of either House of Congress, or any
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1 employee of any other legislative office of Congress, on

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

3 in connection with any matter on which such former

4 Member of Congress or elected officer seeks action by

5 a Member, officer, or employee of either House of Con6 gress, in his or her official capacity, shall be punished

7 as provided in section 216 of this title.

8 ‘‘(2) CONGRESSIONAL EMPLOYEES.—(A) Any

9 person who is an employee of the Senate or an em10 ployee of the House of Representatives who, within 2

11 years after termination of such employment, know12 ingly makes, with the intent to influence, any com13 munication to or appearance before any person de14 scribed under subparagraph (B), on behalf of any

15 other person (except the United States) in connection

16 with any matter on which such former employee seeks

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

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

19 shall be punished as provided in section 216 of this

20 title.

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

22 (A) with respect to appearances or communications

23 by a former employee are any Member, officer, or em24 ployee of the House of Congress in which such former

25 employee served.’’;
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1 (2) in paragraph (6)—

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

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

4 ‘‘paragraph (2)’’; and

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

6 ‘‘paragraph (5)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (3)’’;

7 (3) in paragraph (7)(G), by striking ‘‘, (2), (3),

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

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

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

11 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative Branch Ap12 propriations Act, 2000’’.

Passed the House of Representatives June 10, 1999.

Attest: JEFF TRANDAHL,

Clerk.

Passed the Senate June 16, 1999.

Attest: GARY SISCO,

Secretary.