113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4487 

AN ACT 

Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the 

fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, and for other 

purposes. 

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

2 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 

3 Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 

4 30, 2015, and for other purposes, namely: 

5 TITLE I—LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 

6 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 For salaries and expenses of the House of Represent9 atives, $1,180,736,000, as follows: 

10 HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES

11 For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, 

12 $22,278,891, including: Office of the Speaker, 

13 $6,645,417, including $25,000 for official expenses of the 

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

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

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

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

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

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

20 official expenses of the Majority Whip; Office of the Mi21 nority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Minority Whip, 

22 $1,459,639, including $5,000 for official expenses of the 

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

24 Democratic Caucus, $1,487,258: Provided, That such 
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1 amount for salaries and expenses shall remain available 

2 from January 3, 2015 until January 2, 2016. 

3 MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES

4 INCLUDING MEMBERS’ CLERK HIRE, OFFICIAL

5 EXPENSES OF MEMBERS, AND OFFICIAL MAIL

6 For Members’ representational allowances, including 

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

8 $554,317,732. 

9 COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES

10 STANDING COMMITTEES, SPECIAL AND SELECT

11 For salaries and expenses of standing committees, 

12 special and select, authorized by House resolutions, 

13 $123,903,173: Provided, That such amount shall remain 

14 available for such salaries and expenses until December 

15 31, 2016, except that $2,300,000 of such amount shall 

16 remain available until expended for committee room up17 grading. 

18 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

19 For salaries and expenses of the Committee on Ap20 propriations, $23,271,004, 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, 2016. 

3 SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

4 For compensation and expenses of officers and em5 ployees, as authorized by law, $171,344,864, including: 

6 for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Clerk, includ7 ing the positions of the Chaplain and the Historian, and 

8 including not more than $25,000 for official representative 

9 and reception expenses, of which not more than $20,000 

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

11 the Office of the Chaplain, $24,009,473; for salaries and 

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

13 the position of Superintendent of Garages and the Office 

14 of Emergency Management, and including not more than 

15 $3,000 for official representation and reception expenses, 

16 $11,926,729 of which $4,344,000 shall remain available 

17 until expended; for salaries and expenses of the Office of 

18 the Chief Administrative Officer including not more than 

19 $3,000 for official representation and reception expenses, 

20 $113,100,000, of which $4,000,000 shall remain available 

21 until expended; for salaries and expenses of the Office of 

22 the Inspector General, $4,741,809; for salaries and ex23 penses of the Office of General Counsel, $1,340,987; for 

24 salaries and expenses of the Office of the Parliamentarian, 

25 including the Parliamentarian, $2,000 for preparing the 
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1 Digest of Rules, and not more than $1,000 for official rep2 resentation and reception expenses, $1,952,249; for sala3 ries and expenses of the Office of the Law Revision Coun4 sel of the House, $4,087,587, of which $1,000,000 shall 

5 remain available until expended for the completion of the 

6 House Modernization Initiative; for salaries and expenses 

7 of the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the House, 

8 $8,892,975, of which $540,000 shall remain available 

9 until expended for the completion of the House Moderniza10 tion Initiative; for salaries and expenses of the Office of 

11 Interparliamentary Affairs, $814,069; for other author12 ized employees, $478,986. 

13 ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES

14 For allowances and expenses as authorized by House 

15 resolution or law, $285,620,336, including: supplies, mate16 rials, administrative costs and Federal tort claims, 

17 $4,152,789; official mail for committees, leadership of18 fices, and administrative offices of the House, $190,486; 

19 Government contributions for health, retirement, Social 

20 Security, and other applicable employee benefits, 

21 $256,635,776, to remain available until March 31, 2016; 

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

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

24 transition activities for new members and staff, 

25 $3,737,000, to remain available until expended; Wounded 
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1 Warrior Program $2,500,000, to remain available until 

2 expended; Office of Congressional Ethics, $1,467,030; and 

3 miscellaneous items including purchase, exchange, mainte4 nance, repair and operation of House motor vehicles, 

5 interparliamentary receptions, and gratuities to heirs of 

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

7 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

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

9 MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES TO BE

10 USED FOR DEFICIT REDUCTION OR TO REDUCE THE

11 FEDERAL DEBT.—Notwithstanding any other provision of 

12 law, any amounts appropriated under this Act for 

13 ‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—SALARIES AND

14 EXPENSES—MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOW15 ANCES’’ shall be available only for fiscal year 2015. Any 

16 amount remaining after all payments are made under such 

17 allowances for fiscal year 2015 shall be deposited in the 

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

19 Federal budget deficit after all such payments have been 

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

21 the Secretary of the Treasury considers appropriate). 

22 (b) REGULATIONS.—The Committee on House Ad23 ministration of the House of Representatives shall have 

24 authority to prescribe regulations to carry out this section. 
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1 (c) DEFINITION.—As used in this section, the term 

2 ‘‘Member of the House of Representatives’’ means a Rep3 resentative in, or a Delegate or Resident Commissioner 

4 to, the Congress. 

5 DELIVERY OF BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS

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

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

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

9 House of Representatives (including a Delegate or Resi10 dent Commissioner to the Congress) unless the Member 

11 requests a copy. 

12 DELIVERY OF CONGRESSIONAL RECORD

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

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

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

16 the House of Representatives (including a Delegate or 

17 Resident Commissioner to the Congress). 

18 LIMITATION ON AMOUNT AVAILABLE TO LEASE VEHICLES

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

20 Act may be used by the Chief Administrative Officer of 

21 the House of Representatives to make any payments from 

22 any Members’ Representational Allowance for the leasing 

23 of a vehicle, excluding mobile district offices, in an aggre24 gate amount that exceeds $1,000 for the vehicle in any 

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

2 HOUSE

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

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

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

6 Code to all offices of the House of Representatives. 

7 JOINT ITEMS 

8 For Joint Committees, as follows: 

9 JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE

10 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic 

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

12 of the Senate. 

13 JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION

14 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on 

15 Taxation, $10,004,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Ad16 ministrative Officer of the House of Representatives. 

17 For other joint items, as follows: 

18 OFFICE OF THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN

19 For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent ex20 penses of the emergency rooms, and for the Attending 

21 Physician and his assistants, including: 

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

23 Attending Physician; 

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

25 Senior Medical Officer; 
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1 (3) an allowance of $725 per month each to 

2 three medical officers while on duty in the Office of 

3 the Attending Physician; 

4 (4) an allowance of $725 per month to 2 assist5 ants and $580 per month each not to exceed 11 as6 sistants on the basis heretofore provided for such as7 sistants; and 

8 (5) $2,486,000 for reimbursement to the De9 partment of the Navy for expenses incurred for staff 

10 and equipment assigned to the Office of the Attend11 ing Physician, which shall be advanced and credited 

12 to the applicable appropriation or appropriations 

13 from which such salaries, allowances, and other ex14 penses are payable and shall be available for all the 

15 purposes thereof, $3,371,000, to be disbursed by the 

16 Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Rep17 resentatives. 

18 OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL ACCESSIBILITY SERVICES

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Congres21 sional Accessibility Services, $1,387,000, to be disbursed 

22 by the Secretary of the Senate. 
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1 CAPITOL POLICE 

2 SALARIES

3 For salaries of employees of the Capitol Police, in4 cluding overtime, hazardous duty pay, and Government 

5 contributions for health, retirement, social security, pro6 fessional liability insurance, and other applicable employee 

7 benefits, $286,500,000 of which overtime shall not exceed 

8 $23,425,000 unless the Committee on Appropriations of 

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

10 Chief of the Capitol Police or his designee. 

11 GENERAL EXPENSES

12 For necessary expenses of the Capitol Police, includ13 ing motor vehicles, communications and other equipment, 

14 security equipment and installation, uniforms, weapons, 

15 supplies, materials, training, medical services, forensic 

16 services, stenographic services, personal and professional 

17 services, the employee assistance program, the awards pro18 gram, postage, communication services, travel advances, 

19 relocation of instructor and liaison personnel for the Fed20 eral Law Enforcement Training Center, and not more 

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

22 Chief of the Capitol Police in connection with official rep23 resentation and reception expenses, $61,459,000, to be 

24 disbursed by the Chief of the Capitol Police or his des25 ignee: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provi-
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1 sion of law, the cost of basic training for the Capitol Police 

2 at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center for fis3 cal year 2015 shall be paid by the Secretary of Homeland 

4 Security from funds available to the Department of Home5 land Security. 

6 OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE 

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Compli9 ance, as authorized by section 305 of the Congressional 

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

11 (increased by $500,000), of which $450,000 shall remain 

12 available until September 30, 2016: Provided, That not 

13 more than $500 may be expended on the certification of 

14 the Executive Director of the Office of Compliance in con15 nection with official representation and reception ex16 penses. 

17 CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE 

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 For salaries and expenses necessary for operation of 

20 the Congressional Budget Office, including not more than 

21 $6,000 to be expended on the certification of the Director 

22 of the Congressional Budget Office in connection with offi23 cial representation and reception expenses, $45,700,000. 
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1 ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL 

2 GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

3 For salaries for the Architect of the Capitol, and 

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

5 for surveys and studies in connection with activities under 

6 the care of the Architect of the Capitol; for all necessary 

7 expenses for the general and administrative support of the 

8 operations under the Architect of the Capitol including the 

9 Botanic Garden; electrical substations of the Capitol, Sen10 ate and House office buildings, and other facilities under 

11 the jurisdiction of the Architect of the Capitol; including 

12 furnishings and office equipment; including not more than 

13 $5,000 for official reception and representation expenses, 

14 to be expended as the Architect of the Capitol may ap15 prove; for purchase or exchange, maintenance, and oper16 ation of a passenger motor vehicle, $91,555,000 (reduced 

17 by $500,000). 

18 CAPITOL BUILDING

19 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

20 and operation of the Capitol, $53,126,000, of which 

21 $28,817,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

22 2019. 

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, 

2 $11,993,000, of which $2,000,000 shall remain available 

3 until September 30, 2019. 

4 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS

5 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

6 and operation of the House office buildings, $71,622,000, 

7 of which $7,000,000 shall remain available until Sep8 tember 30, 2019. 

9 In addition, for a payment to the House Historic 

10 Buildings Revitalization Trust Fund, $70,000,000, to re11 main available until expended. 

12 CAPITOL POWER PLANT

13 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

14 and operation of the Capitol Power Plant; lighting, heat15 ing, power (including the purchase of electrical energy) 

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

17 House office buildings, Library of Congress buildings, and 

18 the grounds about the same, Botanic Garden, Senate ga19 rage, and air conditioning refrigeration not supplied from 

20 plants in any of such buildings; heating the Government 

21 Printing Office and Washington City Post Office, and 

22 heating and chilled water for air conditioning for the Su23 preme Court Building, the Union Station complex, the 

24 Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building and the 

25 Folger Shakespeare Library, expenses for which shall be 
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1 advanced or reimbursed upon request of the Architect of 

2 the Capitol and amounts so received shall be deposited 

3 into the Treasury to the credit of this appropriation, 

4 $93,152,000, of which $8,686,000 shall remain available 

5 until September 30, 2019: Provided, That not more than 

6 $9,000,000 of the funds credited or to be reimbursed to 

7 this appropriation as herein provided shall be available for 

8 obligation during fiscal year 2015. 

9 LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

10 For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and 

11 structural maintenance, care and operation of the Library 

12 buildings and grounds, $41,733,000, of which 

13 $16,542,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

14 2019. 

15 CAPITOL POLICE BUILDINGS, GROUNDS, AND SECURITY

16 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

17 and operation of buildings, grounds and security enhance18 ments of the United States Capitol Police, wherever lo19 cated, the Alternate Computer Facility, and AOC security 

20 operations, $19,486,000, of which $1,000,000 shall re21 main available until September 30, 2019. 

22 BOTANIC GARDEN

23 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

24 and operation of the Botanic Garden and the nurseries, 

25 buildings, grounds, and collections; and purchase and ex-
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1 change, maintenance, repair, and operation of a passenger 

2 motor vehicle; all under the direction of the Joint Com3 mittee on the Library, $15,022,946 (reduced by 

4 $3,166,946), of which $5,122,946 shall remain available 

5 until September 30, 2019: Provided, That of the amount 

6 made available under this heading, the Architect of the 

7 Capitol may obligate and expend such sums as may be 

8 necessary for the maintenance, care and operation of the 

9 National Garden established under section 307E of the 

10 Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1989 (2 U.S.C. 

11 2146), upon vouchers approved by the Architect of the 

12 Capitol or a duly authorized designee. 

13 CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER

14 For all necessary expenses for the operation of the 

15 Capitol Visitor Center, $20,875,000. 

16 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

17 SCRIMS

18 SEC. 1001. None of the funds made available by this 

19 Act may be used for scrims containing photographs of 

20 building facades during restoration or construction 

21 projects performed by the Architect of the Capitol. 

22 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For necessary expenses of the Library of Congress 

25 not otherwise provided for, including development and 
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1 maintenance of the Library’s catalogs; custody and custo2 dial care of the Library buildings; special clothing; clean3 ing, laundering and repair of uniforms; preservation of 

4 motion pictures in the custody of the Library; operation 

5 and maintenance of the American Folklife Center in the 

6 Library; activities under the Civil Rights History Project 

7 Act of 2009; preparation and distribution of catalog 

8 records and other publications of the Library; hire or pur9 chase of one passenger motor vehicle; and expenses of the 

10 Library of Congress Trust Fund Board not properly 

11 chargeable to the income of any trust fund held by the 

12 Board, $424,057,000, of which not more than $6,000,000 

13 shall be derived from collections credited to this appropria14 tion during fiscal year 2015, and shall remain available 

15 until expended, under the Act of June 28, 1902 (chapter 

16 1301; 32 Stat. 480; 2 U.S.C. 150) and not more than 

17 $350,000 shall be derived from collections during fiscal 

18 year 2015 and shall remain available until expended for 

19 the development and maintenance of an international legal 

20 information database and activities related thereto: Pro21 vided, That the Library of Congress may not obligate or 

22 expend any funds derived from collections under the Act 

23 of June 28, 1902, in excess of the amount authorized for 

24 obligation or expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided 

25 further, That the total amount available for obligation 
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1 shall be reduced by the amount by which collections are 

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

3 amount appropriated, not more than $12,000 may be ex4 pended, on the certification of the Librarian of Congress, 

5 in connection with official representation and reception ex6 penses for the Overseas Field Offices: Provided further, 

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

8 remain available until expended for the digital collections 

9 and educational curricula program. 

10 COPYRIGHT OFFICE

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For all necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, 

13 $54,303,000, of which not more than $27,971,000, to re14 main available until expended, shall be derived from collec15 tions credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 2015 

16 under section 708(d) of title 17, United States Code: Pro17 vided, That the Copyright Office may not obligate or ex18 pend any funds derived from collections under such sec19 tion, in excess of the amount authorized for obligation or 

20 expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided further, That 

21 not more than $5,611,000 shall be derived from collections 

22 during fiscal year 2015 under sections 111(d)(2), 

23 119(b)(2), 803(e), 1005, and 1316 of such title: Provided 

24 further, That the total amount available for obligation 

25 shall be reduced by the amount by which collections are 
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1 less than $33,582,000: Provided further, That not more 

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

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

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

5 purpose of training nationals of developing countries in 

6 intellectual property laws and policies: Provided further, 

7 That not more than $6,500 may be expended, on the cer8 tification of the Librarian of Congress, in connection with 

9 official representation and reception expenses for activities 

10 of the International Copyright Institute and for copyright 

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

12 notwithstanding any provision of chapter 8 of title 17, 

13 United States Code, any amounts made available under 

14 this heading which are attributable to royalty fees and 

15 payments received by the Copyright Office pursuant to 

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

17 used for the costs incurred in the administration of the 

18 Copyright Royalty Judges program, with the exception of 

19 the costs of salaries and benefits for the Copyright Royalty 

20 Judges and staff under section 802(e). 

21 CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE

22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

23 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

24 of section 203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 

25 1946 (2 U.S.C. 166) and to revise and extend the Anno-
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1 tated Constitution of the United States of America, 

2 $106,095,000: Provided, That no part of such amount 

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

4 with any publication, or preparation of material therefor 

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

6 by the Library of Congress unless such publication has 

7 obtained prior approval of either the Committee on House 

8 Administration of the House of Representatives or the 

9 Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate. 

10 BOOKS FOR THE BLIND AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For salaries and expenses to carry out the Act of 

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

14 135a), $50,429,000: Provided, That of the total amount 

15 appropriated, $650,000 shall be available to contract to 

16 provide newspapers to blind and physically handicapped 

17 residents at no cost to the individual. 

18 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

19 REIMBURSABLE AND REVOLVING FUND ACTIVITIES

20 SEC. 1101. (a) IN GENERAL.—For fiscal year 2015, 

21 the obligational authority of the Library of Congress for 

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

23 $203,058,000. 

24 (b) ACTIVITIES.—The activities referred to in sub25 section (a) are reimbursable and revolving fund activities 
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1 that are funded from sources other than appropriations 

2 to the Library in appropriations Acts for the legislative 

3 branch. 

4 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 

5 CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING AND BINDING

6 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

7 For authorized printing and binding for the Congress 

8 and the distribution of Congressional information in any 

9 format; expenses necessary for preparing the semimonthly 

10 and session index to the Congressional Record, as author11 ized by law (section 902 of title 44, United States Code); 

12 printing and binding of Government publications author13 ized by law to be distributed to Members of Congress; and 

14 printing, binding, and distribution of Government publica15 tions authorized by law to be distributed without charge 

16 to the recipient, $79,736,000: Provided, That this appro17 priation shall not be available for paper copies of the per18 manent edition of the Congressional Record for individual 

19 Representatives, Resident Commissioners or Delegates au20 thorized under section 906 of title 44, United States Code: 

21 Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available 

22 for the payment of obligations incurred under the appro23 priations for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years: 

24 Provided further, That notwithstanding the 2-year limita25 tion under section 718 of title 44, United States Code, 
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1 none of the funds appropriated or made available under 

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

3 related services provided to Congress under chapter 7 of 

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

5 a document, report, or publication after the 27-month pe6 riod beginning on the date that such document, report, 

7 or publication is authorized by Congress to be printed, un8 less Congress reauthorizes such printing in accordance 

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

10 further, That any unobligated or unexpended balances in 

11 this account or accounts for similar purposes for preceding 

12 fiscal years may be transferred to the Government Print13 ing Office revolving fund for carrying out the purposes of 

14 this heading, subject to the approval of the Committees 

15 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 

16 Senate: Provided further, That notwithstanding sections 

17 901, 902, and 906 of title 44, United States Code, this 

18 appropriation may be used to prepare indexes to the Con19 gressional Record on only a monthly and session basis. 

20 OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

23 For expenses of the Office of Superintendent of Doc24 uments necessary to provide for the cataloging and index25 ing of Government publications and their distribution to 
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1 the public, Members of Congress, other Government agen2 cies, and designated depository and international exchange 

3 libraries as authorized by law, $31,500,000: Provided, 

4 That amounts of not more than $2,000,000 from current 

5 year appropriations are authorized for producing and dis6 seminating Congressional serial sets and other related 

7 publications for fiscal years 2013 and 2014 to depository 

8 and other designated libraries: Provided further, That any 

9 unobligated or unexpended balances in this account or ac10 counts for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years may 

11 be transferred to the Government Printing Office revolv12 ing fund for carrying out the purposes of this heading, 

13 subject to the approval of the Committees on Appropria14 tions of the House of Representatives and Senate. 

15 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE REVOLVING FUND

16 For payment to the Government Printing Office Re17 volving Fund, $11,348,000, to remain available until ex18 pended, for information technology development and facili19 ties repair: Provided, That the Government Printing Of20 fice is hereby authorized to make such expenditures, with21 in the limits of funds available and in accordance with law, 

22 and to make such contracts and commitments without re23 gard to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 9104 

24 of title 31, United States Code, as may be necessary in 

25 carrying out the programs and purposes set forth in the 
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1 budget for the current fiscal year for the Government 

2 Printing Office Revolving Fund: Provided further, That 

3 not more than $7,500 may be expended on the certifi4 cation of the Public Printer in connection with official rep5 resentation and reception expenses: Provided further, That 

6 the revolving fund shall be available for the hire or pur7 chase of not more than 12 passenger motor vehicles: Pro8 vided further, That expenditures in connection with travel 

9 expenses of the advisory councils to the Public Printer 

10 shall be deemed necessary to carry out the provisions of 

11 title 44, United States Code: Provided further, That the 

12 revolving fund shall be available for temporary or intermit13 tent services under section 3109(b) of title 5, United 

14 States Code, but at rates for individuals not more than 

15 the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay for 

16 level V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of 

17 such title: Provided further, That activities financed 

18 through the revolving fund may provide information in any 

19 format: Provided further, That the revolving fund and the 

20 funds provided under the headings ‘‘Office of Super21 intendent of Documents’’ and ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ 

22 may not be used for contracted security services at the 

23 Government Printing Office’s passport facility in the Dis24 trict of Columbia. 
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1 GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

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

6 the United States in connection with official representa7 tion and reception expenses; temporary or intermittent 

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

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

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

11 the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of such title; 

12 hire of one passenger motor vehicle; advance payments in 

13 foreign countries in accordance with section 3324 of title 

14 31, United States Code; benefits comparable to those pay15 able under sections 901(5), (6), and (8) of the Foreign 

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

17 and under regulations prescribed by the Comptroller Gen18 eral of the United States, rental of living quarters in for19 eign countries, $519,622,000: Provided, That, in addition, 

20 $23,750,000 of payments received under sections 782, 

21 3521, and 9105 of title 31, United States Code, shall be 

22 available without fiscal year limitation: Provided further, 

23 That this appropriation and appropriations for adminis24 trative expenses of any other department or agency which 

25 is a member of the National Intergovernmental Audit 
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1 Forum or a Regional Intergovernmental Audit Forum 

2 shall be available to finance an appropriate share of either 

3 Forum’s costs as determined by the respective Forum, in4 cluding necessary travel expenses of non-Federal partici5 pants: Provided further, That payments hereunder to the 

6 Forum may be credited as reimbursements to any appro7 priation from which costs involved are initially financed. 

8 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

9 CENTER FOR AUDIT EXCELLENCE

10 SEC. 1201. (a) CENTER FOR AUDIT EXCELLENCE.— 

11 (1) ESTABLISHMENT.—Chapter 7 of title 31, 

12 United States Code, is amended by adding at the 

13 end the following new subchapter: 

14 ‘‘SUBCHAPTER VII—CENTER FOR AUDIT 

15 EXCELLENCE 

16 ‘‘§ 791. Center for audit excellence 

17 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Comptroller General 

18 shall establish, maintain, and operate a center within the 

19 Government Accountability Office to be known as the 

20 ‘Center for Audit Excellence’ (hereafter in this subchapter 

21 referred to as the ‘Center’). 

22 ‘‘(b) PURPOSE AND ACTIVITIES.— 

23 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Center shall build in24 stitutional auditing capacity and promote good gov25 ernance by providing affordable, relevant, and high- 
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1 quality training, technical assistance, and products 

2 and services to qualified personnel and entities of 

3 governments (including the Federal government, 

4 State and local governments, tribal governments, 

5 and governments of foreign nations), international 

6 organizations, and other private organizations. 

7 ‘‘(2) DETERMINATION OF QUALIFIED PER8 SONNEL AND ENTITIES.—Personnel and entities 

9 shall be considered qualified for purposes of receiv10 ing training, technical assistance, and products or 

11 services from the Center under paragraph (1) in ac12 cordance with such criteria as the Comptroller Gen13 eral may establish and publish. 

14 ‘‘(c) FEES.— 

15 ‘‘(1) PERMITTING CHARGING OF FEES.—The 

16 Comptroller General may establish, charge, and col17 lect fees (on a reimbursable or advance basis) for 

18 the training, technical assistance, and products and 

19 services provided by the Center under this sub20 chapter. 

21 ‘‘(2) DEPOSIT INTO SEPARATE ACCOUNT.—The 

22 Comptroller General shall deposit all fees collected 

23 under paragraph (1) into the Center for Audit Ex24 cellence Account established under section 792. 
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1 ‘‘(d) GIFTS OF PROPERTY AND SERVICES.—The 

2 Comptroller General may accept and use conditional or 

3 non-conditional gifts of property (both real and personal) 

4 and services (including services of guest lecturers) to sup5 port the operation of the Center, except that the Comp6 troller General may not accept or use such a gift if the 

7 Comptroller General determines that the acceptance or 

8 use of the gift would compromise or appear to compromise 

9 the integrity of the Government Accountability Office. 

10 ‘‘(e) SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING PER11 SONNEL.—It is the sense of Congress that the Center 

12 should be staffed primarily by personnel of the Govern13 ment Accountability Office who are not otherwise engaged 

14 in carrying out other duties of the Office under this chap15 ter, so as to ensure that the operation of the Center will 

16 not have a negative impact on the ability of the Office 

17 to maintain a consistently high level of service to Con18 gress. 

19 ‘‘§ 792. Account 

20 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT OF SEPARATE ACCOUNT.— 

21 There is established in the Treasury as a separate account 

22 for the Government Accountability Office the ‘Center for 

23 Audit Excellence Account’, which shall consist of the fees 

24 deposited by the Comptroller General under section 791(c) 
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1 and such other amounts as may be appropriated under 

2 law. 

3 ‘‘(b) USE OF ACCOUNT.—Amounts in the Center for 

4 Audit Excellence Account shall be available to the Comp5 troller General, in amounts specified in appropriations 

6 Acts and without fiscal year limitation, to carry out this 

7 subchapter. 

8 ‘‘§ 793. Authorization of Appropriations 

9 ‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated such sums 

10 as may be necessary to carry out this subchapter.’’. 

11 (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec12 tions for chapter 7 of title 31, United States Code, 

13 is amended by adding at the end the following: 

‘‘SUBCHAPTER VII—CENTER FOR AUDIT EXCELLENCE

‘‘791. Center for Audit Excellence. 

‘‘792. Account. 

‘‘793. Authorization of appropriations.’’. 

14 (b) APPROVAL OF BUSINESS PLAN.—The Comp15 troller General may not begin operating the Center for 

16 Audit Excellence under subchapter VII of chapter 7 of 

17 title 31, United States Code (as added by subsection (a)) 

18 until— 

19 (1) the Comptroller General submits a business 

20 plan for the Center to the Committees on Appropria21 tions of the House of Representatives and Senate; 

22 and 

23 (2) each such Committee approves the plan. 
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1 OPEN WORLD LEADERSHIP CENTER TRUST 

2 FUND 

3 For a payment to the Open World Leadership Center 

4 Trust Fund for financing activities of the Open World 

5 Leadership Center under section 313 of the Legislative 

6 Branch Appropriations Act, 2001 (2 U.S.C. 1151), 

7 $3,420,000. 

8 JOHN C. STENNIS CENTER FOR PUBLIC 

9 SERVICE TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT 

10 For payment to the John C. Stennis Center for Pub11 lic Service Development Trust Fund established under 

12 section 116 of the John C. Stennis Center for Public Serv13 ice Training and Development Act (2 U.S.C. 1105), 

14 $430,000. 

15 TITLE II—GENERAL PROVISIONS 

16 SEC. 201. 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. 202. No part of the funds appropriated in this 

24 Act shall remain available for obligation beyond fiscal year 

25 2015 unless expressly so provided in this Act. 
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1 SEC. 203. Whenever in this Act any office or position 

2 not specifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of 

3 1929 (46 Stat. 32 et seq.) is appropriated for or the rate 

4 of compensation or designation of any office or position 

5 appropriated for is different from that specifically estab6 lished by such Act, the rate of compensation and the des7 ignation in this Act shall be the permanent law with re8 spect thereto: Provided, That the provisions in this Act 

9 for the various items of official expenses of Members, offi10 cers, and committees of the Senate and House of Rep11 resentatives, and clerk hire for Senators and Members of 

12 the House of Representatives shall be the permanent law 

13 with respect thereto. 

14 SEC. 204. The expenditure of any appropriation 

15 under this Act for any consulting service through procure16 ment contract, under section 3109 of title 5, United States 

17 Code, shall be limited to those contracts where such ex18 penditures are a matter of public record and available for 

19 public inspection, except where otherwise provided under 

20 existing law, or under existing Executive order issued 

21 under existing law. 

22 SEC. 205. Amounts available for administrative ex23 penses of any legislative branch entity which participates 

24 in the Legislative Branch Financial Managers Council 

25 (LBFMC) established by charter on March 26, 1996, shall 
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1 be available to finance an appropriate share of LBFMC 

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

3 LBFMC costs to be shared among all participating legisla4 tive branch entities (in such allocations among the entities 

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

6 SEC. 206. The Architect of the Capitol, in consulta7 tion with the District of Columbia, is authorized to main8 tain and improve the landscape features, excluding streets, 

9 in the irregular shaped grassy areas bounded by Wash10 ington Avenue, SW on the northeast, Second Street, SW 

11 on the west, Square 582 on the south, and the beginning 

12 of the I–395 tunnel on the southeast. 

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

14 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in15 strumentality of the United States Government, except 

16 pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro17 vided in, this Act or any other appropriation Act. 

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

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

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

21 guided tours of the United States Capitol which are led 

22 by employees and interns of offices of Members of Con23 gress and other offices of the House of Representatives 

24 and Senate. 
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1 (b) At the direction of the Capitol Police Board, or 

2 at the direction of the Architect of the Capitol with the 

3 approval of the Capitol Police Board, guided tours of the 

4 United States Capitol which are led by employees and in5 terns described in subsection (a) may be suspended tempo6 rarily or otherwise subject to restriction for security or re7 lated reasons to the same extent as guided tours of the 

8 United States Capitol which are led by the Architect of 

9 the Capitol. 

10 SEC. 209. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

11 law, no adjustment shall be made under section 610(a) 

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

13 31) (relating to cost of living adjustments for Members 

14 of Congress) during fiscal year 2015. 

15 SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT

16 SEC. 210. The amount by which the applicable alloca17 tion of new budget authority made by the Committee on 

18 Appropriations of the House of Representatives under sec19 tion 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, ex20 cluding Senate items, exceeds the amount of proposed new 

21 budget authority is $0 (increased by $3,166,946). 

22 SEC. 211. None of the funds made available by this 

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

24 of disbursements for the operations of the House of Rep25 resentatives under section 106 of the House of Represent26 atives Administrative Reform Technical Corrections Act 
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1 (2 U.S.C. 5535) to the office of a Member of the House 

2 of Representatives (including a Delegate or Resident Com3 missioner to the Congress). 

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

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

6 the House of Representatives (including a Delegate or 

7 Resident Commissioner to the Congress) a printed copy 

8 of the Daily Calendar of the House of Representatives 

9 which is prepared by the Clerk of the House of Represent10 atives. 

11 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative Branch Ap12 propriations Act, 2015’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives May 1, 2014. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 
113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4487 

AN ACT 

Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch 

and for other purposes. for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015,