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Calendar No. 436 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4487 

[Report No. 113–196] 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 5, 2014 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations 

JUNE 19, 2014 

Reported by Mrs. SHAHEEN, with an amendment 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

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, 

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, 2015, and for other purposes, namely: 
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1 TITLE I—LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 

2 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 For salaries and expenses of the House of Represent5 atives, $1,180,736,000, as follows: 

6 HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES

7 For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, 

8 $22,278,891, including: Office of the Speaker, 

9 $6,645,417, including $25,000 for official expenses of the 

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

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

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

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

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

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

16 official expenses of the Majority Whip; Office of the Mi17 nority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Minority Whip, 

18 $1,459,639, including $5,000 for official expenses of the 

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

20 Democratic Caucus, $1,487,258: Provided, That such 

21 amount for salaries and expenses shall remain available 

22 from January 3, 2015 until January 2, 2016. 
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1 MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES

2 INCLUDING MEMBERS’ CLERK HIRE, OFFICIAL

3 EXPENSES OF MEMBERS, AND OFFICIAL MAIL

4 For Members’ representational allowances, including 

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

6 $554,317,732. 

7 COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES

8 STANDING COMMITTEES, SPECIAL AND SELECT

9 For salaries and expenses of standing committees, 

10 special and select, authorized by House resolutions, 

11 $123,903,173: Provided, That such amount shall remain 

12 available for such salaries and expenses until December 

13 31, 2016, except that $2,300,000 of such amount shall 

14 remain available until expended for committee room up15 grading. 

16 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

17 For salaries and expenses of the Committee on Ap18 propriations, $23,271,004, including studies and examina19 tions of executive agencies and temporary personal serv20 ices for such committee, to be expended in accordance with 

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

22 1946 and to be available for reimbursement to agencies 

23 for services performed: Provided, That such amount shall 

24 remain available for such salaries and expenses until De25 cember 31, 2016. 
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1 SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

2 For compensation and expenses of officers and em3 ployees, as authorized by law, $171,344,864, including: 

4 for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Clerk, includ5 ing the positions of the Chaplain and the Historian, and 

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

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

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

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

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

11 the position of Superintendent of Garages and the Office 

12 of Emergency Management, and including not more than 

13 $3,000 for official representation and reception expenses, 

14 $11,926,729 of which $4,344,000 shall remain available 

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

16 the Chief Administrative Officer including not more than 

17 $3,000 for official representation and reception expenses, 

18 $113,100,000, of which $4,000,000 shall remain available 

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

20 the Inspector General, $4,741,809; for salaries and ex21 penses of the Office of General Counsel, $1,340,987; for 

22 salaries and expenses of the Office of the Parliamentarian, 

23 including the Parliamentarian, $2,000 for preparing the 

24 Digest of Rules, and not more than $1,000 for official rep25 resentation and reception expenses, $1,952,249; for sala-
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1 ries and expenses of the Office of the Law Revision Coun2 sel of the House, $4,087,587, of which $1,000,000 shall 

3 remain available until expended for the completion of the 

4 House Modernization Initiative; for salaries and expenses 

5 of the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the House, 

6 $8,892,975, of which $540,000 shall remain available 

7 until expended for the completion of the House Moderniza8 tion Initiative; for salaries and expenses of the Office of 

9 Interparliamentary Affairs, $814,069; for other author10 ized employees, $478,986. 

11 ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES

12 For allowances and expenses as authorized by House 

13 resolution or law, $285,620,336, including: supplies, mate14 rials, administrative costs and Federal tort claims, 

15 $4,152,789; official mail for committees, leadership of16 fices, and administrative offices of the House, $190,486; 

17 Government contributions for health, retirement, Social 

18 Security, and other applicable employee benefits, 

19 $256,635,776, to remain available until March 31, 2016; 

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

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

22 transition activities for new members and staff, 

23 $3,737,000, to remain available until expended; Wounded 

24 Warrior Program $2,500,000, to remain available until 

25 expended; Office of Congressional Ethics, $1,467,030; and 
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1 miscellaneous items including purchase, exchange, mainte2 nance, repair and operation of House motor vehicles, 

3 interparliamentary receptions, and gratuities to heirs of 

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

5 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

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

7 MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES TO BE

8 USED FOR DEFICIT REDUCTION OR TO REDUCE THE

9 FEDERAL DEBT.—Notwithstanding any other provision of 

10 law, any amounts appropriated under this Act for 

11 ‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—SALARIES AND

12 EXPENSES—MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOW13 ANCES’’ shall be available only for fiscal year 2015. Any 

14 amount remaining after all payments are made under such 

15 allowances for fiscal year 2015 shall be deposited in the 

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

17 Federal budget deficit after all such payments have been 

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

19 the Secretary of the Treasury considers appropriate). 

20 (b) REGULATIONS.—The Committee on House Ad21 ministration of the House of Representatives shall have 

22 authority to prescribe regulations to carry out this section. 

23 (c) DEFINITION.—As used in this section, the term 

24 ‘‘Member of the House of Representatives’’ means a Rep-
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1 resentative in, or a Delegate or Resident Commissioner 

2 to, the Congress. 

3 DELIVERY OF BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS

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

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

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

7 House of Representatives (including a Delegate or Resi8 dent Commissioner to the Congress) unless the Member 

9 requests a copy. 

10 DELIVERY OF CONGRESSIONAL RECORD

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

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

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

14 the House of Representatives (including a Delegate or 

15 Resident Commissioner to the Congress). 

16 LIMITATION ON AMOUNT AVAILABLE TO LEASE VEHICLES

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

18 Act may be used by the Chief Administrative Officer of 

19 the House of Representatives to make any payments from 

20 any Members’ Representational Allowance for the leasing 

21 of a vehicle, excluding mobile district offices, in an aggre22 gate amount that exceeds $1,000 for the vehicle in any 

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

2 HOUSE

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

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

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

6 Code to all offices of the House of Representatives. 

7 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’’. 

13 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

14 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 

15 Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 

16 2015, and for other purposes, namely: 

17 TITLE I 

18 LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 

19 SENATE 

20 EXPENSE ALLOWANCES

21 For expense allowances of the Vice President, $18,760; 

22 the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, $37,520; Majority 

23 Leader of the Senate, $39,920; Minority Leader of the Sen24 ate, $39,920; Majority Whip of the Senate, $9,980; Minority 

25 Whip of the Senate, $9,980; Chairmen of the Majority and 
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1 Minority Conference Committees, $4,690 for each Chair2 man; and Chairmen of the Majority and Minority Policy 

3 Committees, $4,690 for each Chairman; in all, $174,840. 

4 REPRESENTATION ALLOWANCES FOR THE MAJORITY AND

5 MINORITY LEADERS

6 For representation allowances of the Majority and Mi7 nority Leaders of the Senate, $14,070 for each such Leader; 

8 in all, $28,140. 

9 SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

10 For compensation of officers, employees, and others as 

11 authorized by law, including agency contributions, 

12 $177,350,812, which shall be paid from this appropriation 

13 without regard to the following limitations: 

14 OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT

15 For the Office of the Vice President, $2,417,248. 

16 OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE

17 For the Office of the President Pro Tempore, $723,466. 

18 OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERS

19 For Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders, 

20 $5,255,576. 

21 OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY WHIPS

22 For Offices of the Majority and Minority Whips, 

23 $3,359,424. 
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1 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

2 For salaries of the Committee on Appropriations, 

3 $14,942,000. 

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, $1,658,000 for each such 

8 committee; in all, $3,316,000. 

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, $817,402. 

13 POLICY COMMITTEES

14 For salaries of the Majority Policy Committee and the 

15 Minority Policy Committee, $1,692,905 for each such com16 mittee; in all, $3,385,810. 

17 OFFICE OF THE CHAPLAIN

18 For Office of the Chaplain, $416,886. 

19 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

20 For Office of the Secretary, $24,684,000. 

21 OFFICE OF THE SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER

22 For Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, 

23 $69,000,000. 
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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, $1,762,000. 

5 AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS AND RELATED EXPENSES

6 For agency contributions for employee benefits, as au7 thorized by law, and related expenses, $47,271,000. 

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, $5,408,500. 

11 OFFICE OF SENATE LEGAL COUNSEL

12 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate Legal 

13 Counsel, $1,120,000. 

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 $7,110; Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, 

20 $7,110; Secretary for the Majority of the Senate, $7,110; 

21 Secretary for the Minority of the Senate, $7,110; in all, 

22 $28,440. 
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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 under paragraph 1 of rule 

5 XXVI of the Standing Rules of the Senate, section 112 of 

6 the Supplemental Appropriations and Rescission Act, 1980 

7 (Public Law 96–304), and Senate Resolution 281, 96th 

8 Congress, agreed to March 11, 1980, $133,265,000, of which 

9 $26,650,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

10 2017. 

11 EXPENSES OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE CAUCUS ON

12 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL

13 For expenses of the United States Senate Caucus on 

14 International Narcotics Control, $508,000. 

15 SECRETARY OF THE SENATE

16 For expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the Sen17 ate, $6,250,000 of which $4,350,000 shall remain available 

18 until September 30, 2019. 

19 SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE SENATE

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

21 Doorkeeper of the Senate, $130,300,000, which shall remain 

22 available until September 30, 2019. 

23 MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

24 For miscellaneous items, $21,178,000, which shall re25 main available until September 30, 2017. 
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1 SENATORS’ OFFICIAL PERSONNEL AND OFFICE EXPENSE

2 ACCOUNT

3 For Senators’ Official Personnel and Office Expense 

4 Account, $390,000,000 of which $19,109,214 shall remain 

5 available until September 30, 2017. 

6 OFFICIAL MAIL COSTS

7 For expenses necessary for official mail costs of the 

8 Senate, $300,000. 

9 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

10 SENATE STATIONERY PROCUREMENT

11 SEC. 1. (a) Sections 65, 66, 67, and 68 of the Revised 

12 Statutes (2 U.S.C. 6569, 6570, 6571) are repealed. 

13 (b) The fifth paragraph after the paragraph under the 

14 side heading ‘‘For contingent expenses, namely’’: under the 

15 subheading ‘‘Senate’’, under the heading ‘‘Legislative’’ of 

16 the Act of March 3, 1887 (24 Stat. 596, chapter 392; 2 

17 U.S.C. 6572), is amended by striking ‘‘sections, sixty-five, 

18 sixty six, sixty-seven, sixty-eight, and sixty-nine,’’ and in19 serting ‘‘section 69’’. 

20 ELIMINATE PAPER FILING OF SENATE CAMPAIGN REPORTS

21 SEC. 2. Section 302(g) of the Federal Election Cam22 paign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 432(g)) is amended to read 

23 as follows: 
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1 ‘‘(g) FILING WITH THE COMMISSION.—All designa2 tions, statements, and reports required to be filed under this 

3 Act shall be filed with the Commission.’’. 

4 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 For salaries and expenses of the House of Representa7 tives, $1,180,736,000, as follows: 

8 HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES

9 For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, 

10 $22,278,891, including: Office of the Speaker, $6,645,417, 

11 including $25,000 for official expenses of the Speaker; Office 

12 of the Majority Floor Leader, $2,180,048, including $10,000 

13 for official expenses of the Majority Leader; Office of the 

14 Minority Floor Leader, $7,114,471, including $10,000 for 

15 official expenses of the Minority Leader; Office of the Major16 ity Whip, including the Chief Deputy Majority Whip, 

17 $1,886,632, including $5,000 for official expenses of the Ma18 jority Whip; Office of the Minority Whip, including the 

19 Chief Deputy Minority Whip, $1,459,639, including $5,000 

20 for official expenses of the Minority Whip; Republican Con21 ference, $1,505,426; Democratic Caucus, $1,487,258: Pro22 vided, That such amount for salaries and expenses shall re23 main available from January 3, 2015 until January 2, 

24 2016. 
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1 MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES

2 INCLUDING MEMBERS’ CLERK HIRE, OFFICIAL EXPENSES

3 OF MEMBERS, AND OFFICIAL MAIL

4 For Members’ representational allowances, including 

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

6 $554,317,732. 

7 COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES

8 STANDING COMMITTEES, SPECIAL AND SELECT

9 For salaries and expenses of standing committees, spe10 cial and select, authorized by House resolutions, 

11 $123,903,173: Provided, That such amount shall remain 

12 available for such salaries and expenses until December 31, 

13 2016, except that $2,300,000 of such amount shall remain 

14 available until expended for committee room upgrading. 

15 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

16 For salaries and expenses of the Committee on Appro17 priations, $23,271,004, including studies and examinations 

18 of executive agencies and temporary personal services for 

19 such committee, to be expended in accordance with section 

20 202(b) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 and 

21 to be available for reimbursement to agencies for services 

22 performed: Provided, That such amount shall remain avail23 able for such salaries and expenses until December 31, 2016. 
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1 SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

2 For compensation and expenses of officers and employ3 ees, as authorized by law, $171,344,864, including: for sala4 ries and expenses of the Office of the Clerk, including the 

5 positions of the Chaplain and the Historian, and including 

6 not more than $25,000 for official representative and recep7 tion expenses, of which not more than $20,000 is for the 

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

9 of the Chaplain, $24,009,473; for salaries and expenses of 

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

11 of Superintendent of Garages and the Office of Emergency 

12 Management, and including not more than $3,000 for offi13 cial representation and reception expenses, $11,926,729 of 

14 which $4,344,000 shall remain available until expended; for 

15 salaries and expenses of the Office of the Chief Administra16 tive Officer including not more than $3,000 for official rep17 resentation and reception expenses, $113,100,000, of which 

18 $4,000,000 shall remain available until expended; for sala19 ries and expenses of the Office of the Inspector General, 

20 $4,741,809; for salaries and expenses of the Office of General 

21 Counsel, $1,340,987; for salaries and expenses of the Office 

22 of the Parliamentarian, including the Parliamentarian, 

23 $2,000 for preparing the Digest of Rules, and not more than 

24 $1,000 for official representation and reception expenses, 

25 $1,952,249; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the 
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1 Law Revision Counsel of the House, $4,087,587, of which 

2 $1,000,000 shall remain available until expended for the 

3 completion of the House Modernization Initiative; for sala4 ries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel 

5 of the House, $8,892,975, of which $540,000 shall remain 

6 available until expended for the completion of the House 

7 Modernization Initiative; for salaries and expenses of the 

8 Office of Interparliamentary Affairs, $814,069; for other 

9 authorized employees, $478,986. 

10 ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES

11 For allowances and expenses as authorized by House 

12 resolution or law, $285,620,336, including: supplies, mate13 rials, administrative costs and Federal tort claims, 

14 $4,152,789; official mail for committees, leadership offices, 

15 and administrative offices of the House, $190,486; Govern16 ment contributions for health, retirement, Social Security, 

17 and other applicable employee benefits, $256,635,776, to re18 main available until March 31, 2016; Business Continuity 

19 and Disaster Recovery, $16,217,008 of which $5,000,000 

20 shall remain available until expended; transition activities 

21 for new members and staff, $3,737,000, to remain available 

22 until expended; Wounded Warrior Program $2,500,000, to 

23 remain available until expended; Office of Congressional 

24 Ethics, $1,467,030; and miscellaneous items including pur25 chase, exchange, maintenance, repair and operation of 
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1 House motor vehicles, interparliamentary receptions, and 

2 gratuities to heirs of deceased employees of the House, 

3 $720,247. 

4 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

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

6 MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES TO BE USED

7 FOR DEFICIT REDUCTION OR TO REDUCE THE FEDERAL

8 DEBT.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any 

9 amounts appropriated under this Act for ‘‘HOUSE OF 

10 REPRESENTATIVES—SALARIES AND EXPENSES— 

11 MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES’’ shall be 

12 available only for fiscal year 2015. Any amount remaining 

13 after all payments are made under such allowances for fis14 cal year 2015 shall be deposited in the Treasury and used 

15 for deficit reduction (or, if there is no Federal budget deficit 

16 after all such payments have been made, for reducing the 

17 Federal debt, in such manner as the Secretary of the Treas18 ury considers appropriate). 

19 (b) REGULATIONS.—The Committee on House Admin20 istration of the House of Representatives shall have author21 ity to prescribe regulations to carry out this section. 

22 (c) DEFINITION.—As used in this section, the term 

23 ‘‘Member of the House of Representatives’’ means a Rep24 resentative in, or a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, 

25 the Congress. 
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1 DELIVERY OF BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS

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

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

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

5 House of Representatives (including a Delegate or Resident 

6 Commissioner to the Congress) unless the Member requests 

7 a copy. 

8 DELIVERY OF CONGRESSIONAL RECORD

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

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

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

12 the House of Representatives (including a Delegate or Resi13 dent Commissioner to the Congress). 

14 LIMITATION ON AMOUNT AVAILABLE TO LEASE VEHICLES

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

16 Act may be used by the Chief Administrative Officer of the 

17 House of Representatives to make any payments from any 

18 Members’ Representational Allowance for the leasing of a 

19 vehicle, excluding mobile district offices, in an aggregate 

20 amount that exceeds $1,000 for the vehicle in any month. 

21 LIMITATION ON PRINTED COPIES OF U.S. CODE TO HOUSE

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

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

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

25 Code to all offices of the House of Representatives. 
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1 JOINT ITEMS 

2 For Joint Committees, as follows: 

3 JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE

4 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic Com5 mittee, $4,246,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the 

6 Senate. 

7 JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION

8 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on 

9 Taxation, $10,095,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Admin10 istrative Officer of the House of Representatives. 

11 OFFICE OF THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN

12 For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent ex13 penses of the emergency rooms, and for the Attending Physi14 cian and his assistants, including: 

15 (1) an allowance of $2,175 per month to the At16 tending Physician; 

17 (2) an allowance of $1,300 per month to the Sen18 ior Medical Officer; 

19 (3) an allowance of $725 per month each to three 

20 medical officers while on duty in the Office of the At21 tending Physician; 

22 (4) an allowance of $725 per month to 2 assist23 ants and $580 per month each not to exceed 11 assist24 ants on the basis heretofore provided for such assist25 ants; and 
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1 (5) $2,486,000 for reimbursement to the Depart2 ment of the Navy for expenses incurred for staff and 

3 equipment assigned to the Office of the Attending 

4 Physician, which shall be advanced and credited to 

5 the applicable appropriation or appropriations from 

6 which such salaries, allowances, and other expenses 

7 are payable and shall be available for all the purposes 

8 thereof, $3,371,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Ad9 ministrative Officer of the House of Representatives. 

10 OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL ACCESSIBILITY SERVICES

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Congressional 

13 Accessibility Services, $1,400,000, to be disbursed by the 

14 Secretary of the Senate. 

15 CAPITOL POLICE 

16 SALARIES

17 For salaries of employees of the Capitol Police, includ18 ing overtime, hazardous duty pay differential, and Govern19 ment contributions for health, retirement, social security, 

20 professional liability insurance, and other applicable em21 ployee benefits, $284,588,499, of which overtime shall not 

22 exceed $23,425,000 unless the Committees on Appropria23 tions of the House and Senate are notified, to be disbursed 

24 by the Chief of the Capitol Police or his designee. 
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1 GENERAL EXPENSES

2 For necessary expenses of the Capitol Police, including 

3 motor vehicles, communications and other equipment, secu4 rity equipment and installation, uniforms, weapons, sup5 plies, materials, training, medical services, forensic services, 

6 stenographic services, personal and professional services, the 

7 employee assistance program, the awards program, postage, 

8 communication services, travel advances, relocation of in9 structor and liaison personnel for the Federal Law Enforce10 ment Training Center, and not more than $5,000 to be ex11 pended on the certification of the Chief of the Capitol Police 

12 in connection with official representation and reception ex13 penses, $59,459,499, to be disbursed by the Chief of the Cap14 itol Police or his designee: Provided, That, notwithstanding 

15 any other provision of law, the cost of basic training for 

16 the Capitol Police at the Federal Law Enforcement Train17 ing Center for fiscal year 2015 shall be paid by the Sec18 retary of Homeland Security from funds available to the 

19 Department of Homeland Security. 

20 OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE 

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Compliance, 

23 as authorized by section 305 of the Congressional Account24 ability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1385), $3,959,000, of which 

25 $450,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2016: 
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1 Provided, That not more than $500 may be expended on 

2 the certification of the Executive Director of the Office of 

3 Compliance in connection with official representation and 

4 reception expenses. 

5 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

6 EMPLOYEE NOTIFICATIONS

7 SEC. 1001. Section 301(h)(2) of the Congressional Ac8 countability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1381(h)(2)) is amended 

9 by striking ‘‘the residences of covered employees’’ and insert10 ing ‘‘covered employees by the end of each fiscal year’’. 

11 CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE 

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For salaries and expenses necessary for operation of 

14 the Congressional Budget Office, including not more than 

15 $6,000 to be expended on the certification of the Director 

16 of the Congressional Budget Office in connection with offi17 cial representation and reception expenses, $46,057,000. 

18 ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL 

19 GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

20 For salaries for the Architect of the Capitol, and other 

21 personal services, at rates of pay provided by law; for sur22 veys and studies in connection with activities under the 

23 care of the Architect of the Capitol; for all necessary ex24 penses for the general and administrative support of the 

25 operations under the Architect of the Capitol including the 
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1 Botanic Garden; electrical substations of the Capitol, Sen2 ate and House office buildings, and other facilities under 

3 the jurisdiction of the Architect of the Capitol; including 

4 furnishings and office equipment; including not more than 

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

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

7 for purchase or exchange, maintenance, and operation of 

8 a passenger motor vehicle, $93,348,000, of which $1,617,000 

9 shall remain available until September 30, 2019. 

10 CAPITOL BUILDING

11 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

12 and operation of the Capitol, $53,313,000, of which 

13 $7,617,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

14 2019, and of which $21,222,000 shall remain available 

15 until expended solely for expenses related to rehabilitation 

16 of the U.S. Capitol Dome. 

17 CAPITOL GROUNDS

18 For all necessary expenses for care and improvement 

19 of grounds surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House 

20 office buildings, and the Capitol Power Plant, $11,973,000, 

21 of which $2,000,000 shall remain available until September 

22 30, 2019. 

23 SENATE OFFICE BUILDINGS

24 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

25 and operation of Senate office buildings; and furniture and 
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1 furnishings to be expended under the control and super2 vision of the Architect of the Capitol, $100,272,000, of which 

3 $41,447,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

4 2019. 

5 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS

6 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

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

8 of which $7,000,000 shall remain available until September 

9 30, 2019. 

10 In addition, for a payment to the House Historic 

11 Buildings Revitalization Trust Fund, $70,000,000, to re12 main available until expended. 

13 CAPITOL POWER PLANT

14 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

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

16 power (including the purchase of electrical energy) and 

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

18 office buildings, Library of Congress buildings, and the 

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

20 and air conditioning refrigeration not supplied from plants 

21 in any of such buildings; heating the Government Printing 

22 Office and Washington City Post Office, and heating and 

23 chilled water for air conditioning for the Supreme Court 

24 Building, the Union Station complex, the Thurgood Mar25 shall Federal Judiciary Building and the Folger Shake-
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1 speare Library, expenses for which shall be advanced or re2 imbursed upon request of the Architect of the Capitol and 

3 amounts so received shall be deposited into the Treasury 

4 to the credit of this appropriation, $94,768,000, of which 

5 $10,386,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

6 2019: Provided, That not more than $9,000,000 of the funds 

7 credited or to be reimbursed to this appropriation as herein 

8 provided shall be available for obligation during fiscal year 

9 2015. 

10 LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

11 For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and 

12 structural maintenance, care and operation of the Library 

13 buildings and grounds, $47,628,000, of which $22,490,000 

14 shall remain available until September 30, 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 located, 

19 the Alternate Computer Facility, and AOC security oper20 ations, $20,659,000, of which $2,500,000 shall remain 

21 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, $15,573,000, of which $5,693,000 

4 shall remain available until September 30, 2019: Provided, 

5 That of the amount made available under this heading, the 

6 Architect of the Capitol may obligate and expend such sums 

7 as may be necessary for the maintenance, care and oper8 ation of the National Garden established under section 

9 307E of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1989 

10 (2 U.S.C. 2146), upon vouchers approved by the Architect 

11 of the Capitol or a duly authorized designee. 

12 CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER

13 For all necessary expenses for the operation of the Cap14 itol Visitor Center, $20,844,000. 

15 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

16 U.S. BOTANIC GARDEN ADMINISTRATION OF EDUCATIONAL

17 OUTREACH AND SERVICES

18 SEC. 1101. (a) The Architect of the Capitol, subject to 

19 the direction of the Joint Committee of Congress on the Li20 brary, may enter into cooperative agreements with entities 

21 under such terms as the Architect determines advisable, in 

22 order to support the United States Botanic Garden in car23 rying out its duties, authorities, and mission. 

24 (b)(1) The Architect of the Capitol may, subject to the 

25 direction of the Joint Committee of Congress on the Li-
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1 brary, enter into a no-cost agreement, through a contract, 

2 cooperative agreement, or memorandum of understanding, 

3 with a qualified entity to conduct, or provide support for, 

4 an educational exhibit, program, class, or outreach that 

5 benefits the educational mission of the United States Bo6 tanic Garden. 

7 (2) Any agreement under paragraph (1) may— 

8 (A) allow the qualified entity to accept fees for 

9 any program or class described in paragraph (1) in 

10 order to cover all or a portion of the entity’s costs of 

11 any supplies, honoraria, or associated expenses for the 

12 program or class; and 

13 (B) subject to such terms as the Architect con14 siders appropriate and necessary, grant temporary 

15 concessions to the qualified entity, or allow the quali16 fied entity to grant temporary concessions to another 

17 person, in connection with an educational exhibit, 

18 program, class, or outreach described in paragraph 

19 (1), including concessions for food and merchandise 

20 sales that are specifically related to the educational 

21 mission involved. 

22 (3) Section 5104(c) of title 40, United States Code, 

23 shall not apply to any activity carried out under this sub24 section. 
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1 (4) In this subsection, the term ‘‘qualified entity’’ 

2 means— 

3 (A) the National Fund for the United States Bo4 tanic Garden; and 

5 (B) any other organization described in section 

6 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and ex7 empt from tax under section 501(a) of such Code that 

8 the Architect of the Capitol determines shares interests 

9 complementary to the educational mission of the 

10 United States Botanic Garden. 

11 (c) Any authority under subsection (a) or (b) shall not 

12 apply to any agreement providing for the construction or 

13 improvement of real property. 

14 (d) This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 

15 2015 and each succeeding fiscal year. 

16 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 For necessary expenses of the Library of Congress not 

19 otherwise provided for, including development and mainte20 nance of the Library’s catalogs; custody and custodial care 

21 of the Library buildings; special clothing; cleaning, laun22 dering and repair of uniforms; preservation of motion pic23 tures in the custody of the Library; operation and mainte24 nance of the American Folklife Center in the Library; ac25 tivities under the Civil Rights History Project Act of 2009; 
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1 preparation and distribution of catalog records and other 

2 publications of the Library; hire or purchase of one pas3 senger motor vehicle; and expenses of the Library of Con4 gress Trust Fund Board not properly chargeable to the in5 come of any trust fund held by the Board, $416,172,999, 

6 of which not more than $6,000,000 shall be derived from 

7 collections credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 

8 2015, and shall remain available until expended, under the 

9 Act of June 28, 1902 (chapter 1301; 32 Stat. 480; 2 U.S.C. 

10 150) and not more than $350,000 shall be derived from col11 lections during fiscal year 2015 and shall remain available 

12 until expended for the development and maintenance of an 

13 international legal information database and activities re14 lated thereto: Provided, That the Library of Congress may 

15 not obligate or expend any funds derived from collections 

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

17 authorized for obligation or expenditure in appropriations 

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

19 obligation shall be reduced by the amount by which collec20 tions are less than $6,350,000: Provided further, That of 

21 the total amount appropriated, not more than $12,000 may 

22 be expended, on the certification of the Librarian of Con23 gress, in connection with official representation and recep24 tion expenses for the Overseas Field Offices: Provided fur25 ther, That of the total amount appropriated, $7,271,000 
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1 shall remain available until expended for the digital collec2 tions and educational curricula program. 

3 COPYRIGHT OFFICE

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For all necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, 

6 $53,140,499, of which not more than $27,971,000, to re7 main available until expended, shall be derived from collec8 tions credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 2015 

9 under section 708(d) of title 17, United States Code: Pro10 vided, That the Copyright Office may not obligate or expend 

11 any funds derived from collections under such section, in 

12 excess of the amount authorized for obligation or expendi13 ture in appropriations Acts: Provided further, That not 

14 more than $5,611,000 shall be derived from collections dur15 ing fiscal year 2015 under sections 111(d)(2), 119(b)(2), 

16 803(e), 1005, and 1316 of such title: Provided further, That 

17 the total amount available for obligation shall be reduced 

18 by the amount by which collections are less than 

19 $33,582,000: Provided further, That not more than 

20 $100,000 of the amount appropriated is available for the 

21 maintenance of an ‘‘International Copyright Institute’’ in 

22 the Copyright Office of the Library of Congress for the pur23 pose of training nationals of developing countries in intel24 lectual property laws and policies: Provided further, That 

25 not more than $6,500 may be expended, on the certification 
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1 of the Librarian of Congress, in connection with official 

2 representation and reception expenses for activities of the 

3 International Copyright Institute and for copyright delega4 tions, visitors, and seminars: Provided further, That not5 withstanding any provision of chapter 8 of title 17, United 

6 States Code, any amounts made available under this head7 ing which are attributable to royalty fees and payments re8 ceived by the Copyright Office pursuant to sections 111, 

9 119, and chapter 10 of such title may be used for the costs 

10 incurred in the administration of the Copyright Royalty 

11 Judges program, with the exception of the costs of salaries 

12 and benefits for the Copyright Royalty Judges and staff 

13 under section 802(e). 

14 CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 

17 section 203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 

18 (2 U.S.C. 166) and to revise and extend the Annotated Con19 stitution of the United States of America, $107,796,000: 

20 Provided, That no part of such amount may be used to pay 

21 any salary or expense in connection with any publication, 

22 or preparation of material therefor (except the Digest of 

23 Public General Bills), to be issued by the Library of Con24 gress unless such publication has obtained prior approval 

25 of either the Committee on House Administration of the 
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1 House of Representatives or the Committee on Rules and 

2 Administration of the Senate. 

3 BOOKS FOR THE BLIND AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

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

6 3, 1931 (chapter 400; 46 Stat. 1487; 2 U.S.C. 135a), 

7 $50,247,500: Provided, That of the total amount appro8 priated, $650,000 shall be available to contract to provide 

9 newspapers to blind and physically handicapped residents 

10 at no cost to the individual. 

11 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

12 REIMBURSABLE AND REVOLVING FUND ACTIVITIES

13 SEC. 1201. (a) IN GENERAL.—For fiscal year 2015, 

14 the obligational authority of the Library of Congress for the 

15 activities described in subsection (b) may not exceed 

16 $203,057,000. 

17 (b) ACTIVITIES.—The activities referred to in sub18 section (a) are reimbursable and revolving fund activities 

19 that are funded from sources other than appropriations to 

20 the Library in appropriations Acts for the legislative 

21 branch. 

22 TRANSFER AUTHORITY

23 SEC. 1202. (a) IN GENERAL.—For fiscal year 2015, 

24 amounts appropriated for the Library of Congress may be 

25 transferred during the fiscal year between any of the head-
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1 ings under the heading ‘‘Library of Congress’’ upon the ap2 proval of the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 

3 and the House of Representatives. 

4 (b) LIMITATION.—Not more than 10 percent of the 

5 total amount of funds appropriated to the account under 

6 any heading under the heading ‘‘Library of Congress’’ in 

7 the fiscal year may be transferred from that account by all 

8 transfers made under subsection (a). 

9 GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE 

10 CONGRESSIONAL PUBLISHING

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

12 For authorized publishing of congressional informa13 tion and the distribution of congressional information in 

14 any format; expenses necessary for preparing the semi15 monthly and session index to the Congressional Record, as 

16 authorized by law (section 902 of title 44, United States 

17 Code); publishing of Government publications authorized by 

18 law to be distributed to Members of Congress; and pub19 lishing and distribution of Government publications au20 thorized by law to be distributed without charge to the re21 cipient, $82,545,000: Provided, That this appropriation 

22 shall not be available for paper copies of the permanent edi23 tion of the Congressional Record for individual Representa24 tives, Resident Commissioners or Delegates authorized 

25 under section 906 of title 44, United States Code: Provided 
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1 further, That this appropriation shall be available for the 

2 payment of obligations incurred under the appropriations 

3 for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years: Provided 

4 further, That notwithstanding the 2-year limitation under 

5 section 718 of title 44, United States Code, none of the funds 

6 appropriated or made available under this Act or any other 

7 Act for printing and related services provided to Congress 

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

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

10 the 27-month period beginning on the date that such docu11 ment, report, or publication is authorized by Congress to 

12 be printed, unless Congress reauthorizes such printing in 

13 accordance with section 718 of title 44, United States Code: 

14 Provided further, That any unobligated or unexpended bal15 ances in this account or accounts for similar purposes for 

16 preceding fiscal years may be transferred to the Government 

17 Publishing Office revolving fund for carrying out the pur18 poses of this heading, subject to the approval of the Commit19 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 

20 Senate: Provided further, That notwithstanding sections 

21 901, 902, and 904 of title 44, United States Code, this ap22 propriation may be used to prepare indexes to the Congres23 sional Record on only a monthly and session basis. 
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1 PUBLIC INFORMATION PROGRAMS OF THE

2 SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

5 For expenses of the public information programs of the 

6 Office of Superintendent of Documents, including the cata7 loging and indexing of Government publications and their 

8 distribution to the public, Members of Congress, other Gov9 ernment agencies, and designated depository and inter10 national exchange libraries as authorized by law, 

11 $31,500,000: Provided, That amounts of not more than 

12 $2,000,000 from current year appropriations are author13 ized for producing and disseminating congressional serial 

14 sets and other related publications for fiscal years 2013 and 

15 2014 to depository and other designated libraries: Provided 

16 further, That any unobligated or unexpended balances in 

17 this account or accounts for similar purposes for preceding 

18 fiscal years may be transferred to the Government Pub19 lishing Office revolving fund for carrying out the purposes 

20 of this heading, subject to the approval of the Committees 

21 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Sen22 ate. 
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1 GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE BUSINESS

2 OPERATIONS REVOLVING FUND

3 For payment to the Government Publishing Office 

4 Business Operations Revolving Fund, $8,064,273, to re5 main available until expended, for information technology 

6 development and facilities repair: Provided, That the Gov7 ernment Publishing Office is hereby authorized to make 

8 such expenditures, within the limits of funds available and 

9 in accordance with law, and to make such contracts and 

10 commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as 

11 provided by section 9104 of title 31, United States Code, 

12 as may be necessary in carrying out the programs and pur13 poses set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year for 

14 the Government Publishing Office revolving fund: Provided 

15 further, That not more than $7,500 may be expended on 

16 the certification of the Director of the Government Pub17 lishing Office in connection with official representation and 

18 reception expenses: Provided further, That the revolving 

19 fund shall be available for the hire or purchase of not more 

20 than 12 passenger motor vehicles: Provided further, That 

21 expenditures in connection with travel expenses of the advi22 sory councils to the Director of the Government Publishing 

23 Office shall be deemed necessary to carry out the provisions 

24 of title 44, United States Code: Provided further, That the 

25 revolving fund shall be available for temporary or intermit-
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1 tent services under section 3109(b) of title 5, United States 

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

3 equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay for level V of 

4 the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of such title: Pro5 vided further, That activities financed through the revolving 

6 fund may provide information in any format: Provided fur7 ther, That the revolving fund and the funds provided under 

8 the heading ‘‘Public Information Programs of the Super9 intendent of Documents’’ may not be used for contracted 

10 security services at GPO’s passport facility in the District 

11 of Columbia. 

12 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

13 REDESIGNATION OF GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE TO

14 GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE

15 SEC. 1301. (a) IN GENERAL.—The Government Print16 ing Office is hereby redesignated the Government Pub17 lishing Office. 

18 (b) REFERENCES.—Any reference to the Government 

19 Printing Office in any law, rule, regulation, certificate, di20 rective, instruction, or other official paper in force on the 

21 date of enactment of this Act shall be considered to refer 

22 and apply to the Government Publishing Office. 

23 (c) TITLE 44, UNITED STATES CODE.—Title 44, 

24 United States Code, is amended— 
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1 (1) by striking ‘‘Public Printer’’ each place that 

2 term appears and inserting ‘‘Director of the Govern3 ment Publishing Office’’; and 

4 (2) in the heading for each of sections 301, 302, 

5 303, 304, 305, 306, 307, 502, 710, 1102, 1111, 1115, 

6 1340, 1701, 1712, and 1914, by striking ‘‘PUBLIC

7 PRINTER’’ and inserting ‘‘DIRECTOR OF THE

8 GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE’’. 

9 (d) OTHER REFERENCES.—Any reference in any law 

10 other than in title 44, United States Code, or in any rule, 

11 regulation, certificate, directive, instruction, or other offi12 cial paper in force on the date of enactment of this Act 

13 to the Public Printer shall be considered to refer and apply 

14 to the Director of the Government Publishing Office. 

15 (e) TITLE 44, UNITED STATES CODE.—Title 44, 

16 United States Code, is amended— 

17 (1) by striking ‘‘Deputy Public Printer’’ each 

18 place that term appears and inserting ‘‘Deputy Di19 rector of the Government Publishing Office’’; and 

20 (2) in the heading for each of sections 302 and 

21 303, by striking ‘‘DEPUTY PUBLIC PRINTER’’ and 

22 inserting ‘‘DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE GOVERN23 MENT PUBLISHING OFFICE’’. 

24 (f) OTHER REFERENCES.—Any reference in any law 

25 other than in title 44, United States Code, or in any rule, 
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1 regulation, certificate, directive, instruction, or other offi2 cial paper in force on the date of enactment of this Act 

3 to the Deputy Public Printer shall be considered to refer 

4 and apply to the Deputy Director of the Government Pub5 lishing Office. 

6 (g) Section 301 of title 44, United States Code, is 

7 amended— 

8 (1) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘, who must 

9 be a practical printer and versed in the art of book10 binding,’’; and 

11 (2) in the second sentence, by striking ‘‘His’’ and 

12 inserting ‘‘The’’. 

13 (h) Section 302 of title 44, United States Code, is 

14 amended— 

15 (1) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘, who must 

16 be a practical printer and versed in the art of book17 binding,’’; and 

18 (2) in the second sentence— 

19 (A) by striking ‘‘He’’ and inserting ‘‘The 

20 Deputy Director of the Government Publishing 

21 Office’’; 

22 (B) by striking ‘‘perform the duties formerly 

23 required of the chief clerk,’’; 

24 (C) by striking ‘‘, and perform’’ and insert25 ing ‘‘and perform’’; and 
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1 (D) by striking ‘‘of him’’. 

2 (i) Chapter 3 of title 44, United States Code is amend3 ed— 

4 (1) in the first sentence of section 304, by strik5 ing ‘‘or his’’ and inserting ‘‘or the Director’s’’; 

6 (2) in section 305(a)— 

7 (A) by striking ‘‘he considers’’ and inserting 

8 ‘‘the Director considers’’; and 

9 (B) by striking ‘‘He may not’’ and insert10 ing ‘‘The Director of the Government Publishing 

11 Office may not’’; 

12 (3) in section 306, by striking ‘‘his direction’’ 

13 and inserting ‘‘the direction of the Director’’; 

14 (4) in section 308— 

15 (A) in subsection (b)(1)— 

16 (i) by striking ‘‘his accounts’’ and in17 serting ‘‘the accounts of the disbursing offi18 cer’’; and 

19 (ii) by striking ‘‘his name’’ and insert20 ing ‘‘the name of the disbursing officer’’; 

21 (B) in subsection (b)(2)— 

22 (i) by striking ‘‘his estate’’ and insert23 ing ‘‘the estate of the disbursing officer’’; 

24 (ii) by striking ‘‘to him’’ and inserting 

25 ‘‘to the deputy disbursing officer’’; and 
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1 (iii) by striking ‘‘his service’’ and in2 serting ‘‘the service of the deputy disbursing 

3 officer’’; and 

4 (C) in subsection (c)(1)— 

5 (i) by striking ‘‘by him’’ and inserting 

6 ‘‘by such officer or employee’’; 

7 (ii) by striking ‘‘his discretion’’ and 

8 inserting ‘‘the discretion of the Comptroller 

9 General’’; and 

10 (iii) by striking ‘‘whenever he’’ each 

11 place that terms appears and inserting 

12 ‘‘whenever the Comptroller General’’; 

13 (5) in section 309— 

14 (A) in the second sentence of subsection (a), 

15 by striking ‘‘by him’’ and inserting ‘‘by the Di16 rector’’; and 

17 (B) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘his or her 

18 discretion’’ and inserting ‘‘the discretion of the 

19 Comptroller General’’; 

20 (6) in section 310, by striking ‘‘his written re21 quest’’ and inserting ‘‘the written request of the Direc22 tor’’; 

23 (7) in section 311(b), by striking ‘‘he justifies’’ 

24 and inserting ‘‘the Director justifies’’; 
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1 (8) in section 312, by striking ‘‘his service’’ and 

2 inserting ‘‘the service of such officer’’; and 

3 (9) in section 317, by striking ‘‘his delegate’’ and 

4 inserting ‘‘a delegate of the Director’’. 

5 GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 For necessary expenses of the Government Account8 ability Office, including not more than $12,500 to be ex9 pended on the certification of the Comptroller General of 

10 the United States in connection with official representation 

11 and reception expenses; temporary or intermittent services 

12 under section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, but 

13 at rates for individuals not more than the daily equivalent 

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

15 Schedule under section 5315 of such title; hire of one pas16 senger motor vehicle; advance payments in foreign countries 

17 in accordance with section 3324 of title 31, United States 

18 Code; benefits comparable to those payable under sections 

19 901(5), (6), and (8) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 

20 U.S.C. 4081(5), (6), and (8)); and under regulations pre21 scribed by the Comptroller General of the United States, 

22 rental of living quarters in foreign countries, $525,512,999: 

23 Provided, That in addition, $23,750,000 of payments re24 ceived under sections 782, 3521, and 9105 of title 31, 

25 United States Code, shall be available without fiscal year 
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1 limitation: Provided further, That this appropriation and 

2 appropriations for administrative expenses of any other de3 partment or agency which is a member of the National 

4 Intergovernmental Audit Forum or a Regional Intergovern5 mental Audit Forum shall be available to finance an appro6 priate share of either Forum’s costs as determined by the 

7 respective Forum, including necessary travel expenses of 

8 non-Federal participants: Provided further, That payments 

9 hereunder to the Forum may be credited as reimbursements 

10 to any appropriation from which costs involved are ini11 tially financed. 

12 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

13 CENTER FOR AUDIT EXCELLENCE

14 SEC. 1401. (a) CENTER FOR AUDIT EXCELLENCE.— 

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

16 United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 

17 the following new subchapter: 

18 ‘‘Subchapter VII—Center for Audit Excellence 

19 ‘‘SEC. 791. CENTER FOR AUDIT EXCELLENCE. 

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

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

22 Government Accountability Office to be known as the ‘Cen23 ter for Audit Excellence’ (hereafter in this subchapter re24 ferred to as the ‘Center’). 

25 ‘‘(b) PURPOSE AND ACTIVITIES.— 
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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Center shall build insti2 tutional auditing capacity and promote good govern3 ance by providing affordable, relevant, and high-qual4 ity training, technical assistance, and products and 

5 services to qualified personnel and entities of govern6 ments (including the Federal Government, State and 

7 local governments, tribal governments, and govern8 ments of foreign nations), international organiza9 tions, and other private organizations. 

10 ‘‘(2) DETERMINATION OF QUALIFIED PERSONNEL

11 AND ENTITIES.—Personnel and entities shall be con12 sidered qualified for purposes of receiving training, 

13 technical assistance, and products or services from the 

14 Center under paragraph (1) in accordance with such 

15 criteria as the Comptroller General may establish and 

16 publish. 

17 ‘‘(c) FEES.— 

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

19 Comptroller General may establish, charge, and col20 lect fees (on a reimbursable or advance basis) for the 

21 training, technical assistance, and products and serv22 ices provided by the Center under this subchapter. 

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

24 Comptroller General shall deposit all fees collected 
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1 under paragraph (1) into the Center for Audit Excel2 lence Account established under section 792. 

3 ‘‘(d) GIFTS OF PROPERTY AND SERVICES.—The Comp4 troller General may accept and use conditional or non-con5 ditional gifts of property (both real and personal) and serv6 ices (including services of guest lecturers) to support the op7 eration of the Center, except that the Comptroller General 

8 may not accept or use such a gift if the Comptroller General 

9 determines that the acceptance or use of the gift would com10 promise or appear to compromise the integrity of the Gov11 ernment Accountability Office. 

12 ‘‘(e) SENSE OF CONGRESS REGARDING PERSONNEL.— 

13 It is the sense of Congress that the Center should be staffed 

14 primarily by personnel of the Government Accountability 

15 Office who are not otherwise engaged in carrying out other 

16 duties of the Office under this chapter, so as to ensure that 

17 the operation of the Center will not detract from or impact 

18 the oversight and audit work of the Office. 

19 ‘‘SEC. 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) 

25 and such other amounts as may be appropriated under law. 
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1 ‘‘(b) USE OF ACCOUNT.—Amounts in the Center for 

2 Audit Excellence Account shall be available to the Comp3 troller General, in amounts specified in appropriations 

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

5 subchapter. 

6 ‘‘SEC. 793. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

7 ‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated such sums 

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

9 (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec10 tions for chapter 7 of title 31, United States Code, is 

11 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.’’ 

12 (b) APPROVAL OF BUSINESS PLAN.—The Comptroller 

13 General may not begin operating the Center for Audit Ex14 cellence under subchapter VII of chapter 7 of title 31, 

15 United States Code (as added by subsection (a)) until— 

16 (1) the Comptroller General submits a business 

17 plan for the Center to the Committees on Appropria18 tions of the House of Representatives and Senate; and 

19 (2) each such Committee approves the plan. 

20 OPEN WORLD LEADERSHIP CENTER TRUST 

21 FUND 

22 For a payment to the Open World Leadership Center 

23 Trust Fund for financing activities of the Open World 
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1 Leadership Center under section 313 of the Legislative 

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

3 $5,700,000: Provided, That funds made available to support 

4 Russian participants shall only be used for those engaging 

5 in free market development, humanitarian activities, and 

6 civic engagement, and shall not be used for senior officials 

7 of the central government of Russia. 

8 JOHN C. STENNIS CENTER FOR PUBLIC SERVICE 

9 TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT 

10 For payment to the John C. Stennis Center for Public 

11 Service Development Trust Fund established under section 

12 116 of the John C. Stennis Center for Public Service Train13 ing and Development Act (2 U.S.C. 1105), $430,000. 

14 TITLE II 

15 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

16 MAINTENANCE AND CARE OF PRIVATE VEHICLES

17 SEC. 201. No part of the funds appropriated in this 

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

19 vehicles, except for emergency assistance and cleaning as 

20 may be provided under regulations relating to parking fa21 cilities for the House of Representatives issued by the Com22 mittee on House Administration and for the Senate issued 

23 by the Committee on Rules and Administration. 
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1 FISCAL YEAR LIMITATION

2 SEC. 202. No part of any appropriation contained in 

3 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the 

4 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein. 

5 RATES OF COMPENSATION AND DESIGNATION

6 SEC. 203. Whenever in this Act any office or position 

7 not specifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of 

8 1929 (46 Stat. 32 et seq.) is appropriated for or the rate 

9 of compensation or designation of any office or position ap10 propriated for is different from that specifically established 

11 by such Act, the rate of compensation and the designation 

12 in this Act shall be the permanent law with respect thereto: 

13 Provided, That the provisions in this Act for the various 

14 items of official expenses of Members, officers, and commit15 tees of the Senate and House of Representatives, and clerk 

16 hire for Senators and Members of the House of Representa17 tives shall be the permanent law with respect thereto. 

18 CONSULTING SERVICES

19 SEC. 204. The expenditure of any appropriation under 

20 this Act for any consulting service through procurement 

21 contract, under section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, 

22 shall be limited to those contracts where such expenditures 

23 are a matter of public record and available for public in24 spection, except where otherwise provided under existing 
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1 law, or under existing Executive order issued under existing 

2 law. 

3 COSTS OF LBFMC

4 SEC. 205. Amounts available for administrative ex5 penses of any legislative branch entity which participates 

6 in the Legislative Branch Financial Managers Council 

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

8 be available to finance an appropriate share of LBFMC 

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

10 LBFMC costs to be shared among all participating legisla11 tive branch entities (in such allocations among the entities 

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

13 LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE

14 SEC. 206. For fiscal year 2015 and each fiscal year 

15 thereafter, the Architect of the Capitol, in consultation with 

16 the District of Columbia, is authorized to maintain and im17 prove the landscape features, excluding streets, in Square 

18 580 up to the beginning of I–395. 

19 LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS

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

21 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in22 strumentality of the United States Government, except pur23 suant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority provided 

24 in, this Act or any other appropriation Act. 
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1 GUIDED TOURS OF THE CAPITOL

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

3 none of the funds made available to the Architect of the Cap4 itol in this Act may be used to eliminate or restrict guided 

5 tours of the United States Capitol which are led by employ6 ees and interns of offices of Members of Congress and other 

7 offices of the House of Representatives and Senate. 

8 (b) At the direction of the Capitol Police Board, or 

9 at the direction of the Architect of the Capitol with the ap10 proval of the Capitol Police Board, guided tours of the 

11 United States Capitol which are led by employees and in12 terns described in subsection (a) may be suspended tempo13 rarily or otherwise subject to restriction for security or re14 lated reasons to the same extent as guided tours of the 

15 United States Capitol which are led by the Architect of the 

16 Capitol. 

17 ADJUSTMENTS TO COMPENSATION

18 SEC. 209. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

19 no adjustment shall be made under section 610(a) of the 

20 Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 31) (relat21 ing to cost of living adjustments for Members of Congress) 

22 during fiscal year 2015. 
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1 NO BONUSES FOR CONTRACTORS BEHIND SCHEDULE OR

2 OVER BUDGET

3 SEC. 210. None of the funds made available in this 

4 Act may be used to make bonus awards to contractors for 

5 work on projects for which the contractor is behind schedule 

6 or over budget, unless the head of the agency determines 

7 that any such deviations are due to unforeseeable events or 

8 are not significant within the context of the project. 

9 NO FUNDS FOR OFFICIAL PORTRAITS

10 SEC. 211. None of the funds made available in this 

11 Act may be used to pay for the painting of a portrait of 

12 an officer or employee of the Federal Government, including 

13 the President, the Vice President, a member of Congress (in14 cluding a Delegate or a Resident Commissioner to Con15 gress), the head of an executive branch agency (as defined 

16 in section 133 of title 41, United States Code), or the head 

17 of an office of the legislative branch. 

18 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative Branch Ap19 propriations Act, 2015’’. 
Calendar No. 436 

113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4487 

[Report No. 113–196] 

AN ACT 

Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch 

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

MAY 5, 2014 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on 

J

Appropriations 

UNE 19, 2014 

Reported with an amendment