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Union Calendar No. 539 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5894 

[Report No. 115–696] 

Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending 

September 30, 2019, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 21, 2018 

Mr. YODER, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following 

bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the 

fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other 

purposes. 


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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, 2019, and for other purposes, namely: 

7 TITLE I 

8 LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 

9 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

11 For salaries and expenses of the House of Represent12 atives, $1,232,143,035, as follows: 

13 HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES

14 For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, 

15 $25,378,875, including: Office of the Speaker, 

16 $7,123,634, including $25,000 for official expenses of the 

17 Speaker; Office of the Majority Floor Leader, $2,642,739, 

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

19 Leader; Office of the Minority Floor Leader, $7,751,946, 

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

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

22 Deputy Majority Whip, $2,197,163, including $5,000 for 

23 official expenses of the Majority Whip; Office of the Mi24 nority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Minority Whip, 

25 $1,700,079, including $5,000 for official expenses of the 


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1 Minority Whip; Republican Conference, $2,186,819; 

2 Democratic Caucus, $1,776,495: Provided, That such 

3 amount for salaries and expenses shall remain available 

4 from January 3, 2019 until January 2, 2020. 

5 MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES

6 INCLUDING MEMBERS’ CLERK HIRE, OFFICIAL

7 EXPENSES OF MEMBERS, AND OFFICIAL MAIL

8 For Members’ representational allowances, including 

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

10 $573,630,000. 

11 COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES

12 STANDING COMMITTEES, SPECIAL AND SELECT

13 For salaries and expenses of standing committees, 

14 special and select, authorized by House resolutions, 

15 $127,903,173: Provided, That such amount shall remain 

16 available for such salaries and expenses until December 

17 31, 2020, except that $4,000,000 of such amount shall 

18 remain available until expended for committee room up19 grading. 

20 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

21 For salaries and expenses of the Committee on Ap22 propriations, $23,112,971, including studies and examina23 tions of executive agencies and temporary personal serv24 ices for such committee, to be expended in accordance with 

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


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1 1946 and to be available for reimbursement to agencies 

2 for services performed: Provided, That such amount shall 

3 remain available for such salaries and expenses until De4 cember 31, 2020. 

5 TOM LANTOS HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION

6 For salaries and expenses of the Tom Lantos Human 

7 Rights Commission established under House Resolution 

8 1451, One Hundred Tenth Congress, $230,000: Provided, 

9 That such amount shall remain available for such salaries 

10 and expenses from January 3, 2019 until January 3, 

11 2020. 

12 SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

13 For compensation and expenses of officers and em14 ployees, as authorized by law, $217,845,000, including: 

15 for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Clerk, includ16 ing the positions of the Chaplain and the Historian, and 

17 including not more than $25,000 for official representa18 tion and reception expenses, of which not more than 

19 $20,000 is for the Family Room and not more than 

20 $2,000 is for the Office of the Chaplain, $28,305,000; for 

21 salaries and expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at 

22 Arms, including the position of Superintendent of Garages 

23 and the Office of Emergency Management, and including 

24 not more than $3,000 for official representation and re25 ception expenses, $18,773,000 of which $5,524,000 shall 


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1 remain available until expended; for salaries and expenses 

2 of the Office of the Chief Administrative Officer including 

3 not more than $3,000 for official representation and re4 ception expenses, $147,558,000, of which $11,631,000 

5 shall remain available until expended; for salaries and ex6 penses of the Office of the Inspector General, $5,019,000; 

7 for salaries and expenses of the Office of General Counsel, 

8 $1,502,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the 

9 Parliamentarian, including the Parliamentarian, $2,000 

10 for preparing the Digest of Rules, and not more than 

11 $1,000 for official representation and reception expenses, 

12 $2,026,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the 

13 Law Revision Counsel of the House, $3,327,000; for sala14 ries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel 

15 of the House, $9,937,000; for salaries and expenses of the 

16 Office of Interparliamentary Affairs, $814,000; for other 

17 authorized employees, $584,000. 

18 ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES

19 For allowances and expenses as authorized by House 

20 resolution or law, $264,043,016, including: supplies, mate21 rials, administrative costs and Federal tort claims, 

22 $525,016; official mail for committees, leadership offices, 

23 and administrative offices of the House, $190,000; Gov24 ernment contributions for health, retirement, Social Secu25 rity, and other applicable employee benefits, 


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1 $239,000,000, to remain available until March 31, 2020; 

2 Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery, $16,186,000 

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

4 transition activities for new members and staff, 

5 $3,000,000, to remain available until expended; Wounded 

6 Warrior Program $2,750,000, to remain available until 

7 expended; Office of Congressional Ethics, $1,670,000; and 

8 miscellaneous items including purchase, exchange, mainte9 nance, repair and operation of House motor vehicles, 

10 interparliamentary receptions, and gratuities to heirs of 

11 deceased employees of the House, $722,000. 

12 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

13 REQUIRING AMOUNTS REMAINING IN MEMBERS’ REP14 RESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES TO BE USED FOR

15 DEFICIT REDUCTION OR TO REDUCE THE FEDERAL

16 DEBT

17 SEC. 110. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 

18 of law, any amounts appropriated under this Act for 

19 ‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—SALARIES AND

20 EXPENSES—MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOW21 ANCES’’ shall be available only for fiscal year 2019. Any 

22 amount remaining after all payments are made under such 

23 allowances for fiscal year 2019 shall be deposited in the 

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

25 Federal budget deficit after all such payments have been 


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

2 the Secretary of the Treasury considers appropriate). 

3 (b) REGULATIONS.—The Committee on House Ad4 ministration of the House of Representatives shall have 

5 authority to prescribe regulations to carry out this section. 

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

7 ‘‘Member of the House of Representatives’’ means a Rep8 resentative in, or a Delegate or Resident Commissioner 

9 to, the Congress. 

10 DELIVERY OF BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS

11 SEC. 111. (a) None of the funds made available in 

12 any fiscal year may be used to deliver a printed copy of 

13 a bill, joint resolution, or resolution to the office of a Mem14 ber of the House of Representatives (including a Delegate 

15 or Resident Commissioner to the Congress) unless the 

16 Member requests a copy. 

17 (b) This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 

18 2019 and each succeeding fiscal year. 

19 DELIVERY OF CONGRESSIONAL RECORD

20 SEC. 112. (a) None of the funds made available in 

21 any fiscal year may be used to deliver a printed copy of 

22 any version of the Congressional Record to the office of 

23 a Member of the House of Representatives (including a 

24 Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the Congress). 


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1 (b) This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 

2 2019 and each succeeding fiscal year. 

3 LIMITATION ON AMOUNT AVAILABLE TO LEASE VEHICLES

4 SEC. 113. None of the funds made available in this 

5 Act may be used by the Chief Administrative Officer of 

6 the House of Representatives to make any payments from 

7 any Members’ Representational Allowance for the leasing 

8 of a vehicle, excluding mobile district offices, in an aggre9 gate amount that exceeds $1,000 for the vehicle in any 

10 month. 

11 LIMITATION ON PRINTED COPIES OF U.S. CODE TO

12 HOUSE

13 SEC. 114. (a) None of the funds made available in 

14 any fiscal year may be to provide an aggregate number 

15 of more than 50 printed copies of any edition of the 

16 United States Code to all offices of the House of Rep17 resentatives. 

18 (b) This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 

19 2019 and each succeeding fiscal year. 

20 DELIVERY OF REPORTS OF DISBURSEMENTS

21 SEC. 115. (a) None of the funds made available in 

22 any fiscal year may be used to deliver a printed copy of 

23 the report of disbursements for the operations of the 

24 House of Representatives under section 106 of the House 

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1 rections Act (2 U.S.C. 5535) to the office of a Member 

2 of the House of Representatives (including a Delegate or 

3 Resident Commissioner to the Congress). 

4 (b) This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 

5 2019 and each succeeding fiscal year. 

6 DELIVERY OF DAILY CALENDAR

7 SEC. 116. (a) None of the funds made available in 

8 any fiscal year may be used to deliver to the office of a 

9 Member of the House of Representatives (including a Del10 egate or Resident Commissioner to the Congress) a print11 ed copy of the Daily Calendar of the House of Representa12 tives which is prepared by the Clerk of the House of Rep13 resentatives. 

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

15 2019 and each succeeding fiscal year. 

16 DELIVERY OF CONGRESSIONAL PICTORIAL DIRECTORY

17 SEC. 117. (a) None of the funds made available in 

18 any fiscal year may be used to deliver a printed copy of 

19 the Congressional Pictorial Directory to the office of a 

20 Member of the House of Representatives (including a Del21 egate or Resident Commissioner to the Congress). 

22 (b) This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 

23 2019 and each succeeding fiscal year. 


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1 REPEAL OF AUTHORIZATIONS FOR FORMER SPEAKERS

2 SEC. 118. (a) REPEAL OF AUTHORIZATIONS FOR OF3 FICE SPACE, OFFICE EXPENSES, FRANKING AND PRINT4 ING PRIVILEGES, AND STAFF.—The first section and sec5 tions 2, 4, 5, and 8 of House Resolution 1238, Ninety6 first Congress, agreed to December 22, 1970 (as enacted 

7 into permanent law by chapter VIII of the Supplemental 

8 Appropriations Act, 1971) (2 U.S.C. 5125(a), 5126, 5127, 

9 5128, and 5129) are repealed. 

10 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subsection (b) of 

11 the first section of Public Law 93–532 (2 U.S.C. 5125(b)) 

12 is repealed. 

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

14 this section shall apply with respect to any individual who 

15 serves as a Representative in Congress during the One 

16 Hundred Fifteenth Congress or any succeeding Congress. 

17 ADJUSTMENTS TO COMPENSATION

18 SEC. 119. Notwithstanding any other provision of 

19 law, no adjustment shall be made under section 601(a) 

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

21 4501) (relating to cost of living adjustments for Members 

22 of Congress) during fiscal year 2019. 

23 TRANSFER AUTHORITY

24 SEC. 120. (a) AUTHORITY TO MAKE TRANSFERS

25 AMONG HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES.—Section 101 of 


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1 the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1993 (2 

2 U.S.C. 5507) is amended by adding at the end the fol3 lowing new subsection: 

4 ‘‘(f) Amounts appropriated for any fiscal year for the 

5 House of Representatives under the heading ‘House Lead6 ership Offices’ may be transferred among and merged with 

7 the various offices and activities under such heading, ef8 fective upon the expiration of the 21-day period (or such 

9 alternative period that may be imposed by the Committee 

10 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives) which 

11 begins on the date such Committee has been notified of 

12 the transfer.’’. 

13 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 

14 subsection (a) shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2019 

15 and each succeeding fiscal year. 

16 JOINT ITEMS 

17 For Joint Committees, as follows: 

18 JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE

19 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic 

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

21 of the Senate. 

22 JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION

23 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on 

24 Taxation, $11,169,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Ad25 ministrative Officer of the House of Representatives. 


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1 For other joint items, as follows: 

2 OFFICE OF THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN

3 For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent ex4 penses of the emergency rooms, and for the Attending 

5 Physician and his assistants, including: 

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

7 Attending Physician; 

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

9 Senior Medical Officer; 

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

11 three medical officers while on duty in the Office of 

12 the Attending Physician; 

13 (4) an allowance of $725 per month to 2 assist14 ants and $580 per month each not to exceed 11 as15 sistants on the basis heretofore provided for such as16 sistants; and 

17 (5) $2,740,000 for reimbursement to the De18 partment of the Navy for expenses incurred for staff 

19 and equipment assigned to the Office of the Attend20 ing Physician, which shall be advanced and credited 

21 to the applicable appropriation or appropriations 

22 from which such salaries, allowances, and other ex23 penses are payable and shall be available for all the 

24 purposes thereof, $3,798,000, to be disbursed by the 


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1 Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Rep2 resentatives. 

3 OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL ACCESSIBILITY SERVICES

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Congres6 sional Accessibility Services, $1,486,000, to be disbursed 

7 by the Secretary of the Senate. 

8 CAPITOL POLICE 

9 SALARIES

10 For salaries of employees of the Capitol Police, in11 cluding overtime, hazardous duty pay, and Government 

12 contributions for health, retirement, social security, pro13 fessional liability insurance, and other applicable employee 

14 benefits, $374,804,000 of which overtime shall not exceed 

15 $47,000,000 unless the Committee on Appropriations of 

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

17 Chief of the Capitol Police or his designee. 

18 GENERAL EXPENSES

19 For necessary expenses of the Capitol Police, includ20 ing motor vehicles, communications and other equipment, 

21 security equipment and installation, uniforms, weapons, 

22 supplies, materials, training, medical services, forensic 

23 services, stenographic services, personal and professional 

24 services, the employee assistance program, the awards pro25 gram, postage, communication services, travel advances, 


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1 relocation of instructor and liaison personnel for the Fed2 eral Law Enforcement Training Center, and not more 

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

4 Chief of the Capitol Police in connection with official rep5 resentation and reception expenses, $81,554,000, to be 

6 disbursed by the Chief of the Capitol Police or his des7 ignee: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provi8 sion of law, the cost of basic training for the Capitol Police 

9 at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center for fis10 cal year 2019 shall be paid by the Secretary of Homeland 

11 Security from funds available to the Department of Home12 land Security. 

13 OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE 

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

15 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Compli16 ance, as authorized by section 305 of the Congressional 

17 Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1385), $5,410,000, 

18 of which $550,000 shall remain available until September 

19 30, 2019: Provided, That not more than $500 may be ex20 pended on the certification of the Executive Director of 

21 the Office of Compliance in connection with official rep22 resentation and reception expenses. 


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1 CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE 

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For salaries and expenses necessary for operation of 

4 the Congressional Budget Office, including not more than 

5 $6,000 to be expended on the certification of the Director 

6 of the Congressional Budget Office in connection with offi7 cial representation and reception expenses, $50,737,000. 

8 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

9 RELOCATION EXPENSES

10 SEC. 130. (a) AUTHORIZING PAYMENT OF RELOCA11 TION EXPENSES.—Amounts made available for salaries 

12 and expenses of the Congressional Budget Office for a fis13 cal year may be used to reimburse new employees of the 

14 Office for relocation expenses if the Director of the Office 

15 determines that reimbursing such expenses is of sufficient 

16 benefit or value to the Office. 

17 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply with 

18 respect to fiscal year 2019 and each succeeding fiscal year. 

19 ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL 

20 CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATIONS

21 For salaries for the Architect of the Capitol, and 

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

23 for all necessary expenses for surveys and studies, con24 struction, operation, and general and administrative sup25 port in connection with facilities and activities under the 


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1 care of the Architect of the Capitol including the Botanic 

2 Garden; electrical substations of the Capitol, Senate and 

3 House office buildings, and other facilities under the juris4 diction of the Architect of the Capitol; including fur5 nishings and office equipment; including not more than 

6 $5,000 for official reception and representation expenses, 

7 to be expended as the Architect of the Capitol may ap8 prove; for purchase or exchange, maintenance, and oper9 ation of a passenger motor vehicle, $103,962,000. 

10 CAPITOL BUILDING

11 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

12 and operation of the Capitol, $44,379,000, of which 

13 $17,731,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

14 2023. 

15 CAPITOL GROUNDS

16 For all necessary expenses for care and improvement 

17 of grounds surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House 

18 office buildings, and the Capitol Power Plant, 

19 $16,761,000, of which $5,519,000 shall remain available 

20 until September 30, 2023. 

21 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS

22 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

23 and operation of the House office buildings, 

24 $187,098,000, of which $127,552,000 shall remain avail25 able until September 30, 2023, and of which $62,000,000 


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1 shall remain available until expended for the restoration 

2 and renovation of the Cannon House Office Building; Pro3 vided, That of the amount made available under this head4 ing, $7,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from the 

5 House Office Building Fund established under section 

6 176(d) of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2017, as 

7 added by section 101(3) of the Further Continuing Appro8 priation Act, 2017 (Public Law 114-254; 2 U.S.C. 2001 

9 note). 

10 In addition, for a payment to the House Historic 

11 Buildings Revitalization Trust Fund, $10,000,000, 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, heat16 ing, power (including the purchase of electrical energy) 

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

18 House office buildings, Library of Congress buildings, and 

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

21 plants in any of such buildings; heating the Government 

22 Publishing Office and Washington City Post Office, and 

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

25 Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building and the 


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1 Folger Shakespeare Library, expenses for which shall be 

2 advanced or reimbursed upon request of the Architect of 

3 the Capitol and amounts so received shall be deposited 

4 into the Treasury to the credit of this appropriation, 

5 $118,980,000, of which $36,292,000 shall remain avail6 able until September 30, 2023: Provided, That not more 

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

8 to this appropriation as herein provided shall be available 

9 for obligation during fiscal year 2019. 

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, $70,201,000, of which 

14 $42,079,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

15 2023. 

16 CAPITOL POLICE BUILDINGS, GROUNDS AND SECURITY

17 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

18 and operation of buildings, grounds and security enhance19 ments of the United States Capitol Police, wherever lo20 cated, the Alternate Computing Facility, and Architect of 

21 the Capitol security operations, $52,542,000, of which 

22 $26,605,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

23 2023. 


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1 BOTANIC GARDEN

2 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

3 and operation of the Botanic Garden and the nurseries, 

4 buildings, grounds, and collections; and purchase and ex5 change, maintenance, repair, and operation of a passenger 

6 motor vehicle; all under the direction of the Joint Com7 mittee on the Library, $14,759,000, of which $3,559,000 

8 shall remain available until September 30, 2023: Provided, 

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

10 the Architect of the Capitol may obligate and expend such 

11 sums as may be necessary for the maintenance, care and 

12 operation of the National Garden established under sec13 tion 307E of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 

14 1989 (2 U.S.C. 2146), upon vouchers approved by the Ar15 chitect of the Capitol or a duly authorized designee. 

16 CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER

17 For all necessary expenses for the operation of the 

18 Capitol Visitor Center, $23,322,000. 

19 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

20 NO BONUSES FOR CONTRACTORS BEHIND SCHEDULE OR

21 OVER BUDGET

22 SEC. 140. None of the funds made available in this 

23 Act for the Architect of the Capitol may be used to make 

24 incentive or award payments to contractors for work on 

25 contracts or programs for which the contractor is behind 


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1 schedule or over budget, unless the Architect of the Cap2 itol, or agency-employed designee, determines that any 

3 such deviations are due to unforeseeable events, govern4 ment-driven scope changes, or are not significant within 

5 the overall scope of the project and/or program. 

6 SCRIMS

7 SEC. 141. (a) None of the funds made available in 

8 any fiscal year may be used for scrims containing photo9 graphs of building facades during restoration or construc10 tion projects performed by the Architect of the Capitol. 

11 (b) This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 

12 2019 and each succeeding fiscal year. 

13 SECURITY PROGRAMS

14 SEC. 142. (a) PURPOSE OF PROGRAMS.—Section 

15 906(b) of the 2002 Supplemental Appropriations Act for 

16 Further Recovery From and Response To Terrorist At17 tacks on the United States (2 U.S.C. 1865(b)) is amended 

18 to read as follows: 

19 ‘‘(b) Funds in the account shall be used by the Archi20 tect of the Capitol for all necessary expenses for— 

21 ‘‘(1) resilience and security programs of the Ar22 chitect of the Capitol; and 

23 ‘‘(2) the maintenance, care, and operation of 

24 buildings, grounds, and security enhancements for 

25 facilities of the United States Capitol Police and for 


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1 other facilities associated with such resilience and 

2 security programs at any location.’’. 

3 (b) TRANSFERS OF FUNDS.—Section 906 of such Act 

4 (2 U.S.C. 1865) is amended— 

5 (1) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub6 section (d); and 

7 (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol8 lowing new subsection: 

9 ‘‘(c)(1) For carrying out the purposes of the account, 

10 the Architect of the Capitol may receive transfers of ap11 propriations from any agency or instrumentality of the 

12 United States Government upon the approval of— 

13 ‘‘(A) the Committee on Appropriations of the 

14 House of Representatives, in the case of a transfer 

15 from an office of the House of Representatives; 

16 ‘‘(B) the Committee on Appropriations of the 

17 Senate, in the case of a transfer from an office of 

18 the Senate; or 

19 ‘‘(C) the Committees on Appropriations of the 

20 House of Representatives and the Senate, in the 

21 case of a transfer from any other office of the Gov22 ernment. 

23 ‘‘(2) Amounts transferred under this subsection shall 

24 be merged with the account and made available under this 

25 section. 


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1 ‘‘(3) This subsection shall apply with respect to fiscal 

2 year 2019 and each succeeding fiscal year.’’. 

3 INCREASE IN THRESHOLD FOR SMALL PURCHASE

4 CONTRACTING AUTHORITY

5 SEC. 143. (a) INCREASE.—Section 1201(a)(1) of the 

6 Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2003 (2 U.S.C. 

7 1821(a)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘$100,000’’ and in8 serting ‘‘$250,000’’. 

9 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 

10 subsection (a) shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2019 

11 and each succeeding fiscal year. 

12 INTERAGENCY DETAILS

13 SEC. 144. (a) AUTHORIZING DETAILS OF EMPLOY14 EES UNDER JOINT AGENCY AGREEMENTS.—In addition 

15 to any other authority relating to the detail of employees, 

16 the Architect of the Capitol and the head of any other 

17 department, agency, or instrumentality of the United 

18 States Government may enter into a joint agency agree19 ment under which— 

20 (1) employees of the Office of the Architect of 

21 the Capitol (including employees of the United 

22 States Botanic Garden) may be detailed to such de23 partment, agency, or instrumentality on a reimburs24 able or non-reimbursable basis; and 


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1 (2) employees of such department, agency, or 

2 instrumentality may be detailed to the Office of the 

3 Architect of the Capitol on a reimbursable or non4 reimbursable basis. 

5 (b) DURATION.—The detail of an employee under a 

6 joint agency agreement under this section shall be for such 

7 duration as may be provided in the agreement, except that 

8 in the case of a detail made on a non-reimbursable basis, 

9 the duration of the detail may not exceed one year unless 

10 the Architect of the Capitol and the head of the depart11 ment, agency, or instrumentality involved each determine 

12 that an extension of the detail of the employee is in the 

13 public interest. 

14 (c) NO EFFECT ON APPROPRIATIONS OF RECIPIENT

15 OF NON-REIMBURSABLE DETAIL.—For purposes of any 

16 law, rule, or regulation, the detail of an employee on a 

17 non-reimbursable basis under a joint agency agreement 

18 under this section for a fiscal year shall not be treated 

19 as an increase or modification of the appropriation for the 

20 fiscal year of the office to whom the employee is detailed. 

21 (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply with 

22 respect to fiscal year 2019 and each succeeding fiscal year. 


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1 ACCEPTANCE OF TRAVEL EXPENSES FROM NON-FEDERAL

2 SOURCES

3 SEC. 145. (a) PERMITTING ACCEPTANCE OF EX4 PENSES.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 

5 Architect of the Capitol may accept payment or authorize 

6 an employee of the Office of the Architect of the Capitol 

7 to accept payment on the Office’s behalf from non-Federal 

8 sources for travel, subsistence, and related expenses with 

9 respect to attendance of the employee (or the spouse of 

10 such employee) at any meeting or similar function relating 

11 to the employee’s official duties. Any cash payment so ac12 cepted shall be credited to the appropriation applicable to 

13 such expenses. In the case of a payment in kind so accept14 ed, a pro rata reduction shall be made in any entitlement 

15 of the employee to payment from the Government for such 

16 expenses. 

17 (b) PROHIBITING ACCEPTANCE FROM OTHER

18 SOURCES.—Except as provided in this section or section 

19 7342 of title 5, United States Code, the Office or an em20 ployee of the Office may not accept payment for expenses 

21 referred to in subsection (a). An employee who accepts any 

22 payment in violation of the preceding sentence— 

23 (1) may be required, in addition to any penalty 

24 provided by law, to repay, for deposit in the general 


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1 fund of the Treasury, an amount equal to the 

2 amount of the payment so accepted; and 

3 (2) in the case of a repayment under paragraph 

4 (1), shall not be entitled to any payment from the 

5 Government for such expenses. 

6 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply with 

7 respect to fiscal year 2019 and each succeeding fiscal year. 

8 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 For all necessary expenses of the Library of Congress 

11 not otherwise provided for, including development and 

12 maintenance of the Library’s catalogs; custody and custo13 dial care of the Library buildings; special clothing; clean14 ing, laundering and repair of uniforms; preservation of 

15 motion pictures in the custody of the Library; operation 

16 and maintenance of the American Folklife Center in the 

17 Library; preparation and distribution of catalog records 

18 and other publications of the Library; hire or purchase 

19 of one passenger motor vehicle; and expenses of the Li20 brary of Congress Trust Fund Board not properly charge21 able to the income of any trust fund held by the Board, 

22 $493,818,272, of which not more than $6,000,000 shall 

23 be derived from collections credited to this appropriation 

24 during fiscal year 2019, and shall remain available until 

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


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1 32 Stat. 480; 2 U.S.C. 150): Provided, That the Library 

2 of Congress may not obligate or expend any funds derived 

3 from collections under the Act of June 28, 1902, in excess 

4 of the amount authorized for obligation or expenditure in 

5 appropriations Acts: Provided further, That the total 

6 amount available for obligation shall be reduced by the 

7 amount by which collections are less than $6,350,000: 

8 Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated, 

9 not more than $12,000 may be expended, on the certifi10 cation of the Librarian of Congress, in connection with 

11 official representation and reception expenses for the 

12 Overseas Field Offices: Provided further, That of the total 

13 amount appropriated, $8,589,000 shall remain available 

14 until expended for the digital collections and educational 

15 curricula program: Provided further, That of the total 

16 amount appropriated, $1,133,000 shall remain available 

17 until expended for upgrade of the Legislative Branch Fi18 nancial Management System: Provided further, That of 

19 the total amount appropriated, $20,000,000 is provided 

20 to enhance public exhibits and visitor services at the Li21 brary to remain available until expended, may be obligated 

22 and expended only upon written approval by the Com23 mittee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

24 and the Senate, following review of a project plan. 


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1 COPYRIGHT OFFICE

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For all necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, 

4 $93,407,000, of which not more than $39,218,000, to re5 main available until expended, shall be derived from collec6 tions credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 2019 

7 under section 708(d) of title 17, United States Code: Pro8 vided, That the Copyright Office may not obligate or ex9 pend any funds derived from collections under such sec10 tion, in excess of the amount authorized for obligation or 

11 expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided further, That 

12 not more than $6,272,000 shall be derived from collections 

13 during fiscal year 2019 under sections 111(d)(2), 

14 119(b)(3), 803(e), 1005, and 1316 of such title: Provided 

15 further, That the total amount available for obligation 

16 shall be reduced by the amount by which collections are 

17 less than $45,490,000: Provided further, That $4,328,000 

18 shall be derived from prior year unobligated balances: Pro19 vided further, That not more than $100,000 of the amount 

20 appropriated is available for the maintenance of an ‘‘Inter21 national Copyright Institute’’ in the Copyright Office of 

22 the Library of Congress for the purpose of training nation23 als of developing countries in intellectual property laws 

24 and policies: Provided further, That not more than $6,500 

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


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1 Congress, in connection with official representation and 

2 reception expenses for activities of the International Copy3 right Institute and for copyright delegations, visitors, and 

4 seminars: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any 

5 provision of chapter 8 of title 17, United States Code, any 

6 amounts made available under this heading which are at7 tributable to royalty fees and payments received by the 

8 Copyright Office pursuant to sections 111, 119, and chap9 ter 10 of such title may be used for the costs incurred 

10 in the administration of the Copyright Royalty Judges 

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

12 benefits for the Copyright Royalty Judges and staff under 

13 section 802(e). 

14 CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 For all necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

17 of section 203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 

18 1946 (2 U.S.C. 166) and to revise and extend the Anno19 tated Constitution of the United States of America, 

20 $125,688,000: Provided, That no part of such amount 

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

22 with any publication, or preparation of material therefor 

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

24 by the Library of Congress unless such publication has 

25 obtained prior approval of either the Committee on House 


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1 Administration of the House of Representatives or the 

2 Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate: 

3 Provided further, That this prohibition does not apply to 

4 publication of non-confidential Congressional Research 

5 Service (CRS) products: Provided further, That a non-con6 fidential CRS product includes any written product con7 taining research or analysis that is currently available for 

8 general congressional access on the CRS Congressional 

9 Intranet, or that would be made available on the CRS 

10 Congressional Intranet in the normal course of business 

11 and does not include material prepared in response to 

12 Congressional requests for confidential analysis or re13 search. 

14 BOOKS FOR THE BLIND AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 For all necessary expenses to carry out the Act of 

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

18 135a), $52,783,000: Provided, That of the total amount 

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

20 provide newspapers to blind and physically handicapped 

21 residents at no cost to the individual. 

22 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

23 REIMBURSABLE AND REVOLVING FUND ACTIVITIES

24 SEC. 150. (a) IN GENERAL.—For fiscal year 2019, 

25 the obligational authority of the Library of Congress for 


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

2 $194,608,000. 

3 (b) ACTIVITIES.—The activities referred to in sub4 section (a) are reimbursable and revolving fund activities 

5 that are funded from sources other than appropriations 

6 to the Library in appropriations Acts for the legislative 

7 branch. 

8 GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE 

9 CONGRESSIONAL PUBLISHING

10 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

11 For authorized publishing of congressional informa12 tion and the distribution of congressional information in 

13 any format; publishing of Government publications au14 thorized by law to be distributed to Members of Congress; 

15 and publishing, and distribution of Government publica16 tions authorized by law to be distributed without charge 

17 to the recipient, $79,000,000: Provided, That this appro18 priation shall not be available for paper copies of the per19 manent edition of the Congressional Record for individual 

20 Representatives, Resident Commissioners or Delegates au21 thorized under section 906 of title 44, United States Code: 

22 Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available 

23 for the payment of obligations incurred under the appro24 priations for similar purposes for fiscal year 2019: Pro25 vided further, That notwithstanding the 2-year limitation 


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1 under section 718 of title 44, United States Code, none 

2 of the funds appropriated or made available under this Act 

3 or any other Act for printing and binding and related serv4 ices provided to Congress under chapter 7 of title 44, 

5 United States Code, may be expended to print a docu6 ment, report, or publication after the 27-month period be7 ginning on the date that such document, report, or publi8 cation is authorized by Congress to be printed, unless Con9 gress reauthorizes such printing in accordance with sec10 tion 718 of title 44, United States Code: Provided further, 

11 That any unobligated or unexpended balances in this ac12 count or accounts for similar purposes for fiscal year 2019 

13 and each succeeding fiscal year may be transferred to the 

14 Government Publishing Office Business Operations Re15 volving Fund for carrying out the purposes of this head16 ing, subject to the approval of the Committees on Appro17 priations of the House of Representatives and Senate: 

18 Provided further, That notwithstanding sections 901, 902, 

19 and 906 of title 44, United States Code, this appropriation 

20 may be used to prepare indexes to the Congressional 

21 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 

6 the Office of Superintendent of Documents necessary to 

7 provide for the cataloging and indexing of Government 

8 publications and their distribution to the public, Members 

9 of Congress, other Government agencies, and designated 

10 depository and international exchange libraries as author11 ized by law, $32,000,000: Provided, That amounts of not 

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

13 are authorized for producing and disseminating Congres14 sional serial sets and other related publications for fiscal 

15 years 2017 and 2018 to depository and other designated 

16 libraries: Provided further, That any unobligated or unex17 pended balances in this account or accounts for similar 

18 purposes for fiscal year 2019 and each succeeding fiscal 

19 year may be transferred to the Government Publishing Of20 fice Business Operations Revolving Fund for carrying out 

21 the purposes of this heading, subject to the approval of 

22 the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep23 resentatives and Senate. 


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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, $6,000,000, 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 

13 purposes set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year 

14 for the Government Publishing Office Business Operations 

15 Revolving Fund: Provided further, That not more than 

16 $7,500 may be expended on the certification of the Direc17 tor of the Government Publishing Office in connection 

18 with official representation and reception expenses: Pro19 vided further, That the Business Operations Revolving 

20 Fund shall be available for the hire or purchase of not 

21 more than 12 passenger motor vehicles: Provided further, 

22 That expenditures in connection with travel expenses of 

23 the advisory councils to the Director of the Government 

24 Publishing Office shall be deemed necessary to carry out 

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


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1 further, That the Business Operations Revolving Fund 

2 shall be available for temporary or intermittent services 

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

4 at rates for individuals not more than the daily equivalent 

5 of the annual rate of basic pay for level V of the Executive 

6 Schedule under section 5316 of such title: Provided fur7 ther, That activities financed through the Business Oper8 ations Revolving Fund may provide information in any 

9 format: Provided further, That the Business Operations 

10 Revolving Fund and the funds provided under the heading 

11 ‘‘Public Information Programs of the Superintendent of 

12 Documents’’ may not be used for contracted security serv13 ices at Government Publishing Office’s passport facility in 

14 the District of Columbia. 

15 GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

17 For necessary expenses of the Government Account18 ability Office, including not more than $12,500 to be ex19 pended on the certification of the Comptroller General of 

20 the United States in connection with official representa21 tion and reception expenses; temporary or intermittent 

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

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

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

25 the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of such title; 


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1 hire of one passenger motor vehicle; advance payments in 

2 foreign countries in accordance with section 3324 of title 

3 31, United States Code; benefits comparable to those pay4 able under sections 901(5), (6), and (8) of the Foreign 

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

6 and under regulations prescribed by the Comptroller Gen7 eral of the United States, rental of living quarters in for8 eign countries, $578,916,653: Provided, That, in addition, 

9 $23,800,000 of payments received under sections 782, 

10 791, 3521, and 9105 of title 31, United States Code, shall 

11 be available without fiscal year limitation: Provided fur12 ther, That this appropriation and appropriations for ad13 ministrative expenses of any other department or agency 

14 which is a member of the National Intergovernmental 

15 Audit Forum or a Regional Intergovernmental Audit 

16 Forum shall be available to finance an appropriate share 

17 of either Forum’s costs as determined by the respective 

18 Forum, including necessary travel expenses of non-Federal 

19 participants: Provided further, That payments hereunder 

20 to the Forum may be credited as reimbursements to any 

21 appropriation from which costs involved are initially fi22 nanced: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be 

23 available to transfer amounts to the Department of the 

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1 ther, That hereafter, amounts appropriated for the salaries 

2 and expenses of the Government Accountability Office 

3 shall be available to transfer to the Department of the 

4 Army for the maintenance of such facility. 

5 OPEN WORLD LEADERSHIP CENTER TRUST 

6 FUND 

7 For a payment to the Open World Leadership Center 

8 Trust Fund for financing activities of the Open World 

9 Leadership Center under section 313 of the Legislative 

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

11 $5,600,000: Provided, That funds made available to sup12 port Russian participants shall only be used for those en13 gaging in free market development, humanitarian activi14 ties, and civic engagement, and shall not be used for offi15 cials of the central government of Russia. 

16 JOHN C. STENNIS CENTER FOR PUBLIC SERVICE

17 TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT

18 For payment to the John C. Stennis Center for Pub19 lic Service Development Trust Fund established under 

20 section 116 of the John C. Stennis Center for Public Serv21 ice Training and Development Act (2 U.S.C. 1105), 

22 $430,000. 


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1 TITLE II 

2 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

3 MAINTENANCE AND CARE OF PRIVATE VEHICLES

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

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

6 vehicles, except for emergency assistance and cleaning as 

7 may be provided under regulations relating to parking fa8 cilities for the House of Representatives issued by the 

9 Committee on House Administration and for the Senate 

10 issued by the Committee on Rules and Administration. 

11 FISCAL YEAR LIMITATION

12 SEC. 202. No part of the funds appropriated in this 

13 Act shall remain available for obligation beyond fiscal year 

14 2019 unless expressly so provided in this Act. 

15 RATES OF COMPENSATION AND DESIGNATION

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

17 not specifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of 

18 1929 (46 Stat. 32 et seq.) is appropriated for or the rate 

19 of compensation or designation of any office or position 

20 appropriated for is different from that specifically estab21 lished by such Act, the rate of compensation and the des22 ignation in this Act shall be the permanent law with re23 spect thereto: Provided, That the provisions in this Act 

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1 resentatives, and clerk hire for Senators and Members of 

2 the House of Representatives shall be the permanent law 

3 with respect thereto. 

4 CONSULTING SERVICES

5 SEC. 204. The expenditure of any appropriation 

6 under this Act for any consulting service through procure7 ment contract, under section 3109 of title 5, United States 

8 Code, shall be limited to those contracts where such ex9 penditures are a matter of public record and available for 

10 public inspection, except where otherwise provided under 

11 existing law, or under existing Executive order issued 

12 under existing law. 

13 COSTS OF LBFMC

14 SEC. 205. Amounts available for administrative ex15 penses of any legislative branch entity which participates 

16 in the Legislative Branch Financial Managers Council 

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

18 be available to finance an appropriate share of LBFMC 

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

20 LBFMC costs to be shared among all participating legisla21 tive branch entities (in such allocations among the entities 

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

23 LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS

24 SEC. 206. None of the funds made available in this 

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1 strumentality of the United States Government, except 

2 pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro3 vided in, this Act or any other appropriation Act. 

4 GUIDED TOURS OF THE CAPITOL

5 SEC. 207. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), 

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

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

8 guided tours of the United States Capitol which are led 

9 by employees and interns of offices of Members of Con10 gress and other offices of the House of Representatives 

11 and Senate, unless through regulations as authorized by 

12 section 402(b)(8) of the Capitol Visitor Center Act of 

13 2008 (2 U.S.C. 2242(b)(8)). 

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

15 at the direction of the Architect of the Capitol with the 

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

17 United States Capitol which are led by employees and in18 terns described in subsection (a) may be suspended tempo19 rarily or otherwise subject to restriction for security or re20 lated reasons to the same extent as guided tours of the 

21 United States Capitol which are led by the Architect of 

22 the Capitol. 

23 SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT

24 SEC. 208. $0. 


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1 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative Branch Ap2 propriations Act, 2019’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 539 

115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5894 

[Report No. 115–696] 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch 

and for other purposes. for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, 

MAY 21, 2018 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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