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Calendar No. 565

106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 2603

[Report No. 106–304]

Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending

September 30, 2001, and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

MAY 23, 2000

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

original bill; which was read twice and placed on the calendar

A BILL

Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the

fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, 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, 2001, and for other purposes, namely:
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1 TITLE I—CONGRESSIONAL OPERATIONS

2 SENATE

3 EXPENSE ALLOWANCES

4 For expense allowances of the Vice President,

5 $10,000; the President Pro Tempore of the Senate,

6 $10,000; Majority Leader of the Senate, $10,000; Minor7 ity Leader of the Senate, $10,000; Majority Whip of the

8 Senate, $5,000; Minority Whip of the Senate, $5,000; and

9 Chairmen of the Majority and Minority Conference Com10 mittees, $3,000 for each Chairman; and Chairmen of the

11 Majority and Minority Policy Committees, $3,000 for each

12 Chairman; in all, $62,000.

13 REPRESENTATION ALLOWANCES FOR THE MAJORITY AND

14 MINORITY LEADERS

15 For representation allowances of the Majority and

16 Minority Leaders of the Senate, $15,000 for each such

17 Leader; in all, $30,000.

18 SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

19 For compensation of officers, employees, and others

20 as authorized by law, including agency contributions,

21 $92,321,000, which shall be paid from this appropriation

22 without regard to the below limitations, as follows:

23 OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT

24 For the Office of the Vice President, $1,785,000.
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1 OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE

2 For the Office of the President Pro Tempore,

3 $453,000.

4 OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERS

5 For Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders,

6 $2,742,000.

7 OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY WHIPS

8 For Offices of the Majority and Minority Whips,

9 $1,722,000.

10 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

11 For salaries of the Committee on Appropriations,

12 $6,917,000.

13 CONFERENCE COMMITTEES

14 For the Conference of the Majority and the Con15 ference of the Minority, at rates of compensation to be

16 fixed by the Chairman of each such committee,

17 $1,152,000 for each such committee; in all, $2,304,000.

18 OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES OF THE CONFERENCE OF

19 THE MAJORITY AND THE CONFERENCE OF THE MINORITY

20 For Offices of the Secretaries of the Conference of

21 the Majority and the Conference of the Minority,

22 $590,000.
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1 POLICY COMMITTEES

2 For salaries of the Majority Policy Committee and

3 the Minority Policy Committee, $1,171,000 for each such

4 committee; in all, $2,342,000.

5 OFFICE OF THE CHAPLAIN

6 For Office of the Chaplain, $288,000.

7 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

8 For Office of the Secretary, $14,738,000.

9 OFFICE OF THE SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER

10 For Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper,

11 $34,811,000.

12 OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND

13 MINORITY

14 For Offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the

15 Secretary for the Minority, $1,292,000.

16 AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS AND RELATED EXPENSES

17 For agency contributions for employee benefits, as

18 authorized by law, and related expenses, $22,337,000.

19 OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL OF THE SENATE

20 For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legisla21 tive Counsel of the Senate, $4,046,000.

22 OFFICE OF SENATE LEGAL COUNSEL

23 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate

24 Legal Counsel, $1,069,000.
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1 EXPENSE ALLOWANCES OF THE SECRETARY OF THE

2 SENATE, SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF

3 THE SENATE, AND SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJOR4 ITY AND MINORITY OF THE SENATE

5 For expense allowances of the Secretary of the Sen6 ate, $3,000; Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Sen7 ate, $3,000; Secretary for the Majority of the Senate,

8 $3,000; Secretary for the Minority of the Senate, $3,000;

9 in all, $12,000.

10 CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE

11 INQUIRIES AND INVESTIGATIONS

12 For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered

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

14 of Public Law 601, Seventy-ninth Congress, as amended,

15 section 112 of Public Law 96–304 and Senate Resolution

16 281, agreed to March 11, 1980, $73,000,000.

17 EXPENSES OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE CAUCUS ON

18 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL

19 For expenses of the United States Senate Caucus on

20 International Narcotics Control, $370,000.

21 SECRETARY OF THE SENATE

22 For expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the

23 Senate, $2,077,000.

24 SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE SENATE

25 For expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms

26 and Doorkeeper of the Senate, $71,261,000.
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1 MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

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

3 SENATORS’ OFFICIAL PERSONNEL AND OFFICE EXPENSE

4 ACCOUNT

5 For Senators’ Official Personnel and Office Expense

6 Account, $253,203,000.

7 OFFICIAL MAIL COSTS

8 For expenses necessary for official mail costs of the

9 Senate, $300,000.

10 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

11 SECTION 1. SEMIANNUAL REPORT. (a) IN GEN12 ERAL.—Section 105(a) of the Legislative Branch Appro13 priations Act, 1965 (2 U.S.C. 104a) is amended by adding

14 at the end the following:

15 ‘‘(5)(A) Notwithstanding the requirements of para16 graph (1) relating to the level of detail of statement and

17 itemization, each report by the Secretary of the Senate

18 required under such paragraph shall be compiled at a

19 summary level for each office of the Senate authorized to

20 obligate appropriated funds.

21 ‘‘(B) Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to the report22 ing of expenditures relating to personnel compensation,

23 travel and transportation of persons, other contractual

24 services, and acquisition of assets.
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1 ‘‘(C) In carrying out this paragraph the Secretary of

2 the Senate shall apply the Standard Federal Object Classi3 fication of Expenses as the Secretary determines appro4 priate.’’.

5 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE AND APPLICATION.—

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2),

7 the amendment made by this section shall take ef8 fect on the date of enactment of this Act.

9 (2) FIRST REPORT AFTER ENACTMENT.—The

10 Secretary of the Senate may elect to compile and

11 submit the report for the semiannual period during

12 which the date of enactment of this section occurs,

13 as if the amendment made by this section had not

14 been enacted.

15 SEC. 2. SENATE EMPLOYEE PAY ADJUSTMENTS.

16 Section 4 of the Federal Pay Comparability Act of 1970

17 (2 U.S.C. 60a–1) is amended—

18 (1) in subsection (a)—

19 (A) by inserting ‘‘(or section 5304 or

20 5304a of such title, as applied to employees em21 ployed in the pay locality of the Washington,

22 D.C.-Baltimore, Maryland consolidated metro23 politan statistical area)’’ after ‘‘employees

24 under section 5303 of title 5, United States

25 Code,’’; and
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1 (B) by inserting ‘‘(and, as the case may

2 be, section 5304 or 5304a of such title, as ap3 plied to employees employed in the pay locality

4 of the Washington, D.C.-Baltimore, Maryland

5 consolidated metropolitan statistical area)’’

6 after ‘‘the President under such section 5303’’;

7 (2) by redesignating subsection (e) as sub8 section (f); and

9 (3) by inserting after subsection (d) the follow10 ing:

11 ‘‘(e) Any percentage used in any statute specifically

12 providing for an adjustment in rates of pay in lieu of an

13 adjustment made under section 5303 of title 5, United

14 States Code, and, as the case may be, section 5304 or

15 5304a of such title for any calendar year shall be treated

16 as the percentage used in an adjustment made under such

17 section 5303, 5304, or 5304a, as applicable, for purposes

18 of subsection (a).’’.

19 SEC. 3. (a) Section 6(c) of the Legislative Branch Ap20 propriations Act, 1999 (2 U.S.C. 121b–1(c)) is

21 amended—

22 (1) by striking ‘‘and agency contributions’’ in

23 paragraph (2)(A), and

24 (2) by adding at the end the following:
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1 ‘‘(3) Agency contributions for employees of Sen2 ate Hair Care Services shall be paid from the appro3 priations account for ‘SALARIES, OFFICERS AND

4 EMPLOYEES’.’’

5 (b) This section shall apply to pay periods beginning

6 on or after October 1, 2000.

7 SEC. 4. (a) There is established in the Treasury of

8 the United States a revolving fund to be known as the

9 Senate Health and Fitness Facility Revolving Fund (‘‘the

10 revolving fund’’).

11 (b) The Architect of the Capitol shall deposit in the

12 revolving fund—

13 (1) any amounts received as dues or other as14 sessments for use of the Senate Health and Fitness

15 Facility, and

16 (2) any amounts received from the operation of

17 the Senate waste recycling program.

18 (c) Subject to the approval of the Committee on Ap19 propriations of the Senate, amounts in the revolving fund

20 shall be available to the Architect of the Capitol, without

21 fiscal year limitation, for payment of costs of the Senate

22 Health and Fitness Facility.

23 (d) The Architect of the Capitol shall withdraw from

24 the revolving fund and deposit in the Treasury of the

25 United States as miscellaneous receipts all moneys in the
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1 revolving fund that the Architect determines are in excess

2 of the current and reasonably foreseeable needs of the

3 Senate Health and Fitness Facility.

4 (e) Subject to the approval of the Committee on

5 Rules and Administration of the Senate, the Architect of

6 the Capitol may issue such regulations as may be nec7 essary to carry out the provisions of this section.

8 SEC. 5. For each fiscal year (commencing with the

9 fiscal year ending September 30, 2001), there is author10 ized an expense allowance for the Chairmen of the Major11 ity and Minority Policy Committees which shall not exceed

12 $3,000 each fiscal year for each such Chairman; and

13 amounts from such allowance shall be paid to either of

14 such Chairmen only as reimbursement for actual expenses

15 incurred by him and upon certification and documentation

16 of such expenses, and amounts so paid shall not be re17 ported as income and shall not be allowed as a deduction

18 under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

19 SEC. 6. (a) The head of the employing office of an

20 employee of the Senate may, upon termination of employ21 ment of the employee, authorize payment of a lump sum

22 for the accrued annual leave of that employee if—

23 (1) the head of the employing office—

24 (A) has approved a written leave policy au25 thorizing employees to accrue leave and estab-
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1 lishing the conditions upon which accrued leave

2 may be paid; and

3 (B) submits written certification to the Fi4 nancial Clerk of the Senate of the number of

5 days of annual leave accrued by the employee

6 for which payment is to be made under the

7 written leave policy of the employing office; and

8 (2) there are sufficient funds to cover the lump

9 sum payment.

10 (b)(1) A lump sum payment under this section shall

11 not exceed the lesser of—

12 (A) twice the monthly rate of pay of the em13 ployee; or

14 (B) the product of the daily rate of pay of the

15 employee and the number of days of accrued annual

16 leave of the employee.

17 (2) The Secretary of the Senate shall determine the

18 rates of pay of an employee under paragraph (1) (A) and

19 (B) on the basis of the annual rate of pay of the employee

20 in effect on the date of termination of employment.

21 (c) Any payment under this section shall be paid from

22 the appropriation account or fund used to pay the em23 ployee.

24 (d) If an individual who received a lump sum pay25 ment under this section is reemployed as an employee of
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1 the Senate before the end of the period covered by the

2 lump sum payment, the individual shall refund an amount

3 equal to the applicable pay covering the period between

4 the date of reemployment and the expiration of the lump

5 sum period. Such amount shall be deposited to the appro6 priation account or fund used to pay the lump sum pay7 ment.

8 (e) The Committee on Rules and Administration of

9 the Senate may prescribe regulations to carry out this sec10 tion.

11 (f) In this section, the term—

12 (1) ‘‘employee of the Senate’’ means any em13 ployee whose pay is disbursed by the Secretary of

14 the Senate, except that the term does not include a

15 member of the Capitol Police or a civilian employee

16 of the Capitol Police; and

17 (2) ‘‘head of the employing office’’ means any

18 person with the final authority to appoint, hire, dis19 charge, and set the terms, conditions, or privileges

20 of the employment of an individual whose pay is dis21 bursed by the Secretary of the Senate.

22 SEC. 7. (a) Agency contributions for employees whose

23 salaries are disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate from

24 the appropriations account ‘‘JOINT ECONOMIC COMMIT25 TEE’’ under the heading ‘‘JOINT ITEMS’’ shall be paid
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1 from the Senate appropriations account for ‘‘SALARIES,

2 OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES’’.

3 (b) This section shall apply to pay periods beginning

4 on or after October 1, 2000.

5 SEC. 8. Section 316(b) of Public Law 101–302 (40

6 U.S.C. 188b–6(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘shall’’ and in7 serting ‘‘may’’.

8 JOINT ITEMS

9 For Joint Committees, as follows:

10 JOINT CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE ON INAUGURAL

11 CEREMONIES OF 2001

12 For all construction expenses, salaries, and other ex13 penses associated with conducting the inaugural cere14 monies of the President and Vice President of the United

15 States, January 20, 2001, in accordance with such pro16 gram as may be adopted by the joint committee authorized

17 by Senate Concurrent Resolution 89, agreed to March 2,

18 2000 (One Hundred Sixth Congress), and Senate Concur19 rent Resolution 90, agreed to March 2, 2000 (One Hun20 dred Sixth Congress), $1,000,000 to be disbursed by the

21 Secretary of the Senate and to remain available until Sep22 tember 30, 2001. Funds made available under this head23 ing shall be available for payment, on a direct or reimburs24 able basis, whether incurred on, before, or after, October

25 1, 2000: Provided, That the compensation of any employee
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1 of the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Sen2 ate who has been designated to perform service for the

3 Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies

4 shall continue to be paid by the Committee on Rules and

5 Administration, but the account from which such staff

6 member is paid may be reimbursed for the services of the

7 staff member (including agency contributions when appro8 priate) out of funds made available under this heading.

9 JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE

10 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic

11 Committee, $3,315,000, 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, $6,686,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Ad16 ministrative Officer of the House.

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: (1) an allowance

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

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

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

25 (3) an allowance of $500 per month to one assistant and
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1 $400 per month each not to exceed 11 assistants on the

2 basis heretofore provided for such assistants; and (4)

3 $1,159,904 for reimbursement to the Department of the

4 Navy for expenses incurred for staff and equipment as5 signed to the Office of the Attending Physician, which

6 shall be advanced and credited to the applicable appropria7 tion or appropriations from which such salaries, allow8 ances, and other expenses are payable and shall be avail9 able for all the purposes thereof, $1,835,000, to be dis10 bursed by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House.

11 CAPITOL POLICE BOARD

12 CAPITOL POLICE

13 SALARIES

14 For the Capitol Police Board for salaries of officers,

15 members, and employees of the Capitol Police, including

16 overtime, hazardous duty pay differential, clothing allow17 ance of not more than $600 each for members required

18 to wear civilian attire, and Government contributions for

19 health, retirement, Social Security, and other applicable

20 employee benefits, $102,700,000, of which $51,350,000 is

21 provided to the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Rep22 resentatives, to be disbursed by the Chief Administrative

23 Officer of the House, and $51,350,000 is provided to the

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

25 disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate: Provided, That,
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1 of the amounts appropriated under this heading, such

2 amounts as may be necessary may be transferred between

3 the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives and

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

5 approval of the Committee on Appropriations of the House

6 of Representatives and the Committee on Appropriations

7 of the Senate.

8 GENERAL EXPENSES

9 For the Capitol Police Board for necessary expenses

10 of the Capitol Police, including motor vehicles, commu11 nications and other equipment, security equipment and in12 stallation, uniforms, weapons, supplies, materials, train13 ing, medical services, forensic services, stenographic serv14 ices, personal and professional services, the employee as15 sistance program, not more than $2,000 for the awards

16 program, postage, telephone service, travel advances, relo17 cation of instructor and liaison personnel for the Federal

18 Law Enforcement Training Center, and $85 per month

19 for extra services performed for the Capitol Police Board

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

21 or the House of Representatives designated by the Chair22 man of the Board, $6,884,000, to be disbursed by the

23 Capitol Police Board or their delegee: Provided, That, not24 withstanding any other provision of law, the cost of basic

25 training for the Capitol Police at the Federal Law En-
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1 forcement Training Center for fiscal year 2001 shall be

2 paid by the Secretary of the Treasury from funds available

3 to the Department of the Treasury.

4 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

5 SEC. 101. Amounts appropriated for fiscal year 2001

6 for the Capitol Police Board for the Capitol Police may

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

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

9 (1) the Committee on Appropriations of the

10 House of Representatives, in the case of amounts

11 transferred from the appropriation provided to the

12 Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives

13 under the heading ‘‘SALARIES’’;

14 (2) the Committee on Appropriations of the

15 Senate, in the case of amounts transferred from the

16 appropriation provided to the Sergeant at Arms and

17 Doorkeeper of the Senate under the heading ‘‘SALA18 RIES’’; and

19 (3) the Committees on Appropriations of the

20 Senate and the House of Representatives, in the

21 case of other transfers.

22 SEC. 102. APPOINTMENT OF CERTIFYING OFFICERS

23 OF THE CAPITOL POLICE. The Capitol Police Board shall

24 appoint certifying officers to certify all vouchers for pay25 ment from Capitol Police appropriations and funds.
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1 SEC. 103. CERTIFYING OFFICERS OF THE CAPITOL

2 POLICE; ACCOUNTABILITY; RELIEF BY COMPTROLLER

3 GENERAL. Each officer or employee of the Capitol Police,

4 who has been duly authorized in writing by the Capitol

5 Police Board to certify vouchers for payment from appro6 priations and funds, shall (1) be held responsible for the

7 existence and correctness of the facts recited in the certifi8 cate or otherwise stated on the voucher or its supporting

9 papers and for the legality of the proposed payment under

10 the appropriation or fund involved; (2) be held responsible

11 and accountable for the correctness of the computations

12 of certified vouchers; and (3) be held accountable for and

13 required to make good to the United States the amount

14 of any illegal, improper, or incorrect payment resulting

15 from any false, inaccurate, or misleading certificate made

16 by him, as well as for any payment prohibited by law or

17 which did not represent a legal obligation under the appro18 priation or fund involved: Provided, That the Comptroller

19 General of the United States may, at his discretion, relieve

20 such certifying officer or employee of liability for any pay21 ment otherwise proper whenever he finds (1) that the cer22 tification was based on official records and that such cer23 tifying officer or employee did not know, and by reason24 able diligence and inquiry could not have ascertained, the

25 actual facts, or (2) that the obligation was incurred in
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1 good faith, that the payment was not contrary to any stat2 utory provision specifically prohibiting payments of the

3 character involved, and the United States has received

4 value for such payment.

5 SEC. 104. ENFORCEMENT OF LIABILITY OF CER6 TIFYING OFFICERS OF THE CAPITOL POLICE. The liability

7 of these certifying officers or employees shall be enforced

8 in the same manner and to the same extent as now pro9 vided by law with respect to enforcement of the liability

10 of disbursing and other accountable officers; and they

11 shall have the right to apply for and obtain a decision by

12 the Comptroller General on any question of law involved

13 in a payment on any vouchers presented to them for cer14 tification.

15 CAPITOL GUIDE SERVICE AND SPECIAL SERVICES

16 OFFICE

17 For salaries and expenses of the Capitol Guide Serv18 ice and Special Services Office, $2,371,000, to be dis19 bursed by the Secretary of the Senate: Provided, That no

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

21 43 individuals: Provided further, That the Capitol Guide

22 Board is authorized, during emergencies, to employ not

23 more than two additional individuals for not more than

24 120 days each, and not more than 10 additional individ-
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1 uals for not more than 6 months each, for the Capitol

2 Guide Service.

3 STATEMENTS OF APPROPRIATIONS

4 For the preparation, under the direction of the Com5 mittees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House

6 of Representatives, of the statements for the second ses7 sion of the One Hundred Sixth Congress, showing appro8 priations made, indefinite appropriations, and contracts

9 authorized, together with a chronological history of the

10 regular appropriations bills as required by law, $30,000,

11 to be paid to the persons designated by the chairmen of

12 such committees to supervise the work.

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), $2,066,000.

18 CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 For salaries and expenses necessary to carry out the

21 provisions of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (Pub22 lic Law 93–344), including not more than $2,500 to be

23 expended on the certification of the Director of the Con24 gressional Budget Office in connection with official rep25 resentation and reception expenses, $27,113,000: Pro-
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1 vided, That no part of such amount may be used for the

2 purchase or hire of a passenger motor vehicle.

3 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

4 SEC. 105. Beginning on the date of enactment of this

5 Act and hereafter, the Congressional Budget Office may

6 use available funds to enter into contracts for the procure7 ment of severable services for a period that begins in one

8 fiscal year and ends in the next fiscal year and may enter

9 into multi-year contracts for the acquisition of property

10 and services, to the same extent as executive agencies

11 under the authority of section 303L and 304B, respec12 tively, of the Federal Property and Administrative Serv13 ices Act (41 U.S.C. 253l and 254c).

14 ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

15 CAPITOL BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

16 CAPITOL BUILDINGS

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 For salaries for the Architect of the Capitol, the As19 sistant Architect of the Capitol, and other personal serv20 ices, at rates of pay provided by law; for surveys and stud21 ies in connection with activities under the care of the Ar22 chitect of the Capitol; for all necessary expenses for the

23 maintenance, care and operation of the Capitol and elec24 trical substations of the Senate and House office buildings

25 under the jurisdiction of the Architect of the Capitol, in-
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1 cluding furnishings and office equipment, including not

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

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

4 may approve; for purchase or exchange, maintenance and

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

6 $20,000 for attendance, when specifically authorized by

7 the Architect of the Capitol, at meetings or conventions

8 in connection with subjects related to work under the Ar9 chitect of the Capitol, $44,191,000, of which $4,255,000

10 shall remain available until expended.

11 CAPITOL GROUNDS

12 For all necessary expenses for care and improvement

13 of grounds surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House

14 office buildings, and the Capitol Power Plant, $5,512,000,

15 of which $225,000 shall remain available until expended.

16 SENATE OFFICE BUILDINGS

17 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care

18 and operation of Senate office buildings; and furniture and

19 furnishings to be expended under the control and super20 vision of the Architect of the Capitol, $63,974,000, of

21 which $21,669,000 shall remain available until expended.

22 CAPITOL POWER PLANT

23 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care

24 and operation of the Capitol Power Plant; lighting, heat25 ing, power (including the purchase of electrical energy)
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1 and water and sewer services for the Capitol, Senate and

2 House office buildings, Library of Congress buildings, and

3 the grounds about the same, Botanic Garden, Senate ga4 rage, and air conditioning refrigeration not supplied from

5 plants in any of such buildings; heating the Government

6 Printing Office and Washington City Post Office, and

7 heating and chilled water for air conditioning for the Su8 preme Court Building, the Union Station complex, the

9 Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building and the

10 Folger Shakespeare Library, expenses for which shall be

11 advanced or reimbursed upon request of the Architect of

12 the Capitol and amounts so received shall be deposited

13 into the Treasury to the credit of this appropriation,

14 $39,569,000, of which $523,000 shall remain available

15 until expended: Provided, That not more than $4,400,000

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

18 during fiscal year 2001.

19 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

20 CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions

23 of section 203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of

24 1946 (2 U.S.C. 166) and to revise and extend the Anno25 tated Constitution of the United States of America,
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1 $73,374,000: Provided, That no part of such amount may

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

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

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

7 Administration of the House of Representatives or the

8 Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate.

9 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

10 CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING AND BINDING

11 For authorized printing and binding for the Congress

12 and the distribution of Congressional information in any

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

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

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

20 be distributed without charge to the recipient,

21 $73,297,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall not

22 be available for paper copies of the permanent edition of

23 the Congressional Record for individual Representatives,

24 Resident Commissioners or Delegates authorized under 44

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

2 under the appropriations for similar purposes for preced3 ing fiscal years: Provided further, That notwithstanding

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

5 States Code, none of the funds appropriated or made

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

7 binding and related services provided to Congress under

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

10 the 27-month period beginning on the date that such 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

14 Code.

15 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Congressional Oper16 ations Appropriations Act, 2001’’.

17 TITLE II—OTHER AGENCIES

18 BOTANIC GARDEN

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care

21 and operation of the Botanic Garden and the nurseries,

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

24 motor vehicle; all under the direction of the Joint Commit-
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1 tee on the Library, $3,653,000, of which $150,000 shall

2 remain available until expended.

3 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses of the Library of Congress

6 not otherwise provided for, including development and

7 maintenance of the Union Catalogs; custody and custodial

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

9 laundering and repair of uniforms; preservation of motion

10 pictures in the custody of the Library; operation and

11 maintenance of the American Folklife Center in the Li12 brary; preparation and distribution of catalog records and

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

14 passenger motor vehicle; and expenses of the Library of

15 Congress Trust Fund Board not properly chargeable to

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

17 $267,330,000, of which not more than $6,500,000 shall

18 be derived from collections credited to this appropriation

19 during fiscal year 2001, and shall remain available until

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

21 32 Stat. 480; 2 U.S.C. 150) and not more than $350,000

22 shall be derived from collections during fiscal year 2001

23 and shall remain available until expended for the develop24 ment and maintenance of an international legal informa25 tion database and activities related thereto: Provided,
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1 That the Library of Congress may not obligate or expend

2 any funds derived from collections under the Act of June

3 28, 1902, in excess of the amount authorized for obliga4 tion or expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided fur5 ther, That the total amount available for obligation shall

6 be reduced by the amount by which collections are less

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

8 amount appropriated, $10,398,600 is to remain available

9 until expended for acquisition of books, periodicals, news10 papers, and all other materials including subscriptions for

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

12 to be available solely for the purchase, when specifically

13 approved by the Librarian, of special and unique materials

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

15 the total amount appropriated, $2,506,000 is to remain

16 available until expended for the acquisition and partial

17 support for implementation of an Integrated Library Sys18 tem (ILS): Provided further, That of the total amount ap19 propriated, $10,000,000 is to remain available until ex20 pended for salaries and expenses to carry out the Russian

21 Leadership Program enacted on May 21, 1999 (113

22 STAT. 93 et seq.).
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1 COPYRIGHT OFFICE

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office,

4 $38,332,000, of which not more than $21,000,000, to re5 main available until expended, shall be derived from collec6 tions credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 2001

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

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

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

12 $5,783,000 shall be derived from collections during fiscal

13 year 2001 under 17 U.S.C. 111(d)(2), 119(b)(2), 802(h),

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

16 which collections are less than $26,783,000: Provided fur17 ther, That not more than $100,000 of the amount appro18 priated is available for the maintenance of an ‘‘Inter19 national Copyright Institute’’ in the Copyright Office of

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

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

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

24 Congress, in connection with official representation and

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

2 seminars.

3 BOOKS FOR THE BLIND AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For salaries and expenses to carry out the Act of

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

7 135a), $48,711,000, of which $14,154,000 shall remain

8 available until expended.

9 FURNITURE AND FURNISHINGS

10 For necessary expenses for the purchase, installation,

11 maintenance, and repair of furniture, furnishings, office

12 and library equipment, $4,892,000.

13 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

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

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

16 not more than $202,300, of which $60,500 is for the Con17 gressional Research Service, when specifically authorized

18 by the Librarian of Congress, for attendance at meetings

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

21 SEC. 202. Appropriated funds received by the Library

22 of Congress from other Federal agencies to cover general

23 and administrative overhead costs generated by perform24 ing reimbursable work for other agencies under the au25 thority of sections 1535 and 1536 of title 31, United
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1 States Code, shall not be used to employ more than 65

2 employees and may be expended or obligated—

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

4 extent or in such amounts as are provided in appro5 priations Acts; or

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

7 (A) to pay for such general or administra8 tive overhead costs as are attributable to the

9 work performed for such agency; or

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

11 are provided in appropriations Acts, with re12 spect to any purpose not allowable under sub13 paragraph (A).

14 SEC. 203. Of the amounts appropriated to the Li15 brary of Congress in this Act, not more than $5,000 may

16 be expended, on the certification of the Librarian of Con17 gress, in connection with official representation and recep18 tion expenses for the incentive awards program.

19 SEC. 204. Of the amount appropriated to the Library

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

21 expended, on the certification of the Librarian of Con22 gress, in connection with official representation and recep23 tion expenses for the Overseas Field Offices.
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1 SEC. 205. (a) For fiscal year 2001, the obligational

2 authority of the Library of Congress for the activities de3 scribed in subsection (b) may not exceed $92,845,000.

4 (b) The activities referred to in subsection (a) are re5 imbursable and revolving fund activities that are funded

6 from sources other than appropriations to the Library in

7 appropriations Acts for the legislative branch.

8 SEC. 206. Section 1 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to

9 authorize acquisition of certain real property for the Li10 brary of Congress, and for other purposes’’, approved De11 cember 15, 1997 (2 U.S.C. 141 note) is amended by add12 ing at the end the following new subsection:

13 ‘‘(c) TRANSFER PAYMENT BY ARCHITECT.—Notwith14 standing the limitation on reimbursement or transfer of

15 funds under subsection (a) of this section, the Architect

16 of the Capitol may, not later than 90 days after acquisi17 tion of the property under this section, transfer funds to

18 the entity from which the property was acquired by the

19 Architect of the Capitol. Such transfers may not exceed

20 a total of $16,500,000.’’.

21 SEC. 207. The Librarian of Congress may convert to

22 permanent positions 84 indefinite, time-limited positions

23 in the National Digital Library Program authorized in the

24 Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1996 for the Li25 brary of Congress under the heading, ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
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1 penses’’ (Public Law 104–53). Notwithstanding any other

2 provision of law regarding qualifications and methods of

3 appointment of employees of the Library of Congress, the

4 Librarian may fill these permanent positions through the

5 non-competitive conversion of the incumbents in the ‘‘in6 definite-not-to-exceed’’ positions to ‘‘permanent’’ posi7 tions.

8 ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

9 LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

10 STRUCTURAL AND MECHANICAL CARE

11 For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and

12 structural maintenance, care and operation of the Library

13 buildings and grounds, $16,347,000, of which $5,000,000

14 shall remain available until expended.

15 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

16 OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

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

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

23 libraries as authorized by law, $30,255,000: Provided,

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

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

3 are authorized for producing and disseminating Congres4 sional serial sets and other related publications for 1999

5 and 2000 to depository and other designated libraries.

6 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE REVOLVING FUND

7 The Government Printing Office is hereby authorized

8 to make such expenditures, within the limits of funds

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

10 contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year

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

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

14 fiscal year for the Government Printing Office revolving

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

18 Provided further, That the revolving fund shall be available

19 for the hire or purchase of not more than 12 passenger

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

22 the Public Printer shall be deemed necessary to carry out

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

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

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

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

8 the full-time equivalent employment of more than 3,285

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

11 Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the

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

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

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

19 expenses for attendance at meetings shall not exceed

20 $75,000.

21 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

22 SEC. 208. (a) Section 1708 of title 44, United States

23 Code, is amended to read as follows:
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1 ‘‘§ 1708. Prices for sales copies of Government infor2 mation products; resale by dealers; sales

3 agents

4 ‘‘(a) Sales prices for Government information prod5 ucts will be established by the Public Printer to cover the

6 costs of production, dissemination, and other appropriate

7 costs associated with this service, including the offering

8 of sales discounts and any other costs associated with the

9 Sales Program.

10 ‘‘(b) The Superintendent of Documents may pre11 scribe terms and conditions under which he authorizes the

12 resale of Government information products by book deal13 ers, and he may designate any Government officer his

14 agent for the sale of Government information products

15 under regulations agreed upon by the Superintendent of

16 Documents and the head of the respective department or

17 establishment of the Government.’’.

18 (b) The table of sections for chapter 17, of title 44,

19 United States Code, is amended by striking the item relat20 ing to section 1708 and inserting the following:

‘‘1718. Prices for sales copies of Government information products; resale by

dealers; sales agents.’’.

21 GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE

22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

23 For necessary expenses of the General Accounting

24 Office, including not more than $7,000 to be expended on
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1 the certification of the Comptroller General of the United

2 States in connection with official representation and recep3 tion expenses; temporary or intermittent services under

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

5 for individuals not more than the daily equivalent of the

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

7 Schedule under section 5315 of such title; hire of one pas8 senger motor vehicle; advance payments in foreign coun9 tries in accordance with section 3324 of title 31, United

10 States Code; benefits comparable to those payable under

11 sections 901(5), 901(6), and 901(8) of the Foreign Serv12 ice Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4081(5), 4081(6), and

13 4081(8)); and under regulations prescribed by the Comp14 troller General of the United States, rental of living quar15 ters in foreign countries, $384,867,000: Provided, That

16 not more than $1,900,000 of reimbursements received in17 cident to the operation of the General Accounting Office

18 building shall be available for use in fiscal year 2001: Pro19 vided further, That notwithstanding section 9105 of title

20 31, United States Code, hereafter amounts reimbursed to

21 the Comptroller General pursuant to that section shall be

22 deposited to the appropriation of the General Accounting

23 Office then available and remain available until expended,

24 and not more than $1,100,000 of such funds shall be

25 available for use in fiscal year 2001: Provided further,
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1 That this appropriation and appropriations for adminis2 trative expenses of any other department or agency which

3 is a member of the National Intergovernmental Audit

4 Forum or a Regional Intergovernmental Audit Forum

5 shall be available to finance an appropriate share of either

6 Forum’s costs as determined by the respective Forum, in7 cluding necessary travel expenses of non-Federal partici8 pants. Payments hereunder to the Forum may be credited

9 as reimbursements to any appropriation from which costs

10 involved are initially financed: Provided further, That this

11 appropriation and appropriations for administrative ex12 penses of any other department or agency which is a mem13 ber of the American Consortium on International Public

14 Administration (ACIPA) shall be available to finance an

15 appropriate share of ACIPA costs as determined by the

16 ACIPA, including any expenses attributable to member17 ship of ACIPA in the International Institute of Adminis18 trative Sciences.

19 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

20 SEC. 209. SENIOR LEVEL POSITIONS. (a) Subchapter

21 III of chapter 7 of subtitle I of title 31, United States

22 Code, is amended by inserting after section 732 the follow23 ing:
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1 ‘‘§ 732a. Critical positions

2 ‘‘The Comptroller General may establish senior-level

3 positions to meet critical scientific, technical or profes4 sional needs of the Office from the positions authorized

5 under sections 731(d), (e)(1), (e)(2), and 732(c)(4) of this

6 title. An individual serving in such a position shall—

7 ‘‘(1) be subject to the laws and regulations ap8 plicable to the General Accounting Office Senior Ex9 ecutive Service established under section 733 of this

10 title, with respect to rates of basic pay, performance

11 awards, ranks, carry over of annual leave, benefits,

12 performance appraisals, removal or suspension, and

13 reduction in force;

14 ‘‘(2) have the same rights of appeal to the Gen15 eral Accounting Office Personnel Appeals Board

16 that are provided to the General Accounting Office

17 Senior Executive Service;

18 ‘‘(3) be exempt from the same provisions of law

19 made inapplicable to the General Accounting Office

20 Senior Executive Service under section 733(d) of

21 this title, except for section 732(e) of this title;

22 ‘‘(4) be entitled to receive a discontinued service

23 retirement under chapter 83 or 84 of title 5 as if a

24 member of the General Accounting Office Senior Ex25 ecutive Service; and
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1 ‘‘(5) be subject to reassignment by the Comp2 troller General to any Senior Executive Service posi3 tion created under section 733 of this title as the

4 Comptroller General determines necessary and ap5 propriate.’’.

6 (b) The table of sections for chapter 7 of title 31,

7 United States Code, is amended by inserting after the

8 item relating to section 732 the following:

‘‘732a. Critical positions.’’.

9 SEC. 210. REASSIGNMENT TO SENIOR LEVEL POSI10 TIONS. Section 733(a) of title 31, United States Code, is

11 amended—

12 (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph

13 (6);

14 (2) by redesignating paragraph (7) as para15 graph (8); and

16 (3) by inserting after paragraph (6) the follow17 ing:

18 ‘‘(7) the Comptroller General may reassign a

19 member of the Senior Executive Service to any sen20 ior-level position created under section 732a of this

21 title as the Comptroller determines necessary and

22 appropriate; and’’.

23 SEC. 211. EXPERTS AND CONSULTANTS. Section

24 731(e) of title 31, United States Code, is amended—
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1 (1) by striking ‘‘not more than 3 years’’ in

2 paragraph (1) and inserting ‘‘3-year renewable

3 terms’’; and

4 (2) by striking ‘‘level V’’ in paragraph (2) and

5 inserting ‘‘level IV’’.

6 SEC. 212. VOLUNTARY EARLY RETIREMENT AU7 THORITY. Section 732 of title 31, United States Code, is

8 amended by adding at the end the following:

9 ‘‘(i)(1) An officer or employee of the General Ac10 counting Office who is separated from the service under

11 conditions described in paragraph (2) of this subsection

12 after completing 25 years of service or after becoming 50

13 years of age and completing 20 years of service is entitled

14 to an annuity in accordance with the provisions of chapter

15 83 or 84 of title 5, as applicable.

16 ‘‘(2) Paragraph (1) of this subsection applies to an

17 officer or employee who—

18 ‘‘(A) has been employed continuously by the

19 General Accounting Office for more than 30 days

20 before the date on which the Comptroller General

21 makes the determination required under subpara22 graph (D);

23 ‘‘(B) is serving under an appointment that is

24 not limited by time;
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1 ‘‘(C) has not received a decision notice of invol2 untary separation for misconduct or unacceptable

3 performance that is pending decision; and

4 ‘‘(D) is separated from the service voluntarily

5 during a period in which the Comptroller General of6 fers the officer or employee an early retirement for

7 the purpose of realigning the agency workforce in

8 order to meet mission needs, correcting skill imbal9 ances, or reducing high-grade, managerial, or super10 visory positions.

11 ‘‘(3) For purposes of chapters 83 and 84 of title 5

12 (including for purposes of computation of an annuity

13 under such chapters), an officer or employee entitled to

14 an annuity under this subsection shall be treated as an

15 employee entitled to an annuity under section 8336(d) or

16 8414(b) of such title, as applicable.

17 ‘‘(4) The Comptroller General shall promulgate regu18 lations to implement paragraph (1) that provide for offers

19 of early retirement to any individual employee or groups

20 of employees based on skills, knowledge, performance, or

21 other similar factors or combination of such factors deter22 mined by the Comptroller General.

23 ‘‘(5) As used in this subsection, the terms ‘employee’

24 and ‘annuity’ shall have the same meaning as defined in
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1 chapters 83 and 84 of title 5, as applicable. The term ‘offi2 cer’ shall have the same meaning as ‘employee.’

3 ‘‘(6) The Comptroller General may not utilize the au4 thority granted under this subsection to grant voluntary

5 early retirements to more than 10 percent of the workforce

6 of the General Accounting Office in any fiscal year.’’.

7 SEC. 213. SEPARATION PAY. Section 732 of title 31,

8 United States Code, as amended by section 212 of this

9 Act, is amended by adding at the end the following:

10 ‘‘(j) The Comptroller General may offer separation

11 pay to an officer or employee under this subsection subject

12 to such limitations or conditions as the Comptroller Gen13 eral may require for purposes of realigning the workforce

14 in order to meet mission needs, correcting skill imbal15 ances, or reducing high-grade, managerial, or supervisory

16 positions. Such separation pay—

17 ‘‘(1) shall be paid, at the option of the officer

18 or employee, in a lump sum or equal installment

19 payments;

20 ‘‘(2) shall be equal to the lesser of—

21 ‘‘(A) an amount equal to the amount the

22 officer or employee would be entitled to receive

23 under section 5595(c) of title 5 if the officer or

24 employee were entitled to payment under such

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1 ‘‘(B) $25,000;

2 ‘‘(3) shall not be a basis for payment, and shall

3 not be included in the computation, of any other

4 type of Government benefit;

5 ‘‘(4) shall not be taken into account for pur6 poses of determining the amount of any severance

7 pay to which an individual may be entitled under

8 section 5595 of title 5 based on any other separa9 tion;

10 ‘‘(5) shall only be paid to an officer or employee

11 serving under an appointment without time limita12 tion, who has been currently employed for a continu13 ous period of at least 12 months, but does not

14 include—

15 ‘‘(A) a reemployed annuitant under sub16 chapter III of chapter 83 of title 5, chapter 84

17 of title 5, or another retirement system for em18 ployees of the Government; or

19 ‘‘(B) an officer or employee having a dis20 ability on the basis of which such officer or em21 ployee is or would be eligible for disability re22 tirement under any of the retirement systems

23 referred to in subparagraph (A);
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1 ‘‘(6) shall terminate, upon reemployment in the

2 Federal Government, during receipt of installment

3 payments;

4 ‘‘(7) shall be repaid in its entirety upon reem5 ployment in the Federal Government or working for

6 any agency of the Government through personal

7 services contract within 5 years after the date of the

8 separation on which payment of the separation pay

9 is based, except that—

10 ‘‘(A) if the employment is with an Execu11 tive agency, the Director of the Office of Per12 sonnel Management may, at the request of the

13 head of the agency, waive the repayment if the

14 individual involved possesses unique abilities

15 and is the only qualified applicant available for

16 the position;

17 ‘‘(B) if the employment is with an entity in

18 the legislative branch, the head of the entity or

19 the appointing official may waive the repayment

20 if the individual involved possesses unique abili21 ties and is the only qualified applicant available

22 for the position;

23 ‘‘(C) if the employment is with the judicial

24 branch, the Director of the Administrative Of25 fice of the United States Courts may waive the
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1 repayment if the individual involved possesses

2 unique abilities and is the only qualified appli3 cant available for the position; or

4 ‘‘(D) if the employment is without com5 pensation, the appointing official may waive the

6 repayment;

7 ‘‘(8) shall be paid under regulations providing

8 that offers of separation pay shall be based on skills,

9 knowledge, performance, or other similar factors or

10 combination of such factors determined by the

11 Comptroller General;

12 ‘‘(9) shall be paid upon the condition that the

13 General Accounting Office remit to the Office of

14 Personnel Management for deposit in the Treasury

15 to the credit of the Civil Service Retirement and

16 Disability Fund an amount equal to 45 percent of

17 the final annual basic pay for each employee covered

18 under subchapter III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of

19 title 5 to whom separation pay has been paid under

20 this section and—

21 ‘‘(A) such remittance shall be in addition

22 to any other payments which the General Ac23 counting Office is required to make under sub24 chapter III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title

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1 ‘‘(B) for purposes of this paragraph the

2 term ‘final basic pay’ with respect to an em3 ployee means the total amount of basic pay

4 which would be payable for a year of service by

5 such employee, computed using the employee’s

6 final rate of basic pay, and, if last serving on

7 other than a full-time basis, with appropriate

8 adjustment therefore;

9 ‘‘(10) shall not be paid to more than 5 percent

10 of the workforce of the General Accounting Office in

11 any fiscal year; and

12 ‘‘(11) shall be paid to employees under this sec13 tion for a period of 5 years following the enactment

14 of this section unless Congress renews the authority

15 for an additional period of time.’’.

16 SEC. 214. REDUCTION IN FORCE. Section 732(h) of

17 title 31, United States Code, is amended to read as fol18 lows:

19 ‘‘(h)(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of subchapter

20 I of chapter 35 of title 5, the Comptroller General shall

21 prescribe regulations for the release of officers and em22 ployees of the General Accounting Office in a reduction

23 in force which is carried out for downsizing, realigning,

24 or correcting skill imbalances. The regulations shall give

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1 such other factors as skills, knowledge, and performance

2 in such a manner and to such an extent as the Comptroller

3 General determines necessary and appropriate.

4 ‘‘(2) Except as provided under paragraph (3), an em5 ployee may not be released, due to a reduction in force,

6 unless such employee is given written notice at least 60

7 days before such employee is so released. Such notice shall

8 include—

9 ‘‘(A) the personnel action to be taken with re10 spect to the employee involved;

11 ‘‘(B) the effective date of the action;

12 ‘‘(C) a description of the procedures applicable

13 in identifying employees for release;

14 ‘‘(D) the employee’s ranking relative to other

15 competing employees, and how that ranking was de16 termined; and

17 ‘‘(E) a description of any appeal or other rights

18 which may be available.

19 ‘‘(3) The Comptroller General may, in writing, short20 en the period of advance notice required under paragraph

21 (2) with respect to a particular reduction in force, if nec22 essary because of circumstances not reasonably foresee23 able, except that such period may not be less than 30

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1 SEC. 215. ANNUAL REPORT. Section 719 of title 31,

2 United States Code, is amended—

3 (1) in subsection (a)—

4 (A) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘and’’

5 after the semicolon;

6 (B) in paragraph (2) by striking the period

7 and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

8 (C) by adding at the end the following:

9 ‘‘(3) appropriate legislative changes to sections

10 732(h), (i), and (j) of this title.’’; and

11 (2) in subsection (b)(1)—

12 (A) in subparagraph (B) by striking ‘‘and’’

13 after the semicolon;

14 (B) in subparagraph (C) by striking the

15 period and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

16 (C) by adding at the end the following:

17 ‘‘(D) a description of the actions taken

18 under sections 732 (h), (i), and (j) of this title,

19 including information on the number of employ20 ees who received voluntary early retirements

21 and separation pay under sections 732(i) and

22 (j) and who were released under a reduction in

23 force action under section 732(h), and an as24 sessment of the effectiveness and usefulness of

25 these human capital initiatives in achieving the
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1 agency’s mission, meeting its performance

2 goals, and fulfilling its strategic plan.’’.

3 SEC. 216. FIVE-YEAR ASSESSMENT. (a) Not later

4 than 5 years after the date of the enactment of this Act,

5 the Comptroller General shall submit to Congress a report

6 concerning the implementation and effectiveness of sec7 tions 209 through 214 of this Act.

8 (b) The report under this section shall include—

9 (1) a summary of the portions of the annual re10 ports required under sections 719(a)(3) and

11 (b)(1)(D) of title 31, United States Code;

12 (2) recommendations for continuation of or leg13 islative changes to sections 732(h), (i), and (j) of

14 title 31, United States Code; and

15 (3) any assessments or recommendations of the

16 General Accounting Office Personnel Appeals Board

17 and interested employee groups or associations with18 in the General Accounting Office.

19 TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS

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

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

22 vehicles, except for emergency assistance and cleaning as

23 may be provided under regulations relating to parking fa24 cilities for the House of Representatives issued by the
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1 Committee on House Administration and for the Senate

2 issued by the Committee on Rules and Administration.

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

4 Act shall remain available for obligation beyond fiscal year

5 2001 unless expressly so provided in this Act.

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

7 not specifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of

8 1929 is appropriated for or the rate of compensation or

9 designation of any office or position appropriated for is

10 different from that specifically established by such Act,

11 the rate of compensation and the designation in this Act

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

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

14 official expenses of Members, officers, and committees of

15 the Senate and House of Representatives, and clerk hire

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

18 SEC. 304. The expenditure of any appropriation

19 under this Act for any consulting service through procure20 ment contract, pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United

21 States Code, shall be limited to those contracts where such

22 expenditures are a matter of public record and available

23 for public inspection, except where otherwise provided

24 under existing law, or under existing Executive order

25 issued pursuant to existing law.
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1 SEC. 305. (a) It is the sense of the Congress that,

2 to the greatest extent practicable, all equipment and prod3 ucts purchased with funds made available in this Act

4 should be American-made.

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

6 into any contract with, any entity using funds made avail7 able in this Act, the head of each Federal agency, to the

8 greatest extent practicable, shall provide to such entity a

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

10 the Congress.

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

12 Federal agency that any person intentionally affixed a

13 label bearing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, or any in14 scription with the same meaning, to any product sold in

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

16 United States, such person shall be ineligible to receive

17 any contract or subcontract made with funds provided

18 pursuant to this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspen19 sion, and ineligibility procedures described in section

20 9.400 through 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regula21 tions.

22 SEC. 306. Such sums as may be necessary are appro23 priated to the account described in subsection (a) of sec24 tion 415 of Public Law 104–1 to pay awards and settle25 ments as authorized under such subsection.
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1 SEC. 307. Amounts available for administrative ex2 penses of any legislative branch entity which participates

3 in the Legislative Branch Financial Managers Council

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

5 be available to finance an appropriate share of LBFMC

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

7 LBFMC costs to be shared among all participating legisla8 tive branch entities (in such allocations among the entities

9 as the entities may determine) may not exceed $252,000.

10 SEC. 308. Section 316 of Public Law 101–302 is

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

12 ‘‘2000’’ and inserting ‘‘2001’’.

13 SEC. 309. RUSSIAN LEADERSHIP PROGRAM. Section

14 3011 of the 1999 Emergency Supplemental Appropria15 tions Act (Public Law 106–31; 113 Stat. 93) is

16 amended—

17 (1) by striking ‘‘fiscal year 2000’’ in sub18 sections (a)(1), (b)(4)(B), (d)(3), and (h)(1)(A) and

19 inserting ‘‘fiscal years 2000 and 2001’’; and

20 (2) by striking ‘‘2001’’ in subsection (a)(2),

21 (e)(1), and (h)(1)(B) and inserting ‘‘2002’’.

22 SEC. 310. CAPITOL SECURITY CONSOLIDATION. (a)

23 SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the ‘‘Capitol

24 Security Consolidation Act of 2000’’.

25 (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section—
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1 (1) the term ‘‘Act of August 4, 1950’’ means

2 the Act entitled ‘‘An Act relating to the policing of

3 the buildings and grounds of the Library of Con4 gress’’, approved August 4, 1950 (2 U.S.C. 167 et

5 seq.);

6 (2) the term ‘‘GPO police employee’’—

7 (A) means an employee of the Government

8 Printing Office designated to serve as a special

9 policeman under section 317 of title 44, United

10 States Code (as in effect immediately before the

11 effective date of this section); and

12 (B) does not include any civilian employee

13 performing support functions;

14 (3) the term ‘‘function’’ means any duty, obli15 gation, power, authority, responsibility, right, privi16 lege, activity, or program; and

17 (4) the term ‘‘LOC police employee’’—

18 (A) means an employee of the Library of

19 Congress designated as police under the first

20 section of the Act of August 4, 1950 (2 U.S.C.

21 167) (as in effect immediately before the effec22 tive date of this section); and

23 (B) does not include any civilian employee

24 performing support functions.
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1 (c) TRANSFER OF PERSONNEL AND FUNCTIONS.—

2 There are transferred to the United States Capitol

3 Police—

4 (1) each LOC police employee and each GPO

5 police employee;

6 (2) any—

7 (A) functions performed under section 317

8 of title 44, United States Code, and the first

9 section and section 9 of the Act August 4, 1950

10 (2 U.S.C. 167) (as in effect immediately before

11 the effective date of this section); and

12 (B) related functions designated in the ap13 plicable memorandum of understanding under

14 subsection (h); and

15 (3) any civilian employee of the Library of Con16 gress or the Government Printing Office who—

17 (A) performs security support functions;

18 and

19 (B) is designated for transfer by the Chief

20 of the Capitol Police in the applicable memo21 randum of understanding under subsection (h).

22 (d) MEMBERS OF CAPITOL POLICE.—Subject to sub23 section (e), each LOC police employee and GPO police em24 ployee transferred under subsection (c) shall be a member

25 of the Capitol Police.
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1 (e) QUALIFICATION DETERMINATIONS.—

2 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (d) shall not

3 apply to any individual who the Chief of the Capitol

4 Police determines does not meet the qualifications

5 required to be a member of the Capitol Police.

6 (2) AGE LIMITATION.—For purposes of this

7 subsection, the Chief of the Capitol Police may waive

8 the application to any individual of the maximum

9 age limitation of 37 years for hiring a member of

10 the Capitol Police.

11 (3) TRAINING.—During the 1-year period be12 ginning on the date of enactment of this Act, the

13 Capitol Police Board may waive any regulation,

14 standard, guideline, or other limitation prescribed by

15 the Capitol Police Board relating to the training of

16 a member of the Capitol Police with respect to any

17 LOC police employee or GPO police employee trans18 ferred under this section.

19 (4) APPLICATION FOR QUALIFICATION DETER20 MINATION.—Not later than October 1, 2000, any

21 LOC police employee or GPO police employee who is

22 transferred under this section may file an applica23 tion for a qualification determination under this sub24 section with the Chief of the Capitol Police.

25 (f) TRANSITION PROVISIONS.—
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1 (1) TRANSFER AND ALLOCATIONS OF APPRO2 PRIATIONS.—The unexpended balances of appropria3 tions, authorizations, allocations, and other funds

4 employed, used, held, arising from, available to, or

5 to be made available in connection with the func6 tions transferred by this section shall be transferred

7 to the appropriations accounts for the Capitol Police

8 under the subheadings ‘‘SALARIES’’ and ‘‘GENERAL

9 EXPENSES’’ under the heading ‘‘CAPITOL POLICE’’

10 under the heading ‘‘CAPITOL POLICE BOARD’’,

11 as applicable. Funds for salaries shall be provided in

12 equal amounts to the Sergeant at Arms and Door13 keeper of the Senate, to be disbursed by the Sec14 retary of the Senate, and the Sergeant at Arms of

15 the House of Representatives, to be disbursed by the

16 Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Rep17 resentatives. Unexpended funds transferred under

18 this section shall be used only for the purposes for

19 which the funds were originally authorized and ap20 propriated.

21 (2) REORGANIZATION.—The Capitol Police

22 Board is authorized to allocate or reallocate any

23 function transferred under this section among mem24 bers of the Capitol Police, and to establish, consoli25 date, alter, or discontinue such organizational enti-
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1 ties in the Capitol Police as may be necessary or ap2 propriate.

3 (3) INTERIM ASSIGNMENTS.—During the period

4 beginning on October 1, 2000, through September

5 30, 2001, each LOC police employee or GPO police

6 employee may perform any function transferred

7 under subsection (c)(2), as applicable, under the di8 rection of the Chief of the Capitol Police. Any such

9 employee performing such functions who is not a

10 member of the Capitol Police at the close of Septem11 ber 30, 2001, shall be separated from service at that

12 time.

13 (4) HIGH RANKING LOC AND GPO POLICE OFFI14 CERS.—The Capitol Police Board may reduce the

15 rank of any LOC police employee or GPO police em16 ployee who holds the rank of lieutenant (or the

17 equivalent of such rank) or higher immediately be18 fore the effective date of this section.

19 (5) NONREDUCTION IN PAY.—Except as pro20 vided under paragraph (3), the transfer of any em21 ployee under this section shall not cause that em22 ployee to be separated or reduced in pay before Oc23 tober 1, 2002.

24 (6) REFERENCES.—Reference in any other

25 Federal law, Executive order, rule, regulation, or
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1 delegation of authority, or any document of or relat2 ing to the Librarian of Congress, the Public Printer,

3 the Library of Congress, or the Government Print4 ing Office with regard to functions transferred under

5 this section, shall be deemed to refer to the Capitol

6 Police Board.

7 (g) LOC AND GPO POLICE JURISDICTION.—

8 (1) LIBRARY OF CONGRESS.—

9 (A) DESIGNATION OF LOC POLICE EM10 PLOYEES.—The first section of the Act of Au11 gust 4, 1950 (2 U.S.C. 167) is repealed.

12 (B) JURISDICTION OF LOC POLICE EM13 PLOYEES.—Section 9 of the Act of August 4,

14 1950 (2 U.S.C. 167h) is amended by striking

15 ‘‘The police provided’’ through ‘‘Provided, That

16 the’’ and inserting ‘‘The’’.

17 (C) REGULATIONS.—Section 7(a) of the

18 Act of August 4, 1950 (2 U.S.C. 167f(a)) is

19 amended by striking ‘‘the Librarian of Con20 gress’’ and inserting ‘‘the Capitol Police Board,

21 in consultation with the Librarian of Con22 gress,’’.

23 (2) GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.—
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1 (A) IN GENERAL.—Section 317 of title 44,

2 United States Code, is amended to read as fol3 lows:

4 ‘‘§ 317. Protection of persons and property

5 ‘‘The Capitol Police shall protect persons and prop6 erty in premises and adjacent areas occupied by or under

7 the control of the Government Printing Office, in accord8 ance with the Capitol Security Consolidation Act of

9 2000.’’.

10 (B) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMEND11 MENT.—The table of contents for chapter 3 of

12 title 44, United States Code, is amended by

13 striking the item relating to section 317 and in14 serting the following:

‘‘317. Protection of persons and property.’’.

15 (h) MEMORANDA OF UNDERSTANDING.—

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than October 1,

17 2000, the Chief of the Capitol Police shall enter

18 into—

19 (A) a memorandum of understanding with

20 the Librarian of Congress; and

21 (B) a memorandum of understanding with

22 the Public Printer of the Government Printing

23 Office

24 (2) CONTENT.—Each memorandum under

25 paragraph (1) shall—
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1 (A) provide for the performance of law en2 forcement functions relating to the Library of

3 Congress or the Government Printing Office, as

4 the case may be, by members of the Capitol Po5 lice;

6 (B) ensure that such members are under

7 the direction of the Chief of the Capitol Police;

8 (C) designate the related functions trans9 ferred under subsection (c)(2);

10 (D)(i) provide for the interim assignment

11 under subsection (f)(3) of any LOC police em12 ployee or GPO police employee, as the case may

13 be;

14 (ii) coordinate the functions performed by

15 such employees on interim assignments with

16 members of the Capitol Police and civilian em17 ployees; and

18 (iii) ensure that such employees on interim

19 assignments are under the direction of the Cap20 itol Police;

21 (E) provide for—

22 (i) the designation of civilian employ23 ees of the Library of Congress or the Gov24 ernment Printing Office, as the case may
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1 be, for transfer under subsection (c)(3);

2 and

3 (ii) the assignment of functions of

4 such employees as civilian employees of the

5 Capitol Police;

6 (F) provide for the coordination of any se7 curity-related functions performed by civilian

8 employees of the Library of Congress or the

9 Government Printing Office, as the case may

10 be, with—

11 (i) law enforcement functions per12 formed by members of the Capitol Police;

13 and

14 (ii) any support functions performed

15 by civilian employees of the Capitol Police;

16 (G) provide for procedures for determining

17 rank and pay and providing necessary training

18 for individuals transferred under this section;

19 (H) maintain or improve the public safety

20 of the Library of Congress or the Government

21 Printing Office, as the case may be; and

22 (I) provide for the efficient implementation

23 of the transfer of employees and functions

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1 (3) LIBRARY OF CONGRESS REGULATIONS.—

2 The memorandum of understanding between the

3 Chief of the Capitol Police and the Librarian of

4 Congress shall provide for the enforcement of, and

5 any modifications to, regulations prescribed under

6 section 7 of the Act of August 4, 1950 (2 U.S.C.

7 167f).

8 (i) CAPITOL POLICE BOARD.—

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 9 of the Act entitled

10 ‘‘An Act to define the area of the United States

11 Capitol Grounds, to regulate the use thereof, and for

12 other purposes’’, approved July 31, 1946 (40 U.S.C.

13 212a) is amended by adding at the end the follow14 ing:

15 ‘‘The Librarian of Congress and the Public Printer

16 of the Government Printing Office shall be nonvoting ex

17 officio members of the Capitol Police Board.’’.

18 (2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This subsection shall

19 take effect with respect to the Librarian of Congress

20 and the Public Printer of the Government Printing

21 Office on the date on which the applicable officer

22 signs the memorandum of understanding described

23 under subsection (h), respectively.

24 (j) RETIREMENT BENEFITS.—
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1 (1) SERVICE DEEMED TO BE SERVICE AS CAP2 ITOL POLICE.—Any period of service performed by

3 an individual as a LOC police employee or a GPO

4 police employee (including any period of service per5 formed by that individual on interim assignment

6 under subsection (f)(3)) shall be deemed to be serv7 ice performed as a member of the Capitol Police for

8 purposes of chapters 83 and 84 of title 5, United

9 States Code, if—

10 (A) the individual becomes a member of

11 the Capitol Police under this section;

12 (B) not later than 90 days after the date

13 of the qualification determination under sub14 section (e), the individual makes an election to

15 be covered under this paragraph; and

16 (C) the individual makes the payment

17 under paragraph (2).

18 (2) EMPLOYEE CONTRIBUTIONS.—An individual

19 who makes an election under paragraph (1)(A) to be

20 covered under that paragraph shall pay an amount

21 determined by the Office of Personnel Management

22 equal to—

23 (A) the difference between—

24 (i) the amount deducted and withheld

25 from basic pay under chapters 83 and 84
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1 of title 5, United States Code, for the pe2 riod of service described under paragraph

3 (1); and

4 (ii) the amount that would have been

5 deducted and withheld during that period,

6 if service during that period had been per7 formed as a member of the Capitol Police;

8 and

9 (B) interest as prescribed under section

10 8334(e) of title 5, United States Code, based on

11 the amount determined under subparagraph

12 (A).

13 (3) AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS.—The Capitol Po14 lice shall pay an amount for applicable agency con15 tributions based on payments made under paragraph

16 (2).

17 (4) DEPOSIT OF PAYMENTS.—Payments under

18 paragraphs (2) and (3) shall be deposited in the

19 Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund.

20 (5) AGE LIMITATION.—During the period be21 ginning on October 1, 2000, through September 30,

22 2002, sections 8335(d) and 8425(c) of title 5,

23 United States Code, shall not apply to any individual

24 who becomes a member of the Capitol Police under

25 this section (including an individual who makes an
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1 election under paragraph (1)(A) of this subsection to

2 be covered under that paragraph).

3 (6) REGULATIONS.—After consultation with the

4 Capitol Police Board, the Office of Personnel Man5 agement shall prescribe regulations to carry out this

6 subsection, including regulations relating to em7 ployee contributions under paragraph (2) that are

8 similar to regulations under section 8334 of title 5,

9 United States Code.

10 (k) LEAVE.—Any annual or sick leave to the credit

11 of an individual transferred under this section may be

12 transferred to the credit of that individual as a member

13 of the Capitol Police as determined by the Capitol Police

14 Board.

15 (l) EFFECTIVE DATE.—

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise pro17 vided in this section, this section and the amend18 ments made by this section shall take effect on Octo19 ber 1, 2000.

20 (2) DATE OF ENACTMENT.—Subsections (e)

21 and (h) shall take effect on the date of enactment

22 of this Act.

23 SEC. 311. (a)(1) Any State may request the Joint

24 Committee on the Library of Congress to approve the re25 placement of a statue the State has provided for display
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1 in Statuary Hall in the Capitol of the United States under

2 section 1814 of the Revised Statutes (40 U.S.C. 187).

3 (2) A request shall be considered under paragraph

4 (1) only if—

5 (A) the request has been approved by a resolu6 tion adopted by the legislature of the State and the

7 request has been approved by the Governor of the

8 State, and

9 (B) the statue to be replaced has been displayed

10 in the Capitol of the United States for at least 25

11 years as of the time the request is made.

12 (b) If the Joint Committee on the Library of Con13 gress approves a request under subsection (a), the Archi14 tect of the Capitol shall enter into an agreement with the

15 State to carry out the replacement in accordance with the

16 request and any conditions the Joint Committee may re17 quire for its approval. Such agreement shall provide

18 that—

19 (1) the new statue shall be subject to the same

20 conditions and restrictions as apply to any statue

21 provided by a State under section 1814 of the Re22 vised Statutes (40 U.S.C. 187), and

23 (2) the State shall pay any costs related to the

24 replacement, including costs in connection with the

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1 of the new statue, the removal and transportation of

2 the statue being replaced, and any unveiling cere3 mony.

4 (c) Nothing in this section shall be interpreted to per5 mit a State to have more than 2 statues on display in

6 the Capitol of the United States.

7 (d)(1) The Joint Committee on the Library of Con8 gress may approve the transfer to a State of the ownership

9 of any statue being replaced under this section if the State

10 includes a request for the approval of such transfer at the

11 same time a request is made under subsection (a).

12 (2) If any statue is removed from the Capitol of the

13 United States as part of a transfer of ownership under

14 paragraph (1), then it may not be returned to the Capitol

15 for display unless such display is specifically authorized

16 by Federal law.

17 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative Branch Ap18 propriations Act, 2001’’.

Calendar No. 565

106TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 2603

[Report No. 106–304]

A BILL

Making appropriations for the legislative branch for

the fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, andfor other purposes.

MAY 23, 2000

Read twice and placed on the calendar