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104TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 3754

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JULY 30, 1996

Ordered to be printed with the amendments of the Senate numbered

AN ACT

Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the

fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, 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, 1997, and for other purposes, namely:

7 TITLE I—CONGRESSIONAL OPERATIONS

8 Ω1æSENATE

9 EXPENSE ALLOWANCES

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

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

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

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

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

4 Chairman; in all, $56,000.

5 REPRESENTATION ALLOWANCES FOR THE MAJORITY AND

6 MINORITY LEADERS

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

9 in all, $30,000.

10 SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

11 For compensation of officers, employees, and others as

12 authorized by law, including agency contributions,

13 $74,615,000, which shall be paid from this appropriation

14 without regard to the below limitations, as follows:

15 OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT

16 For the Office of the Vice President, $1,513,000.

17 OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE

18 For the Office of the President Pro Tempore, $325,000.

19 OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERS

20 For Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders,

21 $2,195,000.

22 OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY WHIPS

23 For Offices of the Majority and Minority Whips,

24 $1,156,000.
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1 CONFERENCE COMMITTEES

2 For the Conference of the Majority and the Conference

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

4 Chairman of each such committee, $996,000 for each such

5 committee; in all, $1,992,000.

6 OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES OF THE CONFERENCE OF

7 THE MAJORITY AND THE CONFERENCE OF THE MINORITY

8 For Offices of the Secretaries of the Conference of the

9 Majority and the Conference of the Minority, $384,000.

10 POLICY COMMITTEES

11 For salaries of the Majority Policy Committee and the

12 Minority Policy Committee, $965,000 for each such com13 mittee, in all, $1,930,000.

14 OFFICE OF THE CHAPLAIN

15 For Office of the Chaplain, $234,000.

16 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

17 For Office of the Secretary, $12,714,000.

18 OFFICE OF THE SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER

19 For Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper,

20 $34,037,000.

21 OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND

22 MINORITY

23 For Offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the

24 Secretary for the Minority, $1,135,000.
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1 AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS AND RELATED EXPENSES

2 For agency contributions for employee benefits, as au3 thorized by law, and related expenses, $17,000,000.

4 OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL OF THE SENATE

5 For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legisla6 tive Counsel of the Senate, $3,447,000.

7 OFFICE OF SENATE LEGAL COUNSEL

8 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate Legal

9 Counsel, $936,000.

10 EXPENSE ALLOWANCES OF THE SECRETARY OF THE SEN11 ATE, SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE

12 SENATE, AND SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND

13 MINORITY OF THE SENATE

14 For expense allowances of the Secretary of the Senate,

15 $3,000; Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate,

16 $3,000; Secretary for the Majority of the Senate, $3,000;

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

18 $12,000.

19 CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE

20 INQUIRIES AND INVESTIGATIONS

21 For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered

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

23 Public Law 601, Seventy-ninth Congress, as amended, sec24 tion 112 of Public Law 96–304 and Senate Resolution 281,

25 agreed to March 11, 1980, $69,561,000.
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1 EXPENSES OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE CAUCUS ON

2 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL

3 For expenses of the United States Senate Caucus on

4 International Narcotics Control, $305,000.

5 SECRETARY OF THE SENATE

6 For expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the Sen7 ate, $1,511,000.

8 SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE SENATE

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

10 Doorkeeper of the Senate, $65,931,000.

11 MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

12 For miscellaneous items, $6,791,000.

13 SENATOR’S OFFICIAL PERSONNEL AND OFFICE EXPENSE

14 ACCOUNT

15 For Senators’ Official Personnel and Office Expense

16 Account, $208,000,000.

17 STATIONERY (REVOLVING FUND)

18 For stationery for the President of the Senate, $4,500,

19 for officers of the Senate and the Conference of the Majority

20 and Conference of the Minority of the Senate, $8,500; in

21 all, $13,000.

22 OFFICIAL MAIL COSTS

23 For expenses necessary for official mail costs of the

24 Senate, $10,000,000, to remain available until September

25 30, 1998.
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

2 SECTION 1. Section 195(a) of chapter IX of title I of

3 the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1985 (Public Law

4 99–88; 2 U.S.C. 61g–7(a)) is amended by striking the pe5 riod at the end and inserting ‘‘or with respect to the admin6 istration of the affairs of the committee.’’.

7 SEC. 2. Section 105(d)(1) of chapter VI of title I of

8 the Second Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1978 (Public

9 Law 95–355; 2 U.S.C. 43d(d)(1)) is amended by striking

10 ‘‘and telephone services’’ and inserting ‘‘, telephone services,

11 and stationery’’.

12 SEC. 3. Section 3(f)(1) under the heading ‘‘ADMINIS13 TRATIVE PROVISIONS’’ in the appropriation for the Senate

14 in the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1975 (2

15 U.S.C. 59(e)(1)) is amended in the second sentence by strik16 ing ‘‘one year’’ and inserting ‘‘3 years’’.

17 SEC. 4. (a) Section 5 under the heading ‘‘ADMINISTRA18 TIVE PROVISIONS’’ in the appropriation for the Senate in

19 the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1996 (2 U.S.C.

20 58a note) is amended—

21 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘by the Ser22 geant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate’’; and

23 (2) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the

24 following:
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1 ‘‘(b) As used in subsection (a), the term ‘user’ means

2 a Senator, an Officer of the Senate, and any office, commit3 tee, or other entity the funds of which are disbursed by the

4 Secretary of the Senate.’’.

5 (b) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take

6 effect on October 1, 1996, and shall apply to all payments

7 made on or after such date for local and long distance tele8 communications service.

9 SEC. 5. (a) The Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of

10 the Senate may directly, or through the General Services

11 Administration, transfer title to excess or surplus educa12 tionally useful equipment to a public school. Any such

13 transfer shall be completed at the lowest possible cost to the

14 public school and the Senate.

15 (b) The Committee on Rules and Administration of the

16 Senate shall prescribe regulations to carry out the provi17 sions of this section.

18 (c) Receipts from reimbursements for the costs of trans19 fer of excess or surplus educationally useful equipment

20 under this section, shall be deposited in the United States

21 Treasury for credit to the account for the ‘‘Sergeant at Arms

22 and Doorkeeper of the Senate’’ within the contingent fund

23 of the Senate.

24 (d) For the purposes of this section:
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1 (1) The term ‘‘public school’’ means a public ele2 mentary or secondary school as such terms are de3 fined in section 14101 of the Elementary and Second4 ary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 8801).

5 (2) The term ‘‘educationally useful equipment’’

6 means computers and related peripheral tools, includ7 ing printers, modems, routers, servers, computer key8 boards, scanners, and other telecommunications and

9 research equipment, that are appropriate for use in

10 public school education.

11 (e) This section shall take effect beginning with fiscal

12 year 1997 and shall be effective each fiscal year thereafter.

13 SEC. 6. (a) Notwithstanding section 1345 of title 31,

14 United States Code, the Secretary of the Senate may reim15 burse any individual employed by the Senate day care cen16 ter for the cost of training classes and conferences in connec17 tion with the provision of child care services and for travel,

18 transportation, and subsistence expenses incurred in con19 nection with the training classes and conferences.

20 (b) The Senate day care center shall certify and pro21 vide appropriate documentation to the Secretary of the Sen22 ate with respect to any reimbursement under this section.

23 Reimbursements under this section shall be made from the

24 appropriations account ‘‘MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS’’
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1 within the contingent fund of the Senate on vouchers ap2 proved by the Secretary of the Senate.

3 (c) Reimbursements under this section shall be subject

4 to the regulations and limitations prescribed by the Com5 mittee on Rules and Administration of the Senate for travel

6 and related expenses for which payment is authorized to

7 be made from the contingent fund of the Senate.

8 (d) This section shall be effective on and after October

9 1, 1996.

10 SEC. 7. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,

11 any funds received during fiscal year 1996 by the Sergeant

12 at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate in settlement of a

13 contract claim or dispute, but not to exceed $1,450,000,

14 shall be deposited into the appropriation account for fiscal

15 year 1997 for the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the

16 Senate within the contingent fund of the Senate and shall

17 be available in a like manner and for the same purposes

18 as are the other funds in that account.

19 SEC. 8. (a) The Secretary of the Senate, with the over20 sight and approval of the Committee on Rules and Admin21 istration of the Senate, shall oversee the development and

22 implementation of a comprehensive Senate legislative infor23 mation system.

24 (b) In carrying out this section, the Secretary of the

25 Senate shall consult and work with officers and employees
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1 of the House of Representatives. Legislative branch agencies

2 and departments and agencies of the executive branch shall

3 provide cooperation, consultation, and assistance as re4 quested by the Secretary of the Senate to carry out this sec5 tion.

6 (c) Any funds that were appropriated under the head7 ing ‘‘Secretary of the Senate’’ for expenses of the Office of

8 the Secretary of the Senate by the Legislative Branch Ap9 propriations Act, 1995, to remain available until Septem10 ber 30, 1998, and that the Secretary determines are not

11 needed for development of a financial management system

12 for the Senate may, with the approval of the Committee

13 on Appropriations of the Senate, be used to carry out the

14 provisions of this section, and such funds shall be available

15 through September 30, 2000.

16 (d) The Committee on Rules and Administration of

17 the Senate may prescribe such regulations as may be nec18 essary to carry out the provisions of this section.

19 (e) This section shall be effective for fiscal years begin20 ning on or after October 1, 1996.

21 SEC. 9. PAYMENT FOR UNACCRUED LEAVE.—

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Financial Clerk of the

23 Senate is authorized to accept from an individual

24 whose pay is disbursed by the Secretary of Senate a

25 payment representing pay for any period of
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1 unaccrued annual leave used by that individual, as

2 certified by the head of the employing office of the in3 dividual making the payment.

4 (b) WITHHOLDING.—The Financial Clerk of the

5 Senate is authorized to withhold the amount referred

6 to in subsection (a) from any amount which is dis7 bursed by the Secretary of the Senate and which is

8 due to or on behalf of the individual described in sub9 section (a).

10 (c) DEPOSIT.—Any payment accepted under this

11 section shall be deposited in the general fund of the

12 Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.

13 (d) DEFINITION.—As used in this section, the

14 term ‘‘head of the employing office’’ means any per15 son with the final authority to appoint, hire, dis16 charge, and set the terms, conditions, or privileges of

17 the employment of an individual whose pay is dis18 bursed by the Secretary of the Senate.

19 (e) APPLICABILITY.—This section shall apply to

20 fiscal year 1996 and each fiscal year thereafter.

21 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

23 For salaries and expenses of the House of Represent24 atives, $683,831,000, as follows:
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1 HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES

2 For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law,

3 $11,592,000, including: Office of the Speaker,

4 $1,535,000, including $25,000 for official expenses of the

5 Speaker; Office of the Majority Floor Leader, $1,526,000,

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

7 Leader; Office of the Minority Floor Leader, $1,534,000,

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

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

10 Deputy Majority Whip, $957,000, including $5,000 for of11 ficial expenses of the Majority Whip; Office of the Minor12 ity Whip, including the Chief Deputy Minority Whip,

13 $949,000, including $5,000 for official expenses of the Mi14 nority Whip; Speaker’s Office for Legislative Floor Activi15 ties, $376,000; Republican Steering Committee,

16 $664,000; Republican Conference, $1,130,000; Demo17 cratic Steering and Policy Committee, $1,191,000; Demo18 cratic Caucus, $603,000; and nine minority employees,

19 $1,127,000.

20 MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES

21 INCLUDING MEMBERS’ CLERK HIRE, OFFICIAL

22 EXPENSES OF MEMBERS, AND OFFICIAL MAIL

23 For Members’ representational allowances, including

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

25 $363,313,000.
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1 COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES

2 STANDING COMMITTEES, SPECIAL AND SELECT

3 For salaries and expenses of standing committees,

4 special and select, authorized by House resolutions,

5 $80,222,000.

6 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

7 For salaries and expenses of the Committee on Ap8 propriations, $17,580,000, including studies and examina9 tions of executive agencies and temporary personal serv10 ices for such committee, to be expended in accordance with

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

12 1946 and to be available for reimbursement to agencies

13 for services performed.

14 SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

15 For compensation and expenses of officers and em16 ployees, as authorized by law, $86,259,000, including: for

17 salaries and expenses of the Office of the Clerk, including

18 not more than $3,500, of which not more than $2,500 is

19 for the Family Room, for official representation and recep20 tion expenses, $15,074,000; for salaries and expenses of

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

22 of Superintendent of Garages, and including not more

23 than $750 for official representation and reception ex24 penses, $3,638,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office

25 of the Chief Administrative Officer, $55,209,000, includ26 ing salaries, expenses and temporary personal services of
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1 House Information Resources, $22,577,000, of which

2 $16,577,000 is provided herein: Provided, That House In3 formation Resources is authorized to receive reimburse4 ment from Members of the House of Representatives and

5 other governmental entities for services provided and such

6 reimbursement shall be deposited in the Treasury for cred7 it to this account; for salaries and expenses of the Office

8 of the Inspector General, $3,954,000; Office of the Chap9 lain, $126,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of

10 the Parliamentarian, including the Parliamentarian and

11 $2,000 for preparing the Digest of Rules, $1,036,000; for

12 salaries and expenses of the Office of the Law Revision

13 Counsel of the House, $1,767,000; for salaries and ex14 penses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the

15 House, $4,687,000; and other authorized employees,

16 $768,000.

17 ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES

18 For allowances and expenses as authorized by House

19 resolution or law, $124,865,000, including: supplies, mate20 rials, administrative costs and Federal tort claims,

21 $2,374,000; official mail for committees, leadership of22 fices, and administrative offices of the House, $1,000,000;

23 reemployed annuitants reimbursement, $71,000; Govern24 ment contributions for health, retirement, Social Security,

25 and other applicable employee benefits, $120,779,000; and
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1 miscellaneous items including purchase, exchange, mainte2 nance, repair and operation of House motor vehicles,

3 interparliamentary receptions, and gratuities to heirs of

4 deceased employees of the House, $641,000.

5 CHILD CARE CENTER

6 For salaries and expenses of the House of Represent7 atives Child Care Center, such amounts as are deposited

8 in the account established by section 312(d)(1) of the Leg9 islative Branch Appropriations Act, 1992 (40 U.S.C.

10 184g(d)(1)), subject to the level specified in the budget

11 of the Center, as submitted to the Committee on Appro12 priations of the House of Representatives.

13 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

14 SEC. 101. (a) Section 107A of the Legislative Branch

15 Appropriations Act, 1996 (109 Stat. 522) is amended—

16 (1) by striking out ‘‘For fiscal year 1996, sub17 ject’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘(a) Subject’’;

18 (2) by striking out ‘‘of the total amount’’ and

19 all that follows through ‘‘cost of inventory’’ and in20 serting in lieu thereof the following: ‘‘the amounts

21 deposited in the account specified in subsection (b)

22 from vending operations of the House of Representa23 tives Restaurant System shall be available to pay the

24 cost of goods sold’’; and
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1 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub2 section:

3 ‘‘(b) The account referred to in subsection (a) is the

4 special deposit account established for the House of Rep5 resentatives Restaurant by section 208 of the First Sup6 plemental Civil Functions Appropriation Act, 1941 (40

7 U.S.C. 174k note).’’.

8 (b) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall

9 apply with respect to fiscal years beginning after Septem10 ber 30, 1996.

11 SEC. 102. (a) Section 3210(a)(6)(A) of title 39, Unit12 ed States Code, is amended—

13 (1) in clause (i), by inserting ‘‘(or, in the case

14 of a Member of the House, fewer than 90 days)’’

15 after ‘‘60 days’’; and

16 (2) in clause (ii), by striking out ‘‘60 days’’ and

17 inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘90 days’’.

18 (b) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall

19 take effect on October 1, 1996, and shall apply with re20 spect to any mailing postmarked on or after that date.

21 JOINT ITEMS

22 For Joint Committees, as follows:
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1 JOINT COMMITTEE ON INAUGURAL CEREMONIES OF

2 1997

3 Ω2æFor construction of platform and seating stands

4 and for salaries and expenses of conducting the inaugural

5 ceremonies of the President and Vice President of the

6 United States in January 1997, $950,000, to be disbursed

7 by the Secretary of the Senate and to remain available

8 until September 30, 1997: Provided, That such funds shall

9 be available for payment, on a direct or reimbursable

10 basis, for such purposes whether incurred on, before, or

11 after, October 1, 1996.

12 For construction of platform and seating stands and

13 for salaries and expenses of conducting the inaugural cere14 monies of the President and Vice President of the United

15 States, January 20, 1997, in accordance with such program

16 as may be adopted by the joint committee authorized by

17 Senate Concurrent Resolution 47, One Hundred Fourth

18 Congress, agreed to March 20, 1996, and Senate Concurrent

19 Resolution 48, One Hundred Fourth Congress, agreed to

20 March 20, 1996, $950,000 to be disbursed by the Secretary

21 of the Senate and to remain available until September 30,

22 1997. Such funds shall be available for payment, on a direct

23 or reimbursable basis, whether incurred on, before, or after,

24 October 1, 1996: Provided, That the compensation of any

25 employee of the Committee on Rules and Administration
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1 of the Senate who has been designated to perform service

2 for the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Cere3 monies shall continue to be paid by the Committee on Rules

4 and Administration, but the account from which such staff

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

6 staff member (including agency contributions when appro7 priate) out of funds made available under this heading.

8 JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE

9 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic

10 Committee, Ω3æ$3,000,000 $750,000, to be disbursed by

11 the Secretary of the Senate.

12 JOINT COMMITTEE ON PRINTING

13 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on

14 Printing, $777,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of

15 the Senate.

16 JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION

17 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on

18 Taxation, $5,470,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Ad19 ministrative Officer of the House.

20 For other joint items, as follows:

21 OFFICE OF THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN

22 For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent ex23 penses of the emergency rooms, and for the Attending

24 Physician and his assistants, including (1) an allowance

25 of $1,500 per month to the Attending Physician; (2) an
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1 allowance of $500 per month each to two medical officers

2 while on duty in the Attending Physician’s office; (3) an

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

4 per month each to not to exceed nine assistants on the

5 basis heretofore provided for such assistance; and (4)

6 $867,000 for reimbursement to the Department of the

7 Navy for expenses incurred for staff and equipment as8 signed to the Office of the Attending Physician, which

9 shall be advanced and credited to the applicable appropria10 tion or appropriations from which such salaries, allow11 ances, and other expenses are payable and shall be avail12 able for all the purposes thereof, $1,225,000, to be dis13 bursed by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House.

14 CAPITOL POLICE BOARD

15 CAPITOL POLICE

16 SALARIES

17 For the Capitol Police Board for salaries of officers,

18 members, and employees of the Capitol Police, including

19 overtime, hazardous duty pay differential, clothing allow20 ance of not more than $600 each for members required

21 to wear civilian attire, and Government contributions for

22 health, retirement, Social Security, and other applicable

23 employee benefits, Ω4æ$68,392,000 $70,132,000, of which

24 Ω5æ$32,927,000 $34,213,000 is provided to the Sergeant

25 at Arms of the House of Representatives, to be disbursed
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1 by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House, and

2 Ω6æ$35,465,000 $35,919,000 is provided to the Sergeant

3 at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, to be disbursed

4 by the Secretary of the Senate: Provided, That, of the

5 amounts appropriated under this heading, such amounts

6 as may be necessary may be transferred between the Ser7 geant at Arms of the House of Representatives and the

8 Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, upon ap9 proval of the Committee on Appropriations of the House

10 of Representatives and the Committee on Appropriations

11 of the Senate.

12 GENERAL EXPENSES

13 For the Capitol Police Board for necessary expenses

14 of the Capitol Police, including motor vehicles, commu15 nications and other equipment, security equipment and in16 stallation, uniforms, weapons, supplies, materials, train17 ing, medical services, forensic services, stenographic serv18 ices, personal and professional services, the employee as19 sistance program, not more than $2,000 for the awards

20 program, postage, telephone service, travel advances, relo21 cation of instructor and liaison personnel for the Federal

22 Law Enforcement Training Center, and $85 per month

23 for extra services performed for the Capitol Police Board

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

25 or the House of Representatives designated by the Chair-
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1 man of the Board, Ω7æ$2,685,000 $2,880,000, to be dis2 bursed by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House

3 of Representatives: Provided, That, notwithstanding any

4 other provision of law, the cost of basic training for the

5 Capitol Police at the Federal Law Enforcement Training

6 Center for fiscal year 1997 shall be paid by the Secretary

7 of the Treasury from funds available to the Department

8 of the Treasury.

9 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

10 SEC. 103. Amounts appropriated for fiscal year 1997

11 for the Capitol Police Board for the Capitol Police may

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

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

14 (1) the Committee on Appropriations of the

15 House of Representatives, in the case of amounts

16 transferred from the appropriation provided to the

17 Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives

18 under the heading ‘‘SALARIES’’;

19 (2) the Committee on Appropriations of the

20 Senate, in the case of amounts transferred from the

21 appropriation provided to the Sergeant at Arms and

22 Doorkeeper of the Senate under the heading ‘‘SALA23 RIES’’; and
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1 (3) the Committees on Appropriations of the

2 Senate and the House of Representatives, in the

3 case of other transfers.

4 CAPITOL GUIDE SERVICE AND SPECIAL SERVICES

5 OFFICE

6 For salaries and expenses of the Capitol Guide Serv7 ice and Special Services Office, $1,991,000, to be dis8 bursed by the Secretary of the Senate: Provided, That no

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

10 forty individuals: Provided further, That the Capitol Guide

11 Board is authorized, during emergencies, to employ not

12 more than two additional individuals for not more than

13 one hundred twenty days each, and not more than ten ad14 ditional individuals for not more than six months each,

15 for the Capitol Guide Service.

16 STATEMENTS OF APPROPRIATIONS

17 For the preparation, under the direction of the Com18 mittees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House

19 of Representatives, of the statements for the second ses20 sion of the One Hundred Fourth Congress, showing ap21 propriations made, indefinite appropriations, and con22 tracts authorized, together with a chronological history of

23 the regular appropriations bills as required by law,

24 $30,000, to be paid to the persons designated by the chair25 men of such committees to supervise the work.
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1 OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Compli4 ance, as authorized by section 305 of the Congressional

5 Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1385), $2,609,000.

6 CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 For salaries and expenses necessary to carry out the

9 provisions of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (Pub10 lic Law 93–344), including not more than $2,500 to be

11 expended on the certification of the Director of the Con12 gressional Budget Office in connection with official rep13 resentation and reception expenses, Ω8æ$24,288,000

14 $24,775,000: Provided, That no part of such amount may

15 be used for the purchase or hire of a passenger motor vehi16 cle.

17 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

18 SEC. 104. (a) Any sale or lease of property, supplies,

19 or services to the Congressional Budget Office shall be

20 deemed to be a sale or lease to the Congress subject to

21 section 903 of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1983

22 (2 U.S.C. 111b).

23 (b) Subsection (a) shall apply with respect to fiscal

24 years beginning after September 30, 1996.
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1 SEC. 105. (a) The Director of the Congressional

2 Budget Office shall have the authority, within the limits

3 of available appropriations, to dispose of surplus or obso4 lete personal property by inter-agency transfer, donation,

5 or discarding.

6 (b) Subsection (a) shall apply with respect to fiscal

7 years beginning after September 30, 1996.

8 SEC. 106. (a) The Director of the Congressional

9 Budget Office shall have the authority to make lump-sum

10 payments to separated employees of the Congressional

11 Budget Office for unused annual leave.

12 (b) Subsection (a) shall apply with respect to fiscal

13 years beginning after September 30, 1996.

14 ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

15 OFFICE OF THE ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

16 SALARIES

17 For the Architect of the Capitol, the Assistant Archi18 tect of the Capitol, and other personal services, at rates

19 of pay provided by law, $8,454,000.

20 TRAVEL

21 Appropriations under the control of the Architect of

22 the Capitol shall be available for expenses of travel on offi23 cial business not to exceed in the aggregate under all

24 funds the sum of $20,000.
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1 CONTINGENT EXPENSES

2 To enable the Architect of the Capitol to make sur3 veys and studies, and to meet unforeseen expenses in con4 nection with activities under his care, $100,000.

5 CAPITOL BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

6 CAPITOL BUILDINGS

7 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care

8 and operation of the Capitol and electrical substations of

9 the Senate and House office buildings under the jurisdic10 tion of the Architect of the Capitol, including furnishings

11 and office equipment; including not more than $1,000 for

12 official reception and representation expenses, to be ex13 pended as the Architect of the Capitol may approve; pur14 chase or exchange, maintenance and operation of a pas15 senger motor vehicle; and attendance, when specifically

16 authorized by the Architect of the Capitol, at meetings or

17 conventions in connection with subjects related to work

18 under the Architect of the Capitol, Ω9æ$23,255,000

19 $23,555,000, of which $2,950,000 shall remain available

20 until expended.

21 CAPITOL GROUNDS

22 For all necessary expenses for care and improvement

23 of grounds surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House

24 office buildings, and the Capitol Power Plant, $5,020,000,

25 of which $25,000 shall remain available until expended.
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1 Ω10æSENATE OFFICE BUILDINGS

2 For all necessary expenses for maintenance, care and

3 operation of Senate Office Buildings; and furniture and

4 furnishings to be expended under the control and super5 vision of the Architect of the Capitol, $39,640,000, of which

6 $3,200,000 shall remain available until expended.

7 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS

8 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care

9 and operation of the House office buildings, $32,556,000,

10 of which $4,825,000 shall remain available until expended.

11 CAPITOL POWER PLANT

12 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care

13 and operation of the Capitol Power Plant; lighting, heat14 ing, power (including the purchase of electrical energy)

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

16 House office buildings, Library of Congress buildings, and

17 the grounds about the same, Botanic Garden, Senate ga18 rage, and air conditioning refrigeration not supplied from

19 plants in any of such buildings; heating the Government

20 Printing Office and Washington City Post Office, and

21 heating and chilled water for air conditioning for the Su22 preme Court Building, Union Station complex, Thurgood

23 Marshall Federal Judiciary Building and the Folger

24 Shakespeare Library, expenses for which shall be ad25 vanced or reimbursed upon request of the Architect of the
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1 Capitol and amounts so received shall be deposited into

2 the Treasury to the credit of this appropriation,

3 $30,749,000: Provided, That not more than $4,000,000

4 of the funds credited or to be reimbursed to this appro5 priation as herein provided shall be available for obligation

6 during fiscal year 1997.

7 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

8 CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions

11 of section 203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of

12 1946 (2 U.S.C. 166) and to revise and extend the Anno13 tated Constitution of the United States of America,

14 $62,641,000: Provided, That no part of such amount may

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

16 any publication, or preparation of material therefor (ex17 cept the Digest of Public General Bills), to be issued by

18 the Library of Congress unless such publication has ob19 tained prior approval of either the Committee on House

20 Oversight of the House of Representatives or the Commit21 tee on Rules and Administration of the Senate: Provided

22 further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law,

23 the compensation of the Director of the Congressional Re24 search Service, Library of Congress, shall be at an annual

25 rate which is equal to the annual rate of basic pay for
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1 positions at level IV of the Executive Schedule under sec2 tion 5315 of title 5, United States Code.

3 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

4 CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING AND BINDING

5 For authorized printing and binding for the Congress

6 and the distribution of Congressional information in any

7 format; printing and binding for the Architect of the Cap8 itol; expenses necessary for preparing the semimonthly

9 and session index to the Congressional Record, as author10 ized by law (44 U.S.C. 902); printing and binding of Gov11 ernment publications authorized by law to be distributed

12 to Members of Congress; and printing, binding, and dis13 tribution of Government publications authorized by law to

14 be distributed without charge to the recipient,

15 $81,669,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall not

16 be available for paper copies of the permanent edition of

17 the Congressional Record for individual Representatives,

18 Resident Commissioners or Delegates authorized under 44

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

20 shall be available for the payment of obligations incurred

21 under the appropriations for similar purposes for preced22 ing fiscal years.

23 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Congressional Oper24 ations Appropriations Act, 1997’’.
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1 TITLE II—OTHER AGENCIES

2 BOTANIC GARDEN

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care

5 and operation of the Botanic Garden and the nurseries,

6 buildings, grounds, and collections; and purchase and ex7 change, maintenance, repair, and operation of a passenger

8 motor vehicle; all under the direction of the Joint Commit9 tee on the Library, $2,902,000.

10 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For necessary expenses of the Library of Congress

13 not otherwise provided for, including development and

14 maintenance of the Union Catalogs; custody and custodial

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

16 laundering and repair of uniforms; preservation of motion

17 pictures in the custody of the Library; preparation and

18 distribution of catalog cards and other publications of the

19 Library; hire or purchase of one passenger motor vehicle;

20 and expenses of the Library of Congress Trust Fund

21 Board not properly chargeable to the income of any trust

22 fund held by the Board, Ω11æ$215,007,000 $216,007,000,

23 of which not more than $7,869,000 shall be derived from

24 collections credited to this appropriation during fiscal year

25 1997, and shall remain available until expended, under the
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1 Act of June 28, 1902 (chapter 1301; 32 Stat. 480; 2

2 U.S.C. 150): Provided, That the Library of Congress may

3 not obligate or expend any funds derived from collections

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

5 authorized for obligation or expenditure in appropriations

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

7 obligation shall be reduced by the amount by which collec8 tions are less than the $7,869,000: Provided further, That

9 of the total amount appropriated, $8,458,000 is to remain

10 available until expended for acquisition of books, periodi11 cals, and newspapers, and all other materials including

12 subscriptions for bibliographic services for the Library, in13 cluding $40,000 to be available solely for the purchase,

14 when specifically approved by the Librarian, of special and

15 unique materials for additions to the collectionsΩ12æ: Pro16 vided further, That of the total amount appropriated,

17 $928,800 shall be for the operation and maintenance of the

18 American Folklife Center in the Library.

19 COPYRIGHT OFFICE

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, in22 cluding publication of the decisions of the United States

23 courts involving copyrights, $33,402,000, of which not

24 more than $17,340,000 shall be derived from collections

25 credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 1997
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1 under 17 U.S.C. 708(d), and not more than $4,929,000

2 shall be derived from collections during fiscal year 1997

3 under 17 U.S.C. 111(d)(2), 119(b)(2), 802(h), and 1005:

4 Provided, That the total amount available for obligation

5 shall be reduced by the amount by which collections are

6 less than $22,269,000: Provided further, That not more

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

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

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

10 purpose of training nationals of developing countries in

11 intellectual property laws and policies: Provided further,

12 That not more than $2,250 may be expended, on the cer13 tification of the Librarian of Congress, in connection with

14 official representation and reception expenses for activities

15 of the International Copyright Institute.

16 BOOKS FOR THE BLIND AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 For salaries and expenses to carry out the Act of

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

20 135a), $44,964,000, of which $11,694,000 shall remain

21 available until expended.

22 FURNITURE AND FURNISHINGS

23 For necessary expenses for the purchase and repair

24 of furniture, furnishings, office and library equipment,

25 $4,882,000.
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

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

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

4 not more than $194,290, of which $58,100 is for the Con5 gressional Research Service, when specifically authorized

6 by the Librarian, for attendance at meetings concerned

7 with the function or activity for which the appropriation

8 is made.

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

10 this Act shall be used by the Library of Congress to ad11 minister any flexible or compressed work schedule which—

12 (1) applies to any manager or supervisor in

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

14 higher than GS–15; and

15 (2) grants such manager or supervisor the

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

17 workday because of time worked by the manager or

18 supervisor on another workday.

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

20 or supervisor’’ means any management official or super21 visor, as such terms are defined in section 7103(a) (10)

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

23 SEC. 203. Appropriated funds received by the Library

24 of Congress from other Federal agencies to cover general

25 and administrative overhead costs generated by perform-
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1 ing reimbursable work for other agencies under the au2 thority of 31 U.S.C. 1535 and 1536 shall not be used to

3 employ more than 65 employees and may be expended or

4 obligated—

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

6 such extent or in such amounts as are provided in

7 appropriations Acts; or

8 (2) in the case of an advance payment,

9 only—

10 (A) to pay for such general or adminis11 trative overhead costs as are attributable to the

12 work performed for such agency; or

13 (B) to such extent or in such amounts

14 as are provided in appropriations Acts, with re15 spect to any purpose not allowable under sub16 paragraph (A).

17 SEC. 204. Of the amounts appropriated to the Li18 brary of Congress in this Act, not more than $5,000 may

19 be expended, on the certification of the Librarian of Con20 gress, in connection with official representation and recep21 tion expenses for the incentive awards program.

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

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

24 expended, on the certification of the Librarian of Con-
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1 gress, in connection with official representation and recep2 tion expenses for the Overseas Field Offices.

3 SEC. 206. (a) For fiscal year 1997, the obligational

4 authority of the Library of Congress for the activities de5 scribed in subsection (b) may not exceed $108,275,000.

6 (b) The activities referred to in subsection (a) are re7 imbursable and revolving fund activities that are funded

8 from sources other than appropriations to the Library in

9 appropriations Acts for the legislative branch.

10 SEC. 207. (a)(1) Subject to subsection (b), for fiscal

11 year 1997, the obligational authority of the Library of

12 Congress for the activities described in paragraph (2) may

13 not exceed $2,000,000.

14 (2) The activities referred to in paragraph (1) are

15 non-expenditure transfer activities in support of par16 liamentary development that are funded from sources

17 other than appropriations to the Library in appropriations

18 Acts for the legislative branch.

19 (b) The obligational authority under subsection (a)—

20 (1) shall be available only with respect to Rus21 sia, Ukraine, Albania, Slovakia, and Romania; and

22 (2) shall expire on December 31, 1996.

23 Ω13æSEC. 208. (a) Amounts appropriated for fiscal

24 year 1997 for the Library of Congress under the headings

25 specified in subsection (b) may be transferred among such
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1 headings, upon approval of the Committee on Appropria2 tions of the House of Representatives and the Committee

3 on Appropriations of the Senate.

4 (b) The headings referred to in subsection (a) are as

5 follows: (1) in title I, ‘‘CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERV6 ICE’’, ‘‘SALARIES AND EXPENSES’’; and (2) in this title,

7 ‘‘SALARIES AND EXPENSES’’; ‘‘COPYRIGHT OFFICE’’,

8 ‘‘SALARIES AND EXPENSES’’, ‘‘BOOKS FOR THE BLIND

9 AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED’’, ‘‘SALARIES AND EX10 PENSES’’; and ‘‘FURNITURE AND FURNISHINGS’’.

11 SEC. 209. From and after October 1, 1996, the Dis12 bursing Officer of the Library of Congress is authorized

13 to disburse funds appropriated for the Office of Compli14 ance, and the Library of Congress shall provide financial

15 management support to the Office of Compliance as may

16 be required and mutually agreed to by the Librarian of

17 Congress and the Executive Director of the Office of Com18 pliance. The Library of Congress is further authorized to

19 compute and disburse the basic pay of all personnel of the

20 Office of Compliance pursuant to the provisions of section

21 5504 of title 5.

22 All vouchers certified for payment by duly authorized

23 certifying officers of the Library of Congress shall be sup24 ported with a certification by an officer or employee of

25 the Office of Compliance duly authorized in writing by the
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1 Executive Director of the Office of Compliance to certify

2 payments from appropriations of the Office of Compliance.

3 The Office of Compliance certifying officers shall (1) be

4 held responsible for the existence and correctness of the

5 facts recited in the certificate or otherwise stated on the

6 voucher or its supporting paper and the legality of the pro7 posed payment under the appropriation or fund involved,

8 (2) be held responsible and accountable for the correctness

9 of the computations of certifications made, and (3) be held

10 accountable for and required to make good to the United

11 States the amount of any illegal, improper, or incorrect

12 payment resulting from any false, inaccurate, or mislead13 ing certificate made by them, as well as for any payment

14 prohibited by law which did not represent a legal obliga15 tion under the appropriation or fund involved: Provided,

16 That the Comptroller General of the United States may,

17 at his discretion, relieve such certifying officer or employee

18 of liability for any payment otherwise proper whenever he

19 finds (1) that the certification was based on official

20 records and that such certifying officer or employee did

21 not know, and by reasonable diligence and inquiry could

22 not have ascertained the actual facts, or (2) that the obli23 gation was incurred in good faith, that the payment was

24 not contrary to any statutory provision specifically prohib25 iting payments of the character involved, and the United
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1 States has received value for such payment: Provided fur2 ther, That the Comptroller General shall relieve such cer3 tifying officer or employee of liability for an overpayment

4 for transportation services made to any common carrier

5 covered by section 3726 of title 31, whenever he finds that

6 the overpayment occurred solely because the administra7 tive examination made prior to payment of the transpor8 tation bill did not include a verification of transportation

9 rates, freight classifications, or land grant deductions.

10 The Disbursing Officer of the Library of Congress

11 shall not be held accountable or responsible for any illegal,

12 improper, or incorrect payment resulting from any false,

13 inaccurate, or misleading certificate, the responsibility for

14 which is imposed upon a certifying officer or employee of

15 the Office of Compliance.

16 Ω14æSEC. 210. Section 8 of the American Folklife

17 Preservation Act (20 U.S.C. 2107) is amended to read as

18 follows:

19 ‘‘SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

20 ‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated to the Center

21 to carry out this Act such sums as may be necessary for

22 each of the fiscal years 1997 and 1998.’’.
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1 ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

2 LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

3 STRUCTURAL AND MECHANICAL CARE

4 For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and

5 structural maintenance, care and operation of the Library

6 buildings and grounds, Ω15æ$9,003,000 $10,453,000, of

7 which $560,000 Ω16æ$1,910,000 shall remain available

8 until expended.

9 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

10 OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For expenses of the Office of Superintendent of Doc13 uments necessary to provide for the cataloging and index14 ing of Government publications and their distribution to

15 the public, Members of Congress, other Government agen16 cies, and designated depository and international exchange

17 libraries as authorized by law, $29,077,000: Provided,

18 That travel expenses, including travel expenses of the De19 pository Library Council to the Public Printer, shall not

20 exceed $150,000: Provided further, That amounts of not

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

22 are authorized for producing and disseminating Congres23 sional serial sets and other related publications for 1995

24 and 1996 to depository and other designated libraries.
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1 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE REVOLVING FUND

2 The Government Printing Office is hereby authorized

3 to make such expenditures, within the limits of funds

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

5 contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year

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

7 States Code, as may be necessary in carrying out the pro8 grams and purposes set forth in the budget for the current

9 fiscal year for the Government Printing Office revolving

10 fund: Provided, That not more than $2,500 may be ex11 pended on the certification of the Public Printer in connec12 tion with official representation and reception expenses:

13 Provided further, That the revolving fund shall be available

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

15 motor vehicles: Provided further, That expenditures in con16 nection with travel expenses of the advisory councils to

17 the Public Printer shall be deemed necessary to carry out

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

19 further, That the revolving fund shall be available for tem20 porary or intermittent services under section 3109(b) of

21 title 5, United States Code, but at rates for individuals

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

23 basic pay for level V of the Executive Schedule under sec24 tion 5316 of such title: Provided further, That the revolv25 ing fund and the funds provided under the headings ‘‘OF-
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1 FICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS’’ and ‘‘SALA2 RIES AND EXPENSES’’ together may not be available for

3 the full-time equivalent employment of more than 3,600

4 workyears by the end of fiscal year 1997: Provided further,

5 That activities financed through the revolving fund may

6 provide information in any format: Provided further, That

7 the revolving fund shall not be used to administer any

8 flexible or compressed work schedule which applies to any

9 manager or supervisor in a position the grade or level of

10 which is equal to or higher than GS–15: Provided further,

11 That expenses for attendance at meetings shall not exceed

12 $75,000.

13 GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

15 For necessary expenses of the General Accounting

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

17 the certification of the Comptroller General of the United

18 States in connection with official representation and recep19 tion expenses; temporary or intermittent services under

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

21 for individuals not more than the daily equivalent of the

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

23 Schedule under section 5315 of such title; hire of one pas24 senger motor vehicle; advance payments in foreign coun25 tries in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 3324; benefits com-
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1 parable to those payable under sections 901(5), 901(6)

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

3 4081(5), 4081(6) and 4081(8)); and under regulations

4 prescribed by the Comptroller General of the United

5 States, rental of living quarters in foreign countries;

6 $332,520,000: Provided, That not more than $100,000 of

7 reimbursements received incident to the operation of the

8 General Accounting Office Building shall be available for

9 use in fiscal year 1997: Provided further, That notwith10 standing 31 U.S.C. 9105 hereafter amounts reimbursed

11 to the Comptroller General pursuant to that section shall

12 be deposited to the appropriation of the General Account13 ing Office then available and remain available until ex14 pended, and not more than $5,805,000 of such funds shall

15 be available for use in fiscal year 1997: Provided further,

16 That this appropriation and appropriations for adminis17 trative expenses of any other department or agency which

18 is a member of the Joint Financial Management Improve19 ment Program (JFMIP) shall be available to finance an

20 appropriate share of JFMIP costs as determined by the

21 JFMIP, including the salary of the Executive Director

22 and secretarial support: Provided further, That this appro23 priation and appropriations for administrative expenses of

24 any other department or agency which is a member of the

25 National Intergovernmental Audit Forum or a Regional
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1 Intergovernmental Audit Forum shall be available to fi2 nance an appropriate share of Forum costs as determined

3 by the Forum, including necessary travel expenses of non4 Federal participants. Payments hereunder to either the

5 Forum or the JFMIP may be credited as reimbursements

6 to any appropriation from which costs involved are initially

7 financed: Provided further, That to the extent that funds

8 are otherwise available for obligation, agreements or con9 tracts for the removal of asbestos, and renovation of the

10 building and building systems (including the heating, ven11 tilation and air conditioning system, electrical system and

12 other major building systems) of the General Accounting

13 Office Building may be made for periods not exceeding

14 five years: Provided further, That this appropriation and

15 appropriations for administrative expenses of any other

16 department or agency which is a member of the American

17 Consortium on International Public Administration

18 (ACIPA) shall be available to finance an appropriate share

19 of ACIPA costs as determined by the ACIPA, including

20 any expenses attributable to membership of ACIPA in the

21 International Institute of Administrative Sciences.

22 TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS

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

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

25 vehicles, except for emergency assistance and cleaning as
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1 may be provided under regulations relating to parking fa2 cilities for the House of Representatives issued by the

3 Committee on House Oversight and for the Senate issued

4 by the Committee on Rules and Administration.

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

6 Act shall remain available for obligation beyond fiscal year

7 1997 unless expressly so provided in this Act.

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

9 not specifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of

10 1929 is appropriated for or the rate of compensation or

11 designation of any office or position appropriated for is

12 different from that specifically established by such Act,

13 the rate of compensation and the designation in this Act

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

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

16 official expenses of Members, officers, and committees of

17 the Senate and House of Representatives, and clerk hire

18 for Senators and Members of the House of Representa19 tives shall be the permanent law with respect thereto.

20 SEC. 304. The expenditure of any appropriation

21 under this Act for any consulting service through procure22 ment contract, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited

23 to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter

24 of public record and available for public inspection, except
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1 where otherwise provided under existing law, or under ex2 isting Executive order issued pursuant to existing law.

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

4 to the greatest extent practicable, all equipment and prod5 ucts purchased with funds made available in this Act

6 should be American-made.

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

8 into any contract with, any entity using funds made avail9 able in this Act, the head of each Federal agency, to the

10 greatest extent practicable, shall provide to such entity a

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

12 the Congress.

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

14 Federal agency that any person intentionally affixed a

15 label bearing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, or any in16 scription with the same meaning, to any product sold in

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

18 United States, such person shall be ineligible to receive

19 any contract or subcontract made with funds provided

20 pursuant to this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspen21 sion, and ineligibility procedures described in section

22 9.400 through 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regula23 tions.

24 SEC. 306. During fiscal year 1997 and fiscal years

25 thereafter, amounts appropriated to the Architect of the
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1 Capitol (including amounts relating to the Botanic Gar2 den) may be transferred among accounts available to the

3 Architect of the Capitol upon the approval of—

4 (1) the Committee on Appropriations of the

5 House of Representatives, in the case of amounts

6 transferred from the appropriation for Capitol build7 ings and grounds under the heading ‘‘HOUSE OFFICE

8 BUILDINGS’’;

9 (2) the Committee on Appropriations of the

10 Senate, in the case of amounts transferred from the

11 appropriation for Capitol buildings and grounds

12 under the heading ‘‘SENATE OFFICE BUILDINGS’’;

13 and

14 (3) the Committees on Appropriations of the

15 Senate and the House of Representatives, in the

16 case of amounts transferred from any other appro17 priation.

18 SEC. 307. (a) Upon approval of the Committee on

19 Appropriations of the House of Representatives, and in

20 accordance with conditions determined by the Committee

21 on House Oversight, positions in connection with House

22 public address sound system activities and related funding

23 shall be transferred from the appropriation for the Archi24 tect of the Capitol for Capitol buildings and grounds under

25 the heading ‘‘CAPITOL BUILDINGS’’ to the appropriation
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1 for salaries and expenses of the House of Representatives

2 for the Office of the Clerk under the heading ‘‘SALARIES,

3 OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES’’.

4 (b) For purposes of section 8339(m) of title 5, United

5 States Code, the days of unused sick leave to the credit

6 of any such employee as of the date such employee is

7 transferred under subsection (a) shall be included in the

8 total service of such employee in connection with the com9 putation of any annuity under subsections (a) through (e)

10 and (o) of such section.

11 (c) In the case of days of annual leave to the credit

12 of any such employee as of the date such employee is

13 transferred under subsection (a), the Architect of the Cap14 itol is authorized to make a lump sum payment to each

15 such employee for that annual leave. No such payment

16 shall be considered a payment or compensation within the

17 meaning of any law relating to dual compensation.

18 SEC. 308. (a) Effective October 1, 1996, the respon19 sibility for maintenance of security systems for the Capitol

20 buildings and grounds is transferred from the Architect

21 of the Capitol to the Capitol Police Board. Such mainte22 nance shall be carried out under the direction of the Com23 mittee on House Oversight of the House of Representa24 tives and the Committee on Rules and Administration of

25 the Senate. On and after October 1, 1996, any alteration
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1 to a structural, mechanical, or architectural feature of the

2 Capitol buildings and grounds that is required for security

3 system maintenance under the preceding sentence may be

4 carried out only with the approval of the Architect of the

5 Capitol.

6 (b)(1) Effective October 1, 1996, all positions speci7 fied in paragraph (2) and each individual holding any such

8 position (on a permanent basis) immediately before that

9 date, as identified by the Architect of the Capitol, shall

10 be transferred to the Capitol Police.

11 (2) The positions referred to in paragraph (1) are

12 those positions which, immediately before October 1,

13 1996, are—

14 (A) under the Architect of the Capitol;

15 (B) within the Electronics Engineering Division

16 of the Office of the Architect of the Capitol; and

17 (C) related to the maintenance of security sys18 tems for the Capitol buildings and grounds.

19 (3) All annual leave and sick leave standing to the

20 credit of an individual immediately before such individual

21 is transferred under paragraph (1) shall be credited to

22 such individual, without adjustment, in the new position

23 of the individual.

24 SEC. 309. Such sums as may be necessary are appro25 priated to the account described in subsection (a) of sec-
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1 tion 415 of Public Law 104–1 to pay awards and settle2 ments as authorized under such subsection.

3 SEC. 310. Any amount appropriated in this Act for

4 ‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—Salaries and Ex5 penses—Members’ Representational Allowances’’ shall be

6 available only for fiscal year 1997. Any amount remaining

7 after all payments are made under such allowances for

8 such fiscal year shall be deposited in the Treasury, to be

9 used for deficit reduction.

10 SEC. 311. (a) Each mass mailing sent by a Member

11 of the House of Representatives shall bear in a prominent

12 place on its face, or on the envelope or outside cover or

13 wrapper in which the mail matter is sent, the following

14 notice: ‘‘THIS MAILING WAS PREPARED, PUBLISHED,

15 AND MAILED AT TAXPAYER EXPENSE.’’, or a notice to

16 the same effect in words which may be prescribed under

17 subsection (c). The notice shall be printed in a type size

18 not smaller than 7-point.

19 (b)(1) There shall be published in the itemized report

20 of disbursements of the House of Representatives as re21 quired by law, a summary tabulation setting forth, for the

22 office of each Member of the House of Representatives,

23 the total number of pieces of mass mail mailed during the

24 period involved and the total cost of those mass mailings.

25 (2) Each such tabulation shall also include—
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1 (A) the total cost (as referred to in paragraph

2 (1)) divided by the number (as determined by the

3 Postmaster General) of addresses (other than busi4 ness possible delivery stops) in the Congressional

5 district from which the Member was elected (as such

6 addresses are described in section 3210(d)(7)(B) of

7 title 39, United States Code); and

8 (B) the total number of pieces of mass mail (as

9 referred to in paragraph (1)) divided by the number

10 (as determined by the Postmaster General) of ad11 dresses (other than business possible delivery stops)

12 in the Congressional district from which the Member

13 was elected (as such addresses are described in sec14 tion 3210(d)(7)(B) of title 39, United States Code).

15 (c) The Committee on House Oversight shall pre16 scribe such rules and regulations and shall take such other

17 action as the Committee considers necessary and proper

18 for Members to conform to the provisions of this sub19 section and applicable rules and regulations.

20 (d) For purposes of this section—

21 (1) the term ‘‘Member of the House of Rep22 resentatives’’ means a Representative in, or a Dele23 gate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress;

24 and
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1 (2) the term ‘‘mass mailing’’ has the meaning

2 given such term by section 3210(a)(6)(E) of title 39,

3 United States Code.

4 (e) This section shall apply with respect to sessions

5 of Congress beginning after the date of the enactment of

6 this Act.

7 Ω17æSEC. 312. (a) In addition to any other estimates

8 the Director is required to make pursuant to the Congres9 sional Budget Act of 1974 and the Rules of the House

10 of Representatives, the Director of the Congressional

11 Budget Office shall, upon the request of the chairman of

12 the Committee on the Budget of the House of Representa13 tives (after consultation with the ranking minority mem14 ber of that committee), prepare an estimate for any major

15 spending legislation, as designated by the majority leader

16 of the House of Representatives (after consultation with

17 the minority leader of the House), of the change in spend18 ing and revenues resulting from that legislation on the

19 basis of assumptions that estimate the probable dynamic

20 macroeconomic feedback effects of such legislation, and

21 shall include a statement identifying those assumptions.

22 Such estimates shall be submitted to the chairmen and

23 ranking minority members of the Committee on the Budg24 et and of the committees of subject-matter jurisdiction,
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1 and, if timely submitted, shall be included in the reports

2 on such legislation.

3 (b) In addition to any other estimates the Chief of

4 Staff is required to make pursuant to the Congressional

5 Budget Act of 1974, the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,

6 and the Rules of the House of Representatives, the Chief

7 of Staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation shall, upon

8 the request of the chairman of the Committee on Ways

9 and Means of the House of Representatives (after con10 sultation with the ranking minority member of that com11 mittee), prepare an analysis of any major tax legislation,

12 as designated by the majority leader of the House of Rep13 resentatives (after consultation with the minority leader

14 of the House), of the change in spending and revenues

15 resulting from that legislation on the basis of assumptions

16 that estimate the probable dynamic macroeconomic feed17 back effects of such legislation, and shall include a state18 ment identifying those assumptions. Such analyses shall

19 be submitted to the chairmen and ranking minority mem20 bers of the Committee on Ways and Means and of the

21 committees of subject-matter jurisdiction, and, if timely

22 submitted, shall be included in the reports on such legisla23 tion.

24 (c) Estimates and analyses made pursuant to this

25 section are to be used for informational purposes only.
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1 Ω18æSEC. 312. (a) Section 203(a)(3) of Public Law

2 104–1 (2 U.S.C. 1313(a)(3)) is amended by inserting ‘‘and

3 in subsection (c)(4)’’ after ‘‘(c)(3)’’.

4 (b) Section 203(c) of Public Law 104–1 (2 U.S.C.

5 1313(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following

6 paragraph:

7 ‘‘(4) LAW ENFORCEMENT.—Law enforcement

8 personnel of the Capitol Police who are subject to the

9 exemption under section 7(k) of the Fair Labor

10 Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 207(k)) may elect

11 to receive compensatory time off in lieu of overtime

12 compensation for hours worked in excess of the maxi13 mum for their work period.’’.

14 Ω19æSEC. 313. Section 316 of Public Law 101–302 is

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

16 ‘‘1996’’ and inserting ‘‘1997’’.

17 Ω20æSEC. 314. The Government Printing Office shall

18 be considered an agency for the purposes of the election in

19 section 801(b)(2)(B) of the National Energy Conservation

20 Policy Act and the Public Printer shall be considered the

21 head of the agency for purposes of subsection (b)(2)(C) of

22 such section.

23 Ω21æSEC. 315. (a) Upon enactment into law of this

24 Act, the Library of Congress, under the direction of the

25 Committee on House Oversight of the House of Representa-
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1 tives and the Committee on Rules and Administration of

2 the Senate, and in consultation with the heads of the appro3 priate offices and agencies of the legislative branch, shall

4 develop a program for providing the widest possible ex5 change of information among legislative branch agencies

6 with the long range goal of improving technology planning,

7 evaluation, development, and management among legisla8 tive branch organizations. The plan for this program shall

9 be subject to joint approval of the Committee on House

10 Oversight of the House of Representatives and the Commit11 tee on Rules and Administration of the Senate, and, upon

12 approval, shall be communicated to the Committee on Ap13 propriations of the House of Representatives and the Com14 mittee on Appropriations of the Senate. All of the appro15 priate offices and agencies of the legislative branch as de16 fined below shall participate in this program for informa17 tion exchange, and shall report annually on the extent and

18 nature of their participation in their budget submissions

19 to the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep20 resentatives and the Committee on Appropriations of the

21 Senate.

22 (b) As used in this section—

23 (1) the term ‘‘offices and agencies of the legisla24 tive branch’’ means, the office of the Clerk of the

25 House, the office of the Secretary of the Senate, the of-
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1 fice of the Architect of the Capitol, the General Ac2 counting Office, the Government Printing Office, the

3 Library of Congress, the Congressional Research Serv4 ice, the Congressional Budget Office, the Chief Admin5 istrative Officer of the House of Representatives, and

6 the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate; and

7 (2) the term ‘‘technology’’ refers to any form of

8 computer hardware and software; computer-based sys9 tems, services, and support for the creation, process10 ing, exchange, and delivery of information; and tele11 communications systems, and the associated hardware

12 and software, that provide for voice, data, or image

13 communication.

14 Ω22æPROHIBITIONS AGAINST POLITICAL

15 RECOMMENDATIONS RELATING TO FEDERAL EMPLOYMENT

16 SEC. 316. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3303 of title 5,

17 United States Code, is amended to read as follows:

18 ‘‘§ 3303. Competitive service; recommendations of Sen19 ators or Representatives

20 ‘‘An individual concerned in examining an applicant

21 for or appointing him in the competitive service may not

22 receive or consider a recommendation of the applicant by

23 a Senator or Representative, except as to the character or

24 residence of the applicant.’’.
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1 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—(1)

2 The table of sections for chapter 33 of title 5, United States

3 Code, is amended by amending the item relating to section

4 3303 to read as follows:

‘‘3303. Competitive service; recommendations of Senators or Representatives.’’.

5 (2) Section 2302(b)(2) of title 5, United States Code,

6 is amended to read as follows:

7 ‘‘(2) solicit or consider any recommendation or

8 statement, oral or written, with respect to any indi9 vidual who requests or is under consideration for any

10 personnel action unless such recommendation or state11 ment is based on the personal knowledge or records of

12 the person furnishing it and consists of—

13 ‘‘(A) an evaluation of the work performance,

14 ability, aptitude, or general qualifications of

15 such individual; or

16 ‘‘(B) an evaluation of the character, loyalty,

17 or suitability of such individual;’’.

18 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take effect

19 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.

20 Ω23æSEC. 317. (a) The Congressional Research Serv21 ice, in consultation with the Secretary of the Senate and

22 the heads of the appropriate offices and agencies of the legis23 lative branch and with the approval of the Committee on

24 Rules and Administration of the Senate, shall coordinate

25 the development of an electronic congressional legislative in-
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1 formation and document retrieval system to provide for the

2 legislative information needs of the Senate through the ex3 change and retrieval of information and documents among

4 legislative branch offices and agencies. The Secretary of the

5 Senate, with the oversight and approval of the Committee

6 on Rules and Administration of the Senate, shall have re7 sponsibility for the implementation of this system in the

8 Senate. All of the appropriate offices and agencies of the

9 legislative branch shall participate in the implementation

10 of the system.

11 (b) As used in this section—

12 (1) the term ‘‘legislative information’’ refers to

13 that information and those documents produced for

14 the use of the Congress by the offices and agencies of

15 the legislative branch as defined in this section, and

16 such other information and documents as approved

17 by the Committee on Rules and Administration of the

18 Senate;

19 (2) the term ‘‘offices and agencies of the legisla20 tive branch’’ means the Office of the Secretary of the

21 Senate, the Office of Legislative Counsel of the Senate,

22 the Office of the Architect of the Capitol, the General

23 Accounting Office, the Government Printing Office,

24 the Library of Congress, the Congressional Budget Of25 fice, and the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate; and
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1 (3) the term ‘‘retrieval system’’ means the index2 ing of documents and data, as well as integrating,

3 searching, linking, and displaying documents and

4 data.

5 (c) The Library of Congress shall—

6 (1) assist the Congressional Research Service in

7 supporting the Senate in carrying out this section;

8 and

9 (2) provide such technical staff and resources as

10 may be necessary to carry out this section.

11 Ω24æSEC. 318. (a) Section 207(e)(1)(A) of title 18,

12 United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘1 year’’ and

13 inserting ‘‘2 years’’.

14 (b) Paragraphs (2)(A), (3), and (4)(A) of section

15 207(e) of title 18, United States Code, are amended by strik16 ing ‘‘within 1 year after’’ and inserting ‘‘within 5 years

17 after’’.

18 Ω25æSEC. 319. LIMITATION ON EXCLUSIVE COPY19 RIGHTS FOR LITERARY WORKS IN SPECIALIZED

20 FORMAT FOR THE BLIND AND DISABLED.

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 1 of title 17, United States

22 Code, is amended by adding after section 120 the following

23 new section:
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1 ‘‘§ 121. Limitations on exclusive rights: reproduction

2 for blind or other people with disabilities

3 ‘‘(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 106

4 and 710, it is not an infringement of copyright for an au5 thorized entity to reproduce or to distribute copies or

6 phonorecords of a previously published, nondramatic lit7 erary work if such copies or phonorecords are reproduced

8 or distributed in specialized formats exclusively for use by

9 blind or other persons with disabilities.

10 ‘‘(b)(1) Copies or phonorecords to which this section

11 applies shall—

12 ‘‘(A) not be reproduced or distributed in a for13 mat other than a specialized format exclusively for

14 use by blind or other persons with disabilities;

15 ‘‘(B) bear a notice that any further reproduction

16 or distribution in a format other than a specialized

17 format is an infringement; and

18 ‘‘(C) include a copyright notice identifying the

19 copyright owner and the date of the original publica20 tion.

21 ‘‘(2) The provisions of this subsection shall not apply

22 to standardized, secure, or norm-referenced tests and related

23 testing material, or to computer programs, except the por24 tions thereof that are in conventional human language (in25 cluding descriptions of pictorial works) and displayed to
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1 users in the ordinary course of using the computer pro2 grams.

3 ‘‘(c) For purposes of this section, the term—

4 ‘‘(1) ‘authorized entity’ means a nonprofit orga5 nization or a governmental agency that has a pri6 mary mission to provide specialized services relating

7 to training, education, or adaptive reading or infor8 mation access needs of blind or other persons with

9 disabilities;

10 ‘‘(2) ‘blind or other persons with disabilities’

11 means individuals who are eligible or who may qual12 ify in accordance with the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to

13 provide books for the adult blind’’, approved March 3,

14 1931 (2 U.S.C. 135a; 46 Stat. 1487) to receive books

15 and other publications produced in specialized for16 mats; and

17 ‘‘(3) ‘specialized formats’ means braille, audio,

18 or digital text which is exclusively for use by blind

19 or other persons with disabilities.’’.

20 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The

21 table of sections for chapter 1 of title 17, United States

22 Code, is amended by adding after the item relating to sec23 tion 120 the following:

‘‘121. Limitations on exclusive rights: reproduction for blind or other people with

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1 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative Branch Ap2 propriations Act, 1997’’.

Passed the House of Representatives July 10, 1996.

Attest: ROBIN H. CARLE,

Clerk.

Passed the Senate July 30, 1996.

Attest: KELLY D. JOHNSTON,

Secretary.