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Union Calendar No. 334

104TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 3754

[Report No. 104–657]

Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending

September 30, 1997, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JULY 8, 1996

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

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

State of the Union and ordered to be printed

A BILL

Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the

fiscal year ending September 30, 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:
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1 TITLE I—CONGRESSIONAL OPERATIONS

2 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 For salaries and expenses of the House of Represent5 atives, $683,831,000, as follows:

6 HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES

7 For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law,

8 $11,592,000, including: Office of the Speaker,

9 $1,535,000, including $25,000 for official expenses of the

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

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

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

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

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

15 Deputy Majority Whip, $957,000, including $5,000 for of16 ficial expenses of the Majority Whip; Office of the Minor17 ity Whip, including the Chief Deputy Minority Whip,

18 $949,000, including $5,000 for official expenses of the Mi19 nority Whip; Speaker’s Office for Legislative Floor Activi20 ties, $376,000; Republican Steering Committee,

21 $664,000; Republican Conference, $1,130,000; Demo22 cratic Steering and Policy Committee, $1,191,000; Demo23 cratic Caucus, $603,000; and nine minority employees,

24 $1,127,000.
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1 MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES

2 INCLUDING MEMBERS’ CLERK HIRE, OFFICIAL

3 EXPENSES OF MEMBERS, AND OFFICIAL MAIL

4 For Members’ representational allowances, including

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

6 $363,313,000.

7 COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES

8 STANDING COMMITTEES, SPECIAL AND SELECT

9 For salaries and expenses of standing committees,

10 special and select, authorized by House resolutions,

11 $80,222,000.

12 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

13 For salaries and expenses of the Committee on Ap14 propriations, $17,580,000, including studies and examina15 tions of executive agencies and temporary personal serv16 ices for such committee, to be expended in accordance with

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

18 1946 and to be available for reimbursement to agencies

19 for services performed.

20 SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

21 For compensation and expenses of officers and em22 ployees, as authorized by law, $86,259,000, including: for

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

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

25 for the Family Room, for official representation and recep26 tion expenses, $15,074,000; for salaries and expenses of
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1 the Office of the Sergeant at Arms, including the position

2 of Superintendent of Garages, and including not more

3 than $750 for official representation and reception ex4 penses, $3,638,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office

5 of the Chief Administrative Officer, $55,209,000, includ6 ing salaries, expenses and temporary personal services of

7 House Information Resources, $22,577,000, of which

8 $16,577,000 is provided herein: Provided, That House In9 formation Resources is authorized to receive reimburse10 ment from Members of the House of Representatives and

11 other governmental entities for services provided and such

12 reimbursement shall be deposited in the Treasury for cred13 it to this account; for salaries and expenses of the Office

14 of the Inspector General, $3,954,000; Office of the Chap15 lain, $126,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of

16 the Parliamentarian, including the Parliamentarian and

17 $2,000 for preparing the Digest of Rules, $1,036,000; for

18 salaries and expenses of the Office of the Law Revision

19 Counsel of the House, $1,767,000; for salaries and ex20 penses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the

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

22 $768,000.

23 ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES

24 For allowances and expenses as authorized by House

25 resolution or law, $124,865,000, including: supplies, mate-
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1 rials, administrative costs and Federal tort claims,

2 $2,374,000; official mail for committees, leadership of3 fices, and administrative offices of the House, $1,000,000;

4 reemployed annuitants reimbursement, $71,000; Govern5 ment contributions for health, retirement, Social Security,

6 and other applicable employee benefits, $120,779,000; and

7 miscellaneous items including purchase, exchange, mainte8 nance, repair and operation of House motor vehicles,

9 interparliamentary receptions, and gratuities to heirs of

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

11 CHILD CARE CENTER

12 For salaries and expenses of the House of Represent13 atives Child Care Center, such amounts as are deposited

14 in the account established by section 312(d)(1) of the Leg15 islative Branch Appropriations Act, 1992 (40 U.S.C.

16 184g(d)(1)), subject to the level specified in the budget

17 of the Center, as submitted to the Committee on Appro18 priations of the House of Representatives.

19 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

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

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

22 (1) by striking out ‘‘For fiscal year 1996, sub23 ject’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘(a) Subject’’;

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

25 all that follows through ‘‘cost of inventory’’ and in-
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1 serting in lieu thereof the following: ‘‘the amounts

2 deposited in the account specified in subsection (b)

3 from vending operations of the House of Representa4 tives Restaurant System shall be available to pay the

5 cost of goods sold’’; and

6 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub7 section:

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

9 special deposit account established for the House of Rep10 resentatives Restaurant by section 208 of the First Sup11 plemental Civil Functions Appropriation Act, 1941 (40

12 U.S.C. 174k note).’’.

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

14 apply with respect to fiscal years beginning after Septem15 ber 30, 1996.

16 SEC. 102. (a) Section 3210(a)(6)(A) of title 39, Unit17 ed States Code, is amended—

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

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

20 after ‘‘60 days’’; and

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

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

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

24 take effect on October 1, 1996, and shall apply with re25 spect to any mailing postmarked on or after that date.
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1 JOINT ITEMS

2 For Joint Committees, as follows:

3 JOINT COMMITTEE ON INAUGURAL CEREMONIES OF

4 1997

5 For construction of platform and seating stands and

6 for salaries and expenses of conducting the inaugural cere7 monies of the President and Vice President of the United

8 States in January 1997, $950,000, to be disbursed by the

9 Secretary of the Senate and to remain available until Sep10 tember 30, 1997: Provided, That such funds shall be avail11 able for payment, on a direct or reimbursable basis, for

12 such purposes whether incurred on, before, or after, Octo13 ber 1, 1996.

14 JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE

15 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic

16 Committee, $3,000,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary

17 of the Senate.

18 JOINT COMMITTEE ON PRINTING

19 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on

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

21 the Senate.

22 JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION

23 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on

24 Taxation, $5,470,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Ad25 ministrative Officer of the House.
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1 For other joint items, as follows:

2 OFFICE OF THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN

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

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

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

7 allowance of $500 per month each to two medical officers

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

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

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

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

12 $867,000 for reimbursement to the Department of the

13 Navy for expenses incurred for staff and equipment as14 signed to the Office of the Attending Physician, which

15 shall be advanced and credited to the applicable appropria16 tion or appropriations from which such salaries, allow17 ances, and other expenses are payable and shall be avail18 able for all the purposes thereof, $1,225,000, to be dis19 bursed by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House.

20 CAPITOL POLICE BOARD

21 CAPITOL POLICE

22 SALARIES

23 For the Capitol Police Board for salaries of officers,

24 members, and employees of the Capitol Police, including

25 overtime, hazardous duty pay differential, clothing allow-
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1 ance of not more than $600 each for members required

2 to wear civilian attire, and Government contributions for

3 health, retirement, Social Security, and other applicable

4 employee benefits, $68,392,000, of which $32,927,000 is

5 provided to the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Rep6 resentatives, to be disbursed by the Chief Administrative

7 Officer of the House, and $35,465,000 is provided to the

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

9 disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate: Provided, That,

10 of the amounts appropriated under this heading, such

11 amounts as may be necessary may be transferred between

12 the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives and

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

14 approval of the Committee on Appropriations of the House

15 of Representatives and the Committee on Appropriations

16 of the Senate.

17 GENERAL EXPENSES

18 For the Capitol Police Board for necessary expenses

19 of the Capitol Police, including motor vehicles, commu20 nications and other equipment, security equipment and in21 stallation, uniforms, weapons, supplies, materials, train22 ing, medical services, forensic services, stenographic serv23 ices, personal and professional services, the employee as24 sistance program, not more than $2,000 for the awards

25 program, postage, telephone service, travel advances, relo-
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1 cation of instructor and liaison personnel for the Federal

2 Law Enforcement Training Center, and $85 per month

3 for extra services performed for the Capitol Police Board

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

5 or the House of Representatives designated by the Chair6 man of the Board, $2,685,000, to be disbursed by the

7 Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representa8 tives: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provision

9 of law, the cost of basic training for the Capitol Police

10 at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center for fis11 cal year 1997 shall be paid by the Secretary of the Treas12 ury from funds available to the Department of the Treas13 ury.

14 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

15 SEC. 103. Amounts appropriated for fiscal year 1997

16 for the Capitol Police Board for the Capitol Police may

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

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

19 (1) the Committee on Appropriations of the

20 House of Representatives, in the case of amounts

21 transferred from the appropriation provided to the

22 Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives

23 under the heading ‘‘SALARIES’’;

24 (2) the Committee on Appropriations of the

25 Senate, in the case of amounts transferred from the
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1 appropriation provided to the Sergeant at Arms and

2 Doorkeeper of the Senate under the heading ‘‘SALA3 RIES’’; and

4 (3) the Committees on Appropriations of the

5 Senate and the House of Representatives, in the

6 case of other transfers.

7 CAPITOL GUIDE SERVICE AND SPECIAL SERVICES

8 OFFICE

9 For salaries and expenses of the Capitol Guide Serv10 ice and Special Services Office, $1,991,000, to be dis11 bursed by the Secretary of the Senate: Provided, That no

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

13 forty individuals: Provided further, That the Capitol Guide

14 Board is authorized, during emergencies, to employ not

15 more than two additional individuals for not more than

16 one hundred twenty days each, and not more than ten ad17 ditional individuals for not more than six months each,

18 for the Capitol Guide Service.

19 STATEMENTS OF APPROPRIATIONS

20 For the preparation, under the direction of the Com21 mittees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House

22 of Representatives, of the statements for the second ses23 sion of the One Hundred Fourth Congress, showing ap24 propriations made, indefinite appropriations, and con25 tracts authorized, together with a chronological history of
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1 the regular appropriations bills as required by law,

2 $30,000, to be paid to the persons designated by the chair3 men of such committees to supervise the work.

4 OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Compli7 ance, as authorized by section 305 of the Congressional

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

9 CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE

10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

11 For salaries and expenses necessary to carry out the

12 provisions of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (Pub13 lic Law 93–344), including not more than $2,500 to be

14 expended on the certification of the Director of the Con15 gressional Budget Office in connection with official rep16 resentation and reception expenses, $24,288,000: Pro17 vided, That no part of such amount may be used for the

18 purchase or hire of a passenger motor vehicle.

19 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

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

21 or services to the Congressional Budget Office shall be

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

23 section 903 of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1983

24 (2 U.S.C. 111b).
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1 (b) Subsection (a) shall apply with respect to fiscal

2 years beginning after September 30, 1996.

3 SEC. 105. (a) The Director of the Congressional

4 Budget Office shall have the authority, within the limits

5 of available appropriations, to dispose of surplus or obso6 lete personal property by inter-agency transfer, donation,

7 or discarding.

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

9 years beginning after September 30, 1996.

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

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

12 payments to separated employees of the Congressional

13 Budget Office for unused annual leave.

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

15 years beginning after September 30, 1996.

16 ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

17 OFFICE OF THE ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

18 SALARIES

19 For the Architect of the Capitol, the Assistant Archi20 tect of the Capitol, and other personal services, at rates

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

22 TRAVEL

23 Appropriations under the control of the Architect of

24 the Capitol shall be available for expenses of travel on offi25 cial business not to exceed in the aggregate under all

26 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, $23,255,000, of which

19 $2,950,000 shall remain available until expended.

20 CAPITOL GROUNDS

21 For all necessary expenses for care and improvement

22 of grounds surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House

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

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

2 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care

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

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

5 CAPITOL POWER PLANT

6 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care

7 and operation of the Capitol Power Plant; lighting, heat8 ing, power (including the purchase of electrical energy)

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

10 House office buildings, Library of Congress buildings, and

11 the grounds about the same, Botanic Garden, Senate ga12 rage, and air conditioning refrigeration not supplied from

13 plants in any of such buildings; heating the Government

14 Printing Office and Washington City Post Office, and

15 heating and chilled water for air conditioning for the Su16 preme Court Building, Union Station complex, Thurgood

17 Marshall Federal Judiciary Building and the Folger

18 Shakespeare Library, expenses for which shall be ad19 vanced or reimbursed upon request of the Architect of the

20 Capitol and amounts so received shall be deposited into

21 the Treasury to the credit of this appropriation,

22 $30,749,000: Provided, That not more than $4,000,000

23 of the funds credited or to be reimbursed to this appro24 priation as herein provided shall be available for obligation

25 during fiscal year 1997.
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1 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

2 CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions

5 of section 203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of

6 1946 (2 U.S.C. 166) and to revise and extend the Anno7 tated Constitution of the United States of America,

8 $62,641,000: Provided, That no part of such amount may

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

10 any publication, or preparation of material therefor (ex11 cept the Digest of Public General Bills), to be issued by

12 the Library of Congress unless such publication has ob13 tained prior approval of either the Committee on House

14 Oversight of the House of Representatives or the Commit15 tee on Rules and Administration of the Senate: Provided

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

17 the compensation of the Director of the Congressional Re18 search Service, Library of Congress, shall be at an annual

19 rate which is equal to the annual rate of basic pay for

20 positions at level IV of the Executive Schedule under sec21 tion 5315 of title 5, United States Code.

22 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

23 CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING AND BINDING

24 For authorized printing and binding for the Congress

25 and the distribution of Congressional information in any
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1 format; printing and binding for the Architect of the Cap2 itol; expenses necessary for preparing the semimonthly

3 and session index to the Congressional Record, as author4 ized by law (44 U.S.C. 902); printing and binding of Gov5 ernment publications authorized by law to be distributed

6 to Members of Congress; and printing, binding, and dis7 tribution of Government publications authorized by law to

8 be distributed without charge to the recipient,

9 $81,669,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall not

10 be available for paper copies of the permanent edition of

11 the Congressional Record for individual Representatives,

12 Resident Commissioners or Delegates authorized under 44

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

14 shall be available for the payment of obligations incurred

15 under the appropriations for similar purposes for preced16 ing fiscal years.

17 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Congressional Oper18 ations Appropriations Act, 1997’’.

19 TITLE II—OTHER AGENCIES

20 BOTANIC GARDEN

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care

23 and operation of the Botanic Garden and the nurseries,

24 buildings, grounds, and collections; and purchase and ex25 change, maintenance, repair, and operation of a passenger
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1 motor vehicle; all under the direction of the Joint Commit2 tee on the Library, $2,902,000.

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; preparation and

11 distribution of catalog cards and other publications of the

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

13 and expenses of the Library of Congress Trust Fund

14 Board not properly chargeable to the income of any trust

15 fund held by the Board, $215,007,000, of which not more

16 than $7,869,000 shall be derived from collections credited

17 to this appropriation during fiscal year 1997, and shall

18 remain available until expended, under the Act of June

19 28, 1902 (chapter 1301; 32 Stat. 480; 2 U.S.C. 150): Pro20 vided, That the Library of Congress may not obligate or

21 expend any funds derived from collections under the Act

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

23 obligation or expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided

24 further, That the total amount available for obligation

25 shall be reduced by the amount by which collections are
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1 less than the $7,869,000: Provided further, That of the

2 total amount appropriated, $8,458,000 is to remain avail3 able until expended for acquisition of books, periodicals,

4 and newspapers, and all other materials including sub5 scriptions for bibliographic services for the Library, in6 cluding $40,000 to be available solely for the purchase,

7 when specifically approved by the Librarian, of special and

8 unique materials for additions to the collections.

9 COPYRIGHT OFFICE

10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

11 For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, in12 cluding publication of the decisions of the United States

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

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

15 credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 1997

16 under 17 U.S.C. 708(d), and not more than $4,929,000

17 shall be derived from collections during fiscal year 1997

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

19 Provided, That the total amount available for obligation

20 shall be reduced by the amount by which collections are

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

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

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

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

25 purpose of training nationals of developing countries in
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1 intellectual property laws and policies: Provided further,

2 That not more than $2,250 may be expended, on the cer3 tification of the Librarian of Congress, in connection with

4 official representation and reception expenses for activities

5 of the International Copyright Institute.

6 BOOKS FOR THE BLIND AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 For salaries and expenses to carry out the Act of

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

10 135a), $44,964,000, of which $11,694,000 shall remain

11 available until expended.

12 FURNITURE AND FURNISHINGS

13 For necessary expenses for the purchase and repair

14 of furniture, furnishings, office and library equipment,

15 $4,882,000.

16 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

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

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

19 not more than $194,290, of which $58,100 is for the Con20 gressional Research Service, when specifically authorized

21 by the Librarian, for attendance at meetings concerned

22 with the function or activity for which the appropriation

23 is made.
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1 SEC. 202. (a) No part of the funds appropriated in

2 this Act shall be used by the Library of Congress to ad3 minister any flexible or compressed work schedule which—

4 (1) applies to any manager or supervisor in

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

6 higher than GS–15; and

7 (2) grants such manager or supervisor the

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

9 workday because of time worked by the manager or

10 supervisor on another workday.

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

12 or supervisor’’ means any management official or super13 visor, as such terms are defined in section 7103(a) (10)

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

15 SEC. 203. Appropriated funds received by the Library

16 of Congress from other Federal agencies to cover general

17 and administrative overhead costs generated by perform18 ing reimbursable work for other agencies under the au19 thority of 31 U.S.C. 1535 and 1536 shall not be used to

20 employ more than 65 employees and may be expended or

21 obligated—

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

23 such extent or in such amounts as are provided in

24 appropriations Acts; or
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1 (2) in the case of an advance payment,

2 only—

3 (A) to pay for such general or adminis4 trative overhead costs as are attributable to the

5 work performed for such agency; or

6 (B) to such extent or in such amounts

7 as are provided in appropriations Acts, with re8 spect to any purpose not allowable under sub9 paragraph (A).

10 SEC. 204. Of the amounts appropriated to the Li11 brary of Congress in this Act, not more than $5,000 may

12 be expended, on the certification of the Librarian of Con13 gress, in connection with official representation and recep14 tion expenses for the incentive awards program.

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

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

17 expended, on the certification of the Librarian of Con18 gress, in connection with official representation and recep19 tion expenses for the Overseas Field Offices.

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

21 authority of the Library of Congress for the activities de22 scribed in subsection (b) may not exceed $108,275,000.

23 (b) The activities referred to in subsection (a) are re24 imbursable and revolving fund activities that are funded
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1 from sources other than appropriations to the Library in

2 appropriations Acts for the legislative branch.

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

4 year 1997, the obligational authority of the Library of

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

6 not exceed $2,000,000.

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

8 non-expenditure transfer activities in support of par9 liamentary development that are funded from sources

10 other than appropriations to the Library in appropriations

11 Acts for the legislative branch.

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

13 (1) shall be available only with respect to Rus14 sia, Ukraine, Albania, Slovakia, and Romania; and

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

16 SEC. 208. (a) Amounts appropriated for fiscal year

17 1997 for the Library of Congress under the headings spec18 ified in subsection (b) may be transferred among such

19 headings, upon approval of the Committee on Appropria20 tions of the House of Representatives and the Committee

21 on Appropriations of the Senate.

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

23 follows: (1) in title I, ‘‘CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERV24 ICE’’, ‘‘SALARIES AND EXPENSES’’; and (2) in this title,

25 ‘‘SALARIES AND EXPENSES’’; ‘‘COPYRIGHT OFFICE’’,
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1 ‘‘SALARIES AND EXPENSES’’, ‘‘BOOKS FOR THE BLIND

2 AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED’’, ‘‘SALARIES AND EX3 PENSES’’; and ‘‘FURNITURE AND FURNISHINGS’’.

4 SEC. 209. From and after October 1, 1996, the Dis5 bursing Officer of the Library of Congress is authorized

6 to disburse funds appropriated for the Office of Compli7 ance, and the Library of Congress shall provide financial

8 management support to the Office of Compliance as may

9 be required and mutually agreed to by the Librarian of

10 Congress and the Executive Director of the Office of Com11 pliance. The Library of Congress is further authorized to

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

13 Office of Compliance pursuant to the provisions of section

14 5504 of title 5.

15 All vouchers certified for payment by duly authorized

16 certifying officers of the Library of Congress shall be sup17 ported with a certification by an officer or employee of

18 the Office of Compliance duly authorized in writing by the

19 Executive Director of the Office of Compliance to certify

20 payments from appropriations of the Office of Compliance.

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

22 held responsible for the existence and correctness of the

23 facts recited in the certificate or otherwise stated on the

24 voucher or its supporting paper and the legality of the pro25 posed payment under the appropriation or fund involved,
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1 (2) be held responsible and accountable for the correctness

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

3 accountable for and required to make good to the United

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

5 payment resulting from any false, inaccurate, or mislead6 ing certificate made by them, as well as for any payment

7 prohibited by law which did not represent a legal obliga8 tion under the appropriation or fund involved: Provided,

9 That the Comptroller General of the United States may,

10 at his discretion, relieve such certifying officer or employee

11 of liability for any payment otherwise proper whenever he

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

13 records and that such certifying officer or employee did

14 not know, and by reasonable diligence and inquiry could

15 not have ascertained the actual facts, or (2) that the obli16 gation was incurred in good faith, that the payment was

17 not contrary to any statutory provision specifically prohib18 iting payments of the character involved, and the United

19 States has received value for such payment: Provided fur20 ther, That the Comptroller General shall relieve such cer21 tifying officer or employee of liability for an overpayment

22 for transportation services made to any common carrier

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

24 the overpayment occurred solely because the administra25 tive examination made prior to payment of the transpor-
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1 tation bill did not include a verification of transportation

2 rates, freight classifications, or land grant deductions.

3 The Disbursing Officer of the Library of Congress

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

5 improper, or incorrect payment resulting from any false,

6 inaccurate, or misleading certificate, the responsibility for

7 which is imposed upon a certifying officer or employee of

8 the Office of Compliance.

9 ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

10 LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

11 STRUCTURAL AND MECHANICAL CARE

12 For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and

13 structural maintenance, care and operation of the Library

14 buildings and grounds, $9,003,000, of which $560,000

15 shall remain available until expended.

16 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

17 OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 For expenses of the Office of Superintendent of Doc20 uments necessary to provide for the cataloging and index21 ing of Government publications and their distribution to

22 the public, Members of Congress, other Government agen23 cies, and designated depository and international exchange

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

25 That travel expenses, including travel expenses of the De-
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1 pository Library Council to the Public Printer, shall not

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

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

4 are authorized for producing and disseminating Congres5 sional serial sets and other related publications for 1995

6 and 1996 to depository and other designated libraries.

7 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE REVOLVING FUND

8 The Government Printing Office is hereby authorized

9 to make such expenditures, within the limits of funds

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

11 contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year

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

13 States Code, as may be necessary in carrying out the pro14 grams and purposes set forth in the budget for the current

15 fiscal year for the Government Printing Office revolving

16 fund: Provided, That not more than $2,500 may be ex17 pended on the certification of the Public Printer in connec18 tion with official representation and reception expenses:

19 Provided further, That the revolving fund shall be available

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

21 motor vehicles: Provided further, That expenditures in con22 nection with travel expenses of the advisory councils to

23 the Public Printer shall be deemed necessary to carry out

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

25 further, That the revolving fund shall be available for tem-
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1 porary or intermittent services under section 3109(b) of

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

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

4 basic pay for level V of the Executive Schedule under sec5 tion 5316 of such title: Provided further, That the revolv6 ing fund and the funds provided under the headings ‘‘OF7 FICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS’’ and ‘‘SALA8 RIES AND EXPENSES’’ together may not be available for

9 the full-time equivalent employment of more than 3,700

10 workyears: Provided further, That activities financed

11 through the revolving fund may provide information in any

12 format: Provided further, That the revolving fund shall not

13 be used to administer any flexible or compressed work

14 schedule which applies to any manager or supervisor in

15 a position the grade or level of which is equal to or higher

16 than GS–15: Provided further, That expenses for attend17 ance at meetings shall not exceed $75,000.

18 GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 For necessary expenses of the General Accounting

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

22 the certification of the Comptroller General of the United

23 States in connection with official representation and recep24 tion expenses; temporary or intermittent services under

25 section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, but at rates
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1 for individuals not more than the daily equivalent of the

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

3 Schedule under section 5315 of such title; hire of one pas4 senger motor vehicle; advance payments in foreign coun5 tries in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 3324; benefits com6 parable to those payable under sections 901(5), 901(6)

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

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

9 prescribed by the Comptroller General of the United

10 States, rental of living quarters in foreign countries;

11 $332,520,000: Provided, That not more than $100,000 of

12 reimbursements received incident to the operation of the

13 General Accounting Office Building shall be available for

14 use in fiscal year 1997: Provided further, That notwith15 standing 31 U.S.C. 9105 hereafter amounts reimbursed

16 to the Comptroller General pursuant to that section shall

17 be deposited to the appropriation of the General Account18 ing Office then available and remain available until ex19 pended, and not more than $5,805,000 of such funds shall

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

21 That this appropriation and appropriations for adminis22 trative expenses of any other department or agency which

23 is a member of the Joint Financial Management Improve24 ment Program (JFMIP) shall be available to finance an

25 appropriate share of JFMIP costs as determined by the
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1 JFMIP, including the salary of the Executive Director

2 and secretarial support: Provided further, That this appro3 priation and appropriations for administrative expenses of

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

5 National Intergovernmental Audit Forum or a Regional

6 Intergovernmental Audit Forum shall be available to fi7 nance an appropriate share of Forum costs as determined

8 by the Forum, including necessary travel expenses of non9 Federal participants. Payments hereunder to either the

10 Forum or the JFMIP may be credited as reimbursements

11 to any appropriation from which costs involved are initially

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

13 are otherwise available for obligation, agreements or con14 tracts for the removal of asbestos, and renovation of the

15 building and building systems (including the heating, ven16 tilation and air conditioning system, electrical system and

17 other major building systems) of the General Accounting

18 Office Building may be made for periods not exceeding

19 five years: Provided further, That this appropriation and

20 appropriations for administrative expenses of any other

21 department or agency which is a member of the American

22 Consortium on International Public Administration

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

24 of ACIPA costs as determined by the ACIPA, including
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1 any expenses attributable to membership of ACIPA in the

2 International Institute of Administrative Sciences.

3 TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS

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

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

6 vehicles, except for emergency assistance and cleaning as

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

9 Committee on House Oversight and for the Senate issued

10 by the Committee on Rules and Administration.

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

12 Act shall remain available for obligation beyond fiscal year

13 1997 unless expressly so provided in this Act.

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

15 not specifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of

16 1929 is appropriated for or the rate of compensation or

17 designation of any office or position appropriated for is

18 different from that specifically established by such Act,

19 the rate of compensation and the designation in this Act

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

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

22 official expenses of Members, officers, and committees of

23 the Senate and House of Representatives, and clerk hire

24 for Senators and Members of the House of Representa25 tives shall be the permanent law with respect thereto.
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1 SEC. 304. The expenditure of any appropriation

2 under this Act for any consulting service through procure3 ment contract, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited

4 to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter

5 of public record and available for public inspection, except

6 where otherwise provided under existing law, or under ex7 isting Executive order issued pursuant to existing law.

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

9 to the greatest extent practicable, all equipment and prod10 ucts purchased with funds made available in this Act

11 should be American-made.

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

13 into any contract with, any entity using funds made avail14 able in this Act, the head of each Federal agency, to the

15 greatest extent practicable, shall provide to such entity a

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

17 the Congress.

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

19 thereafter, amounts appropriated to the Architect of the

20 Capitol (including amounts relating to the Botanic Gar21 den) may be transferred among accounts available to the

22 Architect of the Capitol upon the approval of—

23 (1) the Committee on Appropriations of the

24 House of Representatives, in the case of amounts

25 transferred from the appropriation for Capitol build-
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1 ings and grounds under the heading ‘‘HOUSE OFFICE

2 BUILDINGS’’;

3 (2) the Committee on Appropriations of the

4 Senate, in the case of amounts transferred from the

5 appropriation for Capitol buildings and grounds

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

7 and

8 (3) the Committees on Appropriations of the

9 Senate and the House of Representatives, in the

10 case of amounts transferred from any other appro11 priation.

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

13 Appropriations of the House of Representatives, and in

14 accordance with conditions determined by the Committee

15 on House Oversight, positions in connection with House

16 public address sound system activities and related funding

17 shall be transferred from the appropriation for the Archi18 tect of the Capitol for Capitol buildings and grounds under

19 the heading ‘‘CAPITOL BUILDINGS’’ to the appropriation

20 for salaries and expenses of the House of Representatives

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

22 OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES’’.

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

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

25 of any such employee as of the date such employee is
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1 transferred under subsection (a) shall be included in the

2 total service of such employee in connection with the com3 putation of any annuity under subsections (a) through (e)

4 and (o) of such section.

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

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

7 transferred under subsection (a), the Architect of the Cap8 itol is authorized to make a lump sum payment to each

9 such employee for that annual leave. No such payment

10 shall be considered a payment or compensation within the

11 meaning of any law relating to dual compensation.

12 SEC. 308. (a) Effective October 1, 1996, the respon13 sibility for maintenance of security systems for the Capitol

14 buildings and grounds is transferred from the Architect

15 of the Capitol to the Capitol Police Board. Such mainte16 nance shall be carried out under the direction of the Com17 mittee on House Oversight of the House of Representa18 tives and the Committee on Rules and Administration of

19 the Senate. On and after October 1, 1996, any alteration

20 to a structural, mechanical, or architectural feature of the

21 Capitol buildings and grounds that is required for security

22 system maintenance under the preceding sentence may be

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

24 Capitol.
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1 (b)(1) Effective October 1, 1996, all positions speci2 fied in paragraph (2) and each individual holding any such

3 position (on a permanent basis) immediately before that

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

5 be transferred to the Capitol Police.

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

7 those positions which, immediately before October 1,

8 1996, are—

9 (A) under the Architect of the Capitol;

10 (B) within the Electronics Engineering Division

11 of the Office of the Architect of the Capitol; and

12 (C) related to the maintenance of security sys13 tems for the Capitol buildings and grounds.

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

15 credit of an individual immediately before such individual

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

17 such individual, without adjustment, in the new position

18 of the individual.

19 SEC. 309. Such sums as may be necessary are appro20 priated to the account described in subsection (a) of sec21 tion 415 of Public Law 104–1 to pay awards and settle22 ments as authorized under such subsection.

23 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative Branch Ap24 propriations Act, 1997’’.
Union Calendar No. 334

104TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 3754

[Report No. 104–657]

A BILL

Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch

and for other purposes.for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997,

JULY 8, 1996

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on

the State of the Union and ordered to be printed