104TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 3754

AN ACT

Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch

and for other purposes.for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997,
104TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 3754

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,
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1 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any

2 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the

3 Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September

4 30, 1997, and for other purposes, namely:

5 TITLE I—CONGRESSIONAL OPERATIONS

6 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 For salaries and expenses of the House of Represent9 atives, $683,831,000, as follows:

10 HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES

11 For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law,

12 $11,592,000, including: Office of the Speaker,

13 $1,535,000, including $25,000 for official expenses of the

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

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

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

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

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

19 Deputy Majority Whip, $957,000, including $5,000 for of20 ficial expenses of the Majority Whip; Office of the Minor21 ity Whip, including the Chief Deputy Minority Whip,

22 $949,000, including $5,000 for official expenses of the Mi23 nority Whip; Speaker’s Office for Legislative Floor Activi24 ties, $376,000; Republican Steering Committee,

25 $664,000; Republican Conference, $1,130,000; Demo-
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1 cratic Steering and Policy Committee, $1,191,000; Demo2 cratic Caucus, $603,000; and nine minority employees,

3 $1,127,000.

4 MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES

5 INCLUDING MEMBERS’ CLERK HIRE, OFFICIAL

6 EXPENSES OF MEMBERS, AND OFFICIAL MAIL

7 For Members’ representational allowances, including

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

9 $363,313,000.

10 COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES

11 STANDING COMMITTEES, SPECIAL AND SELECT

12 For salaries and expenses of standing committees,

13 special and select, authorized by House resolutions,

14 $80,222,000.

15 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

16 For salaries and expenses of the Committee on Ap17 propriations, $17,580,000, including studies and examina18 tions of executive agencies and temporary personal serv19 ices for such committee, to be expended in accordance with

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

21 1946 and to be available for reimbursement to agencies

22 for services performed.

23 SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

24 For compensation and expenses of officers and em25 ployees, as authorized by law, $86,259,000, including: for

26 salaries and expenses of the Office of the Clerk, including
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1 not more than $3,500, of which not more than $2,500 is

2 for the Family Room, for official representation and recep3 tion expenses, $15,074,000; for salaries and expenses of

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

5 of Superintendent of Garages, and including not more

6 than $750 for official representation and reception ex7 penses, $3,638,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office

8 of the Chief Administrative Officer, $55,209,000, includ9 ing salaries, expenses and temporary personal services of

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

11 $16,577,000 is provided herein: Provided, That House In12 formation Resources is authorized to receive reimburse13 ment from Members of the House of Representatives and

14 other governmental entities for services provided and such

15 reimbursement shall be deposited in the Treasury for cred16 it to this account; for salaries and expenses of the Office

17 of the Inspector General, $3,954,000; Office of the Chap18 lain, $126,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of

19 the Parliamentarian, including the Parliamentarian and

20 $2,000 for preparing the Digest of Rules, $1,036,000; for

21 salaries and expenses of the Office of the Law Revision

22 Counsel of the House, $1,767,000; for salaries and ex23 penses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the

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

25 $768,000.
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1 ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES

2 For allowances and expenses as authorized by House

3 resolution or law, $124,865,000, including: supplies, mate4 rials, administrative costs and Federal tort claims,

5 $2,374,000; official mail for committees, leadership of6 fices, and administrative offices of the House, $1,000,000;

7 reemployed annuitants reimbursement, $71,000; Govern8 ment contributions for health, retirement, Social Security,

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

10 miscellaneous items including purchase, exchange, mainte11 nance, repair and operation of House motor vehicles,

12 interparliamentary receptions, and gratuities to heirs of

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

14 CHILD CARE CENTER

15 For salaries and expenses of the House of Represent16 atives Child Care Center, such amounts as are deposited

17 in the account established by section 312(d)(1) of the Leg18 islative Branch Appropriations Act, 1992 (40 U.S.C.

19 184g(d)(1)), subject to the level specified in the budget

20 of the Center, as submitted to the Committee on Appro21 priations of the House of Representatives.

22 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

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

24 Appropriations Act, 1996 (109 Stat. 522) is amended—
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1 (1) by striking out ‘‘For fiscal year 1996, sub2 ject’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘(a) Subject’’;

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

4 all that follows through ‘‘cost of inventory’’ and in5 serting in lieu thereof the following: ‘‘the amounts

6 deposited in the account specified in subsection (b)

7 from vending operations of the House of Representa8 tives Restaurant System shall be available to pay the

9 cost of goods sold’’; and

10 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub11 section:

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

13 special deposit account established for the House of Rep14 resentatives Restaurant by section 208 of the First Sup15 plemental Civil Functions Appropriation Act, 1941 (40

16 U.S.C. 174k note).’’.

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

18 apply with respect to fiscal years beginning after Septem19 ber 30, 1996.

20 SEC. 102. (a) Section 3210(a)(6)(A) of title 39, Unit21 ed States Code, is amended—

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

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

24 after ‘‘60 days’’; and
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1 (2) in clause (ii), by striking out ‘‘60 days’’ and

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

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

4 take effect on October 1, 1996, and shall apply with re5 spect to any mailing postmarked on or after that date.

6 JOINT ITEMS

7 For Joint Committees, as follows:

8 JOINT COMMITTEE ON INAUGURAL CEREMONIES OF

9 1997

10 For construction of platform and seating stands and

11 for salaries and expenses of conducting the inaugural cere12 monies of the President and Vice President of the United

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

14 Secretary of the Senate and to remain available until Sep15 tember 30, 1997: Provided, That such funds shall be avail16 able for payment, on a direct or reimbursable basis, for

17 such purposes whether incurred on, before, or after, Octo18 ber 1, 1996.

19 JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE

20 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic

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

22 of the Senate.
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1 JOINT COMMITTEE ON PRINTING

2 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on

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

4 the Senate.

5 JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION

6 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on

7 Taxation, $5,470,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Ad8 ministrative Officer of the House.

9 For other joint items, as follows:

10 OFFICE OF THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN

11 For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent ex12 penses of the emergency rooms, and for the Attending

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

20 $867,000 for reimbursement to the Department of the

21 Navy for expenses incurred for staff and equipment as22 signed to the Office of the Attending Physician, which

23 shall be advanced and credited to the applicable appropria24 tion or appropriations from which such salaries, allow25 ances, and other expenses are payable and shall be avail-
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1 able for all the purposes thereof, $1,225,000, to be dis2 bursed by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House.

3 CAPITOL POLICE BOARD

4 CAPITOL POLICE

5 SALARIES

6 For the Capitol Police Board for salaries of officers,

7 members, and employees of the Capitol Police, including

8 overtime, hazardous duty pay differential, clothing allow9 ance of not more than $600 each for members required

10 to wear civilian attire, and Government contributions for

11 health, retirement, Social Security, and other applicable

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

13 provided to the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Rep14 resentatives, to be disbursed by the Chief Administrative

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

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

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

18 of the amounts appropriated under this heading, such

19 amounts as may be necessary may be transferred between

20 the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives and

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

22 approval of the Committee on Appropriations of the House

23 of Representatives and the Committee on Appropriations

24 of the Senate.
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1 GENERAL EXPENSES

2 For the Capitol Police Board for necessary expenses

3 of the Capitol Police, including motor vehicles, commu4 nications and other equipment, security equipment and in5 stallation, uniforms, weapons, supplies, materials, train6 ing, medical services, forensic services, stenographic serv7 ices, personal and professional services, the employee as8 sistance program, not more than $2,000 for the awards

9 program, postage, telephone service, travel advances, relo10 cation of instructor and liaison personnel for the Federal

11 Law Enforcement Training Center, and $85 per month

12 for extra services performed for the Capitol Police Board

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

14 or the House of Representatives designated by the Chair15 man of the Board, $2,685,000, to be disbursed by the

16 Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representa17 tives: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provision

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

19 at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center for fis20 cal year 1997 shall be paid by the Secretary of the Treas21 ury from funds available to the Department of the Treas22 ury.

23 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

24 SEC. 103. Amounts appropriated for fiscal year 1997

25 for the Capitol Police Board for the Capitol Police may
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1 be transferred between the headings ‘‘SALARIES’’ and

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

3 (1) the Committee on Appropriations of the

4 House of Representatives, in the case of amounts

5 transferred from the appropriation provided to the

6 Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives

7 under the heading ‘‘SALARIES’’;

8 (2) the Committee on Appropriations of the

9 Senate, in the case of amounts transferred from the

10 appropriation provided to the Sergeant at Arms and

11 Doorkeeper of the Senate under the heading ‘‘SALA12 RIES’’; and

13 (3) the Committees on Appropriations of the

14 Senate and the House of Representatives, in the

15 case of other transfers.

16 CAPITOL GUIDE SERVICE AND SPECIAL SERVICES

17 OFFICE

18 For salaries and expenses of the Capitol Guide Serv19 ice and Special Services Office, $1,991,000, to be dis20 bursed by the Secretary of the Senate: Provided, That no

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

22 forty individuals: Provided further, That the Capitol Guide

23 Board is authorized, during emergencies, to employ not

24 more than two additional individuals for not more than

25 one hundred twenty days each, and not more than ten ad-
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1 ditional individuals for not more than six months each,

2 for the Capitol Guide Service.

3 STATEMENTS OF APPROPRIATIONS

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

6 of Representatives, of the statements for the second ses7 sion of the One Hundred Fourth Congress, showing ap8 propriations made, indefinite appropriations, and con9 tracts authorized, together with a chronological history of

10 the regular appropriations bills as required by law,

11 $30,000, to be paid to the persons designated by the chair12 men of such committees to supervise the work.

13 OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

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

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

18 CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 For salaries and expenses necessary to carry out the

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

23 expended on the certification of the Director of the Con24 gressional Budget Office in connection with official rep25 resentation and reception expenses, $24,288,000: Pro-
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1 vided, That no part of such amount may be used for the

2 purchase or hire of a passenger motor vehicle.

3 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

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

5 or services to the Congressional Budget Office shall be

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

7 section 903 of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1983

8 (2 U.S.C. 111b).

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

10 years beginning after September 30, 1996.

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

12 Budget Office shall have the authority, within the limits

13 of available appropriations, to dispose of surplus or obso14 lete personal property by inter-agency transfer, donation,

15 or discarding.

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

17 years beginning after September 30, 1996.

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

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

20 payments to separated employees of the Congressional

21 Budget Office for unused annual leave.

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

23 years beginning after September 30, 1996.
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1 ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

2 OFFICE OF THE ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

3 SALARIES

4 For the Architect of the Capitol, the Assistant Archi5 tect of the Capitol, and other personal services, at rates

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

7 TRAVEL

8 Appropriations under the control of the Architect of

9 the Capitol shall be available for expenses of travel on offi10 cial business not to exceed in the aggregate under all

11 funds the sum of $20,000.

12 CONTINGENT EXPENSES

13 To enable the Architect of the Capitol to make sur14 veys and studies, and to meet unforeseen expenses in con15 nection with activities under his care, $100,000.

16 CAPITOL BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

17 CAPITOL BUILDINGS

18 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care

19 and operation of the Capitol and electrical substations of

20 the Senate and House office buildings under the jurisdic21 tion of the Architect of the Capitol, including furnishings

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

23 official reception and representation expenses, to be ex24 pended as the Architect of the Capitol may approve; pur25 chase or exchange, maintenance and operation of a pas26 senger motor vehicle; and attendance, when specifically
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1 authorized by the Architect of the Capitol, at meetings or

2 conventions in connection with subjects related to work

3 under the Architect of the Capitol, $23,255,000, of which

4 $2,950,000 shall remain available until expended.

5 CAPITOL GROUNDS

6 For all necessary expenses for care and improvement

7 of grounds surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House

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

9 of which $25,000 shall remain available until expended.

10 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS

11 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care

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

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

14 CAPITOL POWER PLANT

15 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care

16 and operation of the Capitol Power Plant; lighting, heat17 ing, power (including the purchase of electrical energy)

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

19 House office buildings, Library of Congress buildings, and

20 the grounds about the same, Botanic Garden, Senate ga21 rage, and air conditioning refrigeration not supplied from

22 plants in any of such buildings; heating the Government

23 Printing Office and Washington City Post Office, and

24 heating and chilled water for air conditioning for the Su25 preme Court Building, Union Station complex, Thurgood

26 Marshall Federal Judiciary Building and the Folger
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1 Shakespeare Library, expenses for which shall be ad2 vanced or reimbursed upon request of the Architect of the

3 Capitol and amounts so received shall be deposited into

4 the Treasury to the credit of this appropriation,

5 $30,749,000: Provided, That not more than $4,000,000

6 of the funds credited or to be reimbursed to this appro7 priation as herein provided shall be available for obligation

8 during fiscal year 1997.

9 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

10 CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions

13 of section 203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of

14 1946 (2 U.S.C. 166) and to revise and extend the Anno15 tated Constitution of the United States of America,

16 $62,641,000: Provided, That no part of such amount may

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

18 any publication, or preparation of material therefor (ex19 cept the Digest of Public General Bills), to be issued by

20 the Library of Congress unless such publication has ob21 tained prior approval of either the Committee on House

22 Oversight of the House of Representatives or the Commit23 tee on Rules and Administration of the Senate: Provided

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

25 the compensation of the Director of the Congressional Re-
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1 search Service, Library of Congress, shall be at an annual

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

3 positions at level IV of the Executive Schedule under sec4 tion 5315 of title 5, United States Code.

5 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

6 CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING AND BINDING

7 For authorized printing and binding for the Congress

8 and the distribution of Congressional information in any

9 format; printing and binding for the Architect of the Cap10 itol; expenses necessary for preparing the semimonthly

11 and session index to the Congressional Record, as author12 ized by law (44 U.S.C. 902); printing and binding of Gov13 ernment publications authorized by law to be distributed

14 to Members of Congress; and printing, binding, and dis15 tribution of Government publications authorized by law to

16 be distributed without charge to the recipient,

17 $81,669,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall not

18 be available for paper copies of the permanent edition of

19 the Congressional Record for individual Representatives,

20 Resident Commissioners or Delegates authorized under 44

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

22 shall be available for the payment of obligations incurred

23 under the appropriations for similar purposes for preced24 ing fiscal years.
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1 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Congressional Oper2 ations Appropriations Act, 1997’’.

3 TITLE II—OTHER AGENCIES

4 BOTANIC GARDEN

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care

7 and operation of the Botanic Garden and the nurseries,

8 buildings, grounds, and collections; and purchase and ex9 change, maintenance, repair, and operation of a passenger

10 motor vehicle; all under the direction of the Joint Commit11 tee on the Library, $2,902,000.

12 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 For necessary expenses of the Library of Congress

15 not otherwise provided for, including development and

16 maintenance of the Union Catalogs; custody and custodial

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

18 laundering and repair of uniforms; preservation of motion

19 pictures in the custody of the Library; preparation and

20 distribution of catalog cards and other publications of the

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

22 and expenses of the Library of Congress Trust Fund

23 Board not properly chargeable to the income of any trust

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

25 than $7,869,000 shall be derived from collections credited
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1 to this appropriation during fiscal year 1997, and shall

2 remain available until expended, under the Act of June

3 28, 1902 (chapter 1301; 32 Stat. 480; 2 U.S.C. 150): Pro4 vided, That the Library of Congress may not obligate or

5 expend any funds derived from collections under the Act

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

7 obligation or expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided

8 further, That the total amount available for obligation

9 shall be reduced by the amount by which collections are

10 less than the $7,869,000: Provided further, That of the

11 total amount appropriated, $8,458,000 is to remain avail12 able until expended for acquisition of books, periodicals,

13 and newspapers, and all other materials including sub14 scriptions for bibliographic services for the Library, in15 cluding $40,000 to be available solely for the purchase,

16 when specifically approved by the Librarian, of special and

17 unique materials for additions to the collections.

18 COPYRIGHT OFFICE

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, in21 cluding publication of the decisions of the United States

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

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

24 credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 1997

25 under 17 U.S.C. 708(d), and not more than $4,929,000
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1 shall be derived from collections during fiscal year 1997

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

3 Provided, That the total amount available for obligation

4 shall be reduced by the amount by which collections are

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

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

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

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

9 purpose of training nationals of developing countries in

10 intellectual property laws and policies: Provided further,

11 That not more than $2,250 may be expended, on the cer12 tification of the Librarian of Congress, in connection with

13 official representation and reception expenses for activities

14 of the International Copyright Institute.

15 BOOKS FOR THE BLIND AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

17 For salaries and expenses to carry out the Act of

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

19 135a), $44,964,000, of which $11,694,000 shall remain

20 available until expended.

21 FURNITURE AND FURNISHINGS

22 For necessary expenses for the purchase and repair

23 of furniture, furnishings, office and library equipment,

24 $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 SEC. 208. (a) Amounts appropriated for fiscal year

24 1997 for the Library of Congress under the headings spec25 ified 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 ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

17 LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

18 STRUCTURAL AND MECHANICAL CARE

19 For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and

20 structural maintenance, care and operation of the Library

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

22 shall remain available until expended.
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1 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

2 OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 For expenses of the Office of Superintendent of Doc5 uments necessary to provide for the cataloging and index6 ing of Government publications and their distribution to

7 the public, Members of Congress, other Government agen8 cies, and designated depository and international exchange

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

10 That travel expenses, including travel expenses of the De11 pository Library Council to the Public Printer, shall not

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

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

14 are authorized for producing and disseminating Congres15 sional serial sets and other related publications for 1995

16 and 1996 to depository and other designated libraries.

17 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE REVOLVING FUND

18 The Government Printing Office is hereby authorized

19 to make such expenditures, within the limits of funds

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

21 contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year

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

23 States Code, as may be necessary in carrying out the pro24 grams and purposes set forth in the budget for the current

25 fiscal year for the Government Printing Office revolving
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1 fund: Provided, That not more than $2,500 may be ex2 pended on the certification of the Public Printer in connec3 tion with official representation and reception expenses:

4 Provided further, That the revolving fund shall be available

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

6 motor vehicles: Provided further, That expenditures in con7 nection with travel expenses of the advisory councils to

8 the Public Printer shall be deemed necessary to carry out

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

10 further, That the revolving fund shall be available for tem11 porary or intermittent services under section 3109(b) of

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

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

14 basic pay for level V of the Executive Schedule under sec15 tion 5316 of such title: Provided further, That the revolv16 ing fund and the funds provided under the headings ‘‘OF17 FICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS’’ and ‘‘SALA18 RIES AND EXPENSES’’ together may not be available for

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

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

21 That activities financed through the revolving fund may

22 provide information in any format: Provided further, That

23 the revolving fund shall not be used to administer any

24 flexible or compressed work schedule which applies to any

25 manager or supervisor in a position the grade or level of
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1 which is equal to or higher than GS–15: Provided further,

2 That expenses for attendance at meetings shall not exceed

3 $75,000.

4 GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 For necessary expenses of the General Accounting

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

8 the certification of the Comptroller General of the United

9 States in connection with official representation and recep10 tion expenses; temporary or intermittent services under

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

12 for individuals not more than the daily equivalent of the

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

14 Schedule under section 5315 of such title; hire of one pas15 senger motor vehicle; advance payments in foreign coun16 tries in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 3324; benefits com17 parable to those payable under sections 901(5), 901(6)

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

19 4081(5), 4081(6) and 4081(8)); and under regulations

20 prescribed by the Comptroller General of the United

21 States, rental of living quarters in foreign countries;

22 $332,520,000: Provided, That not more than $100,000 of

23 reimbursements received incident to the operation of the

24 General Accounting Office Building shall be available for

25 use in fiscal year 1997: Provided further, That notwith-
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1 standing 31 U.S.C. 9105 hereafter amounts reimbursed

2 to the Comptroller General pursuant to that section shall

3 be deposited to the appropriation of the General Account4 ing Office then available and remain available until ex5 pended, and not more than $5,805,000 of such funds shall

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

7 That this appropriation and appropriations for adminis8 trative expenses of any other department or agency which

9 is a member of the Joint Financial Management Improve10 ment Program (JFMIP) shall be available to finance an

11 appropriate share of JFMIP costs as determined by the

12 JFMIP, including the salary of the Executive Director

13 and secretarial support: Provided further, That this appro14 priation and appropriations for administrative expenses of

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

16 National Intergovernmental Audit Forum or a Regional

17 Intergovernmental Audit Forum shall be available to fi18 nance an appropriate share of Forum costs as determined

19 by the Forum, including necessary travel expenses of non20 Federal participants. Payments hereunder to either the

21 Forum or the JFMIP may be credited as reimbursements

22 to any appropriation from which costs involved are initially

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

24 are otherwise available for obligation, agreements or con25 tracts for the removal of asbestos, and renovation of the
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1 building and building systems (including the heating, ven2 tilation and air conditioning system, electrical system and

3 other major building systems) of the General Accounting

4 Office Building may be made for periods not exceeding

5 five years: Provided further, That this appropriation and

6 appropriations for administrative expenses of any other

7 department or agency which is a member of the American

8 Consortium on International Public Administration

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

10 of ACIPA costs as determined by the ACIPA, including

11 any expenses attributable to membership of ACIPA in the

12 International Institute of Administrative Sciences.

13 TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS

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

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

16 vehicles, except for emergency assistance and cleaning as

17 may be provided under regulations relating to parking fa18 cilities for the House of Representatives issued by the

19 Committee on House Oversight and for the Senate issued

20 by the Committee on Rules and Administration.

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

22 Act shall remain available for obligation beyond fiscal year

23 1997 unless expressly so provided in this Act.

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

25 not specifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of
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1 1929 is appropriated for or the rate of compensation or

2 designation of any office or position appropriated for is

3 different from that specifically established by such Act,

4 the rate of compensation and the designation in this Act

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

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

7 official expenses of Members, officers, and committees of

8 the Senate and House of Representatives, and clerk hire

9 for Senators and Members of the House of Representa10 tives shall be the permanent law with respect thereto.

11 SEC. 304. The expenditure of any appropriation

12 under this Act for any consulting service through procure13 ment contract, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited

14 to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter

15 of public record and available for public inspection, except

16 where otherwise provided under existing law, or under ex17 isting Executive order issued pursuant to existing law.

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

19 to the greatest extent practicable, all equipment and prod20 ucts purchased with funds made available in this Act

21 should be American-made.

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

23 into any contract with, any entity using funds made avail24 able in this Act, the head of each Federal agency, to the

25 greatest extent practicable, shall provide to such entity a
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1 notice describing the statement made in subsection (a) by

2 the Congress.

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

4 Federal agency that any person intentionally affixed a

5 label bearing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, or any in6 scription with the same meaning, to any product sold in

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

8 United States, such person shall be ineligible to receive

9 any contract or subcontract made with funds provided

10 pursuant to this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspen11 sion, and ineligibility procedures described in section

12 9.400 through 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regula13 tions.

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

15 thereafter, amounts appropriated to the Architect of the

16 Capitol (including amounts relating to the Botanic Gar17 den) may be transferred among accounts available to the

18 Architect of the Capitol 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 for Capitol build22 ings and grounds under the heading ‘‘HOUSE OFFICE

23 BUILDINGS’’;

24 (2) the Committee on Appropriations of the

25 Senate, in the case of amounts transferred from the
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1 appropriation for Capitol buildings and grounds

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

3 and

4 (3) the Committees on Appropriations of the

5 Senate and the House of Representatives, in the

6 case of amounts transferred from any other appro7 priation.

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

9 Appropriations of the House of Representatives, and in

10 accordance with conditions determined by the Committee

11 on House Oversight, positions in connection with House

12 public address sound system activities and related funding

13 shall be transferred from the appropriation for the Archi14 tect of the Capitol for Capitol buildings and grounds under

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

16 for salaries and expenses of the House of Representatives

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

18 OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES’’.

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

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

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

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

23 total service of such employee in connection with the com24 putation of any annuity under subsections (a) through (e)

25 and (o) of such section.
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1 (c) In the case of days of annual leave to the credit

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

3 transferred under subsection (a), the Architect of the Cap4 itol is authorized to make a lump sum payment to each

5 such employee for that annual leave. No such payment

6 shall be considered a payment or compensation within the

7 meaning of any law relating to dual compensation.

8 SEC. 308. (a) Effective October 1, 1996, the respon9 sibility for maintenance of security systems for the Capitol

10 buildings and grounds is transferred from the Architect

11 of the Capitol to the Capitol Police Board. Such mainte12 nance shall be carried out under the direction of the Com13 mittee on House Oversight of the House of Representa14 tives and the Committee on Rules and Administration of

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

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

17 Capitol buildings and grounds that is required for security

18 system maintenance under the preceding sentence may be

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

20 Capitol.

21 (b)(1) Effective October 1, 1996, all positions speci22 fied in paragraph (2) and each individual holding any such

23 position (on a permanent basis) immediately before that

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

25 be transferred to the Capitol Police.
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1 (2) The positions referred to in paragraph (1) are

2 those positions which, immediately before October 1,

3 1996, are—

4 (A) under the Architect of the Capitol;

5 (B) within the Electronics Engineering Division

6 of the Office of the Architect of the Capitol; and

7 (C) related to the maintenance of security sys8 tems for the Capitol buildings and grounds.

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

10 credit of an individual immediately before such individual

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

12 such individual, without adjustment, in the new position

13 of the individual.

14 SEC. 309. Such sums as may be necessary are appro15 priated to the account described in subsection (a) of sec16 tion 415 of Public Law 104–1 to pay awards and settle17 ments as authorized under such subsection.

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

19 ‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—Salaries and Ex20 penses—Members’ Representational Allowances’’ shall be

21 available only for fiscal year 1997. Any amount remaining

22 after all payments are made under such allowances for

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

24 used for deficit reduction.
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1 SEC. 311. (a) Each mass mailing sent by a Member

2 of the House of Representatives shall bear in a prominent

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

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

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

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

7 the same effect in words which may be prescribed under

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

9 not smaller than 7-point.

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

11 of disbursements of the House of Representatives as re12 quired by law, a summary tabulation setting forth, for the

13 office of each Member of the House of Representatives,

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

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

16 (2) Each such tabulation shall also include—

17 (A) the total cost (as referred to in paragraph

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

19 Postmaster General) of addresses (other than busi20 ness possible delivery stops) in the Congressional

21 district from which the Member was elected (as such

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

23 title 39, United States Code); and

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

25 referred to in paragraph (1)) divided by the number
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1 (as determined by the Postmaster General) of ad2 dresses (other than business possible delivery stops)

3 in the Congressional district from which the Member

4 was elected (as such addresses are described in sec5 tion 3210(d)(7)(B) of title 39, United States Code).

6 (c) The Committee on House Oversight shall pre7 scribe such rules and regulations and shall take such other

8 action as the Committee considers necessary and proper

9 for Members to conform to the provisions of this sub10 section and applicable rules and regulations.

11 (d) For purposes of this section—

12 (1) the term ‘‘Member of the House of Rep13 resentatives’’ means a Representative in, or a Dele14 gate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress;

15 and

16 (2) the term ‘‘mass mailing’’ has the meaning

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

18 United States Code.

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

20 of Congress beginning after the date of the enactment of

21 this Act.

22 SEC. 312. (a) In addition to any other estimates the

23 Director is required to make pursuant to the Congres24 sional Budget Act of 1974 and the Rules of the House

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

2 the Committee on the Budget of the House of Representa3 tives (after consultation with the ranking minority mem4 ber of that committee), prepare an estimate for any major

5 spending legislation, as designated by the majority leader

6 of the House of Representatives (after consultation with

7 the minority leader of the House), of the change in spend8 ing and revenues resulting from that legislation on the

9 basis of assumptions that estimate the probable dynamic

10 macroeconomic feedback effects of such legislation, and

11 shall include a statement identifying those assumptions.

12 Such estimates shall be submitted to the chairmen and

13 ranking minority members of the Committee on the Budg14 et and of the committees of subject-matter jurisdiction,

15 and, if timely submitted, shall be included in the reports

16 on such legislation.

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

18 Staff is required to make pursuant to the Congressional

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

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

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

22 the request of the chairman of the Committee on Ways

23 and Means of the House of Representatives (after con24 sultation with the ranking minority member of that com25 mittee), prepare an analysis of any major tax legislation,
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1 as designated by the majority leader of the House of Rep2 resentatives (after consultation with the minority leader

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

4 resulting from that legislation on the basis of assumptions

5 that estimate the probable dynamic macroeconomic feed6 back effects of such legislation, and shall include a state7 ment identifying those assumptions. Such analyses shall

8 be submitted to the chairmen and ranking minority mem9 bers of the Committee on Ways and Means and of the

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

11 submitted, shall be included in the reports on such legisla12 tion.

13 (c) Estimates and analyses made pursuant to this

14 section are to be used for informational purposes only.

15 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative Branch Ap16 propriations Act, 1997’’.

Passed the House of Representatives July 10, 1996.

Attest:

Clerk.