Calendar No. 502

104TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 3754

[Report No. 104–323]

AN ACT

Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch

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

JULY 11, 1996

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on

J

Appropriations

ULY 19, 1996

Reported with amendments
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Calendar No. 502

104TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 3754

[Report No. 104–323]

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JULY 11, 1996

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations

JULY 19, 1996

Reported by Mr. MACK, with amendments

[Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic]

AN ACT

Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the

fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, and for other

purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any

4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the

5 Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September

6 30, 1997, and for other purposes, namely:
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1 TITLE I—CONGRESSIONAL OPERATIONS

2 SENATE

3 EXPENSE ALLOWANCES

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

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

6 Leader of the Senate, $10,000; Minority Leader of the Sen7 ate, $10,000; Majority Whip of the Senate, $5,000; Minority

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

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

10 Chairman; in all, $56,000.

11 REPRESENTATION ALLOWANCES FOR THE MAJORITY AND

12 MINORITY LEADERS

13 For representation allowances of the Majority and Mi14 nority Leaders of the Senate, $15,000 for each such Leader;

15 in all, $30,000.

16 SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

17 For compensation of officers, employees, and others as

18 authorized by law, including agency contributions,

19 $74,615,000, which shall be paid from this appropriation

20 without regard to the below limitations, as follows:

21 OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT

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

23 OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE

24 For the Office of the President Pro Tempore, $325,000.
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1 OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERS

2 For Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders,

3 $2,195,000.

4 OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY WHIPS

5 For Offices of the Majority and Minority Whips,

6 $1,156,000.

7 CONFERENCE COMMITTEES

8 For the Conference of the Majority and the Conference

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

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

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

12 OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES OF THE CONFERENCE OF

13 THE MAJORITY AND THE CONFERENCE OF THE MINORITY

14 For Offices of the Secretaries of the Conference of the

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

16 POLICY COMMITTEES

17 For salaries of the Majority Policy Committee and the

18 Minority Policy Committee, $965,000 for each such com19 mittee, in all, $1,930,000.

20 OFFICE OF THE CHAPLAIN

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

22 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

23 For Office of the Secretary, $12,714,000.
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1 OFFICE OF THE SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER

2 For Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper,

3 $34,037,000.

4 OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND

5 MINORITY

6 For Offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the

7 Secretary for the Minority, $1,135,000.

8 AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS AND RELATED EXPENSES

9 For agency contributions for employee benefits, as au10 thorized by law, and related expenses, $17,000,000.

11 OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL OF THE SENATE

12 For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legisla13 tive Counsel of the Senate, $3,447,000.

14 OFFICE OF SENATE LEGAL COUNSEL

15 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate Legal

16 Counsel, $936,000.

17 EXPENSE ALLOWANCES OF THE SECRETARY OF THE SEN18 ATE, SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE

19 SENATE, AND SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND

20 MINORITY OF THE SENATE

21 For expense allowances of the Secretary of the Senate,

22 $3,000; Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate,

23 $3,000; Secretary for the Majority of the Senate, $3,000;

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

25 $12,000.
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1 CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE

2 INQUIRIES AND INVESTIGATIONS

3 For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered

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

5 Public Law 601, Seventy-ninth Congress, as amended, sec6 tion 112 of Public Law 96–304 and Senate Resolution 281,

7 agreed to March 11, 1980, $69,561,000.

8 EXPENSES OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE CAUCUS ON

9 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL

10 For expenses of the United States Senate Caucus on

11 International Narcotics Control, $305,000.

12 SECRETARY OF THE SENATE

13 For expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the Sen14 ate, $1,511,000.

15 SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE SENATE

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

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

18 MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

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

20 SENATOR’S OFFICIAL PERSONNEL AND OFFICE EXPENSE

21 ACCOUNT

22 For Senators’ Official Personnel and Office Expense

23 Account, $208,000,000.

24 STATIONERY (REVOLVING FUND)

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

26 for officers of the Senate and the Conference of the Majority
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1 and Conference of the Minority of the Senate, $8,500; in

2 all, $13,000.

3 OFFICIAL MAIL COSTS

4 For expenses necessary for official mail costs of the

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

6 30, 1998.

7 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

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

9 the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1985 (Public Law

10 99–88; 2 U.S.C. 61g–7(a)) is amended by striking the pe11 riod at the end and inserting ‘‘or with respect to the admin12 istration of the affairs of the committee.’’.

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

14 the Second Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1978 (Public

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

16 ‘‘and telephone services’’ and inserting ‘‘, telephone services,

17 and stationery’’.

18 SEC. 3. Section 3(f)(1) under the heading ‘‘ADMINIS19 TRATIVE PROVISIONS’’ in the appropriation for the Senate

20 in the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1975 (2

21 U.S.C. 59(e)(1)) is amended in the second sentence by strik22 ing ‘‘one year’’ and inserting ‘‘3 years’’.

23 SEC. 4. (a) Section 5 under the heading ‘‘ADMINISTRA24 TIVE PROVISIONS’’ in the appropriation for the Senate in
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1 the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1996 (2 U.S.C.

2 58a note) is amended—

3 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘by the Ser4 geant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate’’; and

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

6 following:

7 ‘‘(b) As used in subsection (a), the term ‘user’ means

8 a Senator, an Officer of the Senate, and any office, commit9 tee, or other entity the funds of which are disbursed by the

10 Secretary of the Senate.’’.

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

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

13 made on or after such date for local and long distance tele14 communications service.

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

16 the Senate may directly, or through the General Services

17 Administration, transfer title to excess or surplus educa18 tionally useful equipment to a public school. Any such

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

20 public school and the Senate.

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

22 Senate shall prescribe regulations to carry out the provi23 sions of this section.

24 (c) Receipts from reimbursements for the costs of trans25 fer of excess or surplus educationally useful equipment
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1 under this section, shall be deposited in the United States

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

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

4 of the Senate.

5 (d) For the purposes of this section:

6 (1) The term ‘‘public school’’ means a public ele7 mentary or secondary school as such terms are de8 fined in section 14101 of the Elementary and Second9 ary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 8801).

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

11 means computers and related peripheral tools, includ12 ing printers, modems, routers, servers, computer key13 boards, scanners, and other telecommunications and

14 research equipment, that are appropriate for use in

15 public school education.

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

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

18 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 For salaries and expenses of the House of Represent21 atives, $683,831,000, as follows:

22 HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES

23 For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law,

24 $11,592,000, including: Office of the Speaker,

25 $1,535,000, including $25,000 for official expenses of the
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1 Speaker; Office of the Majority Floor Leader, $1,526,000,

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

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

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

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

6 Deputy Majority Whip, $957,000, including $5,000 for of7 ficial expenses of the Majority Whip; Office of the Minor8 ity Whip, including the Chief Deputy Minority Whip,

9 $949,000, including $5,000 for official expenses of the Mi10 nority Whip; Speaker’s Office for Legislative Floor Activi11 ties, $376,000; Republican Steering Committee,

12 $664,000; Republican Conference, $1,130,000; Demo13 cratic Steering and Policy Committee, $1,191,000; Demo14 cratic Caucus, $603,000; and nine minority employees,

15 $1,127,000.

16 MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES

17 INCLUDING MEMBERS’ CLERK HIRE, OFFICIAL

18 EXPENSES OF MEMBERS, AND OFFICIAL MAIL

19 For Members’ representational allowances, including

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

21 $363,313,000.

22 COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES

23 STANDING COMMITTEES, SPECIAL AND SELECT

24 For salaries and expenses of standing committees,

25 special and select, authorized by House resolutions,

26 $80,222,000.
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1 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

2 For salaries and expenses of the Committee on Ap3 propriations, $17,580,000, including studies and examina4 tions of executive agencies and temporary personal serv5 ices for such committee, to be expended in accordance with

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

7 1946 and to be available for reimbursement to agencies

8 for services performed.

9 SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

10 For compensation and expenses of officers and em11 ployees, as authorized by law, $86,259,000, including: for

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

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

14 for the Family Room, for official representation and recep15 tion expenses, $15,074,000; for salaries and expenses of

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

17 of Superintendent of Garages, and including not more

18 than $750 for official representation and reception ex19 penses, $3,638,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office

20 of the Chief Administrative Officer, $55,209,000, includ21 ing salaries, expenses and temporary personal services of

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

23 $16,577,000 is provided herein: Provided, That House In24 formation Resources is authorized to receive reimburse25 ment from Members of the House of Representatives and

26 other governmental entities for services provided and such
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1 reimbursement shall be deposited in the Treasury for cred2 it to this account; for salaries and expenses of the Office

3 of the Inspector General, $3,954,000; Office of the Chap4 lain, $126,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of

5 the Parliamentarian, including the Parliamentarian and

6 $2,000 for preparing the Digest of Rules, $1,036,000; for

7 salaries and expenses of the Office of the Law Revision

8 Counsel of the House, $1,767,000; for salaries and ex9 penses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the

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

11 $768,000.

12 ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES

13 For allowances and expenses as authorized by House

14 resolution or law, $124,865,000, including: supplies, mate15 rials, administrative costs and Federal tort claims,

16 $2,374,000; official mail for committees, leadership of17 fices, and administrative offices of the House, $1,000,000;

18 reemployed annuitants reimbursement, $71,000; Govern19 ment contributions for health, retirement, Social Security,

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

21 miscellaneous items including purchase, exchange, mainte22 nance, repair and operation of House motor vehicles,

23 interparliamentary receptions, and gratuities to heirs of

24 deceased employees of the House, $641,000.
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1 CHILD CARE CENTER

2 For salaries and expenses of the House of Represent3 atives Child Care Center, such amounts as are deposited

4 in the account established by section 312(d)(1) of the Leg5 islative Branch Appropriations Act, 1992 (40 U.S.C.

6 184g(d)(1)), subject to the level specified in the budget

7 of the Center, as submitted to the Committee on Appro8 priations of the House of Representatives.

9 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

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

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

12 (1) by striking out ‘‘For fiscal year 1996, sub13 ject’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘(a) Subject’’;

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

15 all that follows through ‘‘cost of inventory’’ and in16 serting in lieu thereof the following: ‘‘the amounts

17 deposited in the account specified in subsection (b)

18 from vending operations of the House of Representa19 tives Restaurant System shall be available to pay the

20 cost of goods sold’’; and

21 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub22 section:

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

24 special deposit account established for the House of Rep25 resentatives Restaurant by section 208 of the First Sup-
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1 plemental Civil Functions Appropriation Act, 1941 (40

2 U.S.C. 174k note).’’.

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

4 apply with respect to fiscal years beginning after Septem5 ber 30, 1996.

6 SEC. 102. (a) Section 3210(a)(6)(A) of title 39, Unit7 ed States Code, is amended—

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

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

10 after ‘‘60 days’’; and

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

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

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

14 take effect on October 1, 1996, and shall apply with re15 spect to any mailing postmarked on or after that date.

16 JOINT ITEMS

17 For Joint Committees, as follows:

18 JOINT COMMITTEE ON INAUGURAL CEREMONIES OF

19 1997

20 For construction of platform and seating stands and

21 for salaries and expenses of conducting the inaugural cere22 monies of the President and Vice President of the United

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

24 Secretary of the Senate and to remain available until Sep25 tember 30, 1997: Provided, That such funds shall be avail-
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1 able for payment, on a direct or reimbursable basis, for

2 such purposes whether incurred on, before, or after, Octo3 ber 1, 1996.

4 For construction of platform and seating stands and

5 for salaries and expenses of conducting the inaugural cere6 monies of the President and Vice President of the United

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

8 as may be adopted by the joint committee authorized by

9 Senate Concurrent Resolution 47, One Hundred Fourth

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

11 Resolution 48, One Hundred Fourth Congress, agreed to

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

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

14 1997. Such funds shall be available for payment, on a direct

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

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

17 employee of the Committee on Rules and Administration

18 of the Senate who has been designated to perform service

19 for the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Cere20 monies shall continue to be paid by the Committee on Rules

21 and Administration, but the account from which such staff

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

23 staff member (including agency contributions when appro24 priate) out of funds made available under this heading.
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1 JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE

2 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic

3 Committee, $3,000,000 $750,000, to be disbursed by the

4 Secretary of the Senate.

5 JOINT COMMITTEE ON PRINTING

6 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on

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

8 the Senate.

9 JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION

10 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on

11 Taxation, $5,470,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Ad12 ministrative Officer of the House.

13 For other joint items, as follows:

14 OFFICE OF THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN

15 For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent ex16 penses of the emergency rooms, and for the Attending

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

24 $867,000 for reimbursement to the Department of the

25 Navy for expenses incurred for staff and equipment as-
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1 signed to the Office of the Attending Physician, which

2 shall be advanced and credited to the applicable appropria3 tion or appropriations from which such salaries, allow4 ances, and other expenses are payable and shall be avail5 able for all the purposes thereof, $1,225,000, to be dis6 bursed by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House.

7 CAPITOL POLICE BOARD

8 CAPITOL POLICE

9 SALARIES

10 For the Capitol Police Board for salaries of officers,

11 members, and employees of the Capitol Police, including

12 overtime, hazardous duty pay differential, clothing allow13 ance of not more than $600 each for members required

14 to wear civilian attire, and Government contributions for

15 health, retirement, Social Security, and other applicable

16 employee benefits, $68,392,000 $70,132,000, of which

17 $32,927,000 $34,213,000 is provided to the Sergeant at

18 Arms of the House of Representatives, to be disbursed by

19 the Chief Administrative Officer of the House, and

20 $35,465,000 $35,919,000 is provided to the Sergeant at

21 Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, to be disbursed by

22 the Secretary of the Senate: Provided, That, of the

23 amounts appropriated under this heading, such amounts

24 as may be necessary may be transferred between the Ser25 geant at Arms of the House of Representatives and the
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1 Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, upon ap2 proval of the Committee on Appropriations of the House

3 of Representatives and the Committee on Appropriations

4 of the Senate.

5 GENERAL EXPENSES

6 For the Capitol Police Board for necessary expenses

7 of the Capitol Police, including motor vehicles, commu8 nications and other equipment, security equipment and in9 stallation, uniforms, weapons, supplies, materials, train10 ing, medical services, forensic services, stenographic serv11 ices, personal and professional services, the employee as12 sistance program, not more than $2,000 for the awards

13 program, postage, telephone service, travel advances, relo14 cation of instructor and liaison personnel for the Federal

15 Law Enforcement Training Center, and $85 per month

16 for extra services performed for the Capitol Police Board

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

18 or the House of Representatives designated by the Chair19 man of the Board, $2,685,000 $2,880,000, to be disbursed

20 by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Rep21 resentatives: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other

22 provision of law, the cost of basic training for the Capitol

23 Police at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center

24 for fiscal year 1997 shall be paid by the Secretary of the
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1 Treasury from funds available to the Department of the

2 Treasury.

3 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

4 SEC. 103. Amounts appropriated for fiscal year 1997

5 for the Capitol Police Board for the Capitol Police may

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

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

8 (1) the Committee on Appropriations of the

9 House of Representatives, in the case of amounts

10 transferred from the appropriation provided to the

11 Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives

12 under the heading ‘‘SALARIES’’;

13 (2) the Committee on Appropriations of the

14 Senate, in the case of amounts transferred from the

15 appropriation provided to the Sergeant at Arms and

16 Doorkeeper of the Senate under the heading ‘‘SALA17 RIES’’; and

18 (3) the Committees on Appropriations of the

19 Senate and the House of Representatives, in the

20 case of other transfers.

21 CAPITOL GUIDE SERVICE AND SPECIAL SERVICES

22 OFFICE

23 For salaries and expenses of the Capitol Guide Serv24 ice and Special Services Office, $1,991,000, to be dis25 bursed by the Secretary of the Senate: Provided, That no
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1 part of such amount may be used to employ more than

2 forty individuals: Provided further, That the Capitol Guide

3 Board is authorized, during emergencies, to employ not

4 more than two additional individuals for not more than

5 one hundred twenty days each, and not more than ten ad6 ditional individuals for not more than six months each,

7 for the Capitol Guide Service.

8 STATEMENTS OF APPROPRIATIONS

9 For the preparation, under the direction of the Com10 mittees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House

11 of Representatives, of the statements for the second ses12 sion of the One Hundred Fourth Congress, showing ap13 propriations made, indefinite appropriations, and con14 tracts authorized, together with a chronological history of

15 the regular appropriations bills as required by law,

16 $30,000, to be paid to the persons designated by the chair17 men of such committees to supervise the work.

18 OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Compli21 ance, as authorized by section 305 of the Congressional

22 Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1385), $2,609,000.
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1 CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For salaries and expenses necessary to carry out the

4 provisions of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (Pub5 lic Law 93–344), including not more than $2,500 to be

6 expended on the certification of the Director of the Con7 gressional Budget Office in connection with official rep8 resentation and reception expenses, $24,288,000

9 $24,775,000: Provided, That no part of such amount may

10 be used for the purchase or hire of a passenger motor vehi11 cle.

12 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

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

14 or services to the Congressional Budget Office shall be

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

16 section 903 of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1983

17 (2 U.S.C. 111b).

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

19 years beginning after September 30, 1996.

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

21 Budget Office shall have the authority, within the limits

22 of available appropriations, to dispose of surplus or obso23 lete personal property by inter-agency transfer, donation,

24 or discarding.
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1 (b) Subsection (a) shall apply with respect to fiscal

2 years beginning after September 30, 1996.

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

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

5 payments to separated employees of the Congressional

6 Budget Office for unused annual leave.

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

8 years beginning after September 30, 1996.

9 ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

10 OFFICE OF THE ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

11 SALARIES

12 For the Architect of the Capitol, the Assistant Archi13 tect of the Capitol, and other personal services, at rates

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

15 TRAVEL

16 Appropriations under the control of the Architect of

17 the Capitol shall be available for expenses of travel on offi18 cial business not to exceed in the aggregate under all

19 funds the sum of $20,000.

20 CONTINGENT EXPENSES

21 To enable the Architect of the Capitol to make sur22 veys and studies, and to meet unforeseen expenses in con23 nection with activities under his care, $100,000.
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1 CAPITOL BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

2 CAPITOL BUILDINGS

3 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care

4 and operation of the Capitol and electrical substations of

5 the Senate and House office buildings under the jurisdic6 tion of the Architect of the Capitol, including furnishings

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

8 official reception and representation expenses, to be ex9 pended as the Architect of the Capitol may approve; pur10 chase or exchange, maintenance and operation of a pas11 senger motor vehicle; and attendance, when specifically

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

13 conventions in connection with subjects related to work

14 under the Architect of the Capitol, $23,255,000

15 $23,555,000, of which $2,950,000 shall remain available

16 until expended.

17 CAPITOL GROUNDS

18 For all necessary expenses for care and improvement

19 of grounds surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House

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

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

22 SENATE OFFICE BUILDINGS

23 For all necessary expenses for maintenance, care and

24 operation of Senate Office Buildings; and furniture and

25 furnishings to be expended under the control and super-
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1 vision of the Architect of the Capitol, $39,640,000, of which

2 $3,200,000 shall remain available until expended.

3 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS

4 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care

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

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

7 CAPITOL POWER PLANT

8 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care

9 and operation of the Capitol Power Plant; lighting, heat10 ing, power (including the purchase of electrical energy)

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

12 House office buildings, Library of Congress buildings, and

13 the grounds about the same, Botanic Garden, Senate ga14 rage, and air conditioning refrigeration not supplied from

15 plants in any of such buildings; heating the Government

16 Printing Office and Washington City Post Office, and

17 heating and chilled water for air conditioning for the Su18 preme Court Building, Union Station complex, Thurgood

19 Marshall Federal Judiciary Building and the Folger

20 Shakespeare Library, expenses for which shall be ad21 vanced or reimbursed upon request of the Architect of the

22 Capitol and amounts so received shall be deposited into

23 the Treasury to the credit of this appropriation,

24 $30,749,000: Provided, That not more than $4,000,000

25 of the funds credited or to be reimbursed to this appro-
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1 priation as herein provided shall be available for obligation

2 during fiscal year 1997.

3 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

4 CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions

7 of section 203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of

8 1946 (2 U.S.C. 166) and to revise and extend the Anno9 tated Constitution of the United States of America,

10 $62,641,000: Provided, That no part of such amount may

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

12 any publication, or preparation of material therefor (ex13 cept the Digest of Public General Bills), to be issued by

14 the Library of Congress unless such publication has ob15 tained prior approval of either the Committee on House

16 Oversight of the House of Representatives or the Commit17 tee on Rules and Administration of the Senate: Provided

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

19 the compensation of the Director of the Congressional Re20 search Service, Library of Congress, shall be at an annual

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

22 positions at level IV of the Executive Schedule under sec23 tion 5315 of title 5, United States Code.
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1 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

2 CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING AND BINDING

3 For authorized printing and binding for the Congress

4 and the distribution of Congressional information in any

5 format; printing and binding for the Architect of the Cap6 itol; expenses necessary for preparing the semimonthly

7 and session index to the Congressional Record, as author8 ized by law (44 U.S.C. 902); printing and binding of Gov9 ernment publications authorized by law to be distributed

10 to Members of Congress; and printing, binding, and dis11 tribution of Government publications authorized by law to

12 be distributed without charge to the recipient,

13 $81,669,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall not

14 be available for paper copies of the permanent edition of

15 the Congressional Record for individual Representatives,

16 Resident Commissioners or Delegates authorized under 44

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

18 shall be available for the payment of obligations incurred

19 under the appropriations for similar purposes for preced20 ing fiscal years.

21 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Congressional Oper22 ations Appropriations Act, 1997’’.
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1 TITLE II—OTHER AGENCIES

2 BOTANIC GARDEN

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care

5 and operation of the Botanic Garden and the nurseries,

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

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

10 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For necessary expenses of the Library of Congress

13 not otherwise provided for, including development and

14 maintenance of the Union Catalogs; custody and custodial

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

16 laundering and repair of uniforms; preservation of motion

17 pictures in the custody of the Library; preparation and

18 distribution of catalog cards and other publications of the

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

20 and expenses of the Library of Congress Trust Fund

21 Board not properly chargeable to the income of any trust

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

23 which not more than $7,869,000 shall be derived from col24 lections credited to this appropriation during fiscal year

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

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

3 not obligate or expend any funds derived from collections

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

5 authorized for obligation or expenditure in appropriations

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

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

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

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

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

14 when specifically approved by the Librarian, of special and

15 unique materials for additions to the collections: Provided

16 further, That of the total amount appropriated, $928,800

17 shall be for the operation and maintenance of the American

18 Folklife Center in the Library.

19 COPYRIGHT OFFICE

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

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

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

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

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

2 shall be derived from collections during fiscal year 1997

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

4 Provided, That the total amount available for obligation

5 shall be reduced by the amount by which collections are

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

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

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

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

10 purpose of training nationals of developing countries in

11 intellectual property laws and policies: Provided further,

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

14 official representation and reception expenses for activities

15 of the International Copyright Institute.

16 BOOKS FOR THE BLIND AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 For salaries and expenses to carry out the Act of

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

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

21 available until expended.

22 FURNITURE AND FURNISHINGS

23 For necessary expenses for the purchase and repair

24 of furniture, furnishings, office and library equipment,

25 $4,882,000.
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

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

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

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

6 by the Librarian, for attendance at meetings concerned

7 with the function or activity for which the appropriation

8 is made.

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

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

12 (1) applies to any manager or supervisor in

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

14 higher than GS–15; and

15 (2) grants such manager or supervisor the

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

17 workday because of time worked by the manager or

18 supervisor on another workday.

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

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

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

23 SEC. 203. Appropriated funds received by the Library

24 of Congress from other Federal agencies to cover general

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

3 employ more than 65 employees and may be expended or

4 obligated—

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

6 such extent or in such amounts as are provided in

7 appropriations Acts; or

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

9 only—

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

12 work performed for such agency; or

13 (B) to such extent or in such amounts

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8 from sources other than appropriations to the Library in

9 appropriations Acts for the legislative branch.

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

11 year 1997, the obligational authority of the Library of

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

13 not exceed $2,000,000.

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

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

17 other than appropriations to the Library in appropriations

18 Acts for the legislative branch.

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

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

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

23 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 SEC. 210. Section 8 of the American Folklife Preserva17 tion Act (20 U.S.C. 2107) is amended to read as follows:

18 ‘‘SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

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

20 to carry out this Act for each fiscal year such sums as may

21 be necessary.’’.
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1 ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

2 LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

3 STRUCTURAL AND MECHANICAL CARE

4 For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and

5 structural maintenance, care and operation of the Library

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

7 $560,000 $1,910,000 shall remain available until ex8 pended.

9 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

10 OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

2 The Government Printing Office is hereby authorized

3 to make such expenditures, within the limits of funds

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

5 contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year

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

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

9 fiscal year for the Government Printing Office revolving

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

13 Provided further, That the revolving fund shall be available

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

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

17 the Public Printer shall be deemed necessary to carry out

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

5 That activities financed through the revolving fund may

6 provide information in any format: Provided further, That

7 the revolving fund shall not be used to administer any

8 flexible or compressed work schedule which applies to any

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

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

11 That expenses for attendance at meetings shall not exceed

12 $75,000.

13 GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE

14 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

15 For necessary expenses of the General Accounting

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

17 the certification of the Comptroller General of the United

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

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

21 for individuals not more than the daily equivalent of the

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

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

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

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

4 prescribed by the Comptroller General of the United

5 States, rental of living quarters in foreign countries;

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

7 reimbursements received incident to the operation of the

8 General Accounting Office Building shall be available for

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

11 to the Comptroller General pursuant to that section shall

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

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

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

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

20 appropriate share of JFMIP costs as determined by the

21 JFMIP, including the salary of the Executive Director

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

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

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

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

5 Forum or the JFMIP may be credited as reimbursements

6 to any appropriation from which costs involved are initially

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

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

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

12 other major building systems) of the General Accounting

13 Office Building may be made for periods not exceeding

14 five years: Provided further, That this appropriation and

15 appropriations for administrative expenses of any other

16 department or agency which is a member of the American

17 Consortium on International Public Administration

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

19 of ACIPA costs as determined by the ACIPA, including

20 any expenses attributable to membership of ACIPA in the

21 International Institute of Administrative Sciences.

22 TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS

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

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

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

3 Committee on House Oversight and for the Senate issued

4 by the Committee on Rules and Administration.

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

6 Act shall remain available for obligation beyond fiscal year

7 1997 unless expressly so provided in this Act.

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

9 not specifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of

10 1929 is appropriated for or the rate of compensation or

11 designation of any office or position appropriated for is

12 different from that specifically established by such Act,

13 the rate of compensation and the designation in this Act

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

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

16 official expenses of Members, officers, and committees of

17 the Senate and House of Representatives, and clerk hire

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

20 SEC. 304. The expenditure of any appropriation

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

23 to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter

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

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

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

6 should be American-made.

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

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

10 greatest extent practicable, shall provide to such entity a

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

12 the Congress.

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

14 Federal agency that any person intentionally affixed a

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

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

18 United States, such person shall be ineligible to receive

19 any contract or subcontract made with funds provided

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

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

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

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

3 Architect of the Capitol upon the approval of—

4 (1) the Committee on Appropriations of the

5 House of Representatives, in the case of amounts

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

8 BUILDINGS’’;

9 (2) the Committee on Appropriations of the

10 Senate, in the case of amounts transferred from the

11 appropriation for Capitol buildings and grounds

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

13 and

14 (3) the Committees on Appropriations of the

15 Senate and the House of Representatives, in the

16 case of amounts transferred from any other appro17 priation.

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

19 Appropriations of the House of Representatives, and in

20 accordance with conditions determined by the Committee

21 on House Oversight, positions in connection with House

22 public address sound system activities and related funding

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

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

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

3 OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES’’.

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

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

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

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

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

10 and (o) of such section.

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

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

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

15 such employee for that annual leave. No such payment

16 shall be considered a payment or compensation within the

17 meaning of any law relating to dual compensation.

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

20 buildings and grounds is transferred from the Architect

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

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

2 Capitol buildings and grounds that is required for security

3 system maintenance under the preceding sentence may be

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

5 Capitol.

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

8 position (on a permanent basis) immediately before that

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

10 be transferred to the Capitol Police.

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

12 those positions which, immediately before October 1,

13 1996, are—

14 (A) under the Architect of the Capitol;

15 (B) within the Electronics Engineering Division

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

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

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

20 credit of an individual immediately before such individual

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

22 such individual, without adjustment, in the new position

23 of the individual.

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

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

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

6 available only for fiscal year 1997. Any amount remaining

7 after all payments are made under such allowances for

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

9 used for deficit reduction.

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

11 of the House of Representatives shall bear in a prominent

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

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

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

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

16 the same effect in words which may be prescribed under

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

18 not smaller than 7-point.

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

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

22 office of each Member of the House of Representatives,

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

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

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

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

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

5 district from which the Member was elected (as such

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

7 title 39, United States Code); and

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

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

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

12 in the Congressional district from which the Member

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

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

17 action as the Committee considers necessary and proper

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

20 (d) For purposes of this section—

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

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

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

3 United States Code.

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

5 of Congress beginning after the date of the enactment of

6 this Act.

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

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

10 of Representatives, the Director of the Congressional

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

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

15 spending legislation, as designated by the majority leader

16 of the House of Representatives (after consultation with

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

19 basis of assumptions that estimate the probable dynamic

20 macroeconomic feedback effects of such legislation, and

21 shall include a statement identifying those assumptions.

22 Such estimates shall be submitted to the chairmen and

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

2 on such legislation.

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

4 Staff is required to make pursuant to the Congressional

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

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

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

8 the request of the chairman of the Committee on Ways

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

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

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

15 resulting from that legislation on the basis of assumptions

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

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

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

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

24 (c) Estimates and analyses made pursuant to this

25 section are to be used for informational purposes only.
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1 SEC. 312. (a) Section 203(a)(3) of Public Law 104–

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

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

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

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

6 paragraph:

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

8 personnel of the Capitol Police who are subject to the

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

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

11 to receive compensatory time off in lieu of overtime

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

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

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

16 ‘‘1996’’ and inserting ‘‘1997’’.

17 SEC. 314. The Government Printing Office shall be

18 considered an agency for the purposes of the election in sec19 tion 801(b)(2)(B) of the National Energy Conservation Pol20 icy Act and the Public Printer shall be considered the head

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

22 section.

23 SEC. 315. (a) Upon enactment into law of this Act,

24 the Library of Congress, under the direction of the Commit25 tee on House Oversight of the House of Representatives and
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1 the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate,

2 and in consultation with the heads of the appropriate offices

3 and agencies of the legislative branch, shall develop a pro4 gram for providing the widest possible exchange of informa5 tion among legislative branch agencies with the long range

6 goal of improving technology planning, evaluation, develop7 ment, and management among legislative branch organiza8 tions. The plan for this program shall be subject to joint

9 approval of the Committee on House Oversight of the House

10 of Representatives and the Committee on Rules and Admin11 istration of the Senate, and, upon approval, shall be com12 municated to the Committee on Appropriations of the

13 House of Representatives and the Committee on Appropria14 tions of the Senate. All of the appropriate offices and agen15 cies of the legislative branch as defined below shall partici16 pate in this program for information exchange, and shall

17 report annually on the extent and nature of their participa18 tion in their budget submissions to the Committee on Ap19 propriations of the House of Representatives and the Com20 mittee on Appropriations of the Senate.

21 (b) As used in this section—

22 (1) the term ‘‘offices and agencies of the legisla23 tive branch’’ means, the office of the Clerk of the

24 House, the office of the Secretary of the Senate, the of25 fice of the Architect of the Capitol, the General Ac-
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1 counting Office, the Government Printing Office, the

2 Library of Congress, the Congressional Research Serv3 ice, the Congressional Budget Office, the Chief Admin4 istrative Officer of the House of Representatives, and

5 the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate; and

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

7 computer hardware and software; computer-based sys8 tems, services, and support for the creation, process9 ing, exchange, and delivery of information; and tele10 communications systems, and the associated hardware

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

12 communication.

13 PROHIBITIONS AGAINST POLITICAL RECOMMENDATIONS

14 RELATING TO FEDERAL EMPLOYMENT

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

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

17 ‘‘§ 3303. Competitive service; recommendations of Sen18 ators or Representatives

19 ‘‘An individual concerned in examining an applicant

20 for or appointing him in the competitive service may not

21 receive or consider a recommendation of the applicant by

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

23 residence of the applicant.’’.

24 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—(1)

25 The table of sections for chapter 33 of title 5, United States
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1 Code, is amended by amending the item relating to section

2 3303 to read as follows:

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

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

4 is amended to read as follows:

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

6 statement, oral or written, with respect to any indi7 vidual who requests or is under consideration for any

8 personnel action unless such recommendation or state9 ment is based on the personal knowledge or records of

10 the person furnishing it and consists of—

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

12 ability, aptitude, or general qualifications of

13 such individual; or

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

15 or suitability of such individual;’’.

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

17 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.

18 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative Branch Ap19 propriations Act, 1997’’.

Passed the House of Representatives July 10, 1996.

Attest:

Clerk.