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Calendar No. 635 

108TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2666 

[Report No. 108–307] 

Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending 

September 30, 2005, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 15, 2004 

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

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

A BILL 

Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the 

fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, 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, 2005, and for other purposes, namely: 
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1 TITLE I—LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 

2 APPROPRIATIONS 

3 SENATE 

4 EXPENSE ALLOWANCES

5 For expense allowances of the Vice President, 

6 $20,000; the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, 

7 $20,000; Majority Leader of the Senate, $20,000; Minor8 ity Leader of the Senate, $20,000; Majority Whip of the 

9 Senate, $10,000; Minority Whip of the Senate, $10,000; 

10 President Pro Tempore emeritus, $7,500; Chairmen of the 

11 Majority and Minority Conference Committees, $5,000 for 

12 each Chairman; and Chairmen of the Majority and Minor13 ity Policy Committees, $5,000 for each Chairman; in all, 

14 $127,500. 

15 REPRESENTATION ALLOWANCES FOR THE MAJORITY

16 AND MINORITY LEADERS

17 For representation allowances of the Majority and 

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

19 Leader; in all, $30,000. 

20 SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

21 For compensation of officers, employees, and others 

22 as authorized by law, including agency contributions, 

23 $134,440,000, which shall be paid from this appropriation 

24 without regard to the following limitations: 

25 OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT

26 For the Office of the Vice President, $2,108,000. 
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1 OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE

2 For the Office of the President Pro Tempore, 

3 $561,000. 

4 OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE EMERITUS

5 For the Office of the President Pro Tempore emer6 itus, $163,000. 

7 OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERS

8 For Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders, 

9 $3,408,000. 

10 OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY WHIPS

11 For Offices of the Majority and Minority Whips, 

12 $2,556,000. 

13 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

14 For salaries of the Committee on Appropriations, 

15 $13,301,000. 

16 CONFERENCE COMMITTEES

17 For the Conference of the Majority and the Con18 ference of the Minority, at rates of compensation to be 

19 fixed by the Chairman of each such committee, 

20 $1,413,000 for each such committee; in all, $2,826,000. 

21 OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES OF THE CONFERENCE OF

22 THE MAJORITY AND THE CONFERENCE OF THE MINORITY

23 For Offices of the Secretaries of the Conference of 

24 the Majority and the Conference of the Minority, 

25 $702,000. 
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1 POLICY COMMITTEES

2 For salaries of the Majority Policy Committee and 

3 the Minority Policy Committee, $1,473,000 for each such 

4 committee; in all, $2,946,000. 

5 OFFICE OF THE CHAPLAIN

6 For Office of the Chaplain, $341,000. 

7 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

8 For Office of the Secretary, $19,586,000. 

9 OFFICE OF THE SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER

10 For Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, 

11 $50,635,000. 

12 OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND

13 MINORITY

14 For Offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the 

15 Secretary for the Minority, $1,528,000. 

16 AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS AND RELATED EXPENSES

17 For agency contributions for employee benefits, as 

18 authorized by law, and related expenses, $33,779,000. 

19 OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL OF THE SENATE

20 For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legisla21 tive Counsel of the Senate, $5,152,000. 

22 OFFICE OF SENATE LEGAL COUNSEL

23 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate 

24 Legal Counsel, $1,265,000. 
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1 EXPENSE ALLOWANCES OF THE SECRETARY OF THE

2 SENATE, SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF

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

5 For expense allowances of the Secretary of the Sen6 ate, $6,000; Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Sen7 ate, $6,000; Secretary for the Majority of the Senate, 

8 $6,000; Secretary for the Minority of the Senate, $6,000; 

9 in all, $24,000. 

10 CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE

11 INQUIRIES AND INVESTIGATIONS

12 For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered 

13 by the Senate, or conducted under section 134(a) of the 

14 Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (Public Law 97– 

15 601), section 112 of the Supplemental Appropriations and 

16 Rescission Act, 1980 (Public Law 96–304), and Senate 

17 Resolution 281, 96th Congress, agreed to March 11, 1980, 

18 $110,000,000. 

19 EXPENSES OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE CAUCUS ON

20 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL

21 For expenses of the United States Senate Caucus on 

22 International Narcotics Control, $520,000. 

23 SECRETARY OF THE SENATE

24 For expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the 

25 Senate, $1,700,000. 
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1 SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE SENATE

2 For expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms 

3 and Doorkeeper of the Senate, $127,182,000, of which 

4 $20,045,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

5 2007, and of which $4,255,000 shall remain available 

6 until September 30, 2009. 

7 MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

8 For miscellaneous items, $18,326,000, of which up 

9 to $500,000 shall be made available for a pilot program 

10 for mailings of postal patron postcards by Senators for 

11 the purpose of providing notice of a town meeting by a 

12 Senator in a county (or equivalent unit of local govern13 ment) at which the Senator will personally attend: Pro14 vided, That any amount allocated to a Senator for such 

15 mailing shall not exceed 50 percent of the cost of the mail16 ing and the remaining cost shall be paid by the Senator 

17 from other funds available to the Senator. 

18 SENATORS’ OFFICIAL PERSONNEL AND OFFICE EXPENSE

19 ACCOUNT

20 For Senators’ Official Personnel and Office Expense 

21 Account, $326,000,000. 

22 OFFICIAL MAIL COSTS

23 For expenses necessary for official mail costs of the 

24 Senate, $300,000. 
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

2 SEC. 1. GROSS RATE OF COMPENSATION IN OFFICES

3 OF SENATORS. Effective on and after October 1, 2004, 

4 each of the dollar amounts contained in the table under 

5 section 105(d)(1)(A) of the Legislative Branch Appropria6 tions Act, 1968 (2 U.S.C. 61–1(d)(1)(A)) shall be deemed 

7 to be the dollar amounts in that table, as adjusted by law 

8 and in effect on September 30, 2004, increased by an ad9 ditional $50,000 each. 

10 SEC. 2. CONSULTANTS. With respect to fiscal year 

11 2005, the first sentence of section 101(a) of the Supple12 mental Appropriations Act, 1977 (2 U.S.C. 61h–6(a)) 

13 shall be applied by substituting ‘‘nine individual consult14 ants’’ for ‘‘eight individual consultants’’. 

15 SEC. 3. UNITED STATES SENATE COLLECTION. Sec16 tion 316 of Public Law 101–302 (2 U.S.C. 2107) is 

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

18 ‘‘2004’’ and inserting ‘‘2005’’. 

19 SEC. 4. PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE EMERITUS OF

20 THE SENATE. Section 7(e) of the Legislative Branch Ap21 propriations Act, 2003 (2 U.S.C. 32b note) is amended 

22 by inserting ‘‘and the 109th Congress’’ after ‘‘108th Con23 gress’’. 

24 SEC. 5. TRANSFER OF FUNDS FROM APPROPRIA25 TIONS ACCOUNT OF THE OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESI-
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1 DENT AND THE OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES FOR THE

2 MAJORITY AND MINORITY TO THE SENATE CONTINGENT

3 FUND. (a) OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT.— 

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—Upon the written request of 

5 the Vice President, the Secretary of the Senate shall 

6 transfer from the appropriations account appro7 priated under the subheading ‘‘OFFICE OF THE VICE

8 PRESIDENT’’ under the heading ‘‘SALARIES, OFFI9 CERS AND EMPLOYEES’’ such amount as the Vice 

10 President shall specify to the appropriations account 

11 under the heading ‘‘ MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS’’ within 

12 the contingent fund of the Senate. 

13 (2) AUTHORITY TO INCUR EXPENSES.—The 

14 Vice President may incur such expenses as may be 

15 necessary or appropriate. Expenses incurred by the 

16 Vice President shall be paid from the amount trans17 ferred under paragraph (1) by the Vice President 

18 and upon vouchers approved by the Vice President. 

19 (3) AUTHORITY TO ADVANCE SUMS.—The Sec20 retary of the Senate may advance such sums as may 

21 be necessary to defray expenses incurred in carrying 

22 out paragraphs (1) and (2). 

23 (b) OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJOR24 ITY AND MINORITY.— 
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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Upon the written request of 

2 the Secretary for the Majority or the Secretary for 

3 the Minority, the Secretary of the Senate shall 

4 transfer from the appropriations account appro5 priated under the subheading ‘‘OFFICES OF THE

6 SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY’’ 

7 under the heading ‘‘SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EM8 PLOYEES’’ such amount as the Secretary for the Ma9 jority or the Secretary for the Minority shall specify 

10 to the appropriations account under the heading 

11 ‘‘MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS’’ within the contingent 

12 fund of the Senate. 

13 (2) AUTHORITY TO INCUR EXPENSES.—The 

14 Secretary for the Majority or the Secretary for the 

15 Minority may incur such expenses as may be nec16 essary or appropriate. Expenses incurred by the Sec17 retary for the Majority or the Secretary for the Mi18 nority shall be paid from the amount transferred 

19 under paragraph (1) by the Secretary for the Major20 ity or the Secretary for the Minority and upon 

21 vouchers approved by the Secretary for the Majority 

22 or the Secretary for the Minority, as applicable. 

23 (3) AUTHORITY TO ADVANCE SUMS.—The Sec24 retary of the Senate may advance such sums as may 
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1 be necessary to defray expenses incurred in carrying 

2 out paragraphs (1) and (2). 

3 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply to 

4 fiscal year 2005 and each fiscal year thereafter. 

5 SEC. 6. ACTIVITIES RELATING TO FOREIGN PAR6 LIAMENTARY GROUPS AND FOREIGN OFFICIALS. Section 

7 2(c) of chapter VIII of title I of the Supplemental Appro8 priations Act, 1987 (2 U.S.C. 65f(c)) is amended in the 

9 first sentence by striking ‘‘with the approval of’’ and in10 serting ‘‘and upon notification to’’. 

11 SEC. 7. TRANSPORTATION OF OFFICIAL RECORDS

12 AND PAPERS TO A SENATOR’S STATE. (a) PAYMENT OF

13 REASONABLE TRANSPORTATION EXPENSES.—Upon re14 quest of a Senator, amounts in the appropriation account 

15 ‘‘Miscellaneous Items’’ within the contingent fund of the 

16 Senate shall be available to pay the reasonable expenses 

17 of sending or transporting the official records and papers 

18 of the Senator from the District of Columbia to any loca19 tion designated by such Senator in the State represented 

20 by the Senator. 

21 (b) SENDING AND TRANSPORTATION.—The Sergeant 

22 at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate shall provide for 

23 the most economical means of sending or transporting the 

24 official records and papers under this section while ensur-
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1 ing the orderly and timely delivery of the records and pa2 pers to the location specified by the Senator. 

3 (c) OVERSIGHT.—The Committee on Rules and Ad4 ministration shall have the authority to issue rules and 

5 regulations to carry out the provisions of this section. 

6 (d) OFFICIAL RECORDS DEFINED.—In this section, 

7 the term ‘‘official records and papers’’ means books, 

8 records, papers, and official files which could be sent as 

9 franked mail. 

10 (e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply with 

11 respect to fiscal year 2005 and each succeeding fiscal year. 

12 SEC. 8. COMPENSATION FOR LOST OR DAMAGED

13 PROPERTY. (a) IN GENERAL.—Any amounts received by 

14 the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate (in 

15 this section referred to as the ‘‘Sergeant at Arms’’) for 

16 compensation for damage to, loss of, or loss of use of prop17 erty of the Sergeant at Arms that was procured using 

18 amounts available to the Sergeant at Arms in the account 

19 for Contingent Expenses, Sergeant at Arms and Door20 keeper of the Senate, shall be credited to that account or, 

21 if applicable, to any subaccount of that account. 

22 (b) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts credited to any account 

23 or subaccount under subsection (a) shall be merged with 

24 amounts in that account or subaccount and shall be avail-
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1 able to the same extent, and subject to the same terms 

2 and conditions, as amounts in that account or subaccount. 

3 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply with 

4 respect to fiscal year 2005 and each fiscal year thereafter. 

5 SEC. 9. AGE REQUIREMENT FOR SENATE PAGES. 

6 Section 491(b)(1) of the Legislative Reorganization Act 

7 of 1970 (2 U.S.C. 88b–1(b)(1)) is amended by striking 

8 ‘‘fourteen’’ and inserting ‘‘sixteen’’. 

9 SEC. 10. TREATMENT OF ELECTRONIC SERVICES

10 PROVIDED BY SERGEANT AT ARMS. The Office of the Ser11 geant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the United States Sen12 ate, and any officer, employee, or agent of the Office, shall 

13 not be treated as acquiring possession, custody, or control 

14 of any electronic mail or other electronic communication, 

15 data, or information by reason of its being transmitted, 

16 processed, or stored (whether temporarily or otherwise) 

17 through the use of an electronic system established, main18 tained, or operated, or the use of electronic services pro19 vided, in whole or in part by the Office. 

20 JOINT ITEMS 

21 For Joint Committees, as follows: 

22 JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE

23 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic 

24 Committee, $4,139,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary 

25 of the Senate. 
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1 JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION

2 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on 

3 Taxation, $8,476,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Ad4 ministrative Officer of the House. 

5 For other joint items, as follows: 

6 OFFICE OF THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN

7 For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent ex8 penses of the emergency rooms, and for the Attending 

9 Physician and his assistants, including: (1) an allowance 

10 of $2,175 per month to the Attending Physician; (2) an 

11 allowance of $725 per month each to four medical officers 

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

13 (3) an allowance of $725 per month each to two assistants 

14 and $580 per month each to not to exceed 11 assistants 

15 on the basis heretofore provided for such assistants; and 

16 (4) $1,680,000 for reimbursement to the Department of 

17 the Navy for expenses incurred for staff and equipment 

18 assigned to the Office of the Attending Physician, which 

19 shall be advanced and credited to the applicable appropria20 tion or appropriations from which such salaries, allow21 ances, and other expenses are payable and shall be avail22 able for all the purposes thereof, $2,528,000, to be dis23 bursed by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House 

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1 CAPITOL GUIDE SERVICE AND SPECIAL SERVICES

2 OFFICE

3 For salaries and expenses of the Capitol Guide Serv4 ice and Special Services Office, $3,844,000, to be dis5 bursed by the Secretary of the Senate: Provided, That no 

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

7 58 individuals: Provided further, That the Capitol Guide 

8 Board is authorized, during emergencies, to employ not 

9 more than two additional individuals for not more than 

10 120 days each, and not more than 10 additional individ11 uals for not more than 6 months each, for the Capitol 

12 Guide Service. 

13 STATEMENTS OF APPROPRIATIONS

14 For the preparation, under the direction of the Com15 mittees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 

16 of Representatives, of the statements for the second ses17 sion of the 108th Congress, showing appropriations made, 

18 indefinite appropriations, and contracts authorized, to19 gether with a chronological history of the regular appro20 priations bills as required by law, $30,000, to be paid to 

21 the persons designated by the chairmen of such commit22 tees to supervise the work. 
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1 CAPITOL POLICE 

2 SALARIES

3 For salaries of employees of the Capitol Police, in4 cluding overtime, hazardous duty pay differential, and 

5 Government contributions for health, retirement, social se6 curity, professional liability insurance, and other applica7 ble employee benefits, $198,000,000, to be disbursed by 

8 the Chief of the Capitol Police or his designee. 

9 GENERAL EXPENSES

10 For necessary expenses of the Capitol Police, includ11 ing motor vehicles, communications and other equipment, 

12 security equipment and installation, uniforms, weapons, 

13 supplies, materials, training, medical services, forensic 

14 services, stenographic services, personal and professional 

15 services, the employee assistance program, the awards pro16 gram, postage, communication services, domestic travel, 

17 foreign travel as approved by the Capitol Police Board, 

18 travel advances, relocation of instructor and liaison per19 sonnel for the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, 

20 and not more than $5,000 to be expended on the certifi21 cation of the Chief of the Capitol Police in connection with 

22 official representation and reception expenses, 

23 $28,925,000, of which $700,000 is to remain available 

24 until expended, to be disbursed by the Chief of the Capitol 

25 Police or his designee. 
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 SEC. 1001. TRANSFER AUTHORITY. Amounts appro4 priated for fiscal year 2005 for the Capitol Police may 

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

6 ‘‘GENERAL EXPENSES’’ upon the approval of the Commit7 tees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 

8 Representatives. 

9 SEC. 1002. LIMITATION ON CERTAIN HIRING AU10 THORITY OF CAPITOL POLICE. Section 1006(b) of the 

11 Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2004 (Public Law 

12 108–83; 117 Stat. 1023) is amended— 

13 (1) in paragraph (3)— 

14 (A) in subparagraph (B), by inserting at 

15 the end ‘‘The Chief of Police may hire individ16 uals under this subsection who are not sub17 mitted for selection under this subparagraph. 

18 All hirings under this subparagraph shall com19 ply with the limitations under this paragraph 

20 for any fiscal year.’’; and 

21 (B) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘(C) 

22 LIMITATION.—’’ and inserting ‘‘(C) LIMITA23 TION FOR FISCAL YEAR 2004.—’’; and 

24 (C) by adding at the end the following: 
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1 ‘‘(D) LIMITATION FOR FISCAL YEAR

2 2005.— During fiscal year 2005, the number of 

3 individuals hired under this subsection may not 

4 exceed— 

5 ‘‘(i) the number of Library of Con6 gress Police employees who separated from 

7 service or transferred to a position other 

8 than a Library of Congress Police em9 ployee position during fiscal year 2004 for 

10 whom a corresponding hire was not made 

11 under this subsection; and 

12 ‘‘(ii) the number of Library of Con13 gress Police employees who separate from 

14 service or transfer to a position other than 

15 a Library of Congress Police employee po16 sition during fiscal year 2005.’’; and 

17 (2) in paragraph (4), by striking the first sen18 tence and inserting ‘‘Notwithstanding subsection 

19 (a)(1)(C), the Chief of the Capitol Police may detail 

20 an individual hired under this subsection to the Li21 brary of Congress Police on a nonreimbursable basis. 

22 Any individual detailed under this subsection shall 

23 receive necessary training, including training by the 

24 Library of Congress Police.’’. 
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1 SEC. 1003. COMPENSATION FOR DAMAGED OR LOST

2 PROPERTY. (a) IN GENERAL.—Any amounts received by 

3 the Capitol Police for compensation for damage to, loss 

4 of, or loss of use of property of the Capitol Police (includ5 ing any insurance payments or payment made by an offi6 cer or civilian employee of the Capitol Police) shall be 

7 credited to the account established for the general ex8 penses of the Capitol Police, and shall be available to carry 

9 out the purposes of such account during the fiscal year 

10 in which the amounts are received and the following fiscal 

11 year. 

12 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply to 

13 fiscal year 2005 and each fiscal year thereafter. 

14 SEC. 1004. PARTICIPATION IN VOLUNTARY TRANS15 FER OF LEAVE WITH OTHER AGENCIES. (a) IN GEN16 ERAL.—The Office of Personnel Management shall apply 

17 the regulations prescribed under section 6334(c) of title 

18 5, United States Code, to the Capitol Police to provide 

19 for the participation of employees of the Capitol Police in 

20 the voluntary transfer of leave between employees of dif21 ferent agencies under subchapter III of chapter 63 of that 

22 title. 

23 (b) CERTIFICATION OF LEAVE ACCOUNTS.—For pur24 poses of this section, the Office of Personnel Management 

25 shall accept the certification of the Chief of the Capitol 
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1 Police of the amount of annual leave in the annual leave 

2 account of any leave donor or leave recipient who is an 

3 employee of the Capitol Police. 

4 (c) REGULATIONS.—After consultation with the Chief 

5 of the Capitol Police, the Office of Personnel Management 

6 may prescribe regulations to carry out this section. 

7 (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply to 

8 fiscal year 2005 and each fiscal year thereafter. 

9 SEC. 1005. AUTHORIZATION OF WEAPONS. Section 

10 1824 of the Revised Statutes (2 U.S.C. 1941) is amend11 ed— 

12 (1) in the first sentence— 

13 (A) by striking ‘‘The Sergeant at Arms of 

14 the Senate and the Sergeant at Arms of the 

15 House of Representatives’’ and inserting ‘‘The 

16 Capitol Police Board’’; and 

17 (B) by striking all beginning with ‘‘payable 

18 out’’ through the period and inserting ‘‘payable 

19 from appropriations to the Capitol Police upon 

20 certification of payment by the Chief of the 

21 Capitol Police.’’; and 

22 (2) in the second sentence— 

23 (A) by inserting ‘‘or other arms as author24 ized by the Capitol Police Board’’ after ‘‘fur25 nished’’; and 
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1 (B) by striking ‘‘the Sergeant at Arms of 

2 the Senate and the Sergeant at Arms of the 

3 House of Representatives’’ and inserting ‘‘the 

4 Capitol Police Board’’. 

5 SEC. 1006. RELEASE OF SECURITY INFORMATION. 

6 (a) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘security in7 formation’’ means information that— 

8 (1) is sensitive with respect to the policing, pro9 tection, physical security, intelligence, 

10 counterterrorism actions, or emergency preparedness 

11 and response relating to Congress, any statutory 

12 protectee of the Capitol Police, and the Capitol 

13 buildings and grounds; and 

14 (2) is obtained by, on behalf of, or concerning 

15 the Capitol Police Board, the Capitol Police, or any 

16 incident command relating to emergency response. 

17 (b) AUTHORITY OF BOARD TO DETERMINE CONDI18 TIONS OF RELEASE.—Notwithstanding any other provi19 sion of law, any security information in the possession of 

20 the Capitol Police may be released by the Capitol Police 

21 to another entity, including an individual, only if the Cap22 itol Police Board determines in consultation with other ap23 propriate law enforcement officials, experts in security 

24 preparedness, and appropriate committees of Congress, 

25 that the release of the security information will not com-
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1 promise the security and safety of the Capitol buildings 

2 and grounds or any individual whose protection and safety 

3 is under the jurisdiction of the Capitol Police. 

4 (c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec5 tion may be construed to affect the ability of the Senate 

6 and the House of Representatives (including any Member, 

7 officer, or committee of either House of Congress) to ob8 tain information from the Capitol Police regarding the op9 erations and activities of the Capitol Police that affect the 

10 Senate and House of Representatives. 

11 (d) REGULATIONS.—The Capitol Police Board may 

12 promulgate regulations to carry out this section, with the 

13 approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the Sen14 ate and the House of Representatives. 

15 (e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take effect 

16 on the date of enactment of this Act and apply with re17 spect to— 

18 (1) any remaining portion of fiscal year 2004, 

19 if this Act is enacted before October 1, 2004; and 

20 (2) fiscal year 2005 and each fiscal year there21 after. 

22 SEC. 1007. ACCEPTANCE OF DONATIONS OF ANI23 MALS. (a) IN GENERAL.—The Capitol Police may accept 

24 the donation of animals to be used in the canine or equine 

25 units of the Capitol Police. 
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1 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply with 

2 respect to fiscal year 2005 and each fiscal year thereafter. 

3 SEC. 1008. SETTLEMENT AND PAYMENT OF TORT

4 CLAIMS. (a) FEDERAL TORT CLAIMS ACT.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para6 graph (2) with respect to the Senate, the Chief of 

7 the Capitol Police, in accordance with regulations 

8 prescribed by the Attorney General and any regula9 tions as the Capitol Police Board may prescribe, 

10 may consider, ascertain, determine, compromise, ad11 just, and settle, in accordance with the provisions of 

12 chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code, any 

13 claim for money damages against the United States 

14 for injury or loss of property or personal injury or 

15 death caused by the negligent or wrongful act or 

16 omission of any employee of the Capitol Police while 

17 acting within the scope of his office or employment, 

18 under circumstances where the United States, if a 

19 private person, would be liable to the claimant in ac20 cordance with the law of the place where the act or 

21 omission occurred. 

22 (2) SENATE.— 

23 (A) IN GENERAL.—With respect to claims 

24 within the jurisdiction of the Senate, the Chief 

25 of the Capitol Police shall— 
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1 (i) not later than 14 days after the re2 ceipt of such a claim, notify the Chairman 

3 of the Committee on Rules and Adminis4 tration of the receipt of the claim; and 

5 (ii) not later than 90 days after the 

6 receipt of such a claim, submit a proposal 

7 for the resolution of such claim which shall 

8 be subject to the approval of the Chairman 

9 of the Committee on Rules and Adminis10 tration. 

11 (B) EXTENSION.—The 90-day period in 

12 subparagraph (A)(ii) may be extended, not to 

13 exceed 90 days, for good cause by the Chair14 man of the Committee on Rules and Adminis15 tration upon the request of the Chief of the 

16 Capitol Police. 

17 (3) HEAD OF AGENCY.—For purposes of sec18 tion 2672 of title 28, United States Code, the Chief 

19 of the Capitol Police shall be the head of a Federal 

20 agency with respect to the Capitol Police. 

21 (4) REGULATIONS.—The Capitol Police Board 

22 may prescribe regulations to carry out this sub23 section. 

24 (b) CLAIMS OF EMPLOYEES OF CAPITOL POLICE.— 
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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Capitol Police Board 

2 may prescribe regulations to apply the provisions of 

3 section 3721 of title 31, United States Code, for the 

4 settlement and payment of a claim against the Cap5 itol Police by an employee of the Capitol Police for 

6 damage to, or loss of personal property incident to 

7 service. 

8 (2) LIMITATION.—No settlement and payment 

9 of a claim under regulations prescribed under this 

10 subsection may exceed $2,000. 

11 (c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec12 tion may be construed to affect— 

13 (1) any payment under section 1304 of title 31, 

14 United States Code, of a final judgement, award, 

15 compromise settlement, and interest and costs speci16 fied in the judgment based on a claim against the 

17 Capitol Police; or 

18 (2) any authority for any— 

19 (A) settlement under section 414 of the 

20 Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 

21 U.S.C. 1414); or 

22 (B) payment under section 415 of that Act 

23 (2 U.S.C. 1415). 

24 (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply to 

25 fiscal year 2005 and each fiscal year thereafter. 
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1 SEC. 1009. FOREIGN TRAVEL AUTHORIZATION. Not2 withstanding any other provision of law and subject to the 

3 approval of the Capitol Police Board, the Capitol Police 

4 are authorized, in a non-law enforcement capacity, to trav5 el with and assist overseas congressional delegations in a 

6 security advisory and liaison role, including advance secu7 rity liaison preparations for such congressional foreign 

8 travel. 

9 OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE 

10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

11 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Compli12 ance, as authorized by section 305 of the Congressional 

13 Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1385), $2,421,000: 

14 Provided, That the Executive Director of the Office of 

15 Compliance may, within the limits of available appropria16 tions, dispose of surplus or obsolete personal property by 

17 interagency transfer, donation, or discarding. 

18 CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE 

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 For salaries and expenses necessary for operation of 

21 the Congressional Budget Office, including not more than 

22 $3,000 to be expended on the certification of the Director 

23 of the Congressional Budget Office in connection with offi24 cial representation and reception expenses, $34,790,000: 
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1 Provided, That no part of such amount may be used for 

2 the purchase or hire of a passenger motor vehicle. 

3 ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL 

4 GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

5 For salaries for the Architect of the Capitol, and 

6 other personal services, at rates of pay provided by law; 

7 for surveys and studies in connection with activities under 

8 the care of the Architect of the Capitol; for all necessary 

9 expenses for the general and administrative support of the 

10 operations under the Architect of the Capitol including the 

11 Botanic Garden; electrical substations of the Capitol, Sen12 ate and House office buildings, and other facilities under 

13 the jurisdiction of the Architect of the Capitol; including 

14 furnishings and office equipment; including not more than 

15 $5,000 for official representation and reception expenses, 

16 to be expended as the Architect of the Capitol may ap17 prove; for purchase or exchange, maintenance, and oper18 ation of a passenger motor vehicle, $74,558,000, of which 

19 $720,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2009. 

20 CAPITOL BUILDING

21 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

22 and operation of the Capitol, $24,784,000, of which 

23 $8,770,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

24 2009. 
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1 CAPITOL GROUNDS

2 For all necessary expenses for care and improvement 

3 of grounds surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House 

4 office buildings, and the Capitol Power Plant, $6,940,000. 

5 SENATE OFFICE BUILDINGS

6 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

7 and operation of Senate office buildings; and furniture and 

8 furnishings to be expended under the control and super9 vision of the Architect of the Capitol, $62,303,000, of 

10 which $9,070,000 shall remain available until September 

11 30, 2009. 

12 CAPITOL POWER PLANT

13 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

14 and operation of the Capitol Power Plant; lighting, heat15 ing, power (including the purchase of electrical energy) 

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

17 House office buildings, Library of Congress buildings, and 

18 the grounds about the same, Botanic Garden, Senate ga19 rage, and air conditioning refrigeration not supplied from 

20 plants in any of such buildings; heating the Government 

21 Printing Office and Washington City Post Office, and 

22 heating and chilled water for air conditioning for the Su23 preme Court Building, the Union Station complex, the 

24 Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building and the 

25 Folger Shakespeare Library, expenses for which shall be 
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1 advanced or reimbursed upon request of the Architect of 

2 the Capitol and amounts so received shall be deposited 

3 into the Treasury to the credit of this appropriation, 

4 $60,928,000, of which $2,190,000 shall remain available 

5 until September 30, 2009: Provided, That not more than 

6 $4,400,000 of the funds credited or to be reimbursed to 

7 this appropriation as herein provided shall be available for 

8 obligation during fiscal year 2005. 

9 LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

10 For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and 

11 structural maintenance, care and operation of the Library 

12 buildings and grounds, $65,145,000, of which 

13 $47,114,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

14 2009. 

15 CAPITOL POLICE BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

16 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care, 

17 and operation of buildings and grounds of the United 

18 States Capitol Police, $7,090,000, of which $1,500,000 

19 shall remain available until September 30, 2009. 

20 BOTANIC GARDEN

21 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

22 and operation of the Botanic Garden and the nurseries, 

23 buildings, grounds, and collections; and purchase and ex24 change, maintenance, repair, and operation of a passenger 

25 motor vehicle; all under the direction of the Joint Com-
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1 mittee on the Library, $6,294,000: Provided, That this ap2 propriation shall not be available for construction of the 

3 National Garden. 

4 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 For necessary expenses of the Library of Congress 

7 not otherwise provided for, including development and 

8 maintenance of the Library’s catalogs; custody and custo9 dial care of the Library buildings; special clothing; clean10 ing, laundering and repair of uniforms; preservation of 

11 motion pictures in the custody of the Library; operation 

12 and maintenance of the American Folklife Center in the 

13 Library; preparation and distribution of catalog records 

14 and other publications of the Library; hire or purchase 

15 of one passenger motor vehicle; and expenses of the Li16 brary of Congress Trust Fund Board not properly charge17 able to the income of any trust fund held by the Board, 

18 $379,648,000, of which not more than $6,000,000 shall 

19 be derived from collections credited to this appropriation 

20 during fiscal year 2005, and shall remain available until 

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

22 32 Stat. 480; 2 U.S.C. 150) and not more than $350,000 

23 shall be derived from collections during fiscal year 2005 

24 and shall remain available until expended for the develop25 ment and maintenance of an international legal informa-
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1 tion database and activities related thereto: Provided, 

2 That the Library of Congress may not obligate or expend 

3 any funds derived from collections under the Act of June 

4 28, 1902, in excess of the amount authorized for obliga5 tion or expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided fur6 ther, That the total amount available for obligation shall 

7 be reduced by the amount by which collections are less 

8 than the $6,350,000: Provided further, That of the total 

9 amount appropriated, $11,981,000 shall remain available 

10 until expended for the partial acquisition of books, periodi11 cals, newspapers, and all other materials including sub12 scriptions 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, not more 

17 than $12,000 may be expended, on the certification of the 

18 Librarian of Congress, in connection with official rep19 resentation and reception expenses for the Overseas Field 

20 Offices: Provided further, That of the total amount appro21 priated, $1,175,000 shall remain available until expended 

22 for the purpose of teaching educators and librarians how 

23 to incorporate the Library’s digital collections into school 

24 curricula and shall be transferred to the educational con25 sortium formed to conduct the ‘‘Adventure of the Amer-
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1 ican Mind’’ project as approved by the Library: Provided 

2 further, That of the amount appropriated, $500,000 shall 

3 remain available until expended, and shall be transferred 

4 to the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission for car5 rying out the purposes of Public Law 106–173, of which 

6 $10,000 may be used for official representation and recep7 tion expenses of the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Com8 mission: Provided further, That of the total amount appro9 priated, $15,620,000 shall remain available until expended 

10 for partial support of the National Audio-Visual Conserva11 tion Center: Provided further, That of the total amount 

12 appropriated, $2,795,000 shall remain available until ex13 pended for the development and maintenance of the Alter14 nate Computer Facility: Provided further, That of the 

15 amount appropriated, $500,000 shall be used to provide 

16 a grant to the Middle Eastern Text Initiative for trans17 lation and publishing of middle eastern text. 

18 COPYRIGHT OFFICE

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, 

21 $53,518,000, of which not more than $26,843,000, to re22 main available until expended, shall be derived from collec23 tions credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 2005 

24 under section 708(d) of title 17, United States Code: Pro25 vided, That the Copyright Office may not obligate or ex-
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1 pend any funds derived from collections under such sec2 tion, in excess of the amount authorized for obligation or 

3 expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided further, That 

4 not more than $6,496,000 shall be derived from collections 

5 during fiscal year 2005 under sections 111(d)(2), 

6 119(b)(2), 802(h), 1005, and 1316 of such title: Provided 

7 further, That the total amount available for obligation 

8 shall be reduced by the amount by which collections are 

9 less than $33,339,000: Provided further, That not more 

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

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

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

13 purpose of training nationals of developing countries in 

14 intellectual property laws and policies: Provided further, 

15 That not more than $4,250 may be expended, on the cer16 tification of the Librarian of Congress, in connection with 

17 official representation and reception expenses for activities 

18 of the International Copyright Institute and for copyright 

19 delegations, visitors, and seminars. 

20 CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

23 of section 203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 

24 1946 (2 U.S.C. 166) and to revise and extend the Anno25 tated Constitution of the United States of America, 
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1 $96,678,000: Provided, That no part of such amount may 

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

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

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

7 Administration of the House of Representatives or the 

8 Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate. 

9 BOOKS FOR THE BLIND AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED

10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

11 For salaries and expenses to carry out the Act of 

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

13 135a), $53,937,000, of which $15,960,000 shall remain 

14 available until expended. 

15 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

16 SEC. 1101. INCENTIVE AWARDS PROGRAM. Of the 

17 amounts appropriated to the Library of Congress in this 

18 Act, not more than $5,000 may be expended, on the cer19 tification of the Librarian of Congress, in connection with 

20 official representation and reception expenses for the in21 centive awards program. 

22 SEC. 1102. REIMBURSABLE AND REVOLVING FUND

23 ACTIVITIES. (a) IN GENERAL.—For fiscal year 2005, the 

24 obligational authority of the Library of Congress for the 
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1 activities described in subsection (b) may not exceed 

2 $106,985,000. 

3 (b) ACTIVITIES.—The activities referred to in sub4 section (a) are reimbursable and revolving fund activities 

5 that are funded from sources other than appropriations 

6 to the Library in appropriations Acts for the legislative 

7 branch. 

8 (c) TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—During fiscal year 2005, 

9 the Librarian of Congress may temporarily transfer funds 

10 appropriated in this Act, under the heading ‘‘LIBRARY 

11 OF CONGRESS’’ under the subheading ‘‘SALARIES AND

12 EXPENSES’’ to the revolving fund for the FEDLINK Pro13 gram and the Federal Research Program established 

14 under section 103 of the Library of Congress Fiscal Oper15 ations Improvement Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–481; 

16 2 U.S.C. 182c): Provided, That the total amount of such 

17 transfers may not exceed $1,900,000: Provided further, 

18 That the appropriate revolving fund account shall reim19 burse the Library for any amounts transferred to it before 

20 the period of availability of the Library appropriation ex21 pires. 

22 SEC. 1103. NATIONAL DIGITAL INFORMATION IN23 FRASTRUCTURE AND PRESERVATION PROGRAM. The Mis24 cellaneous Appropriations Act, 2001 (enacted into law by 

25 section 1(a)(4) of Public Law 106–554, 114 Stat. 2763A– 
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1 194) is amended in the first proviso under the subheading 

2 ‘‘SALARIES AND EXPENSES’’ under the heading ‘‘LI3 BRARY OF CONGRESS’’ in chapter 9 of division A— 

4 (1) by inserting ‘‘and pledges’’ after ‘‘other 

5 than money’’; and 

6 (2) by striking ‘‘March 31, 2005’’ and inserting 

7 ‘‘March 31, 2010’’. 

8 SEC. 1104. CONSTRUCTION OF UNITED STATES DIP9 LOMATIC FACILITIES. None of the funds in this Act may 

10 be used to pay any fee charged by the Department of State 

11 for the purpose of constructing United States diplomatic 

12 facilities. 

13 SEC. 1105. NATIONAL FILM PRESERVATION BOARD

14 AND NATIONAL FILM PRESERVATION FOUNDATION. (a) 

15 EFFECTIVE DATES.—Notwithstanding the effective date 

16 under section 113 of the National Film Preservation Act 

17 of 1996 (2 U.S.C. 179w), title I of that Act shall be con18 sidered to be effective through fiscal year 2005. 

19 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

20 151711(a) of title 36, United States Code, is amended by 

21 striking ‘‘2003’’ and inserting ‘‘2005’’. 
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1 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 

2 CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING AND BINDING

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 For authorized printing and binding for the Congress 

5 and the distribution of Congressional information in any 

6 format; printing and binding for the Architect of the Cap7 itol; expenses necessary for preparing the semimonthly 

8 and session index to the Congressional Record, as author9 ized by law (section 902 of title 44, United States Code); 

10 printing and binding of Government publications author11 ized by law to be distributed to Members of Congress; and 

12 printing, binding, and distribution of Government publica13 tions authorized by law to be distributed without charge 

14 to the recipient, $88,800,000: Provided, That this appro15 priation shall not be available for paper copies of the per16 manent edition of the Congressional Record for individual 

17 Representatives, Resident Commissioners or Delegates au18 thorized under section 906 of title 44, United States Code: 

19 Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available 

20 for the payment of obligations incurred under the appro21 priations for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years: 

22 Provided further, That notwithstanding the 2-year limita23 tion under section 718 of title 44, United States Code, 

24 none of the funds appropriated or made available under 

25 this Act or any other Act for printing and binding and 
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1 related services provided to Congress under chapter 7 of 

2 title 44, United States Code, may be expended to print 

3 a document, report, or publication after the 27-month pe4 riod beginning on the date that such document, report, 

5 or publication is authorized by Congress to be printed, un6 less Congress reauthorizes such printing in accordance 

7 with section 718 of title 44, United States Code: Provided 

8 further, That any unobligated or unexpended balances in 

9 this account or accounts for similar purposes for preceding 

10 fiscal years may be transferred to the Government Print11 ing Office revolving fund for carrying out the purposes of 

12 this heading, subject to the approval of the Committees 

13 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 

14 Senate. 

15 OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

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

23 libraries as authorized by law, $31,935,000: Provided, 

24 That amounts of not more than $2,000,000 from current 

25 year appropriations are authorized for producing and dis26 seminating Congressional serial sets and other related 
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1 publications for fiscal years 2003 and 2004 to depository 

2 and other designated libraries: Provided further, That any 

3 unobligated or unexpended balances in this account or ac4 counts for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years may 

5 be transferred to the Government Printing Office revolv6 ing fund for carrying out the purposes of this heading, 

7 subject to the approval of the Committees on Appropria8 tions of the House of Representatives and Senate. 

9 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE REVOLVING FUND

10 The Government Printing Office may make such ex11 penditures, within the limits of funds available and in ac12 cord with the law, and to make such contracts and com13 mitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as pro14 vided by section 9104 of title 31, United States Code, as 

15 may be necessary in carrying out the programs and pur16 poses set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year 

17 for the Government Printing Office revolving fund: Pro18 vided, That not more than $5,000 may be expended on 

19 the certification of the Public Printer in connection with 

20 official representation and reception expenses: Provided 

21 further, That the revolving fund shall be available for the 

22 hire or purchase of not more than 12 passenger motor 

23 vehicles: Provided further, That expenditures in connection 

24 with travel expenses of the advisory councils to the Public 

25 Printer shall be deemed necessary to carry out the provi-
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1 sions of title 44, United States Code: Provided further, 

2 That the revolving fund shall be available for temporary 

3 or intermittent services under section 3109(b) of title 5, 

4 United States Code, but at rates for individuals not more 

5 than the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay 

6 for level V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 

7 of such title: Provided further, That the revolving fund and 

8 the funds provided under the headings ‘‘OFFICE OF SU9 PERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS’’ and ‘‘SALARIES AND

10 EXPENSES’’ together may not be available for the full-time 

11 equivalent employment of more than 2,621 workyears (or 

12 such other number of workyears as the Public Printer may 

13 request, subject to the approval of the Committees on Ap14 propriations of the House of Representatives and Senate): 

15 Provided further, That activities financed through the re16 volving fund may provide information in any format: Pro17 vided further, That not more than $10,000 may be ex18 pended from the revolving fund in support of the activities 

19 of the Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary Commission es20 tablished by Public Law 107–202. 

21 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

22 SEC. 1301. DISCOUNTS FOR SALES COPIES. Section 

23 1708 of title 44, United States Code, is amended by strik24 ing ‘‘of not to exceed 25 percent may be allowed to book 

25 dealers and quantity purchasers’’, and inserting in lieu 
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1 thereof the following: ‘‘may be allowed as determined by 

2 the Superintendent of Documents’’. 

3 GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses of the Government Account6 ability Office, including not more than $12,500 to be ex7 pended on the certification of the Comptroller General of 

8 the United States in connection with official representa9 tion and reception expenses; temporary or intermittent 

10 services under section 3109(b) of title 5, United States 

11 Code, but at rates for individuals not more than the daily 

12 equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay for level IV of 

13 the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of such title; 

14 hire of one passenger motor vehicle; advance payments in 

15 foreign countries in accordance with section 3324 of title 

16 31, United States Code; benefits comparable to those pay17 able under section 901(5), (6), and (8) of the Foreign 

18 Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4081(5), (6), and (8)); 

19 and under regulations prescribed by the Comptroller Gen20 eral of the United States, rental of living quarters in for21 eign countries, $470,000,000: Provided, That not more 

22 than $4,919,000 of payments received under section 782 

23 of title 31, United States Code, shall be available for use 

24 in fiscal year 2005: Provided further, That not more than 

25 $2,500,000 of reimbursements received under section 
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1 9105 of title 31, United States Code, shall be available 

2 for use in fiscal year 2005: Provided further, That this 

3 appropriation and appropriations for administrative ex4 penses of any other department or agency which is a mem5 ber of the National Intergovernmental Audit Forum or a 

6 Regional Intergovernmental Audit Forum shall be avail7 able to finance an appropriate share of either Forum’s 

8 costs as determined by the respective Forum, including 

9 necessary travel expenses of non-Federal participants: 

10 Provided further, That payments hereunder to the Forum 

11 may be credited as reimbursements to any appropriation 

12 from which costs involved are initially financed: Provided 

13 further, That this appropriation and appropriations for ad14 ministrative expenses of any other department or agency 

15 which is a member of the American Consortium on Inter16 national Public Administration (ACIPA) shall be available 

17 to finance an appropriate share of ACIPA costs as deter18 mined by the ACIPA, including any expenses attributable 

19 to membership of ACIPA in the International Institute of 

20 Administrative Sciences. 

21 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

22 SEC. 1401. REPORTS TO THE COMPTROLLER GEN23 ERAL. (a) LIMITATIONS ON EXPENDITURES, OBLIGA24 TIONS, AND VOLUNTARY SERVICES.—Section 1351 of title 

25 31, United States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘A copy 
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1 of each report shall also be transmitted to the Comptroller 

2 General on the same date the report is transmitted to the 

3 President and Congress.’’ after the first sentence. 

4 (b) PROHIBITED OBLIGATIONS AND EXPENDI5 TURES.—Section 1517(b) of title 31, United States Code, 

6 is amended by inserting ‘‘A copy of each report shall also 

7 be transmitted to the Comptroller General on the same 

8 date the report is transmitted to the President and Con9 gress.’’ after the first sentence. 

10 PAYMENT TO THE OPEN WORLD LEADERSHIP 

11 CENTER TRUST FUND 

12 For a payment to the Open World Leadership Center 

13 Trust Fund for financing activities of the Open World 

14 Leadership Center, $13,500,000. 

15 TITLE II—GENERAL PROVISIONS 

16 SEC. 201. MAINTENANCE AND CARE OF PRIVATE

17 VEHICLES. No part of the funds appropriated in this Act 

18 shall be used for the maintenance or care of private vehi19 cles, except for emergency assistance and cleaning as may 

20 be provided under regulations relating to parking facilities 

21 for the House of Representatives issued by the Committee 

22 on House Administration and for the Senate issued by the 

23 Committee on Rules and Administration. 

24 SEC. 202. FISCAL YEAR LIMITATION. No part of the 

25 funds appropriated in this Act shall remain available for 
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1 obligation beyond fiscal year 2005 unless expressly so pro2 vided in this Act. 

3 SEC. 203. RATES OF COMPENSATION AND DESIGNA4 TION. Whenever in this Act any office or position not spe5 cifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of 1929 

6 (46 Stat. 32 et seq.) is appropriated for or the rate of 

7 compensation or designation of any office or position ap8 propriated for is different from that specifically estab9 lished by such Act, the rate of compensation and the des10 ignation in this Act shall be the permanent law with re11 spect thereto: Provided, That the provisions in this Act 

12 for the various items of official expenses of Members, offi13 cers, and committees of the Senate and House of Rep14 resentatives, and clerk hire for Senators and Members of 

15 the House of Representatives shall be the permanent law 

16 with respect thereto. 

17 SEC. 204. CONSULTING SERVICES. The expenditure 

18 of any appropriation under this Act for any consulting 

19 service through procurement contract, under section 3109 

20 of title 5, United States Code, shall be limited to those 

21 contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public 

22 record and available for public inspection, except where 

23 otherwise provided under existing law, or under existing 

24 Executive order issued under existing law. 
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1 SEC. 205. AWARDS AND SETTLEMENTS. Such sums 

2 as may be necessary are appropriated to the account de3 scribed in subsection (a) of section 415 of the Congres4 sional Accountability Act (2 U.S.C. 1415(a)) to pay 

5 awards and settlements as authorized under such sub6 section. 

7 SEC. 206. COSTS OF LBFMC. Amounts available for 

8 administrative expenses of any legislative branch entity 

9 which participates in the Legislative Branch Financial 

10 Managers Council (LBFMC) established by charter on 

11 March 26, 1996, shall be available to finance an appro12 priate share of LBFMC costs as determined by the 

13 LBFMC, except that the total LBFMC costs to be shared 

14 among all participating legislative branch entities (in such 

15 allocations among the entities as the entities may deter16 mine) may not exceed $2,000. 

17 SEC. 207. LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS. None of the 

18 funds made available in this Act may be transferred to 

19 any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United 

20 States Government, except pursuant to a transfer made 

21 by, or transfer authority provided in, this Act or any other 

22 appropriation Act. 

23 SEC. 208. VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE WITH GOVERN24 MENT ETRAVEL SERVICE REGULATION. (a) DEFINI25 TION.—In this section, the term ‘‘agency’’ means the— 
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1 (1) Architect of the Capitol; 

2 (2) Congressional Budget Office; 

3 (3) Government Accountability Office; 

4 (4) Government Printing Office; 

5 (5) Library of Congress; and 

6 (6) Office of Compliance. 

7 (b) COMPLIANCE ELECTION.—Notwithstanding any 

8 other provision of law, an agency, at the discretion of the 

9 head of the agency, may— 

10 (1) elect to comply with the requirements of 

11 parts 300–3, 301–50, 301–52, 301–70, and 301–73 

12 of title 41 of the Code of Federal Regulations, or 

13 any modification to those requirements, (relating to 

14 the Governmentwide eTravel Service); and 

15 (2) if the the head of the agency makes an elec16 tion to comply under paragraph (1), enter into an 

17 agreement with the General Services Administration 

18 to modify those requirements, as applicable to that 

19 agency, relating to confidentiality of information or 

20 other concerns of the head of the agency. 

21 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply with 

22 respect to fiscal year 2005 and each fiscal year thereafter. 

23 SEC. 209. CONGRESSIONAL RECOGNITION FOR EX24 CELLENCE IN ARTS EDUCATION. Section 210 of the Legis25 lative Branch Appropriations Act, 2003 is amended— 
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1 (1) by striking the first proviso; and 

2 (2) by striking ‘‘Provide further,’’ and inserting 

3 ‘‘Provided,’’. 

4 SEC. 210. TRANSFER OF JURISDICTION OVER REAL

5 PROPERTY NEAR JAPANESE AMERICAN PATRIOTISM ME6 MORIAL. (a) TRANSFER OF JURISDICTION.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—Jurisdiction over the parcels 

8 of Federal real property described under paragraph 

9 (2) (over which jurisdiction was transferred under 

10 section 514(b)(2)(C) of the Omnibus Parks and 

11 Public Lands Management Act of 1996 (40 U.S.C. 

12 5102 note; Public Law 104–333)) is transferred to 

13 the Architect of the Capitol, without consideration. 

14 (2) PARCELS.—The parcels of Federal real 

15 property referred to under paragraph (1) are the fol16 lowing: 

17 (A) That portion of New Jersey Avenue, 

18 N.W., between the northernmost point of the 

19 intersection of New Jersey Avenue, N.W., and 

20 D Street, N.W., and the northernmost point of 

21 the intersection of New Jersey Avenue, N.W., 

22 and Louisiana Avenue, N.W., between squares 

23 631 and W632, which remains Federal prop24 erty, and whose maintenance and repair shall 
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1 be the responsibility of the District of Colum2 bia. 

3 (B) That portion of D Street, N.W., be4 tween its intersection with New Jersey Avenue, 

5 N.W., and its intersection with Louisiana Ave6 nue, N.W., between squares 630 and W632, 

7 which remains Federal property. 

8 (b) MISCELLANEOUS.— 

9 (1) COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER LAWS.—Compli10 ance with this section shall be deemed to satisfy the 

11 requirements of all laws otherwise applicable to 

12 transfers of jurisdiction over parcels of Federal real 

13 property. 

14 (2) UNITED STATES CAPITOL GROUNDS.— 

15 (A) DEFINITION.—Section 5102 of title 

16 40, United States Code, is amended to include 

17 within the definition of the United States Cap18 itol Grounds the parcels of Federal real prop19 erty described in subsection (a)(2). 

20 (B) JURISDICTION OF CAPITOL POLICE.— 

21 The United States Capitol Police shall have ju22 risdiction over the parcels of Federal real prop23 erty described in subsection (a)(2) in accord24 ance with section 9 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act 

25 to define the United States Capitol Grounds, to 
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1 regulate the use thereof, and for other pur2 poses’’, approved July 31, 1946 (2 U.S.C. 

3 1961). 

4 (3) EFFECT OF TRANSFER.—A person relin5 quishing jurisdiction over any parcel of Federal real 

6 property transferred by subsection (a) shall not re7 tain any interest in the parcel except as specifically 

8 provided in this section. 

9 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This Act shall apply to fiscal 

10 year 2005 and each fiscal year thereafter. 

11 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative Branch Ap12 propriations Act, 2005’’. 
Calendar No. 635 

108TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2666 

[Report No. 108–307] 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for the legislative branch for 

for other purposes. the fiscal year ending September 30, 2005, and 

JULY 15, 2004 

Read twice and placed on the calendar