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108TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4755 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 21, 2004 

Ordered to be printed with the amendments of the Senate numbered 

AN ACT 

Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the 

fiscal year ending September 30, 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: 

7 TITLE I—LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 

8 APPROPRIATIONS 

9 Ω1æSENATE 

10 EXPENSE ALLOWANCES

11 For expense allowances of the Vice President, $20,000; 

12 the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, $20,000; Majority 
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1 Leader of the Senate, $20,000; Minority Leader of the Sen2 ate, $20,000; Majority Whip of the Senate, $10,000; Minor3 ity Whip of the Senate, $10,000; President Pro Tempore 

4 emeritus, $7,500; Chairmen of the Majority and Minority 

5 Conference Committees, $5,000 for each Chairman; and 

6 Chairmen of the Majority and Minority Policy Committees, 

7 $5,000 for each Chairman; in all, $127,500. 

8 REPRESENTATION ALLOWANCES FOR THE MAJORITY AND

9 MINORITY LEADERS

10 For representation allowances of the Majority and Mi11 nority Leaders of the Senate, $15,000 for each such Leader; 

12 in all, $30,000. 

13 SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

14 For compensation of officers, employees, and others as 

15 authorized by law, including agency contributions, 

16 $134,440,000, which shall be paid from this appropriation 

17 without regard to the following limitations: 

18 OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT

19 For the Office of the Vice President, $2,108,000. 

20 OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE

21 For the Office of the President Pro Tempore, $561,000. 

22 OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE EMERITUS

23 For the Office of the President Pro Tempore emeritus, 

24 $163,000. 
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1 OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERS

2 For Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders, 

3 $3,408,000. 

4 OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY WHIPS

5 For Offices of the Majority and Minority Whips, 

6 $2,556,000. 

7 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

8 For salaries of the Committee on Appropriations, 

9 $13,301,000. 

10 CONFERENCE COMMITTEES

11 For the Conference of the Majority and the Conference 

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

13 Chairman of each such committee, $1,413,000 for each such 

14 committee; in all, $2,826,000. 

15 OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES OF THE CONFERENCE OF

16 THE MAJORITY AND THE CONFERENCE OF THE MINORITY

17 For Offices of the Secretaries of the Conference of the 

18 Majority and the Conference of the Minority, $702,000. 

19 POLICY COMMITTEES

20 For salaries of the Majority Policy Committee and the 

21 Minority Policy Committee, $1,473,000 for each such com22 mittee; in all, $2,946,000. 

23 OFFICE OF THE CHAPLAIN

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

25 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

26 For Office of the Secretary, $19,586,000. 
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1 OFFICE OF THE SERGEANTATARMS AND DOORKEEPER

2 For Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, 

3 $50,635,000. 

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, $1,528,000. 

8 AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS AND RELATED EXPENSES

9 For agency contributions for employee benefits, as au10 thorized by law, and related expenses, $33,779,000. 

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, $5,152,000. 

14 OFFICE OF SENATE LEGAL COUNSEL

15 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate Legal 

16 Counsel, $1,265,000. 

17 EXPENSE ALLOWANCES OF THE SECRETARY OF THE SEN18 ATE, SERGEANTAT 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 $6,000; Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, 

23 $6,000; Secretary for the Majority of the Senate, $6,000; 

24 Secretary for the Minority of the Senate, $6,000; in all, 

25 $24,000. 
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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 under section 134(a) of the Leg5 islative Reorganization Act of 1946 (Public Law 97–601), 

6 section 112 of the Supplemental Appropriations and Rescis7 sion Act, 1980 (Public Law 96–304), and Senate Resolution 

8 281, 96th Congress, agreed to March 11, 1980, 

9 $110,000,000. 

10 EXPENSES OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE CAUCUS ON

11 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL

12 For expenses of the United States Senate Caucus on 

13 International Narcotics Control, $520,000. 

14 SECRETARY OF THE SENATE

15 For expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the Sen16 ate, $1,700,000. 

17 SERGEANTATARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE SENATE

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

19 Doorkeeper of the Senate, $127,182,000, of which 

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

21 2007, and of which $4,255,000 shall remain available until 

22 September 30, 2009. 

23 MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

24 For miscellaneous items, $18,326,000, of which up to 

25 $500,000 shall be made available for a pilot program for 

26 mailings of postal patron postcards by Senators for the pur-
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1 pose of providing notice of a town meeting by a Senator 

2 in a county (or equivalent unit of local government) at 

3 which the Senator will personally attend: Provided, That 

4 any amount allocated to a Senator for such mailing shall 

5 not exceed 50 percent of the cost of the mailing and the 

6 remaining cost shall be paid by the Senator from other 

7 funds available to the Senator. 

8 SENATORS’ OFFICIAL PERSONNEL AND OFFICE EXPENSE

9 ACCOUNT

10 For Senators’ Official Personnel and Office Expense 

11 Account, $326,000,000. 

12 OFFICIAL MAIL COSTS

13 For expenses necessary for official mail costs of the 

14 Senate, $300,000. 

15 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

16 SEC. 1. GROSS RATE OF COMPENSATION IN OFFICES

17 OF SENATORS. Effective on and after October 1, 2004, each 

18 of the dollar amounts contained in the table under section 

19 105(d)(1)(A) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 

20 1968 (2 U.S.C. 61–1(d)(1)(A)) shall be deemed to be the 

21 dollar amounts in that table, as adjusted by law and in 

22 effect on September 30, 2004, increased by an additional 

23 $50,000 each. 

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

25 2005, the first sentence of section 101(a) of the Supple26 mental Appropriations Act, 1977 (2 U.S.C. 61h–6(a)) shall 
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1 be applied by substituting ‘‘nine individual consultants’’ 

2 for ‘‘eight individual consultants’’. 

3 SEC. 3. UNITED STATES SENATE COLLECTION. Section 

4 316 of Public Law 101–302 (2 U.S.C. 2107) is amended 

5 in the first sentence of subsection (a) by striking ‘‘2004’’ 

6 and inserting ‘‘2005’’. 

7 SEC. 4. PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE EMERITUS OF THE

8 SENATE. Section 7(e) of the Legislative Branch Appropria9 tions Act, 2003 (2 U.S.C. 32b note) is amended by inserting 

10 ‘‘and the 109th Congress’’ after ‘‘108th Congress’’. 

11 SEC. 5. TRANSFER OF FUNDS FROM APPROPRIATIONS

12 ACCOUNTOF THE OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENTAND

13 THE OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY

14 AND MINORITY TO THE SENATE CONTINGENT FUND. (a) 

15 OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT.— 

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

17 the Vice President, the Secretary of the Senate shall 

18 transfer from the appropriations account appro19 priated under the subheading ‘‘OFFICE OF THE VICE

20 PRESIDENT’’ under the heading ‘‘SALARIES, OFFICERS

21 AND EMPLOYEES’’ such amount as the Vice President 

22 shall specify to the appropriations account under the 

23 heading ‘‘ MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS’’ within the contin24 gent fund of the Senate. 
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1 (2) AUTHORITY TO INCUR EXPENSES.—The Vice 

2 President may incur such expenses as may be nec3 essary or appropriate. Expenses incurred by the Vice 

4 President shall be paid from the amount transferred 

5 under paragraph (1) by the Vice President and upon 

6 vouchers approved by the Vice President. 

7 (3) AUTHORITY TO ADVANCE SUMS.—The Sec8 retary of the Senate may advance such sums as may 

9 be necessary to defray expenses incurred in carrying 

10 out paragraphs (1) and (2). 

11 (b) OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJOR12 ITY AND MINORITY.— 

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

14 the Secretary for the Majority or the Secretary for the 

15 Minority, the Secretary of the Senate shall transfer 

16 from the appropriations account appropriated under 

17 the subheading ‘‘OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES FOR

18 THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY’’ under the heading 

19 ‘‘SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES’’ such 

20 amount as the Secretary for the Majority or the Sec21 retary for the Minority shall specify to the appropria22 tions account under the heading ‘‘MISCELLANEOUS

23 ITEMS’’ within the contingent fund of the Senate. 

24 (2) AUTHORITY TO INCUR EXPENSES.—The Sec25 retary for the Majority or the Secretary for the Mi-
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1 nority may incur such expenses as may be necessary 

2 or appropriate. Expenses incurred by the Secretary 

3 for the Majority or the Secretary for the Minority 

4 shall be paid from the amount transferred under 

5 paragraph (1) by the Secretary for the Majority or 

6 the Secretary for the Minority and upon vouchers ap7 proved by the Secretary for the Majority or the Sec8 retary for the Minority, as applicable. 

9 (3) AUTHORITY TO ADVANCE SUMS.—The Sec10 retary of the Senate may advance such sums as may 

11 be necessary to defray expenses incurred in carrying 

12 out paragraphs (1) and (2). 

13 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply to fis14 cal year 2005 and each fiscal year thereafter. 

15 SEC. 6. ACTIVITIES RELATING TO FOREIGN PAR16 LIAMENTARY GROUPS AND FOREIGN OFFICIALS. Section 

17 2(c) of chapter VIII of title I of the Supplemental Appro18 priations Act, 1987 (2 U.S.C. 65f(c)) is amended in the first 

19 sentence by striking ‘‘with the approval of’’ and inserting 

20 ‘‘and upon notification to’’. 

21 SEC. 7. TRANSPORTATION OF OFFICIAL RECORDS AND

22 PAPERS TO A SENATOR’S STATE. (a) PAYMENTOF REASON23 ABLE TRANSPORTATION EXPENSES.—Upon request of a 

24 Senator, amounts in the appropriation account ‘‘Miscella25 neous Items’’ within the contingent fund of the Senate shall 
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1 be available to pay the reasonable expenses of sending or 

2 transporting the official records and papers of the Senator 

3 from the District of Columbia to any location designated 

4 by such Senator in the State represented by the Senator. 

5 (b) SENDING AND TRANSPORTATION.—The Sergeant at 

6 Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate shall provide for the 

7 most economical means of sending or transporting the offi8 cial records and papers under this section while ensuring 

9 the orderly and timely delivery of the records and papers 

10 to the location specified by the Senator. 

11 (c) OVERSIGHT.—The Committee on Rules and Ad12 ministration shall have the authority to issue rules and reg13 ulations to carry out the provisions of this section. 

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

15 term ‘‘official records and papers’’ means books, records, 

16 papers, and official files which could be sent as franked 

17 mail. 

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

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

20 SEC. 8. COMPENSATION FOR LOSTOR DAMAGED

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

22 Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate (in this 

23 section referred to as the ‘‘Sergeant at Arms’’) for com24 pensation for damage to, loss of, or loss of use of property 

25 of the Sergeant at Arms that was procured using amounts 
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1 available to the Sergeant at Arms in the account for Contin2 gent Expenses, Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the 

3 Senate, shall be credited to that account or, if applicable, 

4 to any subaccount of that account. 

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

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

7 amounts in that account or subaccount and shall be avail8 able to the same extent, and subject to the same terms and 

9 conditions, as amounts in that account or subaccount. 

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

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

12 SEC. 9. AGE REQUIREMENTFOR SENATE PAGES. Sec13 tion 491(b)(1) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970 

14 (2 U.S.C. 88b–1(b)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘fourteen’’ 

15 and inserting ‘‘sixteen’’. 

16 SEC. 10. TREATMENT OF ELECTRONIC SERVICES PRO17 VIDED BY SERGEANTAT ARMS. The Office of the Sergeant 

18 at Arms and Doorkeeper of the United States Senate, and 

19 any officer, employee, or agent of the Office, shall not be 

20 treated as acquiring possession, custody, or control of any 

21 electronic mail or other electronic communication, data, or 

22 information by reason of its being transmitted, processed, 

23 or stored (whether temporarily or otherwise) through the use 

24 of an electronic system established, maintained, or operated, 
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1 or the use of electronic services provided, in whole or in 

2 part by the Office. 

3 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For salaries and expenses of the House of Represent6 atives, $1,044,281,000, as follows: 

7 HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES

8 For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, 

9 $18,678,000, including: Office of the Speaker, 

10 $2,708,000, including $25,000 for official expenses of the 

11 Speaker; Office of the Majority Floor Leader, $2,027,000, 

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

13 Leader; Office of the Minority Floor Leader, $2,840,000, 

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

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

16 Deputy Majority Whip, $1,741,000, including $5,000 for 

17 official expenses of the Majority Whip; Office of the Mi18 nority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Minority Whip, 

19 $1,303,000, including $5,000 for official expenses of the 

20 Minority Whip; Speaker’s Office for Legislative Floor Ac21 tivities, $470,000; Republican Steering Committee, 

22 $881,000; Republican Conference, $1,500,000; Demo23 cratic Steering and Policy Committee, $1,589,000; Demo24 cratic Caucus, $792,000; nine minority employees, 

25 $1,409,000; training and program development—major26 ity, $290,000; training and program development—minor-
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1 ity, $290,000; Cloakroom Personnel—majority, $419,000; 

2 and Cloakroom Personnel—minority, $419,000. 

3 MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES

4 INCLUDING MEMBERS’ CLERK HIRE, OFFICIAL

5 EXPENSES OF MEMBERS, AND OFFICIAL MAIL

6 For Members’ representational allowances, including 

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

8 $521,195,000. 

9 COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES

10 STANDING COMMITTEES, SPECIAL AND SELECT

11 For salaries and expenses of standing committees, 

12 special and select, authorized by House resolutions, 

13 $114,299,000: Provided, That such amount shall remain 

14 available for such salaries and expenses until December 

15 31, 2006. 

16 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

17 For salaries and expenses of the Committee on Ap18 propriations, $24,926,000, including studies and examina19 tions of executive agencies and temporary personal serv20 ices for such committee, to be expended in accordance with 

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

22 1946 and to be available for reimbursement to agencies 

23 for services performed: Provided, That such amount shall 

24 remain available for such salaries and expenses until De25 cember 31, 2006. 
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1 SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

2 For compensation and expenses of officers and em3 ployees, as authorized by law, $160,133,000, including: 

4 for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Clerk, includ5 ing not more than $13,000, of which not more than 

6 $10,000 is for the Family Room, for official representa7 tion and reception expenses, $20,534,000; for salaries and 

8 expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms, including 

9 the position of Superintendent of Garages, and including 

10 not more than $3,000 for official representation and re11 ception expenses, $5,879,000; for salaries and expenses of 

12 the Office of the Chief Administrative Officer, 

13 $116,034,000, of which $7,500,000 shall remain available 

14 until expended; for salaries and expenses of the Office of 

15 the Inspector General, $3,986,000; for salaries and ex16 penses of the Office of Emergency Planning, Preparedness 

17 and Operations, $1,000,000, to remain available until ex18 pended; for salaries and expenses of the Office of General 

19 Counsel, $962,000; for the Office of the Chaplain, 

20 $155,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the 

21 Parliamentarian, including the Parliamentarian and 

22 $2,000 for preparing the Digest of Rules, $1,673,000; for 

23 salaries and expenses of the Office of the Law Revision 

24 Counsel of the House, $2,346,000; for salaries and ex25 penses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the 
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1 House, $6,721,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office 

2 of Interparliamentary Affairs, $687,000; and for other au3 thorized employees, $156,000. 

4 ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES

5 For allowances and expenses as authorized by House 

6 resolution or law, $205,050,000, including: supplies, mate7 rials, administrative costs and Federal tort claims, 

8 $4,350,000; official mail for committees, leadership of9 fices, and administrative offices of the House, $410,000; 

10 Government contributions for health, retirement, Social 

11 Security, and other applicable employee benefits, 

12 $199,600,000; and miscellaneous items including pur13 chase, exchange, maintenance, repair and operation of 

14 House motor vehicles, interparliamentary receptions, and 

15 gratuities to heirs of deceased employees of the House, 

16 $690,000. 

17 CHILD CARE CENTER

18 For salaries and expenses of the House of Represent19 atives Child Care Center, such amounts as are deposited 

20 in the account established by section 312(d)(1) of the Leg21 islative Branch Appropriations Act, 1992 (2 U.S.C. 2112), 

22 subject to the level specified in the budget of the Center, 

23 as submitted to the Committee on Appropriations of the 

24 House of Representatives. 
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

2 SEC. 101. (a) REQUIRING AMOUNTS REMAINING IN

3 MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES TO BE

4 USED FOR DEFICIT REDUCTION OR TO REDUCE THE

5 FEDERAL DEBT.—Notwithstanding any other provision of 

6 law, any amounts appropriated under this Act for 

7 ‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—SALARIES AND

8 EXPENSES—MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOW9 ANCES’’ shall be available only for fiscal year 2005. Any 

10 amount remaining after all payments are made under such 

11 allowances for fiscal year 2005 shall be deposited in the 

12 Treasury and used for deficit reduction (or, if there is no 

13 Federal budget deficit after all such payments have been 

14 made, for reducing the Federal debt, in such manner as 

15 the Secretary of the Treasury considers appropriate). 

16 (b) REGULATIONS.—The Committee on House Ad17 ministration of the House of Representatives shall have 

18 authority to prescribe regulations to carry out this section. 

19 (c) DEFINITION.—As used in this section, the term 

20 ‘‘Member of the House of Representatives’’ means a Rep21 resentative in, or a Delegate or Resident Commissioner 

22 to, the Congress. 

23 SEC. 102. NET EXPENSES OF TELECOMMUNI24 CATIONS REVOLVING FUND. (a) There is hereby estab25 lished in the Treasury of the United States a revolving 
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1 fund for the House of Representatives to be known as the 

2 Net Expenses of Telecommunications Revolving Fund 

3 (hereafter in this section referred to as the ‘‘Revolving 

4 Fund’’), consisting of funds deposited by the Chief Admin5 istrative Officer of the House of Representatives from 

6 amounts provided by legislative branch offices to purchase, 

7 lease, obtain, and maintain the data and voice tele8 communications services and equipment located in such 

9 offices. 

10 (b) Amounts in the Revolving Fund shall be used by 

11 the Chief Administrative Officer without fiscal year limita12 tion to purchase, lease, obtain, and maintain the data and 

13 voice telecommunications services and equipment of legis14 lative branch offices. 

15 (c) The Revolving Fund shall be treated as a category 

16 of allowances and expenses for purposes of section 101(a) 

17 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1993 (2 

18 U.S.C. 95b(a)). 

19 (d) Section 306 of the Legislative Branch Appropria20 tions Act, 1989 (2 U.S.C. 117f) is amended— 

21 (1) by striking subsection (b) and redesignating 

22 subsection (c) as subsection (b); and 

23 (2) in subsection (b) (as so redesignated), by 

24 striking ‘‘subsections (a) and (b)’’ and inserting 

25 ‘‘subsection (a)’’. 
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1 (e) Section 102 of the Legislative Branch Appropria2 tions Act, 2003 (2 U.S.C. 112g) is amended by adding 

3 at the end the following new subsection: 

4 ‘‘(e) This section shall not apply with respect to any 

5 telecommunications equipment which is subject to cov6 erage under section 103 of the Legislative Branch Appro7 priations Act, 2005 (relating to the Net Expenses of Tele8 communications Revolving Fund).’’. 

9 (f) This section and the amendments made by this 

10 section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2005 and 

11 each succeeding fiscal year, except that for purposes of 

12 making deposits into the Revolving Fund under subsection 

13 (a), the Chief Administrative Officer may deposit amounts 

14 provided by legislative branch offices during fiscal year 

15 2004 or any succeeding fiscal year.

16 SEC. 103. CONTRACT FOR EXERCISE FACILITY. (a) 

17 IN GENERAL.—The Chief Administrative Officer of the 

18 House of Representatives shall enter into a contract on 

19 a competitive basis with a private entity for the manage20 ment, operation, and maintenance of the exercise facility 

21 established for the use of employees of the House of Rep22 resentatives which is constructed with funds made avail23 able under this Act. 

24 (b) USE OF FEES TO SUPPORT CONTRACT.—Any 

25 amounts paid as fees for the use of the exercise facility 
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1 described in subsection (a) shall be used to cover costs 

2 incurred by the Chief Administrative Officer under the 

3 contract entered into under this section or to otherwise 

4 support the management, operation, and maintenance of 

5 the facility, and shall remain available until expended. 

6 SEC. 104. SENSE OF THE HOUSE. It is the sense of 

7 the House of Representatives that Members of the House 

8 who use vehicles in traveling for official and representa9 tional purposes, including Members who lease vehicles for 

10 which the lease payments are made using funds provided 

11 under the Members’ Representational Allowance, are en12 couraged to use hybrid electric and alternatively fueled ve13 hicles whenever possible, as the use of these vehicles will 

14 help to move our Nation toward the use of a hydrogen 

15 fuel cell vehicle and reduce our dependence on oil. 

16 Ω2æJOINT ITEMS 

17 For Joint Committees, as follows: 

18 JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE

19 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic 

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

21 of the Senate. 

22 JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION

23 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on 

24 Taxation, $8,433,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Ad25 ministrative Officer of the House of Representatives. 
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1 For other joint items, as follows: 

2 OFFICE OF THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN

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

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

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

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

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

9 (3) an allowance of $725 per month to two assistants and 

10 $580 per month each not to exceed 11 assistants on the 

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

12 $1,680,000 for reimbursement to the Department of the 

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

15 shall be advanced and credited to the applicable appropria16 tion or appropriations from which such salaries, allow17 ances, and other expenses are payable and shall be avail18 able for all the purposes thereof, $2,528,000, to be dis19 bursed by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House 

20 of Representatives. 

21 CAPITOL GUIDE SERVICE AND SPECIAL SERVICES

22 OFFICE

23 For salaries and expenses of the Capitol Guide Serv24 ice and Special Services Office, $3,844,000, 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 58 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 

5 120 days each, and not more than 10 additional individ6 uals for not more than 6 months each, for the Capitol 

7 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 108th Congress, showing appropriations made, 

13 indefinite appropriations, and contracts authorized, to14 gether with a chronological history of the regular appro15 priations bills as required by law, $30,000, to be paid to 

16 the persons designated by the chairmen of such commit17 tees to supervise the work. 

18 CAPITOL POLICE 

19 SALARIES

20 For salaries of employees of the Capitol Police, in21 cluding overtime, hazardous duty pay differential, and 

22 Government contributions for health, retirement, social se23 curity, professional liability insurance, and other applica24 ble employee benefits, $203,440,000, to be disbursed by 

25 the Chief of the Capitol Police or his designee. 
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1 GENERAL EXPENSES

2 For necessary expenses of the Capitol Police, includ3 ing motor vehicles, communications and other equipment, 

4 security equipment and installation, uniforms, weapons, 

5 supplies, materials, training, medical services, forensic 

6 services, stenographic services, personal and professional 

7 services, the employee assistance program, the awards pro8 gram, postage, communication services, travel advances, 

9 relocation of instructor and liaison personnel for the Fed10 eral Law Enforcement Training Center, and not more 

11 than $5,000 to be expended on the certification of the 

12 Chief of the Capitol Police in connection with official rep13 resentation and reception expenses, $28,888,000, of which 

14 $700,000 shall remain available until expended, to be dis15 bursed by the Chief of the Capitol Police or his designee: 

16 Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of 

17 law, the cost of basic training for the Capitol Police at 

18 the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center for fiscal 

19 year 2005 shall be paid by the Secretary of Homeland Se20 curity from funds available to the Department of Home21 land Security. 

22 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

24 SEC. 1001. TRANSFER AUTHORITY. Amounts appro25 priated for fiscal year 2005 for the Capitol Police may 
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1 be transferred between the headings ‘‘SALARIES’’ and 

2 ‘‘GENERAL EXPENSES’’ upon the approval of the Commit3 tees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 

4 Representatives. 

5 SEC. 1002. RELEASE OF SECURITY INFORMATION. 

6 (a) AUTHORITY OF BOARD TO DETERMINE CONDITIONS

7 FOR RELEASE.—Notwithstanding any other provision of 

8 law, any information in the possession of the United 

9 States Capitol Police (whether developed by the Capitol 

10 Police or obtained by the Capitol Police from another 

11 source) that relates to actions taken by the Capitol Police 

12 in response to an emergency situation, or to any other 

13 counterterrorism and security preparedness measures 

14 taken by the Capitol Police, may be released by the Capitol 

15 Police to another entity only if the Capitol Police Board 

16 determines, in consultation with other appropriate law en17 forcement officials and experts in security preparedness, 

18 that the release of the information will not jeopardize the 

19 physical security and safety of the facilities and properties 

20 under the jurisdiction of the Capitol Police. 

21 (b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION REGARDING REQUESTS

22 FOR INFORMATION FROM CONGRESS.—Nothing in this 

23 section may be construed to affect the ability of the House 

24 of Representatives and the Senate (including any Member, 

25 officer, or committee thereof) to obtain information from 
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1 the Capitol Police regarding the operations and activities 

2 of the Capitol Police that affect the House of Representa3 tives and Senate. 

4 (c) REGULATIONS.—The Capitol Police Board shall 

5 promulgate regulations to carry out this section, with the 

6 approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the 

7 House of Representatives and Senate. 

8 (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply with 

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

10 SEC. 1003. SOLE AND EXCLUSIVE AUTHORITY OF

11 BOARD AND CHIEF TO DETERMINE RATES OF PAY. (a) 

12 IN GENERAL.—The Capitol Police Board and the Chief 

13 of the Capitol Police shall have the sole and exclusive au14 thority to determine the rates and amounts for each of 

15 the following for members of the Capitol Police: 

16 (1) The rate of basic pay (including the rate of 

17 basic pay upon appointment), premium pay, spe18 cialty assignment and proficiency pay, and merit 

19 pay. 

20 (2) The rate of cost-of-living adjustments, com21 parability adjustments, and locality adjustments. 

22 (3) The amount for recruitment and relocation 

23 bonuses. 

24 (4) The amount for retention allowances. 
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1 (5) The amount for educational assistance pay2 ments. 

3 (b) NO REVIEW OR APPEAL PERMITTED.—The de4 termination of a rate or amount described in subsection 

5 (a) may not be subject to review or appeal in any manner. 

6 (c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec7 tion may be construed to affect— 

8 (1) any authority provided under law for a com9 mittee of the House of Representatives or Senate, or 

10 any other entity of the legislative branch, to review 

11 or approve any determination of a rate or amount 

12 described in subsection (a); 

13 (2) any rate or amount described in subsection 

14 (a) which is established under law; or 

15 (3) the terms of any collective bargaining agree16 ment. 

17 (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply with 

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

19 SEC. 1004. (a) AUTHORITY TO SETTLE CLAIMS

20 UNDER FEDERAL TORT CLAIMS ACT.—For purposes of 

21 section 2672 of title 28, United States Code (relating to 

22 the administrative adjustment of claims), the United 

23 States Capitol Police shall be considered a Federal agency 

24 and the Capitol Police Board shall be considered the head 

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1 (b) RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec2 tion may be construed— 

3 (1) to affect any authority relating to the pay4 ment of claims under title 31, United States Code; 

5 or 

6 (2) to affect the payment of any award or set7 tlement under the Congressional Accountability Act 

8 of 1995. 

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

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

11 SEC. 1005. DEPLOYMENT OUTSIDE OF JURISDIC12 TION. (a) REQUIREMENTS FOR PRIOR NOTICE AND AP13 PROVAL.—The Chief of the Capitol Police may not deploy 

14 any officer outside of the areas established by law for the 

15 jurisdiction of the Capitol Police unless— 

16 (1) the Chief provides prior notification to the 

17 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep18 resentatives and Senate of the costs anticipated to 

19 be incurred with respect to the deployment; and 

20 (2) the Capitol Police Board gives prior ap21 proval to the deployment. 

22 (b) EXCEPTION FOR CERTAIN SERVICES.—Sub23 section (a) does not apply with respect to the deployment 

24 of any officer for any of the following purposes: 
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1 (1) Responding to an imminent threat or emer2 gency. 

3 (2) Intelligence gathering. 

4 (3) Providing protective services. 

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

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

7 SEC. 1006. LEGAL COMPLIANCE SYSTEM. The Cap8 itol Police General Counsel, in conjunction with the Cap9 itol Police Employment Counsel for employment and labor 

10 law matters, shall be responsible for implementing and 

11 maintaining an effective legal compliance system with all 

12 applicable laws, under the oversight of the Capitol Police 

13 Board. 

14 SEC. 1007. (a) IN GENERAL.—None of the funds 

15 made available for the Capitol Police for any fiscal year 

16 in any Act may be used for a mounted horse unit. 

17 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take effect 

18 on the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply 

19 with respect to the fiscal year in which such date occurs 

20 and each succeeding fiscal year. 

21 OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE 

22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

23 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Compli24 ance, as authorized by section 305 of the Congressional 

25 Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1385), $2,421,000, 
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1 of which $305,000 shall remain available until September 

2 30, 2006: Provided, That the Executive Director of the 

3 Office of Compliance may, within the limits of available 

4 appropriations, dispose of surplus or obsolete personal 

5 property by interagency transfer, donation, or discarding. 

6 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

7 SEC. 1101. (a) The Executive Director of the Office 

8 of Compliance may, in order to recruit or retain qualified 

9 personnel, establish and maintain hereafter a program 

10 under which the Office may agree to repay (by direct pay11 ments on behalf of the employee) all or a portion of any 

12 student loan previously taken out by such employee. 

13 (b) The Executive Director may, by regulation, make 

14 applicable such provisions of section 5379 of title 5, 

15 United States Code, as the Executive Director determines 

16 necessary to provide for such program. 

17 (c) The regulations shall provide the amount paid by 

18 the Office may not exceed— 

19 (1) $6,000 for any employee in any calendar 

20 year; or 

21 (2) a total of $40,000 in the case of any em22 ployee. 

23 (d) The Office may not reimburse an employee for 

24 any repayments made by such employee prior to the Office 
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1 entering into an agreement under this section with such 

2 employee. 

3 (e) Any amount repaid by, or recovered from, an indi4 vidual under this section and its implementing regulations 

5 shall be credited to the appropriation account available for 

6 salaries and expenses of the Office at the time of repay7 ment or recovery. 

8 (f) This section shall apply to fiscal year 2005 and 

9 each fiscal year thereafter. 

10 CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE 

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For salaries and expenses necessary for operation of 

13 the Congressional Budget Office, including not more than 

14 $3,000 to be expended on the certification of the Director 

15 of the Congressional Budget Office in connection with offi16 cial representation and reception expenses, $34,790,000. 

17 ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL 

18 GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

19 For salaries for the Architect of the Capitol, and 

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

21 for surveys and studies in connection with activities under 

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

23 expenses for the general and administrative support of the 

24 operations under the Architect of the Capitol including the 

25 Botanic Garden; electrical substations of the Capitol, Sen-
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1 ate and House office buildings, and other facilities under 

2 the jurisdiction of the Architect of the Capitol; including 

3 furnishings and office equipment; including not more than 

4 $5,000 for official reception and representation expenses, 

5 to be expended on the certification of the Architect of the 

6 Capitol; for purchase or exchange, maintenance, and oper7 ation of a passenger motor vehicle, $79,581,000, of which 

8 $1,500,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

9 2009. 

10 CAPITOL BUILDING

11 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

12 and operation of the Capitol, $18,185,000, of which 

13 $4,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

14 2009. 

15 CAPITOL GROUNDS

16 For all necessary expenses for care and improvement 

17 of grounds surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House 

18 office buildings, and the Capitol Power Plant, $7,033,000, 

19 of which $527,000 shall remain available until September 

20 30, 2009. 

21 JOINT ITEMS 

22 For Joint Committees, as follows: 
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1 JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE

2 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic Com3 mittee, $4,139,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the 

4 Senate. 

5 JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION

6 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on 

7 Taxation, $8,476,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Adminis8 trative Officer of the House. 

9 For other joint items, as follows: 

10 OFFICE OF THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN

11 For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent ex12 penses of the emergency rooms, and for the Attending Physi13 cian and his assistants, including: (1) an allowance of 

14 $2,175 per month to the Attending Physician; (2) an allow15 ance of $725 per month each to four medical officers while 

16 on duty in the Office of the Attending Physician; (3) an 

17 allowance of $725 per month each to two assistants and 

18 $580 per month each to not to exceed 11 assistants on the 

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

20 $1,680,000 for reimbursement to the Department of the 

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

23 be advanced and credited to the applicable appropriation 

24 or appropriations from which such salaries, allowances, 

25 and other expenses are payable and shall be available for 
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1 all the purposes thereof, $2,528,000, to be disbursed by the 

2 Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representa3 tives. 

4 CAPITOL GUIDE SERVICE AND SPECIAL SERVICES OFFICE

5 For salaries and expenses of the Capitol Guide Service 

6 and Special Services Office, $3,844,000, to be disbursed by 

7 the Secretary of the Senate: Provided, That no part of such 

8 amount may be used to employ more than 58 individuals: 

9 Provided further, That the Capitol Guide Board is author10 ized, during emergencies, to employ not more than two ad11 ditional individuals for not more than 120 days each, and 

12 not more than 10 additional individuals for not more than 

13 6 months each, for the Capitol Guide Service. 

14 STATEMENTS OF APPROPRIATIONS

15 For the preparation, under the direction of the Com16 mittees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 

17 Representatives, of the statements for the second session of 

18 the 108th Congress, showing appropriations made, indefi19 nite appropriations, and contracts authorized, together with 

20 a chronological history of the regular appropriations bills 

21 as required by law, $30,000, to be paid to the persons des22 ignated by the chairmen of such committees to supervise 

23 the work. 
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1 CAPITOL POLICE 

2 SALARIES

3 For salaries of employees of the Capitol Police, includ4 ing overtime, hazardous duty pay differential, and Govern5 ment contributions for health, retirement, social security, 

6 professional liability insurance, and other applicable em7 ployee benefits, $198,000,000, to be disbursed by the Chief 

8 of the Capitol Police or his designee. 

9 GENERAL EXPENSES

10 For necessary expenses of the Capitol Police, including 

11 motor vehicles, communications and other equipment, secu12 rity equipment and installation, uniforms, weapons, sup13 plies, materials, training, medical services, forensic services, 

14 stenographic services, personal and professional services, the 

15 employee assistance program, the awards program, postage, 

16 communication services, domestic travel, foreign travel as 

17 approved by the Capitol Police Board, travel advances, relo18 cation of instructor and liaison personnel for the Federal 

19 Law Enforcement Training Center, and not more than 

20 $5,000 to be expended on the certification of the Chief of 

21 the Capitol Police in connection with official representation 

22 and reception expenses, $28,925,000, of which $700,000 is 

23 to remain available until expended, to be disbursed by the 

24 Chief of the Capitol 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 be 

5 transferred between the headings ‘‘SALARIES’’ and ‘‘GEN6 ERAL EXPENSES’’ upon the approval of the Committees on 

7 Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representa8 tives. 

9 SEC. 1002. LIMITATION ON CERTAIN HIRING AUTHOR10 ITY OF CAPITOL POLICE. Section 1006(b) of the Legislative 

11 Branch Appropriations Act, 2004 (Public Law 108–83; 117 

12 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 submitted 

17 for selection under this subparagraph. All 

18 hirings under this subparagraph shall comply 

19 with the limitations under this paragraph for 

20 any fiscal year.’’; and 

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

22 LIMITATION.—’’ and inserting ‘‘(C) LIMITATION

23 FOR FISCAL YEAR 2004.—’’; and 

24 (C) by adding at the end the following: 
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1 ‘‘(D) LIMITATION FOR FISCAL YEAR 2005.— 

2 During fiscal year 2005, the number of individ3 uals hired under this subsection may not ex4 ceed— 

5 ‘‘(i) the number of Library of Congress 

6 Police employees who separated from service 

7 or transferred to a position other than a Li8 brary of Congress Police employee position 

9 during fiscal year 2004 for whom a cor10 responding hire was not made under this 

11 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 posi16 tion 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 the 

3 Capitol Police for compensation for damage to, loss of, or 

4 loss of use of property of the Capitol Police (including any 

5 insurance payments or payment made by an officer or civil6 ian employee of the Capitol Police) shall be credited to the 

7 account established for the general expenses of the Capitol 

8 Police, and shall be available to carry out the purposes of 

9 such account during the fiscal year in which the amounts 

10 are received and the following fiscal year. 

11 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply to fis12 cal year 2005 and each fiscal year thereafter. 

13 SEC. 1004. PARTICIPATION IN VOLUNTARY TRANSFER

14 OF LEAVE WITH OTHER AGENCIES. (a) IN GENERAL.—The 

15 Office of Personnel Management shall apply the regulations 

16 prescribed under section 6334(c) of title 5, United States 

17 Code, to the Capitol Police to provide for the participation 

18 of employees of the Capitol Police in the voluntary transfer 

19 of leave between employees of different agencies under sub20 chapter III of chapter 63 of that title. 

21 (b) CERTIFICATION OF LEAVE ACCOUNTS.—For pur22 poses of this section, the Office of Personnel Management 

23 shall accept the certification of the Chief of the Capitol Po24 lice of the amount of annual leave in the annual leave ac-
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1 count of any leave donor or leave recipient who is an em2 ployee of the Capitol Police. 

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

4 of the Capitol Police, the Office of Personnel Management 

5 may prescribe regulations to carry out this section. 

6 (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply to fis7 cal year 2005 and each fiscal year thereafter. 

8 SEC. 1005. AUTHORIZATION OF WEAPONS. Section 

9 1824 of the Revised Statutes (2 U.S.C. 1941) is amended— 

10 (1) in the first sentence— 

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

12 the Senate and the Sergeant at Arms of the 

13 House of Representatives’’ and inserting ‘‘The 

14 Capitol Police Board’’; and 

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

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

17 from appropriations to the Capitol Police upon 

18 certification of payment by the Chief of the Cap19 itol Police.’’; and 

20 (2) in the second sentence— 

21 (A) by inserting ‘‘or other arms as author22 ized by the Capitol Police Board’’ after ‘‘fur23 nished’’; and 

24 (B) by striking ‘‘the Sergeant at Arms of 

25 the Senate and the Sergeant at Arms of the 
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1 House of Representatives’’ and inserting ‘‘the 

2 Capitol Police Board’’. 

3 SEC. 1006. RELEASE OF SECURITY INFORMATION. (a) 

4 DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘security informa5 tion’’ means information that— 

6 (1) is sensitive with respect to the policing, pro7 tection, physical security, intelligence, 

8 counterterrorism actions, or emergency preparedness 

9 and response relating to Congress, any statutory 

10 protectee of the Capitol Police, and the Capitol build11 ings and grounds; and 

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

13 Capitol Police Board, the Capitol Police, or any inci14 dent command relating to emergency response. 

15 (b) AUTHORITY OF BOARD TO DETERMINE CONDI16 TIONS OF RELEASE.—Notwithstanding any other provision 

17 of law, any security information in the possession of the 

18 Capitol Police may be released by the Capitol Police to an19 other entity, including an individual, only if the Capitol 

20 Police Board determines in consultation with other appro21 priate law enforcement officials, experts in security pre22 paredness, and appropriate committees of Congress, that the 

23 release of the security information will not compromise the 

24 security and safety of the Capitol buildings and grounds 
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1 or any individual whose protection and safety is under the 

2 jurisdiction of the Capitol Police. 

3 (c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section 

4 may be construed to affect the ability of the Senate and 

5 the House of Representatives (including any Member, offi6 cer, or committee of either House of Congress) to obtain in7 formation from the Capitol Police regarding the operations 

8 and activities of the Capitol Police that affect the Senate 

9 and House of Representatives. 

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

11 promulgate regulations to carry out this section, with the 

12 approval of the Committee on Rules and Administration 

13 of the Senate and the Committee on House Administration 

14 of the House of Representatives. 

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

16 the date of enactment of this Act and apply with respect 

17 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 ANIMALS. 

23 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Capitol Police may accept the dona24 tion of animals to be used in the canine or equine units 

25 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 PAYMENTOF 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 the 

7 Capitol Police, in accordance with regulations pre8 scribed by the Attorney General and any regulations 

9 as the Capitol Police Board may prescribe, may con10 sider, ascertain, determine, compromise, adjust, and 

11 settle, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 

12 171 of title 28, United States Code, any claim for 

13 money damages against the United States for injury 

14 or loss of property or personal injury or death caused 

15 by the negligent or wrongful act or omission of any 

16 employee of the Capitol Police while acting within the 

17 scope of his office or employment, under cir18 cumstances where the United States, if a private per19 son, would be liable to the claimant in accordance 

20 with the law of the place where the act or omission 

21 occurred. 

22 (2) SENATE.— 

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

24 claim of a Senator or an employee whose pay is 
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1 disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate, the 

2 Chief of the Capitol Police shall— 

3 (i) not later than 14 days after the re4 ceipt of such a claim, notify the Chairman 

5 of the Committee on Rules and Administra6 tion of the receipt of the claim; and 

7 (ii) not later than 90 days after the re8 ceipt of such a claim, submit a proposal for 

9 the resolution of such claim which shall be 

10 subject to the approval of the Chairman of 

11 the Committee on Rules and Administra12 tion. 

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

14 subparagraph (A)(ii) may be extended, not to ex15 ceed 90 days, for good cause by the Chairman of 

16 the Committee on Rules and Administration 

17 upon the request of the Chief of the Capitol Po18 lice. 

19 (3) HEAD OF AGENCY.—For purposes of section 

20 2672 of title 28, United States Code, the Chief of the 

21 Capitol Police shall be the head of a Federal agency 

22 with respect to the Capitol Police. 

23 (4) REGULATIONS.—The Capitol Police Board 

24 may prescribe regulations to carry out this subsection. 

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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 of 

9 a claim under regulations prescribed under this sub10 section may exceed $2,000. 

11 (c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section 

12 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 Con20 gressional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 

21 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 fis25 cal 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 travel 

5 with and assist overseas congressional delegations in a secu6 rity advisory and liaison role, including advance security 

7 liaison preparations for such congressional foreign travel. 

8 OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE 

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Compliance, 

11 as authorized by section 305 of the Congressional Account12 ability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1385), $2,421,000: Provided, 

13 That the Executive Director of the Office of Compliance 

14 may, within the limits of available appropriations, dispose 

15 of surplus or obsolete personal property by interagency 

16 transfer, donation, or discarding. 

17 CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE 

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 For salaries and expenses necessary for operation of 

20 the Congressional Budget Office, including not more than 

21 $3,000 to be expended on the certification of the Director 

22 of the Congressional Budget Office in connection with offi23 cial representation and reception expenses, $34,790,000: 

24 Provided, That no part of such amount may be used for 

25 the purchase or hire of a passenger motor vehicle. 
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1 ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL 

2 GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

3 For salaries for the Architect of the Capitol, and other 

4 personal services, at rates of pay provided by law; for sur5 veys and studies in connection with activities under the 

6 care of the Architect of the Capitol; for all necessary ex7 penses for the general and administrative support of the 

8 operations under the Architect of the Capitol including the 

9 Botanic Garden; electrical substations of the Capitol, Sen10 ate and House office buildings, and other facilities under 

11 the jurisdiction of the Architect of the Capitol; including 

12 furnishings and office equipment; including not more than 

13 $5,000 for official representation and reception expenses, to 

14 be expended as the Architect of the Capitol may approve; 

15 for purchase or exchange, maintenance, and operation of 

16 a passenger motor vehicle, $74,063,000, of which $720,000 

17 shall remain available until September 30, 2009. 

18 CAPITOL BUILDING

19 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

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

21 $8,770,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

22 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 which 

10 $9,070,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

11 2009. 

12 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS

13 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

14 and operation of the House office buildings, $65,130,000, 

15 of which $27,103,000 shall remain available until Sep16 tember 30, 2009. 

17 Ω3æCapitol Power Plant 

18 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

19 and operation of the Capitol Power Plant; lighting, heat20 ing, power (including the purchase of electrical energy) 

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

22 House office buildings, Library of Congress buildings, and 

23 the grounds about the same, Botanic Garden, Senate ga24 rage, and air conditioning refrigeration not supplied from 

25 plants in any of such buildings; heating the Government 
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1 Printing Office and Washington City Post Office, and 

2 heating and chilled water for air conditioning for the Su3 preme Court Building, the Union Station complex, the 

4 Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building and the 

5 Folger Shakespeare Library, expenses for which shall be 

6 advanced or reimbursed upon request of the Architect of 

7 the Capitol and amounts so received shall be deposited 

8 into the Treasury to the credit of this appropriation, 

9 $56,139,000, of which $630,000 shall remain available 

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

11 $4,400,000 of the funds credited or to be reimbursed to 

12 this appropriation as herein provided shall be available for 

13 obligation during fiscal year 2005. 

14 LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

15 For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and 

16 structural maintenance, care and operation of the Library 

17 buildings and grounds, $34,783,000, of which 

18 $18,110,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

19 2009. 

20 CAPITOL POLICE BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

21 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

22 and operation of buildings and grounds of the United 

23 States Capitol Police, $4,883,000. 
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1 BOTANIC GARDEN

2 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

3 and operation of the Botanic Garden and the nurseries, 

4 buildings, grounds, and collections; and purchase and ex5 change, maintenance, repair, and operation of a passenger 

6 motor vehicle; all under the direction of the Joint Com7 mittee on the Library, $5,932,000: Provided, That this ap8 propriation shall not be available for construction of the 

9 National Garden. 

10 MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF CAPITOL POWER

11 PLANT

12 SEC. 1201. (a) CONTRACT WITH PRIVATE ENTITY

13 FOR MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF THE CAPITOL

14 POWER PLANT.— 

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 

16 the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 

17 Representatives and Senate notify the Architect of 

18 the Capitol that the Committees approve the imple19 mentation plan submitted under subsection (b), the 

20 Architect shall enter into a contract with a private 

21 entity for the management and operation of the 

22 Capitol Power Plant. 

23 (2) REQUIREMENTS FOR CONTRACT.—The con24 tract entered into under this subsection— 
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1 (A) shall be awarded on a competitive 

2 basis; 

3 (B) shall include such terms and condi4 tions as the Architect of the Capitol deems nec5 essary to ensure that the Capitol Power Plant 

6 will continue to provide lighting, heating, power, 

7 and air conditioning services to the United 

8 States Capitol, Senate and House office build9 ings, the Supreme Court Building, and the 

10 other facilities served by the Plant; 

11 (C) shall be carried out in a manner con12 sistent with the implementation plan submitted 

13 under subsection (b), as approved by the Com14 mittees on Appropriations of the House of Rep15 resentatives and Senate; and 

16 (D) if the contract is a multiyear contract, 

17 shall meet the requirements described in para18 graph (3). 

19 (3) SPECIAL RULES FOR MULTIYEAR CON20 TRACT.—The Architect may enter into a contract 

21 under this subsection which is a multiyear contract 

22 subject to the following conditions: 

23 (A) The Architect determines that— 
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1 (i) the need for the services provided 

2 will continue over the period of the con3 tract; 

4 (ii) the use of a multiyear contract 

5 will yield substantial cost savings; and 

6 (iii) the use of a multiyear contract 

7 will not eliminate the ability of small busi8 nesses to compete for and enter into the 

9 contract. 

10 (B) For the first fiscal year for which the 

11 contract will be in effect, there are sufficient 

12 funds available for payments of the costs of the 

13 contract during the year, including any termi14 nation and cancellation costs. Amounts avail15 able for paying termination and cancellation 

16 costs shall remain available until the costs asso17 ciated with the termination and cancellation of 

18 the contract are paid. 

19 (C) The period covered by the contract is 

20 not longer than 10 years. 

21 (b) IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.— 

22 (1) SUBMISSION TO COMMITTEES.—Not later 

23 than 270 days after the date of the enactment of 

24 this Act or 270 days after the date of the completion 

25 of the West Refrigeration Plant (whichever occurs 
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1 later), the Architect of the Capitol shall submit to 

2 the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 

3 Representatives and Senate an implementation plan 

4 for carrying out the requirements of this section. 

5 (2) CONTENTS OF PLAN.—The implementation 

6 plan shall include the following elements: 

7 (A) A description of the steps the Architect 

8 shall take to minimize the cost and ensure the 

9 effectiveness of the operation of the Capitol 

10 Power Plant. 

11 (B) A description of how the Architect will 

12 administer the competition for the contract en13 tered into under subsection (a) for the manage14 ment and operation of the Capitol Power Plant, 

15 including the key logistic milestones that will 

16 affect the competition. 

17 (C) A description of the budgetary impact 

18 of the contract and the proposed schedule of 

19 the appropriations that will be required to cover 

20 the costs of the contract. 

21 (D) The actions to be taken by the Archi22 tect to ensure effective performance of the con23 tractor, including a description of the manage24 ment systems the Architect will use to monitor 

25 and oversee the contractor’s efforts, the antici-
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1 pated performance standards that the con2 tractor will be measured against (including the 

3 levels of plant capacity, efficiency of fuel and 

4 deliveries of steam and chilled water, and emis5 sion levels) and such other standards that in 

6 the Architect’s judgment are needed to ensure 

7 the efficient operation of the Plant. 

8 (E) The steps to be taken to ensure system 

9 operations and reliability by maintaining ade10 quate levels of facility maintenance and staff11 ing. 

12 (F) The specifications of security measures 

13 to be taken to ensure the safety and protection 

14 of the Plant, including its utility distribution 

15 systems, and the steps that will be taken to co16 ordinate these efforts with the United States 

17 Capitol Police. 

18 (G) The steps to be taken to continue the 

19 multi-use fuel capability of the Plant. 

20 (H) A description of a plan to manage the 

21 transition to the contractor for the management 

22 and operation of the facility, including steps to 

23 be taken to mitigate the effect of the contract 

24 on the Plant’s existing employees. 
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1 (I) An analysis of the cost and feasibility 

2 of incorporating a combined steam and elec3 trical power generation system for the Plant. 

4 (c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec5 tion may be construed to limit the authority of the Archi6 tect of the Capitol to procure any services under any other 

7 authority. 

8 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 For necessary expenses of the Library of Congress 

11 not otherwise provided for, including development and 

12 maintenance of the Library’s catalogs; custody and custo13 dial care of the Library buildings; special clothing; clean14 ing, laundering and repair of uniforms; preservation of 

15 motion pictures in the custody of the Library; operation 

16 and maintenance of the American Folklife Center in the 

17 Library; preparation and distribution of catalog records 

18 and other publications of the Library; hire or purchase 

19 of one passenger motor vehicle; and expenses of the Li20 brary of Congress Trust Fund Board not properly charge21 able to the income of any trust fund held by the Board, 

22 $373,225,000, of which not more than $6,000,000 shall 

23 be derived from collections credited to this appropriation 

24 during fiscal year 2005, and shall remain available until 

25 expended, under the Act of June 28, 1902 (chapter 1301; 
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1 32 Stat. 480; 2 U.S.C. 150) and not more than $350,000 

2 shall be derived from collections during fiscal year 2005 

3 and shall remain available until expended for the develop4 ment and maintenance of an international legal informa5 tion database and activities related thereto: Provided, 

6 That the Library of Congress may not obligate or expend 

7 any funds derived from collections under the Act of June 

8 28, 1902, in excess of the amount authorized for obliga9 tion or expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided fur10 ther, That the total amount available for obligation shall 

11 be reduced by the amount by which collections are less 

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

13 amount appropriated, $12,481,000 shall remain available 

14 until expended for acquisition of books, periodicals, news15 papers, and all other materials including subscriptions for 

16 bibliographic services for the Library, including $40,000 

17 to be available solely for the purchase, when specifically 

18 approved by the Librarian, of special and unique materials 

19 for additions to the collections: Provided further, That of 

20 the total amount appropriated, not more than $12,000 

21 may be expended, on the certification of the Librarian of 

22 Congress, in connection with official representation and 

23 reception expenses for the Overseas Field Offices: Pro24 vided further, That of the total amount appropriated, 

25 $250,000 shall remain available until expended, and shall 
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1 be transferred to the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Com2 mission for carrying out the purposes of Public Law 106– 

3 173, of which $10,000 may be used for official representa4 tion and reception expenses of the Abraham Lincoln Bi5 centennial Commission: Provided further, That of the total 

6 amount appropriated, $11,026,000 shall remain available 

7 until expended for partial support of the National Audio8 Visual Conservation Center: Provided further, That of the 

9 total amount appropriated, $2,795,000 shall remain avail10 able until expended for the development and maintenance 

11 of the Alternate Computer Facility. 

12 COPYRIGHT OFFICE

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, 

15 $53,518,000, of which not more than $26,981,000, to re16 main available until expended, shall be derived from collec17 tions credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 2005 

18 under section 708(d) of title 17, United States Code: Pro19 vided, That the Copyright Office may not obligate or ex20 pend any funds derived from collections under such sec21 tion, in excess of the amount authorized for obligation or 

22 expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided further, That 

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

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

25 119(b)(2), 802(h), 1005, and 1316 of such title: Provided 
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1 further, That the total amount available for obligation 

2 shall be reduced by the amount by which collections are 

3 less than $33,477,000: Provided further, That not more 

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

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

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

7 purpose of training nationals of developing countries in 

8 intellectual property laws and policies: Provided further, 

9 That not more than $4,250 may be expended, on the cer10 tification of the Librarian of Congress, in connection with 

11 official representation and reception expenses for activities 

12 of the International Copyright Institute and for copyright 

13 delegations, visitors, and seminars. 

14 CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

17 of section 203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 

18 1946 (2 U.S.C. 166) and to revise and extend the Anno19 tated Constitution of the United States of America, 

20 $96,385,000: Provided, That no part of such amount may 

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

22 any publication, or preparation of material therefor (ex23 cept the Digest of Public General Bills), to be issued by 

24 the Library of Congress unless such publication has ob25 tained prior approval of either the Committee on House 
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1 Administration of the House of Representatives or the 

2 Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate. 

3 BOOKS FOR THE BLIND AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For salaries and expenses to carry out the Act 

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

7 135a), $60,187,000, of which $22,210,000 shall remain 

8 available until expended. 

9 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

10 SEC. 1301. INCENTIVE AWARDS PROGRAM. Of the 

11 amounts appropriated to the Library of Congress in this 

12 Act, not more than $5,000 may be expended, on the cer13 tification of the Librarian of Congress, in connection with 

14 official representation and reception expenses for the in15 centive awards program. 

16 SEC. 1302. REIMBURSABLE AND REVOLVING FUND

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

18 obligational authority of the Library of Congress for the 

19 activities described in subsection (b) may not exceed 

20 $106,985,000. 

21 (b) ACTIVITIES.—The activities referred to in sub22 section (a) are reimbursable and revolving fund activities 

23 that are funded from sources other than appropriations 

24 to the Library in appropriations Acts for the legislative 

25 branch. 
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1 (c) TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—During fiscal year 2005, 

2 the Librarian of Congress may temporarily transfer funds 

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

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

5 EXPENSES’’ to the revolving fund for the FEDLINK Pro6 gram and the Federal Research Program established 

7 under section 103 of the Library of Congress Fiscal Oper8 ations Improvement Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–481; 

9 2 U.S.C. 182c): Provided, That the total amount of such 

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

11 That the appropriate revolving fund account shall reim12 burse the Library for any amounts transferred to it before 

13 the period of availability of the Library appropriation ex14 pires. 

15 SEC. 1303. NATIONAL DIGITAL INFORMATION IN16 FRASTRUCTURE AND PRESERVATION PROGRAM. The first 

17 proviso under the heading ‘‘LIBRARY OF CON18 GRESS—SALARIES AND EXPENSES’’ in chapter 9 of divi19 sion A of the Miscellaneous Appropriations Act, 2001, as 

20 enacted into law by section 1(a)(4) of the Consolidated 

21 Appropriations Act, 2001 (Public Law 106–554; 114 Stat. 

22 2763A–194), as amended by section 1303 of the Legisla23 tive Branch Appropriations Act, 2003, is amended— 

24 (1) by striking ‘‘other than money’’ and insert25 ing ‘‘other than money and pledges’’; and 
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1 (2) by striking ‘‘March 31, 2005’’ and inserting 

2 ‘‘March 31, 2010’’. 

3 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 

4 CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING AND BINDING

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

6 For authorized printing and binding for the Congress 

7 and the distribution of Congressional information in any 

8 format; printing and binding for the Architect of the Cap9 itol; expenses necessary for preparing the semimonthly 

10 and session index to the Congressional Record, as author11 ized by law (section 902 of title 44, United States Code); 

12 printing and binding of Government publications author13 ized by law to be distributed to Members of Congress; and 

14 printing, binding, and distribution of Government publica15 tions authorized by law to be distributed without charge 

16 to the recipient, $88,800,000: Provided, That this appro17 priation shall not be available for paper copies of the per18 manent edition of the Congressional Record for individual 

19 Representatives, Resident Commissioners or Delegates au20 thorized under section 906 of title 44, United States Code: 

21 Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available 

22 for the payment of obligations incurred under the appro23 priations for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years: 

24 Provided further, That notwithstanding the 2-year limita25 tion under section 718 of title 44, United States Code, 
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1 none of the funds appropriated or made available under 

2 this Act or any other Act for printing and binding and 

3 related services provided to Congress under chapter 7 of 

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

5 a document, report, or publication after the 27-month pe6 riod beginning on the date that such document, report, 

7 or publication is authorized by Congress to be printed, un8 less Congress reauthorizes such printing in accordance 

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

10 further, That any unobligated or unexpended balances in 

11 this account or accounts for similar purposes for preceding 

12 fiscal years may be transferred to the Government Print13 ing Office revolving fund for carrying out the purposes of 

14 this heading, subject to the approval of the Committees 

15 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 

16 Senate. 

17 OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

20 For expenses of the Office of Superintendent of Doc21 uments necessary to provide for the cataloging and index22 ing of Government publications and their distribution to 

23 the public, Members of Congress, other Government agen24 cies, and designated depository and international exchange 

25 libraries as authorized by law, $32,524,000: Provided, 

26 That amounts of not more than $2,000,000 from current 
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1 year appropriations are authorized for producing and dis2 seminating Congressional serial sets and other related 

3 publications for fiscal years 2003 and 2004 to depository 

4 and other designated libraries: Provided further, That any 

5 unobligated or unexpended balances in this account or ac6 counts for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years may 

7 be transferred to the Government Printing Office revolv8 ing fund for carrying out the purposes of this heading, 

9 subject to the approval of the Committees on Appropria10 tions of the House of Representatives and Senate. 

11 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE REVOLVING FUND

12 The Government Printing Office may make such ex13 penditures, within the limits of funds available and in ac14 cord with the law, and to make such contracts and com15 mitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as pro16 vided by section 9104 of title 31, United States Code, as 

17 may be necessary in carrying out the programs and pur18 poses set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year 

19 for the Government Printing Office revolving fund: Pro20 vided, That not more than $5,000 may be expended on 

21 the certification of the Public Printer in connection with 

22 official representation and reception expenses: Provided 

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

24 hire or purchase of not more than 12 passenger motor 

25 vehicles: Provided further, That expenditures in connection 
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1 with travel expenses of the advisory councils to the Public 

2 Printer shall be deemed necessary to carry out the provi3 sions of title 44, United States Code: Provided further, 

4 That the revolving fund shall be available for temporary 

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

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

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

8 for level V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 

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

10 the funds provided under the headings ‘‘OFFICE OF SU11 PERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS’’ and ‘‘SALARIES AND

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

13 equivalent employment of more than 2,889 workyears (or 

14 such other number of workyears as the Public Printer may 

15 request, subject to the approval of the Committees on Ap16 propriations of the House of Representatives and Senate): 

17 Provided further, That activities financed through the re18 volving fund may provide information in any format: Pro19 vided further, That not more than $10,000 may be ex20 pended from the revolving fund in support of the activities 

21 of the Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary Commission es22 tablished under the Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary 

23 Commission Act (Public Law 107–202). 
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

2 SEC. 1401. DISCOUNT AUTHORITY OF SUPER3 INTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS. Section 1708 of title 44, 

4 United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘of not to ex5 ceed 25 percent may be allowed to book dealers and quan6 tity purchasers’’ and inserting ‘‘may be allowed as deter7 mined by the Superintendent of Documents’’. 

8 GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE 

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 For necessary expenses of the General Accounting 

11 Office, including not more than $12,500 to be expended 

12 on the certification of the Comptroller General of the 

13 United States in connection with official representation 

14 and reception expenses; temporary or intermittent services 

15 under section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, but 

16 at rates for individuals not more than the daily equivalent 

17 of the annual rate of basic pay for level IV of the Execu18 tive Schedule under section 5315 of such title; hire of one 

19 passenger motor vehicle; advance payments in foreign 

20 countries in accordance with section 3324 of title 31, 

21 United States Code; benefits comparable to those payable 

22 under sections 901(5), (6), and (8) of the Foreign Service 

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

24 regulations prescribed by the Comptroller General of the 

25 United States, rental of living quarters in foreign coun-
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1 tries, $473,500,000: Provided, That not more than 

2 $5,000,000 of payments received under section 782 of title 

3 31, United States Code, shall be available for use in fiscal 

4 year 2005: Provided further, That not more than 

5 $2,500,000 of reimbursements received under section 

6 9105 of title 31, United States Code, shall be available 

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

8 appropriation and appropriations for administrative ex9 penses of any other department or agency which is a mem10 ber of the National Intergovernmental Audit Forum or a 

11 Regional Intergovernmental Audit Forum shall be avail12 able to finance an appropriate share of either Forum’s 

13 costs as determined by the respective Forum, including 

14 necessary travel expenses of non-Federal participants: 

15 Provided further, That payments hereunder to the Forum 

16 may be credited as reimbursements to any appropriation 

17 from which costs involved are initially financed: Provided 

18 further, That this appropriation and appropriations for ad19 ministrative expenses of any other department or agency 

20 which is a member of the American Consortium on Inter21 national Public Administration (ACIPA) shall be available 

22 to finance an appropriate share of ACIPA costs as deter23 mined by the ACIPA, including any expenses attributable 

24 to membership of ACIPA in the International Institute of 

25 Administrative Sciences. 
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1 PAYMENT TO THE OPEN WORLD LEADERSHIP 

2 CENTER TRUST FUND 

3 For a payment to the Open World Leadership Center 

4 Trust Fund for financing activities of the Open World 

5 Leadership Center, $6,750,000. 

6 TITLE II—GENERAL PROVISIONS 

7 SEC. 201. MAINTENANCE AND CARE OF PRIVATE

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

9 shall be used for the maintenance or care of private vehi10 cles, except for emergency assistance and cleaning as may 

11 be provided under regulations relating to parking facilities 

12 for the House of Representatives issued by the Committee 

13 on House Administration and for the Senate issued by the 

14 Committee on Rules and Administration. 

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

16 funds appropriated in this Act shall remain available for 

17 obligation beyond fiscal year 2005 unless expressly so pro18 vided in this Act. 

19 SEC. 203. RATES OF COMPENSATION AND DESIGNA20 TION. Whenever in this Act any office or position not spe21 cifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of 1929 

22 (46 Stat. 32 et seq.) is appropriated for or the rate of 

23 compensation or designation of any office or position ap24 propriated for is different from that specifically estab25 lished by such Act, the rate of compensation and the des-
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1 ignation in this Act shall be the permanent law with re2 spect thereto: Provided, That the provisions in this Act 

3 for the various items of official expenses of Members, offi4 cers, and committees of the Senate and House of Rep5 resentatives, and clerk hire for Senators and Members of 

6 the House of Representatives shall be the permanent law 

7 with respect thereto. 

8 SEC. 204. CONSULTING SERVICES. The expenditure 

9 of any appropriation under this Act for any consulting 

10 service through procurement contract, under section 3109 

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

12 contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public 

13 record and available for public inspection, except where 

14 otherwise provided under existing law, or under existing 

15 Executive order issued under existing law. 

16 SEC. 205. AWARDS AND SETTLEMENTS. Such sums 

17 as may be necessary are appropriated to the account de18 scribed in subsection (a) of section 415 of the Congres19 sional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1415(a)) to 

20 pay awards and settlements as authorized under such sub21 section. 

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

23 administrative expenses of any legislative branch entity 

24 which participates in the Legislative Branch Financial 

25 Managers Council (LBFMC) established by charter on 
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1 March 26, 1996, shall be available to finance an appro2 priate share of LBFMC costs as determined by the 

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

4 among all participating legislative branch entities (in such 

5 allocations among the entities as the entities may deter6 mine) may not exceed $2,000. 

7 SEC. 207. LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE. The Architect 

8 of the Capitol, in consultation with the District of Colum9 bia, is authorized to maintain and improve the landscape 

10 features, excluding streets and sidewalks, in the irregular 

11 shaped grassy areas bounded by Washington Avenue, SW 

12 on the northeast, Second Street SW on the west, Square 

13 582 on the south, and the beginning of the I–395 tunnel 

14 on the southeast. 

15 SEC. 208. TRANSFER OF FUNDS. None of the funds 

16 made available in this Act may be transferred to any de17 partment, agency, or instrumentality of the United States 

18 Government, except pursuant to a transfer made by, or 

19 transfer authority provided in, this Act or any other ap20 propriation Act. 

21 SEC. 209. ETRAVEL SERVICE. Notwithstanding any 

22 other provision of law, no entity within the legislative 

23 branch shall be required to use the eTravel Service estab24 lished by the Administrator of General Services for official 
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1 travel by officers or employees of the entity during fiscal 

2 year 2005 or any succeeding fiscal year. 

3 SEC. 210. VOLUNTARY SEPARATION INCENTIVE PAY4 MENTS. (a) AUTHORITY TO OFFER PAYMENTS.—Notwith5 standing any other provision of law, the head of any office 

6 in the legislative branch may establish a program under 

7 which voluntary separation incentive payments may be of8 fered to eligible employees of the office to encourage such 

9 employees to separate from service voluntarily (whether by 

10 retirement or resignation), in accordance with this section. 

11 (b) AMOUNT AND ADMINISTRATION OF PAYMENTS.— 

12 A voluntary separation incentive payment made under this 

13 section— 

14 (1) shall be paid in a lump sum after the em15 ployee’s separation; 

16 (2) shall be equal to the lesser of— 

17 (A) an amount equal to the amount the 

18 employee would be entitled to receive under sec19 tion 5595(c) of title 5, United States Code, if 

20 the employee were entitled to payment under 

21 such section (without adjustment for any pre22 vious payment made); or 

23 (B) an amount determined by the head of 

24 the office involved, not to exceed $25,000; 
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1 (3) may be made only in the case of an em2 ployee who voluntarily separates (whether by retire3 ment or resignation) under this section; 

4 (4) shall not be a basis for payment, and shall 

5 not be included in the computation, of any other 

6 type of Government benefit; 

7 (5) shall not be taken into account in deter8 mining the amount of any severance pay to which 

9 the employee may be entitled under section 5595 of 

10 title 5, United States Code, based on any other sepa11 ration; and 

12 (6) shall be paid from appropriations or funds 

13 available for the payment of the basic pay of the em14 ployee. 

15 (c) PLAN.— 

16 (1) PLAN REQUIRED FOR MAKING PAYMENTS.— 

17 No voluntary separation incentive payment may be 

18 paid under this section with respect to an office un19 less the head of the office submits a plan described 

20 in paragraph (2) to each applicable Committee de21 scribed in paragraph (3), and each applicable Com22 mittee approves the plan. 

23 (2) CONTENTS OF PLAN.—A plan described in 

24 this paragraph with respect to an office is a plan 

25 containing the following information: 
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1 (A) The specific positions and functions to 

2 be reduced or eliminated. 

3 (B) A description of which categories of 

4 employees will be offered incentives. 

5 (C) The time period during which incen6 tives may be paid. 

7 (D) The number and amounts of voluntary 

8 separation incentive payments to be offered. 

9 (E) A description of how the office will op10 erate without the eliminated positions and func11 tions. 

12 (3) APPLICABLE COMMITTEE.—For purposes of 

13 this subsection, the ‘‘applicable Committee’’ with re14 spect to an office means— 

15 (A) in the case of an office of the House 

16 of Representatives, the Committee on House 

17 Administration of the House of Representatives; 

18 and 

19 (B) in the case of any other office, the 

20 Committee on House Administration of the 

21 House of Representatives and the Committee 

22 on Rules and Administration of the Senate. 

23 (d) EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN OFFICES.—This section 

24 shall not apply— 
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1 (1) to any office of the Senate or to any em2 ployee of such an office; or 

3 (2) to any office which is an Executive agency 

4 under section 105 of title 5, United States Code, or 

5 any employee of such an office. 

6 (e) ELIGIBLE EMPLOYEE DEFINED.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—In this section, an ‘‘eligible 

8 employee’’ is an employee (as defined in section 

9 2105, United States Code) or a Congressional em10 ployee (as defined in section 2107, United States 

11 Code) who— 

12 (A) is serving under an appointment with13 out time limitation; and 

14 (B) has been currently employed for a con15 tinuous period of at least 3 years. 

16 (2) EXCLUSIONS.—An ‘‘eligible employee’’ does 

17 not include any of the following: 

18 (A) A reemployed annuitant under sub19 chapter III of chapter 83 or 84 of title 5, 

20 United States Code, or another retirement sys21 tem for employees of the Government. 

22 (B) An employee having a disability on the 

23 basis of which such employee is or would be eli24 gible for disability retirement under subchapter 

25 III of chapter 83 or 84 of title 5, United States 
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1 Code, or another retirement system for employ2 ees of the Government. 

3 (C) An employee who is in receipt of a de4 cision notice of involuntary separation for mis5 conduct or unacceptable performance. 

6 (D) An employee who has previously re7 ceived any voluntary separation incentive pay8 ment from the Federal Government under this 

9 section or any other authority. 

10 (E) An employee covered by statutory re11 employment rights who is on transfer employ12 ment with another organization. 

13 (F) Any employee who— 

14 (i) during the 36-month period pre15 ceding the date of separation of that em16 ployee, performed service for which a stu17 dent loan repayment benefit was or is to be 

18 paid under section 5379 of title 5, United 

19 States Code, or any other authority; 

20 (ii) during the 24-month period pre21 ceding the date of separation of that em22 ployee, performed service for which a re23 cruitment or relocation bonus was or is to 

24 be paid under section 5753 of such title or 

25 any other authority; or 
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1 (iii) during the 12-month period pre2 ceding the date of separation of that em3 ployee, performed service for which a re4 tention bonus was or is to be paid under 

5 section 5754 of such title or any other au6 thority. 

7 (f) REPAYMENT FOR INDIVIDUALS RETURNING TO

8 GOVERNMENT EMPLOYMENT.— 

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), an 

10 employee who has received a voluntary separation in11 centive payment under this section and accepts em12 ployment with the Government of the United States 

13 within 5 years after the date of the separation on 

14 which the payment is based shall be required to 

15 repay the entire amount of the incentive payment to 

16 the office that paid the incentive payment. 

17 (2) WAIVER FOR INDIVIDUALS POSSESSING

18 UNIQUE ABILITIES.—(A) If the employment is with 

19 an Executive agency (as defined by section 105 of 

20 title 5, United States Code), the Director of the Of21 fice of Personnel Management may, at the request 

22 of the head of the agency, waive the repayment re23 quired under this subsection if the individual in24 volved possesses unique abilities and is the only 

25 qualified applicant available for the position. 
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1 (B) If the employment is with an entity in the 

2 legislative branch, the head of the entity or the ap3 pointing official may waive the repayment required 

4 under this subsection if the individual involved pos5 sesses unique abilities and is the only qualified appli6 cant available for the position. 

7 (C) If the employment is with the judicial 

8 branch, the Director of the Administrative Office of 

9 the United States Courts may waive the repayment 

10 required under this subsection if the individual in11 volved possesses unique abilities and is the only 

12 qualified applicant available for the position. 

13 (3) TREATMENT OF PERSONAL SERVICES CON14 TRACTS.—For purposes of paragraph (1) (but not 

15 paragraph (2)), the term ‘‘employment’’ includes 

16 employment under a personal services contract with 

17 the United States. 

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

19 July 1, 2005, and shall apply with respect to fiscal year 

20 2005 and each succeeding fiscal year. 

21 SEC. 211. COMPENSATION LIMITATION. None of the 

22 funds contained in this Act or any other Act may be used 

23 to pay the salary of any officer or employee of the legisla24 tive branch during fiscal year 2005 or any succeeding fis25 cal year to the extent that the aggregate amount of com-
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1 pensation paid to the employee during the year (including 

2 base salary, performance awards and other bonus pay3 ments, and incentive payments, but excluding the value 

4 of any in-kind benefits and payments) exceeds the annual 

5 rate of pay for a Member of the House of Representatives 

6 or a Senator. 

7 SEC. 212. CAPITOL GROUNDS ENCLOSURE. None of 

8 the funds contained in this Act may be used to study, de9 sign, plan, or otherwise further the construction or consid10 eration of a fence to enclose the perimeter of the grounds 

11 of the United States Capitol. 

12 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative Branch Ap13 propriations Act, 2005’’. 

14 CAPITOL POWER PLANT

15 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

16 and operation of the Capitol Power Plant; lighting, heating, 

17 power (including the purchase of electrical energy) and 

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

19 office buildings, Library of Congress buildings, and the 

20 grounds about the same, Botanic Garden, Senate garage, 

21 and air conditioning refrigeration not supplied from plants 

22 in any of such buildings; heating the Government Printing 

23 Office and Washington City Post Office, and heating and 

24 chilled water for air conditioning for the Supreme Court 

25 Building, the Union Station complex, the Thurgood Mar-
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1 shall Federal Judiciary Building and the Folger Shake2 speare Library, expenses for which shall be advanced or re3 imbursed upon request of the Architect of the Capitol and 

4 amounts so received shall be deposited into the Treasury 

5 to the credit of this appropriation, $60,928,000, of which 

6 $2,190,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

7 2009: Provided, That not more than $4,400,000 of the funds 

8 credited or to be reimbursed to this appropriation as herein 

9 provided shall be available for obligation during fiscal year 

10 2005. 

11 LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

12 For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and 

13 structural maintenance, care and operation of the Library 

14 buildings and grounds, $65,145,000, of which $47,114,000 

15 shall remain available until September 30, 2009. 

16 CAPITOL POLICE BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

17 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care, 

18 and operation of buildings and grounds of the United States 

19 Capitol Police, $7,090,000, of which $1,500,000 shall re20 main available until September 30, 2009. 

21 BOTANIC GARDEN

22 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

23 and operation of the Botanic Garden and the nurseries, 

24 buildings, grounds, and collections; and purchase and ex25 change, maintenance, repair, and operation of a passenger 
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1 motor vehicle; all under the direction of the Joint Com2 mittee on the Library, $6,294,000: Provided, That this ap3 propriation shall not be available for construction of the 

4 National Garden. 

5 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 For necessary expenses of the Library of Congress not 

8 otherwise provided for, including development and mainte9 nance of the Library’s catalogs; custody and custodial care 

10 of the Library buildings; special clothing; cleaning, laun11 dering and repair of uniforms; preservation of motion pic12 tures in the custody of the Library; operation and mainte13 nance of the American Folklife Center in the Library; prep14 aration and distribution of catalog records and other publi15 cations of the Library; hire or purchase of one passenger 

16 motor vehicle; and expenses of the Library of Congress Trust 

17 Fund Board not properly chargeable to the income of any 

18 trust fund held by the Board, $379,648,000, of which not 

19 more than $6,000,000 shall be derived from collections cred20 ited to this appropriation during fiscal year 2005, and 

21 shall remain available until expended, under the Act of 

22 June 28, 1902 (chapter 1301; 32 Stat. 480; 2 U.S.C. 150) 

23 and not more than $350,000 shall be derived from collec24 tions during fiscal year 2005 and shall remain available 

25 until expended for the development and maintenance of an 
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1 international legal information database and activities re2 lated thereto: 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 $6,350,000: Provided further, That 

9 of the total amount appropriated, $11,981,000 shall remain 

10 available until expended for the partial acquisition of books, 

11 periodicals, 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, when 

14 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 represen19 tation and reception expenses for the Overseas Field Offices: 

20 Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated, 

21 $1,175,000 shall remain available until expended for the 

22 purpose of teaching educators and librarians how to incor23 porate the Library’s digital collections into school curricula 

24 and shall be transferred to the educational consortium 

25 formed to conduct the ‘‘Adventure of the American Mind’’ 
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1 project as approved by the Library: Provided further, That 

2 of the amount appropriated, $500,000 shall remain avail3 able until expended, and shall be transferred to the Abra4 ham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission for carrying out the 

5 purposes of Public Law 106–173, of which $10,000 may 

6 be used for official representation and reception expenses 

7 of the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission: Pro8 vided further, That of the total amount appropriated, 

9 $15,620,000 shall remain available until expended for par10 tial support of the National Audio-Visual Conservation 

11 Center: Provided further, That of the total amount appro12 priated, $2,795,000 shall remain available until expended 

13 for the development and maintenance of the Alternate Com14 puter Facility: Provided further, That of the amount appro15 priated, $500,000 shall be used to provide a grant to the 

16 Middle Eastern Text Initiative for translation and pub17 lishing 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 expend 
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1 any funds derived from collections under such section, in 

2 excess of the amount authorized for obligation or expendi3 ture in appropriations Acts: Provided further, That not 

4 more than $6,496,000 shall be derived from collections dur5 ing fiscal year 2005 under sections 111(d)(2), 119(b)(2), 

6 802(h), 1005, and 1316 of such title: Provided further, That 

7 the total amount available for obligation shall be reduced 

8 by the amount by which collections are less than 

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

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

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

12 the Copyright Office of the Library of Congress for the pur13 pose of training nationals of developing countries in intel14 lectual property laws and policies: Provided further, That 

15 not more than $4,250 may be expended, on the certification 

16 of the Librarian of Congress, in connection with official 

17 representation and reception expenses for activities of the 

18 International Copyright Institute and for copyright delega19 tions, visitors, and seminars. 

20 CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 

23 section 203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 

24 (2 U.S.C. 166) and to revise and extend the Annotated Con25 stitution of the United States of America, $96,678,000: Pro-
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1 vided, That no part of such amount may be used to pay 

2 any salary or expense in connection with any publication, 

3 or preparation of material therefor (except the Digest of 

4 Public General Bills), to be issued by the Library of Con5 gress unless such publication has obtained prior approval 

6 of either the Committee on House Administration of the 

7 House of Representatives or the Committee on Rules and 

8 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 March 

12 3, 1931 (chapter 400; 46 Stat. 1487; 2 U.S.C. 135a), 

13 $53,937,000, of which $15,960,000 shall remain available 

14 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 certifi19 cation of the Librarian of Congress, in connection with offi20 cial representation and reception expenses for the incentive 

21 awards program. 

22 SEC. 1102. REIMBURSABLE AND REVOLVING FUND AC23 TIVITIES. (a) IN GENERAL.—For fiscal year 2005, the 

24 obligational authority of the Library of Congress for the ac-
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1 tivities 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 to 

6 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 under 

14 section 103 of the Library of Congress Fiscal Operations 

15 Improvement Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–481; 2 U.S.C. 

16 182c): Provided, That the total amount of such transfers 

17 may not exceed $1,900,000: Provided further, That the ap18 propriate revolving fund account shall reimburse the Li19 brary for any amounts transferred to it before the period 

20 of availability of the Library appropriation expires. 

21 SEC. 1103. NATIONAL DIGITAL INFORMATION INFRA22 STRUCTURE AND PRESERVATION PROGRAM. The Miscella23 neous Appropriations Act, 2001 (enacted into law by sec24 tion 1(a)(4) of Public Law 106–554, 114 Stat. 2763A–194) 

25 is amended in the first proviso under the subheading ‘‘SAL-
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1 ARIES AND EXPENSES’’ under the heading ‘‘LIBRARY OF 

2 CONGRESS’’ in chapter 9 of division A— 

3 (1) by inserting ‘‘and pledges’’ after ‘‘other than 

4 money’’; and 

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

6 ‘‘March 31, 2010’’. 

7 SEC. 1104. CONSTRUCTION OF UNITED STATES DIPLO8 MATIC FACILITIES. None of the funds in this Act may be 

9 used to pay any fee charged by the Department of State 

10 for the purpose of constructing United States diplomatic 

11 facilities. 

12 SEC. 1105. NATIONAL FILM PRESERVATION BOARD

13 AND NATIONAL FILM PRESERVATION FOUNDATION. (a) EF14 FECTIVE DATES.—Notwithstanding the effective date under 

15 section 113 of the National Film Preservation Act of 1996 

16 (2 U.S.C. 179w), title I of that Act shall be considered to 

17 be effective through fiscal year 2005. 

18 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 

19 151711(a) of title 36, United States Code, is amended by 

20 striking ‘‘2003’’ and inserting ‘‘2005’’. 

21 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 

22 CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING AND BINDING

23 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

24 For authorized printing and binding for the Congress 

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

3 session index to the Congressional Record, as authorized by 

4 law (section 902 of title 44, United States Code); printing 

5 and binding of Government publications authorized by law 

6 to be distributed to Members of Congress; and printing, 

7 binding, and distribution of Government publications au8 thorized by law to be distributed without charge to the re9 cipient, $88,800,000: Provided, That this appropriation 

10 shall not be available for paper copies of the permanent edi11 tion of the Congressional Record for individual Representa12 tives, Resident Commissioners or Delegates authorized 

13 under section 906 of title 44, United States Code: Provided 

14 further, That this appropriation shall be available for the 

15 payment of obligations incurred under the appropriations 

16 for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years: Provided 

17 further, That notwithstanding the 2-year limitation under 

18 section 718 of title 44, United States Code, none of the funds 

19 appropriated or made available under this Act or any other 

20 Act for printing and binding and related services provided 

21 to Congress under chapter 7 of title 44, United States Code, 

22 may be expended to print a document, report, or publica23 tion after the 27-month period beginning on the date that 

24 such document, report, or publication is authorized by Con25 gress to be printed, unless Congress reauthorizes such print-
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1 ing in accordance with section 718 of title 44, United States 

2 Code: Provided further, That any unobligated or unex3 pended balances in this account or accounts for similar 

4 purposes for preceding fiscal years may be transferred to 

5 the Government Printing Office revolving fund for carrying 

6 out the purposes of this heading, subject to the approval 

7 of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep8 resentatives and Senate. 

9 OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS

10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

12 For expenses of the Office of Superintendent of Docu13 ments necessary to provide for the cataloging and indexing 

14 of Government publications and their distribution to the 

15 public, Members of Congress, other Government agencies, 

16 and designated depository and international exchange li17 braries as authorized by law, $31,935,000: Provided, That 

18 amounts of not more than $2,000,000 from current year 

19 appropriations are authorized for producing and dissemi20 nating Congressional serial sets and other related publica21 tions for fiscal years 2003 and 2004 to depository and other 

22 designated libraries: Provided further, That any unobli23 gated or unexpended balances in this account or accounts 

24 for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years may be 

25 transferred to the Government Printing Office revolving 

26 fund for carrying out the purposes of this heading, subject 
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1 to the approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the 

2 House of Representatives and Senate. 

3 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE REVOLVING FUND

4 The Government Printing Office may make such ex5 penditures, within the limits of funds available and in ac6 cord with the law, and to make such contracts and commit7 ments without regard to fiscal year limitations as provided 

8 by section 9104 of title 31, United States Code, as may be 

9 necessary in carrying out the programs and purposes set 

10 forth in the budget for the current fiscal year for the Govern11 ment Printing Office revolving fund: Provided, That not 

12 more than $5,000 may be expended on the certification of 

13 the Public Printer in connection with official representation 

14 and reception expenses: Provided further, That the revolving 

15 fund shall be available for the hire or purchase of not more 

16 than 12 passenger motor vehicles: Provided further, That 

17 expenditures in connection with travel expenses of the advi18 sory councils to the Public Printer shall be deemed nec19 essary to carry out the provisions of title 44, United States 

20 Code: Provided further, That the revolving fund shall be 

21 available for temporary or intermittent services under sec22 tion 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, but at rates for 

23 individuals not more than the daily equivalent of the an24 nual rate of basic pay for level V of the Executive Schedule 

25 under section 5316 of such title: Provided further, That the 
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1 revolving fund and the funds provided under the headings 

2 ‘‘OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS’’ and ‘‘SAL3 ARIES AND EXPENSES’’ together may not be available for 

4 the full-time equivalent employment of more than 2,621 

5 workyears (or such other number of workyears as the Public 

6 Printer may request, subject to the approval of the Commit7 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 

8 Senate): Provided further, That activities financed through 

9 the revolving fund may provide information in any format: 

10 Provided further, That not more than $10,000 may be ex11 pended from the revolving fund in support of the activities 

12 of the Benjamin Franklin Tercentenary Commission estab13 lished by Public Law 107–202. 

14 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

15 SEC. 1301. DISCOUNTS FOR SALES COPIES. Section 

16 1708 of title 44, United States Code, is amended by striking 

17 ‘‘of not to exceed 25 percent may be allowed to book dealers 

18 and quantity purchasers’’, and inserting in lieu thereof the 

19 following: ‘‘may be allowed as determined by the Super20 intendent of Documents’’. 

21 GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 

22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

23 For necessary expenses of the Government Account24 ability Office, including not more than $12,500 to be ex25 pended on the certification of the Comptroller General of 
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1 the United States in connection with official representation 

2 and reception expenses; temporary or intermittent services 

3 under section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, but 

4 at rates for individuals not more than the daily equivalent 

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

6 Schedule under section 5315 of such title; hire of one pas7 senger motor vehicle; advance payments in foreign countries 

8 in accordance with section 3324 of title 31, United States 

9 Code; benefits comparable to those payable under section 

10 901(5), (6), and (8) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 

11 U.S.C. 4081(5), (6), and (8)); and under regulations pre12 scribed by the Comptroller General of the United States, 

13 rental of living quarters in foreign countries, $470,000,000: 

14 Provided, That not more than $4,919,000 of payments re15 ceived under section 782 of title 31, United States Code, 

16 shall be available for use in fiscal year 2005: Provided fur17 ther, That not more than $2,500,000 of reimbursements re18 ceived under section 9105 of title 31, United States Code, 

19 shall be available for use in fiscal year 2005: Provided fur20 ther, That this appropriation and appropriations for ad21 ministrative expenses of any other department or agency 

22 which is a member of the National Intergovernmental Audit 

23 Forum or a Regional Intergovernmental Audit Forum shall 

24 be available to finance an appropriate share of either Fo25 rum’s costs as determined by the respective Forum, includ-
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1 ing necessary travel expenses of non-Federal participants: 

2 Provided further, That payments hereunder to the Forum 

3 may be credited as reimbursements to any appropriation 

4 from which costs involved are initially financed: Provided 

5 further, That this appropriation and appropriations for 

6 administrative expenses of any other department or agency 

7 which is a member of the American Consortium on Inter8 national Public Administration (ACIPA) shall be available 

9 to finance an appropriate share of ACIPA costs as deter10 mined by the ACIPA, including any expenses attributable 

11 to membership of ACIPA in the International Institute of 

12 Administrative Sciences. 

13 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

14 SEC. 1401. REPORTS TO THE COMPTROLLER GEN15 ERAL. (a) LIMITATIONS ON EXPENDITURES, OBLIGATIONS, 

16 AND VOLUNTARY SERVICES.—Section 1351 of title 31, 

17 United States Code, is amended by inserting ‘‘A copy of 

18 each report shall also be transmitted to the Comptroller 

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

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

21 (b) PROHIBITED OBLIGATIONS AND EXPENDITURES.— 

22 Section 1517(b) of title 31, United States Code, is amended 

23 by inserting ‘‘A copy of each report shall also be transmitted 

24 to the Comptroller General on the same date the report is 
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1 transmitted to the President and Congress.’’ after the first 

2 sentence. 

3 PAYMENT TO THE OPEN WORLD LEADERSHIP 

4 CENTER TRUST FUND 

5 For a payment to the Open World Leadership Center 

6 Trust Fund for financing activities of the Open World 

7 Leadership Center, $13,500,000. 

8 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

9 SEC. 1501. EXPANSION OF OPEN WORLD LEADERSHIP

10 COUNTRIES.—Section 313(j) of the Legislative Branch Ap11 propriations Act, 2001 (2 U.S.C. 1151(j)) is amended— 

12 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and’’ after the 

13 semicolon; 

14 (2) in paragraph (2), by striking the period and 

15 inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

16 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

17 ‘‘(3) any other country that is designated by the 

18 Board, except that the Board shall notify the Commit19 tees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 

20 of Representatives of the designation at least 90 days 

21 before the designation is to take effect.’’. 

22 TITLE II—GENERAL PROVISIONS 

23 SEC. 201. MAINTENANCE AND CARE OF PRIVATE VEHI24 CLES. No part of the funds appropriated in this Act shall 

25 be used for the maintenance or care of private vehicles, ex-
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1 cept for emergency assistance and cleaning as may be pro2 vided under regulations relating to parking facilities for the 

3 House of Representatives issued by the Committee on House 

4 Administration and for the Senate issued by the Committee 

5 on Rules and Administration. 

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

7 funds appropriated in this Act shall remain available for 

8 obligation beyond fiscal year 2005 unless expressly so pro9 vided in this Act. 

10 SEC. 203. RATES OF COMPENSATION AND DESIGNA11 TION. Whenever in this Act any office or position not spe12 cifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of 1929 (46 

13 Stat. 32 et seq.) is appropriated for or the rate of compensa14 tion or designation of any office or position appropriated 

15 for is different from that specifically established by such 

16 Act, the rate of compensation and the designation in this 

17 Act shall be the permanent law with respect thereto: Pro18 vided, That the provisions in this Act for the various items 

19 of official expenses of Members, officers, and committees of 

20 the Senate and House of Representatives, and clerk hire for 

21 Senators and Members of the House of Representatives shall 

22 be the permanent law with respect thereto. 

23 SEC. 204. CONSULTING SERVICES. The expenditure of 

24 any appropriation under this Act for any consulting service 

25 through procurement contract, under section 3109 of title 
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1 5, United States Code, shall be limited to those contracts 

2 where such expenditures are a matter of public record and 

3 available for public inspection, except where otherwise pro4 vided under existing law, or under existing Executive order 

5 issued under existing law. 

6 SEC. 205. AWARDS AND SETTLEMENTS. Such sums as 

7 may be necessary are appropriated to the account described 

8 in subsection (a) of section 415 of the Congressional Ac9 countability Act (2 U.S.C. 1415(a)) to pay awards and set10 tlements as authorized under such subsection. 

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

12 administrative expenses of any legislative branch entity 

13 which participates in the Legislative Branch Financial 

14 Managers Council (LBFMC) established by charter on 

15 March 26, 1996, shall be available to finance an appro16 priate share of LBFMC costs as determined by the LBFMC, 

17 except that the total LBFMC costs to be shared among all 

18 participating legislative branch entities (in such allocations 

19 among the entities as the entities may determine) may not 

20 exceed $2,000. 

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

22 funds made available in this Act may be transferred to any 

23 department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States 

24 Government, except pursuant to a transfer made by, or 
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1 transfer authority provided in, this Act or any other appro2 priation Act. 

3 SEC. 208. VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE WITH GOVERN4 MENTETRAVEL SERVICE REGULATION. (a) DEFINITION.— 

5 In this section, the term ‘‘agency’’ means the— 

6 (1) Architect of the Capitol; 

7 (2) Congressional Budget Office; 

8 (3) Government Accountability Office; 

9 (4) Government Printing Office; 

10 (5) Library of Congress; and 

11 (6) Office of Compliance. 

12 (b) COMPLIANCE ELECTION.—Notwithstanding any 

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

14 head of the agency, may— 

15 (1) elect to comply with the requirements of 

16 parts 300–3, 301–50, 301–52, 301–70, and 301–73 of 

17 title 41 of the Code of Federal Regulations, or any 

18 modification to those requirements, (relating to the 

19 Governmentwide eTravel Service); and 

20 (2) if the head of the agency makes an election 

21 to comply under paragraph (1), enter into an agree22 ment with the General Services Administration to 

23 modify those requirements, as applicable to that agen24 cy, relating to confidentiality of information or other 

25 concerns of the head of the agency. 
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1 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply with 

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

3 SEC. 209. CONGRESSIONAL RECOGNITION FOR EXCEL4 LENCE IN ARTS EDUCATION. Section 210 of the Legislative 

5 Branch Appropriations Act, 2003 is amended— 

6 (1) by striking the first proviso; and 

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

8 ‘‘Provided,’’. 

9 SEC. 210. TRANSFER OF JURISDICTION OVER REAL

10 PROPERTY NEAR JAPANESE AMERICAN PATRIOTISM MEMO11 RIAL. (a) TRANSFER OF JURISDICTION.— 

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

13 of Federal real property described under paragraph 

14 (2) (over which jurisdiction was transferred under 

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

16 Lands Management Act of 1996 (40 U.S.C. 5102 note; 

17 Public Law 104–333)) is transferred to the Architect 

18 of the Capitol, without consideration. 

19 (2) PARCELS.—The parcels of Federal real prop20 erty referred to under paragraph (1) are the fol21 lowing: 

22 (A) That portion of New Jersey Avenue, 

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

24 intersection of New Jersey Avenue, N.W., and D 

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

2 Louisiana Avenue, N.W., between squares 631 

3 and W632, which remains Federal property, and 

4 whose maintenance and repair shall be the re5 sponsibility of the District of Columbia. 

6 (B) That portion of D Street, N.W., between 

7 its intersection with New Jersey Avenue, N.W., 

8 and its intersection with Louisiana Avenue, 

9 N.W., between squares 630 and W632, which re10 mains Federal property. 

11 (b) MISCELLANEOUS.— 

12 (1) COMPLIANCE WITH OTHER LAWS.—Compli13 ance with this section shall be deemed to satisfy the 

14 requirements of all laws otherwise applicable to trans15 fers of jurisdiction over parcels of Federal real prop16 erty. 

17 (2) UNITED STATES CAPITOL GROUNDS.— 

18 (A) DEFINITION.—Section 5102 of title 40, 

19 United States Code, is amended to include with20 in the definition of the United States Capitol 

21 Grounds the parcels of Federal real property de22 scribed in subsection (a)(2). 

23 (B) JURISDICTION OF CAPITOL POLICE.— 

24 The United States Capitol Police shall have ju25 risdiction over the parcels of Federal real prop-
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1 erty described in subsection (a)(2) in accordance 

2 with section 9 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to de3 fine the United States Capitol Grounds, to regu4 late the use thereof, and for other purposes’’, ap5 proved July 31, 1946 (2 U.S.C. 1961). 

6 (3) EFFECTOF TRANSFER.—A person relin7 quishing jurisdiction over any parcel of Federal real 

8 property transferred by subsection (a) shall not retain 

9 any interest in the parcel except as specifically pro10 vided in this section. 

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

12 year 2005 and each fiscal year thereafter. 

13 SEC. 211. COMMISSION ON THE ABRAHAM LINCOLN

14 STUDY ABROAD FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM.—(a) APPROPRIA15 TION.—There are appropriated, out of any money in the 

16 Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year 

17 ending September 30, 2005, $495,000, for the Commission 

18 on the Abraham Lincoln Study Abroad Fellowship Program 

19 established under section 104 of division H of the Consoli20 dated Appropriations Act, 2004 (Public Law 108–199; 118 

21 Stat. 435). 

22 (b) EXTENSION OF REPORTAND TERMINATION

23 DATES.—Section 104 of division H of the Consolidated Ap24 propriations Act, 2004 (Public Law 108–199; 118 Stat. 

25 435) is amended— 
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1 (1) in subsection (f), by striking ‘‘December 1, 

2 2004’’ and inserting ‘‘December 1, 2005’’; and 

3 (2) in subsection (g), by striking ‘‘December 31, 

4 2004’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2005’’. 

5 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative Branch Ap6 propriations Act, 2005’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives July 12, 2004. 

Attest: JEFF TRANDAHL, 

Clerk. 

Passed the Senate September 21, 2004. 

Attest: EMILY J. REYNOLDS, 

Secretary.