In the Senate of the United States,

September 21, 2004.

Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R. 4755) entitled ‘‘An Act making appropriations for

the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September

30, 2005, and for other purposes.’’, do pass with the following

AMENDMENTS:

1 Ω1æPage 2, after line 5, insert the following:

2 SENATE

3 EXPENSE ALLOWANCES

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

5 the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, $20,000; Majority

6 Leader of the Senate, $20,000; Minority Leader of the Sen7 ate, $20,000; Majority Whip of the Senate, $10,000; Minor-
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1 ity Whip of the Senate, $10,000; President Pro Tempore

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

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

4 Chairmen of the Majority and Minority Policy Committees,

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

6 REPRESENTATION ALLOWANCES FOR THE MAJORITY AND

7 MINORITY LEADERS

8 For representation allowances of the Majority and Mi9 nority Leaders of the Senate, $15,000 for each such Leader;

10 in all, $30,000.

11 SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

12 For compensation of officers, employees, and others as

13 authorized by law, including agency contributions,

14 $134,440,000, which shall be paid from this appropriation

15 without regard to the following limitations:

16 OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT

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

18 OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE

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

20 OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE EMERITUS

21 For the Office of the President Pro Tempore emeritus,

22 $163,000.

23 OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERS

24 For Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders,

25 $3,408,000.
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1 OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY WHIPS

2 For Offices of the Majority and Minority Whips,

3 $2,556,000.

4 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

5 For salaries of the Committee on Appropriations,

6 $13,301,000.

7 CONFERENCE COMMITTEES

8 For the Conference of the Majority and the Conference

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

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

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

12 OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES OF THE CONFERENCE OF

13 THE MAJORITY AND THE CONFERENCE OF THE MINORITY

14 For Offices of the Secretaries of the Conference of the

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

16 POLICY COMMITTEES

17 For salaries of the Majority Policy Committee and the

18 Minority Policy Committee, $1,473,000 for each such com19 mittee; in all, $2,946,000.

20 OFFICE OF THE CHAPLAIN

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

22 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

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

24 OFFICE OF THE SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER

25 For Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper,

26 $50,635,000.
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1 OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND

2 MINORITY

3 For Offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the

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

5 AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS AND RELATED EXPENSES

6 For agency contributions for employee benefits, as au7 thorized by law, and related expenses, $33,779,000.

8 OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL OFTHE SENATE

9 For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legisla10 tive Counsel of the Senate, $5,152,000.

11 OFFICE OF SENATE LEGAL COUNSEL

12 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate Legal

13 Counsel, $1,265,000.

14 EXPENSE ALLOWANCES OFTHE SECRETARY OFTHE SEN15 ATE, SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OFTHE

16 SENATE, AND SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND

17 MINORITY OFTHE SENATE

18 For expense allowances of the Secretary of the Senate,

19 $6,000; Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate,

20 $6,000; Secretary for the Majority of the Senate, $6,000;

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

22 $24,000.

23 CONTINGENT EXPENSES OFTHE SENATE

24 INQUIRIES AND INVESTIGATIONS

25 For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered

26 by the Senate, or conducted under section 134(a) of the Leg-
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1 islative Reorganization Act of 1946 (Public Law 97–601),

2 section 112 of the Supplemental Appropriations and Rescis3 sion Act, 1980 (Public Law 96–304), and Senate Resolution

4 281, 96th Congress, agreed to March 11, 1980,

5 $110,000,000.

6 EXPENSES OFTHE UNITED STATES SENATE CAUCUS ON

7 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL

8 For expenses of the United States Senate Caucus on

9 International Narcotics Control, $520,000.

10 SECRETARY OFTHE SENATE

11 For expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the Sen12 ate, $1,700,000.

13 SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OFTHE SENATE

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

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

16 $20,045,000 shall remain available until September 30,

17 2007, and of which $4,255,000 shall remain available until

18 September 30, 2009.

19 MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

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

21 $500,000 shall be made available for a pilot program for

22 mailings of postal patron postcards by Senators for the pur23 pose of providing notice of a town meeting by a Senator

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

25 which the Senator will personally attend: Provided, That

26 any amount allocated to a Senator for such mailing shall
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1 not exceed 50 percent of the cost of the mailing and the

2 remaining cost shall be paid by the Senator from other

3 funds available to the Senator.

4 SENATORS’ OFFICIAL PERSONNEL AND OFFICE EXPENSE

5 ACCOUNT

6 For Senators’ Official Personnel and Office Expense

7 Account, $326,000,000.

8 OFFICIAL MAIL COSTS

9 For expenses necessary for official mail costs of the

10 Senate, $300,000.

11 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

12 SEC. 1. GROSS RATE OF COMPENSATION IN OFFICES

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

14 of the dollar amounts contained in the table under section

15 105(d)(1)(A) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act,

16 1968 (2 U.S.C. 61–1(d)(1)(A)) shall be deemed to be the

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

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

19 $50,000 each.

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

21 2005, the first sentence of section 101(a) of the Supple22 mental Appropriations Act, 1977 (2 U.S.C. 61h–6(a)) shall

23 be applied by substituting ‘‘nine individual consultants’’

24 for ‘‘eight individual consultants’’.

25 SEC. 3. UNITED STATES SENATE COLLECTION. Section

26 316 of Public Law 101–302 (2 U.S.C. 2107) is amended
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1 in the first sentence of subsection (a) by striking ‘‘2004’’

2 and inserting ‘‘2005’’.

3 SEC. 4. PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE EMERITUS OFTHE

4 SENATE. Section 7(e) of the Legislative Branch Appropria5 tions Act, 2003 (2 U.S.C. 32b note) is amended by inserting

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

7 SEC. 5. TRANSFER OF FUNDS FROM APPROPRIATIONS

8 ACCOUNT OFTHE OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT AND

9 THE OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY

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

11 OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT.—

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

13 the Vice President, the Secretary of the Senate shall

14 transfer from the appropriations account appro15 priated under the subheading ‘‘OFFICE OF THE VICE

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

17 AND EMPLOYEES’’ such amount as the Vice President

18 shall specify to the appropriations account under the

19 heading ‘‘ MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS’’ within the contin20 gent fund of the Senate.

21 (2) AUTHORITY TO INCUR EXPENSES.—The Vice

22 President may incur such expenses as may be nec23 essary or appropriate. Expenses incurred by the Vice

24 President shall be paid from the amount transferred
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1 under paragraph (1) by the Vice President and upon

2 vouchers approved by the Vice President.

3 (3) AUTHORITY TO ADVANCE SUMS.—The Sec4 retary of the Senate may advance such sums as may

5 be necessary to defray expenses incurred in carrying

6 out paragraphs (1) and (2).

7 (b) OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJOR8 ITY AND MINORITY.—

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

10 the Secretary for the Majority or the Secretary for the

11 Minority, the Secretary of the Senate shall transfer

12 from the appropriations account appropriated under

13 the subheading ‘‘OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES FOR

14 THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY’’ under the heading

15 ‘‘SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES’’ such

16 amount as the Secretary for the Majority or the Sec17 retary for the Minority shall specify to the appropria18 tions account under the heading ‘‘MISCELLANEOUS

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

20 (2) AUTHORITY TO INCUR EXPENSES.—The Sec21 retary for the Majority or the Secretary for the Mi22 nority may incur such expenses as may be necessary

23 or appropriate. Expenses incurred by the Secretary

24 for the Majority or the Secretary for the Minority

25 shall be paid from the amount transferred under
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1 paragraph (1) by the Secretary for the Majority or

2 the Secretary for the Minority and upon vouchers ap3 proved by the Secretary for the Majority or the Sec4 retary for the Minority, as applicable.

5 (3) AUTHORITY TO ADVANCE SUMS.—The Sec6 retary of the Senate may advance such sums as may

7 be necessary to defray expenses incurred in carrying

8 out paragraphs (1) and (2).

9 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply to fis10 cal year 2005 and each fiscal year thereafter.

11 SEC. 6. ACTIVITIES RELATING TO FOREIGN PAR12 LIAMENTARY GROUPS AND FOREIGN OFFICIALS. Section

13 2(c) of chapter VIII of title I of the Supplemental Appro14 priations Act, 1987 (2 U.S.C. 65f(c)) is amended in the first

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

16 ‘‘and upon notification to’’.

17 SEC. 7. TRANSPORTATION OF OFFICIAL RECORDS AND

18 PAPERS TO A SENATOR’S STATE. (a) PAYMENT OF REASON19 ABLE TRANSPORTATION EXPENSES.—Upon request of a

20 Senator, amounts in the appropriation account ‘‘Miscella21 neous Items’’ within the contingent fund of the Senate shall

22 be available to pay the reasonable expenses of sending or

23 transporting the official records and papers of the Senator

24 from the District of Columbia to any location designated

25 by such Senator in the State represented by the Senator.
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1 (b) SENDING AND TRANSPORTATION.—The Sergeant at

2 Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate shall provide for the

3 most economical means of sending or transporting the offi4 cial records and papers under this section while ensuring

5 the orderly and timely delivery of the records and papers

6 to the location specified by the Senator.

7 (c) OVERSIGHT.—The Committee on Rules and Ad8 ministration shall have the authority to issue rules and reg9 ulations to carry out the provisions of this section.

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

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

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

13 mail.

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

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

16 SEC. 8. COMPENSATION FOR LOST OR DAMAGED

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

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

19 section referred to as the ‘‘Sergeant at Arms’’) for com20 pensation for damage to, loss of, or loss of use of property

21 of the Sergeant at Arms that was procured using amounts

22 available to the Sergeant at Arms in the account for Contin23 gent Expenses, Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the

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

25 to any subaccount of that account.
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1 (b) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts credited to any account

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

3 amounts in that account or subaccount and shall be avail4 able to the same extent, and subject to the same terms and

5 conditions, as amounts in that account or subaccount.

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

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

8 SEC. 9. AGE REQUIREMENT FOR SENATE PAGES. Sec9 tion 491(b)(1) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970

10 (2 U.S.C. 88b–1(b)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘fourteen’’

11 and inserting ‘‘sixteen’’.

12 SEC. 10. TREATMENT OF ELECTRONIC SERVICES PRO13 VIDED BY SERGEANT AT ARMS. The Office of the Sergeant

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

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

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

17 electronic mail or other electronic communication, data, or

18 information by reason of its being transmitted, processed,

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

20 of an electronic system established, maintained, or operated,

21 or the use of electronic services provided, in whole or in

22 part by the Office.

23 Ω2æPage 9, strike line 20 and all that follows through,

24 Page 21, line 6 and insert the following:
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1 JOINT ITEMS

2 For Joint Committees, as follows:

3 JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE

4 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic Com5 mittee, $4,139,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the

6 Senate.

7 JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION

8 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on

9 Taxation, $8,476,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Adminis10 trative Officer of the House.

11 For other joint items, as follows:

12 OFFICE OF THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN

13 For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent ex14 penses of the emergency rooms, and for the Attending Physi15 cian and his assistants, including: (1) an allowance of

16 $2,175 per month to the Attending Physician; (2) an allow17 ance of $725 per month each to four medical officers while

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

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

20 $580 per month each to not to exceed 11 assistants on the

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

22 $1,680,000 for reimbursement to the Department of the

23 Navy for expenses incurred for staff and equipment as24 signed to the Office of the Attending Physician, which shall

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1 or appropriations from which such salaries, allowances,

2 and other expenses are payable and shall be available for

3 all the purposes thereof, $2,528,000, to be disbursed by the

4 Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representa5 tives.

6 CAPITOL GUIDE SERVICE AND SPECIAL SERVICES OFFICE

7 For salaries and expenses of the Capitol Guide Service

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

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

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

11 Provided further, That the Capitol Guide Board is author12 ized, during emergencies, to employ not more than two ad13 ditional individuals for not more than 120 days each, and

14 not more than 10 additional individuals for not more than

15 6 months each, for the Capitol Guide Service.

16 STATEMENTS OF APPROPRIATIONS

17 For the preparation, under the direction of the Com18 mittees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of

19 Representatives, of the statements for the second session of

20 the 108th Congress, showing appropriations made, indefi21 nite appropriations, and contracts authorized, together with

22 a chronological history of the regular appropriations bills

23 as required by law, $30,000, to be paid to the persons des24 ignated by the chairmen of such committees to supervise

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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

4 exceed—

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

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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

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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

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1 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply with

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

3 SEC. 1008. SETTLEMENT AND PAYMENT OF TORT

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

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

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

2 may prescribe regulations to apply the provisions of

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

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

6 damage to, or loss of personal property incident to

7 service.

8 (2) LIMITATION.—No settlement and payment 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 Ω3æPage 21, strike line 12 and all that follows through,

13 Page 50, line 13 and insert the following:

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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1 transfer authority provided in, this Act or any other appro2 priation Act.

3 SEC. 208. VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE WITH GOVERN4 MENT ETRAVEL 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

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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 OFCAPITOL 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) EFFECT OF 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 REPORT AND 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’’.

Attest:

Secretary.
108TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 4755

AMENDMENTS