112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2551 

AN ACT 

Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the 

fiscal year ending September 30, 2012, and for other 

purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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1 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

2 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 

3 Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 

4 30, 2012, and for other purposes, namely: 

5 TITLE I—LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 

6 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 For salaries and expenses of the House of Represent9 atives, $1,226,680,000 (reduced by $1,000,000), as fol10 lows: 

11 HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES

12 For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, 

13 $23,275,773, including: Office of the Speaker, 

14 $6,942,770, including $25,000 for official expenses of the 

15 Speaker; Office of the Majority Floor Leader, $2,277,595, 

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

17 Leader; Office of the Minority Floor Leader, $7,432,812, 

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

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

20 Deputy Majority Whip, $1,971,050, including $5,000 for 

21 official expenses of the Majority Whip; Office of the Mi22 nority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Minority Whip, 

23 $1,524,951, including $5,000 for official expenses of the 

24 Minority Whip; Republican Conference, $1,572,788; 

25 Democratic Caucus, $1,553,807. In addition to the 
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1 amounts made available above, for salaries and expenses 

2 under this heading, to be available during the period be3 ginning September 30, 2012, and ending December 31, 

4 2013; $5,818,948, including: Office of the Speaker, 

5 $1,735,694, including $6,250 for official expenses of the 

6 Speaker; Office of the Majority Floor Leader, $569,399, 

7 including $2,500 for official expenses of the Majority 

8 Leader; Office of the Minority Floor Leader, $1,858,205, 

9 including $2,500 for official expenses of the Minority 

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

11 Deputy Majority Whip, $492,763, including $1,250 for of12 ficial expenses of the Majority Whip; Office of the Minor13 ity Whip, including the Chief Deputy Minority Whip, 

14 $381,238, including $1,250 for official expenses of the Mi15 nority Whip; Republican Conference, $393,197; Demo16 cratic Caucus, $388,452. 

17 MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES

18 INCLUDING MEMBERS’ CLERK HIRE, OFFICIAL

19 EXPENSES OF MEMBERS, AND OFFICIAL MAIL

20 For Members’ representational allowances, including 

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

22 $573,939,282. 
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1 COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES

2 STANDING COMMITTEES, SPECIAL AND SELECT

3 For salaries and expenses of standing committees, 

4 special and select, authorized by House resolutions, 

5 $125,964,870: Provided, That such amount shall remain 

6 available for such salaries and expenses until December 

7 31, 2012. 

8 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

9 For salaries and expenses of the Committee on Ap10 propriations, $26,665,785, including studies and examina11 tions of executive agencies and temporary personal serv12 ices for such committee, to be expended in accordance with 

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

14 1946 and to be available for reimbursement to agencies 

15 for services performed: Provided, That such amount shall 

16 remain available for such salaries and expenses until De17 cember 31, 2012. 

18 SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

19 For salaries and expenses of officers and employees, 

20 as authorized by law, $177,628,400, including: for salaries 

21 and expenses of the Office of the Clerk, including not more 

22 than $23,000, of which not more than $20,000 is for the 

23 Family Room, for official representation and reception ex24 penses, $26,114,400, of which $2,000,000 shall remain 

25 available until expended; for salaries and expenses of the 
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1 Office of the Sergeant at Arms, including the position of 

2 Superintendent of Garages and the Office of Emergency 

3 Management, and including not more than $3,000 for offi4 cial representation and reception expenses, $12,585,000 

5 of which $4,445,000 shall remain available until expended; 

6 for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Chief Admin7 istrative Officer including not more than $3,000 for offi8 cial representation and reception expenses, $116,782,000, 

9 of which $3,937,000 shall remain available until expended; 

10 for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Inspector 

11 General, $5,045,000; for salaries and expenses of the Of12 fice of General Counsel, $1,415,000; for the Office of the 

13 Chaplain, $179,000; for salaries and expenses of the Of14 fice of the Parliamentarian, including the Parliamen15 tarian, $2,000 for preparing the Digest of Rules, and not 

16 more than $1,000 for official representation and reception 

17 expenses, $2,060,000; for salaries and expenses of the Of18 fice of the Law Revision Counsel of the House, 

19 $3,258,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the 

20 Legislative Counsel of the House, $8,814,000; for salaries 

21 and expenses of the Office of Interparliamentary Affairs, 

22 $859,000; for other authorized employees, $347,000; and 

23 for salaries and expenses of the Historian, $170,000. 
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1 ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES

2 For allowances and expenses as authorized by House 

3 resolution or law, $293,386,942 (reduced by $1,000,000), 

4 including: supplies, materials, administrative costs and 

5 Federal tort claims, $3,696,118; official mail for commit6 tees, leadership offices, and administrative offices of the 

7 House, $201,000; Government contributions for health, 

8 retirement, Social Security, and other applicable employee 

9 benefits, $264,848,219; Business Continuity and Disaster 

10 Recovery, $17,112,072, of which $5,000,000 shall remain 

11 available until expended; transition activities for new 

12 members and staff, $2,721,533 (reduced by $1,000,000); 

13 Wounded Warrior Program $2,500,000, to remain avail14 able until expended; Office of Congressional Ethics, 

15 $1,548,000; and miscellaneous items including purchase, 

16 exchange, maintenance, repair and operation of House 

17 motor vehicles, interparliamentary receptions, and gratu18 ities to heirs of deceased employees of the House, 

19 $760,000. 

20 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

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

22 MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES TO BE

23 USED FOR DEFICIT REDUCTION OR TO REDUCE THE

24 FEDERAL DEBT.—Notwithstanding any other provision of 

25 law, any amounts appropriated under this Act for 
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1 ‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—SALARIES AND

2 EXPENSES—MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOW3 ANCES’’ shall be available only for fiscal year 2012. Any 

4 amount remaining after all payments are made under such 

5 allowances for fiscal year 2012 shall be deposited in the 

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

7 Federal budget deficit after all such payments have been 

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

9 the Secretary of the Treasury considers appropriate). 

10 (b) REGULATIONS.—The Committee on House Ad11 ministration of the House of Representatives shall have 

12 authority to prescribe regulations to carry out this section. 

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

14 ‘‘Member of the House of Representatives’’ means a Rep15 resentative in, or a Delegate or Resident Commissioner 

16 to, the Congress. 

17 REPUBLICAN POLICY COMMITTEE

18 SEC. 102. (a) Section 109(a) of the Legislative 

19 Branch Appropriations Act, 2005 (2 U.S.C. 74a–13(a)) 

20 is amended by striking ‘‘the chair of the Republican Con21 ference’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘the Speaker of the 

22 House of Representatives (or, if the Speaker is not a mem23 ber of the Republican Party, the Minority Leader of the 

24 House of Representatives)’’. 
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1 (b) Section 109(b) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 74a–13(b)) 

2 is amended by striking the period at the end and inserting 

3 the following: ‘‘, and which shall be obligated and ex4 pended as directed by the Speaker (or, if the Speaker is 

5 not a member of the Republican party, the Minority Lead6 er).’’. 

7 (c) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 

8 apply with respect to fiscal year 2012 and each succeeding 

9 fiscal year. 

10 AUTHORITY OF SPEAKER AND MINORITY LEADER TO

11 ALLOCATE FUNDS AMONG CERTAIN HOUSE LEAD12 ERSHIP OFFICES

13 SEC. 103. (a) AUTHORITY OF SPEAKER.— 

14 (1) AUTHORITY DESCRIBED.—Notwithstanding 

15 any other provision of law (including any provision 

16 of law that sets forth an allowance for official ex17 penses), the amount appropriated or otherwise made 

18 available during a Congress for the salaries and ex19 penses of any office or authority described in para20 graph (2) shall be the amount allocated for such of21 fice or authority by the Speaker of the House of 

22 Representatives from the aggregate amount appro23 priated or otherwise made available for all such of24 fices and authorities. 
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1 (2) OFFICES AND AUTHORITIES DESCRIBED.— 

2 The offices and authorities described in this para3 graph are as follows: 

4 (A) The Office of the Speaker. 

5 (B) The Speaker’s Office for Legislative 

6 Floor Activities. 

7 (C) The Republican Steering Committee (if 

8 the Speaker is a member of the Republican 

9 party) or the Democratic Steering and Policy 

10 Committee (if the Speaker is a member of the 

11 Democratic party). 

12 (D) The Republican Policy Committee (if 

13 the Speaker is a member of the Republican 

14 party). 

15 (E) Training and program development— 

16 majority (as described under the heading 

17 ‘‘House leadership offices’’ in the most recent 

18 bill making appropriations for the legislative 

19 branch that was enacted prior to the date of the 

20 enactment of this Act). 

21 (F) Cloakroom personnel—majority (as so 

22 described). 

23 (b) AUTHORITY OF MINORITY LEADER.— 

24 (1) AUTHORITY DESCRIBED.—Notwithstanding 

25 any other provision of law (including any provision 
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1 of law that sets forth an allowance for official ex2 penses), the amount appropriated or otherwise made 

3 available during a Congress for the salaries and ex4 penses of any office or authority described in para5 graph (2) shall be the amount allocated for such of6 fice or authority by the Minority Leader of the 

7 House of Representatives from the aggregate 

8 amount appropriated or otherwise made available for 

9 all such offices and authorities. 

10 (2) OFFICES AND AUTHORITIES DESCRIBED.— 

11 The offices and authorities described in this para12 graph are as follows: 

13 (A) The Office of the Minority Leader. 

14 (B) The Democratic Steering and Policy 

15 Committee (if the Minority Leader is a member 

16 of the Democratic party) or the Republican 

17 Steering Committee (if the Minority Leader is 

18 a member of the Republican party). 

19 (C) The Republican Policy Committee (if 

20 the Minority Leader is a member of the Repub21 lican party). 

22 (D) Training and program development— 

23 minority (as described under the heading 

24 ‘‘House leadership offices’’ in the most recent 

25 bill making appropriations for the legislative 
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1 branch that was enacted prior to the date of the 

2 enactment of this Act). 

3 (E) Cloakroom personnel—minority (as so 

4 described). 

5 (F) Nine minority employees (as so de6 scribed). 

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

8 respect to any months occurring during the One Hundred 

9 Twelfth Congress that begin after the date of the enact10 ment of this Act, and to any succeeding Congress. 

11 REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE AND THE DEMOCRATIC

12 STEERING AND POLICY COMMITTEE

13 SEC. 104. (a) Section 103(b) of the Legislative 

14 Branch Appropriations Act, 1999 (2 U.S.C. 74a–8(b)) is 

15 amended— 

16 (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 

17 striking ‘‘Subject to the allocation described in sub18 section (c), funds’’ and inserting ‘‘Funds’’; 

19 (2) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘direct;’’ and 

20 inserting the following: ‘‘direct (or, if the Speaker is 

21 not a member of the Republican Party, under such 

22 terms and conditions as the Minority Leader of the 

23 House of Representatives may direct);’’; and 

24 (3) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘direct.’’ and 

25 inserting the following: ‘‘direct (or, if the Speaker is 
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1 a member of the Democratic Party, under such 

2 terms and conditions as the Speaker may direct).’’. 

3 (b) Section 103 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 74a–8(c)) is 

4 amended— 

5 (1) by striking subsection (c); and 

6 (2) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub7 section (c). 

8 (c) The amendments made by this section shall take 

9 effect as if included in the enactment of the Legislative 

10 Branch Appropriations Act, 1999. 

11 TRANSFER OF HOUSE EMERGENCY PLANNING, PRE12 PAREDNESS, AND OPERATIONS FUNCTIONS TO SER13 GEANT AT ARMS

14 SEC. 105. Effective February 1, 2010— 

15 (1) section 905 of the Emergency Supplemental 

16 Act, 2002 (2 U.S.C. 130i) is repealed; and 

17 (2) the functions and responsibilities of the Of18 fice of Emergency Planning, Preparedness and Op19 erations under section 905 of such Act are trans20 ferred and assigned to the Sergeant at Arms of the 

21 House of Representatives. 

22 JOINT ITEMS 

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

2 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic 

3 Committee, $4,203,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary 

4 of the Senate. 

5 JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION

6 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on 

7 Taxation, $10,424,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Ad8 ministrative Officer of the House of Representatives. 

9 For other joint items, as follows: 

10 OFFICE OF THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN

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

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

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

15 allowance of $1,300 per month to the Senior Medical Offi16 cer; (3) an allowance of $725 per month each to three 

17 medical officers while on duty in the Office of the Attend18 ing Physician; (4) an allowance of $725 per month to 2 

19 assistants and $580 per month each not to exceed 11 as20 sistants on the basis heretofore provided for such assist21 ants; and (5) $2,427,000 for reimbursement to the De22 partment of the Navy for expenses incurred for staff and 

23 equipment assigned to the Office of the Attending Physi24 cian, which shall be advanced and credited to the applica25 ble appropriation or appropriations from which such sala-
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1 ries, allowances, and other expenses are payable and shall 

2 be available for all the purposes thereof, $3,400,000, to 

3 be disbursed by the Chief Administrative Officer of the 

4 House of Representatives. 

5 OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL ACCESSIBILITY SERVICES

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Congres8 sional Accessibility Services, $1,363,000, to be disbursed 

9 by the Secretary of the Senate. 

10 CAPITOL POLICE 

11 SALARIES

12 For salaries of employees of the Capitol Police, in13 cluding overtime, hazardous duty pay, and Government 

14 contributions for health, retirement, social security, pro15 fessional liability insurance, and other applicable employee 

16 benefits, $277,132,624 (increased by $1,000,000), to be 

17 disbursed by the Chief of the Capitol Police or his des18 ignee. 

19 GENERAL EXPENSES

20 For necessary expenses of the Capitol Police, includ21 ing motor vehicles, communications and other equipment, 

22 security equipment and installation, uniforms, weapons, 

23 supplies, materials, training, medical services, forensic 

24 services, stenographic services, personal and professional 

25 services, the employee assistance program, the awards pro-
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1 gram, postage, communication services, travel advances, 

2 relocation of instructor and liaison personnel for the Fed3 eral Law Enforcement Training Center, and not more 

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

5 Chief of the Capitol Police in connection with official rep6 resentation and reception expenses, $63,003,740, of which 

7 $2,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

8 2014, to be disbursed by the Chief of the Capitol Police 

9 or his designee: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other 

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

11 Police at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center 

12 for fiscal year 2012 shall be paid by the Secretary of 

13 Homeland Security from funds available to the Depart14 ment of Homeland Security. 

15 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 

16 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

17 SEC. 1001. Amounts appropriated for fiscal year 

18 2012 for the Capitol Police may be transferred between 

19 the headings ‘‘Salaries’’and ‘‘General Expenses’’upon the 

20 approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the 

21 House of Representatives and the Senate. 
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1 WAIVER BY CHIEF OF CAPITOL POLICE OF CLAIMS

2 ARISING OUT OF ERRONEOUS PAYMENTS TO OFFI3 CERS AND EMPLOYEES

4 SEC. 1002. (a) WAIVER OF CLAIM.—Subject to the 

5 approval of the Capitol Police Board, the Chief of the 

6 United States Capitol Police may waive in whole or in part 

7 a claim of the United States against a person arising out 

8 of an erroneous payment of any pay or allowances, other 

9 than travel and transportation expenses and allowances, 

10 to an officer, member, or employee of the United States 

11 Capitol Police, if the collection of the claim would be 

12 against equity and good conscience and not in the best 

13 interests of the United States. 

14 (b) INVESTIGATION OF APPLICATION; REPORT.—The 

15 Chief shall investigate each application for the waiver of 

16 a claim under subsection (a) and shall submit a written 

17 report of the investigation to the Capitol Police Board, ex18 cept that if the aggregate amount of the claim involved 

19 exceeds $1,500, the Comptroller General may also inves20 tigate the application and submit a written report of the 

21 investigation to the Capitol Police Board. 

22 (c) PROHIBITION OF WAIVER UNDER CERTAIN CIR23 CUMSTANCES.—The Chief may not exercise the authority 

24 to waive a claim under subsection (a) if— 
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1 (1) in the Chief’s opinion, there exists in con2 nection with the claim an indication of fraud, mis3 representation, fault, or lack of good faith on the 

4 part of the officer, member, or employee involved or 

5 of any other person having an interest in obtaining 

6 a waiver of the claim; or 

7 (2) the Chief receives the application for the 

8 waiver after the expiration of the 3-year period that 

9 begins on the date on which the erroneous payment 

10 of pay or allowances was discovered. 

11 (d) CREDIT FOR WAIVER.—In the audit and settle12 ment of accounts of any accountable officer or official, full 

13 credit shall be given for any amounts with respect to which 

14 collection by the United States is waived under subsection 

15 (a). 

16 (e) EFFECT OF WAIVER.—An erroneous payment, 

17 the collection of which is waived under subsection (a), is 

18 deemed a valid payment for all purposes. 

19 (f) CONSTRUCTION WITH OTHER LAWS.—This sec20 tion does not affect any authority under any other law 

21 to litigate, settle, compromise, or waive any claim of the 

22 United States. 

23 (g) RULES AND REGULATIONS.—The Chief shall pro24 mulgate rules and regulations to carry out this section. 
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1 (h) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply with 

2 respect to payments of pay and allowances made at any 

3 time after the Chief became the disbursing officer for the 

4 United States Capitol Police pursuant to section 1018(a) 

5 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2003 (2 

6 U.S.C. 1907(a)). 

7 OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE 

8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

9 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Compli10 ance, as authorized by section 305 of the Congressional 

11 Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1385), $3,817,000, 

12 of which $884,000 shall remain available until September 

13 30, 2013: Provided, That not more than $500 may be ex14 pended on the certification of the Executive Director of 

15 the Office of Compliance in connection with official rep16 resentation and reception expenses. 

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 $6,000 to be expended on the certification of the Director 

22 of the Congressional Budget Office in connection with offi23 cial representation and reception expenses, $43,787,000. 
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1 ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL 

2 GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

3 For salaries for the Architect of the Capitol, and 

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

5 for surveys and studies in connection with activities under 

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

7 expenses 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 reception and representation expenses, 

14 to be expended as the Architect of the Capitol may ap15 prove; for purchase or exchange, maintenance, and oper16 ation of a passenger motor vehicle, $104,790,000, of 

17 which $3,199,000 shall remain available until September 

18 30, 2016. 

19 CAPITOL BUILDING

20 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

21 and operation of the Capitol, $35,354,000, of which 

22 $10,263,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

23 2016. 
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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, $9,852,000. 

5 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS

6 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

7 and operation of the House office buildings, $89,154,000, 

8 of which $40,631,000 shall remain available until Sep9 tember 30, 2016. 

10 In addition, for a payment to the House Historic 

11 Buildings Revitalization Trust Fund, $30,000,000, shall 

12 remain available until expended. 

13 CAPITOL POWER PLANT

14 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

15 and operation of the Capitol Power Plant; lighting, heat16 ing, power (including the purchase of electrical energy) 

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

18 House office buildings, Library of Congress buildings, and 

19 the grounds about the same, Botanic Garden, Senate ga20 rage, and air conditioning refrigeration not supplied from 

21 plants in any of such buildings; heating the Government 

22 Printing Office and Washington City Post Office, and 

23 heating and chilled water for air conditioning for the Su24 preme Court Building, the Union Station complex, the 

25 Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building and the 
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1 Folger Shakespeare Library, expenses for which shall be 

2 advanced or reimbursed upon request of the Architect of 

3 the Capitol and amounts so received shall be deposited 

4 into the Treasury to the credit of this appropriation, 

5 $127,159,000, of which $33,377,000 shall remain avail6 able until September 30, 2016: Provided, That not more 

7 than $9,000,000 of the funds credited or to be reimbursed 

8 to this appropriation as herein provided shall be available 

9 for obligation during fiscal year 2012. 

10 LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

11 For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and 

12 structural maintenance, care and operation of the Library 

13 buildings and grounds, $38,486,000, of which 

14 $12,726,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

15 2016. 

16 CAPITOL POLICE BUILDINGS, GROUNDS AND SECURITY

17 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

18 and operation of buildings, grounds and security enhance19 ments of the United States Capitol Police, wherever lo20 cated, the Alternate Computer Facility, and AOC security 

21 operations, $21,500,000, of which $3,473,000 shall re22 main available until September 30, 2016. 

23 BOTANIC GARDEN

24 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

25 and operation of the Botanic Garden and the nurseries, 
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1 buildings, grounds, and collections; and purchase and ex2 change, maintenance, repair, and operation of a passenger 

3 motor vehicle; all under the direction of the Joint Com4 mittee on the Library, $12,000,000 (reduced by 

5 $632,780): Provided, That of the amount made available 

6 under this heading, the Architect may obligate and expend 

7 such sums as may be necessary for the maintenance, care 

8 and operation of the National Garden established under 

9 section 307E of the Legislative Branch Appropriations 

10 Act, 1989 (2 U.S.C. 2146), upon vouchers approved by 

11 the Architect or a duly authorized designee. 

12 CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER

13 For all necessary expenses for the operation of the 

14 Capitol Visitor Center, $21,276,000. 

15 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

17 For all necessary expenses of the Library of Congress 

18 not otherwise provided for, including development and 

19 maintenance of the Library’s catalogs; custody and custo20 dial care of the Library buildings; special clothing; clean21 ing, laundering and repair of uniforms; preservation of 

22 motion pictures in the custody of the Library; operation 

23 and maintenance of the American Folklife Center in the 

24 Library; activities under the Civil Rights History Project 

25 Act of 2009; preparation and distribution of catalog 
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1 records and other publications of the Library; hire or pur2 chase of one passenger motor vehicle; and expenses of the 

3 Library of Congress Trust Fund Board not properly 

4 chargeable to the income of any trust fund held by the 

5 Board, $412,446,000 (increased by $1,000,000) (reduced 

6 by $1,000,000), of which not more than $6,000,000 shall 

7 be derived from collections credited to this appropriation 

8 during fiscal year 2012, and shall remain available until 

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

10 32 Stat. 480; 2 U.S.C. 150) and not more than $350,000 

11 shall be derived from collections during fiscal year 2012 

12 and shall remain available until expended for the develop13 ment and maintenance of an international legal informa14 tion database and activities related thereto: Provided, 

15 That the Library of Congress may not obligate or expend 

16 any funds derived from collections under the Act of June 

17 28, 1902, in excess of the amount authorized for obliga18 tion or expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided fur19 ther, That the total amount available for obligation shall 

20 be reduced by the amount by which collections are less 

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

22 amount appropriated, not more than $12,000 may be ex23 pended, on the certification of the Librarian of Congress, 

24 in connection with official representation and reception ex25 penses for the Overseas Field Offices: Provided further, 
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1 That of the total amount appropriated, $4,800,000 shall 

2 remain available until expended for the digital collections 

3 and educational curricula program. 

4 COPYRIGHT OFFICE

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 For all necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, 

7 $50,974,000, of which not more than $28,029,000, to re8 main available until expended, shall be derived from collec9 tions credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 2012 

10 under section 708(d) of title 17, United States Code: Pro11 vided, That not more than $3,000,000 shall be derived 

12 from prior year available unobligated balances: Provided 

13 further, That the Copyright Office may not obligate or ex14 pend any funds derived from collections under such sec15 tion, in excess of the amount authorized for obligation or 

16 expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided further, That 

17 not more than $5,484,000 shall be derived from collections 

18 during fiscal year 2012 under sections 111(d)(2), 

19 119(b)(2), 803(e), 1005, and 1316 of such title: Provided 

20 further, That the total amount available for obligation 

21 shall be reduced by the amount by which collections and 

22 prior year available unobligated balances are less than 

23 $36,513,000: Provided further, That not more than 

24 $100,000 of the amount appropriated is available for the 

25 maintenance of an ‘‘International Copyright Institute’’ in 
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1 the Copyright Office of the Library of Congress for the 

2 purpose of training nationals of developing countries in 

3 intellectual property laws and policies: Provided further, 

4 That not more than $4,250 may be expended, on the cer5 tification of the Librarian of Congress, in connection with 

6 official representation and reception expenses for activities 

7 of the International Copyright Institute and for copyright 

8 delegations, visitors, and seminars: Provided further, That 

9 notwithstanding any provision of chapter 8 of title 17, 

10 United States Code, any amounts made available under 

11 this heading which are attributable to royalty fees and 

12 payments received by the Copyright Office pursuant to 

13 sections 111, 119, and chapter 10 of such title may be 

14 used for the costs incurred in the administration of the 

15 Copyright Royalty Judges program, with the exception of 

16 the costs of salaries and benefits for the Copyright Royalty 

17 Judges and staff under section 802(e). 

18 CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 For all necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

21 of section 203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 

22 1946 (2 U.S.C. 166) and to revise and extend the Anno23 tated Constitution of the United States of America, 

24 $104,091,000: Provided, That no part of such amount 

25 may be used to pay any salary or expense in connection 
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1 with any publication, or preparation of material therefor 

2 (except the Digest of Public General Bills), to be issued 

3 by the Library of Congress unless such publication has 

4 obtained prior approval of either the Committee on House 

5 Administration of the House of Representatives or the 

6 Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate. 

7 BOOKS FOR THE BLIND AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED

8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

9 For salaries and expenses to carry out the Act of 

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

11 135a), $50,674,000: Provided, That of the total amount 

12 appropriated, $650,000 shall be available to contract to 

13 provide newspapers to blind and physically handicapped 

14 residents at no cost to the individual. 

15 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

16 REIMBURSABLE AND REVOLVING FUND ACTIVITIES

17 SEC. 1101. (a) IN GENERAL.—For fiscal year 2012, 

18 the obligational authority of the Library of Congress for 

19 the activities described in subsection (b) may not exceed 

20 $169,725,000. 

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 2012, 

2 the Librarian of Congress may temporarily transfer funds 

3 appropriated in this Act, under the heading ‘‘Library of 

4 Congress’’, under the subheading ‘‘Salaries and Ex5 penses’’, to the revolving fund for the FEDLINK Program 

6 and the Federal Research Program established under sec7 tion 103 of the Library of Congress Fiscal Operations Im8 provement Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–481; 2 U.S.C. 

9 182c): Provided, That the total amount of such transfers 

10 may not exceed $1,900,000: Provided further, That the ap11 propriate revolving fund account shall reimburse the Li12 brary for any amounts transferred to it before the period 

13 of availability of the Library appropriation expires. 

14 TRANSFER AUTHORITY

15 SEC. 1102. (a) IN GENERAL.—Amounts appropriated 

16 for fiscal year 2012 for the Library of Congress may be 

17 transferred during fiscal year 2012 between any of the 

18 headings under the heading ‘‘Library of Congress’’ upon 

19 the approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the 

20 House of Representatives and the Senate. 

21 (b) LIMITATION.—Not more than 10 percent of the 

22 total amount of funds appropriated to the account under 

23 any heading under the heading ‘‘Library of Congress’’ for 

24 fiscal year 2012 may be transferred from that account by 

25 all transfers made under subsection (a). 
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1 FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR WORKERS COMPENSATION

2 PAYMENTS

3 SEC. 1103. (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any 

4 other provision of law, available balances of expired Li5 brary of Congress appropriations shall be available for the 

6 purposes of making payments for employees of the Library 

7 of Congress under section 8147 of title 5, United States 

8 Code, without regard to the fiscal year for which the obli9 gation to make such payments is incurred. 

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

11 respect to appropriations for fiscal year 2012 and each 

12 fiscal year thereafter. 

13 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 

14 CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING AND BINDING

15 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

16 For authorized printing and binding for the Congress 

17 and the distribution of Congressional information in any 

18 format; printing and binding of Government publications 

19 authorized by law to be distributed to Members of Con20 gress; and printing, binding, and distribution of Govern21 ment publications authorized by law to be distributed 

22 without charge to the recipient, $78,000,000 (reduced by 

23 $3,414,150.29): Provided, That this appropriation shall 

24 not be available for paper copies of the permanent edition 

25 of the Congressional Record for individual Representa-
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1 tives, Resident Commissioners or Delegates authorized 

2 under section 906 of title 44, United States Code: Pro3 vided further, That this appropriation shall be available 

4 for the payment of obligations incurred under the appro5 priations for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years: 

6 Provided further, That notwithstanding the 2-year limita7 tion under section 718 of title 44, United States Code, 

8 none of the funds appropriated or made available under 

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

10 related services provided to Congress under chapter 7 of 

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

12 a document, report, or publication after the 27-month pe13 riod beginning on the date that such document, report, 

14 or publication is authorized by Congress to be printed, un15 less Congress reauthorizes such printing in accordance 

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

17 further, That any unobligated or unexpended balances in 

18 this account or accounts for similar purposes for preceding 

19 fiscal years may be transferred to the Government Print20 ing Office revolving fund for carrying out the purposes of 

21 this heading, subject to the approval of the Committees 

22 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 

23 Senate: Provided further, That notwithstanding sections 

24 901, 902, and 906 of title 44, United States Code, this 
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1 appropriation may be used to prepare indexes to the Con2 gressional Record on only a monthly and session basis. 

3 OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

6 For expenses of the Office of Superintendent of Doc7 uments necessary to provide for the cataloging and index8 ing of Government publications and their distribution to 

9 the public, Members of Congress, other Government agen10 cies, and designated depository and international exchange 

11 libraries as authorized by law, $35,000,000 (reduced by 

12 $1,531,990.51): Provided, That amounts of not more than 

13 $2,000,000 from current year appropriations are author14 ized for producing and disseminating Congressional serial 

15 sets and other related publications for fiscal years 2010 

16 and 2011 to depository and other designated libraries: 

17 Provided further, That any unobligated or unexpended bal18 ances in this account or accounts for similar purposes for 

19 preceding fiscal years may be transferred to the Govern20 ment Printing Office revolving fund for carrying out the 

21 purposes of this heading, subject to the approval of the 

22 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent23 atives and Senate. 
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1 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE REVOLVING FUND

2 The Government Printing Office is hereby authorized 

3 to make such expenditures, within the limits of funds 

4 available and in accordance with law, and to make such 

5 contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year 

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

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

9 fiscal year for the Government Printing Office revolving 

10 fund: Provided, That not more than $7,500 may be ex11 pended on the certification of the Public Printer in connec12 tion with official representation and reception expenses: 

13 Provided further, That the revolving fund shall be available 

14 for the hire or purchase of not more than 12 passenger 

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

17 the Public Printer shall be deemed necessary to carry out 

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

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

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

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

23 basic pay for level V of the Executive Schedule under sec24 tion 5316 of such title: Provided further, That activities 
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1 financed through the revolving fund may provide informa2 tion in any format. 

3 GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

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

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

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

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

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

13 the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of such title; 

14 hire of one passenger motor vehicle; advance payments in 

15 foreign countries in accordance with section 3324 of title 

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

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

19 and under regulations prescribed by the Comptroller Gen20 eral of the United States, rental of living quarters in for21 eign countries, $511,296,000: Provided, That, in addition, 

22 $18,304,000 of payments received under sections 782, 

23 3521, and 9105 of title 31, United States Code, shall be 

24 available without fiscal year limitation: Provided further, 

25 That this appropriation and appropriations for adminis-
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1 trative expenses of any other department or agency which 

2 is a member of the National Intergovernmental Audit 

3 Forum or a Regional Intergovernmental Audit Forum 

4 shall be available to finance an appropriate share of either 

5 Forum’s costs as determined by the respective Forum, in6 cluding necessary travel expenses of non-Federal partici7 pants: Provided further, That payments hereunder to the 

8 Forum may be credited as reimbursements to any appro9 priation from which costs involved are initially financed. 

10 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

11 SEC. 1201. (a) Section 210 of the Legislative Branch 

12 Appropriations Act, 2005 (2 U.S.C. 60q) is amended— 

13 (1) by striking subsection (d); and 

14 (2) in subsection (f)(2)(A), by striking ‘‘United 

15 States Code’’ and inserting ‘‘United States Code, 

16 but excluding the Government Accountability Of17 fice’’. 

18 (b) Section 3521(1) of title 5, United States Code, 

19 is amended by striking ‘‘section 105’’ and inserting ‘‘sec20 tion 105 (other than the Government Accountability Of21 fice)’’. 

22 (c) The amendments made by this section shall apply 

23 with respect to voluntary separation incentive payments 

24 made during fiscal year 2012 or any succeeding fiscal 

25 year. 
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1 OPEN WORLD LEADERSHIP CENTER TRUST 

2 FUND 

3 For a payment to the Open World Leadership Center 

4 Trust Fund for financing activities of the Open World 

5 Leadership Center under section 313 of the Legislative 

6 Branch Appropriations Act, 2001 (2 U.S.C. 1151), 

7 $1,000,000. 

8 TITLE II—GENERAL PROVISIONS 

9 MAINTENANCE AND CARE OF PRIVATE VEHICLES

10 SEC. 201. No part of the funds appropriated in this 

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

12 vehicles, except for emergency assistance and cleaning as 

13 may be provided under regulations relating to parking fa14 cilities for the House of Representatives issued by the 

15 Committee on House Administration and for the Senate 

16 issued by the Committee on Rules and Administration. 

17 FISCAL YEAR LIMITATION

18 SEC. 202. No part of the funds appropriated in this 

19 Act shall remain available for obligation beyond fiscal year 

20 2012 unless expressly so provided in this Act. 

21 RATES OF COMPENSATION AND DESIGNATION

22 SEC. 203. Whenever in this Act any office or position 

23 not specifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of 

24 1929 (46 Stat. 32 et seq.) is appropriated for or the rate 

25 of compensation or designation of any office or position 
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1 appropriated for is different from that specifically estab2 lished by such Act, the rate of compensation and the des3 ignation in this Act shall be the permanent law with re4 spect thereto: Provided, That the provisions in this Act 

5 for the various items of official expenses of Members, offi6 cers, and committees of the House of Representatives and 

7 Senate, and clerk hire for Senators and Members of the 

8 House of Representatives shall be the permanent law with 

9 respect thereto. 

10 CONSULTING SERVICES

11 SEC. 204. The expenditure of any appropriation 

12 under this Act for any consulting service through procure13 ment contract, under section 3109 of title 5, United States 

14 Code, shall be limited to those contracts where such ex15 penditures are a matter of public record and available for 

16 public inspection, except where otherwise provided under 

17 existing law, or under existing Executive order issued 

18 under existing law. 

19 AWARDS AND SETTLEMENTS

20 SEC. 205. Such sums as may be necessary are appro21 priated to the account described in subsection (a) of sec22 tion 415 of the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 

23 (2 U.S.C. 1415(a)) to pay awards and settlements as au24 thorized under such subsection. 
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1 COSTS OF LBFMC

2 SEC. 206. Amounts available for administrative ex3 penses of any legislative branch entity which participates 

4 in the Legislative Branch Financial Managers Council 

5 (LBFMC) established by charter on March 26, 1996, shall 

6 be available to finance an appropriate share of LBFMC 

7 costs as determined by the LBFMC, except that the total 

8 LBFMC costs to be shared among all participating legisla9 tive branch entities (in such allocations among the entities 

10 as the entities may determine) may not exceed $2,000. 

11 LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE

12 SEC. 207. The Architect of the Capitol, in consulta13 tion with the District of Columbia, is authorized to main14 tain and improve the landscape features, excluding streets, 

15 in the irregular shaped grassy areas bounded by Wash16 ington Avenue, SW on the northeast, Second Street SW 

17 on the west, Square 582 on the south, and the beginning 

18 of the I–395 tunnel on the southeast. 

19 LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS

20 SEC. 208. None of the funds made available in this 

21 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in22 strumentality of the United States Government, except 

23 pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro24 vided in, this Act or any other appropriation Act. 
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1 GUIDED TOURS OF THE CAPITOL

2 SEC. 209. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), 

3 none of the funds made available to the Architect of the 

4 Capitol in this Act may be used to eliminate or restrict 

5 guided tours of the United States Capitol which are led 

6 by employees and interns of offices of Members of Con7 gress and other offices of the House of Representatives 

8 and Senate. 

9 (b) At the direction of the Capitol Police Board, or 

10 at the direction of the Architect of the Capitol with the 

11 approval of the Capitol Police Board, guided tours of the 

12 United States Capitol which are led by employees and in13 terns described in subsection (a) may be suspended tempo14 rarily or otherwise subject to restriction for security or re15 lated reasons to the same extent as guided tours of the 

16 United States Capitol which are led by the Architect of 

17 the Capitol. 

18 SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT

19 SEC. 210. The amount by which the applicable alloca20 tion of new budget authority made by the Committee on 

21 Appropriations of the House of Representatives under sec22 tion 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, ex23 cluding Senate items, exceeds the amount of proposed new 

24 budget authority is $0 (increased by $632,780) (increased 

25 by $4,946,140.80). 
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1 SEC. 211. None of the funds made available in this 

2 Act may be used to deliver a printed copy of a bill, joint 

3 resolution, or resolution to the office of a Member of the 

4 House of Representatives (including a Delegate or Resi5 dent Commissioner to the Congress) unless the Member 

6 requests a copy. 

7 SEC. 212. None of the funds made available by this 

8 Act may be used to deliver a printed copy of any version 

9 of the Congressional Record to the office of a Member of 

10 the House of Representatives (including a Delegate or 

11 Resident Commissioner to the Congress). 

12 SEC. 213. None of the funds made available in this 

13 Act may be used by the Chief Administrative Officer of 

14 the House of Representatives to make any payments from 

15 any Members’ Representational Allowance for the leasing 

16 of a vehicle in an aggregate amount that exceeds $1,000 

17 for the vehicle in any month. 

18 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative Branch Ap19 propriations Act, 2012’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives July 22, 2011. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 

112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2551 

AN ACT 

Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch 

and for other purposes. for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012,