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Calendar No. 172 

112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2551 

[Report No. 112–80] 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 22, 2011 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations 

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011 

Reported by Mr. NELSON of Nebraska, with an amendment 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

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, 

3 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 

5 Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 

6 30, 2012, and for other purposes, namely: 
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1 TITLE I—LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 

2 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 For salaries and expenses of the House of Represent5 atives, $1,226,680,000 (reduced by $1,000,000), as fol6 lows: 

7 HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES

8 For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, 

9 $23,275,773, including: Office of the Speaker, 

10 $6,942,770, including $25,000 for official expenses of the 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

19 $1,524,951, including $5,000 for official expenses of the 

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

21 Democratic Caucus, $1,553,807. In addition to the 

22 amounts made available above, for salaries and expenses 

23 under this heading, to be available during the period be24 ginning September 30, 2012, and ending December 31, 

25 2013; $5,818,948, including: Office of the Speaker, 
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1 $1,735,694, including $6,250 for official expenses of the 

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

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

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

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

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

7 Deputy Majority Whip, $492,763, including $1,250 for of8 ficial expenses of the Majority Whip; Office of the Minor9 ity Whip, including the Chief Deputy Minority Whip, 

10 $381,238, including $1,250 for official expenses of the Mi11 nority Whip; Republican Conference, $393,197; Demo12 cratic Caucus, $388,452. 

13 MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES

14 INCLUDING MEMBERS’ CLERK HIRE, OFFICIAL

15 EXPENSES OF MEMBERS, AND OFFICIAL MAIL

16 For Members’ representational allowances, including 

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

18 $573,939,282. 

19 COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES

20 STANDING COMMITTEES, SPECIAL AND SELECT

21 For salaries and expenses of standing committees, 

22 special and select, authorized by House resolutions, 

23 $125,964,870: Provided, That such amount shall remain 

24 available for such salaries and expenses until December 

25 31, 2012. 
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1 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

2 For salaries and expenses of the Committee on Ap3 propriations, $26,665,785, including studies and examina4 tions of executive agencies and temporary personal serv5 ices for such committee, to be expended in accordance with 

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

7 1946 and to be available for reimbursement to agencies 

8 for services performed: Provided, That such amount shall 

9 remain available for such salaries and expenses until De10 cember 31, 2012. 

11 SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

12 For salaries and expenses of officers and employees, 

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

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

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

16 Family Room, for official representation and reception ex17 penses, $26,114,400, of which $2,000,000 shall remain 

18 available until expended; for salaries and expenses of the 

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

20 Superintendent of Garages and the Office of Emergency 

21 Management, and including not more than $3,000 for offi22 cial representation and reception expenses, $12,585,000 

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

24 for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Chief Admin25 istrative Officer including not more than $3,000 for offi-
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1 cial representation and reception expenses, $116,782,000, 

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

3 for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Inspector 

4 General, $5,045,000; for salaries and expenses of the Of5 fice of General Counsel, $1,415,000; for the Office of the 

6 Chaplain, $179,000; for salaries and expenses of the Of7 fice of the Parliamentarian, including the Parliamen8 tarian, $2,000 for preparing the Digest of Rules, and not 

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

10 expenses, $2,060,000; for salaries and expenses of the Of11 fice of the Law Revision Counsel of the House, 

12 $3,258,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the 

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

14 and expenses of the Office of Interparliamentary Affairs, 

15 $859,000; for other authorized employees, $347,000; and 

16 for salaries and expenses of the Historian, $170,000. 

17 ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES

18 For allowances and expenses as authorized by House 

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

20 including: supplies, materials, administrative costs and 

21 Federal tort claims, $3,696,118; official mail for commit22 tees, leadership offices, and administrative offices of the 

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

24 retirement, Social Security, and other applicable employee 

25 benefits, $264,848,219; Business Continuity and Disaster 
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1 Recovery, $17,112,072, of which $5,000,000 shall remain 

2 available until expended; transition activities for new 

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

4 Wounded Warrior Program $2,500,000, to remain avail5 able until expended; Office of Congressional Ethics, 

6 $1,548,000; and miscellaneous items including purchase, 

7 exchange, maintenance, repair and operation of House 

8 motor vehicles, interparliamentary receptions, and gratu9 ities to heirs of deceased employees of the House, 

10 $760,000. 

11 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

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

13 MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES TO BE

14 USED FOR DEFICIT REDUCTION OR TO REDUCE THE

15 FEDERAL DEBT.—Notwithstanding any other provision of 

16 law, any amounts appropriated under this Act for 

17 ‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—SALARIES AND

18 EXPENSES—MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOW19 ANCES’’ shall be available only for fiscal year 2012. Any 

20 amount remaining after all payments are made under such 

21 allowances for fiscal year 2012 shall be deposited in the 

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

23 Federal budget deficit after all such payments have been 

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

25 the Secretary of the Treasury considers appropriate). 
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1 (b) REGULATIONS.—The Committee on House Ad2 ministration of the House of Representatives shall have 

3 authority to prescribe regulations to carry out this section. 

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

5 ‘‘Member of the House of Representatives’’ means a Rep6 resentative in, or a Delegate or Resident Commissioner 

7 to, the Congress. 

8 REPUBLICAN POLICY COMMITTEE

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

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

11 is amended by striking ‘‘the chair of the Republican Con12 ference’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘the Speaker of the 

13 House of Representatives (or, if the Speaker is not a mem14 ber of the Republican Party, the Minority Leader of the 

15 House of Representatives)’’. 

16 (b) Section 109(b) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 74a–13(b)) 

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

18 the following: ‘‘, and which shall be obligated and ex19 pended as directed by the Speaker (or, if the Speaker is 

20 not a member of the Republican party, the Minority Lead21 er).’’. 

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

23 apply with respect to fiscal year 2012 and each succeeding 

24 fiscal year. 
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1 AUTHORITY OF SPEAKER AND MINORITY LEADER TO

2 ALLOCATE FUNDS AMONG CERTAIN HOUSE LEAD3 ERSHIP OFFICES

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

5 (1) AUTHORITY DESCRIBED.—Notwithstanding 

6 any other provision of law (including any provision 

7 of law that sets forth an allowance for official ex8 penses), the amount appropriated or otherwise made 

9 available during a Congress for the salaries and ex10 penses of any office or authority described in para11 graph (2) shall be the amount allocated for such of12 fice or authority by the Speaker of the House of 

13 Representatives from the aggregate amount appro14 priated or otherwise made available for all such of15 fices and authorities. 

16 (2) OFFICES AND AUTHORITIES DESCRIBED.— 

17 The offices and authorities described in this para18 graph are as follows: 

19 (A) The Office of the Speaker. 

20 (B) The Speaker’s Office for Legislative 

21 Floor Activities. 

22 (C) The Republican Steering Committee (if 

23 the Speaker is a member of the Republican 

24 party) or the Democratic Steering and Policy 
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1 Committee (if the Speaker is a member of the 

2 Democratic party). 

3 (D) The Republican Policy Committee (if 

4 the Speaker is a member of the Republican 

5 party). 

6 (E) Training and program development— 

7 majority (as described under the heading 

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

9 bill making appropriations for the legislative 

10 branch that was enacted prior to the date of the 

11 enactment of this Act). 

12 (F) Cloakroom personnel—majority (as so 

13 described). 

14 (b) AUTHORITY OF MINORITY LEADER.— 

15 (1) AUTHORITY DESCRIBED.—Notwithstanding 

16 any other provision of law (including any provision 

17 of law that sets forth an allowance for official ex18 penses), the amount appropriated or otherwise made 

19 available during a Congress for the salaries and ex20 penses of any office or authority described in para21 graph (2) shall be the amount allocated for such of22 fice or authority by the Minority Leader of the 

23 House of Representatives from the aggregate 

24 amount appropriated or otherwise made available for 

25 all such offices 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 Minority Leader. 

5 (B) The Democratic Steering and Policy 

6 Committee (if the Minority Leader is a member 

7 of the Democratic party) or the Republican 

8 Steering Committee (if the Minority Leader is 

9 a member of the Republican party). 

10 (C) The Republican Policy Committee (if 

11 the Minority Leader is a member of the Repub12 lican party). 

13 (D) Training and program development— 

14 minority (as described under the heading 

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

16 bill making appropriations for the legislative 

17 branch that was enacted prior to the date of the 

18 enactment of this Act). 

19 (E) Cloakroom personnel—minority (as so 

20 described). 

21 (F) Nine minority employees (as so de22 scribed). 

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

24 respect to any months occurring during the One Hundred 
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1 Twelfth Congress that begin after the date of the enact2 ment of this Act, and to any succeeding Congress. 

3 REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE AND THE DEMOCRATIC

4 STEERING AND POLICY COMMITTEE

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

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

7 amended— 

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

9 striking ‘‘Subject to the allocation described in sub10 section (c), funds’’ and inserting ‘‘Funds’’; 

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

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

13 not a member of the Republican Party, under such 

14 terms and conditions as the Minority Leader of the 

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

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

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

18 a member of the Democratic Party, under such 

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

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

21 amended— 

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

23 (2) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub24 section (c). 
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1 (c) The amendments made by this section shall take 

2 effect as if included in the enactment of the Legislative 

3 Branch Appropriations Act, 1999. 

4 TRANSFER OF HOUSE EMERGENCY PLANNING, PRE5 PAREDNESS, AND OPERATIONS FUNCTIONS TO SER6 GEANT AT ARMS

7 SEC. 105. Effective February 1, 2010— 

8 (1) section 905 of the Emergency Supplemental 

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

10 (2) the functions and responsibilities of the Of11 fice of Emergency Planning, Preparedness and Op12 erations under section 905 of such Act are trans13 ferred and assigned to the Sergeant at Arms of the 

14 House of Representatives. 

15 JOINT ITEMS 

16 For Joint Committees, as follows: 

17 JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE

18 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic 

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

20 of the Senate. 

21 JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION

22 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on 

23 Taxation, $10,424,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Ad24 ministrative Officer of the House of Representatives. 

25 For other joint items, as follows: 
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1 OFFICE OF THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN

2 For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent ex3 penses of the emergency rooms, and for the Attending 

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

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

6 allowance of $1,300 per month to the Senior Medical Offi7 cer; (3) an allowance of $725 per month each to three 

8 medical officers while on duty in the Office of the Attend9 ing Physician; (4) an allowance of $725 per month to 2 

10 assistants and $580 per month each not to exceed 11 as11 sistants on the basis heretofore provided for such assist12 ants; and (5) $2,427,000 for reimbursement to the De13 partment of the Navy for expenses incurred for staff and 

14 equipment assigned to the Office of the Attending Physi15 cian, which shall be advanced and credited to the applica16 ble appropriation or appropriations from which such sala17 ries, allowances, and other expenses are payable and shall 

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

19 be disbursed by the Chief Administrative Officer of the 

20 House of Representatives. 

21 OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL ACCESSIBILITY SERVICES

22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

23 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Congres24 sional Accessibility Services, $1,363,000, to be disbursed 

25 by the Secretary of the Senate. 
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1 CAPITOL POLICE 

2 SALARIES

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

5 contributions for health, retirement, social security, pro6 fessional liability insurance, and other applicable employee 

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

8 disbursed by the Chief of the Capitol Police or his des9 ignee. 

10 GENERAL EXPENSES

11 For necessary expenses of the Capitol Police, includ12 ing motor vehicles, communications and other equipment, 

13 security equipment and installation, uniforms, weapons, 

14 supplies, materials, training, medical services, forensic 

15 services, stenographic services, personal and professional 

16 services, the employee assistance program, the awards pro17 gram, postage, communication services, travel advances, 

18 relocation of instructor and liaison personnel for the Fed19 eral Law Enforcement Training Center, and not more 

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

21 Chief of the Capitol Police in connection with official rep22 resentation and reception expenses, $63,003,740, of which 

23 $2,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

24 2014, to be disbursed by the Chief of the Capitol Police 

25 or his designee: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other 
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1 provision of law, the cost of basic training for the Capitol 

2 Police at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center 

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

4 Homeland Security from funds available to the Depart5 ment of Homeland Security. 

6 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 

7 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

8 SEC. 1001. Amounts appropriated for fiscal year 

9 2012 for the Capitol Police may be transferred between 

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

11 approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the 

12 House of Representatives and the Senate. 

13 WAIVER BY CHIEF OF CAPITOL POLICE OF CLAIMS

14 ARISING OUT OF ERRONEOUS PAYMENTS TO OFFI15 CERS AND EMPLOYEES

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

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

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

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

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

21 than travel and transportation expenses and allowances, 

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

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

24 against equity and good conscience and not in the best 

25 interests of the United States. 
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1 (b) INVESTIGATION OF APPLICATION; REPORT.—The 

2 Chief shall investigate each application for the waiver of 

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

4 report of the investigation to the Capitol Police Board, ex5 cept that if the aggregate amount of the claim involved 

6 exceeds $1,500, the Comptroller General may also inves7 tigate the application and submit a written report of the 

8 investigation to the Capitol Police Board. 

9 (c) PROHIBITION OF WAIVER UNDER CERTAIN CIR10 CUMSTANCES.—The Chief may not exercise the authority 

11 to waive a claim under subsection (a) if— 

12 (1) in the Chief’s opinion, there exists in con13 nection with the claim an indication of fraud, mis14 representation, fault, or lack of good faith on the 

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

16 of any other person having an interest in obtaining 

17 a waiver of the claim; or 

18 (2) the Chief receives the application for the 

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

20 begins on the date on which the erroneous payment 

21 of pay or allowances was discovered. 

22 (d) CREDIT FOR WAIVER.—In the audit and settle23 ment of accounts of any accountable officer or official, full 

24 credit shall be given for any amounts with respect to which 
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1 collection by the United States is waived under subsection 

2 (a). 

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

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

5 deemed a valid payment for all purposes. 

6 (f) CONSTRUCTION WITH OTHER LAWS.—This sec7 tion does not affect any authority under any other law 

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

9 United States. 

10 (g) RULES AND REGULATIONS.—The Chief shall pro11 mulgate rules and regulations to carry out this section. 

12 (h) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply with 

13 respect to payments of pay and allowances made at any 

14 time after the Chief became the disbursing officer for the 

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

16 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2003 (2 

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

18 OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE 

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

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

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

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

24 30, 2013: Provided, That not more than $500 may be ex25 pended on the certification of the Executive Director of 
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1 the Office of Compliance in connection with official rep2 resentation and reception expenses. 

3 CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE 

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For salaries and expenses necessary for operation of 

6 the Congressional Budget Office, including not more than 

7 $6,000 to be expended on the certification of the Director 

8 of the Congressional Budget Office in connection with offi9 cial representation and reception expenses, $43,787,000. 

10 ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL 

11 GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

12 For salaries for the Architect of the Capitol, and 

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

14 for surveys and studies in connection with activities under 

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

16 expenses for the general and administrative support of the 

17 operations under the Architect of the Capitol including the 

18 Botanic Garden; electrical substations of the Capitol, Sen19 ate and House office buildings, and other facilities under 

20 the jurisdiction of the Architect of the Capitol; including 

21 furnishings and office equipment; including not more than 

22 $5,000 for official reception and representation expenses, 

23 to be expended as the Architect of the Capitol may ap24 prove; for purchase or exchange, maintenance, and oper25 ation of a passenger motor vehicle, $104,790,000, of 
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1 which $3,199,000 shall remain available until September 

2 30, 2016. 

3 CAPITOL BUILDING

4 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

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

6 $10,263,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

7 2016. 

8 CAPITOL GROUNDS

9 For all necessary expenses for care and improvement 

10 of grounds surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House 

11 office buildings, and the Capitol Power Plant, $9,852,000. 

12 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS

13 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

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

15 of which $40,631,000 shall remain available until Sep16 tember 30, 2016. 

17 In addition, for a payment to the House Historic 

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

19 remain available until expended. 

20 CAPITOL POWER PLANT

21 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

22 and operation of the Capitol Power Plant; lighting, heat23 ing, power (including the purchase of electrical energy) 

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

25 House office buildings, Library of Congress buildings, and 
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1 the grounds about the same, Botanic Garden, Senate ga2 rage, and air conditioning refrigeration not supplied from 

3 plants in any of such buildings; heating the Government 

4 Printing Office and Washington City Post Office, and 

5 heating and chilled water for air conditioning for the Su6 preme Court Building, the Union Station complex, the 

7 Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building and the 

8 Folger Shakespeare Library, expenses for which shall be 

9 advanced or reimbursed upon request of the Architect of 

10 the Capitol and amounts so received shall be deposited 

11 into the Treasury to the credit of this appropriation, 

12 $127,159,000, of which $33,377,000 shall remain avail13 able until September 30, 2016: Provided, That not more 

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

15 to this appropriation as herein provided shall be available 

16 for obligation during fiscal year 2012. 

17 LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

18 For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and 

19 structural maintenance, care and operation of the Library 

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

21 $12,726,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

22 2016. 

23 CAPITOL POLICE BUILDINGS, GROUNDS AND SECURITY

24 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

25 and operation of buildings, grounds and security enhance-
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1 ments of the United States Capitol Police, wherever lo2 cated, the Alternate Computer Facility, and AOC security 

3 operations, $21,500,000, of which $3,473,000 shall re4 main available until September 30, 2016. 

5 BOTANIC GARDEN

6 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

7 and operation of the Botanic Garden and the nurseries, 

8 buildings, grounds, and collections; and purchase and ex9 change, maintenance, repair, and operation of a passenger 

10 motor vehicle; all under the direction of the Joint Com11 mittee on the Library, $12,000,000 (reduced by 

12 $632,780): Provided, That of the amount made available 

13 under this heading, the Architect may obligate and expend 

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

15 and operation of the National Garden established under 

16 section 307E of the Legislative Branch Appropriations 

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

18 the Architect or a duly authorized designee. 

19 CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER

20 For all necessary expenses for the operation of the 

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

22 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For all necessary expenses of the Library of Congress 

25 not otherwise provided for, including development and 
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1 maintenance of the Library’s catalogs; custody and custo2 dial care of the Library buildings; special clothing; clean3 ing, laundering and repair of uniforms; preservation of 

4 motion pictures in the custody of the Library; operation 

5 and maintenance of the American Folklife Center in the 

6 Library; activities under the Civil Rights History Project 

7 Act of 2009; preparation and distribution of catalog 

8 records and other publications of the Library; hire or pur9 chase of one passenger motor vehicle; and expenses of the 

10 Library of Congress Trust Fund Board not properly 

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

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

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

14 be derived from collections credited to this appropriation 

15 during fiscal year 2012, and shall remain available until 

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

17 32 Stat. 480; 2 U.S.C. 150) and not more than $350,000 

18 shall be derived from collections during fiscal year 2012 

19 and shall remain available until expended for the develop20 ment and maintenance of an international legal informa21 tion database and activities related thereto: Provided, 

22 That the Library of Congress may not obligate or expend 

23 any funds derived from collections under the Act of June 

24 28, 1902, in excess of the amount authorized for obliga25 tion or expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided fur-
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1 ther, That the total amount available for obligation shall 

2 be reduced by the amount by which collections are less 

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

4 amount appropriated, not more than $12,000 may be ex5 pended, on the certification of the Librarian of Congress, 

6 in connection with official representation and reception ex7 penses for the Overseas Field Offices: Provided further, 

8 That of the total amount appropriated, $4,800,000 shall 

9 remain available until expended for the digital collections 

10 and educational curricula program. 

11 COPYRIGHT OFFICE

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For all necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, 

14 $50,974,000, of which not more than $28,029,000, to re15 main available until expended, shall be derived from collec16 tions credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 2012 

17 under section 708(d) of title 17, United States Code: Pro18 vided, That not more than $3,000,000 shall be derived 

19 from prior year available unobligated balances: Provided 

20 further, That the Copyright Office may not obligate or ex21 pend any funds derived from collections under such sec22 tion, in excess of the amount authorized for obligation or 

23 expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided further, That 

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

25 during fiscal year 2012 under sections 111(d)(2), 
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1 119(b)(2), 803(e), 1005, and 1316 of such title: Provided 

2 further, That the total amount available for obligation 

3 shall be reduced by the amount by which collections and 

4 prior year available unobligated balances are less than 

5 $36,513,000: Provided further, That not more than 

6 $100,000 of the amount appropriated is available for the 

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

8 the Copyright Office of the Library of Congress for the 

9 purpose of training nationals of developing countries in 

10 intellectual property laws and policies: Provided further, 

11 That not more than $4,250 may be expended, on the cer12 tification of the Librarian of Congress, in connection with 

13 official representation and reception expenses for activities 

14 of the International Copyright Institute and for copyright 

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

16 notwithstanding any provision of chapter 8 of title 17, 

17 United States Code, any amounts made available under 

18 this heading which are attributable to royalty fees and 

19 payments received by the Copyright Office pursuant to 

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

21 used for the costs incurred in the administration of the 

22 Copyright Royalty Judges program, with the exception of 

23 the costs of salaries and benefits for the Copyright Royalty 

24 Judges and staff under section 802(e). 
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1 CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For all necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

4 of section 203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 

5 1946 (2 U.S.C. 166) and to revise and extend the Anno6 tated Constitution of the United States of America, 

7 $104,091,000: Provided, That no part of such amount 

8 may be used to pay any salary or expense in connection 

9 with any publication, or preparation of material therefor 

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

11 by the Library of Congress unless such publication has 

12 obtained prior approval of either the Committee on House 

13 Administration of the House of Representatives or the 

14 Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate. 

15 BOOKS FOR THE BLIND AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

17 For salaries and expenses to carry out the Act of 

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

19 135a), $50,674,000: Provided, That of the total amount 

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

21 provide newspapers to blind and physically handicapped 

22 residents at no cost to the individual. 
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

2 REIMBURSABLE AND REVOLVING FUND ACTIVITIES

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

4 the obligational authority of the Library of Congress for 

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

6 $169,725,000. 

7 (b) ACTIVITIES.—The activities referred to in sub8 section (a) are reimbursable and revolving fund activities 

9 that are funded from sources other than appropriations 

10 to the Library in appropriations Acts for the legislative 

11 branch. 

12 (c) TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—During fiscal year 2012, 

13 the Librarian of Congress may temporarily transfer funds 

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

15 Congress’’, under the subheading ‘‘Salaries and Ex16 penses’’, to the revolving fund for the FEDLINK Program 

17 and the Federal Research Program established under sec18 tion 103 of the Library of Congress Fiscal Operations Im19 provement Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–481; 2 U.S.C. 

20 182c): Provided, That the total amount of such transfers 

21 may not exceed $1,900,000: Provided further, That the ap22 propriate revolving fund account shall reimburse the Li23 brary for any amounts transferred to it before the period 

24 of availability of the Library appropriation expires. 
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1 TRANSFER AUTHORITY

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

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

4 transferred during fiscal year 2012 between any of the 

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

6 the approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the 

7 House of Representatives and the Senate. 

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

9 total amount of funds appropriated to the account under 

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

11 fiscal year 2012 may be transferred from that account by 

12 all transfers made under subsection (a). 

13 FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR WORKERS COMPENSATION

14 PAYMENTS

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

16 other provision of law, available balances of expired Li17 brary of Congress appropriations shall be available for the 

18 purposes of making payments for employees of the Library 

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

20 Code, without regard to the fiscal year for which the obli21 gation to make such payments is incurred. 

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

23 respect to appropriations for fiscal year 2012 and each 

24 fiscal year thereafter. 
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1 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 

2 CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING AND BINDING

3 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

4 For authorized printing and binding for the Congress 

5 and the distribution of Congressional information in any 

6 format; printing and binding of Government publications 

7 authorized by law to be distributed to Members of Con8 gress; and printing, binding, and distribution of Govern9 ment publications authorized by law to be distributed 

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

11 $3,414,150.29): Provided, That this appropriation shall 

12 not be available for paper copies of the permanent edition 

13 of the Congressional Record for individual Representa14 tives, Resident Commissioners or Delegates authorized 

15 under section 906 of title 44, United States Code: Pro16 vided further, That this appropriation shall be available 

17 for the payment of obligations incurred under the appro18 priations for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years: 

19 Provided further, That notwithstanding the 2-year limita20 tion under section 718 of title 44, United States Code, 

21 none of the funds appropriated or made available under 

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

23 related services provided to Congress under chapter 7 of 

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

25 a document, report, or publication after the 27-month pe-
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1 riod beginning on the date that such document, report, 

2 or publication is authorized by Congress to be printed, un3 less Congress reauthorizes such printing in accordance 

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

5 further, That any unobligated or unexpended balances in 

6 this account or accounts for similar purposes for preceding 

7 fiscal years may be transferred to the Government Print8 ing Office revolving fund for carrying out the purposes of 

9 this heading, subject to the approval of the Committees 

10 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 

11 Senate: Provided further, That notwithstanding sections 

12 901, 902, and 906 of title 44, United States Code, this 

13 appropriation may be used to prepare indexes to the Con14 gressional Record on only a monthly and session basis. 

15 OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

17 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

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

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

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

24 $1,531,990.51): Provided, That amounts of not more than 

25 $2,000,000 from current year appropriations are author-
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1 ized for producing and disseminating Congressional serial 

2 sets and other related publications for fiscal years 2010 

3 and 2011 to depository and other designated libraries: 

4 Provided further, That any unobligated or unexpended bal5 ances in this account or accounts for similar purposes for 

6 preceding fiscal years may be transferred to the Govern7 ment Printing Office revolving fund for carrying out the 

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

9 Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent10 atives and Senate. 

11 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE REVOLVING FUND

12 The Government Printing Office is hereby authorized 

13 to make such expenditures, within the limits of funds 

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

15 contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year 

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

17 States Code, as may be necessary in carrying out the pro18 grams and purposes set forth in the budget for the current 

19 fiscal year for the Government Printing Office revolving 

20 fund: Provided, That not more than $7,500 may be ex21 pended on the certification of the Public Printer in connec22 tion with official representation and reception expenses: 

23 Provided further, That the revolving fund shall be available 

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

25 motor vehicles: Provided further, That expenditures in con-
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1 nection with travel expenses of the advisory councils to 

2 the Public Printer shall be deemed necessary to carry out 

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

4 further, That the revolving fund shall be available for tem5 porary or intermittent services under section 3109(b) of 

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

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

8 basic pay for level V of the Executive Schedule under sec9 tion 5316 of such title: Provided further, That activities 

10 financed through the revolving fund may provide informa11 tion in any format. 

12 GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 For necessary expenses of the Government Account15 ability Office, including not more than $12,500 to be ex16 pended on the certification of the Comptroller General of 

17 the United States in connection with official representa18 tion and reception expenses; temporary or intermittent 

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

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

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

22 the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of such title; 

23 hire of one passenger motor vehicle; advance payments in 

24 foreign countries in accordance with section 3324 of title 

25 31, United States Code; benefits comparable to those pay-
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1 able under sections 901(5), (6), and (8) of the Foreign 

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

3 and under regulations prescribed by the Comptroller Gen4 eral of the United States, rental of living quarters in for5 eign countries, $511,296,000: Provided, That, in addition, 

6 $18,304,000 of payments received under sections 782, 

7 3521, and 9105 of title 31, United States Code, shall be 

8 available without fiscal year limitation: Provided further, 

9 That this appropriation and appropriations for adminis10 trative expenses of any other department or agency which 

11 is a member of the National Intergovernmental Audit 

12 Forum or a Regional Intergovernmental Audit Forum 

13 shall be available to finance an appropriate share of either 

14 Forum’s costs as determined by the respective Forum, in15 cluding necessary travel expenses of non-Federal partici16 pants: Provided further, That payments hereunder to the 

17 Forum may be credited as reimbursements to any appro18 priation from which costs involved are initially financed. 

19 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

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

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

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

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

24 States Code’’ and inserting ‘‘United States Code, 
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1 but excluding the Government Accountability Of2 fice’’. 

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

4 is amended by striking ‘‘section 105’’ and inserting ‘‘sec5 tion 105 (other than the Government Accountability Of6 fice)’’. 

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

8 with respect to voluntary separation incentive payments 

9 made during fiscal year 2012 or any succeeding fiscal 

10 year. 

11 OPEN WORLD LEADERSHIP CENTER TRUST 

12 FUND 

13 For a payment to the Open World Leadership Center 

14 Trust Fund for financing activities of the Open World 

15 Leadership Center under section 313 of the Legislative 

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

17 $1,000,000. 

18 TITLE II—GENERAL PROVISIONS 

19 MAINTENANCE AND CARE OF PRIVATE VEHICLES

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

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

22 vehicles, except for emergency assistance and cleaning as 

23 may be provided under regulations relating to parking fa24 cilities for the House of Representatives issued by the 
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1 Committee on House Administration and for the Senate 

2 issued by the Committee on Rules and Administration. 

3 FISCAL YEAR LIMITATION

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

5 Act shall remain available for obligation beyond fiscal year 

6 2012 unless expressly so provided in this Act. 

7 RATES OF COMPENSATION AND DESIGNATION

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

9 not specifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of 

10 1929 (46 Stat. 32 et seq.) is appropriated for or the rate 

11 of compensation or designation of any office or position 

12 appropriated for is different from that specifically estab13 lished by such Act, the rate of compensation and the des14 ignation in this Act shall be the permanent law with re15 spect thereto: Provided, That the provisions in this Act 

16 for the various items of official expenses of Members, offi17 cers, and committees of the House of Representatives and 

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

19 House of Representatives shall be the permanent law with 

20 respect thereto. 

21 CONSULTING SERVICES

22 SEC. 204. The expenditure of any appropriation 

23 under this Act for any consulting service through procure24 ment contract, under section 3109 of title 5, United States 

25 Code, shall be limited to those contracts where such ex-
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1 penditures are a matter of public record and available for 

2 public inspection, except where otherwise provided under 

3 existing law, or under existing Executive order issued 

4 under existing law. 

5 AWARDS AND SETTLEMENTS

6 SEC. 205. Such sums as may be necessary are appro7 priated to the account described in subsection (a) of sec8 tion 415 of the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 

9 (2 U.S.C. 1415(a)) to pay awards and settlements as au10 thorized under such subsection. 

11 COSTS OF LBFMC

12 SEC. 206. Amounts available for administrative ex13 penses of any legislative branch entity which participates 

14 in the Legislative Branch Financial Managers Council 

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

16 be available to finance an appropriate share of LBFMC 

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

18 LBFMC costs to be shared among all participating legisla19 tive branch entities (in such allocations among the entities 

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

21 LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE

22 SEC. 207. The Architect of the Capitol, in consulta23 tion with the District of Columbia, is authorized to main24 tain and improve the landscape features, excluding streets, 

25 in the irregular shaped grassy areas bounded by Wash-
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1 ington Avenue, SW on the northeast, Second Street SW 

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

3 of the I–395 tunnel on the southeast. 

4 LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS

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

6 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in7 strumentality of the United States Government, except 

8 pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro9 vided in, this Act or any other appropriation Act. 

10 GUIDED TOURS OF THE CAPITOL

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

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

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

14 guided tours of the United States Capitol which are led 

15 by employees and interns of offices of Members of Con16 gress and other offices of the House of Representatives 

17 and Senate. 

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

19 at the direction of the Architect of the Capitol with the 

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

21 United States Capitol which are led by employees and in22 terns described in subsection (a) may be suspended tempo23 rarily or otherwise subject to restriction for security or re24 lated reasons to the same extent as guided tours of the 
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1 United States Capitol which are led by the Architect of 

2 the Capitol. 

3 SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT

4 SEC. 210. The amount by which the applicable alloca5 tion of new budget authority made by the Committee on 

6 Appropriations of the House of Representatives under sec7 tion 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, ex8 cluding Senate items, exceeds the amount of proposed new 

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

10 by $4,946,140.80). 

11 SEC. 211. None of the funds made available in this 

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

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

14 House of Representatives (including a Delegate or Resi15 dent Commissioner to the Congress) unless the Member 

16 requests a copy. 

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

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

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

20 the House of Representatives (including a Delegate or 

21 Resident Commissioner to the Congress). 

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

23 Act may be used by the Chief Administrative Officer of 

24 the House of Representatives to make any payments from 

25 any Members’ Representational Allowance for the leasing 
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1 of a vehicle in an aggregate amount that exceeds $1,000 

2 for the vehicle in any month. 

3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative Branch Ap4 propriations Act, 2012’’. 

5 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

6 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 

7 Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 

8 2012, and for other purposes, namely: 

9 TITLE I 

10 LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 

11 SENATE 

12 EXPENSE ALLOWANCES

13 For expense allowances of the Vice President, $18,760; 

14 the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, $37,520; Majority 

15 Leader of the Senate, $37,520; Minority Leader of the Sen16 ate, $37,520; Majority Whip of the Senate, $9,380; Minority 

17 Whip of the Senate, $9,380; Chairmen of the Majority and 

18 Minority Conference Committees, $4,690 for each Chair19 man; and Chairmen of the Majority and Minority Policy 

20 Committees, $4,690 for each Chairman; in all, $168,840. 

21 REPRESENTATION ALLOWANCES FOR THE MAJORITY AND

22 MINORITY LEADERS

23 For representation allowances of the Majority and Mi24 nority Leaders of the Senate, $14,070 for each such Leader; 

25 in all, $28,140. 
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1 SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

2 For compensation of officers, employees, and others as 

3 authorized by law, including agency contributions, 

4 $175,238,190, which shall be paid from this appropriation 

5 without regard to the following limitations: 

6 OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT

7 For the Office of the Vice President, $2,361,248. 

8 OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE

9 For the Office of the President Pro Tempore, $705,466. 

10 OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERS

11 For Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders, 

12 $4,889,480. 

13 OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY WHIPS

14 For Offices of the Majority and Minority Whips, 

15 $3,084,538. 

16 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

17 For salaries of the Committee on Appropriations, 

18 $14,863,573. 

19 CONFERENCE COMMITTEES

20 For the Conference of the Majority and the Conference 

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

22 Chairman of each such committee, $1,619,195 for each such 

23 committee; in all, $3,238,390. 
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1 OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES OF THE CONFERENCE OF

2 THE MAJORITY AND THE CONFERENCE OF THE MINORITY

3 For Offices of the Secretaries of the Conference of the 

4 Majority and the Conference of the Minority, $797,402. 

5 POLICY COMMITTEES

6 For salaries of the Majority Policy Committee and the 

7 Minority Policy Committee, $1,653,905 for each such com8 mittee; in all, $3,307,810. 

9 OFFICE OF THE CHAPLAIN

10 For Office of the Chaplain, $389,320. 

11 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

12 For Office of the Secretary, $24,194,115. 

13 OFFICE OF THE SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER

14 For Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, 

15 $73,000,000. 

16 OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND

17 MINORITY

18 For Offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the 

19 Secretary for the Minority, $1,722,388. 

20 AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS AND RELATED EXPENSES

21 For agency contributions for employee benefits, as au22 thorized by law, and related expenses, $42,684,460. 

23 OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL OF THE SENATE

24 For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legisla25 tive Counsel of the Senate, $6,711,310. 
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1 OFFICE OF SENATE LEGAL COUNSEL

2 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate Legal 

3 Counsel, $1,448,457. 

4 EXPENSE ALLOWANCES OF THE SECRETARY OF THE SEN5 ATE, SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE

6 SENATE, AND SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND

7 MINORITY OF THE SENATE

8 For expense allowances of the Secretary of the Senate, 

9 $7,110; Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, 

10 $7,110; Secretary for the Majority of the Senate, $7,110; 

11 Secretary for the Minority of the Senate, $7,110; in all, 

12 $28,440. 

13 CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE

14 INQUIRIES AND INVESTIGATIONS

15 For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered 

16 by the Senate, or conducted under paragraph 1 of rule 

17 XXVI of the Standing Rules of the Senate, section 112 of 

18 the Supplemental Appropriations and Rescission Act, 1980 

19 (Public Law 96–304), and Senate Resolution 281, 96th 

20 Congress, agreed to March 11, 1980, $131,305,860, of which 

21 $26,650,000 shall be available until September 30, 2014. 

22 EXPENSES OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE CAUCUS ON

23 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL

24 For expenses of the United States Senate Caucus on 

25 International Narcotics Control, $487,822. 
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1 SECRETARY OF THE SENATE

2 For expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the Senate 

3 $5,816,344 of which $4,200,000 shall remain available until 

4 September 30, 2016. 

5 SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE SENATE

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

7 Doorkeeper of the Senate, $131,040,000, which shall remain 

8 available until September 30, 2016. 

9 MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

10 For miscellaneous items, $14,860,000, which shall re11 main available until September 30, 2014. 

12 SENATORS’ OFFICIAL PERSONNEL AND OFFICE EXPENSE

13 ACCOUNT

14 For Senators’ Official Personnel and Office Expense 

15 Account, $396,180,000of which $18,921,206 shall remain 

16 available until September 30, 2014. 

17 OFFICIAL MAIL COSTS

18 For expenses necessary for official mail costs of the 

19 Senate, $281,436. 

20 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

21 PAYMENT OF CERTAIN EXPENSES

22 SEC. 1. (a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to the approval of 

23 the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, if in any 

24 fiscal year amounts in any appropriations account under 

25 the heading ‘‘SENATE’’ under the heading ‘‘LEGISLA-
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1 TIVE BRANCH’’ are available for more than 1 fiscal year, 

2 the Secretary of the Senate may establish procedures for the 

3 payment of expenses with respect to that account from any 

4 amounts available for that fiscal year. 

5 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply to fis6 cal year 2012 and each fiscal year thereafter. 

7 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

9 For salaries and expenses of the House of Representa10 tives, $1,226,680,000 (reduced by $1,000,000), as follows: 

11 HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES

12 For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, 

13 $23,275,773, including: Office of the Speaker, $6,942,770, 

14 including $25,000 for official expenses of the Speaker; Office 

15 of the Majority Floor Leader, $2,277,595, including $10,000 

16 for official expenses of the Majority Leader; Office of the 

17 Minority Floor Leader, $7,432,812, including $10,000 for 

18 official expenses of the Minority Leader; Office of the Major19 ity Whip, including the Chief Deputy Majority Whip, 

20 $1,971,050, including $5,000 for official expenses of the Ma21 jority Whip; Office of the Minority Whip, including the 

22 Chief Deputy Minority Whip, $1,524,951, including $5,000 

23 for official expenses of the Minority Whip; Republican Con24 ference, $1,572,788; Democratic Caucus, $1,553,807. In ad25 dition to the amounts made available above, for salaries 
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1 and expenses under this heading, to be available during the 

2 period beginning September 30, 2012, and ending December 

3 31, 2013; $5,818,948, including: Office of the Speaker, 

4 $1,735,694, including $6,250 for official expenses of the 

5 Speaker; Office of the Majority Floor Leader, $569,399, in6 cluding $2,500 for official expenses of the Majority Leader; 

7 Office of the Minority Floor Leader, $1,858,205, including 

8 $2,500 for official expenses of the Minority Leader; Office 

9 of the Majority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Majority 

10 Whip, $492,763, including $1,250 for official expenses of 

11 the Majority Whip; Office of the Minority Whip, including 

12 the Chief Deputy Minority Whip, $381,238, including 

13 $1,250 for official expenses of the Minority Whip; Repub14 lican Conference, $393,197; Democratic Caucus, $388,452. 

15 MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES

16 INCLUDING MEMBERS’ CLERK HIRE, OFFICIAL EXPENSES

17 OF MEMBERS, AND OFFICIAL MAIL

18 For Members’ representational allowances, including 

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

20 $573,939,282. 

21 COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES

22 STANDING COMMITTEES, SPECIAL AND SELECT

23 For salaries and expenses of standing committees, spe24 cial and select, authorized by House resolutions, 

25 $125,964,870: Provided, That such amount shall remain 
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1 available for such salaries and expenses until December 31, 

2 2012. 

3 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

4 For salaries and expenses of the Committee on Appro5 priations, $26,665,785, including studies and examinations 

6 of executive agencies and temporary personal services for 

7 such committee, to be expended in accordance with section 

8 202(b) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 and 

9 to be available for reimbursement to agencies for services 

10 performed: Provided, That such amount shall remain avail11 able for such salaries and expenses until December 31, 2012. 

12 SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

13 For salaries and expenses of officers and employees, as 

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

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

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

17 Family Room, for official representation and reception ex18 penses, $26,114,400, of which $2,000,000 shall remain 

19 available until expended; for salaries and expenses of the 

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

21 Superintendent of Garages and the Office of Emergency 

22 Management, and including not more than $3,000 for offi23 cial representation and reception expenses, $12,585,000 of 

24 which $4,445,000 shall remain available until expended; for 

25 salaries and expenses of the Office of the Chief Administra-
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1 tive Officer including not more than $3,000 for official rep2 resentation and reception expenses, $116,782,000, of which 

3 $3,937,000 shall remain available until expended; for sala4 ries and expenses of the Office of the Inspector General, 

5 $5,045,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of General 

6 Counsel, $1,415,000; for the Office of the Chaplain, 

7 $179,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Par8 liamentarian, including the Parliamentarian, $2,000 for 

9 preparing the Digest of Rules, and not more than $1,000 

10 for official representation and reception expenses, 

11 $2,060,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the 

12 Law Revision Counsel of the House, $3,258,000; for salaries 

13 and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the 

14 House, $8,814,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office 

15 of Interparliamentary Affairs, $859,000; for other author16 ized employees, $347,000; and for salaries and expenses of 

17 the Historian, $170,000. 

18 ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES

19 For allowances and expenses as authorized by House 

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

21 including: supplies, materials, administrative costs and 

22 Federal tort claims, $3,696,118; official mail for commit23 tees, leadership offices, and administrative offices of the 

24 House, $201,000; Government contributions for health, re25 tirement, Social Security, and other applicable employee 
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1 benefits, $264,848,219; Business Continuity and Disaster 

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

3 available until expended; transition activities for new mem4 bers and staff, $2,721,533 (reduced by $1,000,000); Wound5 ed Warrior Program $2,500,000, to remain available until 

6 expended; Office of Congressional Ethics, $1,548,000; and 

7 miscellaneous items including purchase, exchange, mainte8 nance, repair and operation of House motor vehicles, inter9 parliamentary receptions, and gratuities to heirs of de10 ceased employees of the House, $760,000. 

11 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

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

13 MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES TO BE USED

14 FOR DEFICIT REDUCTION OR TO REDUCE THE FEDERAL

15 DEBT.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any 

16 amounts appropriated under this Act for ‘‘HOUSE OF 

17 REPRESENTATIVES—SALARIES AND EXPENSES— 

18 MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES’’ shall be 

19 available only for fiscal year 2012. Any amount remaining 

20 after all payments are made under such allowances for fis21 cal year 2012 shall be deposited in the Treasury and used 

22 for deficit reduction (or, if there is no Federal budget deficit 

23 after all such payments have been made, for reducing the 

24 Federal debt, in such manner as the Secretary of the Treas25 ury considers appropriate). 
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1 (b) REGULATIONS.—The Committee on House Admin2 istration of the House of Representatives shall have author3 ity to prescribe regulations to carry out this section. 

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

5 ‘‘Member of the House of Representatives’’ means a Rep6 resentative in, or a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, 

7 the Congress. 

8 REPUBLICAN POLICY COMMITTEE

9 SEC. 102. (a) Section 109(a) of the Legislative Branch 

10 Appropriations Act, 2005 (2 U.S.C. 74a–13(a)) is amended 

11 by striking ‘‘the chair of the Republican Conference’’ and 

12 inserting the following: ‘‘the Speaker of the House of Rep13 resentatives (or, if the Speaker is not a member of the Re14 publican Party, the Minority Leader of the House of Rep15 resentatives)’’. 

16 (b) Section 109(b) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 74a–13(b)) 

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

18 the following: ‘‘, and which shall be obligated and expended 

19 as directed by the Speaker (or, if the Speaker is not a mem20 ber of the Republican party, the Minority Leader).’’. 

21 (c) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply 

22 with respect to fiscal year 2012 and each succeeding fiscal 

23 year. 
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1 AUTHORITY OF SPEAKER AND MINORITY LEADER TO AL2 LOCATE FUNDS AMONG CERTAIN HOUSE LEADER3 SHIP OFFICES

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

5 (1) AUTHORITY DESCRIBED.—Notwithstanding 

6 any other provision of law (including any provision 

7 of law that sets forth an allowance for official ex8 penses), the amount appropriated or otherwise made 

9 available during a Congress for the salaries and ex10 penses of any office or authority described in para11 graph (2) shall be the amount allocated for such office 

12 or authority by the Speaker of the House of Rep13 resentatives from the aggregate amount appropriated 

14 or otherwise made available for all such offices and 

15 authorities. 

16 (2) OFFICES AND AUTHORITIES DESCRIBED.— 

17 The offices and authorities described in this para18 graph are as follows: 

19 (A) The Office of the Speaker. 

20 (B) The Speaker’s Office for Legislative 

21 Floor Activities. 

22 (C) The Republican Steering Committee (if 

23 the Speaker is a member of the Republican 

24 party) or the Democratic Steering and Policy 
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1 Committee (if the Speaker is a member of the 

2 Democratic party). 

3 (D) The Republican Policy Committee (if 

4 the Speaker is a member of the Republican 

5 party). 

6 (E) Training and program development— 

7 majority (as described under the heading ‘‘House 

8 leadership offices’’ in the most recent bill making 

9 appropriations for the legislative branch that 

10 was enacted prior to the date of the enactment 

11 of this Act). 

12 (F) Cloakroom personnel—majority (as so 

13 described). 

14 (b) AUTHORITY OF MINORITY LEADER.— 

15 (1) AUTHORITY DESCRIBED.—Notwithstanding 

16 any other provision of law (including any provision 

17 of law that sets forth an allowance for official ex18 penses), the amount appropriated or otherwise made 

19 available during a Congress for the salaries and ex20 penses of any office or authority described in para21 graph (2) shall be the amount allocated for such office 

22 or authority by the Minority Leader of the House of 

23 Representatives from the aggregate amount appro24 priated or otherwise made available for all such of25 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 Minority Leader. 

5 (B) The Democratic Steering and Policy 

6 Committee (if the Minority Leader is a member 

7 of the Democratic party) or the Republican 

8 Steering Committee (if the Minority Leader is a 

9 member of the Republican party). 

10 (C) The Republican Policy Committee (if 

11 the Minority Leader is a member of the Repub12 lican party). 

13 (D) Training and program development— 

14 minority (as described under the heading ‘‘House 

15 leadership offices’’ in the most recent bill making 

16 appropriations for the legislative branch that 

17 was enacted prior to the date of the enactment 

18 of this Act). 

19 (E) Cloakroom personnel—minority (as so 

20 described). 

21 (F) Nine minority employees (as so de22 scribed). 

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

24 respect to any months occurring during the One Hundred 
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1 Twelfth Congress that begin after the date of the enactment 

2 of this Act, and to any succeeding Congress. 

3 REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE AND THE DEMOCRATIC

4 STEERING AND POLICY COMMITTEE

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

6 Appropriations Act, 1999 (2 U.S.C. 74a–8(b)) is amend7 ed— 

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

9 striking ‘‘Subject to the allocation described in sub10 section (c), funds’’ and inserting ‘‘Funds’’; 

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

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

13 not a member of the Republican Party, under such 

14 terms and conditions as the Minority Leader of the 

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

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

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

18 a member of the Democratic Party, under such terms 

19 and conditions as the Speaker may direct).’’. 

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

21 amended— 

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

23 (2) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection 

24 (c). 
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1 (c) The amendments made by this section shall take 

2 effect as if included in the enactment of the Legislative 

3 Branch Appropriations Act, 1999. 

4 TRANSFER OF HOUSE EMERGENCY PLANNING, PREPARED5 NESS, AND OPERATIONS FUNCTIONS TO SERGEANT AT

6 ARMS

7 SEC. 105. Effective February 1, 2010— 

8 (1) section 905 of the Emergency Supplemental 

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

10 (2) the functions and responsibilities of the Of11 fice of Emergency Planning, Preparedness and Oper12 ations under section 905 of such Act are transferred 

13 and assigned to the Sergeant at Arms of the House 

14 of Representatives. 

15 JOINT ITEMS 

16 For Joint Committees, as follows: 

17 JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE

18 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic Com19 mittee, $4,490,002, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the 

20 Senate. 

21 JOINT CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE ON INAUGURAL

22 CEREMONIES OF 2013 

23 For salaries and expenses associated with conducting 

24 the inaugural ceremonies of the President and Vice Presi25 dent of the United States, January 20, 2013, in accordance 
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1 with such program as may be adopted by the joint congres2 sional committee authorized to conduct the inaugural cere3 monies of 2013, $1,237,000 to be disbursed by the Secretary 

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

5 2013. Funds made available under this heading shall be 

6 available for payment, on a direct or reimbursable basis, 

7 whether incurred on, before, or after, October 1, 2012: Pro8 vided, That the compensation of any employee of the Com9 mittee on Rules and Administration of the Senate who has 

10 been designated to perform service with respect to the inau11 gural ceremonies of 2013 shall continue to be paid by the 

12 Committee on Rules and Administration, but the account 

13 from which such staff member is paid may be reimbursed 

14 for the services of the staff member (including agency con15 tributions when appropriate) out of funds made available 

16 under this heading. 

17 JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION

18 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on 

19 Taxation, $10,761,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Admin20 istrative Officer of the House of Representatives. 

21 OFFICE OF THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN

22 For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent ex23 penses of the emergency rooms, and for the Attending Physi24 cian and his assistants, including: 
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1 (1) an allowance of $2,175 per month to the At2 tending Physician; 

3 (2) an allowance of $1,300 per month to the Sen4 ior Medical Officer; 

5 (3) an allowance of $725 per month each to three 

6 medical officers while on duty in the Office of the At7 tending Physician; 

8 (4) an allowance of $725 per month to 2 assist9 ants and $580 per month each not to exceed 11 assist10 ants on the basis heretofore provided for such assist11 ants; and 

12 (5) $2,427,000 for reimbursement to the Depart13 ment of the Navy for expenses incurred for staff and 

14 equipment assigned to the Office of the Attending 

15 Physician, which shall be advanced and credited to 

16 the applicable appropriation or appropriations from 

17 which such salaries, allowances, and other expenses 

18 are payable and shall be available for all the purposes 

19 thereof, $3,403,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Ad20 ministrative Officer of the House of Representatives. 

21 OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL ACCESSIBILITY SERVICES

22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

23 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Congressional 

24 Accessibility Services, $1,363,000, to be disbursed by the 

25 Secretary of the Senate. 
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1 TECHNICAL CORRECTION

2 SEC. 1001. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 102(a) of the 

3 Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2002 (2 U.S.C. 

4 60c–5(a)) is amended— 

5 (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘, except as 

6 provided under subsection (b)(3)’’ after ‘‘means an in7 dividual’’; and 

8 (2) by striking paragraphs (2) and (3) and in9 serting the following: 

10 ‘‘(2) EMPLOYEE OF THE SENATE.—The term 

11 ‘employee of the Senate’— 

12 ‘‘(A) has the meaning given the term under 

13 section 101 of the Congressional Accountability 

14 Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1301); and 

15 ‘‘(B) includes any employee of the Office of 

16 Congressional Accessibility Services whose pay is 

17 disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate. 

18 ‘‘(3) EMPLOYING OFFICE.—The term ‘employing 

19 office’— 

20 ‘‘(A) means the employing office, as defined 

21 under section 101 of the Congressional Account22 ability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1301), of an em23 ployee of the Senate; and 

24 ‘‘(B) includes the Office of Congressional 

25 Accessibility Services with respect to employees 
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1 of that office whose pay is disbursed by the Sec2 retary of the Senate.’’. 

3 (b) EXCLUSION FROM PARTICIPATION IN DUAL PRO4 GRAMS.—Section 102(b) of the Legislative Branch Appro5 priations Act, 2002 (2 U.S.C. 60c–5(b)) is amended by add6 ing at the end the following: 

7 ‘‘(3) EXCLUSION FROM PARTICIPATION IN DUAL

8 PROGRAMS.—Notwithstanding section 5379 of title 5, 

9 United States Code, an employee of the Office of Con10 gressional Accessibility Services may not participate 

11 in the student loan repayment program through an 

12 agreement under that section and participate in the 

13 student loan repayment program through a service 

14 agreement under this section at the same time.’’. 

15 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE AND APPLICATION.—The amend16 ments made by this section shall take effect on the date of 

17 enactment of this Act and apply to service agreements en18 tered into under section 102 of the Legislative Branch Ap19 propriations Act, 2002 (2 U.S.C. 60c–5) or section 5379 

20 of title 5, United States Code, on or after that date. 

21 CAPITOL POLICE 

22 SALARIES

23 For salaries of employees of the Capitol Police, includ24 ing overtime, hazardous duty pay differential, and Govern25 ment contributions for health, retirement, social security, 
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1 professional liability insurance, and other applicable em2 ployee benefits, $276,929,583, to be disbursed by the Chief 

3 of the Capitol Police or his designee. 

4 GENERAL EXPENSES

5 For necessary expenses of the Capitol Police, including 

6 motor vehicles, communications and other equipment, secu7 rity equipment and installation, uniforms, weapons, sup8 plies, materials, training, medical services, forensic services, 

9 stenographic services, personal and professional services, the 

10 employee assistance program, the awards program, postage, 

11 communication services, travel advances, relocation of in12 structor and liaison personnel for the Federal Law Enforce13 ment Training Center, and not more than $5,000 to be ex14 pended on the certification of the Chief of the Capitol Police 

15 in connection with official representation and reception ex16 penses, $54,473,325, to be disbursed by the Chief of the Cap17 itol Police or his designee: Provided, That, notwithstanding 

18 any other provision of law, the cost of basic training for 

19 the Capitol Police at the Federal Law Enforcement Train20 ing Center for fiscal year 2012 shall be paid by the Sec21 retary of Homeland Security from funds available to the 

22 Department of Homeland Security. 
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 SEC. 1101. Amounts appropriated for fiscal year 2012 

4 for the Capitol Police may be transferred between the head5 ings ‘‘Salaries’’ and ‘‘General expenses’’ upon the approval 

6 of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep7 resentatives and the Senate. 

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), $3,870,499, of which 

13 $884,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2013: 

14 Provided, That not more than $500 may be expended on 

15 the certification of the Executive Director of the Office of 

16 Compliance in connection with official representation and 

17 reception expenses. 

18 CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE 

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 For salaries and expenses necessary for operation of 

21 the Congressional Budget Office, including not more than 

22 $6,000 to be expended on the certification of the Director 

23 of the Congressional Budget Office in connection with offi24 cial representation and reception expenses, $44,409,000. 
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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 reception and representation 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, $94,980,000, of which $3,700,000 

17 shall remain available until September 30, 2016. 

18 CAPITOL BUILDING

19 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

20 and operation of the Capitol, $29,056,000, of which 

21 $5,063,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

22 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, $8,837,000. 

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, $66,453,000, of which 

10 $13,128,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

11 2016. 

12 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS

13 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

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

15 of which $40,631,000 shall remain available until Sep16 tember 30, 2016. In addition, for a payment to the House 

17 Historic Buildings Revitalization Trust Fund, $30,000,000, 

18 shall remain available until expended. 

19 CAPITOL POWER PLANT

20 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

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

22 power (including the purchase of electrical energy) and 

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

24 office buildings, Library of Congress buildings, and the 

25 grounds about the same, Botanic Garden, Senate garage, 
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1 and air conditioning refrigeration not supplied from plants 

2 in any of such buildings; heating the Government Printing 

3 Office and Washington City Post Office, and heating and 

4 chilled water for air conditioning for the Supreme Court 

5 Building, the Union Station complex, the Thurgood Mar6 shall Federal Judiciary Building and the Folger Shake7 speare Library, expenses for which shall be advanced or re8 imbursed upon request of the Architect of the Capitol and 

9 amounts so received shall be deposited into the Treasury 

10 to the credit of this appropriation, $113,139,000, of which 

11 $15,406,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

12 2016: Provided, That not more than $8,000,000 of the funds 

13 credited or to be reimbursed to this appropriation as herein 

14 provided shall be available for obligation during fiscal year 

15 2012. 

16 LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

17 For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and 

18 structural maintenance, care and operation of the Library 

19 buildings and grounds, $27,762,000 of which $4,100,000 

20 shall remain available until September 30, 2016. 

21 CAPITOL POLICE BUILDINGS, GROUNDS AND SECURITY

22 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

23 and operation of buildings, grounds and security enhance24 ments of the United States Capitol Police, wherever located, 

25 the Alternate Computer Facility, and AOC security oper-
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1 ations, $18,212,000, of which $2,473,000 shall remain 

2 available until September 30, 2016. 

3 BOTANIC GARDEN

4 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

5 and operation of the Botanic Garden and the nurseries, 

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

8 motor vehicle; all under the direction of the Joint Com9 mittee on the Library, $9,582,000: Provided, That of the 

10 amount made available under this heading, the Architect 

11 of the Capitol may obligate and expend such sums as may 

12 be necessary for the maintenance, care and operation of the 

13 National Garden established under section 307E of the Leg14 islative Branch Appropriations Act, 1989 (2 U.S.C. 2146), 

15 upon vouchers approved by the Architect of the Capitol or 

16 a duly authorized designee. 

17 CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER

18 For all necessary expenses for the operation of the Cap19 itol Visitor Center, $19,438,000. 

20 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 For necessary expenses of the Library of Congress not 

23 otherwise provided for, including development and mainte24 nance of the Library’s catalogs; custody and custodial care 

25 of the Library buildings; special clothing; cleaning, laun-
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1 dering and repair of uniforms; preservation of motion pic2 tures in the custody of the Library; operation and mainte3 nance of the American Folklife Center in the Library; ac4 tivities under the Civil Rights History Project Act of 2009; 

5 preparation and distribution of catalog records and other 

6 publications of the Library; hire or purchase of one pas7 senger motor vehicle; and expenses of the Library of Con8 gress Trust Fund Board not properly chargeable to the in9 come of any trust fund held by the Board, $411,848,000, 

10 of which not more than $6,000,000 shall be derived from 

11 collections credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 

12 2012, and shall remain available until expended, under the 

13 Act of June 28, 1902 (chapter 1301; 32 Stat. 480; 2 U.S.C. 

14 150) and not more than $350,000 shall be derived from col15 lections during fiscal year 2012 and shall remain available 

16 until expended for the development and maintenance of an 

17 international legal information database and activities re18 lated thereto: Provided, That the Library of Congress may 

19 not obligate or expend any funds derived from collections 

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

21 authorized for obligation or expenditure in appropriations 

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

23 obligation shall be reduced by the amount by which collec24 tions are less than $6,350,000: Provided further, That of 

25 the total amount appropriated, not more than $12,000 may 
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1 be expended, on the certification of the Librarian of Con2 gress, in connection with official representation and recep3 tion expenses for the Overseas Field Offices: Provided fur4 ther, That of the total amount appropriated, $6,959,000 

5 shall remain available until expended for the digital collec6 tions and educational curricula program. 

7 COPYRIGHT OFFICE

8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

9 For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, 

10 $53,533,000, of which not more than $30,573,000, to re11 main available until expended, shall be derived from collec12 tions credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 2012 

13 under section 708(d) of title 17, United States Code: Pro14 vided, That the Copyright Office may not obligate or expend 

15 any funds derived from collections under such section, in 

16 excess of the amount authorized for obligation or expendi17 ture in appropriations Acts: Provided further, That not 

18 more than $5,966,000 shall be derived from collections dur19 ing fiscal year 2012 under sections 111(d)(2), 119(b)(2), 

20 803(e), 1005, and 1316 of such title: Provided further, That 

21 the total amount available for obligation shall be reduced 

22 by the amount by which collections are less than 

23 $36,539,000: 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 pur2 pose of training nationals of developing countries in intel3 lectual property laws and policies: Provided further, That 

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

5 of the Librarian of Congress, in connection with official 

6 representation and reception expenses for activities of the 

7 International Copyright Institute and for copyright delega8 tions, visitors, and seminars: Provided further, That not9 withstanding any provision of chapter 8 of title 17, United 

10 States Code, any amounts made available under this head11 ing which are attributable to royalty fees and payments re12 ceived by the Copyright Office pursuant to sections 111, 

13 119, and chapter 10 of such title may be used for the costs 

14 incurred in the administration of the Copyright Royalty 

15 Judges program, with the exception of the costs of salaries 

16 and benefits for the Copyright Royalty Judges and staff 

17 under section 802(e). 

18 CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE

19 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

20 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 

21 section 203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 

22 (2 U.S.C. 166) and to revise and extend the Annotated Con23 stitution of the United States of America, $105,819,000: 

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

25 any salary or expense in connection with any publication, 
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1 or preparation of material therefor (except the Digest of 

2 Public General Bills), to be issued by the Library of Con3 gress unless such publication has obtained prior approval 

4 of either the Committee on House Administration of the 

5 House of Representatives or the Committee on Rules and 

6 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 March 

10 3, 1931 (chapter 400; 46 Stat. 1487; 2 U.S.C. 135a), 

11 $50,860,000, of which $31,347,000 shall remain available 

12 until expended: Provided, That of the total amount appro13 priated, $605,150 shall be available to contract to provide 

14 newspapers to blind and physically handicapped residents 

15 at no cost to the individual. 

16 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

17 REIMBURSABLE AND REVOLVING FUND ACTIVITIES

18 SEC. 1301 (a) IN GENERAL.—For fiscal year 2012, the 

19 obligational authority of the Library of Congress for the ac20 tivities described in subsection (b) may not exceed 

21 $169,725,000. 

22 (b) ACTIVITIES.—The activities referred to in sub23 section (a) are reimbursable and revolving fund activities 

24 that are funded from sources other than appropriations to 
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1 the Library in appropriations Acts for the legislative 

2 branch. 

3 (c) TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—During fiscal year 2012, 

4 the Librarian of Congress may temporarily transfer funds 

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

6 Congress’’, under the subheading ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’, 

7 to the revolving fund for the FEDLINK Program and the 

8 Federal Research Program established under section 103 of 

9 the Library of Congress Fiscal Operations Improvement Act 

10 of 2000 (Public Law 106–481; 2 U.S.C. 182c): Provided, 

11 That the total amount of such transfers may not exceed 

12 $1,900,000: Provided further, That the appropriate revolv13 ing fund account shall reimburse the Library for any 

14 amounts transferred to it before the period of availability 

15 of the Library appropriation expires. 

16 TRANSFER AUTHORITY

17 SEC. 1302 (a) IN GENERAL.—Amounts appropriated 

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

19 transferred during fiscal year 2012 between any of the head20 ings under the heading ‘‘Library of Congress’’ upon the ap21 proval of the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 

22 and the House of Representatives. 

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

24 total amount of funds appropriated to the account under 

25 any heading under the heading ‘‘Library of Congress’’ for 
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1 fiscal year 2012 may be transferred from that account by 

2 all transfers made under subsection (a). 

3 FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR WORKERS COMPENSATION

4 PAYMENTS

5 SEC. 1303. (a) IN GENERAL.—Available balances of 

6 expired Library of Congress appropriations shall be avail7 able to the Library of Congress to make the deposit to the 

8 credit of the Employees’ Compensation Fund required by 

9 subsection 8147(b) of title 5, United States Code. 

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

11 respect to appropriations for fiscal year 2012 and each fis12 cal year thereafter. 

13 PROCEEDS FROM DISPOSITION OF SURPLUS OR OBSOLETE

14 PERSONAL PROPERTY

15 SEC. 1304 (a) IN GENERAL.—Within the limits of 

16 available appropriations, the Librarian of Congress may 

17 dispose of surplus or obsolete personal property of the Li18 brary of Congress by inter-agency transfer, donation, sale, 

19 trade-in, or discarding. Amounts received for the sale or 

20 trade in of personal property shall be credited to funds 

21 available for the operations of the Library of Congress and 

22 be available for the costs of acquiring similar property. 

23 Such funds shall be available for such purposes during the 

24 fiscal year received and the following fiscal year. 
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1 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply with 

2 respect to fiscal year 2012 and each fiscal year thereafter. 

3 NONAPPROPRIATED FUNDS INITIATIVES

4 SEC. 1305. (a) REVOLVING FUNDS.—The Library of 

5 Congress Fiscal Operations Improvement Act of 2000 (2 

6 U.S.C. 182a et seq.; Public Law 106–481) is amended— 

7 (1) in section 101 (2 U.S.C. 182a)— 

8 (A) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘DU9 PLICATION’’; 

10 (B) in subsection (a)— 

11 (i) by striking ‘‘duplication and deliv12 ery services provided by’’ and inserting ‘‘the 

13 following programs and activities of’’; 

14 (ii) by striking the period and insert15 ing a colon; and 

16 (iii) by adding at the end the fol17 lowing: 

18 ‘‘(1) Duplication and delivery services. 

19 ‘‘(2) Storage of audiovisual materials.’’; and 

20 (2) in section 102(a) (2 U.S.C. 182b(a)), by add21 ing at the end the following: 

22 ‘‘(5) Traveling exhibitions. 

23 ‘‘(6) Training.’’. 

24 (b) GIFTS.—Section 4 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to 

25 create a Library of Congress Trust Fund Board, and for 
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1 other purposes’’, approved March 3, 1925 (2 U.S.C. 160), 

2 is amended— 

3 (1) in the first undesignated paragraph— 

4 (A) in the first sentence— 

5 (i) by striking ‘‘Nothing’’ and insert6 ing ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Nothing’’; 

7 (ii) by striking ‘‘gifts or bequests of 

8 money for immediate disbursement’’ and in9 serting ‘‘and’’; and 

10 (iii) by inserting ‘‘, gifts or bequests of 

11 personal property, nonpersonal services, vol12 untary and uncompensated personal serv13 ices, or money for immediate disbursement’’ 

14 before the period; 

15 (B) in the second sentence, by inserting ‘‘of 

16 money’’ after ‘‘bequests’’; 

17 (C) in the third sentence, by striking ‘‘enter 

18 them’’ and inserting ‘‘enter the gift, bequest, or 

19 proceeds’’; and 

20 (D) by inserting ‘‘In the case of a gift of se21 curities, the librarian shall sell the securities and 

22 provide the donor with a receipt from the pro23 ceeds of the sale.’’ after the second sentence; and 

24 (2) by adding at the end the following: 
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1 ‘‘(b) REPORTING, DISCLOSURE, AND NOTIFICATION

2 REQUIREMENTS.— 

3 ‘‘(1) REPORTING AND DISCLOSURE.— 

4 ‘‘(A) ISSUANCE.—Each year the Librarian 

5 of Congress shall issue a public report that dis6 closes— 

7 ‘‘(i) each gift or bequest accepted under 

8 subsection (a), including each gift or bequest 

9 of personal property, nonpersonal services, 

10 voluntary and uncompensated personal 

11 services, or money for immediate disburse12 ment; and 

13 ‘‘(ii) details of any financial trans14 action required under subsection (a) relat15 ing to each of those gifts or bequests. 

16 ‘‘(B) PUBLICATION.—Each public report 

17 issued under subparagraph (A) shall be pub18 lished in the Annual Report of the Librarian of 

19 Congress and the annual Financial Statements 

20 of the Library of Congress, with specific pagina21 tion of each gift or bequest listed in the table of 

22 contents or index. 

23 ‘‘(C) WEBSITE PUBLIC ACCESS.—The An24 nual Report of the Librarian of Congress and the 

25 annual Financial Statements of the Library of 
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1 Congress, including the public report issued 

2 under subparagraph (A), shall be posted on the 

3 website of the Library of Congress for public ac4 cess. 

5 ‘‘(2) NOTIFICATION.—Not later than 5 business 

6 days before acceptance or rejection of any gift or be7 quest under subsection (a), the Librarian of Congress 

8 shall notify the Chairman and the Vice-Chairman of 

9 the Joint Committee on the Library of— 

10 ‘‘(A) the determination of the Librarian of 

11 Congress to accept or reject that gift or bequest; 

12 and 

13 ‘‘(B) if the gift or bequest is accepted, the 

14 details of all financial transactions relating to 

15 that gift or bequest.’’. 

16 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this 

17 section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2012, and 

18 each fiscal year thereafter. 

19 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 

20 CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING AND BINDING

21 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

22 For authorized printing and binding for the Congress 

23 and the distribution of Congressional information in any 

24 format; printing and binding for the Architect of the Cap25 itol; expenses necessary for preparing the semimonthly and 
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1 session index to the Congressional Record, as authorized by 

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

3 and binding of Government publications authorized by law 

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

5 binding, and distribution of Government publications au6 thorized by law to be distributed without charge to the re7 cipient, $81,314,000: Provided, That this appropriation 

8 shall not be available for paper copies of the permanent edi9 tion of the Congressional Record for individual Representa10 tives, Resident Commissioners or Delegates authorized 

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

12 further, That this appropriation shall be available for the 

13 payment of obligations incurred under the appropriations 

14 for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years: Provided 

15 further, That notwithstanding the 2-year limitation under 

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

17 appropriated or made available under this Act or any other 

18 Act for printing and binding and related services provided 

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

20 may be expended to print a document, report, or publica21 tion after the 27-month period beginning on the date that 

22 such document, report, or publication is authorized by Con23 gress to be printed, unless Congress reauthorizes such print24 ing in accordance with section 718 of title 44, United States 

25 Code: Provided further, That any unobligated or unex-
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1 pended balances in this account or accounts for similar 

2 purposes for preceding fiscal years may be transferred to 

3 the Government Printing Office revolving fund for carrying 

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

5 of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep6 resentatives and Senate. 

7 OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS

8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

9 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

10 For expenses of the Office of Superintendent of Docu11 ments necessary to provide for the cataloging and indexing 

12 of Government publications and their distribution to the 

13 public, Members of Congress, other Government agencies, 

14 and designated depository and international exchange li15 braries as authorized by law, $35,000,000: Provided, That 

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

17 appropriations are authorized for producing and dissemi18 nating congressional serial sets and other related publica19 tions for fiscal years 2010 and 2011 to depository and other 

20 designated libraries: Provided further, That any unobli21 gated or unexpended balances in this account or accounts 

22 for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years may be 

23 transferred to the Government Printing Office revolving 

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

2 House of Representatives and Senate. 

3 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE REVOLVING FUND

4 For payment to the Government Printing Office Re5 volving Fund, $500,000 for information technology develop6 ment: Provided, That the Government Printing Office is 

7 hereby authorized to make such expenditures, within the 

8 limits of funds available and in accordance with law, and 

9 to make such contracts and commitments without regard 

10 to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 9104 of 

11 title 31, United States Code, as may be necessary in car12 rying out the programs and purposes set forth in the budget 

13 for the current fiscal year for the Government Printing Of14 fice revolving fund: Provided further, That not more than 

15 $7,500 may be expended on the certification of the Public 

16 Printer in connection with official representation and re17 ception expenses: Provided further, That the revolving fund 

18 shall be available for the hire or purchase of not more than 

19 12 passenger motor vehicles: Provided further, That expend20 itures in connection with travel expenses of the advisory 

21 councils to the Public Printer shall be deemed necessary to 

22 carry out the provisions of title 44, United States Code: 

23 Provided further, That the revolving fund shall be available 

24 for temporary or intermittent services under section 3109(b) 

25 of title 5, United States Code, but at rates for individuals 
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1 not more than the daily equivalent of the annual rate of 

2 basic pay for level V of the Executive Schedule under section 

3 5316 of such title: Provided further, That activities financed 

4 through the revolving fund may provide information in any 

5 format: Provided further, That the revolving fund and the 

6 funds provided under the headings ‘‘Office of Super7 intendent of Documents’’ and ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ may 

8 not be used for contracted security services at GPO’s pass9 port facility in the District of Columbia. 

10 GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For necessary expenses of the Government Account13 ability Office, including not more than $12,500 to be ex14 pended on the certification of the Comptroller General of 

15 the United States in connection with official representation 

16 and reception expenses; temporary or intermittent services 

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

18 at rates for individuals not more than the daily equivalent 

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

20 Schedule under section 5315 of such title; hire of one pas21 senger motor vehicle; advance payments in foreign countries 

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

23 Code; benefits comparable to those payable under sections 

24 901(5), (6), and (8) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 

25 U.S.C. 4081(5), (6), and (8)); and under regulations pre-
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1 scribed by the Comptroller General of the United States, 

2 rental of living quarters in foreign countries, $504,518,000: 

3 Provided, That in addition, $18,304,000 of payments re4 ceived under sections 782, 3521, and 9105 of title 31, 

5 United States Code, shall be available without fiscal year 

6 limitation: Provided further, That this appropriation and 

7 appropriations for administrative expenses of any other de8 partment or agency which is a member of the National 

9 Intergovernmental Audit Forum or a Regional Intergovern10 mental Audit Forum shall be available to finance an appro11 priate share of either Forum’s costs as determined by the 

12 respective Forum, including necessary travel expenses of 

13 non-Federal participants: Provided further, That payments 

14 hereunder to the Forum may be credited as reimbursements 

15 to any appropriation from which costs involved are ini16 tially financed. 

17 OPEN WORLD LEADERSHIP CENTER TRUST 

18 FUND 

19 For a payment to the Open World Leadership Center 

20 Trust Fund for financing activities of the Open World 

21 Leadership Center under section 313 of the Legislative 

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

23 $10,000,000. 
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1 JOHN C. STENNIS CENTER FOR PUBLIC SERVICE 

2 TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT 

3 For payment to the John C. Stennis Center for Public 

4 Service Development Trust Fund established under section 

5 116 of the John C. Stennis Center for Public Service Train6 ing and Development Act (2 U.S.C. 1105), $430,000. 

7 TITLE II 

8 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 Com15 mittee on House Administration and for the Senate issued 

16 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 ap-
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1 propriated for is different from that specifically established 

2 by such Act, the rate of compensation and the designation 

3 in this Act shall be the permanent law with respect thereto: 

4 Provided, That the provisions in this Act for the various 

5 items of official expenses of Members, officers, and commit6 tees of the Senate and House of Representatives, and clerk 

7 hire for Senators and Members of the House of Representa8 tives shall be the permanent law with respect thereto. 

9 CONSULTING SERVICES

10 SEC. 204. The expenditure of any appropriation under 

11 this Act for any consulting service through procurement 

12 contract, under section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, 

13 shall be limited to those contracts where such expenditures 

14 are a matter of public record and available for public in15 spection, except where otherwise provided under existing 

16 law, or under existing Executive order issued under existing 

17 law. 

18 AWARDS AND SETTLEMENTS

19 SEC. 205. Such sums as may be necessary are appro20 priated to the account described in subsection (a) of section 

21 415 of the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 

22 U.S.C. 1415(a)) to pay awards and settlements as author23 ized 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 consultation 

13 with the District of Columbia, is authorized to maintain 

14 and improve the landscape features, excluding streets, in 

15 the irregular shaped grassy areas bounded by Washington 

16 Avenue, SW, on the northeast, Second Street, SW, on the 

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

18 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 pur23 suant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority provided 

24 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 Cap4 itol in this Act may be used to eliminate or restrict guided 

5 tours of the United States Capitol which are led by employ6 ees and interns of offices of Members of Congress and other 

7 offices of the House of Representatives and Senate. 

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

9 at the direction of the Architect of the Capitol with the ap10 proval of the Capitol Police Board, guided tours of the 

11 United States Capitol which are led by employees and in12 terns described in subsection (a) may be suspended tempo13 rarily or otherwise subject to restriction for security or re14 lated reasons to the same extent as guided tours of the 

15 United States Capitol which are led by the Architect of the 

16 Capitol. 

17 (RESCISSION)

18 SEC. 210. Of the unobligated balances available from 

19 prior year appropriations under the heading ‘‘Architect of 

20 the Capitol’’$17,482,000 are hereby rescinded. 

21 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative Branch Ap22 propriations Act, 2012’’. 

Calendar No. 172 

112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2551 

[Report No. 112–80] 

AN ACT 

Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch 

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

JULY 22, 2011 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on 

Appropriations 

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011 

Reported with an amendment