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Union Calendar No. 95 

112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2551 

[Report No. 112–148] 

Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending 

September 30, 2012, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JULY 15, 2011 

Mr. CRENSHAW, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House 

on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the 

fiscal year ending September 30, 2012, and for other 

purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

2 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 

3 Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 

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

5 TITLE I—LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 

6 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 For salaries and expenses of the House of Represent9 atives, $1,226,680,000, as follows: 

10 HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES

11 For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, 

12 $23,275,773, including: Office of the Speaker, 

13 $6,942,770, including $25,000 for official expenses of the 

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

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

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

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

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

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

20 official expenses of the Majority Whip; Office of the Mi21 nority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Minority Whip, 

22 $1,524,951, including $5,000 for official expenses of the 

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

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

25 amounts made available above, for salaries and expenses 


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1 under this heading, to be available during the period be2 ginning September 30, 2012, and ending December 31, 

3 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, 

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

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

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

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

10 Deputy Majority Whip, $492,763, including $1,250 for of11 ficial expenses of the Majority Whip; Office of the Minor12 ity Whip, including the Chief Deputy Minority Whip, 

13 $381,238, including $1,250 for offical expenses of the Mi14 nority Whip; Republican Conference, $393,197; Demo15 cratic Caucus, $388,452. 

16 MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES

17 INCLUDING MEMBERS’ CLERK HIRE, OFFICIAL

18 EXPENSES OF MEMBERS, AND OFFICIAL MAIL

19 For Members’ representational allowances, including 

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

21 $573,939,282. 

22 COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES

23 STANDING COMMITTEES, SPECIAL AND SELECT

24 For salaries and expenses of standing committees, 

25 special and select, authorized by House resolutions, 


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1 $125,964,870: Provided, That such amount shall remain 

2 available for such salaries and expenses until December 

3 31, 2012. 

4 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

5 For salaries and expenses of the Committee on Ap6 propriations, $26,665,785, including studies and examina7 tions of executive agencies and temporary personal serv8 ices for such committee, to be expended in accordance with 

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

10 1946 and to be available for reimbursement to agencies 

11 for services performed: Provided, That such amount shall 

12 remain available for such salaries and expenses until De13 cember 31, 2012. 

14 SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

15 For salaries and expenses of officers and employees, 

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

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

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

19 Family Room, for official representation and reception ex20 penses, $26,114,400, of which $2,000,000 shall remain 

21 available until expended; for salaries and expenses of the 

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

23 Superintendent of Garages and the Office of Emergency 

24 Management, and including not more than $3,000 for offi25 cial representation and reception expenses, $12,585,000 


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

2 for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Chief Admin3 istrative Officer including not more than $3,000 for offi4 cial representation and reception expenses, $116,782,000, 

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

6 for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Inspector 

7 General, $5,045,000; for salaries and expenses of the Of8 fice of General Counsel, $1,415,000; for the Office of the 

9 Chaplain, $179,000; for salaries and expenses of the Of10 fice of the Parliamentarian, including the Parliamen11 tarian, $2,000 for preparing the Digest of Rules, and not 

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

13 expenses, $2,060,000; for salaries and expenses of the Of14 fice of the Law Revision Counsel of the House, 

15 $3,258,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the 

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

17 and expenses of the Office of Interparliamentary Affairs, 

18 $859,000; for other authorized employees, $347,000; and 

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

20 ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES

21 For allowances and expenses as authorized by House 

22 resolution or law, $293,386,942, including: supplies, mate23 rials, administrative costs and Federal tort claims, 

24 $3,696,118; official mail for committees, leadership of25 fices, and administrative offices of the House, $201,000; 


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1 Government contributions for health, retirement, Social 

2 Security, and other applicable employee benefits, 

3 $264,848,219; Business Continuity and Disaster Recov4 ery, $17,112,072, of which $5,000,000 shall remain avail5 able until expended; transition activities for new members 

6 and staff, $2,721,533; Wounded Warrior Program 

7 $2,500,000, to remain available until expended; Office of 

8 Congressional Ethics, $1,548,000; and miscellaneous 

9 items including purchase, exchange, maintenance, repair 

10 and operation of House motor vehicles, interparliamentary 

11 receptions, and gratuities to heirs of deceased employees 

12 of the House, $760,000. 

13 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

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

15 MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES TO BE

16 USED FOR DEFICIT REDUCTION OR TO REDUCE THE

17 FEDERAL DEBT.—Notwithstanding any other provision of 

18 law, any amounts appropriated under this Act for 

19 ‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—SALARIES AND

20 EXPENSES—MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOW21 ANCES’’ shall be available only for fiscal year 2012. Any 

22 amount remaining after all payments are made under such 

23 allowances for fiscal year 2012 shall be deposited in the 

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

25 Federal budget deficit after all such payments have been 


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

2 the Secretary of the Treasury considers appropriate). 

3 (b) REGULATIONS.—The Committee on House Ad4 ministration of the House of Representatives shall have 

5 authority to prescribe regulations to carry out this section. 

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

7 ‘‘Member of the House of Representatives’’ means a Rep8 resentative in, or a Delegate or Resident Commissioner 

9 to, the Congress. 

10 REPUBLICAN POLICY COMMITTEE

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

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

13 is amended by striking ‘‘the chair of the Republican Con14 ference’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘the Speaker of the 

15 House of Representatives (or, if the Speaker is not a mem16 ber of the Republican Party, the Minority Leader of the 

17 House of Representatives)’’. 

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

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

20 the following: ‘‘, and which shall be obligated and ex21 pended as directed by the Speaker (or, if the Speaker is 

22 not a member of the Republican party, the Minority Lead23 er).’’. 


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

2 apply with respect to fiscal year 2012 and each succeeding 

3 fiscal year. 

4 AUTHORITY OF SPEAKER AND MINORITY LEADER TO

5 ALLOCATE FUNDS AMOUNG CERTAIN HOUSE LEAD6 ERSHIP OFFICES

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

8 (1) AUTHORITY DESCRIBED.—Notwithstanding 

9 any other provision of law (including any provision 

10 of law that sets forth an allowance for official ex11 penses), the amount appropriated or otherwise made 

12 available during a Congress for the salaries and ex13 penses of any office or authority described in para14 graph (2) shall be the amount allocated for such of15 fice or authority by the Speaker of the House of 

16 Representatives from the aggregate amount appro17 priated or otherwise made available for all such of18 fices and authorities. 

19 (2) OFFICES AND AUTHORITIES DESCRIBED.— 

20 The offices and authorities described in this para21 graph are as follows: 

22 (A) The Office of the Speaker. 

23 (B) The Speaker’s Office for Legislative 

24 Floor Activities. 


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1 (C) The Republican Steering Committee (if 

2 the Speaker is a member of the Republican 

3 party) or the Democratic Steering and Policy 

4 Committee (if the Speaker is a member of the 

5 Democratic party). 

6 (D) The Republican Policy Committee (if 

7 the Speaker is a member of the Republican 

8 party). 

9 (E) Training and program development— 

10 majority (as described under the heading 

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

12 bill making appropriations for the legislative 

13 branch that was enacted prior to the date of the 

14 enactment of this Act). 

15 (F) Cloakroom personnel—majority (as so 

16 described). 

17 (b) AUTHORITY OF MINORITY LEADER.— 

18 (1) AUTHORITY DESCRIBED.—Notwithstanding 

19 any other provision of law (including any provision 

20 of law that sets forth an allowance for official ex21 penses), the amount appropriated or otherwise made 

22 available during a Congress for the salaries and ex23 penses of any office or authority described in para24 graph (2) shall be the amount allocated for such of25 fice or authority by the Minority Leader of the 


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1 House of Representatives from the aggregate 

2 amount appropriated or otherwise made available for 

3 all such offices and authorities. 

4 (2) OFFICES AND AUTHORITIES DESCRIBED.— 

5 The offices and authorities described in this para6 graph are as follows: 

7 (A) The Office of the Minority Leader. 

8 (B) The Democratic Steering and Policy 

9 Committee (if the Minority Leader is a member 

10 of the Democratic party) or the Republican 

11 Steering Committee (if the Minority Leader is 

12 a member of the Republican party). 

13 (C) The Republican Policy Committee (if 

14 the Minority Leader is a member of the Repub15 lican party). 

16 (D) Training and program development— 

17 minority (as described under the heading 

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

19 bill making appropriations for the legislative 

20 branch that was enacted prior to the date of the 

21 enactment of this Act). 

22 (E) Cloakroom personnel—minority (as so 

23 described). 

24 (F) Nine minority employees (as so de25 scribed). 


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

2 respect to any months occurring during the One Hundred 

3 Twelfth Congress that begin after the date of the enact4 ment of this Act, and to any succeeding Congress. 

5 REPUBLICAN CONFERENCE AND THE DEMOCRATIC

6 STEERING AND POLICY COMMITTEE

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

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

9 amended— 

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

11 striking ‘‘Subject to the allocation described in sub12 section (c), funds’’ and inserting ‘‘Funds’’; 

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

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

15 not a member of the Republican Party, under such 

16 terms and conditions as the Minority Leader of the 

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

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

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

20 a member of the Democratic Party, under such 

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

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

23 amended— 

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


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1 (2) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub2 section (c). 

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

4 effect as if included in the enactment of the Legislative 

5 Branch Appropriations Act, 1999. 

6 TRANSFER OF HOUSE EMERGENCY PLANNING, PRE7 PAREDNESS, AND OPERATIONS FUNCTIONS TO SER8 GEANT AT ARMS

9 SEC. 105. Effective February 1, 2010— 

10 (1) section 905 of the Emergency Supplemental 

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

12 (2) the functions and responsibilities of the Of13 fice of Emergency Planning, Preparedness and Op14 erations under section 905 of such Act are trans15 ferred and assigned to the Sergeant at Arms of the 

16 House of Representatives. 

17 JOINT ITEMS 

18 For Joint Committees, as follows: 

19 JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE

20 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic 

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

22 of the Senate. 


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1 JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION

2 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on 

3 Taxation, $10,424,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Ad4 ministrative Officer of the House of Representatives. 

5 For other joint items, as follows: 

6 OFFICE OF THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN

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

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

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

11 allowance of $1,300 per month to the Senior Medical Offi12 cer; (3) an allowance of $725 per month each to three 

13 medical officers while on duty in the Office of the Attend14 ing Physician; (4) an allowance of $725 per month to 2 

15 assistants and $580 per month each not to exceed 11 as16 sistants on the basis heretofore provided for such assist17 ants; and (5) $2,427,000 for reimbursement to the De18 partment of the Navy for expenses incurred for staff and 

19 equipment assigned to the Office of the Attending Physi20 cian, which shall be advanced and credited to the applica21 ble appropriation or appropriations from which such sala22 ries, allowances, and other expenses are payable and shall 

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

24 be disbursed by the Chief Administrative Officer of the 

25 House of Representatives. 


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1 OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL ACCESSIBILITY SERVICES

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Congres4 sional Accessibility Services, $1,363,000, to be disbursed 

5 by the Secretary of the Senate. 

6 CAPITOL POLICE 

7 SALARIES

8 For salaries of employees of the Capitol Police, in9 cluding overtime, hazardous duty pay, and Government 

10 contributions for health, retirement, social security, pro11 fessional liability insurance, and other applicable employee 

12 benefits, $277,132,624, to be disbursed by the Chief of 

13 the Capitol Police or his designee. 

14 GENERAL EXPENSES

15 For necessary expenses of the Capitol Police, includ16 ing motor vehicles, communications and other equipment, 

17 security equipment and installation, uniforms, weapons, 

18 supplies, materials, training, medical services, forensic 

19 services, stenographic services, personal and professional 

20 services, the employee assistance program, the awards pro21 gram, postage, communication services, travel advances, 

22 relocation of instructor and liaison personnel for the Fed23 eral Law Enforcement Training Center, and not more 

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

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1 resentation and reception expenses, $63,003,740, of which 

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

3 2014 to be disbursed by the Chief of the Capitol Police 

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

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

6 Police at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center 

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

8 Homeland Security from funds available to the Depart9 ment of Homeland Security. 

10 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 

11 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

12 SEC. 1001. Amounts appropriated for fiscal year 

13 2012 for the Capitol Police may be transferred between 

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

15 approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the 

16 House of Representatives and the Senate. 

17 WAIVER BY CHIEF OF CAPITOL POLICE OF CLAIMS

18 ARISING OUT OF ERRONEOUS PAYMENTS TO OFFI19 CERS AND EMPLOYEES

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

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

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

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

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

25 than travel and transportation expenses and allowances, 


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

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

3 against equity and good conscience and not in the best 

4 interests of the United States. 

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

6 Chief shall investigate each application for the waiver of 

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

8 report of the investigation to the Capitol Police Board, ex9 cept that if the aggregate amount of the claim involved 

10 exceeds $1,500, the Comptroller General may also inves11 tigate the application and submit a written report of the 

12 investigation to the Capitol Police Board. 

13 (c) PROHIBITION OF WAIVER UNDER CERTAIN CIR14 CUMSTANCES.—The Chief may not exercise the authority 

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

16 (1) in the Chief’s opinion, there exists in con17 nection with the claim an indication of fraud, mis18 representation, fault, or lack of good faith on the 

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

20 of any other person having an interest in obtaining 

21 a waiver of the claim; or 

22 (2) the Chief receives the application for the 

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

24 begins on the date on which the erroneous payment 

25 of pay or allowances was discovered. 


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1 (d) CREDIT FOR WAIVER.—In the audit and settle2 ment of accounts of any accountable officer or official, full 

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

4 collection by the United States is waived under subsection 

5 (a). 

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

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

8 deemed a valid payment for all purposes. 

9 (f) CONSTRUCTION WITH OTHER LAWS.—This sec10 tion does not affect any authority under any other law 

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

12 United States. 

13 (g) RULES AND REGULATIONS.—The Chief shall pro14 mulgate rules and regulations to carry out this section. 

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

16 respect to payments of pay and allowances made at any 

17 time after the Chief became the disbursing officer for the 

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

19 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2003 (2 

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

21 OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE 

22 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

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

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

2 30, 2013: Provided, That not more than $500 may be ex3 pended on the certification of the Executive Director of 

4 the Office of Compliance in connection with official rep5 resentation and reception expenses. 

6 CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE 

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 For salaries and expenses necessary for operation of 

9 the Congressional Budget Office, including not more than 

10 $6,000 to be expended on the certification of the Director 

11 of the Congressional Budget Office in connection with offi12 cial representation and reception expenses, $43,787,000. 

13 ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL 

14 GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

15 For salaries for the Architect of the Capitol, and 

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

17 for surveys and studies in connection with activities under 

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

19 expenses for the general and administrative support of the 

20 operations under the Architect of the Capitol including the 

21 Botanic Garden; electrical substations of the Capitol, Sen22 ate and House office buildings, and other facilities under 

23 the jurisdiction of the Architect of the Capitol; including 

24 furnishings and office equipment; including not more than 

25 $5,000 for official reception and representation expenses, 


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1 to be expended as the Architect of the Capitol may ap2 prove; for purchase or exchange, maintenance, and oper3 ation of a passenger motor vehicle, $104,790,000, of 

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

5 30, 2016. 

6 CAPITOL BUILDING

7 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

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

9 $10,263,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

10 2016. 

11 CAPITOL GROUNDS

12 For all necessary expenses for care and improvement 

13 of grounds surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House 

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

15 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS

16 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

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

18 of which $40,631,000 shall remain available until Sep19 tember 30, 2016. 

20 In addition, for a payment to the House Historic 

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

22 remain available until expended. 

23 CAPITOL POWER PLANT

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1 ing, power (including the purchase of electrical energy) 

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

3 House office buildings, Library of Congress buildings, and 

4 the grounds about the same, Botanic Garden, Senate ga5 rage, and air conditioning refrigeration not supplied from 

6 plants in any of such buildings; heating the Government 

7 Printing Office and Washington City Post Office, and 

8 heating and chilled water for air conditioning for the Su9 preme Court Building, the Union Station complex, the 

10 Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building and the 

11 Folger Shakespeare Library, expenses for which shall be 

12 advanced or reimbursed upon request of the Architect of 

13 the Capitol and amounts so received shall be deposited 

14 into the Treasury to the credit of this appropriation, 

15 $127,159,000, of which $33,377,000 shall remain avail16 able until September 30, 2016: Provided, That not more 

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

18 to this appropriation as herein provided shall be available 

19 for obligation during fiscal year 2012. 

20 LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

21 For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and 

22 structural maintenance, care and operation of the Library 

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

24 $12,726,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

25 2016. 


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1 CAPITOL POLICE BUILDINGS, GROUNDS AND SECURITY

2 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

3 and operation of buildings, grounds and security enhance4 ments of the United States Capitol Police, wherever lo5 cated, the Alternate Computer Facility, and AOC security 

6 operations, $21,500,000, of which $3,473,000 shall re7 main available until September 30, 2016. 

8 BOTANIC GARDEN

9 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

10 and operation of the Botanic Garden and the nurseries, 

11 buildings, grounds, and collections; and purchase and ex12 change, maintenance, repair, and operation of a passenger 

13 motor vehicle; all under the direction of the Joint Com14 mittee on the Library, $12,000,000: Provided, That of the 

15 amount made available under this heading, the Architect 

16 may obligate and expend such sums as may be necessary 

17 for the maintenance, care and operation of the National 

18 Garden established under section 307E of the Legislative 

19 Branch Appropriations Act, 1989 (2 U.S.C. 2146), upon 

20 vouchers approved by the Architect or a duly authorized 

21 designee. 

22 CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER

23 For all necessary expenses for the operation of the 

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


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1 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For all necessary expenses of the Library of Congress 

4 not otherwise provided for, including development and 

5 maintenance of the Library’s catalogs; custody and custo6 dial care of the Library buildings; special clothing; clean7 ing, laundering and repair of uniforms; preservation of 

8 motion pictures in the custody of the Library; operation 

9 and maintenance of the American Folklife Center in the 

10 Library; activities under the Civil Rights History Project 

11 Act of 2009; preparation and distribution of catalog 

12 records and other publications of the Library; hire or pur13 chase of one passenger motor vehicle; and expenses of the 

14 Library of Congress Trust Fund Board not properly 

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

16 Board, $412,446,000, of which not more than $6,000,000 

17 shall be derived from collections credited to this appropria18 tion during fiscal year 2012, and shall remain available 

19 until expended, under the Act of June 28, 1902 (chapter 

20 1301; 32 Stat. 480; 2 U.S.C. 150) and not more than 

21 $350,000 shall be derived from collections during fiscal 

22 year 2012 and shall remain available until expended for 

23 the development and maintenance of an international legal 

24 information database and activities related thereto: Pro25 vided, That the Library of Congress may not obligate or 


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1 expend any funds derived from collections under the Act 

2 of June 28, 1902, in excess of the amount authorized for 

3 obligation or expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided 

4 further, That the total amount available for obligation 

5 shall be reduced by the amount by which collections are 

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

7 amount appropriated, not more than $12,000 may be ex8 pended, on the certification of the Librarian of Congress, 

9 in connection with official representation and reception ex10 penses for the Overseas Field Offices: Provided further, 

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

12 remain available until expended for the digital collections 

13 and educational curricula program. 

14 COPYRIGHT OFFICE

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 For all necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, 

17 $50,974,000, of which not more than $28,029,000, to re18 main available until expended, shall be derived from collec19 tions credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 2012 

20 under section 708(d) of title 17, United States Code: Pro21 vided, That not more than $3,000,000 shall be derived 

22 from prior year available unobligated balances: Provided 

23 further, That the Copyright Office may not obligate or ex24 pend any funds derived from collections under such sec25 tion, in excess of the amount authorized for obligation or 


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1 expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided further, That 

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

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

4 119(b)(2), 803(e), 1005, and 1316 of such title: Provided 

5 further, That the total amount available for obligation 

6 shall be reduced by the amount by which collections and 

7 prior year available unobligated balances are less than 

8 $36,513,000: Provided further, That not more than 

9 $100,000 of the amount appropriated is available for the 

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

11 the Copyright Office of the Library of Congress for the 

12 purpose of training nationals of developing countries in 

13 intellectual property laws and policies: Provided further, 

14 That not more than $4,250 may be expended, on the cer15 tification of the Librarian of Congress, in connection with 

16 official representation and reception expenses for activities 

17 of the International Copyright Institute and for copyright 

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

19 notwithstanding any provision of chapter 8 of title 17, 

20 United States Code, any amounts made available under 

21 this heading which are attributable to royalty fees and 

22 payments received by the Copyright Office pursuant to 

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

24 used for the costs incurred in the administration of the 

25 Copyright Royalty Judges program, with the exception of 


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1 the costs of salaries and benefits for the Copyright Royalty 

2 Judges and staff under section 802(e). 

3 CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE

4 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

5 For all necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

6 of section 203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 

7 1946 (2 U.S.C. 166) and to revise and extend the Anno8 tated Constitution of the United States of America, 

9 $104,091,000: Provided, That no part of such amount 

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

11 with any publication, or preparation of material therefor 

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

13 by the Library of Congress unless such publication has 

14 obtained prior approval of either the Committee on House 

15 Administration of the House of Representatives or the 

16 Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate. 

17 BOOKS FOR THE BLIND AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 For salaries and expenses to carry out the Act of 

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

21 135a), $50,674,000: Provided, That of the total amount 

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

23 provide newspapers to blind and physically handicapped 

24 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: Provided, 

11 That this appropriation shall not be available for paper 

12 copies of the permanent edition of the Congressional 

13 Record for individual Representatives, Resident Commis14 sioners or Delegates authorized under section 906 of title 

15 44, United States Code: Provided further, That this appro16 priation shall be available for the payment of obligations 

17 incurred under the appropriations for similar purposes for 

18 preceding fiscal years: Provided further, That notwith19 standing the 2-year limitation under section 718 of title 

20 44, United States Code, none of the funds appropriated 

21 or made available under this Act or any other Act for 

22 printing and binding and related services provided to Con23 gress under chapter 7 of title 44, United States Code, may 

24 be expended to print a document, report, or publication 

25 after the 27-month period beginning on the date that such 


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1 document, report, or publication is authorized by Congress 

2 to be printed, unless Congress reauthorizes such printing 

3 in accordance with section 718 of title 44, United States 

4 Code: Provided further, That any unobligated or unex5 pended balances in this account or accounts for similar 

6 purposes for preceding fiscal years may be transferred to 

7 the Government Printing Office revolving fund for car8 rying out the purposes of this heading, subject to the ap9 proval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House 

10 of Representatives and Senate: Provided further, That not11 withstanding sections 901, 902, and 906 of title 44, 

12 United States Code, this appropriation may be used to 

13 prepare indexes to the Congressional Record on only a 

14 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: Provided, 

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

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1 seminating Congressional serial sets and other related 

2 publications for fiscal years 2010 and 2011 to depository 

3 and other designated libraries: Provided further, That any 

4 unobligated or unexpended balances in this account or ac5 counts for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years may 

6 be transferred to the Government Printing Office revolv7 ing fund for carrying out the purposes of this heading, 

8 subject to the approval of the Committees on Appropria9 tions of the House of Representatives and Senate. 

10 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE REVOLVING FUND

11 The Government Printing Office is hereby authorized 

12 to make such expenditures, within the limits of funds 

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

14 contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year 

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

16 States Code, as may be necessary in carrying out the pro17 grams and purposes set forth in the budget for the current 

18 fiscal year for the Government Printing Office revolving 

19 fund: Provided, That not more than $7,500 may be ex20 pended on the certification of the Public Printer in connec21 tion with official representation and reception expenses: 

22 Provided further, That the revolving fund shall be available 

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

24 motor vehicles: Provided further, That expenditures in con25 nection with travel expenses of the advisory councils to 


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1 the Public Printer shall be deemed necessary to carry out 

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

3 further, That the revolving fund shall be available for tem4 porary or intermittent services under section 3109(b) of 

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

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

7 basic pay for level V of the Executive Schedule under sec8 tion 5316 of such title: Provided further, That activities 

9 financed through the revolving fund may provide informa10 tion in any format. 

11 GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For necessary expenses of the Government Account14 ability Office, including not more than $12,500 to be ex15 pended on the certification of the Comptroller General of 

16 the United States in connection with official representa17 tion and reception expenses; temporary or intermittent 

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

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

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

21 the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of such title; 

22 hire of one passenger motor vehicle; advance payments in 

23 foreign countries in accordance with section 3324 of title 

24 31, United States Code; benefits comparable to those pay25 able under sections 901(5), (6), and (8) of the Foreign 


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

2 and under regulations prescribed by the Comptroller Gen3 eral of the United States, rental of living quarters in for4 eign countries, $511,296,000: Provided, That, in addition, 

5 $18,304,000 of payments received under sections 782, 

6 3521, and 9105 of title 31, United States Code, shall be 

7 available without fiscal year limitation: Provided further, 

8 That this appropriation and appropriations for adminis9 trative expenses of any other department or agency which 

10 is a member of the National Intergovernmental Audit 

11 Forum or a Regional Intergovernmental Audit Forum 

12 shall be available to finance an appropriate share of either 

13 Forum’s costs as determined by the respective Forum, in14 cluding necessary travel expenses of non-Federal partici15 pants: Provided further, That payments hereunder to the 

16 Forum may be credited as reimbursements to any appro17 priation from which costs involved are initially financed. 

18 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

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

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

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

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

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

24 but excluding the Government Accountability Of25 fice’’. 


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

2 is amended by striking ‘‘section 105’’ and inserting ‘‘sec3 tion 105 (other than the Government Accountability Of4 fice)’’. 

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

6 with respect to voluntary separation incentive payments 

7 made during fiscal year 2012 or any succeeding fiscal 

8 year. 

9 OPEN WORLD LEADERSHIP CENTER TRUST 

10 FUND 

11 For a payment to the Open World Leadership Center 

12 Trust Fund for financing activities of the Open World 

13 Leadership Center under section 313 of the Legislative 

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

15 $1,000,000. 

16 TITLE II—GENERAL PROVISIONS 

17 MAINTENANCE AND CARE OF PRIVATE VEHICLES

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

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

20 vehicles, except for emergency assistance and cleaning as 

21 may be provided under regulations relating to parking fa22 cilities for the House of Representatives issued by the 

23 Committee on House Administration and for the Senate 

24 issued by the Committee on Rules and Administration. 


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1 FISCAL YEAR LIMITATION

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

3 Act shall remain available for obligation beyond fiscal year 

4 2012 unless expressly so provided in this Act. 

5 RATES OF COMPENSATION AND DESIGNATION

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

7 not specifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of 

8 1929 (46 Stat. 32 et seq.) is appropriated for or the rate 

9 of compensation or designation of any office or position 

10 appropriated for is different from that specifically estab11 lished by such Act, the rate of compensation and the des12 ignation in this Act shall be the permanent law with re13 spect thereto: Provided, That the provisions in this Act 

14 for the various items of official expenses of Members, offi15 cers, and committees of the House of Representatives and 

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

17 House of Representatives shall be the permanent law with 

18 respect thereto. 

19 CONSULTING SERVICES

20 SEC. 204. The expenditure of any appropriation 

21 under this Act for any consulting service through procure22 ment contract, under section 3109 of title 5, United States 

23 Code, shall be limited to those contracts where such ex24 penditures are a matter of public record and available for 

25 public inspection, except where otherwise provided under 


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1 existing law, or under existing Executive order issued 

2 under existing law. 

3 AWARDS AND SETTLEMENTS

4 SEC. 205. Such sums as may be necessary are appro5 priated to the account described in subsection (a) of sec6 tion 415 of the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 

7 (2 U.S.C. 1415(a)) to pay awards and settlements as au8 thorized under such subsection. 

9 COSTS OF LBFMC

10 SEC. 206. Amounts available for administrative ex11 penses of any legislative branch entity which participates 

12 in the Legislative Branch Financial Managers Council 

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

14 be available to finance an appropriate share of LBFMC 

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

16 LBFMC costs to be shared among all participating legisla17 tive branch entities (in such allocations among the entities 

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

19 LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE

20 SEC. 207. The Architect of the Capitol, in consulta21 tion with the District of Columbia, is authorized to main22 tain and improve the landscape features, excluding streets, 

23 in the irregular shaped grassy areas bounded by Wash24 ington Avenue, SW on the northeast, Second Street SW 


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

2 of the I–395 tunnel on the southeast. 

3 LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS

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

5 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in6 strumentality of the United States Government, except 

7 pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro8 vided in, this Act or any other appropriation Act. 

9 GUIDED TOURS OF THE CAPITOL

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

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

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

13 guided tours of the United States Capitol which are led 

14 by employees and interns of offices of Members of Con15 gress and other offices of the House of Representatives 

16 and Senate. 

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

18 at the direction of the Architect of the Capitol with the 

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

20 United States Capitol which are led by employees and in21 terns described in subsection (a) may be suspended tempo22 rarily or otherwise subject to restriction for security or re23 lated reasons to the same extent as guided tours of the 

24 United States Capitol which are led by the Architect of 

25 the Capitol. 


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1 SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT

2 SEC. 210. The amount by which the applicable alloca3 tion of new budget authority made by the Committee on 

4 Appropriations of the House of Representatives under sec5 tion 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, ex6 cluding Senate items, exceeds the amount of proposed new 

7 budget authority is $0. 

8 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative Branch Ap9 propriations Act, 2012’’. 


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Union Calendar No. 95 

112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2551 

[Report No. 112–148] 

A BILL 

Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch 

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

JULY 15, 2011 

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 

State of the Union and ordered to be printed 


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