In the Senate of the United States, 

July 6, 2009. 

Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R. 2918) entitled ‘‘An Act making appropriations for 

the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 

30, 2010, and for other purposes.’’, do pass with the following 

AMENDMENT: 

Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert: 

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 30, 

4 2010, and for other purposes, namely: 

5 TITLE I 

6 LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 

7 SENATE 

8 EXPENSE ALLOWANCES

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

10 the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, $40,000; Majority 
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1 Leader of the Senate, $40,000; Minority Leader of the Sen2 ate, $40,000; Majority Whip of the Senate, $10,000; Minor3 ity Whip of the Senate, $10,000; Chairmen of the Majority 

4 and Minority Conference Committees, $5,000 for each 

5 Chairman; and Chairmen of the Majority and Minority 

6 Policy Committees, $5,000 for each Chairman; in all, 

7 $180,000. 

8 REPRESENTATION ALLOWANCES FOR THE MAJORITY AND

9 MINORITY LEADERS

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

12 in all, $30,000. 

13 SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

14 For compensation of officers, employees, and others as 

15 authorized by law, including agency contributions, 

16 $178,982,000, which shall be paid from this appropriation 

17 without regard to the following limitations: 

18 OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT

19 For the Office of the Vice President, $2,517,000. 

20 OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE

21 For the Office of the President Pro Tempore, $752,000. 

22 OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERS

23 For Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders, 

24 $5,212,000. 
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1 OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY WHIPS

2 For Offices of the Majority and Minority Whips, 

3 $3,288,000. 

4 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

5 For salaries of the Committee on Appropriations, 

6 $15,844,000. 

7 CONFERENCE COMMITTEES

8 For the Conference of the Majority and the Conference 

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

10 Chairman of each such committee, $1,726,000 for each such 

11 committee; in all, $3,452,000. 

12 OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES OF THE CONFERENCE OF

13 THE MAJORITY AND THE CONFERENCE OF THE MINORITY

14 For Offices of the Secretaries of the Conference of the 

15 Majority and the Conference of the Minority, $850,000. 

16 POLICY COMMITTEES

17 For salaries of the Majority Policy Committee and the 

18 Minority Policy Committee, $1,763,000 for each such com19 mittee; in all, $3,526,000. 

20 OFFICE OF THE CHAPLAIN

21 For Office of the Chaplain, $415,000. 

22 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

23 For Office of the Secretary, $25,790,000. 
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1 OFFICE OF THE SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER

2 For Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, 

3 $70,000,000. 

4 OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND

5 MINORITY

6 For Offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the 

7 Secretary for the Minority, $1,836,000. 

8 AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS AND RELATED EXPENSES

9 For agency contributions for employee benefits, as au10 thorized by law, and related expenses, $45,500,000. 

11 OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL OF THE SENATE

12 For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legisla13 tive Counsel of the Senate, $7,154,000. 

14 OFFICE OF SENATE LEGAL COUNSEL

15 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate Legal 

16 Counsel, $1,544,000. 

17 EXPENSE ALLOWANCES OF THE SECRETARY OF THE SEN18 ATE, SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE

19 SENATE, AND SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND

20 MINORITY OF THE SENATE

21 For expense allowances of the Secretary of the Senate, 

22 $7,500; Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, 

23 $7,500; Secretary for the Majority of the Senate, $7,500; 

24 Secretary for the Minority of the Senate, $7,500; in all, 

25 $30,000. 
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1 CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE

2 INQUIRIES AND INVESTIGATIONS

3 For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered 

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

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

6 the Supplemental Appropriations and Rescission Act, 1980 

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

8 Congress, agreed to March 11, 1980, $145,500,000. 

9 EXPENSES OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE CAUCUS ON

10 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL

11 For expenses of the United States Senate Caucus on 

12 International Narcotics Control, $520,000. 

13 SECRETARY OF THE SENATE

14 For expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the Sen15 ate, $2,000,000. 

16 SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE SENATE

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

18 Doorkeeper of the Senate, $153,601,000, which shall remain 

19 available until September 30, 2014. 

20 MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

21 For miscellaneous items, $19,145,000, of which up to 

22 $500,000 shall be made available for a pilot program for 

23 mailings of postal patron postcards by Senators for the pur24 pose of providing notice of a town meeting by a Senator 

25 in a county (or equivalent unit of local government) at 
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1 which the Senator will personally attend: Provided, That 

2 any amount allocated to a Senator for such mailing shall 

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

4 remaining cost shall be paid by the Senator from other 

5 funds available to the Senator. 

6 SENATORS’ OFFICIAL PERSONNEL AND OFFICE EXPENSE

7 ACCOUNT

8 For Senators’ Official Personnel and Office Expense 

9 Account, $425,000,000. 

10 OFFICIAL MAIL COSTS

11 For expenses necessary for official mail costs of the 

12 Senate, $300,000. 

13 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

14 GROSS RATE OF COMPENSATION IN OFFICES OF SENATORS

15 SECTION 1. Effective on and after October 1, 2009, 

16 each of the dollar amounts contained in the table under sec17 tion 105(d)(1)(A) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations 

18 Act, 1968 (2 U.S.C. 61–1(d)(1)(A)) shall be deemed to be 

19 the dollar amounts in that table, as adjusted by law and 

20 in effect on September 30, 2009, increased by an additional 

21 $50,000 each. 

22 REPORTING REQUIREMENT

23 SEC. 2. Section 105(a) of the Legislative Branch Ap24 propriations Act 1965 (Public Law 88–454; 2 U.S.C. 104a) 

25 is amended— 
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1 (1) in the last sentence of paragraph (1), by 

2 striking ‘‘shall’’ and inserting ‘‘may’’; and 

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

4 ‘‘(6) Beginning with the report covering the first full 

5 semiannual period of the 112th Congress, the Secretary of 

6 the Senate— 

7 ‘‘(1) shall publicly post on-line on the website of 

8 the Senate each report in a searchable, itemized for9 mat as required under this section; 

10 ‘‘(2) shall issue each report required under this 

11 section in electronic form; and 

12 ‘‘(3) may issue each report required under this 

13 section in other forms at the discretion of the Sec14 retary of the Senate.’’. 

15 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

17 For salaries and expenses of the House of Representa18 tives, $1,375,200,000, as follows: 

19 HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES

20 For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, 

21 $25,881,000, including: Office of the Speaker, $5,077,000, 

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

23 of the Majority Floor Leader, $2,530,000, including $10,000 

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

25 Minority Floor Leader, $4,565,000, including $10,000 for 
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1 official expenses of the Minority Leader; Office of the Major2 ity Whip, including the Chief Deputy Majority Whip, 

3 $2,194,000, including $5,000 for official expenses of the Ma4 jority Whip; Office of the Minority Whip, including the 

5 Chief Deputy Minority Whip, $1,690,000, including $5,000 

6 for official expenses of the Minority Whip; Speaker’s Office 

7 for Legislative Floor Activities, $517,000; Republican Steer8 ing Committee, $981,000; Republican Conference, 

9 $1,748,000; Republican Policy Committee, $362,000; Demo10 cratic Steering and Policy Committee, $1,366,000; Demo11 cratic Caucus, $1,725,000; nine minority employees, 

12 $1,552,000; training and program development—majority, 

13 $290,000; training and program development—minority, 

14 $290,000; Cloakroom Personnel—majority, $497,000; and 

15 Cloakroom Personnel—minority, $497,000. 

16 MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES

17 INCLUDING MEMBERS’ CLERK HIRE, OFFICIAL EXPENSES

18 OF MEMBERS, AND OFFICIAL MAIL

19 For Members’ representational allowances, including 

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

21 $660,000,000. 

22 COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES

23 STANDING COMMITTEES, SPECIAL AND SELECT

24 For salaries and expenses of standing committees, spe25 cial and select, authorized by House resolutions, 
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1 $139,878,000: Provided, That such amount shall remain 

2 available for such salaries and expenses until December 31, 

3 2010, except that $1,000,000 of such amount shall remain 

4 available until expended for committee room upgrading. 

5 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

6 For salaries and expenses of the Committee on Appro7 priations, $31,300,000, including studies and examinations 

8 of executive agencies and temporary personal services for 

9 such committee, to be expended in accordance with section 

10 202(b) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 and 

11 to be available for reimbursement to agencies for services 

12 performed: Provided, That such amount shall remain avail13 able for such salaries and expenses until December 31, 2010. 

14 SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

15 For compensation and expenses of officers and employ16 ees, as authorized by law, $200,301,000, including: for sala17 ries and expenses of the Office of the Clerk, including not 

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

19 the Family Room, for official representation and reception 

20 expenses, $32,089,000 of which $4,600,000 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 including not more than 

24 $3,000 for official representation and reception expenses, 

25 $9,509,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the 
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1 Chief Administrative Officer including not more than 

2 $3,000 for official representation and reception expenses, 

3 $130,782,000, of which $3,937,000 shall remain available 

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

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

6 of the Office of Emergency Planning, Preparedness and Op7 erations, $4,445,000, to remain available until expended; 

8 for salaries and expenses of the Office of General Counsel, 

9 $1,415,000; for the Office of the Chaplain, $179,000; for sal10 aries and expenses of the Office of the Parliamentarian, in11 cluding the Parliamentarian, $2,000 for preparing the Di12 gest of Rules, and not more than $1,000 for official rep13 resentation and reception expenses, $2,060,000; for salaries 

14 and expenses of the Office of the Law Revision Counsel of 

15 the House, $3,258,000; for salaries and expenses of the Of16 fice of the Legislative Counsel of the House, $8,814,000; for 

17 salaries and expenses of the Office of Interparliamentary 

18 Affairs, $859,000; for other authorized employees, 

19 $1,249,000; and for salaries and expenses of the Office of 

20 the Historian, including the cost of the House Fellows Pro21 gram (including lodging and related expenses for visiting 

22 Program participants), $597,000. 

23 ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES

24 For allowances and expenses as authorized by House 

25 resolution or law, $317,840,000, including: supplies, mate-
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1 rials, administrative costs and Federal tort claims, 

2 $3,948,000; official mail for committees, leadership offices, 

3 and administrative offices of the House, $201,000; Govern4 ment contributions for health, retirement, Social Security, 

5 and other applicable employee benefits, $278,278,000, in6 cluding employee tuition assistance benefit payments, 

7 $3,500,000, if authorized, and employee child care benefit 

8 payments, $1,000,000, if authorized; Business Continuity 

9 and Disaster Recovery, $27,698,000, of which $9,000,000 

10 shall remain available until expended; transition activities 

11 for new members and staff, $2,907,000; Wounded Warrior 

12 Program, $2,500,000, to be derived from funding provided 

13 for this purpose in Division G of Public Law 111–8; Office 

14 of Congressional Ethics, $1,548,000; Energy Demonstration 

15 Projects, $2,500,000, if authorized, to remain available 

16 until expended; and miscellaneous items including pur17 chase, exchange, maintenance, repair and operation of 

18 House motor vehicles, interparliamentary receptions, and 

19 gratuities to heirs of deceased employees of the House, 

20 $760,000. 

21 CHILD CARE CENTER

22 For salaries and expenses of the House of Representa23 tives Child Care Center, such amounts as are deposited in 

24 the account established by section 312(d)(1) of the Legisla25 tive Branch Appropriations Act, 1992 (2 U.S.C. 2062), sub-
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1 ject to the level specified in the budget of the Center, as sub2 mitted to the Committee on Appropriations of the House 

3 of Representatives. 

4 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

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

6 MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES TO BE USED

7 FOR DEFICIT REDUCTION OR TO REDUCE THE FEDERAL

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

9 amounts appropriated under this Act for ‘‘House of Rep10 resentatives—Salaries and Expenses—Members’ Represen11 tational Allowances’’ shall be available only for fiscal year 

12 2010. Any amount remaining after all payments are made 

13 under such allowances for fiscal year 2010 shall be depos14 ited in the Treasury and used for deficit reduction (or, if 

15 there is no Federal budget deficit after all such payments 

16 have been made, for reducing the Federal debt, in such man17 ner as the Secretary of the Treasury considers appropriate). 

18 (b) REGULATIONS.—The Committee on House Admin19 istration of the House of Representatives shall have author20 ity to prescribe regulations to carry out this section. 

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

22 ‘‘Member of the House of Representatives’’ means a Rep23 resentative in, or a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, 

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1 SEC. 102. Effective with respect to fiscal year 2010 and 

2 each succeeding fiscal year, the aggregate amount otherwise 

3 authorized to be appropriated for a fiscal year for the lump4 sum allowance for each of the following offices is increased 

5 as follows: 

6 (1) The allowance for the office of the Majority 

7 Whip is increased by $96,000. 

8 (2) The allowance for the office of the Minority 

9 Whip is increased by $96,000. 

10 JOINT ITEMS 

11 For Joint Committees, as follows: 

12 JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE

13 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic Com14 mittee, $4,814,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the 

15 Senate. 

16 JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION

17 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on 

18 Taxation, $11,327,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Admin19 istrative Officer of the House of Representatives. For other 

20 joint items, as follows: 

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: (1) an allowance of 

25 $2,175 per month to the Attending Physician; (2) an allow-
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1 ance of $1,300 per month to the Senior Medical Officer; 

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

3 officers while on duty in the Office of the Attending Physi4 cian; (4) an allowance of $725 per month to two assistants 

5 and $580 per month each not to exceed 11 assistants on 

6 the basis heretofore provided for such assistants; and (5) 

7 $2,366,000 for reimbursement to the Department of the 

8 Navy for expenses incurred for staff and equipment as9 signed to the Office of the Attending Physician, which shall 

10 be advanced and credited to the applicable appropriation 

11 or appropriations from which such salaries, allowances, 

12 and other expenses are payable and shall be available for 

13 all the purposes thereof, $3,805,000, to be disbursed by the 

14 Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representa15 tives. 

16 OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL ACCESSIBILITY SERVICES

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Congressional 

19 Accessibility Services, $1,377,000, to be disbursed by the 

20 Secretary of the Senate. 

21 STATEMENTS OF APPROPRIATIONS

22 For the preparation, under the direction of the Com23 mittees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 

24 Representatives, of the statements for the first session of the 

25 111th Congress, showing appropriations made, indefinite 
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1 appropriations, and contracts authorized, together with a 

2 chronological history of the regular appropriations bills as 

3 required by law, $30,000, to be paid to the persons des4 ignated by the chairmen of such committees to supervise 

5 the work. 

6 CAPITOL POLICE 

7 SALARIES

8 For salaries of employees of the Capitol Police, includ9 ing overtime, hazardous duty pay differential, and Govern10 ment contributions for health, retirement, social security, 

11 professional liability insurance, and other applicable em12 ployee benefits, $267,203,000, to be disbursed by the Chief 

13 of the Capitol Police or his designee. 

14 GENERAL EXPENSES

15 For necessary expenses of the Capitol Police, including 

16 motor vehicles, communications and other equipment, secu17 rity equipment and installation, uniforms, weapons, sup18 plies, materials, training, medical services, forensic services, 

19 stenographic services, personal and professional services, the 

20 employee assistance program, the awards program, postage, 

21 communication services, travel advances, relocation of in22 structor and liaison personnel for the Federal Law Enforce23 ment Training Center, and not more than $5,000 to be ex24 pended on the certification of the Chief of the Capitol Police 

25 in connection with official representation and reception ex-
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1 penses, $64,354,000, to be disbursed by the Chief of the Cap2 itol Police or his designee: Provided, That, notwithstanding 

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

4 the Capitol Police at the Federal Law Enforcement Train5 ing Center for fiscal year 2010 shall be paid by the Sec6 retary of Homeland Security from funds available to the 

7 Department of Homeland Security. 

8 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

9 TRANSFER AUTHORITY

10 SEC. 1001. Amounts appropriated for fiscal year 2010 

11 for the Capitol Police may be transferred between the head12 ings ‘‘Salaries’’ and ‘‘General expenses’’ upon the approval 

13 of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep14 resentatives and the Senate. 

15 OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE 

16 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

17 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Compliance, 

18 as authorized by section 305 of the Congressional Account19 ability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1385), $4,418,000, of which 

20 $883,990 shall remain available until September 30, 2011: 

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

22 the certification of the Executive Director of the Office of 

23 Compliance in connection with official representation and 

24 reception expenses. 
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

2 DISPOSITION OF SURPLUS OR OBSOLETE PERSONAL

3 PROPERTY

4 SEC. 1101. (a) IN GENERAL.—Title III of the Congres5 sional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1381 et seq.) 

6 is amended by inserting after section 305 the following: 

7 ‘‘SEC. 306. DISPOSITION OF SURPLUS OR OBSOLETE PER8 SONAL PROPERTY. 

9 ‘‘The Executive Director may, within the limits of 

10 available appropriations, dispose of surplus or obsolete per11 sonal property by interagency transfer, donation, or dis12 carding.’’. 

13 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The 

14 table of contents for the Congressional Accountability Act 

15 of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1301 et seq.) is amended by inserting 

16 after section 305 the following: 

‘‘Sec. 306. Disposition of surplus or obsolete personal property.’’. 

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

18 section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2010, and 

19 each fiscal year thereafter. 

20 CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE 

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 For salaries and expenses necessary for operation of 

23 the Congressional Budget Office, including not more than 

24 $6,000 to be expended on the certification of the Director 
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1 of the Congressional Budget Office in connection with offi2 cial representation and reception expenses, $45,165,000. 

3 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

4 EXECUTIVE EXCHANGE PROGRAM FOR THE

5 CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE

6 SEC. 1201. Section 1201 of the Legislative Branch Ap7 propriations Act, 2008 (2 U.S.C. 611 note; Public law 110– 

8 161; 121 Stat. 2238) is amended— 

9 (1) in subsection (b)— 

10 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘3’’ and 

11 inserting ‘‘5’’; and 

12 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘3’’ and 

13 inserting ‘‘5’’; 

14 (2) by striking subsection (d), and redesignating 

15 subsection (e) as subsection (d); and 

16 (3) in subsection (d) (as redesignated by this sec17 tion), by striking ‘‘Subject to subsection (d), this’’ and 

18 inserting ‘‘This’’. 

19 ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL 

20 GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

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

22 personal services, at rates of pay provided by law; for sur23 veys and studies in connection with activities under the 

24 care of the Architect of the Capitol; for all necessary ex25 penses for the general and administrative support of the 
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1 operations under the Architect of the Capitol including the 

2 Botanic Garden; electrical substations of the Capitol, Sen3 ate and House office buildings, and other facilities under 

4 the jurisdiction of the Architect of the Capitol; including 

5 furnishings and office equipment; including not more than 

6 $5,000 for official reception and representation expenses, to 

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

8 for purchase or exchange, maintenance, and operation of 

9 a passenger motor vehicle, $106,587,000, of which 

10 $5,400,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

11 2014. 

12 CAPITOL BUILDING

13 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

14 and operation of the Capitol, $33,305,000, of which 

15 $6,499,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

16 2014. 

17 CAPITOL GROUNDS

18 For all necessary expenses for care and improvement 

19 of grounds surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House 

20 office buildings, and the Capitol Power Plant, $10,974,000, 

21 of which $1,410,000 shall remain available until September 

22 30, 2014. 

23 SENATE OFFICE BUILDINGS

24 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

25 and operation of Senate office buildings; and furniture and 
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1 furnishings to be expended under the control and super2 vision of the Architect of the Capitol, $74,392,000, of which 

3 $15,390,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

4 2014. 

5 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS

6 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

7 and operation of the House office buildings, $100,466,000, 

8 of which $53,360,000 shall remain available until Sep9 tember 30, 2014. 

10 CAPITOL POWER PLANT

11 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

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

13 power (including the purchase of electrical energy) and 

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

15 office buildings, Library of Congress buildings, and the 

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

17 and air conditioning refrigeration not supplied from plants 

18 in any of such buildings; heating the Government Printing 

19 Office and Washington City Post Office, and heating and 

20 chilled water for air conditioning for the Supreme Court 

21 Building, the Union Station complex, the Thurgood Mar22 shall Federal Judiciary Building and the Folger Shake23 speare Library, expenses for which shall be advanced or re24 imbursed upon request of the Architect of the Capitol and 

25 amounts so received shall be deposited into the Treasury 
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1 to the credit of this appropriation, $118,597,000, of which 

2 $25,074,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

3 2014: Provided, That not more than $8,000,000 of the funds 

4 credited or to be reimbursed to this appropriation as herein 

5 provided shall be available for obligation during fiscal year 

6 2010. 

7 LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

8 For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and 

9 structural maintenance, care and operation of the Library 

10 buildings and grounds, $40,754,000, of which $14,470,000 

11 shall remain available until September 30, 2014. 

12 CAPITOL POLICE BUILDINGS, GROUNDS AND SECURITY

13 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

14 and operation of buildings, grounds and security enhance15 ments of the United States Capitol Police, wherever located, 

16 the Alternate Computer Facility, and AOC security oper17 ations, $26,160,000, of which $7,050,000 shall remain 

18 available until September 30, 2014. 

19 BOTANIC GARDEN

20 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

21 and operation of the Botanic Garden and the nurseries, 

22 buildings, grounds, and collections; and purchase and ex23 change, maintenance, repair, and operation of a passenger 

24 motor vehicle; all under the direction of the Joint Com25 mittee on the Library, $11,898,000, of which $1,280,000 
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1 shall remain available until September 30, 2014: Provided, 

2 That of the amount made available under this heading, the 

3 Architect may obligate and expend such sums as may be 

4 necessary for the maintenance, care and operation of the 

5 National Garden established under section 307E of the Leg6 islative Branch Appropriations Act, 1989 (2 U.S.C. 2146), 

7 upon vouchers approved by the Architect or a duly author8 ized designee. 

9 CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER

10 For all necessary expenses for the operation of the Cap11 itol Visitor Center, $22,756,000. 

12 ENGRAVING OF THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG

13 AND THE NATIONAL MOTTO IN THE CAPITOL VISITOR

14 CENTER

15 SEC. 1202. (a) ENGRAVING REQUIRED.—The Architect 

16 of the Capitol shall engrave the Pledge of Allegiance to the 

17 Flag and the National Motto of ‘‘In God We Trust’’ in the 

18 Capitol Visitor Center, in accordance with the engraving 

19 plan described in subsection (b). 

20 (b) ENGRAVING PLAN.—The engraving plan described 

21 in this subsection is a plan setting forth the design and 

22 location of the engraving required under subsection (a) 

23 which is prepared by the Architect of the Capitol and ap24 proved by the Committee on Rules and Administration of 

25 the Senate and the Committee on House Administration of 

26 the House of Representatives. 
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

2 DISPOSITION OF SURPLUS OR OBSOLETE PERSONAL

3 PROPERTY

4 SEC. 1301. (a) IN GENERAL.—The Architect of the 

5 Capitol shall have the authority, within the limits of avail6 able appropriations, to dispose of surplus or obsolete per7 sonal property by inter-agency transfer, donation, sale, 

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

9 trade-in of personal property shall be credited to funds 

10 available for the operations of the Architect of the Capitol 

11 and be available for the costs of acquiring the same or simi12 lar property. Such funds shall be available for such pur13 poses during the fiscal year received and the following fiscal 

14 year. 

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

16 respect to fiscal year 2010, and each fiscal year thereafter. 

17 FLEXIBLE AND COMPRESSED WORK SCHEDULES

18 SEC. 1302. Chapter 61 of title 5, United States Code, 

19 is amended— 

20 (1) in section 6121(1) by striking ‘‘and the Li21 brary of Congress’’ and inserting ‘‘the Library of 

22 Congress, the Architect of the Capitol, and the Bo23 tanic Garden’’; and 

24 (2) in section 6133(c) by adding at the end the 

25 following: 
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1 ‘‘(3) With respect to employees of the Architect of 

2 the Capitol and the Botanic Garden, the authority 

3 granted to the Office of Personnel Management under 

4 this subchapter shall be exercised by the Architect of 

5 the Capitol.’’. 

6 DISABLED VETERANS; NONCOMPETITIVE APPOINTMENT

7 SEC. 1303. Section 3112 of title 5, United States Code, 

8 is amended— 

9 (1) by inserting ‘‘(a)’’ before ‘‘Under’’; and 

10 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

11 ‘‘(b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘agency’ 

12 shall include the Architect of the Capitol and the Botanic 

13 Garden. With respect to the Architect of the Capitol and 

14 the Botanic Garden, the authority granted to the Office of 

15 Personnel Management under this section shall be exercised 

16 by the Architect of the Capitol.’’. 

17 ACCEPTANCE OF VOLUNTARY STUDENT SERVICES

18 SEC. 1304. (a) Section 3111 of title 5, United States 

19 Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 

20 ‘‘(e) For purposes of this section the term ‘agency’ shall 

21 include the Architect of the Capitol. With respect to the Ar22 chitect of the Capitol, the authority granted to the Office 

23 of Personnel Management under this section shall be exer24 cised by the Architect of the Capitol.’’. 
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1 BOTANIC GARDEN VENDOR CONTRACTS

2 SEC. 1305. Section 307E of the Legislative Branch Ap3 propriations Act, 1989 (2 U.S.C. 2146) is amended— 

4 (1) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘an account 

5 entitled ‘Botanic Garden, Gifts and Donations’.’’ and 

6 inserting ‘‘an account entitled ‘Botanic Garden, Op7 erations and Maintenance’.’’; 

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

9 (e); and 

10 (3) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol11 lowing: 

12 ‘‘(d) CONTRACTS WITH VENDORS.— 

13 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Architect of the Capitol 

14 may enter into a commission-based service contract 

15 with a vendor who, notwithstanding section 5104(c) 

16 of title 40, United States Code, may sell refreshments 

17 at the Botanic Garden and National Garden. 

18 ‘‘(2) DEPOSIT AND USE OF COMMISSIONS.—Any 

19 amounts paid to the Architect of the Capitol as a 

20 commission under paragraph (1) shall be— 

21 ‘‘(A) deposited in the account described 

22 under subsection (b); and 

23 ‘‘(B) available for operation and mainte24 nance in the same manner as provided under 

25 subsection (b).’’. 
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1 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Library of Congress not 

4 otherwise provided for, including development and mainte5 nance of the Library’s catalogs; custody and custodial care 

6 of the Library buildings; special clothing; cleaning, laun7 dering and repair of uniforms; preservation of motion pic8 tures in the custody of the Library; operation and mainte9 nance of the American Folklife Center in the Library; prep10 aration and distribution of catalog records and other publi11 cations of the Library; hire or purchase of one passenger 

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

13 Fund Board not properly chargeable to the income of any 

14 trust fund held by the Board, $441,033,000, of which not 

15 more than $6,000,000 shall be derived from collections cred16 ited to this appropriation during fiscal year 2010, and 

17 shall remain available until expended, under the Act of 

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

19 and not more than $350,000 shall be derived from collec20 tions during fiscal year 2010 and shall remain available 

21 until expended for the development and maintenance of an 

22 international legal information database and activities re23 lated thereto: Provided, That the Library of Congress may 

24 not obligate or expend any funds derived from collections 

25 under the Act of June 28, 1902, in excess of the amount 
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1 authorized for obligation or expenditure in appropriations 

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

3 obligation shall be reduced by the amount by which collec4 tions are less than $6,350,000: Provided further, That of 

5 the total amount appropriated, not more than $12,000 may 

6 be expended, on the certification of the Librarian of Con7 gress, in connection with official representation and recep8 tion expenses for the Overseas Field Offices: Provided fur9 ther, That of the total amount appropriated, $7,315,000 

10 shall remain available until expended for the digital collec11 tions and educational curricula program: Provided further, 

12 That of the total amount appropriated, $750,000 shall re13 main available until expended, and shall be transferred to 

14 the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission for car15 rying out the purposes of Public Law 106–173, of which 

16 $10,000 may be used for official representation and recep17 tion expenses of the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Com18 mission: Provided further, That, $200,000 shall remain 

19 available until expended for the purpose of preserving, 

20 digitizing and making available historically and culturally 

21 significant materials related to the development of Nebraska 

22 and the American West, which amount shall be transferred 

23 to the Durham Museum in Omaha, Nebraska. 
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1 COPYRIGHT OFFICE

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, 

4 $55,476,000, of which not more than $28,751,000, to re5 main available until expended, shall be derived from collec6 tions credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 2010 

7 under section 708(d) of title 17, United States Code: Pro8 vided, That the Copyright Office may not obligate or expend 

9 any funds derived from collections under such section, in 

10 excess of the amount authorized for obligation or expendi11 ture in appropriations Acts: Provided further, That not 

12 more than $5,861,000 shall be derived from collections dur13 ing fiscal year 2010 under sections 111(d)(2), 119(b)(2), 

14 803(e), 1005, and 1316 of such title: Provided further, That 

15 the total amount available for obligation shall be reduced 

16 by the amount by which collections are less than 

17 $34,612,000: Provided further, That not more than 

18 $100,000 of the amount appropriated is available for the 

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

20 the Copyright Office of the Library of Congress for the pur21 pose of training nationals of developing countries in intel22 lectual property laws and policies: Provided further, That 

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

24 of the Librarian of Congress, in connection with official 

25 representation and reception expenses for activities of the 
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1 International Copyright Institute and for copyright delega2 tions, visitors, and seminars: Provided further, That not3 withstanding any provision of chapter 8 of title 17, United 

4 States Code, any amounts made available under this head5 ing which are attributable to royalty fees and payments re6 ceived by the Copyright Office pursuant to sections 111, 

7 119, and chapter 10 of such title may be used for the costs 

8 incurred in the administration of the Copyright Royalty 

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

10 and benefits for the Copyright Royalty Judges and staff 

11 under section 802(e). 

12 CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 

15 section 203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 

16 (2 U.S.C. 166) and to revise and extend the Annotated Con17 stitution of the United States of America, $112,836,000: 

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

19 any salary or expense in connection with any publication, 

20 or preparation of material therefor (except the Digest of 

21 Public General Bills), to be issued by the Library of Con22 gress unless such publication has obtained prior approval 

23 of either the Committee on House Administration of the 

24 House of Representatives or the Committee on Rules and 

25 Administration of the Senate. 
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1 BOOKS FOR THE BLIND AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For salaries and expenses to carry out the Act of March 

4 3, 1931 (chapter 400; 46 Stat. 1487; 2 U.S.C. 135a), 

5 $70,182,000, of which $30,577,000 shall remain available 

6 until expended: Provided, That of the total amount appro7 priated, $650,000 shall be available to contract to provide 

8 newspapers to blind and physically handicapped residents 

9 at no cost to the individual. 

10 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

11 REIMBURSABLE AND REVOLVING FUND ACTIVITIES

12 SEC. 1401. (a) IN GENERAL.—For fiscal year 2010, 

13 the obligational authority of the Library of Congress for the 

14 activities described in subsection (b) may not exceed 

15 $123,328,000. 

16 (b) ACTIVITIES.—The activities referred to in sub17 section (a) are reimbursable and revolving fund activities 

18 that are funded from sources other than appropriations to 

19 the Library in appropriations Acts for the legislative 

20 branch. 

21 (c) TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—During fiscal year 2010, 

22 the Librarian of Congress may temporarily transfer funds 

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

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

25 to the revolving fund for the FEDLINK Program and the 
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1 Federal Research Program established under section 103 of 

2 the Library of Congress Fiscal Operations Improvement Act 

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

4 That the total amount of such transfers may not exceed 

5 $1,900,000: Provided further, That the appropriate revolv6 ing fund account shall reimburse the Library for any 

7 amounts transferred to it before the period of availability 

8 of the Library appropriation expires. 

9 TRANSFER AUTHORITY

10 SEC. 1402. (a) IN GENERAL.—Amounts appropriated 

11 for fiscal year 2010 for the Library of Congress may be 

12 transferred during fiscal year 2010 between any of the head13 ings under the heading ‘‘Library of Congress’’ upon the ap14 proval of the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 

15 and the House of Representatives. 

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

17 total amount of funds appropriated to the account under 

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

19 fiscal year 2009 may be transferred from that account by 

20 all transfers made under subsection (a). 

21 CLASSIFICATION OF LIBRARY OF CONGRESS POSITIONS

22 ABOVE GS–15

23 SEC. 1403. Section 5108 of title 5, United States Code, 

24 is amended by adding at the end the following: 
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1 ‘‘(c) The Librarian of Congress may classify positions 

2 in the Library of Congress above GS–15 under standards 

3 established by the Office in subsection (a)(2).’’. 

4 LEAVE CARRYOVER FOR CERTAIN LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

5 EXECUTIVE POSITIONS

6 SEC. 1404. Section 6304(f)(1) of title 5, United States 

7 Code, is amended— 

8 (1) in subparagraph (F), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the 

9 end; 

10 (2) in subparagraph (G), by striking the period 

11 and inserting ‘‘; or’’ and 

12 (3) by adding after subparagraph (G) the fol13 lowing: 

14 ‘‘(H) a position in the Library of Congress 

15 the compensation for which is set at a rate equal 

16 to the annual rate of basic pay payable for posi17 tions at level III of the Executive Schedule under 

18 section 5314.’’. 

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, $93,296,000: 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, $40,911,000: 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 2008 and 2009 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, $12,782,000 for information technology de6 velopment and facilities repair: Provided, That the Govern7 ment Printing Office is hereby authorized to make such ex8 penditures, within the limits of funds available and in ac9 cordance with law, and to make such contracts and commit10 ments without regard to fiscal year limitations as provided 

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

12 necessary in carrying out the programs and purposes set 

13 forth in the budget for the current fiscal year for the Govern14 ment Printing Office revolving fund: Provided further, That 

15 not more than $7,500 may be expended on the certification 

16 of the Public Printer in connection with official representa17 tion and reception expenses: Provided further, That the re18 volving fund shall be available for the hire or purchase of 

19 not more than 12 passenger motor vehicles: Provided fur20 ther, That expenditures in connection with travel expenses 

21 of the advisory councils to the Public Printer shall be 

22 deemed necessary to carry out the provisions of title 44, 

23 United States Code: Provided further, That the revolving 

24 fund shall be available for temporary or intermittent serv25 ices under section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, 
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1 but at rates for individuals not more than the daily equiva2 lent of the annual rate of basic pay for level V of the Execu3 tive Schedule under section 5316 of such title: Provided fur4 ther, That activities financed through the revolving fund 

5 may provide information in any format: Provided further, 

6 That the revolving fund and the funds provided under the 

7 headings ‘‘Office of Superintendent of Documents’’ and 

8 ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ may not be used for contracted 

9 security services at GPO’s passport facility in the District 

10 of Columbia. 

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 representation 

17 and reception expenses; temporary or intermittent services 

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

19 at rates for individuals not more than the daily equivalent 

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

21 Schedule under section 5315 of such title; hire of one pas22 senger motor vehicle; advance payments in foreign countries 

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

24 Code; benefits comparable to those payable under sections 

25 901(5), (6), and (8) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 
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1 U.S.C. 4081(5), (6), and (8)); and under regulations pre2 scribed by the Comptroller General of the United States, 

3 rental of living quarters in foreign countries, $553,658,000: 

4 Provided, That not more than $5,449,000 of payments re5 ceived under section 782 of title 31, United States Code, 

6 shall be available for use in fiscal year 2010: Provided fur7 ther, That not more than $2,350,000 of reimbursements re8 ceived under section 9105 of title 31, United States Code, 

9 shall be available for use in fiscal year 2010: Provided fur10 ther, That not more than $7,423,000 of reimbursements re11 ceived under section 3521 of title 31, United States Code, 

12 shall be available for use in fiscal year 2010: Provided fur13 ther, That this appropriation and appropriations for ad14 ministrative expenses of any other department or agency 

15 which is a member of the National Intergovernmental Audit 

16 Forum or a Regional Intergovernmental Audit Forum shall 

17 be available to finance an appropriate share of either Fo18 rum’s costs as determined by the respective Forum, includ19 ing necessary travel expenses of non-Federal participants: 

20 Provided further, That payments hereunder to the Forum 

21 may be credited as reimbursements to any appropriation 

22 from which costs involved are initially financed. 
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

2 REPEAL OF CERTAIN AUDITS, STUDIES, AND REVIEWS OF

3 THE GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE

4 SEC. 1501. (a) USE OF FUNDS IN PROJECTS CON5 STRUCTED UNDER PROJECTED COST.—Section 211 of the 

6 Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 (42 

7 U.S.C. 3151) is amended by striking subsection (d). 

8 (b) EVALUATION AND AUDIT OF NATIONAL TRANSPOR9 TATION SAFETY BOARD.—Section 1138 of title 49, United 

10 States Code, is repealed. 

11 (c) LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCY SPENDING AU12 DITS.—Section 1904 of the Elementary and Secondary 

13 Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 6574) is repealed. 

14 (d) AUDITS OF SMALL BUSINESS PARTICIPATION IN

15 CONSTRUCTION OF THE ALASKA NATURAL GAS PIPE16 LINE.—Section 112 of the Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline Act 

17 (15 U.S.C. 720j) is amended by striking subsection (c). 

18 (e) AUDITS OF ASSISTANCE UNDER COMPACTS OF

19 FREE ASSOCIATION.—Section 104(h) of the Compact of 

20 Free Association Amendments Act of 2003 (48 U.S.C. 

21 1921c(h)) is amended by striking paragraph (3). 

22 (f) SEMIANNUAL AUDITS OF INDEPENDENT COUNSEL

23 EXPENDITURES.—The matter under the heading ‘‘Salaries 

24 and Expenses, General Legal Activities’’ under the heading 

25 ‘‘Legal Activities’’ under title II of the Department of Jus-
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1 tice Appropriation Act of 1988, (28 U.S.C. 591 note; Public 

2 Law 100–202; 101 Stat. 1329, 1329–9) is amended by strik3 ing ‘‘Provided further, That the Comptroller General shall 

4 perform semiannual financial reviews of expenditures from 

5 the Independent Counsel permanent indefinite appropria6 tion, and report their findings to the Committees on Appro7 priations of the House and Senate:’’. 

8 (g) REPORTS ON AMBULANCE SERVICE COSTS.—Sec9 tion 414 of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, 

10 and Modernization Act of 2003 (Public Law 108–173) is 

11 amended— 

12 (1) by striking subsection (f); and 

13 (2) by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection 

14 (f). 

15 OPEN WORLD LEADERSHIP CENTER TRUST 

16 FUND 

17 For a payment to the Open World Leadership Center 

18 Trust Fund for financing activities of the Open World 

19 Leadership Center under section 313 of the Legislative 

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

21 $14,456,000. 
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

2 OPEN WORLD LEADERSHIP CENTER

3 SEC. 1601. (a) BOARD MEMBERSHIP.—Section 

4 313(a)(2) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 

5 2001 (2 U.S.C. 1151(a)(2)) is amended— 

6 (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘members’’ 

7 and inserting ‘‘Members of the House of Representa8 tives’’; and 

9 (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘members’’ 

10 and inserting ‘‘Senators’’. 

11 (b) EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.—Section 313(d) of the 

12 Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2001 (2 U.S.C. 

13 1151(d)) is amended in the first sentence by striking ‘‘The 

14 Board shall appoint’’ and inserting ‘‘On behalf of the 

15 Board, the Librarian of Congress shall appoint’’. 

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

17 subsection shall apply with respect to— 

18 (1) appointments made on and after the date of 

19 enactment of this Act; and 

20 (2) the remainder of the fiscal year in which en21 acted, and each fiscal year thereafter. 

22 JOHN C. STENNIS CENTER FOR PUBLIC SERVICE 

23 TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT 

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

25 Service Development Trust Fund established under section 
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1 116 of the John C. Stennis Center for Public Service Train2 ing and Development Act (2 U.S.C. 1105), $430,000. 

3 TITLE II 

4 GENERAL PROVISIONS 

5 MAINTENANCE AND CARE OF PRIVATE VEHICLES

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

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

8 vehicles, except for emergency assistance and cleaning as 

9 may be provided under regulations relating to parking fa10 cilities for the House of Representatives issued by the Com11 mittee on House Administration and for the Senate issued 

12 by the Committee on Rules and Administration. 

13 FISCAL YEAR LIMITATION

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

15 Act shall remain available for obligation beyond fiscal year 

16 2010 unless expressly so provided in this Act. 

17 RATES OF COMPENSATION AND DESIGNATION

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

19 not specifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of 

20 1929 (46 Stat. 32 et seq.) is appropriated for or the rate 

21 of compensation or designation of any office or position ap22 propriated for is different from that specifically established 

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

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

25 Provided, That the provisions in this Act for the various 
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1 items of official expenses of Members, officers, and commit2 tees of the Senate and House of Representatives, and clerk 

3 hire for Senators and Members of the House of Representa4 tives shall be the permanent law with respect thereto. 

5 CONSULTING SERVICES

6 SEC. 204. The expenditure of any appropriation under 

7 this Act for any consulting service through procurement 

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

9 shall be limited to those contracts where such expenditures 

10 are a matter of public record and available for public in11 spection, except where otherwise provided under existing 

12 law, or under existing Executive order issued under existing 

13 law. 

14 AWARDS AND SETTLEMENTS

15 SEC. 205. Such sums as may be necessary are appro16 priated to the account described in subsection (a) of section 

17 415 of the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 

18 U.S.C. 1415(a)) to pay awards and settlements as author19 ized under such subsection. 

20 COSTS OF LBFMC

21 SEC. 206. Amounts available for administrative ex22 penses of any legislative branch entity which participates 

23 in the Legislative Branch Financial Managers Council 

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

25 be available to finance an appropriate share of LBFMC 
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1 costs as determined by the LBFMC, except that the total 

2 LBFMC costs to be shared among all participating legisla3 tive branch entities (in such allocations among the entities 

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

5 LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS

6 SEC. 207. None of the funds made available in this 

7 Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in8 strumentality of the United States Government, except pur9 suant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority provided 

10 in, this Act or any other appropriation Act. 

11 GUIDED TOURS OF THE CAPITOL

12 SEC. 208. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), 

13 none of the funds made available to the Architect of the Cap14 itol in this Act may be used to eliminate guided tours of 

15 the United States Capitol which are led by employees and 

16 interns of offices of Members of Congress and other offices 

17 of the House of Representatives 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 ap20 proval 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 the 

2 Capitol. 

3 COMPLIANCE DATE RELATING TO CERTAIN VIOLATIONS OF

4 OSHA WITHIN THE LEGISLATIVE BRANCH

5 SEC. 209. Section 215(c) of the Congressional Account6 ability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1341(c)) is amended by strik7 ing paragraph (6). 

8 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative Branch Ap9 propriations Act, 2010’’. 

Attest: 

Secretary. 

111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H.R. 2918 

AMENDMENT