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Calendar No. 84 

111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2918 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 22, 2009 

Received; read twice and placed on the calendar 

AN ACT 

Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the 

fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other 

purposes. 

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

3 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 

4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 

5 Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 

6 30, 2010, and for other purposes, namely: 


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1 TITLE I—LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 

2 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 For salaries and expenses of the House of Represent5 atives, $1,375,200,000, as follows: 

6 HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES

7 For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, 

8 $25,881,000, including: Office of the Speaker, 

9 $5,077,000, including $25,000 for official expenses of the 

10 Speaker; Office of the Majority Floor Leader, $2,530,000, 

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

12 Leader; Office of the Minority Floor Leader, $4,565,000, 

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

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

15 Deputy Majority Whip, $2,194,000, including $5,000 for 

16 official expenses of the Majority Whip; Office of the Mi17 nority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Minority Whip, 

18 $1,690,000, including $5,000 for official expenses of the 

19 Minority Whip; Speaker’s Office for Legislative Floor Ac20 tivities, $517,000; Republican Steering Committee, 

21 $981,000; Republican Conference, $1,748,000; Repub22 lican Policy Committee, $362,000; Democratic Steering 

23 and Policy Committee, $1,366,000; Democratic Caucus, 

24 $1,725,000; nine minority employees, $1,552,000; train25 ing and program development—majority, $290,000; train26 ing and program development—minority, $290,000; 


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1 Cloakroom Personnel—majority, $497,000; and Cloak2 room Personnel—minority, $497,000. 

3 MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES

4 INCLUDING MEMBERS’ CLERK HIRE, OFFICIAL

5 EXPENSES OF MEMBERS, AND OFFICIAL MAIL

6 For Members’ representational allowances, including 

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

8 $660,000,000. 

9 COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES

10 STANDING COMMITTEES, SPECIAL AND SELECT

11 For salaries and expenses of standing committees, 

12 special and select, authorized by House resolutions, 

13 $139,878,000: Provided, That such amount shall remain 

14 available for such salaries and expenses until December 

15 31, 2010, except that $1,000,000 of such amount shall 

16 remain available until expended for committee room up17 grading. 

18 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS

19 For salaries and expenses of the Committee on Ap20 propriations, $31,300,000, including studies and examina21 tions of executive agencies and temporary personal serv22 ices for such committee, to be expended in accordance with 

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

24 1946 and to be available for reimbursement to agencies 

25 for services performed: Provided, That such amount shall 


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1 remain available for such salaries and expenses until De2 cember 31, 2010. 

3 SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

4 For compensation and expenses of officers and em5 ployees, as authorized by law, $200,301,000, including: 

6 for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Clerk, includ7 ing not more than $23,000, of which not more than 

8 $20,000 is for the Family Room, for official representa9 tion and reception expenses, $32,089,000 of which 

10 $4,600,000 shall remain available until expended; for sala11 ries and expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms, 

12 including the position of Superintendent of Garages, and 

13 including not more than $3,000 for official representation 

14 and reception expenses, $9,509,000; for salaries and ex15 penses of the Office of the Chief Administrative Officer 

16 including not more than $3,000 for official representation 

17 and reception expenses, $130,782,000, of which 

18 $3,937,000 shall remain available until expended; for sala19 ries and expenses of the Office of the Inspector General, 

20 $5,045,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of 

21 Emergency Planning, Preparedness and Operations, 

22 $4,445,000, to remain available until expended; for sala23 ries and expenses of the Office of General Counsel, 

24 $1,415,000; for the Office of the Chaplain, $179,000; for 

25 salaries and expenses of the Office of the Parliamentarian, 


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1 including the Parliamentarian, $2,000 for preparing the 

2 Digest of Rules, and not more than $1,000 for official rep3 resentation and reception expenses, $2,060,000; for sala4 ries and expenses of the Office of the Law Revision Coun5 sel of the House, $3,258,000; for salaries and expenses 

6 of the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the House, 

7 $8,814,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of 

8 Interparliamentary Affairs, $859,000; for other author9 ized employees, $1,249,000; and for salaries and expenses 

10 of the Office of the Historian, including the cost of the 

11 House Fellows Program (including lodging and related ex12 penses for visiting Program participants), $597,000. 

13 ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES

14 For allowances and expenses as authorized by House 

15 resolution or law, $317,840,000, including: supplies, mate16 rials, administrative costs and Federal tort claims, 

17 $3,948,000; official mail for committees, leadership of18 fices, and administrative offices of the House, $201,000; 

19 Government contributions for health, retirement, Social 

20 Security, and other applicable employee benefits, 

21 $278,278,000, including employee tuition assistance ben22 efit payments, $3,500,000, if authorized, and employee 

23 child care benefit payments, $1,000,000, if authorized; 

24 Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery, $27,698,000, 

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


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1 transition activities for new members and staff, 

2 $2,907,000; Wounded Warrior Program, $2,500,000, to 

3 be derived from funding provided for this purpose in Divi4 sion G of Public Law 111–8; Office of Congressional Eth5 ics, $1,548,000; Energy Demonstration Projects, 

6 $2,500,000, if authorized, to remain available until ex7 pended; and miscellaneous items including purchase, ex8 change, maintenance, repair and operation of House 

9 motor vehicles, interparliamentary receptions, and gratu10 ities to heirs of deceased employees of the House, 

11 $760,000. 

12 CHILD CARE CENTER

13 For salaries and expenses of the House of Represent14 atives Child Care Center, such amounts as are deposited 

15 in the account established by section 312(d)(1) of the Leg16 islative Branch Appropriations Act, 1992 (2 U.S.C. 2062), 

17 subject to the level specified in the budget of the Center, 

18 as submitted to the Committee on Appropriations of the 

19 House of Representatives. 

20 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

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

22 MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES TO BE

23 USED FOR DEFICIT REDUCTION OR TO REDUCE THE

24 FEDERAL DEBT.—Notwithstanding any other provision of 

25 law, any amounts appropriated under this Act for 


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1 ‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—SALARIES AND

2 EXPENSES—MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOW3 ANCES’’ shall be available only for fiscal year 2010. Any 

4 amount remaining after all payments are made under such 

5 allowances for fiscal year 2010 shall be deposited in the 

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

7 Federal budget deficit after all such payments have been 

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

9 the Secretary of the Treasury considers appropriate). 

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

12 authority to prescribe regulations to carry out this section. 

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

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

16 to, the Congress. 

17 SEC. 102. Effective with respect to fiscal year 2010 

18 and each succeeding fiscal year, the aggregate amount 

19 otherwise authorized to be appropriated for a fiscal year 

20 for the lump-sum allowance for each of the following of21 fices is increased as follows: 

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

23 Whip is increased by $96,000. 

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

25 Whip is increased by $96,000. 


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1 JOINT ITEMS 

2 For Joint Committees, as follows: 

3 JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE

4 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic 

5 Committee, $4,814,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary 

6 of the Senate. 

7 JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION

8 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on 

9 Taxation, $11,451,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Ad10 ministrative Officer of the House of Representatives. 

11 For other joint items, as follows: 

12 OFFICE OF THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN

13 For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent ex14 penses of the emergency rooms, and for the Attending 

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

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

17 allowance of $1,300 per month to the Senior Medical Offi18 cer; (3) an allowance of $725 per month each to three 

19 medical officers while on duty in the Office of the Attend20 ing Physician; (4) an allowance of $725 per month to two 

21 assistants and $580 per month each not to exceed 11 as22 sistants on the basis heretofore provided for such assist23 ants; and (5) $2,366,000 for reimbursement to the De24 partment of the Navy for expenses incurred for staff and 

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1 cian, which shall be advanced and credited to the applica2 ble appropriation or appropriations from which such sala3 ries, allowances, and other expenses are payable and shall 

4 be available for all the purposes thereof, $3,805,000, to 

5 be disbursed by the Chief Administrative Officer of the 

6 House of Representatives. 

7 OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL ACCESSIBILITY SERVICES

8 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

9 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Congres10 sional Accessibility Services, $1,314,000, to be disbursed 

11 by the Secretary of the Senate. 

12 STATEMENTS OF APPROPRIATIONS

13 For the preparation, under the direction of the Com14 mittees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 

15 of Representatives, of the statements for the first session 

16 of the 111th Congress, showing appropriations made, in17 definite appropriations, and contracts authorized, together 

18 with a chronological history of the regular appropriations 

19 bills as required by law, $30,000, to be paid to the persons 

20 designated by the chairmen of such committees to super21 vise the work. 

22 CAPITOL POLICE 

23 SALARIES

24 For salaries of employees of the Capitol Police, in25 cluding overtime, hazardous duty pay differential, and 


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1 Government contributions for health, retirement, social se2 curity, professional liability insurance, and other applica3 ble employee benefits, $263,198,000, to be disbursed by 

4 the Chief of the Capitol Police or his designee. 

5 GENERAL EXPENSES

6 For necessary expenses of the Capitol Police, includ7 ing motor vehicles, communications and other equipment, 

8 security equipment and installation, uniforms, weapons, 

9 supplies, materials, training, medical services, forensic 

10 services, stenographic services, personal and professional 

11 services, the employee assistance program, the awards pro12 gram, postage, communication services, travel advances, 

13 relocation of instructor and liaison personnel for the Fed14 eral Law Enforcement Training Center, and not more 

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

16 Chief of the Capitol Police in connection with official rep17 resentation and reception expenses, $61,914,000, to be 

18 disbursed by the Chief of the Capitol Police or his des19 ignee: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provi20 sion of law, the cost of basic training for the Capitol Police 

21 at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center for fis22 cal year 2010 shall be paid by the Secretary of Homeland 

23 Security from funds available to the Department of Home24 land Security. 


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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 

2 (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)

3 SEC. 1001. TRANSFER AUTHORITY.—Amounts ap4 propriated for fiscal year 2010 for the Capitol Police may 

5 be transferred between the headings ‘‘SALARIES’’ and 

6 ‘‘GENERAL EXPENSES’’ upon the approval of the Commit7 tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 

8 and the Senate. 

9 OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE 

10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

11 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Compli12 ance, as authorized by section 305 of the Congressional 

13 Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1385), $4,335,000, 

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

15 30, 2011: Provided, That the Executive Director of the 

16 Office of Compliance may, within the limits of available 

17 appropriations, dispose of surplus or obsolete personal 

18 property by interagency transfer, donation, or discarding: 

19 Provided further, That not more than $500 may be ex20 pended on the certification of the Executive Director of 

21 the Office of Compliance in connection with official rep22 resentation and reception expenses. 


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1 CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE 

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For salaries and expenses necessary for operation of 

4 the Congressional Budget Office, including not more than 

5 $6,000 to be expended on the certification of the Director 

6 of the Congressional Budget Office in connection with offi7 cial representation and reception expenses, $45,165,000. 

8 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 

9 SEC. 1101.—MODIFICATIONS TO EXECUTIVE EX10 CHANGE PROGRAM.—(a) EXPANSION OF NUMBER OF

11 PARTICIPANTS.—Section 1201(b) of the Legislative 

12 Branch Apropriations Act, 2008 (2 U.S.C. 611 note) is 

13 amended by striking ‘‘3’’ each place it appears and insert14 ing ‘‘5’’. 

15 (b) PERMANENT EXTENSION OF PROGRAM.—Section 

16 1201 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 611 note) is amended— 

17 (1) by striking subsection (d) and redesignating 

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

19 (2) in subsection (d), as so redesignated, by 

20 striking ‘‘Subject to subsection (d), this section’’ and 

21 inserting ‘‘This section’’. 

22 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

23 this section shall take effect as if included in the enact24 ment of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2008. 


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1 ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL 

2 GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

3 For salaries for the Architect of the Capitol, and 

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

5 for surveys and studies in connection with activities under 

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

7 expenses for the general and administrative support of the 

8 operations under the Architect of the Capitol including the 

9 Botanic Garden; electrical substations of the Capitol, Sen10 ate and House office buildings, and other facilities under 

11 the jurisdiction of the Architect of the Capitol; including 

12 furnishings and office equipment; including not more than 

13 $5,000 for official reception and representation expenses, 

14 to be expended as the Architect of the Capitol may ap15 prove; for purchase or exchange, maintenance, and oper16 ation of a passenger motor vehicle, $109,392,000, of 

17 which $8,950,000 shall remain available until September 

18 30, 2014. 

19 HISTORIC BUILDINGS REVITALIZATION TRUST FUND

20 For a payment to the Historic Buildings Revitaliza21 tion Trust Fund established under section 1201, 

22 $60,000,000, to remain available until expended. 

23 CAPITOL BUILDING

24 For necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and 

25 operation of the Capitol, $32,800,000, of which 


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1 $6,241,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

2 2014. 

3 CAPITOL GROUNDS

4 For all necessary expenses for care and improvement 

5 of grounds surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House 

6 office buildings, and the Capitol Power Plant, 

7 $10,920,000, of which $1,410,000 shall remain available 

8 until September 30, 2014. 

9 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS

10 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

11 and operation of the House office buildings, 

12 $100,466,000, of which $53,360,000 shall remain avail13 able until September 30, 2014. 

14 CAPITOL POWER PLANT

15 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

16 and operation of the Capitol Power Plant; lighting, heat17 ing, power (including the purchase of electrical energy) 

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

19 House office buildings, Library of Congress buildings, and 

20 the grounds about the same, Botanic Garden, Senate ga21 rage, and air conditioning refrigeration not supplied from 

22 plants in any of such buildings; heating the Government 

23 Printing Office and Washington City Post Office, and 

24 heating and chilled water for air conditioning for the Su25 preme Court Building, the Union Station complex, the 


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1 Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building and the 

2 Folger Shakespeare Library, expenses for which shall be 

3 advanced or reimbursed upon request of the Architect of 

4 the Capitol and amounts so received shall be deposited 

5 into the Treasury to the credit of this appropriation, 

6 $125,083,000, of which $31,560,000 shall remain avail7 able until September 30, 2014: Provided, That not more 

8 than $8,000,000 of the funds credited or to be reimbursed 

9 to this appropriation as herein provided shall be available 

10 for obligation during fiscal year 2010. 

11 LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

12 For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and 

13 structural maintenance, care and operation of the Library 

14 buildings and grounds, $41,937,000, of which 

15 $15,750,000 shall remain available until September 30, 

16 2014. 

17 CAPITOL POLICE BUILDINGS, GROUNDS AND SECURITY

18 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

19 and operation of buildings, grounds and security enhance20 ments of the United States Capitol Police, wherever lo21 cated, the Alternate Computer Facility, and AOC security 

22 operations, $26,364,000, of which $7,750,000 shall re23 main available until September 30, 2014. 


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1 BOTANIC GARDEN

2 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 

3 and operation of the Botanic Garden and the nurseries, 

4 buildings, grounds, and collections; and purchase and ex5 change, maintenance, repair, and operation of a passenger 

6 motor vehicle; all under the direction of the Joint Com7 mittee on the Library, $11,263,000, of which $900,000 

8 shall remain available until September 30, 2014: Provided, 

9 That of the amount made available under this heading, 

10 the Architect may obligate and expend such sums as may 

11 be necessary for the maintenance, care and operation of 

12 the National Garden established under section 307E of 

13 the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1989 (2 

14 U.S.C. 2146), upon vouchers approved by the Architect 

15 or a duly authorized designee. 

16 CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER

17 For necessary expenses for Capitol Visitor Center op18 erations costs, $23,166,000. 

19 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

20 SEC. 1201. HISTORIC BUILDINGS REVITALIZATION

21 TRUST FUND.—(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby 

22 established in the Treasury of the United States, as an 

23 account for the Architect of the Capitol, the Historic 

24 Buildings Revitalization Trust Fund (hereafter in this sec25 tion referred to as the ‘‘Fund’’). 


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1 (b) USE OF AMOUNTS.—Amounts in the Fund shall 

2 be used by the Architect of the Capitol for the revitaliza3 tion of the major historical buildings and assets which the 

4 Architect is responsible for maintaining and preserving, 

5 except that the Architect may not obligate any amounts 

6 in the Fund without the approval of the Committees on 

7 Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Sen8 ate. 

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

10 respect to fiscal year 2010 and each succeeding fiscal year. 

11 SEC. 1202. Any individual who is appointed as the 

12 Architect of the Capitol after the date of the enactment 

13 of this Act shall be appointed in accordance with the appli14 cable laws in effect at the time of appointment, taking into 

15 account any amendments which may be made to such ap16 plicable laws during the One Hundred Eleventh Congress. 

17 SEC. 1203. SUPPORT AND MAINTENANCE DURING

18 EMERGENCIES.—(a) During an emergency involving the 

19 safety of human life or the protection of property, as de20 termined or declared by the Capitol Police Board, the Ar21 chitect of the Capitol— 

22 (1) may accept contributions of comfort and 

23 other incidental items and services to support em24 ployees of the Office of the Architect of the Capitol 


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1 while such employees are on duty in response to the 

2 emergency; and 

3 (2) may incur obligations and make expendi4 tures out of available appropriations for meals, re5 freshments, and other support and maintenance for 

6 the Office of the Architect of the Capitol if, in the 

7 judgment of the Architect, such obligations and ex8 penditures are necessary to respond to the emer9 gency. 

10 (b) This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 

11 2010 and each succeeding fiscal year. 

12 SEC. 1204. FLEXIBLE AND COMPRESSED WORK

13 SCHEDULES.—(a) Section 6121(1) of title 5, United 

14 States Code is amended by inserting after ‘‘military de15 partment,’’ the following: ‘‘the Architect of the Capitol,’’. 

16 (b) Section 6133(c) of such title is amended by add17 ing at the end the following new paragraph: 

18 ‘‘(3) With respect to employees of the Architect of 

19 the Capitol (including employees of the Botanic Garden), 

20 the authority granted to the Office of Personnel Manage21 ment under this subchapter shall be exercised by the Ar22 chitect of the Capitol.’’. 

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

24 with respect to pay periods beginning or after the later 


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1 of October 1, 2009, or the date of the enactment of this 

2 Act. 

3 SEC. 1205. ACCEPTANCE OF VOLUNTARY STUDENT

4 SERVICES.—Section 3111 of title 5, United States Code, 

5 is amended by adding the following new subsection: 

6 ‘‘(e) In this section, the term ‘agency’ includes the 

7 Architect of the Capitol, except that in the case of the 

8 Architect of the Capitol, the authority granted to the Of9 fice of Personnel Management under this section shall be 

10 exercised by the Architect of the Capitol.’’. 

11 (b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 

12 apply with respect to fiscal year 2010 and each such suc13 ceeding fiscal year. 

14 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 For necessary expenses of the Library of Congress 

17 not otherwise provided for, including development and 

18 maintenance of the Library’s catalogs; custody and custo19 dial care of the Library buildings; special clothing; clean20 ing, laundering and repair of uniforms; preservation of 

21 motion pictures in the custody of the Library; operation 

22 and maintenance of the American Folklife Center in the 

23 Library; activities under the Civil Rights History Project 

24 Act of 2009; preparation and distribution of catalog 

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1 chase of one passenger motor vehicle; and expenses of the 

2 Library of Congress Trust Fund Board not properly 

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

4 Board, $450,211,000, of which not more than $6,000,000 

5 shall be derived from collections credited to this appropria6 tion during fiscal year 2010, and shall remain available 

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

8 1301; 32 Stat. 480; 2 U.S.C. 150) and not more than 

9 $350,000 shall be derived from collections during fiscal 

10 year 2010 and shall remain available until expended for 

11 the development and maintenance of an international legal 

12 information database and activities related thereto: Pro13 vided, That the Library of Congress may not obligate or 

14 expend any funds derived from collections under the Act 

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

16 obligation or expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided 

17 further, That the total amount available for obligation 

18 shall be reduced by the amount by which collections are 

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

20 amount appropriated, not more than $12,000 may be ex21 pended, on the certification of the Librarian of Congress, 

22 in connection with official representation and reception ex23 penses for the Overseas Field Offices: Provided further, 

24 That of the total amount appropriated, $7,315,000 shall 

25 remain available until expended for the digital collections 


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1 and educational curricula program: Provided further, That 

2 of the total amount appropriated, $750,000 shall be trans3 ferred to the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission 

4 for carrying out the purposes of Public Law 106–173, of 

5 which $10,000 may be used for official representation and 

6 reception expenses of the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial 

7 Commission: Provided further, That of the amount made 

8 available under this heading, $250,000 shall be used to 

9 carry out activities under the Civil Rights History Project 

10 Act of 2009. 

11 COPYRIGHT OFFICE

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, 

14 $55,476,000, of which not more than $28,751,000, to re15 main available until expended, shall be derived from collec16 tions credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 2010 

17 under section 708(d) of title 17, United States Code: Pro18 vided, That the Copyright Office may not obligate or ex19 pend any funds derived from collections under such sec20 tion, in excess of the amount authorized for obligation or 

21 expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided further, That 

22 not more than $5,861,000 shall be derived from collections 

23 during fiscal year 2010 under sections 111(d)(2), 

24 119(b)(2), 803(e), 1005, and 1316 of such title: Provided 

25 further, That the total amount available for obligation 


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1 shall be reduced by the amount by which collections are 

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

3 than $100,000 of the amount appropriated is available for 

4 the maintenance of an ‘‘International Copyright Institute’’ 

5 in the Copyright Office of the Library of Congress for the 

6 purpose of training nationals of developing countries in 

7 intellectual property laws and policies: Provided further, 

8 That not more than $4,250 may be expended, on the cer9 tification of the Librarian of Congress, in connection with 

10 official representation and reception expenses for activities 

11 of the International Copyright Institute and for copyright 

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

13 notwithstanding any provision of chapter 8 of title 17, 

14 United States Code, any amounts made available under 

15 this heading which are attributable to royalty fees and 

16 payments received by the Copyright Office pursuant to 

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

18 used for the costs incurred in the administration of the 

19 Copyright Royalty Judges program, with the exception of 

20 the costs of salaries and benefits for the Copyright Royalty 

21 Judges and staff under section 802(e). 

22 CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 

25 of section 203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 


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1 1946 (2 U.S.C. 166) and to revise and extend the Anno2 tated Constitution of the United States of America, 

3 $112,490,000: Provided, That no part of such amount 

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

5 with any publication, or preparation of material therefore 

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

7 by the Library of Congress unless such publication has 

8 obtained prior approval of either the Committee on House 

9 Administration of the House of Representatives or the 

10 Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate. 

11 BOOKS FOR THE BLIND AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For salaries and expenses to carry out the Act of 

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

15 135a), $70,182,000, of which $30,577,000 shall remain 

16 available until expended: Provided, That of the total 

17 amount appropriated $650,000 shall be available to con18 tract to provide newspapers to blind and physically handi19 capped residents at no cost to the individual. 

20 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

21 SEC. 1301. INCENTIVE AWARDS PROGRAM.—Of the 

22 amounts appropriated to the Library of Congress in this 

23 Act, not more than $5,000 may be expended, on the cer24 tification of the Librarian of Congress, in connection with 


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1 official representation and reception expenses for the in2 centive awards program. 

3 SEC. 1302. REIMBURSABLE AND REVOLVING FUND

4 ACTIVITIES.—(a) IN GENERAL.—For fiscal year 2010, 

5 the obligational authority of the Library of Congress for 

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

7 $123,328,000. 

8 (b) ACTIVITIES.—The activities referred to in sub9 section (a) are reimbursable and revolving fund activities 

10 that are funded from sources other than appropriations 

11 to the Library in appropriations Acts for the legislative 

12 branch. 

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

14 the Librarian of Congress may temporarily transfer funds 

15 appropriated in this Act, under the heading ‘‘LIBRARY 

16 OF CONGRESS’’, under the subheading ‘‘SALARIES AND

17 EXPENSES’’, to the revolving fund for the FEDLINK Pro18 gram and the Federal Research Program established 

19 under section 103 of the Library of Congress Fiscal Oper20 ations Improvement Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–481; 

21 2 U.S.C. 182c): Provided, That the total amount of such 

22 transfers may not exceed $1,900,000: Provided further, 

23 That the appropriate revolving fund account shall reim24 burse the Library for any amounts transferred to it before 


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1 the period of availability of the Library appropriation ex2 pires. 

3 SEC. 1303. TRANSFER AUTHORITY.—(a) IN GEN4 ERAL.—Amounts appropriated for fiscal year 2010 for the 

5 Library of Congress may be transferred during fiscal year 

6 2010 between any of the headings under the heading ‘‘LI7 BRARY OF CONGRESS’’ upon the approval of the Com8 mittees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 

9 of Representatives. 

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

11 total amount of funds appropriated to the account under 

12 any heading under the heading ‘‘LIBRARY OF CON13 GRESS’’ for fiscal year 2010 may be transferred from 

14 that account by all transfers made under subsection (a). 

15 SEC. 1304. CLASSIFICATION OF LIBRARY OF CON16 GRESS POSITIONS ABOVE GS–15.—Section 5108 of title 

17 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 

18 the following new subsection: 

19 ‘‘(c) The Librarian of Congress may classify positions 

20 in the Library of Congress above GS–15 pursuant to 

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

22 SEC. 1305. LEAVE CARRYOVER FOR CERTAIN LI23 BRARY OF CONGRESS EXECUTIVE POSITIONS.—(a) Sec24 tion 6304(f)(1) of title 5, United States Code, is amend25 ed— 


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

2 the end; 

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

4 at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

5 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub6 paragraph: 

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

8 compensation for which is set at a rate equal to the 

9 annual rate of basic pay payable for positions at 

10 level III of the Executive Schedule under section 

11 5314.’’. 

12 (b) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 

13 apply with respect to annual leave accrued during pay pe14 riods beginning after the date of the enactment of this 

15 Act. 

16 SEC. 1306. (a) Section 4(a) of the American Folklife 

17 Preservation Act (20 U.S.C. 2103(a)) is amended by strik18 ing ‘‘an American Folklife Center’’ and inserting ‘‘the Ar19 chie Green American Folklife Center’’. 

20 (b) Any reference to the American Folklife Center in 

21 any law, rule, regulation, or document shall be deemed to 

22 be a reference to the Archie Green American Folklife Cen23 ter. 


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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 for the Architect of the Cap7 itol; expenses necessary for preparing the semimonthly 

8 and session index to the Congressional Record, as author9 ized by law (section 902 of title 44, United States Code); 

10 printing and binding of Government publications author11 ized by law to be distributed to Members of Congress; and 

12 printing, binding, and distribution of Government publica13 tions authorized by law to be distributed without charge 

14 to the recipient, $93,296,000: Provided, That this appro15 priation shall not be available for paper copies of the per16 manent edition of the Congressional Record for individual 

17 Representatives, Resident Commissioners or Delegates au18 thorized under section 906 of title 44, United States Code: 

19 Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available 

20 for the payment of obligations incurred under the appro21 priations for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years: 

22 Provided further, That notwithstanding the 2-year limita23 tion under section 718 of title 44, United States Code, 

24 none of the funds appropriated or made available under 

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1 related services provided to Congress under chapter 7 of 

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

3 a document, report, or publication after the 27-month pe4 riod beginning on the date that such document, report, 

5 or publication is authorized by Congress to be printed, un6 less Congress reauthorizes such printing in accordance 

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

8 further, That any unobligated or unexpended balances in 

9 this account or accounts for similar purposes for preceding 

10 fiscal years may be transferred to the Government Print11 ing Office revolving fund for carrying out the purposes of 

12 this heading, subject to the approval of the Committees 

13 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 

14 Senate. 

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, $40,911,000: Provided, 

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

25 year appropriations are authorized for producing and dis26 seminating Congressional serial sets and other related 


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1 publications for fiscal years 2008 and 2009 to depository 

2 and other designated libraries: Provided further, That any 

3 unobligated or unexpended balances in this account or ac4 counts for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years may 

5 be transferred to the Government Printing Office revolv6 ing fund for carrying out the purposes of this heading, 

7 subject to the approval of the Committees on Appropria8 tions of the House of Representatives and Senate. 

9 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE REVOLVING FUND

10 For payment to the Government Printing Office Re11 volving Fund, $12,000,000 for information technology de12 velopment and facilities repair: Provided, That the Gov13 ernment Printing Office is hereby authorized to make such 

14 expenditures, within the limits of funds available and in 

15 accordance with law, and to make such contracts and com16 mitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as pro17 vided by section 9104 of title 31, United States Code, as 

18 may be necessary in carrying out the programs and pur19 poses set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year 

20 for the Government Printing Office revolving fund: Pro21 vided further, That not more than $7,500 may be ex22 pended on the certification of the Public Printer in connec23 tion with official representation and reception expenses: 

24 Provided further, That the revolving fund shall be available 

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1 motor vehicles: Provided further, That expenditures in con2 nection with travel expenses of the advisory councils to 

3 the Public Printer shall be deemed necessary to carry out 

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

5 further, That the revolving fund shall be available for tem6 porary or intermittent services under section 3109(b) of 

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

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

9 basic pay for level V of the Executive Schedule under sec10 tion 5316 of such title: Provided further, That activities 

11 financed through the revolving fund may provide informa12 tion in any format: Provided further, That the revolving 

13 fund and the funds provided under the headings ‘‘Office 

14 of Superintendent of Documents’’ and ‘‘Salaries and Ex15 penses’’ may not be used for contracted security services 

16 at GPO’s passport facility in the District of Columbia. 

17 GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 

18 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

19 For necessary expenses of the Government Account20 ability Office, including not more than $12,500 to be ex21 pended on the certification of the Comptroller General of 

22 the United States in connection with official representa23 tion and reception expenses; temporary or intermittent 

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

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

2 the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of such title; 

3 hire of one passenger motor vehicle; advance payments in 

4 foreign countries in accordance with section 3324 of title 

5 31, United States Code; benefits comparable to those pay6 able under sections 901(5), (6), and (8) of the Foreign 

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

8 and under regulations prescribed by the Comptroller Gen9 eral of the United States, rental of living quarters in for10 eign countries, $558,849,000: Provided, That not more 

11 than $5,449,000 of payments received under section 782 

12 of title 31, United States Code, shall be available for use 

13 in fiscal year 2010: Provided further, That not more than 

14 $2,350,000 of reimbursements received under section 

15 9105 of title 31, United States Code, shall be available 

16 for use in fiscal year 2010: Provided further, That not 

17 more than $7,423,000 of reimbursements received under 

18 section 3521 of title 31, United States Code, shall be 

19 available for use in fiscal year 2010: Provided further, 

20 That this appropriation and appropriations for adminis21 trative expenses of any other department or agency which 

22 is a member of the National Intergovernmental Audit 

23 Forum or a Regional Intergovernmental Audit Forum 

24 shall be available to finance an appropriate share of either 

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1 cluding necessary travel expenses of non-Federal partici2 pants: Provided further, That payments hereunder to the 

3 Forum may be credited as reimbursements to any appro4 priation from which costs involved are initially financed. 

5 OPEN WORLD LEADERSHIP CENTER TRUST 

6 FUND 

7 For a payment to the Open World Leadership Center 

8 Trust Fund for financing activities of the Open World 

9 Leadership Center under section 313 of the Legislative 

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

11 $9,000,000. 

12 JOHN C. STENNIS CENTER FOR PUBLIC SERVICE

13 TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT

14 For payment to the John C. Stennis Center for Pub15 lic Service Development Trust Fund established under 

16 section 116 of the John C. Stennis Center for Public Serv17 ice Training and Development Act (2 U.S.C. 1105), 

18 $430,000. 

19 TITLE II—GENERAL PROVISIONS 

20 SEC. 201. MAINTENANCE AND CARE OF PRIVATE

21 VEHICLES.—No part of the funds appropriated in this Act 

22 shall be used for the maintenance or care of private vehi23 cles, except for emergency assistance and cleaning as may 

24 be provided under regulations relating to parking facilities 

25 for the House of Representatives issued by the Committee 


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1 on House Administration and for the Senate issued by the 

2 Committee on Rules and Administration. 

3 SEC. 202. FISCAL YEAR LIMITATION.—No part of 

4 the funds appropriated in this Act shall remain available 

5 for obligation beyond fiscal year 2010 unless expressly so 

6 provided in this Act. 

7 SEC. 203. RATES OF COMPENSATION AND DESIGNA8 TION.—Whenever in this Act any office or position not 

9 specifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of 1929 

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

11 compensation or designation of any office or position ap12 propriated for is different from that specifically estab13 lished by such Act, the rate of compensation and the des14 ignation in this Act shall be the permanent law with re15 spect thereto: Provided, That the provisions in this Act 

16 for the various items of official expenses of Members, offi17 cers, and committees of the Senate and House of Rep18 resentatives, and clerk hire for Senators and Members of 

19 the House of Representatives shall be the permanent law 

20 with respect thereto. 

21 SEC. 204. CONSULTING SERVICES.—The expenditure 

22 of any appropriation under this Act for any consulting 

23 service through procurement contract, under section 3109 

24 of title 5, United States Code, shall be limited to those 

25 contracts where such expenditures are a matter of public 


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1 record and available for public inspection, except where 

2 otherwise provided under existing law, or under existing 

3 Executive order issued under existing law. 

4 SEC. 205. AWARDS AND SETTLEMENTS.—Such sums 

5 as may be necessary are appropriated to the account de6 scribed in subsection (a) of section 415 of the Congres7 sional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1415(a)) to 

8 pay awards and settlements as authorized under such sub9 section. 

10 SEC. 206. COSTS OF LBFMC.—Amounts available 

11 for administrative expenses of any legislative branch entity 

12 which participates in the Legislative Branch Financial 

13 Managers Council (LBFMC) established by charter on 

14 March 26, 1996, shall be available to finance an appro15 priate share of LBFMC costs as determined by the 

16 LBFMC, except that the total LBFMC costs to be shared 

17 among all participating legislative branch entities (in such 

18 allocations among the entities as the entities may deter19 mine) may not exceed $2,000. 

20 SEC. 207. LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE.—The Archi21 tect of the Capitol, in consultation with the District of Co22 lumbia, is authorized to maintain and improve the land23 scape features, excluding streets, in the irregular shaped 

24 grassy areas bounded by Washington Avenue, SW, on the 

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1 on the south, and the beginning of the I–395 tunnel on 

2 the southeast. 

3 SEC. 208. LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS.—None of the 

4 funds made available in this Act may be transferred to 

5 any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United 

6 States Government, except pursuant to a transfer made 

7 by, or transfer authority provided in, this Act or any other 

8 appropriation Act. 

9 SEC. 209. GUIDED TOURS OF THE CAPITOL.—(a) 

10 Except as provided in subsection (b), none of the funds 

11 made available to the Architect of the Capitol in this Act 

12 may be used to eliminate or restrict guided tours of the 

13 United States Capitol which are led by employees and in14 terns of offices of Members of Congress and other offices 

15 of the House of Representatives and Senate. 

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

17 at the direction of the Architect of the Capitol with the 

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

19 United States Capitol which are led by employees and in20 terns described in subsection (a) may be suspended tempo21 rarily or otherwise subject to restriction for security or re22 lated reasons to the same extent as guided tours of the 

23 United States Capitol which are led by the Architect of 

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1 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative Branch Ap2 propriations Act, 2010’’. 

Passed the House of Representatives June 19, 2009. 

Attest: LORRAINE C. MILLER, 

Clerk. 


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Calendar No. 84 

111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2918 

AN ACT 

Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch 

and for other purposes. for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, 

JUNE 22, 2009 

Received; read twice and placed on the calendar 


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