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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2348

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JULY 23, 1993

Ordered to be printed with the amendments of the Senate numbered

AN ACT

Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the

fiscal year ending September 30, 1994, 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, 1994, and for other purposes, namely:

7 TITLE I—CONGRESSIONAL OPERATIONS

8 Ω1æSENATE

9 MILEAGE AND EXPENSES ALLOWANCES

10 MILEAGE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT AND SENATORS

11 For mileage of the Vice President and Senators of the

12 United States, $60,000.
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1 EXPENSE ALLOWANCES

2 For expense allowances of the Vice President, $10,000;

3 the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, $10,000; Majority

4 Leader of the Senate, $10,000; Minority Leader of the Sen5 ate, $10,000; Majority Whip of the Senate, $5,000; Minority

6 Whip of the Senate, $5,000; and Chairmen of the Majority

7 and Minority Conference Committees, $3,000 for each

8 Chairman; in all, $56,000.

9 REPRESENTATION ALLOWANCES FOR THE MAJORITY AND

10 MINORITY LEADERS

11 For representation allowances of the Majority and Mi12 nority Leaders of the Senate, $15,000 for each such Leader;

13 in all, $30,000.

14 SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

15 For compensation of officers, employees, and others as

16 authorized by law, including agency contributions,

17 $69,895,000, which shall be paid from this appropriation

18 without regard to the below limitations, as follows:

19 OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT

20 For the Office of the Vice President, $1,431,000.

21 OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE

22 For the Office of the President Pro Tempore, $432,000.

23 OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERS

24 For Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders,

25 $2,076,000.
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1 OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY WHIPS

2 For Offices of the Majority and Minority Whips,

3 $644,000.

4 CONFERENCE COMMITTEES

5 For the Conference of the Majority and the Conference

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

7 Chairman of each such committee, $942,000 for each such

8 committee; in all, $1,884,000.

9 OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES OF THE CONFERENCE OF

10 THE MAJORITY AND THE CONFERENCE OF THE MINORITY

11 For Offices of the Secretaries of the Conference of the

12 Majority and the Conference of the Minority, $362,000.

13 OFFICE OF THE CHAPLAIN

14 For Office of the Chaplain, $172,000.

15 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

16 For Office of the Secretary, $11,715,000.

17 OFFICE OF THE SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER

18 For Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper,

19 $32,739,000.

20 OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND

21 MINORITY

22 For Offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the

23 Secretary for the Minority, $1,133,000.

24 AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS AND RELATED EXPENSES

25 For agency contributions for employee benefits, as au26 thorized by law, and related expenses, $17,307,000.
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1 OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL OF THE SENATE

2 For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legisla3 tive Counsel of the Senate, $3,080,000.

4 OFFICE OF SENATE LEGAL COUNSEL

5 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate Legal

6 Counsel, $833,000.

7 EXPENSE ALLOWANCES OF THE SECRETARY OF THE SEN8 ATE, SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE

9 SENATE, AND SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND

10 MINORITY OF THE SENATE

11 For expense allowances of the Secretary of the Senate,

12 $3,000; Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate,

13 $3,000; Secretary for the Majority of the Senate, $3,000;

14 Secretary for the Minority of the Senate, $3,000; in all,

15 $12,000.

16 CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE

17 SENATE POLICY COMMITTEES

18 For salaries and expenses of the Majority Policy Com19 mittee and the Minority Policy Committee, $1,199,100 for

20 each such committee; in all, $2,398,200.

21 INQUIRIES AND INVESTIGATIONS

22 For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered

23 by the Senate, or conducted pursuant to section 134(a) of

24 Public Law 601, Seventy-ninth Congress, as amended, sec25 tion 112 of Public Law 96–304 and Senate Resolution 281,

26 agreed to March 11, 1980, $77,000,000.
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1 EXPENSES OF UNITED STATES SENATE CAUCUS ON

2 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL

3 For expenses of the United States Senate Caucus on

4 International Narcotics Control, $336,000.

5 SECRETARY OF THE SENATE

6 For expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the Sen7 ate, $1,366,500.

8 SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE SENATE

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

10 Doorkeeper of the Senate, $74,894,000, of which

11 $16,500,000 shall remain available until expended.

12 MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

13 For miscellaneous items, $6,748,000.

14 SENATORS’ OFFICIAL PERSONNEL AND OFFICE EXPENSE

15 ACCOUNT

16 For Senators’ Official Personnel and Office Expense

17 Account, $185,768,000.

18 OFFICE OF SENATE FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES

19 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate Fair

20 Employment Practices, $825,000.

21 STATIONERY (REVOLVING FUND)

22 For stationery for the President of the Senate, $4,500,

23 for officers of the Senate and the Conference of the Majority

24 and Conference of the Minority of the Senate, $8,500; in

25 all, $13,000.
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1 OFFICIAL MAIL COSTS

2 For expenses necessary for official mail costs of the

3 Senate, $20,000,000.

4 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

5 SEC. 1. (a) Charges for expenses of any office, the funds

6 of which are disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate, may

7 be vouchered by a Senate support office paying such ex8 penses or to which such charges are owed for goods or serv9 ices provided, if—

10 (1) such charges are paid on behalf of the office

11 incurring such expenses by such Senate support office;

12 or

13 (2) such charges are payable to such Senate sup14 port office for goods or services provided by such office

15 to the office incurring such expenses.

16 (b) Payments under this section shall be charged to

17 the official funds of the office on whose behalf the expenses

18 were paid, or which received the goods or services for which

19 payment is required.

20 (c) Any voucher submitted by a Senate support office

21 pursuant to this section shall be accompanied by a certifi22 cation from such office of the amount and that such pur23 chases were of the nature that they could be charged to the

24 official funds of the office on whose behalf charges were paid,

25 or to which goods or services were provided.
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1 (d) Vouchers under this section shall be submitted and

2 paid subject to such regulations as may be promulgated by

3 the Committee on Rules and Administration.

4 SEC. 2. Effective on and after October 1, 1993, the ag5 gregate of each of the sums determined under clauses (iii)

6 and (iv) of section 506(b)(3)(A) of the Supplemental Appro7 priations Act, 1973 (2 U.S.C. 58(b)(3)(A) (iii) and (iv)),

8 shall be deemed decreased by 2.5 percent.

9 SEC. 3. Section 12 under the subheading ‘‘ADMINIS10 TRATIVE PROVISIONS’’ under the heading ‘‘SENATE’’ in the

11 Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1991 (2 U.S.C.

12 58c–1) is amended in the first sentence by striking ‘‘the

13 Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and’’.

14 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES (PRIOR YEAR)

16 (RESCISSION)

17 Of the funds appropriated in the Legislative Branch

18 Appropriations Act, 1991, for the House of Representa19 tives under the heading ‘‘SALARIES AND EXPENSES’’,

20 there is rescinded a total $730,037.41, in the amounts

21 specified for the following headings and accounts:

22 (1) ‘‘HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES’’,

23 $24,988.44, as follows: (A) ‘‘Office of the Speaker’’,

24 $5,245.00; (B) ‘‘Office of the Majority Leader’’,

25 $4,743.44; (C) ‘‘Office of the Minority Leader’’,
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1 $5,000.00; (D) ‘‘Office of the Majority Whip’’,

2 $5,000.00; and (E) ‘‘Office of the Minority Whip’’,

3 $5,000.00.

4 (2) ‘‘MEMBERS’ CLERK HIRE’’, $686.50.

5 (3) ‘‘COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES’’, $44.59.

6 (4) ‘‘STANDING COMMITTEES, SPECIAL AND SE7 LECT’’, $138,448.87.

8 (5) ‘‘ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES’’,

9 $500,691.91 as follows: (A) ‘‘furniture and furnish10 ings’’, $624.54; (B) ‘‘reemployed annuitants reim11 bursements’’, $67.37; and (C) unspecified,

12 $500,000.00.

13 (6) ‘‘COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS (STUD14 IES AND INVESTIGATIONS)’’, $2,682.97.

15 (7) ‘‘SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES’’,

16 $62,494.13, as follows: (A) ‘‘Office of the Clerk’’,

17 $2,053.34; (B) ‘‘Office of the Sergeant at Arms’’,

18 $352.20; (C) ‘‘Office of the Doorkeeper’’, $99.08;

19 (D) ‘‘Office of the Chaplain’’, $255.50; (E) ‘‘the

20 House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee

21 and the Democratic Caucus’’, $9,355.14; (F) ‘‘the

22 House Republican Conference’’, $1,824.87; and (G)

23 ‘‘six minority employees’’, $48,554.00.

24 Of the funds appropriated in the Legislative Branch

25 Appropriations Act, 1992, for the House of Representa-
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1 tives under the heading ‘‘SALARIES AND EXPENSES’’,

2 there is rescinded a total of $891,717.36, in the amounts

3 specified for the following headings and accounts:

4 (1) ‘‘HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES’’,

5 $533,169.67, as follows: (A) ‘‘Office of the Speak6 er’’, $308,604.60; (B) ‘‘Office of the Majority Lead7 er’’, $46,970.75; (C) ‘‘Office of the Minority Lead8 er’’, $154,142.11; (D) ‘‘Office of the Majority

9 Whip’’, $18,819.23; and (E) ‘‘Office of the Minority

10 Whip’’, $4,632.98.

11 (2) ‘‘MEMBERS’ CLERK HIRE’’, $7,272.63.

12 (3) ‘‘ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES’’,

13 $12,226.40 as follows: (A) ‘‘furniture and furnish14 ings’’, $4,379.86; and (B) ‘‘reemployed annuitants

15 reimbursements’’, $7,846.54.

16 (4) ‘‘SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES’’,

17 $339,048.66, as follows: (A) ‘‘Office of the Sergeant

18 at Arms’’, $500.00; (B) ‘‘Office of the Chaplain’’,

19 $1,886.97; (C) ‘‘Office of the Parliamentarian’’,

20 $35,969.46; (D) ‘‘Office of the Historian’’,

21 $62,999.89; (E) ‘‘the House Democratic Steering

22 and Policy Committee and the Democratic Caucus’’,

23 $115,226.11; and (F) ‘‘six minority employees’’,

24 $122,466.23.
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1 Of the funds appropriated in the Legislative Branch

2 Appropriations Act, 1993, for the House of Representa3 tives under the heading ‘‘SALARIES AND EXPENSES’’,

4 there is rescinded a total of $1,500,000 in the amounts

5 specified for the following heading: ‘‘STANDING COMMIT6 TEES, SPECIAL AND SELECT’’.

7 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

8 For salaries and expenses of the House of Represent9 atives, $686,318,000, as follows:

10 HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES

11 For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law,

12 $5,871,000, including: Office of the Speaker, $1,395,000,

13 including $25,000 for official expenses of the Speaker; Of14 fice of the Majority Floor Leader, $1,003,000, including

15 $10,000 for official expenses of the Majority Leader; Of16 fice of the Minority Floor Leader, $1,383,000, including

17 $10,000 for official expenses of the Minority Leader; Of18 fice of the Majority Whip, $1,235,000, including $5,000

19 for official expenses of the Majority Whip and not to ex20 ceed $539,600, for the Chief Deputy Majority Whips; and

21 Office of the Minority Whip, $855,000, including $5,000

22 for official expenses of the Minority Whip and not to ex23 ceed $97,980, for the Chief Deputy Minority Whip.

24 MEMBERS’ CLERK HIRE

25 For staff employed by each Member in the discharge

26 of official and representative duties, $225,004,000.
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1 COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES

2 For professional and clerical employees of standing

3 committees, including the Committee on Appropriations

4 and the Committee on the Budget, $70,445,000.

5 COMMITTEE ON THE BUDGET (STUDIES)

6 For salaries, expenses, and studies by the Committee

7 on the Budget, and temporary personal services for such

8 committee to be expended in accordance with sections

9 101(c), 606, 703, and 901(e) of the Congressional Budget

10 Act of 1974, and to be available for reimbursement to

11 agencies for services performed, $389,000.

12 STANDING COMMITTEES, SPECIAL AND SELECT

13 For salaries and expenses of standing committees,

14 special and select, authorized by the House, $52,662,000.

15 COMMITTEE ON HOUSE ADMINISTRATION

16 HOUSE INFORMATION SYSTEMS

17 For salaries, expenses and temporary personal serv18 ices of House Information Systems, under the direction

19 of the Committee on House Administration, $22,885,000,

20 of which $14,557,000 is provided herein: Provided, That

21 House Information Systems is authorized to receive reim22 bursement for services provided from Members of the

23 House of Representatives and other Governmental entities

24 and such reimbursement shall be deposited in the Treas25 ury for credit to this account: Provided further, That
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1 amounts so credited for fiscal year 1993 and not obligated

2 shall be available for obligation in fiscal year 1994.

3 ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES

4 For allowances and expenses as authorized by House

5 resolution or law, $220,812,000, including: Official Ex6 penses of Members, $76,545,000; supplies, materials, ad7 ministrative costs and Federal tort claims, $11,328,000;

8 net expenses of purchase, lease and maintenance of office

9 equipment, $7,196,000; net expenses for telecommuni10 cations, $5,960,000; furniture and furnishings,

11 $1,720,000; stenographic reporting of committee hearings,

12 $1,055,000; reemployed annuitants reimbursements,

13 $933,000; Government contributions to employees’ life in14 surance fund, retirement funds, Social Security fund,

15 Medicare fund, health benefits fund, and worker’s and un16 employment compensation, $115,314,000; and miscellane17 ous items including purchase, exchange, maintenance, re18 pair and operation of House motor vehicles,

19 interparliamentary receptions, and gratuities to heirs of

20 deceased employees of the House, $761,000.

21 CHILD CARE CENTER

22 For salaries and expenses of the House of Represent23 atives Child Care Center, such amounts as are deposited

24 in the account established by section 312(d)(1) of the Leg25 islative Branch Appropriations Act, 1992 (40 U.S.C.

26 184g(d)(1)), subject to the level specified in the budget
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1 of the Center, as submitted to the Committee on Appro2 priations of the House of Representatives.

3 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS (STUDIES AND

4 INVESTIGATIONS)

5 For salaries and expenses, studies and examinations

6 of executive agencies, by the Committee on Appropria7 tions, and temporary personal services for such committee,

8 to be expended in accordance with section 202(b) of the

9 Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, and to be avail10 able for reimbursement to agencies for services performed,

11 $6,431,000.

12 OFFICIAL MAIL COSTS

13 For expenses necessary for official mail costs of the

14 House of Representatives, as authorized by law,

15 $40,000,000.

16 SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

17 For compensation and expenses of officers and em18 ployees, as authorized by law, $50,147,000, including: Of19 fice of the Clerk, including not to exceed $1,000 for official

20 representation and reception expenses, $11,947,000; Of21 fice of the Sergeant at Arms, including not to exceed $500

22 for official representation and reception expenses,

23 $1,384,000; Office of the Doorkeeper, including overtime,

24 as authorized by law, $10,101,000; Office of Director of

25 Non-legislative and Financial Services, $14,402,000; for

26 the salaries and expenses of the Office of General Counsel,
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1 $674,000; Office of the Chaplain, $123,000; Office of the

2 Parliamentarian, including the Parliamentarian and

3 $2,000 for preparing the Digest of Rules, $898,000; for

4 salaries and expenses of the Office of the Historian,

5 $310,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the

6 Law Revision Counsel of the House, $1,453,000; for sala7 ries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel

8 of the House, $4,071,000; six minority employees,

9 $738,000; the House Democratic Steering and Policy

10 Committee and the Democratic Caucus, $1,474,000; the

11 House Republican Conference, $1,474,000; and other au12 thorized employees, $1,098,000.

13 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

14 SEC. 101. (a) Upon the transfer of any function to

15 the Director of Non-legislative and Financial Services by

16 the authority of the Committee on House Administration

17 pursuant to rule X of the House of Representatives and

18 upon the commencement of operation of the Office of In19 spector General, the applicable amounts appropriated by

20 the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1992, or by

21 this Act, for the purposes specified in subsection (b) shall

22 be available to the Director and the Office of Inspector

23 General for the carrying out of such function or operation,

24 upon the approval of the Committee on Appropriations of

25 the House of Representatives. In no case shall the transfer
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1 of any function referred to in the preceding sentence in2 clude the transfer of any function of the Capitol Guide

3 Service.

4 (b) The purposes referred to in subsection (a) are sal5 aries and expenses of the House of Representatives under

6 the headings ‘‘ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES’’ and ‘‘SALA7 RIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES’’.

8 SEC. 101A. (a) House Resolution 1238, Ninety-first

9 Congress, agreed to December 22, 1970 (as enacted into

10 permanent law by chapter VIII of the Supplemental Ap11 propriations Act, 1971, and supplemented by the Act enti12 tled ‘‘An Act relating to former Speakers of the House

13 of Representatives’’ (88 Stat. 1723)) (2 U.S.C. 31b–1 et

14 seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new

15 section:

16 ‘‘SEC. 8. The entitlements of a former Speaker of the

17 House of Representatives under this resolution shall be

18 available—

19 ‘‘(1) in the case of an individual who is a

20 former Speaker on the effective date of this section,

21 for 5 years, commencing on such effective date; and

22 ‘‘(2) in the case of an individual who becomes

23 a former Speaker after such effective date, for 5

24 years, commencing at the expiration of the term of
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1 office of the individual as a Representative in Con2 gress.’’.

3 (b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take

4 effect on October 1, 1993.

5 JOINT ITEMS

6 For joint committees, as follows:

7 JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE

8 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic

9 Committee, Ω2æ$3,980,000 $3,626,000, to be disbursed by

10 the Secretary of the Senate.

11 JOINT COMMITTEE ON PRINTING

12 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on

13 Printing, Ω3æ$1,377,000 $1,311,000, to be disbursed by

14 the Secretary of the Senate.

15 JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION

16 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on

17 Taxation, $5,701,000, to be disbursed by the Clerk of the

18 House.

19 For other joint items, as follows:

20 OFFICE OF THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN

21 For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent ex22 penses of the emergency rooms, and for the Attending

23 Physician and his assistants, including (1) an allowance

24 of $1,500 per month to the Attending Physician; (2) an

25 allowance of $500 per month each to two medical officers

26 while on duty in the Attending Physician’s office; (3) an
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1 allowance of $500 per month each to two assistants and

2 $400 per month each to not to exceed nine assistants on

3 the basis heretofore provided for such assistance; and (4)

4 $1,002,000 for reimbursement to the Department of the

5 Navy for expenses incurred for staff and equipment as6 signed to the Office of the Attending Physician, which

7 shall be advanced and credited to the applicable appropria8 tion or appropriations from which such salaries, allow9 ances, and other expenses are payable and shall be avail10 able for all the purposes thereof, $1,502,000, to be dis11 bursed by the Clerk of the House.

12 CAPITOL POLICE BOARD

13 CAPITOL POLICE

14 SALARIES

15 For the Capitol Police Board for salaries, including

16 overtime, and Government contributions to employees’

17 benefits funds, as authorized by law, of officers, members,

18 and employees of the Capitol Police, $62,255,000, of

19 which $29,453,000 is provided to the Sergeant at Arms

20 of the House of Representatives, to be disbursed by the

21 Clerk of the House, and $32,802,000 is provided to the

22 Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, to be

23 disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate: Provided, That

24 of the amounts appropriated for fiscal year 1994 for sala25 ries, including overtime, and Government contributions to
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1 employees’ benefits funds under this heading, such

2 amounts as may be necessary may be transferred between

3 the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives and

4 the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, upon

5 approval of the Committee on Appropriations of the House

6 of Representatives and the Committee on Appropriations

7 of the Senate.

8 GENERAL EXPENSES

9 For the Capitol Police Board for necessary expenses

10 of the Capitol Police, including motor vehicles, commu11 nications and other equipment, uniforms, weapons, sup12 plies, materials, training, medical services, the employee

13 assistance program, not more than $2,000 for the awards

14 program, postage, telephone service, travel advances, relo15 cation of instructor and liaison personnel for the Federal

16 Law Enforcement Training Center, and $85 per month

17 for extra services performed for the Capitol Police Board

18 by an employee of the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate

19 or the House of Representatives designated by the Chair20 man of the Board, $1,977,000, to be disbursed by the

21 Clerk of the House of Representatives: Provided, That,

22 notwithstanding any other provision of law, the cost of

23 basic training for the Capitol Police at the Federal Law

24 Enforcement Training Center for fiscal year 1994 shall
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1 be paid by the Secretary of the Treasury from funds avail2 able to the Department of the Treasury.

3 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

4 SEC. 102. Amounts appropriated for fiscal year 1994

5 for the Capitol Police Board under the heading ‘‘CAPITOL

6 POLICE’’ may be transferred between the headings ‘‘SALA7 RIES’’ and ‘‘GENERAL EXPENSES’’, upon approval of the

8 Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the

9 House of Representatives.

10 CAPITOL GUIDE SERVICE

11 For salaries and expenses of the Capitol Guide Serv12 ice, $1,628,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the

13 Senate: Provided, That none of these funds shall be used

14 to employ more than thirty-three individuals: Provided fur15 ther, That the Capitol Guide Board is authorized, during

16 emergencies, to employ not more than two additional indi17 viduals for not more than one hundred twenty days each,

18 and not more than ten additional individuals for not more

19 than six months each, for the Capitol Guide Service.

20 SPECIAL SERVICES OFFICE

21 For salaries and expenses of the Special Services Of22 fice, $363,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the

23 Senate.
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1 OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For salaries and expenses necessary to carry out the

4 provisions of the Technology Assessment Act of 1972

5 (Public Law 92–484), including official reception and rep6 resentation expenses (not to exceed $5,500 from the Trust

7 Fund), and expenses incurred in administering an em8 ployee incentive awards program (not to exceed $2,500),

9 Ω4æand rental of space in the District of Columbia,

10 Ω5æ$20,815,000 $21,815,000: Provided, That none of the

11 funds in this Act shall be available for salaries or expenses

12 of any employee of the Office of Technology Assessment

13 in excess of 143 staff employees: Provided further, That

14 no part of this appropriation shall be available for assess15 ments or activities not initiated and approved in accord16 ance with section 3(d) of Public Law 92–484: Provided

17 further, That none of the funds in this Act shall be avail18 able for salaries or expenses of employees of the Office

19 of Technology Assessment in connection with any reim20 bursable study for which funds are provided from sources

21 other than appropriations made under this Act, or shall

22 be available for any other administrative expenses incurred

23 by the Office of Technology Assessment in carrying out

24 such a study.
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1 CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For salaries and expenses necessary to carry out the

4 provisions of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (Pub5 lic Law 93–344), including not to exceed $2,500 to be ex6 pended on the certification of the Director of the Congres7 sional Budget Office in connection with official representa8 tion and reception expenses, Ω6æ$22,317,000 $22,442,000:

9 Provided, That none of these funds shall be available for

10 the purchase or hire of a passenger motor vehicle: Pro11 vided further, That none of the funds in this Act shall be

12 available for salaries or expenses of any employee of the

13 Congressional Budget Office in excess of 226 staff employ14 ees: Provided further, That any sale or lease of property,

15 supplies, or services to the Congressional Budget Office

16 shall be deemed to be a sale or lease of such property,

17 supplies, or services to the Congress subject to section 903

18 of Public Law 98–63Ω7æ: Provided further, That the Direc19 tor of the Congressional Budget Office shall have the author20 ity, within the limits of available appropriations, to dispose

21 of surplus or obsolete personal property by inter-agency

22 transfer, donation, or discarding.
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1 ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

2 OFFICE OF THE ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

3 SALARIES

4 For the Architect of the Capitol; the Assistant Archi5 tect of the Capitol; and other personal services; at rates

6 of pay provided by law, Ω8æ$8,762,000 $8,144,000.

7 TRAVEL

8 Appropriations under the control of the Architect of

9 the Capitol shall be available for expenses of travel on offi10 cial business not to exceed in the aggregate under all

11 funds the sum of $20,000.

12 CONTINGENT EXPENSES

13 To enable the Architect of the Capitol to make sur14 veys and studies, and to meet unforeseen expenses in con15 nection with activities under his care, $100,000Ω9æ,–to re16 main available until expended.

17 CAPITOL BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

18 CAPITOL BUILDINGS

19 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care

20 and operation of the Capitol and electrical substations of

21 the Senate and House office buildings, under the jurisdic22 tion of the Architect of the Capitol, including furnishings

23 and office equipment; including not to exceed $1,000 for

24 official reception and representation expenses, to be ex25 pended as the Architect of the Capitol may approve; pur26 chase or exchange, maintenance and operation of a pas-
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1 senger motor vehicle; Ω10æsecurity installations, which are

2 approved by the Capitol Police Board, authorized by House

3 Concurrent Resolution 550, Ninety-Second Congress, agreed

4 to September 19, 1972, the cost limitation of which is hereby

5 further increased by $200,000; and attendance, when spe6 cifically authorized by the Architect of the Capitol, at

7 meetings or conventions in connection with subjects relat8 ed to work under the Architect of the Capitol,

9 $23,978,000, of which Ω11æ$4,663,000 $4,413,000 shall

10 remain available until expended.

11 CAPITOL GROUNDS

12 For all necessary expenses for care and improvement

13 of grounds surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House

14 office buildings, and the Capitol Power Plant, $5,289,000,

15 of which $225,000 shall remain available until expended.

16 Ω12æSENATE OFFICE BUILDINGS

17 For all necessary expenses for maintenance, care and

18 operation of Senate Office Buildings; and furniture and

19 furnishings, to be expended under the control and super20 vision of the Architect of the Capitol, $47,339,000, of which

21 $10,177,000 shall remain available until expended.

22 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS

23 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care

24 and operation of the House office buildings, including the

25 position of Superintendent of Garages as authorized by
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1 law, $32,287,000, of which $2,400,000 shall remain avail2 able until expended.

3 CAPITOL POWER PLANT

4 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care

5 and operation of the Capitol Power Plant; lighting, heat6 ing, power (including the purchase of electrical energy)

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

8 House office buildings, Library of Congress buildings, and

9 the grounds about the same, Botanic Garden, Senate ga10 rage, and air conditioning refrigeration not supplied from

11 plants in any of such buildings; heating the Government

12 Printing Office and Washington City Post Office; and

13 heating and chilled water for air conditioning for the Su14 preme Court Building, Union Station complex, Thurgood

15 Marshall Federal Judiciary Building and the Folger

16 Shakespeare Library, expenses for which shall be ad17 vanced or reimbursed upon request of the Architect of the

18 Capitol and amounts so received shall be deposited into

19 the Treasury to the credit of this appropriation,

20 $32,777,000, of which $665,000 shall remain available

21 until expended: Provided, That not to exceed $3,200,000

22 of the funds credited or to be reimbursed to this appro23 priation as herein provided shall be available for obligation

24 during fiscal year 1994.
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1 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

2 CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions

5 of section 203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of

6 1946, (2 U.S.C. 166) and to revise and extend the Anno7 tated Constitution of the United States of America,

8 $56,718,000: Provided, That no part of this appropriation

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

10 with any publication, or preparation of material therefor

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

12 by the Library of Congress unless such publication has

13 obtained prior approval of either the Committee on House

14 Administration of the House of Representatives or the

15 Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate:

16 Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provi17 sion of law, the compensation of the Director of the Con18 gressional Research Service, Library of Congress, shall be

19 at an annual rate which is equal to the annual rate of

20 basic pay for positions at level IV of the Executive Sched21 ule under section 5315 of title 5, United States Code.

22 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

23 CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING AND BINDING

24 For authorized printing and binding for the Congress

25 and the distribution of Congressional information in any
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1 format; printing and binding for the Architect of the Cap2 itol; expenses necessary for preparing the semimonthly

3 and session index to the Congressional Record, as author4 ized by law (44 U.S.C. 902); printing and binding of Gov5 ernment publications authorized by law to be distributed

6 to Members of Congress; and printing, binding, and dis7 tribution of Government publications authorized by law to

8 be distributed without charge to the recipient,

9 $88,404,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall not

10 be available for printing and binding part 2 of the annual

11 report of the Secretary of Agriculture (known as the Year12 book of Agriculture) nor for copies of the permanent edi13 tion of the Congressional Record for individual Represent14 atives, Resident Commissioners or Delegates authorized

15 under 44 U.S.C. 906: Provided further, That this appro16 priation shall be available for the payment of obligations

17 incurred under the appropriations for similar purposes for

18 preceding fiscal years.

19 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Congressional Oper20 ations Appropriations Act, 1994’’.

21 TITLE II—OTHER AGENCIES

22 BOTANIC GARDEN

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care

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

3 motor vehicle; all under the direction of the Joint Commit4 tee on the Library, $3,008,000.

5 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 For necessary expenses of the Library of Congress,

8 not otherwise provided for, including development and

9 maintenance of the Union Catalogs; custody and custodial

10 care of the Library Buildings; special clothing; cleaning,

11 laundering and repair of uniforms; preservation of motion

12 pictures in the custody of the Library; operation and

13 maintenance of the American Folklife Center in the Li14 brary; preparation and distribution of catalog cards and

15 other publications of the Library; hire or purchase of one

16 passenger motor vehicle; and expenses of the Library of

17 Congress Trust Fund Board not properly chargeable to

18 the income of any trust fund held by the Board,

19 Ω13æ$201,231,000 $202,304,595, of which not more than

20 $7,500,000 shall be derived from collections credited to

21 this appropriation during fiscal year 1994 under the Act

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

23 150): Provided, That the total amount available for obliga24 tion shall be reduced by the amount by which collections

25 are less than the $7,500,000: Provided further, That of
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1 the total amount appropriated, $8,127,000 is to remain

2 available until expended for acquisition of books, periodi3 cals, and newspapers, and all other materials including

4 subscriptions for bibliographic services for the Library, in5 cluding $40,000 to be available solely for the purchase,

6 when specifically approved by the Librarian, of special and

7 unique materials for additions to the collections.

8 COPYRIGHT OFFICE

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, in11 cluding publication of the decisions of the United States

12 courts involving copyrights, $26,244,000, of which not

13 more than $14,500,000 shall be derived from collections

14 credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 1994

15 under 17 U.S.C. 708(c), and not more than $2,333,000

16 shall be derived from collections during fiscal year 1994

17 under 17 U.S.C. 111(d)(2), 119(b)(2), and 1005: Pro18 vided, That the total amount available for obligation shall

19 be reduced by the amount by which collections are less

20 than $16,833,000: Provided further, That $100,000 of the

21 amount appropriated is available for the maintenance of

22 an ‘‘International Copyright Institute’’ in the Copyright

23 Office of the Library of Congress for the purpose of train24 ing nationals of developing countries in intellectual prop25 erty laws and policies: Provided further, That not to exceed
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1 $2,250 may be expended on the certification of the Librar2 ian of Congress or his designee, in connection with official

3 representation and reception expenses for activities of the

4 International Copyright Institute.

5 BOOKS FOR THE BLIND AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 For salaries and expenses to carry out the provisions

8 of the Act of March 3, 1931 (chapter 400; 46 Stat. 1487;

9 2 U.S.C. 135a), Ω14æ$43,144,000 $42,713,000, of which

10 Ω15æ$10,377,000 $9,946,000 shall remain available until

11 expended.

12 FURNITURE AND FURNISHINGS

13 For necessary expenses for the purchase and repair

14 of furniture, furnishings, office and library equipment,

15 $3,939,000: Provided, That of those funds that remain

16 available until expended, up to $593,000 may be trans17 ferred to the Architect of the Capitol appropriation ‘‘Li18 brary Buildings and Grounds, Structural and Mechanical

19 Care’’ to complete renovation and restoration work on the

20 Thomas Jefferson and John Adams Buildings.

21 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

22 SEC. 201. Appropriations in this Act available to the

23 Library of Congress shall be available, in an amount not

24 to exceed $175,690, of which $54,800 is for the Congres25 sional Research Service, when specifically authorized by
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1 the Librarian, for attendance at meetings concerned with

2 the function or activity for which the appropriation is

3 made.

4 SEC. 202. (a) No part of the funds appropriated in

5 this Act shall be used by the Library of Congress to ad6 minister any flexible or compressed work schedule which—

7 (1) applies to any manager or supervisor in a

8 position the grade or level of which is equal to or

9 higher than GS–15; and

10 (2) grants such manager or supervisor the right

11 to not be at work for all or a portion of a workday

12 because of time worked by the manager or super13 visor on another workday.

14 (b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘manager

15 or supervisor’’ means any management official or super16 visor, as such terms are defined in section 7103(a) (10)

17 and (11) of title 5, United States Code.

18 SEC. 203. Appropriated funds received by the Library

19 of Congress from other Federal agencies to cover general

20 and administrative overhead costs generated by perform21 ing reimbursable work for other agencies under the au22 thority of 31 U.S.C. 1535 and 1536 shall not be used to

23 employ more than 65 employees and may be expended or

24 obligated—
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1 (1) in the case of a reimbursement, only to such

2 extent or in such amounts as are provided in appro3 priations Acts; or

4 (2) in the case of an advance payment, only—

5 (A) to pay for such general or administra6 tive overhead costs as are attributable to the

7 work performed for such agency; or

8 (B) to such extent or in such amounts as

9 are provided in appropriations Acts, with re10 spect to any purpose not allowable under sub11 paragraph (A).

12 SEC. 204. Not to exceed $5,000 of any funds appro13 priated to the Library of Congress may be expended, on

14 the certification of the Librarian of Congress, in connec15 tion with official representation and reception expenses for

16 the Library of Congress incentive awards program.

17 SEC. 205. Not to exceed $12,000 of funds appro18 priated to the Library of Congress may be expended, on

19 the certification of the Librarian of Congress or his des20 ignee, in connection with official representation and recep21 tion expenses for the Overseas Field Offices.

22 Ω16æSEC. 206. (a) Effective for fiscal years begin23 ning with fiscal year 1995, no amount may be disbursed

24 for any activity of the Library of Congress, except to the

25 extent and in the amount provided (1) in the annual regu-
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1 lar appropriations Act making appropriations for the legis2 lative branch, or (2) in a supplemental appropriations Act

3 that makes appropriations for the legislative branch.

4 (b) Subsection (a) applies to disbursement of

5 amounts derived from any source, including (1) amounts

6 from library and bibliographical services performed on a

7 reimbursable basis, under agency agreement or otherwise,

8 for any public or private entity, (2) amounts from grants

9 or similar payments for any purpose, and (3) amounts

10 from gifts, whether such amounts are in the form of trust

11 funds administered by the Library of Congress Trust

12 Fund Board or otherwise.

13 ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

14 LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

15 STRUCTURAL AND MECHANICAL CARE

16 For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and

17 structural maintenance, care and operation of the Library

18 buildings and grounds, Ω17æ$9,543,000 $9,974,000, of

19 which Ω18æ$1,060,000 $1,341,000 shall remain available

20 until expended: Provided, That, subject to approval by the

21 Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representa22 tives and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate,

23 the Librarian of Congress may transfer from any appro24 priation under the heading ‘‘Library of Congress’’

25 amounts not to exceed in the aggregate $3,200,000 to the
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1 appropriation ‘‘Architect of the Capitol, Library buildings

2 and grounds, Structural and mechanical care, No Year’’

3 to complete the renovation and restoration of the Thomas

4 Jefferson and John Adams buildings.

5 COPYRIGHT ROYALTY TRIBUNAL

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 For necessary expenses of the Copyright Royalty Tri8 bunal, $1,028,000, of which $900,000 shall be derived by

9 collections from the appropriation ‘‘Payments to Copy10 right Owners’’ for the reasonable costs incurred in pro11 ceedings involving distribution of royalty fees as provided

12 by 17 U.S.C. 807.

13 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

14 OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

16 For expenses of the Office of Superintendent of Doc17 uments necessary to provide for the cataloging and index18 ing of Government publications and their distribution to

19 the public, Members of Congress, other Government agen20 cies, and designated depository and international exchange

21 libraries as authorized by law, $29,082,000: Provided,

22 That travel expenses, including travel expenses of the De23 pository Library Council to the Public Printer, shall not

24 exceed $130,000: Provided further, That funds, not to ex25 ceed $2,000,000, from current year appropriations are au-
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1 thorized for producing and disseminating Congressional

2 Serial Sets and other related Congressional/non-Congres3 sional publications for 1991 and 1992 to depository and

4 other designated libraries.

5 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE REVOLVING FUND

6 The Government Printing Office is hereby authorized

7 to make such expenditures, within the limits of funds

8 available and in accord with the law, and to make such

9 contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year

10 limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government

11 Corporation Control Act as may be necessary in carrying

12 out the programs and purposes set forth in the budget

13 for the current fiscal year for the ‘‘Government Printing

14 Office revolving fund’’: Provided, That not to exceed

15 $2,500 may be expended on the certification of the Public

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

18 fund shall be available for the hire or purchase of pas19 senger motor vehicles, not to exceed a fleet of twelve: Pro20 vided further, That expenditures in connection with travel

21 expenses of the advisory councils to the Public Printer

22 shall be deemed necessary to carry out the provisions of

23 title 44, United States Code: Provided further, That the

24 revolving fund shall be available for services as authorized

25 by 5 U.S.C. 3109 but at rates for individuals not to exceed
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1 the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for level V of the

2 Executive Schedule (5 U.S.C. 5316): Provided further,

3 That the revolving fund and the funds provided under the

4 paragraph entitled ‘‘OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF

5 DOCUMENTS, SALARIES AND EXPENSES’’ together may not

6 be available for the full-time equivalent employment of

7 more than 4,850 workyears: Provided further, That the re8 volving fund shall be available for expenses not to exceed

9 $500,000 for the development of plans and design of a

10 multi-purpose facility: Provided further, That activities fi11 nanced through the revolving fund may provide informa12 tion in any format: Provided further, That the revolving

13 fund shall not be used to administer any flexible or com14 pressed work schedule which applies to any manager or

15 supervisor in a position the grade or level of which is equal

16 to or higher than GS–15: Provided further, That expenses

17 for attendance at meetings shall not exceed $75,000.

18 SEC. 207. (a) Subsection (b) of section 309 of title

19 44, United States Code, is amended—

20 (1) in the matter before paragraph (1), by

21 striking out ‘‘shall be:’’ and inserting in lieu thereof

22 ‘‘shall be—’’;

23 (2) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘and’’ after

24 the semicolon at the end;
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1 (3) in paragraph (2), by striking out ‘‘; and’’

2 and inserting in lieu thereof a period; and

3 (4) by striking out paragraph (3).

4 (b) The first undesignated paragraph of section 1708

5 of title 44, United States Code, is amended by striking

6 out the third sentence.

7 (c) The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b)

8 shall take effect on October 1, 1993.

9 GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE

10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

11 For necessary expenses of the General Accounting

12 Office, including not to exceed $7,000 to be expended on

13 the certification of the Comptroller General of the United

14 States in connection with official representation and recep15 tion expenses; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 but

16 at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate

17 equivalent to the rate for level IV of the Executive Sched18 ule (5 U.S.C. 5315); hire of one passenger motor vehicle;

19 advance payments in foreign countries in accordance with

20 31 U.S.C. 3324; benefits comparable to those payable

21 under sections 901(5), 901(6) and 901(8) of the Foreign

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

23 4081(8)); and under regulations prescribed by the Comp24 troller General of the United States, rental of living quar25 ters in foreign countries and travel benefits comparable
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1 with those which are now or hereafter may be granted sin2 gle employees of the Agency for International Develop3 ment, including single Foreign Service personnel assigned

4 to AID projects, by the Administrator of the Agency for

5 International Development—or his designee—under the

6 authority of section 636(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act

7 of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2396(b)); $430,815,000: Provided,

8 That not more than $1,600,000 of reimbursements re9 ceived incident to the operation of the General Accounting

10 Office Building shall be available for use in fiscal year

11 1994 Ω19æ: Provided further, That notwithstanding 31

12 U.S.C. 9105 hereafter amounts reimbursed to the Comptrol13 ler General pursuant to that section shall be deposited to

14 the appropriation of the General Accounting Office then

15 available and remain available until expended, and not

16 more than $4,000,000 of such funds shall be available for

17 use in fiscal year 1994: Provided further, That this appro18 priation and appropriations for administrative expenses of

19 any other department or agency which is a member of the

20 Joint Financial Management Improvement Program

21 (JFMIP) shall be available to finance an appropriate

22 share of JFMIP costs as determined by the JFMIP, in23 cluding the salary of the Executive Director and secretar24 ial support: Provided further, That this appropriation and

25 appropriations for administrative expenses of any other
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1 department or agency which is a member of the National

2 Intergovernmental Audit Forum or a Regional Intergov3 ernmental Audit Forum shall be available to finance an

4 appropriate share of Forum costs as determined by the

5 Forum, including necessary travel expenses of non-Federal

6 participants. Payments hereunder to either the Forum or

7 the JFMIP may be credited as reimbursements to any ap8 propriation from which costs involved are initially fi9 nanced: Provided further, That to the extent that funds

10 are otherwise available for obligation, agreements or con11 tracts for the removal of asbestos, and renovation of the

12 building and building systems (including the heating, ven13 tilation and air conditioning system, electrical system and

14 other major building systems) of the General Accounting

15 Office Building may be made for periods not exceeding

16 five years: Provided further, That this appropriation and

17 appropriations for administrative expenses of any other

18 department or agency which is a member of the American

19 Consortium on International Public Administration

20 (ACIPA) shall be available to finance an appropriate share

21 of ACIPA costs as determined by the ACIPA, including

22 any expenses attributable to membership of ACIPA in the

23 International Institute of Administrative Sciences: Pro24 vided further, That of the amount provided under this

25 heading, not to exceed $500,000 shall be available for a
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1 broadbased organizational performance review of the Gen2 eral Accounting Office, focused on agency structure, skills,

3 staffing, systems, and its execution of its statutory and

4 assigned responsibilities.

5 TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS

6 SEC. 301. 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

11 Committee on House Administration and for the Senate

12 issued by the Committee on Rules and Administration.

13 SEC. 302. No part of any appropriation contained in

14 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the

15 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.

16 SEC. 303. Whenever any office or position not specifi17 cally established by the Legislative Pay Act of 1929 is ap18 propriated for herein or whenever the rate of compensa19 tion or designation of any position appropriated for herein

20 is different from that specifically established for such posi21 tion by such Act, the rate of compensation and the des22 ignation of the position, or either, appropriated for or pro23 vided herein, shall be the permanent law with respect

24 thereto: Provided, That the provisions herein for the var25 ious items of official expenses of Members, officers, and
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1 committees of the Senate and House of Representatives,

2 and clerk hire for Senators and Members of the House

3 of Representatives shall be the permanent law with respect

4 thereto.

5 SEC. 304. The expenditure of any appropriation

6 under this Act for any consulting service through procure7 ment contract, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited

8 to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter

9 of public record and available for public inspection, except

10 where otherwise provided under existing law, or under ex11 isting Executive order issued pursuant to existing law.

12 SEC. 305. Notwithstanding any other provision of

13 law, and subject to approval by the Committee on Appro14 priations of the House of Representatives and the Com15 mittee on Appropriations of the Senate, amounts may be

16 transferred from the appropriation ‘‘Library of Congress,

17 Salaries and expenses’’ to the appropriation ‘‘Architect of

18 the Capitol, Library buildings and grounds, Structural

19 and mechanical care’’ for the purpose of purchase, rental,

20 lease, or other agreement, of storage and warehouse space

21 for use by the Library of Congress during fiscal year

22 1994, and to incur incidental expenses in connection with

23 such use.

24 Ω20æSEC. 306. The General Accounting Office, the

25 Government Printing Office, or the Library of Congress
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1 may for such employees as it deems appropriate authorize

2 a payment to employees who voluntarily separate before

3 January 1, 1994, whether by retirement or resignation,

4 which payment shall be paid in accordance with the provi5 sions of section 5597(d) of title 5, United States Code.

6 SEC. 306. (a) The General Accounting Office, the Gov7 ernment Printing Office, or the Library of Congress may

8 for such employees as it deems appropriate authorize a pay9 ment to employees who voluntarily separate before January

10 1, 1994, whether by retirement or resignation, which pay11 ment shall be paid in accordance with the provisions of sec12 tion 5597(d) of title 5, United States Code.

13 (b) The number of employee positions authorized for

14 the General Accounting Office, the Government Printing Of15 fice, or the Library of Congress, as the case may be, shall

16 be reduced by one position for each vacancy created by rea17 son of a separation under subsection (a). No funds appro18 priated by this Act for salaries or expenses of any position

19 that is eliminated under the preceding sentence may be used

20 for any other purpose.

21 SEC. 307. (a) The number of employee positions, on

22 a full-time equivalent basis, for each covered entity shall

23 be reduced by at least 4 percent from the Ω21ælevel funded

24 level, other than those supported by gift and trust funds,

25 as of September 30, 1992, or, with the approval of the
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1 Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representa2 tives and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate,

3 as of a later date, but not later than September 30, 1993.

4 At least 10 percent of the positions eliminated shall be

5 positions the pay for which is equal to or greater than

6 the annual rate of basic pay payable for grade GS–14 of

7 the General Schedule.

8 (b) The reduction required by subsection (a) shall be

9 completed not later than September 30, 1995, with at

10 least 62.5 percent of the reduction for each covered entity

11 to be achieved by September 30, 1994.

12 (c) The Comptroller General shall carry out compli13 ance reporting under this section.

14 (d) As used in this section—

15 (1) the term ‘‘covered entity’’ means an entity

16 of the legislative branch with more than 100 em17 ployee positions, on a full-time equivalent basis, as

18 of September 30, 1992; and

19 (2) the term ‘‘entity of the legislative branch’’

20 means the House of Representatives, the Senate, the

21 Office of the Architect of the Capitol (including the

22 Botanic Garden), the Capitol Police, the Congres23 sional Budget Office, the Copyright Royalty Tribu24 nal, the General Accounting Office, the Government
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1 Printing Office, the Library of Congress, and the

2 Office of Technology Assessment.

3 SEC. 308. (a) For fiscal years 1995, 1996, and 1997,

4 the submissions in support of the amounts included in the

5 Budget for each entity of the legislative branch shall set

6 forth a separate category for administrative expenses. For

7 fiscal years 1993 and 1994, the administrative expenses

8 for each entity of the legislative branch shall be calculated

9 and submitted in a separate category in the same format

10 as if submitted in support of amounts included in the

11 Budget.

12 (b) For fiscal years 1994, 1995, 1996, and 1997, the

13 submissions under subsection (a) in the separate category

14 for administrative expenses for each entity of the legisla15 tive branch shall include reductions from the amount cal16 culated for administrative expenses for fiscal year 1993,

17 adjusted for inflation, as follows:

18 (1) Fiscal year 1994, reduction of not less than

19 3 percent.

20 (2) Fiscal year 1995, reduction of not less than

21 6 percent.

22 (3) Fiscal year 1996, reduction of not less than

23 9 percent.

24 (4) Fiscal year 1997, reduction of not less than

25 14 percent.
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1 (c) The Comptroller General shall carry out compli2 ance reporting under this section.

3 (d) As used in this section—

4 (1) the term ‘‘administrative expenses’’ means

5 expenses of contractual services and supplies, other

6 than rental payments, programmatic mission-essen7 tial expenses, reimbursable expenses, and expenses

8 required by law;

9 (2) the term ‘‘Budget’’ means the budget of the

10 United States Government, submitted under section

11 1105 of title 31, United States Code; and

12 (3) the term ‘‘entity of the legislative branch’’

13 means the House of Representatives, the Senate, the

14 Office of the Architect of the Capitol (including the

15 Botanic Garden), the Capitol Police, the Congres16 sional Budget Office, the Copyright Royalty Tribu17 nal, the General Accounting Office, the Government

18 Printing Office, the Library of Congress, and the

19 Office of Technology Assessment.

20 RETIREMENT CREDIT FOR CERTAIN PRIOR SERVICE WITH

21 THE HOUSE CHILD CARE CENTER

22 SEC. 309. (a) DEFINITIONS.—For the purpose of this

23 section—

24 (1) the term ‘‘House Child Care Center’’ means

25 the House of Representatives Child Care Center;

26 and
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1 (2) the term ‘‘Congressional employee’’ has the

2 meaning given such term—

3 (A) in subchapter III of chapter 83 of title

4 5, United States Code, to the extent that this

5 section relates to the Civil Service Retirement

6 System; or

7 (B) in chapter 84 of title 5, United States

8 Code, to the extent that this section relates to

9 the Federal Employees’ Retirement System.

10 (b) CSRS.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), any indi11 vidual who is an employee of the House Child Care Center

12 on the date of enactment of this Act shall be allowed credit

13 under subchapter III of chapter 83 of title 5, United

14 States Code, as a Congressional employee, for any service

15 if—

16 (A) such service was performed before October

17 1, 1991, as an employee of the House Child Care

18 Center (as constituted before that date); and

19 (B) the employee is subject to subchapter III of

20 chapter 83 of such title as of the date of enactment

21 of this Act.

22 (2) Credit for service described in paragraph (1)(A)

23 shall not be allowed under this section unless there is paid

24 into the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund, by

25 or on behalf of the employee involved, an amount equal
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1 to the deductions from pay which would have been applica2 ble under section 8334(c) of title 5, United States Code,

3 for the period of service involved, if such employee were

4 then a Congressional employee, including interest. Retire5 ment credit may not be allowed under this section for any

6 such service unless the full amount of the deposit required

7 under the preceding sentence has been paid.

8 (c) FERS.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), any indi9 vidual who is an employee of the House Child Care Center

10 on the date of enactment of this Act shall be allowed credit

11 under chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code, as a Con12 gressional employee, for any service if—

13 (A) such service was performed before October

14 1, 1991, as an employee of the House Child Care

15 Center (as constituted before that date); and

16 (B) the employee is subject to chapter 84 of

17 such title as of the date of enactment of this Act.

18 (2) Credit for service described in paragraph (1)(A)

19 shall not be allowed under this section unless there is paid

20 into the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund, by

21 or on behalf of the employee involved, an amount equal

22 to the deductions from pay which would have been payable

23 under applicable provisions of law, for the period of service

24 involved, if such employee were then a Congressional em25 ployee, including interest (computed in the same way as
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1 interest under subsection (b)(2)). Retirement credit may

2 not be allowed under this section for any such service un3 less the full amount of the deposit required under the pre4 ceding sentence has been paid.

5 (d) CLARIFICATION.—Nothing in this section shall be

6 considered to relate to the Thrift Savings Plan.

7 (e) OPM FUNCTIONS.—The Office of Personnel

8 Management shall—

9 (1) prescribe any regulations which may be nec10 essary to carry out this section; and

11 (2) with respect to any service for which credit

12 is sought under this section, accept the certification

13 of the Clerk of the House of Representatives con14 cerning the period of such service and the amount

15 of pay which was paid for such service.

16 Ω22æSEC. 310. (a) Section 17 of the Act entitled ‘‘An

17 Act making Appropriations for sundry Civil Expenses of

18 the Government for the Year ending June thirtieth, eight19 een hundred and sixty-seven, and for other purposes’’, ap20 proved July 28, 1866 (2 U.S.C. 43), is amended by insert21 ing after ‘‘mileage’’ the first place it appears the following:

22 ‘‘for each Senator’’.

23 (b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take

24 effect on October 1, 1993.
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1 SEC. 310. (a) Section 17 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act

2 making appropriations for sundry Civil Expenses of the

3 Government for the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen

4 hundred and sixty-seven, and for other purposes’’, approved

5 July 28, 1866 (2 U.S.C. 43), is amended by inserting after

6 ‘‘mileage’’ the first place it appears the following: ‘‘for each

7 Senator’’.

8 (b) The first section of the Legislative Branch Appro9 priations Act, 1936 (2 U.S.C. 43a), under the heading

10 ‘‘SENATE’’, and subheading ‘‘SALARIES AND MILEAGE OF

11 SENATORS’’, is amended by striking ‘‘Senators, Members of

12 the House of Representatives, and Delegates in Congress’’

13 and inserting ‘‘Senators’’.

14 (c) The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b)

15 shall take effect on October 1, 1993.

16 SEC. 311. The Committee on House Administration

17 of the House of Representatives is authorized and directed

18 to take such action, whether by regulation or otherwise,

19 to transfer to the Clerk of the House of Representatives

20 responsibility for all financial activities of legislative serv21 ice organizations, including the establishment and mainte22 nance of revolving accounts to receive their dues and as23 sessments and to make disbursements of their ordinary

24 and necessary business expenses in support of Members’

25 official and representational duties. The transfer referred
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1 to in the preceding sentence shall take effect not later than

2 January 1, 1994.

3 SEC. 312. None of the funds made available in this

4 Act may be used for the relocation of the office of any

5 Member of the House of Representatives within the House

6 office buildings.

7 Ω23æSEC. 313. Notwithstanding any other provision

8 of law, such sums as may be necessary for the replacement

9 of the Thomas Jefferson Library of Congress Building roof

10 shall be transferred from the funds appropriated to the

11 Clerk of the House in the Fiscal Year 1986 Urgent Supple12 mental Appropriations Act, Public Law 99–349, and subse13 quently transferred to the Architect of the Capitol pursuant

14 to the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1989, Public

15 Law 100–458 for Capitol Complex Security Enhancements,

16 to ‘‘Architect of the Capitol, Library Buildings and

17 Grounds, Structural and Mechanical Care’’: Provided, That

18 not to exceed $7,000,000 may be transferred pursuant to

19 this section.

20 Ω24æSEC. 314. Section 316 of Public Law 101–302 is

21 amended in the first sentence of subsection (a) by striking

22 ‘‘1993’’ and inserting ‘‘1994’’.

23 Ω25æSEC. 315. Section 2(a) of the Act of July 25, 1974

24 (2 U.S.C. 130c(a)) is amended by deleting ‘‘$500’’ and in25 serting in lieu thereof ‘‘$1,500’’.
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1 Ω26æSEC. 316. (a) Section 1205(a)(1) of the Supple2 mental Appropriations Act of 1993 is amended by inserting

3 before the semicolon the following: ‘‘and amounts trans4 ferred by the Architect of the Capitol from funds appro5 priated to the Architect’’.

6 (b) Section 1205 of such Act is amended by adding

7 at the end the following:

8 ‘‘(d) In case of an award under section 307 of Public

9 Law 102–166, or a payment pursuant to an agreement

10 under section 310 of such Public Law, to an employee de11 scribed in section 301(c)(1)(B), to an applicant for a posi12 tion described in section 301(c)(1)(B) as defined in section

13 301(c)(1)(C), or to a person formerly employed in a posi14 tion described in section 301(c)(1)(B) as defined in section

15 301(c)(1)(D), all of Public Law 102–166, the Architect of

16 the Capitol, at the direction of the Secretary of the Senate,

17 shall transfer to the account established by subsection (a),

18 from funds appropriated to the Architect of the Capitol, an

19 amount sufficient to pay such award or payment pursuant

20 to such agreement.’’.

21 (c) The amendments made by this section shall be effec22 tive on and after October 1, 1992.

23 Ω27æSEC. 317. The Librarian of Congress shall enter

24 into an agreement with the President of the University of

25 Nevada, Reno for the purpose of assisting in the establish-
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1 ment of the Great Basin Intergovernmental Center. The

2 Great Basin Intergovernmental Center is authorized to ac3 cept contributions from Federal sources. The Center may

4 also receive contributions both in-kind and cash from pri5 vate and other non-Federal sources.

6 Ω28æSEC. 318. (a)(1) None of the funds appropriated

7 or made available from any source for any fiscal year may

8 be obligated or expended by any entity of the Executive

9 Branch for the procurement or production of any printing

10 or duplicating (including forms), unless such printing or

11 duplicating is requisitioned through the Government Print12 ing Office.

13 (2) Paragraph (a)(1) does not apply to (A) individual

14 printing or duplicating orders costing not more than

15 $1,000, if the work is not of a continuing or repetitive na16 ture, and, as certified by the Public Printer, cannot be pro17 vided more economically by open, competitive procurement

18 through the Government Printing Office, (B) printing for

19 the Central Intelligence Agency, the Defense Intelligence

20 Agency, the National Security Agency, or specifically classi21 fied material of the Department of Defense, or (C) printing

22 from other sources that is specifically authorized by law.

23 The Secretary may waive the limitations of subsection (a)

24 for military operational requirements: Provided, That the
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1 Secretary shall notify the Joint Committee on Printing

2 within seven days.

3 (3) As is used in this subsection, the terms ‘‘printing’’

4 or ‘‘duplicating’’ include the processes of: Composition;

5 platemaking; wet and dry offset; letterpress; gravure; flexog6 raphy; ink jet; electrostatic or other copying; laser or vari7 able imaging; silk screen processes; production of an image

8 on paper or other substrate by any means or equipment;

9 binding; microfilm; or the end items of such processes.

10 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative Branch Ap11 propriations Act, 1994’’.

Passed the House of Representatives June 10, 1993.

Attest: DONNALD K. ANDERSON,

Clerk.

Passed the Senate July 23 (legislative day, June

30), 1993.

Attest: WALTER J. STEWART,

Clerk.

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