Union Calendar No. 62

103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2348

[Report No. 103–117]

A BILL

Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch

and for other purposes.for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1994,

JUNE 8, 1993

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on

the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
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Union Calendar No. 62

103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2348

[Report No. 103–117]

Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending

September 30, 1994, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JUNE 8, 1993

Mr. FAZIO, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following bill;

which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State

of the Union and ordered to be printed

A BILL

Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the

fiscal year ending September 30, 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:
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1 TITLE I—CONGRESSIONAL OPERATIONS

2 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES (PRIOR YEAR)

4 (RESCISSION)

5 Of the funds appropriated in the Legislative Branch

6 Appropriations Act, 1993, for the House of Representa7 tives under the heading ‘‘SALARIES AND EXPENSES’’,

8 there is rescinded a total of $1,500,000 in the amounts

9 specified for the following heading: ‘‘STANDING COMMIT10 TEES, SPECIAL AND SELECT’’.

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For salaries and expenses of the House of Represent13 atives, $692,118,000, as follows:

14 HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES

15 For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law,

16 $5,871,000, including: Office of the Speaker, $1,395,000,

17 including $25,000 for official expenses of the Speaker; Of18 fice of the Majority Floor Leader, $1,003,000, including

19 $10,000 for official expenses of the Majority Leader; Of20 fice of the Minority Floor Leader, $1,383,000, including

21 $10,000 for official expenses of the Minority Leader; Of22 fice of the Majority Whip, $1,235,000, including $5,000

23 for official expenses of the Majority Whip and not to ex24 ceed $539,600, for the Chief Deputy Majority Whips; and

25 Office of the Minority Whip, $855,000, including $5,000
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1 for official expenses of the Minority Whip and not to ex2 ceed $97,980, for the Chief Deputy Minority Whip.

3 MEMBERS’ CLERK HIRE

4 For staff employed by each Member in the discharge

5 of official and representative duties, $225,004,000.

6 COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES

7 For professional and clerical employees of standing

8 committees, including the Committee on Appropriations

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

10 COMMITTEE ON THE BUDGET (STUDIES)

11 For salaries, expenses, and studies by the Committee

12 on the Budget, and temporary personal services for such

13 committee to be expended in accordance with sections

14 101(c), 606, 703, and 901(e) of the Congressional Budget

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

16 agencies for services performed, $389,000.

17 STANDING COMMITTEES, SPECIAL AND SELECT

18 For salaries and expenses of standing committees,

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

20 COMMITTEE ON HOUSE ADMINISTRATION

21 HOUSE INFORMATION SYSTEMS

22 For salaries, expenses and temporary personal serv23 ices of House Information Systems, under the direction

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

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

26 House Information Systems is authorized to receive reim-
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1 bursement for services provided from Members of the

2 House of Representatives and other Governmental entities

3 and such reimbursement shall be deposited in the Treas4 ury for credit to this account: Provided further, That

5 amounts so credited for fiscal year 1993 and not obligated

6 shall be available for obligation in fiscal year 1994.

7 ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES

8 For allowances and expenses as authorized by House

9 resolution or law, $220,812,000, including: Official Ex10 penses of Members, $76,545,000; supplies, materials, ad11 ministrative costs and Federal tort claims, $11,328,000;

12 net expenses of purchase, lease and maintenance of office

13 equipment, $7,196,000; net expenses for telecommuni14 cations, $5,960,000; furniture and furnishings,

15 $1,720,000; stenographic reporting of committee hearings,

16 $1,055,000; reemployed annuitants reimbursements,

17 $933,000; Government contributions to employees’ life in18 surance fund, retirement funds, Social Security fund,

19 Medicare fund, health benefits fund, and worker’s and un20 employment compensation, $115,314,000; and miscellane21 ous items including purchase, exchange, maintenance, re22 pair and operation of House motor vehicles,

23 interparliamentary receptions, and gratuities to heirs of

24 deceased employees of the House, $761,000.
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1 CHILD CARE CENTER

2 For salaries and expenses of the House of Represent3 atives Child Care Center, such amounts as are deposited

4 in the account established by section 312(d)(1) of the Leg5 islative Branch Appropriations Act, 1992 (40 U.S.C.

6 184g(d)(1)), subject to the level specified in the budget

7 of the Center, as submitted to the Committee on Appro8 priations of the House of Representatives.

9 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS (STUDIES AND

10 INVESTIGATIONS)

11 For salaries and expenses, studies and examinations

12 of executive agencies, by the Committee on Appropria13 tions, and temporary personal services for such committee,

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

15 Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, and to be avail16 able for reimbursement to agencies for services performed,

17 $6,431,000.

18 OFFICIAL MAIL COSTS

19 For expenses necessary for official mail costs of the

20 House of Representatives, as authorized by law,

21 $45,800,000.

22 SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

23 For compensation and expenses of officers and em24 ployees, as authorized by law, $50,147,000, including: Of25 fice of the Clerk, including not to exceed $1,000 for official

26 representation and reception expenses, $11,947,000; Of-
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1 fice of the Sergeant at Arms, including not to exceed $500

2 for official representation and reception expenses,

3 $1,384,000; Office of the Doorkeeper, including overtime,

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

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

6 the salaries and expenses of the Office of General Counsel,

7 $674,000; Office of the Chaplain, $123,000; Office of the

8 Parliamentarian, including the Parliamentarian and

9 $2,000 for preparing the Digest of Rules, $898,000; for

10 salaries and expenses of the Office of the Historian,

11 $310,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the

12 Law Revision Counsel of the House, $1,453,000; for sala13 ries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel

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

15 $738,000; the House Democratic Steering and Policy

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

17 House Republican Conference, $1,474,000; and other au18 thorized employees, $1,098,000.

19 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

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

21 the Director of Non-legislative and Financial Services by

22 the authority of the Committee on House Administration

23 pursuant to rule X of the House of Representatives and

24 upon the commencement of operation of the Office of In25 spector General, the applicable amounts appropriated by
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1 the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1992, or by

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

3 be available to the Director and the Office of Inspector

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

5 upon the approval of the Committee on Appropriations of

6 the House of Representatives. In no case shall the transfer

7 of any function referred to in the preceding sentence in8 clude the transfer of any function of the Capitol Guide

9 Service.

10 (b) The purposes referred to in subsection (a) are sal11 aries and expenses of the House of Representatives under

12 the headings ‘‘ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES’’ and ‘‘SALA13 RIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES’’.

14 JOINT ITEMS

15 For joint committees, as follows:

16 JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE

17 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic

18 Committee, $3,980,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary

19 of the Senate.

20 JOINT COMMITTEE ON PRINTING

21 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on

22 Printing, $1,377,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of

23 the Senate.
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1 JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION

2 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on

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

4 House.

5 For other joint items, as follows:

6 OFFICE OF THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN

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

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

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

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

12 while on duty in the Attending Physician’s office; (3) an

13 allowance of $500 per month each to two assistants and

14 $400 per month each to not to exceed nine assistants on

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

16 $1,002,000 for reimbursement to the Department of the

17 Navy for expenses incurred for staff and equipment as18 signed to the Office of the Attending Physician, which

19 shall be advanced and credited to the applicable appropria20 tion or appropriations from which such salaries, allow21 ances, and other expenses are payable and shall be avail22 able for all the purposes thereof, $1,502,000, to be dis23 bursed by the Clerk of the House.
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1 CAPITOL POLICE BOARD

2 CAPITOL POLICE

3 SALARIES

4 For the Capitol Police Board for salaries, including

5 overtime, and Government contributions to employees’

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

13 of the amounts appropriated for fiscal year 1994 for sala14 ries, including overtime, and Government contributions to

15 employees’ benefits funds under this heading, such

16 amounts as may be necessary may be transferred between

17 the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives and

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

19 approval of the Committee on Appropriations of the House

20 of Representatives and the Committee on Appropriations

21 of the Senate.

22 GENERAL EXPENSES

23 For the Capitol Police Board for necessary expenses

24 of the Capitol Police, including motor vehicles, commu25 nications and other equipment, uniforms, weapons, sup-
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1 plies, materials, training, medical services, the employee

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

3 program, postage, telephone service, travel advances, relo4 cation of instructor and liaison personnel for the Federal

5 Law Enforcement Training Center, and $85 per month

6 for extra services performed for the Capitol Police Board

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

8 or the House of Representatives designated by the Chair9 man of the Board, $1,977,000, to be disbursed by the

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

11 notwithstanding any other provision of law, the cost of

12 basic training for the Capitol Police at the Federal Law

13 Enforcement Training Center for fiscal year 1994 shall

14 be paid by the Secretary of the Treasury from funds avail15 able to the Department of the Treasury.

16 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

17 SEC. 102. Amounts appropriated for fiscal year 1994

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

19 POLICE’’ may be transferred between the headings ‘‘SALA20 RIES’’ and ‘‘GENERAL EXPENSES’’, upon approval of the

21 Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the

22 House of Representatives.

23 CAPITOL GUIDE SERVICE

24 For salaries and expenses of the Capitol Guide Serv25 ice, $1,628,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the
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1 Senate: Provided, That none of these funds shall be used

2 to employ more than thirty-three individuals: Provided fur3 ther, That the Capitol Guide Board is authorized, during

4 emergencies, to employ not more than two additional indi5 viduals for not more than one hundred twenty days each,

6 and not more than ten additional individuals for not more

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

8 SPECIAL SERVICES OFFICE

9 For salaries and expenses of the Special Services Of10 fice, $363,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the

11 Senate.

12 OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT

13 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

14 For salaries and expenses necessary to carry out the

15 provisions of the Technology Assessment Act of 1972

16 (Public Law 92–484), including official reception and rep17 resentation expenses (not to exceed $5,500 from the Trust

18 Fund), and expenses incurred in administering an em19 ployee incentive awards program (not to exceed $2,500),

20 rental of space in the District of Columbia, $20,815,000:

21 Provided, That none of the funds in this Act shall be avail22 able for salaries or expenses of any employee of the Office

23 of Technology Assessment in excess of 143 staff employ24 ees: Provided further, That no part of this appropriation

25 shall be available for assessments or activities not initiated
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1 and approved in accordance with section 3(d) of Public

2 Law 92–484: Provided further, That none of the funds in

3 this Act shall be available for salaries or expenses of em4 ployees of the Office of Technology Assessment in connec5 tion with any reimbursable study for which funds are pro6 vided from sources other than appropriations made under

7 this Act, or shall be available for any other administrative

8 expenses incurred by the Office of Technology Assessment

9 in carrying out such a study.

10 CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE

11 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

12 For salaries and expenses necessary to carry out the

13 provisions of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (Pub14 lic Law 93–344), including not to exceed $2,500 to be ex15 pended on the certification of the Director of the Congres16 sional Budget Office in connection with official representa17 tion and reception expenses, $22,317,000: Provided, That

18 none of these funds shall be available for the purchase or

19 hire of a passenger motor vehicle: Provided further, That

20 none of the funds in this Act shall be available for salaries

21 or expenses of any employee of the Congressional Budget

22 Office in excess of 226 staff employees: Provided further,

23 That any sale or lease of property, supplies, or services

24 to the Congressional Budget Office shall be deemed to be

25 a sale or lease of such property, supplies, or services to
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1 the Congress subject to section 903 of Public Law

2 98–63.

3 ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

4 OFFICE OF THE ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

5 SALARIES

6 For the Architect of the Capitol; the Assistant Archi7 tect of the Capitol; and other personal services; at rates

8 of pay provided by law, $8,762,000.

9 TRAVEL

10 Appropriations under the control of the Architect of

11 the Capitol shall be available for expenses of travel on offi12 cial business not to exceed in the aggregate under all

13 funds the sum of $20,000.

14 CONTINGENT EXPENSES

15 To enable the Architect of the Capitol to make sur16 veys and studies, and to meet unforeseen expenses in con17 nection with activities under his care, $100,000, to remain

18 available until expended.

19 CAPITOL BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

20 CAPITOL BUILDINGS

21 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care

22 and operation of the Capitol and electrical substations of

23 the Senate and House office buildings, under the jurisdic24 tion of the Architect of the Capitol, including furnishings

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

26 official reception and representation expenses, to be ex-
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1 pended as the Architect of the Capitol may approve; pur2 chase or exchange, maintenance and operation of a pas3 senger motor vehicle; and attendance, when specifically

4 authorized by the Architect of the Capitol, at meetings or

5 conventions in connection with subjects related to work

6 under the Architect of the Capitol, $23,978,000, of which

7 $4,663,000 shall remain available until expended.

8 CAPITOL GROUNDS

9 For all necessary expenses for care and improvement

10 of grounds surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House

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

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

13 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS

14 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care

15 and operation of the House office buildings, including the

16 position of Superintendent of Garages as authorized by

17 law, $32,287,000, of which $2,400,000 shall remain avail18 able until expended.

19 CAPITOL POWER PLANT

20 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care

21 and operation of the Capitol Power Plant; lighting, heat22 ing, power (including the purchase of electrical energy)

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

24 House office buildings, Library of Congress buildings, and

25 the grounds about the same, Botanic Garden, Senate ga26 rage, and air conditioning refrigeration not supplied from
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1 plants in any of such buildings; heating the Government

2 Printing Office and Washington City Post Office; and

3 heating and chilled water for air conditioning for the Su4 preme Court Building, Union Station complex, Thurgood

5 Marshall Federal Judiciary Building and the Folger

6 Shakespeare Library, expenses for which shall be ad7 vanced or reimbursed upon request of the Architect of the

8 Capitol and amounts so received shall be deposited into

9 the Treasury to the credit of this appropriation,

10 $32,777,000, of which $665,000 shall remain available

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

12 of the funds credited or to be reimbursed to this appro13 priation as herein provided shall be available for obligation

14 during fiscal year 1994.

15 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

16 CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

18 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions

19 of section 203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of

20 1946, (2 U.S.C. 166) and to revise and extend the Anno21 tated Constitution of the United States of America,

22 $56,718,000: Provided, That no part of this appropriation

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

24 with any publication, or preparation of material therefor

25 (except the Digest of Public General Bills), to be issued
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1 by the Library of Congress unless such publication has

2 obtained prior approval of either the Committee on House

3 Administration of the House of Representatives or the

4 Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate:

5 Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provi6 sion of law, the compensation of the Director of the Con7 gressional Research Service, Library of Congress, shall be

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

9 basic pay for positions at level IV of the Executive Sched10 ule under section 5315 of title 5, United States Code.

11 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

12 CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING AND BINDING

13 For authorized printing and binding for the Congress

14 and the distribution of Congressional information in any

15 format; printing and binding for the Architect of the Cap16 itol; expenses necessary for preparing the semimonthly

17 and session index to the Congressional Record, as author18 ized by law (44 U.S.C. 902); printing and binding of Gov19 ernment publications authorized by law to be distributed

20 to Members of Congress; and printing, binding, and dis21 tribution of Government publications authorized by law to

22 be distributed without charge to the recipient,

23 $88,404,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall not

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

25 report of the Secretary of Agriculture (known as the Year-
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1 book of Agriculture) nor for copies of the permanent edi2 tion of the Congressional Record for individual Represent3 atives, Resident Commissioners or Delegates authorized

4 under 44 U.S.C. 906: Provided further, That this appro5 priation shall be available for the payment of obligations

6 incurred under the appropriations for similar purposes for

7 preceding fiscal years.

8 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Congressional Oper9 ations Appropriations Act, 1994’’.

10 TITLE II—OTHER AGENCIES

11 BOTANIC GARDEN

12 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

13 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care

14 and operation of the Botanic Garden and the nurseries,

15 buildings, grounds, and collections; and purchase and ex16 change, maintenance, repair, and operation of a passenger

17 motor vehicle; all under the direction of the Joint Commit18 tee on the Library, $3,008,000.

19 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 For necessary expenses of the Library of Congress,

22 not otherwise provided for, including development and

23 maintenance of the Union Catalogs; custody and custodial

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

25 laundering and repair of uniforms; preservation of motion
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1 pictures in the custody of the Library; operation and

2 maintenance of the American Folklife Center in the Li3 brary; preparation and distribution of catalog cards and

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

5 passenger motor vehicle; and expenses of the Library of

6 Congress Trust Fund Board not properly chargeable to

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

8 $201,231,000, of which not more than $7,500,000 shall

9 be derived from collections credited to this appropriation

10 during fiscal year 1994 under the Act of June 28, 1902

11 (chapter 1301; 32 Stat. 480; 2 U.S.C. 150): Provided,

12 That the total amount available for obligation shall be re13 duced by the amount by which collections are less than

14 the $7,500,000: Provided further, That of the total

15 amount appropriated, $8,127,000 is to remain available

16 until expended for acquisition of books, periodicals, and

17 newspapers, and all other materials including subscrip18 tions for bibliographic services for the Library, including

19 $40,000 to be available solely for the purchase, when spe20 cifically approved by the Librarian, of special and unique

21 materials for additions to the collections.

22 COPYRIGHT OFFICE

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, in25 cluding publication of the decisions of the United States
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1 courts involving copyrights, $26,244,000, of which not

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

3 credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 1994

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

5 shall be derived from collections during fiscal year 1994

6 under 17 U.S.C. 111(d)(2), 119(b)(2), and 1005: Pro7 vided, That the total amount available for obligation shall

8 be reduced by the amount by which collections are less

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

10 amount appropriated is available for the maintenance of

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

12 Office of the Library of Congress for the purpose of train13 ing nationals of developing countries in intellectual prop14 erty laws and policies: Provided further, That not to exceed

15 $2,250 may be expended on the certification of the Librar16 ian of Congress or his designee, in connection with official

17 representation and reception expenses for activities of the

18 International Copyright Institute.

19 BOOKS FOR THE BLIND AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED

20 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

21 For salaries and expenses to carry out the provisions

22 of the Act of March 3, 1931 (chapter 400; 406 Stat. 1487;

23 2 U.S.C. 135a), $43,144,000, of which $10,377,000 shall

24 remain available until expended.
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1 FURNITURE AND FURNISHINGS

2 For necessary expenses for the purchase and repair

3 of furniture, furnishings, office and library equipment,

4 $3,939,000: Provided, That of those funds that remain

5 available until expended, up to $593,000 may be trans6 ferred to the Architect of the Capitol appropriation ‘‘Li7 brary Buildings and Grounds, Structural and Mechanical

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

9 Thomas Jefferson and John Adams Buildings.

10 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

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

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

13 to exceed $175,690, of which $54,800 is for the Congres14 sional Research Service, when specifically authorized by

15 the Librarian, for attendance at meetings concerned with

16 the function or activity for which the appropriation is

17 made.

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

19 this Act shall be used by the Library of Congress to ad20 minister any flexible or compressed work schedule which—

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

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

23 higher than GS–15; and

24 (2) grants such manager or supervisor the right

25 to not be at work for all or a portion of a workday
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1 because of time worked by the manager or super2 visor on another workday.

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

4 or supervisor’’ means any management official or super5 visor, as such terms are defined in section 7103(a) (10)

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

7 SEC. 203. Appropriated funds received by the Library

8 of Congress from other Federal agencies to cover general

9 and administrative overhead costs generated by perform10 ing reimbursable work for other agencies under the au11 thority of 31 U.S.C. 1535 and 1536 shall not be used to

12 employ more than 65 employees and may be expended or

13 obligated—

14 (1) in the case of a reimbursement, only to such

15 extent or in such amounts as are provided in appro16 priations Acts; or

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

18 (A) to pay for such general or administra19 tive overhead costs as are attributable to the

20 work performed for such agency; or

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

22 are provided in appropriations Acts, with re23 spect to any purpose not allowable under sub24 paragraph (A).
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1 SEC. 204. Not to exceed $5,000 of any funds appro2 priated to the Library of Congress may be expended, on

3 the certification of the Librarian of Congress, in connec4 tion with official representation and reception expenses for

5 the Library of Congress incentive awards program.

6 Sec. 205. Not to exceed $12,000 of funds appro7 priated to the Library of Congress may be expended, on

8 the certification of the Librarian of Congress or his des9 ignee, in connection with official representation and recep10 tion expenses for the Overseas Field Offices.

11 SEC. 206. (a) Effective for fiscal years beginning with

12 fiscal year 1995, no amount may be disbursed for any ac13 tivity of the Library of Congress, except to the extent and

14 in the amount provided (1) in the annual regular appro15 priations Act making appropriations for the legislative

16 branch, or (2) in a supplemental appropriations Act that

17 makes appropriations for the legislative branch.

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

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

20 from library and bibliographical services performed on a

21 reimbursable basis, under agency agreement or otherwise,

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

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

24 from gifts, whether such amounts are in the form of trust
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1 funds administered by the Library of Congress Trust

2 Fund Board or otherwise.

3 ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

4 LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

5 STRUCTURAL AND MECHANICAL CARE

6 For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and

7 structural maintenance, care and operation of the Library

8 buildings and grounds, $9,543,000, of which $1,060,000

9 shall remain available until expended: Provided, That, sub10 ject to approval by the Committee on Appropriations of

11 the House of Representatives and the Committee on Ap12 propriations of the Senate, the Librarian of Congress may

13 transfer from any appropriation under the heading ‘‘Li14 brary of Congress’’ amounts not to exceed in the aggre15 gate $3,200,000 to the appropriation ‘‘Architect of the

16 Capitol, Library buildings and grounds, Structural and

17 mechanical care, No Year’’ to complete the renovation and

18 restoration of the Thomas Jefferson and John Adams

19 buildings.

20 COPYRIGHT ROYALTY TRIBUNAL

21 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

22 For necessary expenses of the Copyright Royalty Tri23 bunal, $1,028,000, of which $900,000 shall be derived by

24 collections from the appropriation ‘‘Payments to Copy25 right Owners’’ for the reasonable costs incurred in pro-
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1 ceedings involving distribution of royalty fees as provided

2 by 17 U.S.C. 807.

3 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

4 OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS

5 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

6 For expenses of the Office of Superintendent of Doc7 uments necessary to provide for the cataloging and index8 ing of Government publications and their distribution to

9 the public, Members of Congress, other Government agen10 cies, and designated depository and international exchange

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

12 That travel expenses, including travel expenses of the De13 pository Library Council to the Public Printer, shall not

14 exceed $130,000: Provided further, That funds, not to ex15 ceed $2,000,000, from current year appropriations are au16 thorized for producing and disseminating Congressional

17 Serial Sets and other related Congressional/non-Congres18 sional publications for 1991 and 1992 to depository and

19 other designated libraries.

20 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE REVOLVING FUND

21 The Government Printing Office is hereby authorized

22 to make such expenditures, within the limits of funds

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

24 contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year

25 limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government
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1 Corporation Control Act as may be necessary in carrying

2 out the programs and purposes set forth in the budget

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

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

5 $2,500 may be expended on the certification of the Public

6 Printer in connection with official representation and re7 ception expenses: Provided further, That the revolving

8 fund shall be available for the hire or purchase of pas9 senger motor vehicles, not to exceed a fleet of twelve: Pro10 vided further, That expenditures in connection with travel

11 expenses of the advisory councils to the Public Printer

12 shall be deemed necessary to carry out the provisions of

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

14 revolving fund shall be available for services as authorized

15 by 5 U.S.C. 3109 but at rates for individuals not to exceed

16 the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for level V of the

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

18 That the revolving fund and the funds provided under the

19 paragraph entitled ‘‘OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF

20 DOCUMENTS, SALARIES AND EXPENSES’’ together may not

21 be available for the full-time equivalent employment of

22 more than 4,850 workyears: Provided further, That the re23 volving fund shall be available for expenses not to exceed

24 $500,000 for the development of plans and design of a

25 multi-purpose facility: Provided further, That activities fi-
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1 nanced through the revolving fund may provide informa2 tion in any format: Provided further, That the revolving

3 fund shall not be used to administer any flexible or com4 pressed work schedule which applies to any manager or

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

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

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

8 Sec. 207. (a) Subsection (b) of section 309 of title

9 44, United States Code, is amended—

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

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

12 ‘‘shall be—’’;

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

14 the semicolon at the end;

15 (3) in paragraph (2), by striking out ‘‘; and’’

16 and inserting in lieu thereof a period; and

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

18 (b) The first undesignated paragraph of section 1708

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

20 out the third sentence.

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

22 shall take effect on October 1, 1993.
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1 GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For necessary expenses of the General Accounting

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

5 the certification of the Comptroller General of the United

6 States in connection with official representation and recep7 tion expenses; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 but

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

9 equivalent to the rate for level IV of the Executive Sched10 ule (5 U.S.C. 5315); hire of one passenger motor vehicle;

11 advance payments in foreign countries in accordance with

12 31 U.S.C. 3324; benefits comparable to those payable

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

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

15 4081(8)); and under regulations prescribed by the Comp16 troller General of the United States, rental of living quar17 ters in foreign countries and travel benefits comparable

18 with those which are now or hereafter may be granted sin19 gle employees of the Agency for International Develop20 ment, including single Foreign Service personnel assigned

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

22 International Development—or his designee—under the

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

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

25 That not more than $1,600,000 of reimbursements re-
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1 ceived incident to the operation of the General Accounting

2 Office Building shall be available for use in fiscal year

3 1994: Provided further, That this appropriation and ap4 propriations for administrative expenses of any other de5 partment or agency which is a member of the Joint Finan6 cial Management Improvement Program (JFMIP) shall be

7 available to finance an appropriate share of JFMIP costs

8 as determined by the JFMIP, including the salary of the

9 Executive Director and secretarial support: Provided fur10 ther, That this appropriation and appropriations for ad11 ministrative expenses of any other department or agency

12 which is a member of the National Intergovernmental

13 Audit Forum or a Regional Intergovernmental Audit

14 Forum shall be available to finance an appropriate share

15 of Forum costs as determined by the Forum, including

16 necessary travel expenses of non-Federal participants.

17 Payments hereunder to either the Forum or the JFMIP

18 may be credited as reimbursements to any appropriation

19 from which costs involved are initially financed: Provided

20 further, That to the extent that funds are otherwise avail21 able for obligation, agreements or contracts for the re22 moval of asbestos, and renovation of the building and

23 building systems (including the heating, ventilation and

24 air conditioning system, electrical system and other major

25 building systems) of the General Accounting Office Build-
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1 ing may be made for periods not exceeding five years: Pro2 vided further, That this appropriation and appropriations

3 for administrative expenses of any other department or

4 agency which is a member of the American Consortium

5 on International Public Administration (ACIPA) shall be

6 available to finance an appropriate share of ACIPA costs

7 as determined by the ACIPA, including any expenses at8 tributable to membership of ACIPA in the International

9 Institute of Administrative Sciences: Provided further,

10 That of the amount provided under this heading, not to

11 exceed $500,000 shall be available for a broadbased orga12 nizational performance review of the General Accounting

13 Office, focused on agency structure, skills, staffing, sys14 tems, and its execution of its statutory and assigned re15 sponsibilities.

16 TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS

17 SEC. 301. No part of the funds appropriated in this

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

19 vehicles, except for emergency assistance and cleaning as

20 may be provided under regulations relating to parking fa21 cilities for the House of Representatives issued by the

22 Committee on House Administration and for the Senate

23 issued by the Committee on Rules and Administration.
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1 SEC. 302. No part of any appropriation contained in

2 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the

3 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.

4 SEC. 303. Whenever any office or position not specifi5 cally established by the Legislative Pay Act of 1929 is ap6 propriated for herein or whenever the rate of compensa7 tion or designation of any position appropriated for herein

8 is different from that specifically established for such posi9 tion by such Act, the rate of compensation and the des10 ignation of the position, or either, appropriated for or pro11 vided herein, shall be the permanent law with respect

12 thereto: Provided, That the provisions herein for the var13 ious items of official expenses of Members, officers, and

14 committees of the Senate and House of Representatives,

15 and clerk hire for Senators and Members of the House

16 of Representatives shall be the permanent law with respect

17 thereto.

18 SEC. 304. The expenditure of any appropriation

19 under this Act for any consulting service through procure20 ment contract, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited

21 to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter

22 of public record and available for public inspection, except

23 where otherwise provided under existing law, or under ex24 isting Executive order issued pursuant to existing law.
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1 SEC. 305. Notwithstanding any other provision of

2 law, and subject to approval by the Committee on Appro3 priations of the House of Representatives and the Com4 mittee on Appropriations of the Senate, amounts may be

5 transferred from the appropriation ‘‘Library of Congress,

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

7 the Capitol, Library buildings and grounds, Structural

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

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

10 for use by the Library of Congress during fiscal year

11 1994, and to incur incidental expenses in connection with

12 such use.

13 SEC. 306. (a) The General Accounting Office, the

14 Government Printing Office, or the Library of Congress

15 may for such employees as it deems appropriate authorize

16 a payment to employees who voluntarily separate before

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

18 which payment shall be paid in accordance with the provi19 sions of section 5597(d) of title 5, United States Code.

20 (b) The number of employee positions authorized for

21 the General Accounting Office, the Government Printing

22 Office, or the Library of Congress, as the case may be,

23 shall be reduced by one position for each vacancy created

24 by reason of a separation under subsection (a). No funds

25 appropriated by this Act for salaries or expenses of any
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1 position that is eliminated under the preceding sentence

2 may be used for any other purpose.

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

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

5 be reduced by at least 4 percent from the level as of Sep6 tember 30, 1992, or, with the approval of the Committee

7 on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the

8 Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, as of a later

9 date, but not later than September 30, 1993. At least 10

10 percent of the positions eliminated shall be positions the

11 pay for which is equal to or greater than the annual rate

12 of basic pay payable for grade GS–14 of the General

13 Schedule.

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

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

16 least 62.5 percent of the reduction for each covered entity

17 to be achieved by September 30, 1994.

18 (c) The Comptroller General shall carry out compli19 ance reporting under this section.

20 (d) As used in this section—

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

22 of the legislative branch with more than 100 em23 ployee positions, on a full-time equivalent basis, as

24 of September 30, 1992; and
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1 (2) the term ‘‘entity of the legislative branch’’

2 means the House of Representatives, the Senate, the

3 Office of the Architect of the Capitol (including the

4 Botanic Garden), the Capitol Police, the Congres5 sional Budget Office, the Copyright Royalty Tribu6 nal, the General Accounting Office, the Government

7 Printing Office, the Library of Congress, and the

8 Office of Technology Assessment.

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

10 the submissions in support of the amounts included in the

11 Budget for each entity of the legislative branch shall set

12 forth a separate category for administrative expenses. For

13 fiscal years 1993 and 1994, the administrative expenses

14 for each entity of the legislative branch shall be calculated

15 and submitted in a separate category in the same format

16 as if submitted in support of amounts included in the

17 Budget.

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

19 submissions under subsection (a) in the separate category

20 for administrative expenses for each entity of the legisla21 tive branch shall include reductions from the amount cal22 culated for administrative expenses for fiscal year 1993,

23 adjusted for inflation, as follows:

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

25 3 percent.
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1 (2) Fiscal year 1995, reduction of not less than

2 6 percent.

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

4 9 percent.

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

6 14 percent.

7 (c) The Comptroller General shall carry out compli8 ance reporting under this section.

9 (d) As used in this section—

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

11 expenses of contractual services and supplies, other

12 than rental payments, programmatic mission-essen13 tial expenses, reimbursable expenses, and expenses

14 required by law;

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

16 United States Government, submitted under section

17 1105 of title 31, United States Code; and

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

19 means the House of Representatives, the Senate, the

20 Office of the Architect of the Capitol (including the

21 Botanic Garden), the Capitol Police, the Congres22 sional Budget Office, the Copyright Royalty Tribu23 nal, the General Accounting Office, the Government

24 Printing Office, the Library of Congress, and the

25 Office of Technology Assessment.
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1 RETIREMENT CREDIT FOR CERTAIN PRIOR SERVICE WITH

2 THE HOUSE CHILD CARE CENTER

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

4 section—

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

6 the House of Representatives Child Care Center;

7 and

8 (2) the term ‘‘Congressional employee’’ has the

9 meaning given such term—

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

11 5, United States Code, to the extent that this

12 section relates to the Civil Service Retirement

13 System; or

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

15 Code, to the extent that this section relates to

16 the Federal Employees’ Retirement System.

17 (b) CSRS.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), any indi18 vidual who is an employee of the House Child Care Center

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

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

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

22 if—

23 (A) such service was performed before October

24 1, 1991, as an employee of the House Child Care

25 Center (as constituted before that date); and
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1 (B) the employee is subject to subchapter III of

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

3 of this Act.

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

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

6 into the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund, by

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

8 to the deductions from pay which would have been applica9 ble under section 8334(c) of title 5, United States Code,

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

11 then a Congressional employee, including interest. Retire12 ment credit may not be allowed under this section for any

13 such service unless the full amount of the deposit required

14 under the preceding sentence has been paid.

15 (c) FERS.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), any indi16 vidual who is an employee of the House Child Care Center

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

18 under chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code, as a Con19 gressional employee, for any service if—

20 (A) such service was performed before October

21 1, 1991, as an employee of the House Child Care

22 Center (as constituted before that date); and

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

24 such title as of the date of enactment of this Act.
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1 (2) Credit for service described in paragraph (1)(A)

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

3 into the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund, by

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

5 to the deductions from pay which would have been payable

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

7 involved, if such employee were then a Congressional em8 ployee, including interest (computed in the same way as

9 interest under subsection (b)(2)). Retirement credit may

10 not be allowed under this section for any such service un11 less the full amount of the deposit required under the pre12 ceding sentence has been paid.

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

14 considered to relate to the Thrift Savings Plan.

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

16 Management shall—

17 (1) prescribe any regulations which may be nec18 essary to carry out this section; and

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

20 is sought under this section, accept the certification

21 of the Clerk of the House of Representatives con22 cerning the period of such service and the amount

23 of pay which was paid for such service.

24 SEC. 310. (a) Section 17 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act

25 making Appropriations for sundry Civil Expenses of the
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1 Government for the Year ending June thirtieth, eighteen

2 hundred and sixty-seven, and for other purposes’’, ap3 proved July 28, 1866 (2 U.S.C. 43), is amended by insert4 ing after ‘‘mileage’’ the first place it appears the following:

5 ‘‘for each Senator’’.

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

7 effect on October 1, 1993.

8 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative Branch Ap9 propriations Act, 1994’’.

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