H. R. 2348

One Hundred Third Congress

of the

United States of America

AT THE FIRST SESSION

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,

the fifth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-three

An Act

Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending

September 30, 1994, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of

the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the

following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury

not otherwise appropriated, for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal

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

TITLE I—CONGRESSIONAL OPERATIONS

SENATE

MILEAGE AND EXPENSES ALLOWANCES

MILEAGE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT AND SENATORS

For mileage of the Vice President and Senators of the United

States, $60,000.

EXPENSE ALLOWANCES

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

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

of the Senate, $10,000; Minority Leader of the Senate, $10,000;

Majority Whip of the Senate, $5,000; Minority Whip of the Senate,

$5,000; and Chairmen of the Majority and Minority Conference

Committees, $3,000 for each Chairman; in all, $56,000.

REPRESENTATION ALLOWANCES FOR THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY

LEADERS

For representation allowances of the Majority and Minority

Leaders of the Senate, $15,000 for each such Leader; in all, $30,000.

SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

For compensation of officers, employees, and others as authorized by law, including agency contributions, $69,895,000, which

shall be paid from this appropriation without regard to the below

limitations, as follows:

OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT

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

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OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE

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

OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERS

For Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders, $2,076,000.

OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY WHIPS

For Offices of the Majority and Minority Whips, $644,000.

CONFERENCE COMMITTEES

For the Conference of the Majority and the Conference of the

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

of each such committee, $942,000 for each such committee; in

all, $1,884,000.

OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES OF THE CONFERENCE OF THE MAJORITY

AND THE CONFERENCE OF THE MINORITY

For Offices of the Secretaries of the Conference of the Majority

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

OFFICE OF THE CHAPLAIN

For Office of the Chaplain, $172,000.

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

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

OFFICE OF THE SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER

For Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper,

$32,739,000.

OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY

For Offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the Secretary

for the Minority, $1,133,000.

AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS AND RELATED EXPENSES

For agency contributions for employee benefits, as authorized

by law, and related expenses, $17,307,000.

OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL OF THE SENATE

For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the Senate, $3,080,000.

OFFICE OF SENATE LEGAL COUNSEL

For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate Legal Counsel,

$833,000.

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EXPENSE ALLOWANCES OF THE SECRETARY OF THE SENATE, SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE SENATE, AND SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY OF THE SENATE

For expense allowances of the Secretary of the Senate, $3,000;

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

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

of the Senate, $3,000; in all, $12,000.

CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE

SENATE POLICY COMMITTEES

For salaries and expenses of the Majority Policy Committee

and the Minority Policy Committee, $1,199,100 for each such

committee; in all, $2,398,200.

INQUIRIES AND INVESTIGATIONS

For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered by the Senate, or conducted pursuant to section 134(a) of Public Law

601, Seventy-ninth Congress, as amended, section 112 of Public

Law 96–304 and Senate Resolution 281, agreed to March 11, 1980,

$77,000,000.

EXPENSES OF UNITED STATES SENATE CAUCUS ON INTERNATIONAL

NARCOTICS CONTROL

For expenses of the United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control, $336,000.

SECRETARY OF THE SENATE

For expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the Senate,

$1,366,500.

SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE SENATE

For expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, $74,894,000, of which $16,500,000 shall

remain available until expended.

MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

For miscellaneous items, $6,748,000.

SENATORS’ OFFICIAL PERSONNEL AND OFFICE EXPENSE ACCOUNT

For Senators’ Official Personnel and Office Expense Account,

$185,768,000.

OFFICE OF SENATE FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES

For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate Fair Employment Practices, $825,000.

STATIONERY (REVOLVING FUND)

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

officers of the Senate and the Conference of the Majority and

Conference of the Minority of the Senate, $8,500; in all, $13,000.

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OFFICIAL MAIL COSTS

For expenses necessary for official mail costs of the Senate,

$20,000,000.

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

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

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

vouchered by a Senate support office paying such expenses or

to which such charges are owed for goods or services provided,

if—

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

such expenses by such Senate support office; or

(2) such charges are payable to such Senate support office

for goods or services provided by such office to the office incurring such expenses.

(b) Payments under this section shall be charged to the official

funds of the office on whose behalf the expenses were paid, or

which received the goods or services for which payment is required.

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

to this section shall be accompanied by a certification from such

office of the amount and that such purchases were of the nature

that they could be charged to the official funds of the office on

whose behalf charges were paid, or to which goods or services

were provided.

(d) Vouchers under this section shall be submitted and paid

subject to such regulations as may be promulgated by the Committee on Rules and Administration.

SEC. 2. Effective on and after October 1, 1993, the aggregate

of each of the sums determined under clauses (iii) and (iv) of

section 506(b)(3)(A) of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1973

(2 U.S.C. 58(b)(3)(A) (iii) and (iv)), shall be deemed decreased by

2.5 percent.

SEC. 3. Section 12 under the subheading ‘‘ADMINISTRATIVE

PROVISIONS’’ under the heading ‘‘SENATE’’ in the Legislative Branch

Appropriations Act, 1991 (2 U.S.C. 58c–1), is amended in the first

sentence by striking ‘‘the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and’’.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

SALARIES AND EXPENSES (PRIOR YEAR)

(RESCISSION)

Of the funds appropriated in the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1991, for the House of Representatives under the heading

‘‘SALARIES AND EXPENSES’’, there is rescinded a total $730,037.41,

in the amounts specified for the following headings and accounts:

(1) ‘‘HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES’’, $24,988.44, as follows:

(A) ‘‘Office of the Speaker’’, $5,245.00; (B) ‘‘Office of the Majority

Leader’’, $4,743.44; (C) ‘‘Office of the Minority Leader’’,

$5,000.00; (D) ‘‘Office of the Majority Whip’’, $5,000.00; and

(E) ‘‘Office of the Minority Whip’’, $5,000.00.

(2) ‘‘MEMBERS’ CLERK HIRE’’, $686.50.

(3) ‘‘COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES’’, $44.59.

(4) ‘‘STANDING COMMITTEES, SPECIAL AND SELECT’’,

$138,448.87.

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(5) ‘‘ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES’’, $500,691.91 as follows:

(A) ‘‘furniture and furnishings’’, $624.54; (B) ‘‘reemployed annuitants reimbursements’’, $67.37; and (C) unspecified,

$500,000.00.

(6) ‘‘COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS (STUDIES AND INVESTIGATIONS)’’, $2,682.97.

(7) ‘‘SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES’’, $62,494.13, as

follows: (A) ‘‘Office of the Clerk’’, $2,053.34; (B) ‘‘Office of the

Sergeant at Arms’’, $352.20; (C) ‘‘Office of the Doorkeeper’’,

$99.08; (D) ‘‘Office of the Chaplain’’, $255.50; (E) ‘‘the House

Democratic Steering and Policy Committee and the Democratic

Caucus’’, $9,355.14; (F) ‘‘the House Republican Conference’’,

$1,824.87; and (G) ‘‘six minority employees’’, $48,554.00.

Of the funds appropriated in the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1992, for the House of Representatives under the heading

‘‘SALARIES AND EXPENSES’’, there is rescinded a total of $891,717.36,

in the amounts specified for the following headings and accounts:

(1) ‘‘HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES’’, $533,169.67, as follows:

(A) ‘‘Office of the Speaker’’, $308,604.60; (B) ‘‘Office of the

Majority Leader’’, $46,970.75; (C) ‘‘Office of the Minority

Leader’’, $154,142.11; (D) ‘‘Office of the Majority Whip’’,

$18,819.23; and (E) ‘‘Office of the Minority Whip’’, $4,632.98.

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

(3) ‘‘ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES’’, $12,226.40 as follows:

(A) ‘‘furniture and furnishings’’, $4,379.86; and (B) ‘‘reemployed

annuitants reimbursements’’, $7,846.54.

(4) ‘‘SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES’’, $339,048.66, as

follows: (A) ‘‘Office of the Sergeant at Arms’’, $500.00; (B)

‘‘Office of the Chaplain’’, $1,886.97; (C) ‘‘Office of the Parliamentarian’’, $35,969.46; (D) ‘‘Office of the Historian’’,

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

Committee and the Democratic Caucus’’, $115,226.11; and (F)

‘‘six minority employees’’, $122,466.23.

Of the funds appropriated in the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1993, for the House of Representatives under the heading

‘‘SALARIES AND EXPENSES’’, there is rescinded a total of $1,500,000

in the amounts specified for the following heading: ‘‘STANDING

COMMITTEES, SPECIAL AND SELECT’’.

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For salaries and expenses of the House of Representatives,

$686,318,000, as follows:

HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES

For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, $5,871,000,

including: Office of the Speaker, $1,395,000, including $25,000 for

official expenses of the Speaker; Office of the Majority Floor Leader,

$1,003,000, including $10,000 for official expenses of the Majority

Leader; Office of the Minority Floor Leader, $1,383,000, including

$10,000 for official expenses of the Minority Leader; Office of the

Majority Whip, $1,235,000, including $5,000 for official expenses

of the Majority Whip and not to exceed $539,600, for the Chief

Deputy Majority Whips; and Office of the Minority Whip, $855,000,

including $5,000 for official expenses of the Minority Whip and

not to exceed $97,980, for the Chief Deputy Minority Whip.

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MEMBERS’ CLERK HIRE

For staff employed by each Member in the discharge of official

and representative duties, $225,004,000.

COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES

For professional and clerical employees of standing committees,

including the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee

on the Budget, $70,445,000.

COMMITTEE ON THE BUDGET (STUDIES)

For salaries, expenses, and studies by the Committee on the

Budget, and temporary personal services for such committee to

be expended in accordance with sections 101(c), 606, 703, and

901(e) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, and to be available

for reimbursement to agencies for services performed, $389,000.

STANDING COMMITTEES, SPECIAL AND SELECT

For salaries and expenses of standing committees, special and

select, authorized by the House, $52,662,000.

COMMITTEE ON HOUSE ADMINISTRATION

HOUSE INFORMATION SYSTEMS

For salaries, expenses and temporary personal services of House

Information Systems, under the direction of the Committee on

House Administration, $22,885,000, of which $14,557,000 is provided herein: Provided, That House Information Systems is authorized to receive reimbursement for services provided from Members

of the House of Representatives and other Governmental entities

and such reimbursement shall be deposited in the Treasury for

credit to this account: Provided further, That amounts so credited

for fiscal year 1993 and not obligated shall be available for obligation in fiscal year 1994.

ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES

For allowances and expenses as authorized by House resolution

or law, $220,812,000, including: Official Expenses of Members,

$76,545,000; supplies, materials, administrative costs and Federal

tort claims, $11,328,000; net expenses of purchase, lease and

maintenance of office equipment, $7,196,000; net expenses for telecommunications, $5,960,000; furniture and furnishings, $1,720,000;

stenographic reporting of committee hearings, $1,055,000;

reemployed annuitants reimbursements, $933,000; Government contributions to employees’ life insurance fund, retirement funds, Social

Security fund, Medicare fund, health benefits fund, and worker’s

and unemployment compensation, $115,314,000; and miscellaneous

items including purchase, exchange, maintenance, repair and operation of House motor vehicles, interparliamentary receptions, and

gratuities to heirs of deceased employees of the House, $761,000.

CHILD CARE CENTER

For salaries and expenses of the House of Representatives

Child Care Center, such amounts as are deposited in the account

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established by section 312(d)(1) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1992 (40 U.S.C. 184g(d)(1)), subject to the level specified

in the budget of the Center, as submitted to the Committee on

Appropriations of the House of Representatives.

COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS (STUDIES AND INVESTIGATIONS)

For salaries and expenses, studies and examinations of executive agencies, by the Committee on Appropriations, and temporary

personal services for such committee, to be expended in accordance

with section 202(b) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946,

and to be available for reimbursement to agencies for services

performed, $6,431,000.

OFFICIAL MAIL COSTS

For expenses necessary for official mail costs of the House

of Representatives, as authorized by law, $40,000,000.

SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

For compensation and expenses of officers and employees, as

authorized by law, $50,147,000, including: Office of the Clerk,

including not to exceed $1,000 for official representation and reception expenses, $11,947,000; Office of the Sergeant at Arms, including not to exceed $500 for official representation and reception

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

as authorized by law, $10,101,000; Office of Director of Non-legislative and Financial Services, $14,402,000; for the salaries and

expenses of the Office of General Counsel, $674,000; Office of the

Chaplain, $123,000; Office of the Parliamentarian, including the

Parliamentarian and $2,000 for preparing the Digest of Rules,

$898,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Historian,

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

Counsel of the House, $1,453,000; for salaries and expenses of

the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the House, $4,071,000;

six minority employees, $738,000; the House Democratic Steering

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

House Republican Conference, $1,474,000; and other authorized

employees, $1,098,000.

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

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

of Non-legislative and Financial Services by the authority of the

Committee on House Administration pursuant to rule X of the

House of Representatives and upon the commencement of operation

of the Office of Inspector General, the applicable amounts appropriated by the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1992, or

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

available to the Director and the Office of Inspector General for

the carrying out of such function or operation, upon the approval

of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives.

In no case shall the transfer of any function referred to in the

preceding sentence include the transfer of any function of the Capitol Guide Service.

(b) The purposes referred to in subsection (a) are salaries

and expenses of the House of Representatives under the headings

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‘‘ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES’’ and ‘‘SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES’’.

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

agreed to December 22, 1970 (as enacted into permanent law by

chapter VIII of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1971, and

supplemented by the Act entitled ‘‘An Act relating to former Speakers of the House of Representatives’’ (88 Stat. 1723)) (2 U.S.C.

31b–1 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following

new section:

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

of Representatives under this resolution shall be available—

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

on the effective date of this section, for 5 years, commencing

on such effective date; and

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

Speaker after such effective date, for 5 years, commencing

at the expiration of the term of office of the individual as

a Representative in Congress.’’.

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

on October 1, 1993.

JOINT ITEMS

For joint committees, as follows:

JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE

For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic Committee,

$3,980,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate.

JOINT COMMITTEE ON PRINTING

For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Printing,

$1,344,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate.

JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION

For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Taxation,

$5,701,000, to be disbursed by the Clerk of the House.

For other joint items, as follows:

OFFICE OF THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN

For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent expenses of

the emergency rooms, and for the Attending Physician and his

assistants, including (1) an allowance of $1,500 per month to the

Attending Physician; (2) an allowance of $500 per month each

to two medical officers while on duty in the Attending Physician’s

office; (3) an allowance of $500 per month each to two assistants

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

the basis heretofore provided for such assistance; and (4) $1,002,000

for reimbursement to the Department of the Navy for expenses

incurred for staff and equipment assigned to the Office of the

Attending Physician, which shall be advanced and credited to the

applicable appropriation or appropriations from which such salaries,

allowances, and other expenses are payable and shall be available

for all the purposes thereof, $1,502,000, to be disbursed by the

Clerk of the House.

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CAPITOL POLICE BOARD

CAPITOL POLICE

SALARIES

For the Capitol Police Board for salaries, including overtime, and Government contributions to employees’ benefits funds, as

authorized by law, of officers, members, and employees of the Capitol Police, $62,255,000, of which $29,453,000 is provided to the

Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives, to be disbursed

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

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

by the Secretary of the Senate: Provided, That of the amounts

appropriated for fiscal year 1994 for salaries, including overtime,

and Government contributions to employees’ benefits funds under

this heading, such amounts as may be necessary may be transferred

between the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives

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

approval of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.

GENERAL EXPENSES

For the Capitol Police Board for necessary expenses of the

Capitol Police, including motor vehicles, communications and other

equipment, uniforms, weapons, supplies, materials, training, medical services, the employee assistance program, not more than $2,000

for the awards program, postage, telephone service, travel advances,

relocation of instructor and liaison personnel for the Federal Law

Enforcement Training Center, and $85 per month for extra services

performed for the Capitol Police Board by an employee of the

Sergeant at Arms of the Senate or the House of Representatives

designated by the Chairman of the Board, $1,977,000, to be disbursed by the Clerk of the House of Representatives: Provided,

That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the cost of basic

training for the Capitol Police at the Federal Law Enforcement

Training Center for fiscal year 1994 shall be paid by the Secretary

of the Treasury from funds available to the Department of the

Treasury.

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

SEC. 102. Amounts appropriated for fiscal year 1994 for the

Capitol Police Board under the heading ‘‘CAPITOL POLICE’’ may

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

EXPENSES’’, upon approval of the Committees on Appropriations

of the Senate and the House of Representatives.

CAPITOL GUIDE SERVICE

For salaries and expenses of the Capitol Guide Service,

$1,628,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate: Provided,

That none of these funds shall be used to employ more than thirtythree individuals: Provided further, That the Capitol Guide Board

is authorized, during emergencies, to employ not more than two

additional individuals for not more than one hundred twenty days

each, and not more than ten additional individuals for not more

than six months each, for the Capitol Guide Service.

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SPECIAL SERVICES OFFICE

For salaries and expenses of the Special Services Office,

$363,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate.

OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For salaries and expenses necessary to carry out the provisions

of the Technology Assessment Act of 1972 (Public Law 92–484),

including official reception and representation expenses (not to

exceed $5,500 from the Trust Fund), and expenses incurred in

administering an employee incentive awards program (not to exceed

$2,500), and rental of space in the District of Columbia, $21,315,000:

Provided, That none of the funds in this Act shall be available

for salaries or expenses of any employee of the Office of Technology

Assessment in excess of 143 staff employees: Provided further,

That no part of this appropriation shall be available for assessments

or activities not initiated and approved in accordance with section

3(d) of Public Law 92–484: Provided further, That none of the

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

employees of the Office of Technology Assessment in connection

with any reimbursable study for which funds are provided from

sources other than appropriations made under this Act, or shall

be available for any other administrative expenses incurred by

the Office of Technology Assessment in carrying out such a study.

CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For salaries and expenses necessary to carry out the provisions

of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (Public Law 93–344),

including not to exceed $2,500 to be expended on the certification

of the Director of the Congressional Budget Office in connection

with official representation and reception expenses, $22,317,000:

Provided, That none of these funds shall be available for the purchase or hire of a passenger motor vehicle: Provided further, That

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

expenses of any employee of the Congressional Budget Office in

excess of 226 staff employees: Provided further, That any sale

or lease of property, supplies, or services to the Congressional

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

supplies, or services to the Congress subject to section 903 of Public

Law 98–63: Provided further, That the Director of the Congressional

Budget Office shall have the authority, within the limits of available

appropriations, to dispose of surplus or obsolete personal property

by inter-agency transfer, donation, or discarding.

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ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

OFFICE OF THE ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

SALARIES

For the Architect of the Capitol; the Assistant Architect of

the Capitol; and other personal services; at rates of pay provided

by law, $8,453,000.

TRAVEL

Appropriations under the control of the Architect of the Capitol

shall be available for expenses of travel on official business not

to exceed in the aggregate under all funds the sum of $20,000.

CONTINGENT EXPENSES

To enable the Architect of the Capitol to make surveys and studies, and to meet unforeseen expenses in connection with activities under his care, $100,000.

CAPITOL BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

CAPITOL BUILDINGS

For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and oper- ation of the Capitol and electrical substations of the Senate and

House office buildings, under the jurisdiction of the Architect of

the Capitol, including furnishings and office equipment; including

not to exceed $1,000 for official reception and representation

expenses, to be expended as the Architect of the Capitol may

approve; purchase or exchange, maintenance and operation of a

passenger motor vehicle; security installations, which are approved

by the Capitol Police Board, authorized by House Concurrent Resolution 550, Ninety-Second Congress, agreed to September 19, 1972,

the cost limitation of which is hereby further increased by $200,000;

and attendance, when specifically authorized by the Architect of

the Capitol, at meetings or conventions in connection with subjects

related to work under the Architect of the Capitol, $23,978,000,

of which $4,413,000 shall remain available until expended.

CAPITOL GROUNDS

For all necessary expenses for care and improvement of grounds

surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House office buildings,

and the Capitol Power Plant, $5,289,000, of which $225,000 shall

remain available until expended.

SENATE OFFICE BUILDINGS

For all necessary expenses for maintenance, care and operation

of Senate Office Buildings; and furniture and furnishings, to be

expended under the control and supervision of the Architect of

the Capitol, $47,339,000, of which $10,177,000 shall remain available until expended.

HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS

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intendent of Garages as authorized by law, $32,287,000, of which

$2,400,000 shall remain available until expended.

CAPITOL POWER PLANT

For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation of the Capitol Power Plant; lighting, heating, power (including

the purchase of electrical energy) and water and sewer services

for the Capitol, Senate and House office buildings, Library of Congress buildings, and the grounds about the same, Botanic Garden,

Senate garage, and air conditioning refrigeration not supplied from

plants in any of such buildings; heating the Government Printing

Office and Washington City Post Office; and heating and chilled

water for air conditioning for the Supreme Court Building, Union

Station complex, Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building

and the Folger Shakespeare Library, expenses for which shall be

advanced or reimbursed upon request of the Architect of the Capitol

and amounts so received shall be deposited into the Treasury to

the credit of this appropriation, $32,777,000, of which $665,000

shall remain available until expended: Provided, That not to exceed

$3,200,000 of the funds credited or to be reimbursed to this appropriation as herein provided shall be available for obligation during

fiscal year 1994.

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 166)

and to revise and extend the Annotated Constitution of the United

States of America, $56,718,000: Provided, That no part of this

appropriation may be used to pay any salary or expense in connection with any publication, or preparation of material therefor (except

the Digest of Public General Bills), to be issued by the Library

of Congress unless such publication has obtained prior approval

of either the Committee on House Administration of the House

of Representatives or the Committee on Rules and Administration

of the Senate: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other

provision of law, the compensation of the Director of the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress, shall be at an annual

rate which is equal to the annual rate of basic pay for positions

at level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title

5, United States Code.

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING AND BINDING

For authorized printing and binding for the Congress and the

distribution of Congressional information in any format; printing

and binding for the Architect of the Capitol; expenses necessary

for preparing the semimonthly and session index to the Congressional Record, as authorized by law (44 U.S.C. 902); printing and

binding of Government publications authorized by law to be distributed to Members of Congress; and printing, binding, and distribution of Government publications authorized by law to be distributed

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without charge to the recipient, $88,404,000: Provided, That this

appropriation shall not be available for printing and binding part

2 of the annual report of the Secretary of Agriculture (known

as the Yearbook of Agriculture) nor for copies of the permanent

edition of the Congressional Record for individual Representatives,

Resident Commissioners or Delegates authorized under 44 U.S.C.

906: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available

for the payment of obligations incurred under the appropriations

for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years.

This title may be cited as the ‘‘Congressional Operations Appropriations Act, 1994’’.

TITLE II—OTHER AGENCIES

BOTANIC GARDEN

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation of the Botanic Garden and the nurseries, buildings, grounds,

and collections; and purchase and exchange, maintenance, repair,

and operation of a passenger motor vehicle; all under the direction

of the Joint Committee on the Library, $3,008,000.

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Library of Congress, not otherwise provided for, including development and maintenance of the

Union Catalogs; custody and custodial care of the Library Buildings;

special clothing; cleaning, laundering and repair of uniforms;

preservation of motion pictures in the custody of the Library; operation and maintenance of the American Folklife Center in the

Library; preparation and distribution of catalog cards and other

publications of the Library; hire or purchase of one passenger

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

Board not properly chargeable to the income of any trust fund

held by the Board, $202,250,000, of which not more than $7,500,000

shall be derived from collections credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 1994 under the Act of June 28, 1902 (chapter 1301;

32 Stat. 480; 2 U.S.C. 150): Provided, That the total amount available for obligation shall be reduced by the amount by which collections are less than the $7,500,000: Provided further, That of the

total amount appropriated, $8,127,000 is to remain available until

expended for acquisition of books, periodicals, and newspapers,

and all other materials including subscriptions for bibliographic

services for the Library, including $40,000 to be available solely

for the purchase, when specifically approved by the Librarian, of

special and unique materials for additions to the collections.

COPYRIGHT OFFICE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, including

publication of the decisions of the United States courts involving

copyrights, $26,244,000, of which not more than $14,500,000 shall

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be derived from collections credited to this appropriation during

fiscal year 1994 under 17 U.S.C. 708(c), and not more than

$2,333,000 shall be derived from collections during fiscal year 1994

under 17 U.S.C. 111(d)(2), 119(b)(2), and 1005: Provided, That

the total amount available for obligation shall be reduced by the

amount by which collections are less than $16,833,000: Provided

further, That $100,000 of the amount appropriated is available

for the maintenance of an ‘‘International Copyright Institute’’ in

the Copyright Office of the Library of Congress for the purpose

of training nationals of developing countries in intellectual property

laws and policies: Provided further, That not to exceed $2,250

may be expended on the certification of the Librarian of Congress

or his designee, in connection with official representation and reception expenses for activities of the International Copyright Institute.

BOOKS FOR THE BLIND AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For salaries and expenses to carry out the provisions of the Act of March 3, 1931 (chapter 400; 46 Stat. 1487; 2 U.S.C. 135a),

$42,713,000, of which $10,377,000 shall remain available until

expended.

FURNITURE AND FURNISHINGS

For necessary expenses for the purchase and repair of furniture,

furnishings, office and library equipment, $3,939,000: Provided,

That of those funds that remain available until expended, up to

$593,000 may be transferred to the Architect of the Capitol appropriation ‘‘Library Buildings and Grounds, Structural and Mechanical Care’’ to complete renovation and restoration work on the

Thomas Jefferson and John Adams Buildings.

ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

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

of Congress shall be available, in an amount not to exceed $175,690,

of which $54,800 is for the Congressional Research Service, when

specifically authorized by the Librarian, for attendance at meetings

concerned with the function or activity for which the appropriation

is made.

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

shall be used by the Library of Congress to administer any flexible

or compressed work schedule which—

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

the grade or level of which is equal to or higher than GS–

15; and

(2) grants such manager or supervisor the right to not

be at work for all or a portion of a workday because of time

worked by the manager or supervisor on another workday.

(b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘manager or supervisor’’ means any management official or supervisor, as such terms

are defined in section 7103(a) (10) and (11) of title 5, United

States Code.

SEC. 203. Appropriated funds received by the Library of Congress from other Federal agencies to cover general and administrative overhead costs generated by performing reimbursable work

for other agencies under the authority of 31 U.S.C. 1535 and 1536

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shall not be used to employ more than 65 employees and may

be expended or obligated—

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

or in such amounts as are provided in appropriations Acts;

or

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

(A) to pay for such general or administrative overhead

costs as are attributable to the work performed for such

agency; or

(B) to such extent or in such amounts as are provided

in appropriations Acts, with respect to any purpose not

allowable under subparagraph (A).

SEC. 204. Not to exceed $5,000 of any funds appropriated to

the Library of Congress may be expended, on the certification

of the Librarian of Congress, in connection with official representation and reception expenses for the Library of Congress incentive

awards program.

SEC. 205. Not to exceed $12,000 of funds appropriated to the

Library of Congress may be expended, on the certification of the

Librarian of Congress or his designee, in connection with official

representation and reception expenses for the Overseas Field

Offices.

SEC. 206. Effective for fiscal years beginning with fiscal year

1995, obligations for any reimbursable and revolving fund activities

performed by the Library of Congress are limited to the total

amounts provided (1) in the annual regular appropriations Act

making appropriations for the legislative branch, or (2) in a supplemental appropriations Act that makes appropriations for the legislative branch.

ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

STRUCTURAL AND MECHANICAL CARE

For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and structural

maintenance, care and operation of the Library buildings and

grounds, $9,974,000, of which $1,341,000 shall remain available

until expended: Provided, That, subject to approval by the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the

Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, the Librarian of Congress may transfer from any appropriation under the heading

‘‘Library of Congress’’ amounts not to exceed in the aggregate

$3,200,000 to the appropriation ‘‘Architect of the Capitol, Library

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

to complete the renovation and restoration of the Thomas Jefferson

and John Adams buildings.

COPYRIGHT ROYALTY TRIBUNAL

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the Copyright Royalty Tribunal,

$1,028,000, of which $900,000 shall be derived by collections from

the appropriation ‘‘Payments to Copyright Owners’’ for the reasonable costs incurred in proceedings involving distribution of royalty

fees as provided by 17 U.S.C. 807.

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GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For expenses of the Office of Superintendent of Documents

necessary to provide for the cataloging and indexing of Government

publications and their distribution to the public, Members of Congress, other Government agencies, and designated depository and

international exchange libraries as authorized by law, $29,082,000:

Provided, That travel expenses, including travel expenses of the

Depository Library Council to the Public Printer, shall not exceed

$130,000: Provided further, That funds, not to exceed $2,000,000,

from current year appropriations are authorized for producing and

disseminating Congressional Serial Sets and other related Congressional/non-Congressional publications for 1991 and 1992 to depository and other designated libraries.

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE REVOLVING FUND

The Government Printing Office is hereby authorized to make

such expenditures, within the limits of funds available and in

accord with the law, and to make such contracts and commitments

without regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by section

104 of the Government Corporation Control Act as may be necessary

in carrying out the programs and purposes set forth in the budget

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

revolving fund’’: Provided, That not to exceed $2,500 may be

expended on the certification of the Public Printer in connection

with official representation and reception expenses: Provided further, That the revolving fund shall be available for the hire or

purchase of passenger motor vehicles, not to exceed a fleet of

twelve: Provided further, That expenditures in connection with

travel expenses of the advisory councils to the Public Printer shall

be deemed necessary to carry out the provisions of title 44, United

States Code: Provided further, That the revolving fund shall be

available for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 but at rates

for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the

rate for level V of the Executive Schedule (5 U.S.C. 5316): Provided

further, That the revolving fund and the funds provided under

the paragraph entitled ‘‘OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS, SALARIES AND EXPENSES’’ together may not be available for the

full-time equivalent employment of more than 4,850 workyears:

Provided further, That the revolving fund shall be available for

expenses not to exceed $500,000 for the development of plans and

design of a multi-purpose facility: Provided further, That activities

financed through the revolving fund may provide information in

any format: Provided further, That the revolving fund shall not

be used to administer any flexible or compressed work schedule

which applies to any manager or supervisor in a position the grade

or level of which is equal to or higher than GS–15: Provided further,

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

SEC. 207. (a) Subsection (b) of section 309 of title 44, United

States Code, is amended—

(1) in the matter before paragraph (1), by striking out

‘‘shall be:’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘shall be—’’;

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

at the end;

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

in lieu thereof a period; and

(4) by striking out paragraph (3).

(b) The first undesignated paragraph of section 1708 of title

44, United States Code, is amended by striking out the third sentence.

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

take effect on October 1, 1993.

GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE

SALARIES AND EXPENSES

For necessary expenses of the General Accounting Office,

including not to exceed $7,000 to be expended on the certification

of the Comptroller General of the United States in connection

with official representation and reception expenses; services as

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

exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for level IV of

the Executive Schedule (5 U.S.C. 5315); hire of one passenger

motor vehicle; advance payments in foreign countries in accordance

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

sections 901(5), 901(6) and 901(8) of the Foreign Service Act of

1980 (22 U.S.C. 4081(5), 4081(6) and 4081(8)); and under regulations prescribed by the Comptroller General of the United States,

rental of living quarters in foreign countries and travel benefits

comparable with those which are now or hereafter may be granted

single employees of the Agency for International Development,

including single Foreign Service personnel assigned to AID projects,

by the Administrator of the Agency for International Development—

or his designee—under the authority of section 636(b) of the Foreign

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

That not more than $1,600,000 of reimbursements received incident

to the operation of the General Accounting Office Building shall

be available for use in fiscal year 1994: Provided further, That

this appropriation and appropriations for administrative expenses

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

Joint Financial Management Improvement Program (JFMIP) shall

be available to finance an appropriate share of JFMIP costs as

determined by the JFMIP, including the salary of the Executive

Director and secretarial support: Provided further, That this appropriation and appropriations for administrative expenses of any other

department or agency which is a member of the National Intergovernmental Audit Forum or a Regional Intergovernmental Audit

Forum shall be available to finance an appropriate share of Forum

costs as determined by the Forum, including necessary travel

expenses of non-Federal participants. Payments hereunder to either

the Forum or the JFMIP may be credited as reimbursements to

any appropriation from which costs involved are initially financed:

Provided further, That to the extent that funds are otherwise available for obligation, agreements or contracts for the removal of

asbestos, and renovation of the building and building systems

(including the heating, ventilation and air conditioning system,

electrical system and other major building systems) of the General

Accounting Office Building may be made for periods not exceeding

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five years: Provided further, That this appropriation and appropriations for administrative expenses of any other department or agency

which is a member of the American Consortium on International

Public Administration (ACIPA) shall be available to finance an

appropriate share of ACIPA costs as determined by the ACIPA,

including any expenses attributable to membership of ACIPA in

the International Institute of Administrative Sciences: Provided

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

exceed $500,000 shall be available for a broadbased organizational

performance review of the General Accounting Office, focused on

agency structure, skills, staffing, systems, and its execution of its

statutory and assigned responsibilities.

TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS

SEC. 301. No part of the funds appropriated in this Act shall

be used for the maintenance or care of private vehicles, except

for emergency assistance and cleaning as may be provided under

regulations relating to parking facilities for the House of Representatives issued by the Committee on House Administration and for

the Senate issued by the Committee on Rules and Administration.

SEC. 302. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act

shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year

unless expressly so provided herein.

SEC. 303. Whenever any office or position not specifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of 1929 is appropriated for herein

or whenever the rate of compensation or designation of any position

appropriated for herein is different from that specifically established

for such position by such Act, the rate of compensation and the

designation of the position, or either, appropriated for or provided

herein, shall be the permanent law with respect thereto: Provided,

That the provisions herein for the various items of official expenses

of Members, officers, and committees of the Senate and House

of Representatives, and clerk hire for Senators and Members of

the House of Representatives shall be the permanent law with

respect thereto.

SEC. 304. The expenditure of any appropriation under this

Act for any consulting service through procurement contract, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited to those contracts where

such expenditures are a matter of public record and available

for public inspection, except where otherwise provided under existing law, or under existing Executive order issued pursuant to existing law.

SEC. 305. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, and

subject to approval by the Committee on Appropriations of the

House of Representatives and the Committee on Appropriations

of the Senate, amounts may be transferred from the appropriation

‘‘Library of Congress, Salaries and expenses’’ to the appropriation

‘‘Architect of the Capitol, Library buildings and grounds, Structural

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

or other agreement, of storage and warehouse space for use by

the Library of Congress during fiscal year 1994, and to incur

incidental expenses in connection with such use.

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

Printing Office, or the Library of Congress may for such employees

as it deems appropriate authorize a payment to employees who

voluntarily separate before January 1, 1994, whether by retirement

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or resignation, which payment shall be paid in accordance with

the provisions of section 5597(d) of title 5, United States Code.

(b) The number of employee positions authorized for the General Accounting Office, the Government Printing Office, or the

Library of Congress, as the case may be, shall be reduced by

one position for each vacancy created by reason of a separation

under subsection (a). No funds appropriated by this Act for salaries

or expenses of any position that is eliminated under the preceding

sentence may be used for any other purpose.

SEC. 307. (a) The number of employee positions, on a fulltime equivalent basis, for each covered entity shall be reduced

by at least 4 percent from the level, other than those supported

by gift and trust funds, as of September 30, 1992, or, with the

approval of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate,

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

least 10 percent of the positions eliminated shall be positions the

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

pay payable for grade GS–14 of the General Schedule.

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

not later than September 30, 1995, with at least 62.5 percent

of the reduction for each covered entity to be achieved by September

30, 1994.

(c) The Comptroller General shall carry out compliance reporting under this section.

(d) As used in this section—

(1) the term ‘‘covered entity’’ means an entity of the legislative branch with more than 100 employee positions, on a fulltime equivalent basis, as of September 30, 1992; and

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

House of Representatives, the Senate, the Office of the Architect

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

Police, the Congressional Budget Office, the Copyright Royalty

Tribunal, the General Accounting Office, the Government Printing Office, the Library of Congress, and the Office of Technology

Assessment.

SEC. 308. (a) For fiscal years 1995, 1996, and 1997, the submissions in support of the amounts included in the Budget for each

entity of the legislative branch shall set forth a separate category

for administrative expenses. For fiscal years 1993 and 1994, the

administrative expenses for each entity of the legislative branch

shall be calculated and submitted in a separate category in the

same format as if submitted in support of amounts included in

the Budget.

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

under subsection (a) in the separate category for administrative

expenses for each entity of the legislative branch shall include

reductions from the amount calculated for administrative expenses

for fiscal year 1993, adjusted for inflation, as follows:

(1) Fiscal year 1994, reduction of not less than 3 percent.

(2) Fiscal year 1995, reduction of not less than 6 percent.

(3) Fiscal year 1996, reduction of not less than 9 percent.

(4) Fiscal year 1997, reduction of not less than 14 percent.

(c) The Comptroller General shall carry out compliance reporting under this section.

(d) As used in this section—

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

of contractual services and supplies, other than rental payments, programmatic mission-essential expenses, reimbursable

expenses, and expenses required by law;

(2) the term ‘‘Budget’’ means the Budget of the United

States Government, submitted under section 1105 of title 31,

United States Code; and

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

House of Representatives, the Senate, the Office of the Architect

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

Police, the Congressional Budget Office, the Copyright Royalty

Tribunal, the General Accounting Office, the Government Printing Office, the Library of Congress, and the Office of Technology

Assessment.

RETIREMENT CREDIT FOR CERTAIN PRIOR SERVICE WITH THE HOUSE

CHILD CARE CENTER

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

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

of Representatives Child Care Center; and

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

given such term—

(A) in subchapter III of chapter 83 of title 5, United

States Code, to the extent that this section relates to the

Civil Service Retirement System; or

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

the extent that this section relates to the Federal Employees’ Retirement System.

(b) CSRS.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), any individual who

is an employee of the House Child Care Center on the date of

enactment of this Act shall be allowed credit under subchapter

III of chapter 83 of title 5, United States Code, as a Congressional

employee, for any service if—

(A) such service was performed before October 1, 1991,

as an employee of the House Child Care Center (as constituted

before that date); and

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

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

(2) Credit for service described in paragraph (1)(A) shall not

be allowed under this section unless there is paid into the Civil

Service Retirement and Disability Fund, by or on behalf of the

employee involved, an amount equal to the deductions from pay

which would have been applicable under section 8334(c) of title

5, United States Code, for the period of service involved, if such

employee were then a Congressional employee, including interest.

Retirement credit may not be allowed under this section for any

such service unless the full amount of the deposit required under

the preceding sentence has been paid.

(c) FERS.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), any individual who

is an employee of the House Child Care Center on the date of

enactment of this Act shall be allowed credit under chapter 84

of title 5, United States Code, as a Congressional employee, for

any service if—

(A) such service was performed before October 1, 1991,

as an employee of the House Child Care Center (as constituted

before that date); and

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(B) the employee is subject to chapter 84 of such title

as of the date of enactment of this Act.

(2) Credit for service described in paragraph (1)(A) shall not

be allowed under this section unless there is paid into the Civil

Service Retirement and Disability Fund, by or on behalf of the

employee involved, an amount equal to the deductions from pay

which would have been payable under applicable provisions of law,

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

a Congressional employee, including interest (computed in the same

way as interest under subsection (b)(2)). Retirement credit may

not be allowed under this section for any such service unless the

full amount of the deposit required under the preceding sentence

has been paid.

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

to relate to the Thrift Savings Plan.

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

shall—

(1) prescribe any regulations which may be necessary to

carry out this section; and

(2) with respect to any service for which credit is sought

under this section, accept the certification of the Clerk of the

House of Representatives concerning the period of such service

and the amount of pay which was paid for such service.

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

appropriations for sundry Civil Expenses of the Government for

the year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and sixty-seven,

and for other purposes’’, approved July 28, 1866 (2 U.S.C. 43),

is amended by inserting after ‘‘mileage’’ the first place it appears

the following: ‘‘for each Senator’’. (b) The first section of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1936 (2 U.S.C. 43a), under the heading ‘‘SENATE’’, and subheading ‘‘SALARIES AND MILEAGE OF SENATORS’’, is amended by

striking ‘‘Senators, Members of the House of Representatives, and

Delegates in Congress’’ and inserting ‘‘Senators’’. (c) The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b) shall

take effect on October 1, 1993.

SEC. 311. The Committee on House Administration of the House

of Representatives is authorized and directed to take such action,

whether by regulation or otherwise, to transfer to the Clerk of

the House of Representatives responsibility for all financial activities of legislative service organizations, including the establishment

and maintenance of revolving accounts to receive their dues and

assessments and to make disbursements of their ordinary and necessary business expenses in support of Members’ official and representational duties. The transfer referred to in the preceding sentence shall take effect not later than January 1, 1994.

SEC. 312. None of the funds made available in this Act may

be used for the relocation of the office of any Member of the

House of Representatives within the House office buildings.

SEC. 313. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, such

sums as may be necessary for the replacement of the Thomas

Jefferson Library of Congress Building roof shall be transferred

from the funds appropriated to the Clerk of the House in the

Fiscal Year 1986 Urgent Supplemental Appropriations Act, Public

Law 99–349, and subsequently transferred to the Architect of the

Capitol pursuant to the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act,

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ments, to ‘‘Architect of the Capitol, Library Buildings and Grounds,

Structural and Mechanical Care’’: Provided, That not to exceed

$7,000,000 may be transferred pursuant to this section.

SEC. 314. Section 316 of Public Law 101–302 is amended in

the first sentence of subsection (a) by striking ‘‘1993’’ and inserting

‘‘1994’’.

SEC. 315. Section 2(a) of the Act of July 25, 1974 (2 U.S.C.

130c(a)) is amended by deleting ‘‘$500’’ and inserting in lieu thereof

‘‘$1,500’’.

SEC. 316. The Librarian of Congress shall enter into an agreement with the President of the University of Nevada, Reno for

the purpose of assisting in the establishment of the Great Basin

Intergovernmental Center. The Great Basin Intergovernmental

Center is authorized to accept contributions from Federal sources.

The Center may also receive contributions both in-kind and cash

from private and other non-Federal sources.

This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative Branch Appropriations

Act, 1994’’.

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Vice President of the United States and

President of the Senate.

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