Calendar No. 147

103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2348

[Report No. 103–103]

AN ACT

Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch

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

JUNE 14 (legislative day, JUNE 10), 1993

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on

Appropriations

JULY 20 (legislative day, JUNE 30), 1993

Reported with amendments
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Calendar No. 147

103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2348

[Report No. 103–103]

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JUNE 14 (legislative day, JUNE 10), 1993

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations

JULY 20 (legislative day, JUNE 30), 1993

Reported by Mr. REID, with amendments

[Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic]

AN ACT

Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the

fiscal year ending September 30, 1994, and for other

purposes.

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

3 That the following sums are appropriated, out of any

4 money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the

5 Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September

6 30, 1994, and for other purposes, namely:
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1 TITLE I—CONGRESSIONAL OPERATIONS

2 SENATE

3 EXPENSE ALLOWANCES

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

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

6 Leader of the Senate, $10,000; Minority Leader of the Sen7 ate, $10,000; Majority Whip of the Senate, $5,000; Minority

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

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

10 Chairman; in all, $56,000.

11 REPRESENTATION ALLOWANCES FOR THE MAJORITY AND

12 MINORITY LEADERS

13 For representation allowances of the Majority and Mi14 nority Leaders of the Senate, $15,000 for each such Leader;

15 in all, $30,000.

16 SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

17 For compensation of officers, employees, and others as

18 authorized by law, including agency contributions,

19 $69,895,000, which shall be paid from this appropriation

20 without regard to the below limitations, as follows:

21 OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT

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

23 OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE

24 For the Office of the President Pro Tempore, $432,000.
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1 OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERS

2 For Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders,

3 $2,076,000.

4 OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY WHIPS

5 For Offices of the Majority and Minority Whips,

6 $644,000.

7 CONFERENCE COMMITTEES

8 For the Conference of the Majority and the Conference

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

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

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

12 OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES OF THE CONFERENCE OF

13 THE MAJORITY AND THE CONFERENCE OF THE MINORITY

14 For Offices of the Secretaries of the Conference of the

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

16 OFFICE OF THE CHAPLAIN

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

18 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

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

20 OFFICE OF THE SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER

21 For Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper,

22 $32,739,000.

23 OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND

24 MINORITY

25 For Offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the

26 Secretary for the Minority, $1,133,000.
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1 AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS AND RELATED EXPENSES

2 For agency contributions for employee benefits, as au3 thorized by law, and related expenses, $17,307,000.

4 OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL OF THE SENATE

5 For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legisla6 tive Counsel of the Senate, $3,080,000.

7 OFFICE OF SENATE LEGAL COUNSEL

8 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate Legal

9 Counsel, $833,000.

10 EXPENSE ALLOWANCES OF THE SECRETARY OF THE SEN11 ATE, SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE

12 SENATE, AND SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND

13 MINORITY OF THE SENATE

14 For expense allowances of the Secretary of the Senate,

15 $3,000; Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate,

16 $3,000; Secretary for the Majority of the Senate, $3,000;

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

18 $12,000.

19 CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE

20 SENATE POLICY COMMITTEES

21 For salaries and expenses of the Majority Policy Com22 mittee and the Minority Policy Committee, $1,199,100 for

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

24 INQUIRIES AND INVESTIGATIONS

25 For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered

26 by the Senate, or conducted pursuant to section 134(a) of
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1 Public Law 601, Seventy-ninth Congress, as amended, sec2 tion 112 of Public Law 96–304 and Senate Resolution 281,

3 agreed to March 11, 1980, $77,000,000.

4 EXPENSES OF UNITED STATES SENATE CAUCUS ON

5 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL

6 For expenses of the United States Senate Caucus on

7 International Narcotics Control, $336,000.

8 SECRETARY OF THE SENATE

9 For expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the Sen10 ate, $1,366,500.

11 SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE SENATE

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

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

14 $16,500,000 shall remain available until expended.

15 MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

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

17 SENATORS’ OFFICIAL PERSONNEL AND OFFICE EXPENSE

18 ACCOUNT

19 For Senators’ Official Personnel and Office Expense

20 Account, $185,768,000.

21 OFFICE OF SENATE FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES

22 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate Fair

23 Employment Practices, $825,000.

24 STATIONERY (REVOLVING FUND)

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

26 for officers of the Senate and the Conference of the Majority
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1 and Conference of the Minority of the Senate, $8,500; in

2 all, $13,000.

3 OFFICIAL MAIL COSTS

4 For expenses necessary for official mail costs of the

5 Senate, $20,000,000.

6 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

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

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

9 be vouchered by a Senate support office paying such ex10 penses or to which such charges are owed for goods or serv11 ices provided, if—

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

13 incurring such expenses by such Senate support office;

14 or

15 (2) such charges are payable to such Senate sup16 port office for goods or services provided by such office

17 to the office incurring such expenses.

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

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

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

21 payment is required.

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

23 pursuant to this section shall be accompanied by a certifi24 cation from such office of the amount and that such pur25 chases were of the nature that they could be charged to the
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1 official funds of the office on whose behalf charges were paid,

2 or to which goods or services were provided.

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

4 paid subject to such regulations as may be promulgated by

5 the Committee on Rules and Administration.

6 SEC. 2. Effective on and after October 1, 1993, the ag7 gregate of each of the sums determined under clauses (iii)

8 and (iv) of section 506(b)(3)(A) of the Supplemental Appro9 priations Act, 1973 (2 U.S.C. 58(b)(3)(A) (iii) and (iv)),

10 shall be deemed decreased by 2.5 percent.

11 SEC. 3. Section 12 under the subheading ‘‘ADMINIS12 TRATIVE PROVISIONS’’ under the heading ‘‘SENATE’’ in the

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

14 58c–1) is amended in the first sentence by striking ‘‘the

15 Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and’’.

16 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

17 SALARIES AND EXPENSES (PRIOR YEAR)

18 (RESCISSION)

19 Of the funds appropriated in the Legislative Branch

20 Appropriations Act, 1991, for the House of Representa21 tives under the heading ‘‘SALARIES AND EXPENSES’’,

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

23 specified for the following headings and accounts:

24 (1) ‘‘HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES’’,

25 $24,988.44, as follows: (A) ‘‘Office of the Speaker’’,
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1 $5,245.00; (B) ‘‘Office of the Majority Leader’’,

2 $4,743.44; (C) ‘‘Office of the Minority Leader’’,

3 $5,000.00; (D) ‘‘Office of the Majority Whip’’,

4 $5,000.00; and (E) ‘‘Office of the Minority Whip’’,

5 $5,000.00.

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

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

8 (4) ‘‘STANDING COMMITTEES, SPECIAL AND SE9 LECT’’, $138,448.87.

10 (5) ‘‘ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES’’,

11 $500,691.91 as follows: (A) ‘‘furniture and furnish12 ings’’, $624.54; (B) ‘‘reemployed annuitants reim13 bursements’’, $67.37; and (C) unspecified,

14 $500,000.00.

15 (6) ‘‘COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS (STUD16 IES AND INVESTIGATIONS)’’, $2,682.97.

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

18 $62,494.13, as follows: (A) ‘‘Office of the Clerk’’,

19 $2,053.34; (B) ‘‘Office of the Sergeant at Arms’’,

20 $352.20; (C) ‘‘Office of the Doorkeeper’’, $99.08;

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

22 House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee

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

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

25 ‘‘six minority employees’’, $48,554.00.
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1 Of the funds appropriated in the Legislative Branch

2 Appropriations Act, 1992, for the House of Representa3 tives under the heading ‘‘SALARIES AND EXPENSES’’,

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

5 specified for the following headings and accounts:

6 (1) ‘‘HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES’’,

7 $533,169.67, as follows: (A) ‘‘Office of the Speak8 er’’, $308,604.60; (B) ‘‘Office of the Majority Lead9 er’’, $46,970.75; (C) ‘‘Office of the Minority Lead10 er’’, $154,142.11; (D) ‘‘Office of the Majority

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

12 Whip’’, $4,632.98.

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

14 (3) ‘‘ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES’’,

15 $12,226.40 as follows: (A) ‘‘furniture and furnish16 ings’’, $4,379.86; and (B) ‘‘reemployed annuitants

17 reimbursements’’, $7,846.54.

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

19 $339,048.66, as follows: (A) ‘‘Office of the Sergeant

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

21 $1,886.97; (C) ‘‘Office of the Parliamentarian’’,

22 $35,969.46; (D) ‘‘Office of the Historian’’,

23 $62,999.89; (E) ‘‘the House Democratic Steering

24 and Policy Committee and the Democratic Caucus’’,
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1 $115,226.11; and (F) ‘‘six minority employees’’,

2 $122,466.23.

3 Of the funds appropriated in the Legislative Branch

4 Appropriations Act, 1993, for the House of Representa5 tives under the heading ‘‘SALARIES AND EXPENSES’’,

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

7 specified for the following heading: ‘‘STANDING COMMIT8 TEES, SPECIAL AND SELECT’’.

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

10 For salaries and expenses of the House of Represent11 atives, $686,318,000, as follows:

12 HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES

13 For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law,

14 $5,871,000, including: Office of the Speaker, $1,395,000,

15 including $25,000 for official expenses of the Speaker; Of16 fice of the Majority Floor Leader, $1,003,000, including

17 $10,000 for official expenses of the Majority Leader; Of18 fice of the Minority Floor Leader, $1,383,000, including

19 $10,000 for official expenses of the Minority Leader; Of20 fice of the Majority Whip, $1,235,000, including $5,000

21 for official expenses of the Majority Whip and not to ex22 ceed $539,600, for the Chief Deputy Majority Whips; and

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

24 for official expenses of the Minority Whip and not to ex25 ceed $97,980, for the Chief Deputy Minority Whip.
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1 MEMBERS’ CLERK HIRE

2 For staff employed by each Member in the discharge

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

4 COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES

5 For professional and clerical employees of standing

6 committees, including the Committee on Appropriations

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

8 COMMITTEE ON THE BUDGET (STUDIES)

9 For salaries, expenses, and studies by the Committee

10 on the Budget, and temporary personal services for such

11 committee to be expended in accordance with sections

12 101(c), 606, 703, and 901(e) of the Congressional Budget

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

14 agencies for services performed, $389,000.

15 STANDING COMMITTEES, SPECIAL AND SELECT

16 For salaries and expenses of standing committees,

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

18 COMMITTEE ON HOUSE ADMINISTRATION

19 HOUSE INFORMATION SYSTEMS

20 For salaries, expenses and temporary personal serv21 ices of House Information Systems, under the direction

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

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

24 House Information Systems is authorized to receive reim25 bursement for services provided from Members of the

26 House of Representatives and other Governmental entities
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1 and such reimbursement shall be deposited in the Treas2 ury for credit to this account: Provided further, That

3 amounts so credited for fiscal year 1993 and not obligated

4 shall be available for obligation in fiscal year 1994.

5 ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES

6 For allowances and expenses as authorized by House

7 resolution or law, $220,812,000, including: Official Ex8 penses of Members, $76,545,000; supplies, materials, ad9 ministrative costs and Federal tort claims, $11,328,000;

10 net expenses of purchase, lease and maintenance of office

11 equipment, $7,196,000; net expenses for telecommuni12 cations, $5,960,000; furniture and furnishings,

13 $1,720,000; stenographic reporting of committee hearings,

14 $1,055,000; reemployed annuitants reimbursements,

15 $933,000; Government contributions to employees’ life in16 surance fund, retirement funds, Social Security fund,

17 Medicare fund, health benefits fund, and worker’s and un18 employment compensation, $115,314,000; and miscellane19 ous items including purchase, exchange, maintenance, re20 pair and operation of House motor vehicles,

21 interparliamentary receptions, and gratuities to heirs of

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

23 CHILD CARE CENTER

24 For salaries and expenses of the House of Represent25 atives Child Care Center, such amounts as are deposited

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

2 184g(d)(1)), subject to the level specified in the budget

3 of the Center, as submitted to the Committee on Appro4 priations of the House of Representatives.

5 COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS (STUDIES AND

6 INVESTIGATIONS)

7 For salaries and expenses, studies and examinations

8 of executive agencies, by the Committee on Appropria9 tions, and temporary personal services for such committee,

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

11 Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, and to be avail12 able for reimbursement to agencies for services performed,

13 $6,431,000.

14 OFFICIAL MAIL COSTS

15 For expenses necessary for official mail costs of the

16 House of Representatives, as authorized by law,

17 $40,000,000.

18 SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

19 For compensation and expenses of officers and em20 ployees, as authorized by law, $50,147,000, including: Of21 fice of the Clerk, including not to exceed $1,000 for official

22 representation and reception expenses, $11,947,000; Of23 fice of the Sergeant at Arms, including not to exceed $500

24 for official representation and reception expenses,

25 $1,384,000; Office of the Doorkeeper, including overtime,

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

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

3 $674,000; Office of the Chaplain, $123,000; Office of the

4 Parliamentarian, including the Parliamentarian and

5 $2,000 for preparing the Digest of Rules, $898,000; for

6 salaries and expenses of the Office of the Historian,

7 $310,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the

8 Law Revision Counsel of the House, $1,453,000; for sala9 ries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel

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

11 $738,000; the House Democratic Steering and Policy

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

13 House Republican Conference, $1,474,000; and other au14 thorized employees, $1,098,000.

15 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

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

17 the Director of Non-legislative and Financial Services by

18 the authority of the Committee on House Administration

19 pursuant to rule X of the House of Representatives and

20 upon the commencement of operation of the Office of In21 spector General, the applicable amounts appropriated by

22 the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1992, or by

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

24 be available to the Director and the Office of Inspector

25 General for the carrying out of such function or operation,
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1 upon the approval of the Committee on Appropriations of

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

3 of any function referred to in the preceding sentence in4 clude the transfer of any function of the Capitol Guide

5 Service.

6 (b) The purposes referred to in subsection (a) are sal7 aries and expenses of the House of Representatives under

8 the headings ‘‘ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES’’ and ‘‘SALA9 RIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES’’.

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

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

12 permanent law by chapter VIII of the Supplemental Ap13 propriations Act, 1971, and supplemented by the Act enti14 tled ‘‘An Act relating to former Speakers of the House

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

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

17 section:

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

19 House of Representatives under this resolution shall be

20 available—

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

22 former Speaker on the effective date of this section,

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

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

25 a former Speaker after such effective date, for 5
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1 years, commencing at the expiration of the term of

2 office of the individual as a Representative in Con3 gress.’’.

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

5 effect on October 1, 1993.

6 JOINT ITEMS

7 For joint committees, as follows:

8 JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE

9 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic

10 Committee, $3,980,000 $3,626,000, to be disbursed by the

11 Secretary of the Senate.

12 JOINT COMMITTEE ON PRINTING

13 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on

14 Printing, $1,377,000 $1,311,000, to be disbursed by the

15 Secretary of the Senate.

16 JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION

17 For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on

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

19 House.

20 For other joint items, as follows:

21 OFFICE OF THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN

22 For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent ex23 penses of the emergency rooms, and for the Attending

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

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

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

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

3 $400 per month each to not to exceed nine assistants on

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

5 $1,002,000 for reimbursement to the Department of the

6 Navy for expenses incurred for staff and equipment as7 signed to the Office of the Attending Physician, which

8 shall be advanced and credited to the applicable appropria9 tion or appropriations from which such salaries, allow10 ances, and other expenses are payable and shall be avail11 able for all the purposes thereof, $1,502,000, to be dis12 bursed by the Clerk of the House.

13 CAPITOL POLICE BOARD

14 CAPITOL POLICE

15 SALARIES

16 For the Capitol Police Board for salaries, including

17 overtime, and Government contributions to employees’

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

25 of the amounts appropriated for fiscal year 1994 for sala-
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1 ries, including overtime, and Government contributions to

2 employees’ benefits funds under this heading, such

3 amounts as may be necessary may be transferred between

4 the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives and

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

6 approval of the Committee on Appropriations of the House

7 of Representatives and the Committee on Appropriations

8 of the Senate.

9 GENERAL EXPENSES

10 For the Capitol Police Board for necessary expenses

11 of the Capitol Police, including motor vehicles, commu12 nications and other equipment, uniforms, weapons, sup13 plies, materials, training, medical services, the employee

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

15 program, postage, telephone service, travel advances, relo16 cation of instructor and liaison personnel for the Federal

17 Law Enforcement Training Center, and $85 per month

18 for extra services performed for the Capitol Police Board

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

20 or the House of Representatives designated by the Chair21 man of the Board, $1,977,000, to be disbursed by the

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

23 notwithstanding any other provision of law, the cost of

24 basic training for the Capitol Police at the Federal Law

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

3 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION

4 SEC. 102. Amounts appropriated for fiscal year 1994

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

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

8 Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the

9 House of Representatives.

10 CAPITOL GUIDE SERVICE

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

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

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

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

18 and not more than ten additional individuals for not more

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

20 SPECIAL SERVICES OFFICE

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

23 Senate.
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1 OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For salaries and expenses necessary to carry out the

4 provisions of the Technology Assessment Act of 1972

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

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

9 and rental of space in the District of Columbia,

10 $20,815,000: Provided, That none of the funds in this Act

11 shall be available for salaries or expenses of any employee

12 of the Office of Technology Assessment in excess of 143

13 staff employees: Provided further, That no part of this ap14 propriation shall be available for assessments or activities

15 not initiated and approved in accordance with section 3(d)

16 of Public Law 92–484: Provided further, That none of the

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

18 of employees of the Office of Technology Assessment in

19 connection with any reimbursable study for which funds

20 are provided from sources other than appropriations made

21 under this Act, or shall be available for any other adminis22 trative expenses incurred by the Office of Technology As23 sessment in carrying out such a study.
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1 CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE

2 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

3 For salaries and expenses necessary to carry out the

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

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

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

12 available for salaries or expenses of any employee of the

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

15 supplies, or services to the Congressional Budget Office

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

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

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

19 of the Congressional Budget Office shall have the authority,

20 within the limits of available appropriations, to dispose of

21 surplus or obsolete personal property by inter-agency trans22 fer, donation, or discarding.
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1 ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

2 OFFICE OF THE ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

3 SALARIES

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

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

7 TRAVEL

8 Appropriations under the control of the Architect of

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

11 funds the sum of $20,000.

12 CONTINGENT EXPENSES

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

17 CAPITOL BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

18 CAPITOL BUILDINGS

19 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care

20 and operation of the Capitol and electrical substations of

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

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

24 official reception and representation expenses, to be ex25 pended as the Architect of the Capitol may approve; pur26 chase or exchange, maintenance and operation of a pas-
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1 senger motor vehicle; security installations, which are ap2 proved by the Capitol Police Board, authorized by House

3 Concurrent Resolution 550, Ninety-Second Congress, agreed

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

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

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

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

10 available until expended.

11 CAPITOL GROUNDS

12 For all necessary expenses for care and improvement

13 of grounds surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House

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

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

16 SENATE OFFICE BUILDINGS

17 For all necessary expenses for maintenance, care and

18 operation of Senate Office Buildings; and furniture and

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

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

22 HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS

23 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care

24 and operation of the House office buildings, including the

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

3 CAPITOL POWER PLANT

4 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care

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

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

8 House office buildings, Library of Congress buildings, and

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

11 plants in any of such buildings; heating the Government

12 Printing Office and Washington City Post Office; and

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

15 Marshall Federal Judiciary Building and the Folger

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

18 Capitol and amounts so received shall be deposited into

19 the Treasury to the credit of this appropriation,

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

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

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

24 during fiscal year 1994.
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1 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

2 CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE

3 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

4 For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions

5 of section 203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of

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

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

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

10 with any publication, or preparation of material therefor

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

12 by the Library of Congress unless such publication has

13 obtained prior approval of either the Committee on House

14 Administration of the House of Representatives or the

15 Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate:

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

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

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

22 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

23 CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING AND BINDING

24 For authorized printing and binding for the Congress

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

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

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

8 be distributed without charge to the recipient,

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

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

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

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

17 incurred under the appropriations for similar purposes for

18 preceding fiscal years.

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

21 TITLE II—OTHER AGENCIES

22 BOTANIC GARDEN

23 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

24 For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care

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

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

5 LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 For necessary expenses of the Library of Congress,

8 not otherwise provided for, including development and

9 maintenance of the Union Catalogs; custody and custodial

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

11 laundering and repair of uniforms; preservation of motion

12 pictures in the custody of the Library; operation and

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

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

16 passenger motor vehicle; and expenses of the Library of

17 Congress Trust Fund Board not properly chargeable to

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

19 $201,231,000, of which not more than $7,500,000 shall

20 be derived from collections credited to this appropriation

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

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

23 That the total amount available for obligation shall be re24 duced by the amount by which collections are less than

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

2 until expended for acquisition of books, periodicals, and

3 newspapers, and all other materials including subscrip4 tions for bibliographic services for the Library, including

5 $40,000 to be available solely for the purchase, when spe6 cifically approved by the Librarian, of special and unique

7 materials for additions to the collections.

8 COPYRIGHT OFFICE

9 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

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

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

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

14 credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 1994

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

16 shall be derived from collections during fiscal year 1994

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

19 be reduced by the amount by which collections are less

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

21 amount appropriated is available for the maintenance of

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

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

3 representation and reception expenses for activities of the

4 International Copyright Institute.

5 BOOKS FOR THE BLIND AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

7 For salaries and expenses to carry out the provisions

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

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

10 $10,377,000 $9,946,000 shall remain available until ex11 pended.

12 FURNITURE AND FURNISHINGS

13 For necessary expenses for the purchase and repair

14 of furniture, furnishings, office and library equipment,

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

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

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

20 Thomas Jefferson and John Adams Buildings.

21 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

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

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

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

2 the function or activity for which the appropriation is

3 made.

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

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

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

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

9 higher than GS–15; and

10 (2) grants such manager or supervisor the right

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

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

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

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

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

18 SEC. 203. Appropriated funds received by the Library

19 of Congress from other Federal agencies to cover general

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

23 employ more than 65 employees and may be expended or

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

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

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

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

7 work performed for such agency; or

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

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

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

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

16 the Library of Congress incentive awards program.

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

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

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

23 fiscal year 1995, no amount may be disbursed for any ac24 tivity of the Library of Congress, except to the extent and

25 in the amount provided (1) in the annual regular appro-
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1 priations Act making appropriations for the legislative

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

3 makes appropriations for the legislative branch.

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

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

6 from library and bibliographical services performed on a

7 reimbursable basis, under agency agreement or otherwise,

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

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

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

11 funds administered by the Library of Congress Trust

12 Fund Board or otherwise.

13 ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

14 LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

15 STRUCTURAL AND MECHANICAL CARE

16 For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and

17 structural maintenance, care and operation of the Library

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

19 $1,060,000 $1,341,000 shall remain available until ex20 pended: Provided, That, subject to approval by the Com21 mittee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives

22 and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, the

23 Librarian of Congress may transfer from any appropria24 tion under the heading ‘‘Library of Congress’’ amounts

25 not to exceed in the aggregate $3,200,000 to the appro-
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1 priation ‘‘Architect of the Capitol, Library buildings and

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

3 complete the renovation and restoration of the Thomas

4 Jefferson and John Adams buildings.

5 COPYRIGHT ROYALTY TRIBUNAL

6 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

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

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

12 by 17 U.S.C. 807.

13 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

14 OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS

15 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

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

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

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

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

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

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

4 other designated libraries.

5 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE REVOLVING FUND

6 The Government Printing Office is hereby authorized

7 to make such expenditures, within the limits of funds

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

9 contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year

10 limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government

11 Corporation Control Act as may be necessary in carrying

12 out the programs and purposes set forth in the budget

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

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

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

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

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

21 expenses of the advisory councils to the Public Printer

22 shall be deemed necessary to carry out the provisions of

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

24 revolving fund shall be available for services as authorized

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

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

3 That the revolving fund and the funds provided under the

4 paragraph entitled ‘‘OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF

5 DOCUMENTS, SALARIES AND EXPENSES’’ together may not

6 be available for the full-time equivalent employment of

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

19 44, United States Code, is amended—

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

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

22 ‘‘shall be—’’;

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

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

2 and inserting in lieu thereof a period; and

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

4 (b) The first undesignated paragraph of section 1708

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

6 out the third sentence.

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

8 shall take effect on October 1, 1993.

9 GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE

10 SALARIES AND EXPENSES

11 For necessary expenses of the General Accounting

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

13 the certification of the Comptroller General of the United

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

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

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

19 advance payments in foreign countries in accordance with

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

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

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

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

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

5 International Development—or his designee—under the

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

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

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

10 Office Building shall be available for use in fiscal year

11 1994: Provided further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C.

12 9105 hereafter amounts reimbursed to the Comptroller Gen13 eral pursuant to that section shall be deposited to the appro14 priation of the General Accounting Office then available

15 and remain available until expended, and not more than

16 $4,000,000 of such funds shall be available for use in fiscal

17 year 1994: Provided further, That this appropriation and

18 appropriations for administrative expenses of any other

19 department or agency which is a member of the Joint Fi20 nancial Management Improvement Program (JFMIP)

21 shall be available to finance an appropriate share of

22 JFMIP costs as determined by the JFMIP, including the

23 salary of the Executive Director and secretarial support:

24 Provided further, That this appropriation and appropria25 tions for administrative expenses of any other department
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1 or agency which is a member of the National Intergovern2 mental Audit Forum or a Regional Intergovernmental

3 Audit Forum shall be available to finance an appropriate

4 share of Forum costs as determined by the Forum, includ5 ing necessary travel expenses of non-Federal participants.

6 Payments hereunder to either the Forum or the JFMIP

7 may be credited as reimbursements to any appropriation

8 from which costs involved are initially financed: Provided

9 further, That to the extent that funds are otherwise avail10 able for obligation, agreements or contracts for the re11 moval of asbestos, and renovation of the building and

12 building systems (including the heating, ventilation and

13 air conditioning system, electrical system and other major

14 building systems) of the General Accounting Office Build15 ing may be made for periods not exceeding five years: Pro16 vided further, That this appropriation and appropriations

17 for administrative expenses of any other department or

18 agency which is a member of the American Consortium

19 on International Public Administration (ACIPA) shall be

20 available to finance an appropriate share of ACIPA costs

21 as determined by the ACIPA, including any expenses at22 tributable to membership of ACIPA in the International

23 Institute of Administrative Sciences: Provided further,

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

25 exceed $500,000 shall be available for a broadbased orga-
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1 nizational performance review of the General Accounting

2 Office, focused on agency structure, skills, staffing, sys3 tems, and its execution of its statutory and assigned

4 responsibilities.

5 TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS

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

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

8 vehicles, except for emergency assistance and cleaning as

9 may be provided under regulations relating to parking fa10 cilities for the House of Representatives issued by the

11 Committee on House Administration and for the Senate

12 issued by the Committee on Rules and Administration.

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

14 this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the

15 current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.

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

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

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

2 and clerk hire for Senators and Members of the House

3 of Representatives shall be the permanent law with respect

4 thereto.

5 SEC. 304. The expenditure of any appropriation

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

8 to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter

9 of public record and available for public inspection, except

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

12 SEC. 305. Notwithstanding any other provision of

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

16 transferred from the appropriation ‘‘Library of Congress,

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

18 the Capitol, Library buildings and grounds, Structural

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

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

21 for use by the Library of Congress during fiscal year

22 1994, and to incur incidental expenses in connection with

23 such use.

24 SEC. 306. The General Accounting Office, the Gov25 ernment Printing Office, or the Library of Congress may
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1 for such employees as it deems appropriate authorize a

2 payment to employees who voluntarily separate before

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

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

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

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

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

13 (b) The number of employee positions authorized for

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

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

19 that is eliminated under the preceding sentence may be used

20 for any other purpose.

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

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

23 be reduced by at least 4 percent from the level funded level,

24 other than those supported by gift and trust funds, as of

25 September 30, 1992, or, with the approval of the Commit-
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1 tee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and

2 the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, as of a

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

4 10 percent of the positions eliminated shall be positions

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

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

7 Schedule.

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

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

10 least 62.5 percent of the reduction for each covered entity

11 to be achieved by September 30, 1994.

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

14 (d) As used in this section—

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

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

18 of September 30, 1992; and

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

20 means the House of Representatives, the Senate, the

21 Office of the Architect of the Capitol (including the

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

2 Office of Technology Assessment.

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

4 the submissions in support of the amounts included in the

5 Budget for each entity of the legislative branch shall set

6 forth a separate category for administrative expenses. For

7 fiscal years 1993 and 1994, the administrative expenses

8 for each entity of the legislative branch shall be calculated

9 and submitted in a separate category in the same format

10 as if submitted in support of amounts included in the

11 Budget.

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

13 submissions under subsection (a) in the separate category

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

17 adjusted for inflation, as follows:

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

19 3 percent.

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

21 6 percent.

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

23 9 percent.

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

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

3 (d) As used in this section—

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

5 expenses of contractual services and supplies, other

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

8 required by law;

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

10 United States Government, submitted under section

11 1105 of title 31, United States Code; and

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

13 means the House of Representatives, the Senate, the

14 Office of the Architect of the Capitol (including the

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

18 Printing Office, the Library of Congress, and the

19 Office of Technology Assessment.

20 RETIREMENT CREDIT FOR CERTAIN PRIOR SERVICE WITH

21 THE HOUSE CHILD CARE CENTER

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

23 section—

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

25 the House of Representatives Child Care Center;

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

2 meaning given such term—

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

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

5 section relates to the Civil Service Retirement

6 System; or

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

8 Code, to the extent that this section relates to

9 the Federal Employees’ Retirement System.

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

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

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

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

15 if—

16 (A) such service was performed before October

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

18 Center (as constituted before that date); and

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

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

21 of this Act.

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

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

24 into the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund, by

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

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

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

6 such service unless the full amount of the deposit required

7 under the preceding sentence has been paid.

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

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

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

13 (A) such service was performed before October

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

15 Center (as constituted before that date); and

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

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

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

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

20 into the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund, by

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

22 to the deductions from pay which would have been payable

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

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

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

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

6 considered to relate to the Thrift Savings Plan.

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

8 Management shall—

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

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

12 is sought under this section, accept the certification

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

15 of pay which was paid for such service.

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

17 making Appropriations for sundry Civil Expenses of the

18 Government for the Year ending June thirtieth, eighteen

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

22 ‘‘for each Senator’’.

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

24 effect on October 1, 1993.
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1 SEC. 310. (a) Section 17 of the Act of July 28, 1866

2 (2 U.S.C. 43), is repealed.

3 (b) The first section of the Act of July 8, 1935 (2

4 U.S.C. 43a), under the heading ‘‘SENATE’’ and the sub5 heading ‘‘SALARIES AND MILEAGE OF SENATORS’’, is

6 amended by deleting ‘‘and hereafter the President of the

7 Senate shall be paid mileage at the same rate and in the

8 same manner as now allowed by law to Senators, Members

9 of the House of Representatives, and Delegates in Congress’’.

10 SEC. 311. The Committee on House Administration

11 of the House of Representatives is authorized and directed

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

13 to transfer to the Clerk of the House of Representatives

14 responsibility for all financial activities of legislative serv15 ice organizations, including the establishment and mainte16 nance of revolving accounts to receive their dues and as17 sessments and to make disbursements of their ordinary

18 and necessary business expenses in support of Members’

19 official and representational duties. The transfer referred

20 to in the preceding sentence shall take effect not later than

21 January 1, 1994.

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

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

24 Member of the House of Representatives within the House

25 office buildings.
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1 SEC. 313. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,

2 such sums as may be necessary for the replacement of the

3 Thomas Jefferson Library of Congress Building roof shall

4 be transferred from the funds appropriated to the Clerk of

5 the House in the Fiscal Year 1986 Urgent Supplemental

6 Appropriations Act, Public Law 99–349, and subsequently

7 transferred to the Architect of the Capitol pursuant to the

8 Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1989, Public Law

9 100–458 for Capitol Complex Security Enhancements, to

10 ‘‘Architect of the Capitol, Library Buildings and Grounds,

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

12 exceed $7,000,000 may be transferred pursuant to this sec13 tion.

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

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

16 ‘‘1993’’ and inserting ‘‘1994’’.

17 SEC. 315. Section 2(a) of the Act of July 25, 1974 (2

18 U.S.C. 130c(a)) is amended by deleting ‘‘$500’’ and insert19 ing in lieu thereof ‘‘$1,500’’.

20 SEC. 316. (a) Section 1205(a)(1) of the Supplemental

21 Appropriations Act of 1993 is amended by inserting before

22 the semicolon the following: ‘‘and amounts transferred by

23 the Architect of the Capitol from funds appropriated to the

24 Architect’’.
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1 (b) Section 1205 of such Act is amended by adding

2 at the end the following:

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

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

5 under section 310 of such Public Law, to an employee de6 scribed in section 301(c)(1)(B), to an applicant for a posi7 tion described in section 301(c)(1)(B) as defined in section

8 301(c)(1)(C), or to a person formerly employed in a posi9 tion described in section 301(c)(1)(B) as defined in section

10 301(c)(1)(D), all of Public Law 102–166, the Architect of

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

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

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

14 amount sufficient to pay such award or payment pursuant

15 to such agreement.’’.

16 (c) The amendments made by this section shall be effec17 tive on and after October 1, 1992.

18 SEC. 317. The Librarian of Congress shall enter into

19 an agreement with the President of the University of Ne20 vada, Reno for the purpose of assisting in the establishment

21 of the Great Basin Intergovernmental Center. The Great

22 Basin Intergovernmental Center is authorized to accept

23 contributions from Federal sources. The Center may also

24 receive contributions both in-kind and cash from private

25 and other non-Federal sources.
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1 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative Branch Ap2 propriations Act, 1994’’.

Passed the House of Representatives June 10, 1993.

Attest: DONNALD K. ANDERSON,

Clerk.

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