103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 2348

AMENDMENTS
In the Senate of the United States,

July 23 (legislative day, June 30), 1993.

Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representatives (H.R. 2348) entitled ‘‘An Act making appropriations for

the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September

30, 1994, and for other purposes’’, do pass with the following

AMENDMENTS:

1 Ω1æPage 2, after line 1, insert:

2 SENATE

3 MILEAGE AND EXPENSES ALLOWANCES

4 MILEAGE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT AND SENATORS

5 For mileage of the Vice President and Senators of the

6 United States, $60,000.

7 EXPENSE ALLOWANCES

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

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

10 Leader of the Senate, $10,000; Minority Leader of the Sen11 ate, $10,000; Majority Whip of the Senate, $5,000; Minority

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

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

14 Chairman; in all, $56,000.
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1 REPRESENTATION ALLOWANCES FOR THE MAJORITY AND

2 MINORITY LEADERS

3 For representation allowances of the Majority and Mi4 nority Leaders of the Senate, $15,000 for each such Leader;

5 in all, $30,000.

6 SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES

7 For compensation of officers, employees, and others as

8 authorized by law, including agency contributions,

9 $69,895,000, which shall be paid from this appropriation

10 without regard to the below limitations, as follows:

11 OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT

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

13 OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE

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

15 OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERS

16 For Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders,

17 $2,076,000.

18 OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY WHIPS

19 For Offices of the Majority and Minority Whips,

20 $644,000.

21 CONFERENCE COMMITTEES

22 For the Conference of the Majority and the Conference

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

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

25 committee; in all, $1,884,000.
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1 OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES OF THE CONFERENCE OF

2 THE MAJORITY AND THE CONFERENCE OF THE MINORITY

3 For Offices of the Secretaries of the Conference of the

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

5 OFFICE OF THE CHAPLAIN

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

7 OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

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

9 OFFICE OF THE SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER

10 For Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper,

11 $32,739,000.

12 OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND

13 MINORITY

14 For Offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the

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

16 AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS AND RELATED EXPENSES

17 For agency contributions for employee benefits, as au18 thorized by law, and related expenses, $17,307,000.

19 OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL OF THE SENATE

20 For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legisla21 tive Counsel of the Senate, $3,080,000.

22 OFFICE OF SENATE LEGAL COUNSEL

23 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate Legal

24 Counsel, $833,000.
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1 EXPENSE ALLOWANCES OF THE SECRETARY OF THE SEN2 ATE, SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE

3 SENATE, AND SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND

4 MINORITY OF THE SENATE

5 For expense allowances of the Secretary of the Senate,

6 $3,000; Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate,

7 $3,000; Secretary for the Majority of the Senate, $3,000;

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

9 $12,000.

10 CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE

11 SENATE POLICY COMMITTEES

12 For salaries and expenses of the Majority Policy Com13 mittee and the Minority Policy Committee, $1,199,100 for

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

15 INQUIRIES AND INVESTIGATIONS

16 For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered

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

18 Public Law 601, Seventy-ninth Congress, as amended, sec19 tion 112 of Public Law 96–304 and Senate Resolution 281,

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

21 EXPENSES OF UNITED STATES SENATE CAUCUS ON

22 INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL

23 For expenses of the United States Senate Caucus on

24 International Narcotics Control, $336,000.
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1 SECRETARY OF THE SENATE

2 For expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the Sen3 ate, $1,366,500.

4 SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE SENATE

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

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

7 $16,500,000 shall remain available until expended.

8 MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS

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

10 SENATORS’ OFFICIAL PERSONNEL AND OFFICE EXPENSE

11 ACCOUNT

12 For Senators’ Official Personnel and Office Expense

13 Account, $185,768,000.

14 OFFICE OF SENATE FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES

15 For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate Fair

16 Employment Practices, $825,000.

17 STATIONERY (REVOLVING FUND)

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

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

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

21 all, $13,000.

22 OFFICIAL MAIL COSTS

23 For expenses necessary for official mail costs of the

24 Senate, $20,000,000.
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1 ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS

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

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

4 be vouchered by a Senate support office paying such ex5 penses or to which such charges are owed for goods or serv6 ices provided, if—

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

8 incurring such expenses by such Senate support office;

9 or

10 (2) such charges are payable to such Senate sup11 port office for goods or services provided by such office

12 to the office incurring such expenses.

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

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

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

16 payment is required.

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

18 pursuant to this section shall be accompanied by a certifi19 cation from such office of the amount and that such pur20 chases were of the nature that they could be charged to the

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

22 or to which goods or services were provided.

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

24 paid subject to such regulations as may be promulgated by

25 the Committee on Rules and Administration.
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1 SEC. 2. Effective on and after October 1, 1993, the ag2 gregate of each of the sums determined under clauses (iii)

3 and (iv) of section 506(b)(3)(A) of the Supplemental Appro4 priations Act, 1973 (2 U.S.C. 58(b)(3)(A) (iii) and (iv)),

5 shall be deemed decreased by 2.5 percent.

6 SEC. 3. Section 12 under the subheading ‘‘ADMINIS7 TRATIVE PROVISIONS’’ under the heading ‘‘SENATE’’ in the

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

9 58c–1) is amended in the first sentence by striking ‘‘the

10 Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and’’.

11 Ω2æPage 10, line 23, strike out ø$3,980,000¿ and insert:

12 $3,626,000

13 Ω3æPage 11, line 3, strike out ø$1,377,000¿ and insert:

14 $1,311,000

15 Ω4æPage 14, line 25, before ‘‘rental’’ insert: and

16 Ω5æPage 14, line 25, strike out ø$20,815,000¿ and in17 sert: $21,815,000

18 Ω6æPage 15, line 22, strike out ø$22,317,000¿ and in19 sert: $22,442,000

20 Ω7æPage 16, line 7, after ‘‘98–63’’ insert: : Provided fur21 ther, That the Director of the Congressional Budget Office

22 shall have the authority, within the limits of available ap-
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1 propriations, to dispose of surplus or obsolete personal

2 property by inter-agency transfer, donation, or discarding

3 Ω8æPage 16, line 13, strike out ø$8,762,000¿ and insert:

4 $8,144,000

5 Ω9æPage 16, lines 22 and 23, strike out ø, to remain

6 available until expended¿

7 Ω10æPage 17, line 11, after ‘‘vehicle;’’ insert: security in8 stallations, which are approved by the Capitol Police

9 Board, authorized by House Concurrent Resolution 550,

10 Ninety-Second Congress, agreed to September 19, 1972, the

11 cost limitation of which is hereby further increased by

12 $200,000;

13 Ω11æPage 17, line 15, strike out ø$4,663,000¿ and in14 sert: $4,413,000

15 Ω12æPage 17, after line 20, insert:

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 Ω13æPage 21, line 19, strike out ø$201,231,000¿ and

23 insert: $202,304,595
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1 Ω14æPage 23, line 9, strike out ø$43,144,000¿ and in2 sert: $42,713,000

3 Ω15æPage 23, line 9, strike out ø$10,377,000¿ and in4 sert: $9,946,000

5 Ω16æPage 25, strike out all after line 21 over to and

6 including line 12 on page 26

7 Ω17æPage 26, line 18, strike out ø$9,543,000¿ and in8 sert: $9,974,000

9 Ω18æPage 26, line 18, strike out ø$1,060,000¿ and in10 sert: $1,341,000

11 Ω19æPage 31, line 11, after ‘‘1994’’ insert: : Provided

12 further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 9105 hereafter

13 amounts reimbursed to the Comptroller General pursuant

14 to that section shall be deposited to the appropriation of

15 the General Accounting Office then available and remain

16 available until expended, and not more than $4,000,000 of

17 such funds shall be available for use in fiscal year 1994

18 Ω20æPage 34, strike out all after line 19 over to and

19 including line 2 on page 35, and insert:

20 SEC. 306. (a) The General Accounting Office, the Gov21 ernment Printing Office, or the Library of Congress may

22 for such employees as it deems appropriate authorize a pay23 ment to employees who voluntarily separate before January
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1 1, 1994, whether by retirement or resignation, which pay2 ment shall be paid in accordance with the provisions of sec3 tion 5597(d) of title 5, United States Code.

4 (b) The number of employee positions authorized for

5 the General Accounting Office, the Government Printing Of6 fice, or the Library of Congress, as the case may be, shall

7 be reduced by one position for each vacancy created by rea8 son of a separation under subsection (a). No funds appro9 priated by this Act for salaries or expenses of any position

10 that is eliminated under the preceding sentence may be used

11 for any other purpose.

12 Ω21æPage 35, line 5, strike out ølevel¿ and insert: fund13 ed level, other than those supported by gift and trust funds,

14 Ω22æPage 40, strike out all after line 23 over to and

15 including line 7 on page 41 and insert:

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’’, approved

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

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

22 Senator’’.

23 (b) The first section of the Legislative Branch Appro24 priations Act, 1936 (2 U.S.C. 43a), under the heading

25 ‘‘SENATE’’, and subheading ‘‘SALARIES AND MILEAGE OF
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1 SENATORS’’, is amended by striking ‘‘Senators, Members of

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

3 and inserting ‘‘Senators’’.

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

5 shall take effect on October 1, 1993.

6 Ω23æPage 41, after line 23, insert:

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

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

9 Thomas Jefferson Library of Congress Building roof shall

10 be transferred from the funds appropriated to the Clerk of

11 the House in the Fiscal Year 1986 Urgent Supplemental

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

13 transferred to the Architect of the Capitol pursuant to the

14 Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1989, Public Law

15 100–458 for Capitol Complex Security Enhancements, to

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

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

18 exceed $7,000,000 may be transferred pursuant to this sec19 tion.

20 Ω24æPage 41, after line 23, insert:

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

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

23 ‘‘1993’’ and inserting ‘‘1994’’.

24 Ω25æPage 41, after line 23, insert:
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1 SEC. 315. Section 2(a) of the Act of July 25, 1974 (2

2 U.S.C. 130c(a)) is amended by deleting ‘‘$500’’ and insert3 ing in lieu thereof ‘‘$1,500’’.

4 Ω26æPage 41, after line 23, insert:

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

6 Appropriations Act of 1993 is amended by inserting before

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

8 the Architect of the Capitol from funds appropriated to the

9 Architect’’.

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

11 at the end the following:

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

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

14 under section 310 of such Public Law, to an employee de15 scribed in section 301(c)(1)(B), to an applicant for a posi16 tion described in section 301(c)(1)(B) as defined in section

17 301(c)(1)(C), or to a person formerly employed in a posi18 tion described in section 301(c)(1)(B) as defined in section

19 301(c)(1)(D), all of Public Law 102–166, the Architect of

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

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

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

23 amount sufficient to pay such award or payment pursuant

24 to such agreement.’’.
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1 (c) The amendments made by this section shall be effec2 tive on and after October 1, 1992.

3 Ω27æPage 41, after line 23, insert:

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

5 an agreement with the President of the University of Ne6 vada, Reno for the purpose of assisting in the establishment

7 of the Great Basin Intergovernmental Center. The Great

8 Basin Intergovernmental Center is authorized to accept

9 contributions from Federal sources. The Center may also

10 receive contributions both in-kind and cash from private

11 and other non-Federal sources.

12 Ω28æPage 41, after line 23, insert:

13 SEC. 318. (a)(1) None of the funds appropriated or

14 made available from any source for any fiscal year may

15 be obligated or expended by any entity of the Executive

16 Branch for the procurement or production of any printing

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

18 duplicating is requisitioned through the Government Print19 ing Office.

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

21 printing or duplicating orders costing not more than

22 $1,000, if the work is not of a continuing or repetitive na23 ture, and, as certified by the Public Printer, cannot be pro24 vided more economically by open, competitive procurement

25 through the Government Printing Office, (B) printing for
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1 the Central Intelligence Agency, the Defense Intelligence

2 Agency, the National Security Agency, or specifically classi3 fied material of the Department of Defense, or (C) printing

4 from other sources that is specifically authorized by law.

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

6 for military operational requirements: Provided, That the

7 Secretary shall notify the Joint Committee on Printing

8 within seven days.

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

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

11 platemaking; wet and dry offset; letterpress; gravure; flexog12 raphy; ink jet; electrostatic or other copying; laser or vari13 able imaging; silk screen processes; production of an image

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

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

Attest:

Secretary.
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