datamatters24/research-document-archive huggingface dataset:
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph
(A), by striking ‘‘The Official Mail Allowance’’
and inserting ‘‘Funds used for official mail’’;
(B) by striking subparagraph (A); and
(C) by redesignating subparagraphs (B)
and (C) as subparagraphs (A) and (B).
(3) REPEAL OF OBSOLETE TRANSFER AUTHOR-
ITY.—Section 311(e) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 59e(e))
is amended by striking paragraph (3).
(4) CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—(A) section
1(a) of House Resolution 457, Ninety-second Con-
gress, agreed to July 21, 1971, as enacted into per-
manent law by chapter IV of the Supplemental Ap-
propriations Act, 1972 (2 U.S.C. 57(a)), is amended
by striking ‘‘the Official Mail Allowance’’ each place
it appears and inserting ‘‘official mail’’.
(B) section 311(a)(3) of the Legislative Branch
Appropriations Act, 1991 (2 U.S.C. 59e(a)(3)) is
amended by striking ‘‘costs charged against the Offi-
cial Mail Allowance for’’ and inserting ‘‘costs in-
curred for official mail by’’.
(b) REPEAL OF OBSOLETE REFERENCES TO CLERK
HIRE ALLOWANCE.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 104(a) of the House
of Representatives Administrative Reform Technical
OFFICE OF THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN
For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent ex-
penses 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 three medical officers
while on duty in the Office of the Attending Physician;
(3) an allowance of $500 per month to one assistant and
$400 per month each not to exceed eleven assistants on
the basis heretofore provided for such assistants; and (4)
$1,002,600 for reimbursement to the Department of the
Navy for expenses incurred for staff and equipment as-
signed to the Office of the Attending Physician, which
shall be advanced and credited to the applicable appropria-
tion or appropriations from which such salaries, allow-
ances, and other expenses are payable and shall be avail-
able for all the purposes thereof, $1,898,000, to be dis-
bursed by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House.
CAPITOL POLICE BOARD
CAPITOL POLICE
SALARIES
For the Capitol Police Board for salaries of officers,
members, and employees of the Capitol Police, including
overtime, hazardous duty pay differential, clothing allow-
ance of not more than $600 each for members required
(3) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘(40 U.S.C.
174j–1(e))’’ and inserting ‘‘(40 U.S.C. 174j–1
note)’’.
SEC. 309. Notwithstanding any other provision of
this Act, appropriations under this Act for the following
agencies and activities are reduced by the following respec-
tive amounts:
House of Representatives, Salaries and Ex-
penses, $29,135,000, from which the following ac-
counts are to be reduced by the following amounts:
House Leadership Offices, $142,000;
Members’ Representational Allowances In-
cluding Members’ Clerk Hire, Official Expenses
of Members, and Official Mail, $28,297,000;
Committee on Appropriations, $213,000;
and
Salaries, 
Officers 
and 
Employees,
$483,000 to be derived from other authorized
employees.
Architect of the Capitol, Capitol Buildings and
Grounds, Capitol Buildings, Salaries and Expenses,
$1,465,000;
Architect of the Capitol, Capitol Buildings and
Grounds, House Office Buildings, $3,400,000;
Architect of the Capitol, Capitol Buildings and
Grounds, Capitol Power Plant, $4,400,000;
Library of Congress, Congressional Research
Service, Salaries and Expenses, $315,000;
Government 
Printing 
Office, 
Congressional
Printing and Binding, $4,127,000;
Library of Congress, Salaries and Expenses,
$685,000;
Library of Congress, Furniture and Fur-
nishings, $5,415,000;
Architect of the Capitol, Library Buildings and
Grounds, 
Structural 
and 
Mechanical 
Care,
$4,372,000; and
General Accounting Office, Salaries and Ex-
penses, $1,500,000:
Provided, That the amount reduced under House of Rep-
resentatives, House Leadership Offices, shall be distrib-
uted among the various leadership offices as approved by
the Committee on Appropriations: Provided further, That
the amount to remain available under the heading Archi-
tect of the Capitol, Capitol Buildings and Grounds, Cap-
itol Buildings, Salaries and Expenses, is reduced by
$1,465,000; the amount to remain available under the
heading Architect of the Capitol, Capitol Buildings and
Grounds, House Office Buildings, is reduced by
$3,400,000; and the amount to remain available under the
heading Architect of the Capitol, Library Buildings and
Grounds, Structural and Mechanical Care, is reduced by
$4,000,000.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative Branch Ap-
propriations Act, 2000’’.
Passed the House of Representatives June 10, 1999.
Attest:
Clerk.
Corrections Act (2 U.S.C. 92(a)) is amended by
striking ‘‘clerk hire’’ each place it appears.
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The heading
of section 104 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 92(a)) is
amended by striking ‘‘CLERK HIRE’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall apply with respect to the first session
of the One Hundred Sixth Congress and each succeeding
session of Congress.
SEC. 104. (a) REQUIRING AMOUNTS REMAINING IN
MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES
TO
BE
USED FOR DEFICIT REDUCTION OR TO REDUCE THE
FEDERAL DEBT.—Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, any amounts appropriated under this Act for
‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—SALARIES
AND
EXPENSES—MEMBERS’ 
REPRESENTATIONAL
ALLOW-
ANCES’’ shall be available only for fiscal year 2000. Any
amount remaining after all payments are made under such
allowances for fiscal year 2000 shall be deposited in the
Treasury and used for deficit reduction (or, if there is no
Federal budget deficit after all such payments have been
made, for reducing the Federal debt, in such manner as
the Secretary of the Treasury considers appropriate).
(b) PUBLICATION.—After each session of Congress or
other period for which the amounts described in subsection
(a) are made available, there shall be published in the Con-
gressional Record a statement showing, with respect to
such session or period, the amount deposited with respect
to each Member under subsection (a) and the total depos-
ited with respect to all Members.
(c) REGULATIONS.—The Committee on House Ad-
ministration of the House of Representatives shall have
authority to prescribe regulations to carry out this section.
(d) DEFINITION.—As used in this section, the term
‘‘Member of the House of Representatives’’ means a Rep-
resentative in, or a Delegate or Resident Commissioner
to, the Congress.
JOINT ITEMS
For Joint Committees, as follows:
JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic
Committee, $3,200,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary
of the Senate.
JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on
Taxation, $6,188,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Ad-
ministrative Officer of the House.
For other joint items, as follows:
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(19 U.S.C. 2213 note) is amended by adding at the end the following
new sentence:
‘‘Amounts appropriated pursuant to this subsection shall remain
available until the date which is 90 days after the date on which
the Commission submits the final report described in subsection
(e).’’.
(b) APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN PAY AUTHORITIES TO MEMBERS
OF THE COMMISSION.—Section 127(g) of the Trade Deficit Review
Commission Act is amended by adding at the end the following
new paragraph:
‘‘(6) APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN PAY AUTHORITIES.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—An individual who is a member
of the Commission and is an annuitant or otherwise covered
by section 8344 or 8468 of title 5, United States Code,
by reason of membership on the Commission is not subject
to the provisions of section 8344 or 8468 (whichever is
applicable) with respect to such membership.
‘‘(B) UNIFORMED
SERVICE.—An individual who is a
member of the Commission and is a member or former
member of a uniformed service is not subject to the provi-
sions of subsections (b) and (c) of section 5532, United
States Code, with respect to membership on the Commis-
sion.’’.
(c) TERMINATION
OF
COMMISSION
AND
OTHER
MATTERS.—
Section 127 of the Trade Deficit Review Commission Act is amended
by adding at the end the following new subsections:
‘‘(j) FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ACT.—The provisions of
the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Public Law 92–463; 5 U.S.C.
App.) shall not apply to the Commission.
‘‘(k) TERMINATION.—The Commission shall terminate 90 days
after the date on which the Commission submits the final report
under subsection (e).’’.
SEC. 312. CREDITABLE SERVICE WITH CONGRESSIONAL CAM-
PAIGN COMMITTEES. Section 8332(m)(1)(A) of title 5, United States
Code, is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(A) such employee has at least 4 years and 6 months
of service on such committees as of December 12, 1980; and’’.
SEC. 313. Section 507 of Public Law 104–1 (109 Stat. 43;
2 U.S.C. 1436) is repealed.
TITLE IV—FISCAL YEAR 1999 SUPPLEMENTAL LEGISLATIVE
BRANCH FUNDS
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PAYMENTS TO WIDOWS AND HEIRS OF DECEASED MEMBERS OF
CONGRESS
For payment to Marta Macias Brown, widow of George E.
Brown, Jr., late a Representative from the State of California,
$136,700: Provided, That this provision shall take effect on the
date of the enactment of this Act.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION
SEC. 401. (a) The Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1999
(Public Law 105–275; 112 Stat. 2437) is amended in the item
relating to ‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—Salaries and
H. R. 1905—22
Expenses—salaries, 
officers 
and 
employees’’ 
by 
striking
‘‘$24,282,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$24,982,000’’.
(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect
as if included in the enactment of the Legislative Branch Appropria-
tions Act, 1999.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative Branch Supplemental
Appropriations Act, 1999’’.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative Branch Appropriations
Act, 2000’’.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
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account; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the In-
spector General, $3,926,000; for salaries and expenses of
the Office of General Counsel, $840,000; for the Office
of the Chaplain, $136,000; for salaries and expenses of
the Office of the Parliamentarian, including the Parlia-
mentarian and $2,000 for preparing the Digest of Rules,
$1,172,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the
Law Revision Counsel of the House, $2,045,000; for sala-
ries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel
of the House, $5,085,000; for salaries and expenses of the
Corrections Calendar Office, $825,000; and for other au-
thorized employees, $688,000.
ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES
For allowances and expenses as authorized by House
resolution or law, $135,422,000, including: supplies, mate-
rials, administrative costs and Federal tort claims,
$2,741,000; official mail for committees, leadership of-
fices, and administrative offices of the House, $410,000;
Government contributions for health, retirement, Social
Security, 
and 
other 
applicable 
employee 
benefits,
$131,595,000; and miscellaneous items including pur-
chase, exchange, maintenance, repair and operation of
House motor vehicles, interparliamentary receptions, and
gratuities to heirs of deceased employees of the House,
$676,000.
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CHILD CARE CENTER
For salaries and expenses of the House of Represent-
atives Child Care Center, such amounts as are deposited
in the account established by section 312(d)(1) of the Leg-
islative 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 Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
SEC. 101. (a) COMPLIANCE WITH ADMISSION RE-
QUIREMENTS.—The General Counsel of the House of Rep-
resentatives and any other counsel in the Office of the
General Counsel of the House of Representatives, includ-
ing any counsel specially retained by the Office of General
Counsel, shall be entitled, for the purpose of performing
the counsel’s functions, to enter an appearance in any pro-
ceeding before any court of the United States or of any
State or political subdivision thereof without compliance
with any requirements for admission to practice before
such court, except that the authorization conferred by this
subsection shall not apply with respect to the admission
of any such person to practice before the United States
Supreme Court.
(b) NOTIFICATION BY ATTORNEY GENERAL.—The
Attorney General shall notify the General Counsel of the
(3) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘(40 U.S.C.
174j–1(e))’’ and inserting ‘‘(40 U.S.C. 174j–1
note)’’.
SEC. 309. Notwithstanding any other provision of
this Act, appropriations under this Act for the following
agencies and activities are reduced by the following respec-
tive amounts:
House of Representatives, Salaries and Ex-
penses, $29,135,000, from which the following ac-
counts are to be reduced by the following amounts:
House Leadership Offices, $142,000;
Members’ Representational Allowances In-
cluding Members’ Clerk Hire, Official Expenses
of Members, and Official Mail, $28,297,000;
Committee on Appropriations, $213,000;
and
Salaries, 
Officers 
and 
Employees,
$483,000 to be derived from other authorized
employees.
Architect of the Capitol, Capitol Buildings and
Grounds, Capitol Buildings, Salaries and Expenses,
$1,465,000;
Architect of the Capitol, Capitol Buildings and
Grounds, House Office Buildings, $3,400,000;
Architect of the Capitol, Capitol Buildings and
Grounds, Capitol Power Plant, $4,400,000;
Library of Congress, Congressional Research
Service, Salaries and Expenses, $315,000;
Government 
Printing 
Office, 
Congressional
Printing and Binding, $4,127,000;
Library of Congress, Salaries and Expenses,
$685,000;
Library of Congress, Furniture and Fur-
nishings, $5,415,000;
Architect of the Capitol, Library Buildings and
Grounds, 
Structural 
and 
Mechanical 
Care,
$4,372,000; and
General Accounting Office, Salaries and Ex-
penses, $1,500,000:
Provided, That the amount reduced under House of Rep-
resentatives, House Leadership Offices, shall be distrib-
uted among the various leadership offices as approved by
the Committee on Appropriations: Provided further, That
the amount to remain available under the heading Archi-
tect of the Capitol, Capitol Buildings and Grounds, Cap-
itol Buildings, Salaries and Expenses, is reduced by
$1,465,000; the amount to remain available under the
heading Architect of the Capitol, Capitol Buildings and
Grounds, House Office Buildings, is reduced by
$3,400,000; and the amount to remain available under the
heading Architect of the Capitol, Library Buildings and
Grounds, Structural and Mechanical Care, is reduced by
$4,000,000.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative Branch Ap-
propriations Act, 2000’’.
Passed the House of Representatives June 10, 1999.
Attest:
JEFF TRANDAHL,
Clerk.
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House of Representatives with respect to any proceeding
in which the United States is a party of any determination
by the Attorney General or Solicitor General not to appeal
any court decision affecting the constitutionality of an Act
or joint resolution of Congress within such time as will
enable the House to direct the General Counsel to inter-
vene as a party in such proceeding pursuant to applicable
rules of the House of Representatives.
(c) GENERAL COUNSEL DEFINITION.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘General Counsel of the House of Rep-
resentatives’’ means—
(1) the head of the Office of General Counsel
established and operating under clause 8 of rule II
of the Rules of the House of Representatives;
(2) the head of any successor office to the Of-
fice of General Counsel which is established after the
date of the enactment of this Act; and
(3) any other person authorized and directed in
accordance with the Rules of the House of Rep-
resentatives to provide legal assistance and represen-
tation to the House in connection with the matters
described in this section.
SEC. 102. Section 104(a) of the Legislative Branch
Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105–275; 112 Stat.
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2439) is amended by striking ‘‘(2 U.S.C. 59(e)(2))’’ and
inserting ‘‘(2 U.S.C. 59e(e)(2))’’.
SEC. 103. (a) CLARIFICATION OF RULES REGARDING
USE OF FUNDS FOR OFFICIAL MAIL.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 311(e)(1) of the
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1991 (2
U.S.C. 59e(e)(1)) is amended—
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph
(A), by striking ‘‘There is established’’ and all
that follows through ‘‘shall be prescribed—’’
and inserting the following: ‘‘The use of funds
of the House of Representatives which are
made available for official mail of Members, of-
ficers, and employees of the House of Rep-
resentatives who are persons entitled to use the
congressional frank shall be governed by regula-
tions promulgated—’’; and
(B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘the
Allowance’’ and inserting ‘‘official mail (except
as provided in subparagraph (B))’’.
(2) 
LIMITATIONS
ON
AVAILABILITY
OF
FUNDS.—Section 311(e)(2) of such Act (2 U.S.C.
59e(e)(2)), as amended by section 104(a) of the
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1999, is
amended—
376
(A) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (1) of sec-
tion 4042(b) is amended by adding ‘‘and’’ at
the end of subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘,
and’’ at the end of subparagraph (B) and in-
serting a period, and by striking subparagraph
(C).
(B) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Para-
graph (2) of section 4042(b) is amended by
striking subparagraph (C).
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this subsection shall take effect on October 1, 1999 (Octo-
ber 1, 2003, in the case of the amendments made by sub-
section (b)), but shall not take effect if section 1321 does
not take effect.
SEC. 1323. REPEAL OF EXCISE TAX ON FISHING TACKLE
BOXES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (6) of section 4162(a)
(defining sport fishing equipment) is amended by striking
subparagraph (C) and by redesignating subparagraphs
(D) through (J) as subparagraphs (C) through (I), respec-
tively.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
this section shall apply to articles sold by the manufac-
turer, producer, or importer more than 30 days after the
date of the enactment of this Act.
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(2) in paragraph (6)—
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking
‘‘paragraphs (2), (3), and (4)’’ and inserting
‘‘paragraph (2)’’; and
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking
‘‘paragraph (5)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (3)’’;
(3) in paragraph (7)(G), by striking ‘‘, (2), (3),
or (4)’’ and inserting ‘‘or (2)’’; and
(4) by redesignating paragraphs (5), (6), and (7)
as paragraphs (3), (4), and (5), respectively.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative Branch Ap-
propriations Act, 2000’’.
Passed the House of Representatives June 10, 1999.
Attest:
JEFF TRANDAHL,
Clerk.
Passed the Senate June 16, 1999.
Attest:
GARY SISCO,
Secretary.
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able to the Department for support of activities of congres-
sional relations: Provided further, That not less than
$2,241,000 shall be transferred to agencies funded by this
Act to maintain personnel at the agency level.
OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS
For necessary expenses to carry on services relating to
the coordination of programs involving public affairs, for
the dissemination of agricultural information, and the co-
ordination of information, work, and programs authorized
by Congress in the Department, $8,138,000, including em-
ployment pursuant to the second sentence of section 706(a)
of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of which not
to exceed $10,000 shall be available for employment under
5 U.S.C. 3109, and not to exceed $2,000,000 may be used
for farmers’ bulletins.
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector
General, including employment pursuant to the second sen-
tence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C.
2225), and the Inspector General Act of 1978, $65,128,000,
including such sums as may be necessary for contracting
and other arrangements with public agencies and private
persons pursuant to section 6(a)(9) of the Inspector General
Act of 1978, including a sum not to exceed $50,000 for em-
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services to offices of the Department and for general admin-
istration and disaster management of the Department, re-
pairs and alterations, and other miscellaneous supplies and
expenses not otherwise provided for and necessary for the
practical and efficient work of the Department, including
employment pursuant to the second sentence of section
706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7 U.S.C. 2225), of which
not to exceed $10,000 is for employment under 5 U.S.C.
3109: Provided, That this appropriation shall be reim-
bursed from applicable appropriations in this Act for travel
expenses incident to the holding of hearings as required by
5 U.S.C. 551–558.
OUTREACH FOR SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED FARMERS
For grants and contracts pursuant to section 2501 of
the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990
(7 U.S.C. 2279), $3,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended.
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR
CONGRESSIONAL RELATIONS
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of the
Assistant Secretary for Congressional Relations to carry out
the programs funded by this Act, including programs in-
volving intergovernmental affairs and liaison within the ex-
ecutive branch, $3,668,000: Provided, That no other funds
appropriated to the Department by this Act shall be avail-
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‘‘(1)(A) an application for patent, published
pursuant to section 122(b), by another filed in the
United States before the invention by the applicant
for patent, except that an international application
filed under the treaty defined in section 351(a) shall
have the effect under this subsection of a national
application published under section 122(b) only if
the international application designating the United
States was published under Article 21(2)(a) of such
treaty in the English language; or
‘‘(B) a patent granted on an application for
patent by another filed in the United States before
the invention by the applicant for patent, except that
a patent shall not be deemed filed in the United
States for the purposes of this subsection based on
the filing of an international application filed under
the treaty defined in section 351(a); or’’.
SEC. 406. COST RECOVERY FOR PUBLICATION.
The Director of the United States Patent and Trade-
mark Office shall recover the cost of early publication re-
quired by the amendment made by section 402 by charg-
ing a separate publication fee after notice of allowance is
given pursuant to section 151 of title 35, United States
Code.
OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL
(INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS)
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Inspector
General, including employment pursuant to the second
sentence of section 706(a) of the Organic Act of 1944 (7
U.S.C. 2225), and the Inspector General Act of 1978,
$65,128,000, including such sums as may be necessary for
contracting and other arrangements with public agencies
and private persons pursuant to section 6(a)(9) of the In-
spector General Act of 1978, including not to exceed
$50,000 for employment under 5 U.S.C. 3109; and includ-
ing not to exceed $125,000 for certain confidential oper-
ational expenses, including the payment of informants, to
be expended under the direction of the Inspector General
pursuant to Public Law 95–452 and section 1337 of Pub-
lic Law 97–98.
OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL
For necessary expenses of the Office of the General
Counsel, $29,194,000.
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR RESEARCH,
EDUCATION AND ECONOMICS
For necessary salaries and expenses of the Office of
the Under Secretary for Research, Education and Eco-
nomics to administer the laws enacted by the Congress
for the Economic Research Service, the National Agricul-