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with any publication, or preparation of material therefor 
(except the Digest of Public General Bills), to be issued 
by the Library of Congress unless such publication has 
obtained prior approval of either the Committee on House 
Administration of the House of Representatives or the 
Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate. 
BOOKS FOR THE BLIND AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses to carry out the Act of 
March 3, 1931 (chapter 400; 46 Stat. 1487; 2 U.S.C. 
135a), $50,674,000: Provided, That of the total amount 
appropriated, $650,000 shall be available to contract to 
provide newspapers to blind and physically handicapped 
residents at no cost to the individual. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
REIMBURSABLE AND REVOLVING FUND ACTIVITIES 
SEC. 1101. (a) IN GENERAL.—For fiscal year 2012, 
the obligational authority of the Library of Congress for 
the activities described in subsection (b) may not exceed 
$169,725,000. 
(b) ACTIVITIES.—The activities referred to in sub-
section (a) are reimbursable and revolving fund activities 
that are funded from sources other than appropriations 
to the Library in appropriations Acts for the legislative 
branch.
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(c) TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—During fiscal year 2012, 
the Librarian of Congress may temporarily transfer funds 
appropriated in this Act, under the heading ‘‘Library of 
Congress’’, under the subheading ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
penses’’, to the revolving fund for the FEDLINK Program 
and the Federal Research Program established under sec-
tion 103 of the Library of Congress Fiscal Operations Im-
provement Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–481; 2 U.S.C. 
182c): Provided, That the total amount of such transfers 
may not exceed $1,900,000: Provided further, That the ap-
propriate revolving fund account shall reimburse the Li-
brary for any amounts transferred to it before the period 
of availability of the Library appropriation expires. 
TRANSFER AUTHORITY 
SEC. 1102. (a) IN GENERAL.—Amounts appropriated 
for fiscal year 2012 for the Library of Congress may be 
transferred during fiscal year 2012 between any of the 
headings under the heading ‘‘Library of Congress’’ upon 
the approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate. 
(b) LIMITATION.—Not more than 10 percent of the 
total amount of funds appropriated to the account under 
any heading under the heading ‘‘Library of Congress’’ for 
fiscal year 2012 may be transferred from that account by 
all transfers made under subsection (a).
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FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR WORKERS COMPENSATION 
PAYMENTS 
SEC. 1103. (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, available balances of expired Li-
brary of Congress appropriations shall be available for the 
purposes of making payments for employees of the Library 
of Congress under section 8147 of title 5, United States 
Code, without regard to the fiscal year for which the obli-
gation to make such payments is incurred. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply with 
respect to appropriations for fiscal year 2012 and each 
fiscal year thereafter. 
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 
CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING AND BINDING 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For authorized printing and binding for the Congress 
and the distribution of Congressional information in any 
format; printing and binding of Government publications 
authorized by law to be distributed to Members of Con-
gress; and printing, binding, and distribution of Govern-
ment publications authorized by law to be distributed 
without charge to the recipient, $78,000,000 (reduced by 
$3,414,150.29): Provided, That this appropriation shall 
not be available for paper copies of the permanent edition 
of the Congressional Record for individual Representa-
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tives, Resident Commissioners or Delegates authorized 
under section 906 of title 44, United States Code: Pro-
vided further, That this appropriation shall be available 
for the payment of obligations incurred under the appro-
priations for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding the 2-year limita-
tion under section 718 of title 44, United States Code, 
none of the funds appropriated or made available under 
this Act or any other Act for printing and binding and 
related services provided to Congress under chapter 7 of 
title 44, United States Code, may be expended to print 
a document, report, or publication after the 27-month pe-
riod beginning on the date that such document, report, 
or publication is authorized by Congress to be printed, un-
less Congress reauthorizes such printing in accordance 
with section 718 of title 44, United States Code: Provided 
further, That any unobligated or unexpended balances in 
this account or accounts for similar purposes for preceding 
fiscal years may be transferred to the Government Print-
ing Office revolving fund for carrying out the purposes of 
this heading, subject to the approval of the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
Senate: Provided further, That notwithstanding sections 
901, 902, and 906 of title 44, United States Code, this
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appropriation may be used to prepare indexes to the Con-
gressional Record on only a monthly and session basis. 
OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses of the Office of Superintendent of Doc-
uments necessary to provide for the cataloging and index-
ing of Government publications and their distribution to 
the public, Members of Congress, other Government agen-
cies, and designated depository and international exchange 
libraries as authorized by law, $35,000,000 (reduced by 
$1,531,990.51): Provided, That amounts of not more than 
$2,000,000 from current year appropriations are author-
ized for producing and disseminating Congressional serial 
sets and other related publications for fiscal years 2010 
and 2011 to depository and other designated libraries: 
Provided further, That any unobligated or unexpended bal-
ances in this account or accounts for similar purposes for 
preceding fiscal years may be transferred to the Govern-
ment Printing Office revolving fund for carrying out the 
purposes of this heading, subject to the approval of the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and Senate.
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GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE REVOLVING FUND 
The Government Printing Office is hereby authorized 
to make such expenditures, within the limits of funds 
available and in accordance with law, and to make such 
contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year 
limitations as provided by section 9104 of title 31, United 
States Code, as may be necessary in carrying out the pro-
grams and purposes set forth in the budget for the current 
fiscal year for the Government Printing Office revolving 
fund: Provided, That not more than $7,500 may be ex-
pended on the certification of the Public Printer in connec-
tion with official representation and reception expenses: 
Provided further, That the revolving fund shall be available 
for the hire or purchase of not more than 12 passenger 
motor vehicles: Provided further, That expenditures in con-
nection with travel expenses of the advisory councils to 
the Public Printer shall be deemed necessary to carry out 
the provisions of title 44, United States Code: Provided 
further, That the revolving fund shall be available for tem-
porary or intermittent services under section 3109(b) of 
title 5, United States Code, but at rates for individuals 
not more than the daily equivalent of the annual rate of 
basic pay for level V of the Executive Schedule under sec-
tion 5316 of such title: Provided further, That activities
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financed through the revolving fund may provide informa-
tion in any format. 
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Government Account-
ability Office, including not more than $12,500 to be ex-
pended on the certification of the Comptroller General of 
the United States in connection with official representa-
tion and reception expenses; temporary or intermittent 
services under section 3109(b) of title 5, United States 
Code, but at rates for individuals not more than the daily 
equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay for level IV of 
the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of such title; 
hire of one passenger motor vehicle; advance payments in 
foreign countries in accordance with section 3324 of title 
31, United States Code; benefits comparable to those pay-
able under sections 901(5), (6), and (8) of the Foreign 
Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4081(5), (6), and (8)); 
and under regulations prescribed by the Comptroller Gen-
eral of the United States, rental of living quarters in for-
eign countries, $511,296,000: Provided, That, in addition, 
$18,304,000 of payments received under sections 782, 
3521, and 9105 of title 31, United States Code, shall be 
available without fiscal year limitation: Provided further, 
That this appropriation and appropriations for adminis-
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trative expenses of any other department or agency which 
is a member of the National Intergovernmental Audit 
Forum or a Regional Intergovernmental Audit Forum 
shall be available to finance an appropriate share of either 
Forum’s costs as determined by the respective Forum, in-
cluding necessary travel expenses of non-Federal partici-
pants: Provided further, That payments hereunder to the 
Forum may be credited as reimbursements to any appro-
priation from which costs involved are initially financed. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
SEC. 1201. (a) Section 210 of the Legislative Branch 
Appropriations Act, 2005 (2 U.S.C. 60q) is amended— 
(1) by striking subsection (d); and 
(2) in subsection (f)(2)(A), by striking ‘‘United 
States Code’’ and inserting ‘‘United States Code, 
but excluding the Government Accountability Of-
fice’’. 
(b) Section 3521(1) of title 5, United States Code, 
is amended by striking ‘‘section 105’’ and inserting ‘‘sec-
tion 105 (other than the Government Accountability Of-
fice)’’. 
(c) The amendments made by this section shall apply 
with respect to voluntary separation incentive payments 
made during fiscal year 2012 or any succeeding fiscal 
year.
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OPEN WORLD LEADERSHIP CENTER TRUST 
FUND 
For a payment to the Open World Leadership Center 
Trust Fund for financing activities of the Open World 
Leadership Center under section 313 of the Legislative 
Branch Appropriations Act, 2001 (2 U.S.C. 1151), 
$1,000,000. 
TITLE II—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
MAINTENANCE AND CARE OF PRIVATE VEHICLES 
SEC. 201. No part of the funds appropriated in this 
Act shall be used for the maintenance or care of private 
vehicles, except for emergency assistance and cleaning as 
may be provided under regulations relating to parking fa-
cilities for the House of Representatives issued by the 
Committee on House Administration and for the Senate 
issued by the Committee on Rules and Administration. 
FISCAL YEAR LIMITATION 
SEC. 202. No part of the funds appropriated in this 
Act shall remain available for obligation beyond fiscal year 
2012 unless expressly so provided in this Act. 
RATES OF COMPENSATION AND DESIGNATION 
SEC. 203. Whenever in this Act any office or position 
not specifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of 
1929 (46 Stat. 32 et seq.) is appropriated for or the rate 
of compensation or designation of any office or position
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appropriated for is different from that specifically estab-
lished by such Act, the rate of compensation and the des-
ignation in this Act shall be the permanent law with re-
spect thereto: Provided, That the provisions in this Act 
for the various items of official expenses of Members, offi-
cers, and committees of the House of Representatives and 
Senate, and clerk hire for Senators and Members of the 
House of Representatives shall be the permanent law with 
respect thereto. 
CONSULTING SERVICES 
SEC. 204. The expenditure of any appropriation 
under this Act for any consulting service through procure-
ment contract, under section 3109 of title 5, United States 
Code, shall be limited to those contracts where such ex-
penditures are a matter of public record and available for 
public inspection, except where otherwise provided under 
existing law, or under existing Executive order issued 
under existing law. 
AWARDS AND SETTLEMENTS 
SEC. 205. Such sums as may be necessary are appro-
priated to the account described in subsection (a) of sec-
tion 415 of the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 
(2 U.S.C. 1415(a)) to pay awards and settlements as au-
thorized under such subsection.
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COSTS OF LBFMC 
SEC. 206. Amounts available for administrative ex-
penses of any legislative branch entity which participates 
in the Legislative Branch Financial Managers Council 
(LBFMC) established by charter on March 26, 1996, shall 
be available to finance an appropriate share of LBFMC 
costs as determined by the LBFMC, except that the total 
LBFMC costs to be shared among all participating legisla-
tive branch entities (in such allocations among the entities 
as the entities may determine) may not exceed $2,000. 
LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE 
SEC. 207. The Architect of the Capitol, in consulta-
tion with the District of Columbia, is authorized to main-
tain and improve the landscape features, excluding streets, 
in the irregular shaped grassy areas bounded by Wash-
ington Avenue, SW on the northeast, Second Street SW 
on the west, Square 582 on the south, and the beginning 
of the I–395 tunnel on the southeast. 
LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS 
SEC. 208. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in-
strumentality of the United States Government, except 
pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro-
vided in, this Act or any other appropriation Act.
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GUIDED TOURS OF THE CAPITOL 
SEC. 209. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), 
none of the funds made available to the Architect of the 
Capitol in this Act may be used to eliminate or restrict 
guided tours of the United States Capitol which are led 
by employees and interns of offices of Members of Con-
gress and other offices of the House of Representatives 
and Senate. 
(b) At the direction of the Capitol Police Board, or 
at the direction of the Architect of the Capitol with the 
approval of the Capitol Police Board, guided tours of the 
United States Capitol which are led by employees and in-
terns described in subsection (a) may be suspended tempo-
rarily or otherwise subject to restriction for security or re-
lated reasons to the same extent as guided tours of the 
United States Capitol which are led by the Architect of 
the Capitol. 
SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT 
SEC. 210. The amount by which the applicable alloca-
tion of new budget authority made by the Committee on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives under sec-
tion 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, ex-
cluding Senate items, exceeds the amount of proposed new 
budget authority is $0 (increased by $632,780) (increased 
by $4,946,140.80).
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SEC. 211. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to deliver a printed copy of a bill, joint 
resolution, or resolution to the office of a Member of the 
House of Representatives (including a Delegate or Resi-
dent Commissioner to the Congress) unless the Member 
requests a copy. 
SEC. 212. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to deliver a printed copy of any version 
of the Congressional Record to the office of a Member of 
the House of Representatives (including a Delegate or 
Resident Commissioner to the Congress). 
SEC. 213. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by the Chief Administrative Officer of 
the House of Representatives to make any payments from 
any Members’ Representational Allowance for the leasing 
of a vehicle in an aggregate amount that exceeds $1,000 
for the vehicle in any month. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative Branch Ap-
propriations Act, 2012’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives July 22, 2011. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2551 
AN ACT 
Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2012, 
and for other purposes.