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(c) In the case of days of annual leave to the credit
of any such employee as of the date such employee is
transferred under subsection (a), the Architect of the Cap-
itol is authorized to make a lump sum payment to each
such employee for that annual leave. No such payment
shall be considered a payment or compensation within the
meaning of any law relating to dual compensation.
SEC. 308. (a) Effective October 1, 1996, the respon-
sibility for maintenance of security systems for the Capitol
buildings and grounds is transferred from the Architect
of the Capitol to the Capitol Police Board. Such mainte-
nance shall be carried out under the direction of the Com-
mittee on House Oversight of the House of Representa-
tives and the Committee on Rules and Administration of
the Senate. On and after October 1, 1996, any alteration
to a structural, mechanical, or architectural feature of the
Capitol buildings and grounds that is required for security
system maintenance under the preceding sentence may be
carried out only with the approval of the Architect of the
Capitol.
(b)(1) Effective October 1, 1996, all positions speci-
fied in paragraph (2) and each individual holding any such
position (on a permanent basis) immediately before that
date, as identified by the Architect of the Capitol, shall
be transferred to the Capitol Police.
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(2) The positions referred to in paragraph (1) are
those positions which, immediately before October 1,
1996, are—
(A) under the Architect of the Capitol;
(B) within the Electronics Engineering Division
of the Office of the Architect of the Capitol; and
(C) related to the maintenance of security sys-
tems for the Capitol buildings and grounds.
(3) All annual leave and sick leave standing to the
credit of an individual immediately before such individual
is transferred under paragraph (1) shall be credited to
such individual, without adjustment, in the new position
of the individual.
SEC. 309. Such sums as may be necessary are appro-
priated to the account described in subsection (a) of sec-
tion 415 of Public Law 104–1 to pay awards and settle-
ments as authorized under such subsection.
SEC. 310. Any amount appropriated in this Act for
‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—Salaries and Ex-
penses—Members’ Representational Allowances’’ shall be
available only for fiscal year 1997. Any amount remaining
after all payments are made under such allowances for
such fiscal year shall be deposited in the Treasury, to be
used for deficit reduction.
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SEC. 311. (a) Each mass mailing sent by a Member
of the House of Representatives shall bear in a prominent
place on its face, or on the envelope or outside cover or
wrapper in which the mail matter is sent, the following
notice: ‘‘THIS MAILING WAS PREPARED, PUBLISHED,
AND MAILED AT TAXPAYER EXPENSE.’’, or a notice to
the same effect in words which may be prescribed under
subsection (c). The notice shall be printed in a type size
not smaller than 7-point.
(b)(1) There shall be published in the itemized report
of disbursements of the House of Representatives as re-
quired by law, a summary tabulation setting forth, for the
office of each Member of the House of Representatives,
the total number of pieces of mass mail mailed during the
period involved and the total cost of those mass mailings.
(2) Each such tabulation shall also include—
(A) the total cost (as referred to in paragraph
(1)) divided by the number (as determined by the
Postmaster General) of addresses (other than busi-
ness possible delivery stops) in the Congressional
district from which the Member was elected (as such
addresses are described in section 3210(d)(7)(B) of
title 39, United States Code); and
(B) the total number of pieces of mass mail (as
referred to in paragraph (1)) divided by the number
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(as determined by the Postmaster General) of ad-
dresses (other than business possible delivery stops)
in the Congressional district from which the Member
was elected (as such addresses are described in sec-
tion 3210(d)(7)(B) of title 39, United States Code).
(c) The Committee on House Oversight shall pre-
scribe such rules and regulations and shall take such other
action as the Committee considers necessary and proper
for Members to conform to the provisions of this sub-
section and applicable rules and regulations.
(d) For purposes of this section—
(1) the term ‘‘Member of the House of Rep-
resentatives’’ means a Representative in, or a Dele-
gate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress;
and
(2) the term ‘‘mass mailing’’ has the meaning
given such term by section 3210(a)(6)(E) of title 39,
United States Code.
(e) This section shall apply with respect to sessions
of Congress beginning after the date of the enactment of
this Act.
SEC. 312. (a) In addition to any other estimates the
Director is required to make pursuant to the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974 and the Rules of the House
of Representatives, the Director of the Congressional
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Budget Office shall, upon the request of the chairman of
the Committee on the Budget of the House of Representa-
tives (after consultation with the ranking minority mem-
ber of that committee), prepare an estimate for any major
spending legislation, as designated by the majority leader
of the House of Representatives (after consultation with
the minority leader of the House), of the change in spend-
ing and revenues resulting from that legislation on the
basis of assumptions that estimate the probable dynamic
macroeconomic feedback effects of such legislation, and
shall include a statement identifying those assumptions.
Such estimates shall be submitted to the chairmen and
ranking minority members of the Committee on the Budg-
et and of the committees of subject-matter jurisdiction,
and, if timely submitted, shall be included in the reports
on such legislation.
(b) In addition to any other estimates the Chief of
Staff is required to make pursuant to the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974, the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
and the Rules of the House of Representatives, the Chief
of Staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation shall, upon
the request of the chairman of the Committee on Ways
and Means of the House of Representatives (after con-
sultation with the ranking minority member of that com-
mittee), prepare an analysis of any major tax legislation,
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as designated by the majority leader of the House of Rep-
resentatives (after consultation with the minority leader
of the House), of the change in spending and revenues
resulting from that legislation on the basis of assumptions
that estimate the probable dynamic macroeconomic feed-
back effects of such legislation, and shall include a state-
ment identifying those assumptions. Such analyses shall
be submitted to the chairmen and ranking minority mem-
bers of the Committee on Ways and Means and of the
committees of subject-matter jurisdiction, and, if timely
submitted, shall be included in the reports on such legisla-
tion.
(c) Estimates and analyses made pursuant to this
section are to be used for informational purposes only.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative Branch Ap-
propriations Act, 1997’’.
Passed the House of Representatives July 10, 1996.
Attest:
ROBIN H. CARLE,
Clerk.