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Union Calendar No. 119 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2771 
[Report No. 110–198] 
Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2008, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 19, 2007 
Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported 
the following bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
A BILL 
Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 
Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2008, and for other purposes, namely: 
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses of the House of Represent-
atives, $1,198,560,000, as follows: 
HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES 
For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, 
$23,648,000, 
including: 
Office 
of 
the 
Speaker, 
$4,761,000, including $25,000 for official expenses of the 
Speaker; Office of the Majority Floor Leader, $2,188,000, 
including $10,000 for official expenses of the Majority 
Leader; Office of the Minority Floor Leader, $4,090,000, 
including $10,000 for official expenses of the Minority 
Leader; Office of the Majority Whip, including the Chief 
Deputy Majority Whip, $1,894,000, including $5,000 for 
official expenses of the Majority Whip; Office of the Mi-
nority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Minority Whip, 
$1,420,000, including $5,000 for official expenses of the 
Minority Whip; Speaker’s Office for Legislative Floor Ac-
tivities, $499,000; Republican Steering Committee, 
$943,000; Republican Conference, $1,631,000; Repub-
lican Policy Committee, $325,000; Democratic Steering 
and Policy Committee, $1,295,000; Democratic Caucus, 
$1,604,000; nine minority employees, $1,498,000; train-
ing and program development—majority, $290,000; train-
ing and program development—minority, $290,000; 
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Cloakroom Personnel—majority, $460,000; and Cloak-
room Personnel—minority, $460,000. 
MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES 
INCLUDING MEMBERS’ CLERK HIRE, OFFICIAL 
EXPENSES OF MEMBERS, AND OFFICIAL MAIL 
For Members’ representational allowances, including 
Members’ clerk hire, official expenses, and official mail, 
$581,000,000. 
COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES 
STANDING COMMITTEES, SPECIAL AND SELECT 
For salaries and expenses of standing committees, 
special and select, authorized by House resolutions, 
$133,000,000: Provided, That such amount shall remain 
available for such salaries and expenses until December 
31, 2008. 
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS 
For salaries and expenses of the Committee on Ap-
propriations, $29,800,000, including studies and examina-
tions of executive agencies and temporary personal serv-
ices for such committee, to be expended in accordance with 
section 202(b) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 
1946 and to be available for reimbursement to agencies 
for services performed: Provided, That such amount shall 
remain available for such salaries and expenses until De-
cember 31, 2008. 
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SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES 
For compensation and expenses of officers and em-
ployees, as authorized by law, $169,393,000, including: 
for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Clerk, includ-
ing not more than $13,000, of which not more than 
$10,000 is for the Family Room, for official representa-
tion and reception expenses, $22,881,000; for salaries and 
expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms, including 
the position of Superintendent of Garages, and including 
not more than $3,000 for official representation and re-
ception expenses, $7,024,000; for salaries and expenses of 
the 
Office 
of 
the 
Chief 
Administrative 
Officer, 
$116,891,000, of which $6,269,000 shall remain available 
until expended; for salaries and expenses of the Office of 
the Inspector General, $4,457,000; for salaries and ex-
penses of the Office of Emergency Planning, Preparedness 
and Operations, $3,111,000, to remain available until ex-
pended; for salaries and expenses of the Office of General 
Counsel, $1,202,000; for the Office of the Chaplain, 
$166,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the 
Parliamentarian, including the Parliamentarian, $2,000 
for preparing the Digest of Rules, and not more than 
$1,000 for official representation and reception expenses, 
$1,828,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the 
Law Revision Counsel of the House, $3,046,000; for sala-
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ries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel 
of the House, $7,406,000; for salaries and expenses of the 
Office of Interparliamentary Affairs, $752,000; for other 
authorized employees, $170,000; and for salaries and ex-
penses of the Office of the Historian, $459,000. 
ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES 
For allowances and expenses as authorized by House 
resolution or law, $261,719,000, including: supplies, mate-
rials, administrative costs and Federal tort claims, 
$3,688,000; 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, 
$237,410,000; supplies, materials, and other costs relating 
to the House portion of expenses for the Capitol Visitor 
Center, $2,308,000, to remain available until expended; 
Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery, $17,200,000, 
of which $5,408,000 shall remain available until expended; 
and miscellaneous items including purchase, exchange, 
maintenance, repair and operation of House motor vehi-
cles, interparliamentary receptions, and gratuities to heirs 
of deceased employees of the House, $703,000. 
CHILD CARE CENTER 
For salaries and expenses of the House of Represent-
atives Child Care Center, such amounts as are deposited 
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