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payments received by the Copyright Office pursuant to 
sections 111, 119, and chapter 10 of such title may be 
used for the costs incurred in the administration of the 
Copyright Royalty Judges program, with the exception of 
the costs of salaries and benefits for the Copyright Royalty 
Judges and staff under section 802(e). 
CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of section 203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 
1946 (2 U.S.C. 166) and to revise and extend the Anno-
tated Constitution of the United States of America, 
$106,945,000: Provided, That no part of such amount 
may be used to pay any salary or expense in connection 
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), $50,248,000: Provided, That of the total amount 
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appropriated, not more than $650,000 shall be available 
to contract to provide newspapers to blind and physically 
handicapped residents at no cost to the individual. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
REIMBURSABLE AND REVOLVING FUND ACTIVITIES 
SEC. 1201. (a) IN GENERAL.—For fiscal year 2016, 
the obligational authority of the Library of Congress for 
the activities described in subsection (b) may not exceed 
$186,015,000. 
(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. 
GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE 
CONGRESSIONAL PUBLISHING 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For authorized publishing of congressional informa-
tion and the distribution of congressional information in 
any format; expenses necessary for preparing the semi-
monthly and session index to the Congressional Record, 
as authorized by law (section 902 of title 44, United 
States Code); publishing of Government publications au-
thorized by law to be distributed to Members of Congress; 
and publishing, and distribution of Government publica-
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tions authorized by law to be distributed without charge 
to the recipient, $79,736,000: Provided, That this appro-
priation shall not be available for paper copies of the per-
manent edition of the Congressional Record for individual 
Representatives, Resident Commissioners or Delegates au-
thorized under section 906 of title 44, United States Code: 
Provided 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 Pub-
lishing Office business operations revolving fund for car-
rying out the purposes of this heading, subject to the ap-
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proval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and Senate: Provided further, That not-
withstanding sections 901, 902, and 906 of title 44, 
United States Code, this appropriation may be used to 
prepare indexes to the Congressional Record on only a 
monthly and session basis. 
PUBLIC INFORMATION PROGRAMS OF THE 
SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses of the public information programs of 
the Office of Superintendent of Documents necessary to 
provide for the cataloging and indexing of Government 
publications and their distribution to the public, Members 
of Congress, other Government agencies, and designated 
depository and international exchange libraries as author-
ized by law, $30,500,000: Provided, That amounts of not 
more than $2,000,000 from current year appropriations 
are authorized for producing and disseminating Congres-
sional serial sets and other related publications for fiscal 
years 2014 and 2015 to depository and other designated 
libraries: Provided further, That any unobligated or unex-
pended balances in this account or accounts for similar 
purposes for preceding fiscal years may be transferred to 
the Government Publishing Office business operations re-
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volving fund for carrying out the purposes of this heading, 
subject to the approval of the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and Senate. 
GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE BUSINESS 
OPERATIONS REVOLVING FUND 
The Government Publishing Office is hereby author-
ized 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 Publishing Office business 
operations revolving fund: Provided, That not more than 
$7,500 may be expended on the certification of the Direc-
tor of the Government Publishing Office in connection 
with official representation and reception expenses: Pro-
vided further, That the business operations revolving fund 
shall be available for the hire or purchase of not more than 
12 passenger motor vehicles: Provided further, That ex-
penditures in connection with travel expenses of the advi-
sory councils to the Director of the Government Pub-
lishing Office shall be deemed necessary to carry out the 
provisions of title 44, United States Code: Provided fur-
ther, That the business operations revolving fund shall be 
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