In the Senate of the United States,
June 16, 1999.
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-
tives (H.R. 1905) entitled ‘‘An Act making appropriations for
the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September
30, 2000, and for other purposes’’, do pass with the following
AMENDMENTS:
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SENATE
EXPENSE ALLOWANCES
For expense allowances of the Vice President, $10,000;
the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, $10,000; Majority
Leader of the Senate, $10,000; Minority Leader of the Sen-
ate, $10,000; Majority Whip of the Senate, $5,000; Minority
Whip of the Senate, $5,000; and Chairmen of the Majority
and Minority Conference Committees, $3,000 for each
Chairman; in all, $56,000.
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REPRESENTATION ALLOWANCES FOR THE MAJORITY AND
MINORITY LEADERS
For representation allowances of the Majority and Mi-
nority Leaders of the Senate, $15,000 for each such Leader;
in all, $30,000.
SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
For compensation of officers, employees, and others as
authorized by law, including agency contributions,
$89,968,000, which shall be paid from this appropriation
without regard to the below limitations, as follows:
OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT
For the Office of the Vice President, $1,721,000.
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE
For the Office of the President Pro Tempore, $437,000.
OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERS
For Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders,
$2,644,000.
OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY WHIPS
For Offices of the Majority and Minority Whips,
$1,634,000.
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
For salaries of the Committee on Appropriations,
$6,525,000.
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CONFERENCE COMMITTEES
For the Conference of the Majority and the Conference
of the Minority, at rates of compensation to be fixed by the
Chairman of each such committee, $1,132,000 for each such
committee; in all, $2,264,000.
OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES OF THE CONFERENCE OF
THE MAJORITY AND THE CONFERENCE OF THE MINORITY
For Offices of the Secretaries of the Conference of the
Majority and the Conference of the Minority, $590,000.
POLICY COMMITTEES
For salaries of the Majority Policy Committee and the
Minority Policy Committee, $1,151,000 for each such com-
mittee; in all, $2,302,000.
OFFICE OF THE CHAPLAIN
For Office of the Chaplain, $277,000.
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
For Office of the Secretary, $14,202,000.
OFFICE OF THE SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER
For Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper,
$34,794,000.
OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND
MINORITY
For Offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the
Secretary for the Minority, $1,246,000.
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AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS AND RELATED EXPENSES
For agency contributions for employee benefits, as au-
thorized by law, and related expenses, $21,332,000.
OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL OF THE SENATE
For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legisla-
tive Counsel of the Senate, $3,901,000.
OFFICE OF SENATE LEGAL COUNSEL
For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate Legal
Counsel, $1,035,000.
EXPENSE ALLOWANCES OF THE SECRETARY OF THE SEN-
ATE, SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE
SENATE, AND SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND
MINORITY OF THE SENATE
For expense allowances of the Secretary of the Senate,
$3,000; Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate,
$3,000; Secretary for the Majority of the Senate, $3,000;
Secretary for the Minority of the Senate, $3,000; in all,
$12,000.
CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE
INQUIRIES AND INVESTIGATIONS
For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered
by the Senate, or conducted pursuant to section 134(a) of
Public Law 601, Seventy-ninth Congress, as amended, sec-
tion 112 of Public Law 96–304 and Senate Resolution 281,
agreed to March 11, 1980, $71,604,000.
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EXPENSES OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE CAUCUS ON
INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL
For expenses of the United States Senate Caucus on
International Narcotics Control, $370,000.
SECRETARY OF THE SENATE
For expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the Sen-
ate, $1,511,000.
SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE SENATE
For expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms and
Doorkeeper of the Senate, $66,261,000.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS
For miscellaneous items, $8,655,000.
SENATORS’ OFFICIAL PERSONNEL AND OFFICE EXPENSE
ACCOUNT
For Senators’ Official Personnel and Office Expense
Account, $245,703,000.
OFFICIAL MAIL COSTS
For expenses necessary for official mail costs of the
Senate, $300,000.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
SECTION 1. Effective in the case of any fiscal year
which begins on or after October 1, 1999, clause (iii) of
paragraph (3)(A) of section 506(b) of the Supplemental Ap-
propriations Act, 1973 (2 U.S.C. 58(b)) is amended to read
as follows:
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‘‘(iii) subject to subparagraph (B), in case the
Senator 
represents 
Alabama, 
$184,476, 
Alaska,
$252,784, Arizona, $200,830, Arkansas, $169,453,
California, 
$474,426, 
Colorado, 
$189,246, 
Con-
necticut, $161,999, Delaware, $128,102, Florida,
$305,664, Georgia, $213,982, Hawaii, $280,277,
Idaho, 
$164,491, 
Illinois, 
$268,850, 
Indiana,
$196,677, Iowa, $172,129, Kansas, $169,343, Ken-
tucky, 
$179,294, 
Louisiana, 
$187,141, 
Maine,
$148,779, 
Maryland, 
$173,860, 
Massachusetts,
$197,265, Michigan, $238,866, Minnesota, $189,441,
Mississippi, $169,570, Missouri, $200,277, Montana,
$162,375, Nebraska, $161,164, Nevada, $173,159, New
Hampshire, $143,378, New Jersey, $207,958, New
Mexico, $167,622, New York, $329,562, North Caro-
lina, $216,136, North Dakota, $150,545, Ohio,
$261,920, Oklahoma, $182,009, Oregon, $191,432,
Pennsylvania, $267,991, Rhode Island, $139,303,
South Carolina, $172,723, South Dakota, $152,385,
Tennessee, 
$194,539, 
Texas, 
$354,501, 
Utah,
$170,413, Vermont, $136,826, Virginia, $196,177,
Washington, $216,915, West Virginia, $148,814, Wis-
consin, $193,708, Wyoming, $153,169, plus’’.
SEC. 2. Effective on and after October 1, 1999, each
of the dollar amounts contained in the table under section
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105(d)(1)(A) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act,
1968 (2 U.S.C. 61–1(d)(1)(A)) shall be deemed to be the
dollar amounts in that table, as increased by section 8 of
Public Law 105–275, increased by an additional $50,000
each.
SEC. 3. SENATE OFFICE SPACE ALLOCATIONS. Section
3 under the heading ‘‘ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS’’ in the
appropriation for the Senate in the Legislative Branch Ap-
propriations Act, 1975 (2 U.S.C. 59; 88 Stat. 428) is
amended—
(1) in subsection (b)—
(A) by striking paragraphs (1) and (2) and
inserting the following:
‘‘(1) 5,000 square feet if the population of the
State of the Senator is less than 3,000,000;’’;
(B) by striking ‘‘8,000’’ in paragraph (13)
and inserting ‘‘8,200’’; and
(C) 
by 
redesignating 
paragraphs 
(3)
through (13) as paragraphs (2) through (12), re-
spectively; and
(2) in subsection (c)(2)—
(A) by striking ‘‘$30,000’’ and inserting
‘‘$40,000’’;
(B) by striking ‘‘4,800’’ and inserting
‘‘5,000’’;
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(C) by striking ‘‘$734’’ and inserting
‘‘$1,000’’; and
(D) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘Ef-
fective beginning with the 106th Congress, the
aggregate amount in effect under this paragraph
for any Congress shall be increased by the infla-
tion adjustment factor for the calendar year in
which the Congress begins. For purposes of the
preceding sentence, the inflation adjustment fac-
tor for any calendar year is a fraction the nu-
merator of which is the implicit price deflator
for the gross domestic product as computed and
published by the Department of Commerce for
the preceding calendar year and the denominator
of which is such deflator for the calendar year
1998.’’.
SEC. 4. Section 6(c) of the Legislative Branch Appro-
priations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105–275; 2 U.S.C. 121b–
1(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(3) The provisions of section 4 of the Act of July 31,
1946 (40 U.S.C. 193d), except for the provisions relating
to solicitation, shall not apply to any activity carried out
pursuant to this section, subject to approval of such activi-
ties by the Committee on Rules and Administration.’’.
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SEC. 5. The first section of Public Law 87–82 (40
U.S.C. 174j–1) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: ‘‘The provisions of section 4 of the Act of July 31,
1946 (40 U.S.C. 193d), except for the provisions relating
to solicitation, shall not apply to any activity carried out
pursuant to this section, subject to the approval of such ac-
tivities by the Committee on Rules and Administration.’’.
SEC. 6. The Legislative Counsel may, subject to the ap-
proval of the President pro tempore of the Senate, designate
one of the Senior Counsels appointed under section 102 of
the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1979 (2 U.S.C.
274 note; Public Law 95–391; 92 Stat. 771) as Deputy Leg-
islative Counsel. The Deputy Legislative Counsel shall per-
form the functions of the Legislative Counsel during the ab-
sence or disability of the Legislative Counsel, or when the
office is vacant.
SEC. 7. Section 814(i) of the Foreign Relations Au-
thorization Act, Fiscal Years 1986 and 1987 (22 U.S.C.
2291 note) is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 1999’’
and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2002’’.
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JOINT ITEMS
For Joint Committees, as follows:
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the Attending Physician, which shall be advanced and cred-
ited to the applicable appropriation or appropriations from
which such salaries, allowances, and other expenses are pay-
able and shall be available for all the purposes thereof,
$1,898,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Administrative Of-
ficer 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 to
wear civilian attire, and Government contributions for
health, retirement, Social Security, and other applicable
employee benefits, $80,783,000, of which $38,648,000 is pro-
vided to the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representa-
tives, to be disbursed by the Chief Administrative Officer
of the House, and $42,135,000 is provided to the Sergeant
at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, to be disbursed by
the Secretary of the Senate: Provided, That, of the amounts
appropriated under this heading, such amounts as may be
necessary may be transferred between the Sergeant at Arms
of the House of Representatives and the Sergeant at Arms
and Doorkeeper of the Senate, upon approval of the Com-
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mittee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives
and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.
GENERAL EXPENSES
For the Capitol Police Board for necessary expenses
of the Capitol Police, including motor vehicles, communica-
tions and other equipment, security equipment and instal-
lation, uniforms, weapons, supplies, materials, training,
medical services, forensic services, stenographic services,
personal and professional services, the employee assistance
program, not more than $2,000 for the awards program,
postage, telephone service, travel advances, relocation of in-
structor and liaison personnel for the Federal Law Enforce-
ment Training Center, and $85 per month for extra services
performed for the Capitol Police Board by an employee of
the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate or the House of Rep-
resentatives designated by the Chairman of the Board,
$7,913,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Administrative Of-
ficer of the House of Representatives: Provided, That, not-
withstanding any other provision of law, the cost of basic
training for the Capitol Police at the Federal Law Enforce-
ment Training Center for fiscal year 2000 shall be paid
by the Secretary of the Treasury from funds available to
the Department of the Treasury.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION
SEC. 101. Amounts appropriated for fiscal year 2000
for the Capitol Police Board for the Capitol Police may be
transferred between the headings ‘‘SALARIES’’ and ‘‘GEN-
ERAL EXPENSES’’ upon the approval of—
(1) the Committee on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives, in the case of amounts
transferred from the appropriation provided to the
Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives
under the heading ‘‘SALARIES’’;
(2) the Committee on Appropriations of the Sen-
ate, in the case of amounts transferred from the ap-
propriation provided to the Sergeant at Arms and
Doorkeeper of the Senate under the heading ‘‘SALA-
RIES’’; and
(3) the Committees on Appropriations of the
Senate and the House of Representatives, in the case
of other transfers.
CAPITOL GUIDE SERVICE AND SPECIAL SERVICES OFFICE
For salaries and expenses of the Capitol Guide Service
and Special Services Office, $2,336,000, to be disbursed by
the Secretary of the Senate: Provided, That no part of such
amount may be used to employ more than forty-three indi-
viduals: Provided further, That the Capitol Guide Board
is authorized, during emergencies, to employ not more than
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two additional individuals for not more than 120 days
each, and not more than ten additional individuals for not
more than six months each, for the Capitol Guide Service.
STATEMENTS OF APPROPRIATIONS
For the preparation, under the direction of the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of
Representatives, of the statements for the first session of the
One Hundred Sixth Congress, showing appropriations
made, indefinite appropriations, and contracts authorized,
together with a chronological history of the regular appro-
priations bills as required by law, $30,000, to be paid to
the persons designated by the chairmen of such committees
to supervise the work.
OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For salaries and expenses of the Office of Compliance,
as authorized by section 305 of the Congressional Account-
ability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1385), $2,000,000.
CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For salaries and expenses necessary to carry out the
provisions of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (Public
Law 93–344), including not more than $2,500 to be ex-
pended on the certification of the Director of the Congres-
sional Budget Office in connection with official representa-
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tion and reception expenses, $26,221,000: Provided, That
no part of such amount may be used for the purchase or
hire of a passenger motor vehicle.
ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL
CAPITOL BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS
CAPITOL BUILDINGS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For salaries for the Architect of the Capitol, the Assist-
ant Architect of the Capitol, and other personal services,
at rates of pay provided by law; for surveys and studies
in connection with activities under the care of the Architect
of the Capitol; for all necessary expenses for the mainte-
nance, care and operation of the Capitol and electrical sub-
stations of the Senate and House office buildings under the
jurisdiction of the Architect of the Capitol, including fur-
nishings and office equipment, including not more than
$1,000 for official reception and representation expenses, to
be expended as the Architect of the Capitol may approve;
for purchase or exchange, maintenance and operation of a
passenger motor vehicle; and not to exceed $20,000 for at-
tendance, when specifically authorized by the Architect of
the Capitol, at meetings or conventions in connection with
subjects related to work under the Architect of the Capitol,
$48,195,000, of which $7,620,000 shall remain available
until expended.
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CAPITOL GROUNDS
For all necessary expenses for care and improvement
of grounds surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House
office buildings, and the Capitol Power Plant, $5,627,000,
of which $330,000 shall remain available until expended.
SENATE OFFICE BUILDINGS
For all necessary expenses for maintenance, care and
operation of Senate office buildings; and furniture and fur-
nishings to be expended under the control and supervision
of the Architect of the Capitol, $64,038,000, of which
$22,305,000 shall remain available until expended.
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CAPITOL POWER PLANT
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care
and operation of the Capitol Power Plant; lighting, heating,
power (including the purchase of electrical energy) and
water and sewer services for the Capitol, Senate and House
office buildings, Library of Congress buildings, and the
grounds about the same, Botanic Garden, Senate garage,
and air conditioning refrigeration not supplied from plants
in any of such buildings; heating the Government Printing
Office and Washington City Post Office, and heating and
chilled water for air conditioning for the Supreme Court
Building, the Union Station complex, the Thurgood Mar-
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shall Federal Judiciary Building and the Folger Shake-
speare Library, expenses for which shall be advanced or re-
imbursed upon request of the Architect of the Capitol and
amounts so received shall be deposited into the Treasury
to the credit of this appropriation, $45,006,000, of which
$6,000,000 shall remain available until expended: Provided,
That not more than $4,000,000 of the funds credited or to
be reimbursed to this appropriation as herein provided
shall be available for obligation during fiscal year 2000.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
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 Annotated Con-
stitution of the United States of America, $71,244,000: Pro-
vided, 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 Con-
gress 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.
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GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING AND BINDING
For authorized printing and binding for the Congress
and the distribution of Congressional information in any
format; printing and binding for the Architect of the Cap-
itol; expenses necessary for preparing the semimonthly and
session index to the Congressional Record, as authorized by
law (44 U.S.C. 902); printing and binding of Government
publications authorized by law to be distributed to Members
of Congress; and printing, binding, and distribution of Gov-
ernment publications authorized by law to be distributed
without charge to the recipient, $77,704,000: Provided,
That this appropriation shall not be available for paper
copies of the permanent edition of the Congressional Record
for individual Representatives, Resident Commissioners or
Delegates authorized under 44 U.S.C. 906: Provided further,
That this appropriation shall be available for the payment
of obligations incurred under the appropriations for similar
purposes for preceding fiscal years: Provided further, That
notwithstanding the 2-year limitation 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 print-
ing 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
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the 27-month period beginning on the date that such docu-
ment, report, or publication is authorized by Congress to
be printed, unless Congress reauthorizes such printing in
accordance with section 718 of title 44, United States Code.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Congressional Oper-
ations Appropriations Act, 2000’’.
TITLE II—OTHER AGENCIES
BOTANIC GARDEN
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care
and operation of the Botanic Garden and the nurseries,
buildings, grounds, and collections; and purchase and ex-
change, maintenance, repair, and operation of a passenger
motor vehicle; all under the direction of the Joint Com-
mittee on the Library, $3,428,000.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Library of Congress not
otherwise provided for, including development and mainte-
nance of the Union Catalogs; custody and custodial care
of the Library buildings; special clothing; cleaning, laun-
dering and repair of uniforms; preservation of motion pic-
tures in the custody of the Library; operation and mainte-
nance of the American Folklife Center in the Library; prep-
aration and distribution of catalog records and other publi-
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cations of the Library; hire or purchase of one passenger
motor vehicle; and expenses of the Library of Congress Trust
Fund Board not properly chargeable to the income of any
trust fund held by the Board, $250,491,000, of which not
more than $6,500,000 shall be derived from collections cred-
ited to this appropriation during fiscal year 2000, and
shall remain available until expended, under the Act of
June 28, 1902 (chapter 1301; 32 Stat. 480; 2 U.S.C. 150)
and not more than $350,000 shall be derived from collec-
tions during fiscal year 2000 and shall remain available
until expended for the development and maintenance of an
international legal information database and activities re-
lated thereto: Provided, That the Library of Congress may
not obligate or expend any funds derived from collections
under the Act of June 28, 1902, in excess of the amount
authorized for obligation or expenditure in appropriations
Acts: Provided further, That the total amount available for
obligation shall be reduced by the amount by which collec-
tions are less than the $6,850,000: Provided further, That
of the total amount appropriated, $10,321,380 is to remain
available until expended for acquisition of books, periodi-
cals, newspapers, and all other materials including sub-
scriptions for bibliographic services for the Library, includ-
ing $40,000 to be available solely for the purchase, when
specifically approved by the Librarian, of special and
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unique materials for additions to the collections: Provided
further, That of the total amount appropriated, $2,347,000
is to remain available until expended for the acquisition
and partial support for implementation of an Integrated
Library System (ILS): Provided further, That of the total
amount appropriated, $600,000 is to remain available
until expended for the purpose of digitizing archival mate-
rials relating to ethnic groups of California, including Jap-
anese Americans, which amount shall be transferred to an
educational archive able to conduct such a project as ap-
proved by the Library.
COPYRIGHT OFFICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, includ-
ing publication of the decisions of the United States courts
involving copyrights, $37,628,000, of which not more than
$20,800,000, to remain available until expended, shall be
derived from collections credited to this appropriation dur-
ing fiscal year 2000 under 17 U.S.C. 708(d): Provided,
That the Copyright Office may not obligate or expend any
funds derived from collections under 17 U.S.C. 708(d), in
excess of the amount authorized for obligation or expendi-
ture in appropriations Acts: Provided further, That not
more than $5,454,000 shall be derived from collections dur-
ing fiscal year 2000 under 17 U.S.C. 111(d)(2), 119(b)(2),
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802(h), and 1005: Provided further, That the total amount
available for obligation shall be reduced by the amount by
which collections are less than $26,254,000: Provided fur-
ther, That not more than $100,000 of the amount appro-
priated is available for the maintenance of an ‘‘Inter-
national Copyright Institute’’ in the Copyright Office of the
Library of Congress for the purpose of training nationals
of developing countries in intellectual property laws and
policies: Provided further, That not more than $7,250 may
be expended, on the certification of the Librarian of Con-
gress, in connection with official representation and recep-
tion expenses for activities of the International Copyright
Institute and for copyright delegations, visitors, and semi-
nars.
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),
$47,984,000, of which $14,019,000 shall remain available
until expended.
FURNITURE AND FURNISHINGS
For necessary expenses for the purchase, installation,
maintenance, and repair of furniture, furnishings, office
and library equipment, $5,415,000.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
SEC. 201. Appropriations in this Act available to the
Library of Congress shall be available, in an amount of not
more than $198,390, of which $59,300 is for the Congres-
sional Research Service, when specifically authorized by the
Librarian, for attendance at meetings concerned with the
function or activity for which the appropriation is made.
SEC. 202. (a) No part of the funds appropriated in
this Act shall be used by the Library of Congress to admin-
ister any flexible or compressed work schedule which—
(1) applies to any manager or supervisor in a
position the grade or level of which is equal to or
higher than GS–15; and
(2) grants such manager or supervisor the right
to not be at work for all or a portion of a workday
because of time worked by the manager or supervisor
on another workday.
(b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘manager
or supervisor’’ means any management official or super-
visor, as such terms are defined in section 7103(a)(10) and
(11) of title 5, United States Code.
SEC. 203. Appropriated funds received by the Library
of Congress from other Federal agencies to cover general and
administrative overhead costs generated by performing re-
imbursable work for other agencies under the authority of
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31 U.S.C. 1535 and 1536 shall not be used to employ more
than 65 employees and may be expended or obligated—
(1) in the case of a reimbursement, only to such
extent or in such amounts as are provided in appro-
priations Acts; or
(2) in the case of an advance payment, only—
(A) to pay for such general or administra-
tive overhead costs as are attributable to the
work performed for such agency; or
(B) to such extent or in such amounts as
are provided in appropriations Acts, with re-
spect to any purpose not allowable under sub-
paragraph (A).
SEC. 204. Of the amounts appropriated to the Library
of Congress in this Act, not more than $5,000 may be ex-
pended, on the certification of the Librarian of Congress,
in connection with official representation and reception ex-
penses for the incentive awards program.
SEC. 205. Of the amount appropriated to the Library
of Congress in this Act, not more than $12,000 may be ex-
pended, on the certification of the Librarian of Congress,
in connection with official representation and reception ex-
penses for the Overseas Field Offices.
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SEC. 206. (a) For fiscal year 2000, the obligational
authority of the Library of Congress for the activities de-
scribed in subsection (b) may not exceed $98,788,000.
(b) The activities referred to in subsection (a) are re-
imbursable and revolving fund activities that are funded
from sources other than appropriations to the Library in
appropriations Acts for the legislative branch.
SEC. 207. The Library of Congress may use available
funds, now and hereafter, to enter into contracts for the
lease or acquisition of severable services for a period that
begins in one fiscal year and ends in the next fiscal year
and to enter into multi-year contracts for the acquisition
of property and services pursuant to sections 303L and
304B, respectively, of the Federal Property and Adminis-
trative Services Act (41 U.S.C. 253l and 254c).
ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL
LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS
STRUCTURAL AND MECHANICAL CARE
For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and
structural maintenance, care and operation of the Library
buildings and grounds, $17,327,000, of which $5,740,000
shall remain available until expended.
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GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses of the Office of Superintendent of Docu-
ments 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 li-
braries as authorized by law, $29,986,000: Provided, That
travel expenses, including travel expenses of the Depository
Library Council to the Public Printer, shall not exceed
$150,000: Provided further, 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 1998 and 1999 to
depository and other designated libraries.
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE REVOLVING FUND
For payment to the ‘‘Government Printing Office re-
volving fund’’, $5,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, for air-conditioning systems and elevator repair.
The Government Printing Office is hereby authorized
to make such expenditures, within the limits of funds avail-
able and in accord with the 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,
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as may be necessary in carrying out the programs and pur-
poses set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year for
the Government Printing Office revolving fund: Provided,
That not more than $2,500 may be expended on the certifi-
cation of the Public Printer in connection with official rep-
resentation and reception expenses: Provided further, That
the revolving fund shall be available for the hire or purchase
of not more than twelve passenger motor vehicles: Provided
further, That expenditures in connection with travel ex-
penses 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 temporary or intermittent serv-
ices under section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code,
but at rates for individuals not more than the daily equiva-
lent of the annual rate of basic pay for level V of the Execu-
tive Schedule under section 5316 of such title: Provided fur-
ther, That the revolving fund and the funds provided under
the heading ‘‘OFFICE
OF SUPERINTENDENT
OF DOCU-
MENTS, SALARIES AND EXPENSES’’ together may not be
available for the full-time equivalent employment of more
than 3,383 workyears: Provided further, That activities fi-
nanced through the revolving fund may provide informa-
tion in any format: Provided further, That the revolving
fund shall not be used to administer any flexible or com-
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pressed work schedule which applies to any manager or su-
pervisor in a position the grade or level of which is equal
to or higher than GS–15: Provided further, That expenses
for attendance at meetings shall not exceed $75,000.
GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the General Accounting Of-
fice, including not more than $7,000 to be expended on the
certification of the Comptroller General of the United States
in connection with official representation and reception ex-
penses; temporary or intermittent services under section
3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, but at rates for indi-
viduals 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 accord-
ance with 31 U.S.C. 3324; benefits comparable to those pay-
able under sections 901(5), 901(6), and 901(8) of the For-
eign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4081(5), 4081(6), and
4081(8)); and under regulations prescribed by the Comp-
troller General of the United States, rental of living quar-
ters in foreign countries, $382,298,000: Provided, That not-
withstanding 31 U.S.C. 9105 hereafter amounts reimbursed
to the Comptroller General pursuant to that section shall
be deposited to the appropriation of the General Accounting
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Office then available and remain available until expended,
and not more than $1,400,000 of such funds shall be avail-
able for use in fiscal year 2000: Provided further, That this
appropriation and appropriations for administrative ex-
penses of any other department or agency which is a mem-
ber of the Joint Financial Management Improvement Pro-
gram (JFMIP) shall be available to finance an appropriate
share of JFMIP costs as determined by the JFMIP, includ-
ing the salary of the Executive Director and secretarial sup-
port: Provided further, That this appropriation and appro-
priations for administrative expenses of any other depart-
ment or agency which is a member of the National Intergov-
ernmental 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, including necessary travel expenses of non-Federal
participants. Payments hereunder to either Forum or the
JFMIP may be credited as reimbursements to any appro-
priation from which costs involved are initially financed:
Provided further, That this appropriation and appropria-
tions for administrative expenses of any other department
or agency which is a member of the American Consortium
on International Public Administration (ACIPA) shall be
available to finance an appropriate share of ACIPA costs
as determined by the ACIPA, including any expenses at-
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tributable to membership of ACIPA in the International In-
stitute of Administrative Sciences.
TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 301. 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 Com-
mittee on House Administration and for the Senate issued
by the Committee on Rules and Administration.
SEC. 302. No part of the funds appropriated in this
Act shall remain available for obligation beyond fiscal year
2000 unless expressly so provided in this Act.
SEC. 303. Whenever in this Act any office or position
not specifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of
1929 is appropriated for or the rate of compensation or des-
ignation of any office or position appropriated for is dif-
ferent from that specifically established by such Act, the rate
of compensation and the designation in this Act shall be
the permanent law with respect thereto: Provided, That the
provisions in this Act for the various items of official ex-
penses of Members, officers, and committees of the Senate
and House of Representatives, and clerk hire for Senators
and Members of the House of Representatives shall be the
permanent law with respect thereto.
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SEC. 304. The expenditure of any appropriation under
this Act for any consulting service through procurement
contract, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited to
those contracts where such expenditures are a matter of pub-
lic record and available for public inspection, except where
otherwise provided under existing law, or under existing
Executive order issued pursuant to existing law.
SEC. 305. (a) It is the sense of the Congress that, to
the greatest extent practicable, all equipment and products
purchased with funds made available in this Act should be
American-made.
(b) In providing financial assistance to, or entering
into any contract with, any entity using funds made avail-
able in this Act, the head of each Federal agency, to the
greatest extent practicable, shall provide to such entity a
notice describing the statement made in subsection (a) by
the Congress.
(c) If it has been finally determined by a court or Fed-
eral agency that any person intentionally affixed a label
bearing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, or any inscrip-
tion with the same meaning, to any product sold in or
shipped to the United States that is not made in the United
States, such person shall be ineligible to receive any con-
tract or subcontract made with funds provided pursuant
to this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and in-
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eligibility procedures described in section 9.400 through
9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations.
SEC. 306. Such sums as may be necessary are appro-
priated to the account described in subsection (a) of section
415 of Public Law 104–1 to pay awards and settlements
as authorized under such subsection.
SEC. 307. 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 $1,500.
SEC. 308. Section 316 of Public Law 101–302 is
amended in the first sentence of subsection (a) by striking
‘‘1999’’ and inserting ‘‘2000’’.
SEC. 309. For purposes of section 8147 of title 5,
United States Code, the Government Printing Office is not
considered an agency which is required by statute to submit
an annual budget pursuant to or as provided by chapter
91 of title 31, United States Code, and is not required to
pay an additional amount for the cost of administration.
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SEC. 310. Chapter 5 of title II of division B of the
Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Ap-
propriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105–277; 112 Stat.
2681–569) is amended in the matter under the subheading
‘‘CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER’’ under the heading ‘‘ARCHI-
TECT OF THE CAPITOL’’ by striking ‘‘the Committee
on Rules and Administration of the Senate, the Committee
on House Oversight of the House of Representatives, the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and of the Senate, and other appropriate committees
of the House of Representatives and of the Senate’’ and in-
serting ‘‘the United States Capitol Preservation Commis-
sion established under section 801 of the Arizona-Idaho
Conservation Act of 1988 (40 U.S.C. 188a)’’.
SEC. 311. (a) The National Park Service (in this sec-
tion referred to as the ‘‘sponsor’’) may during each of cal-
endar years 1999 and 2000 sponsor a series of three concerts
by the National Symphony Orchestra (in this section each
concert referred to as an ‘‘event’’) on the Capitol Grounds.
Such concerts shall be held on Memorial Day, 4th of July,
and Labor Day of each such calendar year, or on such alter-
nate dates during that calendar year as the Speaker of the
House of Representatives and the Committee on Rules and
Administration of the Senate may jointly designate.
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(b)(1) Under conditions to be prescribed by the Archi-
tect of the Capitol and the Capitol Police Board, each event
authorized by subsection (a)—
(A) shall be free of admission charge and open
to the public, with no preferential seating except for
security purposes as determined in accordance with
subsection (d), and
(B) shall be arranged not to interfere with the
needs of Congress.
(2) The sponsor shall assume full responsibility for all
expenses and liabilities incident to all activities associated
with each event.
(3) Pursuant to section 451 of the Legislative Reorga-
nization Act of 1970 (40 U.S.C. 193m–l), the Comptroller
General of the United States shall perform an annual audit
of the events for each of calendar years 1999 and 2000 and
provide a report on each audit to the Speaker of the House
of Representatives and the Chairman of the Senate Com-
mittee on Rules and Administration not later than Decem-
ber 15 of the calendar year for which the audit was per-
formed.
(c)(1) Subject to the approval of the Architect of the
Capitol, the sponsor may erect upon the Capitol Grounds
such stage, sound amplification devices, and other related
structures and equipment as may be required for each event.