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and collections; and purchase and exchange, maintenance, repair, 
and operation of a passenger motor vehicle; all under the direction 
of the Joint Committee on the Library, $7,633,000: Provided, That 
this appropriation shall not be available for construction of the 
National Garden: Provided further, That of the amount made avail-
able under this heading, the Architect may obligate and expend 
such sums as may be necessary for the maintenance, care and 
operation of the National Garden established under section 307E 
of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1989 (2 U.S.C. 2146), 
upon vouchers approved by the Architect or a duly authorized 
designee. 
CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER 
For an additional amount for the Capitol Visitor Center project, 
$41,900,000, to remain available until expended, and in addition, 
$2,300,000 for Capitol Visitor Center operation costs: Provided, 
That the Architect of the Capitol may not obligate any of the 
funds which are made available for the Capitol Visitor Center 
project without an obligation plan approved by the Committees 
on Appropriations of the Senate and House of Representatives. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 1201. (a) Section 108 of the Legislative Branch Appropria-
tions Act, 1991 (2 U.S.C. 1849), is amended in subsection (b), 
by striking ‘‘8 positions’’ and inserting ‘‘9 positions’’. 
(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with 
respect to pay periods beginning on or after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
SEC. 1202. (a) Section 905 of the 2002 Supplemental Appropria-
tions Act for Further Recovery From and Response To Terrorist 
Attacks on the United States (2 U.S.C. 1819) is amended—
(1) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection (e); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (c) the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(d) In the case of a building or facility acquired through 
purchase pursuant to subsection (a), the Architect of the Capitol 
may enter into or assume a lease with another person for the 
use of any portion of the building or facility that the Architect 
of the Capitol determines is not required to be used to carry out 
the purposes of this section, subject to the approval of the entity 
which approved the acquisition of such building or facility under 
subsection (b).’’. 
(b) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply with 
respect to leases entered into on or after the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Library of Congress not otherwise 
provided for, including development and maintenance of the 
Library’s catalogs; custody and custodial care of the Library
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buildings; special clothing; cleaning, laundering and repair of uni-
forms; preservation of motion pictures in the custody of the Library; 
operation and maintenance of the American Folklife Center in 
the Library; preparation and distribution of catalog records and 
other publications 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, $395,754,000, of which not more than $6,000,000 
shall be derived from collections credited to this appropriation 
during fiscal year 2006, 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 
collections during fiscal year 2006 and shall remain available until 
expended for the development and maintenance of an international 
legal information database and activities related 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 
collections are less than $6,350,000: Provided further, That of the 
total amount appropriated, $13,972,000 shall remain available until 
expended for the partial acquisition of books, periodicals, news-
papers, and all other materials including subscriptions for biblio-
graphic services for the Library, including $40,000 to be available 
solely for the purchase, when specifically approved by the Librarian, 
of special and unique materials for additions to the collections: 
Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated, not more 
than $12,000 may be expended, on the certification of the Librarian 
of Congress, in connection with official representation and reception 
expenses for the Overseas Field Offices: Provided further, That 
of the total amount appropriated, $5,860,000 shall remain available 
until expended for the digital collections and educational curricula 
program under section 1306 of this Act: Provided further, That 
of the total amount appropriated, $600,000 shall remain available 
until expended, and shall be transferred to the Abraham Lincoln 
Bicentennial Commission for carrying out the purposes of Public 
Law 106–173, of which $10,000 may be used for official representa-
tion and reception expenses of the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial 
Commission: Provided further, That of the total amount appro-
priated, $11,078,000 shall remain available until expended for par-
tial support of the National Audio-Visual Conservation Center: Pro-
vided further, That of the total amount appropriated, $250,000 
shall be used to provide a grant to the Middle Eastern Text Initia-
tive for translation and publishing of middle eastern text: Provided 
further, That no funds made available under this heading may 
be expended inconsistently with the provisions and intent of section 
1006 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2004 (Public 
Law 108–83), as amended, and the memorandum of understanding 
between the Library of Congress and the Capitol Police entered 
into on December 12, 2004: Provided further, That of the total 
amount appropriated, $300,000 shall be available to the University 
of South Carolina for the Cooperative Preservation and Conserva-
tion project for the Movietone Newsreel collection: Provided further, 
That of the total amount appropriated, $400,000 shall be available 
to the University of Mississippi American Music Archives: Provided 
further, That of the amounts made available under this heading