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or a substantial and specific danger to the pub-
lic health and safety. 
(B) 
NONDISCLOSURE.—The 
Inspector 
General shall not, after receipt of a complaint 
or information from an employee, disclose the 
identity of the employee without the consent of 
the employee, unless the Inspector General de-
termines such disclosure is unavoidable during 
the course of the investigation. 
(C) PROHIBITING RETALIATION.—An em-
ployee of the Office of the Architect of the Cap-
itol who has authority to take, direct others to 
take, recommend, or approve any personnel ac-
tion, shall not, with respect to such authority, 
take or threaten to take any action against any 
employee as a reprisal for making a complaint 
or disclosing information to the Inspector Gen-
eral, unless the complaint was made or the in-
formation disclosed with the knowledge that it 
was false or with willful disregard for its truth 
or falsity. 
(4) INDEPENDENCE
IN
CARRYING
OUT
DU-
TIES.—Neither the Architect of the Capitol nor any 
other employee of the Office of the Architect of the 
Capitol may prevent or prohibit the Inspector Gen-
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eral from carrying out any of the duties or respon-
sibilities assigned to the Inspector General under 
this section. 
(d) POWERS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Inspector General may 
exercise the same authorities with respect to the Ar-
chitect of the Capitol as an Inspector General of an 
establishment may exercise with respect to an estab-
lishment under section 6(a) of the Inspector General 
Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App. 6(a)), other than para-
graphs (7) and (8) of such section. 
(2) STAFF.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—The Inspector General 
may appoint and fix the pay of such personnel 
as the Inspector General considers appropriate. 
Such personnel may be appointed without re-
gard to the provisions of title 5, United States 
Code, regarding appointments in the competi-
tive service, and may be paid without regard to 
the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III 
of chapter 53 of such title relating to classifica-
tion and General Schedule pay rates, except 
that no personnel of the Office (other than the 
Inspector General) may be paid at an annual 
rate greater than $500 less than the annual 
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rate of pay of the Inspector General under sub-
section (b)(4). 
(B) EXPERTS
AND
CONSULTANTS.—The 
Inspector General may procure temporary and 
intermittent services under section 3109 of title 
5, United States Code, at rates not to exceed 
the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic 
pay for level IV of the Executive Schedule 
under section 5315 of such title. 
(C) 
INDEPENDENCE
IN
APPOINTING 
STAFF.—No individual may carry out any of 
the duties or responsibilities of the Office unless 
the individual is appointed by the Inspector 
General, or provides services procured by the 
Inspector General, pursuant to this paragraph. 
Nothing in this subparagraph may be construed 
to prohibit the Inspector General from entering 
into a contract or other arrangement for the 
provision of services under this section. 
(D) APPLICABILITY OF ARCHITECT OF THE 
CAPITOL PERSONNEL RULES.—None of the reg-
ulations governing the appointment and pay of 
employees of the Office of the Architect of the 
Capitol shall apply with respect to the appoint-
ment and compensation of the personnel of the 
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Office, except to the extent agreed to by the In-
spector General. Nothing in the previous sen-
tence may be construed to affect subparagraphs 
(A) through (C). 
(3) EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES.—The Architect 
of the Capitol shall provide the Office with appro-
priate and adequate office space, together with such 
equipment, supplies, and communications facilities 
and services as may be necessary for the operation 
of the Office, and shall provide necessary mainte-
nance services for such office space and the equip-
ment and facilities located therein. 
(e) TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS.— 
(1) TRANSFER.—To the extent that any office 
or entity in the Office of the Architect of the Capitol 
prior to the appointment of the first Inspector Gen-
eral under this section carried out any of the duties 
and responsibilities assigned to the Inspector Gen-
eral under this section, the functions of such office 
or entity shall be transferred to the Office upon the 
appointment of the first Inspector General under 
this section. 
(2) NO REDUCTION IN PAY OR BENEFITS.—The 
transfer of the functions of an office or entity to the 
Office under paragraph (1) may not result in a re-
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duction in the pay or benefits of any employee of the 
office or entity, except to the extent required under 
subsection (d)(2)(A). 
(f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take effect 
on the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 1203. FLEXIBLE WORK SCHEDULES.—For 
purposes of subchapter II of chapter 61 of title 5, United 
States Code, during fiscal year 2008 the Office of the Ar-
chitect of the Capitol shall be treated as an agency under 
section 6121(1) of such title. 
SEC. 1204. TRAVEL
AND TRANSPORTATION.—(a) 
Section 5721 of title 5, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subparagraphs (G) and 
(H) as subparagraphs (H) and (I); and 
(2) by inserting after subparagraph (F) the fol-
lowing new subparagraph: 
‘‘(G) the Architect of the Capitol;’’. 
(b) Section 521(1)(B) of the National Energy Con-
servation Policy Act (42 U.S.C. 8241(1)(B)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘(B) through (H)’’ and inserting ‘‘(B) through 
(I)’’. 
SEC. 1205. EASEMENTS.—(a) Subject to subsection 
(e), the Architect of the Capitol may grant easements 
upon such terms and conditions as he considers advisable 
(including the payment of monetary consideration) for 
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rights-of-way over, in, and upon the grounds of the United 
States Capitol or the grounds of any other facility under 
the jurisdiction and control of the Office of the Architect 
of the Capitol to any person for— 
(1) railroad tracks; 
(2) gas, water, sewer, and oil pipe lines; 
(3) substations for electric power transmission 
lines and pumping stations for gas, water, sewer, 
and oil pipe lines; 
(4) canals; 
(5) ditches; 
(6) flumes; 
(7) tunnels; 
(8) roads and streets; 
(9) poles and lines for the transmission or dis-
tribution of electric power; 
(10) poles and lines for the transmission or dis-
tribution of communications signals (including tele-
phone and telegraph signals) and structures and fa-
cilities for the transmission, reception, and relay of 
such signals; and 
(11) any other purpose that the Architect con-
siders advisable. 
(b)(1) No easement granted under this section may 
include more land than is necessary for the easement. 
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(2) In lieu of, or in addition to, any monetary consid-
eration provided in exchange for granting of an easement 
under this section, the Architect may accept in-kind con-
sideration with respect to the easement for— 
(A) maintenance, protection, alteration, repair, 
improvement, or restoration (including environ-
mental restoration) of property or facilities which 
are subject to or affected by the easement; 
(B) construction or acquisition of new facilities; 
(C) provision of other property or facilities; 
(D) support for facilities operation; and 
(E) provision of such other services as the Ar-
chitect considers appropriate. 
(c)(1) There is established in the Treasury a special 
account for the Architect of the Capitol into which the 
Architect shall deposit all of the funds which are paid as 
consideration for the granting of easements under this sec-
tion, and all other proceeds received pursuant to the 
granting of easements under this section. 
(2) Subject to paragraph (3), amounts in the special 
account established under this subsection shall be avail-
able to the Architect, in such amounts provided in appro-
priations acts, for the following purposes: 
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(A) The maintenance, protection, alteration, re-
pair, improvement, or restoration (including environ-
mental restoration) of property or facilities. 
(B) The construction or acquisition of new fa-
cilities. 
(C) Support for facilities operation. 
(3) Any amount paid as consideration for the grant-
ing of an easement, or received pursuant to the granting 
of an easement, which is deposited in the special account 
established under this subsection may not be used by the 
Architect for any purpose which is not related to the same 
property or facility over which the easement was granted 
unless such use is approved— 
(A) in the case of an amount paid as consider-
ation for the granting of an easement with respect 
to property under the jurisdiction of the House of 
Representatives, by the Committee on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives; 
(B) in the case of an amount paid as consider-
ation for the granting of an easement with respect 
to property under the jurisdiction of the Senate, by 
the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate; and 
(C) in the case of an amount paid as consider-
ation for the granting of an easement with respect 
to any other property, by the Committees on Appro-
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priations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate. 
(d) The Architect of the Capitol may terminate all 
or part of any easement granted under this section for— 
(1) failure to comply with the terms and condi-
tions under which the easement was granted; 
(2) nonuse of the easement for a two-year pe-
riod; or 
(3) abandonment of the easement. 
(e) The Architect of the Capitol may grant an ease-
ment under this section upon submission of written notice 
of the intent to grant the easement (including notice of 
the amount or type of consideration to be received in ex-
change for granting the easement) to, and approval of the 
notice by— 
(1) in the case of an easement proposed to be 
granted with respect to property under the jurisdic-
tion of the House of Representatives, the House Of-
fice Building Commission; 
(2) in the case of an easement proposed to be 
granted with respect to property under the jurisdic-
tion of the Senate, the Committee on Rules and Ad-
ministration of the Senate; 
(3) in the case of an easement proposed to be 
granted with respect to any other property, the 
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Committee on Rules and Administration of the Sen-
ate and the House Office Building Commission; and 
(4) in the case of an easement proposed to be 
granted with respect to any other property, the 
Committee on House Administration of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Rules and 
Administration of the Senate. 
(f) This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 
2008 and each succeeding fiscal year. 
SEC. 1206. DESIGN-BUILD CONTRACTS.—(a) Not-
withstanding any other provision of law, the Architect of 
the Capitol may use the two-phase selection procedures 
authorized in section 303M of the Federal Property and 
Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C. 253m) for 
entering into a contract for the design and construction 
of a public building, facility, or work in the same manner 
and under the same terms and conditions as the head of 
an executive agency under such section. 
(b) This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 
2008 and each succeeding fiscal year. 
SEC. 1207. ADVANCE PAYMENTS.—During fiscal 
year 2008 and each succeeding fiscal year, the Architect 
of the Capitol may make payments in advance for obliga-
tions of the Office of the Architect of the Capitol for sub-
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scription services if the Architect determines it to be more 
prompt, efficient, or economical to do so. 
SEC. 1208. CASUALTY AND OTHER INSURANCE FOR 
EXHIBITS AND WORKS OF ART.—(a) Notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, the Architect of the Capitol 
may use funds made available to the Office of the Archi-
tect of the Capitol during a fiscal year to acquire insur-
ance against the loss of or damage to any exhibit or work 
of art which is loaned or leased to the Architect for the 
United States Capitol, the Capitol Visitor Center, or the 
Botanic Garden. 
(b) This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 
2008 and each succeeding fiscal year. 
SEC. 1209. CVC MAINTENANCE.—Any expenses for 
the maintenance of the Capitol Visitor Center shall be 
treated as expenses for the maintenance of the Capitol 
under the heading ‘‘Architect of the Capitol, Capitol 
Building’’, and shall be subject to the same financial man-
agement and reporting requirements applicable to 
amounts under such heading. 
SEC. 1210. LEASING
AUTHORITY.—(a) Section 
1102(b) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 
2004 (2 U.S.C. 1822(b)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Committee 
on Rules and Administration’’ and inserting ‘‘Com-
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mittees on Appropriations and Rules and Adminis-
tration’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘the House 
Office Building Commission’’ and inserting ‘‘the 
Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the House Office Building Commis-
sion’’; and 
(3) in paragraph (3), by striking the period at 
the end and inserting ‘‘, for space to be leased for 
any other entity under subsection (a).’’. 
(b) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect as if included in the enactment of the Legisla-
tive Branch Appropriations Act, 2004. 
SEC. 1211. (a) The great hall of the Capitol Visitor 
Center shall be known and designated as ‘‘Emancipation 
Hall’’, and any reference to the hall in any law, rule, or 
regulation shall be deemed to be a reference to Emanci-
pation Hall. 
(b) This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 
2008 and each succeeding fiscal year. 
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Library of Congress 
not otherwise provided for, including development and 
maintenance of the Library’s catalogs; custody and custo-
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