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with a private entity for the management and operation of
the Capitol Power Plant; and
(2) makes a recommendation on whether the Architect
of the Capitol should enter into such a contract.
(c) IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.—If the Comptroller General makes
a recommendation under subsection (b)(2) in favor of entering into
a contract, the Architect of the Capitol shall submit an implementa-
tion plan for that contract to the appropriate congressional commit-
tees not later than the later of—
(1) 270 days after the date of enactment of this Act; or
(2) the date of the completion of the West Refrigeration
Plant.
(d) CONTRACT.—Subject to the approval of the appropriate
congressional committees, the Architect of the Capitol shall enter
into a contract with a private entity for the management and
operation of the Capitol Power Plant.
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply to fiscal year
2005 and each fiscal year thereafter.
SEC. 1102. (a) The Comptroller General shall conduct an anal-
ysis of the operations of the Office of the Architect of the Capitol,
and shall include in the analysis recommendations regarding the
extent to which the functions and duties of the Architect of the
Capitol may be carried out more effectively through contracts with
private entities, through reassignment to other entities of the legis-
lative branch, and through such other methods as the Comptroller
General considers appropriate.
(b) Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment
of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit a report on
the analysis conducted under subsection (a) to the Committees
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate.
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 custodial care of the Library
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, $384,671,000, of which not more than $6,000,000
shall be derived from collections credited to this appropriation
during fiscal year 2005, 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 2005 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
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available for obligation shall be reduced by the amount by which
collections are less than the $6,350,000: Provided further, That
of the total amount appropriated, $12,481,000 shall remain avail-
able until expended for the partial acquisition of books, periodicals,
newspapers, and all other materials including subscriptions for
bibliographic services for the Library, including $40,000 to be avail-
able 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, $2,250,000 shall
remain available until expended for the purpose of teaching edu-
cators and librarians how to incorporate the Library’s digital collec-
tions into school curricula and shall be transferred to the edu-
cational consortium formed to conduct the ‘‘Adventure of the Amer-
ican Mind’’ project as approved by the Library: Provided further,
That of the total amount appropriated, $500,000 shall remain avail-
able until expended, and shall be transferred to the Abraham Lin-
coln Bicentennial Commission for carrying out the purposes of
Public Law 106–173, of which $10,000 may be used for official
representation and reception expenses of the Abraham Lincoln
Bicentennial Commission: Provided further, That of the total
amount appropriated, $15,620,000 shall remain available until
expended for partial support of the National Audio-Visual Conserva-
tion Center: Provided further, That of the total amount appro-
priated, $2,795,000 shall remain available until expended for the
development and maintenance of the Alternate Computer Facility:
Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated, $500,000
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, of the total amount appropriated, $100,000 shall
be provided to the Association for Diplomatic Studies and Training
to provide for the oral history of United States foreign affairs
personnel: Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated,
$300,000 shall be made available to initiate with the University
of South Carolina a Cooperative Preservation and Conservation
project for Movietone Newsreel collections.
COPYRIGHT OFFICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, $53,611,000,
of which not more than $26,981,000, to remain available until
expended, shall be derived from collections credited to this appro-
priation during fiscal year 2005 under section 708(d) of title 17,
United States Code: Provided, That the Copyright Office may not
obligate or expend any funds derived from collections under such
section, in excess of the amount authorized for obligation or expendi-
ture in appropriations Acts: Provided further, That not more than
$6,496,000 shall be derived from collections during fiscal year 2005
under sections 111(d)(2), 119(b)(2), 802(h), 1005, and 1316 of such
title: Provided further, That the total amount available for obligation
shall be reduced by the amount by which collections are less than
$33,477,000: Provided further, That not more than $100,000 of
the amount appropriated is available for the maintenance of an