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resentative in, or a Delegate or Resident Commissioner 
to, the Congress. 
SEC. 102. LUMP-SUM ALLOWANCE.—(a) The aggre-
gate amount otherwise authorized to be appropriated for 
a fiscal year for the lump-sum allowance for each of the 
following offices shall be increased as follows: 
(1) The allowance for the Office of the Speaker 
is increased by $75,000. 
(2) The allowance for the Office of the Majority 
Floor Leader is increased by $75,000. 
(3) The allowance for the Office of the Minority 
Floor Leader is increased by $75,000. 
(4) The allowance for the Office of the Majority 
Whip is increased by $75,000. 
(5) The allowance for the Office of the Minority 
Whip is increased by $75,000. 
(6) The allowance for the Democratic Steering 
and Policy Committee is increased by $200,000. 
(7) The allowance for the Republican Con-
ference is increased by $110,000. 
(8) The allowance for the Republican Policy 
Committee is increased by $90,000. 
(b) This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 
2007 and each succeeding fiscal year.
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SEC. 103. ACTING CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFI-
CER.—(a) In case of the death, resignation, separation 
from office, or disability of the Chief Administrative Offi-
cer of the House of Representatives, the duties of the 
Chief Administrative Officer may be carried out by a sub-
ordinate employee of the Office of the Chief Administra-
tive Officer (as designated by the Chief Administrative Of-
ficer) until a Chief Administrative Officer is appointed or 
an individual is appointed to act as the Chief Administra-
tive Officer by the Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives under section 208(a) of the Legislative Reorganiza-
tion Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 75a–1(a)). 
(b)(1) Section 7 of the Legislative Branch Appropria-
tions Act, 1943 (2 U.S.C. 75a), is repealed. 
(2) Section 208(b) of the Legislative Reorganization 
Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 75a–1(a)) is amended by striking 
‘‘involved;’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘involved.’’. 
SEC. 104. CONTRACT FOR EXERCISE FACILITY.—(a) 
Section 103(a) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations 
Act, 2005 (Public Law 108–447; 118 Stat. 3175), is 
amended by striking ‘‘private entity’’ and inserting ‘‘public 
or private entity’’. 
(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take 
effect as if included in the enactment of the Legislative 
Branch Appropriations Act, 2005.
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SEC. 105. DISCOUNTED MEMBERSHIP.—(a) If the 
Architect of the Capitol and the Chief Administrative Offi-
cer of the House of Representatives agree to permit em-
ployees of the Office of the Architect of the Capitol to re-
ceive discounted memberships in a private exercise facility 
which has entered into a contract with the House to pro-
vide employees of the House with discounted memberships 
in the facility, the Architect may use amounts made avail-
able in a fiscal year for ‘‘General Administration’’ to make 
payments under the contract. 
(b) This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 
2007 and each succeeding fiscal year. 
SEC. 106. MEMBERSHIP IN EXERCISE FACILITY.— 
In addition to individuals whose pay is disbursed by the 
Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representa-
tives, membership in the exercise facility established for 
employees of the House (as described in section 103(a) 
of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2005) shall 
be available to such other categories of individuals as may 
be approved by the Committee on House Administration. 
SEC. 107. MEDIA SUPPORT SERVICES.—(a) The re-
sponsibilities of positions under the House Press Gallery, 
the House Periodical Press Gallery, and the House Radio 
and Television Correspondents’ Gallery shall include pro-
viding media support services with respect to the presi-
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dential nominating conventions of the national committees 
of political parties. 
(b) The Standing Committee of Correspondents may 
enter into agreements with national committees of political 
parties under which the committees and persons author-
ized by the committees may reimburse employees for nec-
essary expenses incurred in carrying out the responsibil-
ities described in subsection (a) and employees may accept 
such reimbursement. 
(c) The terms and conditions under which employees 
exercise responsibilities under subsection (a), and the 
terms and conditions of any agreement entered into under 
subsection (b), shall be subject to the approval of the Chief 
Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives. 
(d) In this section, the terms ‘‘national committee’’ 
and ‘‘political party’’ have the meaning given such terms 
in section 301 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 
1971 (2 U.S.C. 431). 
JOINT ITEMS 
For Joint Committees, as follows: 
JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic 
Committee, $4,370,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary 
of the Senate.
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JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on 
Taxation, $9,082,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Ad-
ministrative Officer of the House of Representatives. 
For other joint items, as follows: 
OFFICE OF THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN 
For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent ex-
penses of the emergency rooms, and for the Attending 
Physician and his assistants, including: (1) an allowance 
of $2,175 per month to the Attending Physician; (2) an 
allowance of $725 per month each to four medical officers 
while on duty in the Office of the Attending Physician; 
(3) an allowance of $725 per month to two assistants and 
$580 per month each not to exceed 11 assistants on the 
basis heretofore provided for such assistants; and (4) 
$1,920,000 for reimbursement to the Department of the 
Navy for expenses incurred for staff and equipment as-
signed to the Office of the Attending Physician, which 
shall be advanced and credited to the applicable appropria-
tion or appropriations from which such salaries, allow-
ances, and other expenses are payable and shall be avail-
able for all the purposes thereof, $2,652,000, to be dis-
bursed by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House 
of Representatives.
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CAPITOL GUIDE SERVICE AND SPECIAL SERVICES 
OFFICE 
For salaries and expenses of the Capitol Guide Serv-
ice and Special Services Office, $8,490,000, to be dis-
bursed by the Secretary of the Senate. 
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 second ses-
sion of the 109th Congress, showing appropriations made, 
indefinite appropriations, and contracts authorized, to-
gether 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 commit-
tees to supervise the work. 
CAPITOL POLICE 
SALARIES 
For salaries of employees of the Capitol Police, in-
cluding overtime, hazardous duty pay differential, and 
Government contributions for health, retirement, social se-
curity, professional liability insurance, and other applica-
ble employee benefits, $220,600,000, to be disbursed by 
the Chief of the Capitol Police or his designee.