104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2492
AN ACT
Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996,
and for other purposes.
104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2492
AN ACT
Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the
Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September
30, 1996, and for other purposes, namely:
TITLE I—CONGRESSIONAL OPERATIONS
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; Minor-
ity Leader of the Senate, $10,000; Majority Whip of the
Senate, $5,000; Minority Whip of the Senate, $5,000; and
Chairmen of the Majority and Minority Conference Com-
mittees, $3,000 for each Chairman; in all, $56,000.
REPRESENTATION ALLOWANCES FOR THE MAJORITY
AND MINORITY LEADERS
For representation allowances of the Majority and
Minority 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,
$69,727,000, 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, $1,513,000.
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE
For the Office of the President Pro Tempore,
$325,000.
OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERS
For Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders,
$2,195,000.
OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY WHIPS
For Offices of the Majority and Minority Whips,
$656,000.
CONFERENCE COMMITTEES
For the Conference of the Majority and the Con-
ference of the Minority, at rates of compensation to be
fixed by the Chairman of each such committee, $996,000
for each such committee; in all, $1,992,000.
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,
$360,000.
POLICY COMMITTEES
For salaries of the Majority Policy Committee and
the Minority Policy Committee, $965,000 for each such
committee, in all, $1,930,000.
OFFICE OF THE CHAPLAIN
For Office of the Chaplain, $192,000.
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
For Office of the Secretary, $12,128,000.
OFFICE OF THE SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER
For Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper,
$31,889,000.
OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND
MINORITY
For Offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the
Secretary for the Minority, $1,047,000.
AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS AND RELATED EXPENSES
For agency contributions for employee benefits, as
authorized by law, and related expenses, $15,500,000.
OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL OF THE SENATE
For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legisla-
tive Counsel of the Senate, $3,381,000.
OFFICE OF SENATE LEGAL COUNSEL
For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate
Legal Counsel, $936,000.
EXPENSE ALLOWANCES
OF
THE SECRETARY
OF
THE
SENATE, SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF
THE SENATE, AND SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJOR-
ITY AND MINORITY OF THE SENATE
For expense allowances of the Secretary of the Sen-
ate, $3,000; Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Sen-
ate, $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,
section 112 of Public Law 96–304 and Senate Resolution
281, agreed to March 11, 1980, $66,395,000.
EXPENSES OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE CAUCUS ON
INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL
For expenses of the United States Senate Caucus on
International Narcotics Control, $305,000.
SECRETARY OF THE SENATE
For expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the
Senate, $1,266,000.
SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE SENATE
For expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms
and Doorkeeper of the Senate, $61,347,000.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS
For miscellaneous items, $6,644,000.
SENATORS’ OFFICIAL PERSONNEL AND OFFICE EXPENSE
ACCOUNT
For Senators’ Official Personnel and Office Expense
Account, $204,029,000.
OFFICE OF SENATE FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES
For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate Fair
Employment Practices, $778,000.
SETTLEMENTS AND AWARDS RESERVE
For 
expenses 
for 
settlements 
and 
awards,
$1,000,000, to remain available until expended.
STATIONERY (REVOLVING FUND)
For stationery for the President of the Senate,
$4,500, for officers of the Senate and the Conference of
the Majority and Conference of the Minority of the Senate,
$8,500; in all, $13,000.
OFFICIAL MAIL COSTS
For expenses necessary for official mail costs of the
Senate, $11,000,000.
RESCISSION
Of the funds previously appropriated under the head-
ing ‘‘SENATE’’, $63,544,724.12 are rescinded.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
SECTION 1. (a) On and after October 1, 1995, no
Senator shall receive mileage under section 17 of the Act
of July 28, 1866 (2 U.S.C. 43).
(b) On and after October 1, 1995, the President of
the Senate shall not receive mileage under the first section
of the Act of July 8, 1935 (2 U.S.C. 43a).
SEC. 2. (a) There is established in the Treasury of
the United States within the contingent fund of the Senate
a revolving fund, to be known as the ‘‘Office of the Chap-
lain Expense Revolving Fund’’ (hereafter referred to as
the ‘‘fund’’). The fund shall consist of all moneys collected
or received with respect to the Office of the Chaplain of
the Senate.
(b) The fund shall be available without fiscal year
limitation for disbursement by the Secretary of the Senate,
not to exceed $10,000 in any fiscal year, for the payment
of official expenses incurred by the Chaplain of the Senate.
In addition, moneys in the fund may be used to purchase
food or food related items. The fund shall not be available
for the payment of salaries.
(c) All moneys (including donated moneys) received
or collected with respect to the Office of the Chaplain of
the Senate shall be deposited in the fund and shall be
available for purposes of this section.
(d) Disbursements from the fund shall be made on
vouchers approved by the Chaplain of the Senate.
SEC. 3. Funds appropriated under the heading, ‘‘Set-
tlements and Awards Reserve’’ in Public Law 103–283
shall remain available until expended.
SEC. 4. Section 902 of the Supplemental Appropria-
tions Act, 1983 (2 U.S.C. 88b–6) is amended by striking
the second sentence and inserting the following: ‘‘The
amounts so withheld shall be deposited in the revolving
fund, within the contingent fund of the Senate, for the
Daniel Webster Senate Page Residence, as established by
section 4 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act,
1995 (2 U.S.C. 88b–7).’’.
SEC. 5. (a) Any payment for local and long distance
telecommunications service provided to any user by the
Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate shall
cover the total invoiced amount, including any amount re-
lating to separately identified toll calls, and shall be
charged to the appropriation for the fiscal year in which
the underlying base service period covered by the invoice
ends.
(b) As used in subsection (a), the term ‘‘user’’ means
any Senator, Officer of the Senate, Committee, office, or
entity provided telephone equipment and services by the
Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate.
SEC. 6. Section 4(b) of Public Law 103–283 is
amended by inserting before ‘‘collected’’ the following:
‘‘(including donated moneys)’’.
SEC. 7. Section 1 of Public Law 101–520 (2 U.S.C.
61g–6a) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘SECTION 1. (a)(1) The Chairman of the Majority
or Minority Policy Committee of the Senate may, during
any fiscal year, at his or her election transfer funds from
the appropriation account for salaries for the Majority and
Minority Policy Committees of the Senate, to the account,
within the contingent fund of the Senate, from which ex-
penses are payable for such committees.
‘‘(2) The Chairman of the Majority or Minority Pol-
icy Committee of the Senate may, during any fiscal year,
at his or her election transfer funds from the appropria-
tion account for expenses, within the contingent fund of
the Senate, for the Majority and Minority Policy Commit-
tees of the Senate, to the account from which salaries are
payable for such committees.
‘‘(b)(1) The Chairman of the Majority or Minority
Conference Committee of the Senate may, during any fis-
cal year, at his or her election transfer funds from the
appropriation account for salaries for the Majority and
Minority Conference Committees of the Senate, to the ac-
count, within the contingent fund of the Senate, from
which expenses are payable for such committees.
‘‘(2) The Chairman of the Majority or Minority Con-
ference Committee of the Senate may, during any fiscal
year, at his or her election transfer funds from the appro-
priation account for expenses, within the contingent fund
of the Senate, for the Majority and Minority Conference
Committees of the Senate, to the account from which sala-
ries are payable for such committees.
‘‘(c) Any funds transferred under this section shall
be—
‘‘(1) available for expenditure by such commit-
tee in like manner and for the same purposes as are
other moneys which are available for expenditure by
such committee from the account to which the funds
were transferred; and
‘‘(2) made at such time or times as the Chair-
man shall specify in writing to the Senate Disburs-
ing Office.
‘‘(d) The Chairman of a committee transferring funds
under this section shall notify the Committee on Appro-
priations of the Senate of the transfer.’’.
(b) The amendment made by this section shall take
effect on October 1, 1995, and shall be effective with re-
spect to fiscal years beginning on or after that date.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For salaries and expenses of the House of Represent-
atives, $671,561,000, as follows:
HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES
For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law,
$11,271,000, 
including: 
Office 
of 
the 
Speaker,
$1,478,000, including $25,000 for official expenses of the
Speaker; Office of the Majority Floor Leader, $1,470,000,
including $10,000 for official expenses of the Majority
Leader; Office of the Minority Floor Leader, $1,480,000,
including $10,000 for official expenses of the Minority
Leader; Office of the Majority Whip, including the Chief
Deputy Majority Whip, $928,000, including $5,000 for of-
ficial expenses of the Majority Whip; Office of the Minor-
ity Whip, including the Chief Deputy Minority Whip,
$918,000, including $5,000 for official expenses of the Mi-
nority Whip; Speaker’s Office for Legislative Floor Activi-
ties, 
$376,000; 
Republican 
Steering 
Committee,
$664,000; Republican Conference, $1,083,000; Demo-
cratic Steering and Policy Committee, $1,181,000; Demo-
cratic Caucus, $566,000; and nine minority employees,
$1,127,000.
MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES
INCLUDING MEMBERS’ CLERK HIRE, OFFICIAL
EXPENSES OF MEMBERS, AND OFFICIAL MAIL
For Members’ representational allowances, including
Members’ clerk hire, official expenses, and official mail,
$360,503,000: Provided, That no such funds shall be used
for the purposes of sending unsolicited mass mailings
within 90 days before an election in which the Member
is a candidate.
COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES
STANDING COMMITTEES, SPECIAL AND SELECT
For salaries and expenses of standing committees,
special and select, authorized by House resolutions,
$78,629,000.
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
For salaries and expenses of the Committee on Ap-
propriations, $16,945,000, including studies and examina-
tions of executive agencies and temporary personal serv-
ices for such committee, to be expended in accordance with
section 202(b) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of
1946 and to be available for reimbursement to agencies
for services performed.
SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
For compensation and expenses of officers and em-
ployees, as authorized by law, $83,733,000, including: for
salaries and expenses of the Office of the Clerk, including
not to exceed $1,000 for official representation and recep-
tion expenses, $13,807,000; for salaries and expenses of
the Office of the Sergeant at Arms, including the position
of Superintendent of Garages, and including not to exceed
$750 for official representation and reception expenses,
$3,410,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the
Chief Administrative Officer, $53,556,000, including sala-
ries, expenses and temporary personal services of House
Information 
Resources, 
$27,500,000, 
of 
which
$16,000,000 is provided herein: Provided, That House In-
formation Resources is authorized to receive reimburse-
ment from Members of the House of Representatives and
other governmental entities for services provided and such
reimbursement shall be deposited in the Treasury for cred-
it to this account; for salaries and expenses of the Office
of the Inspector General, $3,954,000; for salaries and ex-
penses of the Office of Compliance, $858,000; Office of
the Chaplain, $126,000; for salaries and expenses of the
Office of the Parliamentarian, including the Parliamentar-
ian and $2,000 for preparing the Digest of Rules,
$1,180,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the
Law Revision Counsel of the House, $1,700,000; for sala-
ries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel
of the House, $4,524,000; and other authorized employ-
ees, $618,000.
ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES
For allowances and expenses as authorized by House
resolution or law, $120,480,000, including: supplies, mate-
rials, administrative costs and Federal tort claims,
$1,213,000; official mail for committees, leadership of-
fices, and administrative offices of the House, $1,000,000;
reemployed annuitants reimbursements, $68,000; Govern-
ment contributions to employees’ life insurance fund, re-
tirement funds, Social Security fund, Medicare fund,
health benefits fund, and worker’s and unemployment
compensation, $117,541,000; and miscellaneous items in-
cluding purchase, exchange, maintenance, repair and oper-
ation of House motor vehicles, interparliamentary recep-
tions, and gratuities to heirs of deceased employees of the
House, $658,000.
CHILD CARE CENTER
For salaries and expenses of the House of Represent-
atives Child Care Center, such amounts as are deposited
in the account established by section 312(d)(1) of the Leg-
islative Branch Appropriations Act, 1992 (40 U.S.C.
184g(d)(1)), subject to the level specified in the budget
of the Center, as submitted to the Committee on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
SEC. 101. Effective with respect to fiscal years begin-
ning with fiscal year 1995, in the case of mail from outside
sources presented to the Chief Administrative Officer of
the House of Representatives (other than mail through the
Postal Service and mail with postage otherwise paid) for
internal delivery in the House of Representatives, the
Chief Administrative Officer is authorized to collect fees
equal to the applicable postage. Amounts received by the
Chief Administrative Officer as fees under the preceding
sentence shall be deposited in the Treasury as miscellane-
ous receipts.
SEC. 102. Effective with respect to fiscal years begin-
ning with fiscal year 1995, amounts received by the Chief
Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives
from the Administrator of General Services for rebates
under the Government Travel Charge Card Program shall
be deposited in the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts.
SEC. 103. The provisions of section 223(b) of House
Resolution 6, One Hundred Fourth Congress, agreed to
January 5 (legislative day, January 4), 1995, establishing
the Speaker’s Office for Legislative Floor Activities;
House Resolution 7, One Hundred Fourth Congress,
agreed to January 5 (legislative day, January 4), 1995,
providing for the designation of certain minority employ-
ees; House Resolution 9, One Hundred Fourth Congress,
agreed to January 5 (legislative day, January 4), 1995,
providing amounts for the Republican Steering Committee
and the Democratic Policy Committee; House Resolution
10, One Hundred Fourth Congress, agreed to January 5
(legislative day, January 4), 1995, providing for the trans-
fer of two employee positions; and House Resolution 113,
One Hundred Fourth Congress, agreed to March 10,
1995, providing for the transfer of certain employee posi-
tions shall each be the permanent law with respect thereto.
SEC. 104. (a) The five statutory positions specified
in subsection (b), subsection (c), and subsection (d) are
transferred from the House Republican Conference to the
Republican Steering Committee.
(b) The first two of the five positions referred to in
subsection (a) are—
(1) the position established for the chief deputy
majority whip by subsection (a) of the first section
of House Resolution 393, Ninety-fifth Congress,
agreed to March 31, 1977, as enacted into perma-
nent law by section 115 of the Legislative Branch
Appropriation Act, 1978 (2 U.S.C. 74a–3); and
(2) the position established for the chief deputy
majority whip by section 102(a)(4) of the Legislative
Branch Appropriations Act, 1990;
both of which positions were transferred to the majority
leader by House Resolution 10, One Hundred Fourth Con-
gress, agreed to January 5 (legislative day, January 4),
1995, as enacted into permanent law by section 103 of
this Act, and both of which positions were further trans-
ferred to the House Republican Conference by House Res-
olution 113, One Hundred Fourth Congress, agreed to
March 10, 1995, as enacted into permanent law by section
103 of this Act.
(c) The second two of the five positions referred to
in subsection (a) are the two positions established by sec-
tion 103(a)(2) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations
Act, 1986.
(d) The fifth of the five positions referred to in sub-
section (a) is the position for the House Republican Con-
ference established by House Resolution 625, Eighty-ninth
Congress, agreed to October 22, 1965, as enacted into per-
manent law by section 103 of the Legislative Branch Ap-
propriation Act, 1967.
(e) The transfers under this section shall take effect
on the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 105. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision
of law, or any rule, regulation, or other authority, travel
for studies and examinations under section 202(b) of the
Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 72a(b))
shall be governed by applicable laws or regulations of the
House of Representatives or as promulgated from time to
time by the Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations
of the House of Representatives.
(b) Subsection (a) shall take effect on the date of the
enactment of this Act and shall apply to travel performed
on or after that date.
SEC. 106. (a) Notwithstanding the paragraph under
the heading ‘‘GENERAL PROVISION’’ in chapter XI of the
Third Supplemental Appropriation Act, 1957 (2 U.S.C.
102a) or any other provision of law, effective on the date
of the enactment of this section, unexpended balances in
accounts described in subsection (b) are withdrawn, with
unpaid obligations to be liquidated in the manner provided
in the second sentence of that paragraph.
(b) The accounts referred to in subsection (a) are the
House of Representatives legislative service organization
revolving accounts under section 311 of the Legislative
Branch Appropriations Act, 1994 (2 U.S.C. 96a).
SEC. 107. (a) Each fund and account specified in
subsection (b) shall be available only to the extent pro-
vided in appropriations Acts.
(b) The funds and accounts referred to in subsection
(a) are—
(1) the revolving fund for the House Barber
Shops, established by the paragraph under the head-
ing ‘‘HOUSE BARBER SHOPS REVOLVING FUND’’ in
the matter relating to the House of Representatives
in chapter III of title I of the Supplemental Appro-
priations Act, 1975 (Public Law 93–554; 88 Stat.
1776);
(2) the revolving fund for the House Beauty
Shop, established by the matter under the heading
‘‘HOUSE BEAUTY SHOP’’ in the matter relating to
administrative provisions for the House of Rep-
resentatives in the Legislative Branch Appropriation
Act, 1970 (Public Law 91–145; 83 Stat. 347);
(3) the special deposit account established for
the House of Representatives Restaurant by section
208 of the First Supplemental Civil Functions Ap-
propriation Act, 1941 (40 U.S.C. 174k note); and
(4) the revolving fund established for the House
Recording Studio by section 105(g) of the Legisla-
tive Branch Appropriation Act, 1957 (2 U.S.C.
123b(g)).
(c) This section shall take effect on October 1, 1995,
and shall apply with respect to fiscal years beginning on
or after that date.
SEC. 107A. For fiscal year 1996, subject to the direc-
tion of the Committee on House Oversight of the House
of Representatives, of the total amount deposited in the
account referred to in section 107(b)(3) of this Act from
vending operations of the House of Representatives Res-
taurant System, the cost of goods sold shall be available
to pay the cost of inventory for such operations.
SEC. 108. The House Employees Position Classifica-
tion Act (2 U.S.C. 291, et seq.) is amended—
(1) in section 3(1), by striking out ‘‘Door-
keeper, and the Postmaster,’’ and inserting in lieu
thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer, and the In-
spector General’’;
(2) in the first sentence of section 4(b), by
striking out ‘‘Doorkeeper, and the Postmaster,’’ and
inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Offi-
cer, and the Inspector General’’;
(3) in section 5(b)(1), by striking out ‘‘Door-
keeper, and the Postmaster’’ and inserting in lieu
thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Officer, and the In-
spector General’’; and
(4) in the first sentence of section 5(c), by
striking out ‘‘Doorkeeper, and the Postmaster,’’ and
inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Chief Administrative Offi-
cer, and the Inspector General’’.
SEC. 109. (a) Upon the approval of the appropriate
employing authority, an employee of the House of Rep-
resentatives who is separated from employment, may be
paid a lump sum for the accrued annual leave of the em-
ployee. The lump sum—
(1) shall be paid in an amount not more than
the lesser of—
(A) the amount of the monthly pay of the
employee, as determined by the Chief Adminis-
trative Officer of the House of Representatives;
or
(B) the amount equal to the monthly pay
of the employee, as determined by the Chief Ad-
ministrative Officer of the House of Represent-
atives, divided by 30, and multiplied by the
number of days of the accrued annual leave of
the employee;
(2) shall be paid—
(A) for clerk hire employees, from the clerk
hire allowance of the Member;
(B) 
for 
committee 
employees, 
from
amounts appropriated for committees; and
(C) for other employees, from amounts ap-
propriated to the employing authority; and
(3) shall be based on the rate of pay in effect
with respect to the employee on the last day of em-
ployment of the employee.
(b) The Committee on House Oversight shall have
authority to prescribe regulations to carry out this section.
(c) As used in this section, the term ‘‘employee of
the House of Representatives’’ means an employee whose
pay is disbursed by the Clerk of the House of Representa-
tives or the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of
Representatives, as applicable, except that such term does
not include a uniformed or civilian support employee
under the Capitol Police Board.
(d) Payments under this section may be made with
respect to separations from employment taking place after
June 30, 1995.
SEC. 110. (a)(1) Effective on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the allowances for office personnel and
equipment for certain Members of the House of Rep-
resentatives, as adjusted through the day before the date
of the enactment of this Act, are further adjusted as speci-
fied in paragraph (2).
(2) The further adjustments referred to in paragraph
(1) are as follows:
(A) The allowance for the majority leader is in-
creased by $167,532.
(B) The allowance for the majority whip is de-
creased by $167,532.
(b)(1) Effective on the date of the enactment of this
Act, the House of Representatives allowances referred to
in paragraph (2), as adjusted through the day before the
date of the enactment of this Act, are further adjusted,
or are established, as the case may be, as specified in para-
graph (2).
(2) The further adjustments and the establishment
referred to in paragraph (1) are as follows:
(A) The allowance for the Republican Con-
ference is increased by $134,491.
(B) The allowance for the Republican Steering
Committee is established at $66,995.
(C) The allowance for the Democratic Steering
and Policy Committee is increased by $201,430.
(D) The allowance for the Democratic Caucus
is increased by $56.
JOINT ITEMS
For Joint Committees, as follows:
JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic
Committee, $3,000,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary
of the Senate.
JOINT COMMITTEE ON PRINTING
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on
Printing, $750,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of
the Senate.
JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on
Taxation, $5,116,000, to be disbursed by the Clerk of the
House.
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 $1,500 per month to the Attending Physician; (2) an
allowance of $500 per month each to two medical officers
while on duty in the Attending Physician’s office; (3) an
allowance of $500 per month to one assistant and $400
per month each to not to exceed nine assistants on the
basis heretofore provided for such assistance; and (4)
$852,000 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, $1,260,000, to be dis-
bursed by the Clerk of the House.
CAPITOL POLICE BOARD
CAPITOL POLICE
SALARIES
For the Capitol Police Board for salaries, 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 to
employees’ benefits funds, as authorized by law, of offi-
cers, members, and employees of the Capitol Police,
$70,132,000, of which $34,213,000 is provided to the Ser-
geant at Arms of the House of Representatives, to be dis-
bursed by the Clerk of the House, and $35,919,000 is pro-
vided to the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Sen-
ate, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate: Pro-
vided, That, of the amounts appropriated under this head-
ing, such amounts as may be necessary may be transferred
between the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Represent-
atives and the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the
Senate, upon approval of the Committee on Appropria-
tions 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, commu-
nications and other equipment, uniforms, weapons, sup-
plies, materials, training, medical services, forensic serv-
ices, stenographic services, the employee assistance pro-
gram, not more than $2,000 for the awards program,
postage, telephone service, travel advances, relocation of
instructor and liaison personnel for the Federal Law En-
forcement Training Center, and $85 per month for extra
services performed for the Capitol Police Board by an em-
ployee of the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate or the House
of Representatives designated by the Chairman of the
Board, $2,560,000, to be disbursed by the Clerk of the
House of Representatives: Provided, That, notwithstand-
ing any other provision of law, the cost of basic training
for the Capitol Police at the Federal Law Enforcement
Training Center for fiscal year 1996 shall be paid by the
Secretary of the Treasury from funds available to the De-
partment of the Treasury.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION
SEC. 111. Amounts appropriated for fiscal year 1996
for the Capitol Police Board under the heading ‘‘CAPITOL
POLICE’’ may be transferred between the headings ‘‘SALA-
RIES’’ and ‘‘GENERAL EXPENSES’’, upon approval of the
Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the
House of Representatives.
CAPITOL GUIDE SERVICE AND SPECIAL SERVICES
OFFICE
For salaries and expenses of the Capitol Guide Serv-
ice and Special Services Office, $1,991,000, to be dis-
bursed by the Secretary of the Senate: Provided, That
none of these funds shall be used to employ more than
forty individuals: Provided further, That the Capitol Guide
Board is authorized, during emergencies, to employ not
more than two additional individuals for not more than
one hundred twenty days each, and not more than ten ad-
ditional 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 Fourth Congress, showing appropria-
tions made, indefinite appropriations, and contracts au-
thorized, together with a chronological history of the regu-
lar appropriations bills as required by law, $30,000, to be
paid to the persons designated by the chairmen of such
committees to supervise the work.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION
SEC. 112. Section 310 of the Legislative Branch Ap-
propriations Act, 1990 (2 U.S.C. 130e), is amended—
(1) by striking out ‘‘Clerk’’ and inserting in lieu
thereof ‘‘Sergeant at Arms’’; and
(2) by striking out ‘‘Librarian of Congress’’ and
inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Architect of the Capitol’’.
OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE
For salaries and expenses of the Office of Compli-
ance, as authorized by section 305 of Public Law 104–
1, the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C.
1385), $2,500,000, of which $500,000 shall be transferred
from the amount provided for salaries and expenses of the
Office of Compliance under the headings ‘‘HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES’’, ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’, and
‘‘Salaries, Officers and Employees’’.
OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For salaries and expenses necessary to carry out the
orderly closure of the Office of Technology Assessment,
$3,615,000, of which $150,000 shall remain available
until September 30, 1997. Upon enactment of this Act,
$2,500,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading
in Public Law 103–283 shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 1996: Provided, That none of the funds made
available in this Act shall be available for salaries or ex-
penses of any employee of the Office of Technology Assess-
ment in excess of 17 employees except for severance pay
purposes.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
SEC. 113. Upon enactment of this Act all employees
of the Office of Technology Assessment for 183 days pre-
ceding termination of employment who are terminated as
a result of the elimination of the Office and who are not
otherwise gainfully employed may continue to be paid by
the Office of Technology Assessment at their respective
salaries for a period not to exceed 60 calendar days follow-
ing the employee’s date of termination or until the em-
ployee becomes otherwise gainfully employed whichever is
earlier. Any day for which a former employee receives a
payment under this section shall be counted as Federal
service for purposes of determining entitlement to bene-
fits, including retirement, annual and sick leave earnings,
and health and life insurance. A statement in writing to
the Director of the Office of Technology Assessment or
his designee by any such employee that he was not gain-
fully employed during such period or the portion thereof
for which payment is claimed shall be accepted as prima
facie evidence that he was not so employed.
SEC. 114. Notwithstanding the provisions of the Fed-
eral Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949,
as amended, or any other provision of law, upon the aboli-
tion of the Office of Technology Assessment, all records
and property of the Office (including the Unix system, all
computer hardware and software, all library collections
and research materials, and all photocopying equipment),
shall be under the administrative control of the Architect
of the Capitol. Not later than December 31, 1995, the Ar-
chitect shall submit a proposal to transfer such records
and property to appropriate support agencies of the Legis-
lative Branch which request such transfer, and shall carry
out such transfer subject to the approval of the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives
and the Senate.
CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For salaries and expenses necessary to carry out the
provisions of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (Pub-
lic Law 93–344), including not to exceed $2,500 to be ex-
pended on the certification of the Director of the Congres-
sional Budget Office in connection with official representa-
tion and reception expenses, $24,288,000: Provided, That
none of these funds shall be available for the purchase or
hire of a passenger motor vehicle: Provided further, That
none of the funds in this Act shall be available for salaries
or expenses of any employee of the Congressional Budget
Office in excess of 232 full-time equivalent positions: Pro-
vided further, That any sale or lease of property, supplies,
or services to the Congressional Budget Office shall be
deemed to be a sale or lease of such property, supplies,
or services to the Congress subject to section 903 of Public
Law 98–63: Provided further, That the Director of the
Congressional Budget Office shall have the authority,
within the limits of available appropriations, to dispose of
surplus or obsolete personal property by inter-agency
transfer, donation, or discarding.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION
SEC. 115. Section 8402(c) of title 5, United States
Code, is amended—
(1) by redesignating paragraph (7) as para-
graph (8); and
(2) by inserting after paragraph (6) the follow-
ing:
‘‘(7) The Director of the Congressional Budget Office
may exclude from the operation of this chapter an em-
ployee under the Congressional Budget Office whose em-
ployment is temporary or intermittent.’’.
ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL
OFFICE OF THE ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL
SALARIES
For the Architect of the Capitol, the Assistant Archi-
tect of the Capitol, and other personal services, at rates
of pay provided by law, $8,569,000.
TRAVEL
Appropriations under the control of the Architect of
the Capitol shall be available for expenses of travel on offi-
cial business not to exceed in the aggregate under all
funds the sum of $20,000.
CONTINGENT EXPENSES
To enable the Architect of the Capitol to make sur-
veys and studies, and to meet unforeseen expenses in con-
nection with activities under his care, $100,000.
CAPITOL BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS
CAPITOL BUILDINGS
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care
and operation of the Capitol and electrical substations of
the Senate and House office buildings, under the jurisdic-
tion of the Architect of the Capitol, including furnishings
and office equipment; including not to exceed $1,000 for
official reception and representation expenses, to be ex-
pended as the Architect of the Capitol may approve; pur-
chase or exchange, maintenance and operation of a pas-
senger motor vehicle; and attendance, 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, $22,882,000, of which
$2,950,000 shall remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That hereafter expenses, based on full cost recovery,
for flying American flags and providing certification serv-
ices therefor shall be advanced or reimbursed upon request
of the Architect of the Capitol, and amounts so received
shall be deposited into the Treasury.
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, $5,143,000,
of which $25,000 shall remain available until expended.
SENATE OFFICE BUILDINGS
For all necessary expenses for maintenance, care and
operation of Senate Office Buildings; and furniture and
furnishings to be expended under the control and super-
vision of the Architect of the Capitol, $41,757,000, of
which $4,850,000 shall remain available until expended.
HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care
and operation of the House office buildings, $33,001,000,
of which $5,261,000 shall remain available until expended.
CAPITOL POWER PLANT
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care
and operation of the Capitol Power Plant; lighting, heat-
ing, 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 ga-
rage, 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 Su-
preme Court Building, Union Station complex, Thurgood
Marshall Federal Judiciary Building and the Folger
Shakespeare Library, expenses for which shall be ad-
vanced or reimbursed upon request of the Architect of the
Capitol and amounts so received shall be deposited into
the Treasury to the credit of this appropriation,
$31,518,000: Provided, That not to exceed $4,000,000 of
the funds credited or to be reimbursed to this appropria-
tion as herein provided shall be available for obligation
during fiscal year 1996.
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 Anno-
tated Constitution of the United States of America,
$60,084,000: Provided, That no part of this appropriation
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 Congress unless such publication has
obtained prior approval of either the Committee on House
Oversight of the House of Representatives or the Commit-
tee on Rules and Administration of the Senate: Provided
further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the compensation of the Director of the Congressional Re-
search Service, Library of Congress, shall be at an annual
rate which is equal to the annual rate of basic pay for
positions at level IV of the Executive Schedule under sec-
tion 5315 of title 5, United States Code.
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 author-
ized by law (44 U.S.C. 902); printing and binding of Gov-
ernment publications authorized by law to be distributed
to Members of Congress; and printing, binding, and dis-
tribution of Government publications authorized by law to
be 
distributed 
without 
charge 
to 
the 
recipient,
$83,770,000: 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 preced-
ing fiscal years.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Congressional Oper-
ations Appropriations Act, 1996’’.
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 Commit-
tee on the Library, $3,053,000.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
SEC. 201. (a) Section 201 of the Legislative Branch
Appropriations Act, 1993 (40 U.S.C. 216c note) is amend-
ed by striking out ‘‘$6,000,000’’ each place it appears and
inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘$10,000,000’’.
(b) Section 307E(a)(1) of the Legislative Branch Ap-
propriations Act, 1989 (40 U.S.C. 216c(a)(1)) is amended
by striking out ‘‘plans’’ and inserting in lieu thereof
‘‘plants’’.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Library of Congress,
not otherwise provided for, including development and
maintenance of the Union Catalogs; custody and custodial
care of the Library buildings; special clothing; cleaning,
laundering and repair of uniforms; preservation of motion
pictures in the custody of the Library; preparation and
distribution of catalog cards 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, $211,664,000, of which not more
than $7,869,000 shall be derived from collections credited
to this appropriation during fiscal year 1996 under the
Act of June 28, 1902 (chapter 1301; 32 Stat. 480; 2
U.S.C. 150): Provided, That the total amount available for
obligation shall be reduced by the amount by which collec-
tions are less than the $7,869,000: Provided further, That
of the total amount appropriated, $8,458,000 is to remain
available until expended for acquisition of books, periodi-
cals, and newspapers, and all other materials including
subscriptions for bibliographic services for the Library, in-
cluding $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.
COPYRIGHT OFFICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, in-
cluding publication of the decisions of the United States
courts involving copyrights, $30,818,000, of which not
more than $16,840,000 shall be derived from collections
credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 1996
under 17 U.S.C. 708(c), and not more than $2,990,000
shall be derived from collections during fiscal year 1996
under 17 U.S.C. 111(d)(2), 119(b)(2), 802(h), and 1005:
Provided, That the total amount available for obligation
shall be reduced by the amount by which collections are
less than $19,830,000: Provided further, That up to
$100,000 of the amount appropriated is available for the
maintenance of an ‘‘International 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 to exceed $2,250 may be expended on the certifi-
cation of the Librarian of Congress or his designee, in con-
nection with official representation and reception expenses
for activities of the International Copyright Institute.
BOOKS FOR THE BLIND AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For salaries and expenses to carry out the provisions
of the Act of March 3, 1931 (chapter 400; 46 Stat. 1487;
2 U.S.C. 135a), $44,951,000, of which $11,694,000 shall
remain available until expended.
FURNITURE AND FURNISHINGS
For necessary expenses for the purchase and repair
of furniture, furnishings, office and library equipment,
$4,882,000, of which $943,000 shall be available until ex-
pended only for the purchase and supply of furniture,
shelving, furnishings, and related costs necessary for the
renovation and restoration of the Thomas Jefferson and
John Adams Library buildings.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
SEC. 202. Appropriations in this Act available to the
Library of Congress shall be available, in an amount not
to exceed $194,290, of which $58,100 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. 203. (a) No part of the funds appropriated in
this Act shall be used by the Library of Congress to ad-
minister 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. 204. Appropriated funds received by the Library
of Congress from other Federal agencies to cover general
and administrative overhead costs generated by perform-
ing reimbursable work for other agencies under the au-
thority of 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
appropriations Acts; or
(2) in the case of an advance payment,
only—
(A) to pay for such general or adminis-
trative 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. 205. Not to exceed $5,000 of any funds appro-
priated to the Library of Congress may be expended, on
the certification of the Librarian of Congress, in connec-
tion with official representation and reception expenses for
the Library of Congress incentive awards program.
SEC. 206. Not to exceed $12,000 of funds appro-
priated to the Library of Congress may be expended, on
the certification of the Librarian of Congress or his des-
ignee, in connection with official representation and recep-
tion expenses for the Overseas Field Offices.
SEC. 207. Under the heading ‘‘Library of Congress’’
obligational authority shall be available, in an amount not
to exceed $99,412,000 for reimbursable and revolving
fund activities, and $6,812,000 for non-expenditure trans-
fer activities in support of parliamentary development dur-
ing the current fiscal year.
SEC. 208. Notwithstanding this or any other Act,
obligational authority under the heading ‘‘Library of Con-
gress’’ for activities in support of parliamentary develop-
ment is prohibited, except for Russia, Ukraine, Albania,
Slovakia, and Romania, for other than incidental pur-
poses.
SEC. 209. (a) The purpose of this section is to reduce
the cost of information support for the Congress by elimi-
nating duplication among systems which provide electronic
access by Congress to legislative information.
(b) As used in this section, the term ‘‘legislative infor-
mation’’ means information, prepared within the legisla-
tive branch, consisting of the text of publicly available
bills, amendments, committee hearings, and committee re-
ports, the text of the Congressional Record, data relating
to bill status, data relating to legislative activity, and other
similar public information that is directly related to the
legislative process.
(c) Pursuant to the plan approved under subsection
(d) and consistent with the provisions of any other law,
the Library of Congress or the entity designated by that
plan shall develop and maintain, in coordination with
other appropriate entities of the legislative branch, a sin-
gle legislative information retrieval system to serve the en-
tire Congress.
(d) The Library shall develop a plan for creation of
this system, taking into consideration the findings and
recommendations of the study directed by House Report
No. 103–517 to identify and eliminate redundancies in
congressional information systems. This plan must be ap-
proved by the Committee on Rules and Administration of
the Senate, the Committee on House Oversight of the
House of Representatives, and the Committees on Appro-
priations of the Senate and the House of Representatives.
The Library shall provide these committees with regular
status reports on the development of the plan.
(e) In formulating its plan, the Library shall examine
issues regarding efficient ways to make this information
available to the public. This analysis shall be submitted
to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and
the House of Representatives as well as the Committee
on Rules and Administration of the Senate, and the Com-
mittee on House Oversight of the House of Representa-
tives for their consideration and possible action.
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, $12,428,000, of which $3,710,000
shall remain available until expended.
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses of the Office of Superintendent of Doc-
uments necessary to provide for the cataloging and index-
ing of Government publications and their distribution to
the public, Members of Congress, other Government agen-
cies, and designated depository and international exchange
libraries as authorized by law, $30,307,000: Provided,
That travel expenses, including travel expenses of the De-
pository Library Council to the Public Printer, shall not
exceed $130,000: Provided further, That funds, not to ex-
ceed $2,000,000, from current year appropriations are au-
thorized for producing and disseminating Congressional
Serial Sets and other related Congressional/non-Congres-
sional publications for 1994 and 1995 to depository and
other designated libraries.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION
SEC. 210. The fiscal year 1997 budget submission of
the Public Printer to the Congress for the Government
Printing Office shall include appropriations requests and
recommendations to the Congress that—
(1) are consistent with the strategic plan in-
cluded in the technological study performed by the
Public Printer pursuant to Senate Report 104–114;
(2) assure substantial progress toward maxi-
mum use of electronic information dissemination
technologies by all departments, agencies, and other
entities of the Government with respect to the De-
pository Library Program and information dissemi-
nation generally; and
(3) are formulated so as to require that any de-
partment, agency, or other entity of the Government
that does not make such progress shall bear from its
own resources the cost of its information dissemina-
tion by other than electronic means.
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE REVOLVING FUND
The Government Printing Office is hereby authorized
to make such expenditures, within the limits of funds
available and in accord with the law, and to make such
contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year
limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government
Corporation Control Act as may be necessary in carrying
out the programs and purposes set forth in the budget
for the current fiscal year for the Government Printing
Office revolving fund: Provided, That not to exceed $2,500
may be expended on the certification of the Public Printer
in connection with official representation and reception ex-
penses: Provided further, That the revolving fund shall be
available for the hire or purchase of passenger motor vehi-
cles, not to exceed a fleet of twelve: Provided further, That
expenditures in connection with travel expenses of the ad-
visory councils to the Public Printer shall be deemed nec-
essary to carry out the provisions of title 44, United States
Code: Provided further, That the revolving fund shall be
available for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 but
at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate
equivalent to the rate for level V of the Executive Schedule
(5 U.S.C. 5316): Provided further, That the revolving fund
and the funds provided under the headings ‘‘OFFICE OF
SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS’’ and ‘‘SALARIES AND
EXPENSES’’ together may not be available for the full-time
equivalent employment of more than 3,800 workyears by
the end of fiscal year 1996: Provided further, That activi-
ties financed through the revolving fund may provide in-
formation in any format: Provided further, That the re-
volving fund shall not be used to administer any flexible
or compressed work schedule which applies to any man-
ager or supervisor 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
Office, including not to exceed $7,000 to be expended on
the certification of the Comptroller General of the United
States in connection with official representation and recep-
tion expenses; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 but
at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate
equivalent to the rate for level IV of the Executive Sched-
ule (5 U.S.C. 5315); hire of one passenger motor vehicle;
advance payments in foreign countries in accordance with
31 U.S.C. 3324; benefits comparable to those payable
under sections 901(5), 901(6) and 901(8) of the Foreign
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 and travel benefits comparable
with those which are now or hereafter may be granted sin-
gle employees of the Agency for International Develop-
ment, including single Foreign Service personnel assigned
to AID projects, by the Administrator of the Agency for
International Development—or his designee—under the
authority of section 636(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2396(b)); $374,406,000: Provided,
That not more than $400,000 of reimbursements received
incident to the operation of the General Accounting Office
Building shall be available for use in fiscal year 1996: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 9105 here-
after amounts reimbursed to the Comptroller General pur-
suant to that section shall be deposited to the appropria-
tion of the General Accounting Office then available and
remain available until expended, and not more than
$8,000,000 of such funds shall be available for use in fis-
cal year 1996: Provided further, That this appropriation
and appropriations for administrative expenses of any
other department or agency which is a member of the
Joint Financial Management Improvement Program
(JFMIP) shall be available to finance an appropriate
share of JFMIP costs as determined by the JFMIP, in-
cluding the salary of the Executive Director and secretar-
ial support: Provided further, That this appropriation and
appropriations for administrative expenses of any other
department or agency which is a member of the National
Intergovernmental Audit Forum or a Regional Intergov-
ernmental Audit Forum shall be available to finance an
appropriate share of Forum costs as determined by the
Forum, including necessary travel expenses of non-Federal
participants. Payments hereunder to either the Forum or
the JFMIP may be credited as reimbursements to any ap-
propriation from which costs involved are initially fi-
nanced: Provided further, That to the extent that funds
are otherwise available for obligation, agreements or con-
tracts for the removal of asbestos, and renovation of the
building and building systems (including the heating, ven-
tilation and air conditioning system, electrical system and
other major building systems) of the General Accounting
Office Building may be made for periods not exceeding
five years: Provided further, That this appropriation and
appropriations 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 attributable to membership of ACIPA in the
International Institute of Administrative Sciences.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
SEC. 211. (a) Effective June 30, 1996, the functions
of the Comptroller General identified in subsection (b) are
transferred to the Director of the Office of Management
and Budget, contingent upon the additional transfer to the
Office of Management and Budget of such personnel,
budget authority, records, and property of the General Ac-
counting Office relating to such functions as the Comp-
troller General and the Director jointly determine to be
necessary. The Director may delegate any such function,
in whole or in part, to any other agency or agencies if
the Director determines that such delegation would be
cost-effective or otherwise in the public interest, and may
transfer to such agency or agencies any personnel, budget
authority, records, and property received by the Director
pursuant to the preceding sentence that relate to the dele-
gated functions. Personnel transferred pursuant to this
provision shall not be separated or reduced in classifica-
tion or compensation for one year after any such transfer,
except for cause.
(b) The following provisions of the United States
Code contain the functions to be transferred pursuant to
subsection (a): sections 5564 and 5583 of title 5; sections
2312, 2575, 2733, 2734, 2771, 4712, and 9712 of title
10; sections 1626 and 4195 of title 22; section 420 of title
24; sections 2414 and 2517 of title 28; sections 1304,
3702, 3726, and 3728 of title 31; sections 714 and 715
of title 32; section 554 of title 37; section 5122 of title
38; and section 256a of title 41.
SEC. 212. (a) Section 732 of title 31, United States
Code, is amended by adding a new subsection (h) as fol-
lows:
‘‘(h) Notwithstanding the provisions of subchapter I
of chapter 35 of title 5, United States Code, the Comptrol-
ler General shall prescribe regulations for the release of
officers and employees of the General Accounting Office
in a reduction in force which give due effect to tenure of
employment, military preference, performance and/or con-
tributions to the agency’s goals and objectives, and length
of service. The regulations shall, to the extent deemed fea-
sible by the Comptroller General, be designed to minimize
disruption to the Office and to assist in promoting the effi-
ciency of the Office.’’.
SEC. 213. Section 753 of title 31, United States
Code, is amended—
(1) by redesignating subsections (b), (c), and
(d) as (c), (d), and (e), respectively;
(2) by inserting after subsection (a) a new sub-
section (b) as follows:
‘‘(b) The Board has no authority to issue a stay of
any reduction in force action.’’; and
(3) in the second sentence of subsection (c), as
redesignated, by striking ‘‘(c)’’ and inserting ‘‘(d)’’.
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
Committee on House Oversight and for the Senate issued
by the Committee on Rules and Administration.
SEC. 302. No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the
current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.
SEC. 303. Whenever any office or position not specifi-
cally established by the Legislative Pay Act of 1929 is ap-
propriated for herein or whenever the rate of compensa-
tion or designation of any position appropriated for herein
is different from that specifically established for such posi-
tion by such Act, the rate of compensation and the des-
ignation of the position, or either, appropriated for or pro-
vided herein, shall be the permanent law with respect
thereto: Provided, That the provisions herein for the var-
ious items of official expenses 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.
SEC. 304. The expenditure of any appropriation
under this Act for any consulting service through procure-
ment contract, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited
to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter
of public record and available for public inspection, except
where otherwise provided under existing law, or under ex-
isting 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 prod-
ucts 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.
SEC. 306. (a) Upon approval of the Committee on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives, and in
accordance with conditions determined by the Committee
on House Oversight, positions in connection with House
parking activities and related funding shall be transferred
from the appropriation ‘‘Architect of the Capitol, Capitol
buildings and grounds, House office buildings’’ to the ap-
propriation ‘‘House of Representatives, salaries, officers
and employees, Office of the Sergeant at Arms’’: Provided,
That the position of Superintendent of Garages shall be
subject to authorization in annual appropriations Acts.
(b) For purposes of section 8339(m) of title 5, United
States Code, the days of unused sick leave to the credit
of any such employee as of the date such employee is
transferred under subsection (a) shall be included in the
total service of such employee in connection with the com-
putation of any annuity under subsections (a) through (e)
and (o) of such section.
(c) In the case of days of annual leave to the credit
of any such employee as of the date such employee is
transferred under subsection (a) the Architect of the Cap-
itol is authorized to make a lump sum payment to each
such employee for that annual leave. No such payment
shall be considered a payment or compensation within the
meaning of any law relating to dual compensation.
SEC. 307. None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used for the relocation of the office of any
Member of the House of Representatives within the House
office buildings.
SEC. 308. (a)(1) Effective October 1, 1995, the unex-
pended balances of appropriations specified in paragraph
(2) are transferred to the appropriation for general ex-
penses of the Capitol Police, to be used for design and
installation of security systems for the Capitol buildings
and grounds.
(2) The unexpended balances referred to in para-
graph (1) are—
(A) the unexpended balance of appropriations
for security installations, as referred to in the para-
graph under the heading ‘‘CAPITOL
BUILDINGS’’,
under the general headings ‘‘JOINT ITEMS’’, ‘‘AR-
CHITECT OF THE CAPITOL’’, and ‘‘CAPITOL
BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS’’ in title I of the Legisla-
tive Branch Appropriations Act, 1995 (108 Stat.
1434), including any unexpended balance from a
prior fiscal year and any unexpended balance under
such headings in this Act; and
(B) the unexpended balance of the appropria-
tion for an improved security plan, as transferred to
the Architect of the Capitol by section 102 of the
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1989 (102
Stat. 2165).
(b) Effective October 1, 1995, the responsibility for
design and installation of security systems for the Capitol
buildings and grounds is transferred from the Architect
of the Capitol to the Capitol Police Board. Such design
and installation shall be carried out under the direction
of the Committee on House Oversight of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Rules and Admin-
istration of the Senate, and without regard to section 3709
of the Revised Statutes of the United States (41 U.S.C.
5). On and after October 1, 1995, any alteration to a
structural, mechanical, or architectural feature of the Cap-
itol buildings and grounds that is required for a security
system under the preceding sentence may be carried out
only with the approval of the Architect of the Capitol.
(c)(1) Effective October 1, 1995, all positions speci-
fied in paragraph (2) and each individual holding any such
position (on a permanent basis) immediately before that
date, as identified by the Architect of the Capitol, shall
be transferred to the Capitol Police.
(2) The positions referred to in paragraph (1) are
those positions which, immediately before October 1,
1995, are—
(A) under the Architect of the Capitol;
(B) within the Electronics Engineering Division
of the Office of the Architect of the Capitol; and
(C) related to the design or installation of secu-
rity systems for the Capitol buildings and grounds.
(3) All annual leave and sick leave standing to the
credit of an individual immediately before such individual
is transferred under paragraph (1) shall be credited to
such individual, without adjustment, in the new position
of the individual.
SEC. 309. (a) Section 230(a) of the Congressional Ac-
countability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1371(a)) is amended
by striking out ‘‘Administrative Conference of the United
States’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Board’’.
(b) Section 230(d)(1) of the Congressional Account-
ability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1371(d)(1)) is amended—
(1) by striking out ‘‘Administrative Conference
of the United States’’ and inserting in lieu thereof
‘‘Board’’; and
(2) by striking out ‘‘and shall submit the study
and recommendations to the Board’’.
(c) The amendments made by this section shall take
effect only if the Administrative Conference of the United
States ceases to exist prior to the completion and submis-
sion of the study to the Board as required by section 230
of the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C.
1371).
SEC. 310. Any amount appropriated in this Act for
‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—Salaries and Ex-
penses—Members’ Representational Allowances’’ shall be
available only for fiscal year 1996. Any amount remaining
after all payments are made under such allowances for
such fiscal year shall be deposited in the Treasury, to be
used for deficit reduction.
SEC. 311. Section 316 of Public Law 101–302 is
amended in the first sentence of subsection (a) by striking
‘‘1995’’ and inserting ‘‘1996’’.
SEC. 312. Such sums as may be necessary are appro-
priated to the account described in subsection (a) of sec-
tion 415 of Public Law 104–1 to pay awards and settle-
ments as authorized under such subsection.
SEC. 313. (a) The Sergeant at Arms of the House
of Representatives shall have the same law enforcement
authority, including the authority to carry firearms, as a
member of the Capitol Police. The law enforcement au-
thority under the preceding sentence shall be subject to
the requirement that the Sergeant at Arms have the quali-
fications specified in subsection (b).
(b) The qualifications referred to in subsection (a)
are the following:
(1) A minimum of five years of experience as a
law enforcement officer before beginning service as
the Sergeant at Arms.
(2) Current certification in the use of firearms
by the appropriate Federal law enforcement entity
or an equivalent non-Federal entity.
(3) Any other firearms qualification required
for members of the Capitol Police.
(c) The Committee on House Oversight of the House
of Representatives shall have authority to prescribe regu-
lations to carry out this section.
SEC. 314. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, effective September 1, 1995, the Committee on House
Oversight of the House of Representatives shall have au-
thority—
(1) to combine the House of Representatives
Clerk Hire Allowance, Official Expenses Allowance,
and Official Mail Allowance into a single allowance,
to be known as the ‘‘Members’ Representational Al-
lowance’’; and
(2) to prescribe regulations relating to alloca-
tions, expenditures, and other matters with respect
to the Members’ Representational Allowance.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative Branch
Appropriations Act, 1996’’.
Passed the House of Representatives October 31,
1995.
Attest:
Clerk.