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and reception expenses; temporary or intermittent services 
under section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, but 
at rates for individuals not more than the daily equivalent 
of the annual rate of basic pay for level IV of the Execu-
tive Schedule under section 5315 of such title; hire of one 
passenger motor vehicle; advance payments in foreign 
countries in accordance with section 3324 of title 31, 
United States Code; benefits comparable to those payable 
under section 901(5), (6), and (8) of the Foreign Service 
Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4081(5), (6), and (8)); and under 
regulations prescribed by the Comptroller General of the 
United States, rental of living quarters in foreign coun-
tries,
$458,533,000:
Provided,
That
not
more
than 
$4,806,200 of payments received under section 782 of title 
31, United States Code, shall be available for use in fiscal 
year
2004:
Provided
further,
That
not
more
than 
$1,200,000 of reimbursements received under section 
9105 of title 31, United States Code, shall be available 
for use in fiscal year 2004: Provided further, That this 
appropriation and appropriations for administrative ex-
penses of any other department or agency which is a mem-
ber of the National Intergovernmental Audit Forum or a 
Regional Intergovernmental Audit Forum shall be avail-
able to finance an appropriate share of either Forum’s 
costs as determined by the respective Forum, including
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necessary travel expenses of non-Federal participants: 
Provided further, That payments hereunder to the Forum 
may be credited as reimbursements to any appropriation 
from which costs involved are initially financed: Provided 
further, That this appropriation and appropriations for ad-
ministrative expenses of any other department or agency 
which is a member of the American Consortium on Inter-
national Public Administration (ACIPA) shall be available 
to finance an appropriate share of ACIPA costs as deter-
mined by the ACIPA, including any expenses attributable 
to membership of ACIPA in the International Institute of 
Administrative Sciences. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
SEC. 1301. (a) At any time during fiscal year 2004 
or any succeeding fiscal year, the Comptroller General 
may accept payment from the Securities and Exchange 
Commission for the performance of any audit of the finan-
cial statements of the Commission which is conducted by 
the Comptroller General. 
(b) Any payment accepted under the authority of sub-
section (a) shall be credited to the account established for 
salaries and expenses of the General Accounting Office, 
and shall be available for obligation and expenditure upon 
receipt.
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PAYMENT TO THE OPEN WORLD LEADERSHIP CENTER 
TRUST FUND 
For a payment to the Open World Leadership Center 
Trust Fund for financing activities of the Open World 
Leadership Center, $13,000,000. 
TITLE II—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 201. 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 Administration and for the Senate 
issued by the Committee on Rules and Administration. 
SEC. 202. No part of the funds appropriated in this 
Act shall remain available for obligation beyond fiscal year 
2004 unless expressly so provided in this Act. 
SEC. 203. Whenever in this Act any office or position 
not specifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of 
1929 is appropriated for or the rate of compensation or 
designation of any office or position appropriated for is 
different from that specifically established by such Act, 
the rate of compensation and the designation in this Act 
shall be the permanent law with respect thereto: Provided, 
That the provisions in this Act for the various items of 
official expenses of Members, officers, and committees of
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the Senate and House of Representatives, and clerk hire 
for Senators and Members of the House of Representa-
tives shall be the permanent law with respect thereto. 
SEC. 204. The expenditure of any appropriation 
under this Act for any consulting service through procure-
ment contract, under section 3109 of title 5, United States 
Code, shall be limited to those contracts where such ex-
penditures are a matter of public record and available for 
public inspection, except where otherwise provided under 
existing law, or under existing Executive order issued 
under existing law. 
SEC. 205. Such sums as may be necessary are appro-
priated to the account described in subsection (a) of sec-
tion 415 of the Congressional Accountability Act to pay 
awards and settlements as authorized under such sub-
section. 
SEC. 206. Amounts available for administrative ex-
penses of any legislative branch entity which participates 
in the Legislative Branch Financial Managers Council 
(LBFMC) established by charter on March 26, 1996, shall 
be available to finance an appropriate share of LBFMC 
costs as determined by the LBFMC, except that the total 
LBFMC costs to be shared among all participating legisla-
tive branch entities (in such allocations among the entities 
as the entities may determine) may not exceed $2,000.
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SEC. 207. The Architect of the Capitol, in consulta-
tion with the District of Columbia, is authorized to main-
tain and improve the landscape features, excluding streets 
and sidewalks, in the irregular shaped grassy areas bound-
ed by Washington Avenue, SW on the northeast, Second 
Street SW on the west, Square 582 on the south, and the 
beginning of the I–395 tunnel on the southeast. 
SEC. 208. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in-
strumentality of the United States Government, except 
pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro-
vided in, this Act or any other appropriation Act. 
SEC. 209. During fiscal year 2004 and any suc-
ceeding fiscal year, any entity in the legislative branch 
which is a member of the Federal Accounting Standards 
Advisory Board may use funds made available to the enti-
ty for the fiscal year to finance an appropriate share of 
the costs of the Board for the year.
CAPITOL POWER PLANT 
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 
and operation of the Capitol Power Plant; lighting, heating, 
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 garage,
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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 Supreme Court 
Building, the Union Station complex, the Thurgood Mar-
shall Federal Judiciary Building and the Folger Shake-
speare Library, expenses for which shall be advanced or re-
imbursed upon request of the Architect of the Capitol and 
amounts so received shall be deposited into the Treasury 
to the credit of this appropriation, $88,979,000, of which 
$38,402,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2008: Provided, That not more than $4,400,000 of the funds 
credited or to be reimbursed to this appropriation as herein 
provided shall be available for obligation during fiscal year 
2004. 
LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS 
For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and 
structural maintenance, care and operation of the Library 
buildings and grounds, $41,620,000, of which $23,747,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2008. 
CAPITOL POLICE BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS 
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care, 
and operation of buildings and grounds of the United States 
Capitol Police, $3,308,000, of which $2,075,000 shall re-
main available until September 30, 2008.
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BOTANIC GARDEN 
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 Com-
mittee on the Library, $6,239,000, of which $202,000 shall 
remain available until September 30, 2008. 
CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER 
For an additional amount for the Capitol Visitor Cen-
ter project, $47,800,000, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That the Architect of the Capitol may 
not obligate any of the funds which are made available for 
the Capitol Visitor Center without an obligation plan ap-
proved by the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 
and of the House of Representatives. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 1101. ACQUISITION
OF SPACE. (a) IN GEN-
ERAL.—Funds appropriated to the Architect of the Capitol 
shall be available—
(1) for the leasing of space in areas within the 
District of Columbia and its environs beyond the 
boundaries of the United States Capitol Grounds to 
meet space requirements of the United States Senate, 
United States House of Representatives, United
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States Capitol Police, and the Architect of the Capitol 
under such terms and conditions as the Committee or 
Commission referred to under subsection (b) may au-
thorize; and 
(2) to incur any necessary expense in connection 
with any leasing of space under paragraph (1). 
(b) CONDITIONS TO LEASE SPACE.—The Architect of 
the Capitol may lease space under subsection (a) upon sub-
mission of written notice of intent to lease such space to—
(1) the Committee on Rules and Administration 
of the Senate for space to be leased that is situated 
north of the United States Capitol Building; 
(2) the House Office Building Commission for 
space to be leased that is situated south of the United 
States Capitol Building; and 
(3) the Committees on Appropriations of the 
Senate and House of Representatives. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply with 
respect to fiscal year 2004, and each fiscal year thereafter. 
SEC. 1102. ALTERNATE COMPUTING FACILITY. (a) IN 
GENERAL.—There are transferred into the account under 
the subheading ‘‘GENERAL ADMINISTRATION’’ under the 
heading ‘‘ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL’’ $54,000,000 
for the purchase of an alternate computing facility, of 
which—
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(1) $44,000,000 shall be transferred from unobli-
gated funds transferred to ‘‘Architect of the Capitol’’, 
‘‘Capitol Buildings and Grounds’’, ‘‘Capitol Build-
ings’’ (under the subheading ‘‘LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 
EMERGENCY RESPONSE FUND (INCLUDING TRANSFER 
OF
FUNDS)’’ under the heading ‘‘JOINT ITEMS’’ 
under the heading ‘‘LEGISLATIVE BRANCH’’ 
under chapter 9 of division B of the Department of 
Defense and Emergency Supplemental Appropria-
tions for Recovery from and Response to Terrorist At-
tacks on the United States Act, 2002 (Public Law 
107–117)) from amounts made available in Public 
Law 107–38; and 
(2) $10,000,000 shall be transferred from unobli-
gated funds transferred to ‘‘Capitol Police Board’’, 
‘‘Capitol Police’’, ‘‘General Expenses’’ under that sub-
heading (relating to the Legislative Branch Emer-
gency Response Fund) from amounts made available 
in Public Law 107–38. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take effect 
on September 30, 2004. 
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Library of Congress not 
otherwise provided for, including development and mainte-
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nance of the Library’s catalogs; custody and custodial care 
of the Library buildings; special clothing; cleaning, laun-
dering and repair of uniforms; preservation of motion pic-
tures in the custody of the Library; operation and mainte-
nance of the American Folklife Center in the Library; prep-
aration and distribution of catalog records and other publi-
cations of the Library; hire or purchase of 1 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, $367,539,000, of which not 
more than $6,500,000 shall be derived from collections cred-
ited to this appropriation during fiscal year 2004, 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 collec-
tions during fiscal year 2004 and shall remain available 
until expended for the development and maintenance of an 
international legal information database and activities re-
lated thereto: Provided, That the Library of Congress may 
not obligate or expend any funds derived from collections 
under the Act of June 28, 1902, in excess of the amount 
authorized for obligation or expenditure in appropriations 
Acts: Provided further, That the total amount available for 
obligation shall be reduced by the amount by which collec-
tions are less than the $6,850,000: Provided further, That
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of the total amount appropriated, $11,596,000 shall remain 
available until expended for acquisition of books, periodi-
cals, newspapers, and all other materials including sub-
scriptions for bibliographic services for the Library, includ-
ing $40,000 to be available solely for the purchase, when 
specifically approved by the Librarian, of special and 
unique materials for additions to the collections: Provided 
further, That of the total amount appropriated, not more 
than $12,000 may be expended, on the certification of the 
Librarian of Congress, in connection with official represen-
tation and reception expenses for the Overseas Field Offices: 
Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated, 
$905,000 shall remain available until expended for the ac-
quisition and partial support for implementation of an In-
tegrated Library System (ILS): Provided further, That of 
the total amount appropriated, $4,000,000 shall remain 
available until expended for the purpose of teaching edu-
cators and librarians how to incorporate the Library’s dig-
ital collections into school curricula and shall be transferred 
to the educational consortium formed to conduct the ‘‘Ad-
venture of the American Mind’’ project as approved by the 
Library: Provided further, That of the amount appro-
priated, $250,000 shall remain available until expended, 
and shall be transferred to the Abraham Lincoln Bicenten-
nial Commission for carrying out the purposes of Public
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Law 106–173, of which amount $10,000 may be used for 
official representation and reception expenses of the Abra-
ham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission: Provided further, 
That of the total amount appropriated, $1,380,000 shall re-
main available until September 30, 2008 for the acquisition 
and partial support for implementation of a Central Fi-
nancial Management System: Provided further, That of the 
total amount appropriated, $11,060,000 shall remain avail-
able until expended for support of the National Audio-Vis-
ual Conservation Center: Provided further, That of the total 
amount appropriated, $2,762,000 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 remain avail-
able until expended and shall be transferred to the Knox 
College Abraham Lincoln Studies Center for exhibits relat-
ing to the Lincoln-Douglas Debates and the Underground 
Railroad and for other educational activities of the Center: 
Provided further, That, of the total amount appropriated, 
$500,000 shall remain available until expended and shall 
be transferred to the Louisiana Department of Culture, 
Recreation and Tourism for activities relating to the Lou-
isiana Purchase Bicentennial Celebration.
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COPYRIGHT OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, 
$48,290,000, of which not more than $23,321,000, to re-
main available until expended, shall be derived from collec-
tions credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 2003 
under section 708(d) of title 17, United States Code: Pro-
vided, 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 $6,343,000 shall be derived from collections dur-
ing fiscal year 2004 under sections 111(d)(2), 119(b)(2), 
802(h), and 1005 of such title: Provided further, That the 
total amount available for obligation shall be reduced by 
the amount by which collections are less than $29,664,000: 
Provided further, That not more than $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 more than 
$4,250 may be expended, on the certification of the Librar-
ian of Congress, in connection with official representation 
and reception expenses for activities of the International
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Copyright Institute and for copyright delegations, visitors, 
and seminars. 
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 Annotated Con-
stitution of the United States of America, $91,726,000: Pro-
vided, That no part of such amount 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 Con-
gress unless such publication has obtained prior approval 
of either the Committee on House Administration of the 
House of Representatives or the Committee on Rules and 
Administration of the Senate. 
BOOKS FOR THE BLIND AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses to carry out the Act of March 
3, 1931 (chapter 400; 46 Stat. 1487; 2 U.S.C. 135a), 
$51,706,000, of which $14,812,000 shall remain available 
until expended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 1201. INCENTIVE AWARDS PROGRAM. Of the 
amounts appropriated to the Library of Congress in this
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Act, not more than $5,000 may be expended, on the certifi-
cation of the Librarian of Congress, in connection with offi-
cial representation and reception expenses for the incentive 
awards program. 
SEC. 1202. REIMBURSABLE AND REVOLVING FUND AC-
TIVITIES. (a) IN GENERAL.—For fiscal year 2004, the 
obligational authority of the Library of Congress for the ac-
tivities described in subsection (b) may not exceed 
$105,589,000. 
(b) ACTIVITIES.—The activities referred to in sub-
section (a) are reimbursable and revolving fund activities 
that are funded from sources other than appropriations to 
the Library in appropriations Acts for the legislative 
branch. 
(c) TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—During fiscal year 2004, 
the Librarian of Congress may temporarily transfer funds 
appropriated in this Act, under the heading ‘‘LIBRARY 
OF CONGRESS’’ under the subheading ‘‘—SALARIES AND 
EXPENSES’’ to the revolving fund for the FEDLINK Pro-
gram and the Federal Research Program established under 
section 103 of the Library of Congress Fiscal Operations 
Improvement Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–481; 2 U.S.C. 
182c): Provided, That the total amount of such transfers 
may not exceed $1,900,000: Provided further, That the ap-
propriate revolving fund account shall reimburse the Li-
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brary for any amounts transferred to it before the period 
of availability of the Library appropriation expires. 
SEC. 1203. NATIONAL AUDIOVISUAL CONSERVATION 
CENTER. (a) ACQUISITION.—Section (1)(a) of the Act enti-
tled ‘‘An Act to authorize acquisition of certain real prop-
erty for the Library of Congress, and for other purposes’’ 
(2 U.S.C. 141 note; Public Law 105–144) is amended by 
striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) Three parcels totaling approximately 45 
acres, more or less, located in Culpeper County, Vir-
ginia, and identified as Culpeper County Tax Parcel 
Numbers 51–80B, 51–80C, and 51–80D, further de-
scribed as real estate (consisting of 40.949 acres) con-
veyed to David and Lucille Packard Foundation by 
deed from Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, dated 
May 15, 1998, and recorded May 19, 1998, in the 
Clerk’s Office, Circuit Court of Culpeper County, Vir-
ginia, in Deed Book 644, page 372; and real estate 
(consisting of 4.181 acres) conveyed to Packard Hu-
manities Institute by deed from Russell H. Inskeep, 
dated February 13, 2002, and recorded February 13, 
2002, in the Clerk’s Office, Circuit Court of Culpeper 
County, 
Virginia, 
as 
instrument 
number 
020001299.’’.
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(b) LIBRARY BUILDINGS
AND GROUNDS.—Section 
11(d) of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act relating the policing of 
the buildings of the Library of Congress’’, approved August 
4, 1950 (2 U.S.C. 167(j)), is amended by striking para-
graph (1) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) Three parcels totaling approximately 45 
acres, more or less, located in Culpeper County, Vir-
ginia, and identified as Culpeper County Tax Parcel 
Numbers 51–80B, 51–80C, and 51–80D, further de-
scribed as real estate (consisting of 40.949 acres) con-
veyed to David and Lucille Packard Foundation by 
deed from Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, dated 
May 15, 1998, and recorded May 19, 1998, in the 
Clerk’s Office, Circuit Court of Culpeper County, Vir-
ginia, in Deed Book 644, page 372; and real estate 
(consisting of 4.181 acres) conveyed to Packard Hu-
manities Institute by deed from Russell H. Inskeep, 
dated February 13, 2002, and recorded February 13, 
2002, in the Clerk’s Office, Circuit Court of Culpeper 
County, 
Virginia, 
as 
instrument 
number 
020001299.’’. 
SEC. 1204. VOLUNTARY SEPARATION PAYMENTS. (a) 
IN GENERAL.—The Congressional Research Service may for 
such employees as it determines appropriate authorize a 
payment to employees who voluntarily separate before
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March 31, 2004, whether by retirement or resignation, 
which payment shall be paid in accordance with the provi-
sions of section 5597(d) of title 5, United States Code. 
(b) LIMITATION.—No more than 40 employees may re-
ceive a voluntary separation payment under this section. 
SEC. 1205. TRANSFER OF LIBRARY OF CONGRESS PO-
LICE.—Section 1015(a)(3) of the Legislative Branch Appro-
priations Act, 2003, is amended by inserting ‘‘, or, if ear-
lier, on February 20, 2005’’ before the period. 
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 
CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING AND BINDING 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
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 authorized by 
law (section 902 of title 44, United States Code); printing 
and binding of Government publications authorized by law 
to be distributed to Members of Congress; and printing, 
binding, and distribution of Government publications au-
thorized by law to be distributed without charge to the re-
cipient, $91,111,000: Provided, That this appropriation 
shall not be available for paper copies of the permanent edi-
tion of the Congressional Record for individual Representa-
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tives, Resident Commissioners or Delegates authorized 
under section 906 of title 44, United States Code: Provided 
further, That this appropriation shall be available for the 
payment of obligations incurred under the appropriations 
for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years: Provided 
further, That notwithstanding the 2-year limitation under 
section 718 of title 44, United States Code, none of the funds 
appropriated or made available under this Act or any other 
Act for printing and binding and related services provided 
to Congress under chapter 7 of title 44, United States Code, 
may be expended to print a document, report, or publica-
tion after the 27-month period beginning on the date that 
such document, report, or publication is authorized by Con-
gress to be printed, unless Congress reauthorizes such print-
ing in accordance with section 718 of title 44, United States 
Code: Provided further, That any unobligated or unex-
pended balances in this account or accounts for similar 
purposes for preceding fiscal years may be transferred to 
the Government Printing Office revolving fund for carrying 
out the purposes of this heading, subject to the approval 
of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and Senate.
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OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses of the Office of Superintendent of Docu-
ments necessary to provide for the cataloging and indexing 
of Government publications and their distribution to the 
public, Members of Congress, other Government agencies, 
and designated depository and international exchange li-
braries as authorized by law, $34,456,000: Provided, That 
amounts of not more than $2,000,000 from current year 
appropriations are authorized for producing and dissemi-
nating Congressional serial sets and other related publica-
tions for calendar years 2002 and 2003 to depository and 
other designated libraries: Provided further, That any unob-
ligated or unexpended balances in this account or accounts 
for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years may be 
transferred to the Government Printing Office revolving 
fund for carrying out the purposes of this heading, subject 
to the approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and Senate. 
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE REVOLVING FUND 
For payment to the Government Printing Office Re-
volving Fund, $10,000,000 for working capital. The Gov-
ernment Printing Office may make such expenditures, with-
in the limits of funds available and in accord with the law, 
and to make such contracts and commitments without re-
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gard to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 9104 
of title 31, United States Code, as may be necessary in car-
rying out the programs and purposes set forth in the budget 
for the current fiscal year for the Government Printing Of-
fice revolving fund: Provided, That not more than $5,000 
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 not more than 12 pas-
senger motor vehicles: Provided further, That expenditures 
in connection with travel expenses of the advisory councils 
to the Public Printer shall be deemed necessary to carry 
out the provisions of title 44, United States Code: Provided 
further, That the revolving fund shall be available for tem-
porary or intermittent services under section 3109(b) of 
title 5, United States Code, but at rates for individuals not 
more than the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic 
pay for level V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 
of such title: Provided further, That the revolving fund and 
the funds provided under the headings ‘‘OFFICE OF SUPER-
INTENDENT
OF DOCUMENTS’’ and ‘‘SALARIES
AND
EX-
PENSES’’ together may not be available for the full-time 
equivalent employment of more than 3,189 workyears (or 
such other number of workyears as the Public Printer may 
request, subject to the approval of the Committees on Appro-
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priations of the House of Representatives and Senate): Pro-
vided further, That activities financed through the revolving 
fund may provide information in any format. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 1301. PAY OF PUBLIC PRINTER AND DEPUTY 
PUBLIC PRINTER. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 303 of title 
44, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 303. PUBLIC PRINTER AND DEPUTY PUBLIC PRINTER: 
PAY 
‘‘The annual rate of pay for the Public Printer shall 
be a rate which is equal to the rate for level II of the Execu-
tive Schedule under subchapter II of chapter 53 of title 5. 
The annual rate of pay for the Deputy Public Printer shall 
be a rate which is equal to the rate for level III of such 
Executive Schedule.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this 
section shall take effect on the first day of the first applica-
ble pay period beginning on or after the date of enactment 
of this Act. 
SEC. 1302. SURPLUS PROPERTY, ACCEPTANCE
OF 
GIFTS, AND VOLUNTARY SERVICES. (a) IN GENERAL.—
Chapter 3 of title 44, United States Code, is amended by 
adding after section 317 the following:
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‘‘SEC. 318. TRANSFER OF SURPLUS PROPERTY, ACCEPT-
ANCE OF GIFTS, AND ACCEPTANCE OF VOL-
UNTARY SERVICES 
‘‘(a) The Public Printer may—
‘‘(1) transfer or donate surplus Government pub-
lications and condemned Government Printing Office 
machinery, material, equipment, and supplies, to—
‘‘(A) other Federal entities; 
‘‘(B) any organization described under sec-
tion 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
1986 and exempt from taxation under 501(a) of 
such Code; or 
‘‘(C) State or local governments; 
‘‘(2) accept, hold, administer, and utilize gifts 
and bequests of property, both real and personal, for 
the purpose of aiding or facilitating the work of the 
Government Printing Office; and 
‘‘(3) accept voluntary and uncompensated serv-
ices, notwithstanding section 1342 of title 31. 
‘‘(b) Gifts and bequests of money and the proceeds from 
sales of other property received as gifts or bequests to the 
Government Printing Office shall be deposited in the revolv-
ing fund and shall be disbursed upon order of the Public 
Printer. Property accepted under this section, and the pro-
ceeds from that property, shall be used as nearly as possible 
in accordance with the terms of the gift or bequest. For pur-
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poses of Federal income, estate, or gift taxes, property ac-
cepted under this section shall be considered as a gift, de-
vise, or bequest to the United States. 
‘‘(c) Individuals providing voluntary and uncompen-
sated services under subsection (a)(3) shall not be considered 
Federal employees, except for purposes of chapter 81 of title 
5, with respect to job-incurred disability and title 28, with 
respect to tort claims.’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The 
table of sections for chapter 3 of title 44, United States 
Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to 
section 317 the following:
‘‘318. Transfer of surplus property, acceptance of gifts, and acceptance of vol-
untary services.’’.
GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the General Accounting Of-
fice, including not more than $12,500 to be expended on 
the certification of the Comptroller General of the United 
States in connection with official representation and recep-
tion expenses; temporary or intermittent services under sec-
tion 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, but at rates for 
individuals not more than the daily equivalent of the an-
nual rate of basic pay for level IV of the Executive Schedule 
under section 5315 of such title; hire of 1 passenger motor 
vehicle; advance payments in foreign countries in accord-
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ance with section 3324 of title 31, United States Code; bene-
fits comparable to those payable under section 901(5), (6), 
and (8) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 
4081(5), (6), and (8)); and under regulations prescribed by 
the Comptroller General of the United States, rental of liv-
ing quarters in foreign countries, $462,112,000: Provided, 
That not more than $4,806,200 of payments received under 
section 782 of title 31, United States Code, shall be avail-
able for use in fiscal year 2004: Provided further, That not 
more than $1,200,000 of reimbursements received under sec-
tion 9105 of title 31, United States Code, shall be available 
for use in fiscal year 2004: Provided further, That this ap-
propriation and appropriations for administrative ex-
penses of any other department or agency which is a mem-
ber of the National Intergovernmental Audit Forum or a 
Regional Intergovernmental Audit Forum shall be available 
to finance an appropriate share of either Forum’s costs as 
determined by the respective Forum, including necessary 
travel expenses of non-Federal participants: Provided fur-
ther, That payments hereunder to the Forum may be cred-
ited as reimbursements to any appropriation from which 
costs involved are initially financed: 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 Pub-
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lic 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: Provided further, That this appropriation shall 
hereafter be available to finance an appropriate share of 
the Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board costs. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
SEC. 1401. PAYMENT FOR AUDITS. (a) IN GENERAL.—
At any time during fiscal year 2004 or thereafter, the 
Comptroller General may accept payment from the Securi-
ties and Exchange Commission for the performance of any 
audit of the financial statements of the Commission which 
is conducted by the Comptroller General. 
(b) CREDIT
TO ACCOUNT.—Any payment accepted 
under the authority of subsection (a) shall be credited to 
the account established for salaries and expenses of the Gen-
eral Accounting Office, and shall be available for obligation 
and expenditure upon receipt. 
PAYMENT TO THE OPEN WORLD LEADERSHIP 
CENTER TRUST FUND 
For a payment to the Open World Leadership Center 
Trust Fund for financing activities of the Open World 
Leadership Center, $14,000,000.
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TITLE II—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 201. MAINTENANCE AND CARE OF PRIVATE VEHI-
CLES. No part of the funds appropriated in this Act shall 
be used for the maintenance or care of private vehicles, ex-
cept for emergency assistance and cleaning as may be pro-
vided under regulations relating to parking facilities for the 
House of Representatives issued by the Committee on House 
Administration and for the Senate issued by the Committee 
on Rules and Administration. 
SEC. 202. FISCAL YEAR LIMITATION. No part of the 
funds appropriated in this Act shall remain available for 
obligation beyond fiscal year 2004 unless expressly so pro-
vided in this Act. 
SEC. 203. RATES OF COMPENSATION AND DESIGNA-
TION. Whenever in this Act any office or position not spe-
cifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of 1929 (46 
Stat. 32 et seq.) is appropriated for or the rate of compensa-
tion or designation of any office or position appropriated 
for is different from that specifically established by such 
Act, the rate of compensation and the designation in this 
Act shall be the permanent law with respect thereto: Pro-
vided, That the provisions in this Act for the various items 
of official expenses of Members, officers, and committees of 
the Senate and House of Representatives, and clerk hire for
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Senators and Members of the House of Representatives shall 
be the permanent law with respect thereto. 
SEC. 204. CONSULTING SERVICES. The expenditure of 
any appropriation under this Act for any consulting service 
through procurement contract, under section 3109 of title 
5, United States Code, shall be limited to those contracts 
where such expenditures are a matter of public record and 
available for public inspection, except where otherwise pro-
vided under existing law, or under existing Executive order 
issued under existing law. 
SEC. 205. AWARDS AND SETTLEMENTS. Such sums as 
may be necessary are appropriated to the account described 
in subsection (a) of section 415 of the Congressional Ac-
countability Act (2 U.S.C. 1415(a)) to pay awards and set-
tlements as authorized under such subsection. 
SEC. 206. COSTS OF LBFMC. Amounts available for 
administrative expenses of any legislative branch entity 
which participates in the Legislative Branch Financial 
Managers Council (LBFMC) established by charter on 
March 26, 1996, shall be available to finance an appro-
priate share of LBFMC costs as determined by the LBFMC, 
except that the total LBFMC costs to be shared among all 
participating legislative branch entities (in such allocations 
among the entities as the entities may determine) may not 
exceed $2,000.
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TITLE III—FISCAL YEAR 2003 EMERGENCY 
SUPPLEMENTAL 
For an additional amount for ‘‘Department of Home-
land Security, Emergency Preparedness and Response, Dis-
aster Relief Fund’’, to cover necessary expenses under the 
Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assist-
ance Act (42 U.S.C. 5121 et seq.), $1,550,000,000, and not-
withstanding 42 U.S.C. 5203, to remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That for an additional amount for ‘‘Na-
tional Aeronautics and Space Administration, Human 
Space Flight’’, to cover necessary expenses for responding 
to the Space Shuttle Columbia accident, $50,000,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided further, That for 
an additional amount for ‘‘Department of Agriculture, For-
est Service, Wildland Fire Management’’, to cover necessary 
expenses for wildfire suppression and emergency rehabilita-
tion activities of the Forest Service, $253,000,000, to re-
main available until expended: Provided further, That for 
an additional amount for ‘‘Department of the Interior, Bu-
reau of Land Management, Wildland Fire Management’’, 
to cover necessary expenses for wildfire suppression and 
emergency rehabilitation activities of the Bureau of Land 
Management, $61,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, of which $25,000,000 shall be available for emer-
gency actions to reduce the threat to human safety in areas
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declared under a State of Emergency by the Governor of 
any State due to the danger of catastrophic fire from dead 
and dying trees, including—(1) clearing of evacuation 
routes, (2) clearing around emergency shelter locations, (3) 
clearing around emergency communication sites, and (4) 
clearing buffer zones around highly populous communities 
in order to prevent fire sweeping though such communities: 
Provided further, That for an additional amount for ‘‘Cor-
poration for National and Community Service, National 
and Community Service Programs Operating Expenses’’, 
for grants under the National Service Trust program au-
thorized under subtitle C of title I of the National and Com-
munity Service Act of 1990 (the ‘‘Act’’) (42 U.S.C. 12571 
et seq.) (relating to activities including the AmeriCorps pro-
gram) and for educational awards authorized under subtitle 
D of title I of the Act (42 U.S.C. 12601), $100,000,000, 
with funds for grants to remain available until September 
30, 2004, and funds for educational awards to remain 
available until expended: Provided further, That the first 
proviso under the heading ‘‘Corporation for National and 
Community Service, National and Community Service Pro-
grams Operating Expenses’’ in Public Law 108–7 shall 
apply only to positions originally approved subsequent to 
March 10, 2003: Provided further, That the Inspector Gen-
eral of the Corporation for National and Community Serv-
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ice shall conduct random audits of the Corporation and the 
grantees that administer activities under the AmeriCorps 
programs and shall de-fund any grantee that has been de-
termined to have committed any substantial violations of 
the requirements of the AmeriCorps programs: Provided 
further, That the Corps of Engineers shall immediately re-
program such funds as are necessary to cover $11,000,000 
in contractual obligations and other expenses relating to the 
Grand Forks Flood Control Project, Grand Forks, North 
Dakota, authorized by section 137 of title I of division C 
of Public Law 105–277 (112 Stat. 2681–597): Provided fur-
ther, That Notwithstanding any other provision of law, dur-
ing the period from September 1 through September 30, 
2003, the Secretary of Education shall transfer to the Edu-
cation for the Disadvantaged account an amount not to ex-
ceed $4,353,368 from amounts that would otherwise lapse 
at the end of fiscal year 2003 and that were originally made 
available under the Department of Education Appropria-
tions Act, 2003 or any Department of Education Appro-
priations Act for a previous fiscal year: Provided further, 
That the funds transferred to the Education for the Dis-
advantaged account shall be obligated by September 30, 
2003: Provided further, That the Secretary shall notify the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress 
of any such transfer: Provided further, That any amounts
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transferred to the Education for the Disadvantaged account 
pursuant to this paragraph shall be for carrying out sub-
part 2 of part A of title I of the Elementary and Secondary 
Education Act of 1965, and shall be allocated, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, only to those States 
that received funds under that subpart for fiscal year 2003 
that were less than those States received under that subpart 
for fiscal year 2002: Provided further, That the Secretary 
of Education shall use these additional funds to increase 
those States’ allocations under that subpart up to the 
amount they received under that subpart for fiscal year 
2002: Provided further, That each such State shall use the 
funds appropriated under this paragraph to ratably in-
crease the amount of funds for each eligible local edu-
cational agency in the State that received less under that 
subpart in fiscal year 2003 than it received under that sub-
part in fiscal year 2002: Provided further, That the Sec-
retary shall not take into account the funds made available 
under this paragraph in determining State allocations 
under any other program administered by the Secretary in 
any fiscal year: Provided further, That for an additional 
amount for ‘‘Corps of Engineers—Civil, Flood Control and 
Coastal Emergencies’’, for emergency expenses due to flood 
control, hurricane, and shore protection activities, as au-
thorized by section 5 of the Flood Control Act of August
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16, 1941, as amended (33 U.S.C. 701n), $10,000,000, to 
remain available until expended: Provided further, That the 
Secretary of Agriculture shall use $20,000,000 of the funds 
of the Commodity Credit Corporation, to remain available 
until expended, for the suppression and control of the Mor-
mon cricket infestation on public and private land in Ne-
vada, Utah, and Idaho, that amount to be expended in 
equal amounts among the 3 States: Provided further, That 
these amounts for these specific purposes are designated by 
the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to sec-
tion 502 of H. Con. Res. 95, the concurrent resolution on 
the budget for fiscal year 2004: Provided further, That this 
paragraph shall be effective immediately upon the enact-
ment of this Act.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative Branch Ap-
propriations Act, 2004’’.
Passed the House of Representatives July 9, 2003. 
Attest: 
JEFF TRANDAHL, 
Clerk.
Passed the Senate July 11, 2003. 
Attest: 
EMILY J. REYNOLDS, 
Secretary.