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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 ex-
pended to print a document, report, or publication after
the 27-month period beginning on the date that such docu-
ment, report, or publication is authorized by Congress to
be printed, unless Congress reauthorizes such printing in
accordance with section 718 of title 44, United States
Code.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Congressional Oper-
ations Appropriations Act, 2000’’.
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 Com-
mittee on the Library, $3,538,000.
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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; operation and
maintenance of the American Folklife Center in the Li-
brary; preparation and distribution of catalog records and
other publications of the Library; hire or purchase of one
passenger motor vehicle; and expenses of the Library of
Congress Trust Fund Board not properly chargeable to
the income of any trust fund held by the Board,
$256,970,000, of which not more than $6,500,000 shall
be derived from collections credited to this appropriation
during fiscal year 2000, and shall remain available until
expended, under the Act of June 28, 1902 (chapter 1301;
32 Stat. 480; 2 U.S.C. 150) and not more than $350,000
shall be derived from collections during fiscal year 2000
and shall remain available until expended for the develop-
ment and maintenance of an international legal informa-
tion database and activities related thereto: Provided,
That the Library of Congress may not obligate or expend
any funds derived from collections under the Act of June
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28, 1902, in excess of the amount authorized for obliga-
tion or expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided fur-
ther, That the total amount available for obligation shall
be reduced by the amount by which collections are less
than the $6,850,000: Provided further, That of the total
amount appropriated, $10,438,000 is to remain available
until expended for acquisition of books, periodicals, news-
papers, and all other materials including subscriptions for
bibliographic services for the Library, including $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, $2,347,000 is to remain
available until expended for the acquisition and partial
support for implementation of an Integrated Library Sys-
tem (ILS): Provided further, That of the total amount ap-
propriated, $5,579,000 is to remain available until ex-
pended for the purpose of teaching educators how to incor-
porate the Library’s digital collections into school cur-
ricula, which amount shall be transferred to the edu-
cational consortium formed to conduct the ‘‘Joining
Hands Across America: Local Community Initiative’’
project as approved by the Library.
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COPYRIGHT OFFICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office,
$37,639,000, of which not more than $20,800,000, to re-
main available until expended, shall be derived from collec-
tions credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 2000
under 17 U.S.C. 708(d): Provided, That the Copyright Of-
fice may not obligate or expend any funds derived from
collections under 17 U.S.C. 708(d), in excess of the
amount authorized for obligation or expenditure in appro-
priations Acts: Provided further, That not more than
$5,454,000 shall be derived from collections during fiscal
year 2000 under 17 U.S.C. 111(d)(2), 119(b)(2), 802(h),
and 1005: Provided further, That the total amount avail-
able for obligation shall be reduced by the amount by
which collections are less than $26,254,000: Provided fur-
ther, That not more than $100,000 of the amount appro-
priated is available for the maintenance of an ‘‘Inter-
national Copyright Institute’’ in the Copyright Office of
the Library of Congress for the purpose of training nation-
als 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 Librarian of
Congress, in connection with official representation and
reception expenses for activities of the International Copy-
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right Institute and for Copyright delegations, visitors, and
seminars.
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), $48,033,000, of which $14,032,600 shall remain
available until expended.
FURNITURE AND FURNISHINGS
For necessary expenses for the purchase, installation,
maintenance, and repair of furniture, furnishings, office
and library equipment, $5,415,000.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
SEC. 201. Appropriations in this Act available to the
Library of Congress shall be available, in an amount of
not more than $198,390, of which $59,300 is for the Con-
gressional Research Service, when specifically authorized
by the Librarian of Congress, for attendance at meetings
concerned with the function or activity for which the ap-
propriation is made.
SEC. 202. (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—
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(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. 203. Appropriated funds received by the Library
of Congress from other Federal agencies to cover general
and administrative overhead costs generated by per-
forming reimbursable work for other agencies under the
authority 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 appro-
priations Acts; or
(2) in the case of an advance payment, only—
(A) to pay for such general or administra-
tive overhead costs as are attributable to the
work performed for such agency; or
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(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. 204. Of the amounts appropriated to the Li-
brary of Congress in this Act, not more than $5,000 may
be expended, on the certification of the Librarian of Con-
gress, in connection with official representation and recep-
tion expenses for the incentive awards program.
SEC. 205. Of the amount appropriated to the Library
of Congress in this Act, not more than $12,000 may be
expended, on the certification of the Librarian of Con-
gress, in connection with official representation and recep-
tion expenses for the Overseas Field Offices.
SEC. 206. (a) For fiscal year 2000, the obligational
authority of the Library of Congress for the activities de-
scribed in subsection (b) may not exceed $98,788,000.
(b) The activities referred to in subsection (a) are re-
imbursable and revolving fund activities that are funded
from sources other than appropriations to the Library in
appropriations Acts for the legislative branch.
SEC. 207. The Library of Congress may use available
funds, now and hereafter, to enter into contracts for the
lease or acquisition of severable services for a period that
begins in one fiscal year and ends in the next fiscal year
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and to enter into multi-year contracts for the acquisition
of property and services pursuant to sections 303L and
304B, respectively, of the Federal Property and Adminis-
trative Services Act (41 U.S.C. 253l and 254c).
SEC. 208. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision
of law regarding the qualifications and method of appoint-
ment of employees of the Library of Congress, the Librar-
ian of Congress, using such method of appointment as the
Librarian may select, may appoint not more than three
individuals who meet such qualifications as the Librarian
may impose to serve as management specialists for a term
not to exceed three years.
(b) No individual appointed as a management spe-
cialist under subsection (a) may serve in such position
after December 31, 2004.
SEC. 209. (a) Section 904 of the Supplemental Ap-
propriations Act, 1983 (2 U.S.C. 136a–2) is amended to
read as follows:
‘‘SEC. 904. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law—
‘‘(1) the Librarian of Congress shall be com-
pensated at an annual rate of pay which is equal to
the annual rate of basic pay payable for positions at
level II of the Executive Schedule under section
5313 of title 5, United States Code; and
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‘‘(2) the Deputy Librarian of Congress shall be
compensated at an annual rate of pay which is equal
to the annual rate of basic pay payable for positions
at level III of the Executive Schedule under section
5314 of title 5, United States Code.’’.
(b) Section 203(c)(1) of the Legislative Reorganiza-
tion Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 166(c)(1)) is amended by strik-
ing the second sentence and inserting the following: ‘‘The
basic pay of the Director shall be at a per annum rate
equal to the rate of basic pay provided for level III of the
Executive Schedule under section 5314 of title 5, United
States Code.’’.
(c) The amendments made by this section shall apply
with respect to the first pay period which begins on or
after the date of the enactment of this Act and each subse-
quent pay period.
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, $17,782,000, of which $5,150,000
shall remain available until expended.
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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, $29,986,000: Provided,
That travel expenses, including travel expenses of the De-
pository Library Council to the Public Printer, shall not
exceed $175,000: Provided further, That amounts of not
more than $2,000,000 from current year appropriations
are authorized for producing and disseminating Congres-
sional serial sets and other related publications for 1998
and 1999 to depository and other designated libraries.
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 9104 of title 31, United
States Code, as may be necessary in carrying out the pro-
grams and purposes set forth in the budget for the current
fiscal year for the Government Printing Office revolving
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fund: Provided, That not more than $2,500 may be ex-
pended on the certification of the Public Printer in connec-
tion with official representation and reception expenses:
Provided further, That the revolving fund shall be available
for the hire or purchase of not more than twelve passenger
motor vehicles: Provided further, That expenditures in con-
nection 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 sec-
tion 5316 of such title: Provided further, That the revolv-
ing fund and the funds provided under the headings ‘‘OF-
FICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS’’ and ‘‘SALA-
RIES AND EXPENSES’’ together may not be available for
the full-time equivalent employment of more than 3,313
workyears (or such other number of workyears as the Pub-
lic Printer may request, subject to the approval of the
Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the
House of Representatives): Provided further, That activi-
ties financed through the revolving fund may provide in-
formation in any format: Provided further, That the re-
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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.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION
SEC. 210. (a) Section 311 of title 44, United States
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new
subsection:
‘‘(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, sec-
tion 3709 of the Revised Statutes (41 U.S.C. 5) shall
apply with respect to purchases and contracts for the Gov-
ernment Printing Office as if the reference to ‘$25,000’
in clause (1) of such section were a reference to
‘$100,000’.’’.
(b) The heading of section 311 of title 44, United
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘AUTHORITY’’ and
inserting ‘‘AUTHORITY; SMALL PURCHASE THRESH-
OLD’’.
(c) The table of sections for chapter 3 of title 44,
United States Code, is amended by striking the item relat-
ing to section 311 and inserting the following:
‘‘311. Purchases exempt from the Federal Property and Administrative Services
Act; contract negotiation authority; small purchase threshold.’’.