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. (a) Section 441 of the Legislative Reorga-
nization Act of 1970 (40 U.S.C. 851) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(k) In addition to any other function under this sec-
tion, the Capitol Guide Service shall provide special serv-
ices to Members of Congress, and to officers, employees,
and guests of Congress.’’.
(b) Section 310 of the Legislative Branch Appropria-
tions Act, 1990 (2 U.S.C. 130e) is repealed.
(c) The amendment made by subsection (a) and the
repeal made by subsection (b) shall take effect on October
1, 1995.
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, $23,188,000: 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 219 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.
In addition, for salaries and expenses of the Congres-
sional Budget Office necessary to carry out the provisions
of title I of the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act of 1995
(Public Law 104–4), as authorized by section 109 of such
Act, $1,100,000.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION
SEC. 113. 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, $22,832,000, of which
$3,000,000 shall remain available until expended.
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.
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,
$32,578,000: 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,
$75,083,000: 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,
$88,281,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall not
be available for paper copies of the permanent edition of
the Congressional Record for individual Senators, Rep-
resentatives, Resident Commissioners or Delegates au-
thorized under 44 U.S.C. 906: Provided further, That this
appropriation shall be available for the payment of obliga-
tions incurred under the appropriations for similar pur-
poses for preceding 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.
CONSERVATORY RENOVATION
For renovation of the Conservatory of the Botanic
Garden, $7,000,000, to be available to the Architect of
the Capitol without fiscal year limitation: Provided, That
the total amount appropriated for such renovation for this
fiscal year and later fiscal years may not exceed
$21,000,000.
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, $195,076,000 (less $1,165,000),
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 collections are less than the $7,869,000: Pro-
vided further, That of the total amount appropriated,
$8,458,000 is to remain available until expended for ac-
quisition of books, periodicals, and newspapers, 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.
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 $86,912,000 for reimbursable and revolving
fund activities, and $5,667,000 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) Section 206 of the Legislative Branch
Appropriations Act, 1994 (2 U.S.C. 132a–1) is amended
by striking out ‘‘Effective’’ and all that follows through
‘‘provided’’, and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Obligations for
reimbursable activities and revolving fund activities per-
formed by the Library of Congress and obligations exceed-
ing $100,000 for a fiscal year for any single gift fund ac-
tivity or trust fund activity performed by the Library of
Congress are limited to the amounts provided for such
purposes’’.
(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take
effect on October 1, 1996, and shall apply with respect
to fiscal years beginning on or after that date.
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, $16,312,000: 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 last paragraph of section 1903 of title
44, United States Code, is amended by striking out the
last sentence and inserting in lieu thereof the following:
‘‘The cost of production and distribution for publications
distributed to depository libraries—
‘‘(1) in paper or microfiche formats, whether or
not such publications are requisitioned from or
through the Government Printing Office, shall be
borne by the components of the Government respon-
sible for their issuance; and
‘‘(2) in other than paper or microfiche for-
mats—
‘‘(A) if such publications are requisitioned
from or through the Government Printing Of-
fice, shall be charged to appropriations provided
to the Superintendent of Documents for that
purpose; and
‘‘(B) if such publications are obtained else-
where than from the Government Printing Of-
fice, shall be borne by the components of the
Government responsible for their issuance.’’.
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE REVOLVING FUND
The Government Printing Office is hereby authorized
to make such expenditures, within the limits of funds