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OFFICE OF THE SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER 
For Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, 
$50,635,000. 
OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND 
MINORITY 
For Offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the 
Secretary for the Minority, $1,528,000. 
AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS AND RELATED EXPENSES 
For agency contributions for employee benefits, as au-
thorized by law, and related expenses, $33,779,000. 
OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL OF THE SENATE 
For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legisla-
tive Counsel of the Senate, $5,152,000. 
OFFICE OF SENATE LEGAL COUNSEL 
For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate Legal 
Counsel, $1,265,000. 
EXPENSE ALLOWANCES OF THE SECRETARY OF THE SEN-
ATE, SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE 
SENATE, AND SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND 
MINORITY OF THE SENATE 
For expense allowances of the Secretary of the Senate, 
$6,000; Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, 
$6,000; Secretary for the Majority of the Senate, $6,000; 
Secretary for the Minority of the Senate, $6,000; in all, 
$24,000.
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CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE 
INQUIRIES AND INVESTIGATIONS 
For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered 
by the Senate, or conducted under section 134(a) of the Leg-
islative Reorganization Act of 1946 (Public Law 97–601), 
section 112 of the Supplemental Appropriations and Rescis-
sion Act, 1980 (Public Law 96–304), and Senate Resolution 
281, 
96th 
Congress, 
agreed 
to 
March 
11, 
1980, 
$110,000,000. 
EXPENSES OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE CAUCUS ON 
INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL 
For expenses of the United States Senate Caucus on 
International Narcotics Control, $520,000. 
SECRETARY OF THE SENATE 
For expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the Sen-
ate, $1,700,000. 
SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE SENATE 
For expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms and 
Doorkeeper of the Senate, $127,182,000, of which 
$20,045,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2007, and of which $4,255,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2009. 
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS 
For miscellaneous items, $18,326,000, of which up to 
$500,000 shall be made available for a pilot program for 
mailings of postal patron postcards by Senators for the pur-
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pose of providing notice of a town meeting by a Senator 
in a county (or equivalent unit of local government) at 
which the Senator will personally attend: Provided, That 
any amount allocated to a Senator for such mailing shall 
not exceed 50 percent of the cost of the mailing and the 
remaining cost shall be paid by the Senator from other 
funds available to the Senator. 
SENATORS’ OFFICIAL PERSONNEL AND OFFICE EXPENSE 
ACCOUNT 
For Senators’ Official Personnel and Office Expense 
Account, $326,000,000. 
OFFICIAL MAIL COSTS 
For expenses necessary for official mail costs of the 
Senate, $300,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 1. GROSS RATE OF COMPENSATION IN OFFICES 
OF SENATORS. Effective on and after October 1, 2004, each 
of the dollar amounts contained in the table under section 
105(d)(1)(A) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 
1968 (2 U.S.C. 61–1(d)(1)(A)) shall be deemed to be the 
dollar amounts in that table, as adjusted by law and in 
effect on September 30, 2004, increased by an additional 
$50,000 each. 
SEC. 2. CONSULTANTS. With respect to fiscal year 
2005, the first sentence of section 101(a) of the Supple-
mental Appropriations Act, 1977 (2 U.S.C. 61h–6(a)) shall
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be applied by substituting ‘‘nine individual consultants’’ 
for ‘‘eight individual consultants’’. 
SEC. 3. UNITED STATES SENATE COLLECTION. Section 
316 of Public Law 101–302 (2 U.S.C. 2107) is amended 
in the first sentence of subsection (a) by striking ‘‘2004’’ 
and inserting ‘‘2005’’. 
SEC. 4. PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE EMERITUS OF THE 
SENATE. Section 7(e) of the Legislative Branch Appropria-
tions Act, 2003 (2 U.S.C. 32b note) is amended by inserting 
‘‘and the 109th Congress’’ after ‘‘108th Congress’’. 
SEC. 5. TRANSFER OF FUNDS FROM APPROPRIATIONS 
ACCOUNT OF THE OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT AND 
THE OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY 
AND MINORITY TO THE SENATE CONTINGENT FUND. (a) 
OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Upon the written request of 
the Vice President, the Secretary of the Senate shall 
transfer from the appropriations account appro-
priated under the subheading ‘‘OFFICE OF THE VICE 
PRESIDENT’’ under the heading ‘‘SALARIES, OFFICERS 
AND EMPLOYEES’’ such amount as the Vice President 
shall specify to the appropriations account under the 
heading ‘‘ MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS’’ within the contin-
gent fund of the Senate.