H. R. 2209
One Hundred Fifth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE FIRST SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
the seventh day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-seven
An Act
Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 1998, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 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, 1998, 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; Minority 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
Committees, $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 author-
ized by law, including agency contributions, $77,254,000, 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, $1,612,000.
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE
For the Office of the President pro tempore, $371,000.
OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERS
For Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders, $2,388,000.
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OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY WHIPS
For Offices of the Majority and Minority Whips, $1,221,000.
CONFERENCE COMMITTEES
For the Conference of the Majority and the Conference of the
Minority, at rates of compensation to be fixed by the Chairman
of each such committee, $1,061,000 for each such committee; in
all, $2,122,000.
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, $409,000.
POLICY COMMITTEES
For salaries of the Majority Policy Committee and the Minority
Policy Committee, $1,077,500 for each such committee; in all,
$2,155,000.
OFFICE OF THE CHAPLAIN
For Office of the Chaplain, $260,000.
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
For Office of the Secretary, $13,306,000.
OFFICE OF THE SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER
For Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper,
$33,037,000.
OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY
For Offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the Secretary
for the Minority, $1,165,000.
AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS AND RELATED EXPENSES
For agency contributions for employee benefits, as authorized
by law, and related expenses, $19,208,000.
OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL OF THE SENATE
For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Coun-
sel of the Senate, $3,605,000.
OFFICE OF SENATE LEGAL COUNSEL
For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate Legal Counsel,
$966,000.
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EXPENSE
ALLOWANCES
OF
THE
SECRETARY
OF
THE
SENATE,
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, $3,000;
Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, $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,
$75,600,000.
EXPENSES OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE CAUCUS ON
INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL
For expenses of the United States Senate Caucus on Inter-
national Narcotics Control, $370,000.
SECRETARY OF THE SENATE
For expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the Senate,
$1,511,000.
SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE SENATE
For expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Door-
keeper of the Senate, $64,833,000, of which $7,000,000 shall remain
available until September 30, 1999.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS
For miscellaneous items, $7,905,000.
SENATORS’ OFFICIAL PERSONNEL AND OFFICE EXPENSE ACCOUNT
For Senators’ Official Personnel and Office Expense Account,
$228,600,000.
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,
$300,000, to remain available until September 30, 1999.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
SECTION 1. (a) For fiscal year 1998, and each fiscal year there-
after, the Secretary of the Senate is authorized to make advance
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payments under a contract or other agreement to provide a service
or deliver an article for the United States Government without
regard to the provisions of section 3324 of title 31, United States
Code.
(b) An advance payment authorized by subsection (a) shall
be made in accordance with regulations issued by the Committee
on Rules and Administration of the Senate.
(c) The authority granted by subsection (a) shall not take effect
until regulations are issued pursuant to subsection (b).
SEC. 2. (a) Upon the written request of the Majority or Minority
Whip of the Senate, the Secretary of the Senate shall transfer
during any fiscal year, from the appropriations account appropriated
under the headings ‘‘SALARIES, OFFICERS
AND EMPLOYEES’’ and
‘‘OFFICES
OF
THE
MAJORITY
AND
MINORITY
WHIPS’’, such amount
as either whip shall specify to the appropriations account, within
the contingent fund of the Senate, ‘‘MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS’’.
(b) The Majority and Minority Whips of the Senate are each
authorized to incur such expenses as may be necessary or appro-
priate. Expenses incurred by either such whip shall be paid from
the amount transferred pursuant to subsection (a) by such whip
and upon vouchers approved by such whip.
(c) The Secretary of the Senate is authorized to advance such
sums as may be necessary to defray expenses incurred in carrying
out subsections (a) and (b).
SEC. 3. (a) Effective in the case of any fiscal year which begins
on or after October 1, 1997, clause (iii) of paragraph (3)(A) of
section 506(b) of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1973 (2
U.S.C. 58(b)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(iii) subject to subparagraph (B), in case the Senator rep-
resents 
Alabama, 
$182,567, 
Alaska, 
$251,901, 
Arizona,
$197,079, Arkansas, $168,282, California, $468,724, Colorado,
$186,350, Connecticut, $160,903, Delaware, $127,198, Florida,
$299,746, 
Georgia, 
$210,214, 
Hawaii, 
$279,512, 
Idaho,
$163,335, Illinois, $266,248, Indiana, $194,770, Iowa, $170,565,
Kansas, $168,177, Kentucky, $177,338, Louisiana, $185,647,
Maine, 
$147,746, 
Maryland, 
$173,020, 
Massachusetts,
$195,799, Michigan, $236,459, Minnesota, $187,702, Mis-
sissippi, $168,103, Missouri, $197,941, Montana, $161,725,
Nebraska, $160,361, Nevada, $171,096, New Hampshire,
$142,394, New Jersey, $206,260, New Mexico, $166,140, New
York, $327,955, North Carolina, $210,946, North Dakota,
$149,824, Ohio, $259,452, Oklahoma, $181,761, Oregon,
$189,345, Pennsylvania, $266,148, Rhode Island, $138,582,
South Carolina, $170,451, South Dakota, $151,450, Tennessee,
$191,954, Texas, $348,681, Utah, $168,632, Vermont, $135,925,
Virginia, $193,467, Washington, $214,694, West Virginia,
$147,772, Wisconsin, $191,569, Wyoming, $152,438, plus’’.
(b) Subsection (a) of the first section of Public Law 100–137
(2 U.S.C. 58c) is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(6) Effective on and after October 1, 1997, the Senators’
Account shall be available for the payment of franked mail expenses
of Senators.’’.
(c)(1) Section 12 of Public Law 101–520 is repealed.
(2) The amendment made by paragraph (1) shall be effective
on and after October 1, 1997.
(d) Nothing in this section affects the authority of the Commit-
tee on Rules and Administration of the Senate to prescribe
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regulations relating to the frank by Senators and officers of the
Senate.
SEC. 4. (a) The aggregate amount authorized by Senate Resolu-
tion 54, agreed to February 13, 1997, is increased—
(1) by $401,635 for the period March 1, 1997, through
September 30, 1998, and
(2) by $994,150 for the period March 1, 1998, through
February 28, 1999.
(b) This section is effective on and after October 1, 1997.
SEC. 5. Effective on and after October 1, 1997, each of the
dollar amounts contained in the table under section 105(d)(1) of
the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1968 (2 U.S.C. 61–
1) shall be deemed to be the dollar amounts in that table on
December 31, 1995, increased by 2 percent on January 1, 1996,
and by 2.3 percent on January 1, 1997.
SEC. 6. (a) The aggregate amount authorized by Senate Resolu-
tion 54, agreed to February 13, 1997, is increased—
(1) by $125,000 for the period March 1, 1997, through
September 30, 1998; and
(2) by $175,000 for the period March 1, 1998, through
February 28, 1999.
(b) Funds in the account, within the contingent fund of the
Senate, available for the expenses of inquiries and investigations
shall be available for franked mail expenses incurred by committees
of the Senate the other expenses of which are paid from that
account.
(c) This section is effective for fiscal years beginning on and
after October 1, 1997.
SEC. 7. Section 1101 of Public Law 85–58 (2 U.S.C. 46a–1)
is amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘Disbursements
from the fund shall be made upon vouchers approved by the
Secretary of the Senate, or his designee.’’.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For salaries and expenses of the House of Representatives,
$708,738,000, as follows:
HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES
For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, $12,293,000,
including: Office of the Speaker, $1,590,000, including $25,000 for
official expenses of the Speaker; Office of the Majority Floor Leader,
$1,626,000, including $10,000 for official expenses of the Majority
Leader; Office of the Minority Floor Leader, $1,652,000, including
$10,000 for official expenses of the Minority Leader; Office of the
Majority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Majority Whip,
$1,024,000, including $5,000 for official expenses of the Majority
Whip; Office of the Minority Whip, including the Chief Deputy
Minority Whip, $998,000, including $5,000 for official expenses
of the Minority Whip; Speaker’s Office for Legislative Floor Activi-
ties, $397,000; Republican Steering Committee, $736,000; Repub-
lican Conference, $1,172,000; Democratic Steering and Policy
Committee, $1,277,000; Democratic Caucus, $631,000; and nine
minority employees, $1,190,000.
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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, $379,789,000.
COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES
STANDING COMMITTEES, SPECIAL AND SELECT
For salaries and expenses of standing committees, special and
select, authorized by House resolutions, $86,268,000: Provided, That
such amount (together with any amounts appropriated for such
salaries and expenses for fiscal year 1997) shall remain available
for such salaries and expenses until December 31, 1998.
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
For salaries and expenses of the Committee on Appropriations,
$18,276,000, including studies and examinations of executive agen-
cies and temporary personal services 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: Provided, That such amount
(together with any amounts appropriated for such salaries and
expenses for fiscal year 1997) shall remain available for such sala-
ries and expenses until December 31, 1998.
SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
For compensation and expenses of officers and employees, as
authorized by law, $84,356,000, including: for salaries and expenses
of the Office of the Clerk, including not more than $3,500, of
which not more than $2,500 is for the Family Room, for official
representation and reception expenses, $16,804,000; for salaries
and expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms, including
the position of Superintendent of Garages, and including not more
than $750 for official representation and reception expenses,
$3,564,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Chief
Administrative Officer, $50,727,000, including $27,247,000 for sala-
ries, expenses and temporary personal services of House Informa-
tion Resources, of which $23,210,000 is provided herein: Provided,
That of the amount provided for House Information Resources,
$8,253,000 shall be for net expenses of telecommunications: Pro-
vided further, That House Information Resources is authorized to
receive reimbursement from Members of the House of Representa-
tives and other governmental entities for services provided and
such reimbursement shall be deposited in the Treasury for credit
to this account; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the
Inspector General, $3,808,000, of which $1,000 shall be for the
release of the Inspector General’s Report on Management and
Financial Irregularities—Office of the Chief Administrative Office:
Provided further, That all names of persons making favorable or
unfavorable statements in the report shall be expunged; for the
Office of the Chaplain, $133,000; for salaries and expenses of the
Office of the Parliamentarian, including the Parliamentarian and
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$2,000 for preparing the Digest of Rules, $1,101,000; for salaries
and expenses of the Office of the Law Revision Counsel of the
House, $1,821,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the
Legislative Counsel of the House, $4,827,000; for salaries and
expenses of the Corrections Calendar Office, $791,000; and for
other authorized employees, $780,000.
ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES
For allowances and expenses as authorized by House resolution
or law, $127,756,000, including: supplies, materials, administrative
costs and Federal tort claims, $2,225,000; official mail for commit-
tees, leadership offices, and administrative offices of the House,
$500,000; Government contributions for health, retirement, Social
Security, and other applicable employee benefits, $124,390,000; and
miscellaneous items including purchase, exchange, maintenance,
repair and operation of House motor vehicles, interparliamentary
receptions, and gratuities to heirs of deceased employees of the
House, $641,000.
CHILD CARE CENTER
For salaries and expenses of the House of Representatives
Child Care Center, such amounts as are deposited in the account
established by section 312(d)(1) of the Legislative Branch Appropria-
tions 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
Appropriations of the House of Representatives.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
SEC. 101. The provisions of House Resolution 7, One Hundred
Fifth Congress, agreed to January 7, 1997, establishing the Correc-
tions Calendar Office, shall be the permanent law with respect
thereto. The provisions of House Resolution 130, One Hundred
Fifth Congress, agreed to April 24, 1997, providing a lump sum
allowance for the Corrections Calendar Office, shall be the perma-
nent law with respect thereto.
SEC. 102. The funds and accounts specified in section 107(b)
of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1996 (2 U.S.C. 123b
note) shall be treated as categories of allowances and expenses
for purposes of section 101(a) of the Legislative Branch Appropria-
tions Act, 1993 (2 U.S.C. 95b(a)).
SEC. 103. (a) Section 109(a) of the Legislative Branch Appro-
priations Act, 1996 (2 U.S.C. 60o(a)) is amended—
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘who
is separated from employment,’’;
(2) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking
‘‘employee’’ the second place it appears and inserting ‘‘employee
or for any other purpose’’; and
(3) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ‘‘the amount’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘in the case of a lump sum payment for the accrued annual
leave of the employee, the amount’’.
(b) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply to
fiscal years beginning on or after October 1, 1997.
SEC. 104. (a) Section 104(c)(2) of the House of Representatives
Administrative Reform Technical Corrections Act (2 U.S.C. 92(c)(2))
is amended by striking ‘‘in the District of Columbia’’.
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(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with
respect to fiscal years beginning on or after October 1, 1997.
SEC. 105. (a) Section 204(11)(A) of the House of Representatives
Administrative Reform Technical Corrections Act (110 Stat. 1731)
is amended by striking out ‘‘through ‘respective Houses’ and’’ and
inserting in lieu thereof the following: ‘‘through ‘respective Houses’
the second place it appears and’’.
(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect
as of August 20, 1996.
SEC. 106. Section 104(a) of the Legislative Branch Appropria-
tions Act, 1987 (as incorporated by reference in section 101(j) of
Public Law 99–500 and Public Law 99–591) (2 U.S.C. 117e) is
amended—
(1) in the second sentence of paragraph (2), by striking
‘‘A donation’’ and inserting ‘‘Except as provided in paragraph
(3), a donation’’;
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs
(4) and (5); and
(3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new para-
graph:
‘‘(3)(A) In the case of computer-related equipment, during fiscal
year 1998 the Chief Administrative Officer may donate directly
the equipment to a public elementary or secondary school of the
District of Columbia without regard to whether the donation meets
the requirements of the second sentence of paragraph (2), except
that the total number of workstations donated as a result of this
paragraph may not exceed 1,000.
‘‘(B) In this paragraph—
‘‘(i) 
the 
term 
‘computer-related 
equipment’ 
includes
desktops, laptops, printers, file servers, and peripherals which
are appropriate for use in public school education;
‘‘(ii) the terms ‘public elementary school’ and ‘public second-
ary school’ have the meaning given such terms in section 14101
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965; and
‘‘(iii) the term ‘workstation’ includes desktops and peripher-
als, file servers and peripherals, laptops and peripherals,
printers and peripherals, and workstations and peripherals.
‘‘(C) The Committee on House Oversight shall have authority
to issue regulations to carry out this paragraph.’’.
SEC. 107. Title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking
‘‘the Speaker of the House of Representatives’’ each place it appears
in sections 5532(i)(2)(B), 5532(i)(3), 8344(k)(2)(B), 8344(k)(3),
8468(h)(2)(B), and 8468(h)(3) and inserting ‘‘the Committee on
House Oversight of the House of Representatives’’.
SEC. 108. (a) For fiscal year 1998 and each succeeding fiscal
year, the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representa-
tives is authorized to make advance payments under a contract
or other agreement to provide a service or deliver an article for
the United States Government without regard to the provisions
of section 3324 of title 31, United States Code.
(b) An advance payment authorized by subsection (a) shall
be made in accordance with regulations issued by the Committee
on House Oversight of the House of Representatives.
(c) The authority granted by subsection (a) shall not take effect
until regulations are issued pursuant to subsection (b).
SEC. 109. (a) There is hereby established an account in the
House of Representatives for purposes of making payments of the
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House of Representatives to the Employees’ Compensation Fund
under section 8147 of title 5, United States Code.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, payments may
be made from the account established under subsection (a) at any
time after the date of the enactment of this Act without regard
to the fiscal year for which the obligation to make such payments
is incurred.
(c) The account established under subsection (a) shall be treated
as a category of allowances and expenses for purposes of section
101(a) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1993 (2 U.S.C.
95b(a)).
JOINT ITEMS
For Joint Committees, as follows:
JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic Committee,
$2,750,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate.
JOINT COMMITTEE ON PRINTING
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Printing,
$804,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate.
JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Taxation,
$5,815,500, to be disbursed by the Chief Administrative Officer
of the House.
For other joint items, as follows:
OFFICE OF THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN
For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent expenses 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 Office of the Attending
Physician; (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 assistants; and (4) $893,000
for reimbursement to the Department of the Navy for expenses
incurred for staff and equipment assigned to the Office of the
Attending Physician, which shall be advanced and credited to the
applicable appropriation or appropriations from which such salaries,
allowances, and other expenses are payable and shall be available
for all the purposes thereof, $1,266,000, to be disbursed by the
Chief Administrative Officer of the House.
CAPITOL POLICE BOARD
CAPITOL POLICE
SALARIES
For the Capitol Police Board for salaries of officers, members,
and employees of the Capitol Police, including overtime, hazardous
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duty pay differential, clothing allowance of not more than $600
each for members required to wear civilian attire, and Government
contributions for health, retirement, Social Security, and other
applicable employee benefits, $70,955,000, of which $34,118,000
is provided to the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives,
to be disbursed by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House,
and $36,837,000 is provided to the Sergeant at Arms and Door-
keeper of the Senate, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the
Senate: Provided, That, of the amounts appropriated under this
heading, such amounts as may be necessary may be transferred
between the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives
and the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, upon
approval of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives 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, communications and other
equipment, security equipment and installation, uniforms, weapons,
supplies, materials, training, medical services, forensic services,
stenographic services, personal and professional services, the
employee assistance program, not more than $2,000 for the awards
program, postage, telephone service, travel advances, relocation of
instructor and liaison personnel for the Federal Law Enforcement
Training Center, and $85 per month for extra services performed
for the Capitol Police Board by an employee of the Sergeant at
Arms of the Senate or the House of Representatives designated
by the Chairman of the Board, $3,099,000, to be disbursed by
the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives:
Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the
cost of basic training for the Capitol Police at the Federal Law
Enforcement Training Center for fiscal year 1998 shall be paid
by the Secretary of the Treasury from funds available to the Depart-
ment of the Treasury.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
SEC. 110. Amounts appropriated for fiscal year 1998 for the
Capitol Police Board for the Capitol Police may be transferred
between the headings ‘‘SALARIES’’ and ‘‘GENERAL EXPENSES’’ upon
the approval of—
(1) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives, in the case of amounts transferred from the appro-
priation provided to the Sergeant at Arms of the House of
Representatives under the heading ‘‘SALARIES’’;
(2) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, in
the case of amounts transferred from the appropriation provided
to the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate under
the heading ‘‘SALARIES’’; and
(3) the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and
the House of Representatives, in the case of other transfers.
SEC. 111. (a)(1) The Capitol Police Board shall establish and
maintain unified schedules of rates of basic pay for members and
civilian employees of the Capitol Police which shall apply to both
members and employees whose appointing authority is an officer
of the Senate and members and employees whose appointing author-
ity is an officer of the House of Representatives.
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(2) The Capitol Police Board may, from time to time, adjust
any schedule established under paragraph (1) to the extent that
the Board determines appropriate to reflect changes in the cost
of living and to maintain pay comparability.
(3) A schedule established or revised under paragraph (1) or
(2) shall take effect only upon approval by the Committee on House
Oversight of the House of Representatives and the Committee on
Rules and Administration of the Senate.
(4) A schedule approved under paragraph (3) shall have the
force and effect of law.
(b)(1) The Capitol Police Board shall prescribe, by regulation,
a unified leave system for members and civilian employees of the
Capitol Police which shall apply to both members and employees
whose appointing authority is an officer of the Senate and members
and employees whose appointing authority is an officer of the House
of Representatives. The leave system shall include provisions for—
(A) annual leave, based on years of service;
(B) sick leave;
(C) administrative leave;
(D) leave under the Family and Medical Leave Act of
1993 (29 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.);
(E) leave without pay and leave with reduced pay, including
provisions relating to contributions for benefits for any period
of such leave;
(F) approval of all leave by the Chief or the designee
of the Chief;
(G) the order in which categories of leave shall be used;
(H) use, accrual, and carryover rules and limitations,
including rules and limitations for any period of active duty
in the Armed Forces;
(I) advance of annual leave or sick leave after a member
or civilian employee has used all such accrued leave;
(J) buy back of annual leave or sick leave used during
an extended recovery period in the case of an injury in the
performance of duty;
(K) the use of accrued leave before termination of the
employment as a member or civilian employee of the Capitol
Police, with provision for lump sum payment for unused annual
leave; and
(L) a leave-sharing program.
(2) The leave system under this section may not provide for
the accrual of either annual or sick leave for any period of leave
without pay or leave with reduced pay.
(3) All provisions of the leave system established under this
subsection shall be subject to the approval of the Committee on
House Oversight of the House of Representatives and the Commit-
tee on Rules and Administration of the Senate. All regulations
approved under this subsection shall have the force and effect
of law.
(c)(1) Upon the approval of the Capitol Police Board, a member
or civilian employee of the Capitol Police who is separated from
service may be paid a lump sum payment for the accrued annual
leave of the member or civilian employee.
(2) The lump sum payment under paragraph (1)—
(A) shall equal the pay the member or civilian employee
would have received had such member or employee remained
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in the service until the expiration of the period of annual
leave;
(B) shall be paid from amounts appropriated to the Capitol
Police;
(C) shall be based on the rate of basic pay in effect with
respect to the member or civilian employee on the last day
of service of the member or civilian employee;
(D) shall not be calculated on the basis of extending the
period of leave described under subparagraph (A) by any holiday
occurring after the date of separation from service;
(E) shall be considered pay for taxation purposes only;
and
(F) shall be paid only after the Chairman of the Capitol
Police Board certifies the applicable period of leave to the
Secretary of the Senate or the Chief Administrative Officer
of the House of Representatives, as appropriate.
(3) A member or civilian employee of the Capitol Police who
enters active duty in the Armed Forces may—
(A) receive a lump sum payment for accrued annual leave
in accordance with this subsection, in addition to any pay
or allowance payable from the Armed Forces; or
(B) elect to have the leave remain to the credit of such
member or civilian employee until such member or civilian
employee returns from active duty.
(4) The Capitol Police Board may prescribe regulations to carry
out this subsection. No lump sum payment may be paid under
this subsection until such regulations are approved by the Commit-
tee on Rules and Administration of the Senate and the Committee
on House Oversight of the House of Representatives. All regulations
approved under this subsection shall have the force and effect
of law.
(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to affect the
appointing authority of any officer of the Senate or the House
of Representatives.
CAPITOL GUIDE SERVICE AND SPECIAL SERVICES OFFICE
For salaries and expenses of the Capitol Guide Service and
Special Services Office, $1,991,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary
of the Senate: Provided, That no part of such amount may 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 120 days each, and not more than ten additional individuals
for not more than six months each, for the Capitol Guide Service.
STATEMENTS OF APPROPRIATIONS
For the preparation, under the direction of the Committees
on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives,
of the statements for the first session of the One Hundred Fifth
Congress, showing appropriations made, indefinite appropriations,
and contracts authorized, together with a chronological history of
the regular appropriations bills as required by law, $30,000, to
be paid to the persons designated by the chairmen of such commit-
tees to supervise the work.
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OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For salaries and expenses of the Office of Compliance, as
authorized by section 305 of the Congressional Accountability Act
of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1385), $2,479,000.
CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For salaries and expenses necessary to carry out the provisions
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (Public Law 93–344),
including not more than $2,500 to be expended on the certification
of the Director of the Congressional Budget Office in connection
with official representation and reception expenses, $24,797,000:
Provided, That no part of such amount may be used for the purchase
or hire of a passenger motor vehicle.
ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL
CAPITOL BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS
CAPITOL BUILDINGS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For salaries for the Architect of the Capitol, the Assistant
Architect of the Capitol, and other personal services, at rates of
pay provided by law; for surveys and studies in connection with
activities under the care of the Architect of the Capitol; 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 jurisdiction of the Architect of the Capitol,
including furnishings and office equipment, including not more
than $1,000 for official reception and representation expenses, to
be expended as the Architect of the Capitol may approve; for pur-
chase or exchange, maintenance and operation of a passenger motor
vehicle; and not to exceed $20,000 for attendance, when specifically
authorized by the Architect of the Capitol, at meetings or conven-
tions in connection with subjects related to work under the Architect
of the Capitol, $36,977,000, of which $7,500,000 shall remain avail-
able 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, $5,116,000, of which $745,000 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 supervision of the Architect of
the Capitol, $52,021,000, of which $13,200,000 shall remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That appropriations under this
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heading for management personnel and miscellaneous restaurant
expenses hereafter shall be transferred at the beginning of each
fiscal year to the special deposit account in the United States
Treasury established under Public Law 87–82, approved July 6,
1961, as amended (40 U.S.C. 174j–4), and effective October 1,
1997, all management personnel of the Senate Restaurant facilities
shall be paid from the special deposit account. Management person-
nel transferred hereunder shall be paid at the same rates of pay
applicable immediately prior to the date of transfer, and annual
and sick leave balances shall be credited to leave accounts of such
personnel in the Senate Restaurants.
HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and oper-
ation of the House office buildings, $36,610,000, of which $8,082,000
shall remain available until expended.
CAPITOL POWER PLANT
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and oper-
ation 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 Con-
gress buildings, and the grounds about the same, Botanic Garden,
Senate garage, 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 Marshall Federal Judiciary
Building and the Folger Shakespeare Library, expenses for which
shall be advanced 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, $33,932,000, of
which $1,650,000 shall remain available until expended: Provided,
That not more than $4,000,000 of the funds credited or to be
reimbursed to this appropriation as herein provided shall be avail-
able for obligation during fiscal year 1998.
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 Annotated Constitution of the United
States of America, $64,603,000: Provided, 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 Congress unless such publication has obtained prior approval
of either the Committee on House Oversight of the House of
Representatives or the Committee on Rules and Administration
of the Senate: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other
provision of law, the compensation of the Director of the Congres-
sional Research Service, Library of Congress, shall be at an annual
rate which is equal to the annual rate of basic pay for positions
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at level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title
5, United States Code.
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 Capitol; expenses necessary
for preparing the semimonthly and session index to the Congres-
sional Record, as authorized by law (44 U.S.C. 902); printing and
binding of Government publications authorized by law to be
distributed to Members of Congress; and printing, binding, and
distribution of Government publications authorized by law to be
distributed without charge to the recipient, $81,669,000, of which
$11,017,000 shall be derived by transfer from the Government
Printing Office revolving fund under section 309 of title 44, United
States Code: 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 preceding
fiscal years.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Congressional Operations Appro-
priations Act, 1998’’.
TITLE II—OTHER AGENCIES
BOTANIC GARDEN
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and oper-
ation of the Botanic Garden and the nurseries, buildings, grounds,
and collections; and purchase and exchange, maintenance, repair,
and operation of a passenger motor vehicle; all under the direction
of the Joint Committee on the Library, $3,016,000.
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 Library;
preparation and distribution of catalog records and other publica-
tions 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, $227,016,000, of which not more than $7,869,000 shall
be derived from collections credited to this appropriation during
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fiscal year 1998, and shall remain available until expended, under
the Act of June 28, 1902 (chapter 1301; 32 Stat. 480; 2 U.S.C.
150): 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 collections are less than the $7,869,000: Provided further,
That of the total amount appropriated, $9,619,000 is to remain
available until expended for acquisition of books, periodicals,
newspapers, and all other materials including subscriptions for
bibliographic services for the Library, including $40,000 to be avail-
able 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,
$5,584,000 is to remain available until expended for the acquisition
and partial support for implementation of an integrated library
system (ILS).
COPYRIGHT OFFICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, including
publication of the decisions of the United States courts involving
copyrights, $34,361,000, of which not more than $17,340,000 shall
be derived from collections credited to this appropriation during
fiscal year 1998 under 17 U.S.C. 708(d), and not more than
$5,086,000 shall be derived from collections during fiscal year 1998
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 $22,426,000:
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 Con-
gress for the purpose of training nationals of developing countries
in intellectual property laws and policies: Provided further, That
not more than $2,250 may be expended, on the certification of
the Librarian of Congress, in connection with official representation
and reception expenses for activities of the International Copyright
Institute.
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), $46,561,000,
of which $12,944,000 shall remain available until expended.
FURNITURE AND FURNISHINGS
For necessary expenses for the purchase, installation, and
repair of furniture, furnishings, office and library equipment,
$4,178,000.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
SEC. 201. Appropriations in this Act available to the Library
of Congress shall be available, in an amount of not more than
$194,290, of which $58,100 is for the Congressional Research Serv-
ice, when specifically authorized by the Librarian, for attendance
at meetings concerned with the function or activity for which the
appropriation is made.
SEC. 202. (a) No part of the funds appropriated in this Act
shall be used by the Library of Congress to administer 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 super-
visor’’ means any management official or supervisor, 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 adminis-
trative overhead costs generated by performing 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 appropriations
Acts; or
(2) in the case of an advance payment, only—
(A) to pay for such general or administrative 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 respect to any purpose not
allowable under subparagraph (A).
SEC. 204. Of the amounts appropriated to the Library of
Congress in this Act, not more than $5,000 may be expended,
on the certification of the Librarian of Congress, in connection
with official representation and reception 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 Congress, in connection
with official representation and reception expenses for the Overseas
Field Offices.
SEC. 206. (a) For fiscal year 1998, the obligational authority
of the Library of Congress for the activities described in subsection
(b) may not exceed $100,490,000.
(b) The activities referred to in subsection (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.
SEC. 207. (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—Effective October 1, 1997, there
is established in the Treasury of the United States a revolving
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fund to be known as the Cooperative Acquisitions Program Revolv-
ing Fund (in this section referred to as the ‘‘revolving fund’’). Moneys
in the revolving fund shall be available to the Librarian of Congress,
without fiscal year limitation, for financing the cooperative acquisi-
tions program (in this section referred to as the ‘‘program’’) under
which the Library acquires foreign publications and research mate-
rials on behalf of participating institutions on a cost-recovery basis.
Obligations under the revolving fund are limited to amounts speci-
fied in the appropriations Act for that purpose for any fiscal year.
(b) AMOUNTS DEPOSITED.—The revolving fund shall consist of—
(1) any amounts appropriated by law for the purposes
of the revolving fund;
(2) any amounts held by the Librarian as of October 1,
1997 or the date of enactment, whichever is later, that were
collected as payment for the Library’s indirect costs of the
program; and
(3) the difference between (A) the total value of the sup-
plies, equipment, gift fund balances, and other assets of the
program, and (B) the total value of the liabilities (including
unfunded liabilities such as the value of accrued annual leave
of employees) of the program.
(c) CREDITS
TO
THE REVOLVING FUND.—The revolving fund
shall be credited with all advances and amounts received as pay-
ment for purchases under the program and services and supplies
furnished to program participants, at rates estimated by the Librar-
ian to be adequate to recover the full direct and indirect costs
of the program to the Library over a reasonable period of time.
(d) UNOBLIGATED BALANCES.—Any unobligated and unexpended
balances in the revolving fund that the Librarian determines to
be in excess of amounts needed for activities financed by the revolv-
ing fund, shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States
as miscellaneous receipts. Amounts needed for activities financed
by the revolving fund means the direct and indirect costs of the
program, including the costs of purchasing, shipping, binding of
books and other library materials; supplies, materials, equipment
and services needed in support of the program; salaries and benefits;
general overhead; and travel.
(e) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than March 31 of each year,
the Librarian of Congress shall prepare and submit to Congress
an audited financial statement for the revolving fund for the preced-
ing fiscal year. The audit shall be conducted in accordance with
Government Auditing Standards for financial audits issued by the
Comptroller General of the United States.
SEC. 208. AUTHORITY OF THE BOARD TO INVEST GIFT FUNDS.—
Section 4 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to create a Library of Congress
Trust Fund Board, and for other purposes’’, approved March 3,
1925 (2 U.S.C. 160), is amended by adding at the end the following
new undesignated paragraph:
‘‘Upon agreement by the Librarian of Congress and the Board,
a gift or bequest accepted by the Librarian under the first paragraph
of this section may be invested or reinvested in the same manner
as provided for trust funds under the second paragraph of section
2.’’.