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law, $32,287,000, of which $2,400,000 shall remain avail-
able 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,
$32,777,000, of which $665,000 shall remain available
until expended: Provided, That not to exceed $3,200,000
of the funds credited or to be reimbursed to this appro-
priation as herein provided shall be available for obligation
during fiscal year 1994.
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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,
$56,718,000: 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
Administration of the House of Representatives or the
Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate:
Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, the compensation of the Director of the Con-
gressional Research 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 Sched-
ule under section 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
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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,
$88,404,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall not
be available for printing and binding part 2 of the annual
report of the Secretary of Agriculture (known as the Year-
book of Agriculture) nor for copies of the permanent edi-
tion of the Congressional Record for individual Represent-
atives, Resident Commissioners or Delegates authorized
under 44 U.S.C. 906: Provided further, That this appro-
priation 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 Oper-
ations Appropriations Act, 1994’’.
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,
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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, $3,008,000.
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 Li-
brary; 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,
$201,231,000, of which not more than $7,500,000 shall
be derived from collections credited to this appropriation
during fiscal year 1994 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 re-
duced by the amount by which collections are less than
the $7,500,000: Provided further, That of the total
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amount appropriated, $8,127,000 is to remain available
until expended for acquisition of books, periodicals, and
newspapers, and all other materials including subscrip-
tions for bibliographic services for the Library, including
$40,000 to be available solely for the purchase, when spe-
cifically 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, $26,244,000, of which not
more than $14,500,000 shall be derived from collections
credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 1994
under 17 U.S.C. 708(c), and not more than $2,333,000
shall be derived from collections during fiscal year 1994
under 17 U.S.C. 111(d)(2), 119(b)(2), and 1005: Pro-
vided, That the total amount available for obligation shall
be reduced by the amount by which collections are less
than $16,833,000: Provided further, That $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 train-
ing nationals of developing countries in intellectual prop-
erty laws and policies: Provided further, That not to exceed
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$2,250 may be expended on the certification of the Librar-
ian of Congress or his designee, 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 provisions
of the Act of March 3, 1931 (chapter 400; 46 Stat. 1487;
2 U.S.C. 135a), $43,144,000 $42,713,000, of which
$10,377,000 $9,946,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended.
FURNITURE AND FURNISHINGS
For necessary expenses for the purchase and repair
of furniture, furnishings, office and library equipment,
$3,939,000: Provided, That of those funds that remain
available until expended, up to $593,000 may be trans-
ferred to the Architect of the Capitol appropriation ‘‘Li-
brary Buildings and Grounds, Structural and Mechanical
Care’’ to complete renovation and restoration work on the
Thomas Jefferson and John Adams Buildings.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
SEC. 201. Appropriations in this Act available to the
Library of Congress shall be available, in an amount not
to exceed $175,690, of which $54,800 is for the Congres-
sional Research Service, when specifically authorized by
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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 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 super-
visor 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 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—
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(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
(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. 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. 205. 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. 206. (a) Effective for fiscal years beginning with
fiscal year 1995, no amount may be disbursed for any ac-
tivity of the Library of Congress, except to the extent and
in the amount provided (1) in the annual regular appro-
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priations Act making appropriations for the legislative
branch, or (2) in a supplemental appropriations Act that
makes appropriations for the legislative branch.
(b)
Subsection
(a)
applies
to
disbursement
of
amounts derived from any source, including (1) amounts
from library and bibliographical services performed on a
reimbursable basis, under agency agreement or otherwise,
for any public or private entity, (2) amounts from grants
or similar payments for any purpose, and (3) amounts
from gifts, whether such amounts are in the form of trust
funds administered by the Library of Congress Trust
Fund Board or otherwise.
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, $9,543,000 $9,974,000, of which
$1,060,000 $1,341,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That, subject to approval by the Com-
mittee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives
and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, the
Librarian of Congress may transfer from any appropria-
tion under the heading ‘‘Library of Congress’’ amounts
not to exceed in the aggregate $3,200,000 to the appro-
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priation ‘‘Architect of the Capitol, Library buildings and
grounds, Structural and mechanical care, No Year’’ to
complete the renovation and restoration of the Thomas
Jefferson and John Adams buildings.
COPYRIGHT ROYALTY TRIBUNAL
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Copyright Royalty Tri-
bunal, $1,028,000, of which $900,000 shall be derived by
collections from the appropriation ‘‘Payments to Copy-
right Owners’’ for the reasonable costs incurred in pro-
ceedings involving distribution of royalty fees as provided
by 17 U.S.C. 807.
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, $29,082,000: 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-
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thorized for producing and disseminating Congressional
Serial Sets and other related Congressional/non-Congres-
sional publications for 1991 and 1992 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 104 of the Government
Corporation Control Act as may be necessary in carrying
out the programs and purposes set forth in the budget
for the current fiscal year for the ‘‘Government Printing
Office revolving fund’’: Provided, That not to exceed
$2,500 may be expended on the certification of the Public
Printer in connection with official representation and re-
ception expenses: Provided further, That the revolving
fund shall be available for the hire or purchase of pas-
senger motor vehicles, not to exceed a fleet of twelve: Pro-
vided 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 services as authorized
by 5 U.S.C. 3109 but at rates for individuals not to exceed
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the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for level V of the
Executive Schedule (5 U.S.C. 5316): Provided further,
That the revolving fund and the funds provided under the
paragraph entitled ‘‘OFFICE
OF
SUPERINTENDENT
OF
DOCUMENTS, SALARIES AND EXPENSES’’ together may not
be available for the full-time equivalent employment of
more than 4,850 workyears: Provided further, That the re-
volving fund shall be available for expenses not to exceed
$500,000 for the development of plans and design of a
multi-purpose facility: Provided further, That activities fi-
nanced through the revolving fund may provide informa-
tion in any format: Provided further, That the revolving
fund shall not be used to administer any flexible or com-
pressed work schedule which applies to any manager 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.
SEC. 207. (a) Subsection (b) of section 309 of title
44, United States Code, is amended—
(1) in the matter before paragraph (1), by
striking out ‘‘shall be:’’ and inserting in lieu thereof
‘‘shall be—’’;
(2) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘and’’ after
the semicolon at the end;
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(3) in paragraph (2), by striking out ‘‘; and’’
and inserting in lieu thereof a period; and
(4) by striking out paragraph (3).
(b) The first undesignated paragraph of section 1708
of title 44, United States Code, is amended by striking
out the third sentence.
(c) The amendments made by subsections (a) and (b)
shall take effect on October 1, 1993.
GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the General Accounting
Office, including not to exceed $7,000 to be expended on
the certification of the Comptroller General of the United
States in connection with official representation and recep-
tion expenses; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 but
at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate
equivalent to the rate for level IV of the Executive Sched-
ule (5 U.S.C. 5315); hire of one passenger motor vehicle;
advance payments in foreign countries in accordance with
31 U.S.C. 3324; benefits comparable to those payable
under sections 901(5), 901(6) and 901(8) of the Foreign
Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4081(5), 4081(6) and
4081(8)); and under regulations prescribed by the Comp-
troller General of the United States, rental of living quar-
ters in foreign countries and travel benefits comparable
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with those which are now or hereafter may be granted sin-
gle employees of the Agency for International Develop-
ment, including single Foreign Service personnel assigned
to AID projects, by the Administrator of the Agency for
International Development—or his designee—under the
authority of section 636(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2396(b)); $430,815,000: Provided,
That not more than $1,600,000 of reimbursements re-
ceived incident to the operation of the General Accounting
Office Building shall be available for use in fiscal year
1994: Provided further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C.
9105 hereafter amounts reimbursed to the Comptroller Gen-
eral pursuant to that section shall be deposited to the appro-
priation of the General Accounting Office then available
and remain available until expended, and not more than
$4,000,000 of such funds shall be available for use in fiscal
year 1994: Provided further, That this appropriation and
appropriations for administrative expenses of any other
department or agency which is a member of the Joint Fi-
nancial Management Improvement Program (JFMIP)
shall be available to finance an appropriate share of
JFMIP costs as determined by the JFMIP, including the
salary of the Executive Director and secretarial support:
Provided further, That this appropriation and appropria-
tions for administrative expenses of any other department
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or agency which is a member of the National Intergovern-
mental Audit Forum or a Regional Intergovernmental
Audit Forum shall be available to finance an appropriate
share of Forum costs as determined by the Forum, includ-
ing necessary travel expenses of non-Federal participants.
Payments hereunder to either the Forum or the JFMIP
may be credited as reimbursements to any appropriation
from which costs involved are initially financed: Provided
further, That to the extent that funds are otherwise avail-
able for obligation, agreements or contracts for the re-
moval of asbestos, and renovation of the building and
building systems (including the heating, ventilation and
air conditioning system, electrical system and other major
building systems) of the General Accounting Office Build-
ing may be made for periods not exceeding five years: Pro-
vided 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 Public Administration (ACIPA) shall be
available to finance an appropriate share of ACIPA costs
as determined by the ACIPA, including any expenses at-
tributable to membership of ACIPA in the International
Institute of Administrative Sciences: Provided further,
That of the amount provided under this heading, not to
exceed $500,000 shall be available for a broadbased orga-
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nizational performance review of the General Accounting
Office, focused on agency structure, skills, staffing, sys-
tems, and its execution of its statutory and assigned
responsibilities.
TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 301. 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. 302. No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the
current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.
SEC. 303. Whenever any office or position not specifi-
cally established by the Legislative Pay Act of 1929 is ap-
propriated for herein or whenever the rate of compensa-
tion or designation of any position appropriated for herein
is different from that specifically established for such posi-
tion by such Act, the rate of compensation and the des-
ignation of the position, or either, appropriated for or pro-
vided herein, shall be the permanent law with respect
thereto: Provided, That the provisions herein for the var-
ious items of official expenses of Members, officers, and
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committees of the Senate and House of Representatives,
and clerk hire for Senators and Members of the House
of Representatives shall be the permanent law with respect
thereto.
SEC. 304. The expenditure of any appropriation
under this Act for any consulting service through procure-
ment contract, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited
to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter
of public record and available for public inspection, except
where otherwise provided under existing law, or under ex-
isting Executive order issued pursuant to existing law.
SEC. 305. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, and subject to approval by the Committee on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Appropriations of the Senate, amounts may be
transferred from the appropriation ‘‘Library of Congress,
Salaries and expenses’’ to the appropriation ‘‘Architect of
the Capitol, Library buildings and grounds, Structural
and mechanical care’’ for the purpose of purchase, rental,
lease, or other agreement, of storage and warehouse space
for use by the Library of Congress during fiscal year
1994, and to incur incidental expenses in connection with
such use.
SEC. 306. The General Accounting Office, the Gov-
ernment Printing Office, or the Library of Congress may
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for such employees as it deems appropriate authorize a
payment to employees who voluntarily separate before
January 1, 1994, 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.
SEC. 306. (a) The General Accounting Office, the Gov-
ernment Printing Office, or the Library of Congress may
for such employees as it deems appropriate authorize a pay-
ment to employees who voluntarily separate before January
1, 1994, whether by retirement or resignation, which pay-
ment shall be paid in accordance with the provisions of sec-
tion 5597(d) of title 5, United States Code.
(b) The number of employee positions authorized for
the General Accounting Office, the Government Printing Of-
fice, or the Library of Congress, as the case may be, shall
be reduced by one position for each vacancy created by rea-
son of a separation under subsection (a). No funds appro-
priated by this Act for salaries or expenses of any position
that is eliminated under the preceding sentence may be used
for any other purpose.
SEC. 307. (a) The number of employee positions, on
a full-time equivalent basis, for each covered entity shall
be reduced by at least 4 percent from the level funded level,
other than those supported by gift and trust funds, as of
September 30, 1992, or, with the approval of the Commit-
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tee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and
the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, as of a
later date, but not later than September 30, 1993. At least
10 percent of the positions eliminated shall be positions
the pay for which is equal to or greater than the annual
rate of basic pay payable for grade GS–14 of the General
Schedule.
(b) The reduction required by subsection (a) shall be
completed not later than September 30, 1995, with at
least 62.5 percent of the reduction for each covered entity
to be achieved by September 30, 1994.
(c) The Comptroller General shall carry out compli-
ance reporting under this section.
(d) As used in this section—
(1) the term ‘‘covered entity’’ means an entity
of the legislative branch with more than 100 em-
ployee positions, on a full-time equivalent basis, as
of September 30, 1992; and
(2) the term ‘‘entity of the legislative branch’’
means the House of Representatives, the Senate, the
Office of the Architect of the Capitol (including the
Botanic Garden), the Capitol Police, the Congres-
sional Budget Office, the Copyright Royalty Tribu-
nal, the General Accounting Office, the Government
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Printing Office, the Library of Congress, and the
Office of Technology Assessment.
SEC. 308. (a) For fiscal years 1995, 1996, and 1997,
the submissions in support of the amounts included in the
Budget for each entity of the legislative branch shall set
forth a separate category for administrative expenses. For
fiscal years 1993 and 1994, the administrative expenses
for each entity of the legislative branch shall be calculated
and submitted in a separate category in the same format
as if submitted in support of amounts included in the
Budget.
(b) For fiscal years 1994, 1995, 1996, and 1997, the
submissions under subsection (a) in the separate category
for administrative expenses for each entity of the legisla-
tive branch shall include reductions from the amount cal-
culated for administrative expenses for fiscal year 1993,
adjusted for inflation, as follows:
(1) Fiscal year 1994, reduction of not less than
3 percent.
(2) Fiscal year 1995, reduction of not less than
6 percent.
(3) Fiscal year 1996, reduction of not less than
9 percent.
(4) Fiscal year 1997, reduction of not less than
14 percent.
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(c) The Comptroller General shall carry out compli-
ance reporting under this section.
(d) As used in this section—
(1) the term ‘‘administrative expenses’’ means
expenses of contractual services and supplies, other
than rental payments, programmatic mission-essen-
tial expenses, reimbursable expenses, and expenses
required by law;
(2) the term ‘‘Budget’’ means the budget of the
United States Government, submitted under section
1105 of title 31, United States Code; and
(3) the term ‘‘entity of the legislative branch’’
means the House of Representatives, the Senate, the
Office of the Architect of the Capitol (including the
Botanic Garden), the Capitol Police, the Congres-
sional Budget Office, the Copyright Royalty Tribu-
nal, the General Accounting Office, the Government
Printing Office, the Library of Congress, and the
Office of Technology Assessment.
RETIREMENT CREDIT FOR CERTAIN PRIOR SERVICE WITH
THE HOUSE CHILD CARE CENTER
SEC. 309. (a) DEFINITIONS.—For the purpose of this
section—
(1) the term ‘‘House Child Care Center’’ means
the House of Representatives Child Care Center;
and
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(2) the term ‘‘Congressional employee’’ has the
meaning given such term—
(A) in subchapter III of chapter 83 of title
5, United States Code, to the extent that this
section relates to the Civil Service Retirement
System; or
(B) in chapter 84 of title 5, United States
Code, to the extent that this section relates to
the Federal Employees’ Retirement System.
(b) CSRS.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), any indi-
vidual who is an employee of the House Child Care Center
on the date of enactment of this Act shall be allowed credit
under subchapter III of chapter 83 of title 5, United
States Code, as a Congressional employee, for any service
if—
(A) such service was performed before October
1, 1991, as an employee of the House Child Care
Center (as constituted before that date); and
(B) the employee is subject to subchapter III of
chapter 83 of such title as of the date of enactment
of this Act.
(2) Credit for service described in paragraph (1)(A)
shall not be allowed under this section unless there is paid
into the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund, by
or on behalf of the employee involved, an amount equal
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to the deductions from pay which would have been applica-
ble under section 8334(c) of title 5, United States Code,
for the period of service involved, if such employee were
then a Congressional employee, including interest. Retire-
ment credit may not be allowed under this section for any
such service unless the full amount of the deposit required
under the preceding sentence has been paid.
(c) FERS.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), any indi-
vidual who is an employee of the House Child Care Center
on the date of enactment of this Act shall be allowed credit
under chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code, as a Con-
gressional employee, for any service if—
(A) such service was performed before October
1, 1991, as an employee of the House Child Care
Center (as constituted before that date); and
(B) the employee is subject to chapter 84 of
such title as of the date of enactment of this Act.
(2) Credit for service described in paragraph (1)(A)
shall not be allowed under this section unless there is paid
into the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund, by
or on behalf of the employee involved, an amount equal
to the deductions from pay which would have been payable
under applicable provisions of law, for the period of service
involved, if such employee were then a Congressional em-
ployee, including interest (computed in the same way as
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interest under subsection (b)(2)). Retirement credit may
not be allowed under this section for any such service un-
less the full amount of the deposit required under the pre-
ceding sentence has been paid.
(d) CLARIFICATION.—Nothing in this section shall be
considered to relate to the Thrift Savings Plan.
(e) OPM FUNCTIONS.—The Office of Personnel
Management shall—
(1) prescribe any regulations which may be nec-
essary to carry out this section; and
(2) with respect to any service for which credit
is sought under this section, accept the certification
of the Clerk of the House of Representatives con-
cerning the period of such service and the amount
of pay which was paid for such service.
SEC. 310. (a) Section 17 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act
making Appropriations for sundry Civil Expenses of the
Government for the Year ending June thirtieth, eighteen
hundred and sixty-seven, and for other purposes’’, ap-
proved July 28, 1866 (2 U.S.C. 43), is amended by insert-
ing after ‘‘mileage’’ the first place it appears the following:
‘‘for each Senator’’.
(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take
effect on October 1, 1993.
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SEC. 310. (a) Section 17 of the Act of July 28, 1866
(2 U.S.C. 43), is repealed.
(b) The first section of the Act of July 8, 1935 (2
U.S.C. 43a), under the heading ‘‘SENATE’’ and the sub-
heading ‘‘SALARIES
AND
MILEAGE
OF
SENATORS’’, is
amended by deleting ‘‘and hereafter the President of the
Senate shall be paid mileage at the same rate and in the
same manner as now allowed by law to Senators, Members
of the House of Representatives, and Delegates in Congress’’.
SEC. 311. The Committee on House Administration
of the House of Representatives is authorized and directed
to take such action, whether by regulation or otherwise,
to transfer to the Clerk of the House of Representatives
responsibility for all financial activities of legislative serv-
ice organizations, including the establishment and mainte-
nance of revolving accounts to receive their dues and as-
sessments and to make disbursements of their ordinary
and necessary business expenses in support of Members’
official and representational duties. The transfer referred
to in the preceding sentence shall take effect not later than
January 1, 1994.
SEC. 312. None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used for the relocation of the office of any
Member of the House of Representatives within the House
office buildings.
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SEC. 313. Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
such sums as may be necessary for the replacement of the
Thomas Jefferson Library of Congress Building roof shall
be transferred from the funds appropriated to the Clerk of
the House in the Fiscal Year 1986 Urgent Supplemental
Appropriations Act, Public Law 99–349, and subsequently
transferred to the Architect of the Capitol pursuant to the
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1989, Public Law
100–458 for Capitol Complex Security Enhancements, to
‘‘Architect of the Capitol, Library Buildings and Grounds,
Structural and Mechanical Care’’: Provided, That not to
exceed $7,000,000 may be transferred pursuant to this sec-
tion.
SEC. 314. Section 316 of Public Law 101–302 is
amended in the first sentence of subsection (a) by striking
‘‘1993’’ and inserting ‘‘1994’’.
SEC. 315. Section 2(a) of the Act of July 25, 1974 (2
U.S.C. 130c(a)) is amended by deleting ‘‘$500’’ and insert-
ing in lieu thereof ‘‘$1,500’’.
SEC. 316. (a) Section 1205(a)(1) of the Supplemental
Appropriations Act of 1993 is amended by inserting before
the semicolon the following: ‘‘and amounts transferred by
the Architect of the Capitol from funds appropriated to the
Architect’’.
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(b) Section 1205 of such Act is amended by adding
at the end the following:
‘‘(d) In case of an award under section 307 of Public
Law 102–166, or a payment pursuant to an agreement
under section 310 of such Public Law, to an employee de-
scribed in section 301(c)(1)(B), to an applicant for a posi-
tion described in section 301(c)(1)(B) as defined in section
301(c)(1)(C), or to a person formerly employed in a posi-
tion described in section 301(c)(1)(B) as defined in section
301(c)(1)(D), all of Public Law 102–166, the Architect of
the Capitol, at the direction of the Secretary of the Senate,
shall transfer to the account established by subsection (a),
from funds appropriated to the Architect of the Capitol, an
amount sufficient to pay such award or payment pursuant
to such agreement.’’.
(c) The amendments made by this section shall be effec-
tive on and after October 1, 1992.
SEC. 317. The Librarian of Congress shall enter into
an agreement with the President of the University of Ne-
vada, Reno for the purpose of assisting in the establishment
of the Great Basin Intergovernmental Center. The Great
Basin Intergovernmental Center is authorized to accept
contributions from Federal sources. The Center may also
receive contributions both in-kind and cash from private
and other non-Federal sources.
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative Branch Ap-
propriations Act, 1994’’.
Passed the House of Representatives June 10, 1993.
Attest:
DONNALD K. ANDERSON,
Clerk.
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