II 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3690 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
DECEMBER 6, 2007 
Received 
AN ACT 
To provide for the transfer of the Library of Congress police 
to the United States Capitol Police, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘U.S. Capitol Police 
and Library of Congress Police Merger Implementation 
Act of 2007’’. 
SEC. 2. TRANSFER OF PERSONNEL. 
(a) TRANSFERS.— 
(1) LIBRARY
OF
CONGRESS
POLICE
EMPLOY-
EES.—Effective on the employee’s transfer date, 
each Library of Congress Police employee shall be 
transferred to the United States Capitol Police and 
shall become either a member or civilian employee of 
the Capitol Police, as determined by the Chief of the 
Capitol Police under subsection (b). 
(2) LIBRARY
OF
CONGRESS
POLICE
CIVILIAN 
EMPLOYEES.—Effective on the employee’s transfer 
date, each Library of Congress Police civilian em-
ployee shall be transferred to the United States Cap-
itol Police and shall become a civilian employee of 
the Capitol Police. 
(b) TREATMENT OF LIBRARY OF CONGRESS POLICE 
EMPLOYEES.— 
(1) DETERMINATION OF STATUS WITHIN CAP-
ITOL POLICE.— 
(A) ELIGIBILITY TO SERVE AS MEMBERS 
OF THE CAPITOL POLICE.—A Library of Con-
gress Police employee shall become a member of 
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the Capitol Police on the employee’s transfer 
date if the Chief of the Capitol Police deter-
mines and issues a written certification that the 
employee meets each of the following require-
ments: 
(i) Based on the assumption that such 
employee would perform a period of contin-
uous Federal service after the transfer 
date, the employee would be entitled to an 
annuity for immediate retirement under 
section 8336(b) or 8412(b) of title 5, 
United States Code (as determined by tak-
ing into account paragraph (3)(A)), on or 
before the date such employee becomes 60 
years of age. 
(ii) During the transition period, the 
employee successfully completes training, 
as determined by the Chief of the Capitol 
Police. 
(iii) The employee meets the qualifica-
tions required to be a member of the Cap-
itol Police, as determined by the Chief of 
the Capitol Police. 
(B) SERVICE AS CIVILIAN EMPLOYEE OF 
CAPITOL POLICE.—If the Chief of the Capitol 
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Police determines that a Library of Congress 
Police employee does not meet the eligibility re-
quirements, the employee shall become a civil-
ian employee of the Capitol Police on the em-
ployee’s transfer date. 
(C) FINALITY OF DETERMINATIONS.—Any 
determination of the Chief of the Capitol Police 
under this paragraph shall not be appealable or 
reviewable in any manner. 
(D) DEADLINE FOR DETERMINATIONS.— 
The Chief of the Capitol Police shall complete 
the determinations required under this para-
graph for all Library of Congress Police em-
ployees not later than September 30, 2009. 
(2) EXEMPTION
FROM
MANDATORY
SEPARA-
TION.—Section 8335(c) or 8425(c) of title 5, United 
States Code, shall not apply to any Library of Con-
gress Police employee who becomes a member of the 
Capitol Police under this subsection, until the earlier 
of— 
(A) the date on which the individual is en-
titled to an annuity for immediate retirement 
under section 8336(b) or 8412(b) of title 5, 
United States Code; or 
(B) the date on which the individual— 
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(i) is 57 years of age or older; and 
(ii) is entitled to an annuity for imme-
diate retirement under section 8336(m) or 
8412(d) of title 5, United States Code, (as 
determined by taking into account para-
graph (3)(A)). 
(3) TREATMENT OF PRIOR CREDITABLE SERV-
ICE FOR RETIREMENT PURPOSES.— 
(A) PRIOR
SERVICE
FOR
PURPOSES
OF 
ELIGIBILITY FOR IMMEDIATE RETIREMENT AS 
MEMBER OF CAPITOL POLICE.—Any Library of 
Congress Police employee who becomes a mem-
ber of the Capitol Police under this subsection 
shall be entitled to have any creditable service 
under section 8332 or 8411 of title 5, United 
States Code, that was accrued prior to becom-
ing a member of the Capitol Police included in 
calculating the employee’s service as a member 
of the Capitol Police for purposes of section 
8336(m) or 8412(d) of title 5, United States 
Code. 
(B) PRIOR
SERVICE
FOR
PURPOSES
OF 
COMPUTATION
OF
ANNUITY.—Any creditable 
service under section 8332 or 8411 of title 5, 
United States Code, of an individual who be-
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comes a member of the Capitol Police under 
this subsection that was accrued prior to be-
coming a member of the Capitol Police— 
(i) shall be treated and computed as 
employee service under subsection 8339 or 
8415; but 
(ii) shall not be treated as service as 
a member of the Capitol Police or service 
as a congressional employee for purposes 
of computing the amount of any benefit 
payable out of the Civil Service Retirement 
and Disability Fund. 
(c) DUTIES OF EMPLOYEES TRANSFERRED TO CIVIL-
IAN POSITIONS.— 
(1) DUTIES.—The duties of any individual who 
becomes a civilian employee of the Capitol Police 
under this section, including a Library of Congress 
Police civilian employee under subsection (a)(2) and 
a Library of Congress Police employee who becomes 
a civilian employee of the Capitol Police under sub-
section (b)(1)(B), shall be determined solely by the 
Chief of the Capitol Police, except that a Library of 
Congress Police civilian employee under subsection 
(a)(2) shall continue to support Library of Congress 
police operations until all Library of Congress Police 
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employees are transferred to the United States Cap-
itol Police under this section. 
(2) FINALITY OF DETERMINATIONS.—Any de-
termination of the Chief of the Capitol Police under 
this subsection shall not be appealable or reviewable 
in any manner. 
(d) PROTECTING STATUS
OF TRANSFERRED EM-
PLOYEES.— 
(1) 
NONREDUCTION
IN
PAY, 
RANK, 
OR 
GRADE.—The transfer of any individual under this 
section shall not cause that individual to be sepa-
rated or reduced in basic pay, rank or grade. 
(2) LEAVE
AND
COMPENSATORY
TIME.—Any 
annual leave, sick leave, or other leave, or compen-
satory time, to the credit of an individual trans-
ferred under this section shall be transferred to the 
credit of that individual as a member or an employee 
of the Capitol Police (as the case may be). The 
treatment of leave or compensatory time transferred 
under this section shall be governed by regulations 
of the Capitol Police Board. 
(3) 
PROHIBITING
IMPOSITION
OF
PROBA-
TIONARY PERIOD.—The Chief of the Capitol Police 
may not impose a period of probation with respect 
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to the transfer of any individual who is transferred 
under this section. 
(e) RULES OF CONSTRUCTION RELATING TO EM-
PLOYEE REPRESENTATION.— 
(1) EMPLOYEE REPRESENTATION.—Nothing in 
this Act shall be construed to authorize any labor or-
ganization that represented an individual who was a 
Library of Congress police employee or a Library of 
Congress police civilian employee before the individ-
ual’s transfer date to represent that individual as a 
member of the Capitol Police or an employee of the 
Capitol Police after the individual’s transfer date. 
(2) AGREEMENTS NOT APPLICABLE.—Nothing 
in this Act shall be construed to authorize any col-
lective bargaining agreement (or any related court 
order, stipulated agreement, or agreement to the 
terms or conditions of employment) applicable to Li-
brary of Congress police employees or to Library of 
Congress police civilian employees to apply to mem-
bers of the Capitol Police or to civilian employees of 
the Capitol Police. 
(f) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION RELATING TO PER-
SONNEL AUTHORITY OF THE CHIEF OF THE CAPITOL PO-
LICE.—Nothing in this Act shall be construed to affect 
the authority of the Chief of the Capitol Police to— 
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(1) terminate the employment of a member of 
the Capitol Police or a civilian employee of the Cap-
itol Police; or 
(2) transfer any individual serving as a member 
of the Capitol Police or a civilian employee of the 
Capitol Police to another position with the Capitol 
Police. 
(g) TRANSFER DATE DEFINED.—In this Act, the 
term ‘‘transfer date’’ means, with respect to an em-
ployee— 
(1) in the case of a Library of Congress Police 
employee who becomes a member of the Capitol Po-
lice, the first day of the first pay period applicable 
to members of the United States Capitol Police 
which begins after the date on which the Chief of 
the Capitol Police issues the written certification for 
the employee under subsection (b)(1); 
(2) in the case of a Library of Congress Police 
employee who becomes a civilian employee of the 
Capitol Police, the first day of the first pay period 
applicable to employees of the United States Capitol 
Police which begins after September 30, 2009; or 
(3) in the case of a Library of Congress Police 
civilian employee, the first day of the first pay pe-
riod applicable to employees of the United States 
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Capitol Police which begins after September 30, 
2008. 
(h) CANCELLATION IN PORTION OF UNOBLIGATED 
BALANCE OF FEDLINK REVOLVING FUND.—Amounts 
available for obligation by the Librarian of Congress as 
of the date of the enactment of this Act from the unobli-
gated balance in the revolving fund established under sec-
tion 103 of the Library of Congress Fiscal Operations Im-
provement Act of 2000 (2 U.S.C. 182c) for the Federal 
Library and Information Network program of the Library 
of Congress and the Federal Research program of the Li-
brary of Congress are reduced by a total of $560,000, and 
the amount so reduced is hereby cancelled. 
SEC. 3. TRANSITION PROVISIONS. 
(a) TRANSFER
AND ALLOCATIONS
OF PROPERTY 
AND APPROPRIATIONS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Effective on the transfer 
date of any Library of Congress Police employee and 
Library of Congress Police civilian employee who is 
transferred under this Act— 
(A) the assets, liabilities, contracts, prop-
erty, and records associated with the employee 
shall be transferred to the Capitol Police; and 
(B) the unexpended balances of appropria-
tions, authorizations, allocations, and other 
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funds employed, used, held, arising from, avail-
able to, or to be made available in connection 
with the employee shall be transferred to and 
made available under the appropriations ac-
counts for the Capitol Police for ‘‘Salaries’’ and 
‘‘General Expenses’’, as applicable. 
(2) JOINT REVIEW.—During the transition pe-
riod, the Chief of the Capitol Police and the Librar-
ian of Congress shall conduct a joint review of the 
assets, liabilities, contracts, property records, and 
unexpended balances of appropriations, authoriza-
tions, allocations, and other funds employed, used, 
held, arising from, available to, or to be made avail-
able in connection with the transfer under this Act. 
(b) TREATMENT OF ALLEGED VIOLATIONS OF CER-
TAIN EMPLOYMENT LAWS WITH RESPECT TO TRANS-
FERRED INDIVIDUALS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law and except as provided in paragraph 
(3), in the case of an alleged violation of any covered 
law (as defined in paragraph (4)) which is alleged to 
have occurred prior to the transfer date with respect 
to an individual who is transferred under this Act, 
and for which the individual has not exhausted all 
of the remedies available for the consideration of the 
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alleged violation which are provided for employees of 
the Library of Congress under the covered law prior 
to the transfer date, the following shall apply: 
(A) The individual may not initiate any 
procedure which is available for the consider-
ation of the alleged violation of the covered law 
which is provided for employees of the Library 
of Congress under the covered law. 
(B) To the extent that the individual has 
initiated any such procedure prior to the trans-
fer date, the procedure shall terminate and have 
no legal effect. 
(C) Subject to paragraph (2), the indi-
vidual may initiate and participate in any pro-
cedure which is available for the resolution of 
grievances of officers and employees of the Cap-
itol Police under the Congressional Account-
ability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1301 et seq.) to 
provide for consideration of the alleged viola-
tion. The previous sentence does not apply in 
the case of an alleged violation for which the in-
dividual exhausted all of the available remedies 
which are provided for employees of the Library 
of Congress under the covered law prior to the 
transfer date. 
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(2) SPECIAL RULES FOR APPLYING CONGRES-
SIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY ACT OF 1995.—In applying 
paragraph (1)(C) with respect to an individual to 
whom this subsection applies, for purposes of the 
consideration of the alleged violation under the Con-
gressional Accountability Act of 1995— 
(A) the date of the alleged violation shall 
be the individual’s transfer date; 
(B) notwithstanding the third sentence of 
section 402(a) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 1402(a)), 
the individual’s request for counseling under 
such section shall be made not later than 60 
days after the date of the alleged violation; and 
(C) the employing office of the individual 
at the time of the alleged violation shall be the 
Capitol Police Board. 
(3) EXCEPTION
FOR
ALLEGED
VIOLATIONS 
SUBJECT TO HEARING PRIOR TO TRANSFER.—Para-
graph (1) does not apply with respect to an alleged 
violation for which a hearing has commenced in ac-
cordance with the covered law on or before the 
transfer date. 
(4) COVERED
LAW
DEFINED.—In this sub-
section, a ‘‘covered law’’ is any law for which the 
remedy for an alleged violation is provided for offi-
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cers and employees of the Capitol Police under the 
Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 
1301 et seq.). 
(c) AVAILABILITY OF DETAILEES DURING TRANSI-
TION PERIOD.—During the transition period, the Chief of 
the Capitol Police may detail additional members of the 
Capitol Police to the Library of Congress, without reim-
bursement. 
(d) EFFECT ON EXISTING MEMORANDUM OF UN-
DERSTANDING.—The Memorandum of Understanding be-
tween the Library of Congress and the Capitol Police en-
tered into on December 12, 2004, shall remain in effect 
during the transition period, subject to— 
(1) the provisions of this Act; and 
(2) such modifications as may be made in ac-
cordance with the modification and dispute resolu-
tion provisions of the Memorandum of Under-
standing, consistent with the provisions of this Act. 
(e) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION RELATING TO PER-
SONNEL AUTHORITY OF THE LIBRARIAN OF CONGRESS.— 
Nothing in this Act shall be construed to affect the author-
ity of the Librarian of Congress to— 
(1) terminate the employment of a Library of 
Congress Police employee or Library of Congress 
Police civilian employee; or 
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(2) transfer any individual serving in a Library 
of Congress Police employee position or Library of 
Congress Police civilian employee position to another 
position at the Library of Congress. 
SEC. 4. POLICE JURISDICTION, UNLAWFUL ACTIVITIES, 
AND PENALTIES. 
(a) JURISDICTION.— 
(1) EXTENSION OF CAPITOL POLICE JURISDIC-
TION.—Section 9 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to de-
fine the area of the United States Capitol Grounds, 
to regulate the use thereof, and for other purposes’’, 
approved July 31, 1946 (2 U.S.C. 1961) is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(d) For purposes of this section, ‘United States Cap-
itol Buildings and Grounds’ shall include the Library of 
Congress buildings and grounds described under section 
11 of the Act entitled ‘An Act relating to the policing of 
the buildings of the Library of Congress’, approved Au-
gust 4, 1950 (2 U.S.C. 167j), except that in a case of 
buildings or grounds not located in the District of Colum-
bia, the authority granted to the Metropolitan Police 
Force of the District of Columbia shall be granted to any 
police force within whose jurisdiction the buildings or 
grounds are located.’’. 
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(2) REPEAL OF LIBRARY OF CONGRESS POLICE 
JURISDICTION.—The first section and sections 7 and 
9 of the Act of August 4, 1950 (2 U.S.C. 167, 167f, 
167h) are repealed on October 1, 2009. 
(b) UNLAWFUL ACTIVITIES AND PENALTIES.— 
(1) EXTENSION OF UNITED STATES CAPITOL 
BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS PROVISIONS TO THE LI-
BRARY OF CONGRESS BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS.— 
(A) CAPITOL BUILDINGS.—Section 5101 of 
title 40, United States Code, is amended by in-
serting ‘‘all buildings on the real property de-
scribed under section 5102(d)’’ after ‘‘(includ-
ing the Administrative Building of the United 
States Botanic Garden)’’. 
(B) CAPITOL GROUNDS.—Section 5102 of 
title 40, United States Code, is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(d) LIBRARY
OF
CONGRESS
BUILDINGS
AND 
GROUNDS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided under 
paragraph (2), the United States Capitol Grounds 
shall include the Library of Congress grounds de-
scribed under section 11 of the Act entitled ‘An Act 
relating to the policing of the buildings of the Li-
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brary of Congress’, approved August 4, 1950 (2 
U.S.C. 167j). 
‘‘(2) AUTHORITY
OF
LIBRARIAN
OF
CON-
GRESS.—Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b), 
the Librarian of Congress shall retain authority over 
the Library of Congress buildings and grounds in 
accordance with section 1 of the Act of June 29, 
1922 (2 U.S.C. 141; 42 Stat. 715).’’. 
(C) CONFORMING AMENDMENT RELATING 
TO DISORDERLY CONDUCT.—Section 5104(e)(2) 
of title 40, United States Code, is amended by 
striking subparagraph (C) and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(C) with the intent to disrupt the orderly 
conduct of official business, enter or remain in 
a room in any of the Capitol Buildings set aside 
or designated for the use of— 
‘‘(i) either House of Congress or a 
Member, committee, officer, or employee of 
Congress, or either House of Congress; or 
‘‘(ii) the Library of Congress;’’. 
(2) REPEAL
OF
OFFENSES
AND
PENALTIES 
SPECIFIC TO THE LIBRARY OF CONGRESS.—Sections 
2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 8 of the Act of August 4, 1950 
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(2 U.S.C. 167a, 167b, 167c, 167d, 167e, and 167g) 
are repealed. 
(3) SUSPENSION
OF
PROHIBITIONS
AGAINST 
USE
OF
LIBRARY
OF
CONGRESS
BUILDINGS
AND 
GROUNDS.—Section 10 of the Act of August 4, 1950 
(2 U.S.C. 167i) is amended by striking ‘‘2 to 6, in-
clusive, of this Act’’ and inserting ‘‘5103 and 5104 
of title 40, United States Code’’. 
(4) CONFORMING AMENDMENT TO DESCRIPTION 
OF LIBRARY OF CONGRESS GROUNDS.—Section 11 of 
the Act of August 4, 1950 (2 U.S.C. 167j) is 
amended— 
(A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘For the 
purposes of this Act the’’ and inserting ‘‘The’’; 
(B) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘For the 
purposes of this Act, the’’ and inserting ‘‘The’’; 
(C) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘For the 
purposes of this Act, the’’ and inserting ‘‘The’’; 
and 
(D) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘For the 
purposes of this Act, the’’ and inserting ‘‘The’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT RELATING TO JURIS-
DICTION OF INSPECTOR GENERAL OF LIBRARY OF CON-
GRESS.—Section 1307(b)(1) of the Legislative Branch Ap-
propriations Act, 2006 (2 U.S.C. 185(b)), is amended by 
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striking the semicolon at the end and inserting the fol-
lowing: ‘‘, except that nothing in this paragraph may be 
construed to authorize the Inspector General to audit or 
investigate any operations or activities of the United 
States Capitol Police;’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect October 1, 2009. 
SEC. 5. COLLECTIONS, PHYSICAL SECURITY, CONTROL, 
AND PRESERVATION OF ORDER AND DECO-
RUM WITHIN THE LIBRARY. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT
OF REGULATIONS.—The Li-
brarian of Congress shall establish standards and regula-
tions for the physical security, control, and preservation 
of the Library of Congress collections and property, and 
for the maintenance of suitable order and decorum within 
Library of Congress. 
(b) TREATMENT OF SECURITY SYSTEMS.— 
(1) 
RESPONSIBILITY
FOR
SECURITY
SYS-
TEMS.—In accordance with the authority of the Cap-
itol Police and the Librarian of Congress established 
under this Act, the amendments made by this Act, 
and the provisions of law referred to in paragraph 
(3), the Chief of the Capitol Police and the Librar-
ian of Congress shall be responsible for the oper-
ation of security systems at the Library of Congress 
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buildings and grounds described under section 11 of 
the Act of August 4, 1950, in consultation and co-
ordination with each other, subject to the following: 
(A) The Librarian of Congress shall be re-
sponsible for the design of security systems for 
the control and preservation of Library collec-
tions and property, subject to the review and 
approval of the Chief of the Capitol Police. 
(B) The Librarian of Congress shall be re-
sponsible for the operation of security systems 
at any building or facility of the Library of 
Congress which is located outside of the Dis-
trict of Columbia, subject to the review and ap-
proval of the Chief of the Capitol Police. 
(2) INITIAL PROPOSAL FOR OPERATION OF SYS-
TEMS.—Not later than October 1, 2008, the Chief of 
the Capitol Police, in coordination with the Librar-
ian of Congress, shall prepare and submit to the 
Committee on House Administration of the House of 
Representatives, the Committee on Rules and Ad-
ministration of the Senate, and the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
the Senate an initial proposal for carrying out this 
subsection. 
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(3) PROVISIONS
OF
LAW.—The provisions of 
law referred to in this paragraph are as follows: 
(A) Section 1 of the Act of June 29, 1922 
(2 U.S.C. 141). 
(B) The undesignated provision under the 
heading ‘‘General Provision, This Chapter’’ in 
chapter 5 of title II of division B of the Omni-
bus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental 
Appropriations Act, 1999 (2 U.S.C. 141a). 
(C) Section 308 of the Legislative Branch 
Appropriations Act, 1996 (2 U.S.C. 1964). 
(D) Section 308 of the Legislative Branch 
Appropriations Act, 1997 (2 U.S.C. 1965). 
SEC. 6. PAYMENT OF CAPITOL POLICE SERVICES PRO-
VIDED IN CONNECTION WITH RELATING TO 
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS SPECIAL EVENTS. 
(a) PAYMENTS OF AMOUNTS DEPOSITED IN REVOLV-
ING FUND.—Section 102(e) of the Library of Congress 
Fiscal Operations Improvement Act of 2000 (2 U.S.C. 
182b(e)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(e) USE OF AMOUNTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), amounts in the accounts of the revolving 
fund under this section shall be available to the Li-
brarian, in amounts specified in appropriations Acts 
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and without fiscal year limitation, to carry out the 
programs and activities covered by such accounts. 
‘‘(2) SPECIAL RULE FOR PAYMENTS FOR CER-
TAIN CAPITOL POLICE SERVICES.—In the case of 
any amount in the revolving fund consisting of a 
payment received for services of the United States 
Capitol Police in connection with a special event or 
program described in subsection (a)(4), the Librar-
ian shall transfer such amount upon receipt to the 
Capitol Police for deposit into the applicable appro-
priations accounts of the Capitol Police.’’. 
(b) USE OF OTHER LIBRARY FUNDS TO MAKE PAY-
MENTS.—In addition to amounts transferred pursuant to 
section 102(e)(2) of the Library of Congress Fiscal Oper-
ations Improvement Act of 2000 (as added by subsection 
(a)), the Librarian of Congress may transfer amounts 
made available for salaries and expenses of the Library 
of Congress during a fiscal year to the applicable appro-
priations accounts of the United States Capitol Police in 
order to reimburse the Capitol Police for services provided 
in connection with a special event or program described 
in section 102(a)(4) of such Act. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to services provided 
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by the United States Capitol Police on or after the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 7. OTHER CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1015 of the Legislative 
Branch Appropriations Act, 2003 (2 U.S.C. 1901 note) 
and section 1006 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations 
Act, 2004 (2 U.S.C. 1901 note; Public Law 108–83; 117 
Stat. 1023) are repealed. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
subsection (a) shall take effect October 1, 2009. 
SEC. 8. DEFINITIONS. 
In this Act— 
(1) the term ‘‘Act of August 4, 1950’’ means 
the Act entitled ‘‘An Act relating to the policing of 
the buildings and grounds of the Library of Con-
gress,’’ (2 U.S.C. 167 et seq.); 
(2) the term ‘‘Library of Congress Police em-
ployee’’ means an employee of the Library of Con-
gress designated as police under the first section of 
the Act of August 4, 1950 (2 U.S.C. 167); 
(3) the term ‘‘Library of Congress Police civil-
ian employee’’ means an employee of the Library of 
Congress Office of Security and Emergency Pre-
paredness who provides direct administrative sup-
port to, and is supervised by, the Library of Con-
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gress Police, but shall not include an employee of 
the Library of Congress who performs emergency 
preparedness or collections control and preservation 
functions; and 
(4) the term ‘‘transition period’’ means the pe-
riod the first day of which is the date of the enact-
ment of this Act and the final day of which is Sep-
tember 30, 2009. 
Passed the House of Representatives December 5, 
2007. 
Attest: 
LORRAINE C. MILLER, 
Clerk. 
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