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Union Calendar No. 539 
115TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5894 
[Report No. 115–696] 
Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2019, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 21, 2018 
Mr. YODER, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following 
bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
A BILL 
Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other 
purposes. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives 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, 2019, and for other purposes, namely: 
TITLE I 
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses of the House of Represent-
atives, $1,232,143,035, as follows: 
HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES 
For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, 
$25,378,875, 
including: 
Office 
of 
the 
Speaker, 
$7,123,634, including $25,000 for official expenses of the 
Speaker; Office of the Majority Floor Leader, $2,642,739, 
including $10,000 for official expenses of the Majority 
Leader; Office of the Minority Floor Leader, $7,751,946, 
including $10,000 for official expenses of the Minority 
Leader; Office of the Majority Whip, including the Chief 
Deputy Majority Whip, $2,197,163, including $5,000 for 
official expenses of the Majority Whip; Office of the Mi-
nority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Minority Whip, 
$1,700,079, including $5,000 for official expenses of the 
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Minority Whip; Republican Conference, $2,186,819; 
Democratic Caucus, $1,776,495: Provided, That such 
amount for salaries and expenses shall remain available 
from January 3, 2019 until January 2, 2020. 
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, 
$573,630,000. 
COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES 
STANDING COMMITTEES, SPECIAL AND SELECT 
For salaries and expenses of standing committees, 
special and select, authorized by House resolutions, 
$127,903,173: Provided, That such amount shall remain 
available for such salaries and expenses until December 
31, 2020, except that $4,000,000 of such amount shall 
remain available until expended for committee room up-
grading. 
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS 
For salaries and expenses of the Committee on Ap-
propriations, $23,112,971, including studies and examina-
tions of executive agencies and temporary personal serv-
ices for such committee, to be expended in accordance with 
section 202(b) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 
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1946 and to be available for reimbursement to agencies 
for services performed: Provided, That such amount shall 
remain available for such salaries and expenses until De-
cember 31, 2020. 
TOM LANTOS HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION 
For salaries and expenses of the Tom Lantos Human 
Rights Commission established under House Resolution 
1451, One Hundred Tenth Congress, $230,000: Provided, 
That such amount shall remain available for such salaries 
and expenses from January 3, 2019 until January 3, 
2020. 
SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES 
For compensation and expenses of officers and em-
ployees, as authorized by law, $217,845,000, including: 
for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Clerk, includ-
ing the positions of the Chaplain and the Historian, and 
including not more than $25,000 for official representa-
tion and reception expenses, of which not more than 
$20,000 is for the Family Room and not more than 
$2,000 is for the Office of the Chaplain, $28,305,000; for 
salaries and expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at 
Arms, including the position of Superintendent of Garages 
and the Office of Emergency Management, and including 
not more than $3,000 for official representation and re-
ception expenses, $18,773,000 of which $5,524,000 shall 
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remain available until expended; for salaries and expenses 
of the Office of the Chief Administrative Officer including 
not more than $3,000 for official representation and re-
ception expenses, $147,558,000, of which $11,631,000 
shall remain available until expended; for salaries and ex-
penses of the Office of the Inspector General, $5,019,000; 
for salaries and expenses of the Office of General Counsel, 
$1,502,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the 
Parliamentarian, including the Parliamentarian, $2,000 
for preparing the Digest of Rules, and not more than 
$1,000 for official representation and reception expenses, 
$2,026,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the 
Law Revision Counsel of the House, $3,327,000; for sala-
ries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel 
of the House, $9,937,000; for salaries and expenses of the 
Office of Interparliamentary Affairs, $814,000; for other 
authorized employees, $584,000. 
ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES 
For allowances and expenses as authorized by House 
resolution or law, $264,043,016, including: supplies, mate-
rials, administrative costs and Federal tort claims, 
$525,016; official mail for committees, leadership offices, 
and administrative offices of the House, $190,000; Gov-
ernment contributions for health, retirement, Social Secu-
rity, 
and 
other 
applicable 
employee 
benefits, 
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$239,000,000, to remain available until March 31, 2020; 
Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery, $16,186,000 
of which $5,000,000 shall remain available until expended; 
transition activities for new members and staff, 
$3,000,000, to remain available until expended; Wounded 
Warrior Program $2,750,000, to remain available until 
expended; Office of Congressional Ethics, $1,670,000; and 
miscellaneous items including purchase, exchange, mainte-
nance, repair and operation of House motor vehicles, 
interparliamentary receptions, and gratuities to heirs of 
deceased employees of the House, $722,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
REQUIRING
AMOUNTS
REMAINING
IN
MEMBERS’ REP-
RESENTATIONAL
ALLOWANCES
TO
BE
USED
FOR 
DEFICIT REDUCTION OR TO REDUCE THE FEDERAL 
DEBT 
SEC. 110. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, any amounts appropriated under this Act for 
‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—SALARIES
AND 
EXPENSES—MEMBERS’ 
REPRESENTATIONAL
ALLOW-
ANCES’’ shall be available only for fiscal year 2019. Any 
amount remaining after all payments are made under such 
allowances for fiscal year 2019 shall be deposited in the 
Treasury and used for deficit reduction (or, if there is no 
Federal budget deficit after all such payments have been 
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made, for reducing the Federal debt, in such manner as 
the Secretary of the Treasury considers appropriate). 
(b) REGULATIONS.—The Committee on House Ad-
ministration of the House of Representatives shall have 
authority to prescribe regulations to carry out this section. 
(c) DEFINITION.—As used in this section, the term 
‘‘Member of the House of Representatives’’ means a Rep-
resentative in, or a Delegate or Resident Commissioner 
to, the Congress. 
DELIVERY OF BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS 
SEC. 111. (a) None of the funds made available in 
any fiscal year may be used to deliver a printed copy of 
a bill, joint resolution, or resolution to the office of a Mem-
ber of the House of Representatives (including a Delegate 
or Resident Commissioner to the Congress) unless the 
Member requests a copy. 
(b) This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 
2019 and each succeeding fiscal year. 
DELIVERY OF CONGRESSIONAL RECORD 
SEC. 112. (a) None of the funds made available in 
any fiscal year may be used to deliver a printed copy of 
any version of the Congressional Record to the office of 
a Member of the House of Representatives (including a 
Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the Congress). 
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(b) This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 
2019 and each succeeding fiscal year. 
LIMITATION ON AMOUNT AVAILABLE TO LEASE VEHICLES 
SEC. 113. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by the Chief Administrative Officer of 
the House of Representatives to make any payments from 
any Members’ Representational Allowance for the leasing 
of a vehicle, excluding mobile district offices, in an aggre-
gate amount that exceeds $1,000 for the vehicle in any 
month. 
LIMITATION ON PRINTED COPIES OF U.S. CODE TO 
HOUSE 
SEC. 114. (a) None of the funds made available in 
any fiscal year may be to provide an aggregate number 
of more than 50 printed copies of any edition of the 
United States Code to all offices of the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
(b) This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 
2019 and each succeeding fiscal year. 
DELIVERY OF REPORTS OF DISBURSEMENTS 
SEC. 115. (a) None of the funds made available in 
any fiscal year may be used to deliver a printed copy of 
the report of disbursements for the operations of the 
House of Representatives under section 106 of the House 
of Representatives Administration Reform Technical Cor-
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rections Act (2 U.S.C. 5535) to the office of a Member 
of the House of Representatives (including a Delegate or 
Resident Commissioner to the Congress). 
(b) This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 
2019 and each succeeding fiscal year. 
DELIVERY OF DAILY CALENDAR 
SEC. 116. (a) None of the funds made available in 
any fiscal year may be used to deliver to the office of a 
Member of the House of Representatives (including a Del-
egate or Resident Commissioner to the Congress) a print-
ed copy of the Daily Calendar of the House of Representa-
tives which is prepared by the Clerk of the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
(b) This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 
2019 and each succeeding fiscal year. 
DELIVERY OF CONGRESSIONAL PICTORIAL DIRECTORY 
SEC. 117. (a) None of the funds made available in 
any fiscal year may be used to deliver a printed copy of 
the Congressional Pictorial Directory to the office of a 
Member of the House of Representatives (including a Del-
egate or Resident Commissioner to the Congress). 
(b) This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 
2019 and each succeeding fiscal year. 
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REPEAL OF AUTHORIZATIONS FOR FORMER SPEAKERS 
SEC. 118. (a) REPEAL OF AUTHORIZATIONS FOR OF-
FICE SPACE, OFFICE EXPENSES, FRANKING AND PRINT-
ING PRIVILEGES, AND STAFF.—The first section and sec-
tions 2, 4, 5, and 8 of House Resolution 1238, Ninety- 
first Congress, agreed to December 22, 1970 (as enacted 
into permanent law by chapter VIII of the Supplemental 
Appropriations Act, 1971) (2 U.S.C. 5125(a), 5126, 5127, 
5128, and 5129) are repealed. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Subsection (b) of 
the first section of Public Law 93–532 (2 U.S.C. 5125(b)) 
is repealed. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to any individual who 
serves as a Representative in Congress during the One 
Hundred Fifteenth Congress or any succeeding Congress. 
ADJUSTMENTS TO COMPENSATION 
SEC. 119. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, no adjustment shall be made under section 601(a) 
of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 
4501) (relating to cost of living adjustments for Members 
of Congress) during fiscal year 2019. 
TRANSFER AUTHORITY 
SEC. 120. (a) AUTHORITY TO MAKE TRANSFERS 
AMONG HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES.—Section 101 of 
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the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1993 (2 
U.S.C. 5507) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(f) Amounts appropriated for any fiscal year for the 
House of Representatives under the heading ‘House Lead-
ership Offices’ may be transferred among and merged with 
the various offices and activities under such heading, ef-
fective upon the expiration of the 21-day period (or such 
alternative period that may be imposed by the Committee 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives) which 
begins on the date such Committee has been notified of 
the transfer.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2019 
and each succeeding fiscal year. 
JOINT ITEMS 
For Joint Committees, as follows: 
JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic 
Committee, $4,203,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary 
of the Senate. 
JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on 
Taxation, $11,169,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Ad-
ministrative Officer of the House of Representatives. 
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For other joint items, as follows: 
OFFICE OF THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN 
For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent ex-
penses of the emergency rooms, and for the Attending 
Physician and his assistants, including: 
(1) an allowance of $2,175 per month to the 
Attending Physician; 
(2) an allowance of $1,300 per month to the 
Senior Medical Officer; 
(3) an allowance of $725 per month each to 
three medical officers while on duty in the Office of 
the Attending Physician; 
(4) an allowance of $725 per month to 2 assist-
ants and $580 per month each not to exceed 11 as-
sistants on the basis heretofore provided for such as-
sistants; and 
(5) $2,740,000 for reimbursement to the De-
partment of the Navy for expenses incurred for staff 
and equipment assigned to the Office of the Attend-
ing Physician, which shall be advanced and credited 
to the applicable appropriation or appropriations 
from which such salaries, allowances, and other ex-
penses are payable and shall be available for all the 
purposes thereof, $3,798,000, to be disbursed by the 
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