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Union Calendar No. 136 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3162 
[Report No. 115–199] 
Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2018, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 6, 2017 
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, 2018, 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, 2018, 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, $1,194,050,766, as follows: 
HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES 
For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, 
$22,278,891, 
including: 
Office 
of 
the 
Speaker, 
$6,645,417, including $25,000 for official expenses of the 
Speaker; Office of the Majority Floor Leader, $2,180,048, 
including $10,000 for official expenses of the Majority 
Leader; Office of the Minority Floor Leader, $7,114,471, 
including $10,000 for official expenses of the Minority 
Leader; Office of the Majority Whip, including the Chief 
Deputy Majority Whip, $1,886,632, including $5,000 for 
official expenses of the Majority Whip; Office of the Mi-
nority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Minority Whip, 
$1,459,639, including $5,000 for official expenses of the 
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Minority Whip; Republican Conference, $1,505,426; 
Democratic Caucus, $1,487,258: Provided, That such 
amount for salaries and expenses shall remain available 
from January 3, 2018 until January 2, 2019. 
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, 
$562,632,498 
COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES 
STANDING COMMITTEES, SPECIAL AND SELECT 
For salaries and expenses of standing committees, 
special and select, authorized by House resolutions, 
$127,053,373: Provided, That such amount shall remain 
available for such salaries and expenses until December 
31, 2018, except that $3,150,200 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, $23,226,000, 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, 2018. 
SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES 
For compensation and expenses of officers and em-
ployees, as authorized by law, $198,156,000, 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, $27,945,000; 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, $20,505,000 of which $6,696,000 shall 
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, $127,165,000, of which $2,108,000 
shall remain available until expended; for salaries and ex-
penses of the Office of the Inspector General, $4,968,000; 
for salaries and expenses of the Office of General Counsel, 
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$1,492,000; 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, 
$2,037,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the 
Law Revision Counsel of the House, $3,209,000; for sala-
ries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel 
of the House, $9,437,000; 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, $260,704,004, including: supplies, mate-
rials, administrative costs and Federal tort claims, 
$3,625,000; official mail for committees, leadership of-
fices, and administrative offices of the House, $190,000; 
Government contributions for health, retirement, Social 
Security, 
and 
other 
applicable 
employee 
benefits, 
$233,540,004, to remain available until March 31, 2019; 
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, 
$2,273,000, to remain available until expended; Wounded 
Warrior Program $2,500,000, to remain available until 
expended; Office of Congressional Ethics, $1,670,000; and 
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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, $720,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
REQUIRING
AMOUNTS
REMAINING
IN
MEMBERS’ REP-
RESENTATIONAL
ALLOWANCES
TO
BE
USED
FOR 
DEFICIT REDUCTION OR TO REDUCE THE FEDERAL 
DEBT 
SEC. 101. (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 2018. Any 
amount remaining after all payments are made under such 
allowances for fiscal year 2018 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 
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-
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resentative in, or a Delegate or Resident Commissioner 
to, the Congress. 
DELIVERY OF BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS 
SEC. 102. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to deliver a printed copy of a bill, joint 
resolution, or resolution to the office of a Member of the 
House of Representatives (including a Delegate or Resi-
dent Commissioner to the Congress) unless the Member 
requests a copy. 
DELIVERY OF CONGRESSIONAL RECORD 
SEC. 103. None of the funds made available by this 
Act 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). 
LIMITATION ON AMOUNT AVAILABLE TO LEASE VEHICLES 
SEC. 104. 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. 
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LIMITATION ON PRINTED COPIES OF U.S. CODE TO 
HOUSE 
SEC. 105. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used 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 Representatives. 
DELIVERY OF REPORTS OF DISBURSEMENTS 
SEC. 106. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to deliver a printed copy of the report 
of disbursements for the operations of the House of Rep-
resentatives under section 106 of the House of Represent-
atives Administrative Reform Technical Corrections Act 
(2 U.S.C. 5535) to the office of a Member of the House 
of Representatives (including a Delegate or Resident Com-
missioner to the Congress). 
DELIVERY OF DAILY CALENDAR 
SEC. 107. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to deliver to the office of a Member of 
the House of Representatives (including a Delegate or 
Resident Commissioner to the Congress) a printed copy 
of the Daily Calendar of the House of Representatives 
which is prepared by the Clerk of the House of Represent-
atives. 
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DELIVERY OF CONGRESSIONAL PICTORIAL DIRECTORY 
SEC. 108. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to deliver a printed copy of the Congres-
sional Pictorial Directory to the office of a Member of the 
House of Representatives (including a Delegate or Resi-
dent Commissioner to the Congress). 
AMENDING THE HOUSE SERVICES REVOLVING FUND 
SEC. 109. (a) COLLECTION OF CERTAIN SERVICE 
FEES.—Section 105(a) of the Legislative Branch Appro-
priations Act, 2005 (2 U.S.C. 5545(a)) is amended by 
adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(7) The collection of a service fee from ven-
dors of the Master Web Services Agreement or the 
Technology Services Contract for failure to abide by 
and maintain House of Representatives security poli-
cies.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall take effect on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
ADJUSTMENTS TO COMPENSATION 
SEC. 110. Not withstanding 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 2018. 
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sistants on the basis heretofore provided for such as-
sistants; and 
(5) $2,780,000 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, $3,838,000, to be disbursed by the 
Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL ACCESSIBILITY SERVICES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses of the Office of Congres-
sional Accessibility Services, $1,444,000, to be disbursed 
by the Secretary of the Senate. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
SEC. 1001. (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF SENIOR LEVEL 
POSITIONS.—Notwithstanding any order issued by the 
Speaker of the House of Representatives pursuant to 
paragraph (1) of section 311(d) of the Legislative Branch 
Appropriations Act, 1988 (2 U.S.C. 4532(1)), the chair 
of the Joint Committee on Taxation may establish and 
fix the compensation of senior level positions in the staff 
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of the Joint Committee to meet critical scientific, tech-
nical, professional, or executive needs of the Joint Com-
mittee. 
(b) LIMITATION
ON COMPENSATION.—The annual 
rate of pay for any position established under this section 
may not exceed the annual rate of pay for level II of the 
Executive Schedule. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— Subsection (e) of 
section 214 of the Postal Revenue and Federal Salary Act 
of 1967 (2 U.S.C. 4302) is repealed. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply with 
respect to fiscal year 2018 and each succeeding fiscal year. 
CAPITOL POLICE 
SALARIES 
For salaries of employees of the Capitol Police, in-
cluding overtime, hazardous duty pay, and Government 
contributions for health, retirement, social security, pro-
fessional liability insurance, and other applicable employee 
benefits, $347,700,000 of which overtime shall not exceed 
$45,000,000 unless the Committee on Appropriations of 
the House and Senate are notified, to be disbursed by the 
Chief of the Capitol Police or his designee. 
GENERAL EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Capitol Police, includ-
ing motor vehicles, communications and other equipment, 
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security equipment and installation, uniforms, weapons, 
supplies, materials, training, medical services, forensic 
services, stenographic services, personal and professional 
services, the employee assistance program, the awards pro-
gram, postage, communication services, travel advances, 
relocation of instructor and liaison personnel for the Fed-
eral Law Enforcement Training Center, and not more 
than $5,000 to be expended on the certification of the 
Chief of the Capitol Police in connection with official rep-
resentation and reception expenses, $74,800,000, to be 
disbursed by the Chief of the Capitol Police or his des-
ignee: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, the cost of basic training for the Capitol Police 
at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center for fis-
cal year 2018 shall be paid by the Secretary of Homeland 
Security from funds available to the Department of Home-
land Security. 
OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses of the Office of Compli-
ance, as authorized by section 305 of the Congressional 
Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1385), $3,959,000, 
of which $450,000 shall remain available until September 
30, 2019: Provided, That not more than $500 may be ex-
pended on the certification of the Executive Director of 
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the Office of Compliance in connection with official rep-
resentation and reception expenses. 
CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses necessary for operation of 
the Congressional Budget Office, including not more than 
$6,000 to be expended on the certification of the Director 
of the Congressional Budget Office in connection with offi-
cial representation and reception expenses, $48,500,000. 
ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL 
CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATIONS 
For salaries for the Architect of the Capitol, and 
other personal services, at rates of pay provided by law; 
for all necessary expenses for surveys and studies, con-
struction, operation, and general and administrative sup-
port in connection with facilities and activities under the 
care of the Architect of the Capitol including the Botanic 
Garden; electrical substations of the Capitol, Senate and 
House office buildings, and other facilities under the juris-
diction of the Architect of the Capitol; including fur-
nishings and office equipment; including not more than 
$5,000 for official reception and representation expenses, 
to be expended as the Architect of the Capitol may ap-
prove; for purchase or exchange, maintenance, and oper-
ation of a passenger motor vehicle, $93,000,000. 
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CAPITOL BUILDING 
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 
and operation of the Capitol, $45,300,000, of which 
$19,458,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2022. 
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, 
$13,333,000, of which $3,195,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2022. 
HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS 
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 
and 
operation 
of 
the 
House 
office 
buildings, 
$169,294,000, of which $45,130,000 shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2022, and of which $62,000,000 
shall remain available until expended for the restoration 
and renovation of the Cannon House Office Building. 
In addition, for a payment to the House Historic 
Buildings Revitalization Trust Fund, $10,000,000, to re-
main available 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) 
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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 
Publishing Office and Washington City Post Office, and 
heating and chilled water for air conditioning for the Su-
preme 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, 
$106,694,000, of which $28,057,000 shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2022: Provided, That not more 
than $9,000,000 of the funds credited or to be reimbursed 
to this appropriation as herein provided shall be available 
for obligation during fiscal year 2018. 
LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS 
For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and 
structural maintenance, care and operation of the Library 
buildings 
and 
grounds, 
$76,097,000, 
of 
which 
$48,724,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2022. 
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CAPITOL POLICE BUILDINGS, GROUNDS AND SECURITY 
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 
and operation of buildings, grounds and security enhance-
ments of the United States Capitol Police, wherever lo-
cated, the Alternate Computer Facility, and Architect of 
the Capitol security operations, $33,249,000, of which 
$12,300,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2022. 
BOTANIC GARDEN 
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 
and operation of the Botanic Garden and the nurseries, 
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 Com-
mittee on the Library, $13,400,000, of which $2,600,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2022: Provided, 
That, of the amount made available under this heading, 
the Architect of the Capitol may obligate and expend such 
sums as may be necessary for the maintenance, care and 
operation of the National Garden established under sec-
tion 307E of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 
1989 (2 U.S.C. 2146), upon vouchers approved by the Ar-
chitect of the Capitol or a duly authorized designee. 
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CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER 
For all necessary expenses for the operation of the 
Capitol Visitor Center, $21,470,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
NO BONUSES FOR CONTRACTORS BEHIND SCHEDULE OR 
OVER BUDGET 
SEC. 1101. None of the funds made available in this 
Act for the Architect of the Capitol may be used to make 
incentive or award payments to contractors for work on 
contracts or programs for which the contractor is behind 
schedule or over budget, unless the Architect of the Cap-
itol, or agency-employed designee, determines that any 
such deviations are due to unforeseeable events, govern-
ment-driven scope changes, or are not significant within 
the overall scope of the project and/or program. 
SCRIMS 
SEC. 1102. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used for scrims containing photographs of 
building facades during restoration or construction 
projects performed by the Architect of the Capitol. 
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For all necessary expenses of the Library of Congress 
not otherwise provided for, including development and 
maintenance of the Library’s catalogs; custody and custo-
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dial care of the Library buildings; special clothing; clean-
ing, 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 publications of the Library; hire or purchase 
of one passenger motor vehicle; and expenses of the Li-
brary of Congress Trust Fund Board not properly charge-
able to the income of any trust fund held by the Board, 
$464,209,234, of which not more than $6,000,000 shall 
be derived from collections credited to this appropriation 
during fiscal year 2018, and shall remain available until 
expended, under the Act of June 28, 1902 (chapter 1301; 
32 Stat. 480; 2 U.S.C. 150) and not more than $350,000 
shall be derived from collections during fiscal year 2018 
and shall remain available until expended for the develop-
ment and maintenance of an international legal informa-
tion database and activities related thereto: 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 obliga-
tion or expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided fur-
ther, That the total amount available for obligation shall 
be reduced by the amount by which collections are less 
than $6,350,000: Provided further, That, of the total 
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amount appropriated, not more than $12,000 may be ex-
pended, on the certification of the Librarian of Congress, 
in connection with official representation and reception ex-
penses for the Overseas Field Offices: Provided further, 
That, of the total amount appropriated, $8,653,000 shall 
remain available until expended for the digital collections 
and educational curricula program: Provided further, 
That, of the total amount appropriated, $1,300,000 shall 
remain available until expended for upgrade of the Legis-
lative Branch Financial Management System. 
COPYRIGHT OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For all necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, 
$72,011,000, of which not more than $35,218,000, to re-
main available until expended, shall be derived from collec-
tions credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 2018 
under section 708(d) of title 17, United States Code: Pro-
vided, That the Copyright Office may not obligate or ex-
pend any funds derived from collections under such sec-
tion, in excess of the amount authorized for obligation or 
expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided further, That 
not more than $6,087,000 shall be derived from collections 
during fiscal year 2018 under sections 111(d)(2), 
119(b)(3), 803(e), 1005, and 1316 of such title: Provided 
further, That the total amount available for obligation 
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shall be reduced by the amount by which collections are 
less than $41,305,000: 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 Congress for the 
purpose of training nationals of developing countries in 
intellectual property laws and policies: Provided further, 
That $2,260,000 shall be derived from prior year unobli-
gated balances: Provided further, That not more than 
$6,500 may be expended, on the certification of the Li-
brarian of Congress, in connection with official representa-
tion and reception expenses for activities of the Inter-
national Copyright Institute and for copyright delegations, 
visitors, and seminars: Provided further, That, notwith-
standing any provision of chapter 8 of title 17, United 
States Code, any amounts made available under this head-
ing which are attributable to royalty fees and payments 
received by the Copyright Office pursuant to sections 111, 
119, and chapter 10 of such title may be used for the 
costs incurred in the administration of the Copyright Roy-
alty Judges program, with the exception of the costs of 
salaries and benefits for the Copyright Royalty Judges 
and staff under section 802(e). 
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