H. R. 2985—23
JOHN C. STENNIS CENTER FOR PUBLIC SERVICE TRAINING 
AND DEVELOPMENT 
For payment to the John C. Stennis Center for Public Service 
Development Trust Fund established under section 116 of the John 
C. Stennis Center for Public Service Training and Development 
Act (2 U.S.C. 1105), $430,000. 
TITLE II—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 201. MAINTENANCE AND CARE OF PRIVATE VEHICLES. No 
part of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be used for the 
maintenance or care of private vehicles, except for emergency assist-
ance and cleaning as may be provided under regulations relating 
to parking facilities 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. 202. FISCAL YEAR LIMITATION. No part of the funds appro-
priated in this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond 
fiscal year 2006 unless expressly so provided in this Act. 
SEC. 203. RATES OF COMPENSATION AND DESIGNATION. When-
ever in this Act any office or position not specifically established 
by the Legislative Pay Act of 1929 (46 Stat. 32 et seq.) is appro-
priated for or the rate of compensation or designation of any office 
or position appropriated for is different from that specifically estab-
lished by such Act, the rate of compensation and the designation 
in this Act shall be the permanent law with respect thereto: Pro-
vided, That the provisions in this Act for the various items of 
official expenses of Members, officers, and 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. 204. CONSULTING SERVICES. The expenditure of any appro-
priation under this Act for any consulting service through procure-
ment contract, under section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, 
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 existing 
Executive order issued under existing law. 
SEC. 205. AWARDS AND SETTLEMENTS. Such sums as may be 
necessary are appropriated to the account described in subsection 
(a) of section 415 of the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 
(2 U.S.C. 1415(a)) to pay awards and settlements as authorized 
under such subsection. 
SEC. 206. COSTS OF LBFMC. Amounts available for administra-
tive expenses of any legislative branch entity which participates 
in the Legislative Branch Financial Managers Council (LBFMC) 
established by charter on March 26, 1996, shall be available to 
finance an appropriate share of LBFMC costs as determined by 
the LBFMC, except that the total LBFMC costs to be shared among 
all participating legislative branch entities (in such allocations 
among the entities as the entities may determine) may not exceed 
$2,000. 
SEC. 207. LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE. The Architect of the Cap-
itol, in consultation with the District of Columbia, is authorized 
to maintain and improve the landscape features, excluding streets 
and sidewalks, in the irregular shaped grassy areas bounded by 
Washington Avenue, SW on the northeast, Second Street SW on