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while such employees are on duty in response to the 
emergency; and 
(2) may incur obligations and make expendi-
tures out of available appropriations for meals, re-
freshments, and other support and maintenance for 
the Office of the Architect of the Capitol if, in the 
judgment of the Architect, such obligations and ex-
penditures are necessary to respond to the emer-
gency. 
(b) This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 
2010 and each succeeding fiscal year. 
SEC. 1204. FLEXIBLE
AND COMPRESSED WORK 
SCHEDULES.—(a) Section 6121(1) of title 5, United 
States Code is amended by inserting after ‘‘military de-
partment,’’ the following: ‘‘the Architect of the Capitol,’’. 
(b) Section 6133(c) of such title is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(3) With respect to employees of the Architect of 
the Capitol (including employees of the Botanic Garden), 
the authority granted to the Office of Personnel Manage-
ment under this subchapter shall be exercised by the Ar-
chitect of the Capitol.’’. 
(c) The amendments made by this section shall apply 
with respect to pay periods beginning or after the later 
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of October 1, 2009, or the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
SEC. 1205. ACCEPTANCE OF VOLUNTARY STUDENT 
SERVICES.—Section 3111 of title 5, United States Code, 
is amended by adding the following new subsection: 
‘‘(e) In this section, the term ‘agency’ includes the 
Architect of the Capitol, except that in the case of the 
Architect of the Capitol, the authority granted to the Of-
fice of Personnel Management under this section shall be 
exercised by the Architect of the Capitol.’’. 
(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to fiscal year 2010 and each such suc-
ceeding fiscal year. 
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Library of Congress 
not otherwise provided for, including development and 
maintenance of the Library’s catalogs; custody and custo-
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; activities under the Civil Rights History Project 
Act of 2009; preparation and distribution of catalog 
records and other publications of the Library; hire or pur-
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chase 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, $450,211,000, of which not more than $6,000,000 
shall be derived from collections credited to this appropria-
tion during fiscal year 2010, 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 2010 and shall remain available until expended for 
the development and maintenance of an international legal 
information database and activities related thereto: Pro-
vided, 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 
obligation or expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided 
further, 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 
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, $7,315,000 shall 
remain available until expended for the digital collections 
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and educational curricula program: Provided further, That 
of the total amount appropriated, $750,000 shall be trans-
ferred to the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission 
for carrying out the purposes of Public Law 106–173, of 
which $10,000 may be used for official representation and 
reception expenses of the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial 
Commission: Provided further, That of the amount made 
available under this heading, $250,000 shall be used to 
carry out activities under the Civil Rights History Project 
Act of 2009. 
COPYRIGHT OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, 
$55,476,000, of which not more than $28,751,000, to re-
main available until expended, shall be derived from collec-
tions credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 2010 
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 $5,861,000 shall be derived from collections 
during fiscal year 2010 under sections 111(d)(2), 
119(b)(2), 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 $34,612,000: 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 not more than $4,250 may be expended, on the cer-
tification of the Librarian of Congress, in connection with 
official representation and reception expenses for activities 
of the International Copyright Institute and for copyright 
delegations, visitors, and seminars: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding any provision of chapter 8 of title 17, 
United States Code, any amounts made available under 
this heading 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 Royalty Judges program, with the exception of 
the costs of salaries and benefits for the Copyright Royalty 
Judges and staff under section 802(e). 
CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of section 203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 
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