I
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 5657
Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2001, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
DECEMBER 14, 2000
Mr. TAYLOR of North Carolina introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on Appropriations
A BILL
Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, and for other
purposes.
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, 2001, and for other purposes, namely:
TITLE I—CONGRESSIONAL OPERATIONS
SENATE
PAYMENT TO WIDOWS AND HEIRS OF DECEASED
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS
For a payment to Nancy Nally Coverdell, widow of
Paul D. Coverdell, late a Senator from Georgia, $141,300.
EXPENSE ALLOWANCES
For expense allowances of the Vice President,
$10,000; the President Pro Tempore of the Senate,
$10,000; Majority Leader of the Senate, $10,000; Minor-
ity Leader of the Senate, $10,000; Majority Whip of the
Senate, $5,000; Minority Whip of the Senate, $5,000; and
Chairmen of the Majority and Minority Conference Com-
mittees, $3,000 for each Chairman; and Chairmen of the
Majority and Minority Policy Committees, $3,000 for each
Chairman; in all, $62,000.
REPRESENTATION ALLOWANCES FOR THE MAJORITY AND
MINORITY LEADERS
For representation allowances of the Majority and
Minority Leaders of the Senate, $15,000 for each such
Leader; in all, $30,000.
SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
For compensation of officers, employees, and others
as authorized by law, including agency contributions,
$92,321,000, which shall be paid from this appropriation
without regard to the below limitations, as follows:
OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT
For the Office of the Vice President, $1,785,000.
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE
For the Office of the President Pro Tempore,
$453,000.
OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERS
For Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders,
$2,742,000.
OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY WHIPS
For Offices of the Majority and Minority Whips,
$1,722,000.
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
For salaries of the Committee on Appropriations,
$6,917,000.
CONFERENCE COMMITTEES
For the Conference of the Majority and the Con-
ference of the Minority, at rates of compensation to be
fixed by the Chairman of each such committee,
$1,152,000 for each such committee; in all, $2,304,000.
OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES OF THE CONFERENCE OF
THE MAJORITY AND THE CONFERENCE OF THE MINORITY
For Offices of the Secretaries of the Conference of
the Majority and the Conference of the Minority,
$590,000.
POLICY COMMITTEES
For salaries of the Majority Policy Committee and
the Minority Policy Committee, $1,171,000 for each such
committee; in all, $2,342,000.
OFFICE OF THE CHAPLAIN
For Office of the Chaplain, $288,000.
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
For Office of the Secretary, $14,738,000.
OFFICE OF THE SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER
For Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper,
$34,811,000.
OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND
MINORITY
For Offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the
Secretary for the Minority, $1,292,000.
AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS AND RELATED EXPENSES
For agency contributions for employee benefits, as
authorized by law, and related expenses, $22,337,000.
OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL OF THE SENATE
For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legisla-
tive Counsel of the Senate, $4,046,000.
OFFICE OF SENATE LEGAL COUNSEL
For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate
Legal Counsel, $1,069,000.
EXPENSE ALLOWANCES
OF
THE SECRETARY
OF
THE
SENATE, SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF
THE SENATE, AND SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJOR-
ITY AND MINORITY OF THE SENATE
For expense allowances of the Secretary of the Sen-
ate, $3,000; Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Sen-
ate, $3,000; Secretary for the Majority of the Senate,
$3,000; Secretary for the Minority of the Senate, $3,000;
in all, $12,000.
CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE
INQUIRIES AND INVESTIGATIONS
For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered
by the Senate, or conducted pursuant to section 134(a)
of Public Law 601, Seventy-ninth Congress, as amended,
section 112 of Public Law 96–304 and Senate Resolution
281, agreed to March 11, 1980, $73,000,000.
EXPENSES OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE CAUCUS ON
INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL
For expenses of the United States Senate Caucus on
International Narcotics Control, $370,000.
SECRETARY OF THE SENATE
For expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the
Senate, $2,077,000.
SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE SENATE
For expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms
and Doorkeeper of the Senate, $71,511,000, of which
$2,500,000 shall remain available until September 30,
2003.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS
For miscellaneous items, $8,655,000.
SENATORS’ OFFICIAL PERSONNEL AND OFFICE EXPENSE
ACCOUNT
For Senators’ Official Personnel and Office Expense
Account, $253,203,000.
OFFICIAL MAIL COSTS
For expenses necessary for official mail costs of the
Senate $300,000.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
SECTION 1. SEMIANNUAL REPORT. (a) IN GEN-
ERAL.—Section 105(a) of the Legislative Branch Appro-
priations Act, 1965 (2 U.S.C. 104a) is amended by adding
at the end the following:
‘‘(5)(A) Notwithstanding the requirements of para-
graph (1) relating to the level of detail of statement and
itemization, each report by the Secretary of the Senate
required under such paragraph shall be compiled at a
summary level for each office of the Senate authorized to
obligate appropriated funds.
‘‘(B) Subparagraph (A) shall not apply to the report-
ing of expenditures relating to personnel compensation,
travel and transportation of persons, other contractual
services, and acquisition of assets.
‘‘(C) In carrying out this paragraph the Secretary of
the Senate shall apply the Standard Federal Object Classi-
fication of Expenses as the Secretary determines appro-
priate.’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE AND APPLICATION.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2),
the amendment made by this section shall take ef-
fect on the date of enactment of this Act.
(2) FIRST REPORT AFTER ENACTMENT.—The
Secretary of the Senate may elect to compile and
submit the report for the semiannual period during
which the date of enactment of this section occurs,
as if the amendment made by this section had not
been enacted.
SEC. 2. SENATE EMPLOYEE PAY ADJUSTMENTS.
Section 4 of the Federal Pay Comparability Act of 1970
(2 U.S.C. 60a–1) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)—
(A) by inserting ‘‘(or section 5304 or
5304a of such title, as applied to employees em-
ployed in the pay locality of the Washington,
D.C.-Baltimore, Maryland consolidated metro-
politan statistical area)’’ after ‘‘employees
under section 5303 of title 5, United States
Code,’’; and
(B) by inserting ‘‘(and, as the case may
be, section 5304 or 5304a of such title, as ap-
plied to employees employed in the pay locality
of the Washington, D.C.-Baltimore, Maryland
consolidated metropolitan statistical area)’’
after ‘‘the President under such section 5303’’;
(2) by redesignating subsection (e) as sub-
section (f ); and
(3) by inserting after subsection (d) the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(e) Any percentage used in any statute specifically
providing for an adjustment in rates of pay in lieu of an
adjustment made under section 5303 of title 5, United
States Code, and, as the case may be, section 5304 or
5304a of such title for any calendar year shall be treated
as the percentage used in an adjustment made under such
section 5303, 5304, or 5304a, as applicable, for purposes
of subsection (a).’’.
SEC. 3. (a) Section 6(c) of the Legislative Branch Ap-
propriations 
Act, 
1999 
(2 
U.S.C. 
121b–1(c)) 
is
amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and agency contributions’’ in
paragraph (2)(A), and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(3) Agency contributions for employees of Sen-
ate Hair Care Services shall be paid from the appro-
priations account for ‘SALARIES, OFFICERS
AND
EMPLOYEES’.’’.
(b) This section shall apply to pay periods beginning
on or after October 1, 2000.
SEC. 4. (a) There is established in the Treasury of
the United States a revolving fund to be known as the
Senate Health and Fitness Facility Revolving Fund (‘‘the
revolving fund’’).
(b) The Architect of the Capitol shall deposit in the
revolving fund—
(1) any amounts received as dues or other as-
sessments for use of the Senate Health and Fitness
Facility, and
(2) any amounts received from the operation of
the Senate waste recycling program.
(c) Subject to the approval of the Committee on Ap-
propriations of the Senate, amounts in the revolving fund
shall be available to the Architect of the Capitol, without
fiscal year limitation, for payment of costs of the Senate
Health and Fitness Facility.
(d) The Architect of the Capitol shall withdraw from
the revolving fund and deposit in the Treasury of the
United States as miscellaneous receipts all moneys in the
revolving fund that the Architect determines are in excess
of the current and reasonably foreseeable needs of the
Senate Health and Fitness Facility.
(e) Subject to the approval of the Committee on
Rules and Administration of the Senate, the Architect of
the Capitol may issue such regulations as may be nec-
essary to carry out the provisions of this section.
SEC. 5. For each fiscal year (commencing with the
fiscal year ending September 30, 2001), there is author-
ized an expense allowance for the Chairmen of the Major-
ity and Minority Policy Committees which shall not exceed
$3,000 each fiscal year for each such Chairman; and
amounts from such allowance shall be paid to either of
such Chairmen only as reimbursement for actual expenses
incurred by him and upon certification and documentation
of such expenses, and amounts so paid shall not be re-
ported as income and shall not be allowed as a deduction
under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.
SEC. 6. (a) The head of the employing office of an
employee of the Senate may, upon termination of employ-
ment of the employee, authorize payment of a lump sum
for the accrued annual leave of that employee if—
(1) the head of the employing office—
(A) has approved a written leave policy au-
thorizing employees to accrue leave and estab-
lishing the conditions upon which accrued leave
may be paid; and
(B) submits written certification to the Fi-
nancial Clerk of the Senate of the number of
days of annual leave accrued by the employee
for which payment is to be made under the
written leave policy of the employing office; and
(2) there are sufficient funds to cover the lump
sum payment.
(b)(1) A lump sum payment under this section shall
not exceed the lesser of—
(A) twice the monthly rate of pay of the em-
ployee; or
(B) the product of the daily rate of pay of the
employee and the number of days of accrued annual
leave of the employee.
(2) The Secretary of the Senate shall determine the
rates of pay of an employee under paragraph (1)(A) and
(B) on the basis of the annual rate of pay of the employee
in effect on the date of termination of employment.
(c) Any payment under this section shall be paid from
the appropriation account or fund used to pay the em-
ployee.
(d) If an individual who received a lump sum pay-
ment under this section is reemployed as an employee of
the Senate before the end of the period covered by the
lump sum payment, the individual shall refund an amount
equal to the applicable pay covering the period between
the date of reemployment and the expiration of the lump
sum period. Such amount shall be deposited to the appro-
priation account or fund used to pay the lump sum pay-
ment.
(e) The Committee on Rules and Administration of
the Senate may prescribe regulations to carry out this sec-
tion.
(f ) In this section, the term—
(1) ‘‘employee of the Senate’’ means any em-
ployee whose pay is disbursed by the Secretary of
the Senate, except that the term does not include a
member of the Capitol Police or a civilian employee
of the Capitol Police; and
(2) ‘‘head of the employing office’’ means any
person with the final authority to appoint, hire, dis-
charge, and set the terms, conditions, or privileges
of the employment of an individual whose pay is dis-
bursed by the Secretary of the Senate.
SEC. 7. (a) Agency contributions for employees whose
salaries are disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate from
the appropriations account ‘‘JOINT ECONOMIC COM-
MITTEE’’ under the heading ‘‘JOINT ITEMS’’ shall be
paid from the Senate appropriations account for ‘‘SALA-
RIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES’’.
(b) This section shall apply to pay periods beginning
on or after October 1, 2000.
SEC. 8. Section 316 of Public Law 101–302 (40
U.S.C. 188b–6) is amended—
(1) in the first sentence of subsection (a) by
striking ‘‘items of art, fine art, and historical items’’
and inserting ‘‘works of art, historical objects, docu-
ments, or material relating to historical matters for
placement or exhibition’’;
(2) in the second sentence of subsection (a)—
(A) by striking ‘‘such items’’ each place it
appears and inserting ‘‘such works, objects,
documents, or material’’ in each such place; and
(B) by striking ‘‘an item’’ and inserting ‘‘a
work, object, document, or material’’; and
(3) in subsection (b)—
(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, Congress.
SEC. 104. (a) There is hereby appropriated for pay-
ment to the Prince William County Public Schools
$215,000, to be used to pay for educational services for
the son of Mrs. Evelyn Gibson, the widow of Detective
John Michael Gibson of the United States Capitol Police.
(b) The payment under subsection (a) shall be made
in accordance with terms and conditions established by the
Committee on House Administration of the House of Rep-
resentatives.
(c) The funds used for the payment made under sub-
section (a) shall be derived from the applicable accounts
of the House of Representatives.
JOINT ITEMS
For Joint Committees, as follows:
JOINT CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE ON INAUGURAL
CEREMONIES OF 2001
For all construction expenses, salaries, and other ex-
penses associated with conducting the inaugural cere-