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(2) by inserting after subsection (a) a new subsection (b)
as follows:
‘‘(b) The Board has no authority to issue a stay of any reduction
in force action.’’; and
(3) in the second sentence of subsection (c), as redesignated,
by striking ‘‘(c)’’ and inserting ‘‘(d)’’.
TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 301. No part of the funds appropriated in this Act shall
be used for the maintenance or care of private vehicles, except
for emergency assistance and cleaning as may be provided under
regulations relating to parking facilities for the House of Represent-
atives issued by the Committee on House Oversight and for the
Senate issued by the Committee on Rules and Administration.
SEC. 302. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act
shall remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year
unless expressly so provided herein.
SEC. 303. Whenever any office or position not specifically estab-
lished by the Legislative Pay Act of 1929 is appropriated for herein
or whenever the rate of compensation or designation of any position
appropriated for herein is different from that specifically established
for such position by such Act, the rate of compensation and the
designation of the position, or either, appropriated for or provided
herein, shall be the permanent law with respect thereto: Provided,
That the provisions herein 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. 304. The expenditure of any appropriation under this
Act for any consulting service through procurement contract, pursu-
ant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, 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 exist-
ing law, or under existing Executive order issued pursuant to exist-
ing law.
SEC. 305. (a) It is the sense of the Congress that, to the
greatest extent practicable, all equipment and products purchased
with funds made available in this Act should be American-made.
(b) In providing financial assistance to, or entering into any
contract with, any entity using funds made available in this Act,
the head of each Federal agency, to the greatest extent practicable,
shall provide to such entity a notice describing the statement made
in subsection (a) by the Congress.
SEC. 306. (a) Upon approval of the Committee on Appropriations
of the House of Representatives, and in accordance with conditions
determined by the Committee on House Oversight, positions in
connection with House parking activities and related funding shall
be transferred from the appropriation ‘‘Architect of the Capitol,
Capitol buildings and grounds, House office buildings’’ to the appro-
priation ‘‘House of Representatives, salaries, officers and employees,
Office of the Sergeant at Arms’’: Provided, That the position of
Superintendent of Garages shall be subject to authorization in
annual appropriation Acts.
(b) For purposes of section 8339(m) of title 5, United States
Code, the days of unused sick leave to the credit of any such
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employee as of the date such employee is transferred under sub-
section (a) shall be included in the total service of such employee
in connection with the computation of any annuity under sub-
sections (a) through (e) and (o) of such section.
(c) In the case of days of annual leave to the credit of any
such employee as of the date such employee is transferred under
subsection (a) the Architect of the Capitol is authorized to make
a lump sum payment to each such employee for that annual leave.
No such payment shall be considered a payment or compensation
within the meaning of any law relating to dual compensation.
SEC. 307. None of the funds made available in this Act may
be used for the relocation of the office of any Member of the
House of Representatives within the House office buildings.
SEC. 308. (a)(1) Effective October 1, 1995, the unexpended
balances of appropriations specified in paragraph (2) are transferred
to the appropriation for general expenses of the Capitol Police,
to be used for design and installation of security systems for the
Capitol buildings and grounds.
(2) The unexpended balances referred to in paragraph (1) are—
(A) the unexpended balance of appropriations for security
installations, as referred to in the paragraph under the heading
‘‘CAPITOL
BUILDINGS’’, under the general headings ‘‘JOINT
ITEMS’’, ‘‘ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL’’, and ‘‘CAPITOL
BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS’’ in title I of the Legislative Branch
Appropriations Act, 1995 (108 Stat. 1434), including any unex-
pended balance from a prior fiscal year and any unexpended
balance under such headings in this Act; and
(B) the unexpended balance of the appropriation for an
improved security plan, as transferred to the Architect of the
Capitol by section 102 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations
Act, 1989 (102 Stat. 2165).
(b) Effective October 1, 1995, the responsibility for design and
installation of security systems for the Capitol buildings and
grounds is transferred from the Architect of the Capitol to the
Capitol Police Board. Such design and installation shall be carried
out under the direction of the Committee on House Oversight of
the House of Representatives and the Committee on Rules and
Administration of the Senate, and without regard to section 3709
of the Revised Statutes of the United States (41 U.S.C. 5). On
and after October 1, 1995, any alteration to a structural, mechani-
cal, or architectural feature of the Capitol buildings and grounds
that is required for a security system under the preceding sentence
may be carried out only with the approval of the Architect of
the Capitol.
(c)(1) Effective October 1, 1995, all positions specified in para-
graph (2) and each individual holding any such position (on a
permanent basis) immediately before that date, as identified by
the Architect of the Capitol, shall be transferred to the Capitol
Police.
(2) The positions referred to in paragraph (1) are those positions
which, immediately before October 1, 1995, are—
(A) under the Architect of the Capitol;
(B) within the Electronics Engineering Division of the
Office of the Architect of the Capitol; and
(C) related to the design or installation of security systems
for the Capitol buildings and grounds.
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(3) All annual leave and sick leave standing to the credit
of an individual immediately before such individual is transferred
under paragraph (1) shall be credited to such individual, without
adjustment, in the new position of the individual.
SEC. 309. (a) Section 230(a) of the Congressional Accountability
Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1371(a)) is amended by striking out ‘‘Adminis-
trative Conference of the United States’’ and inserting in lieu thereof
‘‘Board’’.
(b) Section 230(d)(1) of the Congressional Accountability Act
of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1371(d)(1)) is amended—
(1) by striking out ‘‘Administrative Conference of the United
States’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Board’’; and
(2) by striking out ‘‘and shall submit the study and rec-
ommendations to the Board’’.
(c) The amendments made by this section shall take effect
only if the Administrative Conference of the United States ceases
to exist prior to the completion and submission of the study to
the Board as required by section 230 of the Congressional Account-
ability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1371).
SEC. 310. Any amount appropriated in this Act for ‘‘HOUSE
OF REPRESENTATIVES—Salaries and Expenses—Members’ Rep-
resentational Allowances’’ shall be available only for fiscal year
1996. Any amount remaining after all payments are made under
such allowances for such fiscal year shall be deposited in the Treas-
ury, to be used for deficit reduction.
SEC. 311. Section 316 of Public Law 101–302 is amended in
the first sentence of subsection (a) by striking ‘‘1995’’ and inserting
‘‘1996’’.
SEC. 312. Such sums as may be necessary are appropriated
to the account described in subsection (a) of section 415 of Public
Law 104–1 to pay awards and settlements as authorized under
such subsection.
SEC. 313. (a) The Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representa-
tives shall have the same law enforcement authority, including
the authority to carry firearms, as a member of the Capitol Police.
The law enforcement authority under the preceding sentence shall
be subject to the requirement that the Sergeant at Arms have
the qualifications specified in subsection (b).
(b) The qualifications referred to in subsection (a) are the
following:
(1) A minimum of five years of experience as a law enforce-
ment officer before beginning service as the Sergeant at Arms.
(2) Current certification in the use of firearms by the
appropriate Federal law enforcement entity or an equivalent
non-Federal entity.
(3) Any other firearms qualification required for members
of the Capitol Police.
(c) The Committee on House Oversight of the House of Rep-
resentatives shall have authority to prescribe regulations to carry
out this section.
SEC. 314. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, effective
September 1, 1995, the Committee on House Oversight of the House
of Representatives shall have authority—
(1) to combine the House of Representatives Clerk Hire
Allowance, Official Expenses Allowance, and Official Mail
Allowance into a single allowance, to be known as the ‘‘Mem-
bers’ Representational Allowance’’; and
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(2) to prescribe regulations relating to allocations, expendi-
tures, and other matters with respect to the Members’ Rep-
resentational Allowance.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative Branch Appropriations
Act, 1996’’.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.