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management, debt collection, and property and inven-
tory management and control; and
(D) the Chief Administrative Officer shall prepare
annual financial statements for the Capitol Police and pro-
vide for an annual audit of the financial statements by
an independent public accountant in accordance with gen-
erally accepted government auditing standards.
(3) INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY.—The Chief Administrative
Officer shall—
(A) direct, coordinate, and oversee the acquisition, use,
and management of information technology by the Capitol
Police;
(B) promote and oversee the use of information tech-
nology to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of pro-
grams of the Capitol Police; and
(C) establish and enforce information technology prin-
ciples, guidelines, and objectives, including developing and
maintaining an information technology architecture for the
Capitol Police.
(4) HUMAN RESOURCES.—The Chief Administrative Officer
shall—
(A) direct, coordinate, and oversee human resource
management activities of the Capitol Police, except that
with respect to uniformed police force personnel, the Chief
Administrative Officer shall perform these activities in
cooperation with the Chief of the Capitol Police;
(B) develop and monitor payroll and time and attend-
ance systems and employee services; and
(C) develop and monitor processes for recruiting,
selecting, appraising, and promoting employees.
(c) Administrative provisions with respect to the Office of
Administration:
(1) The Chief Administrative Officer is authorized to select,
appoint, employ, and discharge such officers and employees
as may be necessary to carry out the functions, powers, and
duties of the Office of Administration but he shall not have
the authority to hire or discharge uniformed police force per-
sonnel.
(2) The Chief Administrative Officer may utilize resources
of another agency on a reimbursable basis to be paid from
available appropriations of the Capitol Police.
(d) No later than 180 days after appointment, the Chief
Administrative Officer shall prepare, after consultation with the
Capitol Police Board and the Chief of the Capitol Police, a plan—
(1) describing the policies, procedures, and actions the Chief
Administrative Officer will take in carrying out the responsibil-
ities assigned under this section;
(2) identifying and defining responsibilities and roles of
all offices, bureaus, and divisions of the Capitol Police for
budgeting, financial management, information technology, and
human resources management; and
(3) detailing mechanisms for ensuring that the offices,
bureaus, and divisions perform their responsibilities and roles
in a coordinated and integrated manner.
(e) No later than September 30, 2001, the Chief Administrative
Officer shall prepare, after consultation with the Capitol Police
Board and the Chief of the Capitol Police, a report on the Chief
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Administrative Officer’s progress in implementing the plan
described in subsection (d) and recommendations to improve the
budgeting, financial, information technology, and human resources
management of the Capitol Police, including organizational,
accounting and administrative control, and personnel changes.
(f ) The Chief Administrative Officer shall submit the plan
required in subsection (d) and the report required in subsection
(e) to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and of the Senate, the Committee on House Administration
of the House of Representatives, and the Committee on Rules
and Administration of the Senate.
(g) As of October 1, 2002, unless otherwise determined by
the Comptroller General, the Chief Administrative Officer estab-
lished by section (a) will cease to be an employee of the General
Accounting Office and will become an employee of the Capitol
Police, and the Capitol Police Board shall assume all responsibilities
of the Comptroller General under this section.
SEC. 109. (a) Section 1(c) of Public Law 96–152 (40 U.S.C.
206–1) is amended by striking ‘‘the annual rate’’ and all that follows
and inserting the following: ‘‘the rate of basic pay payable for
level ES–4 of the Senior Executive Service, as established under
subchapter VIII of chapter 53 of title 5, United States Code (taking
into account any comparability payments made under section
5304(h) of such title).’’.
(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with
respect to pay periods beginning on or after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act.
CAPITOL GUIDE SERVICE AND SPECIAL SERVICES OFFICE
For salaries and expenses of the Capitol Guide Service and
Special Services Office, $2,371,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary
of the Senate: Provided, That no part of such amount may be
used to employ more than 43 individuals: Provided further, That
the Capitol Guide Board is authorized, during emergencies, to
employ not more than two additional individuals for not more
than 120 days each, and not more than 10 additional individuals
for not more than 6 months each, for the Capitol Guide Service.
STATEMENTS OF APPROPRIATIONS
For the preparation, under the direction of the Committees
on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives,
of the statements for the second session of the One Hundred Sixth
Congress, showing appropriations made, indefinite appropriations,
and contracts authorized, together with a chronological history of
the regular appropriations bills as required by law, $30,000, to
be paid to the persons designated by the chairmen of such commit-
tees to supervise the work.
OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For salaries and expenses of the Office of Compliance, as
authorized by section 305 of the Congressional Accountability Act
of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1385), $1,820,000.
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CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For salaries and expenses necessary to carry out the provisions
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (Public Law 93–344),
including not more than $3,000 to be expended on the certification
of the Director of the Congressional Budget Office in connection
with official representation and reception expenses, $28,493,000:
Provided, That no part of such amount may be used for the purchase
or hire of a passenger motor vehicle.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION
SEC. 110. Beginning on the date of enactment of this Act
and hereafter, the Congressional Budget Office may use available
funds to enter into contracts for the procurement of severable
services for a period that begins in one fiscal year and ends in
the next fiscal year and may enter into multi-year contracts for
the acquisition of property and services, to the same extent as
executive agencies under the authority of section 303L and 304B,
respectively, of the Federal Property and Administrative Services
Act (41 U.S.C. 253l and 254c).
ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL
CAPITOL BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS
CAPITOL BUILDINGS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For salaries for the Architect of the Capitol, the Assistant
Architect of the Capitol, and other personal services, at rates of
pay provided by law; for surveys and studies in connection with
activities under the care of the Architect of the Capitol; for all
necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation of
the Capitol and electrical substations of the Senate and House
office buildings under the jurisdiction of the Architect of the Capitol,
including furnishings and office equipment, including not more
than $1,000 for official reception and representation expenses, to
be expended as the Architect of the Capitol may approve; for pur-
chase or exchange, maintenance and operation of a passenger motor
vehicle; and not to exceed $20,000 for attendance, when specifically
authorized by the Architect of the Capitol, at meetings or conven-
tions in connection with subjects related to work under the Architect
of the Capitol, $43,689,000, of which $3,843,000 shall remain avail-
able until expended: Provided, That notwithstanding any other
provision of law, such amount shall be available for the position
of Project Manager for the Capitol Visitor Center, at a rate of
compensation which does not exceed the rate of basic pay payable
for level ES–2 of the Senior Executive Service, as established under
subchapter VIII of chapter 53 of title 5, United States Code (taking
into account any comparability payments made under section
5304(h) of such title): Provided further, That effective on the date
of the enactment of this Act, any amount made available under
this heading under the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2000,
shall be available for such position at such rate of compensation.
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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, $5,362,000, of which $125,000 shall
remain available until expended.
SENATE OFFICE BUILDINGS
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and oper-
ation of Senate office buildings; and furniture and furnishings to
be expended under the control and supervision of the Architect
of the Capitol, $63,974,000, of which $21,669,000 shall remain
available until expended.
HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and oper-
ation of the House office buildings, $32,750,000, of which $123,000
shall remain available until expended.
CAPITOL POWER PLANT
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and oper-
ation of the Capitol Power Plant; lighting, heating, power (including
the purchase of electrical energy) and water and sewer services
for the Capitol, Senate and House office buildings, Library of Con-
gress buildings, and the grounds about the same, Botanic Garden,
Senate garage, and air conditioning refrigeration not supplied from
plants in any of such buildings; heating the Government Printing
Office and Washington City Post Office, and heating and chilled
water for air conditioning for the Supreme 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, $39,415,000, of
which $523,000 shall remain available until expended: Provided,
That not more than $4,400,000 of the funds credited or to be
reimbursed to this appropriation as herein provided shall be avail-
able for obligation during fiscal year 2001.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section
203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 166)
and to revise and extend the Annotated Constitution of the United
States of America, $73,592,000: Provided, That no part of such
amount may be used to pay any salary or expense in connection
with any publication, or preparation of material therefor (except
the Digest of Public General Bills), to be issued by the Library
of Congress unless such publication has obtained prior approval
of either the Committee on House Administration of the House