(1) REAUTHORIZATION.—Section 112 of the 
National Film Preservation Act of 1996 (2 U.S.C. 
179v) is amended by striking ‘‘through fiscal year 
2016’’ and inserting ‘‘through fiscal year 2026’’. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made 
by paragraph (1) shall take effect as if included in 
the enactment of the National Film Preservation Act 
of 1996. 
(b) NATIONAL FILM PRESERVATION FOUNDATION.— 
Section 151711(a)(1)(C) of title 36, United States Code, 
is amended by striking ‘‘through 2016’’ and inserting 
‘‘through 2026’’. 
SOUND RECORDING PRESERVATION PROGRAMS 
SEC. 1304. (a) NATIONAL RECORDING PRESERVA-
TION BOARD.—Section 133 of the National Recording 
Preservation Act of 2000 (2 U.S.C. 1743) is amended by 
striking ‘‘through fiscal year 2016’’ and inserting 
‘‘through fiscal year 2026’’. 
(b) NATIONAL RECORDING PRESERVATION FOUNDA-
TION.— 
(1) AUTHORIZATION
OF
APPROPRIATIONS.— 
Section 152411(a) of title 36, United States Code, 
is amended by striking ‘‘through fiscal year 2016’’ 
and inserting ‘‘through fiscal year 2026’’. 
(2) NUMBER OF MEMBERS OF BOARD OF DI-
RECTORS.—Section 152403(b)(2)(A) of such title is
amended by striking ‘‘nine directors’’ and inserting 
‘‘12 directors’’. 
GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE 
CONGRESSIONAL PUBLISHING 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For authorized publishing of congressional informa-
tion and the distribution of congressional information in 
any format; expenses necessary for preparing the semi-
monthly and session index to the Congressional Record, 
as authorized by law (section 902 of title 44, United 
States Code); publishing of Government publications au-
thorized by law to be distributed to Members of Congress; 
and publishing, and distribution of Government publica-
tions authorized by law to be distributed without charge 
to the recipient, $79,736,000: Provided, That this appro-
priation shall not be available for paper copies of the per-
manent edition of the Congressional Record for individual 
Representatives, Resident Commissioners or Delegates au-
thorized under section 906 of title 44, United States Code: 
Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available 
for the payment of obligations incurred under the appro-
priations for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding the 2-year limita-
tion under section 718 of title 44, United States Code, 
none of the funds appropriated or made available under
this Act or any other Act for printing and binding and 
related services provided to Congress under chapter 7 of 
title 44, United States Code, may be expended to print 
a document, report, or publication after the 27-month pe-
riod beginning on the date that such document, report, 
or publication is authorized by Congress to be printed, un-
less Congress reauthorizes such printing in accordance 
with section 718 of title 44, United States Code: Provided 
further, That any unobligated or unexpended balances in 
this account or accounts for similar purposes for preceding 
fiscal years may be transferred to the Government Pub-
lishing Office Business Operations Revolving Fund for 
carrying out the purposes of this heading, subject to the 
approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and Senate: Provided further, 
That notwithstanding sections 901, 902, and 906 of title 
44, United States Code, this appropriation may be used 
to prepare indexes to the Congressional Record on only 
a monthly and session basis. 
PUBLIC INFORMATION PROGRAMS OF THE 
SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses of the public information programs of 
the Office of Superintendent of Documents necessary to
provide for the cataloging and indexing of Government 
publications and their distribution to the public, Members 
of Congress, other Government agencies, and designated 
depository and international exchange libraries as author-
ized by law, $29,500,000: Provided, That amounts of not 
more than $2,000,000 from current year appropriations 
are authorized for producing and disseminating Congres-
sional serial sets and other related publications for fiscal 
years 2015 and 2016 to depository and other designated 
libraries: Provided further, That any unobligated or unex-
pended balances in this account or accounts for similar 
purposes for preceding fiscal years may be transferred to 
the Government Publishing Office Business Operations 
Revolving Fund for carrying out the purposes of this head-
ing, subject to the approval of the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and Senate. 
GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE BUSINESS 
OPERATIONS REVOLVING FUND 
For payment to the Government Publishing Office 
Business Operations Revolving Fund, $7,832,000, to re-
main available until expended, for information technology 
development and facilities repair: Provided, That the Gov-
ernment Publishing Office is hereby authorized to make 
such expenditures, within the limits of funds available and 
in accordance with law, and to make such contracts and
commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as 
provided by section 9104 of title 31, United States Code, 
as may be necessary in carrying out the programs and 
purposes set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year 
for the Government Publishing Office Business Operations 
Revolving Fund: Provided further, That not more than 
$7,500 may be expended on the certification of the Direc-
tor of the Government Publishing Office in connection 
with official representation and reception expenses: Pro-
vided further, That the Business Operations Revolving 
Fund shall be available for the hire or purchase of not 
more than 12 passenger motor vehicles: Provided further, 
That expenditures in connection with travel expenses of 
the advisory councils to the Director of the Government 
Publishing Office shall be deemed necessary to carry out 
the provisions of title 44, United States Code: Provided 
further, That the Business Operations Revolving Fund 
shall be available for temporary or intermittent services 
under section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, but 
at rates for individuals not more than the daily equivalent 
of the annual rate of basic pay for level V of the Executive 
Schedule under section 5316 of such title: Provided fur-
ther, That activities financed through the Business Oper-
ations Revolving Fund may provide information in any 
format: Provided further, That the Business Operations
Revolving Fund and the funds provided under the heading 
‘‘Public Information Programs of the Superintendent of 
Documents’’ may not be used for contracted security serv-
ices at Government Publishing Office’s passport facility in 
the District of Columbia. 
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Government Account-
ability Office, including not more than $12,500 to be ex-
pended on the certification of the Comptroller General of 
the United States in connection with official representa-
tion and reception expenses; temporary or intermittent 
services under section 3109(b) of title 5, United States 
Code, but at rates for individuals not more than the daily 
equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay for level IV of 
the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of such title; 
hire of one passenger motor vehicle; advance payments in 
foreign countries in accordance with section 3324 of title 
31, United States Code; benefits comparable to those pay-
able under sections 901(5), (6), and (8) of the Foreign 
Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4081(5), (6), and (8)); 
and under regulations prescribed by the Comptroller Gen-
eral of the United States, rental of living quarters in for-
eign countries, $533,100,000: Provided, That, in addition, 
$23,350,000 of payments received under sections 782,
791, 3521, and 9105 of title 31, United States Code, shall 
be available without fiscal year limitation: Provided fur-
ther, That this appropriation and appropriations for ad-
ministrative expenses of any other department or agency 
which is a member of the National Intergovernmental 
Audit Forum or a Regional Intergovernmental Audit 
Forum shall be available to finance an appropriate share 
of either Forum’s costs as determined by the respective 
Forum, including necessary travel expenses of non-Federal 
participants: Provided further, That payments hereunder 
to the Forum may be credited as reimbursements to any 
appropriation from which costs involved are initially fi-
nanced. 
OPEN WORLD LEADERSHIP CENTER TRUST 
FUND 
For a payment to the Open World Leadership Center 
Trust Fund for financing activities of the Open World 
Leadership Center under section 313 of the Legislative 
Branch Appropriations Act, 2001 (2 U.S.C. 1151), 
$1,000,000. 
JOHN C. STENNIS CENTER FOR PUBLIC 
SERVICE TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT 
For payment to the John C. Stennis Center for Pub-
lic Service Development Trust Fund established under 
section 116 of the John C. Stennis Center for Public Serv-
ice Training and Development Act (2 U.S.C. 1105), 
$430,000. 
TITLE II 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
MAINTENANCE AND CARE OF PRIVATE VEHICLES 
SEC. 201. 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 fa-
cilities for the House of Representatives issued by the 
Committee on House Administration and for the Senate 
issued by the Committee on Rules and Administration. 
FISCAL YEAR LIMITATION 
SEC. 202. No part of the funds appropriated in this 
Act shall remain available for obligation beyond fiscal year 
2017 unless expressly so provided in this Act. 
RATES OF COMPENSATION AND DESIGNATION 
SEC. 203. Whenever in this Act any office or position 
not specifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of 
1929 (46 Stat. 32 et seq.) is appropriated 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 des-
ignation in this Act shall be the permanent law with re-
spect thereto: Provided, That the provisions in this Act
for the various items of official expenses of Members, offi-
cers, and committees of the Senate and House of Rep-
resentatives, and clerk hire for Senators and Members of 
the House of Representatives shall be the permanent law 
with respect thereto. 
CONSULTING SERVICES 
SEC. 204. The expenditure of any appropriation 
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 ex-
penditures 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. 
COSTS OF LBFMC 
SEC. 205. Amounts available for administrative ex-
penses 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 legisla-
tive branch entities (in such allocations among the entities 
as the entities may determine) may not exceed $2,000.
LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS 
SEC. 206. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in-
strumentality of the United States Government, except 
pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro-
vided in, this Act or any other appropriation Act. 
GUIDED TOURS OF THE CAPITOL 
SEC. 207. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), 
none of the funds made available to the Architect of the 
Capitol in this Act may be used to eliminate or restrict 
guided tours of the United States Capitol which are led 
by employees and interns of offices of Members of Con-
gress and other offices of the House of Representatives 
and Senate. 
(b) At the direction of the Capitol Police Board, or 
at the direction of the Architect of the Capitol with the 
approval of the Capitol Police Board, guided tours of the 
United States Capitol which are led by employees and in-
terns described in subsection (a) may be suspended tempo-
rarily or otherwise subject to restriction for security or re-
lated reasons to the same extent as guided tours of the 
United States Capitol which are led by the Architect of 
the Capitol.
COMPUTER NETWORK ACTIVITY 
SEC. 208. (a) None of the funds made available in 
this Act may be used to maintain or establish a computer 
network unless such network blocks the viewing, 
downloading, and exchanging of pornography. 
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of 
funds necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law 
enforcement agency or any other entity to carry out crimi-
nal or Congressional investigations, prosecution, or adju-
dication activities. 
SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT 
SEC. 209. The amount by which the applicable alloca-
tion of new budget authority made by the Committee on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives under sec-
tion 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, ex-
cluding Senate items, exceeds the amount of proposed new 
budget authority is $0. 
SEC. 210. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to deliver a printed copy of the United 
States House of Representatives Telephone Directory to 
the office of any Member of the House of Representatives 
(including a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the 
Congress). 
SEC. 211. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to deliver a printed copy of the Budget
of the United States Government; Analytical Perspectives, 
Budget of the United States Government; or the Appen-
dix, Budget of the United States Government, to the office 
of any Member of the House of Representatives (including 
a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the Congress). 
SEC. 212. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to enter into a contract with any offeror 
or any of its principals if the offeror certifies, as required 
by Federal Acquisition Regulation, that the offeror or any 
of its principals— 
(1) within a three-year period preceding the 
offer, has been convicted of or had a civil judgment 
rendered against it for commission of fraud or a 
criminal offense in connection with obtaining, at-
tempting to obtain, or performing a public (Federal, 
State, or local) contract or subcontract; violation of 
Federal or State antitrust statutes relating to the 
submission of offers; or commission of embezzle-
ment, theft, forgery, bribery, falsification or destruc-
tion of records, making false statements, tax eva-
sion, violating Federal criminal tax laws, or receiving 
stolen property; 
(2) are presently indicted for, or otherwise 
criminally or civilly charged by a governmental enti-
ty with, commission of any of the offenses enumer-
ated above in paragraph (1); or 
(3) within a three-year period preceding the 
offer, has been notified of any delinquent Federal 
taxes in an amount that exceeds $3,000 for which 
the liability remains unsatisfied. 
SEC. 213. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to deliver a printed copy of the Federal 
Register to a Member of the House of Representatives (in-
cluding a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the Con-
gress) unless the Member requests a copy. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative Branch Ap-
propriations Act, 2017’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives June 10, 2016. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5325 
AN ACT 
Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2017, 
and for other purposes.