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Union Calendar No. 41 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2779 
[Report No. 116–64] 
Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2020, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 16, 2019 
Mr. RYAN, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following bill; 
which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State 
of the Union and ordered to be printed 
A BILL 
Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other 
purposes. 
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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, 2020, and for other purposes, namely: 
TITLE I 
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses of the House of Represent-
atives, $1,350,725,000, as follows: 
HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES 
For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, 
$28,428,000, 
including: 
Office 
of 
the 
Speaker, 
$7,964,000, including $25,000 for official expenses of the 
Speaker; Office of the Majority Floor Leader, $2,955,000, 
including $10,000 for official expenses of the Majority 
Leader; Office of the Minority Floor Leader, $8,682,000, 
including $10,000 for official expenses of the Minority 
Leader; Office of the Majority Whip, including the Chief 
Deputy Majority Whip, $2,456,000, including $5,000 for 
official expenses of the Majority Whip; Office of the Mi-
nority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Minority Whip, 
$1,904,000, including $5,000 for official expenses of the 
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Minority Whip; Republican Conference, $2,406,000; 
Democratic Caucus, $2,061,000: Provided, That such 
amount for salaries and expenses shall remain available 
from January 3, 2020 until January 2, 2021. 
MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES 
INCLUDING MEMBERS’ CLERK HIRE, OFFICIAL 
EXPENSES OF MEMBERS, AND OFFICIAL MAIL 
For Members’ representational allowances, including 
Members’ clerk hire, official expenses, and official mail, 
$615,000,000. 
ALLOWANCE FOR COMPENSATION OF INTERNS IN 
MEMBER OFFICES 
For the allowance established under section 120 of 
the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2019 (2 
U.S.C. 5322a) for the compensation of interns who serve 
in the offices of Members of the House of Representatives, 
$11,025,000, to remain available through December 31, 
2020: Provided, That notwithstanding section 120(b) of 
such Act, an office of a Member of the House of Rep-
resentatives may use not more than $25,000 of the allow-
ance available under this heading during calendar year 
2020. 
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ALLOWANCE FOR COMPENSATION OF INTERNS IN HOUSE 
LEADERSHIP OFFICES 
For the allowance established under section 113 of 
this Act for the compensation of interns who serve in 
House leadership offices, $365,000, to remain available 
through December 31, 2020: Provided, That of the 
amount provided under this heading, $200,000 shall be 
available for the compensation of interns who serve in 
House leadership offices of the majority, to be allocated 
among such offices by the Speaker of the House of Rep-
resentatives, and $165,000 shall be available for the com-
pensation of interns who serve in House leadership offices 
of the minority, to be allocated among such offices by the 
Minority Floor Leader. 
COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES 
STANDING COMMITTEES, SPECIAL AND SELECT 
For salaries and expenses of standing committees, 
special and select, authorized by House resolutions, 
$135,359,000: Provided, That such amount shall remain 
available for such salaries and expenses until December 
31, 2020, except that $2,850,000 of such amount shall 
remain available until expended for committee room up-
grading. 
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COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS 
For salaries and expenses of the Committee on Ap-
propriations, $24,269,000, including studies and examina-
tions of executive agencies and temporary personal serv-
ices for such committee, to be expended in accordance with 
section 202(b) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 
1946 and to be available for reimbursement to agencies 
for services performed: Provided, That such amount shall 
remain available for such salaries and expenses until De-
cember 31, 2020. 
SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES 
For compensation and expenses of officers and em-
ployees, as authorized by law, $245,736,000, including: 
for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Clerk, includ-
ing the positions of the Chaplain and the Historian, and 
including not more than $25,000 for official representa-
tion and reception expenses, of which not more than 
$20,000 is for the Family Room and not more than 
$2,000 is for the Office of the Chaplain, $32,228,000, of 
which $3,120,000 shall remain available until expended; 
for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at 
Arms, including the position of Superintendent of Garages 
and the Office of Emergency Management, and including 
not more than $3,000 for official representation and re-
ception expenses, $22,071,000, of which $10,267,000 
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shall remain available until expended; for salaries and ex-
penses of the Office of the Chief Administrative Officer 
including not more than $3,000 for official representation 
and 
reception 
expenses, 
$164,308,000, 
of 
which 
$11,639,000 shall remain available until expended; for sal-
aries and expenses of the Office of Diversity and Inclusion, 
$1,000,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the 
Whistleblower Ombudsman, $750,000; for salaries and ex-
penses of the Office of the Inspector General, $5,019,000; 
for salaries and expenses of the Office of General Counsel, 
$1,518,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the 
Parliamentarian, including the Parliamentarian, $2,000 
for preparing the Digest of Rules, and not more than 
$1,000 for official representation and reception expenses, 
$2,088,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the 
Law Revision Counsel of the House, $3,419,000; for sala-
ries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel 
of the House, $11,937,000; for salaries and expenses of 
the Office of Interparliamentary Affairs, $814,000; for 
other authorized employees, $584,000. 
ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES 
For allowances and expenses as authorized by House 
resolution or law, $290,543,000, including: supplies, mate-
rials, administrative costs and Federal tort claims, 
$526,000; official mail for committees, leadership offices, 
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and administrative offices of the House, $190,000; Gov-
ernment contributions for health, retirement, Social Secu-
rity, 
and 
other 
applicable 
employee 
benefits, 
$262,000,000, to remain available until March 31, 2021; 
salaries and expenses for Business Continuity and Dis-
aster Recovery, $17,668,000, of which $5,000,000 shall 
remain available until expended; transition activities for 
new members and staff, $4,489,000, to remain available 
until expended; Wounded Warrior Program, $3,000,000, 
to remain available until expended; Office of Congressional 
Ethics, $1,670,000; and miscellaneous items including 
purchase, exchange, maintenance, repair and operation of 
House motor vehicles, interparliamentary receptions, and 
gratuities to heirs of deceased employees of the House, 
$1,000,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
REQUIRING
AMOUNTS
REMAINING
IN
MEMBERS’ REP-
RESENTATIONAL
ALLOWANCES
TO
BE
USED
FOR 
DEFICIT REDUCTION OR TO REDUCE THE FEDERAL 
DEBT 
SEC. 110. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, any amounts appropriated under this Act for 
‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—SALARIES
AND 
EXPENSES—MEMBERS’ 
REPRESENTATIONAL
ALLOW-
ANCES’’ shall be available only for fiscal year 2020. Any 
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amount remaining after all payments are made under such 
allowances for fiscal year 2020 shall be deposited in the 
Treasury and used for deficit reduction (or, if there is no 
Federal budget deficit after all such payments have been 
made, for reducing the Federal debt, in such manner as 
the Secretary of the Treasury considers appropriate). 
(b) The Committee on House Administration of the 
House of Representatives shall have authority to prescribe 
regulations to carry out this section. 
(c) As used in this section, the term ‘‘Member of the 
House of Representatives’’ means a Representative in, or 
a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress. 
LIMITATION ON AMOUNT AVAILABLE TO LEASE VEHICLES 
SEC. 111. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by the Chief Administrative Officer of 
the House of Representatives to make any payments from 
any Members’ Representational Allowance for the leasing 
of a vehicle, excluding mobile district offices, in an aggre-
gate amount that exceeds $1,000 for the vehicle in any 
month. 
ALLOWANCE FOR COMPENSATION OF INTERNS IN 
MEMBER OFFICES 
SEC. 112. (a) Section 120(f) of the Legislative 
Branch Appropriations Act, 2019 (2 U.S.C. 5322a(f)) is 
amended by striking the period at the end and inserting 
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the following: ‘‘, and such sums as may be necessary for 
fiscal year 2020 and each succeeding fiscal year.’’. 
(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take 
effect as if included in the enactment of section 120 of 
the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2019 (2 
U.S.C. 5322a). 
ALLOWANCE FOR COMPENSATION OF INTERNS IN HOUSE 
LEADERSHIP OFFICES 
SEC. 113. (a) There is established for the House of 
Representatives an allowance which shall be available for 
the compensation of interns who serve in House leadership 
offices. 
(b) Section 104(b) of the House of Representatives 
Administrative Reform Technical Corrections Act (2 
U.S.C. 5321(b)) shall apply with respect to an intern who 
is compensated under the allowance under this section in 
the same manner as such section applies with respect to 
an intern who is compensated under the Members’ Rep-
resentational Allowance. 
(c) In this section — 
(1) the term ‘‘House leadership office’’ means, 
with respect to a fiscal year, any office for which the 
appropriation for salaries and expenses of the office 
for the fiscal year is provided under the heading 
‘‘House Leadership Offices’’ in the Act making ap-
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propriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal 
year; and 
(2) term ‘‘intern’’, with respect to a House 
leadership office, has the meaning given such term 
with respect to a Member of the House of Rep-
resentatives in section 104(c)(2) of the House of 
Representatives Administrative Reform Technical 
Corrections Act (2 U.S.C. 5321(c)(2)). 
(d) There are authorized to be appropriated to carry 
out this section such sums as may be necessary for fiscal 
year 2020 and each succeeding fiscal year. 
CYBERSECURITY ASSISTANCE FOR HOUSE OF 
REPRESENTATIVES 
SEC. 114. The head of any Federal entity that pro-
vides assistance to the House of Representatives in the 
House’s efforts to deter, prevent, mitigate, or remediate 
cybersecurity risks to, and incidents involving, the infor-
mation systems of the House shall take all necessary steps 
to ensure the constitutional integrity of the separate 
branches of the government at all stages of providing the 
assistance, including applying minimization procedures to 
limit the spread or sharing of privileged House and Mem-
ber information. 
RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS 
SEC. 115. (a) Of the unobligated balances available 
from prior appropriations Acts from the revolving fund es-
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tablished under House Resolution 94, Ninety Eighth Con-
gress, agreed to February 8, 1983, as enacted into perma-
nent law by section 110 of the Congressional Operations 
Appropriations Act, 1984 (2 U.S.C. 4917), $1,000,000 is 
hereby rescinded. 
(b) Of the unobligated balances available from prior 
appropriations Acts from the revolving fund established in 
the item relating to ‘‘Stationery’’ under the heading 
‘‘House of Representatives, Contingent Expenses of the 
House’’ in the first section of the Legislative Branch Ap-
propriation Act, 1948 (2 U.S.C. 5534), $4,000,000 is 
hereby rescinded. 
USE OF AVAILABLE BALANCES OF EXPIRED 
APPROPRIATIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 116. (a) Subject to section 119 of the Legisla-
tive Branch Appropriations Act, 2018 (2 U.S.C. 5511), 
available balances of expired appropriations for the House 
of Representatives shall be available to the House of Rep-
resentatives— 
(1) for the payment of a death gratuity which 
is specifically appropriated by law and which is made 
in connection with the death of an employee of the 
House of Representatives, without regard to the fis-
cal year in which the payment is made; and 
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(2) for deposit into the account established 
under section 109 of the Legislative Branch Appro-
priations Act, 1998 (2 U.S.C. 5508) for making 
payments of the House of Representatives to the 
Employees’ Compensation Fund under section 8147 
of title 5, United States Code, and for reimbursing 
the Secretary of Labor for any amounts paid with 
respect to unemployment compensation payments for 
former employees of the House. 
(b) This section shall apply with respect to funds ap-
propriated or otherwise made available in fiscal year 2020 
and each succeeding fiscal year. 
REDUCTION IN AMOUNT OF TUITION CHARGED FOR CHIL-
DREN OF EMPLOYEES OF HOUSE CHILD CARE CEN-
TER 
SEC. 117. (a) Section 312(d) of the Legislative 
Branch Appropriations Act, 1992 (2 U.S.C. 2062(d)) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(4) In the case of a child of an employee of 
the center who is furnished care at the center, the 
Chief Administrative Officer shall reduce the amount 
of tuition otherwise charged with respect to such 
child during a month by the greater of— 
‘‘(A) 50 percent; or 
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‘‘(B) such percentage as may be necessary 
to ensure that the total amount of tuition paid 
by the employee with respect to all children of 
the employee who are furnished care at the cen-
ter during the month does not exceed $1,000.’’. 
(b) Section 312(d)(2) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 
2062(d)(2)) is amended by inserting after ‘‘similar bene-
fits and programs’’ the following: ‘‘(including the subsidies 
provided on behalf of employees of the center as a result 
of reductions in the amount of tuition otherwise charged 
with respect to children of such employees under para-
graph (4))’’. 
(c) The amendments made by this section shall apply 
with respect to fiscal year 2020 and each succeeding fiscal 
year. 
JOINT ITEMS 
For Joint Committees, as follows: 
JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic 
Committee, $4,203,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary 
of the Senate. 
JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on 
Taxation, $11,563,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Ad-
ministrative Officer of the House of Representatives. 
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