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Calendar No. 154
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1905
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
JUNE 14, 1999
Received; read twice and placed on the calendar
AN ACT
Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, 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, 2000, and for other purposes, namely:
TITLE I—CONGRESSIONAL OPERATIONS
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For salaries and expenses of the House of Represent-
atives, $769,019,000, as follows:
HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES
For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law,
$14,202,000, 
including: 
Office 
of 
the 
Speaker,
$1,740,000, including $25,000 for official expenses of the
Speaker; Office of the Majority Floor Leader, $1,705,000,
including $10,000 for official expenses of the Majority
Leader; Office of the Minority Floor Leader, $2,071,000,
including $10,000 for official expenses of the Minority
Leader; Office of the Majority Whip, including the Chief
Deputy Majority Whip, $1,423,000, including $5,000 for
official expenses of the Majority Whip; Office of the Mi-
nority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Minority Whip,
$1,057,000, including $5,000 for official expenses of the
Minority Whip; Speaker’s Office for Legislative Floor Ac-
tivities, $406,000; Republican Steering Committee,
$757,000; Republican Conference, $1,244,000; Demo-
cratic Steering and Policy Committee, $1,337,000; Demo-
cratic Caucus, $664,000; nine minority employees,
$1,218,000; training and program development—major-
ity, $290,000; and training and program development—
minority, $290,000.
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,
$413,576,000.
COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES
STANDING COMMITTEES, SPECIAL AND SELECT
For salaries and expenses of standing committees,
special and select, authorized by House resolutions,
$93,878,000: Provided, That such amount shall remain
available for such salaries and expenses until December
31, 2000.
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
For salaries and expenses of the Committee on Ap-
propriations, $21,308,000, 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, 2000.
SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
For compensation and expenses of officers and em-
ployees, as authorized by law, $90,633,000, including: for
salaries and expenses of the Office of the Clerk, including
not more than $3,500, of which not more than $2,500 is
for the Family Room, for official representation and recep-
tion expenses, $14,881,000; for salaries and expenses of
the Office of the Sergeant at Arms, including the position
of Superintendent of Garages, and including not more
than $750 for official representation and reception ex-
penses, $3,746,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office
of the Chief Administrative Officer, $57,289,000, of which
$2,500,000 shall remain available until expended, includ-
ing $25,169,000 for salaries, expenses and temporary per-
sonal services of House Information Resources, of which
$24,641,000 is provided herein: Provided, That of the
amount provided for House Information Resources,
$6,260,000 shall be for net expenses of telecommuni-
cations: Provided further, That House Information Re-
sources is authorized to receive reimbursement from Mem-
bers of the House of Representatives and other govern-
mental entities for services provided and such reimburse-
ment shall be deposited in the Treasury for credit to this
account; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the In-
spector General, $3,926,000; for salaries and expenses of
the Office of General Counsel, $840,000; for the Office
of the Chaplain, $136,000; for salaries and expenses of
the Office of the Parliamentarian, including the Parlia-
mentarian and $2,000 for preparing the Digest of Rules,
$1,172,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the
Law Revision Counsel of the House, $2,045,000; for sala-
ries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel
of the House, $5,085,000; for salaries and expenses of the
Corrections Calendar Office, $825,000; and for other au-
thorized employees, $688,000.
ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES
For allowances and expenses as authorized by House
resolution or law, $135,422,000, including: supplies, mate-
rials, administrative costs and Federal tort claims,
$2,741,000; official mail for committees, leadership of-
fices, and administrative offices of the House, $410,000;
Government contributions for health, retirement, Social
Security, 
and 
other 
applicable 
employee 
benefits,
$131,595,000; and miscellaneous items including pur-
chase, exchange, maintenance, repair and operation of
House motor vehicles, interparliamentary receptions, and
gratuities to heirs of deceased employees of the House,
$676,000.
CHILD CARE CENTER
For salaries and expenses of the House of Represent-
atives Child Care Center, such amounts as are deposited
in the account established by section 312(d)(1) of the Leg-
islative Branch Appropriations Act, 1992 (40 U.S.C.
184g(d)(1)), subject to the level specified in the budget
of the Center, as submitted to the Committee on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
SEC. 101. (a) COMPLIANCE WITH ADMISSION RE-
QUIREMENTS.—The General Counsel of the House of Rep-
resentatives and any other counsel in the Office of the
General Counsel of the House of Representatives, includ-
ing any counsel specially retained by the Office of General
Counsel, shall be entitled, for the purpose of performing
the counsel’s functions, to enter an appearance in any pro-
ceeding before any court of the United States or of any
State or political subdivision thereof without compliance
with any requirements for admission to practice before
such court, except that the authorization conferred by this
subsection shall not apply with respect to the admission
of any such person to practice before the United States
Supreme Court.
(b) NOTIFICATION BY ATTORNEY GENERAL.—The
Attorney General shall notify the General Counsel of the
House of Representatives with respect to any proceeding
in which the United States is a party of any determination
by the Attorney General or Solicitor General not to appeal
any court decision affecting the constitutionality of an Act
or joint resolution of Congress within such time as will
enable the House to direct the General Counsel to inter-
vene as a party in such proceeding pursuant to applicable
rules of the House of Representatives.
(c) GENERAL COUNSEL DEFINITION.—In this sec-
tion, the term ‘‘General Counsel of the House of Rep-
resentatives’’ means—
(1) the head of the Office of General Counsel
established and operating under clause 8 of rule II
of the Rules of the House of Representatives;
(2) the head of any successor office to the Of-
fice of General Counsel which is established after the
date of the enactment of this Act; and
(3) any other person authorized and directed in
accordance with the Rules of the House of Rep-
resentatives to provide legal assistance and represen-
tation to the House in connection with the matters
described in this section.
SEC. 102. section 104(a) of the Legislative Branch
Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105–275; 112 Stat.
to wear civilian attire, and Government contributions for
health, retirement, Social Security, and other applicable
employee benefits, $78,501,000, of which $37,725,000 is
provided to the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Rep-
resentatives, to be disbursed by the Chief Administrative
Officer of the House, and $40,776,000 is provided to the
Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, to be
disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate: Provided, That,
of the amounts appropriated under this heading, such
amounts as may be necessary may be transferred between
the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives and
the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, upon
approval of the Committee on Appropriations of the House
of Representatives and the Committee on Appropriations
of the Senate.
GENERAL EXPENSES
For the Capitol Police Board for necessary expenses
of the Capitol Police, including motor vehicles, commu-
nications and other equipment, security equipment and in-
stallation, uniforms, weapons, supplies, materials, train-
ing, medical services, forensic services, stenographic serv-
ices, personal and professional services, the employee as-
sistance program, not more than $2,000 for the awards
program, postage, telephone service, travel advances, relo-
cation of instructor and liaison personnel for the Federal
Law Enforcement Training Center, and $85 per month
for extra services performed for the Capitol Police Board
by an employee of the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate
or the House of Representatives designated by the Chair-
man of the Board, $6,711,000, to be disbursed by the
Capitol Police Board or their delegee: Provided, That, not-
withstanding any other provision of law, the cost of basic
training for the Capitol Police at the Federal Law En-
forcement Training Center for fiscal year 2000 shall be
paid by the Secretary of the Treasury from funds available
to the Department of the Treasury.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION
SEC. 105. Amounts appropriated for fiscal year 2000
for the Capitol Police Board for the Capitol Police may
be transferred between the headings ‘‘SALARIES’’ and
‘‘GENERAL EXPENSES’’ upon the approval of—
(1) the Committee on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives, in the case of amounts
transferred from the appropriation provided to the
Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives
under the heading ‘‘SALARIES’’;
(2) the Committee on Appropriations of the
Senate, in the case of amounts transferred from the
appropriation provided to the Sergeant at Arms and
Doorkeeper of the Senate under the heading ‘‘SALA-
RIES’’; and
(3) the Committees on Appropriations of the
Senate and the House of Representatives, in the
case of other transfers.
CAPITOL GUIDE SERVICE AND SPECIAL SERVICES
OFFICE
For salaries and expenses of the Capitol Guide Serv-
ice and Special Services Office, $2,293,000, to be dis-
bursed by the Secretary of the Senate: Provided, That no
part of such amount may be used to employ more than
forty-three 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 ten additional in-
dividuals for not more than six months each, for the Cap-
itol Guide Service.
STATEMENTS OF APPROPRIATIONS
For the preparation, under the direction of the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House
of Representatives, of the statements for the first session
of the One Hundred Sixth Congress, showing appropria-
tions made, indefinite appropriations, and contracts au-
thorized, together with a chronological history of the reg-
ular appropriations bills as required by law, $30,000, to
be paid to the persons designated by the chairmen of such
committees to supervise the work.
OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For salaries and expenses of the Office of Compli-
ance, as authorized by section 305 of the Congressional
Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1385), $2,000,000.
CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For salaries and expenses necessary to carry out the
provisions of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (Pub-
lic Law 93–344), including not more than $2,500 to be
expended on the certification of the Director of the Con-
gressional Budget Office in connection with official rep-
resentation and reception expenses, $26,221,000: Pro-
vided, That no part of such amount may be used for the
purchase or hire of a passenger motor vehicle.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
SEC. 106. (a) The Director of the Congressional
Budget Office shall have the authority to make lump-sum
payments to enhance staff recruitment and to reward ex-
ceptional performance by an employee or a group of em-
ployees.
(b) Subsection (a) shall apply with respect to fiscal
years beginning after September 30, 1999.
SEC. 107. Paragraph (5) of section 201(a) of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 601(a)) is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘(5)(A) The Director shall receive compensa-
tion at an annual rate of pay that is equal to the
lower of—
‘‘(i) the highest annual rate of compensa-
tion of any officer of the Senate; or
‘‘(ii) the highest annual rate of compensa-
tion of any officer of the House of Representa-
tives.
‘‘(B) The Deputy Director shall receive com-
pensation at an annual rate of pay that is $1,000
less than the annual rate of pay received by the Di-
rector, as determined under subparagraph (A).’’.
ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL
CAPITOL BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS
CAPITOL BUILDINGS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For salaries for the Architect of the Capitol, the As-
sistant Architect of the Capitol, and other personal serv-
ices, at rates of pay provided by law; for surveys and stud-
ies in connection with activities under the care of the Ar-
chitect of the Capitol; for all necessary expenses for the
maintenance, care and operation of the Capitol and elec-
trical substations of the Senate and House office buildings
under the jurisdiction of the Architect of the Capitol, in-
cluding 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 purchase 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 conventions
in connection with subjects related to work under the Ar-
chitect of the Capitol, $47,569,000, of which $4,520,000
shall remain available until expended.
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,
$5,579,0000, of which $155,000 shall remain available
until expended.
HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care
and operation of the House office buildings, $40,679,000,
of which $7,842,000 shall remain available until expended.
CAPITOL POWER PLANT
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care
and operation of the Capitol Power Plant; lighting, heat-
ing, power (including the purchase of electrical energy)
and water and sewer services for the Capitol, Senate and
House office buildings, Library of Congress buildings, and
the grounds about the same, Botanic Garden, Senate ga-
rage, 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 Su-
preme 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,
$39,180,000: Provided, That not more than $4,000,000
of the funds credited or to be reimbursed to this appro-
priation as herein provided shall be available for obligation
during fiscal year 2000.
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 Anno-
tated Constitution of the United States of America,
$71,255,000: 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 (ex-
cept the Digest of Public General Bills), to be issued by
the Library of Congress unless such publication has ob-
tained prior approval of either the Committee on House
Administration of the House of Representatives or the
Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate.
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING AND BINDING
For authorized printing and binding for the Congress
and the distribution of Congressional information in any
format; printing and binding for the Architect of the Cap-
itol; expenses necessary for preparing the semimonthly
and session index to the Congressional Record, as author-
ized by law (44 U.S.C. 902); printing and binding of Gov-
ernment publications authorized by law to be distributed
to Members of Congress; and printing, binding, and dis-
tribution of Government publications authorized by law to
be 
distributed 
without 
charge 
to 
the 
recipient,
$77,704,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall not
be available for paper copies of the permanent edition of
the Congressional Record for individual Representatives,
Resident Commissioners or Delegates authorized under 44
U.S.C. 906: Provided further, That this appropriation
shall be available for the payment of obligations incurred
under the appropriations for similar purposes for pre-
ceding fiscal years: Provided further, That notwithstanding
the 2–year limitation 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 ex-
pended to print a document, report, or publication after
the 27–month period beginning on the date that such doc-
ument, report, or publication is authorized by Congress
to be printed, unless Congress reauthorizes such printing
in accordance with section 718 of title 44, United States
Code.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Congressional Oper-
ations Appropriations Act, 2000’’.
TITLE II—OTHER AGENCIES
BOTANIC GARDEN
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care
and operation of the Botanic Garden and the nurseries,
buildings, grounds, and collections; and purchase and ex-
change, maintenance, repair, and operation of a passenger
motor vehicle; all under the direction of the Joint Com-
mittee on the Library, $3,538,000.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Library of Congress
not otherwise provided for, including development and
maintenance of the Union Catalogs; custody and custodial
care of the Library buildings; special clothing; cleaning,
laundering and repair of uniforms; preservation of motion
pictures in the custody of the Library; operation and
maintenance of the American Folklife Center in the Li-
brary; preparation and distribution of catalog records and
other publications of the Library; hire or purchase of one
passenger motor vehicle; and expenses of the Library of
Congress Trust Fund Board not properly chargeable to
the income of any trust fund held by the Board,
$256,970,000, of which not more than $6,500,000 shall
be derived from collections credited to this appropriation
during fiscal year 2000, and shall remain available until
expended, under the Act of June 28, 1902 (chapter 1301;
32 Stat. 480; 2 U.S.C. 150) and not more than $350,000
shall be derived from collections during fiscal year 2000
and shall remain available until expended for the develop-
ment and maintenance of an international legal informa-
tion database and activities related thereto: Provided,
That the Library of Congress may not obligate or expend
any funds derived from collections under the Act of June
28, 1902, in excess of the amount authorized for obliga-
tion or expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided fur-
ther, That the total amount available for obligation shall
be reduced by the amount by which collections are less
than the $6,850,000: Provided further, That of the total
amount appropriated, $10,438,000 is to remain available
until expended for acquisition of books, periodicals, news-
papers, and all other materials including subscriptions for
bibliographic services for the Library, including $40,000
to be available solely for the purchase, when specifically
approved by the Librarian, of special and unique materials
for additions to the collections: Provided further, That of
the total amount appropriated, $2,347,000 is to remain
available until expended for the acquisition and partial
support for implementation of an Integrated Library Sys-
tem (ILS): Provided further, That of the total amount ap-
propriated, $5,579,000 is to remain available until ex-
pended for the purpose of teaching educators how to incor-
porate the Library’s digital collections into school cur-
ricula, which amount shall be transferred to the edu-
cational consortium formed to conduct the ‘‘Joining
Hands Across America: Local Community Initiative’’
project as approved by the Library.
COPYRIGHT OFFICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office,
$37,639,000, of which not more than $20,800,000, to re-
main available until expended, shall be derived from collec-
tions credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 2000
under 17 U.S.C. 708(d): Provided, That the Copyright Of-
fice may not obligate or expend any funds derived from
collections under 17 U.S.C. 708(d), in excess of the
amount authorized for obligation or expenditure in appro-
priations Acts: Provided further, That not more than
$5,454,000 shall be derived from collections during fiscal
year 2000 under 17 U.S.C. 111(d)(2), 119(b)(2), 802(h),
and 1005: Provided further, That the total amount avail-
able for obligation shall be reduced by the amount by
which collections are less than $26,254,000: Provided fur-
ther, That not more than $100,000 of the amount appro-
priated is available for the maintenance of an ‘‘Inter-
national Copyright Institute’’ in the Copyright Office of
the Library of Congress for the purpose of training nation-
als of developing countries in intellectual property laws
and policies: Provided further, That not more than $4,250
may be expended, on the certification of the Librarian of
Congress, in connection with official representation and
reception expenses for activities of the International Copy-
right Institute and for Copyright delegations, visitors, and
seminars.
BOOKS FOR THE BLIND AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For salaries and expenses to carry out the Act of
March 3, 1931 (chapter 400; 46 Stat. 1487; 2 U.S.C.
135a), $48,033,000, of which $14,032,600 shall remain
available until expended.
FURNITURE AND FURNISHINGS
For necessary expenses for the purchase, installation,
maintenance, and repair of furniture, furnishings, office
and library equipment, $5,415,000.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
SEC. 201. Appropriations in this Act available to the
Library of Congress shall be available, in an amount of
not more than $198,390, of which $59,300 is for the Con-
gressional Research Service, when specifically authorized
by the Librarian of Congress, for attendance at meetings
concerned with the function or activity for which the ap-
propriation is made.
SEC. 202. (a) No part of the funds appropriated in
this Act shall be used by the Library of Congress to ad-
minister any flexible or compressed work schedule which—