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the Government Printing Office revolving fund: Provided,
That not more than $2,500 may be expended on the certifi-
cation of the Public Printer in connection with official rep-
resentation and reception expenses: Provided further, That
the revolving fund shall be available for the hire or purchase
of not more than 12 passenger motor vehicles: Provided fur-
ther, That expenditures in connection with travel expenses
of the advisory councils to the Public Printer shall be
deemed necessary to carry out the provisions of title 44,
United States Code: Provided further, That the revolving
fund shall be available for temporary or intermittent serv-
ices under section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code,
but at rates for individuals not more than the daily equiva-
lent of the annual rate of basic pay for level V of the Execu-
tive Schedule under section 5316 of such title: Provided fur-
ther, That the revolving fund and the funds provided under
the headings ‘‘OFFICE
OF SUPERINTENDENT
OF DOCU-
MENTS’’ and ‘‘SALARIES AND EXPENSES’’ together may not
be available for the full-time equivalent employment of more
than 3,260 workyears (or such other number of workyears
as the Public Printer may request, subject to the approval
of the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the
House of Representatives): Provided further, That activities
financed through the revolving fund may provide informa-
tion in any format: Provided further, That the revolving
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fund shall not be used to administer any flexible or com-
pressed work schedule which applies to any manager or su-
pervisor in a position the grade or level of which is equal
to or higher than GS–15: Provided further, That expenses
for attendance at meetings shall not exceed $75,000.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION
SEC. 209. EXTENSION OF EARLY RETIREMENT AND
VOLUNTARY SEPARATION INCENTIVE PAYMENT AUTHORI-
TIES. (a) EARLY RETIREMENT.—Section 309(b)(A) of the
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1999 (44 U.S.C.
305 note), is amended by striking ‘‘October 1, 2001’’ and
inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘October 1, 2004’’.
(b) VOLUNTARY SEPARATION INCENTIVE PAYMENTS.—
Section 309(c)(2) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations
Act, 1999 (44 U.S.C. 305 note), is amended by striking
‘‘September 30, 2001’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Octo-
ber 1, 2004’’.
GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the General Accounting Of-
fice, including not more than $12,000 to be expended on
the certification of the Comptroller General of the United
States in connection with official representation and recep-
tion expenses; temporary or intermittent services under sec-
tion 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, but at rates for
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individuals not more than the daily equivalent of the an-
nual 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 accord-
ance with section 3324 of title 31, United States Code; bene-
fits comparable to those payable under sections 901(5),
901(6), and 901(8) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22
U.S.C. 4081(5), 4081(6), and 4081(8)); and under regula-
tions prescribed by the Comptroller General of the United
States, rental of living quarters in foreign countries,
$417,843,000: Provided, That not more than $1,751,000 of
payments received under 31 U.S.C. 782 shall be available
for use in fiscal year 2002: Provided further, That not more
than $750,000 of reimbursements received under 31 U.S.C.
9105 shall be available for use in fiscal year 2002: Provided
further, That this appropriation and appropriations for
administrative 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 Fo-
rum’s costs as determined by the respective Forum, includ-
ing 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 financed: Provided
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further, That this appropriation and appropriations for
administrative expenses of any other department or agency
which is a member of the American Consortium on Inter-
national Public Administration (ACIPA) shall be available
to finance an appropriate share of ACIPA costs as deter-
mined by the ACIPA, including any expenses attributable
to membership of ACIPA in the International Institute of
Administrative Sciences: Provided further, That $1,000,000
from funds made available under this heading shall be
available for a pilot program in technology assessment: Pro-
vided further, That not later than June 15, 2002, a report
on the pilot program referred to under the preceding proviso
shall be submitted to Congress.
PAYMENT TO THE RUSSIAN LEADERSHIP
DEVELOPMENT CENTER TRUST FUND
For a payment to the Russian Leadership Develop-
ment Center Trust Fund for financing activities of the Cen-
ter for Russian Leadership Development, $10,000,000.
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 fa-
cilities for the House of Representatives issued by the Com-
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mittee on House Administration and for the Senate issued
by the Committee on Rules and Administration.
SEC. 302. No part of the funds appropriated in this
Act shall remain available for obligation beyond fiscal year
2002 unless expressly so provided in this Act.
SEC. 303. Whenever in this Act any office or position
not specifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of
1929 is appropriated for or the rate of compensation or des-
ignation of any office or position appropriated for is dif-
ferent from that specifically established by such Act, the rate
of compensation and the designation in this Act shall be
the permanent law with respect thereto: Provided, That the
provisions in this Act for the various items of official ex-
penses 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, pursuant to section 3109 of title 5, United States
Code, shall be limited to those contracts where such expendi-
tures are a matter of public record and available for public
inspection, except where otherwise provided under existing
law, or under existing Executive order issued pursuant to
existing law.
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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 avail-
able 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.
(c) If it has been finally determined by a court or Fed-
eral agency that any person intentionally affixed a label
bearing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, or any inscrip-
tion with the same meaning, to any product sold in or
shipped to the United States that is not made in the United
States, such person shall be ineligible to receive any con-
tract or subcontract made with funds provided pursuant
to this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and in-
eligibility procedures described in section 9.400 through
9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations.
SEC. 306. Such sums as may be necessary are appro-
priated 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.
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SEC. 307. 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 $252,000.
SEC. 308. Section 316 of Public Law 101–302 is
amended in the first sentence of subsection (a) by striking
‘‘2001’’ and inserting ‘‘2002’’.
SEC. 309. Section 5596(a) of title 5, U.S.C., is amend-
ed by deleting ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph (4); by delet-
ing the period at the end of paragraph (5) and inserting
a semicolon, and by adding the following new paragraphs,
which shall be effective for all personnel actions taken on
or after the date of enactment of this Act:
‘‘(6) the Architect of the Capitol, including em-
ployees of the United States Senate Restaurants; and
‘‘(7) the United States Botanic Garden.’’.
SEC. 310. The Architect of the Capitol shall develop
and maintain an accounting and financial management
system, including financial reporting and internal controls,
which—
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(1) complies with applicable federal accounting
principles, standards, and requirements, and internal
control standards;
(2) complies with any other requirements appli-
cable to such systems; and
(3) provides for—
(A) complete, reliable, consistent, and time-
ly information which is prepared on a uniform
basis and which is responsive to financial infor-
mation needs of the Architect of the Capitol;
(B) the development and reporting of cost
information;
(C) the integration of accounting and budg-
eting information; and
(D) the systematic measurement of perform-
ance.
SEC. 311. (a) AUTHORITY OF ARCHITECT TO SET PAY
FOR CERTAIN POSITIONS.—Section 108 of the Legislative
Branch Appropriations Act, 1991 (40 U.S.C. 166b–3b) is
amended as follows:
(1) Subsections (a) and (b) are deleted in their
entirety and a new subsection (a) is added to read as
follows:
‘‘(a) The Architect of the Capitol may fix the rate of
basic pay for not more than 12 positions, at a rate not
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less than the minimum rate nor more than the maximum
rate for the Senior Executive Service under chapter 53 of
title 5, for the locality involved.’’.
(2) Subsection (c) is redesignated as subsection
(b).
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this
section shall apply with respect to any pay periods begin-
ning on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. Ω4æ311 312. Of the amounts made available in
this Act for the Chief Administrative Officer of the House
of Representatives and the amounts made available in this
Act for the Architect of the Capitol for the item relating
to ‘‘HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS’’, an aggregate amount of
$75,000 shall be made available for the installation of
compact fluorescent light bulbs in table, floor, and desk
lamps in House office buildings for offices of the House
which request them (including any retrofitting of the
lamps which may be necessary to install such bulbs), con-
sistent with the energy conservation plan of the Architect
under section 310 of the Legislative Branch Appropria-
tions Act, 1999.
Ω5æSEC. 312. No funds appropriated or otherwise
made available under this Act shall be made available to
any person or entity that has been convicted of violating
the Buy American Act (41 U.S.C. 10a–10c).
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative Branch Ap-
propriations Act, 2002’’.
Passed the House of Representatives July 31, 2001.
Attest:
JEFF TRANDAHL,
Clerk.
Passed the Senate July 31, 2001.
Attest:
JERI THOMSON,
Secretary.