105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4112
AN ACT
Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1999,
and for other purposes.
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4112
AN ACT
Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 1999, 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, 1999, and for other purposes, namely:
TITLE I—CONGRESSIONAL OPERATIONS
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PAYMENTS TO WIDOWS AND HEIRS OF DECEASED
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS
For payment to Marcia S. Schiff, widow of Steven
H. Schiff, late a Representative from the State of New
Mexico, $136,700.
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For salaries and expenses of the House of Represent-
atives, $733,971,000, as follows:
HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES
For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law,
$13,117,000, 
including: 
Office 
of 
the 
Speaker,
$1,686,000, including $25,000 for official expenses of the
Speaker; Office of the Majority Floor Leader, $1,652,000,
including $10,000 for official expenses of the Majority
Leader; Office of the Minority Floor Leader, $1,675,000,
including $10,000 for official expenses of the Minority
Leader; Office of the Majority Whip, including the Chief
Deputy Majority Whip, $1,043,000, including $5,000 for
official expenses of the Majority Whip; Office of the Mi-
nority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Minority Whip,
$1,020,000, including $5,000 for official expenses of the
Minority Whip; Speaker’s Office for Legislative Floor Ac-
tivities, $397,000; Republican Steering Committee,
$738,000; Republican Conference, $1,199,000; Demo-
cratic Steering and Policy Committee, $1,295,000; Demo-
cratic Caucus, $642,000; nine minority employees,
$1,190,000; 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,
$385,279,000.
COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES
STANDING COMMITTEES, SPECIAL AND SELECT
For salaries and expenses of standing committees,
special and select, authorized by House resolutions,
$89,743,000: 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, $19,373,000, 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, $89,991,000, 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, $15,365,000; 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, $3,501,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office
of the Chief Administrative Officer, $57,211,000, includ-
ing $24,282,000 for salaries, expenses and temporary per-
sonal services of House Information Resources, of which
$23,074,000 is provided herein: Provided, That of the
amount provided for House Information Resources,
$7,130,000 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, $3,953,000; for salaries and expenses of
the Office of General Counsel, $840,000; for the Office
of the Chaplain, $133,000; for salaries and expenses of
the Office of the Parliamentarian, including the Parlia-
mentarian and $2,000 for preparing the Digest of Rules,
$1,106,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the
Law Revision Counsel of the House, $1,912,000; for sala-
ries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel
of the House, $4,980,000; for salaries and expenses of the
Corrections Calendar Office, $799,000; and for other au-
thorized employees, $191,000.
ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES
For allowances and expenses as authorized by House
resolution or law, $136,468,000, including: supplies, mate-
rials, administrative costs and Federal tort claims,
$2,575,000; 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,
$132,832,000; 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,
$651,000.
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) Section 2(a) of House Resolution 611,
Ninety-seventh Congress, agreed to November 30, 1982,
as enacted into permanent law by section 127 of Public
Law 97–377 (2 U.S.C. 88b–3), is amended—
(1) by adding ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph
(1);
(2) by striking ‘‘; and’’ at the end of paragraph
(2) and inserting a period; and
(3) by striking paragraph (3).
(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall
apply with respect to the One Hundred Sixth Congress
and each succeeding Congress.
SEC. 102. Subsection (b) of the first section of House
Resolution 1047, Ninety-fifth Congress, agreed to April
4, 1978, as enacted into permanent law by section 111
of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1979 (2
U.S.C. 130–1(b)), is amended by striking ‘‘$55,000’’ and
inserting ‘‘$80,000’’.
SEC. 103. (a) There is hereby established an account
in the House of Representatives for purposes of carrying
out training and program development activities of the Re-
publican Conference and the Democratic Steering and Pol-
icy Committee.
(b) Subject to the allocation described in subsection
(c), funds in the account established under subsection (a)
shall be paid—
(1) for activities of the Republican Conference
in such amounts, at such times, and under such
terms and conditions as the Speaker of the House
of Representatives may direct; and
(2) for activities of the Democratic Steering
and Policy Committee in such amounts, at such
times, and under such terms and conditions as the
Minority Leader of the House of Representatives
may direct.
(c) Of the total amount in the account established
under subsection (a)—
(1) 50 percent shall be allocated to the Speaker
for payments for activities of the Republican Con-
ference; and
(2) 50 percent shall be allocated to the Minority
Leader for payments for activities of the Democratic
Steering and Policy Committee.
(d) There are authorized to be appropriated to the
account under this section for fiscal year 1999 and each
succeeding fiscal year such sums as may be necessary for
training and program development activities of the Repub-
lican Conference and the Democratic Steering and Policy
Committee during the fiscal year.
SEC. 104. (a) Section 311(e)(2) of the Legislative
Branch Appropriations Act, 1991 (2 U.S.C. 59(e)(2)) is
amended—
(1) by adding ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (B);
(2) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘; and’’
and inserting a period; and
(3) by striking subparagraph (D).
(b) Section 311(e) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 59e(e)) is
amended by striking paragraph (4).
SEC. 105. Notwithstanding any other provision of law
or any other rule or regulation, any information on pay-
ments made by the Committee on Standards of Official
Conduct of the House of Representatives to an individual
for attendance as a witness before the Committee in execu-
tive session during a Congress shall be reported not later
than the second semiannual report filed under section 106
of the House of Representatives Administrative Reform
Technical Corrections Act (2 U.S.C. 104b) in the following
Congress.
SEC. 106. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision
of law, the Committee on House Oversight may prescribe
by regulation appropriate conditions for the incidental use,
for other than official business, of equipment and supplies
owned or leased by, or the cost of which is reimbursed
by, the House of Representatives.
(b) The authority of the Committee on House Over-
sight to prescribe regulations pursuant to subsection (a)
shall apply with respect to fiscal year 1999 and each suc-
ceeding fiscal year.
SEC. 107. (a) The Speaker, Majority Leader, and Mi-
nority Leader of the House of Representatives are each
authorized to appoint and fix the compensation of one con-
sultant, on a temporary or intermittent basis, at a daily
rate of compensation not in excess of the per diem equiva-
lent of the highest gross rate of annual compensation
which may be paid to employees of a standing committee
of the House.
(b) This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year
1999 and each succeeding fiscal year.
SEC. 108. Any amount appropriated in this Act for
‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—SALARIES
AND
EXPENSES—MEMBERS’ 
REPRESENTATIONAL
ALLOW-
ANCES’’ shall be available only for fiscal year 1999. Any
amount remaining after all payments are made under such
allowances for such fiscal year shall be deposited in the
Treasury, to be used for deficit reduction.
JOINT ITEMS
For Joint Committees, as follows:
JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic
Committee, $2,796,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary
of the Senate.
JOINT COMMITTEE ON PRINTING
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on
Printing, $202,000, together with an additional amount
of $150,000 if there is enacted into law legislation which
transfers the legislative and oversight responsibilities of
the Joint Committee on Printing to the Committee on
House Oversight of the House of Representatives: Pro-
vided, That such additional amount shall be transferred
to the Committee on House Oversight of the House of
Representatives and made available beginning January 1,
1999.
JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on
Taxation, $6,018,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Ad-
ministrative Officer of the House.
For other joint items, as follows:
OFFICE OF THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN
For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent ex-
penses of the emergency rooms, and for the Attending
Physician and his assistants, including: (1) an allowance
of $1,500 per month to the Attending Physician; (2) an
allowance of $500 per month each to two medical officers
while on duty in the Office of the Attending Physician;
(3) an allowance of $500 per month to one assistant and
$400 per month each to not to exceed nine assistants on
the basis heretofore provided for such assistants; and (4)
$893,000 for reimbursement to the Department of the
Navy for expenses incurred for staff and equipment as-
signed to the Office of the Attending Physician, which
shall be advanced and credited to the applicable appropria-
tion or appropriations from which such salaries, allow-
ances, and other expenses are payable and shall be avail-
able for all the purposes thereof, $1,383,000, to be dis-
bursed by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House.
CAPITOL POLICE BOARD
CAPITOL POLICE
SALARIES
For the Capitol Police Board for salaries of officers,
members, and employees of the Capitol Police, including
overtime, hazardous duty pay differential, clothing allow-
ance of not more than $600 each for members required
to wear civilian attire, and Government contributions for
health, retirement, Social Security, and other applicable
employee benefits, $72,615,000, of which $35,022,000 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 $37,593,000 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, $3,766,000, to be disbursed by the
Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representa-
tives: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provision
of law, the cost of basic training for the Capitol Police
at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center for fis-
cal year 1999 shall be paid by the Secretary of the Treas-
ury from funds available to the Department of the Treas-
ury.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION
SEC. 110. Amounts appropriated for fiscal year 1999
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, $2,110,000, 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 individuals: Provided further, That the Capitol Guide
Board is authorized, during emergencies, to employ not
more than two additional individuals for not more than
one hundred twenty days each, and not more than ten ad-
ditional individuals for not more than six months each,
for the Capitol 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 second ses-
sion of the One Hundred Fifth Congress, showing appro-
priations 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 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), $2,086,000.
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, $25,671,000: Pro-
vided, That no part of such amount may be used for the
purchase or hire of a passenger motor vehicle.
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, $40,347,000, of which $6,425,000
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, $5,803,000,
of which $325,000 shall remain available until expended.
HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care
and operation of the House office buildings, $42,139,000,
of which $11,449,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended: Provided, That of the total amount provided
under this heading, not less than $100,000 shall be used
exclusively for waste recycling programs.
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,
$37,145,000, of which $100,000 shall remain available
until expended: 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 1999.
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,
$66,688,000: 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
Oversight of the House of Representatives or the Commit-
tee on Rules and Administration of the Senate: Provided
further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the compensation of the Director of the Congressional Re-
search Service, Library of Congress, shall be at an annual
rate which is equal to the annual rate of basic pay for
positions at level IV of the Executive Schedule under sec-
tion 5315 of title 5, United States Code.
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,
$74,465,000: 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 preced-
ing fiscal years.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION
SEC. 111. (a) The Legislative Branch Appropriations
Act, 1998 (Public Law 105–55; 111 Stat. 1191) is amend-
ed in the item relating to ‘‘CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING AND
BINDING’’ under the heading ‘‘GOVERNMENT PRINT-
ING OFFICE’’ by striking ‘‘$81,669,000’’ and all that
follows through ‘‘Provided,’’ and inserting the following:
‘‘$70,652,000: Provided, That an additional amount of not
more than $11,017,000 may be derived by transfer from
the Government Printing Office revolving fund under sec-
tion 309 of title 44, United States Code: Provided fur-
ther,’’.
(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take
effect as if included in the enactment of the Legislative
Branch Appropriations Act, 1998.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Congressional Oper-
ations Appropriations Act, 1999’’.
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 Commit-
tee on the Library, $3,032,000.
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,
$234,822,000, of which not more than $6,500,000 shall
be derived from collections credited to this appropriation
during fiscal year 1999, 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 1999
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, $9,869,000 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, $3,544,000 is to remain
available until expended for the acquisition and partial
support for implementation of an Integrated Library Sys-
tem (ILS).
COPYRIGHT OFFICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office,
$33,897,000, of which not more than $16,000,000, to re-
main available until expended, shall be derived from collec-
tions credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 1999
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
$5,170,000 shall be derived from collections during fiscal
year 1999 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 $21,170,000: 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 $2,250
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.
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), $46,824,000, of which $13,744,000 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, $4,178,000.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
SEC. 201. Appropriations in this Act available to the
Library of Congress shall be available, in an amount of
not more than $194,290, of which $58,100 is for the Con-
gressional Research Service, when specifically authorized
by the Librarian, for attendance at meetings concerned
with the function or activity for which the appropriation
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—
(1) applies to any manager or supervisor in a
position the grade or level of which is equal to or
higher than GS–15; and
(2) grants such manager or supervisor the right
to not be at work for all or a portion of a workday
because of time worked by the manager or super-
visor on another workday.
(b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘manager
or supervisor’’ means any management official or super-
visor, as such terms are defined in section 7103(a) (10)
and (11) of title 5, United States Code.
SEC. 203. Appropriated funds received by the Library
of Congress from other Federal agencies to cover general
and administrative overhead costs generated by perform-
ing reimbursable work for other agencies under the au-
thority of 31 U.S.C. 1535 and 1536 shall not be used to
employ more than 65 employees and may be expended or
obligated—
(1) in the case of a reimbursement, only to such
extent or in such amounts as are provided in appro-
priations Acts; or
(2) in the case of an advance payment, only—
(A) to pay for such general or administra-
tive overhead costs as are attributable to the
work performed for such agency; or
(B) to such extent or in such amounts as
are provided in appropriations Acts, with re-
spect to any purpose not allowable under sub-
paragraph (A).
SEC. 204. Of the amounts appropriated to the Li-
brary of Congress in this Act, not more than $5,000 may
be expended, on the certification of the Librarian of Con-
gress, in connection with official representation and recep-
tion expenses for the incentive awards program.
SEC. 205. Of the amount appropriated to the Library
of Congress in this Act, not more than $12,000 may be
expended, on the certification of the Librarian of Con-
gress, in connection with official representation and recep-
tion expenses for the Overseas Field Offices.
SEC. 206. (a) For fiscal year 1999, the obligational
authority of the Library of Congress for the activities de-
scribed in subsection (b) may not exceed $99,765,100.
(b) The activities referred to in subsection (a) are re-
imbursable and revolving fund activities that are funded
from sources other than appropriations to the Library in
appropriations Acts for the legislative branch.
SEC. 207. Effective October 1, 1998, the Library of
Congress is authorized to receive funds from participants
in and sponsors of an international legal information data-
base led by the Law Library of Congress, and to credit
any such funds to the Library of Congress appropriations,
up to the extent authorized in appropriations Acts, for the
development and maintenance of the database.
ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL
CONGRESSIONAL CEMETERY
For a grant for the perpetual care and maintenance
of the historic Congressional Cemetery, $1,000,000, to re-
main available until expended.
LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS
STRUCTURAL AND MECHANICAL CARE
For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and
structural maintenance, care and operation of the Library
buildings and grounds, $11,933,000, of which $910,000
shall remain available until expended.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
SEC. 208. (a) GRANT FOR CARE AND MAINTENANCE
OF CONGRESSIONAL CEMETERY.—In order to assist in the
perpetual care and maintenance of the historic Congres-
sional Cemetery, the Architect of the Capitol shall make
a grant to the National Trust for Historic Preservation
(hereafter in this section referred to as the ‘‘National
Trust’’) in accordance with an agreement entered into by
the Architect of the Capitol with the National Trust and
the Association for the Preservation of Historic Congres-
sional Cemetery (hereafter in this section referred to as
the ‘‘Association’’) which contains the terms and condi-
tions described in subsection (b) and such other provisions
as the Architect may deem necessary or desirable for the
implementation of this section or for the protection of the
interests of the Federal Government.
(b) TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF AGREEMENT.—The
terms and conditions described in this subsection are as
follows:
(1) Upon receipt of the amounts provided under
the grant made under subsection (a), the National
Trust shall deposit the amounts in a permanently
restricted account in its endowment and shall ad-
minister, invest, and manage such grant funds in
the same manner as other National Trust endow-
ment funds.
(2) The National Trust shall make distributions
to the Association from the amounts deposited in the
endowment pursuant to paragraph (1), in accord-
ance with its regularly established spending rate, for
the care and maintenance of the Cemetery (other
than the cost of personnel), except that the National
Trust may only make such distributions incremen-
tally and proportionately upon receipt by the Na-
tional Trust of contributions from the Association
which incrementally match the amounts provided
under the grant made under subsection (a) and
which are to be added to the permanently restricted
account described in paragraph (1).
(3) The Association shall use such distributions
from the endowment and the match for the care and
maintenance of Congressional Cemetery, except that
the Association may not use such distributions for
nonroutine restoration or capital projects.
(4) The Association, or any successor thereto,
shall maintain adequate records and accounts of all
financial transactions and operations carried out
with such distributions, and such records shall be
available at all times for audit and investigation by
the Architect of the Capitol and the Comptroller
General.
(c) NO TITLE IN UNITED STATES.—Nothing in this
section shall be construed to vest title to the Congressional
Cemetery in the United States.
SEC. 209. (a) For fiscal year 1999, the amount avail-
able for expenditure by the Architect of the Capitol from
the fund established under section 4 of the Act entitled
‘‘An Act to authorize acquisition of certain real property
for the Library of Congress, and for other purposes’’, ap-
proved December 15, 1997 (Public Law 105–144; 111
Stat. 2688), may not exceed $2,500,000.
(b) The portion of the appropriated funds made avail-
able to the Architect of the Capitol for fiscal year 1999
which the Architect may expend for improvements to the
National Audio Visual Conservation Center in Culpeper,
Virginia (not including any funds made available from the
fund described in subsection (a)) may not exceed an
amount equal to one third of the amount of funds appro-
priated from the fund described in subsection (a) for the
fiscal year, except that the Architect may expend a greater
amount for such purposes with the approval of the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives
and the Senate.
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses of the Office of Superintendent of Doc-
uments necessary to provide for the cataloging and index-
ing of Government publications and their distribution to
the public, Members of Congress, other Government agen-
cies, and designated depository and international exchange
libraries as authorized by law, $29,264,000: Provided,
That travel expenses, including travel expenses of the De-
pository Library Council to the Public Printer, shall not
exceed $150,000: Provided further, 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 1997
and 1998 to depository and other designated libraries.
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE REVOLVING FUND
The Government Printing Office is hereby authorized
to make such expenditures, within the limits of funds
available and in accord with the 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 pro-
grams and purposes set forth in the budget for the current
fiscal year for the Government Printing Office revolving
fund: Provided, That not more than $2,500 may be ex-
pended on the certification of the Public Printer in connec-
tion with official representation and reception expenses:
Provided further, That the revolving fund shall be available
for the hire or purchase of not more than twelve passenger
motor vehicles: Provided further, That expenditures in con-
nection 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 tem-
porary 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 sec-
tion 5316 of such title: Provided further, That the revolv-
ing fund and the funds provided under the headings ‘‘OF-
FICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS’’ and ‘‘SALA-
RIES AND EXPENSES’’ together may not be available for
the full-time equivalent employment of more than 3,416
workyears: Provided further, That activities financed
through the revolving fund may provide information in any
format: Provided further, That the revolving fund shall not
be used to administer any flexible or compressed work
schedule which applies to any manager or supervisor in
a position the grade or level of which is equal to or higher
than GS–15: Provided further, That expenses for attend-
ance at meetings shall not exceed $75,000.
GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the General Accounting
Office, including not more than $7,000 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
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 pas-
senger motor vehicle; advance payments in foreign coun-
tries in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 3324; benefits com-
parable 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 regulations
prescribed by the Comptroller General of the United
States, rental of living quarters in foreign countries,
$354,238,000: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C.
9105 hereafter amounts reimbursed to the Comptroller
General pursuant to that section shall be deposited to the
appropriation of the General Accounting Office then avail-
able and remain available until expended, and not more
than $2,000,000 of such funds shall be available for use
in fiscal year 1999: Provided further, That this appropria-
tion and appropriations for administrative expenses of any
other department or agency which is a member of the
Joint Financial Management Improvement Program
(JFMIP) shall be available to finance an appropriate
share of JFMIP costs as determined by the JFMIP, in-
cluding the salary of the Executive Director and secretar-
ial support: 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 Intergov-
ernmental Audit Forum shall be available to finance an
appropriate share of either Forum’s costs as determined
by the respective Forum, including necessary travel ex-
penses of non-Federal participants. Payments hereunder
to either Forum or to the JFMIP may be credited as reim-
bursements to any appropriation from which costs in-
volved are initially financed: Provided further, That this
appropriation and appropriations for administrative ex-
penses of any other department or agency which is a mem-
ber of the American Consortium on International Public
Administration (ACIPA) shall be available to finance an
appropriate share of ACIPA costs as determined by the
ACIPA, including any expenses attributable to member-
ship of ACIPA in the International Institute of Adminis-
trative Sciences.
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
Committee on House Oversight 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
1999 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
designation of any office or position appropriated for is
different 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 expenses of Members, officers, and committees of
the Senate and House of Representatives, and clerk hire
for Senators and Members of the House of Representa-
tives shall be the permanent law with respect thereto.
SEC. 304. The expenditure of any appropriation
under this Act for any consulting service through procure-
ment contract, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited
to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter
of public record and available for public inspection, except
where otherwise provided under existing law, or under ex-
isting Executive order issued pursuant to existing law.
SEC. 305. (a) It is the sense of the Congress that,
to the greatest extent practicable, all equipment and prod-
ucts 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
Federal agency that any person intentionally affixed a
label bearing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, or any in-
scription 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 contract or subcontract made with funds provided
pursuant to this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspen-
sion, and ineligibility procedures described in section
9.400 through 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regula-
tions.
SEC. 306. Such sums as may be necessary are appro-
priated to the account described in subsection (a) of sec-
tion 415 of Public Law 104–1 to pay awards and settle-
ments as authorized under such subsection.
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 $1,500.
SEC. 308. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, hereafter the Architect of the Capitol is authorized
to enter into energy savings performance contracts for en-
ergy savings projects in the Capitol Complex under the
following conditions:
(1) the Architect of the Capitol shall obtain the
approval of the Appropriations Committees of the
House and Senate prior to entering into such con-
tracts;
(2) contracts shall conform to the requirements
of 42 U.S.C. 8287(a);
(3) the Architect of the Capitol shall compete
such contracts to the extent practicable among en-
ergy service contractors meeting the standards for
qualification developed by the Secretary of Energy
under 42 U.S.C. 8287(b);
(4) services offered by the Department of En-
ergy in connection with energy savings performance
contracts shall be made available to the Architect of
the Capitol upon request to carry out the authority
granted under this section; and
(5) if payment would be required for furnishing
similar services to an executive agency, payment
therefor shall be made by the Architect by reim-
bursement; such payment may be credited to the ap-
plicable appropriations of the Secretary of Energy.
SEC. 309. (a) SEVERANCE PAY FOR ALL EMPLOYEES
OF THE ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL.—Section 5595(a)
of title 5, United States Code, as amended by section 310
of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1998, is
amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)(F), by striking ‘‘, but only
with respect to the United States Senate Res-
taurants’’; and
(2) in paragraph (2), in clause (viii) in the mat-
ter following subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘of the
United States Senate Restaurants’’.
(b) EARLY RETIREMENT FOR ALL EMPLOYEES OF
THE ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL.—Section 310(b)(1) of
the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1998 (40
U.S.C. 174j–1(b)(1)) is amended—
(1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A),
by striking ‘‘of the United States Senate Res-
taurants’’; and
(2) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘1999;’’
and inserting ‘‘1999 (or, in the case of an individual
who is not an employee of the United States Senate
Restaurants, on or after the date of the enactment
of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1999
and before October 1, 2001);’’.
(c) VOLUNTARY SEPARATION INCENTIVE PAYMENTS
FOR ALL EMPLOYEES OF THE ARCHITECT OF THE CAP-
ITOL.—Section 310(c) of the Legislative Branch Appro-
priations Act, 1998 (40 U.S.C. 174j–1(c)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘of the United
States Senate Restaurants’’; and
(2) in paragraph (2)—
(A) by striking ‘‘not more than 50’’;
(B) by striking ‘‘1999’’ and inserting
‘‘1999 (or, in the case of an individual who is
not an employee of the United States Senate
Restaurants, on or after the date of the enact-
ment of the Legislative Branch Appropriations
Act, 1999 and before October 1, 2001)’’; and
(C) by adding at the end the following new
sentence: ‘‘The number of employees of the
United States Senate Restaurants to whom vol-
untary separation incentive payments may be
offered under the program established under
the previous sentence may not exceed 50.’’.
(d) RETRAINING, JOB PLACEMENT, AND COUNSEL-
ING SERVICES FOR ALL EMPLOYEES OF THE ARCHITECT
OF
THE CAPITOL.—Section 310(e) of the Legislative
Branch Appropriations Act, 1998 (40 U.S.C. 174j–1(e))
is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ‘‘of the
United States Senate Restaurants’’; and
(2) in paragraph (3)(A), by striking ‘‘the
United States Senate Restaurants of ’’.
SEC. 310. (a) SEVERANCE PAY.—Section 5595 of
title 5, United States Code, as amended by section 310
of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1998, is
amended—
(1) in subsection (a)(2)—
(A) in clause (viii), by striking ‘‘or’’ after
the semicolon; and
(B) by redesignating clause (ix) as clause
(x) and inserting after clause (viii) the following
new clause:
‘‘(ix) an employee of the Government
Printing Office, who is employed on a tem-
porary when actually employed basis; or’’;
and
(2) in subsection (b) by adding at the end the
following: ‘‘The Public Printer may prescribe regula-
tions to effect the application and operation of this
section to the agency specified in subsection
(a)(1)(G) of this section.’’.
(b) EARLY RETIREMENT.—(1) This subsection ap-
plies to an employee of the Government Printing Office
who—
(A) voluntarily separates from service on or
after the date of enactment of this Act and before
October 1, 2001; and
(B) on such date of separation—
(i) has completed 25 years of service as de-
fined under section 8331(12) or 8401(26) of
title 5, United States Code; or
(ii) has completed 20 years of such service
and is at least 50 years of age.
(2) Notwithstanding any provision of chapter 83 or
84 of title 5, United States Code, an employee described
under paragraph (1) is entitled to an annuity which shall
be computed consistent with the provisions of law applica-
ble to annuities under section 8336(d) or 8414(b) of title
5, United States Code.
(c) VOLUNTARY
SEPARATION
INCENTIVE
PAY-
MENTS.—(1) In this subsection, the term ‘‘employee’’
means an employee of the Government Printing Office,
serving without limitation, who has been currently em-
ployed for a continuous period of at least 12 months, ex-
cept that such term shall not include—
(A) a reemployed annuitant under subchapter
III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title 5, United
States Code, or another retirement system for em-
ployees of the Government;
(B) an employee having a disability on the basis
of which such employee is or would be eligible for
disability retirement under any of the retirement
systems referred to in subparagraph (A); or
(C) an employee who is employed on a tem-
porary when actually employed basis.
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in
order to avoid or minimize the need for involuntary sepa-
rations due to a reduction in force, reorganization, trans-
fer of function, or other similar action affecting the agen-
cy, the Public Printer shall establish a program under
which voluntary separation incentive payments may be of-
fered to encourage eligible employees to separate from
service voluntarily (whether by retirement or resignation)
during the period beginning on the date of the enactment
of this Act through September 30, 2001.
(3) Such voluntary separation incentive payments
shall be paid in accordance with the provisions of section
5597(d) of title 5, United States Code. Any such payment
shall not be a basis of payment, and shall not be included
in the computation, of any other type of Government bene-
fit.
(4)(A) Subject to subparagraph (B), an employee
who has received a voluntary separation incentive payment
under this section and accepts employment with the Gov-
ernment of the United States within 5 years after the date
of the separation on which the payment is based shall be
required to repay the entire amount of the incentive pay-
ment to the agency that paid the incentive payment.
(B)(i) If the employment is with an executive agency
(as defined by section 105 of title 5, United States Code),
the Director of the Office of Personnel Management may,
at the request of the head of the agency, waive the repay-
ment if the individual involved possesses unique abilities
and is the only qualified applicant available for the posi-
tion.
(ii) If the employment is with an entity in the legisla-
tive branch, the head of the entity or the appointing offi-
cial may waive the repayment if the individual involved
possesses unique abilities and is the only qualified appli-
cant available for the position.
(iii) If the employment is with the judicial branch,
the Director of the Administrative Office of the United
States Courts may waive the repayment if the individual
involved possesses unique abilities and is the only qualified
applicant available for the position.
(C) For purposes of subparagraph (A) (but not sub-
paragraph (B)), the term ‘‘employment’’ includes employ-
ment under a personal services contract with the United
States.
(5) The Public Printer may prescribe regulations to
carry out this subsection.
(d) RETRAINING, JOB PLACEMENT, AND COUNSEL-
ING SERVICES.—(1) In this subsection, the term ‘‘em-
ployee’’—
(A) means an employee of the Government
Printing Office; and
(B) shall not include—
(i) a reemployed annuitant under sub-
chapter III of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title
5, United States Code, or another retirement
system for employees of the Government; or
(ii) an employee who is employed on a tem-
porary when actually employed basis.
(2) The Public Printer may establish a program to
provide retraining, job placement, and counseling services
to employees and former employees.
(3) A former employee may not participate in a pro-
gram established under this subsection, if—
(A) the former employee was separated from
service with the Government Printing Office for
more than 1 year; or
(B) the separation was by removal for cause on
charges of misconduct or delinquency.
(4) Retraining costs for the program established
under this subsection may not exceed $5,000 for each em-
ployee or former employee.
(e) ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.—(1) The Public
Printer—
(A) may use employees of the Government
Printing Office to establish and administer programs
and carry out the provisions of this section; and
(B) may procure temporary and intermittent
services under section 3109(b) of title 5, United
States Code, to carry out such provisions—
(i) not subject to the 1 year of service limi-
tation under such section 3109(b); and
(ii) at rates for individuals which do not
exceed the daily equivalent of the annual rate of
basic pay prescribed for level V of the Executive
Schedule under section 5316 of such title.
(2) Funds to carry out subsections (a) and (c) may
be expended only from funds available for the basic pay
of the employee who is receiving the applicable payment.
(3) Funds to carry out subsection (d) may be ex-
pended from any funds made available to the Public Print-
er.
SEC. 311. The Architect of the Capitol—
(1) shall develop and implement a cost-effective
energy conservation strategy for all facilities cur-
rently administered by Congress to achieve a net re-
duction of 20 percent in energy consumption on the
congressional campus compared to fiscal year 1991
consumption levels on a Btu-per-gross-square-foot
basis not later than 7 years after the adoption of
this resolution;
(2) shall submit to Congress no later than 10
months after the adoption of this resolution a com-
prehensive energy conservation and management
plan which includes life cycle costs methods to deter-
mine the cost-effectiveness of proposed energy effi-
ciency projects;
(3) shall submit to the Committee on Appro-
priations in the Senate and the House of Represent-
atives a request for the amount of appropriations
necessary to carry out this resolution;
(4) shall present to Congress annually a report
on congressional energy management and conserva-
tion programs which details energy expenditures for
each facility, energy management and conservation
projects, and future priorities to ensure compliance
with the requirements of this resolution;
(5) shall perform energy surveys of all congres-
sional buildings and update such surveys as needed;
(6) shall use such surveys to determine the cost
and payback period of energy and water conserva-
tion measures likely to achieve the required energy
consumption levels;
(7) shall install energy and water conservation
measures that will achieve the requirements through
previously determined life cycle cost methods and
procedures;
(8) may contract with nongovernmental entities
and employ private sector capital to finance energy
conservation projects and achieve energy consump-
tion targets;
(9) may develop innovative contracting methods
that will attract private sector funding for the instal-
lation of energy-efficient and renewable energy tech-
nology to meet the requirements of this resolution;
(10) may participate in the Department of En-
ergy’s Financing Renewable Energy and Efficiency
(FREE Savings) contracts program for Federal
Government facilities; and
(11) shall produce information packages and
‘‘how-to’’ guides for each Member and employing au-
thority of the Congress that detail simple, cost-effec-
tive methods to save energy and taxpayer dollars.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative Branch Ap-
propriations Act, 1999’’.
Passed the House of Representatives June 25, 1998.
Attest:
Clerk.