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record and available for public inspection, except where 
otherwise provided under existing law, or under existing 
Executive order issued under existing law. 
SEC. 205. AWARDS AND SETTLEMENTS.—Such sums 
as may be necessary are appropriated to the account de-
scribed in subsection (a) of section 415 of the Congres-
sional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1415(a)) to 
pay awards and settlements as authorized under such sub-
section. 
SEC. 206. COSTS OF LBFMC.—Amounts available 
for administrative expenses 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 appro-
priate share of LBFMC costs as determined by the 
LBFMC, except that the total LBFMC costs to be shared 
among all participating legislative branch entities (in such 
allocations among the entities as the entities may deter-
mine) may not exceed $2,000. 
SEC. 207. LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE.—The Archi-
tect of the Capitol, in consultation with the District of Co-
lumbia, is authorized to maintain and improve the land-
scape features, excluding streets, in the irregular shaped 
grassy areas bounded by Washington Avenue, SW, on the 
northeast, Second Street, SW, on the west, Square 582 
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on the south, and the beginning of the I–395 tunnel on 
the southeast. 
SEC. 208. LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS.—None of the 
funds made available in this Act may be transferred to 
any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United 
States Government, except pursuant to a transfer made 
by, or transfer authority provided in, this Act or any other 
appropriation Act. 
SEC. 209. GUIDED TOURS OF THE CAPITOL.—(a) 
Except as provided in subsection (b), none of the funds 
made available to the Architect of the Capitol in this Act 
may be used to eliminate or restrict guided tours of the 
United States Capitol which are led by employees and in-
terns of offices of Members of Congress and other offices 
of the House of Representatives and Senate. 
(b) At the direction of the Capitol Police Board, or 
at the direction of the Architect of the Capitol with the 
approval of the Capitol Police Board, guided tours of the 
United States Capitol which are led by employees and in-
terns described in subsection (a) may be suspended tempo-
rarily or otherwise subject to restriction for security or re-
lated reasons to the same extent as guided tours of the 
United States Capitol which are led by the Architect of 
the Capitol. 
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative Branch Ap-
propriations Act, 2010’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives June 19, 2009. 
Attest: 
LORRAINE C. MILLER, 
Clerk. 
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Calendar No. 84 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2918 
AN ACT 
Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, 
and for other purposes. 
JUNE 22, 2009 
Received; read twice and placed on the calendar 
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