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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2348
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 23, 1993
Ordered to be printed with the amendments of the Senate numbered
AN ACT
Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 1994, 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, 1994, and for other purposes, namely:
TITLE I—CONGRESSIONAL OPERATIONS
Ω1æSENATE
MILEAGE AND EXPENSES ALLOWANCES
MILEAGE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT AND SENATORS
For mileage of the Vice President and Senators of the
United States, $60,000.
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EXPENSE ALLOWANCES
For expense allowances of the Vice President, $10,000;
the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, $10,000; Majority
Leader of the Senate, $10,000; Minority Leader of the Sen-
ate, $10,000; Majority Whip of the Senate, $5,000; Minority
Whip of the Senate, $5,000; and Chairmen of the Majority
and Minority Conference Committees, $3,000 for each
Chairman; in all, $56,000.
REPRESENTATION ALLOWANCES FOR THE MAJORITY AND
MINORITY LEADERS
For representation allowances of the Majority and Mi-
nority Leaders of the Senate, $15,000 for each such Leader;
in all, $30,000.
SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
For compensation of officers, employees, and others as
authorized by law, including agency contributions,
$69,895,000, which shall be paid from this appropriation
without regard to the below limitations, as follows:
OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT
For the Office of the Vice President, $1,431,000.
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE
For the Office of the President Pro Tempore, $432,000.
OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERS
For Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders,
$2,076,000.
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OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY WHIPS
For Offices of the Majority and Minority Whips,
$644,000.
CONFERENCE COMMITTEES
For the Conference of the Majority and the Conference
of the Minority, at rates of compensation to be fixed by the
Chairman of each such committee, $942,000 for each such
committee; in all, $1,884,000.
OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES OF THE CONFERENCE OF
THE MAJORITY AND THE CONFERENCE OF THE MINORITY
For Offices of the Secretaries of the Conference of the
Majority and the Conference of the Minority, $362,000.
OFFICE OF THE CHAPLAIN
For Office of the Chaplain, $172,000.
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
For Office of the Secretary, $11,715,000.
OFFICE OF THE SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER
For Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper,
$32,739,000.
OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND
MINORITY
For Offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the
Secretary for the Minority, $1,133,000.
AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS AND RELATED EXPENSES
For agency contributions for employee benefits, as au-
thorized by law, and related expenses, $17,307,000.
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OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL OF THE SENATE
For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legisla-
tive Counsel of the Senate, $3,080,000.
OFFICE OF SENATE LEGAL COUNSEL
For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate Legal
Counsel, $833,000.
EXPENSE ALLOWANCES OF THE SECRETARY OF THE SEN-
ATE, SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE
SENATE, AND SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND
MINORITY OF THE SENATE
For expense allowances of the Secretary of the Senate,
$3,000; Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate,
$3,000; Secretary for the Majority of the Senate, $3,000;
Secretary for the Minority of the Senate, $3,000; in all,
$12,000.
CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE
SENATE POLICY COMMITTEES
For salaries and expenses of the Majority Policy Com-
mittee and the Minority Policy Committee, $1,199,100 for
each such committee; in all, $2,398,200.
INQUIRIES AND INVESTIGATIONS
For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered
by the Senate, or conducted pursuant to section 134(a) of
Public Law 601, Seventy-ninth Congress, as amended, sec-
tion 112 of Public Law 96–304 and Senate Resolution 281,
agreed to March 11, 1980, $77,000,000.
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EXPENSES OF UNITED STATES SENATE CAUCUS ON
INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL
For expenses of the United States Senate Caucus on
International Narcotics Control, $336,000.
SECRETARY OF THE SENATE
For expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the Sen-
ate, $1,366,500.
SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE SENATE
For expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms and
Doorkeeper 
of 
the 
Senate, 
$74,894,000, 
of 
which
$16,500,000 shall remain available until expended.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS
For miscellaneous items, $6,748,000.
SENATORS’ OFFICIAL PERSONNEL AND OFFICE EXPENSE
ACCOUNT
For Senators’ Official Personnel and Office Expense
Account, $185,768,000.
OFFICE OF SENATE FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES
For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate Fair
Employment Practices, $825,000.
STATIONERY (REVOLVING FUND)
For stationery for the President of the Senate, $4,500,
for officers of the Senate and the Conference of the Majority
and Conference of the Minority of the Senate, $8,500; in
all, $13,000.
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OFFICIAL MAIL COSTS
For expenses necessary for official mail costs of the
Senate, $20,000,000.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
SEC. 1. (a) Charges for expenses of any office, the funds
of which are disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate, may
be vouchered by a Senate support office paying such ex-
penses or to which such charges are owed for goods or serv-
ices provided, if—
(1) such charges are paid on behalf of the office
incurring such expenses by such Senate support office;
or
(2) such charges are payable to such Senate sup-
port office for goods or services provided by such office
to the office incurring such expenses.
(b) Payments under this section shall be charged to
the official funds of the office on whose behalf the expenses
were paid, or which received the goods or services for which
payment is required.
(c) Any voucher submitted by a Senate support office
pursuant to this section shall be accompanied by a certifi-
cation from such office of the amount and that such pur-
chases were of the nature that they could be charged to the
official funds of the office on whose behalf charges were paid,
or to which goods or services were provided.
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(d) Vouchers under this section shall be submitted and
paid subject to such regulations as may be promulgated by
the Committee on Rules and Administration.
SEC. 2. Effective on and after October 1, 1993, the ag-
gregate of each of the sums determined under clauses (iii)
and (iv) of section 506(b)(3)(A) of the Supplemental Appro-
priations Act, 1973 (2 U.S.C. 58(b)(3)(A) (iii) and (iv)),
shall be deemed decreased by 2.5 percent.
SEC. 3. Section 12 under the subheading ‘‘ADMINIS-
TRATIVE PROVISIONS’’ under the heading ‘‘SENATE’’ in the
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1991 (2 U.S.C.
58c–1) is amended in the first sentence by striking ‘‘the
Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and’’.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SALARIES AND EXPENSES (PRIOR YEAR)
(RESCISSION)
Of the funds appropriated in the Legislative Branch
Appropriations Act, 1991, for the House of Representa-
tives under the heading ‘‘SALARIES
AND EXPENSES’’,
there is rescinded a total $730,037.41, in the amounts
specified for the following headings and accounts:
(1) 
‘‘HOUSE
LEADERSHIP
OFFICES’’,
$24,988.44, as follows: (A) ‘‘Office of the Speaker’’,
$5,245.00; (B) ‘‘Office of the Majority Leader’’,
$4,743.44; (C) ‘‘Office of the Minority Leader’’,
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$5,000.00; (D) ‘‘Office of the Majority Whip’’,
$5,000.00; and (E) ‘‘Office of the Minority Whip’’,
$5,000.00.
(2) ‘‘MEMBERS’ CLERK HIRE’’, $686.50.
(3) ‘‘COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES’’, $44.59.
(4) ‘‘STANDING COMMITTEES, SPECIAL AND SE-
LECT’’, $138,448.87.
(5) 
‘‘ALLOWANCES
AND
EXPENSES’’,
$500,691.91 as follows: (A) ‘‘furniture and furnish-
ings’’, $624.54; (B) ‘‘reemployed annuitants reim-
bursements’’, 
$67.37; 
and 
(C) 
unspecified,
$500,000.00.
(6) ‘‘COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS (STUD-
IES AND INVESTIGATIONS)’’, $2,682.97.
(7) ‘‘SALARIES, OFFICERS
AND
EMPLOYEES’’,
$62,494.13, as follows: (A) ‘‘Office of the Clerk’’,
$2,053.34; (B) ‘‘Office of the Sergeant at Arms’’,
$352.20; (C) ‘‘Office of the Doorkeeper’’, $99.08;
(D) ‘‘Office of the Chaplain’’, $255.50; (E) ‘‘the
House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee
and the Democratic Caucus’’, $9,355.14; (F) ‘‘the
House Republican Conference’’, $1,824.87; and (G)
‘‘six minority employees’’, $48,554.00.
Of the funds appropriated in the Legislative Branch
Appropriations Act, 1992, for the House of Representa-
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tives under the heading ‘‘SALARIES
AND EXPENSES’’,
there is rescinded a total of $891,717.36, in the amounts
specified for the following headings and accounts:
(1) 
‘‘HOUSE
LEADERSHIP
OFFICES’’,
$533,169.67, as follows: (A) ‘‘Office of the Speak-
er’’, $308,604.60; (B) ‘‘Office of the Majority Lead-
er’’, $46,970.75; (C) ‘‘Office of the Minority Lead-
er’’, $154,142.11; (D) ‘‘Office of the Majority
Whip’’, $18,819.23; and (E) ‘‘Office of the Minority
Whip’’, $4,632.98.
(2) ‘‘MEMBERS’ CLERK HIRE’’, $7,272.63.
(3) 
‘‘ALLOWANCES
AND
EXPENSES’’,
$12,226.40 as follows: (A) ‘‘furniture and furnish-
ings’’, $4,379.86; and (B) ‘‘reemployed annuitants
reimbursements’’, $7,846.54.
(4) ‘‘SALARIES, OFFICERS
AND
EMPLOYEES’’,
$339,048.66, as follows: (A) ‘‘Office of the Sergeant
at Arms’’, $500.00; (B) ‘‘Office of the Chaplain’’,
$1,886.97; (C) ‘‘Office of the Parliamentarian’’,
$35,969.46; 
(D) 
‘‘Office 
of 
the 
Historian’’,
$62,999.89; (E) ‘‘the House Democratic Steering
and Policy Committee and the Democratic Caucus’’,
$115,226.11; and (F) ‘‘six minority employees’’,
$122,466.23.
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Of the funds appropriated in the Legislative Branch
Appropriations Act, 1993, for the House of Representa-
tives under the heading ‘‘SALARIES
AND EXPENSES’’,
there is rescinded a total of $1,500,000 in the amounts
specified for the following heading: ‘‘STANDING COMMIT-
TEES, SPECIAL AND SELECT’’.
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For salaries and expenses of the House of Represent-
atives, $686,318,000, as follows:
HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES
For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law,
$5,871,000, including: Office of the Speaker, $1,395,000,
including $25,000 for official expenses of the Speaker; Of-
fice of the Majority Floor Leader, $1,003,000, including
$10,000 for official expenses of the Majority Leader; Of-
fice of the Minority Floor Leader, $1,383,000, including
$10,000 for official expenses of the Minority Leader; Of-
fice of the Majority Whip, $1,235,000, including $5,000
for official expenses of the Majority Whip and not to ex-
ceed $539,600, for the Chief Deputy Majority Whips; and
Office of the Minority Whip, $855,000, including $5,000
for official expenses of the Minority Whip and not to ex-
ceed $97,980, for the Chief Deputy Minority Whip.
MEMBERS’ CLERK HIRE
For staff employed by each Member in the discharge
of official and representative duties, $225,004,000.
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COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES
For professional and clerical employees of standing
committees, including the Committee on Appropriations
and the Committee on the Budget, $70,445,000.
COMMITTEE ON THE BUDGET (STUDIES)
For salaries, expenses, and studies by the Committee
on the Budget, and temporary personal services for such
committee to be expended in accordance with sections
101(c), 606, 703, and 901(e) of the Congressional Budget
Act of 1974, and to be available for reimbursement to
agencies for services performed, $389,000.
STANDING COMMITTEES, SPECIAL AND SELECT
For salaries and expenses of standing committees,
special and select, authorized by the House, $52,662,000.
COMMITTEE ON HOUSE ADMINISTRATION
HOUSE INFORMATION SYSTEMS
For salaries, expenses and temporary personal serv-
ices of House Information Systems, under the direction
of the Committee on House Administration, $22,885,000,
of which $14,557,000 is provided herein: Provided, That
House Information Systems is authorized to receive reim-
bursement for services provided from Members of the
House of Representatives and other Governmental entities
and such reimbursement shall be deposited in the Treas-
ury for credit to this account: Provided further, That
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$674,000; Office of the Chaplain, $123,000; Office of the
Parliamentarian, including the Parliamentarian and
$2,000 for preparing the Digest of Rules, $898,000; for
salaries and expenses of the Office of the Historian,
$310,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the
Law Revision Counsel of the House, $1,453,000; for sala-
ries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel
of the House, $4,071,000; six minority employees,
$738,000; the House Democratic Steering and Policy
Committee and the Democratic Caucus, $1,474,000; the
House Republican Conference, $1,474,000; and other au-
thorized employees, $1,098,000.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
SEC. 101. (a) Upon the transfer of any function to
the Director of Non-legislative and Financial Services by
the authority of the Committee on House Administration
pursuant to rule X of the House of Representatives and
upon the commencement of operation of the Office of In-
spector General, the applicable amounts appropriated by
the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1992, or by
this Act, for the purposes specified in subsection (b) shall
be available to the Director and the Office of Inspector
General for the carrying out of such function or operation,
upon the approval of the Committee on Appropriations of
the House of Representatives. In no case shall the transfer
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of any function referred to in the preceding sentence in-
clude the transfer of any function of the Capitol Guide
Service.
(b) The purposes referred to in subsection (a) are sal-
aries and expenses of the House of Representatives under
the headings ‘‘ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES’’ and ‘‘SALA-
RIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES’’.
SEC. 101A. (a) House Resolution 1238, Ninety-first
Congress, agreed to December 22, 1970 (as enacted into
permanent law by chapter VIII of the Supplemental Ap-
propriations Act, 1971, and supplemented by the Act enti-
tled ‘‘An Act relating to former Speakers of the House
of Representatives’’ (88 Stat. 1723)) (2 U.S.C. 31b–1 et
seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new
section:
‘‘SEC. 8. The entitlements of a former Speaker of the
House of Representatives under this resolution shall be
available—
‘‘(1) in the case of an individual who is a
former Speaker on the effective date of this section,
for 5 years, commencing on such effective date; and
‘‘(2) in the case of an individual who becomes
a former Speaker after such effective date, for 5
years, commencing at the expiration of the term of
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allowance of $500 per month each to two assistants and
$400 per month each to not to exceed nine assistants on
the basis heretofore provided for such assistance; and (4)
$1,002,000 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, $1,502,000, to be dis-
bursed by the Clerk of the House.
CAPITOL POLICE BOARD
CAPITOL POLICE
SALARIES
For the Capitol Police Board for salaries, including
overtime, and Government contributions to employees’
benefits funds, as authorized by law, of officers, members,
and employees of the Capitol Police, $62,255,000, of
which $29,453,000 is provided to the Sergeant at Arms
of the House of Representatives, to be disbursed by the
Clerk of the House, and $32,802,000 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 for fiscal year 1994 for sala-
ries, including overtime, and Government contributions to
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employees’ benefits funds 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, uniforms, weapons, sup-
plies, materials, training, medical services, the employee
assistance 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, $1,977,000, to be disbursed by the
Clerk of the House of Representatives: 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 fiscal year 1994 shall
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be paid by the Secretary of the Treasury from funds avail-
able to the Department of the Treasury.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION
SEC. 102. Amounts appropriated for fiscal year 1994
for the Capitol Police Board under the heading ‘‘CAPITOL
POLICE’’ may be transferred between the headings ‘‘SALA-
RIES’’ and ‘‘GENERAL EXPENSES’’, upon approval of the
Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the
House of Representatives.
CAPITOL GUIDE SERVICE
For salaries and expenses of the Capitol Guide Serv-
ice, $1,628,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the
Senate: Provided, That none of these funds shall be used
to employ more than thirty-three individuals: Provided fur-
ther, That the Capitol Guide Board is authorized, during
emergencies, to employ not more than two additional indi-
viduals for not more than one hundred twenty days each,
and not more than ten additional individuals for not more
than six months each, for the Capitol Guide Service.
SPECIAL SERVICES OFFICE
For salaries and expenses of the Special Services Of-
fice, $363,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the
Senate.
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OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For salaries and expenses necessary to carry out the
provisions of the Technology Assessment Act of 1972
(Public Law 92–484), including official reception and rep-
resentation expenses (not to exceed $5,500 from the Trust
Fund), and expenses incurred in administering an em-
ployee incentive awards program (not to exceed $2,500),
Ω4æand rental of space in the District of Columbia,
Ω5æ$20,815,000 $21,815,000: Provided, That none of the
funds in this Act shall be available for salaries or expenses
of any employee of the Office of Technology Assessment
in excess of 143 staff employees: Provided further, That
no part of this appropriation shall be available for assess-
ments or activities not initiated and approved in accord-
ance with section 3(d) of Public Law 92–484: Provided
further, That none of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able for salaries or expenses of employees of the Office
of Technology Assessment in connection with any reim-
bursable study for which funds are provided from sources
other than appropriations made under this Act, or shall
be available for any other administrative expenses incurred
by the Office of Technology Assessment in carrying out
such a study.
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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 to exceed $2,500 to be ex-
pended on the certification of the Director of the Congres-
sional Budget Office in connection with official representa-
tion and reception expenses, Ω6æ$22,317,000 $22,442,000:
Provided, That none of these funds shall be available for
the purchase or hire of a passenger motor vehicle: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds in this Act shall be
available for salaries or expenses of any employee of the
Congressional Budget Office in excess of 226 staff employ-
ees: Provided further, That any sale or lease of property,
supplies, or services to the Congressional Budget Office
shall be deemed to be a sale or lease of such property,
supplies, or services to the Congress subject to section 903
of Public Law 98–63Ω7æ: Provided further, That the Direc-
tor of the Congressional Budget Office shall have the author-
ity, within the limits of available appropriations, to dispose
of surplus or obsolete personal property by inter-agency
transfer, donation, or discarding.
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ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL
OFFICE OF THE ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL
SALARIES
For the Architect of the Capitol; the Assistant Archi-
tect of the Capitol; and other personal services; at rates
of pay provided by law, Ω8æ$8,762,000 $8,144,000.
TRAVEL
Appropriations under the control of the Architect of
the Capitol shall be available for expenses of travel on offi-
cial business not to exceed in the aggregate under all
funds the sum of $20,000.
CONTINGENT EXPENSES
To enable the Architect of the Capitol to make sur-
veys and studies, and to meet unforeseen expenses in con-
nection with activities under his care, $100,000Ω9æ,–to re-
main available until expended.
CAPITOL BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS
CAPITOL BUILDINGS
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care
and operation of the Capitol and electrical substations of
the Senate and House office buildings, under the jurisdic-
tion of the Architect of the Capitol, including furnishings
and office equipment; including not to exceed $1,000 for
official reception and representation expenses, to be ex-
pended as the Architect of the Capitol may approve; pur-
chase or exchange, maintenance and operation of a pas-
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senger motor vehicle; Ω10æsecurity installations, which are
approved by the Capitol Police Board, authorized by House
Concurrent Resolution 550, Ninety-Second Congress, agreed
to September 19, 1972, the cost limitation of which is hereby
further increased by $200,000; and attendance, when spe-
cifically authorized by the Architect of the Capitol, at
meetings or conventions in connection with subjects relat-
ed to work under the Architect of the Capitol,
$23,978,000, of which Ω11æ$4,663,000 $4,413,000 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, $5,289,000,
of which $225,000 shall remain available until expended.
Ω12æSENATE OFFICE BUILDINGS
For all necessary expenses for maintenance, care and
operation of Senate Office Buildings; and furniture and
furnishings, to be expended under the control and super-
vision of the Architect of the Capitol, $47,339,000, of which
$10,177,000 shall remain available until expended.
HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care
and operation of the House office buildings, including the
position of Superintendent of Garages as authorized by