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ing fund: Provided, That not more than $2,500 may be expended
on the certification of the Public Printer in connection 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 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 intermit-
tent 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 section 5316 of such title: Provided further, That the revolving
fund and the funds provided under the headings ‘‘OFFICE OF SUPER-
INTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS’’ and ‘‘SALARIES AND EXPENSES’’ together
may not be available for the full-time equivalent employment of
more than 3,600 workyears by the end of fiscal year 1997: 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 super-
visor 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.
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 reception 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 passenger motor vehicle;
advance payments in foreign countries in accordance with 31 U.S.C.
3324; benefits 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 regulations prescribed
by the Comptroller General of the United States, rental of living
quarters in foreign countries; $332,520,000: Provided, That not
more than $100,000 of reimbursements received incident to the
operation of the General Accounting Office Building shall be avail-
able for use in fiscal year 1997: Provided further, That notwithstand-
ing 31 U.S.C. 9105 hereafter amounts reimbursed to the Comptrol-
ler General pursuant to that section shall be deposited to the
appropriation of the General Accounting Office then available and
remain available until expended, and not more than $5,805,000
of such funds shall be available for use in fiscal year 1997: Provided
further, That this appropriation and appropriations for administra-
tive 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, including the salary of the Executive
Director and secretarial support: Provided further, That this appro-
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priation and appropriations for administrative expenses of any other
department or agency which is a member of the National Intergov-
ernmental Audit Forum or a Regional Intergovernmental Audit
Forum shall be available to finance an appropriate share of Forum
costs as determined by the Forum, including necessary travel
expenses of non-Federal participants. Payments hereunder to either
the Forum or the JFMIP may be credited as reimbursements to
any appropriation from which costs involved are initially financed:
Provided further, That to the extent that funds are otherwise avail-
able for obligation, agreements or contracts for the removal of
asbestos, and renovation of the building and building systems
(including the heating, ventilation and air conditioning system,
electrical system and other major building systems) of the General
Accounting Office Building may be made for periods not exceeding
five years: Provided further, That this appropriation and appropria-
tions for administrative expenses of any other department or agency
which is a member 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 membership of ACIPA in
the International Institute of Administrative 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 facilities for the House of Represent-
atives 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 1997 unless
expressly so provided in this Act.
SEC. 303. Whenever in this Act any office or position not specifi-
cally 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 estab-
lished by such Act, the rate of compensation and the designation
in this Act shall be the permanent law with respect thereto: Pro-
vided, 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 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, pursu-
ant 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 existing 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 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 available in this Act,
the head of each Federal agency, to the greatest extent practicable,
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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 inscription 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, suspension, and
ineligibility procedures described in section 9.400 through 9.409
of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations.
SEC. 306. During fiscal year 1997 and fiscal years thereafter,
amounts appropriated to the Architect of the Capitol (including
amounts relating to the Botanic Garden) may be transferred among
accounts available to the Architect of the Capitol upon the
approval of—
(1) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives, in the case of amounts transferred from the appro-
priation for Capitol buildings and grounds under the heading
‘‘HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS’’;
(2) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, in
the case of amounts transferred from the appropriation for
Capitol buildings and grounds under the heading ‘‘SENATE
OFFICE BUILDINGS’’; and
(3) the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and
the House of Representatives, in the case of amounts trans-
ferred from any other appropriation.
SEC. 307. (a) Upon approval of the Committee on Appropriations
of the House of Representatives, and in accordance with conditions
determined by the Committee on House Oversight, positions in
connection with House public address sound system activities and
related funding shall be transferred from the appropriation for
the Architect of the Capitol for Capitol buildings and grounds
under the heading ‘‘CAPITOL BUILDINGS’’ to the appropriation for
salaries and expenses of the House of Representatives for the Office
of the Clerk under the heading ‘‘SALARIES, OFFICERS
AND
EM-
PLOYEES’’.
(b) For purposes of section 8339(m) of title 5, United States
Code, the days of unused sick leave to the credit of any such
employee as of the date such employee is transferred under sub-
section (a) shall be included in the total service of such employee
in connection with the computation of any annuity under sub-
sections (a) through (e) and (o) of such section.
(c) In the case of days of annual leave to the credit of any
such employee as of the date such employee is transferred under
subsection (a), the Architect of the Capitol is authorized to make
a lump sum payment to each such employee for that annual leave.
No such payment shall be considered a payment or compensation
within the meaning of any law relating to dual compensation.
SEC. 308. (a) Effective October 1, 1996, the responsibility for
maintenance of security systems for the Capitol buildings and
grounds is transferred from the Architect of the Capitol to the
Capitol Police Board. Such maintenance shall be carried out under
the direction of the Committee on House Oversight of the House
of Representatives and the Committee on Rules and Administration
of the Senate. On and after October 1, 1996, any alteration to
a structural, mechanical, or architectural feature of the Capitol
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buildings and grounds that is required for security system mainte-
nance under the preceding sentence may be carried out only with
the approval of the Architect of the Capitol.
(b)(1) Effective October 1, 1996, all positions specified in para-
graph (2) and each individual holding any such position (on a
permanent basis) immediately before that date, as identified by
the Architect of the Capitol, shall be transferred to the Capitol
Police.
(2) The positions referred to in paragraph (1) are those positions
which, immediately before October 1, 1996, are—
(A) under the Architect of the Capitol;
(B) within the Electronics Engineering Division of the
Office of the Architect of the Capitol; and
(C) related to the maintenance of security systems for
the Capitol buildings and grounds.
(3) All annual leave and sick leave standing to the credit
of an individual immediately before such individual is transferred
under paragraph (1) shall be credited to such individual, without
adjustment, in the new position of the individual.
SEC. 309. Such sums as may be necessary are appropriated
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.
SEC. 310. Any amount appropriated in this Act for ‘‘HOUSE
OF REPRESENTATIVES—Salaries and Expenses—Members’ Rep-
resentational Allowances’’ shall be available only for fiscal year
1997. Any amount remaining after all payments are made under
such allowances for such fiscal year shall be deposited in the Treas-
ury, to be used for deficit reduction.
SEC. 311. (a) Each mass mailing sent by a Member of the
House of Representatives shall bear in a prominent place on its
face, or on the envelope or outside cover or wrapper in which
the mail matter is sent, the following notice: ‘‘THIS MAILING WAS
PREPARED, PUBLISHED, AND MAILED AT TAXPAYER EXPENSE.’’, or
a notice to the same effect in words which may be prescribed
under subsection (c). The notice shall be printed in a type size
not smaller than 7-point.
(b)(1) There shall be published in the itemized report of
disbursements of the House of Representatives as required by law,
a summary tabulation setting forth, for the office of each Member
of the House of Representatives, the total number of pieces of
mass mail mailed during the period involved and the total cost
of those mass mailings.
(2) Each such tabulation shall also include—
(A) the total cost (as referred to in paragraph (1)) divided
by the number (as determined by the Postmaster General)
of addresses (other than business possible delivery stops) in
the Congressional district from which the Member was elected
(as such addresses are described in section 3210(d)(7)(B) of
title 39, United States Code); and
(B) the total number of pieces of mass mail (as referred
to in paragraph (1)) divided by the number (as determined
by the Postmaster General) of addresses (other than business
possible delivery stops) in the Congressional district from which
the Member was elected (as such addresses are described in
section 3210(d)(7)(B) of title 39, United States Code).