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GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING AND BINDING
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
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 Capitol; expenses necessary
for preparing the semimonthly and session index to the Congres-
sional Record, as authorized by law (section 902 of title 44, United
States Code); printing and binding of Government publications
authorized by law to be distributed to Members of Congress; and
printing, binding, and distribution of Government publications
authorized by law to be distributed without charge to the recipient,
$81,000,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall not be avail-
able for paper copies of the permanent edition of the Congressional
Record for individual Representatives, Resident Commissioners or
Delegates authorized under section 906 of title 44, United States
Code: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available
for the payment of obligations incurred under the appropriations
for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years: Provided further,
That notwithstanding the 2-year limitation under section 718 of
title 44, United States Code, none of the funds appropriated or
made available under this Act or any other Act for printing and
binding and related services provided to Congress under chapter
7 of title 44, United States Code, may be expended to print a
document, report, or publication after the 27-month period begin-
ning on the date that such document, report, or publication is
authorized by Congress to be printed, unless Congress reauthorizes
such printing in accordance with section 718 of title 44, United
States Code: Provided further, That any unobligated or unexpended
balances in this account or accounts for similar purposes for pre-
ceding fiscal years may be transferred to the Government Printing
Office revolving fund for carrying out the purposes of this heading,
subject to the approval of the Committees on Appropriations of
the House of Representatives and Senate.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Congressional Operations Appro-
priations Act, 2002’’.
TITLE II—OTHER AGENCIES
BOTANIC GARDEN
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and oper-
ation of the Botanic Garden and the nurseries, buildings, grounds,
and collections; and purchase and exchange, maintenance, repair,
and operation of a passenger motor vehicle; all under the direction
of the Joint Committee on the Library, $5,646,000: Provided, That
this appropriation shall not be available for any activities of the
National Garden.
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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 Library;
preparation and distribution of catalog records and other publica-
tions 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, $306,692,000, of which not more than $6,500,000 shall
be derived from collections credited to this appropriation during
fiscal year 2002, 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 2002 and shall remain available until expended
for the development and maintenance of an international legal
information 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 obligation or expenditure in appropria-
tions Acts: Provided further, 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, $15,824,474 is to remain available until
expended for acquisition of books, periodicals, newspapers, 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, $1,517,903 is to
remain available until expended for the acquisition and partial
support for implementation of an Integrated Library System (ILS):
Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated, $7,100,000
is to remain available until expended for the purpose of teaching
educators how to incorporate the Library’s digital collections into
school curricula and shall be transferred to the educational consor-
tium formed to conduct the ‘‘Joining Hands Across America: Local
Community Initiative’’ project as approved by the Library: Provided
further, That of the amount appropriated, $500,000 shall be trans-
ferred to the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission to remain
available until expended for carrying out the purposes of Public
Law 106–173, of which amount $3,000 may be used for official
representation and reception expenses of the Abraham Lincoln
Bicentennial Commission.
COPYRIGHT OFFICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, $40,896,000,
of which not more than $21,880,000, to remain available until
expended, shall be derived from collections credited to this appro-
priation during fiscal year 2002 under section 708(d) of title 17,
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United States Code: Provided, That the Copyright Office may not
obligate or expend any funds derived from collections under such
section, in excess of the amount authorized for obligation or expendi-
ture in appropriations Acts: Provided further, That not more than
$5,984,000 shall be derived from collections during fiscal year 2002
under sections 111(d)(2), 119(b)(2), 802(h), and 1005 of such title:
Provided further, That the total amount available for obligation
shall be reduced by the amount by which collections are less than
$27,864,000: Provided further, That not more than $100,000 of
the amount appropriated is available for the maintenance of an
‘‘International Copyright Institute’’ in the Copyright Office of the
Library of Congress for the purpose of training nationals of devel-
oping countries in intellectual property laws and policies: Provided
further, That not more than $4,250 may be expended, on the certifi-
cation of the Librarian of Congress, in connection with official
representation and reception expenses for activities of the Inter-
national Copyright Institute and for copyright delegations, visitors,
and seminars.
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), $49,788,000,
of which $14,437,000 shall remain available until expended.
FURNITURE AND FURNISHINGS
For necessary expenses for the purchase, installation, mainte-
nance, and repair of furniture, furnishings, office and library equip-
ment, $7,932,000.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
SEC. 201. Appropriations in this Act available to the Library
of Congress shall be available, in an amount of not more than
$300,000, of which $75,000 is for the Congressional Research
Service, when specifically authorized by the Librarian of Congress,
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 administer 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 supervisor on another workday.
(b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘manager or super-
visor’’ means any management official or supervisor, 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 Con-
gress from other Federal agencies to cover general and administra-
tive overhead costs generated by performing reimbursable work
for other agencies under the authority of sections 1535 and 1536
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of title 31, United States Code, 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 appropriations Acts;
or
(2) in the case of an advance payment, only—
(A) to pay for such general or administrative 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 respect to any purpose not
allowable under subparagraph (A).
SEC. 204. Of the amounts appropriated to the Library of Con-
gress in this Act, not more than $5,000 may be expended, on
the certification of the Librarian of Congress, in connection with
official representation and reception expenses for the incentive
awards program.
SEC. 205. Of the amount appropriated to the Library of Con-
gress in this Act, not more than $12,000 may be expended, on
the certification of the Librarian of Congress, in connection with
official representation and reception expenses for the Overseas Field
Offices.
SEC. 206. (a) For fiscal year 2002, the obligational authority
of the Library of Congress for the activities described in subsection
(b) may not exceed $114,473,000.
(b) The activities referred to in subsection (a) are reimbursable
and revolving fund activities that are funded from sources other
than appropriations to the Library in appropriations Acts for the
legislative branch.
(c) For fiscal year 2002, the Librarian of Congress may tempo-
rarily transfer funds appropriated in this Act under the heading
‘‘LIBRARY OF CONGRESS—SALARIES
AND
EXPENSES’’ to the
revolving fund for the FEDLINK Program and the Federal Research
Program established under section 103 of the Library of Congress
Fiscal Operations Improvement Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–481;
2 U.S.C. 182c): Provided, That the total amount of such transfers
may not exceed $1,900,000: Provided further, That the appropriate
revolving fund account shall reimburse the Library for any amounts
transferred to it before the period of availability of the Library
appropriation expires.
SEC. 207. Section 101 of the Library of Congress Fiscal Oper-
ations Improvement Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–481; 2 U.S.C.
182a) is amended—
(1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘AUDIO AND VIDEO’’;
and
(2) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘audio and video’’.
SEC. 208. (a) Section 102(a) of the Library of Congress Fiscal
Operations Improvement Act of 2000 (2 U.S.C. 182b(a)) is amended
by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
‘‘(4) Special events and programs.’’.
(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect
upon the date on which the Committees on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives and Senate approve a report submitted
to the Committees by the Librarian of Congress which describes
the guidelines and policies applicable to the hosting of special
events and programs by the Librarian which are covered under