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Union Calendar No. 359 
116TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7611 
[Report No. 116–447] 
Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2021, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 14, 2020 
Mr. RYAN, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following bill; 
which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State 
of the Union and ordered to be printed 
A BILL 
Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2021, and for other 
purposes. 
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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, 2021, and for other purposes, namely: 
TITLE I 
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses of the House of Represent-
atives, $1,479,819,000, as follows: 
HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES 
For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, 
$28,884,000, 
including: 
Office 
of 
the 
Speaker, 
$8,295,000, including $25,000 for official expenses of the 
Speaker; Office of the Majority Floor Leader, $2,947,000, 
including $10,000 for official expenses of the Majority 
Leader; Office of the Minority Floor Leader, $8,295,000, 
including $10,000 for official expenses of the Minority 
Leader; Office of the Majority Whip, including the Chief 
Deputy Majority Whip, $2,448,000, including $5,000 for 
official expenses of the Majority Whip; Office of the Mi-
nority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Minority Whip, 
$2,219,000, including $5,000 for official expenses of the 
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Minority Whip; Republican Conference, $2,340,000; 
Democratic Caucus, $2,340,000: Provided, That such 
amount for salaries and expenses shall remain available 
from January 3, 2021 until January 2, 2022. 
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, 
$640,000,000. 
ALLOWANCE FOR COMPENSATION OF INTERNS IN 
MEMBER OFFICES 
For the allowance established under section 120 of 
the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2019 (2 
U.S.C. 5322a) for the compensation of interns who serve 
in the offices of Members of the House of Representatives, 
$11,025,000, to remain available through January 2, 
2022: Provided, That notwithstanding section 120(b) of 
such Act, an office of a Member of the House of Rep-
resentatives may use not more than $25,000 of the allow-
ance available under this heading during calendar year 
2021. 
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ALLOWANCE FOR COMPENSATION OF INTERNS IN HOUSE 
LEADERSHIP OFFICES 
For the allowance established under section 113 of 
the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2020 (2 
U.S.C. 5106) for the compensation of interns who serve 
in House leadership offices, $365,000, to remain available 
through January 2, 2022: Provided, That of the amount 
provided under this heading, $200,000 shall be available 
for the compensation of interns who serve in House leader-
ship offices of the majority, to be allocated among such 
offices by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, 
and $165,000 shall be available for the compensation of 
interns who serve in House leadership offices of the minor-
ity, to be allocated among such offices by the Minority 
Floor Leader. 
COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES 
STANDING COMMITTEES, SPECIAL AND SELECT 
For salaries and expenses of standing committees, 
special and select, authorized by House resolutions, 
$138,100,000: Provided, That such amount shall remain 
available for such salaries and expenses until December 
31, 2022, except that $3,100,000 of such amount shall 
remain available until expended for committee room up-
grading. 
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COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS 
For salaries and expenses of the Committee on Ap-
propriations, $24,725,000, 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, 2022. 
SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES 
For compensation and expenses of officers and em-
ployees, as authorized by law, $254,781,000, including: 
for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Clerk, includ-
ing the positions of the Chaplain and the Historian, and 
including not more than $25,000 for official representa-
tion and reception expenses, of which not more than 
$20,000 is for the Family Room and not more than 
$2,000 is for the Office of the Chaplain, $31,975,000, of 
which $4,00,000 shall remain available until expended; for 
salaries and expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at 
Arms, including the position of Superintendent of Garages 
and the Office of Emergency Management, and including 
not more than $3,000 for official representation and re-
ception expenses, $23,260,000, of which $11,000,000 
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$1,555,000; official mail for committees, leadership of-
fices, and administrative offices of the House, $190,000; 
Government contributions for health, retirement, Social 
Security, contractor support for actuarial projections, and 
other applicable employee benefits, $340,000,000, to re-
main available until March 31, 2022; salaries and ex-
penses for Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery, 
$18,508,000, of which $6,000,000 shall remain available 
until expended; transition activities for new members and 
staff, $13,000,000, to remain available until expended; 
Wounded Warrior Program and the Congressional Gold 
Star Family Fellowship Program, $3,975,000, to remain 
available until expended; Office of Congressional Ethics, 
$1,711,000; and miscellaneous items including purchase, 
exchange, maintenance, repair and operation of House 
motor vehicles, interparliamentary receptions, and gratu-
ities to heirs of deceased employees of the House, 
$1,000,000. 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MODERNIZATION 
INITIATIVES ACCOUNT 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the House of Representatives Modernization Ini-
tiatives Account established in section 115, $2,000,000, 
to remain available until expended: Provided, That dis-
bursement from this account is subject to approval of the 
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Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives. Provided further, That funds provided in this ac-
count shall only be used for initiatives recommended by 
the Select Committee on Modernization or approved by the 
Committee on House Administration. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
REQUIRING
AMOUNTS
REMAINING
IN
MEMBERS’ REP-
RESENTATIONAL
ALLOWANCES
TO
BE
USED
FOR 
DEFICIT REDUCTION OR TO REDUCE THE FEDERAL 
DEBT 
SEC. 110. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, any amounts appropriated under this Act for 
‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—SALARIES
AND 
EXPENSES—MEMBERS’ 
REPRESENTATIONAL
ALLOW-
ANCES’’ shall be available only for fiscal year 2021. Any 
amount remaining after all payments are made under such 
allowances for fiscal year 2021 shall be deposited in the 
Treasury and used for deficit reduction (or, if there is no 
Federal budget deficit after all such payments have been 
made, for reducing the Federal debt, in such manner as 
the Secretary of the Treasury considers appropriate). 
(b) The Committee on House Administration of the 
House of Representatives shall have authority to prescribe 
regulations to carry out this section. 
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(c) As used in this section, the term ‘‘Member of the 
House of Representatives’’ means a Representative in, or 
a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress. 
LIMITATION ON AMOUNT AVAILABLE TO LEASE VEHICLES 
SEC. 111. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by the Chief Administrative Officer of 
the House of Representatives to make any payments from 
any Members’ Representational Allowance for the leasing 
of a vehicle, excluding mobile district offices, in an aggre-
gate amount that exceeds $1,000 for the vehicle in any 
month. 
CYBERSECURITY ASSISTANCE FOR HOUSE OF 
REPRESENTATIVES 
SEC. 112. The head of any Federal entity that pro-
vides assistance to the House of Representatives in the 
House’s efforts to deter, prevent, mitigate, or remediate 
cybersecurity risks to, and incidents involving, the infor-
mation systems of the House shall take all necessary steps 
to ensure the constitutional integrity of the separate 
branches of the government at all stages of providing the 
assistance, including applying minimization procedures to 
limit the spread or sharing of privileged House and Mem-
ber information. 
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RESCISSIONS OF FUNDS 
SEC. 113. (a) Of the unobligated balances available 
from prior appropriations Acts from the revolving fund es-
tablished under House Resolution 64, Ninety Eighth Con-
gress, agreed to February 8, 1983, as enacted into perma-
nent law by section 110 of the Congressional Operations 
Appropriation Act, 1984 (2 U.S.C. 4917), $212,000 is 
hereby rescinded. 
(b) Of the unobligated balances available from prior 
appropriations Acts from the revolving fund established in 
the item relating to ‘‘Stationery’’ under the heading 
‘‘House of Representatives, Contingent Expenses of the 
House’’ in the first section of the Legislative Branch Ap-
propriation Act, 1948 (2 U.S.C. 5534), $1,000,000 is 
hereby rescinded. 
(c) Of the unobligated balances available from prior 
appropriations Acts from the Net Expenses of Tele-
communications Revolving Fund under section 102 of the 
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2005 (2 U.S.C. 
5538), $2,000,000 is hereby rescinded. 
STUDENT LOAN CAP ADJUSTMENT 
SEC. 114. (a) INCREASE IN LIFETIME LIMIT.—Sec-
tion 105 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 
2003 (2 U.S.C. 4536) is amended— 
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(1) by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as 
subsections (c) and (d); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (a) the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(b) LIFETIME LIMIT ON AGGREGATE PAYMENTS 
MADE ON BEHALF OF ANY INDIVIDUAL.—The aggregate 
amount of payments made on behalf of any individual 
under the program under this section by all employing of-
fices of the House of Representatives may not exceed 
$80,000.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE; TRANSITION.— 
(1) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made 
by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to fiscal 
year 2021 and each succeeding fiscal year. 
(2) PERMITTING
ADDITIONAL
PAYMENTS
ON 
BEHALF
OF
INDIVIDUALS
WHOSE
PAYMENTS 
REACHED
PRIOR
LIMIT.—In promulgating regula-
tions to carry out the amendment made by sub-
section (a), the Committee on House Administration 
of the House of Representatives shall include regula-
tions to permit payments to be made under the pro-
gram under section 105 of the Legislative Branch 
Appropriations Act, 2003 (2 U.S.C. 4536) on behalf 
of an individual who— 
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(A) is an employee of an employing office 
of the House during fiscal year 2021 or any 
succeeding fiscal year; 
(B) prior to fiscal year 2021, had pay-
ments made on the individual’s behalf under 
the program under such section; and 
(C) prior to fiscal year 2021, became ineli-
gible to have payments made on the individual’s 
behalf under the program because the aggre-
gate amount of the payments made on the indi-
vidual’s behalf under the program reached the 
limit on such aggregate amount which (under 
regulations promulgated by the Committee) was 
in effect prior to fiscal year 2021. 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MODERNIZATION 
INITIATIVES ACCOUNT 
SEC. 115. (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is hereby es-
tablished in the Treasury of the United States an account 
for the House of Representatives to be known as the 
‘‘House of Representatives Modernization Initiatives Ac-
count’’ (hereafter in this section referred to as the ‘‘Ac-
count’’). 
(b) USE OF FUNDS.—Funds in the Account shall be 
used by the House of Representatives to carry out initia-
tives to modernize the operations of the House, including 
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initiatives to promote administrative efficiencies and ex-
pand the use of innovative technologies in offices of the 
House. 
(c) CONTINUING AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Funds 
in the Account are available without fiscal year limitation. 
(d) AUTHORIZING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS AMONG 
OTHER HOUSE ACCOUNTS.—Section 101(c)(2) of the 
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1993 (2 U.S.C. 
5507(c)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘, and ‘Allowance for 
Compensation of Interns in House Leadership Offices’.’’ 
and inserting ‘‘ ‘Allowance for Compensation of Interns in 
House Leadership Offices’, and ‘House of Representatives 
Modernization Initiatives Account’.’’. 
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section and the amend-
ments made by this section shall apply with respect to fis-
cal year 2021 and each succeeding fiscal year. 
JOINT ITEMS 
For Joint Committees, as follows: 
JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic 
Committee, $4,203,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary 
of the Senate. 
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JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on 
Taxation, $11,905,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Ad-
ministrative Officer of the House of Representatives. 
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 $2,175 per month to the 
Attending Physician; 
(2) an allowance of $1,300 per month to the 
Senior Medical Officer; 
(3) an allowance of $725 per month each to 
three medical officers while on duty in the Office of 
the Attending Physician; 
(4) an allowance of $725 per month to 2 assist-
ants and $580 per month each not to exceed 11 as-
sistants on the basis heretofore provided for such as-
sistants; and 
(5) $2,796,000 for reimbursement to the De-
partment of the Navy for expenses incurred for staff 
and equipment assigned to the Office of the Attend-
ing Physician, which shall be advanced and credited 
to the applicable appropriation or appropriations 
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from which such salaries, allowances, and other ex-
penses are payable and shall be available for all the 
purposes thereof, $3,869,000, to be disbursed by the 
Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL ACCESSIBILITY SERVICES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses of the Office of Congres-
sional Accessibility Services, $1,536,000, to be disbursed 
by the Secretary of the Senate. 
CAPITOL POLICE 
SALARIES 
For salaries of employees of the Capitol Police, in-
cluding overtime, hazardous duty pay, and Government 
contributions for health, retirement, social security, pro-
fessional liability insurance, and other applicable employee 
benefits, $395,720,000 of which overtime shall not exceed 
$50,246,000 unless the Committee on Appropriations of 
the House and Senate are notified, to be disbursed by the 
Chief of the Capitol Police or his designee. 
GENERAL EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Capitol Police, includ-
ing motor vehicles, communications and other equipment, 
security equipment and installation, uniforms, weapons, 
supplies, materials, training, medical services, forensic 
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services, stenographic services, personal and professional 
services, the employee assistance program, the awards pro-
gram, postage, communication services, travel advances, 
relocation of instructor and liaison personnel for the Fed-
eral Law Enforcement Training Center, and not more 
than $5,000 to be expended on the certification of the 
Chief of the Capitol Police in connection with official rep-
resentation and reception expenses, $68,621,000, of which 
$3,600,000 shall remain available until expended, to fund 
the Joint Audible Warning System, to be disbursed by the 
Chief of the Capitol Police or his designee: 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 2021 shall 
be paid by the Secretary of Homeland Security from funds 
available to the Department of Homeland Security. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
STUDENT LOAN CAP ADJUSTMENT 
SEC. 116. Section 908(c) of the Emergency Supple-
mental Act, 2002 (2 U.S.C. 1926(c)), is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘$60,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$80,000’’. 
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OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL WORKPLACE 
RIGHTS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses necessary for the operation 
of the Office of Congressional Workplace Rights, 
$7,500,000, of which $1,000,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2022, and of which not more than 
$1,000 may be expended on the certification of the Execu-
tive Director in connection with official representation and 
reception expenses. 
CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses necessary for operation of 
the Congressional Budget Office, including not more than 
$6,000 to be expended on the certification of the Director 
of the Congressional Budget Office in connection with offi-
cial representation and reception expenses, $57,292,000: 
Provided, That the Director shall use not less than 
$500,000 of the amount made available under this head-
ing for (1) improving technical systems, processes, and 
models for the purpose of improving the transparency of 
estimates of budgetary effects to Members of Congress, 
employees of Members of Congress, and the public, and 
(2) to increase the availability of models, economic as-
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sumptions, and data for Members of Congress, employees 
of Members of Congress, and the public. 
ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL 
CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATIONS 
For salaries for the Architect of the Capitol, and 
other personal services, at rates of pay provided by law; 
for all necessary expenses for surveys and studies, con-
struction, operation, and general and administrative sup-
port in connection with facilities and activities under the 
care of the Architect of the Capitol including the Botanic 
Garden; electrical substations of the Capitol, Senate and 
House office buildings, and other facilities under the juris-
diction of the Architect of the Capitol; including fur-
nishings and office equipment; including not more than 
$5,000 for official reception and representation expenses, 
to be expended as the Architect of the Capitol may ap-
prove; for purchase or exchange, maintenance, and oper-
ation of a passenger motor vehicle, $139,239,000. 
CAPITOL BUILDING 
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 
and operation of the Capitol, $36,129,000, of which 
$6,099,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2025. 
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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, 
$20,560,000, of which $7,800,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2025. 
HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 
and 
operation 
of 
the 
House 
office 
buildings, 
$153,273,000, of which $14,540,000 shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2025, and of which $62,000,000 
shall remain available until expended for the restoration 
and renovation of the Cannon House Office Building: Pro-
vided, That of the amount made available under this head-
ing, $9,000,000 shall be derived by transfer from the 
House Office Building Fund established under section 
176(d) of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2017, as 
added by section 101(3) of the Further Continuing Appro-
priation Act, 2017 (Public Law 114–254; 2 U.S.C. 2001 
note). 
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) 
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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 
Publishing 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, 
$116,461,000, of which $32,400,000 shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2025: Provided, That not more 
than $10,000,000 of the funds credited or to be reim-
bursed to this appropriation as herein provided shall be 
available for obligation during fiscal year 2021. 
LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS 
For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and 
structural maintenance, care and operation of the Library 
buildings 
and 
grounds, 
$83,446,000, 
of 
which 
$51,600,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2025. 
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CAPITOL POLICE BUILDINGS, GROUNDS AND SECURITY 
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 
and operation of buildings, grounds and security enhance-
ments of the United States Capitol Police, wherever lo-
cated, the Alternate Computing Facility, and Architect of 
the Capitol security operations, $45,993,000, of which 
$15,700,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2025, and of which $2,500,000 shall remain available 
until expended. 
BOTANIC GARDEN 
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 Com-
mittee on the Library, $20,895,000, of which $8,300,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2025: Provided, 
That, of the amount made available under this heading, 
the Architect of the Capitol may obligate and expend such 
sums as may be necessary for the maintenance, care and 
operation of the National Garden established under sec-
tion 307E of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 
1989 (2 U.S.C. 2146), upon vouchers approved by the Ar-
chitect of the Capitol or a duly authorized designee. 
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CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER 
For all necessary expenses for the operation of the 
Capitol Visitor Center, $24,272,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
NO BONUSES FOR CONTRACTORS BEHIND SCHEDULE OR 
OVER BUDGET 
SEC. 117. None of the funds made available in this 
Act for the Architect of the Capitol may be used to make 
incentive or award payments to contractors for work on 
contracts or programs for which the contractor is behind 
schedule or over budget, unless the Architect of the Cap-
itol, or agency-employed designee, determines that any 
such deviations are due to unforeseeable events, govern-
ment-driven scope changes, or are not significant within 
the overall scope of the project and/or program. 
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For all necessary expenses of the Library of Congress 
not otherwise provided for, including development and 
maintenance of the Library’s catalogs; custody and custo-
dial care of the Library buildings; information technology 
services provided centrally; 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-
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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, 
$523,654,000, and, in addition, not more than $6,000,000 
shall be derived from collections credited to this appropria-
tion during fiscal year 2021, and shall remain available 
until expended, under the Act of June 28, 1902 (chapter 
1301; 32 Stat. 480; 2 U.S.C. 150): 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 ex-
penditure in appropriations Acts: Provided further, That 
the total amount available for obligation shall be reduced 
by the amount by which collections are less than 
$6,000,000: Provided further, That of the total amount 
appropriated, not more than $18,000 may be expended, 
on the certification of the Librarian of Congress, in con-
nection with official representation and reception ex-
penses, including for the Overseas Field Offices: Provided 
further, 
That 
of 
the 
total 
amount 
appropriated, 
$9,110,000 shall remain available until expended for the 
Teaching with Primary Sources program: Provided fur-
ther, That of the total amount appropriated, $1,350,000 
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shall remain available until expended for upgrade of the 
Legislative Branch Financial Management System: Pro-
vided further, That of the total amount appropriated, 
$250,000 shall remain available until expended for the 
Surplus Books Program to promote the program and fa-
cilitate a greater number of donations to eligible entities 
across the United States: Provided further, That of the 
total amount appropriated, $3,720,000 shall remain avail-
able until expended for the Veterans History Project to 
continue digitization efforts of already collected materials, 
reach a greater number of veterans to record their stories, 
and promote public access to the Project: Provided further, 
That of the total amount appropriated, $10,000,000 shall 
remain available until expended for the Library’s Visitor 
Experience project, and may be obligated and expended 
only upon approval by the Subcommittee on the Legisla-
tive Branch of the Committee on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and by the Subcommittee on the 
Legislative Branch of the Committee on Appropriations 
of the Senate: Provided further, That of the total amount 
appropriated, $4,370,000 shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2025 to complete the second of three phases 
of the shelving replacement in the Law Library’s collection 
storage areas: Provided further, That of the total amount 
appropriated, $5,500,000 shall remain available until Sep-
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tember 30, 2022 for preservation activities, and may be 
obligated and expended only upon approval by the Sub-
committee on the Legislative Branch of the Committee on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and by the 
Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch of the Committee 
on Appropriations of the Senate. 
COPYRIGHT OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For all necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, 
$91,409,000, of which not more than $38,004,000, to re-
main available until expended, shall be derived from collec-
tions credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 2021 
under sections 708(d) and 1316 of title 17, United States 
Code: Provided, That the Copyright Office may not obli-
gate or expend any funds derived from collections under 
such section in excess of the amount authorized for obliga-
tion or expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided fur-
ther, That not more than $6,778,000 shall be derived from 
collections during fiscal year 2021 under sections 
111(d)(2), 119(b)(3), 803(e), and 1005 of such title: Pro-
vided further, That the total amount available for obliga-
tion shall be reduced by the amount by which collections 
are less than $44,782,000: Provided further, That of the 
funds provided under this heading, not less than 
$17,100,000 is for modernization initiatives, of which 
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$10,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2022: 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 train-
ing nationals of developing countries in intellectual prop-
erty laws and policies: Provided further, That not more 
than $6,500 may be expended, on the certification of the 
Librarian of Congress, in connection with official rep-
resentation and reception expenses for activities of the 
International Copyright Institute and for copyright dele-
gations, visitors, and seminars: Provided further, That, 
notwithstanding any provision of chapter 8 of title 17, 
United States Code, any amounts made available under 
this heading which are attributable to royalty fees and 
payments received by the Copyright Office pursuant to 
sections 111, 119, and chapter 10 of such title may be 
used for the costs incurred in the administration of the 
Copyright Royalty Judges program, with the exception of 
the costs of salaries and benefits for the Copyright Royalty 
Judges and staff under section 802(e). 
CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For all necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of section 203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 
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1946 (2 U.S.C. 166) and to revise and extend the Anno-
tated Constitution of the United States of America, 
$123,030,000: 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 
(except the Digest of Public General Bills), to be issued 
by the Library of Congress unless such publication has 
obtained prior approval of either the Committee on House 
Administration of the House of Representatives or the 
Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate: 
Provided further, That this prohibition does not apply to 
publication of non-confidential Congressional Research 
Service (CRS) products: Provided further, That a non-con-
fidential CRS product includes any written product con-
taining research or analysis that is currently available for 
general congressional access on the CRS Congressional 
Intranet, or that would be made available on the CRS 
Congressional Intranet in the normal course of business 
and does not include material prepared in response to 
Congressional requests for confidential analysis or re-
search. 
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NATIONAL LIBRARY SERVICE FOR THE BLIND AND 
PRINT DISABLED 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For all necessary expenses to carry out the Act of 
March 3, 1931 (chapter 400; 46 Stat. 1487; 2 U.S.C. 
135a), $59,439,000: Provided, That of the total amount 
appropriated, $650,000 shall be available to contract to 
provide newspapers to blind and physically handicapped 
residents at no cost to the individual. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
REIMBURSABLE AND REVOLVING FUND ACTIVITIES 
SEC. 118. (a) IN GENERAL.—For fiscal year 2021, 
the obligational authority of the Library of Congress for 
the activities described in subsection (b) may not exceed 
$252,552,000. 
(b) ACTIVITIES.—The activities referred to in sub-
section (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. 
GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE 
CONGRESSIONAL PUBLISHING 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For authorized publishing of congressional informa-
tion and the distribution of congressional information in 
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any format; publishing of Government publications au-
thorized by law to be distributed to Members of Congress; 
and publishing, and distribution of Government publica-
tions authorized by law to be distributed without charge 
to the recipient, $78,000,000: Provided, That this appro-
priation shall not be available for paper copies of the per-
manent edition of the Congressional Record for individual 
Representatives, Resident Commissioners or Delegates au-
thorized 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 appro-
priations for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding the 2-year limita-
tion 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 pe-
riod beginning on the date that such document, report, 
or publication is authorized by Congress to be printed, un-
less Congress reauthorizes such printing in accordance 
with section 718 of title 44, United States Code: Provided 
further, That unobligated or unexpended balances of ex-
pired discretionary funds made available under this head-
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