sociated with Union Square and to reimburse the Ar-
chitect of the Capitol under paragraph (4). 
‘‘(4) REIMBURSEMENT AND TRANSFER AUTHOR-
ITY.— 
‘‘(A) REIMBURSEMENT OF THE ARCHITECT 
OF
THE
CAPITOL.—The Capitol Police shall 
transfer from the Union Square Account to the 
appropriations account appropriated under the 
heading ‘CAPITOL GROUNDS’ under the heading 
‘ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL’ an amount 
equal to the costs incurred by the Architect of the 
Capitol relating to the use of Union Square. 
‘‘(B) TRANSFER
TO
OTHER
ACCOUNTS.— 
The Capitol Police may transfer from the Union 
Square Account to any applicable appropria-
tions accounts of the Capitol Police amounts nec-
essary to reimburse the accounts for costs in-
curred relating to the use of Union Square. 
‘‘(C) AVAILABILITY.—Any amounts trans-
ferred under this paragraph shall be available 
for the same purpose as the appropriation ac-
count to which such sums are transferred and 
shall remain available until expended. 
‘‘(e) AUDIT.—As determined appropriate by the In-
spector General of the Capitol Police or the Inspector Gen-
eral of the Architect of the Capitol, or as directed by the 
Committee on House Administration of the House of Rep-
resentatives or the Committee on Rules and Administration 
of the Senate, either such Inspector General shall audit the 
Union Square Account. 
‘‘(f) REGULATIONS.—Subject to approval by the Com-
mittee on Rules and Administration of the Senate and the 
Committee on House Administration of the House of Rep-
resentatives, the Capitol Police Board shall promulgate reg-
ulations relating to the use of Union Square for commercial 
activity, which shall— 
‘‘(1) describe the types of commercial activity 
authorized (which shall be substantially similar to the 
types of commercial activity permitted in Union 
Square on the day before the date of enactment of the 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012 (Public Law 
112–74)); and 
‘‘(2) provide for the payment of fees and costs 
that are substantially similar to those collected by the 
National Park Service on the day before the date of 
enactment of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 
2012 (Public Law 112–74)).’’. 
(b) AUTHORITY TO WAIVE CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS 
DURING TRANSITION PERIOD.—
(1) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 
‘‘Union Square’’ has the meaning given that term in 
section 5110 of title 40, United States Code, as added 
by this section. 
(2) AUTHORITY.—Any waiver granted by the 
Capitol Police Board, in consultation with the Cap-
itol Police, of the application of any limitation on the 
use of lands under the jurisdiction of the Architect of 
the Capitol or the Capitol Grounds (including section 
5104 of title 40, United States Code) with respect to 
a person engaging in commercial activity in Union 
Square during the period described in paragraph (3) 
shall be deemed an authorized waiver if the activity 
would have been treated as permissible commercial 
activity under the regulations promulgated by the 
Capitol Police Board under section 5110(f) of title 40, 
United States Code, as added by this section, if the 
regulations had been in effect at the time the person 
engaged in the activity. 
(3) PERIOD DESCRIBED.—The period described 
in this paragraph is the period beginning on the date 
of enactment of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 
2012 (Public Law 112–74) and ending on the date on 
which the regulations promulgated by the Capitol Po-
lice Board under section 5110(f) of title 40, United 
States Code, as added by this section, take effect. 
(c) NO EFFECT ON PERMITS ISSUED PRIOR TO TRANS-
FER.—Nothing in this section, the amendments made by 
this section, or section 1202 of title I of division G of the 
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2012 (Public Law 112– 
74) shall be construed to affect any permit for engaging in 
commercial activity in Union Square (as defined in section 
5110 of title 40, United States Code, as added by this sec-
tion) which was issued by the National Park Service before 
the date of enactment of the Consolidated Appropriations 
Act, 2012. 
(d) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 9 of the Act entitled 
‘‘An Act to define the area of the United States Cap-
itol Grounds, to regulate the use thereof, and for other 
purposes’’, approved July 31, 1946 (2 U.S.C. 1961) 
is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(e) For purposes of this Act, ‘United States Capitol 
Buildings and Grounds’ shall include the property trans-
ferred to the Architect of the Capitol under section 1202 
of title I of division G of the Consolidated Appropriations 
Act, 2012 (Public Law 112–74).’’.
(2) TABLE OF SECTIONS.—The table of sections 
for chapter 51 of title 40, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘5110. Use of Union Square.’’. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative Branch Ap-
propriations Act, 2013’’.
Calendar No. 486 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5882 
[Report No. 112–197] 
AN ACT 
Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013, 
and for other purposes. 
JUNE 11, 2012 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on 
Appropriations 
AUGUST 2, 2012 
Reported with an amendment