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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 recep-
tion 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 pas-
senger motor vehicle; advance payments in foreign coun-
tries in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 3324; benefits com-
parable 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 available for
use in fiscal year 1997: Provided further, That notwith-
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standing 31 U.S.C. 9105 hereafter amounts reimbursed
to the Comptroller General pursuant to that section shall
be deposited to the appropriation of the General Account-
ing Office then available and remain available until ex-
pended, 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 adminis-
trative expenses of any other department or agency which
is a member of the Joint Financial Management Improve-
ment 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-
priation and appropriations for administrative expenses of
any other department or agency which is a member of the
National Intergovernmental Audit Forum or a Regional
Intergovernmental Audit Forum shall be available to fi-
nance 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 available for obligation, agreements or con-
tracts for the removal of asbestos, and renovation of the
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building and building systems (including the heating, ven-
tilation 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
appropriations 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 fa-
cilities for the House of Representatives 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 specifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of
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1929 is appropriated for or the rate of compensation or
designation of any office or position appropriated for is
different from that specifically established by such Act,
the rate of compensation and the designation in this Act
shall be the permanent law with respect thereto: Provided,
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 Representa-
tives shall be the permanent law with respect thereto.
SEC. 304. The expenditure of any appropriation
under this Act for any consulting service through procure-
ment contract, pursuant 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 ex-
isting 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 prod-
ucts 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 avail-
able in this Act, the head of each Federal agency, to the
greatest extent practicable, shall provide to such entity a
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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 in-
scription 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, suspen-
sion, and ineligibility procedures described in section
9.400 through 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regula-
tions.
SEC. 306. During fiscal year 1997 and fiscal years
thereafter, amounts appropriated to the Architect of the
Capitol (including amounts relating to the Botanic Gar-
den) 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 Representatives, in the case of amounts
transferred from the appropriation for Capitol build-
ings and grounds under the heading ‘‘HOUSE OFFICE
BUILDINGS’’;
(2) the Committee on Appropriations of the
Senate, in the case of amounts transferred from the
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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 transferred from any other appro-
priation.
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 Archi-
tect 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 EMPLOYEES’’.
(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 subsection (a) shall be included in the
total service of such employee in connection with the com-
putation of any annuity under subsections (a) through (e)
and (o) of such section.