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rials, administrative costs and Federal tort claims, 
$3,948,000; official mail for committees, leadership offices, 
and administrative offices of the House, $201,000; Govern-
ment contributions for health, retirement, Social Security, 
and other applicable employee benefits, $278,278,000, in-
cluding employee tuition assistance benefit payments, 
$3,500,000, if authorized, and employee child care benefit 
payments, $1,000,000, if authorized; Business Continuity 
and Disaster Recovery, $27,698,000, of which $9,000,000 
shall remain available until expended; transition activities 
for new members and staff, $2,907,000; Wounded Warrior 
Program, $2,500,000, to be derived from funding provided 
for this purpose in Division G of Public Law 111–8; Office 
of Congressional Ethics, $1,548,000; Energy Demonstration 
Projects, $2,500,000, if authorized, to remain available 
until expended; and miscellaneous items including pur-
chase, exchange, maintenance, repair and operation of 
House motor vehicles, interparliamentary receptions, and 
gratuities to heirs of deceased employees of the House, 
$760,000. 
CHILD CARE CENTER 
For salaries and expenses of the House of Representa-
tives Child Care Center, such amounts as are deposited in 
the account established by section 312(d)(1) of the Legisla-
tive Branch Appropriations Act, 1992 (2 U.S.C. 2062), sub-
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ject to the level specified in the budget of the Center, as sub-
mitted to the Committee on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 101. (a) REQUIRING AMOUNTS REMAINING IN 
MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES TO BE USED 
FOR DEFICIT REDUCTION OR TO REDUCE THE FEDERAL 
DEBT.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any 
amounts appropriated under this Act for ‘‘House of Rep-
resentatives—Salaries and Expenses—Members’ Represen-
tational Allowances’’ shall be available only for fiscal year 
2010. Any amount remaining after all payments are made 
under such allowances for fiscal year 2010 shall be depos-
ited 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 man-
ner as the Secretary of the Treasury considers appropriate). 
(b) REGULATIONS.—The Committee on House Admin-
istration of the House of Representatives shall have author-
ity to prescribe regulations to carry out this section. 
(c) DEFINITION.—As used in this section, the term 
‘‘Member of the House of Representatives’’ means a Rep-
resentative in, or a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, 
the Congress.
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SEC. 102. Effective with respect to fiscal year 2010 and 
each succeeding fiscal year, the aggregate amount otherwise 
authorized to be appropriated for a fiscal year for the lump- 
sum allowance for each of the following offices is increased 
as follows: 
(1) The allowance for the office of the Majority 
Whip is increased by $96,000. 
(2) The allowance for the office of the Minority 
Whip is increased by $96,000. 
JOINT ITEMS 
For Joint Committees, as follows: 
JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic Com-
mittee, $4,814,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the 
Senate. 
JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on 
Taxation, $11,327,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Admin-
istrative 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 Physi-
cian and his assistants, including: (1) an allowance of 
$2,175 per month to the Attending Physician; (2) an allow-
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ance 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 Physi-
cian; (4) an allowance of $725 per month to two assistants 
and $580 per month each not to exceed 11 assistants on 
the basis heretofore provided for such assistants; and (5) 
$2,366,000 for reimbursement to the Department of the 
Navy for expenses incurred for staff and equipment as-
signed to the Office of the Attending Physician, which shall 
be advanced and credited to the applicable appropriation 
or appropriations from which such salaries, allowances, 
and other expenses are payable and shall be available for 
all the purposes thereof, $3,805,000, to be disbursed by the 
Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representa-
tives. 
OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL ACCESSIBILITY SERVICES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses of the Office of Congressional 
Accessibility Services, $1,377,000, to be disbursed by the 
Secretary of the Senate. 
STATEMENTS OF APPROPRIATIONS 
For the preparation, under the direction of the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of 
Representatives, of the statements for the first session of the 
111th Congress, showing appropriations made, indefinite
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appropriations, and contracts authorized, together with a 
chronological history of the regular appropriations bills as 
required by law, $30,000, to be paid to the persons des-
ignated by the chairmen of such committees to supervise 
the work. 
CAPITOL POLICE 
SALARIES 
For salaries of employees of the Capitol Police, includ-
ing overtime, hazardous duty pay differential, and Govern-
ment contributions for health, retirement, social security, 
professional liability insurance, and other applicable em-
ployee benefits, $267,203,000, to be disbursed by the Chief 
of the Capitol Police or his designee. 
GENERAL EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Capitol Police, including 
motor vehicles, communications and other equipment, secu-
rity equipment and installation, uniforms, weapons, sup-
plies, materials, training, medical services, forensic services, 
stenographic services, personal and professional services, the 
employee assistance program, the awards program, postage, 
communication services, travel advances, relocation of in-
structor and liaison personnel for the Federal Law Enforce-
ment Training Center, and not more than $5,000 to be ex-
pended on the certification of the Chief of the Capitol Police 
in connection with official representation and reception ex-
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penses, $64,354,000, to be disbursed by the Chief of the Cap-
itol 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 Train-
ing Center for fiscal year 2010 shall be paid by the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security from funds available to the 
Department of Homeland Security. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
TRANSFER AUTHORITY 
SEC. 1001. Amounts appropriated for fiscal year 2010 
for the Capitol Police may be transferred between the head-
ings ‘‘Salaries’’ and ‘‘General expenses’’ upon the approval 
of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Senate. 
OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses of the Office of Compliance, 
as authorized by section 305 of the Congressional Account-
ability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1385), $4,418,000, of which 
$883,990 shall remain available until September 30, 2011: 
Provided, That not more than $500 may be expended on 
the certification of the Executive Director of the Office of 
Compliance in connection with official representation and 
reception expenses.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
DISPOSITION OF SURPLUS OR OBSOLETE PERSONAL 
PROPERTY 
SEC. 1101. (a) IN GENERAL.—Title III of the Congres-
sional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1381 et seq.) 
is amended by inserting after section 305 the following: 
‘‘SEC. 306. DISPOSITION OF SURPLUS OR OBSOLETE PER-
SONAL PROPERTY. 
‘‘The Executive Director may, within the limits of 
available appropriations, dispose of surplus or obsolete per-
sonal property by interagency transfer, donation, or dis-
carding.’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The 
table of contents for the Congressional Accountability Act 
of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1301 et seq.) is amended by inserting 
after section 305 the following: 
‘‘Sec. 306. Disposition of surplus or obsolete personal property.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this 
section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2010, and 
each fiscal year thereafter. 
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
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of the Congressional Budget Office in connection with offi-
cial representation and reception expenses, $45,165,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
EXECUTIVE EXCHANGE PROGRAM FOR THE 
CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE 
SEC. 1201. Section 1201 of the Legislative Branch Ap-
propriations Act, 2008 (2 U.S.C. 611 note; Public law 110– 
161; 121 Stat. 2238) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘3’’ and 
inserting ‘‘5’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘3’’ and 
inserting ‘‘5’’; 
(2) by striking subsection (d), and redesignating 
subsection (e) as subsection (d); and 
(3) in subsection (d) (as redesignated by this sec-
tion), by striking ‘‘Subject to subsection (d), this’’ and 
inserting ‘‘This’’. 
ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL 
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION 
For salaries for the Architect of the Capitol, and other 
personal services, at rates of pay provided by law; for sur-
veys and studies in connection with activities under the 
care of the Architect of the Capitol; for all necessary ex-
penses for the general and administrative support of the
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operations under the Architect of the Capitol including the 
Botanic Garden; electrical substations of the Capitol, Sen-
ate and House office buildings, and other facilities under 
the jurisdiction of the Architect of the Capitol; including 
furnishings 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 approve; 
for purchase or exchange, maintenance, and operation of 
a passenger motor vehicle, $106,587,000, of which 
$5,400,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2014. 
CAPITOL BUILDING 
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 
and operation of the Capitol, $33,305,000, of which 
$6,499,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2014. 
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, $10,974,000, 
of which $1,410,000 shall remain available until September 
30, 2014. 
SENATE OFFICE BUILDINGS 
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 
and operation of Senate office buildings; and furniture and
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furnishings to be expended under the control and super-
vision of the Architect of the Capitol, $74,392,000, of which 
$15,390,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2014. 
HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS 
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 
and operation of the House office buildings, $100,466,000, 
of which $53,360,000 shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2014. 
CAPITOL POWER PLANT 
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 
and operation of the Capitol Power Plant; lighting, heating, 
power (including the purchase of electrical energy) 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 garage, 
and air conditioning refrigeration not supplied from plants 
in any of such buildings; heating the Government Printing 
Office and Washington City Post Office, and heating and 
chilled water for air conditioning for the Supreme Court 
Building, the Union Station complex, the Thurgood Mar-
shall Federal Judiciary Building and the Folger Shake-
speare Library, expenses for which shall be advanced or re-
imbursed upon request of the Architect of the Capitol and 
amounts so received shall be deposited into the Treasury
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to the credit of this appropriation, $118,597,000, of which 
$25,074,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2014: Provided, That not more than $8,000,000 of the funds 
credited or to be reimbursed to this appropriation as herein 
provided shall be available for obligation during fiscal year 
2010. 
LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS 
For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and 
structural maintenance, care and operation of the Library 
buildings and grounds, $40,754,000, of which $14,470,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2014. 
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 located, 
the Alternate Computer Facility, and AOC security oper-
ations, $26,160,000, of which $7,050,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2014. 
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, $11,898,000, of which $1,280,000
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shall remain available until September 30, 2014: Provided, 
That of the amount made available under this heading, the 
Architect may obligate and expend such sums as may be 
necessary for the maintenance, care and operation of the 
National Garden established under section 307E of the Leg-
islative Branch Appropriations Act, 1989 (2 U.S.C. 2146), 
upon vouchers approved by the Architect or a duly author-
ized designee. 
CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER 
For all necessary expenses for the operation of the Cap-
itol Visitor Center, $22,756,000. 
ENGRAVING OF THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG 
AND THE NATIONAL MOTTO IN THE CAPITOL VISITOR 
CENTER 
SEC. 1202. (a) ENGRAVING REQUIRED.—The Architect 
of the Capitol shall engrave the Pledge of Allegiance to the 
Flag and the National Motto of ‘‘In God We Trust’’ in the 
Capitol Visitor Center, in accordance with the engraving 
plan described in subsection (b). 
(b) ENGRAVING PLAN.—The engraving plan described 
in this subsection is a plan setting forth the design and 
location of the engraving required under subsection (a) 
which is prepared by the Architect of the Capitol and ap-
proved by the Committee on Rules and Administration of 
the Senate and the Committee on House Administration of 
the House of Representatives.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
DISPOSITION OF SURPLUS OR OBSOLETE PERSONAL 
PROPERTY 
SEC. 1301. (a) IN GENERAL.—The Architect of the 
Capitol shall have the authority, within the limits of avail-
able appropriations, to dispose of surplus or obsolete per-
sonal property by inter-agency transfer, donation, sale, 
trade-in, or discarding. Amounts received for the sale or 
trade-in of personal property shall be credited to funds 
available for the operations of the Architect of the Capitol 
and be available for the costs of acquiring the same or simi-
lar property. Such funds shall be available for such pur-
poses during the fiscal year received and the following fiscal 
year. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply with 
respect to fiscal year 2010, and each fiscal year thereafter. 
FLEXIBLE AND COMPRESSED WORK SCHEDULES 
SEC. 1302. Chapter 61 of title 5, United States Code, 
is amended— 
(1) in section 6121(1) by striking ‘‘and the Li-
brary of Congress’’ and inserting ‘‘the Library of 
Congress, the Architect of the Capitol, and the Bo-
tanic Garden’’; and 
(2) in section 6133(c) by adding at the end the 
following:
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‘‘(3) With respect to employees of the Architect of 
the Capitol and the Botanic Garden, the authority 
granted to the Office of Personnel Management under 
this subchapter shall be exercised by the Architect of 
the Capitol.’’. 
DISABLED VETERANS; NONCOMPETITIVE APPOINTMENT 
SEC. 1303. Section 3112 of title 5, United States Code, 
is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘(a)’’ before ‘‘Under’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘agency’ 
shall include the Architect of the Capitol and the Botanic 
Garden. With respect to the Architect of the Capitol and 
the Botanic Garden, the authority granted to the Office of 
Personnel Management under this section shall be exercised 
by the Architect of the Capitol.’’. 
ACCEPTANCE OF VOLUNTARY STUDENT SERVICES 
SEC. 1304. (a) Section 3111 of title 5, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(e) For purposes of this section the term ‘agency’ shall 
include the Architect of the Capitol. With respect to the Ar-
chitect of the Capitol, the authority granted to the Office 
of Personnel Management under this section shall be exer-
cised by the Architect of the Capitol.’’.
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BOTANIC GARDEN VENDOR CONTRACTS 
SEC. 1305. Section 307E of the Legislative Branch Ap-
propriations Act, 1989 (2 U.S.C. 2146) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)(1), by striking ‘‘an account 
entitled ‘Botanic Garden, Gifts and Donations’.’’ and 
inserting ‘‘an account entitled ‘Botanic Garden, Op-
erations and Maintenance’.’’; 
(2) by redesignating subsection (d) as subsection 
(e); and 
(3) by inserting after subsection (c) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(d) CONTRACTS WITH VENDORS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Architect of the Capitol 
may enter into a commission-based service contract 
with a vendor who, notwithstanding section 5104(c) 
of title 40, United States Code, may sell refreshments 
at the Botanic Garden and National Garden. 
‘‘(2) DEPOSIT AND USE OF COMMISSIONS.—Any 
amounts paid to the Architect of the Capitol as a 
commission under paragraph (1) shall be— 
‘‘(A) deposited in the account described 
under subsection (b); and 
‘‘(B) available for operation and mainte-
nance in the same manner as provided under 
subsection (b).’’.
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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 mainte-
nance of the Library’s catalogs; custody and custodial care 
of the Library buildings; special clothing; cleaning, laun-
dering and repair of uniforms; preservation of motion pic-
tures in the custody of the Library; operation and mainte-
nance of the American Folklife Center in the Library; prep-
aration and distribution of catalog records and other publi-
cations 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, $441,033,000, of which not 
more than $6,000,000 shall be derived from collections cred-
ited to this appropriation during fiscal year 2010, 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 collec-
tions during fiscal year 2010 and shall remain available 
until expended for the development and maintenance of an 
international legal information database and activities re-
lated 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
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authorized for obligation or expenditure in appropriations 
Acts: Provided further, That the total amount available for 
obligation shall be reduced by the amount by which collec-
tions are less than $6,350,000: Provided further, That of 
the total amount appropriated, not more than $12,000 may 
be expended, on the certification of the Librarian of Con-
gress, in connection with official representation and recep-
tion expenses for the Overseas Field Offices: Provided fur-
ther, That of the total amount appropriated, $7,315,000 
shall remain available until expended for the digital collec-
tions and educational curricula program: Provided further, 
That of the total amount appropriated, $750,000 shall re-
main available until expended, and shall be transferred to 
the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission for car-
rying out the purposes of Public Law 106–173, of which 
$10,000 may be used for official representation and recep-
tion expenses of the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Com-
mission: Provided further, That, $200,000 shall remain 
available until expended for the purpose of preserving, 
digitizing and making available historically and culturally 
significant materials related to the development of Nebraska 
and the American West, which amount shall be transferred 
to the Durham Museum in Omaha, Nebraska.
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COPYRIGHT OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, 
$55,476,000, of which not more than $28,751,000, to re-
main available until expended, shall be derived from collec-
tions credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 2010 
under section 708(d) of title 17, United States Code: Pro-
vided, 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 $5,861,000 shall be derived from collections dur-
ing fiscal year 2010 under sections 111(d)(2), 119(b)(2), 
803(e), 1005, and 1316 of such title: Provided further, That 
the total amount available for obligation shall be reduced 
by the amount by which collections are less than 
$34,612,000: 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 pur-
pose of training nationals of developing countries in intel-
lectual property laws and policies: Provided further, That 
not more than $4,250 may be expended, on the certification 
of the Librarian of Congress, in connection with official 
representation and reception expenses for activities of the
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International Copyright Institute and for copyright delega-
tions, visitors, and seminars: Provided further, That not-
withstanding any provision of chapter 8 of title 17, United 
States Code, any amounts made available under this head-
ing which are attributable to royalty fees and payments re-
ceived 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 necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of 
section 203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 
(2 U.S.C. 166) and to revise and extend the Annotated Con-
stitution of the United States of America, $112,836,000: 
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 Con-
gress 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.
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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), 
$70,182,000, of which $30,577,000 shall remain available 
until expended: Provided, That of the total amount appro-
priated, $650,000 shall be available to contract to provide 
newspapers to blind and physically handicapped residents 
at no cost to the individual. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
REIMBURSABLE AND REVOLVING FUND ACTIVITIES 
SEC. 1401. (a) IN GENERAL.—For fiscal year 2010, 
the obligational authority of the Library of Congress for the 
activities described in subsection (b) may not exceed 
$123,328,000. 
(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. 
(c) TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—During fiscal year 2010, 
the Librarian of Congress may temporarily transfer funds 
appropriated in this Act, under the heading ‘‘Library of 
Congress’’, under the subheading ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’, 
to the revolving fund for the FEDLINK Program and the
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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 revolv-
ing fund account shall reimburse the Library for any 
amounts transferred to it before the period of availability 
of the Library appropriation expires. 
TRANSFER AUTHORITY 
SEC. 1402. (a) IN GENERAL.—Amounts appropriated 
for fiscal year 2010 for the Library of Congress may be 
transferred during fiscal year 2010 between any of the head-
ings under the heading ‘‘Library of Congress’’ upon the ap-
proval of the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate 
and the House of Representatives. 
(b) LIMITATION.—Not more than 10 percent of the 
total amount of funds appropriated to the account under 
any heading under the heading ‘‘Library of Congress’’ for 
fiscal year 2009 may be transferred from that account by 
all transfers made under subsection (a). 
CLASSIFICATION OF LIBRARY OF CONGRESS POSITIONS 
ABOVE GS–15 
SEC. 1403. Section 5108 of title 5, United States Code, 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
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‘‘(c) The Librarian of Congress may classify positions 
in the Library of Congress above GS–15 under standards 
established by the Office in subsection (a)(2).’’. 
LEAVE CARRYOVER FOR CERTAIN LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 
EXECUTIVE POSITIONS 
SEC. 1404. Section 6304(f)(1) of title 5, United States 
Code, is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (F), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the 
end; 
(2) in subparagraph (G), by striking the period 
and inserting ‘‘; or’’ and 
(3) by adding after subparagraph (G) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(H) a position in the Library of Congress 
the compensation for which is set at a rate equal 
to the annual rate of basic pay payable for posi-
tions at level III of the Executive Schedule under 
section 5314.’’. 
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 Cap-
itol; expenses necessary for preparing the semimonthly and
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session index to the Congressional 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 au-
thorized by law to be distributed without charge to the re-
cipient, $93,296,000: Provided, That this appropriation 
shall not be available for paper copies of the permanent edi-
tion of the Congressional Record for individual Representa-
tives, 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 publica-
tion after the 27-month period beginning on the date that 
such document, report, or publication is authorized by Con-
gress to be printed, unless Congress reauthorizes such print-
ing in accordance with section 718 of title 44, United States 
Code: Provided further, That any unobligated or unex-
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pended balances in this account or accounts for similar 
purposes for preceding 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 Rep-
resentatives and Senate. 
OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses of the Office of Superintendent of Docu-
ments necessary to provide for the cataloging and indexing 
of Government publications and their distribution to the 
public, Members of Congress, other Government agencies, 
and designated depository and international exchange li-
braries as authorized by law, $40,911,000: Provided, That 
amounts of not more than $2,000,000 from current year 
appropriations are authorized for producing and dissemi-
nating Congressional serial sets and other related publica-
tions for fiscal years 2008 and 2009 to depository and other 
designated libraries: Provided further, That any unobli-
gated or unexpended balances in this account or accounts 
for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years may be 
transferred to the Government Printing Office revolving 
fund for carrying out the purposes of this heading, subject