H. R. 1905
One Hundred Sixth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE FIRST SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
the sixth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine
An Act
Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2000, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 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, 2000, and for other purposes, namely:
TITLE I—CONGRESSIONAL OPERATIONS
SENATE
EXPENSE ALLOWANCES
For expense allowances of the Vice President, $10,000; the
President Pro Tempore of the Senate, $10,000; Majority Leader
of the Senate, $10,000; Minority Leader of the Senate, $10,000;
Majority Whip of the Senate, $5,000; Minority Whip of the Senate,
$5,000; and Chairmen of the Majority and Minority Conference
Committees, $3,000 for each Chairman; in all, $56,000.
REPRESENTATION ALLOWANCES FOR THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY
LEADERS
For representation allowances of the Majority and Minority
Leaders of the Senate, $15,000 for each such Leader; in all, $30,000.
SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
For compensation of officers, employees, and others as
authorized by law, including agency contributions, $89,968,000,
which shall be paid from this appropriation without regard to
the below limitations, as follows:
OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT
For the Office of the Vice President, $1,721,000.
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE
For the Office of the President Pro Tempore, $437,000.
OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERS
For Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders, $2,644,000.
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OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY WHIPS
For Offices of the Majority and Minority Whips, $1,634,000.
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
For salaries of the Committee on Appropriations, $6,525,000.
CONFERENCE COMMITTEES
For the Conference of the Majority and the Conference of the
Minority, at rates of compensation to be fixed by the Chairman
of each such committee, $1,132,000 for each such committee; in
all, $2,264,000.
OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES OF THE CONFERENCE OF THE MAJORITY
AND THE CONFERENCE OF THE MINORITY
For Offices of the Secretaries of the Conference of the Majority
and the Conference of the Minority, $590,000.
POLICY COMMITTEES
For salaries of the Majority Policy Committee and the Minority
Policy Committee, $1,151,000 for each such committee; in all,
$2,302,000.
OFFICE OF THE CHAPLAIN
For Office of the Chaplain, $277,000.
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
For Office of the Secretary, $14,202,000.
OFFICE OF THE SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER
For Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper,
$34,794,000.
OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY
For Offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the Secretary
for the Minority, $1,246,000.
AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS AND RELATED EXPENSES
For agency contributions for employee benefits, as authorized
by law, and related expenses, $21,332,000.
OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL OF THE SENATE
For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative
Counsel of the Senate, $3,901,000.
OFFICE OF SENATE LEGAL COUNSEL
For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate Legal Counsel,
$1,035,000.
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EXPENSE
ALLOWANCES
OF
THE
SECRETARY
OF
THE
SENATE,
SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE SENATE, AND SEC-
RETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY OF THE SENATE
For expense allowances of the Secretary of the Senate, $3,000;
Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, $3,000; Secretary
for the Majority of the Senate, $3,000; Secretary for the Minority
of the Senate, $3,000; in all, $12,000.
CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE
INQUIRIES AND INVESTIGATIONS
For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered by the
Senate, or conducted pursuant to section 134(a) of Public Law
601, Seventy-ninth Congress, as amended, section 112 of Public
Law 96–304 and Senate Resolution 281, agreed to March 11, 1980,
$71,604,000.
EXPENSES OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE CAUCUS ON
INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL
For expenses of the United States Senate Caucus on Inter-
national Narcotics Control, $370,000.
SECRETARY OF THE SENATE
For expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the Senate,
$1,511,000.
SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE SENATE
For expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Door-
keeper of the Senate, $66,261,000.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS
For miscellaneous items, $8,655,000.
SENATORS’ OFFICIAL PERSONNEL AND OFFICE EXPENSE ACCOUNT
For Senators’ Official Personnel and Office Expense Account,
$245,703,000.
OFFICIAL MAIL COSTS
For expenses necessary for official mail costs of the Senate,
$300,000.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
SECTION 1. Effective in the case of any fiscal year which begins
on or after October 1, 1999, clause (iii) of paragraph (3)(A) of
section 506(b) of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1973 (2
U.S.C. 58(b)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(iii) subject to subparagraph (B)—
‘‘(I) in case the Senator represents Alabama, $116,300,
Alaska, $221,600, Arizona, $128,975, Arkansas, $118,250,
California, $168,950, Colorado, $124,100, Connecticut,
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$105,575, Delaware, $95,825, Florida, $120,200, Georgia,
$116,300, Hawaii, $245,000, Idaho, $128,000, Illinois,
$138,725, Indiana, $116,300, Iowa, $119,225, Kansas,
$119,225, Kentucky, $115,325, Louisiana, $120,200, Maine,
$110,450, Maryland, $100,700, Massachusetts, $114,350,
Michigan, $124,100, Minnesota, $120,200, Mississippi,
$118,250, 
Missouri, 
$121,175, 
Montana, 
$128,000,
Nebraska, $120,200, Nevada, $129,950, New Hampshire,
$106,550, New Jersey, $110,450, New Mexico, $125,075,
New York, $145,550, North Carolina, $112,400, North
Dakota, $119,225, Ohio, $129,950, Oklahoma, $123,125,
Oregon, $132,875, Pennsylvania, $128,975, Rhode Island,
$104,600, 
South 
Carolina, 
$110,450, 
South 
Dakota,
$120,200, Tennessee, $116,300, Texas, $149,450, Utah,
$128,000, Vermont, $105,575, Virginia, $106,550, Wash-
ington, $135,800, West Virginia, $105,575, Wisconsin,
$119,225, Wyoming, $123,125, plus
‘‘(II) the amount that is equal to the Senator’s share
for the fiscal year, as determined in accordance with regula-
tions of the Committee on Rules and Administration, of
the amount made available within the Senators’ Official
Personnel and Office Expense Account in the contingent
fund of the Senate for official mail expenses of Senators,
plus’’.
(b) Subparagraph (B) of section 506(b)(3) of the Supplemental
Appropriations Act, 1973 (2 U.S.C. 58(b)(3)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘that part of the amount referred to in
subparagraph (A)(iii) that is not specifically allocated for official
mail expenses’’ and inserting ‘‘the amount referred to in
subparagraph (A)(iii)(I)’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘the part of the amount referred to in
subparagraph (A)(iii) that is allocated for official mail expenses’’
and inserting ‘‘the amount referred to in subparagraph
(A)(iii)(II)’’.
(c) The amendments made by this section shall apply to any
fiscal year which begins on or after October 1, 1999.
SEC. 2. Effective on and after October 1, 1999, each of the
dollar amounts contained in the table under section 105(d)(1)(A)
of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1968 (2 U.S.C. 61–
1(d)(1)(A)) shall be deemed to be the dollar amounts in that table,
as increased by section 8 of Public Law 105–275, increased by
an additional $50,000 each.
SEC. 3. SENATE OFFICE SPACE ALLOCATIONS. Section 3 under
the heading ‘‘ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS’’ in the appropriation for
the Senate in the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1975
(2 U.S.C. 59; 88 Stat. 428) is amended—
(1) in subsection (b)—
(A) by striking paragraphs (1) and (2) and inserting
the following:
‘‘(1) 5,000 square feet if the population of the State of
the Senator is less than 3,000,000;’’;
(B) by striking ‘‘8,000’’ in paragraph (13) and inserting
‘‘8,200’’; and
(C) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through (13) as
paragraphs (2) through (12), respectively; and
(2) in subsection (c)(2)—
(A) by striking ‘‘$30,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$40,000’’;
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(B) by striking ‘‘4,800’’ and inserting ‘‘5,000’’;
(C) by striking ‘‘$734’’ and inserting ‘‘$1,000’’; and
(D) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘Effective begin-
ning with the 106th Congress, the aggregate amount in
effect under this paragraph for any Congress shall be
increased by the inflation adjustment factor for the cal-
endar year in which the Congress begins. For purposes
of the preceding sentence, the inflation adjustment factor
for any calendar year is a fraction the numerator of which
is the implicit price deflator for the gross domestic product
as computed and published by the Department of Com-
merce for the preceding calendar year and the denominator
of which is such deflator for the calendar year 1998.’’.
SEC. 4. Section 6(c) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations
Act, 1999 (Public Law 105–275; 2 U.S.C. 121b–1(c)) is amended
by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(3) The provisions of section 4 of the Act of July 31, 1946
(40 U.S.C. 193d), except for the provisions relating to solicitation,
shall not apply to any activity carried out pursuant to this section,
subject to approval of such activities by the Committee on Rules
and Administration.’’.
SEC. 5. The first section of Public Law 87–82 (40 U.S.C. 174j–
1) is amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘The provisions
of section 4 of the Act of July 31, 1946 (40 U.S.C. 193d), except
for the provisions relating to solicitation, shall not apply to any
activity carried out pursuant to this section, subject to the approval
of such activities by the Committee on Rules and Administration.’’.
SEC. 6. The Legislative Counsel may, subject to the approval
of the President pro tempore of the Senate, designate one of the
Senior Counsels appointed under section 102 of the Legislative
Branch Appropriation Act, 1979 (2 U.S.C. 274 note; Public Law
95–391; 92 Stat. 771) as Deputy Legislative Counsel. The Deputy
Legislative Counsel shall perform the functions of the Legislative
Counsel during the absence or disability of the Legislative Counsel,
or when the office is vacant.
SEC. 7. Section 814(i) of the Foreign Relations Authorization
Act, Fiscal Years 1986 and 1987 (22 U.S.C. 2291 note) is amended
by striking ‘‘September 30, 1999’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30,
2002’’.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For salaries and expenses of the House of Representatives,
$760,884,000, as follows:
HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES
For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, $14,202,000,
including: Office of the Speaker, $1,740,000, including $25,000 for
official expenses of the Speaker; Office of the Majority Floor Leader,
$1,705,000, including $10,000 for official expenses of the Majority
Leader; Office of the Minority Floor Leader, $2,071,000, including
$10,000 for official expenses of the Minority Leader; Office of the
Majority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Majority Whip,
$1,423,000, including $5,000 for official expenses of the Majority
Whip; Office of the Minority Whip, including the Chief Deputy
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Minority Whip, $1,057,000, including $5,000 for official expenses
of the Minority Whip; Speaker’s Office for Legislative Floor
Activities, $406,000; Republican Steering Committee, $757,000;
Republican Conference, $1,244,000; Democratic Steering and Policy
Committee, $1,337,000; Democratic Caucus, $664,000; nine minority
employees, $1,218,000; training and program development—
majority, $290,000; and training and program development—
minority, $290,000: Provided, That the amounts otherwise provided
under this heading for the various leadership offices shall be
reduced in a manner approved by the Committee on Appropriations
such that the aggregate amount appropriated under this heading
is $142,000 less than the aggregate amount otherwise provided.
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, $406,279,000.
COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES
STANDING COMMITTEES, SPECIAL AND SELECT
For salaries and expenses of standing committees, special and
select, authorized by House resolutions, $93,878,000: Provided, That
such amount shall remain available for such salaries and expenses
until December 31, 2000.
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
For salaries and expenses of the Committee on Appropriations,
$21,095,000, including studies and examinations of executive agen-
cies and temporary personal services 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
December 31, 2000.
SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
For compensation and expenses of officers and employees, as
authorized by law, $90,150,000, including: for salaries and expenses
of the Office of the Clerk, including not more than $3,500, of
which not more than $2,500 is for the Family Room, for official
representation and reception expenses, $14,881,000; for salaries
and expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms, including
the position of Superintendent of Garages, and including not more
than $750 for official representation and reception expenses,
$3,746,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Chief
Administrative Officer, $57,289,000, of which $2,500,000 shall
remain available until expended, including $25,519,000 for salaries,
expenses and temporary personal services of House Information
Resources, of which $24,641,000 is provided herein: Provided, That
of the amount provided for House Information Resources, $6,260,000
shall be for net expenses of telecommunications: Provided further,
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That House Information Resources is authorized to receive
reimbursement from Members of the House of Representatives and
other governmental entities for services provided and such
reimbursement shall be deposited in the Treasury for credit to
this account; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Inspector
General, $3,926,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of
General Counsel, $840,000; for the Office of the Chaplain, $136,000;
for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Parliamentarian,
including the Parliamentarian and $2,000 for preparing the Digest
of Rules, $1,172,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of
the Law Revision Counsel of the House, $2,045,000; for salaries
and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the House,
$5,085,000; for salaries and expenses of the Corrections Calendar
Office, $825,000; and for other authorized employees, $205,000.
ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES
For allowances and expenses as authorized by House resolution
or law, $135,422,000, including: supplies, materials, administrative
costs and Federal tort claims, $2,741,000; official mail for commit-
tees, leadership offices, and administrative offices of the House,
$410,000; Government contributions for health, retirement, Social
Security, and other applicable employee benefits, $131,595,000; and
miscellaneous items including purchase, exchange, maintenance,
repair and operation of House motor vehicles, interparliamentary
receptions, and gratuities to heirs of deceased employees of the
House, $676,000.
CHILD CARE CENTER
For salaries and expenses of the House of Representatives
Child Care Center, such amounts as are deposited in the account
established by section 312(d)(1) of the Legislative Branch Appropria-
tions Act, 1992 (40 U.S.C. 184g(d)(1)), subject to the level specified
in the budget of the Center, as submitted to the Committee on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
SEC. 101. (a) COMPLIANCE WITH ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS.—
The General Counsel of the House of Representatives and any
other counsel in the Office of the General Counsel of the House
of Representatives, including any counsel specially retained by the
Office of General Counsel, shall be entitled, for the purpose of
performing the counsel’s functions, to enter an appearance in any
proceeding before any court of the United States or of any State
or political subdivision thereof without compliance with any require-
ments for admission to practice before such court, except that
the authorization conferred by this subsection shall not apply with
respect to the admission of any such person to practice before
the United States Supreme Court.
(b) NOTIFICATION
BY
ATTORNEY
GENERAL.—The Attorney
General shall notify the General Counsel of the House of Represent-
atives with respect to any proceeding in which the United States
is a party of any determination by the Attorney General or Solicitor
General not to appeal any court decision affecting the constitu-
tionality of an Act or joint resolution of Congress within such
time as will enable the House to direct the General Counsel to
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intervene as a party in such proceeding pursuant to applicable
rules of the House of Representatives.
(c) GENERAL COUNSEL DEFINITION.—In this section, the term
‘‘General Counsel of the House of Representatives’’ means—
(1) the head of the Office of General Counsel established
and operating under clause 8 of rule II of the Rules of the
House of Representatives;
(2) the head of any successor office to the Office of General
Counsel which is established after the date of the enactment
of this Act; and
(3) any other person authorized and directed in accordance
with the Rules of the House of Representatives to provide
legal assistance and representation to the House in connection
with the matters described in this section.
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The provisions of this section shall
become effective beginning with the date of the enactment of this
Act.
SEC. 102. Section 104(a) of the Legislative Branch Appropria-
tions Act, 1999 (Public Law 105–275; 112 Stat. 2439) is amended
by striking ‘‘(2 U.S.C. 59(e)(2))’’ and inserting ‘‘(2 U.S.C. 59e(e)(2))’’.
SEC. 103. (a) CLARIFICATION
OF RULES REGARDING USE
OF
FUNDS FOR OFFICIAL MAIL.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 311(e)(1) of the Legislative
Branch Appropriations Act, 1991 (2 U.S.C. 59e(e)(1)) is
amended—
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by
striking ‘‘There is established’’ and all that follows through
‘‘shall be prescribed—’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘The
use of funds of the House of Representatives which are
made available for official mail of Members, officers, and
employees of the House of Representatives who are persons
entitled to use the congressional frank shall be governed
by regulations promulgated—’’; and
(B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘the Allowance’’
and inserting ‘‘official mail (except as provided in subpara-
graph (B))’’.
(2) LIMITATIONS
ON
AVAILABILITY
OF
FUNDS.—Section
311(e)(2) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 59e(e)(2)), as amended by section
104(a) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1999, is
amended—
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by
striking ‘‘The Official Mail Allowance’’ and inserting ‘‘Funds
used for official mail’’;
(B) by striking subparagraph (A); and
(C) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) and (C) as
subparagraphs (A) and (B).
(3) REPEAL OF OBSOLETE TRANSFER AUTHORITY.—Section
311(e) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 59e(e)) is amended by striking
paragraph (3).
(4) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—(A) Section 1(a) of House
Resolution 457, Ninety-second Congress, agreed to July 21,
1971, as enacted into permanent law by chapter IV of the
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1972 (2 U.S.C. 57(a)), is
amended by striking ‘‘the Official Mail Allowance’’ each place
it appears and inserting ‘‘official mail’’.
(B) Section 311(a)(3) of the Legislative Branch Appropria-
tions Act, 1991 (2 U.S.C. 59e(a)(3)) is amended by striking
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‘‘costs charged against the Official Mail Allowance for’’ and
inserting ‘‘costs incurred for official mail by’’.
(b) REPEAL
OF
OBSOLETE
REFERENCES
TO
CLERK
HIRE
ALLOWANCE.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 104(a) of the House of Represent-
atives Administrative Reform Technical Corrections Act (2
U.S.C. 92(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘clerk hire’’ each place
it appears.
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The heading of section 104
of such Act (2 U.S.C. 92(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘CLERK
HIRE’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section
shall apply with respect to the first session of the One Hundred
Sixth Congress and each succeeding session of Congress.
SEC. 104. REQUIRING
AMOUNTS
REMAINING
IN
MEMBERS’
REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES TO BE USED FOR DEFICIT REDUC-
TION
OR
TO REDUCE
THE FEDERAL DEBT.—Notwithstanding any
other provision of law, any amounts appropriated under this Act
for ‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—SALARIES AND EXPENSES—
MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES’’ shall be available only
for fiscal year 2000. Any amount remaining after all payments
are made under such allowances for fiscal year 2000 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).
JOINT ITEMS
For Joint Committees, as follows:
JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic Committee,
$3,200,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate.
JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Taxation,
$6,456,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Administrative Officer
of the House.
For other joint items, as follows:
OFFICE OF THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN
For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent expenses of
the emergency rooms, and for the Attending Physician and his
assistants, including: (1) an allowance of $1,500 per month to the
Attending Physician; (2) an allowance of $500 per month each
to three medical officers while on duty in the Office of the Attending
Physician; (3) an allowance of $500 per month to one assistant
and $400 per month each not to exceed 11 assistants on the basis
heretofore provided for such assistants; and (4) $1,002,600 for
reimbursement to the Department of the Navy for expenses incurred
for staff and equipment assigned to the Office of the Attending
Physician, which shall be advanced and credited to the applicable
appropriation or appropriations from which such salaries, allow-
ances, and other expenses are payable and shall be available for
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all the purposes thereof, $1,898,000, to be disbursed by the Chief
Administrative Officer of the House.
CAPITOL POLICE BOARD
CAPITOL POLICE
SALARIES
For the Capitol Police Board for salaries of officers, members,
and employees of the Capitol Police, including overtime, hazardous
duty pay differential, clothing allowance of not more than $600
each for members required to wear civilian attire, and Government
contributions for health, retirement, Social Security, and other
applicable employee benefits, $78,501,000, of which $37,725,000
is provided to the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives,
to be disbursed by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House,
and $40,776,000 is provided to the Sergeant at Arms and Door-
keeper of the Senate, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the
Senate: Provided, That, of the amounts appropriated under this
heading, such amounts as may be necessary may be transferred
between the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives
and the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, upon
approval of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.
GENERAL EXPENSES
For the Capitol Police Board for necessary expenses of the
Capitol Police, including motor vehicles, communications and other
equipment, security equipment and installation, uniforms, weapons,
supplies, materials, training, medical services, forensic services,
stenographic services, personal and professional services, the
employee assistance program, not more than $2,000 for the awards
program, postage, telephone service, travel advances, relocation of
instructor and liaison personnel for the Federal Law Enforcement
Training Center, and $85 per month for extra services performed
for the Capitol Police Board by an employee of the Sergeant at
Arms of the Senate or the House of Representatives designated
by the Chairman of the Board, $6,574,000, to be disbursed by
the Capitol Police Board or their delegee: Provided, That, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, the cost of basic training
for the Capitol Police at the Federal Law Enforcement Training
Center for fiscal year 2000 shall be paid by the Secretary of the
Treasury from funds available to the Department of the Treasury.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION
SEC. 105. Amounts appropriated for fiscal year 2000 for the
Capitol Police Board for the Capitol Police may be transferred
between the headings ‘‘SALARIES’’ and ‘‘GENERAL EXPENSES’’ upon
the approval of—
(1) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of
Representatives, in the case of amounts transferred from the
appropriation provided to the Sergeant at Arms of the House
of Representatives under the heading ‘‘SALARIES’’;
(2) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, in
the case of amounts transferred from the appropriation provided
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to the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate under
the heading ‘‘SALARIES’’; and
(3) the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and
the House of Representatives, in the case of other transfers.
CAPITOL GUIDE SERVICE AND SPECIAL SERVICES OFFICE
For salaries and expenses of the Capitol Guide Service and
Special Services Office, $2,293,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary
of the Senate: Provided, That no part of such amount may be
used to employ more than 43 individuals: Provided further, That
the Capitol Guide Board is authorized, during emergencies, to
employ not more than two additional individuals for not more
than 120 days each, and not more than 10 additional individuals
for not more than 6 months each, for the Capitol Guide Service.
STATEMENTS OF APPROPRIATIONS
For the preparation, under the direction of the Committees
on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives,
of the statements for the first session of the One Hundred Sixth
Congress, showing appropriations made, indefinite 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 designated by the chairmen of such commit-
tees to supervise the work.
OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For salaries and expenses of the Office of Compliance, as
authorized by section 305 of the Congressional Accountability Act
of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1385), $2,000,000.
CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For salaries and expenses necessary to carry out the provisions
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (Public Law 93–344),
including not more than $2,500 to be expended on the certification
of the Director of the Congressional Budget Office in connection
with official representation and reception expenses, $26,221,000:
Provided, That no part of such amount may be used for the purchase
or hire of a passenger motor vehicle.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION
SEC. 106. (a) The Director of the Congressional Budget Office
shall have the authority to make lump-sum payments to enhance
staff recruitment and to reward exceptional performance by an
employee or a group of employees.
(b) Subsection (a) shall apply with respect to fiscal years
beginning after September 30, 1999.
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ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL
CAPITOL BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS
CAPITOL BUILDINGS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For salaries for the Architect of the Capitol, the Assistant
Architect of the Capitol, and other personal services, at rates of
pay provided by law; for surveys and studies in connection with
activities under the care of the Architect of the Capitol; for all
necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation of
the Capitol and electrical substations of the Senate and House
office buildings under the jurisdiction of the Architect of the Capitol,
including furnishings and office equipment, including not more
than $1,000 for official reception and representation expenses, to
be expended as the Architect of the Capitol may approve; for pur-
chase or exchange, maintenance and operation of a passenger motor
vehicle; and not to exceed $20,000 for attendance, when specifically
authorized by the Architect of the Capitol, at meetings or conven-
tions in connection with subjects related to work under the Architect
of the Capitol, $46,836,000, of which $4,390,000 shall remain avail-
able until expended.
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, $5,427,000, of which $155,000 shall
remain available until expended.
SENATE OFFICE BUILDINGS
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and oper-
ation of Senate office buildings; and furniture and furnishings to
be expended under the control and supervision of the Architect
of the Capitol, $64,038,000, of which $22,305,000 shall remain
available until expended.
HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and oper-
ation of the House office buildings, $37,279,000, of which $4,442,000
shall remain available until expended.
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 sup-
plied 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 Marshall Federal
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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, $38,054,000,
of which $3,000,000 shall remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That not more than $4,000,000 of the funds credited or
to be reimbursed to this appropriation as herein provided shall
be available for obligation during fiscal year 2000.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
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 Constitution of the United
States of America, $71,244,000: 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.
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING AND BINDING
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 (44 U.S.C. 902); printing and
binding of Government publications authorized by law to be distrib-
uted to Members of Congress; and printing, binding, and distribu-
tion of Government publications authorized by law to be distributed
without charge to the recipient, $73,577,000: Provided, That this
appropriation shall not be available for paper copies of the perma-
nent edition of the Congressional Record for individual Representa-
tives, Resident Commissioners or Delegates authorized under 44
U.S.C. 906: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be avail-
able for the payment of obligations incurred under the appropria-
tions for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years: Provided fur-
ther, 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
beginning on the date that such document, report, or publication
is authorized by Congress to be printed, unless Congress reauthor-
izes such printing in accordance with section 718 of title 44, United
States Code.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Congressional Operations Appro-
priations Act, 2000’’.
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TITLE II—OTHER AGENCIES
BOTANIC GARDEN
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and
operation 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, $3,425,000.
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, $256,779,000, of which not more than $6,500,000 shall
be derived from collections credited to this appropriation during
fiscal year 2000, 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 2000 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, $10,321,380 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, $2,347,000 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, $5,579,000
is to remain available until expended for the purpose of teaching
educators how to incorporate the Library’s digital collections into
school curricula, which amount shall be transferred to the edu-
cational consortium formed to conduct the ‘‘Joining Hands Across
America: Local Community Initiative’’ project as approved by the
Library: Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated,
$600,000 is to remain available until expended for the purpose
of digitizing archival materials relating to ethnic groups of
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California, including Japanese Americans, which amount shall be
transferred to an educational archive able to conduct such a project
as approved by the Library.
COPYRIGHT OFFICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, $37,628,000,
of which not more than $20,800,000, to remain available until
expended, shall be derived from collections credited to this appro-
priation during fiscal year 2000 under 17 U.S.C. 708(d): Provided,
That the Copyright Office may not obligate or expend any funds
derived from collections under 17 U.S.C. 708(d), in excess of the
amount authorized for obligation or expenditure in appropriations
Acts: Provided further, That not more than $5,454,000 shall be
derived from collections during fiscal year 2000 under 17 U.S.C.
111(d)(2), 119(b)(2), 802(h), and 1005: Provided further, That the
total amount available for obligation shall be reduced by the amount
by which collections are less than $26,254,000: Provided further,
That not more than $100,000 of the amount appropriated is avail-
able for the maintenance of an ‘‘International Copyright Institute’’
in the Copyright Office of the Library of Congress for the purpose
of training nationals of developing countries in intellectual 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 International Copyright Institute and for copy-
right 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), $47,984,000,
of which $14,019,000 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, $5,415,000.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
SEC. 201. Appropriations in this Act available to the Library
of Congress shall be available, in an amount of not more than
$198,390, of which $59,300 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
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(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
Congress from other Federal agencies to cover general and adminis-
trative overhead costs generated by performing reimbursable work
for other agencies under the authority of 31 U.S.C. 1535 and 1536
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
Congress 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
Congress 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 2000, the obligational authority
of the Library of Congress for the activities described in subsection
(b) may not exceed $98,788,000.
(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.
SEC. 207. The Library of Congress may use available funds,
now and hereafter, to enter into contracts for the lease or acquisition
of severable services for a period that begins in one fiscal year
and ends in the next fiscal year and to enter into multi-year
contracts for the acquisition of property and services pursuant
to sections 303L and 304B, respectively, of the Federal Property
and Administrative Services Act (41 U.S.C. 253l and 254c).
SEC. 208. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law
regarding the qualifications and method of appointment of
employees of the Library of Congress, the Librarian of Congress,
using such method of appointment as the Librarian may select,
may appoint not more than three individuals who meet such quali-
fications as the Librarian may impose to serve as management
specialists for a term not to exceed 3 years.
(b) No individual appointed as a management specialist under
subsection (a) may serve in such position after December 31, 2004.