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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, $29,077,000: Provided, That
travel expenses, including travel expenses of the Depository
Library Council to the Public Printer, shall not exceed
$150,000: Provided further, That amounts of not more than
$2,000,000, from current year appropriations are author-
ized for producing and disseminating Congressional serial
sets and other related publications for 1996 and 1997 to
depository and other designated libraries.
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE REVOLVING FUND
The Government Printing Office is hereby authorized
to make such expenditures, within the limits of funds avail-
able and in accord with the law, and to make such contracts
and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations
as provided by section 9104 of title 31, United States Code,
as may be necessary in carrying out the programs and pur-
poses set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year for
the Government Printing Office revolving fund: Provided,
That not more than $2,500 may be expended on the certifi-
cation of the Public Printer in connection with official rep-
resentation and reception expenses: Provided further, That
the revolving fund shall be available for the hire or purchase
of not more than twelve passenger motor vehicles: Provided
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further, That expenditures in connection with travel ex-
penses of the advisory councils to the Public Printer shall
be deemed necessary to carry out the provisions of title 44,
United States Code: Provided further, That the revolving
fund shall be available for temporary or intermittent serv-
ices under section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code,
but at rates for individuals not more than the daily equiva-
lent of the annual rate of basic pay for level V of the Execu-
tive Schedule under section 5316 of such title: Provided fur-
ther, That the revolving fund and the funds provided under
the headings ‘‘OFFICE
OF SUPERINTENDENT
OF DOCU-
MENTS’’ and ‘‘SALARIES AND EXPENSES’’ together may not
be available for the full-time equivalent employment of more
than 3,550 workyears by the end of fiscal year 1998: Pro-
vided further, That activities financed through the revolving
fund may provide information in any format: Provided fur-
ther, That the revolving fund shall not be used to administer
any flexible or compressed work schedule which applies to
any manager or supervisor in a position the grade or level
of which is equal to or higher than GS–15: Provided further,
That expenses for attendance at meetings shall not exceed
$75,000: Provided further, That, $1,500,000 may be ex-
pended on the certification of the Public Printer, for reim-
bursement to the General Accounting Office, for a manage-
ment audit.
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GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the General Accounting Of-
fice, 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 reception ex-
penses; temporary or intermittent services under section
3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, but at rates for indi-
viduals 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 passenger motor
vehicle; advance payments in foreign countries in accord-
ance with 31 U.S.C. 3324; benefits comparable to those pay-
able under sections 901(5), 901(6) and 901(8) of the For-
eign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4081(5), 4081(6) and
4081(8)); and under regulations prescribed by the Comp-
troller General of the United States, rental of living quar-
ters in foreign countries; $346,751,000: Provided, That not
more than $1,000,000 of reimbursements received incident
to the operation of the General Accounting Office Building
shall be available for use in fiscal year 1998: Provided fur-
ther, That an additional amount of $4,404,000 shall be
available by transfer from funds previously deposited in the
special account established pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 782: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 9105 here-
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after amounts reimbursed to the Comptroller General pur-
suant to that section shall be deposited to the appropriation
of the General Accounting Office then available and remain
available until expended, and not more than $2,000,000 of
such funds shall be available for use in fiscal year 1998:
Provided further, That this appropriation and appropria-
tions for administrative expenses of any other department
or agency which is a member of the Joint Financial Man-
agement Improvement Program (JFMIP) shall be available
to finance an appropriate share of JFMIP costs as deter-
mined by the JFMIP, including the salary of the Executive
Director and secretarial support: Provided further, That
this appropriation 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 avail-
able to finance an appropriate share of either Forum’s costs
as determined by the respective Forum, including necessary
travel expenses of non-Federal participants. Payments here-
under 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 this
appropriation and appropriations for administrative ex-
penses of any other department or agency which is a mem-
ber of the American Consortium on International Public
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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: Provided further, That $500,000 shall be available
only for expenditure on studies and assessments, to be car-
ried out by not-for-profit scientific, technological, or edu-
cational institutions, of the matters described in section
472(c) of title 2, United States Code: Provided further, That
topics for studies and assessments under the previous pro-
viso, and the institutions designated to carry out the studies
and assessments, shall be selected by the voting members of
the Technology Assessment Board under section 473 of title
2, United States Code, from among topics requested pursu-
ant to paragraphs (1) or (2) of section 472(d) of such title.
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 Com-
mittee on House Oversight and for the Senate issued by the
Committee on Rules and Administration.
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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
1929 is appropriated for or the rate of compensation or des-
ignation of any office or position appropriated for is dif-
ferent 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 ex-
penses of Members, officers, and committees of the Senate
and House of Representatives, and clerk hire for Senators
and Members of the House of Representatives shall be the
permanent law with respect thereto.
SEC. 304. The expenditure of any appropriation under
this Act for any consulting service through procurement
contract, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited to
those contracts where such expenditures are a matter of pub-
lic record and available for public inspection, except where
otherwise provided under existing law, or under existing
Executive order issued pursuant to existing law.
SEC. 305. Such sums as may be necessary are appro-
priated to the account described in subsection (a) of section