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COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS 
For salaries and expenses of the Committee on Appropriations, 
$31,300,000, 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, 2010. 
SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES 
For compensation and expenses of officers and employees, as 
authorized by law, $187,954,000, including: for salaries and 
expenses of the Office of the Clerk, including not more than $23,000, 
of which not more than $20,000 is for the Family Room, for official 
representation and reception expenses, $27,457,000, of which 
$500,000 shall remain available until December 31, 2010 and 
$2,060,000 shall remain available until expended; for salaries and 
expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms, including the 
position of Superintendent of Garages, and including not more 
than $3,000 for official representation and reception expenses, 
$8,355,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Chief 
Administrative Officer, including not more than $3,000 for official 
representation and reception expenses, $125,838,000, of which 
$7,057,000 shall remain available until expended; for salaries and 
expenses of the Office of the Inspector General, $4,945,000; for 
salaries and expenses of the Office of Emergency Planning, 
Preparedness and Operations, $3,974,000, to remain available until 
expended; for salaries and expenses of the Office of General Counsel, 
$1,357,000; for the Office of the Chaplain, $173,000; for salaries 
and expenses of the Office of the Parliamentarian, including the 
Parliamentarian, $2,000 for preparing the Digest of Rules, and 
not more than $1,000 for official representation and reception 
expenses, $2,007,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of 
the Law Revision Counsel of the House, $3,057,000; for salaries 
and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the House, 
$8,337,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of Inter-
parliamentary Affairs, $777,000; for other authorized employees, 
$1,158,000; and for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Histo-
rian, including the costs of the House Fellows Program (including 
lodging and related expenses for visiting Program participants), 
$519,000. 
ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES 
For allowances and expenses as authorized by House resolution 
or law, $293,900,000, including: supplies, materials, administrative 
costs and Federal tort claims, $11,656,000, of which $2,500,000 
shall remain available until expended; official mail for committees, 
leadership offices, and administrative offices of the House, $201,000; 
Government contributions for health, retirement, Social Security, 
and other applicable employee benefits, $260,703,000; supplies, 
materials, and other costs relating to the House portion of expenses 
for the Capitol Visitor Center, $1,900,000, to remain available until 
expended; Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery, $18,698,000, 
of which $6,260,000 shall remain available until expended; and
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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, $742,000. 
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 (2 U.S.C. 2062), subject to the level specified in 
the budget of the Center, as submitted to the Committee on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 101. (a) 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 2009. Any amount remaining after all payments 
are made under such allowances for fiscal year 2009 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). 
(b) REGULATIONS.—The Committee on House Administration 
of the House of Representatives shall have authority 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 Representative in, or 
a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress. 
SEC. 102. (a) The Chief Administrative Officer of the House 
of Representatives shall deposit all amounts received as promotional 
rebates and incentives on credit card purchases, balances, and 
payments into the House Services Revolving Fund under section 
105 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2005. 
(b) Section 105(a) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations 
Act, 2005 (2 U.S.C. 117m(a)) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(6) The collection of promotional rebates and incentives 
on credit card purchases, balances, and payments.’’. 
(c) The amendments made by this section shall apply with 
respect to fiscal year 2009 and each succeeding fiscal year. 
SEC. 103. (a) Section 101 of the Legislative Branch Appropria-
tions Act, 1993 (2 U.S.C. 95b) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new subsection: 
‘‘(d) Amounts appropriated for any fiscal year for the House 
of Representatives under the heading ‘Allowances and Expenses’ 
may be transferred to the Architect of the Capitol and made avail-
able under the heading ‘House Office Buildings’, subject to the 
approval of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives.’’. 
(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with 
respect to fiscal year 2009 and each succeeding fiscal year.
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SEC. 104. (a) Effective with respect to fiscal year 2008 and 
each succeeding fiscal year, the aggregate amount otherwise author-
ized 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 Floor Leader 
is increased by $200,000. 
(2) The allowance for the office of the Minority Floor Leader 
is increased by $200,000. 
(b) Effective with respect to fiscal year 2009 and each suc-
ceeding 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 $72,000. 
(2) The allowance for the office of the Minority Whip is 
increased by $72,000. 
SEC. 105. (a) Section 101 of the Legislative Branch Appropria-
tions Act, 1993 (2 U.S.C. 95b) is amended by striking ‘‘transferred 
among’’ each place it appears in subsections (a), (b), and (c)(1) 
and inserting ‘‘transferred among and merged with’’. 
(b) Section 101(c)(2) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 95b(c)) is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(2) The headings referred to in paragraph (1) are ‘House 
Leadership Offices’, ‘Members’ Representational Allowances’, ‘Com-
mittee Employees’, ‘Salaries, Officers and Employees’, and ‘Allow-
ances and Expenses’.’’. 
(c) The amendments made by this section shall apply with 
respect to fiscal year 2009 and each succeeding fiscal year. 
SEC. 106. PERMITTING HOUSE CHILD CARE CENTER TO OFFER 
SERVICES
FOR SCHOOL-AGE CHILDREN.—Section 312(a)(1) of the 
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1992 (2 U.S.C. 2062(a)(1)) 
is amended by striking ‘‘pre-school child care’’ and inserting the 
following: ‘‘pre-school child care and (subject to the approval of 
regulations by the Committee on House Administration) child care 
for school age children other than during the course of the ordinary 
school day’’. 
JOINT ITEMS 
For Joint Committees, as follows: 
JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic Committee, 
$4,626,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate. 
JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Taxation, 
$10,719,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Administrative Officer 
of the House of Representatives. 
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 $2,175 per month to the
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Attending Physician; (2) an allowance of $1,300 per month to one 
Senior Medical Officer; (3) an allowance of $725 per month each 
to three medical officers while on duty in the Office of the Attending 
Physician; (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) $2,223,000 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 
all the purposes thereof, $3,105,000, to be disbursed by the Chief 
Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives. 
OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL ACCESSIBILITY SERVICES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses of the Office of Congressional Accessi-
bility Services, $800,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the 
Senate. 
CAPITOL GUIDE SERVICE AND SPECIAL SERVICES OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses of the Capitol Guide Service, 
$9,940,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate and 
Special Services Office. 
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 second session of the 110th Congress, 
showing appropriations made, indefinite appropriations, and con-
tracts authorized, together with a chronological history of the reg-
ular appropriations bills as required by law, $30,000, to be paid 
to the persons designated by the chairmen of such committees 
to supervise the work. 
CAPITOL POLICE 
SALARIES 
For salaries of employees of the Capitol Police, including over-
time, hazardous duty pay differential, and Government contribu-
tions for health, retirement, social security, professional liability 
insurance, and other applicable employee benefits, $248,000,000, 
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, security equipment 
and installation, uniforms, weapons, supplies, materials, training, 
medical services, forensic services, stenographic services, personal 
and professional services, the employee assistance program, the 
awards program, postage, communication services, travel advances,