COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES 
STANDING COMMITTEES, SPECIAL AND SELECT 
For salaries and expenses of standing committees, spe-
cial 
and 
select, 
authorized 
by 
House 
resolutions, 
$125,964,870: Provided, That such amount shall remain 
available for such salaries and expenses until December 31, 
2014. 
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS 
For salaries and expenses of the Committee on Appro-
priations, $26,665,785, including studies and examinations 
of executive agencies 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 avail-
able for such salaries and expenses until December 31, 2014. 
SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES 
For compensation and expenses of officers and employ-
ees, as authorized by law, $173,669,084, including: for sala-
ries 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, $22,370,252; for salaries and expenses of the Office 
of the Sergeant at Arms, including the position of Super-
intendent of Garages and the Office of Emergency Manage-
ment, and including not more than $3,000 for official rep-
resentation and reception expenses, $12,585,000, of which 
$5,463,251 shall remain available until expended; for sala-
ries and expenses of the Office of the Chief Administrative 
Officer including not more than $3,000 for official represen-
tation and reception expenses, $116,782,000, of which 
$3,937,000 shall remain available until expended; for sala-
ries and expenses of the Office of the Inspector General, 
$4,692,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of General 
Counsel, $1,415,000; for the Office of the Chaplain, 
$179,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Par-
liamentarian, including the Parliamentarian, $2,000 for 
preparing the Digest of Rules, and not more than $1,000 
for 
official 
representation 
and 
reception 
expenses, 
$2,060,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the 
Law Revision Counsel of the House, $3,258,000; for salaries 
and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the 
House, $8,814,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office 
of Interparliamentary Affairs, $859,000; for other author-
ized employees, $484,832; and for salaries and expenses of 
the Historian, $170,000. 
ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES 
For allowances and expenses as authorized by House 
resolution or law, $302,165,206, including: supplies, mate-
rials, administrative costs and Federal tort claims,
$3,696,118; 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, $272,548,016; Busi-
ness Continuity and Disaster Recovery, $17,112,072, of 
which $5,000,000 shall remain available until expended; 
transition activities for new members and staff, $4,125,000; 
Wounded Warrior Program $2,175,000, to remain available 
until expended; Office of Congressional Ethics, $1,548,000; 
and miscellaneous items including purchase, exchange, 
maintenance, repair and operation of House motor vehicles, 
interparliamentary receptions, and gratuities to heirs of de-
ceased employees of the House, $760,000. 
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 
REPRESENTATIVES—Salaries and Expenses—Mem-
bers’ Representational Allowances’’ shall be available only 
for fiscal year 2013. Any amount remaining after all pay-
ments are made under such allowances for fiscal year 2013 
shall be deposited in the Treasury and used for deficit re-
duction (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 con-
siders 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. 
SEC. 102. (a) Section 109(a) of the Legislative Branch 
Appropriations Act, 1998 (2 U.S.C. 95d(a)) is amended by 
striking the period at the end and inserting the following: 
‘‘, and for reimbursing the Secretary of Labor for any 
amounts paid with respect to unemployment compensation 
payments for former employees of the House.’’. 
(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply 
with respect to fiscal year 2013 and each succeeding fiscal 
year. 
SEC. 103. (a) Section 101(c)(2) of the Legislative 
Branch Appropriations Act, 1993 (2 U.S.C. 95b(c)(2)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘and ‘Allowances and Expenses’ ’’ and 
inserting the following: ‘‘ ‘Allowances and Expenses’, the 
heading for any joint committee under the heading ‘Joint 
Items’ (to the extent that amounts appropriated for the joint
committee are disbursed by the Chief Administrative Officer 
of the House of Representatives), and ‘Office of the Attend-
ing Physician’ ’’. 
(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply 
with respect to fiscal year 2013 and each succeeding fiscal 
year. 
OVERSIGHT OF OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
SEC. 104. (a) OVERSIGHT.—The Office of the Inspector 
General of the House of Representatives shall provide the 
Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives with a copy of each audit and investigative report the 
Office produces, and shall consult regularly with such Com-
mittee with respect to the Office’s operations. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply with 
respect to fiscal year 2013 and each succeeding fiscal year. 
JOINT ITEMS 
For Joint Committees, as follows: 
JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic Com-
mittee, $4,203,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the 
Senate. 
JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on 
Taxation, $10,004,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Admin-
istrative Officer of the House of Representatives.
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 At-
tending Physician; 
(2) an allowance of $1,300 per month to the Sen-
ior Medical Officer; 
(3) an allowance of $725 per month each to three 
medical officers while on duty in the Office of the At-
tending Physician; 
(4) an allowance of $725 per month to 2 assist-
ants and $580 per month each not to exceed 11 assist-
ants on the basis heretofore provided for such assist-
ants; and 
(5) $2,603,000 for reimbursement to the Depart-
ment 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, allowances, and other expenses 
are payable and shall be available for all the purposes 
thereof, $3,400,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Ad-
ministrative Officer of the House of Representatives.
OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL ACCESSIBILITY SERVICES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses of the Office of Congressional 
Accessibility Services, $1,367,000, to be disbursed by the 
Secretary of the Senate. 
UNITED STATES 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, $277,133,000, of which not more than 
$32,622,000 shall be for overtime, 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-
penses, $56,004,000, 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 2013 shall be paid by the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security from funds available to the 
Department of Homeland Security. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
AUTHORITY TO TRANSFER AMOUNTS BETWEEN SALARIES 
AND GENERAL EXPENSES 
SEC. 1101. During fiscal year 2013 and any suc-
ceeding fiscal year, the Capitol Police may transfer 
amounts appropriated for the fiscal year between the cat-
egory for salaries and the category for general expenses, 
upon the approval of the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and Senate. 
FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR WORKERS COMPENSATION 
PAYMENTS 
SEC. 1102. (a) IN GENERAL.—Available balances of 
expired United States Capitol Police appropriations shall 
be available to the Capitol Police to make the deposit to 
the credit of the Employees’ Compensation Fund required 
by section 8147(b) of title 5, United States Code.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 1018 of the 
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2003 (2 U.S.C. 
1907) is amended by striking subsection (f). 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply with 
respect to appropriations for fiscal year 2013 and each fis-
cal year thereafter. 
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), $3,817,000, of which 
$527,500 shall remain available until September 30, 2014: 
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. 
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 
of the Congressional Budget Office in connection with offi-
cial representation and reception expenses, $44,637,000.
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 
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, $102,172,000, of which 
$3,249,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2017. 
CAPITOL BUILDING 
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 
and operation of the Capitol, $91,170,000, of which 
$4,200,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2017, and of which $61,247,000 shall remain available 
until expended solely for expenses related to rehabilitation 
of the U.S. Capitol Dome.
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, $15,004,000, 
of which $5,000,000 shall remain available until September 
30, 2017. 
SENATE OFFICE BUILDINGS 
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 
and operation of Senate office buildings; and furniture and 
furnishings to be expended under the control and super-
vision of the Architect of the Capitol, $79,392,000, of which 
$19,654,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2017. 
HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS 
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 
and operation of the House office buildings, $83,964,000, 
of which $19,362,000 shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2017. 
In addition, for a payment to the House Historic 
Buildings Revitalization Trust Fund, $30,000,000, shall re-
main 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 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 
to the credit of this appropriation, $90,833,000, of which 
$5,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2017: Provided, That not more than $9,000,000 of the funds 
credited or to be reimbursed to this appropriation as herein 
provided shall be available for obligation during fiscal year 
2013. 
LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS 
For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and 
structural maintenance, care and operation of the Library 
buildings and grounds, $30,964,000 of which $4,800,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2017.
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, $22,589,000, of which $3,500,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2017. 
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, $12,140,000, of which $1,082,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2017: Provided, 
That of the amount made available under this heading, the 
Architect of the Capitol may obligate and expend such sums 
as may be necessary for the maintenance, care and oper-
ation of the National Garden established under section 
307E of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1989 
(2 U.S.C. 2146), upon vouchers approved by the Architect 
of the Capitol or a duly authorized designee. 
CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER 
For all necessary expenses for the operation of the Cap-
itol Visitor Center, $21,588,000.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR WORKERS COMPENSATION 
PAYMENTS 
SEC. 1201. (a) IN GENERAL.—Available balances of 
expired Architect of the Capitol appropriations shall be 
available to the Architect of the Capitol to make the deposit 
to the credit of the Employees’ Compensation Fund required 
by section 8147(b) of title 5, United States Code. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply with 
respect to appropriations for fiscal year 2013 and each fis-
cal year thereafter. 
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; ac-
tivities under the Civil Rights History Project Act of 2009; 
preparation and distribution of catalog records and other 
publications of the Library; hire or purchase of one pas-
senger motor vehicle; and expenses of the Library of Con-
gress Trust Fund Board not properly chargeable to the in-
come of any trust fund held by the Board, $422,298,000, 
of which not more than $6,000,000 shall be derived from 
collections credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 
2013, 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 col-
lections during fiscal year 2013 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 
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, $6,959,000 
shall remain available until expended for the digital collec-
tions and educational curricula program.
COPYRIGHT OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, 
$51,909,000, of which not more than $28,029,000, to re-
main available until expended, shall be derived from collec-
tions credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 2013 
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 $5,582,000 shall be derived from collections dur-
ing fiscal year 2013 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 
$33,611,000: 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
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, $107,324,000: 
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.
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), 
$50,674,000: 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. 1301 (a) IN GENERAL.—For fiscal year 2013, the 
obligational authority of the Library of Congress for the ac-
tivities described in subsection (b) may not exceed 
$178,958,000. 
(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 2013, 
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 
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. 1302 (a) IN GENERAL.—Effective in fiscal year 
2013 and each succeeding fiscal year, amounts appro-
priated for the Library of Congress may be transferred dur-
ing the fiscal year between any of the headings under the 
heading ‘‘Library of Congress’’ upon the approval 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’’ in 
the fiscal year may be transferred from that account by all 
transfers made under subsection (a). 
NONAPPROPRIATED FUNDS INITIATIVES 
SEC. 1303. (a) REVOLVING FUNDS.—The Library of 
Congress Fiscal Operations Improvement Act of 2000 (2 
U.S.C. 182a et seq.; Public Law 106–481) is amended— 
(1) in section 101 (2 U.S.C. 182a)—
(A) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘du-
plication’’; 
(B) in subsection (a)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘duplication and deliv-
ery services provided by’’ and inserting ‘‘the 
following programs and activities of’’; 
(ii) by striking the period and insert-
ing a colon; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(1) Services related to duplication and preser-
vation of audiovisual materials and associated collec-
tions. 
‘‘(2) Storage and delivery of audiovisual mate-
rials and associated collections.’’; and 
(2) in section 102(a) (2 U.S.C. 182b(a))— 
(A) in the section heading, by striking the 
heading and inserting ‘‘REVOLVING
FUND 
FOR SALES SHOP AND OTHER SERVICES’’; 
and 
(B) in subsection (a), by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(5) Traveling exhibitions and exhibition mate-
rials. 
‘‘(6) Training.’’.
GIFTS 
SEC. 1304. The first undesignated paragraph of section 
4 of the Act entitled ‘‘An Act to create a Library of Congress 
Trust Fund Board, and for other purposes’’, approved 
March 3, 1925 (2 U.S.C. 160), is amended— 
(a) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘in the name of 
the United States’’ and all that follows and inserting the 
following: ‘‘in the name of the United States and in the 
interest of the Library, its collections, or its service, gifts 
or bequests of money for immediate disbursement, personal 
property, non-personal services, or voluntary and uncom-
pensated personal services.’’; 
(b) in the second sentence, by inserting ‘‘of money’’ 
after ‘‘bequests’’; 
(c) in the fourth sentence, by striking ‘‘enter them’’ and 
inserting ‘‘enter the gift, bequest or proceeds’’; 
(d) by inserting after the second sentence the following: 
‘‘In the case of a gift of securities, the librarian shall sell 
the securities and provide the donor with a receipt from 
the proceeds of the sale.’’; and 
(e) by adding the following sentence at the end of the 
first paragraph: ‘‘The librarian shall make an annual pub-
lic report regarding gifts accepted under this section.’’.
AMENDMENTS TO THE ACT ENTITLED ‘‘AN ACT TO PROVIDE 
BOOKS FOR THE ADULT BLIND’’ 
SEC. 1305. The Act entitled ‘‘An Act to provide books 
for the adult blind’’, approved March 3, 1931 (2 U.S.C. 
135a, 135b), is amended— 
(1) in the first section— 
(A) in the first sentence— 
(i) by striking ‘‘other physically handi-
capped residents’’ and inserting ‘‘other per-
sons with disabilities who are residents’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘other physically 
handicapped readers’’ and inserting ‘‘other 
persons with disabilities’’; and 
(iii) by striking ‘‘as a result of phys-
ical limitations’’ and inserting ‘‘as a result 
of disability’’; and 
(B) in the second sentence, by striking 
‘‘other physically handicapped persons’’ and in-
serting ‘‘other persons with disabilities’’; 
(2) in section 2— 
(A) by redesignating subsection (b) as sub-
section (c); and 
(B) by inserting after subsection (a) the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
lending of such books, recordings, and reproducers under 
the direction of the Librarian of Congress as described in 
the first section shall be for the use of blind and other phys-
ically handicapped residents of the United States, including 
the several States, Territories, and insular possessions and 
the District of Columbia.’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 3. For the purpose of this Act— 
‘‘(1) the term ‘disability’ means a disability as 
defined under section 3 of the Americans with Dis-
abilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12102); and 
‘‘(2) the term ‘competent authority’ means— 
‘‘(A) a doctor of medicine, doctor of osteop-
athy, ophthalmologist, optometrist, registered 
nurse, therapist, professional staff of a hospital, 
social or case worker for a public welfare agency, 
psychologist, educational diagnostician, rehabili-
tation teacher, superintendent, reading spe-
cialist, or professional librarian; or 
‘‘(B) a special educator or other person 
whose competence under specific circumstances is 
acceptable to the Librarian of Congress.’’.
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 
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, $83,632,000: 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