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headings, upon approval of the Committee on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the Committee
on Appropriations of the Senate.
(b) The headings referred to in subsection (a) are as
follows: (1) in title I, ‘‘CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERV-
ICE’’, ‘‘SALARIES AND EXPENSES’’; and (2) in this title,
‘‘SALARIES
AND
EXPENSES’’;
‘‘COPYRIGHT
OFFICE’’,
‘‘SALARIES AND EXPENSES’’, ‘‘BOOKS FOR THE BLIND
AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED’’, ‘‘SALARIES AND EX-
PENSES’’; and ‘‘FURNITURE AND FURNISHINGS’’.
SEC. 209. From and after October 1, 1996, the Dis-
bursing Officer of the Library of Congress is authorized
to disburse funds appropriated for the Office of Compli-
ance, and the Library of Congress shall provide financial
management support to the Office of Compliance as may
be required and mutually agreed to by the Librarian of
Congress and the Executive Director of the Office of Com-
pliance. The Library of Congress is further authorized to
compute and disburse the basic pay of all personnel of the
Office of Compliance pursuant to the provisions of section
5504 of title 5.
All vouchers certified for payment by duly authorized
certifying officers of the Library of Congress shall be sup-
ported with a certification by an officer or employee of
the Office of Compliance duly authorized in writing by the
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Executive Director of the Office of Compliance to certify
payments from appropriations of the Office of Compliance.
The Office of Compliance certifying officers shall (1) be
held responsible for the existence and correctness of the
facts recited in the certificate or otherwise stated on the
voucher or its supporting paper and the legality of the pro-
posed payment under the appropriation or fund involved,
(2) be held responsible and accountable for the correctness
of the computations of certifications made, and (3) be held
accountable for and required to make good to the United
States the amount of any illegal, improper, or incorrect
payment resulting from any false, inaccurate, or mislead-
ing certificate made by them, as well as for any payment
prohibited by law which did not represent a legal obliga-
tion under the appropriation or fund involved: Provided,
That the Comptroller General of the United States may,
at his discretion, relieve such certifying officer or employee
of liability for any payment otherwise proper whenever he
finds (1) that the certification was based on official
records and that such certifying officer or employee did
not know, and by reasonable diligence and inquiry could
not have ascertained the actual facts, or (2) that the obli-
gation was incurred in good faith, that the payment was
not contrary to any statutory provision specifically prohib-
iting payments of the character involved, and the United
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States has received value for such payment: Provided fur-
ther, That the Comptroller General shall relieve such cer-
tifying officer or employee of liability for an overpayment
for transportation services made to any common carrier
covered by section 3726 of title 31, whenever he finds that
the overpayment occurred solely because the administra-
tive examination made prior to payment of the transpor-
tation bill did not include a verification of transportation
rates, freight classifications, or land grant deductions.
The Disbursing Officer of the Library of Congress
shall not be held accountable or responsible for any illegal,
improper, or incorrect payment resulting from any false,
inaccurate, or misleading certificate, the responsibility for
which is imposed upon a certifying officer or employee of
the Office of Compliance.
SEC. 210. Section 8 of the American Folklife Preserva-
tion Act (20 U.S.C. 2107) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘SEC. 8. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated to the Center
to carry out this Act for each fiscal year such sums as may
be necessary.’’.
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ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL
LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS
STRUCTURAL AND MECHANICAL CARE
For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and
structural maintenance, care and operation of the Library
buildings and grounds, $9,003,000 $10,453,000, of which
$560,000 $1,910,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended.
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses of the Office of Superintendent of Doc-
uments necessary to provide for the cataloging and index-
ing of Government publications and their distribution to
the public, Members of Congress, other Government agen-
cies, and designated depository and international exchange
libraries as authorized by law, $29,077,000: Provided,
That travel expenses, including travel expenses of the De-
pository 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 authorized for producing and disseminating Congres-
sional serial sets and other related publications for 1995
and 1996 to depository and other designated libraries.
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GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE REVOLVING FUND
The Government Printing Office is hereby authorized
to make such expenditures, within the limits of funds
available 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 pro-
grams and purposes 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 ex-
pended on the certification of the Public Printer in connec-
tion with official representation 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 further, That expenditures in con-
nection with travel expenses 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 tem-
porary or intermittent services under section 3109(b) of
title 5, United States Code, but at rates for individuals
not more than the daily equivalent of the annual rate of
basic pay for level V of the Executive Schedule under sec-
tion 5316 of such title: Provided further, That the revolv-
ing fund and the funds provided under the headings ‘‘OF-
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FICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS’’ and ‘‘SALA-
RIES AND EXPENSES’’ together may not be available for
the full-time equivalent employment of more than 3,600
workyears by the end of fiscal year 1997: Provided further,
That activities financed through the revolving fund may
provide information in any format: Provided further, 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.
GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the General Accounting
Office, 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 recep-
tion expenses; temporary or intermittent services under
section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, but at rates
for individuals 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 pas-
senger motor vehicle; advance payments in foreign coun-
tries in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 3324; benefits com-
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parable to those payable under sections 901(5), 901(6)
and 901(8) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C.
4081(5), 4081(6) and 4081(8)); and under regulations
prescribed by the Comptroller General of the United
States, rental of living quarters in foreign countries;
$332,520,000: Provided, That not more than $100,000 of
reimbursements received incident to the operation of the
General Accounting Office Building shall be available for
use in fiscal year 1997: Provided further, That notwith-
standing 31 U.S.C. 9105 hereafter amounts reimbursed
to the Comptroller General pursuant to that section shall
be deposited to the appropriation of the General Account-
ing Office then available and remain available until ex-
pended, and not more than $5,805,000 of such funds shall
be available for use in fiscal year 1997: Provided further,
That this appropriation and appropriations for adminis-
trative expenses of any other department or agency which
is a member of the Joint Financial Management Improve-
ment Program (JFMIP) shall be available to finance an
appropriate share of JFMIP costs as determined by the
JFMIP, including the salary of the Executive Director
and secretarial support: Provided further, That this appro-
priation and appropriations for administrative expenses of
any other department or agency which is a member of the
National Intergovernmental Audit Forum or a Regional
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Intergovernmental Audit Forum shall be available to fi-
nance an appropriate share of Forum costs as determined
by the Forum, including necessary travel expenses of non-
Federal participants. Payments hereunder 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 to the extent that funds
are otherwise available for obligation, agreements or con-
tracts for the removal of asbestos, and renovation of the
building and building systems (including the heating, ven-
tilation and air conditioning system, electrical system and
other major building systems) of the General Accounting
Office Building may be made for periods not exceeding
five years: Provided further, That this appropriation and
appropriations for administrative expenses of any other
department or agency which is a member of the American
Consortium on International Public 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.
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
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may be provided under regulations relating to parking fa-
cilities for the House of Representatives issued by the
Committee on House Oversight and for the Senate issued
by the Committee on Rules and Administration.
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
designation of any office or position appropriated for is
different 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 expenses of Members, officers, and committees of
the Senate and House of Representatives, and clerk hire
for Senators and Members of the House of Representa-
tives shall be the permanent law with respect thereto.
SEC. 304. The expenditure of any appropriation
under this Act for any consulting service through procure-
ment contract, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited
to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter
of public record and available for public inspection, except
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where otherwise provided under existing law, or under ex-
isting Executive order issued pursuant to existing law.
SEC. 305. (a) It is the sense of the Congress that,
to the greatest extent practicable, all equipment and prod-
ucts purchased with funds made available in this Act
should be American-made.
(b) In providing financial assistance to, or entering
into any contract with, any entity using funds made avail-
able in this Act, the head of each Federal agency, to the
greatest extent practicable, shall provide to such entity a
notice describing the statement made in subsection (a) by
the Congress.
(c) If it has been finally determined by a court or
Federal agency that any person intentionally affixed a
label bearing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, or any in-
scription with the same meaning, to any product sold in
or shipped to the United States that is not made in the
United States, such person shall be ineligible to receive
any contract or subcontract made with funds provided
pursuant to this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspen-
sion, and ineligibility procedures described in section
9.400 through 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regula-
tions.
SEC. 306. During fiscal year 1997 and fiscal years
thereafter, amounts appropriated to the Architect of the
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Capitol (including amounts relating to the Botanic Gar-
den) may be transferred among accounts available to the
Architect of the Capitol upon the approval of—
(1) the Committee on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives, in the case of amounts
transferred from the appropriation for Capitol build-
ings and grounds under the heading ‘‘HOUSE OFFICE
BUILDINGS’’;
(2) the Committee on Appropriations of the
Senate, in the case of amounts transferred from the
appropriation for Capitol buildings and grounds
under the heading ‘‘SENATE
OFFICE
BUILDINGS’’;
and
(3) the Committees on Appropriations of the
Senate and the House of Representatives, in the
case of amounts transferred from any other appro-
priation.
SEC. 307. (a) Upon approval of the Committee on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives, and in
accordance with conditions determined by the Committee
on House Oversight, positions in connection with House
public address sound system activities and related funding
shall be transferred from the appropriation for the Archi-
tect of the Capitol for Capitol buildings and grounds under
the heading ‘‘CAPITOL BUILDINGS’’ to the appropriation
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for salaries and expenses of the House of Representatives
for the Office of the Clerk under the heading ‘‘SALARIES,
OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES’’.
(b) For purposes of section 8339(m) of title 5, United
States Code, the days of unused sick leave to the credit
of any such employee as of the date such employee is
transferred under subsection (a) shall be included in the
total service of such employee in connection with the com-
putation of any annuity under subsections (a) through (e)
and (o) of such section.
(c) In the case of days of annual leave to the credit
of any such employee as of the date such employee is
transferred under subsection (a), the Architect of the Cap-
itol is authorized to make a lump sum payment to each
such employee for that annual leave. No such payment
shall be considered a payment or compensation within the
meaning of any law relating to dual compensation.
SEC. 308. (a) Effective October 1, 1996, the respon-
sibility for maintenance of security systems for the Capitol
buildings and grounds is transferred from the Architect
of the Capitol to the Capitol Police Board. Such mainte-
nance shall be carried out under the direction of the Com-
mittee on House Oversight of the House of Representa-
tives and the Committee on Rules and Administration of
the Senate. On and after October 1, 1996, any alteration
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tion 415 of Public Law 104–1 to pay awards and settle-
ments as authorized under such subsection.
SEC. 310. Any amount appropriated in this Act for
‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—Salaries and Ex-
penses—Members’ Representational Allowances’’ shall be
available only for fiscal year 1997. Any amount remaining
after all payments are made under such allowances for
such fiscal year shall be deposited in the Treasury, to be
used for deficit reduction.
SEC. 311. (a) Each mass mailing sent by a Member
of the House of Representatives shall bear in a prominent
place on its face, or on the envelope or outside cover or
wrapper in which the mail matter is sent, the following
notice: ‘‘THIS MAILING WAS PREPARED, PUBLISHED,
AND MAILED AT TAXPAYER EXPENSE.’’, or a notice to
the same effect in words which may be prescribed under
subsection (c). The notice shall be printed in a type size
not smaller than 7-point.
(b)(1) There shall be published in the itemized report
of disbursements of the House of Representatives as re-
quired by law, a summary tabulation setting forth, for the
office of each Member of the House of Representatives,
the total number of pieces of mass mail mailed during the
period involved and the total cost of those mass mailings.
(2) Each such tabulation shall also include—
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(A) the total cost (as referred to in paragraph
(1)) divided by the number (as determined by the
Postmaster General) of addresses (other than busi-
ness possible delivery stops) in the Congressional
district from which the Member was elected (as such
addresses are described in section 3210(d)(7)(B) of
title 39, United States Code); and
(B) the total number of pieces of mass mail (as
referred to in paragraph (1)) divided by the number
(as determined by the Postmaster General) of ad-
dresses (other than business possible delivery stops)
in the Congressional district from which the Member
was elected (as such addresses are described in sec-
tion 3210(d)(7)(B) of title 39, United States Code).
(c) The Committee on House Oversight shall pre-
scribe such rules and regulations and shall take such other
action as the Committee considers necessary and proper
for Members to conform to the provisions of this sub-
section and applicable rules and regulations.
(d) For purposes of this section—
(1) the term ‘‘Member of the House of Rep-
resentatives’’ means a Representative in, or a Dele-
gate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress;
and
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(2) the term ‘‘mass mailing’’ has the meaning
given such term by section 3210(a)(6)(E) of title 39,
United States Code.
(e) This section shall apply with respect to sessions
of Congress beginning after the date of the enactment of
this Act.
SEC. 312. (a) In addition to any other estimates the
Director is required to make pursuant to the Congres-
sional Budget Act of 1974 and the Rules of the House
of Representatives, the Director of the Congressional
Budget Office shall, upon the request of the chairman of
the Committee on the Budget of the House of Representa-
tives (after consultation with the ranking minority mem-
ber of that committee), prepare an estimate for any major
spending legislation, as designated by the majority leader
of the House of Representatives (after consultation with
the minority leader of the House), of the change in spend-
ing and revenues resulting from that legislation on the
basis of assumptions that estimate the probable dynamic
macroeconomic feedback effects of such legislation, and
shall include a statement identifying those assumptions.
Such estimates shall be submitted to the chairmen and
ranking minority members of the Committee on the Budg-
et and of the committees of subject-matter jurisdiction,
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and, if timely submitted, shall be included in the reports
on such legislation.
(b) In addition to any other estimates the Chief of
Staff is required to make pursuant to the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974, the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
and the Rules of the House of Representatives, the Chief
of Staff of the Joint Committee on Taxation shall, upon
the request of the chairman of the Committee on Ways
and Means of the House of Representatives (after con-
sultation with the ranking minority member of that com-
mittee), prepare an analysis of any major tax legislation,
as designated by the majority leader of the House of Rep-
resentatives (after consultation with the minority leader
of the House), of the change in spending and revenues
resulting from that legislation on the basis of assumptions
that estimate the probable dynamic macroeconomic feed-
back effects of such legislation, and shall include a state-
ment identifying those assumptions. Such analyses shall
be submitted to the chairmen and ranking minority mem-
bers of the Committee on Ways and Means and of the
committees of subject-matter jurisdiction, and, if timely
submitted, shall be included in the reports on such legisla-
tion.
(c) Estimates and analyses made pursuant to this
section are to be used for informational purposes only.
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SEC. 312. (a) Section 203(a)(3) of Public Law 104–
1 (2 U.S.C. 1313(a)(3)) is amended by inserting ‘‘and in
subsection (c)(4)’’ after ‘‘(c)(3)’’.
(b) Section 203(c) of Public Law 104–1 (2 U.S.C.
1313(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following
paragraph:
‘‘(4) LAW
ENFORCEMENT.—Law enforcement
personnel of the Capitol Police who are subject to the
exemption under section 7(k) of the Fair Labor
Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 207(k)) may elect
to receive compensatory time off in lieu of overtime
compensation for hours worked in excess of the maxi-
mum for their work period.’’.
SEC. 313. Section 316 of Public Law 101–302 is
amended in the first sentence of subsection (a) by striking
‘‘1996’’ and inserting ‘‘1997’’.
SEC. 314. The Government Printing Office shall be
considered an agency for the purposes of the election in sec-
tion 801(b)(2)(B) of the National Energy Conservation Pol-
icy Act and the Public Printer shall be considered the head
of the agency for purposes of subsection (b)(2)(C) of such
section.
SEC. 315. (a) Upon enactment into law of this Act,
the Library of Congress, under the direction of the Commit-
tee on House Oversight of the House of Representatives and
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the Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate,
and in consultation with the heads of the appropriate offices
and agencies of the legislative branch, shall develop a pro-
gram for providing the widest possible exchange of informa-
tion among legislative branch agencies with the long range
goal of improving technology planning, evaluation, develop-
ment, and management among legislative branch organiza-
tions. The plan for this program shall be subject to joint
approval of the Committee on House Oversight of the House
of Representatives and the Committee on Rules and Admin-
istration of the Senate, and, upon approval, shall be com-
municated to the Committee on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives and the Committee on Appropria-
tions of the Senate. All of the appropriate offices and agen-
cies of the legislative branch as defined below shall partici-
pate in this program for information exchange, and shall
report annually on the extent and nature of their participa-
tion in their budget submissions to the Committee on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Appropriations of the Senate.
(b) As used in this section—
(1) the term ‘‘offices and agencies of the legisla-
tive branch’’ means, the office of the Clerk of the
House, the office of the Secretary of the Senate, the of-
fice of the Architect of the Capitol, the General Ac-