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of Representatives or the Committee on Rules and Administration
of the Senate.
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 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, $71,462,000: 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: Provided further, That any unobligated or unexpended
balances in this account or accounts for similar purposes for pre-
ceding fiscal years may be transferred to the Government Printing
Office revolving fund for carrying out the purposes of this heading,
subject to the approval of the Committees on Appropriations of
the House of Representatives and Senate.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION
SEC. 111. (a) CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING AND BINDING FOR THE
HOUSE THROUGH CLERK OF HOUSE.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any provision of title
44, United States Code, or any other law, there are authorized
to be appropriated to the Clerk of the House of Representatives
such sums as may be necessary for congressional printing and
binding services for the House of Representatives.
(2) PREPARATION OF ESTIMATES.—Estimated expenditures
and proposed appropriations for congressional printing and
binding services shall be prepared and submitted by the Clerk
of the House of Representatives in accordance with title 31,
United States Code, in the same manner as estimates and
requests are prepared for other legislative branch services
under such title, except that such requests shall be based
upon the results of the study conducted under subsection (b)
(with respect to any fiscal year covered by such study).
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(3) EFFECTIVE
DATE.—This subsection shall apply with
respect to fiscal year 2003 and each succeeding fiscal year.
(b) STUDY.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—During fiscal year 2001, the Clerk of
the House of Representatives shall conduct a comprehensive
study of the needs of the House for congressional printing
and binding services during fiscal year 2003 and succeeding
fiscal years (including transitional issues during fiscal year
2002), and shall include in the study an analysis of the most
cost-effective program or programs for providing printed or
other media-based publications for House uses.
(2) SUBMISSION TO COMMITTEES.—The Clerk shall submit
the study conducted under paragraph (1) to the Committee
on House Administration of the House of Representatives, who
shall review the study and prepare such regulations or other
materials (including proposals for legislation) as it considers
appropriate to enable the Clerk to carry out congressional
printing and binding services for the House in accordance with
this section.
(c) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘congressional
printing and binding services’’ means the following services:
(1) Authorized printing and binding for the Congress and
the distribution of congressional information in any format.
(2) Preparing the semimonthly and session index to the
Congressional Record.
(3) Printing and binding of Government publications
authorized by law to be distributed to Members of Congress.
(4) Printing, binding, and distribution of Government
publications authorized by law to be distributed without charge
to the recipient.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Congressional Operations Appro-
priations Act, 2001’’.
TITLE II—OTHER AGENCIES
BOTANIC GARDEN
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and oper-
ation 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, $3,328,000, of which $25,000
shall remain available until expended.
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
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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, $282,838,000, of which not more than $6,500,000 shall
be derived from collections credited to this appropriation during
fiscal year 2001, 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 2001 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, $10,459,575 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, $2,506,000 is to
remain available until expended for the acquisition and partial
support for implementation of an Integrated Library System (ILS):
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$10,000,000 is to remain available until expended for salaries and
expenses to carry out the Russian Leadership Program enacted
on May 21, 1999 (113 Stat. 93 et seq.): Provided further, That
of the total amount appropriated, $5,957,800 is to remain available
until expended for the purpose of teaching educators how to incor-
porate the Library’s digital collections into school curricula, which
amount shall be transferred to the educational 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, $404,000 is to remain avail-
able until expended for a collaborative digitization and tele-
communications project with the United States Military Academy
and any remaining balance is available for other Library purposes:
Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated, $4,300,000
is to remain available until expended for the purpose of developing
a high speed data transmission between the Library of Congress
and educational facilities, libraries, or networks serving western
North Carolina, and any remaining balance is available for support
of the Library’s Digital Futures initiative.
COPYRIGHT OFFICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, $38,523,000,
of which not more than $23,500,000, to remain available until
expended, shall be derived from collections credited to this appro-
priation during fiscal year 2001 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
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Acts: Provided further, That not more than $5,783,000 shall be
derived from collections during fiscal year 2001 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 $29,283,000: 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), $48,609,000,
of which $14,154,000 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, $4,892,000.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
SEC. 201. Appropriations in this Act available to the Library
of Congress shall be available, in an amount of not more than
$199,630, 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
(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 Con-
gress from other Federal agencies to cover general and administra-
tive overhead costs generated by performing reimbursable work
for other agencies under the authority of sections 1535 and 1536
of title 31, United States Code, shall not be used to employ more
than 65 employees and may be expended or obligated—