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(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(3) Agency contributions for employees of Senate Hair
Care Services shall be paid from the appropriations account
for ‘SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES’.’’.
(b) This section shall apply to pay periods beginning on or
after October 1, 2000.
SEC. 4. (a) There is established in the Treasury of the United
States a revolving fund to be known as the Senate Health and
Fitness Facility Revolving Fund (‘‘the revolving fund’’).
(b) The Architect of the Capitol shall deposit in the revolving
fund—
(1) any amounts received as dues or other assessments
for use of the Senate Health and Fitness Facility, and
(2) any amounts received from the operation of the Senate
waste recycling program.
(c) Subject to the approval of the Committee on Appropriations
of the Senate, amounts in the revolving fund shall be available
to the Architect of the Capitol, without fiscal year limitation, for
payment of costs of the Senate Health and Fitness Facility.
(d) The Architect of the Capitol shall withdraw from the
revolving fund and deposit in the Treasury of the United States
as miscellaneous receipts all moneys in the revolving fund that
the Architect determines are in excess of the current and reasonably
foreseeable needs of the Senate Health and Fitness Facility.
(e) Subject to the approval of the Committee on Rules and
Administration of the Senate, the Architect of the Capitol may
issue such regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provi-
sions of this section.
SEC. 5. For each fiscal year (commencing with the fiscal year
ending September 30, 2001), there is authorized an expense allow-
ance for the Chairmen of the Majority and Minority Policy Commit-
tees which shall not exceed $3,000 each fiscal year for each such
Chairman; and amounts from such allowance shall be paid to either
of such Chairmen only as reimbursement for actual expenses
incurred by him and upon certification and documentation of such
expenses, and amounts so paid shall not be reported as income
and shall not be allowed as a deduction under the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986.
SEC. 6. (a) The head of the employing office of an employee
of the Senate may, upon termination of employment of the employee,
authorize payment of a lump sum for the accrued annual leave
of that employee if—
(1) the head of the employing office—
(A) has approved a written leave policy authorizing
employees to accrue leave and establishing the conditions
upon which accrued leave may be paid; and
(B) submits written certification to the Financial Clerk
of the Senate of the number of days of annual leave accrued
by the employee for which payment is to be made under
the written leave policy of the employing office; and
(2) there are sufficient funds to cover the lump sum pay-
ment.
(b)(1) A lump sum payment under this section shall not exceed
the lesser of—
(A) twice the monthly rate of pay of the employee; or
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(B) the product of the daily rate of pay of the employee
and the number of days of accrued annual leave of the
employee.
(2) The Secretary of the Senate shall determine the rates of
pay of an employee under paragraph (1) (A) and (B) on the basis
of the annual rate of pay of the employee in effect on the date
of termination of employment.
(c) Any payment under this section shall be paid from the
appropriation account or fund used to pay the employee.
(d) If an individual who received a lump sum payment under
this section is reemployed as an employee of the Senate before
the end of the period covered by the lump sum payment, the
individual shall refund an amount equal to the applicable pay
covering the period between the date of reemployment and the
expiration of the lump sum period. Such amount shall be deposited
to the appropriation account or fund used to pay the lump sum
payment.
(e) The Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate
may prescribe regulations to carry out this section.
(f ) In this section, the term—
(1) ‘‘employee of the Senate’’ means any employee whose
pay is disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate, except that
the term does not include a member of the Capitol Police
or a civilian employee of the Capitol Police; and
(2) ‘‘head of the employing office’’ means any person with
the final authority to appoint, hire, discharge, and set the
terms, conditions, or privileges of the employment of an indi-
vidual whose pay is disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate.
SEC. 7. (a) Agency contributions for employees whose salaries
are disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate from the appropriations
account ‘‘JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE’’ under the heading ‘‘JOINT
ITEMS’’ shall be paid from the Senate appropriations account for
‘‘SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES’’.
(b) This section shall apply to pay periods beginning on or
after October 1, 2000.
SEC. 8. Section 316 of Public Law 101–302 (40 U.S.C. 188b–
6) is amended—
(1) in the first sentence of subsection (a) by striking ‘‘items
of art, fine art, and historical items’’ and inserting ‘‘works
of art, historical objects, documents or material relating to
historical matters for placement or exhibition’’;
(2) in the second sentence of subsection (a)—
(A) by striking ‘‘such items’’ each place it appears and
inserting ‘‘such works, objects, documents, or material’’ in
each such place; and
(B) by striking ‘‘an item’’ and inserting ‘‘a work, object,
document, or material’’; and
(3) in subsection (b)—
(A) by striking ‘‘such items of art’’ and inserting ‘‘such
works, objects, documents, or materials’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘shall’’ and inserting ‘‘may’’.
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For salaries and expenses of the House of Representatives,
$769,551,000, as follows:
HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES
For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, $14,378,000,
including: Office of the Speaker, $1,759,000, including $25,000 for
official expenses of the Speaker; Office of the Majority Floor Leader,
$1,726,000, including $10,000 for official expenses of the Majority
Leader; Office of the Minority Floor Leader, $2,096,000, including
$10,000 for official expenses of the Minority Leader; Office of the
Majority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Majority Whip,
$1,466,000, including $5,000 for official expenses of the Majority
Whip; Office of the Minority Whip, including the Chief Deputy
Minority Whip, $1,096,000, including $5,000 for official expenses
of the Minority Whip; Speaker’s Office for Legislative Floor Activi-
ties, $410,000; Republican Steering Committee, $765,000; Repub-
lican Conference, $1,255,000; Democratic Steering and Policy Com-
mittee, $1,352,000; Democratic Caucus, $668,000; nine minority
employees, $1,229,000; training and program development—
majority $278,000; and training and program development—
minority, $278,000.
MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES
INCLUDING MEMBERS’ CLERK HIRE, OFFICIAL EXPENSES OF
MEMBERS, AND OFFICIAL MAIL
For Members’ representational allowances, including Members’
clerk hire, official expenses, and official mail, $410,182,000.
COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES
STANDING COMMITTEES, SPECIAL AND SELECT
For salaries and expenses of standing committees, special and
select, authorized by House resolutions, $92,196,000: Provided, That
such amount shall remain available for such salaries and expenses
until December 31, 2002.
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
For salaries and expenses of the Committee on Appropriations,
$20,628,000, 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, 2002.
SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
For compensation and expenses of officers and employees, as
authorized by law, $90,403,000, including: for salaries and expenses
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of the Office of the Clerk, including not more than $3,500, of
which not more than $2,500 is for the Family Room, for official
representation and reception expenses, $14,590,000; for salaries
and expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms, including
the position of Superintendent of Garages, and including not more
than $750 for official representation and reception expenses,
$3,692,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Chief
Administrative Officer, $58,550,000, of which $1,054,000 shall
remain available until expended, including $26,605,000 for salaries,
expenses and temporary personal services of House Information
Resources, of which $26,020,000 is provided herein: Provided, That
of the amount provided for House Information Resources, $6,497,000
shall be for net expenses of telecommunications: Provided further,
That House Information Resources is authorized to receive
reimbursement from Members of the House of Representatives and
other governmental entities for services provided and such
reimbursement shall be deposited in the Treasury for credit to
this account; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Inspector
General, $3,249,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of
General Counsel, $806,000; for the Office of the Chaplain, $140,000;
for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Parliamentarian,
including the Parliamentarian and $2,000 for preparing the Digest
of Rules, $1,201,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of
the Law Revision Counsel of the House, $2,045,000; for salaries
and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the House,
$5,085,000; for salaries and expenses of the Corrections Calendar
Office, $832,000; and for other authorized employees, $213,000.
ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES
For allowances and expenses as authorized by House resolution
or law, $141,764,000, including: supplies, materials, administrative
costs and Federal tort claims, $2,235,000; official mail for commit-
tees, leadership offices, and administrative offices of the House,
$410,000; Government contributions for health, retirement, Social
Security, and other applicable employee benefits, $138,726,000; and
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, $393,000.
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 (40 U.S.C. 184g(d)(1)), subject to the level specified
in the budget of the Center, as submitted to the Committee on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
SEC. 101. During fiscal year 2001 and any succeeding fiscal
year, the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representa-
tives may—
(1) enter into contracts for the acquisition of severable
services for a period that begins in 1 fiscal year and ends
in the next fiscal year to the same extent as the head of
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an executive agency under the authority of section 303L of
the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949
(41 U.S.C. 253l); and
(2) enter into multi-year contracts for the acquisitions of
property and nonaudit-related services to the same extent as
executive agencies under the authority of section 304B of the
Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41
U.S.C. 254c).
SEC. 102. (a) PERMITTING NEW HOUSE EMPLOYEES TO BE
PLACED ABOVE MINIMUM STEP
OF COMPENSATION LEVEL.—The
House Employees Position Classification Act (2 U.S.C. 291 et seq.)
is amended by striking section 10 (2 U.S.C. 299).
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by subsection (a)
shall apply with respect to employees appointed on or after October
1, 2000.
SEC. 103. (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 2001. Any amount remaining after all payments
are made under such allowances for fiscal year 2001 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. 104. (a) There is hereby appropriated for payment to
the Prince William County Public Schools $215,000, to be used
to pay for educational services for the son of Mrs. Evelyn Gibson,
the widow of Detective John Michael Gibson of the United States
Capitol Police.
(b) The payment under subsection (a) shall be made in accord-
ance with terms and conditions established by the Committee on
House Administration of the House of Representatives.
(c) The funds used for the payment made under subsection
(a) shall be derived from the applicable accounts of the House
of Representatives.
JOINT ITEMS
For Joint Committees, as follows:
JOINT CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE ON INAUGURAL CEREMONIES OF
2001
For all construction expenses, salaries, and other expenses asso-
ciated with conducting the inaugural ceremonies of the President
and Vice President of the United States, January 20, 2001, in
accordance with such program as may be adopted by the joint
committee authorized by Senate Concurrent Resolution 89, agreed
to March 14, 2000 (One Hundred Sixth Congress), and Senate
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Concurrent Resolution 90, agreed to March 14, 2000 (One Hundred
Sixth Congress), $1,000,000 to be disbursed by the Secretary of
the Senate and to remain available until September 30, 2001.
Funds made available under this heading shall be available for
payment, on a direct or reimbursable basis, whether incurred on,
before, or after, October 1, 2000: Provided, That the compensation
of any employee of the Committee on Rules and Administration
of the Senate who has been designated to perform service for
the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies shall
continue to be paid by the Committee on Rules and Administration,
but the account from which such staff member is paid may be
reimbursed for the services of the staff member (including agency
contributions when appropriate) out of funds made available under
this heading.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION
SEC. 105. During fiscal year 2001 the Secretary of Defense
shall provide protective services on a non-reimbursable basis to
the United States Capitol Police with respect to the following events:
(1) Upon request of the Chair of the Joint Congressional
Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies established under Senate
Concurrent Resolution 89, One Hundred Sixth Congress, agreed
to March 14, 2000, the proceedings and ceremonies conducted
for the inauguration of the President-elect and Vice President-
elect of the United States.
(2) Upon request of the Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives and the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, the joint
session of Congress held to receive a message from the Presi-
dent of the United States on the State of the Union.
JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic Committee,
$3,315,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate.
JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Taxation,
$6,430,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Administrative Officer
of the House.
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 $1,500 per month to the
Attending Physician; (2) an allowance of $500 per month each
to three medical officers while on duty in the Office of the Attending
Physician; (3) an allowance of $500 per month to one assistant
and $400 per month each not to exceed 11 assistants on the basis
heretofore provided for such assistants; and (4) $1,159,904 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
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all the purposes thereof, $1,835,000, to be disbursed by the Chief
Administrative Officer of the House.
CAPITOL POLICE BOARD
CAPITOL POLICE
SALARIES
For the Capitol Police Board for salaries of officers, members,
and employees of the Capitol Police, including overtime, hazardous
duty pay differential, clothing allowance of not more than $600
each for members required to wear civilian attire, and Government
contributions for health, retirement, Social Security, and other
applicable employee benefits, $97,142,000, of which $47,053,000
is provided to the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives,
to be disbursed by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House,
and $50,089,000 is provided to the Sergeant at Arms and Door-
keeper of the Senate, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the
Senate: Provided, That, of the amounts appropriated under this
heading, such amounts as may be necessary may be transferred
between the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives
and the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, upon
approval of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.
GENERAL EXPENSES
For the Capitol Police Board 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, not more than $2,000 for the awards
program, postage, telephone service, travel advances, relocation of
instructor and liaison personnel for the Federal Law Enforcement
Training Center, and $85 per month for extra services performed
for the Capitol Police Board by an employee of the Sergeant at
Arms of the Senate or the House of Representatives designated
by the Chairman of the Board, $6,772,000, to be disbursed by
the Capitol Police Board or their delegee: Provided, That, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, the cost of basic training
for the Capitol Police at the Federal Law Enforcement Training
Center for fiscal year 2001 shall be paid by the Secretary of the
Treasury from funds available to the Department of the Treasury.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
SEC. 106. Amounts appropriated for fiscal year 2001 for the
Capitol Police Board for the Capitol Police may be transferred
between the headings ‘‘SALARIES’’ and ‘‘GENERAL EXPENSES’’ upon
the approval of—
(1) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives, in the case of amounts transferred from the appro-
priation provided to the Sergeant at Arms of the House of
Representatives under the heading ‘‘SALARIES’’;
(2) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, in
the case of amounts transferred from the appropriation provided
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to the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate under
the heading ‘‘SALARIES’’; and
(3) the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and
the House of Representatives, in the case of other transfers.
SEC. 107. (a) APPOINTMENT OF CERTIFYING OFFICERS OF THE
CAPITOL POLICE.—The Chief Administrative Officer of the United
States Capitol Police, or when there is not a Chief Administrative
Officer the Capitol Police Board, shall appoint certifying officers
to certify all vouchers for payment from funds made available
to the United States Capitol Police.
(b) RESPONSIBILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY OF CERTIFYING OFFI-
CERS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Each officer or employee of the Capitol
Police who has been duly authorized in writing by the Chief
Administrative Officer, or the Capitol Police Board if there
is not a Chief Administrative Officer, to certify vouchers pursu-
ant to subsection (a) shall—
(A) be held responsible for the existence and correct-
ness of the facts recited in the certificate or otherwise
stated on the voucher or its supporting papers and for
the legality of the proposed payment under the appropria-
tion or fund involved;
(B) be held responsible and accountable for the correct-
ness of the computations of certified vouchers; and
(C) 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 misleading certificate made by such officer or employee,
as well as for any payment prohibited by law or which
did not represent a legal obligation under the appropriation
or fund involved.
(2) RELIEF BY COMPTROLLER GENERAL.—The Comptroller
General may, at the Comptroller General’s discretion, relieve
such certifying officer or employee of liability for any payment
otherwise proper if the Comptroller General finds—
(A) that the certification was based on official records
and that the certifying officer or employee did not know,
and by reasonable diligence and inquiry could not have
ascertained, the actual facts; or
(B) that the obligation was incurred in good faith,
that the payment was not contrary to any statutory provi-
sion specifically prohibiting payments of the character
involved, and the United States has received value for
such payment.
(c) ENFORCEMENT OF LIABILITY.—The liability of the certifying
officers of the United States Capitol Police shall be enforced in
the same manner and to the same extent as currently provided
with respect to the enforcement of the liability of disbursing and
other accountable officers, and such officers shall have the right
to apply for and obtain a decision by the Comptroller General
on any question of law involved in a payment on any vouchers
presented to them for certification.
SEC. 108. CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER.—(a) There shall be
within the Capitol Police an Office of Administration to be headed
by a Chief Administrative Officer:
(1) The Chief Administrative Officer shall be appointed
by the Comptroller General after consultation with the Capitol
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Police Board, and shall report to and serve at the pleasure
of the Comptroller General.
(2) The Comptroller General shall appoint as Chief
Administrative Officer an individual with the knowledge and
skills necessary to carry out the responsibilities for budgeting,
financial management, information technology, and human
resource management described in this section.
(3) The Chief Administrative Officer shall receive basic
pay at a rate determined by the Comptroller General, but
not to exceed the annual rate of basic pay payable for ES–
2 of the Senior Executive Service Basic Rates Schedule estab-
lished for members of the Senior Executive Service of the
General Accounting Office under section 733 of title 31.
(4) The Capitol Police shall reimburse from available appro-
priations any costs incurred by the General Accounting Office
under this section.
(b) The Chief Administrative Officer shall have the following
areas of responsibility:
(1) BUDGETING.—The Chief Administrative Officer shall—
(A) after consulting with the Chief of Police on the
portion of the budget covering uniformed police force per-
sonnel, prepare and submit to the Capitol Police Board
an annual budget for the Capitol Police; and
(B) execute the budget and monitor through periodic
examinations the execution of the Capitol Police budget
in relation to actual obligations and expenditures.
(2) FINANCIAL
MANAGEMENT.—The Chief Administrative
Officer shall—
(A) oversee all financial management activities relating
to the programs and operations of the Capitol Police;
(B) develop and maintain an integrated accounting
and financial system for the Capitol Police, including finan-
cial reporting and internal controls, which—
(i) complies with applicable accounting principles,
standards, and requirements, and internal control
standards;
(ii) 
complies 
with 
any 
other 
requirements
applicable to such systems;
(iii) provides for—
(I) complete, reliable, consistent, and timely
information which is prepared on a uniform basis
and which is responsive to financial information
needs of the Capitol Police;
(II) the development and reporting of cost
information;
(III) the integration of accounting and budg-
eting information; and
(IV) the systematic measurement of perform-
ance;
(C) direct, manage, and provide policy guidance and
oversight of Capitol Police financial management personnel,
activities, and operations, including—
(i) the recruitment, selection, and training of per-
sonnel to carry out Capitol Police financial manage-
ment functions; and
(ii) the implementation of Capitol Police asset
management systems, including systems for cash