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Union Calendar No. 79 
111TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2918 
[Report No. 111–160] 
Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2010, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 17, 2009 
Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported 
the following bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
A BILL 
Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2010, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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That the following sums are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the 
Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2010, and for other purposes, namely: 
TITLE I—LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses of the House of Represent-
atives, $1,375,300,000, as follows: 
HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES 
For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, 
$25,881,000, 
including: 
Office 
of 
the 
Speaker, 
$5,077,000, including $25,000 for official expenses of the 
Speaker; Office of the Majority Floor Leader, $2,530,000, 
including $10,000 for official expenses of the Majority 
Leader; Office of the Minority Floor Leader, $4,565,000, 
including $10,000 for official expenses of the Minority 
Leader; Office of the Majority Whip, including the Chief 
Deputy Majority Whip, $2,194,000, including $5,000 for 
official expenses of the Majority Whip; Office of the Mi-
nority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Minority Whip, 
$1,690,000, including $5,000 for official expenses of the 
Minority Whip; Speaker’s Office for Legislative Floor Ac-
tivities, $517,000; Republican Steering Committee, 
$981,000; Republican Conference, $1,748,000; Repub-
lican Policy Committee, $362,000; Democratic Steering 
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and Policy Committee, $1,366,000; Democratic Caucus, 
$1,725,000; nine minority employees, $1,552,000; train-
ing and program development—majority, $290,000; train-
ing and program development—minority, $290,000; 
Cloakroom Personnel—majority, $497,000; and Cloak-
room Personnel—minority, $497,000. 
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, 
$660,000,000. 
COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES 
STANDING COMMITTEES, SPECIAL AND SELECT 
For salaries and expenses of standing committees, 
special and select, authorized by House resolutions, 
$139,878,000: Provided, That such amount shall remain 
available for such salaries and expenses until December 
31, 2010, except that $1,000,000 of such amount shall 
remain available until expended for committee room up-
grading. 
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS 
For salaries and expenses of the Committee on Ap-
propriations, $31,300,000, including studies and examina-
tions of executive agencies and temporary personal serv-
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ices 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 De-
cember 31, 2010. 
SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES 
For compensation and expenses of officers and em-
ployees, as authorized by law, $200,301,000, including: 
for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Clerk, includ-
ing not more than $23,000, of which not more than 
$20,000 is for the Family Room, for official representa-
tion and reception expenses, $32,089,000 of which 
$4,600,000 shall remain available until expended; for sala-
ries 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, $9,509,000; for salaries and ex-
penses of the Office of the Chief Administrative Officer 
including not more than $3,000 for official representation 
and 
reception 
expenses, 
$130,782,000, 
of 
which 
$3,937,000 shall remain available until expended; for sala-
ries and expenses of the Office of the Inspector General, 
$5,045,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of 
Emergency Planning, Preparedness and Operations, 
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$4,445,000, to remain available until expended; for sala-
ries 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 Parliamentarian, 
including the Parliamentarian, $2,000 for preparing the 
Digest of Rules, and not more than $1,000 for official rep-
resentation and reception expenses, $2,060,000; for sala-
ries and expenses of the Office of the Law Revision Coun-
sel 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, $1,249,000; and for salaries and expenses 
of the Office of the Historian, including the cost of the 
House Fellows Program (including lodging and related ex-
penses for visiting Program participants), $597,000. 
ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES 
For allowances and expenses as authorized by House 
resolution or law, $317,940,000, including: supplies, mate-
rials, administrative costs and Federal tort claims, 
$3,948,000; official mail for committees, leadership of-
fices, and administrative offices of the House, $201,000; 
Government contributions for health, retirement, Social 
Security, 
and 
other 
applicable 
employee 
benefits, 
$278,378,000, including employee tuition assistance ben-
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efit payments, $3,500,000, if authorized, and employee 
child care benefit payments, $1,000,000, if authorized; 
Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery, $27,698,000, 
of which $9,000,000 shall remain available until expended; 
transition activities for new members and staff, 
$2,907,000; Wounded Warrior Program, $2,500,000, to 
be derived from funding provided for this purpose in Divi-
sion G of Public Law 111–8; Office of Congressional Eth-
ics, 
$1,548,000; 
Energy 
Demonstration 
Projects, 
$2,500,000, if authorized, to remain available until ex-
pended; and miscellaneous items including purchase, ex-
change, maintenance, repair and operation of House 
motor vehicles, interparliamentary receptions, and gratu-
ities to heirs of deceased employees of the House, 
$760,000. 
CHILD CARE CENTER 
For salaries and expenses of the House of Represent-
atives Child Care Center, such amounts as are deposited 
in the account established by section 312(d)(1) of the Leg-
islative Branch Appropriations Act, 1992 (2 U.S.C. 2062), 
subject to the level specified in the budget of the Center, 
as submitted to the Committee on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives. 
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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—MEMBERS’ 
REPRESENTATIONAL
ALLOW-
ANCES’’ shall be available only for fiscal year 2010. Any 
amount remaining after all payments are made under such 
allowances for fiscal year 2010 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 Ad-
ministration 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 Rep-
resentative in, or a Delegate or Resident Commissioner 
to, the Congress. 
SEC. 102. Effective with respect to fiscal year 2010 
and each succeeding fiscal year, the aggregate amount 
otherwise authorized to be appropriated for a fiscal year 
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for the lump-sum allowance for each of the following of-
fices is increased as follows: 
(1) The allowance for the office of the Majority 
Whip is increased by $96,000. 
(2) The allowance for the office of the Minority 
Whip is increased by $96,000. 
JOINT ITEMS 
For Joint Committees, as follows: 
JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic 
Committee, $4,814,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary 
of the Senate. 
JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on 
Taxation, $11,451,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Ad-
ministrative Officer of the House of Representatives. 
For other joint items, as follows: 
OFFICE OF THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN 
For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent ex-
penses of the emergency rooms, and for the Attending 
Physician and his assistants, including: (1) an allowance 
of $2,175 per month to the Attending Physician; (2) an 
allowance of $1,300 per month to the Senior Medical Offi-
cer; (3) an allowance of $725 per month each to three 
medical officers while on duty in the Office of the Attend-
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ing Physician; (4) an allowance of $725 per month to two 
assistants and $580 per month each not to exceed 11 as-
sistants on the basis heretofore provided for such assist-
ants; and (5) $2,366,000 for reimbursement to the De-
partment of the Navy for expenses incurred for staff and 
equipment assigned to the Office of the Attending Physi-
cian, which shall be advanced and credited to the applica-
ble appropriation or appropriations from which such sala-
ries, allowances, and other expenses are payable and shall 
be available for all the purposes thereof, $3,805,000, 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 Congres-
sional Accessibility Services, $1,314,000, to be disbursed 
by the Secretary of the Senate. 
STATEMENTS OF APPROPRIATIONS 
For the preparation, under the direction of the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House 
of Representatives, of the statements for the first session 
of the 111th Congress, showing appropriations made, in-
definite appropriations, and contracts authorized, together 
with a chronological history of the regular appropriations 
bills as required by law, $30,000, to be paid to the persons 
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designated by the chairmen of such committees to super-
vise the work. 
CAPITOL POLICE 
SALARIES 
For salaries of employees of the Capitol Police, in-
cluding overtime, hazardous duty pay differential, and 
Government contributions for health, retirement, social se-
curity, professional liability insurance, and other applica-
ble employee benefits, $263,198,000, to be disbursed by 
the Chief of the Capitol Police or his designee. 
GENERAL EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Capitol Police, includ-
ing 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 pro-
gram, postage, communication services, travel advances, 
relocation of instructor and liaison personnel for the Fed-
eral Law Enforcement Training Center, and not more 
than $5,000 to be expended on the certification of the 
Chief of the Capitol Police in connection with official rep-
resentation and reception expenses, $61,914,000, to be 
disbursed by the Chief of the Capitol Police or his des-
ignee: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, the cost of basic training for the Capitol Police 
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at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center for fis-
cal year 2010 shall be paid by the Secretary of Homeland 
Security from funds available to the Department of Home-
land Security. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 1001. TRANSFER AUTHORITY.—Amounts ap-
propriated for fiscal year 2010 for the Capitol Police may 
be transferred between the headings ‘‘SALARIES’’ and 
‘‘GENERAL EXPENSES’’ upon the approval of the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate. 
OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses of the Office of Compli-
ance, as authorized by section 305 of the Congressional 
Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1385), $4,335,000, 
of which $884,000 shall remain available until September 
30, 2011: Provided, That the Executive Director of the 
Office of Compliance may, within the limits of available 
appropriations, dispose of surplus or obsolete personal 
property by interagency transfer, donation, or discarding: 
Provided further, That not more than $500 may be ex-
pended on the certification of the Executive Director of 
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the Office of Compliance in connection with official rep-
resentation 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, $45,165,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 1101.—MODIFICATIONS
TO EXECUTIVE EX-
CHANGE PROGRAM.—(a) EXPANSION
OF NUMBER
OF 
PARTICIPANTS.—Section 1201(b) of the Legislative 
Branch Apropriations Act, 2008 (2 U.S.C. 611 note) is 
amended by striking ‘‘3’’ each place it appears and insert-
ing ‘‘5’’. 
(b) PERMANENT EXTENSION OF PROGRAM.—Section 
1201 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 611 note) is amended— 
(1) by striking subsection (d) and redesignating 
subsection (e) as subsection (d); and 
(2) in subsection (d), as so redesignated, by 
strking ‘‘Subject to subsection (d), this section’’ and 
inserting ‘‘This section’’. 
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(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect as if included in the enact-
ment of the Legislatve Branch Appropriations Act, 2008. 
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 surveys and studies in connection with activities under 
the care of the Architect of the Capitol; for all necessary 
expenses 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 ap-
prove; for purchase or exchange, maintenance, and oper-
ation of a passenger motor vehicle, $109,392,000, of 
which $8,950,000 shall remain available until September 
30, 2014. 
HISTORIC BUILDINGS REVITALIZATION TRUST FUND 
For a payment to the Historic Buildings Revitaliza-
tion Trust Fund established under section 1201, 
$60,000,000, to remain available until expended. 
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CAPITOL BUILDING 
For necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and 
operation of the Capitol, $32,800,000, of which 
$6,241,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2014. 
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, 
$10,920,000, of which $1,410,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2014. 
HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS 
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 
and 
operation 
of 
the 
House 
office 
buildings, 
$100,466,000, of which $53,360,000 shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2014. 
CAPITOL POWER PLANT 
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 
and operation of the Capitol Power Plant; lighting, heat-
ing, 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 ga-
rage, and air conditioning refrigeration not supplied from 
plants in any of such buildings; heating the Government 
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Printing Office and Washington City Post Office, and 
heating and chilled water for air conditioning for the Su-
preme Court Building, the Union Station complex, the 
Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building and the 
Folger Shakespeare Library, expenses for which shall be 
advanced or reimbursed upon request of the Architect of 
the Capitol and amounts so received shall be deposited 
into the Treasury to the credit of this appropriation, 
$125,083,000, of which $31,560,000 shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2014: Provided, That not more 
than $8,000,000 of the funds credited or to be reimbursed 
to this appropriation as herein provided shall be available 
for obligation during fiscal year 2010. 
LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS 
For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and 
structural maintenance, care and operation of the Library 
buildings 
and 
grounds, 
$41,937,000, 
of 
which 
$15,750,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2014. 
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 lo-
cated, the Alternate Computer Facility, and AOC security 
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and educational curricula program: Provided further, That 
of the total amount appropriated, $750,000 shall be trans-
ferred to the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission 
for carrying out the purposes of Public Law 106–173, of 
which $10,000 may be used for official representation and 
reception expenses of the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial 
Commission. 
COPYRIGHT OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, 
$55,476,000, of which not more than $28,751,000, to re-
main available until expended, shall be derived from collec-
tions credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 2010 
under section 708(d) of title 17, United States Code: Pro-
vided, That the Copyright Office may not obligate or ex-
pend any funds derived from collections under such sec-
tion, in excess of the amount authorized for obligation or 
expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided further, That 
not more than $5,861,000 shall be derived from collections 
during fiscal year 2010 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 $34,612,000: Provided further, That not more 
than $100,000 of the amount appropriated is available for 
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