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SEC. 1009. FOREIGN TRAVEL AUTHORIZATION. Not-
withstanding any other provision of law and subject to the 
approval of the Capitol Police Board, the Capitol Police 
are authorized, in a non-law enforcement capacity, to travel 
with and assist overseas congressional delegations in a secu-
rity advisory and liaison role, including advance security 
liaison preparations for such congressional foreign travel. 
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), $2,421,000: 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. 
CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses necessary for operation of 
the Congressional Budget Office, including not more than 
$3,000 to be expended on the certification of the Director 
of the Congressional Budget Office in connection with offi-
cial representation and reception expenses, $34,790,000: 
Provided, That no part of such amount may be used for 
the purchase or hire of a passenger motor vehicle.
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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 representation and reception expenses, to 
be expended as the Architect of the Capitol may approve; 
for purchase or exchange, maintenance, and operation of 
a passenger motor vehicle, $74,063,000, of which $720,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2009. 
CAPITOL BUILDING 
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 
and operation of the Capitol, $24,784,000, of which 
$8,770,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2009.
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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, $6,940,000. 
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, $62,303,000, of which 
$9,070,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2009. 
HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS 
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 
and operation of the House office buildings, $65,130,000, 
of which $27,103,000 shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2009. 
Ω3æCapitol 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, 
$56,139,000, of which $630,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2009: Provided, That not more than 
$4,400,000 of the funds credited or to be reimbursed to 
this appropriation as herein provided shall be available for 
obligation during fiscal year 2005. 
LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS 
For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and 
structural maintenance, care and operation of the Library 
buildings
and
grounds,
$34,783,000,
of
which 
$18,110,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2009. 
CAPITOL POLICE BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS 
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 
and operation of buildings and grounds of the United 
States Capitol Police, $4,883,000.
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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, $5,932,000: Provided, That this ap-
propriation shall not be available for construction of the 
National Garden. 
MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF CAPITOL POWER 
PLANT 
SEC. 1201. (a) CONTRACT WITH PRIVATE ENTITY 
FOR MANAGEMENT AND OPERATION OF THE CAPITOL 
POWER PLANT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and Senate notify the Architect of 
the Capitol that the Committees approve the imple-
mentation plan submitted under subsection (b), the 
Architect shall enter into a contract with a private 
entity for the management and operation of the 
Capitol Power Plant. 
(2) REQUIREMENTS FOR CONTRACT.—The con-
tract entered into under this subsection—
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(A) shall be awarded on a competitive 
basis; 
(B) shall include such terms and condi-
tions as the Architect of the Capitol deems nec-
essary to ensure that the Capitol Power Plant 
will continue to provide lighting, heating, power, 
and air conditioning services to the United 
States Capitol, Senate and House office build-
ings, the Supreme Court Building, and the 
other facilities served by the Plant; 
(C) shall be carried out in a manner con-
sistent with the implementation plan submitted 
under subsection (b), as approved by the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and Senate; and 
(D) if the contract is a multiyear contract, 
shall meet the requirements described in para-
graph (3). 
(3)
SPECIAL
RULES
FOR
MULTIYEAR
CON-
TRACT.—The Architect may enter into a contract 
under this subsection which is a multiyear contract 
subject to the following conditions: 
(A) The Architect determines that—