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(3) the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper shall serve as
the employing authority for all personnel of the United States
Capitol telephone exchange.
(c) In carrying out a memorandum of understanding pursuant
to this section, the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper shall ensure
that, with respect to any employee of the United States Capitol
telephone exchange whose employing authority prior to the effective
date of the memorandum was the Chief Administrative Officer—
(1) the rate of pay and leave accrual for the employee
shall not be less than the employee’s rate of pay and leave
accrual for the most recent pay period prior to such date,
unless—
(A) the employee does not remain in the same position
with the exchange; or
(B) the rate of pay or leave accrual is reduced for
cause; and
(2) any leave accrued by the employee that remains unused
as of such date shall be transferred to the employee and made
available for the employee to use under the same terms and
conditions that applied to the use of the leave prior to such
date.
(d) The last sentence of section 4(b) of the House Employees
Position Classification Act (2 U.S.C. 293(b)) is amended by striking
‘‘succeeding year,’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘succeeding year
(other than any period during which a memorandum of under-
standing described in section 215(a) of the Legislative Branch
Appropriations Act, 2005 is in effect),’’.
(e)(1) A memorandum of understanding under this section may
include a provision requiring the reimbursement by the House
of Representatives during a fiscal year (paid out of the applicable
accounts of the House) of the expenses incurred by the Sergeant
at Arms and Doorkeeper during the fiscal year in carrying out
the memorandum with respect to the employees of the United
States Capitol telephone exchange whose employing authority prior
to the effective date of the memorandum was the Chief Administra-
tive Officer.
(2) Any reimbursement made pursuant to this subsection—
(A) in the case of a reimbursement for salaries or agency
contributions and related expenses, shall be deposited in the
account under the heading ‘‘OFFICE OF THE SERGEANT AT ARMS
AND DOORKEEPER’’ or ‘‘AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS AND RELATED
EXPENSES’’, under the heading ‘‘SALARIES, OFFICERS
AND
EMPLOYEES’’; and
(B) in the case of a reimbursement for expenses, shall
be deposited in the account under the heading ‘‘SERGEANT AT
ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE SENATE’’ under the heading
‘‘CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE’’.
(3) Any funds deposited under paragraph (2) shall be available
in like manner and for the same purposes as are other funds
in the account to which the funds were deposited.
(f) This section and the amendment made by this section shall
apply with respect to fiscal year 2005 and each succeeding fiscal
year.
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative Branch Appro-
priations Act, 2005’’.
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DIVISION H—TRANSPORTATION, TREASURY, INDEPENDENT
AGENCIES, AND GENERAL GOVERNMENT APPROPRIA-
TIONS ACT, 2005
TITLE I
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary,
$87,234,000, of which not to exceed $2,220,000 shall be available
for the immediate Office of the Secretary; not to exceed $705,000
shall be available for the immediate Office of the Deputy Secretary;
not to exceed $15,395,000 shall be available for the Office of the
General Counsel; not to exceed $12,627,000 shall be available for
the Office of the Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy;
not to exceed $8,573,000 shall be available for the Office of the
Assistant Secretary for Budget and Programs; not to exceed
$2,316,000 shall be available for the Office of the Assistant Sec-
retary for Governmental Affairs; not to exceed $23,436,000 shall
be available for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Administra-
tion; not to exceed $1,929,000 shall be available for the Office
of Public Affairs; not to exceed $1,456,000 shall be available for
the Office of the Executive Secretariat; not to exceed $704,000
shall be available for the Board of Contract Appeals; not to exceed
$1,278,000 shall be available for the Office of Small and Disadvan-
taged Business Utilization; not to exceed $2,053,000 for the Office
of Intelligence and Security; not to exceed $3,150,000 shall be
available for the Office of Emergency Transportation; and not to
exceed $11,392,000 shall be available for the Office of the Chief
Information Officer: Provided, That the Secretary of Transportation
is authorized to transfer funds appropriated for any office of the
Office of the Secretary to any other office of the Office of the
Secretary: Provided further, That no appropriation for any office
shall be increased or decreased by more than 5 percent by all
such transfers: Provided further, That any change in funding greater
than 5 percent shall be submitted for approval to the House and
Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided further, That not
to exceed $60,000 shall be for allocation within the Department
for official reception and representation expenses as the Secretary
may determine: Provided further, That notwithstanding any other
provision of law, excluding fees authorized in Public Law 107–
71, there may be credited to this appropriation up to $2,500,000
in funds received in user fees: Provided further, That none of
the funds provided in this Act shall be available for the position
of Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs.
OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS
For necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights, $8,700,000.
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COMPENSATION FOR AIR CARRIERS
(RESCISSION)
Of the funds made available under section 101(a)(2) of Public
Law 107–42, $235,000,000 are rescinded.
TRANSPORTATION PLANNING, RESEARCH, AND DEVELOPMENT
For necessary expenses for conducting transportation planning,
research, systems development, development activities, and making
grants, to remain available until expended, $20,000,000.
WORKING CAPITAL FUND
Necessary expenses for operating costs and capital outlays of
the Working Capital Fund, not to exceed $151,054,000, shall be
paid from appropriations made available to the Department of
Transportation: Provided, That such services shall be provided on
a competitive basis to entities within the Department of Transpor-
tation: Provided further, That the above limitation on operating
expenses shall not apply to non-DOT entities: Provided further,
That no funds appropriated in this Act to an agency of the Depart-
ment shall be transferred to the Working Capital Fund without
the approval of the agency modal administrator: Provided further,
That no assessments may be levied against any program, budget
activity, subactivity or project funded by this Act unless notice
of such assessments and the basis therefor are presented to the
House and Senate Committees on Appropriations and are approved
by such Committees.
MINORITY BUSINESS RESOURCE CENTER PROGRAM
For the cost of guaranteed loans, $500,000, as authorized by
49 U.S.C. 332: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of
modifying such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That these
funds are available to subsidize total loan principal, any part of
which is to be guaranteed, not to exceed $18,367,000. In addition,
for administrative expenses to carry out the guaranteed loan pro-
gram, $400,000.
MINORITY BUSINESS OUTREACH
For necessary expenses of Minority Business Resource Center
outreach activities, $3,000,000, to remain available until September
30, 2006: Provided, That notwithstanding 49 U.S.C. 332, these
funds may be used for business opportunities related to any mode
of transportation.
NEW HEADQUARTERS BUILDING
For necessary expenses of the Department of Transportation’s
new headquarters building and related services, $68,000,000, to
remain available until expended.