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Calendar No. 436 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4487 
[Report No. 113–196] 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
MAY 5, 2014 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations 
JUNE 19, 2014 
Reported by Mrs. SHAHEEN, with an amendment 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
AN ACT 
Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, and for other 
purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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, 2015, 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, $1,180,736,000, as follows: 
HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES 
For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, 
$22,278,891,
including:
Office
of
the
Speaker, 
$6,645,417, including $25,000 for official expenses of the 
Speaker; Office of the Majority Floor Leader, $2,180,048, 
including $10,000 for official expenses of the Majority 
Leader; Office of the Minority Floor Leader, $7,114,471, 
including $10,000 for official expenses of the Minority 
Leader; Office of the Majority Whip, including the Chief 
Deputy Majority Whip, $1,886,632, including $5,000 for 
official expenses of the Majority Whip; Office of the Mi-
nority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Minority Whip, 
$1,459,639, including $5,000 for official expenses of the 
Minority
Whip;
Republican
Conference,
$1,505,426; 
Democratic Caucus, $1,487,258: Provided, That such 
amount for salaries and expenses shall remain available 
from January 3, 2015 until January 2, 2016.
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, 
$554,317,732. 
COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES 
STANDING COMMITTEES, SPECIAL AND SELECT 
For salaries and expenses of standing committees, 
special and select, authorized by House resolutions, 
$123,903,173: Provided, That such amount shall remain 
available for such salaries and expenses until December 
31, 2016, except that $2,300,000 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, $23,271,004, including studies and examina-
tions of executive agencies and temporary personal serv-
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, 2016.
SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES 
For compensation and expenses of officers and em-
ployees, as authorized by law, $171,344,864, including: 
for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Clerk, includ-
ing the positions of the Chaplain and the Historian, and 
including not more than $25,000 for official representative 
and reception expenses, of which not more than $20,000 
is for the Family Room and not more than $2,000 is for 
the Office of the Chaplain, $24,009,473; for salaries and 
expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms, including 
the position of Superintendent of Garages and the Office 
of Emergency Management, and including not more than 
$3,000 for official representation and reception expenses, 
$11,926,729 of which $4,344,000 shall remain available 
until expended; for salaries and expenses of the Office of 
the Chief Administrative Officer including not more than 
$3,000 for official representation and reception expenses, 
$113,100,000, of which $4,000,000 shall remain available 
until expended; for salaries and expenses of the Office of 
the Inspector General, $4,741,809; for salaries and ex-
penses of the Office of General Counsel, $1,340,987; 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, $1,952,249; for sala-
resentative in, or a Delegate or Resident Commissioner 
to, the Congress. 
DELIVERY OF BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS 
SEC. 102. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to deliver a printed copy of a bill, joint 
resolution, or resolution to the office of a Member of the 
House of Representatives (including a Delegate or Resi-
dent Commissioner to the Congress) unless the Member 
requests a copy. 
DELIVERY OF CONGRESSIONAL RECORD 
SEC. 103. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to deliver a printed copy of any version 
of the Congressional Record to the office of a Member of 
the House of Representatives (including a Delegate or 
Resident Commissioner to the Congress). 
LIMITATION ON AMOUNT AVAILABLE TO LEASE VEHICLES 
SEC. 104. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by the Chief Administrative Officer of 
the House of Representatives to make any payments from 
any Members’ Representational Allowance for the leasing 
of a vehicle, excluding mobile district offices, in an aggre-
gate amount that exceeds $1,000 for the vehicle in any 
month.
LIMITATION ON PRINTED COPIES OF U.S. CODE TO 
HOUSE 
SEC. 105. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to provide an aggregate number of more 
than 50 printed copies of any edition of the United States 
Code to all offices of the House of Representatives. 
JOINT ITEMS 
For Joint Committees, as follows: 
JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic 
Committee, $4,203,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary 
of the Senate. 
JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on 
Taxation, $10,004,000, 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 Officer;
(3) an allowance of $725 per month each to 
three medical officers while on duty in the Office of 
the Attending Physician; 
(4) an allowance of $725 per month to 2 assist-
ants and $580 per month each not to exceed 11 as-
sistants on the basis heretofore provided for such as-
sistants; and 
(5) $2,486,000 for reimbursement to the De-
partment of the Navy for expenses incurred for staff 
and equipment assigned to the Office of the Attend-
ing Physician, which shall be advanced and credited 
to the applicable appropriation or appropriations 
from which such salaries, allowances, and other ex-
penses are payable and shall be available for all the 
purposes thereof, $3,371,000, to be disbursed by the 
Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL ACCESSIBILITY SERVICES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses of the Office of Congres-
sional Accessibility Services, $1,387,000, to be disbursed 
by the Secretary of the Senate.
CAPITOL POLICE 
SALARIES 
For salaries of employees of the Capitol Police, in-
cluding overtime, hazardous duty pay, and Government 
contributions for health, retirement, social security, pro-
fessional liability insurance, and other applicable employee 
benefits, $286,500,000 of which overtime shall not exceed 
$23,425,000 unless the Committee on Appropriations of 
the House and Senate are notified, 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, $61,459,000, 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 
at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center for fis-
cal year 2015 shall be paid by the Secretary of Homeland 
Security from funds available to the Department of Home-
land Security. 
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), $3,959,000 
(increased by $500,000), of which $450,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2016: Provided, That not 
more than $500 may be expended on the certification of 
the Executive Director of the Office of Compliance in con-
nection with official representation and reception ex-
penses. 
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, $45,700,000.
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, $91,555,000 (reduced 
by $500,000). 
CAPITOL BUILDING 
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 
and operation of the Capitol, $53,126,000, of which 
$28,817,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2019. 
CAPITOL GROUNDS 
For all necessary expenses for care and improvement 
of grounds surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House
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, 
$93,152,000, of which $8,686,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2019: Provided, That not more than 
$9,000,000 of the funds credited or to be reimbursed to 
this appropriation as herein provided shall be available for 
obligation during fiscal year 2015. 
LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS 
For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and 
structural maintenance, care and operation of the Library 
buildings
and
grounds,
$41,733,000,
of
which 
$16,542,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2019. 
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 
operations, $19,486,000, of which $1,000,000 shall re-
main available until September 30, 2019. 
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,
$15,022,946
(reduced
by 
$3,166,946), of which $5,122,946 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2019: Provided, That of the amount 
made available under this heading, the Architect of the 
Capitol may obligate and expend such sums as may be 
necessary for the maintenance, care and operation of the 
National Garden established under section 307E of the 
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1989 (2 U.S.C. 
2146), upon vouchers approved by the Architect of the 
Capitol or a duly authorized designee. 
CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER 
For all necessary expenses for the operation of the 
Capitol Visitor Center, $20,875,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
SCRIMS 
SEC. 1001. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used for scrims containing photographs of 
building
facades
during
restoration
or
construction 
projects performed by the Architect of the Capitol. 
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Library of Congress 
not otherwise provided for, including development and
maintenance of the Library’s catalogs; custody and custo-
dial care of the Library buildings; special clothing; clean-
ing, 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; activities under the Civil Rights History Project 
Act of 2009; preparation and distribution of catalog 
records and other publications of the Library; hire or pur-
chase of one passenger motor 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, $424,057,000, of which not more than $6,000,000 
shall be derived from collections credited to this appropria-
tion during fiscal year 2015, 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 2015 and shall remain available until expended for 
the development and maintenance of an international legal 
information database and activities related thereto: Pro-
vided, 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 appropriations Acts: Provided 
further, That the total amount available for obligation
shall be reduced by the amount by which collections are 
less than $6,350,000: Provided further, That of the total 
amount appropriated, not more than $12,000 may be ex-
pended, on the certification of the Librarian of Congress, 
in connection with official representation and reception ex-
penses for the Overseas Field Offices: Provided further, 
That of the total amount appropriated, $8,231,000 shall 
remain available until expended for the digital collections 
and educational curricula program. 
COPYRIGHT OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For all necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, 
$54,303,000, of which not more than $27,971,000, to re-
main available until expended, shall be derived from collec-
tions credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 2015 
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 $5,611,000 shall be derived from collections 
during
fiscal
year
2015
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 $33,582,000: Provided further, That not more 
than $100,000 of the amount appropriated is available 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 $6,500 may be expended, on the cer-
tification of the Librarian of Congress, in connection with 
official representation and reception expenses for activities 
of the International Copyright Institute and for copyright 
delegations, visitors, and seminars: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding any provision of chapter 8 of title 17, 
United States Code, any amounts made available under 
this heading which are attributable to royalty fees and 
payments received by the Copyright Office pursuant to 
sections 111, 119, and chapter 10 of such title may be 
used for the costs incurred in the administration of the 
Copyright Royalty Judges program, with the exception of 
the costs of salaries and benefits for the Copyright Royalty 
Judges and staff under section 802(e). 
CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of section 203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 
1946 (2 U.S.C. 166) and to revise and extend the Anno-
tated Constitution of the United States of America, 
$106,095,000: Provided, That no part of such amount 
may be used to pay any salary or expense in connection 
with any publication, or preparation of material therefor 
(except the Digest of Public General Bills), to be issued 
by the Library of Congress unless such publication has 
obtained prior approval of either the Committee on House 
Administration of the House of Representatives or the 
Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate. 
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), $50,429,000: Provided, That of the total amount 
appropriated, $650,000 shall be available to contract to 
provide newspapers to blind and physically handicapped 
residents at no cost to the individual. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
REIMBURSABLE AND REVOLVING FUND ACTIVITIES 
SEC. 1101. (a) IN GENERAL.—For fiscal year 2015, 
the obligational authority of the Library of Congress for 
the activities described in subsection (b) may not exceed 
$203,058,000. 
(b) ACTIVITIES.—The activities referred to in sub-
section (a) are reimbursable and revolving fund activities
that are funded from sources other than appropriations 
to the Library in appropriations Acts for the legislative 
branch. 
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; expenses necessary for preparing the semimonthly 
and session index to the Congressional Record, as author-
ized by law (section 902 of title 44, United States Code); 
printing and binding of Government publications author-
ized by law to be distributed to Members of Congress; and 
printing, binding, and distribution of Government publica-
tions authorized by law to be distributed without charge 
to the recipient, $79,736,000: Provided, That this appro-
priation shall not be available for paper copies of the per-
manent edition of the Congressional Record for individual 
Representatives, Resident Commissioners or Delegates au-
thorized under section 906 of title 44, United States Code: 
Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available 
for the payment of obligations incurred under the appro-
priations for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding the 2-year limita-
tion 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 pe-
riod beginning on the date that such document, report, 
or publication is authorized by Congress to be printed, un-
less Congress reauthorizes 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 preceding 
fiscal years may be transferred to the Government Print-
ing 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: Provided further, That notwithstanding sections 
901, 902, and 906 of title 44, United States Code, this 
appropriation may be used to prepare indexes to the Con-
gressional Record on only a monthly and session basis. 
OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses of the Office of Superintendent of Doc-
uments necessary to provide for the cataloging and index-
ing of Government publications and their distribution to
the public, Members of Congress, other Government agen-
cies, and designated depository and international exchange 
libraries as authorized by law, $31,500,000: Provided, 
That amounts of not more than $2,000,000 from current 
year appropriations are authorized for producing and dis-
seminating Congressional serial sets and other related 
publications for fiscal years 2013 and 2014 to depository 
and other designated libraries: Provided further, That any 
unobligated or unexpended balances in this account or ac-
counts for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years may 
be transferred to the Government Printing Office revolv-
ing fund for carrying out the purposes of this heading, 
subject to the approval of the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and Senate. 
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE REVOLVING FUND 
For payment to the Government Printing Office Re-
volving Fund, $11,348,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, for information technology development and facili-
ties repair: Provided, That the Government Printing Of-
fice is hereby authorized to make such expenditures, with-
in the limits of funds available and in accordance with law, 
and to make such contracts and commitments without re-
gard to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 9104 
of title 31, United States Code, as may be necessary in 
carrying out the programs and purposes set forth in the
budget for the current fiscal year for the Government 
Printing Office Revolving Fund: Provided further, That 
not more than $7,500 may be expended on the certifi-
cation of the Public Printer in connection with official rep-
resentation and reception expenses: Provided further, That 
the revolving fund shall be available for the hire or pur-
chase of not more than 12 passenger motor vehicles: Pro-
vided further, That expenditures in connection with travel 
expenses of the advisory councils to the Public Printer 
shall be deemed necessary to carry out the provisions of 
title 44, United States Code: Provided further, That the 
revolving fund shall be available for temporary or intermit-
tent services under section 3109(b) of title 5, United 
States Code, but at rates for individuals not more than 
the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay for 
level V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of 
such title: Provided further, That activities financed 
through the revolving fund may provide information in any 
format: Provided further, That the revolving fund and the 
funds provided under the headings ‘‘Office of Super-
intendent of Documents’’ and ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ 
may not be used for contracted security services at the 
Government Printing Office’s passport facility in the Dis-
trict of Columbia.
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Government Account-
ability Office, including not more than $12,500 to be ex-
pended on the certification of the Comptroller General of 
the United States in connection with official representa-
tion and reception expenses; temporary or intermittent 
services under section 3109(b) of title 5, United States 
Code, but at rates for individuals not more than the daily 
equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay for level IV of 
the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of such title; 
hire of one passenger motor vehicle; advance payments in 
foreign countries in accordance with section 3324 of title 
31, United States Code; benefits comparable to those pay-
able under sections 901(5), (6), and (8) of the Foreign 
Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4081(5), (6), and (8)); 
and under regulations prescribed by the Comptroller Gen-
eral of the United States, rental of living quarters in for-
eign countries, $519,622,000: Provided, That, in addition, 
$23,750,000 of payments received under sections 782, 
3521, and 9105 of title 31, United States Code, shall be 
available without fiscal year limitation: Provided further, 
That this appropriation and appropriations for adminis-
trative expenses of any other department or agency which 
is a member of the National Intergovernmental Audit
Forum or a Regional Intergovernmental Audit Forum 
shall be available to finance an appropriate share of either 
Forum’s costs as determined by the respective Forum, in-
cluding necessary travel expenses of non-Federal partici-
pants: Provided further, That payments hereunder to the 
Forum may be credited as reimbursements to any appro-
priation from which costs involved are initially financed. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
CENTER FOR AUDIT EXCELLENCE 
SEC. 1201. (a) CENTER FOR AUDIT EXCELLENCE.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—Chapter 7 of title 31, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following new subchapter: 
‘‘SUBCHAPTER VII—CENTER FOR AUDIT 
EXCELLENCE 
‘‘§ 791. Center for audit excellence 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Comptroller General 
shall establish, maintain, and operate a center within the 
Government Accountability Office to be known as the 
‘Center for Audit Excellence’ (hereafter in this subchapter 
referred to as the ‘Center’). 
‘‘(b) PURPOSE AND ACTIVITIES.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Center shall build in-
stitutional auditing capacity and promote good gov-
ernance by providing affordable, relevant, and high-
quality training, technical assistance, and products 
and services to qualified personnel and entities of 
governments
(including
the
Federal
government, 
State and local governments, tribal governments, 
and governments of foreign nations), international 
organizations, and other private organizations. 
‘‘(2)
DETERMINATION
OF
QUALIFIED
PER-
SONNEL
AND
ENTITIES.—Personnel
and
entities 
shall be considered qualified for purposes of receiv-
ing training, technical assistance, and products or 
services from the Center under paragraph (1) in ac-
cordance with such criteria as the Comptroller Gen-
eral may establish and publish. 
‘‘(c) FEES.— 
‘‘(1) PERMITTING
CHARGING
OF
FEES.—The 
Comptroller General may establish, charge, and col-
lect fees (on a reimbursable or advance basis) for 
the training, technical assistance, and products and 
services provided by the Center under this sub-
chapter. 
‘‘(2) DEPOSIT INTO SEPARATE ACCOUNT.—The 
Comptroller General shall deposit all fees collected 
under paragraph (1) into the Center for Audit Ex-
cellence Account established under section 792.
‘‘(d) GIFTS
OF PROPERTY
AND SERVICES.—The 
Comptroller General may accept and use conditional or 
non-conditional gifts of property (both real and personal) 
and services (including services of guest lecturers) to sup-
port the operation of the Center, except that the Comp-
troller General may not accept or use such a gift if the 
Comptroller General determines that the acceptance or 
use of the gift would compromise or appear to compromise 
the integrity of the Government Accountability Office. 
‘‘(e)
SENSE
OF
CONGRESS
REGARDING
PER-
SONNEL.—It is the sense of Congress that the Center 
should be staffed primarily by personnel of the Govern-
ment Accountability Office who are not otherwise engaged 
in carrying out other duties of the Office under this chap-
ter, so as to ensure that the operation of the Center will 
not have a negative impact on the ability of the Office 
to maintain a consistently high level of service to Con-
gress. 
‘‘§ 792. Account 
‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT
OF SEPARATE ACCOUNT.— 
There is established in the Treasury as a separate account 
for the Government Accountability Office the ‘Center for 
Audit Excellence Account’, which shall consist of the fees 
deposited by the Comptroller General under section 791(c)
and such other amounts as may be appropriated under 
law. 
‘‘(b) USE OF ACCOUNT.—Amounts in the Center for 
Audit Excellence Account shall be available to the Comp-
troller General, in amounts specified in appropriations 
Acts and without fiscal year limitation, to carry out this 
subchapter. 
‘‘§ 793. Authorization of Appropriations 
‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated such sums 
as may be necessary to carry out this subchapter.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions for chapter 7 of title 31, United States Code, 
is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SUBCHAPTER VII—CENTER FOR AUDIT EXCELLENCE 
‘‘791. Center for Audit Excellence. 
‘‘792. Account. 
‘‘793. Authorization of appropriations.’’. 
(b) APPROVAL
OF BUSINESS PLAN.—The Comp-
troller General may not begin operating the Center for 
Audit Excellence under subchapter VII of chapter 7 of 
title 31, United States Code (as added by subsection (a)) 
until— 
(1) the Comptroller General submits a business 
plan for the Center to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and Senate; 
and 
(2) each such Committee approves the plan.
OPEN WORLD LEADERSHIP CENTER TRUST 
FUND 
For a payment to the Open World Leadership Center 
Trust Fund for financing activities of the Open World 
Leadership Center under section 313 of the Legislative 
Branch Appropriations Act, 2001 (2 U.S.C. 1151), 
$3,420,000. 
JOHN C. STENNIS CENTER FOR PUBLIC 
SERVICE TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT 
For payment to the John C. Stennis Center for Pub-
lic Service Development Trust Fund established under 
section 116 of the John C. Stennis Center for Public Serv-
ice Training and Development Act (2 U.S.C. 1105), 
$430,000. 
TITLE II—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 201. No part of the funds appropriated in this 
Act shall be used for the maintenance or care of private 
vehicles, except for emergency assistance and cleaning as 
may be provided under regulations relating to parking fa-
cilities for the House of Representatives issued by the 
Committee on House Administration and for the Senate 
issued by the Committee on Rules and Administration. 
SEC. 202. No part of the funds appropriated in this 
Act shall remain available for obligation beyond fiscal year 
2015 unless expressly so provided in this Act.
SEC. 203. Whenever in this Act any office or position 
not specifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of 
1929 (46 Stat. 32 et seq.) is appropriated for or the rate 
of compensation or designation of any office or position 
appropriated for is different from that specifically estab-
lished by such Act, the rate of compensation and the des-
ignation in this Act shall be the permanent law with re-
spect thereto: Provided, That the provisions in this Act 
for the various items of official expenses of Members, offi-
cers, and committees of the Senate and House of Rep-
resentatives, and clerk hire for Senators and Members of 
the House of Representatives shall be the permanent law 
with respect thereto. 
SEC. 204. The expenditure of any appropriation 
under this Act for any consulting service through procure-
ment contract, under section 3109 of title 5, United States 
Code, shall be limited to those contracts where such ex-
penditures are a matter of public record and available for 
public inspection, except where otherwise provided under 
existing law, or under existing Executive order issued 
under existing law. 
SEC. 205. Amounts available for administrative ex-
penses of any legislative branch entity which participates 
in the Legislative Branch Financial Managers Council 
(LBFMC) established by charter on March 26, 1996, shall
be available to finance an appropriate share of LBFMC 
costs as determined by the LBFMC, except that the total 
LBFMC costs to be shared among all participating legisla-
tive branch entities (in such allocations among the entities 
as the entities may determine) may not exceed $2,000. 
SEC. 206. The Architect of the Capitol, in consulta-
tion with the District of Columbia, is authorized to main-
tain and improve the landscape features, excluding streets, 
in the irregular shaped grassy areas bounded by Wash-
ington Avenue, SW on the northeast, Second Street, SW 
on the west, Square 582 on the south, and the beginning 
of the I–395 tunnel on the southeast. 
SEC. 207. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in-
strumentality of the United States Government, except 
pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro-
vided in, this Act or any other appropriation Act. 
SEC. 208. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), 
none of the funds made available to the Architect of the 
Capitol in this Act may be used to eliminate or restrict 
guided tours of the United States Capitol which are led 
by employees and interns of offices of Members of Con-
gress and other offices of the House of Representatives 
and Senate.
(b) At the direction of the Capitol Police Board, or 
at the direction of the Architect of the Capitol with the 
approval of the Capitol Police Board, guided tours of the 
United States Capitol which are led by employees and in-
terns described in subsection (a) may be suspended tempo-
rarily or otherwise subject to restriction for security or re-
lated reasons to the same extent as guided tours of the 
United States Capitol which are led by the Architect of 
the Capitol. 
SEC. 209. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, no adjustment shall be made under section 610(a) 
of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 
31) (relating to cost of living adjustments for Members 
of Congress) during fiscal year 2015. 
SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT 
SEC. 210. The amount by which the applicable alloca-
tion of new budget authority made by the Committee on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives under sec-
tion 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, ex-
cluding Senate items, exceeds the amount of proposed new 
budget authority is $0 (increased by $3,166,946). 
SEC. 211. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to deliver a printed copy of the report 
of disbursements for the operations of the House of Rep-
resentatives under section 106 of the House of Represent-
atives Administrative Reform Technical Corrections Act
(2 U.S.C. 5535) to the office of a Member of the House 
of Representatives (including a Delegate or Resident Com-
missioner to the Congress). 
SEC. 212. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to deliver to the office of a Member of 
the House of Representatives (including a Delegate or 
Resident Commissioner to the Congress) a printed copy 
of the Daily Calendar of the House of Representatives 
which is prepared by the Clerk of the House of Represent-
atives. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative Branch Ap-
propriations Act, 2015’’. 
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, 
2015, and for other purposes, namely: 
TITLE I 
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 
SENATE 
EXPENSE ALLOWANCES 
For expense allowances of the Vice President, $18,760; 
the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, $37,520; Majority 
Leader of the Senate, $39,920; Minority Leader of the Sen-
ate, $39,920; Majority Whip of the Senate, $9,980; Minority 
Whip of the Senate, $9,980; Chairmen of the Majority and
Minority Conference Committees, $4,690 for each Chair-
man; and Chairmen of the Majority and Minority Policy 
Committees, $4,690 for each Chairman; in all, $174,840. 
REPRESENTATION ALLOWANCES FOR THE MAJORITY AND 
MINORITY LEADERS 
For representation allowances of the Majority and Mi-
nority Leaders of the Senate, $14,070 for each such Leader; 
in all, $28,140. 
SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES 
For compensation of officers, employees, and others as 
authorized by law, including agency contributions, 
$177,350,812, which shall be paid from this appropriation 
without regard to the following limitations: 
OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT 
For the Office of the Vice President, $2,417,248. 
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE 
For the Office of the President Pro Tempore, $723,466. 
OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERS 
For Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders, 
$5,255,576. 
OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY WHIPS 
For Offices of the Majority and Minority Whips, 
$3,359,424.
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS 
For salaries of the Committee on Appropriations, 
$14,942,000. 
CONFERENCE COMMITTEES 
For the Conference of the Majority and the Conference 
of the Minority, at rates of compensation to be fixed by the 
Chairman of each such committee, $1,658,000 for each such 
committee; in all, $3,316,000. 
OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES OF THE CONFERENCE OF 
THE MAJORITY AND THE CONFERENCE OF THE MINORITY 
For Offices of the Secretaries of the Conference of the 
Majority and the Conference of the Minority, $817,402. 
POLICY COMMITTEES 
For salaries of the Majority Policy Committee and the 
Minority Policy Committee, $1,692,905 for each such com-
mittee; in all, $3,385,810. 
OFFICE OF THE CHAPLAIN 
For Office of the Chaplain, $416,886. 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
For Office of the Secretary, $24,684,000. 
OFFICE OF THE SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER 
For Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, 
$69,000,000.
OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND 
MINORITY 
For Offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the 
Secretary for the Minority, $1,762,000. 
AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS AND RELATED EXPENSES 
For agency contributions for employee benefits, as au-
thorized by law, and related expenses, $47,271,000. 
OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL OF THE SENATE 
For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legisla-
tive Counsel of the Senate, $5,408,500. 
OFFICE OF SENATE LEGAL COUNSEL 
For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate Legal 
Counsel, $1,120,000. 
EXPENSE ALLOWANCES OF THE SECRETARY OF THE SEN-
ATE, SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE 
SENATE, AND SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND 
MINORITY OF THE SENATE 
For expense allowances of the Secretary of the Senate, 
$7,110; Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, 
$7,110; Secretary for the Majority of the Senate, $7,110; 
Secretary for the Minority of the Senate, $7,110; in all, 
$28,440.
CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE 
INQUIRIES AND INVESTIGATIONS 
For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered 
by the Senate, or conducted under paragraph 1 of rule 
XXVI of the Standing Rules of the Senate, section 112 of 
the Supplemental Appropriations and Rescission Act, 1980 
(Public Law 96–304), and Senate Resolution 281, 96th 
Congress, agreed to March 11, 1980, $133,265,000, of which 
$26,650,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2017. 
EXPENSES OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE CAUCUS ON 
INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL 
For expenses of the United States Senate Caucus on 
International Narcotics Control, $508,000. 
SECRETARY OF THE SENATE 
For expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the Sen-
ate, $6,250,000 of which $4,350,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2019. 
SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE SENATE 
For expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms and 
Doorkeeper of the Senate, $130,300,000, which shall remain 
available until September 30, 2019. 
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS 
For miscellaneous items, $21,178,000, which shall re-
main available until September 30, 2017.
SENATORS’ OFFICIAL PERSONNEL AND OFFICE EXPENSE 
ACCOUNT 
For Senators’ Official Personnel and Office Expense 
Account, $390,000,000 of which $19,109,214 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2017. 
OFFICIAL MAIL COSTS 
For expenses necessary for official mail costs of the 
Senate, $300,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SENATE STATIONERY PROCUREMENT 
SEC. 1. (a) Sections 65, 66, 67, and 68 of the Revised 
Statutes (2 U.S.C. 6569, 6570, 6571) are repealed. 
(b) The fifth paragraph after the paragraph under the 
side heading ‘‘For contingent expenses, namely’’: under the 
subheading ‘‘Senate’’, under the heading ‘‘Legislative’’ of 
the Act of March 3, 1887 (24 Stat. 596, chapter 392; 2 
U.S.C. 6572), is amended by striking ‘‘sections, sixty-five, 
sixty six, sixty-seven, sixty-eight, and sixty-nine,’’ and in-
serting ‘‘section 69’’. 
ELIMINATE PAPER FILING OF SENATE CAMPAIGN REPORTS 
SEC. 2. Section 302(g) of the Federal Election Cam-
paign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 432(g)) is amended to read 
as follows:
‘‘(g) FILING WITH THE COMMISSION.—All designa-
tions, statements, and reports required to be filed under this 
Act shall be filed with the Commission.’’. 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses of the House of Representa-
tives, $1,180,736,000, as follows: 
HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES 
For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, 
$22,278,891, including: Office of the Speaker, $6,645,417, 
including $25,000 for official expenses of the Speaker; Office 
of the Majority Floor Leader, $2,180,048, including $10,000 
for official expenses of the Majority Leader; Office of the 
Minority Floor Leader, $7,114,471, including $10,000 for 
official expenses of the Minority Leader; Office of the Major-
ity Whip, including the Chief Deputy Majority Whip, 
$1,886,632, including $5,000 for official expenses of the Ma-
jority Whip; Office of the Minority Whip, including the 
Chief Deputy Minority Whip, $1,459,639, including $5,000 
for official expenses of the Minority Whip; Republican Con-
ference, $1,505,426; Democratic Caucus, $1,487,258: Pro-
vided, That such amount for salaries and expenses shall re-
main available from January 3, 2015 until January 2, 
2016.
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, 
$554,317,732. 
COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES 
STANDING COMMITTEES, SPECIAL AND SELECT 
For salaries and expenses of standing committees, spe-
cial 
and 
select, 
authorized 
by 
House 
resolutions, 
$123,903,173: Provided, That such amount shall remain 
available for such salaries and expenses until December 31, 
2016, except that $2,300,000 of such amount shall remain 
available until expended for committee room upgrading. 
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS 
For salaries and expenses of the Committee on Appro-
priations, $23,271,004, including studies and examinations 
of executive agencies 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 avail-
able for such salaries and expenses until December 31, 2016.
SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES 
For compensation and expenses of officers and employ-
ees, as authorized by law, $171,344,864, including: for sala-
ries and expenses of the Office of the Clerk, including the 
positions of the Chaplain and the Historian, and including 
not more than $25,000 for official representative and recep-
tion expenses, of which not more than $20,000 is for the 
Family Room and not more than $2,000 is for the Office 
of the Chaplain, $24,009,473; for salaries and expenses of 
the Office of the Sergeant at Arms, including the position 
of Superintendent of Garages and the Office of Emergency 
Management, and including not more than $3,000 for offi-
cial representation and reception expenses, $11,926,729 of 
which $4,344,000 shall remain available until expended; for 
salaries and expenses of the Office of the Chief Administra-
tive Officer including not more than $3,000 for official rep-
resentation and reception expenses, $113,100,000, of which 
$4,000,000 shall remain available until expended; for sala-
ries and expenses of the Office of the Inspector General, 
$4,741,809; for salaries and expenses of the Office of General 
Counsel, $1,340,987; 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 representation and reception expenses, 
$1,952,249; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the
Law Revision Counsel of the House, $4,087,587, of which 
$1,000,000 shall remain available until expended for the 
completion of the House Modernization Initiative; for sala-
ries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel 
of the House, $8,892,975, of which $540,000 shall remain 
available until expended for the completion of the House 
Modernization Initiative; for salaries and expenses of the 
Office of Interparliamentary Affairs, $814,069; for other 
authorized employees, $478,986. 
ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES 
For allowances and expenses as authorized by House 
resolution or law, $285,620,336, including: supplies, mate-
rials, administrative costs and Federal tort claims, 
$4,152,789; official mail for committees, leadership offices, 
and administrative offices of the House, $190,486; Govern-
ment contributions for health, retirement, Social Security, 
and other applicable employee benefits, $256,635,776, to re-
main available until March 31, 2016; Business Continuity 
and Disaster Recovery, $16,217,008 of which $5,000,000 
shall remain available until expended; transition activities 
for new members and staff, $3,737,000, to remain available 
until expended; Wounded Warrior Program $2,500,000, to 
remain available until expended; Office of Congressional 
Ethics, $1,467,030; and miscellaneous items including pur-
chase, exchange, maintenance, repair and operation of
House motor vehicles, interparliamentary receptions, and 
gratuities to heirs of deceased employees of the House, 
$720,247. 
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 ALLOWANCES’’ shall be 
available only for fiscal year 2015. Any amount remaining 
after all payments are made under such allowances for fis-
cal year 2015 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 Treas-
ury considers appropriate). 
(b) REGULATIONS.—The Committee on House Admin-
istration of the House of Representatives shall have author-
ity 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.
DELIVERY OF BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS 
SEC. 102. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to deliver a printed copy of a bill, joint 
resolution, or resolution to the office of a Member of the 
House of Representatives (including a Delegate or Resident 
Commissioner to the Congress) unless the Member requests 
a copy. 
DELIVERY OF CONGRESSIONAL RECORD 
SEC. 103. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to deliver a printed copy of any version 
of the Congressional Record to the office of a Member of 
the House of Representatives (including a Delegate or Resi-
dent Commissioner to the Congress). 
LIMITATION ON AMOUNT AVAILABLE TO LEASE VEHICLES 
SEC. 104. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by the Chief Administrative Officer of the 
House of Representatives to make any payments from any 
Members’ Representational Allowance for the leasing of a 
vehicle, excluding mobile district offices, in an aggregate 
amount that exceeds $1,000 for the vehicle in any month. 
LIMITATION ON PRINTED COPIES OF U.S. CODE TO HOUSE 
SEC. 105. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to provide an aggregate number of more 
than 50 printed copies of any edition of the United States 
Code to all offices of the House of Representatives.
JOINT ITEMS 
For Joint Committees, as follows: 
JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic Com-
mittee, $4,246,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the 
Senate. 
JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on 
Taxation, $10,095,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Admin-
istrative Officer of the House of Representatives. 
OFFICE OF THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN 
For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent ex-
penses of the emergency rooms, and for the Attending Physi-
cian and his assistants, including: 
(1) an allowance of $2,175 per month to the At-
tending Physician; 
(2) an allowance of $1,300 per month to the Sen-
ior Medical Officer; 
(3) an allowance of $725 per month each to three 
medical officers while on duty in the Office of the At-
tending Physician; 
(4) an allowance of $725 per month to 2 assist-
ants and $580 per month each not to exceed 11 assist-
ants on the basis heretofore provided for such assist-
ants; and
(5) $2,486,000 for reimbursement to the Depart-
ment 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, allowances, and other expenses 
are payable and shall be available for all the purposes 
thereof, $3,371,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Ad-
ministrative Officer of the House of Representatives. 
OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL ACCESSIBILITY SERVICES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses of the Office of Congressional 
Accessibility Services, $1,400,000, to be disbursed by the 
Secretary of the Senate. 
CAPITOL POLICE 
SALARIES 
For salaries of employees of the Capitol Police, includ-
ing overtime, hazardous duty pay differential, and Govern-
ment contributions for health, retirement, social security, 
professional liability insurance, and other applicable em-
ployee benefits, $284,588,499, of which overtime shall not 
exceed $23,425,000 unless the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House and Senate are notified, to be disbursed 
by the Chief of the Capitol Police or his designee.
GENERAL EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Capitol Police, including 
motor vehicles, communications and other equipment, secu-
rity equipment and installation, uniforms, weapons, sup-
plies, materials, training, medical services, forensic services, 
stenographic services, personal and professional services, the 
employee assistance program, the awards program, postage, 
communication services, travel advances, relocation of in-
structor and liaison personnel for the Federal Law Enforce-
ment Training Center, and not more than $5,000 to be ex-
pended on the certification of the Chief of the Capitol Police 
in connection with official representation and reception ex-
penses, $59,459,499, to be disbursed by the Chief of the Cap-
itol Police or his designee: Provided, That, notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, the cost of basic training for 
the Capitol Police at the Federal Law Enforcement Train-
ing Center for fiscal year 2015 shall be paid by the Sec-
retary of Homeland Security from funds available to the 
Department of Homeland Security. 
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), $3,959,000, of which 
$450,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2016:
Provided, That not more than $500 may be expended on 
the certification of the Executive Director of the Office of 
Compliance in connection with official representation and 
reception expenses. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
EMPLOYEE NOTIFICATIONS 
SEC. 1001. Section 301(h)(2) of the Congressional Ac-
countability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1381(h)(2)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘the residences of covered employees’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘covered employees by the end of each fiscal year’’. 
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, $46,057,000. 
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 reception and representation expenses, to 
be expended as the Architect of the Capitol may approve; 
for purchase or exchange, maintenance, and operation of 
a passenger motor vehicle, $93,348,000, of which $1,617,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2019. 
CAPITOL BUILDING 
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 
and operation of the Capitol, $53,313,000, of which 
$7,617,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2019, and of which $21,222,000 shall remain available 
until expended solely for expenses related to rehabilitation 
of the U.S. Capitol Dome. 
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, $11,973,000, 
of which $2,000,000 shall remain available until September 
30, 2019. 
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, $100,272,000, of which 
$41,447,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2019. 
HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS 
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 
and operation of the House office buildings, $71,622,000, 
of which $7,000,000 shall remain available until September 
30, 2019. 
In addition, for a payment to the House Historic 
Buildings Revitalization Trust Fund, $70,000,000, to re-
main available until expended. 
CAPITOL POWER PLANT 
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 
and operation of the Capitol Power Plant; lighting, heating, 
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 garage, 
and air conditioning refrigeration not supplied from plants 
in any of such buildings; heating the Government Printing 
Office and Washington City Post Office, and heating and 
chilled water for air conditioning for the Supreme Court 
Building, the Union Station complex, the Thurgood Mar-
shall Federal Judiciary Building and the Folger Shake-
speare Library, expenses for which shall be advanced or re-
imbursed upon request of the Architect of the Capitol and 
amounts so received shall be deposited into the Treasury 
to the credit of this appropriation, $94,768,000, of which 
$10,386,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2019: Provided, That not more than $9,000,000 of the funds 
credited or to be reimbursed to this appropriation as herein 
provided shall be available for obligation during fiscal year 
2015. 
LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS 
For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and 
structural maintenance, care and operation of the Library 
buildings and grounds, $47,628,000, of which $22,490,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2019. 
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 located, 
the Alternate Computer Facility, and AOC security oper-
ations, $20,659,000, of which $2,500,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2019. 
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, $15,573,000, of which $5,693,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2019: Provided, 
That of the amount made available under this heading, the 
Architect of the Capitol may obligate and expend such sums 
as may be necessary for the maintenance, care and oper-
ation of the National Garden established under section 
307E of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1989 
(2 U.S.C. 2146), upon vouchers approved by the Architect 
of the Capitol or a duly authorized designee. 
CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER 
For all necessary expenses for the operation of the Cap-
itol Visitor Center, $20,844,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
U.S. BOTANIC GARDEN ADMINISTRATION OF EDUCATIONAL 
OUTREACH AND SERVICES 
SEC. 1101. (a) The Architect of the Capitol, subject to 
the direction of the Joint Committee of Congress on the Li-
brary, may enter into cooperative agreements with entities 
under such terms as the Architect determines advisable, in 
order to support the United States Botanic Garden in car-
rying out its duties, authorities, and mission. 
(b)(1) The Architect of the Capitol may, subject to the 
direction of the Joint Committee of Congress on the Li-
brary, enter into a no-cost agreement, through a contract, 
cooperative agreement, or memorandum of understanding, 
with a qualified entity to conduct, or provide support for, 
an educational exhibit, program, class, or outreach that 
benefits the educational mission of the United States Bo-
tanic Garden. 
(2) Any agreement under paragraph (1) may— 
(A) allow the qualified entity to accept fees for 
any program or class described in paragraph (1) in 
order to cover all or a portion of the entity’s costs of 
any supplies, honoraria, or associated expenses for the 
program or class; and 
(B) subject to such terms as the Architect con-
siders appropriate and necessary, grant temporary 
concessions to the qualified entity, or allow the quali-
fied entity to grant temporary concessions to another 
person, in connection with an educational exhibit, 
program, class, or outreach described in paragraph 
(1), including concessions for food and merchandise 
sales that are specifically related to the educational 
mission involved. 
(3) Section 5104(c) of title 40, United States Code, 
shall not apply to any activity carried out under this sub-
section.
(4) In this subsection, the term ‘‘qualified entity’’ 
means— 
(A) the National Fund for the United States Bo-
tanic Garden; and 
(B) any other organization described in section 
501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and ex-
empt from tax under section 501(a) of such Code that 
the Architect of the Capitol determines shares interests 
complementary to the educational mission of the 
United States Botanic Garden. 
(c) Any authority under subsection (a) or (b) shall not 
apply to any agreement providing for the construction or 
improvement of real property. 
(d) This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 
2015 and each succeeding fiscal year. 
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Library of Congress not 
otherwise provided for, including development and mainte-
nance of the Library’s catalogs; custody and custodial care 
of the Library buildings; special clothing; cleaning, laun-
dering and repair of uniforms; preservation of motion pic-
tures in the custody of the Library; operation and mainte-
nance of the American Folklife Center in the Library; ac-
tivities under the Civil Rights History Project Act of 2009;
preparation and distribution of catalog records and other 
publications of the Library; hire or purchase of one pas-
senger motor vehicle; and expenses of the Library of Con-
gress Trust Fund Board not properly chargeable to the in-
come of any trust fund held by the Board, $416,172,999, 
of which not more than $6,000,000 shall be derived from 
collections credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 
2015, 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 col-
lections during fiscal year 2015 and shall remain available 
until expended for the development and maintenance of an 
international legal information database and activities re-
lated 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 appropriations 
Acts: Provided further, That the total amount available for 
obligation shall be reduced by the amount by which collec-
tions are less than $6,350,000: Provided further, That of 
the total amount appropriated, not more than $12,000 may 
be expended, on the certification of the Librarian of Con-
gress, in connection with official representation and recep-
tion expenses for the Overseas Field Offices: Provided fur-
ther, That of the total amount appropriated, $7,271,000
shall remain available until expended for the digital collec-
tions and educational curricula program. 
COPYRIGHT OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For all necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, 
$53,140,499, of which not more than $27,971,000, to re-
main available until expended, shall be derived from collec-
tions credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 2015 
under section 708(d) of title 17, United States Code: Pro-
vided, That the Copyright Office may not obligate or expend 
any funds derived from collections under such section, in 
excess of the amount authorized for obligation or expendi-
ture in appropriations Acts: Provided further, That not 
more than $5,611,000 shall be derived from collections dur-
ing fiscal year 2015 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 
$33,582,000: Provided further, That not more than 
$100,000 of the amount appropriated is available for the 
maintenance of an ‘‘International Copyright Institute’’ in 
the Copyright Office of the Library of Congress for the pur-
pose of training nationals of developing countries in intel-
lectual property laws and policies: Provided further, That 
not more than $6,500 may be expended, on the certification