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Code: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available 
for the payment of obligations incurred under the appropriations 
for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years: Provided further, 
That notwithstanding the 2-year limitation 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 period begin-
ning on the date that such document, report, or publication is 
authorized by Congress to be printed, unless 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 pre-
ceding fiscal years may be transferred to the Government Pub-
lishing Office Business Operations 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 Congressional Record on only 
a monthly and session basis. 
PUBLIC INFORMATION PROGRAMS OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF 
DOCUMENTS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses of the public information programs of the Office 
of Superintendent of Documents necessary to provide for the cata-
loging and indexing of Government publications and their distribu-
tion to the public, Members of Congress, other Government agen-
cies, and designated depository and international exchange libraries 
as authorized by law, $30,500,000: Provided, That amounts of not 
more than $2,000,000 from current year appropriations are author-
ized for producing and disseminating Congressional serial sets and 
other related publications for fiscal years 2014 and 2015 to deposi-
tory and other designated libraries: 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 Publishing Office Business Operations 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. 
GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE BUSINESS OPERATIONS 
REVOLVING FUND 
For payment to the Government Publishing Office Business 
Operations Revolving Fund, $6,832,000, to remain available until 
expended, for information technology development and facilities 
repair: Provided, That the Government Publishing Office is hereby 
authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits of funds 
available and in accordance with law, and to make such contracts 
and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as pro-
vided by section 9104 of title 31, United States Code, as may
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be necessary in carrying out the programs and purposes set forth 
in the budget for the current fiscal year for the Government Pub-
lishing Office Business Operations Revolving Fund: Provided fur-
ther, That not more than $7,500 may be expended on the certifi-
cation of the Director of the Government Publishing Office in 
connection with official representation and reception expenses: Pro-
vided further, That the business operations revolving fund shall 
be available for the hire or purchase of not more than 12 passenger 
motor vehicles: Provided further, That expenditures in connection 
with travel expenses of the advisory councils to the Director of 
the Government Publishing Office shall be deemed necessary to 
carry out the provisions of title 44, United States Code: Provided 
further, That the business operations revolving fund shall be avail-
able for 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 V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of such 
title: Provided further, That activities financed through the business 
operations revolving fund may provide information in any format: 
Provided further, That the business operations revolving fund and 
the funds provided under the heading ‘‘Public Information Programs 
of the Superintendent of Documents’’ may not be used for contracted 
security services at GPO’s passport facility in the District of 
Columbia. 
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Government Accountability 
Office, including not more than $12,500 to be expended on the 
certification of the Comptroller General of the United States in 
connection with official representation and reception expenses; tem-
porary 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 coun-
tries in accordance with section 3324 of title 31, United States 
Code; benefits comparable to those payable 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 
General of the United States, rental of living quarters in foreign 
countries, $531,000,000: Provided, That, in addition, $25,450,000 
of payments received under sections 782, 791, 3521, and 9105 
of title 31, United States Code, shall be available without fiscal 
year limitation: Provided further, That this appropriation and 
appropriations for administrative 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, including necessary 
travel expenses of non-Federal participants: Provided further, That 
payments hereunder to the Forum may be credited as reimburse-
ments to any appropriation from which costs involved are initially 
financed.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DETAILS 
SEC. 1301. (a) PERMITTING DETAILS FROM OTHER FEDERAL 
OFFICES.—Section 731 of title 31, United States Code, is amended 
by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(k) FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DETAILS.—The activities of the 
Government Accountability Office may, in the reasonable discretion 
of the Comptroller General, be carried out by receiving details 
of personnel from other offices of the Federal Government on a 
reimbursable, partially-reimbursable, or nonreimbursable basis.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by subsection (a) 
shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2016 and each succeeding 
fiscal year. 
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), $5,600,000: Provided, That funds made avail-
able to support Russian participants shall only be used for those 
engaging in free market development, humanitarian activities, and 
civic engagement, and shall not be used for officials of the central 
government of Russia. 
JOHN C. STENNIS CENTER FOR PUBLIC SERVICE TRAINING 
AND DEVELOPMENT 
For payment to the John C. Stennis Center for Public Service 
Development Trust Fund established under section 116 of the John 
C. Stennis Center for Public Service Training and Development 
Act (2 U.S.C. 1105), $430,000. 
TITLE II 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
MAINTENANCE AND CARE OF PRIVATE VEHICLES 
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 facilities for the House of Represent-
atives issued by the Committee on House Administration and for 
the Senate issued by the Committee on Rules and Administration. 
FISCAL YEAR LIMITATION 
SEC. 202. No part of the funds appropriated in this Act shall 
remain available for obligation beyond fiscal year 2016 unless 
expressly so provided in this Act. 
RATES OF COMPENSATION AND DESIGNATION 
SEC. 203. Whenever in this Act any office or position not specifi-
cally established by the Legislative Pay Act of 1929 (46 Stat. 32
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et seq.) is appropriated for or the rate of compensation or designa-
tion of any office or position appropriated for is different from 
that specifically established by such Act, the rate of compensation 
and the designation in this Act shall be the permanent law with 
respect thereto: Provided, That the provisions in this Act for the 
various items of official expenses of Members, officers, and commit-
tees of the Senate and House of Representatives, and clerk hire 
for Senators and Members of the House of Representatives shall 
be the permanent law with respect thereto. 
CONSULTING SERVICES 
SEC. 204. The expenditure of any appropriation under this 
Act for any consulting service through procurement contract, under 
section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, shall be limited to 
those contracts where such expenditures 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. 
COSTS OF LBFMC 
SEC. 205. Amounts available for administrative expenses 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 appro-
priate share of LBFMC costs as determined by the LBFMC, except 
that the total LBFMC costs to be shared among all participating 
legislative branch entities (in such allocations among the entities 
as the entities may determine) may not exceed $2,000. 
LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE 
SEC. 206. For fiscal year 2016 and each fiscal year thereafter, 
the Architect of the Capitol, in consultation with the District of 
Columbia, is authorized to maintain and improve the landscape 
features, excluding streets, in Square 580 up to the beginning 
of I–395. 
LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS 
SEC. 207. None of the funds made available in this Act may 
be transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality of 
the United States Government, except pursuant to a transfer made 
by, or transfer authority provided in, this Act or any other appro-
priation Act. 
GUIDED TOURS OF THE CAPITOL 
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 Congress and other offices of the House of Represent-
atives 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