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Union Calendar No. 458 
118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8772 
[Report No. 118–555] 
Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2025, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 17, 2024 
Mr. VALADAO, 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, 2025, and for other 
purposes. 
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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, 2025, and for other purposes, namely: 
TITLE I 
LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
PAYMENT TO WIDOWS AND HEIRS OF DECEASED 
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS 
For payment to Beatrice Y. Payne, widow of Donald 
M. Payne, Jr., late a Representative from the State of 
New Jersey, $174,000. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses of the House of Represent-
atives, $1,932,655,000, as follows: 
HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES 
For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, 
$36,560,000, 
including: 
Office 
of 
the 
Speaker, 
$10,499,000, including $35,000 for official expenses of 
the Speaker; Office of the Majority Floor Leader, 
$3,730,000, including $15,000 for official expenses of the 
Majority Leader; Office of the Minority Floor Leader, 
$10,499,000, including $17,500 for official expenses of 
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the Minority Leader; Office of the Majority Whip, includ-
ing the Chief Deputy Majority Whip, $3,099,000, includ-
ing $5,000 for official expenses of the Majority Whip; Of-
fice of the Minority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Mi-
nority Whip, $2,809,000, including $5,000 for official ex-
penses of the Minority Whip; Republican Conference, 
$2,962,000; Democratic Caucus, $2,962,000: Provided, 
That such amount for salaries and expenses shall remain 
available from January 3, 2025 until January 2, 2026. 
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, 
$843,605,000. 
ALLOWANCE FOR COMPENSATION OF INTERNS IN 
MEMBER OFFICES 
For the allowance established under section 120 of 
the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2019 (2 
U.S.C. 5322a) for the compensation of interns who serve 
in the offices of Members of the House of Representatives, 
$20,638,800, to remain available from January 3, 2025 
until January 2, 2026: Provided, That notwithstanding 
section 120(b) of such Act, an office of a Member of the 
House of Representatives may use not more than $46,800 
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of the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the House, 
$15,300,000, of which $2,000,000 shall remain available 
until expended; for salaries and expenses of the Office of 
Interparliamentary Affairs, $994,000; for other author-
ized employees, $1,065,000. 
ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES 
For allowances and expenses as authorized by House 
resolution or law, $480,085,200, including: supplies, mate-
rials, administrative costs and Federal tort claims, 
$1,555,000; official mail for committees, leadership of-
fices, and administrative offices of the House, $190,000; 
Government contributions for health, retirement, Social 
Security, contractor support for actuarial projections, and 
other applicable employee benefits, $428,960,200, to re-
main available until March 31, 2026, except that 
$37,000,000 of such amount shall remain available until 
expended; salaries and expenses for Business Continuity 
and Disaster Recovery, $27,428,000, of which $6,000,000 
shall remain available until expended; transition activities 
for new members and staff, $15,786,000, to remain avail-
able until expended; Green and Gold Congressional Aide 
Program, $3,356,000, to remain available until expended; 
Office of Congressional Ethics, $1,810,000; and miscella-
neous items including purchase, exchange, maintenance, 
repair and operation of House motor vehicles, inter-
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parliamentary receptions, and gratuities to heirs of de-
ceased employees of the House, $1,000,000. 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES MODERNIZATION 
INITIATIVES ACCOUNT 
For the House of Representatives Modernization Ini-
tiatives Account established under section 115 of the Leg-
islative Branch Appropriations Act, 2021 (2 U.S.C. 5513), 
$10,000,000, to remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That disbursement from this account is subject to 
approval of the Committee on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives: Provided further, That funds provided 
in this account shall only be used for initiatives approved 
by the Committee on House Administration. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
REQUIRING
AMOUNTS
REMAINING
IN
MEMBERS’ REP-
RESENTATIONAL
ALLOWANCES
TO
BE
USED
FOR 
DEFICIT REDUCTION OR TO REDUCE THE FEDERAL 
DEBT 
SEC. 110. (a) 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 2025. Any 
amount remaining after all payments are made under such 
allowances for fiscal year 2025 shall be deposited in the 
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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) The Committee on House Administration of the 
House of Representatives shall have authority to prescribe 
regulations to carry out this section. 
(c) As used in this section, the term ‘‘Member of the 
House of Representatives’’ means a Representative in, or 
a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress. 
LIMITATION ON AMOUNT AVAILABLE TO LEASE VEHICLES 
SEC. 111. 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. 
CYBERSECURITY ASSISTANCE FOR HOUSE OF 
REPRESENTATIVES 
SEC. 112. The head of any Federal entity that pro-
vides assistance to the House of Representatives in the 
House’s efforts to deter, prevent, mitigate, or remediate 
cybersecurity risks to, and incidents involving, the infor-
mation systems of the House shall take all necessary steps 
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to ensure the constitutional integrity of the separate 
branches of the government at all stages of providing the 
assistance, including applying minimization procedures to 
limit the spread or sharing of privileged House and Mem-
ber information. 
LONG TERM LEASE REQUIREMENTS 
SEC. 113. (a) Section 303(f) of the Energy Policy Act 
of 1992 (42 U.S.C. 13212(f)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2), by striking subparagraph 
(C); 
(2) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ‘‘branch, 
except that it does include the House of Representa-
tives with respect to an acquisition described in 
paragraph (2)(C).’’ and inserting ‘‘branch.’’; and 
(3) in paragraph (1), by striking subparagraph 
(C). 
(b) The amendments made by this section apply to 
fiscal year 2025 and each succeeding fiscal year. 
USE OF CHILD CARE CENTER REVOLVING FUND 
SEC. 114. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 312(d)(3) of 
the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1992 (2 
U.S.C. 2062 (d)(3)) is amended 
(1) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as sub-
paragraph (D); and 
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(2) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the fol-
lowing new subparagraph: 
‘‘(C) In order to ensure that the Center 
can receive and transmit critical and emergency 
communications in connection with the provi-
sion of child care services, the payment of 
telecom expenses for the Center, to include 
voicemail boxes, land lines, and official cellular 
devices of the Center issued to Center employ-
ees.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2025 
and each succeeding fiscal year. 
JOINT ITEMS 
For Joint Committees, as follows: 
JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic 
Committee, $4,283,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary 
of the Senate. 
JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on 
Taxation, $14,450,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Ad-
ministrative Officer of the House of Representatives. 
For other joint items, as follows: 
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OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL ACCESSIBILITY SERVICES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses of the Office of Congres-
sional Accessibility Services, $1,814,000, 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, $619,257,000, of which overtime shall not exceed 
$74,976,000 unless the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House and Senate are notified, to be disbursed by the 
Chief of the Capitol Police or a duly authorized designee: 
Provided, That of the amount appropriated, $15,000,000 
shall be available for tuition reimbursement, recruitment 
and retention bonuses and other retention focused salary 
related items. 
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, Member protection-related activities and equip-
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ment, 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 Centers, 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, $213,158,000, of 
which $5,848,000 shall remain available until expended to 
fund the Congressional Continuity of Operations (C- 
COOP), to be disbursed by the Chief of the Capitol Police 
or a duly authorized designee: Provided, That, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, the cost of basic train-
ing for the Capitol Police at the Federal Law Enforcement 
Training Centers for fiscal year 2025 shall be paid by the 
Secretary of Homeland Security from funds available to 
the Department of Homeland Security: Provided further, 
That none of the amounts made available under this head-
ing may be used to purchase a drone manufactured in the 
People’s Republic of China or by a business affiliated with 
the People’s Republic of China except for national security 
purposes. 
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
AUTHORIZATIONS REGARDING INTERNATIONAL TRAINING 
SEC. 115. (a) Section 4120 of title 5, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection: 
‘‘(c) An employee of the Capitol Police may receive 
training under this section outside of the United States 
only with the prior approval of the Capitol Police Board. 
In this subsection, the term ‘United States’ means each 
of the several States of the United States, the District 
of Columbia, and the territories and possessions of the 
United States.’’. 
(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to fiscal year 2025 and each succeeding 
fiscal year. 
OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL WORKPLACE 
RIGHTS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses necessary for the operation 
of the Office of Congressional Workplace Rights, 
$8,150,000, of which $500,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2026, and of which not more than 
$1,000 may be expended on the certification of the Execu-
tive Director in connection with official representation and 
reception expenses. 
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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, $73,259,000: 
Provided, That the Director shall use not less than 
$500,000 of the amount made available under this head-
ing for (1) improving technical systems, processes, and 
models for the purpose of improving the transparency of 
estimates of budgetary effects to Members of Congress, 
employees of Members of Congress, and the public, and 
(2) to increase the availability of models, economic as-
sumptions, and data for Members of Congress, employees 
of Members of Congress, and the public. 
ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL 
CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATIONS 
For salaries for the Architect of the Capitol, and 
other personal services, at rates of pay provided by law; 
for all necessary expenses for surveys and studies, con-
struction, operation, and general and administrative sup-
port in connection with facilities and activities under the 
care of the Architect of the Capitol, including the Botanic 
Garden, Senate and House office buildings, and other fa-
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cilities under the jurisdiction of the Architect of the Cap-
itol; for furnishings and office equipment; for official re-
ception and representation expenses of not more than 
$5,000, to be expended as the Architect of the Capitol may 
approve; for purchase or exchange, maintenance, and op-
eration of a passenger motor vehicle, $165,000,000, of 
which $1,000,000 shall remain available until September 
30, 2029. 
CAPITOL BUILDING 
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 
and operation of the Capitol, $41,002,000, of which 
$6,599,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2029. 
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, 
$33,922,000, of which $18,300,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2029. 
HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS 
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care, 
and 
operation 
of 
the 
House 
office 
buildings, 
$148,000,000, of which $64,050,000 shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2029, and of which $5,000,000 
shall remain available until expended for the restoration 
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