105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2209
AN ACT
Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1998,
and for other purposes.
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2209
AN ACT
Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 1998, 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, 1998, and for other purposes, namely:
TITLE I—CONGRESSIONAL OPERATIONS
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For salaries and expenses of the House of Represent-
atives, $708,738,000, as follows:
HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES
For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law,
$12,293,000, 
including: 
Office 
of 
the 
Speaker,
$1,590,000, including $25,000 for official expenses of the
Speaker; Office of the Majority Floor Leader, $1,626,000,
including $10,000 for official expenses of the Majority
Leader; Office of the Minority Floor Leader, $1,652,000,
including $10,000 for official expenses of the Minority
Leader; Office of the Majority Whip, including the Chief
Deputy Majority Whip, $1,024,000, including $5,000 for
official expenses of the Majority Whip; Office of the Mi-
nority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Minority Whip,
$998,000, including $5,000 for official expenses of the Mi-
nority Whip; Speaker’s Office for Legislative Floor Activi-
ties, 
$397,000; 
Republican 
Steering 
Committee,
$736,000; Republican Conference, $1,172,000; Demo-
cratic Steering and Policy Committee, $1,277,000; Demo-
cratic Caucus, $631,000; and nine minority employees,
$1,190,000.
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,
$379,789,000.
COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES
STANDING COMMITTEES, SPECIAL AND SELECT
For salaries and expenses of standing committees,
special and select, authorized by House resolutions,
$86,268,000: Provided, That such amount (together with
any amounts appropriated for such salaries and expenses
for fiscal year 1997) shall remain available for such sala-
ries and expenses until December 31, 1998.
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
For salaries and expenses of the Committee on Ap-
propriations, $18,276,000, 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 (to-
gether with any amounts appropriated for such salaries
and expenses for fiscal year 1997) shall remain available
for such salaries and expenses until December 31, 1998.
SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
For compensation and expenses of officers and em-
ployees, as authorized by law, $84,356,000, including: for
salaries and expenses of the Office of the Clerk, including
not more than $3,500, of which not more than $2,500 is
for the Family Room, for official representation and recep-
tion expenses, $16,804,000; for salaries and expenses of
the Office of the Sergeant at Arms, including the position
of Superintendent of Garages, and including not more
than $750 for official representation and reception ex-
penses, $3,564,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office
of the Chief Administrative Officer, $50,727,000, includ-
ing $27,247,000 for salaries, expenses and temporary per-
sonal services of House Information Resources, of which
$23,210,000 is provided herein: Provided, That of the
amount provided for House Information Resources,
$8,253,000 shall be for net expenses of telecommuni-
cations: Provided further, That House Information Re-
sources is authorized to receive reimbursement from Mem-
bers of the House of Representatives and other govern-
mental entities for services provided and such reimburse-
ment shall be deposited in the Treasury for credit to this
account; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the In-
spector General, $3,808,000, of which $1,000 shall be for
the release of the Inspector General’s Report on Manage-
ment and Financial Irregularities—Office of the Chief Ad-
ministrative Office: Provided further, That all names of
persons making favorable or unfavorable statements in the
report shall be expunged; for the Office of the Chaplain,
$133,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the
Parliamentarian, including the Parliamentarian and
$2,000 for preparing the Digest of Rules, $1,101,000; for
salaries and expenses of the Office of the Law Revision
Counsel of the House, $1,821,000; for salaries and ex-
penses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the
House, $4,827,000; for salaries and expenses of the Cor-
rections Calendar Office, $791,000; and for other author-
ized employees, $780,000.
ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES
For allowances and expenses as authorized by House
resolution or law, $127,756,000, including: supplies, mate-
rials, administrative costs and Federal tort claims,
$2,225,000; official mail for committees, leadership of-
fices, and administrative offices of the House, $500,000;
Government contributions for health, retirement, Social
Security, 
and 
other 
applicable 
employee 
benefits,
$124,390,000; 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,
$641,000.
CHILD CARE CENTER
For salaries and expenses of the House of Represent-
atives Child Care Center, such amounts as are deposited
in the account established by section 312(d)(1) of the Leg-
islative Branch Appropriations Act, 1992 (40 U.S.C.
184g(d)(1)), subject to the level specified in the budget
of the Center, as submitted to the Committee on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
SEC. 101. The provisions of House Resolution 7, One
Hundred Fifth Congress, agreed to January 7, 1997, es-
tablishing the Corrections Calendar Office, shall be the
permanent law with respect thereto. The provisions of
House Resolution 130, One Hundred Fifth Congress,
agreed to April 24, 1997, providing a lump sum allowance
for the Corrections Calendar Office, shall be the perma-
nent law with respect thereto.
SEC. 102. The funds and accounts specified in section
107(b) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act,
1996 (2 U.S.C. 123b note) shall be treated as categories
of allowances and expenses for purposes of section 101(a)
of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1993 (2
U.S.C. 95b(a)).
SEC. 103. (a) Section 109(a) of the Legislative
Branch Appropriations Act, 1996 (2 U.S.C. 60o(a)) is
amended—
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by
striking ‘‘who is separated from employment,’’;
(2) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by
striking ‘‘employee’’ the second place it appears and
inserting ‘‘employee or for any other purpose’’; and
(3) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ‘‘the
amount’’ and inserting ‘‘in the case of a lump sum
payment for the accrued annual leave of the em-
ployee, the amount’’.
(b) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall
apply to fiscal years beginning on or after October 1,
1997.
SEC. 104. (a) Section 104(c)(2) of the House of Rep-
resentatives Administrative Reform Technical Corrections
Act (2 U.S.C. 92(c)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘in the
District of Columbia’’.
(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall
apply with respect to fiscal years beginning on or after
October 1, 1997.
SEC. 105. (a) Section 204(11)(A) of the House of
Representatives Administrative Reform Technical Correc-
tions Act (110 Stat. 1731) is amended by striking out
‘‘through ‘respective Houses’ and’’ and inserting in lieu
thereof the following: ‘‘through ‘respective Houses’ the
second place it appears and’’.
(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take
effect as of August 20, 1996.
SEC. 106. Section 104(a) of the Legislative Branch
Appropriations Act, 1987 (as incorporated by reference in
section 101(j) of Public Law 99–500 and Public Law 99–
591) (2 U.S.C. 117e) is amended—
(1) in the second sentence of paragraph (2), by
striking ‘‘A donation’’ and inserting ‘‘Except as pro-
vided in paragraph (3), a donation’’;
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as
paragraphs (4) and (5); and
(3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the follow-
ing new paragraph:
‘‘(3)(A) In the case of computer-related equipment,
during fiscal year 1998 the Chief Administrative Officer
may donate directly the equipment to a public elementary
or secondary school of the District of Columbia without
regard to whether the donation meets the requirements
of the second sentence of paragraph (2), except that the
total number of workstations donated as a result of this
paragraph may not exceed 1,000.
‘‘(B) In this paragraph—
‘‘(i) the term ‘computer-related equipment’ in-
cludes desktops, laptops, printers, file servers, and
peripherals which are appropriate for use in public
school education;
‘‘(ii) the terms ‘public elementary school’ and
‘public secondary school’ have the meaning given
such terms in section 14101 of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965; and
‘‘(iii) the term ‘workstation’ includes desktops
and peripherals, file servers and peripherals, laptops
and peripherals, printers and peripherals, and
workstations and peripherals.
‘‘(C) The Committee on House Oversight shall have
authority to issue regulations to carry out this para-
graph.’’.
JOINT ITEMS
For Joint Committees, as follows:
JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic
Committee, $2,750,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary
of the Senate.
JOINT COMMITTEE ON PRINTING
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on
Printing, $804,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of
the Senate.
JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on
Taxation, $5,907,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Ad-
ministrative Officer of the House.
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 $1,500 per month to the Attending Physician; (2) an
allowance of $500 per month each to two medical officers
while on duty in the Office of the Attending Physician;
(3) an allowance of $500 per month to one assistant and
$400 per month each to not to exceed nine assistants on
the basis heretofore provided for such assistants; and (4)
$893,000 for reimbursement to the Department of the
Navy for expenses incurred for staff and equipment as-
signed to the Office of the Attending Physician, which
shall be advanced and credited to the appropriations from
which such expenses incurred for staff and equipment are
payable and shall be available for all the purposes thereof,
$1,266,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Administrative
Officer of the House.
nications and other equipment, security equipment and in-
stallation, uniforms, weapons, supplies, materials, train-
ing, medical services, forensic services, stenographic serv-
ices, personal and professional services, the employee as-
sistance program, not more than $2,000 for the awards
program, postage, telephone service, travel advances, relo-
cation of instructor and liaison personnel for the Federal
Law Enforcement Training Center, and $85 per month
for extra services performed for the Capitol Police Board
by an employee of the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate
or the House of Representatives designated by the Chair-
man of the Board, $3,099,000, to be disbursed by the
Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representa-
tives: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provision
of law, the cost of basic training for the Capitol Police
at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center for fis-
cal year 1998 shall be paid by the Secretary of the Treas-
ury from funds available to the Department of the Treas-
ury.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
SEC. 106. Amounts appropriated for fiscal year 1998
for the Capitol Police Board for the Capitol Police may
be transferred between the headings ‘‘SALARIES’’ and
‘‘GENERAL EXPENSES’’ upon the approval of—
(1) the Committee on Appropriations of the House
of Representatives, in the case of amounts transferred
from the appropriation provided to the Sergeant at Arms
of the House of Representatives under the heading ‘‘SALA-
RIES’’;
(2) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate,
in the case of amounts transferred from the appropriation
provided to the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the
Senate under the heading ‘‘SALARIES’’; and
(3) the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate
and the House of Representatives, in the case of other
transfers.
SEC. 107. (a)(1) The Capitol Police Board shall es-
tablish and maintain unified schedules of rates of basic
pay for members and civilian employees of the Capitol Po-
lice which shall apply to both members and employees
whose appointing authority is an officer of the Senate and
members and employees whose appointing authority is an
officer of the House of Representatives.
(2) The Capitol Police Board may, from time to time,
adjust any schedule established under paragraph (1) to
the extent that the Board determines appropriate to re-
flect changes in the cost of living and to maintain pay
comparability.
(3) A schedule established or revised under para-
graph (1) or (2) shall take effect only upon approval by
the Committee on House Oversight of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Rules and Administra-
tion of the Senate.
(4) A schedule approved under paragraph (3) shall
have the force and effect of law.
(b)(1) The Capitol Police Board shall prescribe, by
regulation, a unified leave system for members and civilian
employees of the Capitol Police which shall apply to both
members and employees whose appointing authority is an
officer of the Senate and members and employees whose
appointing authority is an officer of the House of Rep-
resentatives. The leave system shall include provisions
for—
(A) annual leave, based on years of service;
(B) sick leave;
(C) administrative leave;
(D) leave under the Family and Medical Leave
Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.);
(E) leave without pay and leave with reduced
pay, including provisions relating to contributions
for benefits for any period of such leave;
(F) approval of all leave by the Chief or the
designee of the Chief;
(G) the order in which categories of leave shall
be used;
(H) use, accrual, and carryover rules and limi-
tations, including rules and limitations for any pe-
riod of active duty in the armed forces;
(I) advance of annual leave or sick leave after
a member or civilian employee has used all such ac-
crued leave;
(J) buy back of annual leave or sick leave used
during an extended recovery period in the case of an
injury in the performance of duty;
(K) the use of accrued leave before termination
of the employment as a member or civilian employee
of the Capitol Police, with provision for lump sum
payment for unused annual leave; and
(L) a leave sharing program.
(2) The leave system under this section may not pro-
vide for the accrual of either annual or sick leave for any
period of leave without pay or leave with reduced pay.
(3) All provisions of the leave system established
under this subsection shall be subject to the approval of
the Committee on House Oversight of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Rules and Administra-
tion of the Senate. All regulations approved under this
subsection shall have the force and effect of law.
(c)(1) Upon the approval of the Capitol Police Board,
a member or civilian employee of the Capitol Police who
is separated from service, may be paid a lump sum pay-
ment for the accrued annual leave of the member or civil-
ian employee.
(2) The lump sum payment under paragraph (1)—
(A) shall equal the pay the member or civilian
employee would have received had such member or
employee remained in the service until the expiration
of the period of annual leave;
(B) shall be paid from amounts appropriated to
the Capitol Police;
(C) shall be based on the rate of basic pay in
effect with respect to the member or civilian em-
ployee on the last day of service of the member or
civilian employee;
(D) shall not be calculated on the basis of ex-
tending the period of leave described under subpara-
graph (A) by any holiday occurring after the date of
separation from service;
(E) shall be considered pay for taxation pur-
poses only; and
(F) shall be paid only after the Chairman of the
Capitol Police Board certifies the applicable period
of leave to the Secretary of the Senate or the Chief
Administrative Officer of the House of Representa-
tives, as appropriate.
(3) A member or civilian employee of the Capitol Po-
lice who enters active duty in the armed forces may—
(A) receive a lump sum payment for accrued
annual leave in accordance with this subsection, in
addition to any pay or allowance payable from the
armed forces; or
(B) elect to have the leave remain to the credit
of such member or civilian employee until such mem-
ber or civilian employee returns from active duty.
(4) The Capitol Police Board may prescribe regula-
tions to carry out this subsection. No lump sum payment
may be paid under this subsection until such regulations
are approved by the Committee on Rules and Administra-
tion of the Senate and the Committee on House Oversight
of the House of Representatives. All regulations approved
under this subsection shall have the force and effect of
law.
(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to af-
fect the appointing authority of any officer of the Senate
or the House of Representatives.
CAPITOL GUIDE SERVICE AND SPECIAL SERVICES
OFFICE
For salaries and expenses of the Capitol Guide Serv-
ice and Special Services Office, $1,991,000, to be dis-
bursed by the Secretary of the Senate: Provided, That no
part of such amount may be used to employ more than
forty individuals: Provided further, That the Capitol Guide
Board is authorized, during emergencies, to employ not
more than two additional individuals for not more than
one hundred twenty days each, and not more than ten ad-
ditional individuals for not more than six months each,
for the Capitol Guide Service.
STATEMENTS OF APPROPRIATIONS
For the preparation, under the direction of the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House
of Representatives, of the statements for the first session
of the One Hundred Fifth Congress, showing appropria-
tions made, indefinite appropriations, and contracts au-
thorized, together with a chronological history of the regu-
lar appropriations bills as required by law, $30,000, to be
paid to the persons designated by the chairmen of such
committees to supervise the work.
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), $2,479,000.
CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For salaries and expenses necessary to carry out the
provisions of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (Pub-
lic Law 93–344), including not more than $2,500 to be
expended on the certification of the Director of the Con-
gressional Budget Office in connection with official rep-
resentation and reception expenses, $24,797,000: Pro-
vided, That no part of such amount may be used for the
purchase or hire of a passenger motor vehicle.
ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL
CAPITOL BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS
CAPITOL BUILDINGS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For salaries for the Architect of the Capitol, the As-
sistant Architect of the Capitol, and other personal serv-
ices, at rates of pay provided by law; for surveys and stud-
ies in connection with activities under the care of the Ar-
chitect of the Capitol; for all necessary expenses for the
maintenance, care and operation of the Capitol and elec-
trical substations of the Senate and House office buildings
under the jurisdiction of the Architect of the Capitol, in-
cluding furnishings and office equipment, including not
more than $1,000 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; and for attend-
ance, when specifically authorized by the Architect of the
Capitol, at meetings or conventions in connection with
subjects related to work under the Architect of the Cap-
itol, $36,827,000, of which $6,450,000 shall remain avail-
able until expended.
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, $4,991,000,
of which $25,000 shall remain available until expended.
HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care
and operation of the House office buildings, $37,181,000,
of which $8,082,000 shall remain available until expended.
CAPITOL POWER PLANT
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care
and operation of the Capitol Power Plant; lighting, heat-
ing, power (including the purchase of electrical energy)
and water and sewer services for the Capitol, Senate and
House office buildings, Library of Congress buildings, and
the grounds about the same, Botanic Garden, Senate ga-
rage, and air conditioning refrigeration not supplied from
plants in any of such buildings; heating the Government
Printing Office and Washington City Post Office, and
heating and chilled water for air conditioning for the Su-
preme Court Building, the Union Station complex, the
Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building and the
Folger Shakespeare Library, expenses for which shall be
advanced or reimbursed upon request of the Architect of
the Capitol and amounts so received shall be deposited
into the Treasury to the credit of this appropriation,
$32,032,000, of which $550,000 shall remain available
until expended: Provided, That not more than $4,000,000
of the funds credited or to be reimbursed to this appro-
priation as herein provided shall be available for obligation
during fiscal year 1998.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
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,
$64,603,000: 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 (ex-
cept the Digest of Public General Bills), to be issued by
the Library of Congress unless such publication has ob-
tained prior approval of either the Committee on House
Oversight of the House of Representatives or the Commit-
tee on Rules and Administration of the Senate: Provided
further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the compensation of the Director of the Congressional Re-
search Service, Library of Congress, shall be at an annual
rate which is equal to the annual rate of basic pay for
positions at level IV of the Executive Schedule under sec-
tion 5315 of title 5, United States Code.
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; printing and binding for the Architect of the Cap-
itol; expenses necessary for preparing the semimonthly
and session index to the Congressional Record, as author-
ized by law (44 U.S.C. 902); printing and binding of Gov-
ernment publications authorized by law to be distributed
to Members of Congress; and printing, binding, and dis-
tribution of Government publications authorized by law to
be 
distributed 
without 
charge 
to 
the 
recipient,
$81,669,000, of which $11,017,000 shall be derived by
transfer from the Government Printing Office revolving
fund under section 309 of title 44, United States Code:
Provided, That this appropriation shall not be available
for paper copies of the permanent edition of the Congres-
sional Record for individual Representatives, Resident
Commissioners or Delegates authorized under 44 U.S.C.
906: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be
available for the payment of obligations incurred under the
appropriations for similar purposes for preceding fiscal
years.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Congressional Oper-
ations Appropriations Act, 1998’’.
TITLE II—OTHER AGENCIES
BOTANIC GARDEN
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
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 Commit-
tee on the Library, $1,771,000.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Library of Congress
not otherwise provided for, including development and
maintenance of the Union Catalogs; custody and custodial
care of the Library buildings; special clothing; cleaning,
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 Li-
brary; preparation and distribution of catalog records and
other publications of the Library; hire or purchase 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,
$223,507,000, of which not more than $7,869,000 shall
be derived from collections credited to this appropriation
during fiscal year 1998, and shall remain available until
expended, under the Act of June 28, 1902 (chapter 1301;
32 Stat. 480; 2 U.S.C. 150): 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 collections are less than the $7,869,000:
Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated,
$8,845,000 is to remain available until expended for ac-
quisition of books, periodicals, newspapers, and all other
materials including subscriptions for bibliographic services
for the Library, including $40,000 to be available solely
for the purchase, when specifically approved by the Librar-
ian, of special and unique materials for additions to the
collections.
COPYRIGHT OFFICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, in-
cluding publication of the decisions of the United States
courts involving copyrights, $34,361,000, of which not
more than $17,340,000 shall be derived from collections
credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 1998
under 17 U.S.C. 708(d), and not more than $5,086,000
shall be derived from collections during fiscal year 1998
under 17 U.S.C. 111(d)(2), 119(b)(2), 802(h), and 1005:
Provided, That the total amount available for obligation
shall be reduced by the amount by which collections are
less than $22,426,000: 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 $2,250 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.
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), $45,936,000, of which $12,319,000 shall remain
available until expended.
FURNITURE AND FURNISHINGS
For necessary expenses for the purchase and repair
of furniture, furnishings, office and library equipment,
$4,178,000.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
SEC. 201. Appropriations in this Act available to the
Library of Congress shall be available, in an amount of
not more than $194,290, of which $58,100 is for the Con-
gressional Research Service, when specifically authorized
by the Librarian, for attendance at meetings concerned
with the function or activity for which the appropriation
is made.
SEC. 202. (a) No part of the funds appropriated in
this Act shall be used by the Library of Congress to ad-
minister any flexible or compressed work schedule which—
(1) applies to any manager or supervisor in a
position the grade or level of which is equal to or
higher than GS–15; and
(2) grants such manager or supervisor the right
to not be at work for all or a portion of a workday
because of time worked by the manager or super-
visor on another workday.
(b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘manager
or supervisor’’ means any management official or super-
visor, as such terms are defined in section 7103(a)(10)
and (11) of title 5, United States Code.
SEC. 203. Appropriated funds received by the Library
of Congress from other Federal agencies to cover general
and administrative overhead costs generated by perform-
ing reimbursable work for other agencies under the au-
thority of 31 U.S.C. 1535 and 1536 shall not be used to
employ more than 65 employees and may be expended or
obligated—
(1) in the case of a reimbursement, only to such
extent or in such amounts as are provided in appro-
priations Acts; or
(2) in the case of an advance payment, only—
(A) to pay for such general or administra-
tive overhead costs as are attributable to the
work performed for such agency; or
(B) to such extent or in such amounts as
are provided in appropriations Acts, with re-
spect to any purpose not allowable under sub-
paragraph (A).
SEC. 204. Of the amounts appropriated to the Li-
brary of Congress in this Act, not more than $5,000 may
be expended, on the certification of the Librarian of Con-
gress, in connection with official representation and recep-
tion expenses for the incentive awards program.
SEC. 205. Of the amount appropriated to the Library
of Congress in this Act, 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.
SEC. 206. (a) For fiscal year 1998, the obligational
authority of the Library of Congress for the activities de-
scribed in subsection (b) may not exceed $97,490,000.
(b) The activities referred to in subsection (a) are re-
imbursable and revolving fund activities that are funded
from sources other than appropriations to the Library in
appropriations Acts for the legislative branch.
ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL
LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS
STRUCTURAL AND MECHANICAL CARE
For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and
structural maintenance, care and operation of the Library
buildings and grounds, $10,073,000, of which $710,000
shall remain available until expended.
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
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, $29,264,000: Provided,
That travel expenses, including travel expenses of the De-
pository Library Council to the Public Printer, shall not
exceed $150,000: Provided further, That amounts of not
more than $2,000,000 from current year appropriations
are authorized for producing and disseminating Congres-
sional serial sets and other related publications for 1996
and 1997 to depository and other designated libraries.
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE REVOLVING FUND
The Government Printing Office is hereby authorized
to make such expenditures, within the limits of funds
available and in accord with the law, and to make such
contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year
limitations as provided by section 9104 of title 31, United
States Code, as may be necessary in carrying out the pro-
grams and purposes set forth in the budget for the current
fiscal year for the Government Printing Office revolving
fund: Provided, That not more than $2,500 may be ex-
pended on the certification of the Public Printer in connec-
tion with official representation and reception expenses:
Provided further, That the revolving fund shall be available
for the hire or purchase of not more than twelve passenger
motor vehicles: Provided further, That expenditures in con-
nection 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 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 V of the Executive Schedule under sec-
tion 5316 of such title: Provided further, That the revolv-
ing fund and the funds provided under the headings ‘‘OF-
FICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS’’ and ‘‘SALA-
RIES AND EXPENSES’’ together may not be available for
the full-time equivalent employment of more than 3,550
workyears: Provided further, That activities financed
through the revolving fund may provide information in any
format: Provided further, That the revolving fund shall not
be used to administer any flexible or compressed work
schedule which applies to any manager or supervisor in
a position the grade or level of which is equal to or higher
than GS–15: Provided further, That expenses for attend-
ance at meetings shall not exceed $75,000.
GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the General Accounting
Office, including not more than $7,000 to be expended on
the certification of the Comptroller General of the United
States in connection with official representation and recep-
tion 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 pas-
senger motor vehicle; advance payments in foreign coun-
tries in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 3324; benefits com-
parable to those payable under sections 901(5), 901(6),
and 901(8) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C.
4081(5), 4081(6), and 4081(8)); and under regulations
prescribed by the Comptroller General of the United
States, rental of living quarters in foreign countries;
$323,520,000: Provided, That not more than $1,000,000
of reimbursements received incident to the operation of
the General Accounting Office Building shall be available
for use in fiscal year 1998: Provided further, That an addi-
tional amount of $4,404,000 shall be made available by
transfer from funds previously deposited in the special ac-
count established pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 782: Provided
further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 9105 hereafter
amounts reimbursed to the Comptroller General pursuant
to that section shall be deposited to the appropriation of
the General Accounting Office and remain available until
expended, and not more than $2,000,000 of such funds
shall be available for use in fiscal year 1998: Provided fur-
ther, That this appropriation and appropriations for ad-
ministrative expenses of any other department or agency
which is a member of the Joint Financial Management
Improvement Program (JFMIP) shall be available to fi-
nance an appropriate share of JFMIP costs as determined
by the JFMIP, including the salary of the Executive Di-
rector and secretarial support: Provided further, That this
appropriation and appropriations for administrative ex-
penses of any other department or agency which is a mem-
ber of the National Intergovernmental Audit Forum or a
Regional Intergovernmental Audit Forum shall be avail-
able to finance an appropriate share of Forum costs as
determined by the Forum, including necessary travel ex-
penses of non-Federal participants. Payments hereunder
to either the Forum or the JFMIP may be credited as
reimbursements to any appropriation from which costs in-
volved are initially financed: Provided further, That this
appropriation and appropriations for administrative ex-
penses of any other department or agency which is a mem-
ber of the American Consortium on International Public
Administration (ACIPA) shall be available to finance an
appropriate share of ACIPA costs as determined by the
ACIPA, including any expenses attributable to member-
ship of ACIPA in the International Institute of Adminis-
trative Sciences.
TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 301. 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 Oversight and for the Senate issued
by the Committee on Rules and Administration.
SEC. 302. No part of the funds appropriated in this
Act shall remain available for obligation beyond fiscal year
1998 unless expressly so provided in this Act.
SEC. 303. Whenever in this Act any office or position
not specifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of
1929 is appropriated for or the rate of compensation or
designation 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 committees of
the Senate and House of Representatives, and clerk hire
for Senators and Members of the House of Representa-
tives shall be the permanent law with respect thereto.
SEC. 304. The expenditure of any appropriation
under this Act for any consulting service through procure-
ment contract, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, 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 ex-
isting Executive order issued pursuant to existing law.
SEC. 305. (a) It is the sense of the Congress that,
to the greatest extent practicable, all equipment and prod-
ucts purchased with funds made available in this Act
should be American-made.
(b) In providing financial assistance to, or entering
into any contract with, any entity using funds made avail-
able in this Act, the head of each Federal agency, to the
greatest extent practicable, shall provide to such entity a
notice describing the statement made in subsection (a) by
the Congress.
(c) If it has been finally determined by a court or
Federal agency that any person intentionally affixed a
label bearing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, or any in-
scription with the same meaning, to any product sold in
or shipped to the United States that is not made in the
United States, such person shall be ineligible to receive
any contract or subcontract made with funds provided
pursuant to this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspen-
sion, and ineligibility procedures described in section
9.400 through 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regula-
tions.
SEC. 306. Such sums as may be necessary are appro-
priated to the account described in subsection (a) of sec-
tion 415 of Public Law 104–1 to pay awards and settle-
ments as authorized under such subsection.
SEC. 307. 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 $1,500.
SEC. 308. (a) Section 713(a) of title 18, United
States Code, is amended by inserting after ‘‘Senate,’’ the
following: ‘‘or the seal of the United States House of Rep-
resentatives, or the seal of the United States Congress,’’.
(b) Section 713 of title 18, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub-
section (f); and
(2) by inserting after subsection (c) the follow-
ing new subsections:
‘‘(d) Whoever, except as directed by the United
States House of Representatives, or the Clerk of the
House of Representatives on its behalf, knowingly uses,
manufactures, reproduces, sells or purchases for resale, ei-
ther separately or appended to any article manufactured
or sold, any likeness of the seal of the United States
House of Representatives, or any substantial part thereof,
except for manufacture or sale of the article for the official
use of the Government of the United States, shall be fined
under this title or imprisoned not more than six months,
or both.
‘‘(e) Whoever, except as directed by the United States
Congress, or the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk
of the House of Representatives, acting jointly on its be-
half, knowingly uses, manufactures, reproduces, sells or
purchases for resale, either separately or appended to any
article manufactured or sold, any likeness of the seal of
the United States Congress, or any substantial part there-
of, except for manufacture or sale of the article for the
official use of the Government of the United States, shall
be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than six
months, or both.’’.
(c) Section 713(f) of title 18, United States Code (as
redesignated by subsection (b)(1)), is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph
(1);
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (2) and inserting a semicolon; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new
paragraphs:
‘‘(3) in the case of the seal of the United States
House of Representatives, upon complaint by the
Clerk of the House of Representatives; and
‘‘(4) in the case of the seal of the United States
Congress, upon complaint by the Secretary of the
Senate and the Clerk of the House of Representa-
tives, acting jointly.’’.
(d) The heading of section 713 of title 18, United
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘and the seal of
the United States Senate’’ and inserting the follow-
ing: ‘‘the seal of the United States Senate, the
seal of the United States House of Representa-
tives, and the seal of the United States Con-
gress’’.
(e) The table of sections for chapter 33 of part I of
title 18, United States Code, is amended by amending the
item relating to section 713 to read as follows:
‘‘713. Use of likenesses of the great seal of the United States, the seals of the
President and Vice President, the seal of the United States
Senate, the seal of the United States House of Representatives,
and the seal of the United States Congress.’’.
SEC. 309. Any amount appropriated in this Act for
‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—SALARIES
AND
EXPENSES—MEMBERS’ 
REPRESENTATIONAL
ALLOW-
ANCES’’ shall be available only for fiscal year 1998. Any
amount remaining after all payments are made under such
allowances for such fiscal year shall be deposited in the
Treasury, to be used for deficit reduction.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative Branch Ap-
propriations Act, 1998’’.
Passed the House of Representatives July 28, 1997.
Attest:
Clerk.