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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, $503,328,000: Provided, That not more 
than $5,413,000 of payments received under section 782 
of title 31, United States Code, shall be available for use 
in fiscal year 2008: Provided further, That not more than 
$2,097,000 of reimbursements received under section 
9105 of title 31, United States Code, shall be available 
for use in fiscal year 2008: Provided further, That of the 
total amount provided $2,500,000 shall remain available 
until expended for technology assessment studies: Pro-
vided further, That this appropriation and appropriations 
for administrative expenses of any other department or 
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agency which is a member of the National Intergovern-
mental 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 respec-
tive 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. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
SEC. 1401. ANNUITY OF THE COMPTROLLER GEN-
ERAL.—(a) Section 772 of title 31, United States Code, 
is repealed. 
(b) Title 31, United States Code, is amended as fol-
lows: 
(1) In section 735(a), by striking ‘‘772, 775(a) 
and (d)’’ and inserting ‘‘or 775(b)’’. 
(2) In the second sentence of section 773(a), by 
striking ‘‘or, if an election is made’’ and all that fol-
lows and inserting a period. 
(3) In section 774(b)(2), by striking ‘‘or while 
receiving an annuity under section 772 of this title’’. 
(4) In section 775— 
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(A) by striking subsections (a) and (b) and 
redesignating subsections (c) through (f) as 
subsections (a) through (d); 
(B) in subsection (a) (as so redesig-
nated)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘sections 772 and 773’’ 
and inserting ‘‘section 773’’, and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘subsection (d)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘subsection (b)’’; 
(C) in subsection (c) (as so redesignated), 
by striking ‘‘subsection (c) or (d)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘subsection (a) or (b)’’; and 
(D) in subsection (d) (as so redesig-
nated)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘sections 772 and 773’’ 
and inserting ‘‘section 773’’, and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘subsection (d)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘subsection (b)’’. 
(5) In section 776(d)(1), by striking ‘‘section 
775(d)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 775(b)’’. 
(6) In section 777(b), by striking the first sen-
tence. 
(c) The table of sections for subchapter V of chapter 
7 of subtitle I of title 31, United States Code, is amended 
by striking the item relating to section 772. 
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(d) The amendments made by this section shall apply 
with respect to any individual who is appointed as Comp-
troller General after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
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), 
$6,000,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
SEC. 1501. (a) TRANSFER OF OPEN WORLD LEAD-
ERSHIP CENTER TO DEPARTMENT OF STATE.—On Octo-
ber 1, 2008, there shall be transferred (1) to the Depart-
ment of State, the Open World Leadership Center estab-
lished by section 313 of the Legislative Branch Appropria-
tions Act, 2001 (2 U.S.C. 1151) and all functions, per-
sonnel, assets, and obligations of the Center; and (2) to 
the Secretary of State, all authority of the Board of Trust-
ees and the Library of Congress under such section 313. 
(b) MAINTENANCE AS DISTINCT ENTITY.—Following 
the transfer under subsection (a), the Open World Leader-
ship Center shall be maintained as a distinct entity within 
the Department of State and, except as otherwise provided 
in this section, the provisions of section 313 of the Legisla-
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tive Branch Appropriations Act, 2001 (2 U.S.C. 1151) 
shall continue to apply to the Center. 
(c) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary of State shall 
consult with the Board of Trustees of the Open World 
Leadership Center to plan and implement the transfer re-
quired by subsection (a). 
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. MAINTENANCE AND CARE OF PRIVATE 
VEHICLES.—No part of the funds appropriated in this Act 
shall be used for the maintenance or care of private vehi-
cles, except for emergency assistance and cleaning as may 
be provided under regulations relating to parking facilities 
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. FISCAL YEAR LIMITATION.—No part of 
the funds appropriated in this Act shall remain available 
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for obligation beyond fiscal year 2008 unless expressly so 
provided in this Act. 
SEC. 203. RATES OF COMPENSATION AND DESIGNA-
TION.—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 ap-
propriated 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. CONSULTING SERVICES.—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. 
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SEC. 205. AWARDS AND SETTLEMENTS.—Such sums 
as may be necessary are appropriated to the account de-
scribed in subsection (a) of section 415 of the Congres-
sional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1415(a)) to 
pay awards and settlements as authorized under such sub-
section. 
SEC. 206. COSTS OF LBFMC.—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 deter-
mine) may not exceed $2,000. 
SEC. 207. LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE.—The Archi-
tect of the Capitol, in consultation with the District of Co-
lumbia, is authorized to maintain and improve the land-
scape features, excluding streets and sidewalks, in the ir-
regular shaped grassy areas bounded by Washington Ave-
nue, 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. 
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SEC. 208. LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS.—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 
appropriation Act. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative Branch Ap-
propriations Act, 2008’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 119 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2771 
[Report No. 110–198] 
A BILL 
Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, 
and for other purposes. 
JUNE 19, 2007 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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