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and who shall carry out the functions of the Center subject to
the supervision and direction of the Board of Trustees. The Execu-
tive Director of the Center shall be compensated at the annual
rate specified by the Board, but in no event shall such rate exceed
level III of the Executive Schedule under section 5314 of title
5, United States Code.
(e) ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The provisions of section 119 of the Legis-
lative Branch Appropriations Act, 1989 (2 U.S.C. 1108) shall
apply to the Center.
(2) SUPPORT
PROVIDED
BY
LIBRARY
OF
CONGRESS.—The
Library of Congress may disburse funds appropriated to the
Center, compute and disburse the basic pay for all personnel
of the Center, provide administrative, legal, financial manage-
ment, and other appropriate services to the Center, and collect
from the Fund the full costs of providing services under this
paragraph, as provided under an agreement for services ordered
under sections 1535 and 1536 of title 31, United States Code.
(f ) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There are authorized
to be appropriated such sums as may be necessary to carry out
this section.
(g) TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—Any amounts appropriated for use
in the program established under section 3011 of the 1999 Emer-
gency Supplemental Appropriations Act (Public Law 106–31; 113
Stat. 93) shall be transferred to the Fund and shall remain available
without fiscal year limitation.
(h) EFFECTIVE DATES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—This section shall take effect on the date
of enactment of this Act.
(2) TRANSFER.—Subsection (g) shall only apply to amounts
which remain unexpended on and after the date the Board
of Trustees of the Center certifies to the Librarian of Congress
that grants are ready to be made under the program established
under this section.
SEC. 314. REVIEW OF PROPOSED CHANGES TO EXPORT THRESH-
OLDS FOR COMPUTERS. Not more than 50 days after the date of
the submission of the report referred to in subsection (d) of section
1211 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year
1998 (50 U.S.C. App. 2404 note), the Comptroller General of the
United States shall submit an assessment to Congress which con-
tains an analysis of the new computer performance levels being
proposed by the President under such section.
TITLE IV—EMERGENCY FISCAL YEAR 2000 SUPPLEMENTAL
APPROPRIATIONS
The following sums are appropriated out of any money in
the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, to provide additional
emergency supplemental appropriations for the Legislative Branch
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2000, and for other pur-
poses, namely:
CAPITOL POLICE BOARD
SECURITY ENHANCEMENTS
For an additional amount for the Capitol Police Board for
costs associated with security enhancements, under the terms and
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conditions of chapter 5 of title II of division B of the Omnibus
Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act,
1999 (Public Law 105–277), $2,102,000, to remain available until
expended, of which—
(1) $228,000 shall be for the acquisition and installation
of card readers for 4 additional access points which are not
currently funded under the implementation of the security
enhancement plan; and
(2) $1,874,000 shall be for security enhancements to the
buildings and grounds of the Library of Congress:
Provided, That the entire amount is designated by Congress as
an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as
amended: Provided further, That the entire amount shall be avail-
able only to the extent an official budget request for a specific
dollar amount that includes designation of the entire amount of
the request as an emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended,
is transmitted by the President to the Congress.
ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL
CAPITOL BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS
HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS
For an additional amount for necessary expenses for urgent
repairs to the underground garage in the Cannon House Office
Building, $9,000,000, to remain available until expended: Provided,
That the entire amount is designated by the Congress as an emer-
gency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended:
Provided further, That the entire amount shall be available only
to the extent an official budget request for a specific dollar amount
that includes designation of the entire amount of the request as
an emergency requirement as defined in the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted
by the President to the Congress.
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
FEDERAL HOUSING ADMINISTRATION
FHA—GENERAL AND SPECIAL RISK PROGRAM ACCOUNT
For an additional amount for FHA—General and special risk
program account for the cost of guaranteed loans, as authorized
by sections 238 and 519 of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C.
1715z–3 and 1735c), including the cost of loan modifications (as
that term is defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget
Act of 1974, as amended), $40,000,000, to remain available until
expended: Provided, That the entire amount shall be available
only to the extent an official budget request, that includes designa-
tion of the entire amount of the request as an emergency require-
ment as defined in the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit
Control Act of 1985, as amended, is transmitted by the President
to the Congress: Provided further, That the entire amount is des-
ignated by the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant
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to section 251(b)(2)(A) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Def-
icit Control Act: Provided further, That the funding under this
heading shall only be made available upon the submission of a
certification by the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
to the Committees on Appropriations that all funds committed,
expended, or obligated under this heading in the Departments
of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, Inde-
pendent Agencies Appropriations Act, 2000 were committed,
expended or obligated in compliance with the Antideficiency Act
(31 U.S.C. 1341).
SEC. 401. Appropriations made by this title are available imme-
diately upon enactment of this Act.
This Division may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative Branch Appro-
priations Act, 2001’’.
DIVISION B
SEC. 1001. (a) The provisions of H.R. 4985 of the 106th Con-
gress, as introduced on July 26, 2000, are hereby enacted into
law.
(b) In publishing this Act in slip form and in the United
States Statutes at Large pursuant to section 112 of title 1, United
States Code, the Archivist of the United States shall include after
the date of approval at the end an appendix setting forth the
text of the bill referred to in subsection (a) of this section.
SEC. 1002. Effective on the date of the enactment of this Act,
sections 5105, 5106, and 5109 of the Emergency Supplemental
Act, 2000 (division B of Public Law 106–246) are repealed, and
the provisions repealed or amended by such sections shall be revived
and have effect as if such sections had not been enacted.
SEC. 1003. REPEAL OF EXCISE TAX ON TELEPHONE AND OTHER
COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 33 of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986 (relating to facilities and services) is amended by striking
subchapter B.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1) Section 4293 of such Code is amended by striking
‘‘chapter 32 (other than the taxes imposed by sections 4064
and 4121) and subchapter B of chapter 33,’’ and inserting
‘‘and chapter 32 (other than the taxes imposed by sections
4064 and 4121),’’.
(2)(A) Paragraph (1) of section 6302(e) of such Code is
amended by striking ‘‘section 4251 or’’.
(B) Paragraph (2) of section 6302(e) of such Code is
amended by striking ‘‘imposed by—’’ and all that follows
through ‘‘with respect to’’ and inserting ‘‘imposed by section
4261 or 4271 with respect to’’.
(C) The subsection heading for section 6302(e) of such
Code is amended by striking ‘‘COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES AND’’.
(3) Section 6415 of such Code is amended by striking ‘‘4251,
4261, or 4271’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘4261 or
4271’’.
(4) Paragraph (2) of section 7871(a) of such Code is
amended by inserting ‘‘or’’ at the end of subparagraph (B),
by striking subparagraph (C), and by redesignating subpara-
graph (D) as subparagraph (C).
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(5) The table of subchapters for chapter 33 of such Code
is amended by striking the item relating to subchapter B.
(c) STUDY REGARDING CONTINUING ECONOMIC BENEFIT
OF
REPEAL.—
(1) STUDY.—The Comptroller General of the United States,
after consultation with the Chairman of the Federal Commu-
nications Commission, shall study and identify—
(A) the extent to which the benefits of the repeal of
the excise tax on telephone and other communication serv-
ices under subsection (a) are passed through to individual
and business consumers, and
(B) any actions taken by communication service pro-
viders or others that diminish such benefits, including
increases in any regulated or unregulated communication
service provider charges or increases in other Federal or
State fees or taxes related to such service occurring since
the date of such repeal.
(2) REPORT.—By not later than September 1, 2001, the
Comptroller General of the United States shall submit a report
regarding the study described in paragraph (1) to the Com-
mittee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives
and the Committee on Finance of the Senate.
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section
shall apply to amounts paid pursuant to bills first rendered after
September 30, 2000.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.