and renovation of the Cannon House Office Building: In 
addition, for a payment to the House Historic Buildings 
Revitalization Trust Fund, $5,500,000 to remain available 
until expended. 
CAPITOL POWER PLANT 
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 
and operation of the Capitol Power Plant; and all elec-
trical substations of the Capitol; lighting, heating, power 
(including the purchase of electrical energy) and water 
and sewer services for the Capitol, Senate and House of-
fice buildings, Library of Congress buildings, and the 
grounds about the same, Botanic Garden, Senate garage, 
and air conditioning refrigeration not supplied from plants 
in any of such buildings; heating the Government Pub-
lishing Office and Washington City Post Office, and heat-
ing and chilled water for air conditioning for the Supreme 
Court Building, the Union Station complex, the Thurgood 
Marshall Federal Judiciary Building and the Folger 
Shakespeare Library, expenses for which shall be ad-
vanced 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, 
$127,414,000, of which $21,000,000 shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2029: Provided, That not more 
than $10,000,000 of the funds credited or to be reim-
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bursed to this appropriation as herein provided shall be 
available for obligation during fiscal year 2025. 
LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS 
For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and 
structural maintenance, care and operation of the Library 
buildings 
and 
grounds, 
$86,043,000, 
of 
which 
$45,500,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2029. 
CAPITOL POLICE BUILDINGS, GROUNDS AND SECURITY 
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 
and operation of buildings, grounds and security enhance-
ments of the United States Capitol Police, wherever lo-
cated, the Alternate Computing Facility, and Architect of 
the Capitol security operations, $97,016,000, of which 
$28,200,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2029: Provided, That none of the amounts made available 
under this heading may be used to purchase a drone man-
ufactured in the People’s Republic of China or by a busi-
ness affiliated with the People’s Republic of China except 
for national security purposes. 
BOTANIC GARDEN 
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 
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motor vehicle; all under the direction of the Joint Com-
mittee on the Library, $21,214,000, of which $5,000,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2029: Provided, 
That, of the amount made available under this heading, 
the Architect of the Capitol may obligate and expend such 
sums as may be necessary for the maintenance, care and 
operation of the National Garden established under sec-
tion 307E of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 
1989 (2 U.S.C. 2146), upon vouchers approved by the Ar-
chitect of the Capitol or a duly authorized designee. 
CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER 
For all necessary expenses for the operation of the 
Capitol Visitor Center, $29,127,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
NO BONUSES FOR CONTRACTORS BEHIND SCHEDULE OR 
OVER BUDGET 
SEC. 116. None of the funds made available in this 
Act for the Architect of the Capitol may be used to make 
incentive or award payments to contractors for work on 
contracts or programs for which the contractor is behind 
schedule or over budget, unless the Architect of the Cap-
itol, or agency-employed designee, determines that any 
such deviations are due to unforeseeable events, govern-
ment-driven scope changes, or are not significant within 
the overall scope of the project and/or program. 
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ADMINISTRATION OF PUBLIC OUTREACH AND SERVICES 
FOR CAPITOL GROUNDS AND ARBORETUM 
SEC. 117. (a) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS.—The 
Architect of the Capitol, subject to the approval of the 
Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and House 
of Representatives, may enter into cooperative agreements 
with entities under such terms as the Architect determines 
advisable, in order to support the Capitol Grounds and 
Arboretum in carrying out its duties, authorities and mis-
sion. 
(b) PLANT MATERIAL EXCHANGES.—The Architect 
of the Capitol may engage in plant material exchanges be-
tween the Capitol Grounds and Arboretum and other enti-
ties including Federal, State, or local government agen-
cies, botanic gardens, arboretums, educational institu-
tions, non-profit organizations, municipal parks, and gar-
dens. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply with 
respect to fiscal year 2025 and each succeeding fiscal year. 
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For all necessary expenses of the Library of Congress 
not otherwise provided for, including development and 
maintenance of the Library’s catalogs; custody and custo-
dial care of the Library buildings; information technology 
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services provided centrally; 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, 
$617,000,000, and, in addition, amounts credited to this 
appropriation during fiscal year 2025 under the Act of 
June 28, 1902 (chapter 1301; 32 Stat. 480; 2 U.S.C. 
150), shall remain available until expended: 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 obliga-
tion or expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided fur-
ther, That of the total amount appropriated, not more 
than $18,000 may be expended, on the certification of the 
Librarian of Congress, in connection with official rep-
resentation and reception expenses, including for the Over-
seas Field Offices: Provided further, That of the total 
amount appropriated, no less than $10,698,000 shall re-
main available until expended for the Teaching with Pri-
mary Sources program, of which: Provided further, That 
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