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JOINT ITEMS
For Joint Committees, as follows:
JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic Com-
mittee, $4,139,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the
Senate.
JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on
Taxation, $8,476,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Adminis-
trative 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 Physi-
cian and his assistants, including: (1) an allowance of
$2,175 per month to the Attending Physician; (2) an allow-
ance of $725 per month each to four medical officers while
on duty in the Office of the Attending Physician; (3) an
allowance of $725 per month each to two assistants and
$580 per month each to not to exceed 11 assistants on the
basis heretofore provided for such assistants; and (4)
$1,680,000 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 applicable appropriation
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or appropriations from which such salaries, allowances,
and other expenses are payable and shall be available for
all the purposes thereof, $2,528,000, to be disbursed by the
Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representa-
tives.
CAPITOL GUIDE SERVICE AND SPECIAL SERVICES OFFICE
For salaries and expenses of the Capitol Guide Service
and Special Services Office, $3,844,000, to be disbursed by
the Secretary of the Senate: Provided, That no part of such
amount may be used to employ more than 58 individuals:
Provided further, That the Capitol Guide Board is author-
ized, during emergencies, to employ not more than two ad-
ditional individuals for not more than 120 days each, and
not more than 10 additional individuals for not more than
6 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 second session of
the 108th Congress, showing appropriations made, indefi-
nite appropriations, and contracts authorized, together with
a chronological history of the regular appropriations bills
as required by law, $30,000, to be paid to the persons des-
ignated by the chairmen of such committees to supervise
the work.
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CAPITOL POLICE
SALARIES
For salaries of employees of the Capitol Police, includ-
ing overtime, hazardous duty pay differential, and Govern-
ment contributions for health, retirement, social security,
professional liability insurance, and other applicable em-
ployee benefits, $198,000,000, to be disbursed by the Chief
of the Capitol Police or his designee.
GENERAL EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Capitol Police, including
motor vehicles, communications and other equipment, secu-
rity equipment and installation, uniforms, weapons, sup-
plies, materials, training, medical services, forensic services,
stenographic services, personal and professional services, the
employee assistance program, the awards program, postage,
communication services, domestic travel, foreign travel as
approved by the Capitol Police Board, travel advances, relo-
cation of instructor and liaison personnel for the Federal
Law Enforcement Training Center, and not more than
$5,000 to be expended on the certification of the Chief of
the Capitol Police in connection with official representation
and reception expenses, $28,925,000, of which $700,000 is
to remain available until expended, to be disbursed by the
Chief of the Capitol Police or his designee.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
SEC. 1001. TRANSFER AUTHORITY. Amounts appro-
priated for fiscal year 2005 for the Capitol Police may be
transferred between the headings ‘‘SALARIES’’ and ‘‘GEN-
ERAL EXPENSES’’ upon the approval of the Committees on
Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representa-
tives.
SEC. 1002. LIMITATION ON CERTAIN HIRING AUTHOR-
ITY OF CAPITOL POLICE. Section 1006(b) of the Legislative
Branch Appropriations Act, 2004 (Public Law 108–83; 117
Stat. 1023) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (3)—
(A) in subparagraph (B), by inserting at
the end ‘‘The Chief of Police may hire individ-
uals under this subsection who are not submitted
for selection under this subparagraph. All
hirings under this subparagraph shall comply
with the limitations under this paragraph for
any fiscal year.’’; and
(B) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘(C)
LIMITATION.—’’ and inserting ‘‘(C) LIMITATION
FOR FISCAL YEAR 2004.—’’; and
(C) by adding at the end the following: