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charge, including the Capitol Visitor Center, for the 
education and enlightenment of the general public. 
(2) ACCEPTANCE
OF
FEES
PROHIBITED.—An 
employee of the Capitol Guide Service shall not 
charge or accept any fee, or accept any gratuity, for 
or on account of his official services. 
(3) REGULATIONS OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFI-
CER.—All such tours shall be conducted in compli-
ance with regulations approved by the Chief Execu-
tive Officer. 
(b) AUTHORITY OF CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER.— 
In providing for the direction, supervision, and control of 
the Capitol Guide Service, the Chief Executive Officer is 
authorized— 
(1) subject to the availability of appropriations, 
to establish and revise such number of positions of 
Guide in the Capitol Guide Service as the Chief Ex-
ecutive Officer considers necessary to carry out ef-
fectively the activities of the Capitol Guide Service; 
(2) to appoint, on a permanent basis without 
regard to political affiliation and solely on the basis 
of fitness to perform their duties, a Chief Guide and 
such deputies as the Chief Executive Officer con-
siders appropriate for the effective administration of 
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the Capitol Guide Service and, in addition, such 
number of Guides as may be authorized; 
(3) with the approval of the supervising Com-
mittees, with respect to the individuals appointed 
pursuant to paragraph (2)— 
(A) to prescribe the individual’s duties and 
responsibilities, 
(B) to fix, and adjust from time to time, 
respective rates of pay at single per annum 
(gross) rates, and 
(C) to take appropriate disciplinary action, 
including, when circumstances warrant, suspen-
sion from duty without pay, reduction in pay, 
demotion, or termination of employment with 
the Capitol Guide Service, against any employee 
who violates any provision of this section or any 
regulation prescribed by the Chief Executive 
Officer pursuant to paragraph (7); 
(4) to prescribe a uniform dress, including ap-
propriate insignia, which shall be worn by personnel 
of the Capitol Guide Service; 
(5) from time to time and as may be necessary, 
to procure and furnish such uniforms to such per-
sonnel without charge to such personnel; 
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(6) to receive and consider advice and informa-
tion from any private historical or educational orga-
nization, association, or society with respect to those 
operations of the Capitol Guide Service which involve 
the furnishing of historical and educational informa-
tion to the general public; and 
(7) with the approval of the supervising Com-
mittees, to prescribe such regulations as the Chief 
Executive Officer considers necessary and appro-
priate for the operation of the Capitol Guide Service, 
including regulations with respect to tour routes and 
hours of operation, number of visitors per guide, 
staff-led tours, and non-law enforcement security 
and special event related support. 
(c) PROVISION OF ACCESSIBLE TOURS IN COORDINA-
TION WITH OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL ACCESSIBILITY 
SERVICES.—The Chief Executive Officer shall coordinate 
the provision of accessible tours for individuals with dis-
abilities with the Office of Congressional Accessibility 
Services established under subtitle B. 
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Subtitle B—Office of Congressional 
Accessibility Services 
SEC. 311. ESTABLISHMENT OF OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL 
ACCESSIBILITY SERVICES. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in the 
legislative branch the Office of Congressional Accessibility 
Services, to be headed by the Director of Accessibility 
Services. 
(b) SUPERVISION
AND CONTROL.—The Office of 
Congressional Accessibility Services shall be subject to the 
direction, supervision, and control of the Capitol Police 
Board. 
(c) MISSION AND FUNCTIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Office of Congressional 
Accessibility Services shall— 
(A) provide and coordinate accessibility 
services for individuals with disabilities, includ-
ing Members of Congress, employees of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate, and 
visitors, in the United States Capitol Complex; 
and 
(B) in consultation with the Office of 
House Employment Counsel and the Senate 
Chief Counsel for Employment, provide infor-
mation regarding accessibility for individuals 
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with disabilities, as well as related training and 
staff development, to Members of Congress and 
employees of the House of Representatives and 
Senate. 
(2) SPECIFIC FUNCTIONS.—The Director of Ac-
cessibility Services shall submit to the supervising 
Committees a list of the specific functions that the 
Office of Congressional Accessibility Services will 
perform in carrying out this subtitle with the ap-
proval of the supervising committees. The Director 
of Accessibility Services shall submit the list not 
later than 30 days after the transfer date. 
(3) NO EFFECT ON AUTHORITY OF EMPLOY-
MENT COUNSELS.—Nothing in this subtitle shall be 
construed to limit any authority or function of the 
Office of House Employment Counsel or the Senate 
Chief Counsel for Employment that such Office or 
Counsel carries out prior to the transfer date. 
(4) UNITED
STATES
CAPITOL
COMPLEX
DE-
FINED.—In this subsection, the term ‘‘United States 
Capitol Complex’’ means the Capitol buildings (as 
defined in section 5101 of title 40, United States 
Code) and the United States Capitol Grounds (as 
described in section 5102 of such title). 
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(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 310 of the 
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1990 (2 U.S.C. 
130e) is repealed. 
SEC. 312. DIRECTOR OF ACCESSIBILITY SERVICES. 
(a) APPOINTMENT
AND
REMOVAL; COMPENSA-
TION.— 
(1) APPOINTMENT.—The Director of Accessi-
bility Services shall be appointed by the Capitol Po-
lice Board. 
(2) REMOVAL.—The Director of Accessibility 
Services may be removed by the Capitol Police 
Board, upon notification to the supervising Commit-
tees. 
(3) COMPENSATION.—The Director of Accessi-
bility Services shall be paid at an annual rate of pay 
determined by the Capitol Police Board, except that 
such rate may not exceed the maximum rate payable 
for level 15 of the General Schedule. 
(4) TRANSITION FOR CURRENT HEAD OF CON-
GRESSIONAL SPECIAL SERVICES OFFICE OF CAPITOL 
GUIDE SERVICE.—The individual serving as the head 
of the Congressional Special Services Office of the 
Capitol Guide Service as of the transfer date shall 
be appointed by the Capitol Police Board as the first 
Director of Accessibility Services under this subtitle. 
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orders and enter into agreements with the Office of 
the Architect of the Capitol, with other legislative 
branch agencies, and with any office or other entity 
of the Senate or House of Representatives for pro-
curing goods and providing financial and administra-
tive services on behalf of the Office of Accessibility 
Services, or to otherwise assist the Director in the 
administration and management of the Office of Ac-
cessibility Services. 
(c) SEMIANNUAL REPORTS.—The Director of Acces-
sibility Services shall submit a report to the supervising 
Committees not later than 45 days following the close of 
each semiannual period ending on June 30 or December 
31 of each year on the financial and operational status 
during the period of each function under the jurisdiction 
of the Director. Each such report shall include financial 
statements and a description or explanation of current op-
erations, the implementation of new policies and proce-
dures, and future plans for each function. 
SEC. 313. TRANSFER FROM CAPITOL GUIDE SERVICE. 
(a) TRANSFER OF AUTHORITIES AND PERSONNEL OF 
CONGRESSIONAL SPECIAL SERVICES OFFICE OF CAPITOL 
GUIDE SERVICE.—In accordance with the provisions of 
this subtitle, effective on the transfer date— 
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(1) the contracts, liabilities, records, property, 
and other assets and interests of the Congressional 
Special Services Office of the Capitol Guide Service, 
and the employees of such Office, are transferred to 
the Office of Congressional Accessibility Services es-
tablished under section 311(a), except that the 
transfer of any amounts appropriated to the Con-
gressional Special Services Office that remain avail-
able as of the transfer date shall occur only upon the 
approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and Senate; and 
(2) the employees of such Office shall be sub-
ject to the direction, supervision, and control of the 
Director of Accessibility Services. 
(b) TREATMENT OF EMPLOYEES AT TIME OF TRANS-
FER.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Any individual who is an 
employee of the Congressional Special Services Of-
fice of the Capitol Guide Service on a permanent 
basis on the transfer date who is transferred under 
subsection (a) shall be subject to authority of the 
Director of Accessibility Services under section 312, 
except that the individual shall not be reduced in 
grade, compensation, rate of leave, or other benefits 
that apply with respect to the individual at the time 
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of transfer while such individual remains continu-
ously so employed within the Office of Congressional 
Accessibility Services established under section 
311(a), other than for cause. 
(2) ELIGIBILITY FOR IMMEDIATE RETIREMENT 
ON BASIS OF INVOLUNTARY SEPARATION.—For pur-
poses of section 8336(d) and section 8414(b) of title 
5, United States Code, an individual described in 
paragraph (1) who is separated from service with 
the Office of Congressional Accessibility Services 
shall be considered to have separated from the serv-
ice involuntarily if, at the time the individual is sep-
arated from service— 
(A) the individual has completed 25 years 
of service under such title; or 
(B) the individual has completed 20 years 
of service under such title and is 50 years of 
age or older. 
(3) 
PROHIBITING
IMPOSITION
OF
PROBA-
TIONARY
PERIOD.—The Director of Accessibility 
Services may not impose a period of probation with 
respect to the transfer of any individual who is 
transferred to the Office of Congressional Accessi-
bility Services under subsection (a). 
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Subtitle C—Technical and 
Conforming Amendments 
SEC. 321. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS. 
(a) EXISTING AUTHORITY OF CAPITOL GUIDE SERV-
ICE.—Section 441 of the Legislative Reorganization Act 
of 1970 (2 U.S.C. 2166) is repealed. 
(b) COVERAGE UNDER CONGRESSIONAL ACCOUNT-
ABILITY ACT OF 1995.— 
(1) TREATMENT OF EMPLOYEES AS COVERED 
EMPLOYEES.—Section 101(3)(C) of the Congres-
sional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 
1301(3)(C)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(C) the Office of Congressional Accessi-
bility Services;’’. 
(2) TREATMENT OF OFFICE AS EMPLOYING OF-
FICE.—Section 101(9)(D) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 
1301(9)(D)) is amended by striking ‘‘the Capitol 
Guide Board,’’ and inserting ‘‘the Office of Congres-
sional Accessibility Services,’’. 
(3) RIGHTS AND PROTECTIONS RELATING TO 
PUBLIC SERVICES AND ACCOMMODATIONS.—Section 
210(a)(4) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 1331(a)(4)) is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(4) the Office of Congressional Accessibility 
Services;’’. 
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(4) PERIODIC INSPECTIONS FOR OCCUPATIONAL 
SAFETY
AND
HEALTH
COMPLIANCE.—Section 
215(e)(1) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 1341(e)(1)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘the Capitol Guide Service,’’ 
and inserting ‘‘the Office of Congressional Accessi-
bility Services,’’. 
(c) TREATMENT
AS CONGRESSIONAL EMPLOYEES 
FOR RETIREMENT PURPOSES.—Section 2107(9) of title 5, 
United States Code, is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(9) an employee of the Office of Congressional 
Accessibility Services.’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect on the transfer date. 
Subtitle D—Transfer Date 
SEC. 331. TRANSFER DATE. 
In this title, the ‘‘transfer date’’ means the date on 
which the Chief Executive Officer, in consultation with the 
Architect of the Capitol, certifies that a certificate of occu-
pancy for the Capitol Visitor Center has been issued by 
the appropriate authorities. 
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TITLE IV—GENERAL 
PROVISIONS 
SEC. 401. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
There are authorized to be appropriated such sums 
as are necessary to carry out this Act. 
Passed the House of Representatives March 5, 
2008. 
Attest: 
LORRAINE C. MILLER, 
Clerk. 
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Calendar No. 611 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5159 
AN ACT 
To establish the Office of the Capitol Visitor Center 
within the Office of the Architect of the Capitol, 
headed by the Chief Executive Officer for Visitor 
Services, to provide for the effective management 
and administration of the Capitol Visitor Center, 
and for other purposes. 
MARCH 7, 2008 
Read the second time and placed on the calendar 
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