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porary 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 V of the Executive Schedule under sec-
tion 5316 of such title: Provided further, That the revolv-
ing fund and the funds provided under the headings ‘‘OF-
FICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS’’ and ‘‘SALA-
RIES AND EXPENSES’’ together may not be available for
the full-time equivalent employment of more than 3,260
workyears (or such other number of workyears as the Pub-
lic Printer may request, subject to the approval of the
Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the
House of Representatives): Provided further, That activi-
ties financed through the revolving fund may provide in-
formation in any format: Provided further, That the re-
volving fund shall not be used to administer any flexible
or compressed work schedule which applies to any man-
ager or supervisor in a position the grade or level of which
is equal to or higher than GS–15: Provided further, That
expenses for attendance at meetings shall not exceed
$75,000.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION
EXTENSION OF EARLY RETIREMENT AND VOLUNTARY
SEPARATION INCENTIVE PAYMENTS FOR GPO
SEC. 208. (a) Section 309 of the Legislative Branch
Appropriations Act, 1999 (44 U.S.C. 305 note), is
amended—
(1) in subsection (b)(1)(A), by striking ‘‘Octo-
ber 1, 2001’’ and inserting ‘‘October 1, 2004’’; and
(2) in subsection (c)(2), by striking ‘‘September
30, 2001’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2004’’.
(b) The amendments made by this section shall take
effect as if included in the enactment of the Legislative
Branch Appropriations Act, 1999.
GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the General Accounting
Office, including not more than $12,500 to be expended
on the certification of the Comptroller General of the
United States in connection with official representation
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 Execu-
tive Schedule under section 5315 of such title; hire of one
passenger motor vehicle; advance payments in foreign
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countries in accordance with section 3324 of title 31,
United States Code; benefits comparable to those payable
under sections 901(5), 901(6), and 901(8) of the Foreign
Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4081(5), 4081(6), and
4081(8)); and under regulations prescribed by the Comp-
troller General of the United States, rental of living quar-
ters in foreign countries, $421,844,000: Provided, That
not more than $1,751,000 of payments received under sec-
tion 782 of title 31, United States Code shall be available
for use in fiscal year 2002: Provided further, That not
more than $750,000 of reimbursements received under
section 9105 of title 31, United States Code shall be avail-
able for use in fiscal year 2002: Provided further, That
this appropriation and appropriations for administrative
expenses of any other department or agency which is a
member of the National Intergovernmental Audit Forum
or a Regional Intergovernmental Audit Forum shall be
available to finance an appropriate share of either Fo-
rum’s costs as determined by the respective Forum, in-
cluding necessary travel expenses of non-Federal partici-
pants: Provided further, That payments hereunder to the
Forum may be credited as reimbursements to any appro-
priation from which costs involved are initially financed:
Provided further, That this appropriation and appropria-
tions for administrative expenses of any other department
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or agency which is a member of the American Consortium
on International Public Administration (ACIPA) shall be
available to finance an appropriate share of ACIPA costs
as determined by the ACIPA, including any expenses at-
tributable to membership of ACIPA in the International
Institute of Administrative Sciences.
TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 301. No part of the funds appropriated in this
Act shall be used for the maintenance or care of private
vehicles, except for emergency assistance and cleaning as
may be provided under regulations relating to parking fa-
cilities 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. 302. No part of the funds appropriated in this
Act shall remain available for obligation beyond fiscal year
2002 unless expressly so provided in this Act.
SEC. 303. Whenever in this Act any office or position
not specifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of
1929 is appropriated for or the rate of compensation or
designation of any office or position appropriated for is
different from that specifically established by such Act,
the rate of compensation and the designation in this Act
shall be the permanent law with respect thereto: Provided,
That the provisions in this Act for the various items of
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official expenses of Members, officers, and committees of
the Senate and House of Representatives, and clerk hire
for Senators and Members of the House of Representa-
tives shall be the permanent law with respect thereto.
SEC. 304. The expenditure of any appropriation
under this Act for any consulting service through procure-
ment contract, pursuant to 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 pursuant to existing law.
SEC. 305. (a) It is the sense of the Congress that,
to the greatest extent practicable, all equipment and prod-
ucts purchased with funds made available in this Act
should be American-made.
(b) In providing financial assistance to, or entering
into any contract with, any entity using funds made avail-
able in this Act, the head of each Federal agency, to the
greatest extent practicable, shall provide to such entity a
notice describing the statement made in subsection (a) by
the Congress.
(c) If it has been finally determined by a court or
Federal agency that any person intentionally affixed a
label bearing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, or any in-
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scription with the same meaning, to any product sold in
or shipped to the United States that is not made in the
United States, such person shall be ineligible to receive
any contract or subcontract made with funds provided
pursuant to this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspen-
sion, and ineligibility procedures described in section
9.400 through 9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regula-
tions.
SEC. 306. Such sums as may be necessary are appro-
priated to the account described in subsection (a) of sec-
tion 415 of Public Law 104–1 to pay awards and settle-
ments as authorized under such subsection.
SEC. 307. Amounts available for administrative ex-
penses 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 appropriate share of LBFMC
costs as determined by the LBFMC, except that the total
LBFMC costs to be shared among all participating legisla-
tive branch entities (in such allocations among the entities
as the entities may determine) may not exceed $252,000.
SEC. 308. (a) Section 5596(a) of title 5, United
States Code, is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph
(4);
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(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (5) and inserting a semicolon; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new
paragraphs:
‘‘(6) the Architect of the Capitol; and
‘‘(7) the United States Botanic Garden.’’.
(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall
apply with respect to personnel actions taken on or after
the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 309. Section 4(b) of the House Employees Posi-
tion Classification Act (2 U.S.C. 293(b)) is amended by
adding at the end the following: ‘‘Notwithstanding any
other provision of this Act, for purposes of applying the
adjustment made by the committee under this subsection
for 2002 and each succeeding year, positions under the
Chief Administrative Officer shall include positions of the
United States Capitol telephone exchange under the Chief
Administrative Officer.’’.
SEC. 310. The Architect of the Capitol, in consulta-
tion with the District of Columbia, is authorized to main-
tain and improve the landscape features, excluding streets
and sidewalks, in the irregular shaped grassy areas bound-
ed by Washington Avenue, 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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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative Branch Ap-
propriations Act, 2002’’.
Union Calendar No. 100
107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2647
[Report No. 107–169]
A BILL
Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002,
and for other purposes.
JULY 26, 2001
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed