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be available to pay the reasonable expenses of sending or 
transporting the official records and papers of the Senator 
from the District of Columbia to any location designated 
by such Senator in the State represented by the Senator. 
(b) SENDING AND TRANSPORTATION.—The Sergeant at 
Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate shall provide for the 
most economical means of sending or transporting the offi-
cial records and papers under this section while ensuring 
the orderly and timely delivery of the records and papers 
to the location specified by the Senator. 
(c) OVERSIGHT.—The Committee on Rules and Ad-
ministration shall have the authority to issue rules and reg-
ulations to carry out the provisions of this section. 
(d) OFFICIAL RECORDS DEFINED.—In this section, the 
term ‘‘official records and papers’’ means books, records, 
papers, and official files which could be sent as franked 
mail. 
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply with 
respect to fiscal year 2005 and each succeeding fiscal year. 
SEC. 8. COMPENSATION
FOR LOST
OR DAMAGED 
PROPERTY. (a) IN GENERAL.—Any amounts received by the 
Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate (in this 
section referred to as the ‘‘Sergeant at Arms’’) for com-
pensation for damage to, loss of, or loss of use of property 
of the Sergeant at Arms that was procured using amounts
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available to the Sergeant at Arms in the account for Contin-
gent Expenses, Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the 
Senate, shall be credited to that account or, if applicable, 
to any subaccount of that account. 
(b) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts credited to any account 
or subaccount under subsection (a) shall be merged with 
amounts in that account or subaccount and shall be avail-
able to the same extent, and subject to the same terms and 
conditions, as amounts in that account or subaccount. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply with 
respect to fiscal year 2005 and each fiscal year thereafter. 
SEC. 9. AGE REQUIREMENT FOR SENATE PAGES. Sec-
tion 491(b)(1) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970 
(2 U.S.C. 88b–1(b)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘fourteen’’ 
and inserting ‘‘sixteen’’. 
SEC. 10. TREATMENT OF ELECTRONIC SERVICES PRO-
VIDED BY SERGEANT AT ARMS. The Office of the Sergeant 
at Arms and Doorkeeper of the United States Senate, and 
any officer, employee, or agent of the Office, shall not be 
treated as acquiring possession, custody, or control of any 
electronic mail or other electronic communication, data, or 
information by reason of its being transmitted, processed, 
or stored (whether temporarily or otherwise) through the use 
of an electronic system established, maintained, or operated,
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or the use of electronic services provided, in whole or in 
part by the Office. 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses of the House of Represent-
atives, $1,044,281,000, as follows: 
HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES 
For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, 
$18,678,000, 
including: 
Office 
of 
the 
Speaker, 
$2,708,000, including $25,000 for official expenses of the 
Speaker; Office of the Majority Floor Leader, $2,027,000, 
including $10,000 for official expenses of the Majority 
Leader; Office of the Minority Floor Leader, $2,840,000, 
including $10,000 for official expenses of the Minority 
Leader; Office of the Majority Whip, including the Chief 
Deputy Majority Whip, $1,741,000, including $5,000 for 
official expenses of the Majority Whip; Office of the Mi-
nority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Minority Whip, 
$1,303,000, including $5,000 for official expenses of the 
Minority Whip; Speaker’s Office for Legislative Floor Ac-
tivities, $470,000; Republican Steering Committee, 
$881,000; Republican Conference, $1,500,000; Demo-
cratic Steering and Policy Committee, $1,589,000; Demo-
cratic Caucus, $792,000; nine minority employees, 
$1,409,000; training and program development—major-
ity, $290,000; training and program development—minor-
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ity, $290,000; Cloakroom Personnel—majority, $419,000; 
and Cloakroom Personnel—minority, $419,000. 
MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES 
INCLUDING MEMBERS’ CLERK HIRE, OFFICIAL 
EXPENSES OF MEMBERS, AND OFFICIAL MAIL 
For Members’ representational allowances, including 
Members’ clerk hire, official expenses, and official mail, 
$521,195,000. 
COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES 
STANDING COMMITTEES, SPECIAL AND SELECT 
For salaries and expenses of standing committees, 
special and select, authorized by House resolutions, 
$114,299,000: Provided, That such amount shall remain 
available for such salaries and expenses until December 
31, 2006. 
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS 
For salaries and expenses of the Committee on Ap-
propriations, $24,926,000, including studies and examina-
tions of executive agencies and temporary personal serv-
ices for such committee, to be expended in accordance with 
section 202(b) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 
1946 and to be available for reimbursement to agencies 
for services performed: Provided, That such amount shall 
remain available for such salaries and expenses until De-
cember 31, 2006.
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SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES 
For compensation and expenses of officers and em-
ployees, as authorized by law, $160,133,000, including: 
for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Clerk, includ-
ing not more than $13,000, of which not more than 
$10,000 is for the Family Room, for official representa-
tion and reception expenses, $20,534,000; for salaries and 
expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms, including 
the position of Superintendent of Garages, and including 
not more than $3,000 for official representation and re-
ception expenses, $5,879,000; for salaries and expenses of 
the 
Office 
of 
the 
Chief 
Administrative 
Officer, 
$116,034,000, of which $7,500,000 shall remain available 
until expended; for salaries and expenses of the Office of 
the Inspector General, $3,986,000; for salaries and ex-
penses of the Office of Emergency Planning, Preparedness 
and Operations, $1,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended; for salaries and expenses of the Office of General 
Counsel, $962,000; for the Office of the Chaplain, 
$155,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the 
Parliamentarian, including the Parliamentarian and 
$2,000 for preparing the Digest of Rules, $1,673,000; for 
salaries and expenses of the Office of the Law Revision 
Counsel of the House, $2,346,000; for salaries and ex-
penses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the