GENERAL EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Capitol Police, includ-
ing motor vehicles, communications and other equipment, 
security equipment and installation, uniforms, weapons, 
supplies, materials, training, medical services, forensic 
services, stenographic services, personal and professional 
services, the employee assistance program, the awards pro-
gram, postage, communication services, travel advances, 
relocation of instructor and liaison personnel for the Fed-
eral 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 rep-
resentation and reception expenses, $63,004,000, of which 
$2,700,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2015 to be disbursed by the Chief of the Capitol Police 
or his designee: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the cost of basic training for the Capitol 
Police at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center 
for fiscal year 2013 shall be paid by the Secretary of 
Homeland Security from funds available to the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
AUTHORITY TO TRANSFER AMOUNTS BETWEEN SALARIES 
AND GENERAL EXPENSES 
SEC. 1001. During fiscal year 2013 and any suc-
ceeding fiscal year, the Capitol Police may transfer 
amounts appropriated for the fiscal year between the cat-
egory for salaries and the category for general expenses, 
upon the approval of the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and Senate. 
FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR WORKERS COMPENSATION 
PAYMENTS 
SEC. 1002. (a) IN GENERAL.—Available balances of 
expired United States Capitol Police appropriations shall 
be available to the Capitol Police to make the deposit to 
the credit of the Employees’ Compensation Fund required 
by section 8147(b) of title 5, United States Code. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 1018 of the 
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2003 (2 U.S.C. 
1907) is amended by striking subsection (f). 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply with 
respect to appropriations for fiscal year 2013 and each 
fiscal year thereafter.
OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses of the Office of Compli-
ance, as authorized by section 305 of the Congressional 
Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1385), $3,817,000, 
of which $527,500 shall remain available until September 
30, 2014: Provided, That not more than $500 may be ex-
pended on the certification of the Executive Director of 
the Office of Compliance in connection with official rep-
resentation and reception expenses. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
SEC. 1101. (a) The second sentence of section 415(a) 
of the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 
1415(a)) is amended to read as follows: ‘‘There are appro-
priated for such account such sums as may be necessary 
to pay such awards and settlements.’’. 
(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to fiscal year 2013 and each succeeding 
fiscal year. 
CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses necessary for operation of 
the Congressional Budget Office, including not more than 
$6,000 to be expended on the certification of the Director
of the Congressional Budget Office in connection with offi-
cial representation and reception expenses, $44,280,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
ACCEPTANCE OF VOLUNTARY STUDENT SERVICES 
SEC. 1201. (a) Section 3111(e) of title 5, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘(e)’’ and inserting ‘‘(e)(1)’’; 
and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(2) In this section, the term ‘agency’ includes the 
Congressional Budget Office, except that in the case of 
the Congressional Budget Office— 
‘‘(A) any student who provides voluntary service 
in accordance with this section shall be considered 
an employee of the Congressional Budget Office for 
purposes of section 203 of the Congressional Budget 
Act of 1974 (relating to the level of confidentiality 
of budget data); and 
‘‘(B) the authority granted to the Office of Per-
sonnel Management under this section shall be exer-
cised by the Director of the Congressional Budget 
Office.’’.
(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to fiscal year 2013 and each succeeding 
fiscal year. 
ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL 
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION 
For salaries for the Architect of the Capitol, and 
other personal services, at rates of pay provided by law; 
for surveys and studies in connection with activities under 
the care of the Architect of the Capitol; for all necessary 
expenses for the general and administrative support of the 
operations under the Architect of the Capitol including the 
Botanic Garden; electrical substations of the Capitol, Sen-
ate and House office buildings, and other facilities under 
the jurisdiction of the Architect of the Capitol; including 
furnishings and office equipment; including not more than 
$5,000 for official reception and representation expenses, 
to be expended as the Architect of the Capitol may ap-
prove; for purchase or exchange, maintenance, and oper-
ation of a passenger motor vehicle, $90,755,000, of which 
$999,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2017. 
CAPITOL BUILDING 
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 
and operation of the Capitol, $28,591,000, of which 
$3,500,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2017.
CAPITOL GROUNDS 
For all necessary expenses for care and improvement 
of grounds surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House 
office 
buildings, 
and 
the 
Capitol 
Power 
Plant, 
$17,152,000, of which $7,300,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2017. 
HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS 
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 
and operation of the House office buildings, $83,964,000, 
of which $19,362,000 shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2017. 
In addition, for a payment to the House Historic 
Buildings Revitalization Trust Fund, $30,000,000, shall 
remain available until expended. 
CAPITOL POWER PLANT 
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 
and operation of the Capitol Power Plant; lighting, heat-
ing, power (including the purchase of electrical energy) 
and water and sewer services for the Capitol, Senate and 
House office buildings, Library of Congress buildings, and 
the grounds about the same, Botanic Garden, Senate ga-
rage, and air conditioning refrigeration not supplied from 
plants in any of such buildings; heating the Government 
Printing Office and Washington City Post Office, and 
heating and chilled water for air conditioning for the Su-
preme Court Building, the Union Station complex, the 
Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building and the 
Folger Shakespeare Library, expenses for which shall be 
advanced 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, 
$108,616,000, of which $23,404,000 shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2017: Provided, That not more 
than $9,400,000 of the funds credited or to be reimbursed 
to this appropriation as herein provided shall be available 
for obligation during fiscal year 2013. 
LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS 
For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and 
structural maintenance, care and operation of the Library 
buildings and grounds, $30,660,000, of which $4,900,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2017. 
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 Computer Facility, and AOC security 
operations, $20,867,000, of which $2,840,000 shall re-
main available until September 30, 2017.
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 
motor vehicle; all under the direction of the Joint Com-
mittee on the Library, $12,140,000 (reduced by 
$1,235,000): Provided, That of the amount made available 
under this heading, the Architect of the Capitol may obli-
gate and expend such sums as may be necessary for the 
maintenance, care and operation of the National Garden 
established under section 307E of the Legislative Branch 
Appropriations Act, 1989 (2 U.S.C. 2146), upon vouchers 
approved by the Architect of the Capitol or a duly author-
ized designee. 
CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER 
For all necessary expenses for the operation of the 
Capitol Visitor Center, $21,276,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR WORKERS COMPENSATION 
PAYMENTS 
SEC. 1301. (a) IN GENERAL.—Available balances of 
expired Architect of the Capitol appropriations shall be 
available to the Architect of the Capitol to make the de-
posit to the credit of the Employees’ Compensation Fund 
required by section 8147(b) of title 5, United States Code. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply with 
respect to appropriations for fiscal year 2013 and each 
fiscal year thereafter. 
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For 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; special clothing; clean-
ing, 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 
Library; activities under the Civil Rights History Project 
Act of 2009; preparation and distribution of catalog 
records and other publications of the Library; hire or pur-
chase 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, $422,024,000, of which not more than $6,000,000 
shall be derived from collections credited to this appropria-
tion during fiscal year 2013, and shall remain available 
until expended, under the Act of June 28, 1902 (chapter 
1301; 32 Stat. 480; 2 U.S.C. 150) and not more than
$350,000 shall be derived from collections during fiscal 
year 2013 and shall remain available until expended for 
the development and maintenance of an international legal 
information database and activities related thereto: Pro-
vided, 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 
obligation or expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided 
further, That the total amount available for obligation 
shall be reduced by the amount by which collections are 
less than $6,350,000: Provided further, That of the total 
amount appropriated, not more than $12,000 may be ex-
pended, on the certification of the Librarian of Congress, 
in connection with official representation and reception ex-
penses for the Overseas Field Offices: Provided further, 
That of the total amount appropriated, $7,068,000 shall 
remain available until expended for the digital collections 
and educational curricula program. 
COPYRIGHT OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For all necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, 
$52,136,000, of which not more than $28,029,000, to re-
main available until expended, shall be derived from collec-
tions credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 2013 
under section 708(d) of title 17, United States Code: Pro-
vided, That the Copyright Office may not obligate or ex-
pend any funds derived from collections under such sec-
tion, in excess of the amount authorized for obligation or 
expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided further, That 
not more than $5,582,000 shall be derived from collections 
during fiscal year 2013 under sections 111(d)(2), 
119(b)(2), 803(e), 1005, and 1316 of such title: Provided 
further, That the total amount available for obligation 
shall be reduced by the amount by which collections are 
less than $33,611,000: Provided further, That not more 
than $100,000 of the amount appropriated is available for 
the maintenance of an ‘‘International Copyright Institute’’ 
in the Copyright Office of the Library of Congress for the 
purpose of training nationals of developing countries in 
intellectual property laws and policies: Provided further, 
That not more than $4,250 may be expended, on the cer-
tification of the Librarian of Congress, in connection with 
official representation and reception expenses for activities 
of the International Copyright Institute and for copyright 
delegations, visitors, and seminars: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding any provision of chapter 8 of title 17, 
United States Code, any amounts made available under 
this heading which are attributable to royalty fees and 
payments received by the Copyright Office pursuant to 
sections 111, 119, and chapter 10 of such title may be
used for the costs incurred in the administration of the 
Copyright Royalty Judges program, with the exception of 
the costs of salaries and benefits for the Copyright Royalty 
Judges and staff under section 802(e). 
CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions 
of section 203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 
1946 (2 U.S.C. 166) and to revise and extend the Anno-
tated Constitution of the United States of America, 
$107,668,000 (reduced by $878,000): Provided, That no 
part of such amount may be used to pay any salary or 
expense in connection with any publication, or preparation 
of material therefor (except the Digest of Public General 
Bills), to be issued by the Library of Congress unless such 
publication has obtained prior approval of either the Com-
mittee on House Administration of the House of Rep-
resentatives or the Committee on Rules and Administra-
tion of the Senate. 
BOOKS FOR THE BLIND AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses to carry out the Act of 
March 3, 1931 (chapter 400; 46 Stat. 1487; 2 U.S.C. 
135a), $50,775,000: Provided, That of the total amount 
appropriated, $650,000 shall be available to contract to
provide newspapers to blind and physically handicapped 
residents at no cost to the individual. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
REIMBURSABLE AND REVOLVING FUND ACTIVITIES 
SEC. 1401. (a) IN GENERAL.—For fiscal year 2013, 
the obligational authority of the Library of Congress for 
the activities described in subsection (b) may not exceed 
$178,958,000. 
(b) ACTIVITIES.—The activities referred to in sub-
section (a) are reimbursable and revolving fund activities 
that are funded from sources other than appropriations 
to the Library in appropriations Acts for the legislative 
branch. 
AUTHORITY TO TRANSFER AMOUNTS BETWEEN 
CATEGORIES OF APPROPRIATIONS 
SEC. 1402. (a) IN GENERAL.—During fiscal year 
2013 and any succeeding fiscal year, the Librarian of Con-
gress may transfer amounts appropriated for the fiscal 
year between the categories of appropriations provided 
under law for the Library of Congress for the fiscal year, 
upon the approval of the Committees on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives and Senate. 
(b) LIMITATION.—Not more than 10 percent of the 
total amount of funds appropriated to the account under 
any category of appropriations for the Library of Congress
for a fiscal year may be transferred from that account by 
all transfers made under subsection (a). 
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 
CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING AND BINDING 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For authorized printing and binding for the Congress 
and the distribution of Congressional information in any 
format; expenses necessary for preparing the semimonthly 
and session index to the Congressional Record, as author-
ized by law (section 902 of title 44, United States Code); 
printing and binding of Government publications author-
ized by law to be distributed to Members of Congress; and 
printing, binding, and distribution of Government publica-
tions authorized by law to be distributed without charge 
to the recipient, $83,632,000 (reduced by $218,379) (in-
creased by $218,379): Provided, That this appropriation 
shall not be available for paper copies of the permanent 
edition of the Congressional Record for individual Rep-
resentatives, Resident Commissioners or Delegates au-
thorized under section 906 of title 44, United States Code: 
Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available 
for the payment of obligations incurred under the appro-
priations for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding the 2-year limita-
tion under section 718 of title 44, United States Code,
none of the funds appropriated or made available under 
this Act or any other Act for printing and binding and 
related services provided to Congress under chapter 7 of 
title 44, United States Code, may be expended to print 
a document, report, or publication after the 27-month pe-
riod beginning on the date that such document, report, 
or publication is authorized by Congress to be printed, un-
less Congress reauthorizes such printing in accordance 
with section 718 of title 44, United States Code: Provided 
further, That any unobligated or unexpended balances in 
this account or accounts for similar purposes for preceding 
fiscal years may be transferred to the Government Print-
ing Office revolving fund for carrying out the purposes of 
this heading, subject to the approval of the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
Senate: Provided further, That notwithstanding sections 
901, 902, and 906 of title 44, United States Code, this 
appropriation may be used to prepare indexes to the Con-
gressional Record on only a monthly and session basis. 
OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses of the Office of Superintendent of Doc-
uments necessary to provide for the cataloging and index-
ing of Government publications and their distribution to
the public, Members of Congress, other Government agen-
cies, and designated depository and international exchange 
libraries as authorized by law, $34,728,000: Provided, 
That amounts of not more than $2,000,000 from current 
year appropriations are authorized for producing and dis-
seminating Congressional serial sets and other related 
publications for fiscal years 2011 and 2012 to depository 
and other designated libraries: Provided further, That any 
unobligated or unexpended balances in this account or ac-
counts for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years may 
be transferred to the Government Printing Office revolv-
ing fund for carrying out the purposes of this heading, 
subject to the approval of the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and Senate. 
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE REVOLVING FUND 
For payment to the Government Printing Office Re-
volving Fund, $4,096,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, for information technology development and facili-
ties repair: Provided, That the Government Printing Of-
fice is hereby authorized to make such expenditures, with-
in the limits of funds available and in accordance with law, 
and to make such contracts and commitments without re-
gard to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 9104 
of title 31, United States Code, as may be necessary in 
carrying out the programs and purposes set forth in the
budget for the current fiscal year for the Government 
Printing Office revolving fund: Provided further, That not 
more than $7,500 may be expended on the certification 
of the Public Printer in connection with official represen-
tation and reception expenses: Provided further, That the 
revolving fund shall be available for the hire or purchase 
of not more than 12 passenger motor vehicles: Provided 
further, That expenditures in connection with travel ex-
penses of the advisory councils to the Public Printer shall 
be deemed necessary to carry out the provisions of title 
44, United States Code: Provided further, That the revolv-
ing fund shall be available for 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 V of 
the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of such title: 
Provided further, That activities financed through the re-
volving fund may provide information in any format: Pro-
vided further, That the revolving fund and the funds pro-
vided under the headings ‘‘Office of Superintendent of 
Documents’’ and ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ may not be 
used for contracted security services at GPO’s passport 
facility in the District of Columbia.
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Government Account-
ability Office, including not more than $12,500 to be ex-
pended on the certification of the Comptroller General of 
the United States in connection with official representa-
tion 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 Executive Schedule under section 5315 of such title; 
hire of one passenger motor vehicle; advance payments in 
foreign countries in accordance with section 3324 of title 
31, United States Code; benefits comparable to those pay-
able under sections 901(5), (6), and (8) of the Foreign 
Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4081(5), (6), and (8)); 
and under regulations prescribed by the Comptroller Gen-
eral of the United States, rental of living quarters in for-
eign countries, $519,802,000: Provided, That, in addition, 
$24,318,000 of payments received under sections 782, 
3521, and 9105 of title 31, United States Code, shall be 
available without fiscal year limitation: Provided further, 
That this appropriation and appropriations for adminis-
trative 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 
Forum’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. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR WORKERS COMPENSATION 
PAYMENTS 
SEC. 1501. (a) IN GENERAL.—Available balances of 
expired Government Accountability Office appropriations 
shall be available to the Government Accountability Office 
to make the deposit to the credit of the Employees’ Com-
pensation Fund required by section 8147(b) of title 5, 
United States Code. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply with 
respect to appropriations for fiscal year 2013 and each 
fiscal year thereafter. 
OPEN WORLD LEADERSHIP CENTER TRUST 
FUND 
For a payment to the Open World Leadership Center 
Trust Fund for financing activities of the Open World 
Leadership Center under section 313 of the Legislative
Branch Appropriations Act, 2001 (2 U.S.C. 1151), 
$1,000,000 (reduced by $1,000,000). 
TITLE II—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
MAINTENANCE AND CARE OF PRIVATE VEHICLES 
SEC. 201. 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. 
FISCAL YEAR LIMITATION 
SEC. 202. No part of the funds appropriated in this 
Act shall remain available for obligation beyond fiscal year 
2013 unless expressly so provided in this Act. 
RATES OF COMPENSATION AND DESIGNATION 
SEC. 203. Whenever in this Act any office or position 
not specifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of 
1929 (46 Stat. 32 et seq.) is appropriated for or the rate 
of compensation or designation of any office or position 
appropriated for is different from that specifically estab-
lished by such Act, the rate of compensation and the des-
ignation in this Act shall be the permanent law with re-
spect thereto: Provided, That the provisions in this Act 
for the various items of official expenses of Members, offi-
cers, and committees of the Senate and House of Rep-
resentatives, and clerk hire for Senators and Members of 
the House of Representatives shall be the permanent law 
with respect thereto. 
CONSULTING SERVICES 
SEC. 204. The expenditure of any appropriation 
under this Act for any consulting service through procure-
ment contract, under section 3109 of title 5, United States 
Code, shall be limited to those contracts where such ex-
penditures are a matter of public record and available for 
public inspection, except where otherwise provided under 
existing law, or under existing Executive order issued 
under existing law. 
COSTS OF LBFMC 
SEC. 205. 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 $2,000.
LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE 
SEC. 206. 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, 
in the irregular shaped grassy areas bounded by Wash-
ington 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. 
LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS 
SEC. 207. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in-
strumentality of the United States Government, except 
pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro-
vided in, this Act or any other appropriation Act. 
GUIDED TOURS OF THE CAPITOL 
SEC. 208. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), 
none of the funds made available to the Architect of the 
Capitol in this Act may be used to eliminate or restrict 
guided tours of the United States Capitol which are led 
by employees and interns of offices of Members of Con-
gress and other offices of the House of Representatives 
and Senate. 
(b) At the direction of the Capitol Police Board, or 
at the direction of the Architect of the Capitol with the 
approval of the Capitol Police Board, guided tours of the
United States Capitol which are led by employees and in-
terns described in subsection (a) may be suspended tempo-
rarily or otherwise subject to restriction for security or re-
lated reasons to the same extent as guided tours of the 
United States Capitol which are led by the Architect of 
the Capitol. 
DELIVERY OF BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS 
SEC. 209. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to deliver a printed copy of a bill, joint 
resolution, or resolution to the office of a Member of the 
House of Representatives (including a Delegate or Resi-
dent Commissioner to the Congress) unless the Member 
requests a copy. 
DELIVERY OF CONGRESSIONAL RECORD 
SEC. 210. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to deliver a printed copy of any version 
of the Congressional Record to the office of a Member of 
the House of Representatives (including a Delegate or 
Resident Commissioner to the Congress). 
LIMITATION ON AMOUNT AVAILABLE TO LEASE VEHICLES 
SEC. 211. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by the Chief Administrative Officer of 
the House of Representatives to make any payments from 
any Members’ Representational Allowance for the leasing 
of a vehicle, excluding mobile district offices, in an aggre-
gate amount that exceeds $1,000 for the vehicle in any 
month. 
AUTHORIZING COMMERCIAL ACTIVITY ON UNION SQUARE 
SEC. 212. (a) CONTINUATION OF TYPES OF ACTIVITY 
PREVIOUSLY AUTHORIZED.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any limita-
tions on the use of the United States Capitol 
Grounds (including section 5104(c) of title 40, 
United States Code), the Chief of the United States 
Capitol Police (hereafter referred to as the 
‘‘Chief’’)— 
(A) may issue a permit authorizing a per-
son to engage in commercial activity in Union 
Square if the activity is similar to the types of 
commercial activity permitted in Union Square 
prior to the transfer of jurisdiction and control 
of Union Square to the Architect of the Capitol 
under section 1202 of the Legislative Branch 
Appropriations Act, 2012 (Public Law 112–74); 
and 
(B) under the terms and conditions of such 
a permit, may require the person to whom the 
permit is issued to pay a fee to cover any costs 
incurred by the Architect of the Capitol as a re-
sult of the issuance of the permit, if the fees 
are similar to the fees collected by the Director
of the National Park Service for commercial ac-
tivity permitted in Union Square prior to such 
transfer of jurisdiction and control. 
(2) REGULATIONS.—The Chief shall carry out 
this section in accordance with such regulations as 
the Capitol Police Board may promulgate pursuant 
to the Board’s authority under section 14 of the Act 
of July 31, 1946 (2 U.S.C. 1969). 
(b) CAPITOL TRUST ACCOUNT.— 
(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in 
the Treasury of the United States an account for 
the Architect of the Capitol to be known as the 
‘‘Capitol Trust Account’’, consisting of all fees col-
lected by the Chief under subsection (a)(2). 
(2) TRANSFER.—Immediately upon receiving 
any fees collected under subsection (a)(2), the Chief 
shall transfer the fees to the Capitol Trust Account. 
(3) USE OF FUNDS.—Amounts in the Capitol 
Trust Account shall be available without fiscal year 
limitation for such maintenance, improvements, and 
projects with respect to Union Square as the Archi-
tect of the Capitol considers appropriate, subject to 
the approval of the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and Senate.
(c) UNION SQUARE.—In this section, the term 
‘‘Union Square’’ means the area for which jurisdiction and 
control was transferred to the Architect of the Capitol 
under section 1202 of the Legislative Branch Appropria-
tions Act, 2012 (Public Law 112–74). 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take effect 
on the date of the enactment of the Legislative Branch 
Appropriations Act, 2012 (Public Law 112–74). 
SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT 
SEC. 213. The amount by which the applicable alloca-
tion of new budget authority made by the Committee on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives under sec-
tion 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, ex-
cluding Senate items, exceeds the amount of proposed new 
budget authority is $0 (increased by $1,235,000) (in-
creased by $878,000) (increased by $1,000,000). 
SEC. 214. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to provide an aggregate number of more 
than 50 printed copies of any edition of the United States 
Code to all offices of the House of Representatives.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative Branch Ap-
propriations Act, 2013’’. 
Passed the House of Representatives June 8, 2012. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5882 
AN ACT 
Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2013, 
and for other purposes.