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LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Library of Congress, not other-
wise provided for, including development and maintenance of the
Union Catalogs; custody and custodial care of the Library buildings;
special clothing; cleaning, laundering and repair of uniforms;
preservation of motion pictures in the custody of the Library;
preparation and distribution of catalog cards and other publications
of the Library; hire or purchase 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, $211,664,000, of which not more than $7,869,000 shall be
derived from collections credited to this appropriation during fiscal
year 1996 under the Act of June 28, 1902 (chapter 1301; 32 Stat.
480; 2 U.S.C. 150): Provided, That the total amount available for
obligation shall be reduced by the amount by which collections
are less than the $7,869,000: Provided further, That of the total
amount appropriated, $8,458,000 is to remain available until
expended for acquisition of books, periodicals, and newspapers,
and all other materials including subscriptions for bibliographic
services for the Library, including $40,000 to be available solely
for the purchase, when specifically approved by the Librarian, of
special and unique materials for additions to the collections.
COPYRIGHT OFFICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, including
publication of the decisions of the United States courts involving
copyrights, $30,818,000, of which not more than $16,840,000 shall
be derived from collections credited to this appropriation during
fiscal year 1996 under 17 U.S.C. 708(c), and not more than
$2,990,000 shall be derived from collections during fiscal year 1996
under 17 U.S.C. 111(d)(2), 119(b)(2), 802(h), and 1005: Provided,
That the total amount available for obligation shall be reduced
by the amount by which collections are less than $19,830,000:
Provided further, That up to $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 intellec-
tual property laws and policies: Provided further, That not to exceed
$2,250 may be expended on the certification of the Librarian of
Congress or his designee, in connection with official representation
and reception expenses for activities of the International Copyright
Institute.
BOOKS FOR THE BLIND AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For salaries and expenses to carry out the provisions of the
Act of March 3, 1931 (chapter 400; 46 Stat. 1487; 2 U.S.C. 135a),
$44,951,000, of which $11,694,000 shall remain available until
expended.
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FURNITURE AND FURNISHINGS
For necessary expenses for the purchase and repair of furniture,
furnishings, office and library equipment, $4,882,000, of which
$943,000 shall be available until expended only for the purchase
and supply of furniture, shelving, furnishings, and related costs
necessary for the renovation and restoration of the Thomas Jeffer-
son and John Adams Library buildings.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
SEC. 202. Appropriations in this Act available to the Library
of Congress shall be available, in an amount not to exceed $194,290,
of which $58,100 is for the Congressional Research Service, when
specifically authorized by the Librarian, for attendance at meetings
concerned with the function or activity for which the appropriation
is made.
SEC. 203. (a) No part of the funds appropriated in this Act
shall be used by the Library of Congress to administer any flexible
or compressed work schedule which—
(1) applies to any manager or supervisor in a position
the grade or level of which is equal to or higher than GS–
15; and
(2) grants such manager or supervisor the right to not
be at work for all or a portion of a workday because of time
worked by the manager or supervisor on another workday.
(b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘manager or super-
visor’’ means any management official or supervisor, as such terms
are defined in section 7103(a) (10) and (11) of title 5, United
States Code.
SEC. 204. Appropriated funds received by the Library of Con-
gress from other Federal agencies to cover general and administra-
tive overhead costs generated by performing reimbursable work
for other agencies under the authority of 31 U.S.C. 1535 and 1536
shall not be used to employ more than 65 employees and may
be expended or obligated—
(1) in the case of a reimbursement, only to such extent
or in such amounts as are provided in appropriations Acts;
or
(2) in the case of an advance payment, only—
(A) to pay for such general or administrative over-
head costs as are attributable to the work performed for
such agency; or
(B) to such extent or in such amounts as are provided
in appropriations Acts, with respect to any purpose not
allowable under subparagraph (A).
SEC. 205. Not to exceed $5,000 of any funds appropriated to
the Library of Congress may be expended, on the certification
of the Librarian of Congress, in connection with official representa-
tion and reception expenses for the Library of Congress incentive
awards program.
SEC. 206. Not to exceed $12,000 of funds appropriated to the
Library of Congress may be expended, on the certification of the
Librarian of Congress or his designee, in connection with official
representation and reception expenses for the Overseas Field
Offices.
SEC. 207. Under the heading ‘‘Library of Congress’’ obligational
authority shall be available, in an amount not to exceed $99,412,000
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for reimbursable and revolving fund activities, and $6,812,000 for
non-expenditure transfer activities in support of parliamentary
development during the current fiscal year.
SEC. 208. Notwithstanding this or any other Act, obligational
authority under the heading ‘‘Library of Congress’’ for activities
in support of parliamentary development is prohibited, except for
Russia, Ukraine, Albania, Slovakia, and Romania, for other than
incidental purposes.
SEC. 209. (a) The purpose of this section is to reduce the
cost of information support for the Congress by eliminating duplica-
tion among systems which provide electronic access by Congress
to legislative information.
(b) As used in this section, the term ‘‘legislative information’’
means information, prepared within the legislative branch, consist-
ing of the text of publicly available bills, amendments, committee
hearings, and committee reports, the text of the Congressional
Record, data relating to bill status, data relating to legislative
activity, and other similar public information that is directly related
to the legislative process.
(c) Pursuant to the plan approved under subsection (d) and
consistent with the provisions of any other law, the Library of
Congress or the entity designated by that plan shall develop and
maintain, in coordination with other appropriate entities of the
legislative branch, a single legislative information retrieval system
to serve the entire Congress.
(d) The Library shall develop a plan for creation of this system,
taking into consideration the findings and recommendations of the
study directed by House Report No. 103–517 to identify and elimi-
nate redundancies in congressional information systems. This plan
must be approved by the Committee on Rules and Administration
of the Senate, the Committee on House Oversight of the House
of Representatives, and the Committees on Appropriations of the
Senate and the House of Representatives. The Library shall provide
these committees with regular status reports on the development
of the plan.
(e) In formulating its plan, the Library shall examine issues
regarding efficient ways to make this information available to the
public. This analysis shall be submitted to the Committees on
Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives
as well as the Committee on Rules and Administration of the
Senate, and the Committee on House Oversight of the House of
Representatives for their consideration and possible action.
ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL
LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS
STRUCTURAL AND MECHANICAL CARE
For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and structural
maintenance, care and operation of the Library buildings and
grounds, $12,428,000, of which $3,710,000 shall remain available
until expended.
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GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses of the Office of Superintendent of Documents
necessary to provide for the cataloging and indexing of Government
publications and their distribution to the public, Members of Con-
gress, other Government agencies, and designated depository and
international exchange libraries as authorized by law, $30,307,000:
Provided, That travel expenses, including travel expenses of the
Depository Library Council to the Public Printer, shall not exceed
$130,000: Provided further, That funds, not to exceed $2,000,000,
from current year appropriations are authorized for producing and
disseminating Congressional Serial Sets and other related Congres-
sional/non-Congressional publications for 1994 and 1995 to deposi-
tory and other designated libraries.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION
SEC. 210. The fiscal year 1997 budget submission of the Public
Printer to the Congress for the Government Printing Office shall
include appropriations requests and recommendations to the Con-
gress that—
(1) are consistent with the strategic plan included in the
technological study performed by the Public Printer pursuant
to Senate Report 104–114;
(2) assure substantial progress toward maximum use of
electronic information dissemination technologies by all depart-
ments, agencies, and other entities of the Government with
respect to the Depository Library Program and information
dissemination generally; and
(3) are formulated so as to require that any department,
agency, or other entity of the Government that does not make
such progress shall bear from its own resources the cost of
its information dissemination by other than electronic means.
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE REVOLVING FUND
The Government Printing Office is hereby authorized to make
such expenditures, within the limits of funds available and in
accord with the law, and to make such contracts and commitments
without regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by section
104 of the Government Corporation Control Act 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 revolv-
ing fund: Provided, That not to exceed $2,500 may be expended
on the certification of the Public Printer in connection with official
representation and reception expenses: Provided further, That the
revolving fund shall be available for the hire or purchase of pas-
senger motor vehicles, not to exceed a fleet of twelve: Provided
further, That expenditures in connection with travel expenses of
the advisory councils to the Public Printer shall be deemed nec-
essary to carry out the provisions of title 44, United States Code:
Provided further, That the revolving fund shall be available for
services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 but at rates for individuals
not to exceed the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for level