(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 supervisor’’ means any management official or super-
visor, as such terms are defined in section 7103(a)(10)
and (11) of title 5, United States Code.
SEC. 203. Appropriated funds received by the Library
of Congress from other Federal agencies to cover general
and administrative overhead costs generated by per-
forming 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 appro-
priations Acts; or
(2) in the case of an advance payment, only—
(A) to pay for such general or administra-
tive overhead 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 re-
spect to any purpose not allowable under sub-
paragraph (A).
SEC. 204. Of the amounts appropriated to the Li-
brary of Congress in this Act, not more than $5,000 may
be expended, on the certification of the Librarian of Con-
gress, in connection with official representation and recep-
tion expenses for the incentive awards program.
SEC. 205. Of the amount appropriated to the Library
of Congress in this Act, not more than $12,000 may be
expended, on the certification of the Librarian of Con-
gress, in connection with official representation and recep-
tion expenses for the Overseas Field Offices.
SEC. 206. (a) For fiscal year 2000, the obligational
authority of the Library of Congress for the activities de-
scribed in subsection (b) may not exceed $98,788,000.
(b) The activities referred to in subsection (a) are re-
imbursable and revolving fund activities that are funded
from sources other than appropriations to the Library in
appropriations Acts for the legislative branch.
SEC. 207. The Library of Congress may use available
funds, now and hereafter, to enter into contracts for the
lease or acquisition of severable services for a period that
begins in one fiscal year and ends in the next fiscal year
and to enter into multi-year contracts for the acquisition
of property and services pursuant to sections 303L and
304B, respectively, of the Federal Property and Adminis-
trative Services Act (41 U.S.C. 253l and 254c).
SEC. 208. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision
of law regarding the qualifications and method of appoint-
ment of employees of the Library of Congress, the Librar-
ian of Congress, using such method of appointment as the
Librarian may select, may appoint not more than three
individuals who meet such qualifications as the Librarian
may impose to serve as management specialists for a term
not to exceed three years.
(b) No individual appointed as a management spe-
cialist under subsection (a) may serve in such position
after December 31, 2004.
SEC. 209. (a) section 904 of the Supplemental Appro-
priations Act, 1983 (2 U.S.C. 136a–2) is amended to read
as follows:
‘‘SEC. 904. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law—
‘‘(1) the Librarian of Congress shall be com-
pensated at an annual rate of pay which is equal to
the annual rate of basic pay payable for positions at
level II of the Executive Schedule under section
5313 of title 5, United States Code; and
‘‘(2) the Deputy Librarian of Congress shall be
compensated at an annual rate of pay which is equal
to the annual rate of basic pay payable for positions
at level III of the Executive Schedule under section
5314 of title 5, United States Code.’’.
(b) section 203(c)(1) of the Legislative Reorganiza-
tion Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 166(c)(1)) is amended by strik-
ing the second sentence and inserting the following: ‘‘The
basic pay of the Director shall be at a per annum rate
equal to the rate of basic pay provided for level III of the
Executive Schedule under section 5314 of title 5, United
States Code.’’.
(c) The amendments made by this section shall apply
with respect to the first pay period which begins on or
after the date of the enactment of this Act and each subse-
quent pay period.
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, $17,782,000, of which $5,150,000
shall remain available until expended.
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
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, $29,986,000: Provided,
That travel expenses, including travel expenses of the De-
pository Library Council to the Public Printer, shall not
exceed $175,000: Provided further, That amounts of not
more than $2,000,000 from current year appropriations
are authorized for producing and disseminating Congres-
sional serial sets and other related publications for 1998
and 1999 to depository and other designated libraries.
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 9104 of title 31, United
States Code, as may be necessary in carrying out the pro-
grams and purposes set forth in the budget for the current
fiscal year for the Government Printing Office revolving
fund: Provided, That not more than $2,500 may be ex-
pended on the certification of the Public Printer in connec-
tion with official representation and reception expenses:
Provided further, That the revolving fund shall be available
for the hire or purchase of not more than twelve passenger
motor vehicles: Provided further, That expenditures in con-
nection with travel expenses 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 revolving fund shall be available for tem-
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 3,313
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.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION
SEC. 210. (a) section 311 of title 44, United States
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new
subsection:
‘‘(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, sec-
tion 3709 of the Revised Statutes (41 U.S.C. 5) shall
apply with respect to purchases and contracts for the Gov-
ernment Printing Office as if the reference to ‘$25,000’
in clause (1) of such section were a reference to
‘$100,000’.’’.
(b) The heading of section 311 of title 44, United
States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘AUTHORITY’’ and
inserting ‘‘AUTHORITY; SMALL PURCHASE THRESH-
OLD’’.
(c) The table of sections for chapter 3 of title 44,
United States Code, is amended by striking the item relat-
ing to section 311 and inserting the following:
‘‘311. Purchases exempt from the Federal Property and Administrative Services
Act; contract negotiation authority; small purchase threshold.’’.
GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the General Accounting
Office, including not more than $7,000 to be expended on
the certification of the Comptroller General of the United
States in connection with official representation and recep-
tion 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 pas-
senger motor vehicle; advance payments in foreign coun-
tries in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 3324; benefits com-
parable 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 Comptroller General of the United
States, rental of living quarters in foreign countries,
$372,681,000: Provided, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C.
9105 hereafter amounts reimbursed to the Comptroller
General pursuant to that section shall be deposited to the
appropriation of the General Accounting Office then avail-
able and remain available until expended, and not more
than $1,400,000 of such funds shall be available for use
in fiscal year 2000: Provided further, That this appropria-
tion and appropriations for administrative expenses of any
other department or agency which is a member of the
Joint Financial Management Improvement Program
(JFMIP) shall be available to finance an appropriate
share of JFMIP costs as determined by the JFMIP, in-
cluding the salary of the Executive Director and secre-
tarial support: 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 Forum’s costs as
determined by the respective Forum, including necessary
travel expenses of non-Federal participants. Payments
hereunder to either Forum or the JFMIP may be credited
as reimbursements to any appropriation from which costs
involved are initially financed: Provided further, That this
appropriation and appropriations for administrative ex-
penses of any other department or agency which is a mem-
ber 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 attributable to member-
ship of ACIPA in the International Institute of Adminis-
trative 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
2000 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
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 5 U.S.C. 3109, 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 ex-
isting 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-
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 $1,500.
SEC. 308. section 308 of the Legislative Branch Ap-
propriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105–275; 112 Stat.
2452) is amended—
(1) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘(40 U.S.C.
174j–1(b)(1))’’ and inserting ‘‘(40 U.S.C. 174j–1
note)’’;
(2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘(40 U.S.C.
174j–1(c))’’ and inserting ‘‘(40 U.S.C. 174j–1
note)’’; and