the costs of salaries and benefits for the Copyright Royalty 
Judges and staff under section 802(e). 
CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For all 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, 
$104,091,000: 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 Committee on House 
Administration of the House of Representatives or the 
Committee on Rules and Administration 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), $50,674,000: 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. 
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
REIMBURSABLE AND REVOLVING FUND ACTIVITIES 
SEC. 1101. (a) IN GENERAL.—For fiscal year 2012, 
the obligational authority of the Library of Congress for 
the activities described in subsection (b) may not exceed 
$169,725,000. 
(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. 
(c) TRANSFER OF FUNDS.—During fiscal year 2012, 
the Librarian of Congress may temporarily transfer funds 
appropriated in this Act, under the heading ‘‘Library of 
Congress’’, under the subheading ‘‘Salaries and Ex-
penses’’, to the revolving fund for the FEDLINK Program 
and the Federal Research Program established under sec-
tion 103 of the Library of Congress Fiscal Operations Im-
provement Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–481; 2 U.S.C. 
182c): Provided, That the total amount of such transfers 
may not exceed $1,900,000: Provided further, That the ap-
propriate revolving fund account shall reimburse the Li-
brary for any amounts transferred to it before the period 
of availability of the Library appropriation expires. 
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TRANSFER AUTHORITY 
SEC. 1102. (a) IN GENERAL.—Amounts appropriated 
for fiscal year 2012 for the Library of Congress may be 
transferred during fiscal year 2012 between any of the 
headings under the heading ‘‘Library of Congress’’ upon 
the approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate. 
(b) LIMITATION.—Not more than 10 percent of the 
total amount of funds appropriated to the account under 
any heading under the heading ‘‘Library of Congress’’ for 
fiscal year 2012 may be transferred from that account by 
all transfers made under subsection (a). 
FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR WORKERS COMPENSATION 
PAYMENTS 
SEC. 1103. (a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, available balances of expired Li-
brary of Congress appropriations shall be available for the 
purposes of making payments for employees of the Library 
of Congress under section 8147 of title 5, United States 
Code without regard to the fiscal year for which the obli-
gation to make such payments is incurred. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply with 
respect to appropriations for fiscal year 2012 and each 
fiscal year thereafter. 
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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; printing and binding of Government publications 
authorized by law to be distributed to Members of Con-
gress; and printing, binding, and distribution of Govern-
ment publications authorized by law to be distributed 
without charge to the recipient, $78,000,000: Provided, 
That this appropriation shall not be available for paper 
copies of the permanent edition of the Congressional 
Record for individual Representatives, Resident Commis-
sioners or Delegates authorized under section 906 of title 
44, United States Code: Provided further, That this appro-
priation shall be available for the payment of obligations 
incurred under the appropriations for similar purposes for 
preceding fiscal years: Provided further, That notwith-
standing the 2-year limitation 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 Con-
gress under chapter 7 of title 44, United States Code, may 
be expended to print a document, report, or publication 
after the 27-month period beginning on the date that such 
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document, report, or publication is authorized by Congress 
to be printed, unless Congress reauthorizes such printing 
in accordance with section 718 of title 44, United States 
Code: Provided further, That any unobligated or unex-
pended balances in this account or accounts for similar 
purposes for preceding fiscal years may be transferred to 
the Government Printing Office revolving fund for car-
rying out the purposes of this heading, subject to the ap-
proval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House 
of Representatives and Senate: Provided further, That not-
withstanding sections 901, 902, and 906 of title 44, 
United States Code, this appropriation may be used to 
prepare indexes to the Congressional 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, $35,000,000: Provided, 
That amounts of not more than $2,000,000 from current 
year appropriations are authorized for producing and dis-
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