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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),
$47,984,000, of which $14,019,000 shall remain available
until expended.
FURNITURE AND FURNISHINGS
For necessary expenses for the purchase, installation,
maintenance, and repair of furniture, furnishings, office
and library equipment, $5,415,000.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
SEC. 201. Appropriations in this Act available to the
Library of Congress shall be available, in an amount of not
more than $198,390, of which $59,300 is for the Congres-
sional 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. 202. (a) No part of the funds appropriated in
this Act shall be used by the Library of Congress to admin-
ister 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
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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 performing re-
imbursable 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 Library
of Congress in this Act, not more than $5,000 may be ex-
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pended, on the certification of the Librarian of Congress,
in connection with official representation and reception ex-
penses 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 ex-
pended, on the certification of the Librarian of Congress,
in connection with official representation and reception ex-
penses 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).
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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, $17,327,000, of which $5,740,000
shall remain available until expended.
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses of the Office of Superintendent of Docu-
ments necessary to provide for the cataloging and indexing
of Government publications and their distribution to the
public, Members of Congress, other Government agencies,
and designated depository and international exchange li-
braries as authorized by law, $29,986,000: Provided, That
travel expenses, including travel expenses of the Depository
Library Council to the Public Printer, shall not exceed
$150,000: Provided further, That amounts of not more than
$2,000,000 from current year appropriations are author-
ized for producing and disseminating Congressional serial
sets and other related publications for 1998 and 1999 to
depository and other designated libraries.
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GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE REVOLVING FUND
For payment to the ‘‘Government Printing Office re-
volving fund’’, $5,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, for air-conditioning systems and elevator repair.
The Government Printing Office is hereby authorized
to make such expenditures, within the limits of funds avail-
able 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 programs and pur-
poses 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 expended on the certifi-
cation of the Public Printer in connection with official rep-
resentation 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 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 revolving
fund shall be available for temporary or intermittent serv-
ices under section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code,
but at rates for individuals not more than the daily equiva-
lent of the annual rate of basic pay for level V of the Execu-
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tive Schedule under section 5316 of such title: Provided fur-
ther, That the revolving fund and the funds provided under
the heading ‘‘OFFICE
OF SUPERINTENDENT
OF DOCU-
MENTS, SALARIES AND EXPENSES’’ together may not be
available for the full-time equivalent employment of more
than 3,383 workyears: Provided further, That activities fi-
nanced through the revolving fund may provide informa-
tion in any format: Provided further, That the revolving
fund shall not be used to administer any flexible or com-
pressed work schedule which applies to any manager or su-
pervisor 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.
GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the General Accounting Of-
fice, 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 reception ex-
penses; temporary or intermittent services under section
3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, but at rates for indi-
viduals 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 accord-
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ance with 31 U.S.C. 3324; benefits comparable to those pay-
able under sections 901(5), 901(6), and 901(8) of the For-
eign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4081(5), 4081(6), and
4081(8)); and under regulations prescribed by the Comp-
troller General of the United States, rental of living quar-
ters in foreign countries, $382,298,000: Provided, That not-
withstanding 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 available and remain available until expended,
and not more than $1,400,000 of such funds shall be avail-
able for use in fiscal year 2000: Provided further, That this
appropriation and appropriations for administrative ex-
penses of any other department or agency which is a mem-
ber of the Joint Financial Management Improvement Pro-
gram (JFMIP) shall be available to finance an appropriate
share of JFMIP costs as determined by the JFMIP, includ-
ing the salary of the Executive Director and secretarial sup-
port: Provided further, That this appropriation and appro-
priations for administrative expenses of any other depart-
ment or agency which is a member of the National Intergov-
ernmental 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
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participants. Payments hereunder to either Forum or the
JFMIP may be credited as reimbursements to any appro-
priation from which costs involved are initially financed:
Provided further, That this appropriation and appropria-
tions for administrative expenses of any other department
or agency which is a member 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 at-
tributable to membership of ACIPA in the International In-
stitute of Administrative 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 Com-
mittee 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 des-
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ignation of any office or position appropriated for is dif-
ferent 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 ex-
penses of Members, officers, and committees of the Senate
and House of Representatives, and clerk hire for Senators
and Members of the House of Representatives shall be the
permanent law with respect thereto.
SEC. 304. The expenditure of any appropriation under
this Act for any consulting service through procurement
contract, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited to
those contracts where such expenditures are a matter of pub-
lic record and available for public inspection, except where
otherwise provided under existing law, or under existing
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 products
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
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notice describing the statement made in subsection (a) by
the Congress.
(c) If it has been finally determined by a court or Fed-
eral agency that any person intentionally affixed a label
bearing a ‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, or any inscrip-
tion 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 con-
tract or subcontract made with funds provided pursuant
to this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and in-
eligibility procedures described in section 9.400 through
9.409 of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations.
SEC. 306. Such sums as may be necessary are appro-
priated to the account described in subsection (a) of section
415 of Public Law 104–1 to pay awards and settlements
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.
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SEC. 308. Section 316 of Public Law 101–302 is
amended in the first sentence of subsection (a) by striking
‘‘1999’’ and inserting ‘‘2000’’.
SEC. 309. For purposes of section 8147 of title 5,
United States Code, the Government Printing Office is not
considered an agency which is required by statute to submit
an annual budget pursuant to or as provided by chapter
91 of title 31, United States Code, and is not required to
pay an additional amount for the cost of administration.
SEC. 310. Chapter 5 of title II of division B of the
Omnibus Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Ap-
propriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105–277; 112 Stat.
2681–569) is amended in the matter under the subheading
‘‘CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER’’ under the heading ‘‘ARCHI-
TECT OF THE CAPITOL’’ by striking ‘‘the Committee
on Rules and Administration of the Senate, the Committee
on House Oversight of the House of Representatives, the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and of the Senate, and other appropriate committees
of the House of Representatives and of the Senate’’ and in-
serting ‘‘the United States Capitol Preservation Commis-
sion established under section 801 of the Arizona-Idaho
Conservation Act of 1988 (40 U.S.C. 188a)’’.
SEC. 311. (a) The National Park Service (in this sec-
tion referred to as the ‘‘sponsor’’) may during each of cal-
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endar years 1999 and 2000 sponsor a series of three concerts
by the National Symphony Orchestra (in this section each
concert referred to as an ‘‘event’’) on the Capitol Grounds.
Such concerts shall be held on Memorial Day, 4th of July,
and Labor Day of each such calendar year, or on such alter-
nate dates during that calendar year as the Speaker of the
House of Representatives and the Committee on Rules and
Administration of the Senate may jointly designate.
(b)(1) Under conditions to be prescribed by the Archi-
tect of the Capitol and the Capitol Police Board, each event
authorized by subsection (a)—
(A) shall be free of admission charge and open
to the public, with no preferential seating except for
security purposes as determined in accordance with
subsection (d), and
(B) shall be arranged not to interfere with the
needs of Congress.
(2) The sponsor shall assume full responsibility for all
expenses and liabilities incident to all activities associated
with each event.
(3) Pursuant to section 451 of the Legislative Reorga-
nization Act of 1970 (40 U.S.C. 193m–l), the Comptroller
General of the United States shall perform an annual audit
of the events for each of calendar years 1999 and 2000 and
provide a report on each audit to the Speaker of the House
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of Representatives and the Chairman of the Senate Com-
mittee on Rules and Administration not later than Decem-
ber 15 of the calendar year for which the audit was per-
formed.
(c)(1) Subject to the approval of the Architect of the
Capitol, the sponsor may erect upon the Capitol Grounds
such stage, sound amplification devices, and other related
structures and equipment as may be required for each event.
(2) Subject to the restrictions contained in subsection
(d), the concerts held on Memorial Day and 4th of July
(or their alternate dates) may be broadcast over radio, tele-
vision, and other media outlets.
(3) In order to permit the setting up and taking down
of structures and equipment and the conducting of dress
rehearsals, the Architect of the Capitol may permit the
sponsor to use the West Central Front of the United States
Capitol for each event for not more than—
(A) six days if the concert is televised, and
(B) four days if the concert is not televised.
The Architect may not schedule any use under this para-
graph if it would interfere with any concert to be performed
by a military band of the United States.
(4) The Architect of the Capitol and the Capitol Police
Board are authorized to make any such additional arrange-
ments as may be required to carry out each event.
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(d)(1) The Capitol Police Board shall for each event—
(A) provide for all security related needs, and
(B) provide for enforcement of the restrictions
contained in section 4 of the Act of July 31, 1946 (40
U.S.C. 193d; 60 Stat. 718), concerning sales, dis-
plays, advertisements, and solicitations on the Capitol
Grounds, as well as other restrictions applicable to
the Capitol Grounds.
(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), credits may be ap-
propriately given to private sponsors of an event at the con-
clusion of any broadcast of the event.
(3) The Architect of the Capitol and the Capitol Police
Board shall enter into an agreement with the sponsor, and
such other persons participating in an event as the Archi-
tect of the Capitol and the Capitol Police Board considers
appropriate, under which the sponsor and such persons
agree to comply with the requirements of this subsection.
The agreement shall specifically prohibit the use for a com-
mercial purpose of any photograph taken at, or broadcast
production of, the event.
SEC. 312. TRADE DEFICIT REVIEW COMMISSION. (a)
APPROPRIATIONS.—Section 127(i) of the Trade Deficit Re-
view Commission Act (19 U.S.C. 2213 note) is amended
by adding at the end the following new sentence:
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‘‘Amounts appropriated pursuant to this subsection shall
remain available until the date which is 90 days after the
date on which the Commission submits the final report de-
scribed in subsection (e).’’.
(b) APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN PAY AUTHORITIES TO
MEMBERS
OF
THE
COMMISSION.—Section 127(g) of the
Trade Deficit Review Commission Act is amended by add-
ing at the end the following new paragraph:
‘‘(6) APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN PAY AUTHORI-
TIES.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An individual who is a
member of the Commission and is an annuitant
or otherwise covered by section 8344 or 8468 of
title 5, United States Code, by reason of member-
ship on the Commission is not subject to the pro-
visions of section 8344 or 8468 (whichever is ap-
plicable) with respect to such membership.
‘‘(B) UNIFORMED SERVICE.—An individual
who is a member of the Commission and is a
member or former member of a uniformed service
is not subject to the provisions of subsections (b)
and (c) of section 5532, United States Code, with
respect to membership on the Commission.’’.
(c) TERMINATION OF COMMISSION AND OTHER MAT-
TERS.—Section 127 of the Trade Deficit Review Commis-
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sion Act is amended by adding at the end the following
new subsections:
‘‘(j) FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ACT.—The pro-
visions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Public Law
92-463; 5 U.S.C. App.) shall not apply to the Commission.
‘‘(k) TERMINATION.—The Commission shall terminate
90 days after the date on which the Commission submits
the final report under subsection (e).’’.
SEC. 313. CREDITABLE SERVICE WITH CONGRES-
SIONAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEES. Section 8332(m)(1)(A) of
title 5, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(A) such employee has at least 4 years and 6
months of service on such committees as of December
12, 1980; and’’.
SEC. 314. Section 207(e) of title 18, United States
Code, is amended—
(1) by striking paragraphs (1), (2), (3), and (4)
and inserting the following:
‘‘(1) MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND ELECTED OF-
FICERS.—Any person who is a Member of Congress or
an elected officer of either House of Congress and who,
within 2 years after that person leaves office, know-
ingly makes, with the intent to influence, any com-
munication to or appearance before any Member, offi-
cer, or employee of either House of Congress, or any
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employee of any other legislative office of Congress, on
behalf of any other person (except the United States)
in connection with any matter on which such former
Member of Congress or elected officer seeks action by
a Member, officer, or employee of either House of Con-
gress, in his or her official capacity, shall be punished
as provided in section 216 of this title.
‘‘(2) CONGRESSIONAL
EMPLOYEES.—(A) Any
person who is an employee of the Senate or an em-
ployee of the House of Representatives who, within 2
years after termination of such employment, know-
ingly makes, with the intent to influence, any com-
munication to or appearance before any person de-
scribed under subparagraph (B), on behalf of any
other person (except the United States) in connection
with any matter on which such former employee seeks
action by a Member, officer, or employee of either
House of Congress, in his or her official capacity,
shall be punished as provided in section 216 of this
title.
‘‘(B) The persons referred to under subparagraph
(A) with respect to appearances or communications
by a former employee are any Member, officer, or em-
ployee of the House of Congress in which such former
employee served.’’;