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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 Execu-
tive 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 payable 
under section 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 General of the 
United States, rental of living quarters in foreign coun-
tries, $458,533,000: Provided, That not more than 
$4,806,200 of payments received under section 782 of title 
31, United States Code, shall be available for use in fiscal 
year 2004: Provided further, That not more than 
$1,200,000 of reimbursements received under section 
9105 of title 31, United States Code, shall be available 
for use in fiscal year 2004: Provided further, That this 
appropriation and appropriations for administrative ex-
penses of any other department or agency which is a mem-
ber of the National Intergovernmental Audit Forum or a 
Regional Intergovernmental Audit Forum shall be avail-
able to finance an appropriate share of either Forum’s 
costs as determined by the respective Forum, including
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necessary travel expenses of non-Federal participants: 
Provided further, That payments hereunder to the Forum 
may be credited as reimbursements to any appropriation 
from which costs involved are initially financed: Provided 
further, That this appropriation and appropriations for ad-
ministrative expenses of any other department or agency 
which is a member of the American Consortium on Inter-
national Public Administration (ACIPA) shall be available 
to finance an appropriate share of ACIPA costs as deter-
mined by the ACIPA, including any expenses attributable 
to membership of ACIPA in the International Institute of 
Administrative Sciences. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
SEC. 1301. (a) At any time during fiscal year 2004 
or any succeeding fiscal year, the Comptroller General 
may accept payment from the Securities and Exchange 
Commission for the performance of any audit of the finan-
cial statements of the Commission which is conducted by 
the Comptroller General. 
(b) Any payment accepted under the authority of sub-
section (a) shall be credited to the account established for 
salaries and expenses of the General Accounting Office, 
and shall be available for obligation and expenditure upon 
receipt.
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PAYMENT TO THE 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, $13,000,000. 
TITLE II—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
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. 
SEC. 202. No part of the funds appropriated in this 
Act shall remain available for obligation beyond fiscal year 
2004 unless expressly so provided in this Act. 
SEC. 203. 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
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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. 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. 
SEC. 205. Such sums as may be necessary are appro-
priated to the account described in subsection (a) of sec-
tion 415 of the Congressional Accountability Act to pay 
awards and settlements as authorized under such sub-
section. 
SEC. 206. 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.
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SEC. 207. 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 
and sidewalks, in the irregular shaped grassy areas bound-
ed by Washington 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. 
SEC. 208. 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. 
SEC. 209. During fiscal year 2004 and any suc-
ceeding fiscal year, any entity in the legislative branch 
which is a member of the Federal Accounting Standards 
Advisory Board may use funds made available to the enti-
ty for the fiscal year to finance an appropriate share of 
the costs of the Board for the year. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative Branch Ap-
propriations Act, 2004’’.
Passed the House of Representatives July 9, 2003. 
Attest: 
JEFF TRANDAHL, 
Clerk.
Calendar No. 191
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 2657
AN ACT 
Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, 
and for other purposes. 
JULY 10, 2003
Received, read twice and placed on the calendar