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able until expended: Provided, That hereafter expenses, based on
full cost recovery, for flying American flags and providing certifi-
cation services therefor shall be advanced or reimbursed upon
request of the Architect of the Capitol, and amounts so received
shall be deposited into the Treasury.
CAPITOL GROUNDS
For all necessary expenses for care and improvement of grounds
surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House office buildings,
and the Capitol Power Plant, $5,143,000, of which $25,000 shall
remain available until expended.
SENATE OFFICE BUILDINGS
For all necessary expenses for maintenance, care and operation
of Senate Office Buildings; and furniture and furnishings to be
expended under the control and supervision of the Architect of
the Capitol, $41,757,000, of which $4,850,000 shall remain available
until expended.
HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and oper-
ation of the House office buildings, $33,001,000, of which $5,261,000
shall remain available until expended.
CAPITOL POWER PLANT
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and oper-
ation of the Capitol Power Plant; lighting, heating, power (including
the purchase of electrical energy) and water and sewer services
for the Capitol, Senate and House office buildings, Library of Con-
gress buildings, and the grounds about the same, Botanic Garden,
Senate garage, and air conditioning refrigeration not supplied from
plants in any of such buildings; heating the Government Printing
Office and Washington City Post Office, and heating and chilled
water for air conditioning for the Supreme Court Building, Union
Station complex, Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building
and the Folger Shakespeare Library, expenses for which shall be
advanced or reimbursed upon request of the Architect of the Capitol
and amounts so received shall be deposited into the Treasury to
the credit of this appropriation, $31,518,000: Provided, That not
to exceed $4,000,000 of the funds credited or to be reimbursed
to this appropriation as herein provided shall be available for obliga-
tion during fiscal year 1996.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For 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 Annotated Constitution of the United
States of America, $60,084,000: Provided, That no part of this
appropriation may be used to pay any salary or expense in connec-
tion with any publication, or preparation of material therefor (except
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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 Oversight of the House of Rep-
resentatives or the Committee on Rules and Administration of
the Senate: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, the compensation of the Director of the Congressional
Research Service, Library of Congress, shall be at an annual rate
which is equal to the annual rate of basic pay for positions at
level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title
5, United States Code.
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING AND BINDING
For authorized printing and binding for the Congress and the
distribution of Congressional information in any format; printing
and binding for the Architect of the Capitol; expenses necessary
for preparing the semimonthly and session index to the Congres-
sional Record, as authorized by law (44 U.S.C. 902); printing and
binding of Government publications authorized by law to be distrib-
uted to Members of Congress; and printing, binding, and distribu-
tion of Government publications authorized by law to be distributed
without charge to the recipient, $83,770,000: Provided, That this
appropriation shall not be available for paper copies of the perma-
nent edition of the Congressional Record for individual Representa-
tives, Resident Commissioners or Delegates authorized under 44
U.S.C. 906: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be avail-
able for the payment of obligations incurred under the appropria-
tions for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Congressional Operations Appro-
priations Act, 1996’’.
TITLE II—OTHER AGENCIES
BOTANIC GARDEN
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and oper-
ation of the Botanic Garden and the nurseries, buildings, grounds,
and collections; and purchase and exchange, maintenance, repair,
and operation of a passenger motor vehicle; all under the direction
of the Joint Committee on the Library, $3,053,000.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
SEC. 201. (a) Section 201 of the Legislative Branch Appropria-
tions Act, 1993 (40 U.S.C. 216c note) is amended by striking out
‘‘$6,000,000’’ each place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof
‘‘$10,000,000’’.
(b) Section 307E(a)(1) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations
Act, 1989 (40 U.S.C. 216c(a)(1)) is amended by striking out ‘‘plans’’
and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘plants’’.
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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