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
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.
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
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.
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:
Clerk.