103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4454
AN ACT
Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 1995, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the
Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September
30, 1995, and for other purposes, namely:
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TITLE I—CONGRESSIONAL OPERATIONS
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
PAYMENTS TO WIDOWS AND HEIRS OF DECEASED
MEMBERS OF CONGRESS
For payment to the estate of William H. Natcher,
late a Representative from the Commonwealth of Ken-
tucky, $133,600.
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For salaries and expenses of the House of Represent-
atives, $728,468,000, as follows:
HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES
For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law,
$6,096,000, including: Office of the Speaker, $1,444,000,
including $25,000 for official expenses of the Speaker; Of-
fice of the Majority Floor Leader, $1,042,000, including
$10,000 for official expenses of the Majority Leader; Of-
fice of the Minority Floor Leader, $1,429,000, including
$10,000 for official expenses of the Minority Leader; Of-
fice of the Majority Whip, $1,284,000, including $5,000
for official expenses of the Majority Whip and not to ex-
ceed $563,000 for the Chief Deputy Majority Whips; and
Office of the Minority Whip, $897,000, including $5,000
for official expenses of the Minority Whip and not to ex-
ceed $104,000 for the Chief Deputy Minority Whip.
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MEMBERS’ CLERK HIRE
For staff employed by each Member in the discharge
of official and representative duties, $240,417,000.
COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES
For professional and clerical employees of standing
committees, including the Committee on Appropriations
and the Committee on the Budget, $73,925,000.
COMMITTEE ON THE BUDGET (STUDIES)
For salaries, expenses, and studies by the Committee
on the Budget, and temporary personal services for such
committee to be expended in accordance with sections
101(c), 606, 703, and 901(e) of the Congressional Budget
Act of 1974, and to be available for reimbursement to
agencies for services performed, $401,000.
STANDING COMMITTEES, SPECIAL AND SELECT
For salaries and expenses of standing committees,
special and select, authorized by the House, $53,191,000.
COMMITTEE ON HOUSE ADMINISTRATION
HOUSE INFORMATION SYSTEMS
For salaries, expenses and temporary personal serv-
ices of House Information Systems, under the direction
of the Committee on House Administration, $22,437,000,
of which $16,017,000 is provided herein: Provided, That
House Information Systems is authorized to receive reim-
bursement for services provided from Members of the
House of Representatives and other Governmental entities
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and such reimbursement shall be deposited in the Treas-
ury for credit to this account: Provided further, That
amounts so credited for fiscal year 1994 and not obligated
shall be available for obligation in fiscal year 1995.
ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES
For allowances and expenses as authorized by House
resolution or law, $244,572,000, including: Official Ex-
penses of Members, $79,800,000; supplies, materials, ad-
ministrative costs and Federal tort claims, $6,103,000;
net expenses of purchase, lease and maintenance of office
equipment, $11,779,000; net expenses for telecommuni-
cations, 
$10,872,000; 
furniture 
and 
furnishings,
$2,012,000; stenographic reporting of committee hearings,
$1,100,000; 
reemployed 
annuitants 
reimbursements,
$1,279,000; Government contributions to employees’ life
insurance fund, retirement funds, Social Security fund,
Medicare fund, health benefits fund, and worker’s and un-
employment compensation, $130,849,000; and miscellane-
ous items including purchase, exchange, maintenance, re-
pair 
and 
operation 
of 
House 
motor 
vehicles,
interparliamentary receptions, and gratuities to heirs of
deceased employees of the House, $778,000.
CHILD CARE CENTER
For salaries and expenses of the House of Represent-
atives Child Care Center, such amounts as are deposited
in the account established by section 312(d)(1) of the Leg-
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islative Branch Appropriations Act, 1992 (40 U.S.C.
184g(d)(1)), subject to the level specified in the budget
of the Center, as submitted to the Committee on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives.
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS (STUDIES AND
INVESTIGATIONS)
For salaries and expenses, studies and examinations
of executive agencies, by the Committee on Appropria-
tions, and temporary personal services for such committee,
to be expended in accordance with section 202(b) of the
Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 and to be available
for reimbursement to agencies for services performed,
$6,495,000: Provided, That the Federal Bureau of Inves-
tigation, notwithstanding any other provision of law, may
in any fiscal year pay all administrative uncontrollable
overtime accrued by its employees while on detail to the
Committee on Appropriations.
OFFICIAL MAIL COSTS
For expenses necessary for official mail costs of the
House of Representatives, as authorized by law,
$31,000,000.
SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
For compensation and expenses of officers and em-
ployees, as authorized by law, $56,354,000, including: for
salaries and expenses of the Office of the Clerk, including
not to exceed $1,000 for official representation and recep-
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tion expenses, $14,158,000; for salaries and expenses of
the Office of the Sergeant at Arms, including not to exceed
$500 for official representation and reception expenses,
$1,502,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the
Doorkeeper, including overtime as authorized by law,
$11,506,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of Di-
rector 
of 
Non-legislative 
and 
Financial 
Services,
$16,360,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of In-
spector General, $295,000; for salaries and expenses of
the Office of General Counsel, $762,000; Office of the
Chaplain, $124,000; Office of the Parliamentarian, includ-
ing the Parliamentarian and $2,000 for preparing the Di-
gest of Rules, $983,000; for salaries and expenses of the
Office of the Historian, $337,000; for salaries and ex-
penses of the Office of the Law Revision Counsel of the
House, $1,630,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office
of the Legislative Counsel of the House, $4,400,000; six
minority employees, $747,000; the House Democratic
Steering and Policy Committee and the Democratic Cau-
cus, $1,523,000; the House Republican Conference,
$1,523,000; and other authorized employees, $504,000.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION
SEC. 101. (a) TRANSFER OF MAJORITY AND MINOR-
ITY PRINTERS TO DIRECTOR OF NON-LEGISLATIVE AND
FINANCIAL SERVICES.—As soon as practicable, but not
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later than October 1, 1994, authority over the Majority
and Minority Printers of the House of Representatives
shall be transferred to the Director of Non-legislative and
Financial Services of the House.
(b) FEES FOR OFFICES AND UTILITIES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Upon the transfer required
by subsection (a), the Director shall charge the Ma-
jority and Minority Printers a reasonable monthly
fee for the rental of offices and utilities.
(2) AVAILABILITY OF RECEIPTS.—The amounts
received under this subsection shall be deposited in
the Treasury of the United States for credit to the
appropriation for ‘‘Salaries and Expenses of the
House of Representatives’’, and shall be available for
expenditure in any fiscal year to the extent provided
in appropriations Acts.
(c) APPLICABILITY.—This section shall take effect
upon the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply
to any fiscal year.
JOINT ITEMS
For Joint Committees, as follows:
JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic
Committee, $4,090,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary
of the Senate.
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JOINT COMMITTEE ON PRINTING
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on
Printing, $1,370,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of
the Senate.
JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on
Taxation, $6,019,000, to be disbursed by the Clerk of the
House.
For other joint items, as follows:
OFFICE OF THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN
For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent ex-
penses of the emergency rooms, and for the Attending
Physician and his assistants, including (1) an allowance
of $1,500 per month to the Attending Physician; (2) an
allowance of $500 per month each to two medical officers
while on duty in the Attending Physician’s office; (3) an
allowance of $500 per month each to two assistants and
$400 per month each not to exceed nine assistants on the
basis heretofore provided for such assistance; and (4)
$918,000 for reimbursement to the Department of the
Navy for expenses incurred for staff and equipment as-
signed to the Office of the Attending Physician, which
shall be advanced and credited to the applicable appropria-
tion or appropriations from which such salaries, allow-
ances, and other expenses are payable and shall be avail-
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not initiated and approved in accordance with section 3(d)
of Public Law 92–484: Provided further, That none of the
funds in this Act shall be available for salaries or expenses
of employees of the Office of Technology Assessment in
connection with any reimbursable study for which funds
are provided from sources other than appropriations made
under this Act, or shall be available for any other adminis-
trative expenses incurred by the Office of Technology As-
sessment in carrying out such a study.
CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For salaries and expenses necessary to carry out the
provisions of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (Pub-
lic Law 93–344), including not to exceed $2,500 to be ex-
pended on the certification of the Director of the Congres-
sional Budget Office in connection with official representa-
tion and reception expenses, $23,133,000: Provided, That
none of these funds shall be available for the purchase or
hire of a passenger motor vehicle: Provided further, That
none of the funds in this Act shall be available for salaries
or expenses of any employee of the Congressional Budget
Office in excess of 221 fulltime equivalent positions: Pro-
vided further, That any sale or lease of property, supplies,
or services to the Congressional Budget Office shall be
deemed to be a sale or lease of such property, supplies,
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or services to the Congress subject to section 903 of Public
Law 98–63: Provided further, That the Director of the
Congressional Budget Office shall have the authority,
within the limits of available appropriations, to dispose of
surplus or obsolete personal property by inter-agency
transfer, donation, or discarding.
ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL
OFFICE OF THE ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL
SALARIES
For the Architect of the Capitol, the Assistant Archi-
tect of the Capitol, and other personal services, at rates
of pay provided by law, $8,927,000.
TRAVEL
Appropriations under the control of the Architect of
the Capitol shall be available for expenses of travel on offi-
cial business not to exceed in the aggregate under all
funds the sum of $20,000.
CONTINGENT EXPENSES
To enable the Architect of the Capitol to make sur-
veys and studies, and to meet unforeseen expenses in con-
nection with activities under his care, $100,000, to remain
available until expended.
CAPITOL BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS
CAPITOL BUILDINGS
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care
and operation of the Capitol and electrical substations of
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the Senate and House office buildings, under the jurisdic-
tion of the Architect of the Capitol, including furnishings
and office equipment; including not to exceed $1,000 for
official reception and representation expenses, to be ex-
pended as the Architect of the Capitol may approve; pur-
chase or exchange, maintenance and operation of a pas-
senger motor vehicle; security installations which are ap-
proved by the Capitol Police Board, authorized by House
Concurrent Resolution 550, Ninety-Second Congress,
agreed to September 19, 1972, the cost limitation of which
is hereby further increased by $200,000; and attendance,
when specifically authorized by the Architect of the Cap-
itol, at meetings or conventions in connection with subjects
related to work under the Architect of the Capitol,
$22,340,000, of which $2,763,000 shall remain available
until expended.
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, $5,201,000,
of which $25,000 shall remain available until expended.
HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care
and operation of the House office buildings, including the
position of Superintendent of Garages as authorized by
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law, $41,364,000, of which $10,260,000 shall remain
available until expended.
CAPITOL POWER PLANT
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care
and operation of the Capitol Power Plant; lighting, heat-
ing, power (including the purchase of electrical energy)
and water and sewer services for the Capitol, Senate and
House office buildings, Library of Congress buildings, and
the grounds about the same, Botanic Garden, Senate ga-
rage, 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 Su-
preme Court Building, Union Station complex, Thurgood
Marshall Federal Judiciary Building and the Folger
Shakespeare Library, expenses for which shall be ad-
vanced 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,
$33,342,000, of which $865,000 shall remain available
until expended: Provided, That not to exceed $3,200,000
of the funds credited or to be reimbursed to this appro-
priation as herein provided shall be available for obligation
during fiscal year 1995.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION
SEC. 103. The matter in chapter III of title I of the
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1975 under ‘‘Capitol
Buildings and Grounds’’ under the heading ‘‘ARCHI-
TECT OF THE CAPITOL’’ (40 U.S.C. 166b–2) is
amended by striking ‘‘to grade 11’’ and inserting ‘‘at not
to exceed grade 12’’.
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 Anno-
tated Constitution of the United States of America,
$58,938,000: Provided, That no part of this appropriation
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:
Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, the compensation of the Director of the Con-
gressional Research Service, Library of Congress, shall be
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at an annual rate which is equal to the annual rate of
basic pay for positions at level IV of the Executive Sched-
ule 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 Cap-
itol; expenses necessary for preparing the semimonthly
and session index to the Congressional Record, as author-
ized by law (44 U.S.C. 902); printing and binding of Gov-
ernment publications authorized by law to be distributed
to Members of Congress; and printing, binding, and dis-
tribution of Government publications authorized by law to
be 
distributed 
without 
charge 
to 
the 
recipient,
$87,717,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall not
be available for printing and binding part 2 of the annual
report of the Secretary of Agriculture (known as the Year-
book of Agriculture) nor for copies of the permanent edi-
tion of the Congressional Record for individual Represent-
atives, Resident Commissioners or Delegates authorized
under 44 U.S.C. 906: 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.
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This title may be cited as the ‘‘Congressional Oper-
ations Appropriations Act, 1995’’.
TITLE II—OTHER AGENCIES
BOTANIC GARDEN
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care
and operation of the Botanic Garden and the nurseries,
buildings, grounds, and collections; and purchase and ex-
change, maintenance, repair, and operation of a passenger
motor vehicle; all under the direction of the Joint Commit-
tee on the Library, $3,182,000.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Library of Congress,
not otherwise 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; operation and
maintenance of the American Folklife Center in the Li-
brary; 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,
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$207,857,000, of which not more than $7,869,000 shall
be derived from collections credited to this appropriation
during fiscal year 1995 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 re-
duced 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 subscrip-
tions for bibliographic services for the Library, including
$40,000 to be available solely for the purchase, when spe-
cifically 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, in-
cluding publication of the decisions of the United States
courts involving copyrights, $27,186,000, of which not
more than $14,500,000 shall be derived from collections
credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 1995
under 17 U.S.C. 708(c), and not more than $2,891,000
shall be derived from collections during fiscal year 1995
under 17 U.S.C. 111(d)(2), 119(b)(2), 802(h), and 1005:
Provided, That the total amount available for obligation
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shall be reduced by the amount by which collections are
less than $17,391,000: 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
intellectual property laws and policies: Provided further,
That not to exceed $2,250 may be expended on the certifi-
cation of the Librarian of Congress or his designee, in con-
nection 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), $44,622,000, of which $10,896,000 shall
remain available until expended.
FURNITURE AND FURNISHINGS
For necessary expenses for the purchase and repair
of furniture, furnishings, office and library equipment,
$5,825,000, of which $1,886,000 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 Jefferson and
John Adams Library buildings.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
SEC. 201. 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 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 ad-
minister 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 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 perform-
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ing reimbursable work for other agencies under the au-
thority 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 adminis-
trative 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. Not to exceed $5,000 of any funds appro-
priated to the Library of Congress may be expended, on
the certification of the Librarian of Congress, in connec-
tion with official representation and reception expenses for
the Library of Congress incentive awards program.
SEC. 205. Not to exceed $12,000 of funds appro-
priated to the Library of Congress may be expended, on
the certification of the Librarian of Congress or his des-
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ignee, in connection with official representation and recep-
tion expenses for the Overseas Field Offices.
SEC. 206. Under the heading ‘‘Library of Congress’’
obligational authority shall be available, in an amount not
to exceed $75,236,000 for reimbursable activities,
$8,706,000 for revolving fund activities, and $6,150,000
for non-expenditure transfer activities in support of par-
liamentary development during the current fiscal year.
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, $9,860,000, of which $941,000
shall remain available until expended.
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses of the Office of Superintendent of 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, $30,600,000: Provided,
That the objectives of chapter 41 of title 44, United States
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Code, as enacted by the Government Printing Office Elec-
tronic Information Access Enhancement Act of 1993, shall
be carried out through cost savings: Provided further, That
travel expenses, including travel expenses of the Deposi-
tory Library Council to the Public Printer, shall not ex-
ceed $130,000: Provided further, That funds, not to exceed
$2,000,000, from current year appropriations are author-
ized for producing and disseminating Congressional Serial
Sets and other related Congressional/non-Congressional
publications for 1993 and 1994 to depository and other
designated libraries.
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE REVOLVING FUND
The Government Printing Office is hereby authorized
to make such expenditures, within the limits of funds
available and in accord with the law, and to make such
contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year
limitations as provided by section 104 of the Government
Corporation Control Act as may be necessary in carrying
out the programs and purposes set forth in the budget
for the current fiscal year for the ‘‘Government Printing
Office revolving fund’’: Provided, That not to exceed
$2,500 may be expended on the certification of the Public
Printer in connection with official representation and re-
ception expenses: Provided further, That the revolving
fund shall be available for the hire or purchase of pas-
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senger motor vehicles, not to exceed a fleet of twelve: Pro-
vided further, That expenditures in connection with travel
expenses 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 services as authorized
by 5 U.S.C. 3109 but at rates for individuals not to exceed
the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for level V of the
Executive Schedule (5 U.S.C. 5316): Provided further,
That the revolving fund and the funds provided under the
paragraph entitled ‘‘OFFICE
OF
SUPERINTENDENT
OF
DOCUMENTS, SALARIES AND EXPENSES’’ together may not
be available for the full-time equivalent employment of
more than 4,193 workyears: Provided further, That the re-
volving fund shall be available for expenses not to exceed
$500,000 for the development of plans and design of a
multi-purpose facility: 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
supervisor 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.
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GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the General Accounting
Office, including not to exceed $7,000 to be expended on
the certification of the Comptroller General of the United
States in connection with official representation and recep-
tion expenses; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 but
at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate
equivalent to the rate for level IV of the Executive Sched-
ule (5 U.S.C. 5315); hire of one passenger motor vehicle;
advance payments in foreign countries in accordance with
31 U.S.C. 3324; benefits comparable to those payable
under sections 901(5), 901(6) and 901(8) of the Foreign
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 and travel benefits comparable
with those which are now or hereafter may be granted sin-
gle employees of the Agency for International Develop-
ment, including single Foreign Service personnel assigned
to AID projects, by the Administrator of the Agency for
International Development—or his designee—under the
authority of section 636(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2396(b)); $439,525,000: Provided,
That not more than $1,000,000 of reimbursements re-
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ceived incident to the operation of the General Accounting
Office Building shall be available for use in fiscal year
1995: Provided further, That this appropriation and ap-
propriations for administrative expenses of any other de-
partment or agency which is a member of the Joint Finan-
cial Management Improvement Program (JFMIP) shall be
available to finance an appropriate share of JFMIP costs
as determined by the JFMIP, including the salary of the
Executive Director and secretarial support: Provided fur-
ther, That this appropriation and appropriations for ad-
ministrative expenses of any other department or agency
which is a member of the National Intergovernmental
Audit Forum or a Regional Intergovernmental Audit
Forum shall be available to finance an appropriate share
of Forum costs as determined by the Forum, including
necessary travel expenses of non-Federal participants.
Payments hereunder to either the Forum or the JFMIP
may be credited as reimbursements to any appropriation
from which costs involved are initially financed: Provided
further, That to the extent that funds are otherwise avail-
able for obligation, agreements or contracts for the re-
moval of asbestos, and renovation of the building and
building systems (including the heating, ventilation and
air conditioning system, electrical system and other major
building systems) of the General Accounting Office Build-
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ing may be made for periods not exceeding five years: Pro-
vided further, That this appropriation and appropriations
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
Institute 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
Committee on House Administration and for the Senate
issued by the Committee on Rules and Administration.
SEC. 302. No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the
current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.
SEC. 303. Whenever any office or position not specifi-
cally established by the Legislative Pay Act of 1929 is ap-
propriated for herein or whenever the rate of compensa-
tion or designation of any position appropriated for herein
is different from that specifically established for such posi-
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tion by such Act, the rate of compensation and the des-
ignation of the position, or either, appropriated for or pro-
vided herein, shall be the permanent law with respect
thereto: Provided, That the provisions herein for the var-
ious 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 Representatives shall be the permanent law with respect
thereto.
SEC. 304. The expenditure of any appropriation
under this Act for any consulting service through procure-
ment contract, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited
to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter
of public record and available for public inspection, except
where otherwise provided under existing law, or under ex-
isting Executive order issued pursuant to existing law.
SEC. 305. The last sentence of section 307(a) of the
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1994 (2 U.S.C.
60–1 note) is repealed.
SEC. 306. Annual and sick leave balances of employ-
ees transferred from the Office of the Director of Non-
legislative and Financial Services, House Postal Oper-
ations, to the Architect of the Capitol, as of October 31,
1993, shall be credited to the leave accounts of such per-
sonnel, subject to the provisions of section 6304 of title