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Calendar No. 172 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2551 
[Report No. 112–80] 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JULY 22, 2011 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations 
SEPTEMBER 15, 2011 
Reported by Mr. NELSON of Nebraska, with an amendment 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
AN ACT 
Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2012, 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, 2012, and for other purposes, namely:
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TITLE I—LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses of the House of Represent-
atives, $1,226,680,000 (reduced by $1,000,000), as fol-
lows: 
HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES 
For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, 
$23,275,773,
including:
Office
of
the
Speaker, 
$6,942,770, including $25,000 for official expenses of the 
Speaker; Office of the Majority Floor Leader, $2,277,595, 
including $10,000 for official expenses of the Majority 
Leader; Office of the Minority Floor Leader, $7,432,812, 
including $10,000 for official expenses of the Minority 
Leader; Office of the Majority Whip, including the Chief 
Deputy Majority Whip, $1,971,050, including $5,000 for 
official expenses of the Majority Whip; Office of the Mi-
nority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Minority Whip, 
$1,524,951, including $5,000 for official expenses of the 
Minority
Whip;
Republican
Conference,
$1,572,788; 
Democratic
Caucus,
$1,553,807.
In
addition
to
the 
amounts made available above, for salaries and expenses 
under this heading, to be available during the period be-
ginning September 30, 2012, and ending December 31, 
2013; $5,818,948, including: Office of the Speaker,
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$1,735,694, including $6,250 for official expenses of the 
Speaker; Office of the Majority Floor Leader, $569,399, 
including $2,500 for official expenses of the Majority 
Leader; Office of the Minority Floor Leader, $1,858,205, 
including $2,500 for official expenses of the Minority 
Leader; Office of the Majority Whip, including the Chief 
Deputy Majority Whip, $492,763, including $1,250 for of-
ficial expenses of the Majority Whip; Office of the Minor-
ity Whip, including the Chief Deputy Minority Whip, 
$381,238, including $1,250 for official expenses of the Mi-
nority Whip; Republican Conference, $393,197; Demo-
cratic Caucus, $388,452. 
MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES 
INCLUDING MEMBERS’ CLERK HIRE, OFFICIAL 
EXPENSES OF MEMBERS, AND OFFICIAL MAIL 
For Members’ representational allowances, including 
Members’ clerk hire, official expenses, and official mail, 
$573,939,282. 
COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES 
STANDING COMMITTEES, SPECIAL AND SELECT 
For salaries and expenses of standing committees, 
special and select, authorized by House resolutions, 
$125,964,870: Provided, That such amount shall remain 
available for such salaries and expenses until December 
31, 2012.
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COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS 
For salaries and expenses of the Committee on Ap-
propriations, $26,665,785, including studies and examina-
tions of executive agencies and temporary personal serv-
ices 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: Provided, That such amount shall 
remain available for such salaries and expenses until De-
cember 31, 2012. 
SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES 
For salaries and expenses of officers and employees, 
as authorized by law, $177,628,400, including: for salaries 
and expenses of the Office of the Clerk, including not more 
than $23,000, of which not more than $20,000 is for the 
Family Room, for official representation and reception ex-
penses, $26,114,400, of which $2,000,000 shall remain 
available until expended; for salaries and expenses of the 
Office of the Sergeant at Arms, including the position of 
Superintendent of Garages and the Office of Emergency 
Management, and including not more than $3,000 for offi-
cial representation and reception expenses, $12,585,000 
of which $4,445,000 shall remain available until expended; 
for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Chief Admin-
istrative Officer including not more than $3,000 for offi-
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cial representation and reception expenses, $116,782,000, 
of which $3,937,000 shall remain available until expended; 
for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Inspector 
General, $5,045,000; for salaries and expenses of the Of-
fice of General Counsel, $1,415,000; for the Office of the 
Chaplain, $179,000; for salaries and expenses of the Of-
fice of the Parliamentarian, including the Parliamen-
tarian, $2,000 for preparing the Digest of Rules, and not 
more than $1,000 for official representation and reception 
expenses, $2,060,000; for salaries and expenses of the Of-
fice
of
the
Law
Revision
Counsel
of
the
House, 
$3,258,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the 
Legislative Counsel of the House, $8,814,000; for salaries 
and expenses of the Office of Interparliamentary Affairs, 
$859,000; for other authorized employees, $347,000; and 
for salaries and expenses of the Historian, $170,000. 
ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES 
For allowances and expenses as authorized by House 
resolution or law, $293,386,942 (reduced by $1,000,000), 
including: supplies, materials, administrative costs and 
Federal tort claims, $3,696,118; official mail for commit-
tees, leadership offices, and administrative offices of the 
House, $201,000; Government contributions for health, 
retirement, Social Security, and other applicable employee 
benefits, $264,848,219; Business Continuity and Disaster
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Recovery, $17,112,072, of which $5,000,000 shall remain 
available until expended; transition activities for new 
members and staff, $2,721,533 (reduced by $1,000,000); 
Wounded Warrior Program $2,500,000, to remain avail-
able until expended; Office of Congressional Ethics, 
$1,548,000; and miscellaneous items including purchase, 
exchange, maintenance, repair and operation of House 
motor vehicles, interparliamentary receptions, and gratu-
ities to heirs of deceased employees of the House, 
$760,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 101. (a) REQUIRING AMOUNTS REMAINING IN 
MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES TO BE 
USED FOR DEFICIT REDUCTION OR TO REDUCE THE 
FEDERAL DEBT.—Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law,
any
amounts
appropriated
under
this
Act
for 
‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—SALARIES
AND 
EXPENSES—MEMBERS’
REPRESENTATIONAL
ALLOW-
ANCES’’ shall be available only for fiscal year 2012. Any 
amount remaining after all payments are made under such 
allowances for fiscal year 2012 shall be deposited in the 
Treasury and used for deficit reduction (or, if there is no 
Federal budget deficit after all such payments have been 
made, for reducing the Federal debt, in such manner as 
the Secretary of the Treasury considers appropriate).