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otherwise provided under existing law, or under existing 
Executive order issued under existing law. 
SEC. 205. AWARDS AND SETTLEMENTS. Such sums 
as may be necessary are appropriated to the account de-
scribed in subsection (a) of section 415 of the Congres-
sional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1415(a)) to 
pay awards and settlements as authorized under such sub-
section. 
SEC. 206. COSTS OF LBFMC. Amounts available for 
administrative expenses 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 appro-
priate share of LBFMC costs as determined by the 
LBFMC, except that the total LBFMC costs to be shared 
among all participating legislative branch entities (in such 
allocations among the entities as the entities may deter-
mine) may not exceed $2,000. 
SEC. 207. LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE. The Architect 
of the Capitol, in consultation with the District of Colum-
bia, is authorized to maintain and improve the landscape 
features, excluding streets in the irregular shaped grassy 
areas bounded by Washington Avenue SW on the north-
east, Second Street SW on the west, Square 582 on the 
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south, and the beginning of the I–395 tunnel on the south-
east. 
SEC. 208. LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS. None of the 
funds made available in this Act may be transferred to 
any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United 
States Government, except pursuant to a transfer made 
by, or transfer authority provided in, this Act or any other 
appropriation Act. 
SEC. 209. GUIDED TOURS OF THE CAPITOL. (a) Ex-
cept as provided in subsection (b), none of the funds made 
available to the Architect of the Capitol in this Act may 
be used to eliminate guided tours of the United States 
Capitol which are led by employees and interns of offices 
of Members of Congress and other offices of the House 
of Representatives and Senate. 
(b) At the direction of the Capitol Police Board, or 
at the direction of the Architect of the Capitol with the 
approval of the Capitol Police Board, guided tours of the 
United States Capitol which are led by employees and in-
terns described in subsection (a) may be suspended tempo-
rarily or otherwise subject to restriction for security or re-
lated reasons to the same extent as guided tours of the 
United States Capitol which are led by the Architect of 
the Capitol. 
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SEC. 210. LIMITATION
ON CERTAIN INSPECTORS 
GENERAL AUTHORITY TO USE FIREARMS. None of the 
funds made available in this Act may be used by the In-
spector General of the Architect of the Capitol or the In-
spector General of the Library of Congress to purchase, 
maintain, or carry any firearm. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative Branch 
Appropriations Act, 2009’’. 
DIVISION H—DEPARTMENT OF STATE, FOR-
EIGN OPERATIONS, AND RELATED PRO-
GRAMS APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2009 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND RELATED 
AGENCY 
DEPARTMENT OF STATE 
ADMINISTRATION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS 
DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses of the Department of State 
and the Foreign Service not otherwise provided for, 
$5,360,318,000, of which $1,117,000,000 is for World-
wide Security Protection (to remain available until ex-
pended), to be allocated as follows: 
(1) HUMAN
RESOURCES.—For necessary ex-
penses for training, human resources management, 
and salaries, including employment without regard 
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to civil service and classification laws of persons on 
a temporary basis (not to exceed $700,000), as au-
thorized by section 801 of the United States Infor-
mation and Educational Exchange Act of 1948, 
$2,118,598,000 to remain available until September 
30, 2010, of which not less than $130,637,000 shall 
be available only for public diplomacy American sal-
aries. 
(2) OVERSEAS PROGRAMS.—For necessary ex-
penses for the regional bureaus of the Department 
of State and overseas activities as authorized by law, 
$1,548,617,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2010, of which not less than $264,169,000 shall 
be available only for public diplomacy international 
information programs. 
(3) DIPLOMATIC POLICY AND SUPPORT.—For 
necessary expenses for the functional bureaus of the 
Department of State including representation to cer-
tain international organizations in which the United 
States participates pursuant to treaties ratified pur-
suant to the advice and consent of the Senate or 
specific Acts of Congress, general administration, 
and arms control, nonproliferation and disarmament 
activities as authorized, $585,078,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2010. 
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