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, 2015, and for other purposes, namely: 
TITLE I—LEGISLATIVE BRANCH 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses of the House of Represent-
atives, $1,180,736,000, as follows: 
HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES 
For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, 
$22,278,891, 
including: 
Office 
of 
the 
Speaker, 
$6,645,417, including $25,000 for official expenses of the 
Speaker; Office of the Majority Floor Leader, $2,180,048, 
including $10,000 for official expenses of the Majority 
Leader; Office of the Minority Floor Leader, $7,114,471, 
including $10,000 for official expenses of the Minority 
Leader; Office of the Majority Whip, including the Chief 
Deputy Majority Whip, $1,886,632, including $5,000 for 
official expenses of the Majority Whip; Office of the Mi-
nority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Minority Whip, 
$1,459,639, including $5,000 for official expenses of the 
Minority Whip; Republican Conference, $1,505,426; 
Democratic Caucus, $1,487,258: Provided, That such
amount for salaries and expenses shall remain available 
from January 3, 2015 until January 2, 2016. 
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, 
$554,317,732. 
COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES 
STANDING COMMITTEES, SPECIAL AND SELECT 
For salaries and expenses of standing committees, 
special and select, authorized by House resolutions, 
$123,903,173: Provided, That such amount shall remain 
available for such salaries and expenses until December 
31, 2016, except that $2,300,000 of such amount shall 
remain available until expended for committee room up-
grading. 
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS 
For salaries and expenses of the Committee on Ap-
propriations, $23,271,004, 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, 2016. 
SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES 
For compensation and expenses of officers and em-
ployees, as authorized by law, $171,344,864, including: 
for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Clerk, includ-
ing the positions of the Chaplain and the Historian, and 
including not more than $25,000 for official representative 
and reception expenses, of which not more than $20,000 
is for the Family Room and not more than $2,000 is for 
the Office of the Chaplain, $24,009,473; 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 official representation and reception expenses, 
$11,926,729 of which $4,344,000 shall remain available 
until expended; for salaries and expenses of the Office of 
the Chief Administrative Officer including not more than 
$3,000 for official representation and reception expenses, 
$113,100,000, of which $4,000,000 shall remain available 
until expended; for salaries and expenses of the Office of 
the Inspector General, $4,741,809; for salaries and ex-
penses of the Office of General Counsel, $1,340,987; for 
salaries and expenses of the Office of the Parliamentarian, 
including the Parliamentarian, $2,000 for preparing the
Digest of Rules, and not more than $1,000 for official rep-
resentation and reception expenses, $1,952,249; for sala-
ries and expenses of the Office of the Law Revision Coun-
sel of the House, $4,087,587, of which $1,000,000 shall 
remain available until expended for the completion of the 
House Modernization Initiative; for salaries and expenses 
of the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the House, 
$8,892,975, of which $540,000 shall remain available 
until expended for the completion of the House Moderniza-
tion Initiative; for salaries and expenses of the Office of 
Interparliamentary Affairs, $814,069; for other author-
ized employees, $478,986. 
ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES 
For allowances and expenses as authorized by House 
resolution or law, $285,620,336, including: supplies, mate-
rials, administrative costs and Federal tort claims, 
$4,152,789; official mail for committees, leadership of-
fices, and administrative offices of the House, $190,486; 
Government contributions for health, retirement, Social 
Security, 
and 
other 
applicable 
employee 
benefits, 
$256,635,776, to remain available until March 31, 2016; 
Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery, $16,217,008 
of which $5,000,000 shall remain available until expended; 
transition activities for new members and staff, 
$3,737,000, to remain available until expended; Wounded
Warrior Program $2,500,000, to remain available until 
expended; Office of Congressional Ethics, $1,467,030; and 
miscellaneous items including purchase, exchange, mainte-
nance, repair and operation of House motor vehicles, 
interparliamentary receptions, and gratuities to heirs of 
deceased employees of the House, $720,247. 
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 2015. Any 
amount remaining after all payments are made under such 
allowances for fiscal year 2015 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). 
(b) REGULATIONS.—The Committee on House Ad-
ministration of the House of Representatives shall have 
authority to prescribe regulations to carry out this section.
(c) DEFINITION.—As used in this section, the term 
‘‘Member of the House of Representatives’’ means a Rep-
resentative in, or a Delegate or Resident Commissioner 
to, the Congress. 
DELIVERY OF BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS 
SEC. 102. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used to deliver a printed copy of a bill, joint 
resolution, or resolution to the office of a Member of the 
House of Representatives (including a Delegate or Resi-
dent Commissioner to the Congress) unless the Member 
requests a copy. 
DELIVERY OF CONGRESSIONAL RECORD 
SEC. 103. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to deliver a printed copy of any version 
of the Congressional Record to the office of a Member of 
the House of Representatives (including a Delegate or 
Resident Commissioner to the Congress). 
LIMITATION ON AMOUNT AVAILABLE TO LEASE VEHICLES 
SEC. 104. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be used by the Chief Administrative Officer of 
the House of Representatives to make any payments from 
any Members’ Representational Allowance for the leasing 
of a vehicle, excluding mobile district offices, in an aggre-
gate amount that exceeds $1,000 for the vehicle in any 
month.
LIMITATION ON PRINTED COPIES OF U.S. CODE TO 
HOUSE 
SEC. 105. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used to provide an aggregate number of more 
than 50 printed copies of any edition of the United States 
Code to all offices of the House of Representatives. 
JOINT ITEMS 
For Joint Committees, as follows: 
JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic 
Committee, $4,203,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary 
of the Senate. 
JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on 
Taxation, $10,004,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Ad-
ministrative Officer of the House of Representatives. 
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 $2,175 per month to the 
Attending Physician; 
(2) an allowance of $1,300 per month to the 
Senior Medical Officer;
(3) an allowance of $725 per month each to 
three medical officers while on duty in the Office of 
the Attending Physician; 
(4) an allowance of $725 per month to 2 assist-
ants and $580 per month each not to exceed 11 as-
sistants on the basis heretofore provided for such as-
sistants; and 
(5) $2,486,000 for reimbursement to the De-
partment of the Navy for expenses incurred for staff 
and equipment assigned to the Office of the Attend-
ing Physician, which shall be advanced and credited 
to the applicable appropriation or appropriations 
from which such salaries, allowances, and other ex-
penses are payable and shall be available for all the 
purposes thereof, $3,371,000, to be disbursed by the 
Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL ACCESSIBILITY SERVICES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses of the Office of Congres-
sional Accessibility Services, $1,387,000, to be disbursed 
by the Secretary of the Senate.
CAPITOL POLICE 
SALARIES 
For salaries of employees of the Capitol Police, in-
cluding overtime, hazardous duty pay, and Government 
contributions for health, retirement, social security, pro-
fessional liability insurance, and other applicable employee 
benefits, $286,500,000 of which overtime shall not exceed 
$23,425,000 unless the Committee on Appropriations of 
the House and Senate are notified, to be disbursed by the 
Chief of the Capitol Police or his designee. 
GENERAL EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Capitol Police, includ-
ing motor vehicles, communications and other equipment, 
security equipment and installation, uniforms, weapons, 
supplies, materials, training, medical services, forensic 
services, stenographic services, personal and professional 
services, the employee assistance program, the awards pro-
gram, postage, communication services, travel advances, 
relocation of instructor and liaison personnel for the Fed-
eral Law Enforcement Training Center, and not more 
than $5,000 to be expended on the certification of the 
Chief of the Capitol Police in connection with official rep-
resentation and reception expenses, $61,459,000, to be 
disbursed by the Chief of the Capitol Police or his des-
ignee: Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, the cost of basic training for the Capitol Police 
at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center for fis-
cal year 2015 shall be paid by the Secretary of Homeland 
Security from funds available to the Department of Home-
land Security. 
OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses of the Office of Compli-
ance, as authorized by section 305 of the Congressional 
Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1385), $3,959,000 
(increased by $500,000), of which $450,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2016: Provided, That not 
more than $500 may be expended on the certification of 
the Executive Director of the Office of Compliance in con-
nection with official representation and reception ex-
penses. 
CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses necessary for operation of 
the Congressional Budget Office, including not more than 
$6,000 to be expended on the certification of the Director 
of the Congressional Budget Office in connection with offi-
cial representation and reception expenses, $45,700,000.
ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL 
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION 
For salaries for the Architect of the Capitol, and 
other personal services, at rates of pay provided by law; 
for surveys and studies in connection with activities under 
the care of the Architect of the Capitol; for all necessary 
expenses for the general and administrative support of the 
operations under the Architect of the Capitol including the 
Botanic Garden; electrical substations of the Capitol, Sen-
ate and House office buildings, and other facilities under 
the jurisdiction of the Architect of the Capitol; including 
furnishings and office equipment; including not more than 
$5,000 for official reception and representation expenses, 
to be expended as the Architect of the Capitol may ap-
prove; for purchase or exchange, maintenance, and oper-
ation of a passenger motor vehicle, $91,555,000 (reduced 
by $500,000). 
CAPITOL BUILDING 
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 
and operation of the Capitol, $53,126,000, of which 
$28,817,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2019. 
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, 
$11,993,000, of which $2,000,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2019. 
HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS 
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 
and operation of the House office buildings, $71,622,000, 
of which $7,000,000 shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2019. 
In addition, for a payment to the House Historic 
Buildings Revitalization Trust Fund, $70,000,000, to re-
main 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, the Union Station complex, the 
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, 
$93,152,000, of which $8,686,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2019: Provided, That not more than 
$9,000,000 of the funds credited or to be reimbursed to 
this appropriation as herein provided shall be available for 
obligation during fiscal year 2015. 
LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS 
For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and 
structural maintenance, care and operation of the Library 
buildings 
and 
grounds, 
$41,733,000, 
of 
which 
$16,542,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2019. 
CAPITOL POLICE BUILDINGS, GROUNDS, AND SECURITY 
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 
and operation of buildings, grounds and security enhance-
ments of the United States Capitol Police, wherever lo-
cated, the Alternate Computer Facility, and AOC security 
operations, $19,486,000, of which $1,000,000 shall re-
main available until September 30, 2019. 
BOTANIC GARDEN 
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 Com-
mittee on the Library, $15,022,946 (reduced by 
$3,166,946), of which $5,122,946 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2019: Provided, That of the amount 
made available under this heading, the Architect of the 
Capitol may obligate and expend such sums as may be 
necessary for the maintenance, care and operation of the 
National Garden established under section 307E of the 
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1989 (2 U.S.C. 
2146), upon vouchers approved by the Architect of the 
Capitol or a duly authorized designee. 
CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER 
For all necessary expenses for the operation of the 
Capitol Visitor Center, $20,875,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
SCRIMS 
SEC. 1001. None of the funds made available by this 
Act may be used for scrims containing photographs of 
building facades during restoration or construction 
projects performed by the Architect of the Capitol. 
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Library of Congress 
not otherwise provided for, including development and
maintenance of the Library’s catalogs; custody and custo-
dial care of the Library buildings; special clothing; clean-
ing, 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 
Library; activities under the Civil Rights History Project 
Act of 2009; preparation and distribution of catalog 
records and other publications of the Library; hire or pur-
chase 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, $424,057,000, of which not more than $6,000,000 
shall be derived from collections credited to this appropria-
tion during fiscal year 2015, and shall remain available 
until expended, under the Act of June 28, 1902 (chapter 
1301; 32 Stat. 480; 2 U.S.C. 150) and not more than 
$350,000 shall be derived from collections during fiscal 
year 2015 and shall remain available until expended for 
the development and maintenance of an international legal 
information database and activities related thereto: Pro-
vided, That the Library of Congress may not obligate or 
expend any funds derived from collections under the Act 
of June 28, 1902, in excess of the amount authorized for 
obligation or expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided 
further, That the total amount available for obligation
shall be reduced by the amount by which collections are 
less than $6,350,000: Provided further, That of the total 
amount appropriated, not more than $12,000 may be ex-
pended, on the certification of the Librarian of Congress, 
in connection with official representation and reception ex-
penses for the Overseas Field Offices: Provided further, 
That of the total amount appropriated, $8,231,000 shall 
remain available until expended for the digital collections 
and educational curricula program. 
COPYRIGHT OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For all necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, 
$54,303,000, of which not more than $27,971,000, to re-
main available until expended, shall be derived from collec-
tions credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 2015 
under section 708(d) of title 17, United States Code: Pro-
vided, That the Copyright Office may not obligate or ex-
pend any funds derived from collections under such sec-
tion, in excess of the amount authorized for obligation or 
expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided further, That 
not more than $5,611,000 shall be derived from collections 
during fiscal year 2015 under sections 111(d)(2), 
119(b)(2), 803(e), 1005, and 1316 of such title: Provided 
further, That the total amount available for obligation 
shall be reduced by the amount by which collections are
less than $33,582,000: Provided further, That not more 
than $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 more than $6,500 may be expended, on the cer-
tification of the Librarian of Congress, in connection with 
official representation and reception expenses for activities 
of the International Copyright Institute and for copyright 
delegations, visitors, and seminars: Provided further, That 
notwithstanding any provision of chapter 8 of title 17, 
United States Code, any amounts made available under 
this heading which are attributable to royalty fees and 
payments received by the Copyright Office pursuant to 
sections 111, 119, and chapter 10 of such title may be 
used for the costs incurred in the administration of the 
Copyright Royalty Judges program, with the exception of 
the costs of salaries and benefits for the Copyright Royalty 
Judges and staff under section 802(e). 
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, 
$106,095,000: Provided, That no part of such amount 
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. 
BOOKS FOR THE BLIND AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses to carry out the Act of 
March 3, 1931 (chapter 400; 46 Stat. 1487; 2 U.S.C. 
135a), $50,429,000: Provided, That of the total amount 
appropriated, $650,000 shall be available to contract to 
provide newspapers to blind and physically handicapped 
residents at no cost to the individual. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
REIMBURSABLE AND REVOLVING FUND ACTIVITIES 
SEC. 1101. (a) IN GENERAL.—For fiscal year 2015, 
the obligational authority of the Library of Congress for 
the activities described in subsection (b) may not exceed 
$203,058,000. 
(b) ACTIVITIES.—The activities referred to in sub-
section (a) are reimbursable and revolving fund activities
that are funded from sources other than appropriations 
to the Library in appropriations Acts for the legislative 
branch. 
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 
CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING AND BINDING 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For authorized printing and binding for the Congress 
and the distribution of Congressional information in any 
format; expenses necessary for preparing the semimonthly 
and session index to the Congressional Record, as author-
ized by law (section 902 of title 44, United States Code); 
printing and binding of Government publications author-
ized by law to be distributed to Members of Congress; and 
printing, binding, and distribution of Government publica-
tions authorized by law to be distributed without charge 
to the recipient, $79,736,000: Provided, That this appro-
priation shall not be available for paper copies of the per-
manent edition of the Congressional Record for individual 
Representatives, Resident Commissioners or Delegates au-
thorized under section 906 of title 44, United States Code: 
Provided further, That this appropriation shall be available 
for the payment of obligations incurred under the appro-
priations for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding the 2-year limita-
tion under section 718 of title 44, United States Code,
none of the funds appropriated or made available under 
this Act or any other Act for printing and binding and 
related services provided to Congress under chapter 7 of 
title 44, United States Code, may be expended to print 
a document, report, or publication after the 27-month pe-
riod beginning on the date that such document, report, 
or publication is authorized by Congress to be printed, un-
less Congress reauthorizes such printing in accordance 
with section 718 of title 44, United States Code: Provided 
further, That any unobligated or unexpended balances in 
this account or accounts for similar purposes for preceding 
fiscal years may be transferred to the Government Print-
ing Office revolving fund for carrying out the purposes of 
this heading, subject to the approval of the Committees 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
Senate: Provided further, That notwithstanding sections 
901, 902, and 906 of title 44, United States Code, this 
appropriation may be used to prepare indexes to the Con-
gressional Record on only a monthly and session basis. 
OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
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