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for reimbursable and revolving fund activities, and $6,812,000 for
non-expenditure transfer activities in support of parliamentary
development during the current fiscal year.
SEC. 208. Notwithstanding this or any other Act, obligational
authority under the heading ‘‘Library of Congress’’ for activities
in support of parliamentary development is prohibited, except for
Russia, Ukraine, Albania, Slovakia, and Romania, for other than
incidental purposes.
SEC. 209. (a) The purpose of this section is to reduce the
cost of information support for the Congress by eliminating duplica-
tion among systems which provide electronic access by Congress
to legislative information.
(b) As used in this section, the term ‘‘legislative information’’
means information, prepared within the legislative branch, consist-
ing of the text of publicly available bills, amendments, committee
hearings, and committee reports, the text of the Congressional
Record, data relating to bill status, data relating to legislative
activity, and other similar public information that is directly related
to the legislative process.
(c) Pursuant to the plan approved under subsection (d) and
consistent with the provisions of any other law, the Library of
Congress or the entity designated by that plan shall develop and
maintain, in coordination with other appropriate entities of the
legislative branch, a single legislative information retrieval system
to serve the entire Congress.
(d) The Library shall develop a plan for creation of this system,
taking into consideration the findings and recommendations of the
study directed by House Report No. 103–517 to identify and elimi-
nate redundancies in congressional information systems. This plan
must be approved by the Committee on Rules and Administration
of the Senate, the Committee on House Oversight of the House
of Representatives, and the Committees on Appropriations of the
Senate and the House of Representatives. The Library shall provide
these committees with regular status reports on the development
of the plan.
(e) In formulating its plan, the Library shall examine issues
regarding efficient ways to make this information available to the
public. This analysis shall be submitted to the Committees on
Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives
as well as the Committee on Rules and Administration of the
Senate, and the Committee on House Oversight of the House of
Representatives for their consideration and possible action.
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, $12,428,000, of which $3,710,000 shall remain available
until expended.
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GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For expenses of the Office of Superintendent of Documents
necessary to provide for the cataloging and indexing of Government
publications and their distribution to the public, Members of Con-
gress, other Government agencies, and designated depository and
international exchange libraries as authorized by law, $30,307,000:
Provided, That travel expenses, including travel expenses of the
Depository Library Council to the Public Printer, shall not exceed
$130,000: Provided further, That funds, not to exceed $2,000,000,
from current year appropriations are authorized for producing and
disseminating Congressional Serial Sets and other related Congres-
sional/non-Congressional publications for 1994 and 1995 to deposi-
tory and other designated libraries.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION
SEC. 210. The fiscal year 1997 budget submission of the Public
Printer to the Congress for the Government Printing Office shall
include appropriations requests and recommendations to the Con-
gress that—
(1) are consistent with the strategic plan included in the
technological study performed by the Public Printer pursuant
to Senate Report 104–114;
(2) assure substantial progress toward maximum use of
electronic information dissemination technologies by all depart-
ments, agencies, and other entities of the Government with
respect to the Depository Library Program and information
dissemination generally; and
(3) are formulated so as to require that any department,
agency, or other entity of the Government that does not make
such progress shall bear from its own resources the cost of
its information dissemination by other than electronic means.
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 revolv-
ing fund: Provided, That not to exceed $2,500 may be expended
on the certification of the Public Printer in connection with official
representation and reception expenses: Provided further, That the
revolving fund shall be available for the hire or purchase of pas-
senger motor vehicles, not to exceed a fleet of twelve: Provided
further, That expenditures in connection with travel expenses of
the advisory councils to the Public Printer shall be deemed nec-
essary 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
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V of the Executive Schedule (5 U.S.C. 5316): Provided further,
That the revolving fund and the funds provided under the headings
‘‘OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS’’ and ‘‘SALARIES AND
EXPENSES’’ together may not be available for the full-time equivalent
employment of more than 3,800 workyears by the end of fiscal
year 1996: Provided further, That activities financed through the
revolving fund may provide information in any format: Provided
further, That the revolving fund shall not be used to administer
any flexible or compressed 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.
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 reception 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 Schedule (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 regula-
tions prescribed by the Comptroller General of the United States,
rental of living quarters in foreign countries and travel benefits
comparable with those which are now or hereafter may be granted
single employees of the Agency for International Development,
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)); $374,406,000: Provided,
That not more than $400,000 of reimbursements received incident
to the operation of the General Accounting Office Building shall
be available for use in fiscal year 1996: Provided further, That
notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 9105 hereafter amounts reimbursed to
the Comptroller General pursuant to that section shall be deposited
to the appropriation of the General Accounting Office then available
and remain available until expended, and not more than $8,000,000
of such funds shall be available for use in fiscal year 1996: Provided
further, That this appropriation and appropriations for administra-
tive expenses of any other department or agency which is a member
of the Joint Financial 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 further, That this appro-
priation and appropriations for administrative expenses of any other
department or agency which is a member of the National Intergov-
ernmental 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
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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 removal 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 Building may be made for periods not exceeding
five years: Provided further, That this appropriation and appropria-
tions 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 attributable to membership of ACIPA in
the International Institute of Administrative Sciences.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
SEC. 211. (a) Effective June 30, 1996, the functions of the
Comptroller General identified in subsection (b) are transferred
to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, contingent
upon the additional transfer to the Office of Management and
Budget of such personnel, budget authority, records, and property
of the General Accounting Office relating to such functions as
the Comptroller General and the Director jointly determine to be
necessary. The Director may delegate any such function, in whole
or in part, to any other agency or agencies if the Director determines
that such delegation would be cost-effective or otherwise in the
public interest, and may transfer to such agency or agencies any
personnel, budget authority, records, and property received by the
Director pursuant to the preceding sentence that relate to the
delegated functions. Personnel transferred pursuant to this provi-
sion shall not be separated or reduced in classification or compensa-
tion for one year after any such transfer, except for cause.
(b) The following provisions of the United States Code contain
the functions to be transferred pursuant to subsection (a): sections
5564 and 5583 of title 5; sections 2312, 2575, 2733, 2734, 2771,
4712, and 9712 of title 10; sections 1626 and 4195 of title 22;
section 420 of title 24; sections 2414 and 2517 of title 28; sections
1304, 3702, 3726, and 3728 of title 31; sections 714 and 715 of
title 32; section 554 of title 37; section 5122 of title 38; and section
256a of title 41.
SEC. 212. (a) Section 732 of title 31, United States Code, is
amended by adding a new subsection (h) as follows:
‘‘(h) Notwithstanding the provisions of subchapter I of chapter
35 of title 5, United States Code, the Comptroller General shall
prescribe regulations for the release of officers and employees of
the General Accounting Office in a reduction in force which give
due effect to tenure of employment, military preference, perform-
ance and/or contributions to the agency’s goals and objectives, and
length of service. The regulations shall, to the extent deemed fea-
sible by the Comptroller General, be designed to minimize disrup-
tion to the Office and to assist in promoting the efficiency of the
Office.’’.
SEC. 213. Section 753 of title 31, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) by redesignating subsections (b), (c), and (d) as (c),
(d), and (e), respectively;