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may approve; for purchase or exchange, maintenance and
operation of a passenger motor vehicle; and not to exceed
$20,000 for attendance, when specifically authorized by
the Architect of the Capitol, at meetings or conventions
in connection with subjects related to work under the Ar-
chitect of the Capitol, $41,953,000, of which $4,280,000
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, $4,557,000,
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, $29,685,000,
of which $123,000 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
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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,
$38,555,000, of which $200,000 shall remain available
until expended: Provided, That not more than $4,400,000
of the funds credited or to be reimbursed to this appro-
priation as herein provided shall be available for obligation
during fiscal year 2001.
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,
$66,200,000: 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 (ex-
cept the Digest of Public General Bills), to be issued by
the Library of Congress unless such publication has ob-
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tained prior approval of either the Committee on House
Administration of the House of Representatives or the
Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate.
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; printing and binding of Government publications
authorized by law to be distributed to Members of Con-
gress, $65,457,000: Provided, That this appropriation
shall not be available for paper copies of the permanent
edition of the Congressional Record for individual Sen-
ators, Representatives, Resident Commissioners or Dele-
gates authorized under 44 U.S.C. 906: Provided further,
That this appropriation shall be available for the payment
of obligations incurred under the appropriations for simi-
lar purposes for preceding fiscal years: Provided further,
That notwithstanding the 2-year limitation 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 period beginning on the
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date that such document, report, or publication is author-
ized by Congress to be printed, unless Congress reauthor-
izes such printing in accordance with section 718 of title
44, United States Code: Provided further, That any unobli-
gated or unexpended balances in this account or accounts
for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years may be
transferred to the Government Printing 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.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION
SEC. 106. (a) CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING AND BIND-
ING THROUGH CLERK OF HOUSE AND SECRETARY OF
SENATE.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any provi-
sion of title 44, United States Code, or any other
law, there are authorized to be appropriated to the
Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Sec-
retary of the Senate such sums as may be necessary
for congressional printing and binding services.
(2) PREPARATION OF ESTIMATES.—Estimated
expenditures and proposed appropriations for con-
gressional printing and binding services shall be pre-
pared and submitted by the Clerk of the House of
Representatives and the Secretary of the Senate in
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accordance with title 31, United States Code, in the
same manner as estimates and requests are pre-
pared for other legislative branch services under
such title, except that such requests shall be based
upon the results of the study conducted under sub-
section (b) (with respect to any fiscal year covered
by such study).
(3) EFFECTIVE
DATE.—This subsection shall
apply with respect to fiscal year 2003 and each suc-
ceeding fiscal year.
(b) STUDY.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—During fiscal year 2001, the
Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Sec-
retary of the Senate shall conduct a comprehensive
study of the needs of the House and Senate for con-
gressional printing and binding services during fiscal
year 2003 and succeeding fiscal years (including
transitional issues during fiscal year 2002), and
shall include in the study an analysis of the most
cost-effective program or programs for providing
printed or other media-based publications for House
and Senate uses.
(2) SUBMISSION TO COMMITTEES.—The Clerk
and the Secretary shall submit the study conducted
under paragraph (1) to the Committee on House
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Administration of the House of Representatives and
the Committee on Rules and Administration of the
Senate, who shall review the study and prepare such
regulations or other materials (including proposals
for legislation) as each considers appropriate to en-
able the Clerk and the Secretary to carry out con-
gressional printing and binding services in accord-
ance with this section.
(c) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘congres-
sional printing and binding services’’ means the following
services:
(1) Authorized printing and binding for the
Congress and the distribution of congressional infor-
mation in any format.
(2) Printing and binding for the Architect of
the Capitol.
(3) Preparing the semimonthly and session
index to the Congressional Record.
(4) Printing and binding of Government publi-
cations authorized by law to be distributed to Mem-
bers of Congress.
(5) Printing, binding, and distribution of Gov-
ernment publications authorized by law to be distrib-
uted without charge to the recipient.