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not properly chargeable to the income of any trust fund held by 
the Board, $582,529,000, and, in addition, amounts credited to 
this appropriation during fiscal year 2023 under the Act of June 
28, 1902 (chapter 1301; 32 Stat. 480; 2 U.S.C. 150), shall remain 
available until expended: Provided, 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 fur-
ther, That of the total amount appropriated, not more than $18,000 
may be expended, on the certification of the Librarian of Congress, 
in connection with official representation and reception expenses, 
including for the Overseas Field Offices: Provided further, That 
of the total amount appropriated, $12,245,000 shall remain avail-
able until expended for the Teaching with Primary Sources program: 
Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated, $1,459,000 
shall remain available until expended for upgrade of the Legislative 
Branch Financial Management System: Provided further, That of 
the total amount appropriated, $250,000 shall remain available 
until expended for the Surplus Books Program to promote the 
program and facilitate a greater number of donations to eligible 
entities across the United States: Provided further, That of the 
total amount appropriated, $3,976,000 shall remain available until 
expended for the Veterans History Project to continue digitization 
efforts of already collected materials, reach a greater number of 
veterans to record their stories, and promote public access to the 
Project: Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated, 
$1,500,000 shall remain available until expended for the COVID– 
19 American History Project. 
COPYRIGHT OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For 
all 
necessary 
expenses 
of 
the 
Copyright 
Office, 
$100,674,000, of which not more than $39,702,000, to remain avail-
able until expended, shall be derived from collections credited to 
this appropriation during fiscal year 2023 under sections 708(d) 
and 1316 of title 17, United States Code: Provided, That the Copy-
right Office may not obligate or expend any funds derived from 
collections under such section in excess of the amount authorized 
for obligation or expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided fur-
ther, That not more than $7,210,000 shall be derived from collec-
tions during fiscal year 2023 under sections 111(d)(2), 119(b)(3), 
803(e), and 1005 of such title: Provided further, That the total 
amount available for obligation shall be reduced by the amount 
by which collections are less than $46,912,000: Provided further, 
That of the funds provided under this heading, not less than 
$17,100,000 is for modernization initiatives, of which $10,000,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2024: Provided further, 
That not more than $100,000 of the amount appropriated is avail-
able 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 certification of the Librarian of Congress, 
in connection with official representation and reception expenses
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for activities of the International Copyright Institute and for copy-
right 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 all 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 Annotated Constitution of the United 
States of America, $133,600,000: 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: Provided further, That this prohibition does not 
apply to publication of non-confidential Congressional Research 
Service (CRS) products: Provided further, That a non-confidential 
CRS product includes any written product containing research or 
analysis that is currently available for general congressional access 
on the CRS Congressional Intranet, or that would be made available 
on the CRS Congressional Intranet in the normal course of business 
and does not include material prepared in response to Congressional 
requests for confidential analysis or research. 
NATIONAL LIBRARY SERVICE FOR THE BLIND AND PRINT DISABLED 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For all necessary expenses to carry out the Act of March 3, 
1931 (chapter 400; 46 Stat. 1487; 2 U.S.C. 135a), $58,657,000: 
Provided, That of the total amount appropriated, $650,000 shall 
be available to contract to provide newspapers to blind and print 
disabled residents at no cost to the individual. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
REIMBURSABLE AND REVOLVING FUND ACTIVITIES 
SEC. 140. (a) IN
GENERAL.—For fiscal year 2023, the 
obligational authority of the Library of Congress for the activities 
described in subsection (b) may not exceed $308,554,000. 
(b) ACTIVITIES.—The activities referred to in subsection (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.
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USE OF APPROPRIATED FUNDS TO COVER SALARIES OF CERTAIN 
PERSONNEL OF LITTLE SCHOLARS CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER 
SEC. 141. (a) USE OF FUNDS.—Section 210 of the Legislative 
Branch Appropriations Act, 2001 (2 U.S.C. 162b) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (f)(1), by striking ‘‘pay to the Library 
of Congress’’ and inserting ‘‘except as provided in subsection 
(g), pay to the Library of Congress’’; 
(2) by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (h); and 
(3) by inserting after subsection (f) the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(g) REIMBURSEMENT FOR CERTAIN COMPENSATION.—Notwith-
standing paragraph (1) of subsection (f), in the case of expenses 
described in such paragraph which are attributable to the com-
pensation of the Executive Director and Deputy Executive Director 
of the Center, the Librarian of Congress may reimburse the Center 
for such expenses from amounts appropriated or otherwise made 
available for salaries and expenses of the Library of Congress.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by this section 
shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2023 and each succeeding 
fiscal year. 
GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE 
CONGRESSIONAL PUBLISHING 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For authorized publishing of congressional information and the 
distribution of congressional information in any format; publishing 
of Government publications authorized by law to be distributed 
to Members of Congress; and publishing, and distribution of Govern-
ment publications authorized by law to be distributed without 
charge to the recipient, $82,992,000: Provided, That this appropria-
tion shall not be available for paper copies of the permanent edition 
of the Congressional Record for individual Representatives, Resident 
Commissioners or Delegates authorized 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 appropriations for similar 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 date that such document, report, or publica-
tion is authorized by Congress to be printed, unless Congress 
reauthorizes such printing in accordance with section 718 of title 
44, United States Code: Provided further, That unobligated or unex-
pended balances of expired discretionary funds made available 
under this heading in this Act for this fiscal year may be transferred 
to, and merged with, funds under the heading ‘‘GOVERNMENT PUB-
LISHING OFFICE BUSINESS OPERATIONS REVOLVING FUND’’ no later 
than the end of the fifth fiscal year after the last fiscal year 
for which such funds are available for the purposes for which 
appropriated, to be available for carrying out the purposes of this
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heading, subject to the approval of the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and the 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 Congressional Record on only a monthly and session 
basis. 
PUBLIC INFORMATION PROGRAMS OF THE SUPERINTENDENT OF 
DOCUMENTS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For expenses of the public information programs of the Office 
of Superintendent of Documents necessary to provide for the cata-
loging and indexing of Government publications in any format, 
and their distribution to the public, Members of Congress, other 
Government agencies, and designated depository and international 
exchange libraries as authorized by law, $35,257,000: Provided, 
That amounts of not more than $2,000,000 from current year appro-
priations are authorized for producing and disseminating Congres-
sional serial sets and other related publications for the preceding 
two fiscal years to depository and other designated libraries: Pro-
vided further, That unobligated or unexpended balances of expired 
discretionary funds made available under this heading in this Act 
for this fiscal year may be transferred to, and merged with, funds 
under the heading ‘‘GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE BUSINESS 
OPERATIONS REVOLVING FUND’’ no later than the end of the fifth 
fiscal year after the last fiscal year for which such funds are 
available for the purposes for which appropriated, to be available 
for carrying out the purposes of this heading, subject to the approval 
of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Senate. 
GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE BUSINESS OPERATIONS 
REVOLVING FUND 
For payment to the Government Publishing Office Business 
Operations Revolving Fund, $11,605,000, to remain available until 
expended, for information technology development and facilities 
repair: Provided, That the Government Publishing Office is hereby 
authorized to make such expenditures, within the limits of funds 
available and in accordance with law, and to make such contracts 
and commitments without regard to fiscal year limitations as pro-
vided by section 9104 of title 31, United States Code, as may 
be necessary in carrying out the programs and purposes set forth 
in the budget for the current fiscal year for the Government Pub-
lishing Office Business Operations Revolving Fund: Provided fur-
ther, That not more than $7,500 may be expended on the certifi-
cation of the Director of the Government Publishing Office in 
connection with official representation and reception expenses: Pro-
vided further, That the Business Operations Revolving Fund shall 
be available for the hire or purchase of not more than 12 passenger 
motor vehicles: Provided further, That expenditures in connection 
with travel expenses of the advisory councils to the Director of 
the Government Publishing Office shall be deemed necessary to 
carry out the provisions of title 44, United States Code: Provided