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not more than the daily equivalent of the annual rate of 
basic pay for level V of the Executive Schedule under section 
5316 of such title: Provided further, That activities financed 
through the revolving fund may provide information in any 
format: Provided further, That the revolving fund and the 
funds provided under the headings ‘‘Office of Super-
intendent of Documents’’ and ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’ may 
not be used for contracted security services at GPO’s pass-
port facility in the District of Columbia. 
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Government Account-
ability Office, including not more than $12,500 to be ex-
pended on the certification of the Comptroller General of 
the United States in connection with official representation 
and reception expenses; temporary or intermittent services 
under section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, but 
at rates for individuals not more than the daily equivalent 
of the annual rate of basic pay for level IV of the Executive 
Schedule under section 5315 of such title; hire of one pas-
senger motor vehicle; advance payments in foreign countries 
in accordance with section 3324 of title 31, United States 
Code; benefits comparable to those payable under sections 
901(5), (6), and (8) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 
U.S.C. 4081(5), (6), and (8)); and under regulations pre-
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scribed by the Comptroller General of the United States, 
rental of living quarters in foreign countries, $504,518,000: 
Provided, That in addition, $18,304,000 of payments re-
ceived under sections 782, 3521, and 9105 of title 31, 
United States Code, shall be available without fiscal year 
limitation: Provided further, That this appropriation and 
appropriations for administrative expenses of any other de-
partment or agency which is a member of the National 
Intergovernmental Audit Forum or a Regional Intergovern-
mental Audit Forum shall be available to finance an appro-
priate share of either Forum’s costs as determined by the 
respective Forum, including necessary travel expenses of 
non-Federal participants: Provided further, That payments 
hereunder to the Forum may be credited as reimbursements 
to any appropriation from which costs involved are ini-
tially financed. 
OPEN WORLD LEADERSHIP CENTER TRUST 
FUND 
For a payment to the Open World Leadership Center 
Trust Fund for financing activities of the Open World 
Leadership Center under section 313 of the Legislative 
Branch Appropriations Act, 2001 (2 U.S.C. 1151), 
$10,000,000.
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JOHN C. STENNIS CENTER FOR PUBLIC SERVICE 
TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT 
For payment to the John C. Stennis Center for Public 
Service Development Trust Fund established under section 
116 of the John C. Stennis Center for Public Service Train-
ing and Development Act (2 U.S.C. 1105), $430,000. 
TITLE II 
GENERAL PROVISIONS 
MAINTENANCE AND CARE OF PRIVATE VEHICLES 
SEC. 201. No part of the funds appropriated in this 
Act shall be used for the maintenance or care of private 
vehicles, except for emergency assistance and cleaning as 
may be provided under regulations relating to parking fa-
cilities for the House of Representatives issued by the Com-
mittee on House Administration and for the Senate issued 
by the Committee on Rules and Administration. 
FISCAL YEAR LIMITATION 
SEC. 202. No part of the funds appropriated in this 
Act shall remain available for obligation beyond fiscal year 
2012 unless expressly so provided in this Act. 
RATES OF COMPENSATION AND DESIGNATION 
SEC. 203. Whenever in this Act any office or position 
not specifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of 
1929 (46 Stat. 32 et seq.) is appropriated for or the rate 
of compensation or designation of any office or position ap-
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propriated for is different from that specifically established 
by such Act, the rate of compensation and the designation 
in this Act shall be the permanent law with respect thereto: 
Provided, That the provisions in this Act for the various 
items of official expenses of Members, officers, and commit-
tees of the Senate and House of Representatives, and clerk 
hire for Senators and Members of the House of Representa-
tives shall be the permanent law with respect thereto. 
CONSULTING SERVICES 
SEC. 204. The expenditure of any appropriation under 
this Act for any consulting service through procurement 
contract, under section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, 
shall be limited to those contracts where such expenditures 
are a matter of public record and available for public in-
spection, except where otherwise provided under existing 
law, or under existing Executive order issued under existing 
law. 
AWARDS AND SETTLEMENTS 
SEC. 205. Such sums as may be necessary are appro-
priated to the account described in subsection (a) of section 
415 of the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 
U.S.C. 1415(a)) to pay awards and settlements as author-
ized under such subsection.
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COSTS OF LBFMC 
SEC. 206. Amounts available for administrative ex-
penses 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 appropriate share of LBFMC 
costs as determined by the LBFMC, except that the total 
LBFMC costs to be shared among all participating legisla-
tive branch entities (in such allocations among the entities 
as the entities may determine) may not exceed $2,000. 
LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE 
SEC. 207. The Architect of the Capitol, in consultation 
with the District of Columbia, is authorized to maintain 
and improve the landscape features, excluding streets, in 
the irregular shaped grassy areas bounded by Washington 
Avenue, SW, on the northeast, Second Street, SW, on the 
west, Square 582 on the south, and the beginning of the 
I–395 tunnel on the southeast. 
LIMITATION ON TRANSFERS 
SEC. 208. None of the funds made available in this 
Act may be transferred to any department, agency, or in-
strumentality of the United States Government, except pur-
suant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority provided 
in, this Act or any other appropriation Act.
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GUIDED TOURS OF THE CAPITOL 
SEC. 209. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), 
none of the funds made available to the Architect of the Cap-
itol in this Act may be used to eliminate or restrict guided 
tours of the United States Capitol which are led by employ-
ees 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 ap-
proval 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. 
(RESCISSION) 
SEC. 210. Of the unobligated balances available from 
prior year appropriations under the heading ‘‘Architect of 
the Capitol’’$17,482,000 are hereby rescinded. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative Branch Ap-
propriations Act, 2012’’.