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section 102(a)(4) of the Library of Congress Fiscal Operations
Improvement Act of 2000 (as added by subsection (a)).
SEC. 209. Section 7 of the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial
Commission Act, Public Law 106–173, is amended by adding the
following new subsections:
‘‘(f) GIFTS.—The Commission may, for the purpose of carrying
out this Act, accept and use gifts of money, property, and services,
and, notwithstanding section 1342 of title 31, United States Code,
may accept and use voluntary services as the Commission deems
necessary.
‘‘(g) DETAIL OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.—On the request of the
Commission, the head of a Federal agency or other Federal
appointing authority may detail, on a reimbursable or nonreimburs-
able basis, any of its employees to the Commission to assist the
Commission in carrying out the duties of the Commission under
this Act. Any such detail of an employee shall be without interrup-
tion or loss of civil service status or privilege.’’.
ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL
CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER
For an additional amount for the unassigned space in the
Capitol Visitor Center project, $70,000,000, to remain available
until expended: Provided, That section 3709 of the Revised Statutes
of the United States (41 U.S.C. 5) shall not apply to the funds
made available under this heading: Provided further, That the
Architect of the Capitol may not obligate any of the funds which
are made available for the Capitol Visitor Center under this Act
or any other Act without an obligation plan approved by the chair
and ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropriations
of the House of Representatives for House space and the Committee
on Appropriations of the Senate for Senate space.
CONGRESSIONAL CEMETERY
For the perpetual care and maintenance of the historic Congres-
sional Cemetery, $1,250,000, to remain available until expended:
Provided, That $1,000,000 of such amount shall be paid to the
National Trust for Historic Preservation (hereafter in this para-
graph referred to as the ‘‘National Trust’’) for deposit into the
permanently restricted account referred to in section 209(b) of the
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105–275;
112 Stat. 2449) and shall be used by the National Trust in accord-
ance with the terms and conditions applicable under such section
to amounts deposited into such account: Provided further, That
$250,000 of such amount shall be for the preparation of a study
to develop a program for the ongoing care and maintenance of
the Cemetery.
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, $21,753,000, of which $3,748,000 shall remain available
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until September 30, 2006 and $5,000,000 shall remain available
until expended.
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
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, $29,639,000:
Provided, That travel expenses, including travel expenses of the
Depository Library Council to the Public Printer, shall not exceed
$175,000: Provided further, That amounts of not more than
$2,000,000 from current year appropriations are authorized for
producing and disseminating Congressional serial sets and other
related publications for 2000 and 2001 to depository and other
designated libraries: Provided further, That any unobligated or
unexpended balances in this account or accounts for similar pur-
poses for preceding fiscal years may be transferred to the Govern-
ment 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.
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
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 Printing Office
revolving fund: Provided, That not more than $2,500 may be
expended on the certification of the Public Printer in connection
with official representation and reception expenses: Provided fur-
ther, That the 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 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
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 V
of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of such title: 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 3,260 workyears
(or such other number of workyears as the Public Printer may
request, subject to the approval of the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the Senate and the House of Representatives): Provided
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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 super-
visor 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.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION
EXTENSION OF EARLY RETIREMENT AND VOLUNTARY SEPARATION
INCENTIVE PAYMENTS FOR GPO
SEC. 210. (a) Section 309 of the Legislative Branch Appropria-
tions Act, 1999 (44 U.S.C. 305 note), is amended—
(1) in subsection (b)(1)(A), by striking ‘‘October 1, 2001’’
and inserting ‘‘October 1, 2004’’; and
(2) in subsection (c)(2), by striking ‘‘September 30, 2001’’
and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2004’’.
(b) The amendments made by this section shall take effect
as if included in the enactment of the Legislative Branch Appropria-
tions Act, 1999.
GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the General Accounting Office,
including not more than $12,500 to be expended 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 passenger 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), 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 regulations prescribed by the Comptroller General of the
United States, rental of living quarters in foreign countries,
$421,844,000: Provided, That not more than $1,751,000 of payments
received under section 782 of title 31, United States Code, shall
be available for use in fiscal year 2002: Provided further, That
not more than $750,000 of reimbursements received under section
9105 of title 31, United States Code, shall be available for use
in fiscal year 2002: Provided further, That this appropriation and
appropriations for administrative expenses of any other department
or agency which is a member of the National Intergovernmental
Audit Forum or a Regional Intergovernmental Audit Forum shall
be available to finance an appropriate 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 reimburse-
ments to any appropriation from which costs involved are initially
financed: 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
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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.
PAYMENT TO THE RUSSIAN LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
CENTER TRUST FUND
For a payment to the Russian Leadership Development Center
Trust Fund for financing activities of the Center for Russian Leader-
ship Development, $8,000,000.
TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 301. 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 facilities for the House of Represent-
atives issued by the Committee on House Administration and for
the Senate issued by the Committee on Rules and Administration.
SEC. 302. No part of the funds appropriated in this Act shall
remain available for obligation beyond fiscal year 2002 unless
expressly so provided in this Act.
SEC. 303. Whenever in this Act any office or position not specifi-
cally established by the Legislative Pay Act of 1929 is appropriated
for or the rate of compensation or designation of any office or
position appropriated for is different from that specifically estab-
lished by such Act, the rate of compensation and the designation
in this Act shall be the permanent law with respect thereto: Pro-
vided, That the provisions in this Act for the various items of
official expenses of Members, officers, and committees of the Senate
and House of Representatives, and clerk hire for Senators and
Members of the House of Representatives shall be the permanent
law with respect thereto.
SEC. 304. The expenditure of any appropriation under this
Act for any consulting service through procurement contract, pursu-
ant to 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 inspection, except where otherwise
provided under existing law, or under existing Executive order
issued pursuant to existing law.
SEC. 305. (a) It is the sense of the Congress that, to the
greatest extent practicable, all equipment and products purchased
with funds made available in this Act should be American-made.
(b) In providing financial assistance to, or entering into any
contract with, any entity using funds made available in this Act,
the head of each Federal agency, to the greatest extent practicable,
shall provide to such entity a notice describing the statement made
in subsection (a) by the Congress.
(c) If it has been finally determined by a court or Federal
agency that any person intentionally affixed a label bearing a
‘‘Made in America’’ inscription, or any inscription with the same
meaning, to any product sold in or shipped to the United States
that is not made in the United States, such person shall be ineligible
to receive any contract or subcontract made with funds provided
pursuant to this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and
ineligibility procedures described in section 9.400 through 9.409
of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations.