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103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4454
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JUNE 16, 1994
Ordered to be printed with the amendments of the Senate numbered
AN ACT
Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 1995, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
That the following sums are appropriated, out of any
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the
Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September
30, 1995, and for other purposes, namely:
TITLE I—CONGRESSIONAL OPERATIONS
Ω1æSENATE
MILEAGE AND EXPENSES ALLOWANCES
MILEAGE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT AND SENATORS
For mileage of the Vice President and Senators of the
United States, $60,000.
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EXPENSE ALLOWANCES
For expense allowances of the Vice President, $10,000;
the President Pro Tempore of the Senate, $10,000; Majority
Leader of the Senate, $10,000; Minority Leader of the Sen-
ate, $10,000; Majority Whip of the Senate, $5,000; Minority
Whip of the Senate, $5,000; and Chairmen of the Majority
and Minority Conference Committees, $3,000 for each
Chairman; in all, $56,000.
REPRESENTATION ALLOWANCES FOR THE MAJORITY AND
MINORITY LEADERS
For representation allowances of the Majority and Mi-
nority Leaders of the Senate, $15,000 for each such Leader;
in all, $30,000.
SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
For compensation of officers, employees, and others as
authorized by law, including agency contributions,
$71,338,000, which shall be paid from this appropriation
without regard to the below limitations, as follows:
OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT
For the Office of the Vice President, $1,513,000.
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE
For the Office of the President Pro Tempore, $457,000.
OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERS
For Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders,
$2,195,000.
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OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY WHIPS
For Offices of the Majority and Minority Whips,
$656,000.
CONFERENCE COMMITTEES
For the Conference of the Majority and the Conference
of the Minority, at rates of compensation to be fixed by the
Chairman of each such committee, $996,000 for each such
committee; in all, $1,992,000.
OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES OF THE CONFERENCE OF
THE MAJORITY AND THE CONFERENCE OF THE MINORITY
For Offices of the Secretaries of the Conference of the
Majority and the Conference of the Minority, $384,000.
OFFICE OF THE CHAPLAIN
For Office of the Chaplain, $192,000.
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
For Office of the Secretary, $12,961,000.
OFFICE OF THE SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER
For Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper,
$32,739,000.
OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND
MINORITY
For Offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the
Secretary for the Minority, $1,197,000.
AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS AND RELATED EXPENSES
For agency contributions for employee benefits, as au-
thorized by law, and related expenses, $17,052,000.
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OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL OF THE SENATE
For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legisla-
tive Counsel of the Senate, $3,381,000.
OFFICE OF SENATE LEGAL COUNSEL
For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate Legal
Counsel, $936,000.
EXPENSE ALLOWANCES OF THE SECRETARY OF THE SEN-
ATE, SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE
SENATE, AND SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND
MINORITY OF THE SENATE
For expense allowances of the Secretary of the Senate,
$3,000; Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate,
$3,000; Secretary for the Majority of the Senate, $3,000;
Secretary for the Minority of the Senate, $3,000; in all,
$12,000.
CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE
SENATE POLICY COMMITTEES
For salaries and expenses of the Majority Policy Com-
mittee and the Minority Policy Committee, $1,287,000 for
each such committee; in all, $2,574,000.
INQUIRIES AND INVESTIGATIONS
For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered
by the Senate, or conducted pursuant to section 134(a) of
Public Law 601, Seventy-ninth Congress, as amended, sec-
tion 112 of Public Law 96–304 and Senate Resolution 281,
agreed to March 11, 1980, $78,112,000.
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EXPENSES OF UNITED STATES SENATE CAUCUS ON
INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL
For expenses of the United States Senate Caucus on
International Narcotics Control, $348,000.
SECRETARY OF THE SENATE
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the Sen-
ate, $1,966,500 and, in addition, $7,000,000, to be derived
by transfer from funds appropriated in fiscal year 1992
for ‘‘Salaries, Officers and Employees’’ and to remain
available until September 30, 1998.
SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE SENATE
For expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms and
Doorkeeper 
of 
the 
Senate, 
$74,894,000, 
of 
which
$21,347,000 shall remain available until expended.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS
For miscellaneous items, $7,429,000.
SENATORS’ OFFICIAL PERSONNEL AND OFFICE EXPENSE
ACCOUNT
For Senators’ Official Personnel and Office Expense
Account, $206,542,000.
OFFICE OF SENATE FAIR EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES
For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate Fair
Employment Practices, $889,000.
SETTLEMENTS AND AWARDS RESERVE
For expenses for settlements and awards, $1,000,000.
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STATIONERY (REVOLVING FUND)
For stationery for the President of the Senate, $4,500,
for officers of the Senate and the Conference of the Majority
and Conference of the Minority of the Senate, $8,500; in
all, $13,000.
OFFICIAL MAIL COSTS
For expenses necessary for official mail costs of the
Senate, $11,000,000, to remain available until September
30, 1996.
RESCISSION
Of the funds previously appropriated under the head-
ing ‘‘SENATE’’, $23,000,000 are rescinded.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
SEC. 1. Effective on and after the date of enactment
of this Act, the Secretary of the Senate, subject to the ap-
proval of the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate,
is authorized to transfer up to $300,000 from any Senate
appropriations account with respect to which the Secretary
has disbursing authority to the revolving fund established
under section 2(c) under the subheading ‘‘ADMINISTRA-
TIVE PROVISIONS’’ under the heading ‘‘SENATE’’ in
Public Law 102–392 (2 U.S.C. 121d(c)) to provide addi-
tional capitalization for such revolving fund. Any moneys
so transferred shall be available for use in the same manner
and to the same extent as the moneys otherwise in such re-
volving fund.
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SEC. 2. (a) Not later than September 30, 1995, the Sec-
retary of the Senate shall submit to the Committee on Rules
and Administration a report evaluating the quality and
scope of the educational experience available to visitors to
the Senate concerning the constitutional and historical role
of the Senate in American Government and society.
(b) The Secretary of the Senate shall include in the
report a plan for the improvement of the educational experi-
ence available to Senate visitors. Senate officers and offi-
cials and legislative branch support agencies shall work
with the Secretary of the Senate in the development of the
plan. Appropriate executive branch agencies, such as the
National Archives and Records Administration and the
Smithsonian Institution, are encouraged to offer assistance
to the Secretary of the Senate in developing the plan.
(c) There are authorized to be paid out of the Contin-
gent Fund of the Senate, upon vouchers approved by the
Secretary of the Senate, such sums as are necessary to reim-
burse the routine expenses associated with developing the
report required by this section.
SEC. 3. (a) Section 105(a) of the Legislative Branch
Appropriations Act 1965 (Public Law 88–454; 2 U.S.C.
104a) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following
new paragraph:
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‘‘(4) Each report by the Secretary of the Senate re-
quired by paragraph (1) shall contain a separate summary
of Senate accounts statement for each office of the Senate
authorized to obligate appropriated funds, including each
Senator’s office, each officer of the Senate, and each commit-
tee of the Senate. The summary of Senate accounts state-
ment shall include—
‘‘(A) the total amount of appropriations made
available or allocated to the office;
‘‘(B) any supplemental appropriation, transfer
of funds, or rescission and the effect of such action on
the appropriation or allocation to the office;
‘‘(C) total expenses incurred for salary and office
expenses; and
‘‘(D) the unexpended balance.’’.
(b) Section 318 of the Legislative Branch Appropria-
tions Act, 1991 (Public Law 101–520; 2 U.S.C. 59f) is
amended by striking the period at the end of the last sen-
tence and inserting the following: ‘‘, and in the case of each
Senator, the allocation made to such Senator from the ap-
propriation for official mail expenses.’’.
(c) The amendments made by this section shall be effec-
tive with respect to—
(1) reports and statements covering periods be-
ginning on and after October 1, 1994; and
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(2) appropriations made and obligations in-
curred on and after such date.
SEC. 4. (a) There is established in the Treasury of the
United States a revolving fund within the contingent fund
of the Senate to be known as the Daniel Webster Senate
Page Residence Revolving Fund (hereafter referred to in
this section as the ‘‘fund’’). The fund shall consist of all
rental payments and other moneys collected or received by
the Sergeant at Arms with regard to the Daniel Webster
Senate Page Residence. All moneys in the fund shall be
available without fiscal year limitation for disbursement by
the Secretary of the Senate in connection with operation
and maintenance of the Daniel Webster Senate Page Resi-
dence not normally performed by the Architect of the Cap-
itol. In addition, such moneys may be used by the Sergeant
at Arms to purchase food and food related items and fund
activities for the pages.
(b) All moneys received from rental payments and
other moneys collected or received by the Sergeant at Arms
with regard to the Daniel Webster Senate Page Residence
shall be deposited in the fund and shall be available for
purposes of this section.
(c) Disbursements from the fund shall be made upon
vouchers approved by the Sergeant at Arms, or the designee
of the Sergeant at Arms.
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(d) The Sergeant at Arms is authorized to prescribe
such regulations as may be necessary to carry out the provi-
sions of this section and to provide for the operations of
the Daniel Webster Senate Page Residence.
SEC. 5. Effective October 1, 1994, each of the figures
contained in section 506(b)(3)(A)(iii) of the Supplemental
Appropriations Act, 1973 (2 U.S.C. 58(b)(3)(A)(iii)) is in-
creased by $50,000: Provided, That, in any fiscal year be-
ginning with fiscal year 1995, a Senator may use funds
provided for official office expenses, but not to exceed
$50,000, for mass mailing, as defined in section 6(b)(1) and
all such mass mailings shall be under the frank.
SEC. 6. (a) This section shall apply to mailings by
Senators, made during fiscal year 1995 and each fiscal year
thereafter in addition to any other law relating to the use
of the franking privilege.
(b) For the purposes of this paragraph—
(1) the term ‘‘mass mailing’’—
(A) means, with respect to a session of Con-
gress, a mailing of more than 500 newsletters or
other pieces of mail with substantially identical
content (whether such mail is deposited singly or
in bulk, or at the same time or different times),
but
(B) does not include a mailing—
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(i) of matter in direct response to a
communication from a person to whom the
matter is mailed;
(ii) to other Members of Congress or to
a Federal, State, or local government offi-
cial;
(iii) of a news release to the commu-
nications media;
(iv) of a town meeting notice, but no
such mailing may be made fewer than 60
days immediately before the date of any
primary election or general election (wheth-
er regular, special, or runoff) for any Fed-
eral, State, or local office in which a Mem-
ber of the Senate is a candidate for election;
or
(v) of a Federal publication or other
item that is provided by the Senate to all
Senators or made available by the Senate
for purchase by all Senators from official
funds specifically for distribution.
(c) Except as provided in section 5, a Senator may
not mail a mass mailing under the frank.
(d) The Senate Committee on Rules and Administra-
tion shall prescribe rules and regulations and take other
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COMMITTEE ON HOUSE ADMINISTRATION
HOUSE INFORMATION SYSTEMS
For salaries, expenses and temporary personal serv-
ices of House Information Systems, under the direction
of the Committee on House Administration, $22,437,000,
of which $16,017,000 is provided herein: Provided, That
House Information Systems is authorized to receive reim-
bursement for services provided from Members of the
House of Representatives and other Governmental entities
and such reimbursement shall be deposited in the Treas-
ury for credit to this account: Provided further, That
amounts so credited for fiscal year 1994 and not obligated
shall be available for obligation in fiscal year 1995.
ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES
For allowances and expenses as authorized by House
resolution or law, $244,572,000, including: Official Ex-
penses of Members, $79,800,000; supplies, materials, ad-
ministrative costs and Federal tort claims, $6,103,000;
net expenses of purchase, lease and maintenance of office
equipment, $11,779,000; net expenses for telecommuni-
cations, 
$10,872,000; 
furniture 
and 
furnishings,
$2,012,000; stenographic reporting of committee hearings,
$1,100,000; 
reemployed 
annuitants 
reimbursements,
$1,279,000; Government contributions to employees’ life
insurance fund, retirement funds, Social Security fund,
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Medicare fund, health benefits fund, and worker’s and un-
employment compensation, $130,849,000; and miscellane-
ous items including purchase, exchange, maintenance, re-
pair 
and 
operation 
of 
House 
motor 
vehicles,
interparliamentary receptions, and gratuities to heirs of
deceased employees of the House, $778,000.
CHILD CARE CENTER
For salaries and expenses of the House of Represent-
atives Child Care Center, such amounts as are deposited
in the account established by section 312(d)(1) of the Leg-
islative Branch Appropriations Act, 1992 (40 U.S.C.
184g(d)(1)), subject to the level specified in the budget
of the Center, as submitted to the Committee on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives.
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS (STUDIES AND
INVESTIGATIONS)
For salaries and expenses, studies and examinations
of executive agencies, by the Committee on Appropria-
tions, and temporary personal services for such committee,
to be expended in accordance with section 202(b) of the
Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 and to be available
for reimbursement to agencies for services performed,
$6,495,000: Provided, That the Federal Bureau of Inves-
tigation, notwithstanding any other provision of law, may
in any fiscal year pay all administrative uncontrollable
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overtime accrued by its employees while on detail to the
Committee on Appropriations.
OFFICIAL MAIL COSTS
For expenses necessary for official mail costs of the
House of Representatives, as authorized by law,
$31,000,000.
SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
For compensation and expenses of officers and em-
ployees, as authorized by law, $56,354,000, including: for
salaries and expenses of the Office of the Clerk, including
not to exceed $1,000 for official representation and recep-
tion expenses, $14,158,000; for salaries and expenses of
the Office of the Sergeant at Arms, including not to exceed
$500 for official representation and reception expenses,
$1,502,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the
Doorkeeper, including overtime as authorized by law,
$11,506,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of Di-
rector 
of 
Non-legislative 
and 
Financial 
Services,
$16,360,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of In-
spector General, $295,000; for salaries and expenses of
the Office of General Counsel, $762,000; Office of the
Chaplain, $124,000; Office of the Parliamentarian, includ-
ing the Parliamentarian and $2,000 for preparing the Di-
gest of Rules, $983,000; for salaries and expenses of the
Office of the Historian, $337,000; for salaries and ex-
penses of the Office of the Law Revision Counsel of the
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House, $1,630,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office
of the Legislative Counsel of the House, $4,400,000; six
minority employees, $747,000; the House Democratic
Steering and Policy Committee and the Democratic Cau-
cus, $1,523,000; the House Republican Conference,
$1,523,000; and other authorized employees, $504,000.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION
SEC. 101. (a) TRANSFER OF MAJORITY AND MINOR-
ITY PRINTERS TO DIRECTOR OF NON-LEGISLATIVE AND
FINANCIAL SERVICES.—As soon as practicable, but not
later than October 1, 1994, authority over the Majority
and Minority Printers of the House of Representatives
shall be transferred to the Director of Non-legislative and
Financial Services of the House.
(b) FEES FOR OFFICES AND UTILITIES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Upon the transfer required
by subsection (a), the Director shall charge the Ma-
jority and Minority Printers a reasonable monthly
fee for the rental of offices and utilities.
(2) AVAILABILITY OF RECEIPTS.—The amounts
received under this subsection shall be deposited in
the Treasury of the United States for credit to the
appropriation for ‘‘Salaries and Expenses of the
House of Representatives’’, and shall be available for
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expenditure in any fiscal year to the extent provided
in appropriations Acts.
(c) APPLICABILITY.—This section shall take effect
upon the date of the enactment of this Act and shall apply
to any fiscal year.
JOINT ITEMS
For Joint Committees, as follows:
JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic
Committee, $4,090,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary
of the Senate.
JOINT COMMITTEE ON PRINTING
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on
Printing, $1,370,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of
the Senate.
JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on
Taxation, $6,019,000, to be disbursed by the Clerk of the
House.
For other joint items, as follows:
OFFICE OF THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN
For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent ex-
penses of the emergency rooms, and for the Attending
Physician and his assistants, including (1) an allowance
of $1,500 per month to the Attending Physician; (2) an
allowance of $500 per month each to two medical officers
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while on duty in the Attending Physician’s office; (3) an
allowance of $500 per month each to two assistants and
$400 per month each not to exceed nine assistants on the
basis heretofore provided for such assistance; and (4)
$918,000 for reimbursement to the Department of the
Navy for expenses incurred for staff and equipment as-
signed to the Office of the Attending Physician, which
shall be advanced and credited to the applicable appropria-
tion or appropriations from which such salaries, allow-
ances, and other expenses are payable and shall be avail-
able for all the purposes thereof, $1,335,000, to be dis-
bursed by the Clerk of the House.
CAPITOL POLICE BOARD
CAPITOL POLICE
SALARIES
Ω2æFor the Capitol Police Board for salaries, includ-
ing overtime, and Government contributions to employees’
benefits funds, as authorized by law, of officers, members,
and employees of the Capitol Police, $65,991,000, of
which $31,833,000 is provided to the Sergeant at Arms
of the House of Representatives, to be disbursed by the
Clerk of the House, and $34,158,000 is provided to the
Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, to be
disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate: Provided, That
of the amounts appropriated for fiscal year 1995 for sala-
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ries, including overtime, and Government contributions to
employees’
benefits
funds
under
this
heading,
such
amounts as may be necessary may be transferred between
the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives and
the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, upon
approval of the Committee on Appropriations of the House
of Representatives and the Committee on Appropriations
of the Senate.
For the Capitol Police Board for salaries, including
overtime, hazardous duty pay differential, clothing allow-
ance of not more than $600 each for members required to
wear civilian attire, and Government contributions to em-
ployees’ benefits funds, as authorized by law, of officers,
members, and employees of the Capitol Police, $69,382,000,
of which $33,463,000 is provided to the Sergeant at Arms
of the House of Representatives, to be disbursed by the Clerk
of the House, and $35,919,000 is provided to the Sergeant
at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, to be disbursed by
the Secretary of the Senate: Provided, That of the amounts
appropriated for fiscal year 1995 for salaries, including
overtime, hazardous duty pay differential, clothing allow-
ance of not more than $600 each for members required to
wear civilian attire, and Government contributions to em-
ployees’ benefits under this heading, such amounts as may
be necessary may be transferred between the Sergeant at
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Arms of the House of Representatives and the Sergeant at
Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, upon approval of the
Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representa-
tives and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.
GENERAL EXPENSES
For the Capitol Police Board for necessary expenses
of the Capitol Police, including motor vehicles, commu-
nications and other equipment, uniforms, weapons, sup-
plies, materials, training, medical services, the employee
assistance program, not more than $2,000 for the awards
program, postage, telephone service, travel advances, relo-
cation of instructor and liaison personnel for the Federal
Law Enforcement Training Center, and $85 per month
for extra services performed for the Capitol Police Board
by an employee of the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate
or the House of Representatives designated by the Chair-
man of the Board, $2,000,000, to be disbursed by the
Clerk of the House of Representatives: Provided, That,
notwithstanding any other provision of law, the cost of
basic training for the Capitol Police at the Federal Law
Enforcement Training Center for fiscal year 1995 shall
be paid by the Secretary of the Treasury from funds avail-
able to the Department of the Treasury.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION
SEC. 102. Amounts appropriated for fiscal year 1995
for the Capitol Police Board under the heading ‘‘CAPITOL
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POLICE’’ may be transferred between the headings ‘‘SALA-
RIES’’ and ‘‘GENERAL EXPENSES’’, upon approval of the
Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and the
House of Representatives.
CAPITOL GUIDE SERVICE
For salaries and expenses of the Capitol Guide Serv-
ice, $1,628,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the
Senate: Provided, That none of these funds shall be used
to employ more than thirty-three individuals: Provided fur-
ther, That the Capitol Guide Board is authorized, during
emergencies, to employ not more than two additional indi-
viduals for not more than one hundred twenty days each,
and not more than ten additional individuals for not more
than six months each, for the Capitol Guide Service.
SPECIAL SERVICES OFFICE
For salaries and expenses of the Special Services Of-
fice, $363,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the
Senate.
OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For salaries and expenses necessary to carry out the
provisions of the Technology Assessment Act of 1972
(Public Law 92–484), including official reception and rep-
resentation expenses (not to exceed $5,500 from the Trust
Fund), and expenses incurred in administering an em-
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ployee incentive awards program (not to exceed $2,500),
and rental of space in the District of Columbia,
Ω3æ$21,931,000 $21,970,000: Provided, That none of the
funds in this Act shall be available for salaries or expenses
of any employee of the Office of Technology Assessment
in excess of 143 staff employees: Provided further, That
no part of this appropriation shall be available for assess-
ments or activities not initiated and approved in accord-
ance with section 3(d) of Public Law 92–484: Provided
further, That none of the funds in this Act shall be avail-
able for salaries or expenses of employees of the Office
of Technology Assessment in connection with any reim-
bursable study for which funds are provided from sources
other than appropriations made under this Act, or shall
be available for any other administrative expenses incurred
by the Office of Technology Assessment in carrying out
such a study.
CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For salaries and expenses necessary to carry out the
provisions of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (Pub-
lic Law 93–344), including not to exceed $2,500 to be ex-
pended on the certification of the Director of the Congres-
sional Budget Office in connection with official representa-
tion and reception expenses, Ω4æ$23,133,000 $23,188,000:
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Provided, That none of these funds shall be available for
the purchase or hire of a passenger motor vehicle: Pro-
vided further, That none of the funds in this Act shall be
available for salaries or expenses of any employee of the
Congressional Budget Office in excess of 221 fulltime
equivalent positions: Provided further, That any sale or
lease of property, supplies, or services to the Congressional
Budget Office shall be deemed to be a sale or lease of
such property, supplies, or services to the Congress subject
to section 903 of Public Law 98–63: Provided further,
That the Director of the Congressional Budget Office shall
have the authority, within the limits of available appro-
priations, to dispose of surplus or obsolete personal prop-
erty by inter-agency transfer, donation, or discarding.
ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL
OFFICE OF THE ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL
SALARIES
For the Architect of the Capitol, the Assistant Archi-
tect of the Capitol, and other personal services, at rates
of pay provided by law, Ω5æ$8,927,000 $9,103,000.
TRAVEL
Appropriations under the control of the Architect of
the Capitol shall be available for expenses of travel on offi-
cial business not to exceed in the aggregate under all
funds the sum of $20,000.
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CONTINGENT EXPENSES
To enable the Architect of the Capitol to make sur-
veys and studies, and to meet unforeseen expenses in con-
nection with activities under his care, $100,000Ω6æ,–to re-
main available until expended.
CAPITOL BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS
CAPITOL BUILDINGS
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care
and operation of the Capitol and electrical substations of
the Senate and House office buildings, under the jurisdic-
tion of the Architect of the Capitol, including furnishings
and office equipment; including not to exceed $1,000 for
official reception and representation expenses, to be ex-
pended as the Architect of the Capitol may approve; pur-
chase or exchange, maintenance and operation of a pas-
senger motor vehicle; security installations which are ap-
proved by the Capitol Police Board, authorized by House
Concurrent Resolution 550, Ninety-Second Congress,
agreed to September 19, 1972, the cost limitation of which
is hereby further increased by $200,000; and attendance,
when specifically authorized by the Architect of the Cap-
itol, at meetings or conventions in connection with subjects
related to work under the Architect of the Capitol,
Ω7æ$22,340,000 $22,797,000, of which $2,763,000 shall
remain available until expended.
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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,
Ω8æ$5,201,000 $5,270,000, of which $25,000 shall remain
available until expended.
Ω9æSENATE OFFICE BUILDINGS
For all necessary expenses for maintenance, care and
operation of Senate Office Buildings; and furniture and
furnishings, to be expended under the control and super-
vision of the Architect of the Capitol, $47,619,000, of which
$7,709,000 shall remain available until expended: Provided,
That of the amount appropriated under this heading such
sums as are necessary shall be used, at the direction of the
Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, to complete
improvements to the property acquired pursuant to section
1202 of Public Law 103–50.
HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care
and operation of the House office buildings, including the
position of Superintendent of Garages as authorized by
law, $41,364,000, of which $10,260,000 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-
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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
Printing Office and Washington City Post Office, and
heating and chilled water for air conditioning for the Su-
preme Court Building, Union Station complex, Thurgood
Marshall Federal Judiciary Building and the Folger
Shakespeare Library, expenses for which shall be ad-
vanced 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,
Ω10æ$33,342,000 $33,437,000, of which $865,000 shall
remain available until expended: Provided, That not to ex-
ceed $3,200,000 of the funds credited or to be reimbursed
to this appropriation as herein provided shall be available
for obligation during fiscal year 1995.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION
SEC. 103. The matter in chapter III of title I of the
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1975 under ‘‘Capitol
Buildings and Grounds’’ under the heading ‘‘ARCHI-
TECT OF THE CAPITOL’’ (40 U.S.C. 166b–2) is
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amended by striking ‘‘to grade 11’’ and inserting ‘‘at not
to exceed grade 12’’.
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,
Ω11æ$58,938,000 $60,459,000: Provided, That no part of
this appropriation may be used to pay any salary or ex-
pense 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 Com-
mittee on House Administration of the House of Rep-
resentatives or the Committee on Rules and Administra-
tion of the Senate: Provided further, That, notwithstand-
ing any other provision of law, the compensation of the
Director of the Congressional Research Service, Library
of Congress, shall be at an annual rate which is equal to
the annual rate of basic pay for positions at level IV of
the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, Unit-
ed States Code.
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GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING AND BINDING
For authorized printing and binding for the Congress
and the distribution of Congressional information in any
format; printing and binding for the Architect of the Cap-
itol; expenses necessary for preparing the semimonthly
and session index to the Congressional Record, as author-
ized by law (44 U.S.C. 902); printing and binding of Gov-
ernment publications authorized by law to be distributed
to Members of Congress; and printing, binding, and dis-
tribution of Government publications authorized by law to
be 
distributed 
without 
charge 
to 
the 
recipient,
Ω12æ$87,717,000 $89,724,000: Provided, That this appro-
priation shall not be available for printing and binding
part 2 of the annual report of the Secretary of Agriculture
(known as the Yearbook of Agriculture) nor for copies of
the permanent edition of the Congressional Record for in-
dividual Representatives, Resident Commissioners or Del-
egates 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.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Congressional Oper-
ations Appropriations Act, 1995’’.
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TITLE II—OTHER AGENCIES
BOTANIC GARDEN
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
Ω13æ(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care
and operation of the Botanic Garden and the nurseries,
buildings, grounds, and collections; and purchase and ex-
change, maintenance, repair, and operation of a passenger
motor vehicle; all under the direction of the Joint Commit-
tee on the Library, Ω14æ$3,182,000 $3,230,000, and, in
addition, $7,000,000 to remain available until expended to
be derived by transfer from funds previously made available
without fiscal year limitation under the heading ‘‘ARCHI-
TECT OF THE CAPITOL’’.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Library of Congress,
not otherwise provided for, including development and
maintenance of the Union Catalogs; custody and custodial
care of the Library buildings; special clothing; cleaning,
laundering and repair of uniforms; preservation of motion
pictures in the custody of the Library; operation and
maintenance of the American Folklife Center in the Li-
brary; preparation and distribution of catalog cards and
other publications of the Library; hire or purchase of one
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passenger motor vehicle; and expenses of the Library of
Congress Trust Fund Board not properly chargeable to
the income of any trust fund held by the Board,
Ω15æ$207,857,000 $210,164,000, of which not more than
$7,869,000 shall be derived from collections credited to
this appropriation during fiscal year 1995 under the Act
of June 28, 1902 (chapter 1301; 32 Stat. 480; 2 U.S.C.
150): Provided, That the total amount available for obliga-
tion shall be reduced by the amount by which collections
are less than the $7,869,000: Provided further, That of
the total amount appropriated, $8,458,000 is to remain
available until expended for acquisition of books, periodi-
cals, and newspapers, and all other materials including
subscriptions for bibliographic services for the Library, in-
cluding $40,000 to be available solely for the purchase,
when specifically approved by the Librarian, of special and
unique materials for additions to the collections.
COPYRIGHT OFFICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, in-
cluding publication of the decisions of the United States
courts 
involving 
copyrights, 
Ω16æ$27,186,000
$27,456,000, of which not more than $14,500,000 shall be
derived from collections credited to this appropriation dur-
ing fiscal year 1995 under 17 U.S.C. 708(c), and not more
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than Ω17æ$2,891,000 $2,911,000 shall be derived from
collections during fiscal year 1995 under 17 U.S.C.
111(d)(2), 119(b)(2), 802(h), and 1005: Provided, That
the total amount available for obligation shall be reduced
by the amount by which collections are less than
Ω18æ$17,391,000 $17,411,000: Provided further, That up
to $100,000 of the amount appropriated is available 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 to exceed $2,250 may be expended on the certifi-
cation of the Librarian of Congress or his designee, in con-
nection with official representation and reception expenses
for activities of the International Copyright Institute.
BOOKS FOR THE BLIND AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For salaries and expenses to carry out the provisions
of the Act of March 3, 1931 (chapter 400; 46 Stat. 1487;
2 U.S.C. 135a), Ω19æ$44,622,000 $44,951,000, of which
Ω20æ$10,896,000 $11,694,000 shall remain available until
expended.
FURNITURE AND FURNISHINGS
For necessary expenses for the purchase and repair
of furniture, furnishings, office and library equipment,
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$5,825,000, of which $1,886,000 shall be available until
expended only for the purchase and supply of furniture,
shelving, furnishings, and related costs necessary for the
renovation and restoration of the Thomas Jefferson and
John Adams Library buildings.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
SEC. 201. Appropriations in this Act available to the
Library of Congress shall be available, in an amount not
to exceed $194,290, of which $58,100 is for the Congres-
sional Research Service, when specifically authorized by
the Librarian, for attendance at meetings concerned with
the function or activity for which the appropriation is
made.
SEC. 202. (a) No part of the funds appropriated in
this Act shall be used by the Library of Congress to ad-
minister any flexible or compressed work schedule which—
(1) applies to any manager or supervisor in
a position the grade or level of which is equal to or
higher than GS–15; and
(2) grants such manager or supervisor the
right to not be at work for all or a portion of a
workday because of time worked by the manager or
supervisor on another workday.
(b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘manager
or supervisor’’ means any management official or super-
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visor, as such terms are defined in section 7103(a) (10)
and (11) of title 5, United States Code.
SEC. 203. Appropriated funds received by the Library
of Congress from other Federal agencies to cover general
and administrative overhead costs generated by perform-
ing reimbursable work for other agencies under the au-
thority of 31 U.S.C. 1535 and 1536 shall not be used to
employ more than 65 employees and may be expended or
obligated—
(1) in the case of a reimbursement, only to
such extent or in such amounts as are provided in
appropriations Acts; or
(2) in the case of an advance payment,
only—
(A) to pay for such general or adminis-
trative overhead costs as are attributable to the
work performed for such agency; or
(B) to such extent or in such amounts
as are provided in appropriations Acts, with re-
spect to any purpose not allowable under sub-
paragraph (A).
SEC. 204. Not to exceed $5,000 of any funds appro-
priated to the Library of Congress may be expended, on
the certification of the Librarian of Congress, in connec-
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tion with official representation and reception expenses for
the Library of Congress incentive awards program.
SEC. 205. Not to exceed $12,000 of funds appro-
priated to the Library of Congress may be expended, on
the certification of the Librarian of Congress or his des-
ignee, in connection with official representation and recep-
tion expenses for the Overseas Field Offices.
SEC. 206. Under the heading ‘‘Library of Congress’’
obligational authority shall be available, in an amount not
to exceed $75,236,000 for reimbursable activities,
$8,706,000 for revolving fund activities, and $6,150,000
for non-expenditure transfer activities in support of par-
liamentary development during the current fiscal year.
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, Ω21æ$9,860,000 $13,483,000, of
which Ω22æ$941,000 $4,441,000 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 Doc-
uments necessary to provide for the cataloging and index-
ing of Government publications and their distribution to
the public, Members of Congress, other Government agen-
cies, and designated depository and international exchange
libraries 
as 
authorized 
by 
law, 
Ω23æ$30,600,000
$32,207,000: Provided, ∆24«That the objectives of chapter
41 of title 44, United States Code, as enacted by the Gov-
ernment Printing Office Electronic Information Access
Enhancement Act of 1993, shall be carried out through
cost savings: Provided further, That travel expenses, in-
cluding 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 cur-
rent year appropriations are authorized for producing and
disseminating Congressional Serial Sets and other related
Congressional/non-Congressional publications for 1993
and 1994 to depository and other designated libraries.
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
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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 revolving fund’’: Provided, That not to exceed
$2,500 may be expended on the certification of the Public
Printer in connection with official representation and re-
ception 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: Pro-
vided further, That expenditures in connection with travel
expenses of the advisory councils to the Public Printer
shall be deemed necessary 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 V of the
Executive Schedule (5 U.S.C. 5316): Provided further,
That the revolving fund and the funds provided under the
paragraph entitled ‘‘OFFICE
OF
SUPERINTENDENT
OF
DOCUMENTS, SALARIES AND EXPENSES’’ together may not
be available for the full-time equivalent employment of
more than Ω25æ4,193 4,493 workyears: Provided further,
That the revolving fund shall be available for expenses not
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to exceed $500,000 for the development of plans and de-
sign of a multi-purpose facility: Provided further, That ac-
tivities financed through the revolving fund may provide
information in any format: Provided further, That the re-
volving fund shall not be used to administer any flexible
or compressed work schedule which applies to any man-
ager 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.
Ω26æSEC. 207. Section 207(a) of the Legislative Ap-
propriations Act, 1993 (Public Law 102–392) is amend-
ed—
(1) in paragraph (1) by inserting ‘‘or made
available from any source’’ after ‘‘appropriated’’;
(2) in paragraph (2)(A) by inserting after ‘‘as
certified by the Public Printer,’’ the following: ‘‘if the
work is included in a class of work which’’;
(3) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para-
graph (4);
(4) by adding after paragraph (2) the following:
‘‘(3) Any Federal officer or employee who pub-
lishes a Government publication or orders or con-
tracts for an individual printing order under para-
graph (2) shall comply with all applicable provisions
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of chapter 19, title 44, United States Code, regarding
distribution of Government publications by the Gov-
ernment Printing Office to Federal depository librar-
ies.’’; and
(5) by amending paragraph (4), as redesignated
to read as follows:
‘‘(4) As used in this section, the term ‘printing’
includes the processes of composition, platemaking,
presswork, duplicating, silk screen processes, produc-
tion of an image on paper or other substrate by any
process, binding, microform, and the end items of
such processes.’’.
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 recep-
tion 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 Sched-
ule (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
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Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4081(5), 4081(6) and
4081(8)); and under regulations prescribed by the Comp-
troller General of the United States, rental of living quar-
ters in foreign countries and travel benefits comparable
with those which are now or hereafter may be granted sin-
gle employees of the Agency for International Develop-
ment, 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)); Ω27æ$439,525,000
$443,360,000: Provided, That not more than $1,000,000
of reimbursements received incident to the operation of
the General Accounting Office Building shall be available
for use in fiscal year 1995Ω28æ: Provided further, That
notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 9105 hereafter amounts reim-
bursed to the Comptroller General pursuant to that section
shall be deposited to the appropriation of the General Ac-
counting Office then available and remain available until
expended, and not more than $6,000,000 of such funds shall
be available for use in fiscal year 1995: Provided further,
That this appropriation and appropriations for adminis-
trative expenses of any other department or agency which
is a member of the Joint Financial Management Improve-
ment Program (JFMIP) shall be available to finance an
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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 Intergovernmental Audit Forum or a Regional
Intergovernmental Audit Forum shall be available to fi-
nance 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 any appropriation from which costs involved are initially
financed: Provided further, That to the extent that funds
are otherwise available for obligation, agreements or con-
tracts for the removal of asbestos, and renovation of the
building and building systems (including the heating, ven-
tilation 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
appropriations 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
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any expenses attributable to membership of ACIPA in the
International Institute of Administrative Sciences.
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 fa-
cilities for the House of Representatives issued by the
Committee on House Administration and for the Senate
issued by the Committee on Rules and Administration.
SEC. 302. No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the
current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.
SEC. 303. Whenever any office or position not specifi-
cally established by the Legislative Pay Act of 1929 is ap-
propriated for herein or whenever the rate of compensa-
tion or designation of any position appropriated for herein
is different from that specifically established for such posi-
tion by such Act, the rate of compensation and the des-
ignation of the position, or either, appropriated for or pro-
vided herein, shall be the permanent law with respect
thereto: Provided, That the provisions herein for the var-
ious 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
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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 procure-
ment contract, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, 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 ex-
isting Executive order issued pursuant to existing law.
SEC. 305. The last sentence of section 307(a) of the
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1994 (2 U.S.C.
60–1 note) is repealed.
SEC. 306. Annual and sick leave balances of employ-
ees transferred from the Office of the Director of Non-
legislative and Financial Services, House Postal Oper-
ations, to the Architect of the Capitol, as of October 31,
1993, shall be credited to the leave accounts of such per-
sonnel, subject to the provisions of section 6304 of title
5, United States Code, upon their transfer to the appro-
priation for House office buildings.
SEC. 307. (a) CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT SYS-
TEM.—The first sentence of section 8335(d) of title 5,
United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘55’’ and in-
serting ‘‘57’’.
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(b) FEDERAL EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT SYSTEM.—
(1) Section 8425 of title 5, United States Code, is amend-
ed—
(A) in the first sentence of subsection (b) by
striking ‘‘member of the Capitol Police or’’ and
‘‘member or’’;
(B) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub-
section (d); and
(C) by inserting after subsection (b) the follow-
ing:
‘‘(c) A member of the Capitol Police who is otherwise
eligible for immediate retirement under section 8412(d)
shall be separated from the service on the last day of the
month in which such member becomes 57 years of age
or completes 20 years of service if then over that age. The
Capitol Police Board, when in its judgment the public in-
terest so requires, may exempt such a member from auto-
matic separation under this subsection until that member
becomes 60 years of age. The Board shall notify the mem-
ber in writing of the date of separation at least 60 days
before that date. Action to separate the member is not
effective, without the consent of the member, until the last
day of the month in which the 60-day notice expires.’’.
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(2) Section 8415(d) of title 5, United States Code,
is amended by striking ‘‘(a) or (b)’’ and inserting ‘‘(a),
(b), or (c)’’.
SEC. 308. (a) PURCHASE
OF
AMERICAN-MADE
EQUIPMENT AND PRODUCTS.—It is the sense of the Con-
gress that, to the greatest extent practicable, all equip-
ment and products purchased with funds made available
in this Act should be American-made.
(b) NOTICE TO GRANTEES AND CONTRACTORS.—In
providing financial assistance to, or entering into any con-
tract with, any entity using funds made available in this
Act, the head of each Federal agency, to the greatest ex-
tent practicable, shall provide to such entity a notice de-
scribing the statement made in subsection (a) by the Con-
gress.
Ω29æSEC. 309. Section 316 of Public Law 101–302 is
amended in the first sentence of subsection (a) by striking
‘‘1994’’ and inserting ‘‘1995’’.
Ω30æSEC. 310. Provided, That upon enactment of this
Act, of the funds appropriated to the Clerk of the House
in the Fiscal Year 1986 Urgent Supplemental Appropria-
tions Act, Public Law 99–349, and subsequently transferred
to the Architect of the Capitol pursuant to the Legislative
Branch Appropriations Act, 1989, Public Law 100–458, for
Capitol Complex Security Enhancements, made available