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SEC. 209. (a) Section 904 of the Supplemental Appropriations
Act, 1983 (2 U.S.C. 136a–2) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘SEC. 904. Notwithstanding any other provision of law—
‘‘(1) the Librarian of Congress shall be compensated at
an annual rate of pay which is equal to the annual rate of
basic pay payable for positions at level II of the Executive
Schedule under section 5313 of title 5, United States Code;
and
‘‘(2) the Deputy Librarian of Congress shall be compensated
at an annual rate of pay which is equal to the annual rate
of basic pay payable for positions at level III of the Executive
Schedule under section 5314 of title 5, United States Code.’’.
(b) Section 203(c)(1) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of
1946 (2 U.S.C. 166(c)(1)) is amended by striking the second sentence
and inserting the following: ‘‘The basic pay of the Director shall
be at a per annum rate equal to the rate of basic pay provided
for level III of the Executive Schedule under section 5314 of title
5, United States Code.’’.
(c) The amendments made by this section shall apply with
respect to the first pay period which begins on or after the date
of the enactment of this Act and each subsequent pay period.
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, $16,033,000, of which $3,650,000 shall remain available
until expended.
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
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, $29,986,000:
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 1998 and 1999 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 contracts and commitments
without regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by section
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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 3,313 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
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
SEC. 210. (a) Section 311 of title 44, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, section 3709
of the Revised Statutes (41 U.S.C. 5) shall apply with respect
to purchases and contracts for the Government Printing Office
as if the reference to ‘$25,000’ in clause (1) of such section were
a reference to ‘$100,000’.’’.
(b) The heading of section 311 of title 44, United States Code,
is amended by striking ‘‘AUTHORITY’’ and inserting ‘‘AUTHORITY;
SMALL PURCHASE THRESHOLD’’.
(c) The table of sections for chapter 3 of title 44, United States
Code, is amended by striking the item relating to section 311
and inserting the following:
‘‘311. Purchases exempt from the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act;
contract negotiation authority; small purchase threshold.’’.
GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the General Accounting Office,
including not more than $7,000 to be expended on the certification
of the Comptroller General of the United States in connection
with official representation and reception expenses; temporary or
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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 31 U.S.C.
3324; 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, $379,000,000: Provided, That notwith-
standing 31 U.S.C. 9105 hereafter amounts reimbursed to the
Comptroller General pursuant to that section shall be deposited
to the appropriation of the General Accounting Office then available
and remain available until expended, and not more than $1,400,000
of such funds shall be available for use in fiscal year 2000: Provided
further, That this appropriation and appropriations for administra-
tive expenses of any other department or agency which is a member
of the National Intergovernmental Audit Forum or a Regional Inter-
governmental 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 partici-
pants. Payments hereunder to the Forum may be credited as
reimbursements to any appropriation from which costs involved
are initially financed: Provided further, That this appropriation
and appropriations for administrative expenses of any other depart-
ment 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 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 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 2000 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 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited to those contracts where
such expenditures are a matter of public record and available
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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.
SEC. 306. Such sums as may be necessary are appropriated
to the account described in subsection (a) of section 415 of Public
Law 104–1 to pay awards and settlements as authorized under
such subsection.
SEC. 307. Amounts available for administrative expenses 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 appro-
priate share of LBFMC costs as determined by the LBFMC, except
that the total LBFMC costs to be shared among all participating
legislative branch entities (in such allocations among the entities
as the entities may determine) may not exceed $1,500.
SEC. 308. Section 308 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations
Act, 1999 (Public Law 105–275; 112 Stat. 2452) is amended—
(1) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘(40 U.S.C. 174j–1(b)(1))’’
and inserting ‘‘(40 U.S.C. 174j–1 note)’’;
(2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘(40 U.S.C. 174j–1(c))’’
and inserting ‘‘(40 U.S.C. 174j–1 note)’’; and
(3) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘(40 U.S.C. 174j–1(e))’’
and inserting ‘‘(40 U.S.C. 174j–1 note)’’.
SEC. 309. Section 316 of Public Law 101–302 is amended in
the first sentence of subsection (a) by striking ‘‘1999’’ and inserting
‘‘2000’’.
SEC. 310. Chapter 5 of title II of division B of the Omnibus
Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act,
1999 (Public Law 105–277; 112 Stat. 2681–569) is amended in
the matter under the subheading ‘‘CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER’’ under
the heading ‘‘ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL’’ by striking ‘‘the
Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate, the Com-
mittee on House Oversight of the House of Representatives, the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and
of the Senate, and other appropriate committees of the House
of Representatives and of the Senate’’ and inserting ‘‘the United
States Capitol Preservation Commission established under section
801 of the Arizona-Idaho Conservation Act of 1988 (40 U.S.C. 188a)’’.
SEC. 311. TRADE DEFICIT REVIEW COMMISSION. (a) APPROPRIA-
TIONS.—Section 127(i) of the Trade Deficit Review Commission Act