and such other amounts as may be appropriated under 
law. 
‘‘(b) USE OF ACCOUNT.—Amounts in the Center for 
Audit Excellence Account shall be available to the Comp-
troller General, in amounts specified in appropriations 
Acts and without fiscal year limitation, to carry out this 
subchapter. 
‘‘§ 793. Authorization of Appropriations 
‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated such sums 
as may be necessary to carry out this subchapter.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions for chapter 7 of title 31, United States Code, 
is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SUBCHAPTER VII—CENTER FOR AUDIT EXCELLENCE 
‘‘791. Center for Audit Excellence. 
‘‘792. Account. 
‘‘793. Authorization of appropriations.’’. 
(b) APPROVAL
OF BUSINESS PLAN.—The Comp-
troller General may not begin operating the Center for 
Audit Excellence under subchapter VII of chapter 7 of 
title 31, United States Code (as added by subsection (a)) 
until— 
(1) the Comptroller General submits a business 
plan for the Center to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives and Senate; 
and 
(2) each such Committee approves the plan. 
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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), 
$3,420,000. 
JOHN C. STENNIS CENTER FOR PUBLIC 
SERVICE TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT 
For payment to the John C. Stennis Center for Pub-
lic Service Development Trust Fund established under 
section 116 of the John C. Stennis Center for Public Serv-
ice Training and Development Act (2 U.S.C. 1105), 
$430,000. 
TITLE II—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
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 
Committee on House Administration and for the Senate 
issued by the Committee on Rules and Administration. 
SEC. 202. No part of the funds appropriated in this 
Act shall remain available for obligation beyond fiscal year 
2015 unless expressly so provided in this Act. 
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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 
appropriated for is different from that specifically estab-
lished by such Act, the rate of compensation and the des-
ignation in this Act shall be the permanent law with re-
spect thereto: Provided, That the provisions in this Act 
for the various items of official expenses of Members, offi-
cers, and committees of the Senate and House of Rep-
resentatives, and clerk hire for Senators and Members of 
the House of Representatives shall be the permanent law 
with respect thereto. 
SEC. 204. The expenditure of any appropriation 
under this Act for any consulting service through procure-
ment contract, under section 3109 of title 5, United States 
Code, shall be limited to those contracts where such ex-
penditures are a matter of public record and available for 
public inspection, except where otherwise provided under 
existing law, or under existing Executive order issued 
under existing law. 
SEC. 205. 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 
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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. 
SEC. 206. The Architect of the Capitol, in consulta-
tion with the District of Columbia, is authorized to main-
tain and improve the landscape features, excluding streets, 
in the irregular shaped grassy areas bounded by Wash-
ington 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. 
SEC. 207. 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 
pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer authority pro-
vided in, this Act or any other appropriation Act. 
SEC. 208. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), 
none of the funds made available to the Architect of the 
Capitol in this Act may be used to eliminate or restrict 
guided tours of the United States Capitol which are led 
by employees and interns of offices of Members of Con-
gress and other offices of the House of Representatives 
and Senate. 
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(b) At the direction of the Capitol Police Board, or 
at the direction of the Architect of the Capitol with the 
approval 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. 
SEC. 209. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, no adjustment shall be made under section 610(a) 
of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 
31) (relating to cost of living adjustments for Members 
of Congress) during fiscal year 2015. 
SPENDING REDUCTION ACCOUNT 
SEC. 210. The amount by which the applicable alloca-
tion of new budget authority made by the Committee on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives under sec-
tion 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, ex-
cluding Senate items, exceeds the amount of proposed new 
budget authority is $0. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative Branch Ap-
propriations Act, 2015’’. 
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Union Calendar No. 307 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4487 
[Report No. 113–417] 
A BILL 
Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch 
for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2015, 
and for other purposes. 
APRIL 17, 2014 
Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
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