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Union Calendar No. 350
106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4516
[Report No. 106–635]
Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2001, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 23, 2000
Mr. TAYLOR of North Carolina, from the Committee on Appropriations, re-
ported the following bill; which was committed to the Committee of the
Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed
A BILL
Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the
fiscal year ending September 30, 2001, 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, 2001, and for other purposes, namely:
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TITLE I—CONGRESSIONAL OPERATIONS
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For salaries and expenses of the House of Represent-
atives, $749,210,000, as follows:
HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES
For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law,
$13,998,000, 
including: 
Office 
of 
the 
Speaker,
$1,711,000, including $25,000 for official expenses of the
Speaker; Office of the Majority Floor Leader, $1,677,000,
including $10,000 for official expenses of the Majority
Leader; Office of the Minority Floor Leader, $2,039,000,
including $10,000 for official expenses of the Minority
Leader; Office of the Majority Whip, including the Chief
Deputy Majority Whip, $1,427,000, including $5,000 for
official expenses of the Majority Whip; Office of the Mi-
nority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Minority Whip,
$1,065,000, including $5,000 for official expenses of the
Minority Whip; Speaker’s Office for Legislative Floor Ac-
tivities, $399,000; Republican Steering Committee,
$744,000; Republican Conference, $1,220,000; Demo-
cratic Steering and Policy Committee, $1,315,000; Demo-
cratic Caucus, $649,000; nine minority employees,
$1,196,000; training and program development—majority
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$278,000; and training and program development—mi-
nority, $278,000.
MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES
INCLUDING MEMBERS’ CLERK HIRE, OFFICIAL
EXPENSES OF MEMBERS, AND OFFICIAL MAIL
For Members’ representational allowances, including
Members’ clerk hire, official expenses, and official mail,
$400,527,000.
COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES
STANDING COMMITTEES, SPECIAL AND SELECT
For salaries and expenses of standing committees,
special and select, authorized by House resolutions,
$89,896,000: Provided, That such amount shall remain
available for such salaries and expenses until December
31, 2002.
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
For salaries and expenses of the Committee on Ap-
propriations, $20,231,000, including studies and examina-
tions of executive agencies and temporary personal serv-
ices 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: Provided, That such amount shall
remain available for such salaries and expenses until De-
cember 31, 2002.
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SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
For compensation and expenses of officers and em-
ployees, as authorized by law, $86,369,000, including: for
salaries and expenses of the Office of the Clerk, including
not more than $3,500, of which not more than $2,500 is
for the Family Room, for official representation and recep-
tion expenses, $14,286,000; for salaries and expenses of
the Office of the Sergeant at Arms, including the position
of Superintendent of Garages, and including not more
than $750 for official representation and reception ex-
penses, $3,596,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office
of the Chief Administrative Officer, $54,997,000, of which
$1,054,000 shall remain available until expended, includ-
ing $24,912,000 for salaries, expenses and temporary per-
sonal services of House Information Resources, of which
$24,327,000 is provided herein: Provided, That of the
amount provided for House Information Resources,
$5,760,000 shall be for net expenses of telecommuni-
cations: Provided further, That House Information Re-
sources is authorized to receive reimbursement from Mem-
bers of the House of Representatives and other govern-
mental entities for services provided and such reimburse-
ment shall be deposited in the Treasury for credit to this
account; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the In-
spector General, $3,197,000; for salaries and expenses of
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the Office of General Counsel, $806,000; for the Office
of the Chaplain, $140,000; for salaries and expenses of
the Office of the Parliamentarian, including the Parlia-
mentarian and $2,000 for preparing the Digest of Rules,
$1,172,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the
Law Revision Counsel of the House, $2,045,000; for sala-
ries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel
of the House, $5,085,000; for salaries and expenses of the
Corrections Calendar Office, $832,000; and for other au-
thorized employees, $213,000.
ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES
For allowances and expenses as authorized by House
resolution or law, $138,189,000, including: supplies, mate-
rials, administrative costs and Federal tort claims,
$1,960,000; official mail for committees, leadership of-
fices, and administrative offices of the House, $410,000;
Government contributions for health, retirement, Social
Security, 
and 
other 
applicable 
employee 
benefits,
$135,426,000; and miscellaneous items including pur-
chase, exchange, maintenance, repair and operation of
House motor vehicles, interparliamentary receptions, and
gratuities to heirs of deceased employees of the House,
$393,000.
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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.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
SEC. 101. During fiscal year 2001 and any suc-
ceeding fiscal year, the Chief Administrative Officer of the
House of Representatives may—
(1) enter into contracts for the acquisition of
severable services for a period that begins in one fis-
cal year and ends in the next fiscal year to the same
extent as the head of an executive agency under the
authority of section 303L of the Federal Property
and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C.
253l); and
(2) enter into multi-year contracts for the ac-
quisitions of property and nonaudit-related services
to the same extent as executive agencies under the
authority of section 304B of the Federal Property
and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (41 U.S.C.
254c).
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SEC. 102. (a) PERMITTING NEW HOUSE EMPLOYEES
TO BE PLACED ABOVE MINIMUM STEP OF COMPENSA-
TION LEVEL.—The House Employees Position Classifica-
tion Act (2 U.S.C. 291 et seq.) is amended by striking
section 10 (2 U.S.C. 299).
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall apply with respect to employees ap-
pointed on or after October 1, 2000.
JOINT ITEMS
For Joint Committees, as follows:
JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic
Committee, $3,072,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary
of the Senate.
JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on
Taxation, $6,174,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Ad-
ministrative Officer 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 three medical officers
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Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, to be
disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate: Provided, That,
of the amounts appropriated 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.
GENERAL EXPENSES
For the Capitol Police Board for necessary expenses
of the Capitol Police, including motor vehicles, commu-
nications and other equipment, security equipment and in-
stallation, uniforms, weapons, supplies, materials, train-
ing, medical services, forensic services, stenographic serv-
ices, personal and professional services, the employee as-
sistance 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, $6,549,000, to be disbursed by the
Capitol Police Board or their delegee: Provided, That, not-
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withstanding any other provision of law, the cost of basic
training for the Capitol Police at the Federal Law En-
forcement Training Center for fiscal year 2001 shall be
paid by the Secretary of the Treasury from funds available
to the Department of the Treasury.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
SEC. 103. Amounts appropriated for fiscal year 2001
for the Capitol Police Board for the Capitol Police may
be transferred between the headings ‘‘SALARIES’’ and
‘‘GENERAL EXPENSES’’ upon the approval of—
(1) the Committee on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives, in the case of amounts
transferred from the appropriation provided to the
Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives
under the heading ‘‘SALARIES’’;
(2) the Committee on Appropriations of the
Senate, in the case of amounts transferred from the
appropriation provided to the Sergeant at Arms and
Doorkeeper of the Senate under the heading ‘‘SALA-
RIES’’; and
(3) the Committees on Appropriations of the
Senate and the House of Representatives, in the
case of other transfers.
SEC. 104. (a) APPOINTMENT OF CERTIFYING OFFI-
CERS OF THE CAPITOL POLICE.—The Chief Administra-
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tive Officer of the U.S. Capitol Police, or when there is
not a Chief Administrative Officer the Capitol Police
Board, shall appoint certifying officers to certify all vouch-
ers for payment from funds made available to the United
States Capitol Police.
(b) RESPONSIBILITY AND ACCOUNTABILITY OF CER-
TIFYING OFFICERS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Each officer or employee of
the Capitol Police who has been duly authorized in
writing by the Chief Administrative Officer, or the
Capitol Police Board if there is not a Chief Adminis-
trative Officer, to certify vouchers pursuant to sub-
section (a) shall—
(A) be held responsible for the existence
and correctness of the facts recited in the cer-
tificate or otherwise stated on the voucher or its
supporting papers and for the legality of the
proposed payment under the appropriation or
fund involved;
(B) be held responsible and accountable for
the correctness of the computations of certified
vouchers; and
(C) be held accountable for and required to
make good to the United States the amount of
any illegal, improper, or incorrect payment re-
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sulting from any false, inaccurate, or mis-
leading certificate made by such officer or em-
ployee, as well as for any payment prohibited by
law or which did not represent a legal obligation
under the appropriation or fund involved.
(2) RELIEF BY COMPTROLLER GENERAL.—The
Comptroller General may, at the Comptroller Gen-
eral’s discretion, relieve such certifying officer or
employee of liability for any payment otherwise
proper if the Comptroller General finds—
(A) that the certification was based on of-
ficial records and that the certifying officer or
employee did not know, and by reasonable dili-
gence and inquiry could not have ascertained,
the actual facts; or
(B) that the obligation was incurred in
good faith, that the payment was not contrary
to any statutory provision specifically prohib-
iting payments of the character involved, and
the United States has received value for such
payment.
(c) ENFORCEMENT OF LIABILITY.—The liability of
the certifying officers of the United States Capitol Police
shall be enforced in the same manner and to the same
extent as currently provided with respect to the enforce-
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ment of the liability of disbursing and other accountable
officers, and such officers shall have the right to apply
for and obtain a decision by the Comptroller General on
any question of law involved in a payment on any vouchers
presented to them for certification.
SEC. 105. CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER.—(a)
There shall be within the Capitol Police an Office of
Administration to be headed by a Chief Administrative
Officer:
(1) The Chief Administrative Officer shall be
appointed by the Comptroller General after consulta-
tion with the Capitol Police Board, and shall report
to and serve at the pleasure of the Comptroller Gen-
eral.
(2) The Comptroller General shall appoint as
Chief Administrative Officer an individual with the
knowledge and skills necessary to carry out the re-
sponsibilities for budgeting, financial management,
information technology, and human resource man-
agement described in this section.
(3) The Chief Administrative Officer shall re-
ceive basic pay at a rate determined by the Comp-
troller General, but not to exceed the annual rate of
basic pay payable for ES–2 of the Senior Executive
Service Basic Rates Schedule established for mem-
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bers of the Senior Executive Service of the General
Accounting Office under section 733 of title 31.
(4) The Capitol Police shall reimburse from
available appropriations any costs incurred by the
General Accounting Office under this section.
(b) The Chief Administrative Officer shall have the
following areas of responsibility:
(1) BUDGETING.—The Chief Administrative Of-
ficer shall—
(A) after consulting with the Chief of Po-
lice on the portion of the budget covering uni-
formed police force personnel, prepare and sub-
mit to the Capitol Police Board an annual
budget for the Capitol Police;
(B) execute the budget and monitor
through periodic examinations the execution of
the Capitol Police budget in relation to actual
obligations and expenditures.
(2) FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT.—The Chief Ad-
ministrative Officer shall—
(A) oversee all financial management ac-
tivities relating to the programs and operations
of the Capitol Police;
(B) develop and maintain an integrated ac-
counting and financial system for the Capitol
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Police, including financial reporting and inter-
nal controls, which—
(i) complies with applicable account-
ing principles, standards, and require-
ments, and internal control standards;
(ii) complies with any other require-
ments applicable to such systems;
(iii) provides for—
(I) complete, reliable, consistent,
and timely information which is pre-
pared on a uniform basis and which is
responsive to financial information
needs of the Capitol Police;
(II) the development and report-
ing of cost information;
(III) the integration of account-
ing and budgeting information; and
(IV) the systematic measurement
of performance;
(C) direct, manage, and provide policy
guidance and oversight of Capitol Police finan-
cial management personnel, activities, and oper-
ations, including—
(i) the recruitment, selection, and
training of personnel to carry out Capitol
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Police financial management functions;
and
(ii) the implementation of Capitol Po-
lice asset management systems, including
systems for cash management, debt collec-
tion, and property and inventory manage-
ment and control; and
(D) the Chief Administrative Officer shall
prepare annual financial statements for the
Capitol Police and provide for an annual audit
of the financial statements by an independent
public accountant in accordance with generally
accepted government auditing standards.
(3) INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY.—The Chief
Administrative Officer shall—
(A) direct, coordinate, and oversee the ac-
quisition, use, and management of information
technology by the Capitol Police;
(B) promote and oversee the use of infor-
mation technology to improve the efficiency and
effectiveness of programs of the Capitol Police;
and
(C) establish and enforce information tech-
nology principles, guidelines, and objectives, in-
cluding developing and maintaining an informa-
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tion technology architecture for the Capitol Po-
lice.
(4) HUMAN RESOURCES.—The Chief Adminis-
trative Officer shall—
(A) direct, coordinate, and oversee human
resource management activities of the Capitol
Police, except that with respect to uniformed
police force personnel, the Chief Administrative
Officer shall perform these activities in coopera-
tion with the Chief of the Capitol Police;
(B) develop and monitor payroll and time
and attendance systems and employee services;
and
(C) develop and monitor processes for re-
cruiting, selecting, appraising, and promoting
employees.
(c) Administrative provisions with respect to the Of-
fice of Administration:
(1) The Chief Administrative Officer is author-
ized to select, appoint, employ, and discharge such
officers and employees as may be necessary to carry
out the functions, powers, and duties of the Office
of Administration but he shall not have the author-
ity to hire or discharge uniformed police force per-
sonnel.
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(2) The Chief Administrative Officer may uti-
lize resources of another agency on a reimbursable
basis to be paid from available appropriations of the
Capitol Police.
(d) No later than 180 days after appointment, the
Chief Administrative Officer shall prepare, after consulta-
tion with the Capitol Police Board and the Chief of the
Capitol Police, a plan—
(1) describing the policies, procedures, and ac-
tions the Chief Administrative Officer will take in
carrying out the responsibilities assigned under this
section;
(2) identifying and defining responsibilities and
roles of all offices, bureaus, and divisions of the
Capitol Police for budgeting, financial management,
information technology, and human resources man-
agement; and
(3) detailing mechanisms for ensuring that the
offices, bureaus, and divisions perform their respon-
sibilities and roles in a coordinated and integrated
manner.
(e) No later than September 30, 2001, the Chief Ad-
ministrative Officer shall prepare, after consultation with
the Capitol Police Board and the Chief of the Capitol Po-
lice, a report on the Chief Administrative Officer’s
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progress in implementing the plan described in subsection
(d) and recommendations to improve the budgeting, finan-
cial, information technology, and human resources man-
agement of the Capitol Police, including organizational,
accounting and administrative control, and personnel
changes.
(f) The Chief Administrative Officer shall submit the
plan required in subsection (d) and the report required
in subsection (e) to the Committees on Appropriations of
the House of Representatives and of the Senate, the Com-
mittee on House Administration of the House of Rep-
resentatives, and the Committee on Rules and Administra-
tion of the Senate.
(g) As of October 1, 2002, unless otherwise deter-
mined by the Comptroller General, the Chief Administra-
tive Officer established by section (a) will cease to be an
employee of the General Accounting Office and will be-
come an employee of the Capitol Police, and the Capitol
Police Board shall assume all responsibilities of the Comp-
troller General under this section.
CAPITOL GUIDE SERVICE AND SPECIAL SERVICES
OFFICE
For salaries and expenses of the Capitol Guide Serv-
ice and Special Services Office, $2,201,000, to be dis-
bursed by the Secretary of the Senate: Provided, That no
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part of such amount may be used to employ more than
43 individuals: Provided further, That the Capitol Guide
Board is authorized, during emergencies, to employ not
more than two additional individuals for not more than
120 days each, and not more than 10 additional individ-
uals for not more than 6 months each, for the Capitol
Guide Service.
STATEMENTS OF APPROPRIATIONS
For the preparation, under the direction of the Com-
mittees on Appropriations of the Senate and the House
of Representatives, of the statements for the second ses-
sion of the One Hundred Sixth Congress, showing appro-
priations made, indefinite appropriations, and contracts
authorized, together with a chronological history of the
regular appropriations Acts as required by law, $29,000,
to be paid to the persons designated by the chairmen of
such committees to supervise the work.
OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For salaries and expenses of the Office of Compli-
ance, as authorized by section 305 of the Congressional
Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1385), $1,816,000.
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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 more than $3,000 to be
expended on the certification of the Director of the Con-
gressional Budget Office in connection with official rep-
resentation and reception expenses, $25,100,000: Pro-
vided, That no part of such amount may be used for the
purchase or hire of a passenger motor vehicle.
ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL
CAPITOL BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS
CAPITOL BUILDINGS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For salaries for the Architect of the Capitol, the As-
sistant Architect of the Capitol, and other personal serv-
ices, at rates of pay provided by law; for surveys and stud-
ies in connection with activities under the care of the Ar-
chitect of the Capitol; for all necessary expenses for the
maintenance, care and operation of the Capitol and elec-
trical substations of the Senate and House office buildings
under the jurisdiction of the Architect of the Capitol, in-
cluding furnishings and office equipment, including not
more than $1,000 for official reception and representation
expenses, to be expended as the Architect of the Capitol