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SEC. 1003. COMPENSATION FOR DAMAGED OR LOST 
PROPERTY. (a) IN GENERAL.—Any amounts received by the 
Capitol Police for compensation for damage to, loss of, or 
loss of use of property of the Capitol Police (including any 
insurance payments or payment made by an officer or civil-
ian employee of the Capitol Police) shall be credited to the 
account established for the general expenses of the Capitol 
Police, and shall be available to carry out the purposes of 
such account during the fiscal year in which the amounts 
are received and the following fiscal year. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply to fis-
cal year 2005 and each fiscal year thereafter. 
SEC. 1004. PARTICIPATION IN VOLUNTARY TRANSFER 
OF LEAVE WITH OTHER AGENCIES. (a) IN GENERAL.—The 
Office of Personnel Management shall apply the regulations 
prescribed under section 6334(c) of title 5, United States 
Code, to the Capitol Police to provide for the participation 
of employees of the Capitol Police in the voluntary transfer 
of leave between employees of different agencies under sub-
chapter III of chapter 63 of that title. 
(b) CERTIFICATION OF LEAVE ACCOUNTS.—For pur-
poses of this section, the Office of Personnel Management 
shall accept the certification of the Chief of the Capitol Po-
lice of the amount of annual leave in the annual leave ac-
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count of any leave donor or leave recipient who is an em-
ployee of the Capitol Police. 
(c) REGULATIONS.—After consultation with the Chief 
of the Capitol Police, the Office of Personnel Management 
may prescribe regulations to carry out this section. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply to fis-
cal year 2005 and each fiscal year thereafter. 
SEC. 1005. AUTHORIZATION
OF WEAPONS. Section 
1824 of the Revised Statutes (2 U.S.C. 1941) is amended— 
(1) in the first sentence— 
(A) by striking ‘‘The Sergeant at Arms of 
the Senate and the Sergeant at Arms of the 
House of Representatives’’ and inserting ‘‘The 
Capitol Police Board’’; and 
(B) by striking all beginning with ‘‘payable 
out’’ through the period and inserting ‘‘payable 
from appropriations to the Capitol Police upon 
certification of payment by the Chief of the Cap-
itol Police.’’; and 
(2) in the second sentence— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘or other arms as author-
ized by the Capitol Police Board’’ after ‘‘fur-
nished’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘the Sergeant at Arms of 
the Senate and the Sergeant at Arms of the
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House of Representatives’’ and inserting ‘‘the 
Capitol Police Board’’. 
SEC. 1006. RELEASE OF SECURITY INFORMATION. (a) 
DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘security informa-
tion’’ means information that— 
(1) is sensitive with respect to the policing, pro-
tection, 
physical 
security, 
intelligence, 
counterterrorism actions, or emergency preparedness 
and response relating to Congress, any statutory 
protectee of the Capitol Police, and the Capitol build-
ings and grounds; and 
(2) is obtained by, on behalf of, or concerning the 
Capitol Police Board, the Capitol Police, or any inci-
dent command relating to emergency response. 
(b) AUTHORITY OF BOARD TO DETERMINE CONDI-
TIONS OF RELEASE.—Notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, any security information in the possession of the 
Capitol Police may be released by the Capitol Police to an-
other entity, including an individual, only if the Capitol 
Police Board determines in consultation with other appro-
priate law enforcement officials, experts in security pre-
paredness, and appropriate committees of Congress, that the 
release of the security information will not compromise the 
security and safety of the Capitol buildings and grounds
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or any individual whose protection and safety is under the 
jurisdiction of the Capitol Police. 
(c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this section 
may be construed to affect the ability of the Senate and 
the House of Representatives (including any Member, offi-
cer, or committee of either House of Congress) to obtain in-
formation from the Capitol Police regarding the operations 
and activities of the Capitol Police that affect the Senate 
and House of Representatives. 
(d) REGULATIONS.—The Capitol Police Board may 
promulgate regulations to carry out this section, with the 
approval of the Committee on Rules and Administration 
of the Senate and the Committee on House Administration 
of the House of Representatives. 
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take effect on 
the date of enactment of this Act and apply with respect 
to— 
(1) any remaining portion of fiscal year 2004, 
if this Act is enacted before October 1, 2004; and 
(2) fiscal year 2005 and each fiscal year there-
after. 
SEC. 1007. ACCEPTANCE OF DONATIONS OF ANIMALS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Capitol Police may accept the dona-
tion of animals to be used in the canine or equine units 
of the Capitol Police.
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(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply with 
respect to fiscal year 2005 and each fiscal year thereafter. 
SEC. 1008. SETTLEMENT
AND PAYMENT
OF TORT 
CLAIMS. (a) FEDERAL TORT CLAIMS ACT.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2) with respect to the Senate, the Chief of the 
Capitol Police, in accordance with regulations pre-
scribed by the Attorney General and any regulations 
as the Capitol Police Board may prescribe, may con-
sider, ascertain, determine, compromise, adjust, and 
settle, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 
171 of title 28, United States Code, any claim for 
money damages against the United States for injury 
or loss of property or personal injury or death caused 
by the negligent or wrongful act or omission of any 
employee of the Capitol Police while acting within the 
scope of his office or employment, under cir-
cumstances where the United States, if a private per-
son, would be liable to the claimant in accordance 
with the law of the place where the act or omission 
occurred. 
(2) SENATE.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—With respect to any 
claim of a Senator or an employee whose pay is
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disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate, the 
Chief of the Capitol Police shall— 
(i) not later than 14 days after the re-
ceipt of such a claim, notify the Chairman 
of the Committee on Rules and Administra-
tion of the receipt of the claim; and 
(ii) not later than 90 days after the re-
ceipt of such a claim, submit a proposal for 
the resolution of such claim which shall be 
subject to the approval of the Chairman of 
the Committee on Rules and Administra-
tion. 
(B) EXTENSION.—The 90-day period in 
subparagraph (A)(ii) may be extended, not to ex-
ceed 90 days, for good cause by the Chairman of 
the Committee on Rules and Administration 
upon the request of the Chief of the Capitol Po-
lice. 
(3) HEAD OF AGENCY.—For purposes of section 
2672 of title 28, United States Code, the Chief of the 
Capitol Police shall be the head of a Federal agency 
with respect to the Capitol Police. 
(4) REGULATIONS.—The Capitol Police Board 
may prescribe regulations to carry out this subsection. 
(b) CLAIMS OF EMPLOYEES OF CAPITOL POLICE.—