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105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2209
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 29, 1997
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, 1998, 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, 1998, and for other purposes, namely:
TITLE I—CONGRESSIONAL OPERATIONS
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For salaries and expenses of the House of Represent-
atives, $708,738,000, as follows:
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HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES
For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law,
$12,293,000, 
including: 
Office 
of 
the 
Speaker,
$1,590,000, including $25,000 for official expenses of the
Speaker; Office of the Majority Floor Leader, $1,626,000,
including $10,000 for official expenses of the Majority
Leader; Office of the Minority Floor Leader, $1,652,000,
including $10,000 for official expenses of the Minority
Leader; Office of the Majority Whip, including the Chief
Deputy Majority Whip, $1,024,000, including $5,000 for
official expenses of the Majority Whip; Office of the Mi-
nority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Minority Whip,
$998,000, including $5,000 for official expenses of the Mi-
nority Whip; Speaker’s Office for Legislative Floor Activi-
ties, 
$397,000; 
Republican 
Steering 
Committee,
$736,000; Republican Conference, $1,172,000; Demo-
cratic Steering and Policy Committee, $1,277,000; Demo-
cratic Caucus, $631,000; and nine minority employees,
$1,190,000.
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,
$379,789,000.
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salaries and expenses of the Office of the Law Revision
Counsel of the House, $1,821,000; for salaries and ex-
penses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the
House, $4,827,000; for salaries and expenses of the Cor-
rections Calendar Office, $791,000; and for other author-
ized employees, $780,000.
ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES
For allowances and expenses as authorized by House
resolution or law, $127,756,000, including: supplies, mate-
rials, administrative costs and Federal tort claims,
$2,225,000; official mail for committees, leadership of-
fices, and administrative offices of the House, $500,000;
Government contributions for health, retirement, Social
Security, 
and 
other 
applicable 
employee 
benefits,
$124,390,000; 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,
$641,000.
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
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of the Center, as submitted to the Committee on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
SEC. 101. The provisions of House Resolution 7, One
Hundred Fifth Congress, agreed to January 7, 1997, es-
tablishing the Corrections Calendar Office, shall be the
permanent law with respect thereto. The provisions of
House Resolution 130, One Hundred Fifth Congress,
agreed to April 24, 1997, providing a lump sum allowance
for the Corrections Calendar Office, shall be the perma-
nent law with respect thereto.
SEC. 102. The funds and accounts specified in section
107(b) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act,
1996 (2 U.S.C. 123b note) shall be treated as categories
of allowances and expenses for purposes of section 101(a)
of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1993 (2
U.S.C. 95b(a)).
SEC. 103. (a) Section 109(a) of the Legislative
Branch Appropriations Act, 1996 (2 U.S.C. 60o(a)) is
amended—
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by
striking ‘‘who is separated from employment,’’;
(2) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by
striking ‘‘employee’’ the second place it appears and
inserting ‘‘employee or for any other purpose’’; and
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(3) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ‘‘the
amount’’ and inserting ‘‘in the case of a lump sum
payment for the accrued annual leave of the em-
ployee, the amount’’.
(b) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall
apply to fiscal years beginning on or after October 1,
1997.
SEC. 104. (a) Section 104(c)(2) of the House of Rep-
resentatives Administrative Reform Technical Corrections
Act (2 U.S.C. 92(c)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘in the
District of Columbia’’.
(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall
apply with respect to fiscal years beginning on or after
October 1, 1997.
SEC. 105. (a) Section 204(11)(A) of the House of
Representatives Administrative Reform Technical Correc-
tions Act (110 Stat. 1731) is amended by striking out
‘‘through ‘respective Houses’ and’’ and inserting in lieu
thereof the following: ‘‘through ‘respective Houses’ the
second place it appears and’’.
(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take
effect as of August 20, 1996.
SEC. 106. Section 104(a) of the Legislative Branch
Appropriations Act, 1987 (as incorporated by reference in
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section 101(j) of Public Law 99–500 and Public Law 99–
591) (2 U.S.C. 117e) is amended—
(1) in the second sentence of paragraph (2), by
striking ‘‘A donation’’ and inserting ‘‘Except as pro-
vided in paragraph (3), a donation’’;
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) as
paragraphs (4) and (5); and
(3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the follow-
ing new paragraph:
‘‘(3)(A) In the case of computer-related equipment,
during fiscal year 1998 the Chief Administrative Officer
may donate directly the equipment to a public elementary
or secondary school of the District of Columbia without
regard to whether the donation meets the requirements
of the second sentence of paragraph (2), except that the
total number of workstations donated as a result of this
paragraph may not exceed 1,000.
‘‘(B) In this paragraph—
‘‘(i) the term ‘computer-related equipment’ in-
cludes desktops, laptops, printers, file servers, and
peripherals which are appropriate for use in public
school education;
‘‘(ii) the terms ‘public elementary school’ and
‘public secondary school’ have the meaning given
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such terms in section 14101 of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965; and
‘‘(iii) the term ‘workstation’ includes desktops
and peripherals, file servers and peripherals, laptops
and peripherals, printers and peripherals, and
workstations and peripherals.
‘‘(C) The Committee on House Oversight shall have
authority to issue regulations to carry out this para-
graph.’’.
Ω1æJOINT ITEMS
For Joint Committees, as follows:
JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic
Committee, $2,750,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary
of the Senate.
JOINT COMMITTEE ON PRINTING
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on
Printing, $804,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of
the Senate.
JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on
Taxation, $5,907,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Ad-
ministrative Officer of the House.
For other joint items, as follows:
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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
while on duty in the Office of the Attending Physician;
(3) an allowance of $500 per month to one assistant and
$400 per month each to not to exceed nine assistants on
the basis heretofore provided for such assistants; and (4)
$893,000 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 appropriations from
which such expenses incurred for staff and equipment are
payable and shall be available for all the purposes thereof,
$1,266,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Administrative
Officer of the House.
CAPITOL POLICE BOARD
CAPITOL POLICE
SALARIES
For the Capitol Police Board for salaries of officers,
members, and employees of the Capitol Police, including
overtime, hazardous duty pay differential, clothing allow-
ance of not more than $600 each for members required
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(2) The lump sum payment under paragraph (1)—
(A) shall equal the pay the member or civilian
employee would have received had such member or
employee remained in the service until the expiration
of the period of annual leave;
(B) shall be paid from amounts appropriated to
the Capitol Police;
(C) shall be based on the rate of basic pay in
effect with respect to the member or civilian em-
ployee on the last day of service of the member or
civilian employee;
(D) shall not be calculated on the basis of ex-
tending the period of leave described under subpara-
graph (A) by any holiday occurring after the date of
separation from service;
(E) shall be considered pay for taxation pur-
poses only; and
(F) shall be paid only after the Chairman of the
Capitol Police Board certifies the applicable period
of leave to the Secretary of the Senate or the Chief
Administrative Officer of the House of Representa-
tives, as appropriate.
(3) A member or civilian employee of the Capitol Po-
lice who enters active duty in the armed forces may—
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(A) receive a lump sum payment for accrued
annual leave in accordance with this subsection, in
addition to any pay or allowance payable from the
armed forces; or
(B) elect to have the leave remain to the credit
of such member or civilian employee until such mem-
ber or civilian employee returns from active duty.
(4) The Capitol Police Board may prescribe regula-
tions to carry out this subsection. No lump sum payment
may be paid under this subsection until such regulations
are approved by the Committee on Rules and Administra-
tion of the Senate and the Committee on House Oversight
of the House of Representatives. All regulations approved
under this subsection shall have the force and effect of
law.
(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to af-
fect the appointing authority of any officer of the Senate
or the House of Representatives.
CAPITOL GUIDE SERVICE AND SPECIAL SERVICES
OFFICE
For salaries and expenses of the Capitol Guide Serv-
ice and Special Services Office, $1,991,000, to be dis-
bursed by the Secretary of the Senate: Provided, That no
part of such amount may be used to employ more than
forty individuals: Provided further, That the Capitol Guide
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Board is authorized, during emergencies, to employ not
more than two additional individuals for not more than
one hundred twenty days each, and not more than ten ad-
ditional individuals for not more than six 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 first session
of the One Hundred Fifth Congress, showing appropria-
tions made, indefinite appropriations, and contracts au-
thorized, together with a chronological history of the regu-
lar appropriations bills as required by law, $30,000, 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), $2,479,000.
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 $2,500 to be
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expended on the certification of the Director of the Con-
gressional Budget Office in connection with official rep-
resentation and reception expenses, $24,797,000: 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
may approve; for purchase or exchange, maintenance and
operation of a passenger motor vehicle; and for attend-
ance, when specifically authorized by the Architect of the
Capitol, at meetings or conventions in connection with
subjects related to work under the Architect of the Cap-
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itol, $36,827,000, of which $6,450,000 shall remain avail-
able until expended.
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, $4,991,000,
of which $25,000 shall remain available until expended.
SENATE
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,
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$77,254,000, 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, $1,612,000.
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE
For the Office of the President Pro Tempore, $371,000.
OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERS
For Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders,
$2,388,000.
OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY WHIPS
For Offices of the Majority and Minority Whips,
$1,221,000.
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, $1,061,000 for each such
committee; in all, $2,122,000.
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, $409,000.
POLICY COMMITTEES
For salaries of the Majority Policy Committee and the
Minority Policy Committee, $1,077,500 for each such com-
mittee, in all, $2,155,000.
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OFFICE OF THE CHAPLAIN
For Office of the Chaplain, $260,000.
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
For Office of the Secretary, $13,306,000.
OFFICE OF THE SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER
For Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper,
$33,037,000.
OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND
MINORITY
For Offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the
Secretary for the Minority, $1,165,000.
AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS AND RELATED EXPENSES
For agency contributions for employee benefits, as au-
thorized by law, and related expenses, $19,208,000.
OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL OF THE SENATE
For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legisla-
tive Counsel of the Senate, $3,605,000.
OFFICE OF SENATE LEGAL COUNSEL
For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate Legal
Counsel, $966,000.
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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
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, $75,600,000.
EXPENSES OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE CAUCUS ON
INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL
For expenses of the United States Senate Caucus on
International Narcotics Control, $370,000.
SECRETARY OF THE SENATE
For expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the Sen-
ate, $1,511,000.
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SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE SENATE
For expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms and
Doorkeeper of the Senate, $64,400,000, of which $7,000,000
shall remain available until September 30, 1999.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS
For miscellaneous items, $7,905,000.
SENATORS’ OFFICIAL PERSONNEL AND OFFICE EXPENSE
ACCOUNT
For Senators’ Official Personnel and Office Expense
Account, $228,600,000.
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, $300,000, to remain available until September 30,
1999.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
SECTION 1. (a) For fiscal year 1998, and each fiscal
year thereafter, the Secretary of the Senate is authorized
to make advance payments under a contract or other agree-
ment to provide a service or deliver an article for the United
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States Government without regard to the provisions of sec-
tion 3324 of title 31, United States Code.
(b) An advance payment authorized by subsection (a)
shall be made in accordance with regulations issued by the
Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate.
(c) The authority granted by subsection (a) shall not
take effect until regulations are issued pursuant to sub-
section (b).
SEC. 2. (a) Upon the written request of the Majority
or Minority Whip of the Senate, the Secretary of the Senate
shall transfer during any fiscal year, from the appropria-
tions account appropriated under the headings ‘‘Salaries,
Officers and Employees’’ and ‘‘Offices of the Majority and
Minority Whips’’, such amount as either whip shall specify
to the appropriations account, within the contingent fund
of the Senate, ‘‘Miscellaneous Items’’.
(b) The Majority and Minority Whips of the Senate
are each authorized to incur such expenses as may be nec-
essary or appropriate. Expenses incurred by either such
whip shall be paid from the amount transferred pursuant
to subsection (a) by such whip and upon vouchers approved
by such whip.
(c) The Secretary of the Senate is authorized to ad-
vance such sums as may be necessary to defray expenses
incurred in carrying out subsections (a) and (b).
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SEC. 3. (a) Effective in the case of any fiscal year
which begins on or after October 1, 1997, clause (iii) of
paragraph (3)(A) of section 506(b) of the Supplemental Ap-
propriations Act, 1973 (2 U.S.C. 58(b)) is amended to read
as follows:
‘‘(iii) subject to subparagraph (B), in case the
Senator 
represents 
Alabama, 
$182,567, 
Alaska,
$251,901, Arizona, $197,079, Arkansas, $168,282,
California, $468,724, Colorado, $186,350, Connecti-
cut, $160,903, Delaware, $127,198, Florida, $299,746,
Georgia, 
$210,214, 
Hawaii, 
$279,512, 
Idaho,
$163,335, Illinois, $266,248, Indiana, $194,770,
Iowa, 
$170,565, 
Kansas, 
$168,177, 
Kentucky,
$177,338, Louisiana, $185,647, Maine, $147,746,
Maryland, $173,020, Massachusetts, $195,799, Michi-
gan, $236,459, Minnesota, $187,702, Mississippi,
$168,103, Missouri, $197,941, Montana, $161,725,
Nebraska, $160,361, Nevada, $171,096, New Hamp-
shire, $142,394, New Jersey, $206,260, New Mexico,
$166,140, New York, $327,955, North Carolina,
$210,946, North Dakota, $149,824, Ohio, $259,452,
Oklahoma, $181,761, Oregon, $189,345, Pennsylva-
nia, $266,148, Rhode Island, $138,582, South Caro-
lina, $170,451, South Dakota, $151,450, Tennessee,
$191,954, Texas, $348,681, Utah, $168,632, Vermont,
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$135,925, Virginia, $193,467, Washington, $214,694,
West Virginia, $147,772, Wisconsin, $191,569, Wyo-
ming, $152,438, plus’’.
(b) Subsection (a) of the first section of Public Law
100–137 (2 U.S.C. 58c) is amended by adding at the end
the following:
‘‘(6) Effective on and after October 1, 1997, the Sen-
ators’ Account shall be available for the payment of franked
mail expenses of Senators.’’.
(c)(1) Section 12 of Public Law 101–520 is repealed.
(2) The amendment made by paragraph (1) shall be
effective on and after October 1, 1997.
(d) Nothing in this section affects the authority of the
Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate to
prescribe regulations relating to the frank by Senators and
officers of the Senate.
SEC. 4. (a) The aggregate amount authorized by Sen-
ate Resolution 54, agreed to February 13, 1997, is in-
creased—
(1) by $401,635 for the period March 1, 1997,
through September 30, 1998, and
(2) by $994,150 for the period March 1, 1998,
through February 28, 1999.
(b) This section is effective on and after October 1,
1997.
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SEC. 5. Effective on and after October 1, 1997, each
of the dollar amounts contained in the table under section
105(d)(1) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act,
1968 (2 U.S.C 61–1) shall be deemed to be the dollar
amounts in that table on December 31, 1995, increased by
2 percent on January 1, 1996, and by 2.3 percent on Janu-
ary 1, 1997.
SEC. 6. (a) The aggregate amount authorized by Sen-
ate Resolution 54, agreed to February 13, 1997, is in-
creased—
(1) by $125,000 for the period March 1, 1997,
through September 30, 1998; and
(2) by $175,000 for the period March 1, 1998,
through February 28, 1999.
(b) Funds in the account, within the contingent fund
of the Senate, available for the expenses of inquiries and
investigations shall be available for franked mail expenses
incurred by committees of the Senate the other expenses of
which are paid from that account.
(c) This section is effective for fiscal years beginning
on and after October 1, 1997.
SEC. 7. Section 1101 of Public Law 85–58 (2 U.S.C.
46a–1) is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘Disbursements from the fund shall be made upon vouchers
approved by the Secretary of the Senate, or his designee.’’.
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JOINT ITEMS
For Joint Committees, as follows:
JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic Com-
mittee, $2,750,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the
Senate.
JOINT COMMITTEE ON PRINTING
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on
Printing, $807,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the
Senate.
JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on
Taxation, $5,724,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Adminis-
trative Officer of the House: Provided, That $100,000 of the
funds in this Act shall not be available for expenditure ex-
cept for staff designated to provide Members of Congress,
not on the Tax Committees, assistance in securing revenue
estimates for legislation with the assumptions used in deter-
mining the revenue estimate prepared by the Joint Commit-
tee for that Member of Congress.
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 Physi-
cian and his assistants, including (1) an allowance of
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$1,500 per month to the Attending Physician; (2) an allow-
ance of $500 per month each to two medical officers while
on duty in the Attending Physician’s office; (3) an allow-
ance of $500 per month to one assistant and $400 per
month each to not to exceed nine assistants on the basis
heretofore provided for such assistance; and (4) $893,000
for reimbursement to the Department of the Navy for ex-
penses incurred for staff and equipment assigned to the Of-
fice of the Attending Physician, which shall be advanced
and credited to the applicable appropriation or appropria-
tions from which such salaries, allowances, and other ex-
penses are payable and shall be available for all the pur-
poses thereof, $1,266,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Ad-
ministrative Officer of the House.
CAPITOL POLICE BOARD
CAPITOL POLICE
SALARIES
For the Capitol Police Board for salaries of officers,
members, and employees of the Capitol Police, 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 for
health, retirement, Social Security, and other applicable
employee benefits, $73,935,000, of which $35,507,000 is pro-
vided to the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representa-
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tives, to be disbursed by the Chief Administrative Officer
of the House, and $38,428,000 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 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 Com-
mittee 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, communica-
tions and other equipment, security equipment and instal-
lation, uniforms, weapons, supplies, materials, training,
medical services, forensic services, stenographic services,
personal and professional services, the employee assistance
program, not more than $2,000 for the awards program,
postage, telephone service, travel advances, relocation of in-
structor and liaison personnel for the Federal Law Enforce-
ment 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 Rep-
resentatives designated by the Chairman of the Board,
$5,401,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Administrative Of-
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ficer of the House of Representatives: Provided, That, not-
withstanding any other provision of law, the cost of basic
training for the Capitol Police at the Federal Law Enforce-
ment Training Center for fiscal year 1998 shall be paid
by the Secretary of the Treasury from funds available to
the Department of the Treasury.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
SEC. 101. Amounts appropriated for fiscal year 1998
for the Capitol Police Board for the Capitol Police may be
transferred between the headings ‘‘SALARIES’’ and ‘‘GEN-
ERAL 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 Sen-
ate, in the case of amounts transferred from the ap-
propriation 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.
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SEC. 102. (a)(1) The Capitol Police Board shall estab-
lish and maintain unified schedules of rates of basic pay
for members and civilian employees of the Capitol Police
which shall apply to both Members and employees whose
appointing authority is an officer of the Senate and Mem-
bers and employees whose appointing authority is an officer
of the House of Representatives.
(2) The Capitol Police Board may, from time to time,
adjust any schedule established under paragraph (1) to the
extent that the Board determines appropriate to reflect
changes in the cost of living and to maintain pay com-
parability.
(3) A schedule established or revised under paragraph
(1) or (2) shall take effect only upon approval by the Com-
mittee on House Oversight of the House of Representatives
and the Committee on Rules and Administration of the
Senate.
(4) A schedule approved under paragraph (3) shall
have the force and effect of law.
(b)(1) The Capitol Police Board shall prescribe, by reg-
ulation, a unified leave system for members and civilian
employees of the Capitol Police which shall apply to both
Members and employees whose appointing authority is an
officer of the Senate and Members and employees whose ap-
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pointing authority is an officer of the House of Representa-
tives. The leave system shall include provisions for—
(A) annual leave, based on years of service;
(B) sick leave;
(C) administrative leave;
(D) leave under the Family and Medical Leave
Act of 1993 (29 U.S.C. 2601 et seq.);
(E) leave without pay and leave with reduced
pay, including provisions relating to contribution for
benefits for any period of such leave;
(F) approval of all leave by the Chief or the des-
ignee of the Chief;
(G) the order in which categories of leave shall
be used;
(H) use, accrual, and carryover rules and limi-
tations, including rules and limitations for any pe-
riod of active duty in the Armed Forces;
(I) advance of annual leave or sick leave after a
member or civilian employee has used all such ac-
crued leave;
(J) buy back of annual leave or sick leave used
during an extended recovery period in the case of an
injury in the performance of duty;
(K) the use of accrued leave before termination
of the employment as a member or civilian employee
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of the Capitol Police, with provision for lump sum
payment for unused annual leave; and
(L) a leave sharing program.
(2) The leave system under this section may not pro-
vide for the accrual of either annual or sick leave for any
period of leave without pay or leave with reduced pay.
(3) All provisions of the leave system established under
this subsection shall be subject to the approval of the Com-
mittee on House Oversight of the House of Representatives
and the Committee on Rules and Administration of the
Senate. All regulations approved under this subsection shall
have the force and effect of law.
(c)(1) Upon the approval of the Capitol Police Board,
a member or civilian employee of the Capitol Police who
is separated from service, may be paid a lump sum pay-
ment for the accrued annual leave of the member or civilian
employee.
(2) The lump sum payment under paragraph (1)—
(A) shall equal the pay the member or civilian
employee would have received had such member or
employee remained in the service until the expiration
of the period of annual leave;
(B) shall be paid from amounts appropriated to
the Capitol Police;
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(C) shall be based on the rate of basic pay in ef-
fect with respect to the member or civilian employee
on the last day of service of the member or civilian
employee;
(D) shall not be calculated on the basis of extend-
ing the period of leave described under subparagraph
(A) by any holiday occurring after the date of separa-
tion from service;
(E) shall be considered pay for taxation purposes
only; and
(F) shall be paid only after the Chairman of the
Capitol Police Board certifies the applicable period of
leave to the Secretary of the Senate or the Chief Ad-
ministrative Officer of the House of Representatives,
as appropriate.
(3) A member or civilian employee of the Capitol Po-
lice who enters active duty in the armed forces may—
(A) receive a lump sum payment for accrued an-
nual leave in accordance with this subsection, in ad-
dition to any pay or allowance payable from the
armed forces; or
(B) elect to have the leave remain to the credit
of such member or civilian employee until such mem-
ber or civilian employee returns from active duty.
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(4) The Capitol Police Board may prescribe regula-
tions to carry out this subsection. No lump sum payment
may be paid under this subsection until such regulations
are approved by the Committee on Rules and Administra-
tion of the Senate and the Committee on House Oversight
of the House of Representatives. All regulations approved
under this subsection shall have the force and effect of law.
(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to effect
the appointing authority of any officer of the Senate or the
House of Representatives.
CAPITOL GUIDE SERVICE AND SPECIAL SERVICES OFFICE
For salaries and expenses of the Capitol Guide Service
and Special Services Office, $1,991,000, to be disbursed by
the Secretary of the Senate: Provided, That no part of such
amount may be used to employ more than forty individuals:
Provided further, That the Capitol Guide Board is author-
ized, during emergencies, to employ not more than two ad-
ditional individuals 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.
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 first session of the
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One Hundred Fifth Congress, showing appropriations
made, indefinite appropriations, and contracts authorized,
together with a chronological history of the regular appro-
priations bills as required by law, $30,000, 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 Compliance,
as authorized by section 305 of the Congressional Account-
ability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1385), $2,600,000.
CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For salaries and expenses necessary to carry out the
provisions of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (Public
Law 93–344), including not more than $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, $24,995,000: Provided, That
no part of such amount may be used for the purchase or
hire of a passenger motor vehicle.
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ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL
CAPITOL BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS
CAPITOL BUILDINGS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For salaries for the Architect of the Capitol, the Assist-
ant Architect of the Capitol, and other personal services,
at rates of pay provided by law; for surveys and studies
in connection with activities under the care of the Architect
of the Capitol; for all necessary expenses for the mainte-
nance, care and operation of the Capitol and electrical sub-
stations of the Senate and House office buildings under the
jurisdiction of the Architect of the Capitol, including fur-
nishings and office equipment; including not more than
$1,000 for official reception and representation expenses, to
be expended as the Architect of the Capitol may approve;
purchase or exchange, maintenance and operation of a pas-
senger motor vehicle; and not to exceed $20,000 for attend-
ance, when specifically authorized by the Architect of the
Capitol, at meetings or conventions in connection with sub-
jects related to work under the Architect of the Capitol,
$39,554,000, of which $7,500,000 shall remain available
until expended.
CAPITOL GROUNDS
For all necessary expenses for care and improvement
of grounds surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House
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office buildings, and the Capitol Power Plant, $6,203,000,
of which $745,000 shall remain available until expended.
HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care
and operation of the House office buildings, $37,181,000,
of which $8,082,000 shall remain available until expended.
Ω2æCAPITOL POWER PLANT
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care
and operation of the Capitol Power Plant; lighting, heat-
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, the Union Station complex, the
Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building and the
Folger Shakespeare Library, expenses for which shall be
advanced 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,
$32,032,000, of which $550,000 shall remain available
until expended: Provided, That not more than $4,000,000
of the funds credited or to be reimbursed to this appro-