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, 2006. 
SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES 
For compensation and expenses of officers and em-
ployees, as authorized by law, $167,749,000, including: 
for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Clerk, includ-
ing not more than $13,000, of which not more than 
$10,000 is for the Family Room, for official representa-
tion and reception expenses, $21,911,000; for salaries and 
expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms, including 
the position of Superintendent of Garages, and including 
not more than $3,000 for official representation and re-
ception expenses, $6,284,000; for salaries and expenses of 
the 
Office 
of 
the 
Chief 
Administrative 
Officer, 
$116,971,000, of which $3,306,000 shall remain available 
until expended; for salaries and expenses of the Office of 
the Inspector General, $3,991,000; for salaries and ex-
penses of the Office of Emergency Planning, Preparedness 
and Operations, $5,000,000, to remain available until ex-
pended; for salaries and expenses of the Office of General 
Counsel, $962,000; for the Office of the Chaplain, 
$161,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the 
Parliamentarian, including the Parliamentarian and
$2,000 for preparing the Digest of Rules, $1,767,000; for 
salaries and expenses of the Office of the Law Revision 
Counsel of the House, $2,453,000; for salaries and ex-
penses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the 
House, $6,963,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office 
of Interparliamentary Affairs, $720,000; for other author-
ized employees, $161,000; and for salaries and expenses 
of the Office of the Historian, $405,000. 
ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES 
For allowances and expenses as authorized by House 
resolution or law, $223,124,000, including: supplies, mate-
rials, administrative costs and Federal tort claims, 
$4,179,000; 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, 
$214,422,000; supplies, materials, and other costs relating 
to the House portion of expenses for the Capitol Visitor 
Center, $3,410,000, to remain available until expended; 
and miscellaneous items including purchase, exchange, 
maintenance, repair and operation of House motor vehi-
cles, interparliamentary receptions, and gratuities to heirs 
of deceased employees of the House, $703,000.
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 (2 U.S.C. 2112), 
subject to the level specified in the budget of the Center, 
as submitted to the Committee on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 101. (a) REQUIRING AMOUNTS REMAINING IN 
MEMBERS’ REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES TO BE 
USED FOR DEFICIT REDUCTION OR TO REDUCE THE 
FEDERAL DEBT.—Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, any amounts appropriated under this Act for 
‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—SALARIES
AND 
EXPENSES—MEMBERS’ 
REPRESENTATIONAL
ALLOW-
ANCES’’ shall be available only for fiscal year 2006. Any 
amount remaining after all payments are made under such 
allowances for fiscal year 2006 shall be deposited in the 
Treasury and used for deficit reduction (or, if there is no 
Federal budget deficit after all such payments have been 
made, for reducing the Federal debt, in such manner as 
the Secretary of the Treasury considers appropriate).
(b) REGULATIONS.—The Committee on House Ad-
ministration of the House of Representatives shall have 
authority to prescribe regulations to carry out this section. 
(c) DEFINITION.—As used in this section, the term 
‘‘Member of the House of Representatives’’ means a Rep-
resentative in, or a Delegate or Resident Commissioner 
to, the Congress. 
JOINT ITEMS 
For Joint Committees, as follows: 
JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic 
Committee, $4,276,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary 
of the Senate. 
JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on 
Taxation, $8,781,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Ad-
ministrative Officer of the House of Representatives. 
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 $2,175 per month to the Attending Physician; (2) an 
allowance of $725 per month each to four medical officers 
while on duty in the Office of the Attending Physician;