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Union Calendar No. 100
107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2647
[Report No. 107–169]
Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending
September 30, 2002, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 26, 2001
Mr. TAYLOR, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported 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, 2002, 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, 2002, 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, $882,100,000, as follows:
HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES
For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law,
$15,910,000, 
including: 
Office 
of 
the 
Speaker,
$1,866,000, including $25,000 for official expenses of the
Speaker; Office of the Majority Floor Leader, $1,830,000,
including $10,000 for official expenses of the Majority
Leader; Office of the Minority Floor Leader, $2,224,000,
including $10,000 for official expenses of the Minority
Leader; Office of the Majority Whip, including the Chief
Deputy Majority Whip, $1,562,000, including $5,000 for
official expenses of the Majority Whip; Office of the Mi-
nority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Minority Whip,
$1,168,000, including $5,000 for official expenses of the
Minority Whip; Speaker’s Office for Legislative Floor Ac-
tivities, $431,000; Republican Steering Committee,
$806,000; Republican Conference, $1,342,000; Demo-
cratic Steering and Policy Committee, $1,435,000; Demo-
cratic Caucus, $713,000; nine minority employees,
$1,293,000; training and program development—major-
ity, $290,000; training and program development—minor-
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ity, $290,000; and Cloakroom Personnel—majority,
$330,000; and minority $330,000.
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,
$479,472,000.
COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES
STANDING COMMITTEES, SPECIAL AND SELECT
For salaries and expenses of standing committees,
special and select, authorized by House resolutions,
$104,514,000: 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, $23,002,000, 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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cept that the authority of the Clerk and the committee
under the Act shall be exercised—
(1) by the Speaker, in the case of an individual
in a position transferred under subsection (a); and
(2) by the minority leader, in the case of an in-
dividual in a position transferred under subsection
(b).
SEC. 102. (a) The third sentence of section 104(a)(1)
of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1987 (as
incorporated by reference in section 101(j) of Public Law
99–500 and Public Law 99–591) (2 U.S.C. 117e(1)) is
amended by striking ‘‘for credit to the appropriate ac-
count’’ and all that follows and inserting the following:
‘‘for credit to the appropriate account of the House of
Representatives, and shall be available for expenditure in
accordance with applicable law. For purposes of the pre-
vious sentence, in the case of receipts from the sale or
disposal of any audio or video transcripts prepared by the
House Recording Studio, the ‘appropriate account of the
House of Representatives’ shall be the account of the
Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representa-
tives.’’.
(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall
apply with respect to fiscal year 2002 and each succeeding
fiscal year.
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SEC. 103. (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 2002. Any
amount remaining after all payments are made under such
allowances for fiscal year 2002 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.
SEC. 104. (a) DAY FOR PAYING SALARIES OF THE
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.—The usual day for paying
salaries in or under the House of Representatives shall
be the last day of each month, except that if the last day
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of a month falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or a legal public
holiday, the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of
Representatives shall pay such salaries on the first week-
day which precedes the last day.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—(1) The first sec-
tion and section 2 of the Joint Resolution entitled ‘‘Joint
resolution authorizing the payment of salaries of the offi-
cers and employees of Congress for December on the 20th
day of that month each year’’, approved May 21, 1937
(2 U.S.C. 60d and 60e), are each repealed.
(2) The last paragraph under the heading ‘‘Contin-
gent Expense of the House’’ in the First Deficiency Ap-
propriation Act, 1946 (2 U.S.C. 60e–1), is repealed.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section and the amend-
ments made by this section shall apply with respect to pay
periods beginning after the expiration of the 1-year period
which begins on the date of the enactment of this Act.
JOINT ITEMS
For Joint Committees, as follows:
JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic
Committee, $3,424,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary
of the Senate.
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JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on
Taxation, $6,733,000, 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
while on duty in the Office of the Attending Physician;
(3) an allowance of $500 per month to two assistants and
$400 per month each not to exceed 11 assistants on the
basis heretofore provided for such assistants; and (4)
$1,253,904 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 applicable appropria-
tion or appropriations from which such salaries, allow-
ances, and other expenses are payable and shall be avail-
able for all the purposes thereof, $1,865,000, to be dis-
bursed by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House
of Representatives.
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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, $112,592,000, of which $55,013,000 is
provided to the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Rep-
resentatives, to be disbursed by the Chief of the Capitol
Police or the Chief’s delegee, and $57,579,000 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 be-
tween the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representa-
tives and the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the
Senate, upon approval of the Committee on Appropria-
tions 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-
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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 and Doorkeeper
of the Senate or the Sergeant at Arms of the House of
Representatives designated by the Chairman of the Board,
$11,081,000, to be disbursed by the Chief of the Capitol
Police or the Chief’s delegee: Provided, That, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, the cost of basic train-
ing for the Capitol Police at the Federal Law Enforcement
Training Center for fiscal year 2002 shall be paid by the
Secretary of the Treasury from funds available to the De-
partment of the Treasury.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
SEC. 105. Amounts appropriated for fiscal year 2002
for the Capitol Police may be transferred between the
headings ‘‘SALARIES’’ and ‘‘GENERAL EXPENSES’’ upon
the approval of—
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(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.
CAPITOL GUIDE SERVICE AND SPECIAL SERVICES
OFFICE
For salaries and expenses of the Capitol Guide Serv-
ice and Special Services Office, $2,512,000, to be dis-
bursed by the Secretary of the Senate: Provided, That no
part of such amount may be used to employ more than
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.
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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 Seventh Congress, showing appro-
priations made, indefinite appropriations, and contracts
authorized, together with a chronological history of the
regular 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), $2,059,000,
of which $254,000 shall remain available until September
30, 2003.
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, $30,780,000: Pro-
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vided, That no part of such amount may be used for the
purchase or hire of a passenger motor vehicle.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
SEC. 106. (a) The Director of the Congressional
Budget Office may, by regulation, make applicable such
provisions of chapter 41 of title 5, United States Code,
as the Director determines necessary to provide hereafter
for training of individuals employed by the Congressional
Budget Office.
(b) The implementing regulations shall provide for
training that, in the determination of the Director, is con-
sistent with the training provided by agencies subject to
chapter 41 of title 5, United States Code.
(c) Any recovery of debt owed to the Congressional
Budget Office under this section and its implementing reg-
ulations shall be credited to the appropriations account
available for salaries and expenses of the Office at the time
of recovery.
SEC. 107. Section 105(a) of the Legislative Branch
Appropriations Act, 1997 (2 U.S.C. §606(a)), is amended
by striking ‘‘or discarding.’’ and inserting ‘‘sale, trade-in,
or discarding.’’, and by adding at the end the following:
‘‘Amounts received for the sale or trade-in of personal
property shall be credited to funds available for the oper-
ations of the Congressional Budget Office and be available
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for the costs of acquiring the same or similar property.
Such funds shall be available for such purposes during the
fiscal year in which received and the following fiscal
year.’’.
ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL
CAPITOL BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS
GENERAL AND ADMINISTRATION
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
general and administrative support of the operations
under the Architect of the Capitol including the Botanic
Garden; electrical substations of the Capitol, Senate and
House office buildings, and other facilities under the juris-
diction 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 ap-
prove; for purchase or exchange, maintenance, and oper-
ation of a passenger motor vehicle; and not to exceed
$30,000 for attendance, when specifically authorized by
the Architect of the Capitol, at meetings or conventions
in connection with subjects related to work under the Ar-
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chitect of the Capitol, $46,705,000, of which $3,414,000
shall remain available until expended.
MINOR CONSTRUCTION
For minor construction (as established under section
108 of this Act), $9,482,000, to remain available until ex-
pended, to be used in accordance with the terms and con-
ditions described in such section.
CAPITOL BUILDINGS
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care
and operation of the Capitol $17,674,000, of which
$6,267,000 shall remain available until expended.
CAPITOL GROUNDS
For all necessary expenses for care and improvement
of grounds surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House
office buildings, and the Capitol Power Plant, $6,904,000,
of which $100,000 shall remain available until expended.
HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care
and operation of the House office buildings, $49,006,000,
of which $18,344,000 shall remain available until ex-
pended.
CAPITOL 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
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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,
$45,324,000, of which $100,000 shall remain available
until expended: Provided, That not more than $4,400,000
of the funds credited or to be reimbursed to this appro-
priation as herein provided shall be available for obligation
during fiscal year 2002.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
SEC. 108. (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF ACCOUNT FOR
MINOR CONSTRUCTION.—There is hereby established in
the Treasury of the United States an account for the Ar-
chitect of the Capitol to be known as ‘‘minor construction’’
(hereafter in this section referred to as the ‘‘account’’).
(b) USES OF FUNDS IN ACCOUNT.—Subject to sub-
section (c), funds in the account shall be used by the Ar-
chitect of the Capitol for land and building acquisition,
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construction, repair, and alteration projects resulting from
unforeseen and unplanned conditions in connection with
construction and maintenance activities under the jurisdic-
tion of the Architect (including the United States Botanic
Garden).
(c) PRIOR NOTIFICATION REQUIRED FOR OBLIGA-
TION.—The Architect of the Capitol may not obligate any
funds in the account with respect to a project unless, not
fewer than 21 days prior to the obligation, the Architect
provides notice of the obligation to—
(1) the Committee on Appropriations of the
House of Representatives, in the case of a project on
behalf of the House of Representatives;
(2) the Committee on Appropriations of the
Senate, in the case of a project on behalf of the Sen-
ate; or
(3) both the Committee on Appropriations of
the House of Representatives and the Committee on
Appropriations of the Senate, in the case of any
other project.
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply with
respect to fiscal year 2002 and each succeeding fiscal year.
SEC. 109. (a) ACQUISITION OF PROPERTY BY ARCHI-
TECT OF THE CAPITOL.—Notwithstanding any other pro-
vision of law, the Architect of the Capitol is authorized
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to secure, subject to the availability of appropriated funds
(through such agreement as the Architect considers appro-
priate), the property and facilities located at 67 K Street
Southwest in the District of Columbia (square 645, lot
814).
(b) USES AND CONTROL OF PROPERTY.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The property and facilities
secured by the Architect under subsection (a) shall
be under the control of the Chief of the United
States Capitol Police and shall be used by the Chief
for the care and maintenance of vehicles of the
United States Capitol Police, in accordance with a
plan prepared by the Chief and approved by the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and Senate.
(2) ADDITIONAL USES PERMITTED.—In addi-
tion to the use described in paragraph (1), the Chief
of the United States Capitol Police may permit the
property and facilities secured by the Architect
under subsection (a) to be used for other purposes
by the United States Capitol Police, the House of
Representatives, the Senate, and the Architect of the
Capitol, subject to—
(A) the approval of the Committee on Ap-
propriations of the House of Representatives, in
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the case of use by the House of Representa-
tives;
(B) the approval of the Committee on Ap-
propriations of the Senate, in the case of use by
the Senate; or
(C) the approval of both the Committee on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives
and the Committee on Appropriations of the
Senate, in the case of use by the United States
Capitol Police or the Architect of the Capitol.
(c) EXPENSES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Architect of the Capitol
shall be responsible for the costs of the necessary ex-
penses incidental to the use of the property and fa-
cilities described in subsection (a) (including pay-
ments under the lease), including expenses for main-
tenance, alterations, and repair of the property and
facilities, except that the Chief of the United States
Capitol Police shall be responsible for the costs of
any equipment, furniture, and furnishings used in
connection with the care and maintenance of vehicles
pursuant to subsection (b)(1).
(2) SOURCE OF FUNDS.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—The funds expended by
the Architect to carry out paragraph (1) in any
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fiscal year shall be derived solely from funds
appropriated to the Architect for the fiscal year
for purposes of the United States Capitol Po-
lice.
(B) USE OF CERTAIN 1999 FUNDS.—The
funds expended by the Architect to carry out
paragraph (1) may also be derived from funds
appropriated to the Architect in the Legislative
Branch Appropriations Act, 1999, under the
heading ‘‘ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL—
CAPITOL BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS—CAPITOL
BUILDINGS—SALARIES AND EXPENSES’’ for the
design of police security projects, which shall
remain available until expended.
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall take effect
on the date of enactment of this Act.
SEC. 110. (a) COMPENSATION OF CERTAIN POSI-
TIONS IN THE OFFICE OF THE ARCHITECT OF THE CAP-
ITOL.—In accordance with the authority described in sec-
tion 308(a) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act,
1988 (40 U.S.C. 166b–3a(a)), section 108 of the Legisla-
tive Branch Appropriations Act, 1991 (40 U.S.C. 166b–
3b) is amended—
(1) by striking subsections (a) and (b) and in-
serting the following:
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‘‘(a) The Architect of the Capitol may fix the rate
of basic pay for not more than 11 positions (of whom 1
shall be the project manager for the Capitol Visitor Center
and 1 shall be the project manager for the modification
of the Capitol Power Plant) at a rate not to exceed the
highest total rate of pay for the Senior Executive Service
under subchapter VIII of chapter 53 of title 5, United
States Code, for the locality involved.’’; and
(2) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub-
section (b).
(b) COMPREHENSIVE MANAGEMENT STUDY AND RE-
SPONSE.—
(1) STUDY BY COMPTROLLER GENERAL.—The
Comptroller General shall conduct a comprehensive
management study of the operations of the Architect
of the Capitol, and shall submit the study to the Ar-
chitect of the Capitol and the Committees on Appro-
priations of the House of Representatives and Sen-
ate.
(2) PLAN BY ARCHITECT IN RESPONSE.—The
Architect of the Capitol shall develop and submit to
the Committees referred to in paragraph (1) a man-
agement improvement plan which addresses the
study of the Comptroller General under paragraph
(1) and which indicates how the salary adjustments
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(1) IN GENERAL.—In subsection (b), the ‘‘daily
liquidated damage payment rate’’ means—
(A) $140, in the case of a contract with a
value greater than $50,000 and less than
$100,000;
(B) $200, in the case of a contract with a
value equal to or greater than $100,000 and
equal to or less than $500,000; and
(C) the sum of $200 plus $50 for each
$100,000 increment by which the value of the
contract exceeds $500,000, in the case of a con-
tract with a value greater than $500,000.
(2) ADJUSTMENT IN RATE PERMITTED.—Not-
withstanding paragraph (1), the daily liquidated
damage payment rate may be adjusted by the con-
tracting officer involved to a rate greater or lesser
than the rate described in such paragraph if the con-
tracting officer makes a written determination that
the rate described does not accurately reflect the an-
ticipated damages which will be suffered by the
United States as a result of the delay in the comple-
tion of the contract.
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply with
respect to contracts entered into during fiscal year 2002
or any succeeding fiscal year.
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provided to temporary employees who are hired for a pe-
riod exceeding one year in length.
(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply with respect to any
individual who is a temporary employee of the Senate Res-
taurant or a temporary employee who is hired for a total
of 120 days or less during any 5-year period.
(b) ALLOTMENT
AND ASSIGNMENT
OF PAY.—(1)
Section 5525 of title 5, United States Code, is amended
by adding at the end the following new sentence: ‘‘For
purposes of this section, the term ‘agency’ includes the
Office of the Architect of the Capitol.’’.
(2) The amendment made by paragraph (1) shall
apply with respect to pay periods beginning on or after
the date of the enactment of this Act.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions
of section 203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of
1946 (2 U.S.C. 166) and to revise and extend the Anno-
tated Constitution of the United States of America,
$81,454,000: Provided, That no part of such amount may
be used to pay any salary or expense in connection with
any publication, or preparation of material therefor (ex-
cept the Digest of Public General Bills), to be issued by
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the Library of Congress unless such publication has ob-
tained prior approval of either the Committee on House
Administration of the House of Representatives or the
Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate.
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING AND BINDING
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For authorized printing and binding for the Congress
and the distribution of Congressional information in any
format; printing and binding for the Architect of the Cap-
itol; expenses necessary for preparing the semimonthly
and session index to the Congressional Record, as author-
ized by law (44 U.S.C. 902); printing and binding of Gov-
ernment publications authorized by law to be distributed
to Members of Congress; and printing, binding, and dis-
tribution of Government publications authorized by law to
be 
distributed 
without 
charge 
to 
the 
recipient,
$81,000,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall not
be available for paper copies of the permanent edition of
the Congressional Record for individual Representatives,
Resident Commissioners or Delegates authorized under 44
U.S.C. 906: Provided further, That this appropriation
shall be available for the payment of obligations incurred
under the appropriations for similar purposes for pre-
ceding fiscal years: Provided further, That notwithstanding
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the 2-year limitation under section 718 of title 44, United
States Code, none of the funds appropriated or made
available under this Act or any other Act for printing and
binding and related services provided to Congress under
chapter 7 of title 44, United States Code, may be ex-
pended to print a document, report, or publication after
the 27-month period beginning on the date that such docu-
ment, report, or publication is authorized by Congress to
be printed, unless Congress reauthorizes such printing in
accordance with section 718 of title 44, United States
Code: Provided further, That any unobligated or unex-
pended balances in this account or accounts for similar
purposes for preceding fiscal years may be transferred to
the Government Printing Office revolving fund for car-
rying out the purposes of this heading, subject to the ap-
proval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House
of Representatives and Senate.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Congressional Oper-
ations Appropriations Act, 2002’’.
TITLE II—OTHER AGENCIES
BOTANIC GARDEN
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care
and operation of the Botanic Garden and the nurseries,
buildings, grounds, and collections; and purchase and ex-
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change, maintenance, repair, and operation of a passenger
motor vehicle; all under the direction of the Joint Com-
mittee on the Library, $5,946,000: Provided, That this ap-
propriation shall not be available for any activities of the
National Garden: Provided further, That not more than
$25,000 of the amount appropriated under this heading
is available for official reception and representation ex-
penses in connection with the opening of the renovated
Botanic Garden Conservatory, upon approval by the
Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Presi-
dent Pro Tempore of the Senate.
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Library of Congress
not otherwise provided for, including development and
maintenance of the Union Catalogs; custody and custodial
care of the Library buildings; special clothing; cleaning,
laundering and repair of uniforms; preservation of motion
pictures in the custody of the Library; operation and
maintenance of the American Folklife Center in the Li-
brary; preparation and distribution of catalog records and
other publications of the Library; hire or purchase of one
passenger motor vehicle; and expenses of the Library of
Congress Trust Fund Board not properly chargeable to
the income of any trust fund held by the Board,
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$304,692,000, of which not more than $6,500,000 shall
be derived from collections credited to this appropriation
during fiscal year 2002, and shall remain available until
expended, under the Act of June 28, 1902 (chapter 1301;
32 Stat. 480; 2 U.S.C. 150) and not more than $350,000
shall be derived from collections during fiscal year 2002
and shall remain available until expended for the develop-
ment and maintenance of an international legal informa-
tion database and activities related thereto: Provided,
That the Library of Congress may not obligate or expend
any funds derived from collections under the Act of June
28, 1902, in excess of the amount authorized for obliga-
tion or expenditure in appropriations Acts: Provided fur-
ther, That the total amount available for obligation shall
be reduced by the amount by which collections are less
than the $6,850,000: Provided further, That of the total
amount appropriated, $15,824,474 is to remain available
until expended for acquisition of books, periodicals, news-
papers, and all other materials including subscriptions for
bibliographic services for the Library, including $40,000
to be available solely for the purchase, when specifically
approved by the Librarian, of special and unique materials
for additions to the collections: Provided further, That of
the total amount appropriated, $1,517,903 is to remain
available until expended for the acquisition and partial
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support for implementation of an Integrated Library Sys-
tem (ILS): Provided further, That of the total amount ap-
propriated, $5,600,000 is to remain available until ex-
pended for the purpose of teaching educators how to incor-
porate the Library’s digital collections into school cur-
ricula and shall be transferred to the educational consor-
tium formed to conduct the ‘‘Joining Hands Across Amer-
ica: Local Community Initiative’’ project as approved by
the Library.
COPYRIGHT OFFICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office,
$40,896,000, of which not more than $21,880,000, to re-
main available until expended, shall be derived from collec-
tions credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 2002
under 17 U.S.C. 708(d): Provided, That the Copyright Of-
fice may not obligate or expend any funds derived from
collections under 17 U.S.C. 708(d), in excess of the
amount authorized for obligation or expenditure in appro-
priations Acts: Provided further, That not more than
$5,984,000 shall be derived from collections during fiscal
year 2002 under 17 U.S.C. 111(d)(2), 119(b)(2), 802(h),
and 1005: Provided further, That the total amount avail-
able for obligation shall be reduced by the amount by
which collections are less than $27,864,000: Provided fur-
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ther, That not more than $100,000 of the amount appro-
priated is available for the maintenance of an ‘‘Inter-
national Copyright Institute’’ in the Copyright Office of
the Library of Congress for the purpose of training nation-
als of developing countries in intellectual property laws
and policies: Provided further, That not more than $4,250
may be expended, on the certification of the Librarian of
Congress, in connection with official representation and
reception expenses for activities of the International Copy-
right Institute and for copyright delegations, visitors, and
seminars.
BOOKS FOR THE BLIND AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For salaries and expenses to carry out the Act of
March 3, 1931 (chapter 400; 46 Stat. 1487; 2 U.S.C.
135a), $49,788,000, of which $14,437,000 shall remain
available until expended.
FURNITURE AND FURNISHINGS
For necessary expenses for the purchase, installation,
maintenance, and repair of furniture, furnishings, office
and library equipment, $7,932,000.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
SEC. 201. Appropriations in this Act available to the
Library of Congress shall be available, in an amount of
not more than $203,560, of which $60,486 is for the Con-
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gressional Research Service, when specifically authorized
by the Librarian of Congress, for attendance at meetings
concerned with the function or activity for which the ap-
propriation is made.
SEC. 202. (a) No part of the funds appropriated in
this Act shall be used by the Library of Congress to ad-
minister any flexible or compressed work schedule which—
(1) applies to any manager or supervisor in a
position the grade or level of which is equal to or
higher than GS–15; and
(2) grants such manager or supervisor the right
to not be at work for all or a portion of a workday
because of time worked by the manager or super-
visor on another workday.
(b) For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘manager
or supervisor’’ means any management official or super-
visor, as such terms are defined in section 7103(a)(10)
and (11) of title 5, United States Code.
SEC. 203. Appropriated funds received by the Library
of Congress from other Federal agencies to cover general
and administrative overhead costs generated by per-
forming reimbursable work for other agencies under the
authority of sections 1535 and 1536 of title 31, United
States Code, shall not be used to employ more than 65
employees and may be expended or obligated—
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(1) in the case of a reimbursement, only to such
extent or in such amounts as are provided in appro-
priations Acts; or
(2) in the case of an advance payment, only—
(A) to pay for such general or administra-
tive overhead costs as are attributable to the
work performed for such agency; or
(B) to such extent or in such amounts as
are provided in appropriations Acts, with re-
spect to any purpose not allowable under sub-
paragraph (A).
SEC. 204. Of the amounts appropriated to the Li-
brary of Congress in this Act, not more than $5,000 may
be expended, on the certification of the Librarian of Con-
gress, in connection with official representation and recep-
tion expenses for the incentive awards program.
SEC. 205. Of the amount appropriated to the Library
of Congress in this Act, not more than $12,000 may be
expended, on the certification of the Librarian of Con-
gress, in connection with official representation and recep-
tion expenses for the Overseas Field Offices.
SEC. 206. (a) For fiscal year 2002, the obligational
authority of the Library of Congress for the activities de-
scribed in subsection (b) may not exceed $114,473,000.
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(b) The activities referred to in subsection (a) are re-
imbursable and revolving fund activities that are funded
from sources other than appropriations to the Library in
appropriations Acts for the legislative branch.
(c) For fiscal year 2002, the Librarian of Congress
may temporarily transfer funds appropriated in this Act
under the heading ‘‘LIBRARY OF CONGRESS—SALA-
RIES
AND EXPENSES’’ to the revolving fund for the
FEDLINK Program and the Federal Research Program
established under section 103 of the Library of Congress
Fiscal Operations Improvement Act of 2000 (Public Law
106–481; 2 U.S.C. 182c): Provided, That the total amount
of such transfers may not exceed $1,900,000: Provided
further, That the appropriate revolving fund account shall
reimburse the Library for any amounts transferred to it
before the period of availability of the Library appropria-
tion expires.
SEC. 207. Section 101 of the Library of Congress
Fiscal Operations Improvement Act of 2000 (Public Law
106–481; 2 U.S.C. 182a) is amended—
(1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘AUDIO AND
VIDEO’’; and
(2) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘audio and
video’’.
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ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL
LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS
STRUCTURAL AND MECHANICAL CARE
For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and
structural maintenance, care and operation of the Library
buildings and grounds, $22,252,000, of which $8,918,000
shall remain available until expended.
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS)
For expenses of the Office of Superintendent of Doc-
uments necessary to provide for the cataloging and index-
ing of Government publications and their distribution to
the public, Members of Congress, other Government agen-
cies, and designated depository and international exchange
libraries as authorized by law, $29,639,000: Provided,
That travel expenses, including travel expenses of the De-
pository Library Council to the Public Printer, shall not
exceed $175,000: Provided further, That amounts of not
more than $2,000,000 from current year appropriations
are authorized for producing and disseminating Congres-
sional serial sets and other related publications for 2000
and 2001 to depository and other designated libraries:
Provided further, That any unobligated or unexpended bal-
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ances in this account or accounts for similar purposes for
preceding fiscal years may be transferred to the Govern-
ment Printing Office revolving fund for carrying out the
purposes of this heading, subject to the approval of the
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Represent-
atives and Senate.
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE REVOLVING FUND
The Government Printing Office is hereby authorized
to make such expenditures, within the limits of funds
available and in accord with the law, and to make such
contracts and commitments without regard to fiscal year
limitations as provided by section 9104 of title 31, United
States Code, as may be necessary in carrying out the pro-
grams and purposes set forth in the budget for the current
fiscal year for the Government Printing Office revolving
fund: Provided, That not more than $2,500 may be ex-
pended on the certification of the Public Printer in connec-
tion with official representation and reception expenses:
Provided further, That the revolving fund shall be available
for the hire or purchase of not more than 12 passenger
motor vehicles: Provided further, That expenditures in con-
nection with travel expenses of the advisory councils to
the Public Printer shall be deemed necessary to carry out
the provisions of title 44, United States Code: Provided
further, That the revolving fund shall be available for tem-