110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2771 
AN ACT 
Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2008, 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, 2008, and for other purposes, namely: 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses of the House of Represent-
atives, $1,198,560,000, as follows: 
HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES 
For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, 
$23,648,000, 
including: 
Office 
of 
the 
Speaker, 
$4,761,000, including $25,000 for official expenses of the 
Speaker; Office of the Majority Floor Leader, $2,188,000, 
including $10,000 for official expenses of the Majority 
Leader; Office of the Minority Floor Leader, $4,090,000, 
including $10,000 for official expenses of the Minority 
Leader; Office of the Majority Whip, including the Chief 
Deputy Majority Whip, $1,894,000, including $5,000 for 
official expenses of the Majority Whip; Office of the Mi-
nority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Minority Whip, 
$1,420,000, including $5,000 for official expenses of the 
Minority Whip; Speaker’s Office for Legislative Floor Ac-
tivities, $499,000; Republican Steering Committee, 
$943,000; Republican Conference, $1,631,000; Repub-
lican Policy Committee, $325,000; Democratic Steering 
and Policy Committee, $1,295,000; Democratic Caucus,
$1,604,000; nine minority employees, $1,498,000; train-
ing and program development—majority, $290,000; train-
ing and program development—minority, $290,000; 
Cloakroom Personnel—majority, $460,000; and Cloak-
room Personnel—minority, $460,000. 
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, 
$581,000,000. 
COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES 
STANDING COMMITTEES, SPECIAL AND SELECT 
For salaries and expenses of standing committees, 
special and select, authorized by House resolutions, 
$133,000,000: Provided, That such amount shall remain 
available for such salaries and expenses until December 
31, 2008. 
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS 
For salaries and expenses of the Committee on Ap-
propriations, $29,800,000, 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, 2008. 
SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES 
For compensation and expenses of officers and em-
ployees, as authorized by law, $169,393,000, 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, $22,881,000; 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, $7,024,000; for salaries and expenses of 
the 
Office 
of 
the 
Chief 
Administrative 
Officer, 
$116,891,000, of which $6,269,000 shall remain available 
until expended; for salaries and expenses of the Office of 
the Inspector General, $4,457,000; for salaries and ex-
penses of the Office of Emergency Planning, Preparedness 
and Operations, $3,111,000, to remain available until ex-
pended; for salaries and expenses of the Office of General 
Counsel, $1,202,000; for the Office of the Chaplain, 
$166,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the 
Parliamentarian, including the Parliamentarian, $2,000 
for preparing the Digest of Rules, and not more than
$1,000 for official representation and reception expenses, 
$1,828,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the 
Law Revision Counsel of the House, $3,046,000; for sala-
ries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel 
of the House, $7,406,000; for salaries and expenses of the 
Office of Interparliamentary Affairs, $752,000; for other 
authorized employees, $170,000; and for salaries and ex-
penses of the Office of the Historian, $459,000. 
ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES 
For allowances and expenses as authorized by House 
resolution or law, $261,719,000, including: supplies, mate-
rials, administrative costs and Federal tort claims, 
$3,688,000; 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, 
$237,410,000; supplies, materials, and other costs relating 
to the House portion of expenses for the Capitol Visitor 
Center, $2,308,000, to remain available until expended; 
Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery, $17,200,000, 
of which $5,408,000 shall 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 2008. Any 
amount remaining after all payments are made under such 
allowances for fiscal year 2008 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. 102. CONTRACT FOR EXERCISE FACILITY.—(a) 
Section 103(a) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations 
Act, 2005 (Public Law 108–447; 118 Stat. 3175), is 
amended by striking ‘‘private entity’’ and inserting ‘‘public 
or private entity’’. 
(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take 
effect as if included in the enactment of the Legislative 
Branch Appropriations Act, 2005. 
SEC. 103. DEPOSITS.—(a) The second sentence of 
section 101 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 
1996 (2 U.S.C. 117j) is amended by striking ‘‘deposited 
in the Treasury as miscellaneous receipts’’ and inserting 
‘‘deposited in the Treasury for credit to the account of 
the Office of the Chief Administrative Officer’’. 
(b) The amendments made by this section shall apply 
with respect to fiscal year 2008 and each succeeding fiscal 
year.
SEC. 104. HOUSE SERVICES REVOLVING FUND.—(a) 
Section 105(b) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations 
Act, 2005 (2 U.S.C. 117m(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘the 
Chief Administrative Officer’’ and inserting the following: 
‘‘the Chief Administrative Officer, including purposes re-
lating to energy and water conservation and environmental 
activities carried out in buildings, facilities, and grounds 
under the Chief Administrative Officer’s jurisdiction,’’. 
(b) The amendments made by this section shall apply 
with respect to fiscal year 2008 and each succeeding fiscal 
year. 
SEC. 105. ADJUSTMENT.—The first sentence of sec-
tion 5 of House Resolution 1238, Ninety-first Congress, 
agreed to December 22, 1970 (as enacted into permanent 
law by chapter VIII of the Supplemental Appropriations 
Act, 1971) (2 U.S.C. 31b–5), is amended by striking ‘‘step 
1 of level 6’’ and inserting ‘‘step 7 of level 11’’. 
JOINT ITEMS 
For Joint Committees, as follows: 
JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic 
Committee, $4,398,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary 
of the Senate.
JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on 
Taxation, $9,416,000, 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; 
(3) an allowance of $725 per month to two assistants and 
$580 per month each not to exceed 11 assistants on the 
basis heretofore provided for such assistants; and (4) 
$2,023,000 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 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, $2,820,000, to be dis-
bursed by the Chief Administrative Officer of 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, $4,448,000, to be dis-
bursed by the Secretary of the Senate. 
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 110th Congress, showing appropriations made, in-
definite 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 super-
vise the work. 
CAPITOL POLICE 
SALARIES 
For salaries of employees of the Capitol Police, in-
cluding overtime, hazardous duty pay differential, and 
Government contributions for health, retirement, social se-
curity, professional liability insurance, and other applica-
ble employee benefits, $224,500,000, to be disbursed by 
the Chief of the Capitol Police or his designee. 
GENERAL EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Capitol Police, includ-
ing motor vehicles, communications and other equipment,
security equipment and installation, uniforms, weapons, 
supplies, materials, training, medical services, forensic 
services, stenographic services, personal and professional 
services, the employee assistance program, the awards pro-
gram, postage, communication services, travel advances, 
relocation of instructor and liaison personnel for the Fed-
eral Law Enforcement Training Center, and not more 
than $5,000 to be expended on the certification of the 
Chief of the Capitol Police in connection with official rep-
resentation and reception expenses, $61,500,000, of which 
$5,000,000 shall remain available until expended for a 
radio modernization program, to be disbursed by the Chief 
of the Capitol Police or his designee: Provided, That, not-
withstanding any other provision of law, the cost of basic 
training for the Capitol Police at the Federal Law En-
forcement Training Center for fiscal year 2008 shall be 
paid by the Secretary of Homeland Security from funds 
available to the Department of Homeland Security. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 1001. TRANSFER AUTHORITY.—Amounts ap-
propriated for fiscal year 2008 for the Capitol Police may 
be transferred between the headings ‘‘SALARIES’’ and 
‘‘GENERAL EXPENSES’’ upon the approval of the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives 
and the Senate. 
SEC. 1002. EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.— 
Section 908 of the Emergency Supplemental Act, 2002 (2 
U.S.C. 1926, Public Law 107–117; 115 Stat. 2319), as 
amended, is further amended in subsection (c) by striking 
‘‘$40,000’’ and inserting ‘‘$60,000’’. 
SEC. 1003. ADVANCE PAYMENTS.—Notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, the United States Capitol Po-
lice is authorized to make advanced payments for obliga-
tions when it has been determined that making such pay-
ments is in the best interest of the Government. 
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), $3,806,000, 
of which $780,000 shall remain available until September 
30, 2009: Provided, That the Executive Director of the 
Office of Compliance may, within the limits of available 
appropriations, dispose of surplus or obsolete personal 
property by interagency transfer, donation, or discarding: 
Provided further, That not more than $500 may be ex-
pended on the certification of the Executive Director of
the Office of Compliance in connection with official rep-
resentation and reception expenses. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 1101. LUMP-SUM PAYMENTS.—(a) The Execu-
tive Director of the Office of Compliance shall have the 
authority to make lump-sum payments to reward excep-
tional performance by an employee or a group of employ-
ees. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall apply with respect to fiscal 
years beginning after September 30, 2007. 
SEC. 1102. TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR PERSONNEL. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 41 of title 5, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
section: 
‘‘§ 4122. Training for employees of the Office of Com-
pliance 
‘‘(a) The Executive Director of the Office of Compli-
ance may, by regulation, make applicable such provisions 
of this chapter as the Executive Director determines nec-
essary to provide for training of employees of the Office 
of Compliance. The regulations shall provide for training 
which, in the determination of the Executive Director, is 
consistent with the training provided by agencies under 
the preceding sections of this chapter.
‘‘(b) The Director of the Office of Personnel Manage-
ment shall provide the Executive Director of the Office 
of Compliance with such advice and assistance as the Ex-
ecutive Director may request in order to enable the Execu-
tive Director to carry out the purposes of this section.’’. 
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 
for chapter 4122 of such title is amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
‘‘4122. Training for employees of the Office of Compliance.’’. 
SEC. 1103. REIMBURSEMENT.—(a) Section 415 of 
the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 
1415) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection: 
‘‘(d) REIMBURSEMENT.— 
‘‘(1) NOTIFICATION OF PAYMENTS MADE FROM 
ACCOUNT.—As soon as practicable after the Execu-
tive Director is made aware that a payment of an 
award or settlement under this chapter has been 
made from the account described in subsection (a), 
the Executive Director shall notify the head of the 
office to which the payment is attributable that the 
payment has been made, and shall include in the no-
tification a statement of the amount of the payment. 
‘‘(2) REIMBURSEMENT BY OFFICE.—Not later 
than 180 days after receiving a notification from the 
Executive Director under paragraph (1), the head of
the office involved shall transfer to the account de-
scribed in subsection (a), out of any funds available 
for operating expenses of the office, a payment equal 
to the amount specified in the notification.’’. 
(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to payments made under section 415 
of the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 on or 
after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses necessary for operation of 
the Congressional Budget Office, including not more than 
$4,000 to be expended on the certification of the Director 
of the Congressional Budget Office in connection with offi-
cial representation and reception expenses, $37,805,000. 
ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL 
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION 
For salaries for the 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 general and administrative support of the 
operations under the Architect of the Capitol including the 
Botanic Garden; electrical substations of the Capitol, Sen-
ate and House office buildings, and other facilities under
the jurisdiction of the Architect of the Capitol; including 
furnishings and office equipment; including not more than 
$5,000 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, $81,733,000, of which 
$400,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2012. 
CAPITOL BUILDING 
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 
and operation of the Capitol, $24,567,000, of which 
$8,790,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2012. 
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, $9,310,000, 
of which $500,000 shall remain available until September 
30, 2012. 
HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS 
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 
and operation of the House office buildings, $66,151,000, 
of which $25,400,000 shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2012.
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 
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, 
$83,017,000, of which $4,945,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2012: Provided, That not more than 
$8,000,000 of the funds credited or to be reimbursed to 
this appropriation as herein provided shall be available for 
obligation during fiscal year 2008. 
LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS 
For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and 
structural maintenance, care and operation of the Library
buildings 
and 
grounds, 
$31,638,000, 
of 
which 
$10,140,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
2012. 
CAPITOL POLICE BUILDINGS, GROUNDS, AND SECURITY 
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care 
and operation of buildings, grounds and security enhance-
ments of the United States Capitol Police, wherever lo-
cated, the Alternate Computer Facility, and AOC security 
operations, $16,109,000, of which $2,500,000 shall re-
main available until September 30, 2012. 
BOTANIC GARDEN 
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-
change, maintenance, repair, and operation of a passenger 
motor vehicle; all under the direction of the Joint Com-
mittee on the Library, $8,310,000: Provided, That of the 
amount made available under this heading, the Architect 
may obligate and expend such sums as may be necessary 
for the maintenance, care and operation of the National 
Garden established under section 307E of the Legislative 
Branch Appropriations Act, 1989 (2 U.S.C. 2146), upon 
vouchers approved by the Architect or a duly authorized 
designee.