of Representatives, of the statements for the first session
of the One Hundred Fourth 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.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION
SEC. 112. Section 310 of the Legislative Branch Ap-
propriations Act, 1990 (2 U.S.C. 130e), is amended—
(1) by striking out ‘‘Clerk’’ and inserting in lieu
thereof ‘‘Sergeant at Arms’’; and
(2) by striking out ‘‘Librarian of Congress’’ and
inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Architect of the Capitol’’.
OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE
For salaries and expenses of the Office of Compli-
ance, as authorized by section 305 of Public Law 104–
1, the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C.
1385), $2,500,000, of which $500,000 shall be transferred
from the amount provided for salaries and expenses of the
Office of Compliance under the headings ‘‘HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES’’, ‘‘Salaries and Expenses’’, and
‘‘Salaries, Officers and Employees’’.
OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For salaries and expenses necessary to carry out the
orderly closure of the Office of Technology Assessment,
$3,615,000, of which $150,000 shall remain available
until September 30, 1997. Upon enactment of this Act,
$2,500,000 of the funds appropriated under this heading
in Public Law 103–283 shall remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 1996: Provided, That none of the funds made
available in this Act shall be available for salaries or ex-
penses of any employee of the Office of Technology Assess-
ment in excess of 17 employees except for severance pay
purposes.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
SEC. 113. Upon enactment of this Act all employees
of the Office of Technology Assessment for 183 days pre-
ceding termination of employment who are terminated as
a result of the elimination of the Office and who are not
otherwise gainfully employed may continue to be paid by
the Office of Technology Assessment at their respective
salaries for a period not to exceed 60 calendar days follow-
ing the employee’s date of termination or until the em-
ployee becomes otherwise gainfully employed whichever is
earlier. Any day for which a former employee receives a
payment under this section shall be counted as Federal
service for purposes of determining entitlement to bene-
fits, including retirement, annual and sick leave earnings,
and health and life insurance. A statement in writing to
the Director of the Office of Technology Assessment or
his designee by any such employee that he was not gain-
fully employed during such period or the portion thereof
for which payment is claimed shall be accepted as prima
facie evidence that he was not so employed.
SEC. 114. Notwithstanding the provisions of the Fed-
eral Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949,
as amended, or any other provision of law, upon the aboli-
tion of the Office of Technology Assessment, all records
and property of the Office (including the Unix system, all
computer hardware and software, all library collections
and research materials, and all photocopying equipment),
shall be under the administrative control of the Architect
of the Capitol. Not later than December 31, 1995, the Ar-
chitect shall submit a proposal to transfer such records
and property to appropriate support agencies of the Legis-
lative Branch which request such transfer, and shall carry
out such transfer subject to the approval of the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives
and the Senate.
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 to exceed $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, $24,288,000: Provided, That
none of these funds shall be available for the purchase or
hire of a passenger motor vehicle: Provided further, That
none of the funds in this Act shall be available for salaries
or expenses of any employee of the Congressional Budget
Office in excess of 232 full-time equivalent positions: Pro-
vided further, That any sale or lease of property, supplies,
or services to the Congressional Budget Office shall be
deemed to be a sale or lease of such property, supplies,
or services to the Congress subject to section 903 of Public
Law 98–63: Provided further, That the Director of the
Congressional Budget Office shall have the authority,
within the limits of available appropriations, to dispose of
surplus or obsolete personal property by inter-agency
transfer, donation, or discarding.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION
SEC. 115. Section 8402(c) of title 5, United States
Code, is amended—
(1) by redesignating paragraph (7) as para-
graph (8); and
(2) by inserting after paragraph (6) the follow-
ing:
‘‘(7) The Director of the Congressional Budget Office
may exclude from the operation of this chapter an em-
ployee under the Congressional Budget Office whose em-
ployment is temporary or intermittent.’’.
ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL
OFFICE OF THE ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL
SALARIES
For the Architect of the Capitol, the Assistant Archi-
tect of the Capitol, and other personal services, at rates
of pay provided by law, $8,569,000.
TRAVEL
Appropriations under the control of the Architect of
the Capitol shall be available for expenses of travel on offi-
cial business not to exceed in the aggregate under all
funds the sum of $20,000.
CONTINGENT EXPENSES
To enable the Architect of the Capitol to make sur-
veys and studies, and to meet unforeseen expenses in con-
nection with activities under his care, $100,000.
CAPITOL BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS
CAPITOL BUILDINGS
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care
and operation of the Capitol and electrical substations of
the Senate and House office buildings, under the jurisdic-
tion of the Architect of the Capitol, including furnishings
and office equipment; including not to exceed $1,000 for
official reception and representation expenses, to be ex-
pended as the Architect of the Capitol may approve; pur-
chase or exchange, maintenance and operation of a pas-
senger motor vehicle; and attendance, 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 Capitol, $22,882,000, of which
$2,950,000 shall remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That hereafter expenses, based on full cost recovery,
for flying American flags and providing certification serv-
ices therefor shall be advanced or reimbursed upon request
of the Architect of the Capitol, and amounts so received
shall be deposited into the Treasury.
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, $5,143,000,
of which $25,000 shall remain available until expended.
SENATE OFFICE BUILDINGS
For all necessary expenses for maintenance, care and
operation of Senate Office Buildings; and furniture and
furnishings to be expended under the control and super-
vision of the Architect of the Capitol, $41,757,000, of
which $4,850,000 shall remain available until expended.
HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care
and operation of the House office buildings, $33,001,000,
of which $5,261,000 shall remain available until expended.
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, Union Station complex, Thurgood
Marshall Federal Judiciary Building and the Folger
Shakespeare Library, expenses for which shall be ad-
vanced 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,
$31,518,000: Provided, That not to exceed $4,000,000 of
the funds credited or to be reimbursed to this appropria-
tion as herein provided shall be available for obligation
during fiscal year 1996.
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,
$60,084,000: Provided, That no part of this appropriation
may be used to pay any salary or expense in connection
with any publication, or preparation of material therefor
(except the Digest of Public General Bills), to be issued
by the Library of Congress unless such publication has
obtained prior approval of either the Committee on House
Oversight of the House of Representatives or the Commit-
tee on Rules and Administration of the Senate: Provided
further, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law,
the compensation of the Director of the Congressional Re-
search Service, Library of Congress, shall be at an annual
rate which is equal to the annual rate of basic pay for
positions at level IV of the Executive Schedule under sec-
tion 5315 of title 5, United States Code.
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING AND BINDING
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,
$83,770,000: 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 preced-
ing fiscal years.
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Congressional Oper-
ations Appropriations Act, 1996’’.
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-
change, maintenance, repair, and operation of a passenger
motor vehicle; all under the direction of the Joint Commit-
tee on the Library, $3,053,000.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
SEC. 201. (a) Section 201 of the Legislative Branch
Appropriations Act, 1993 (40 U.S.C. 216c note) is amend-
ed by striking out ‘‘$6,000,000’’ each place it appears and
inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘$10,000,000’’.
(b) Section 307E(a)(1) of the Legislative Branch Ap-
propriations Act, 1989 (40 U.S.C. 216c(a)(1)) is amended
by striking out ‘‘plans’’ and inserting in lieu thereof
‘‘plants’’.
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; preparation and
distribution of catalog cards 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, $211,664,000, of which not more
than $7,869,000 shall be derived from collections credited
to this appropriation during fiscal year 1996 under the
Act of June 28, 1902 (chapter 1301; 32 Stat. 480; 2
U.S.C. 150): Provided, That the total amount available for
obligation shall be reduced by the amount by which collec-
tions are less than the $7,869,000: Provided further, That
of the total amount appropriated, $8,458,000 is to remain
available until expended for acquisition of books, periodi-
cals, and newspapers, and all other materials including
subscriptions for bibliographic services for the Library, in-
cluding $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.
COPYRIGHT OFFICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, in-
cluding publication of the decisions of the United States
courts involving copyrights, $30,818,000, of which not
more than $16,840,000 shall be derived from collections
credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 1996
under 17 U.S.C. 708(c), and not more than $2,990,000
shall be derived from collections during fiscal year 1996
under 17 U.S.C. 111(d)(2), 119(b)(2), 802(h), and 1005:
Provided, That the total amount available for obligation
shall be reduced by the amount by which collections are
less than $19,830,000: Provided further, That up to
$100,000 of the amount appropriated is available for the
maintenance of an ‘‘International Copyright Institute’’ in
the Copyright Office of the Library of Congress for the
purpose of training nationals of developing countries in
intellectual property laws and policies: Provided further,
That not to exceed $2,250 may be expended on the certifi-
cation of the Librarian of Congress or his designee, in con-
nection with official representation and reception expenses
for activities of the International Copyright Institute.
BOOKS FOR THE BLIND AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For salaries and expenses to carry out the provisions
of the Act of March 3, 1931 (chapter 400; 46 Stat. 1487;
2 U.S.C. 135a), $44,951,000, of which $11,694,000 shall
remain available until expended.
FURNITURE AND FURNISHINGS
For necessary expenses for the purchase and repair
of furniture, furnishings, office and library equipment,
$4,882,000, of which $943,000 shall be available until ex-
pended only for the purchase and supply of furniture,
shelving, furnishings, and related costs necessary for the
renovation and restoration of the Thomas Jefferson and
John Adams Library buildings.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
SEC. 202. Appropriations in this Act available to the
Library of Congress shall be available, in an amount not
to exceed $194,290, of which $58,100 is for the Congres-
sional Research Service, when specifically authorized by
the Librarian, for attendance at meetings concerned with
the function or activity for which the appropriation is
made.
SEC. 203. (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
supervisor 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. 204. Appropriated funds received by the Library
of Congress from other Federal agencies to cover general
and administrative overhead costs generated by perform-
ing reimbursable work for other agencies under the au-
thority of 31 U.S.C. 1535 and 1536 shall not be used to
employ more than 65 employees and may be expended or
obligated—
(1) in the case of a reimbursement, only to
such extent or in such amounts as are provided in
appropriations Acts; or
(2) in the case of an advance payment,
only—
(A) to pay for such general or adminis-
trative 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. 205. Not to exceed $5,000 of any funds appro-
priated to the Library of Congress may be expended, on
the certification of the Librarian of Congress, in connec-
tion with official representation and reception expenses for
the Library of Congress incentive awards program.
SEC. 206. Not to exceed $12,000 of funds appro-
priated to the Library of Congress may be expended, on
the certification of the Librarian of Congress or his des-
ignee, in connection with official representation and recep-
tion expenses for the Overseas Field Offices.
SEC. 207. Under the heading ‘‘Library of Congress’’
obligational authority shall be available, in an amount not
to exceed $99,412,000 for reimbursable and revolving
fund activities, and $6,812,000 for non-expenditure trans-
fer activities in support of parliamentary development dur-
ing the current fiscal year.
SEC. 208. Notwithstanding this or any other Act,
obligational authority under the heading ‘‘Library of Con-
gress’’ for activities in support of parliamentary develop-
ment is prohibited, except for Russia, Ukraine, Albania,
Slovakia, and Romania, for other than incidental pur-
poses.
SEC. 209. (a) The purpose of this section is to reduce
the cost of information support for the Congress by elimi-
nating duplication among systems which provide electronic
access by Congress to legislative information.
(b) As used in this section, the term ‘‘legislative infor-
mation’’ means information, prepared within the legisla-
tive branch, consisting of the text of publicly available
bills, amendments, committee hearings, and committee re-
ports, the text of the Congressional Record, data relating
to bill status, data relating to legislative activity, and other
similar public information that is directly related to the
legislative process.
(c) Pursuant to the plan approved under subsection
(d) and consistent with the provisions of any other law,
the Library of Congress or the entity designated by that
plan shall develop and maintain, in coordination with
other appropriate entities of the legislative branch, a sin-
gle legislative information retrieval system to serve the en-
tire Congress.
(d) The Library shall develop a plan for creation of
this system, taking into consideration the findings and
recommendations of the study directed by House Report
No. 103–517 to identify and eliminate redundancies in
congressional information systems. This plan must be ap-
proved by the Committee on Rules and Administration of
the Senate, the Committee on House Oversight of the
House of Representatives, and the Committees on Appro-
priations of the Senate and the House of Representatives.
The Library shall provide these committees with regular
status reports on the development of the plan.
(e) In formulating its plan, the Library shall examine
issues regarding efficient ways to make this information
available to the public. This analysis shall be submitted
to the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and
the House of Representatives as well as the Committee
on Rules and Administration of the Senate, and the Com-
mittee on House Oversight of the House of Representa-
tives for their consideration and possible action.
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, $12,428,000, of which $3,710,000
shall remain available until expended.
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
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, $30,307,000: Provided,
That travel expenses, including travel expenses of the De-
pository Library Council to the Public Printer, shall not
exceed $130,000: Provided further, That funds, not to ex-
ceed $2,000,000, from current year appropriations are au-
thorized for producing and disseminating Congressional
Serial Sets and other related Congressional/non-Congres-
sional publications for 1994 and 1995 to depository and
other designated libraries.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION
SEC. 210. The fiscal year 1997 budget submission of
the Public Printer to the Congress for the Government
Printing Office shall include appropriations requests and
recommendations to the Congress that—
(1) are consistent with the strategic plan in-
cluded in the technological study performed by the
Public Printer pursuant to Senate Report 104–114;
(2) assure substantial progress toward maxi-
mum use of electronic information dissemination
technologies by all departments, agencies, and other
entities of the Government with respect to the De-
pository Library Program and information dissemi-
nation generally; and
(3) are formulated so as to require that any de-
partment, agency, or other entity of the Government
that does not make such progress shall bear from its
own resources the cost of its information dissemina-
tion by other than electronic means.
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 104 of the Government
Corporation Control Act as may be necessary in carrying
out the programs and purposes set forth in the budget
for the current fiscal year for the Government Printing
Office revolving fund: Provided, That not to exceed $2,500
may be expended on the certification of the Public Printer
in connection with official representation and reception ex-
penses: Provided further, That the revolving fund shall be
available for the hire or purchase of passenger motor vehi-
cles, not to exceed a fleet of twelve: Provided further, That
expenditures in connection with travel expenses of the ad-
visory councils to the Public Printer shall be deemed nec-
essary to carry out the provisions of title 44, United States
Code: Provided further, That the revolving fund shall be
available for services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 but
at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate
equivalent to the rate for level V of the Executive Schedule
(5 U.S.C. 5316): Provided further, That the revolving fund
and the funds provided under the headings ‘‘OFFICE OF
SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS’’ and ‘‘SALARIES AND
EXPENSES’’ together may not be available for the full-time
equivalent employment of more than 3,800 workyears by
the end of fiscal year 1996: Provided further, That activi-
ties financed through the revolving fund may provide in-
formation in any format: Provided further, That the re-
volving fund shall not be used to administer any flexible
or compressed work schedule which applies to any man-
ager or supervisor in a position the grade or level of which
is equal to or higher than GS–15: Provided further, That
expenses for attendance at meetings shall not exceed
$75,000.
GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
SALARIES AND EXPENSES
For necessary expenses of the General Accounting
Office, including not to exceed $7,000 to be expended on
the certification of the Comptroller General of the United
States in connection with official representation and recep-
tion expenses; services as authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 but
at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem rate
equivalent to the rate for level IV of the Executive Sched-
ule (5 U.S.C. 5315); hire of one passenger motor vehicle;
advance payments in foreign countries in accordance with
31 U.S.C. 3324; benefits comparable to those payable
under sections 901(5), 901(6) and 901(8) of the Foreign
Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 4081(5), 4081(6) and
4081(8)); and under regulations prescribed by the Comp-
troller General of the United States, rental of living quar-
ters in foreign countries and travel benefits comparable
with those which are now or hereafter may be granted sin-
gle employees of the Agency for International Develop-
ment, including single Foreign Service personnel assigned
to AID projects, by the Administrator of the Agency for
International Development—or his designee—under the
authority of section 636(b) of the Foreign Assistance Act
of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2396(b)); $374,406,000: Provided,
That not more than $400,000 of reimbursements received
incident to the operation of the General Accounting Office
Building shall be available for use in fiscal year 1996: Pro-
vided further, That notwithstanding 31 U.S.C. 9105 here-
after amounts reimbursed to the Comptroller General pur-
suant to that section shall be deposited to the appropria-
tion of the General Accounting Office then available and
remain available until expended, and not more than
$8,000,000 of such funds shall be available for use in fis-
cal year 1996: Provided further, That this appropriation
and appropriations for administrative expenses of any
other department or agency which is a member of the
Joint Financial Management Improvement Program
(JFMIP) shall be available to finance an appropriate
share of JFMIP costs as determined by the JFMIP, in-
cluding the salary of the Executive Director and secretar-
ial support: Provided further, That this appropriation and
appropriations for administrative expenses of any other
department or agency which is a member of the National
Intergovernmental Audit Forum or a Regional Intergov-
ernmental Audit Forum shall be available to finance an
appropriate share of Forum costs as determined by the
Forum, including necessary travel expenses of non-Federal
participants. Payments hereunder to either the Forum or
the JFMIP may be credited as reimbursements to any ap-
propriation from which costs involved are initially fi-
nanced: Provided further, That to the extent that funds
are otherwise available for obligation, agreements or con-
tracts for the removal of asbestos, and renovation of the
building and building systems (including the heating, ven-
tilation and air conditioning system, electrical system and
other major building systems) of the General Accounting
Office Building may be made for periods not exceeding
five years: Provided further, That this appropriation and
appropriations for administrative expenses of any other
department or agency which is a member of the American
Consortium on International Public Administration
(ACIPA) shall be available to finance an appropriate share
of ACIPA costs as determined by the ACIPA, including
any expenses attributable to membership of ACIPA in the
International Institute of Administrative Sciences.
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
SEC. 211. (a) Effective June 30, 1996, the functions
of the Comptroller General identified in subsection (b) are
transferred to the Director of the Office of Management
and Budget, contingent upon the additional transfer to the
Office of Management and Budget of such personnel,
budget authority, records, and property of the General Ac-
counting Office relating to such functions as the Comp-
troller General and the Director jointly determine to be
necessary. The Director may delegate any such function,
in whole or in part, to any other agency or agencies if
the Director determines that such delegation would be
cost-effective or otherwise in the public interest, and may
transfer to such agency or agencies any personnel, budget
authority, records, and property received by the Director
pursuant to the preceding sentence that relate to the dele-
gated functions. Personnel transferred pursuant to this
provision shall not be separated or reduced in classifica-
tion or compensation for one year after any such transfer,
except for cause.
(b) The following provisions of the United States
Code contain the functions to be transferred pursuant to
subsection (a): sections 5564 and 5583 of title 5; sections
2312, 2575, 2733, 2734, 2771, 4712, and 9712 of title
10; sections 1626 and 4195 of title 22; section 420 of title
24; sections 2414 and 2517 of title 28; sections 1304,
3702, 3726, and 3728 of title 31; sections 714 and 715
of title 32; section 554 of title 37; section 5122 of title
38; and section 256a of title 41.
SEC. 212. (a) Section 732 of title 31, United States
Code, is amended by adding a new subsection (h) as fol-
lows:
‘‘(h) Notwithstanding the provisions of subchapter I
of chapter 35 of title 5, United States Code, the Comptrol-
ler General shall prescribe regulations for the release of
officers and employees of the General Accounting Office
in a reduction in force which give due effect to tenure of
employment, military preference, performance and/or con-
tributions to the agency’s goals and objectives, and length
of service. The regulations shall, to the extent deemed fea-
sible by the Comptroller General, be designed to minimize
disruption to the Office and to assist in promoting the effi-
ciency of the Office.’’.
SEC. 213. Section 753 of title 31, United States
Code, is amended—
(1) by redesignating subsections (b), (c), and
(d) as (c), (d), and (e), respectively;
(2) by inserting after subsection (a) a new sub-
section (b) as follows:
‘‘(b) The Board has no authority to issue a stay of
any reduction in force action.’’; and
(3) in the second sentence of subsection (c), as
redesignated, by striking ‘‘(c)’’ and inserting ‘‘(d)’’.
TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS
SEC. 301. No part of the funds appropriated in this
Act shall be used for the maintenance or care of private
vehicles, except for emergency assistance and cleaning as
may be provided under regulations relating to parking fa-
cilities for the House of Representatives issued by the
Committee on House Oversight and for the Senate issued
by the Committee on Rules and Administration.
SEC. 302. No part of any appropriation contained in
this Act shall remain available for obligation beyond the
current fiscal year unless expressly so provided herein.
SEC. 303. Whenever any office or position not specifi-
cally established by the Legislative Pay Act of 1929 is ap-
propriated for herein or whenever the rate of compensa-
tion or designation of any position appropriated for herein
is different from that specifically established for such posi-
tion by such Act, the rate of compensation and the des-
ignation of the position, or either, appropriated for or pro-
vided herein, shall be the permanent law with respect
thereto: Provided, That the provisions herein for the var-
ious items of official expenses of Members, officers, and
committees of the Senate and House of Representatives,
and clerk hire for Senators and Members of the House
of Representatives shall be the permanent law with respect
thereto.
SEC. 304. The expenditure of any appropriation
under this Act for any consulting service through procure-
ment contract, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited
to those contracts where such expenditures are a matter
of public record and available for public inspection, except
where otherwise provided under existing law, or under ex-
isting Executive order issued pursuant to existing law.
SEC. 305. (a) It is the sense of the Congress that,
to the greatest extent practicable, all equipment and prod-
ucts purchased with funds made available in this Act
should be American-made.
(b) In providing financial assistance to, or entering
into any contract with, any entity using funds made avail-
able in this Act, the head of each Federal agency, to the
greatest extent practicable, shall provide to such entity a
notice describing the statement made in subsection (a) by
the Congress.
SEC. 306. (a) Upon approval of the Committee on
Appropriations of the House of Representatives, and in
accordance with conditions determined by the Committee
on House Oversight, positions in connection with House
parking activities and related funding shall be transferred
from the appropriation ‘‘Architect of the Capitol, Capitol
buildings and grounds, House office buildings’’ to the ap-
propriation ‘‘House of Representatives, salaries, officers
and employees, Office of the Sergeant at Arms’’: Provided,
That the position of Superintendent of Garages shall be
subject to authorization in annual appropriations Acts.
(b) For purposes of section 8339(m) of title 5, United
States Code, the days of unused sick leave to the credit
of any such employee as of the date such employee is
transferred under subsection (a) shall be included in the
total service of such employee in connection with the com-
putation of any annuity under subsections (a) through (e)
and (o) of such section.
(c) In the case of days of annual leave to the credit
of any such employee as of the date such employee is
transferred under subsection (a) the Architect of the Cap-
itol is authorized to make a lump sum payment to each
such employee for that annual leave. No such payment
shall be considered a payment or compensation within the
meaning of any law relating to dual compensation.
SEC. 307. None of the funds made available in this
Act may be used for the relocation of the office of any
Member of the House of Representatives within the House
office buildings.
SEC. 308. (a)(1) Effective October 1, 1995, the unex-
pended balances of appropriations specified in paragraph
(2) are transferred to the appropriation for general ex-
penses of the Capitol Police, to be used for design and
installation of security systems for the Capitol buildings
and grounds.
(2) The unexpended balances referred to in para-
graph (1) are—
(A) the unexpended balance of appropriations
for security installations, as referred to in the para-
graph under the heading ‘‘CAPITOL
BUILDINGS’’,
under the general headings ‘‘JOINT ITEMS’’, ‘‘AR-
CHITECT OF THE CAPITOL’’, and ‘‘CAPITOL
BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS’’ in title I of the Legisla-
tive Branch Appropriations Act, 1995 (108 Stat.
1434), including any unexpended balance from a
prior fiscal year and any unexpended balance under
such headings in this Act; and
(B) the unexpended balance of the appropria-
tion for an improved security plan, as transferred to
the Architect of the Capitol by section 102 of the
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1989 (102
Stat. 2165).
(b) Effective October 1, 1995, the responsibility for
design and installation of security systems for the Capitol
buildings and grounds is transferred from the Architect
of the Capitol to the Capitol Police Board. Such design
and installation shall be carried out under the direction
of the Committee on House Oversight of the House of
Representatives and the Committee on Rules and Admin-
istration of the Senate, and without regard to section 3709
of the Revised Statutes of the United States (41 U.S.C.
5). On and after October 1, 1995, any alteration to a
structural, mechanical, or architectural feature of the Cap-
itol buildings and grounds that is required for a security
system under the preceding sentence may be carried out
only with the approval of the Architect of the Capitol.
(c)(1) Effective October 1, 1995, all positions speci-
fied in paragraph (2) and each individual holding any such
position (on a permanent basis) immediately before that
date, as identified by the Architect of the Capitol, shall
be transferred to the Capitol Police.
(2) The positions referred to in paragraph (1) are
those positions which, immediately before October 1,
1995, are—
(A) under the Architect of the Capitol;
(B) within the Electronics Engineering Division
of the Office of the Architect of the Capitol; and
(C) related to the design or installation of secu-
rity systems for the Capitol buildings and grounds.
(3) All annual leave and sick leave standing to the
credit of an individual immediately before such individual
is transferred under paragraph (1) shall be credited to
such individual, without adjustment, in the new position
of the individual.
SEC. 309. (a) Section 230(a) of the Congressional Ac-
countability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1371(a)) is amended
by striking out ‘‘Administrative Conference of the United
States’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘Board’’.
(b) Section 230(d)(1) of the Congressional Account-
ability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1371(d)(1)) is amended—
(1) by striking out ‘‘Administrative Conference
of the United States’’ and inserting in lieu thereof
‘‘Board’’; and
(2) by striking out ‘‘and shall submit the study
and recommendations to the Board’’.
(c) The amendments made by this section shall take
effect only if the Administrative Conference of the United
States ceases to exist prior to the completion and submis-
sion of the study to the Board as required by section 230
of the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C.
1371).
SEC. 310. Any amount appropriated in this Act for
‘‘HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—Salaries and Ex-
penses—Members’ Representational Allowances’’ shall be
available only for fiscal year 1996. Any amount remaining
after all payments are made under such allowances for
such fiscal year shall be deposited in the Treasury, to be
used for deficit reduction.
SEC. 311. Section 316 of Public Law 101–302 is
amended in the first sentence of subsection (a) by striking
‘‘1995’’ and inserting ‘‘1996’’.
SEC. 312. Such sums as may be necessary are appro-
priated to the account described in subsection (a) of sec-
tion 415 of Public Law 104–1 to pay awards and settle-
ments as authorized under such subsection.
SEC. 313. (a) The Sergeant at Arms of the House
of Representatives shall have the same law enforcement
authority, including the authority to carry firearms, as a
member of the Capitol Police. The law enforcement au-
thority under the preceding sentence shall be subject to
the requirement that the Sergeant at Arms have the quali-
fications specified in subsection (b).
(b) The qualifications referred to in subsection (a)
are the following:
(1) A minimum of five years of experience as a
law enforcement officer before beginning service as
the Sergeant at Arms.
(2) Current certification in the use of firearms
by the appropriate Federal law enforcement entity
or an equivalent non-Federal entity.
(3) Any other firearms qualification required
for members of the Capitol Police.
(c) The Committee on House Oversight of the House
of Representatives shall have authority to prescribe regu-
lations to carry out this section.
SEC. 314. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, effective September 1, 1995, the Committee on House
Oversight of the House of Representatives shall have au-
thority—
(1) to combine the House of Representatives
Clerk Hire Allowance, Official Expenses Allowance,
and Official Mail Allowance into a single allowance,
to be known as the ‘‘Members’ Representational Al-
lowance’’; and
(2) to prescribe regulations relating to alloca-
tions, expenditures, and other matters with respect
to the Members’ Representational Allowance.