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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION
SEC. 103. The matter in chapter III of title I of the
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1975 under ‘‘Capitol
Buildings and Grounds’’ under the heading ‘‘ARCHI-
TECT OF THE CAPITOL’’ (40 U.S.C. 166b–2) is
amended by striking ‘‘to grade 11’’ and inserting ‘‘at not
to exceed grade 12’’.
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,
$58,938,000: 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
Administration of the House of Representatives or the
Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate:
Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, the compensation of the Director of the Con-
gressional Research Service, Library of Congress, shall be
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at an annual rate which is equal to the annual rate of
basic pay for positions at level IV of the Executive Sched-
ule under section 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,
$87,717,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall not
be available for printing and binding part 2 of the annual
report of the Secretary of Agriculture (known as the Year-
book of Agriculture) nor for copies of the permanent edi-
tion of the Congressional Record for individual Represent-
atives, Resident Commissioners or Delegates authorized
under 44 U.S.C. 906: Provided further, That this appro-
priation shall be available for the payment of obligations
incurred under the appropriations for similar purposes for
preceding fiscal years.
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This title may be cited as the ‘‘Congressional Oper-
ations Appropriations Act, 1995’’.
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, $3,182,000.
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 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,
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$207,857,000, of which not more than $7,869,000 shall
be derived from collections credited to this appropriation
during fiscal year 1995 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 re-
duced by the amount by which collections 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, periodicals, and
newspapers, and all other materials including subscrip-
tions for bibliographic services for the Library, including
$40,000 to be available solely for the purchase, when spe-
cifically 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, $27,186,000, of which not
more than $14,500,000 shall be derived from collections
credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 1995
under 17 U.S.C. 708(c), and not more than $2,891,000
shall be derived from collections during fiscal year 1995
under 17 U.S.C. 111(d)(2), 119(b)(2), 802(h), and 1005:
Provided, That the total amount available for obligation
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shall be reduced by the amount by which collections are
less than $17,391,000: 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), $44,622,000, of which $10,896,000 shall
remain available until expended.
FURNITURE AND FURNISHINGS
For necessary expenses for the purchase and repair
of furniture, furnishings, office and library equipment,
$5,825,000, of which $1,886,000 shall be available until
expended 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.
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ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS
SEC. 201. 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. 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
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. 203. Appropriated funds received by the Library
of Congress from other Federal agencies to cover general
and administrative overhead costs generated by perform-
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ignee, in connection with official representation and recep-
tion expenses for the Overseas Field Offices.
SEC. 206. Under the heading ‘‘Library of Congress’’
obligational authority shall be available, in an amount not
to exceed $75,236,000 for reimbursable activities,
$8,706,000 for revolving fund activities, and $6,150,000
for non-expenditure transfer activities in support of par-
liamentary development during the current fiscal year.
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, $9,860,000, of which $941,000
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, $30,600,000: Provided,
That the objectives of chapter 41 of title 44, United States
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Code, as enacted by the Government Printing Office Elec-
tronic Information Access Enhancement Act of 1993, shall
be carried out through cost savings: Provided further, That
travel expenses, including travel expenses of the Deposi-
tory Library Council to the Public Printer, shall not ex-
ceed $130,000: Provided further, That funds, not to exceed
$2,000,000, from current year appropriations are author-
ized for producing and disseminating Congressional Serial
Sets and other related Congressional/non-Congressional
publications for 1993 and 1994 to depository and other
designated libraries.
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 re-
ception expenses: Provided further, That the revolving
fund shall be available for the hire or purchase of pas-
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senger motor vehicles, not to exceed a fleet of twelve: Pro-
vided further, That expenditures in connection 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 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
paragraph entitled ‘‘OFFICE
OF
SUPERINTENDENT
OF
DOCUMENTS, SALARIES AND EXPENSES’’ together may not
be available for the full-time equivalent employment of
more than 4,193 workyears: Provided further, That the re-
volving fund shall be available for expenses not to exceed
$500,000 for the development of plans and design of a
multi-purpose facility: Provided further, That activities fi-
nanced through the revolving fund may provide informa-
tion in any format: Provided further, That the revolving
fund shall not be used to administer any flexible or com-
pressed work schedule which applies to any manager 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.
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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)); $439,525,000: Provided,
That not more than $1,000,000 of reimbursements re-
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ceived incident to the operation of the General Accounting
Office Building shall be available for use in fiscal year
1995: Provided further, That this appropriation and ap-
propriations for administrative expenses of any other de-
partment or agency which is a member of the Joint Finan-
cial Management Improvement Program (JFMIP) shall be
available to finance an appropriate share of JFMIP costs
as determined by the JFMIP, including the salary of the
Executive Director and secretarial support: Provided fur-
ther, That this appropriation and appropriations for ad-
ministrative expenses of any other department or agency
which is a member of the National Intergovernmental
Audit Forum or a Regional Intergovernmental 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 appropriation
from which costs involved are initially financed: Provided
further, That to the extent that funds are otherwise avail-
able for obligation, agreements or contracts for the re-
moval of asbestos, and renovation of the building and
building systems (including the heating, ventilation and
air conditioning system, electrical system and other major
building systems) of the General Accounting Office Build-
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ing may be made for periods not exceeding five years: Pro-
vided 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 at-
tributable to membership of ACIPA in the International
Institute of Administrative Sciences.
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 Administration 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-
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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. The last sentence of section 307(a) of the
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1994 (2 U.S.C.
60–1 note) is repealed.
SEC. 306. Annual and sick leave balances of employ-
ees transferred from the Office of the Director of Non-
legislative and Financial Services, House Postal Oper-
ations, to the Architect of the Capitol, as of October 31,
1993, shall be credited to the leave accounts of such per-
sonnel, subject to the provisions of section 6304 of title
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5, United States Code, upon their transfer to the appro-
priation for House office buildings.
SEC. 307. (a) CIVIL SERVICE RETIREMENT SYS-
TEM.—The first sentence of section 8335(d) of title 5,
United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘55’’ and in-
serting ‘‘57’’.
(b) FEDERAL EMPLOYEES’ RETIREMENT SYSTEM.—
(1) Section 8425 of title 5, United States Code, is amend-
ed—
(A) in the first sentence of subsection (b) by
striking ‘‘member of the Capitol Police or’’ and
‘‘member or’’;
(B) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub-
section (d); and
(C) by inserting after subsection (b) the follow-
ing:
‘‘(c) A member of the Capitol Police who is otherwise
eligible for immediate retirement under section 8412(d)
shall be separated from the service on the last day of the
month in which such member becomes 57 years of age
or completes 20 years of service if then over that age. The
Capitol Police Board, when in its judgment the public in-
terest so requires, may exempt such a member from auto-
matic separation under this subsection until that member
becomes 60 years of age. The Board shall notify the mem-
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ber in writing of the date of separation at least 60 days
before that date. Action to separate the member is not
effective, without the consent of the member, until the last
day of the month in which the 60-day notice expires.’’.
(2) Section 8415(d) of title 5, United States Code,
is amended by striking ‘‘(a) or (b)’’ and inserting ‘‘(a),
(b), or (c)’’.
SEC. 308. (a) PURCHASE
OF
AMERICAN-MADE
EQUIPMENT AND PRODUCTS.—It is the sense of the Con-
gress that, to the greatest extent practicable, all equip-
ment and products purchased with funds made available
in this Act should be American-made.
(b) NOTICE TO GRANTEES AND CONTRACTORS.—In
providing financial assistance to, or entering into any con-
tract with, any entity using funds made available in this
Act, the head of each Federal agency, to the greatest ex-
tent practicable, shall provide to such entity a notice de-
scribing the statement made in subsection (a) by the Con-
gress.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative Branch Ap-
propriations Act, 1995’’.
Passed the House of Representatives May 26, 1994.
Attest:
DONNALD K. ANDERSON,
Clerk.
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