Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2023
Bill: H.R.8237 | Sponsor: Rep. Ryan, Tim (D-OH)
Policy area: Congress

Summary:
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2023
This bill provides FY2023 appropriations for the legislative branch, including the House of Representatives and joint items such as
In addition, the bill provides FY2023 appropriations for
(Pursuant to the longstanding practice of each chamber of Congress determining its own requirements, funds for the Senate are not included in the House bill.)
The bill also sets forth requirements and restrictions for using funds provided by this bill.

Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year 
           ending September 30, 2023, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 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, 2023, and for other purposes, namely:

                                TITLE I

                           LEGISLATIVE BRANCH

                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                         Salaries and Expenses

    For salaries and expenses of the House of Representatives, 
$1,868,785,000, as follows:

                        House Leadership Offices

    For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, $36,560,000, 
including: Office of the Speaker, $10,499,000, including $35,000 for 
official expenses of the Speaker; Office of the Majority Floor Leader, 
$3,730,000, including $15,000 for official expenses of the Majority 
Leader; Office of the Minority Floor Leader, $10,499,000, including 
$17,500 for official expenses of the Minority Leader; Office of the 
Majority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Majority Whip, $3,099,000, 
including $5,000 for official expenses of the Majority Whip; Office of 
the Minority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Minority Whip, 
$2,809,000, including $5,000 for official expenses of the Minority 
Whip; Republican Conference, $2,962,000; Democratic Caucus, $2,962,000: 
 Provided, That such amount for salaries and expenses shall remain 
available from January 3, 2023 until January 2, 2024.

                  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, $810,000,000.

        Allowance for Compensation of Interns in Member Offices

    For the allowance established under section 120 of the Legislative 
Branch Appropriations Act, 2019 (2 U.S.C. 5322a) for the compensation 
of interns who serve in the offices of Members of the House of 
Representatives, $20,638,800, to remain available through January 2, 
2024:  Provided, That notwithstanding section 120(b) of such Act, an 
office of a Member of the House of Representatives may use not more 
than $46,800 of the allowance available under this heading during 
legislative year 2023.

   Allowance for Compensation of Interns in House Leadership Offices

    For the allowance established under section 113 of the Legislative 
Branch Appropriations Act, 2020 (2 U.S.C. 5106) for the compensation of 
interns who serve in House leadership offices, $586,000, to remain 
available through January 2, 2024:  Provided, That of the amount 
provided under this heading, $322,300 shall be available for the 
compensation of interns who serve in House leadership offices of the 
majority, to be allocated among such offices by the Speaker of the 
House of Representatives, and $263,700 shall be available for the 
compensation of interns who serve in House leadership offices of the 
minority, to be allocated among such offices by the Minority Floor 
Leader.

 Allowance for Compensation of Interns in House Standing, Special and 
                        Select Committee Offices

    For the allowance established under section 113(a)(1) of the 
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2022 (Public Law 117-103) for 
the compensation of interns who serve in offices of standing, special, 
and select committees (other than the Committee on Appropriations), 
$2,600,000, to remain available through January 2, 2024:  Provided, 
That of the amount provided under this heading, $1,300,000 shall be 
available for the compensation of interns who serve in offices of the 
majority, and $1,300,000 shall be available for the compensation of 
interns who serve in offices of the minority, to be allocated among 
such offices by the Chair, in consultation with the ranking minority 
member, of the Committee on House Administration.

Allowance for Compensation of Interns in House Appropriations Committee 
                                Offices

    For the allowance established under section 113(a)(2) of the 
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2022 (Public Law 117-103) for 
the compensation of interns who serve in offices of the Committee on 
Appropriations, $463,000: Provided, That of the amount provided under 
this heading, $231,500 shall be available for the compensation of 
interns who serve in offices of the majority, and $231,500 shall be 
available for the compensation of interns who serve in offices of the 
minority, to be allocated among such offices by the Chair, in 
consultation with the ranking minority member, of the Committee on 
Appropriations.

                          Committee Employees

                Standing Committees, Special and Select

    For salaries and expenses of standing committees, special and 
select, authorized by House resolutions, $188,971,000:  Provided, That 
such amount shall remain available for such salaries and expenses until 
December 31, 2024, except that $5,800,000 of such amount shall remain 
available until expended for committee room upgrading.

                      Committee on Appropriations

    For salaries and expenses of the Committee on Appropriations, 
$31,294,000, including studies and examinations of executive agencies 
and temporary personal services 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 December 31, 2024.

                    Salaries, Officers and Employees

    For compensation and expenses of officers and employees, as 
authorized by law, $323,557,000, including: for salaries and expenses 
of the Office of the Clerk, including the positions of the Chaplain and 
the Historian, and including not more than $25,000 for official 
representation and reception expenses, of which not more than $20,000 
is for the Family Room and not more than $2,000 is for the Office of 
the Chaplain, $40,827,000, of which $9,000,000 shall remain available 
until expended; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Sergeant 
at Arms, including the position of Superintendent of Garages and the 
Office of Emergency Management, and including not more than $3,000 for 
official representation and reception expenses, $38,793,000, of which 
$22,232,000 shall remain available until expended; for salaries and 
expenses of the Office of the Chief Administrative Officer including 
not more than $3,000 for official representation and reception 
expenses, $211,572,000, of which $25,977,000 shall remain available 
until expended; for salaries and expenses of the Office of Diversity 
and Inclusion, $3,000,000, of which $1,000,000 shall remain available 
until expended; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the 
Whistleblower Ombuds, $1,250,000; for salaries and expenses of the 
Office of the Inspector General, $5,138,000; for salaries and expenses 
of the Office of General Counsel, $1,912,000; 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, $2,184,000; for 
salaries and expenses of the Office of the Law Revision Counsel of the 
House, $3,746,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the 
Legislative Counsel of the House, $13,457,000, of which $2,000,000 
shall remain available until expended; for salaries and expenses of the 
Office of Interparliamentary Affairs, $934,000; for other authorized 
employees, $744,000.

                        Allowances and Expenses

    For allowances and expenses as authorized by House resolution or 
law, $444,115,200, including: supplies, materials, administrative costs 
and Federal tort claims, $1,555,000; official mail for committees, 
leadership offices, and administrative offices of the House, $190,000; 
Government contributions for health, retirement, Social Security, 
contractor support for actuarial projections, and other applicable 
employee benefits, $387,368,200, to remain available until March 31, 
2024, except that $35,000,000 of such amount shall remain available 
until expended; salaries and expenses for Business Continuity and 
Disaster Recovery, $22,841,000, of which $6,776,000 shall remain 
available until expended; transition activities for new members and 
staff, $19,225,000, to remain available until expended; Green and Gold 
Congressional Aide Program, $9,674,000, to remain available until 
expended; Office of Congressional Ethics, $1,762,000; and miscellaneous 
items including purchase, exchange, maintenance, repair and operation 
of House motor vehicles, interparliamentary receptions, and gratuities 
to heirs of deceased employees of the House, $1,500,000.

       House of Representatives Modernization Initiatives Account

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For the House of Representatives Modernization Initiatives Account 
established under section 115 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations 
Act, 2021 (2 U.S.C. 5513), $10,000,000, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That disbursement from this account is subject to 
approval of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives:  Provided further, That funds provided in this account 
shall only be used for initiatives recommended by the Select Committee 
on Modernization or approved by the Committee on House Administration.

                       Administrative Provisions

requiring amounts remaining in members' representational allowances to 
      be used for deficit reduction or to reduce the federal debt

    Sec. 110. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any 
amounts appropriated under this Act for ``HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES--
Salaries and Expenses--Members' Representational Allowances'' shall be 
available only for fiscal year 2023. Any amount remaining after all 
payments are made under such allowances for fiscal year 2023 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) The Committee on House Administration of the House of 
Representatives shall have authority to prescribe regulations to carry 
out this section.
    (c) As used in this section, the term ``Member of the House of 
Representatives'' means a Representative in, or a Delegate or Resident 
Commissioner to, the Congress.

            limitation on amount available to lease vehicles

    Sec. 111.  None of the funds made available in this Act may be used 
by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives to 
make any payments from any Members' Representational Allowance for the 
leasing of a vehicle, excluding mobile district offices, in an 
aggregate amount that exceeds $1,000 for the vehicle in any month.

         cybersecurity assistance for house of representatives

    Sec. 112.  The head of any Federal entity that provides assistance 
to the House of Representatives in the House's efforts to deter, 
prevent, mitigate, or remediate cybersecurity risks to, and incidents 
involving, the information systems of the House shall take all 
necessary steps to ensure the constitutional integrity of the separate 
branches of the government at all stages of providing the assistance, 
including applying minimization procedures to limit the spread or 
sharing of privileged House and Member information.

                      house intern resource office

    Sec. 113. (a) Establishment; Coordinator.--
            (1) Establishment; coordinator.--There is established in 
        the Office of the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of 
        Representatives the House Intern Resource Office (hereinafter 
        referred to as the ``Office'').
            (2) Appointment.--The Office shall be headed by the House 
        Intern Resource Coordinator (hereinafter referred to as the 
        ``Coordinator''), who shall be employed by the Chief 
        Administrative Officer in consultation with the chair and 
        ranking minority member of the Committee on House 
        Administration.
    (b) Duties.--In consultation with the Office of Diversity and 
Inclusion and such other offices as the Coordinator considers 
appropriate, the Office shall--
            (1) provide support services, such as accommodations, 
        training, and professional development, to interns of offices 
        of the House of Representatives;
            (2) serve as a center for resources and best practices for 
        the recruitment, hiring, training, and use of interns by 
        offices of the House of Representatives; and
            (3) gather demographic and other data about interns of 
        offices of the House of Representatives.
    (c) Addressing Inequities in Access to Internships.--In carrying 
out its duties, the Office shall consider inequities in access to 
internships in offices of the House of Representatives, and shall 
consider the viability of establishing an intern stipend program for 
interns from under represented backgrounds, including those who attend 
Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Tribal Colleges 
or Universities, Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSIs), and other 
Minority Serving Institutions described in section 371(a) of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1067q(a)).
    (d) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated for fiscal year 2023 and each succeeding fiscal year such 
sums as may be necessary to carry out this section.
    (e) Effective Date.--This section shall apply with respect to 
fiscal year 2023 and each succeeding fiscal year.

educational assistance and professional development for house employees

    Sec. 114. (a) Expansion of Student Loan Repayment Program to Cover 
Educational Assistance and Professional Development.--Section 105(a) of 
the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2003 (2 U.S.C. 4536(a)) is 
amended to read as follows:
    ``(a) Program to Cover Student Loan Repayment, Educational 
Assistance, and Professional Development for House Employees.--
            ``(1) Establishment.--The Chief Administrative Officer 
        shall establish a program under which an employing office of 
        the House of Representatives may agree--
                    ``(A) to repay (by direct payment on behalf of the 
                employee) any student loan previously taken out by an 
                employee of the office;
                    ``(B) to make direct payments on behalf of an 
                employee of the office or to reimburse an employee of 
                the office for expenses paid by the employee for the 
                employee's educational and professional development; 
                and
                    ``(C) to make direct payments on behalf of an 
                employee of the office or to reimburse an employee of 
                the office for credentialing, professional 
                accreditation, professional licensure, and professional 
                certification expenses paid by the employee.
            ``(2) Exclusion of members.--For purposes of this section, 
        a Member of the House of Representatives (including a Delegate 
        or Resident Commissioner to the Congress) shall not be 
        considered to be an employee of the House of 
        Representatives.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to payments made during fiscal year 2023 or any 
succeeding fiscal year.

                              JOINT ITEMS

    For Joint Committees, as follows:

                        Joint Economic Committee

    For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic Committee, 
$4,283,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate.

                      Joint Committee on Taxation

    For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Taxation, 
$12,876,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Administrative Officer of the 
House of Representatives.
    For other joint items, as follows:

                   Office of the Attending Physician

    For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent expenses of the 
emergency rooms, and for the Attending Physician and his assistants, 
including:
            (1) an allowance of $3,500 per month to the Attending 
        Physician;
            (2) an allowance of $2,500 per month to the Senior Medical 
        Officer;
            (3) an allowance of $900 per month each to three medical 
        officers while on duty in the Office of the Attending 
        Physician;
            (4) an allowance of $900 per month to 2 assistants and $900 
        per month each not to exceed 11 assistants on the basis 
        heretofore provided for such assistants; and
            (5) $2,880,000 for reimbursement to the Department of the 
        Navy for expenses incurred for staff and equipment assigned to 
        the Office of the Attending Physician, which shall be advanced 
        and credited to the applicable appropriation or appropriations 
        from which such salaries, allowances, and other expenses are 
        payable and shall be available for all the purposes thereof, 
        $4,181,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Administrative Officer 
        of the House of Representatives.

             Office of Congressional Accessibility Services

                         Salaries and Expenses

    For salaries and expenses of the Office of Congressional 
Accessibility Services, $1,702,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of 
the Senate.

                             CAPITOL POLICE

                                Salaries

    For salaries of employees of the Capitol Police, including 
overtime, hazardous duty pay, and Government contributions for health, 
retirement, social security, professional liability insurance, and 
other applicable employee benefits, $522,280,000 of which overtime 
shall not exceed $64,912,000 unless the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House and Senate are notified, to be disbursed by the Chief of the 
Capitol Police or a duly authorized designee.

                            General Expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Capitol Police, including 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 
program, postage, communication services, travel advances, relocation 
of instructor and liaison personnel for the Federal Law Enforcement 
Training Centers, and not more than $5,000 to be expended on the 
certification of the Chief of the Capitol Police in connection with 
official representation and reception expenses, $185,818,000, to be 
disbursed by the Chief of the Capitol Police or a duly authorized 
designee:  Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
the cost of basic training for the Capitol Police at the Federal Law 
Enforcement Training Centers for fiscal year 2023 shall be paid by the 
Secretary of Homeland Security from funds available to the Department 
of Homeland Security.

                       Administrative Provisions

                      volunteer chaplain services

    Sec. 120.  (a) Establishment.--In order to retain qualified 
personnel, the Chief of the Capitol Police shall have authority to 
accept unpaid multi-denominational chaplain services whereby volunteers 
from multiple faiths may advise, administer, and perform professional 
work involved in a program of spiritual welfare and religious guidance 
for Capitol Police employees.
    (b) Effective Date.--This section shall apply with respect to 
fiscal year 2023 and each succeeding fiscal year.

flsa overtime compensation included as basic pay of members of capitol 
                                 police

    Sec. 121.  (a) In General.--Section 8331(3) of title 5, United 
States Code, is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (H), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in subparagraph (I), by inserting ``and'' after the 
        semicolon;
            (3) by inserting after subparagraph (I) the following:
                    ``(J) with respect to a member of the Capitol 
                Police, overtime pay received on or after the date of 
                enactment of this subparagraph for overtime under the 
                Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 201 et 
                seq.) by operation of section 102(a)(1) of the 
                Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 
                1302(a)(1)), for up to an amount equal to 50 percent of 
                any annual statutory maximum in overtime pay for 
                customs officers set pursuant to section 5(c)(1) of the 
                Act of February 13, 1911 (19 U.S.C. 267(c)(1));''; and
            (4) in the undesignated matter following subparagraph (J) 
        (as added by paragraph (3)), by striking ``subparagraphs (B) 
        through (I) of this paragraph'' and inserting ``subparagraphs 
        (B) through (J) of this paragraph,''.
    (b) Implementation.--
            (1) In general.--Section 8415 of title 5, United States 
        Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(o)(1) No part of overtime pay (as described in section 
8331(3)(J)) paid to a member of the Capitol Police shall be treated as 
basic pay for purposes of any computation of an annuity under this 
section, unless, before the date of the separation on which entitlement 
to annuity is based, the separating individual has completed at least 
15 years of service (whether performed before, on, or after the date of 
the enactment of this subsection).
    ``(2) If the condition under paragraph (1) is met, then any amounts 
received by the individual in the form of such overtime pay shall (for 
the purposes referred to in paragraph (1)) be treated as basic pay, but 
only to the extent that such amounts are attributable to service 
performed on or after the date of the enactment of this subsection, and 
only to the extent of the percentage allowable, which shall be 
determined as follows:

``If the total amount of service     Then, the percentage allowable is:
        performed, on or after the 
        date of enactment of this 
        subsection is:
        Less than 4 years..................................         50 
        At least 4 but less than 8 years...................         75 
        At least 8 years...................................      100''.
    ``(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of this subsection, 100 
percent of all amounts received as overtime pay (as described in 
section 8331(3)(J)) shall, to the extent attributable to service 
performed on or after the date of the enactment of this subsection, be 
treated as basic pay for purposes of computing--
            ``(A) an annuity under section 8452; and
            ``(B) a survivor annuity under subchapter IV, if based on 
        the service of an individual who dies before separating from 
        service.''.
            (2) Information.--Not less than once every year following 
        the date of enactment of this section, the United States 
        Capitol Police shall provide information to the Office of 
        Personnel Management for the purposes of carrying out this 
        section and the amendments made by this section, including 
        information used to determine the normal-cost percentage (as 
        that term is defined in section 8401 of title 5, United States 
        Code).
    (c) Technical Amendment.--The second instance of subsection (s) 
(relating to physician comparability allowance) of section 8339 of 
title 5, United States Code, is redesignated as subsection (t).

                OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL WORKPLACE RIGHTS

                         Salaries and Expenses

    For salaries and expenses necessary for the operation of the Office 
of Congressional Workplace Rights, as authorized by section 305 of the 
Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1385), $8,000,000, 
of which $2,500,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2024:  
Provided,  That not more than $1,000 may be expended on the 
certification of the Executive Director in connection with official 
representation and reception expenses.

                      CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE

                         Salaries and Expenses

    For salaries and expenses necessary for operation of the 
Congressional Budget Office, including not more than $6,000 to be 
expended on the certification of the Director of the Congressional 
Budget Office in connection with official representation and reception 
expenses, $64,637,000.  Provided, That the Director shall use not less 
than $500,000 of the amount made available under this heading for (1) 
improving technical systems, processes, and models for the purpose of 
improving the transparency of estimates of budgetary effects to Members 
of Congress, employees of Members of Congress, and the public, and (2) 
to increase the availability of models, economic assumptions, and data 
for Members of Congress, employees of Members of Congress, and the 
public.

                        ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL

                  Capital Construction and Operations

    For salaries for the Architect of the Capitol, and other personal 
services, at rates of pay provided by law; for all necessary expenses 
for surveys and studies, construction, operation, and general and 
administrative support in connection with facilities and activities 
under the care of the Architect of the Capitol including the Botanic 
Garden; electrical substations of the Capitol, Senate 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 approve; 
for purchase or exchange, maintenance, and operation of a passenger 
motor vehicle, $155,843,000, of which $5,000,000 shall remain available 
until September 30, 2027.

                            Capitol Building

    For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation 
of the Capitol, $61,764,000, of which $29,999,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2027.

                            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, $16,465,000, of which $2,000,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2027.

                         House Office Buildings

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation 
of the House office buildings, $143,279,000, of which $41,100,000 shall 
remain available until September 30, 2027, and of which $31,000,000 
shall remain available until expended for the restoration and 
renovation of the Cannon House Office Building:  Provided, That of the 
amount made available under this heading, $4,000,000 shall be derived 
by transfer from the House Office Building Fund established under 
section 176(d) of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2017 (2 U.S.C. 
2001 note).

                          Capitol Power Plant

    For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation 
of the Capitol Power Plant; lighting, heating, 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 
garage, and air conditioning refrigeration not supplied from plants in 
any of such buildings; heating the Government Publishing Office and 
Washington City Post Office, and heating and chilled water for air 
conditioning for the Supreme 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, $167,111,000, of which $83,200,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2027:  Provided, That not more than 
$10,000,000 of the funds credited or to be reimbursed to this 
appropriation as herein provided shall be available for obligation 
during fiscal year 2023.

                     Library Buildings and Grounds

    For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and structural 
maintenance, care and operation of the Library buildings and grounds, 
$144,220,000, of which $108,000,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2027.

             Capitol Police Buildings, Grounds and Security

    For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation 
of buildings, grounds and security enhancements of the United States 
Capitol Police, wherever located, the Alternate Computing Facility, and 
Architect of the Capitol security operations, $532,196,000, of which 
$27,800,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2027, and of 
which $447,744,000 shall remain available until expended, and be used 
for the Capitol Complex Security Program.

                             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 exchange, maintenance, repair, and 
operation of a passenger motor vehicle; all under the direction of the 
Joint Committee on the Library, $23,560,000, of which $8,200,000 shall 
remain available until September 30, 2027:  Provided, That, of the 
amount made available under this heading, the Architect of the Capitol 
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 of the Capitol 
or a duly authorized designee.

                         Capitol Visitor Center

    For all necessary expenses for the operation of the Capitol Visitor 
Center, $27,692,000.

                        Administrative Provision

       no bonuses for contractors behind schedule or over budget

    Sec. 130.  None of the funds made available in this Act for the 
Architect of the Capitol may be used to make incentive or award 
payments to contractors for work on contracts or programs for which the 
contractor is behind schedule or over budget, unless the Architect of 
the Capitol, or agency-employed designee, determines that any such 
deviations are due to unforeseeable events, government-driven scope 
changes, or are not significant within the overall scope of the project 
and/or program.

                          LIBRARY OF CONGRESS

                         Salaries and Expenses

    For all necessary expenses of the Library of Congress not otherwise 
provided for, including development and maintenance of the Library's 
catalogs; custody and custodial care of the Library buildings; 
information technology services provided centrally; 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 Library; 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, $585,376,000, and, in 
addition, amounts credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 
2023 under the Act of June 28, 1902 (chapter 1301; 32 Stat. 480; 2 
U.S.C. 150), shall remain available until expended:  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 obligation or expenditure in appropriations Acts:  
Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated, not more than 
$18,000 may be expended, on the certification of the Librarian of 
Congress, in connection with official representation and reception 
expenses, including for the Overseas Field Offices:  Provided further, 
That of the total amount appropriated, $9,945,000 shall remain 
available until expended for the Teaching with Primary Sources program: 
 Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated, $1,459,000 
shall remain available until expended for upgrade of the Legislative 
Branch Financial Management System:  Provided further, That of the 
total amount appropriated, $250,000 shall remain available until 
expended for the Surplus Books Program to promote the program and 
facilitate a greater number of donations to eligible entities across 
the United States:  Provided further, That of the total amount 
appropriated, $3,976,000 shall remain available until expended for the 
Veterans History Project to continue digitization efforts of already 
collected materials, reach a greater number of veterans to record their 
stories, and promote public access to the Project.

                            Copyright Office

                         salaries and expenses

    For all necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, $100,674,000, 
of which not more than $39,702,000, to remain available until expended, 
shall be derived from collections credited to this appropriation during 
fiscal year 2023 under sections 708(d) and 1316 of title 17, United 
States Code:  Provided, That the Copyright Office may not obligate or 
expend any funds derived from collections under such section in excess 
of the amount authorized for obligation or expenditure in 
appropriations Acts:  Provided further, That not more than $7,210,000 
shall be derived from collections during fiscal year 2023 under 
sections 111(d)(2), 119(b)(3), 803(e), and 1005 of such title:  
Provided further, That the total amount available for obligation shall 
be reduced by the amount by which collections are less than 
$46,912,000:  Provided further, That of the funds provided under this 
heading, not less than $17,100,000 is for modernization initiatives, of 
which $10,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2024:  
Provided further, That not more than $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 
more than $6,500 may be expended, on the certification of the Librarian 
of Congress, in connection with official representation and reception 
expenses for activities of the International Copyright Institute and 
for copyright delegations, visitors, and seminars:  Provided further, 
That, notwithstanding any provision of chapter 8 of title 17, United 
States Code, any amounts made available under this heading which are 
attributable to royalty fees and payments received by the Copyright 
Office pursuant to sections 111, 119, and chapter 10 of such title may 
be used for the costs incurred in the administration of the Copyright 
Royalty Judges program, with the exception of the costs of salaries and 
benefits for the Copyright Royalty Judges and staff under section 
802(e).

                     Congressional Research Service

                         salaries and expenses

    For all 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 Annotated Constitution of the United States of 
America, $133,600,000:  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 (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 this 
prohibition does not apply to publication of non-confidential 
Congressional Research Service (CRS) products:  Provided further, That 
a non-confidential CRS product includes any written product containing 
research or analysis that is currently available for general 
congressional access on the CRS Congressional Intranet, or that would 
be made available on the CRS Congressional Intranet in the normal 
course of business and does not include material prepared in response 
to Congressional requests for confidential analysis or research.

       National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled

                         salaries and expenses

    For all necessary expenses to carry out the Act of March 3, 1931 
(chapter 400; 46 Stat. 1487; 2 U.S.C. 135a), $58,657,000:  Provided, 
That of the total amount appropriated, $650,000 shall be available to 
contract to provide newspapers to blind and print disabled residents at 
no cost to the individual.

                        Administrative Provision

               reimbursable and revolving fund activities

    Sec. 140. (a) In General.--For fiscal year 2023, the obligational 
authority of the Library of Congress for the activities described in 
subsection (b) may not exceed $308,554,000.
    (b) Activities.--The activities referred to in subsection (a) are 
reimbursable and revolving fund activities that are funded from sources 
other than appropriations to the Library in appropriations Acts for the 
legislative branch.

                      GOVERNMENT PUBLISHING OFFICE

                        Congressional Publishing

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For authorized publishing of congressional information and the 
distribution of congressional information in any format; publishing of 
Government publications authorized by law to be distributed to Members 
of Congress; and publishing, and distribution of Government 
publications authorized by law to be distributed without charge to the 
recipient, $82,992,000:  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 section 906 of title 44, 
United States Code:  Provided further, That this appropriation shall be 
available for the payment of obligations incurred under the 
appropriations for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years:  
Provided further, That notwithstanding 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 expended to print a 
document, report, or publication after the 27-month period beginning on 
the date that such document, 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 unobligated or unexpended balances of expired 
discretionary funds made available under this heading in this Act for 
this fiscal year may be transferred to, and merged with, funds under 
the heading ``Government Publishing Office Business Operations 
Revolving Fund'' no later than the end of the fifth fiscal year after 
the last fiscal year for which such funds are available for the 
purposes for which appropriated, to be available for carrying out the 
purposes of this heading, subject to the approval of the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate:  
Provided further, That notwithstanding sections 901, 902, and 906 of 
title 44, United States Code, this appropriation may be used to prepare 
indexes to the Congressional Record on only a monthly and session 
basis.

     Public Information Programs of the Superintendent of Documents

                         salaries and expenses

                     (including transfer of funds)

    For expenses of the public information programs of the Office of 
Superintendent of Documents necessary to provide for the cataloging and 
indexing of Government publications in any format, and their 
distribution to the public, Members of Congress, other Government 
agencies, and designated depository and international exchange 
libraries as authorized by law, $35,257,000:  Provided, That amounts of 
not more than $2,000,000 from current year appropriations are 
authorized for producing and disseminating Congressional serial sets 
and other related publications for the preceding two fiscal years to 
depository and other designated libraries:  Provided further, That 
unobligated or unexpended balances of expired discretionary funds made 
available under this heading in this Act for this fiscal year may be 
transferred to, and merged with, funds under the heading ``Government 
Publishing Office Business Operations Revolving Fund'' no later than 
the end of the fifth fiscal year after the last fiscal year for which 
such funds are available for the purposes for which appropriated, to be 
available for carrying out the purposes of this heading, subject to the 
approval of the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Senate.

    Government Publishing Office Business Operations Revolving Fund

    For payment to the Government Publishing Office Business Operations 
Revolving Fund, $12,655,000, to remain available until expended, for 
information technology development and facilities repair:  Provided, 
That the Government Publishing Office is hereby authorized to make such 
expenditures, within the limits of funds available and in accordance 
with 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 programs and 
purposes set forth in the budget for the current fiscal year for the 
Government Publishing Office Business Operations Revolving Fund:  
Provided further, That not more than $7,500 may be expended on the 
certification of the Director of the Government Publishing Office in 
connection with official representation and reception expenses:  
Provided further, That the Business Operations Revolving Fund shall be 
available for the hire or purchase of not more than 12 passenger motor 
vehicles:  Provided further, That expenditures in connection with 
travel expenses of the advisory councils to the Director of the 
Government Publishing Office shall be deemed necessary to carry out the 
provisions of title 44, United States Code:  Provided further, That the 
Business Operations Revolving Fund shall be available for temporary or 
intermittent services under section 3109(b) of title 5, United States 
Code, but at rates for individuals not more than the daily equivalent 
of the annual rate of basic pay for level V of the Executive Schedule 
under section 5316 of such title:  Provided further, That activities 
financed through the Business Operations Revolving Fund may provide 
information in any format:  Provided further, That the Business 
Operations Revolving Fund and the funds provided under the heading 
``Public Information Programs of the Superintendent of Documents'' may 
not be used for contracted security services at Government Publishing 
Office's passport facility in the District of Columbia.

                    GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE

                         Salaries and Expenses

    For necessary expenses of the Government Accountability Office, 
including not more than $12,500 to be expended on the certification of 
the Comptroller General of the United States in connection with 
official representation and reception expenses; temporary or 
intermittent services under section 3109(b) of title 5, United States 
Code, but at rates for individuals not more than the daily equivalent 
of the annual rate of basic pay for level IV of the Executive Schedule 
under section 5315 of such title; hire of one passenger motor vehicle; 
advance payments in foreign countries in accordance with section 3324 
of title 31, United States Code; benefits comparable to those payable 
under sections 901(5), (6), and (8) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 
(22 U.S.C. 4081(5), (6), and (8)); and under regulations prescribed by 
the Comptroller General of the United States, rental of living quarters 
in foreign countries, $785,319,000:  Provided, That, in addition, 
$55,865,000 of payments received under sections 782, 791, 3521, and 
9105 of title 31, United States Code, shall be available without fiscal 
year limitation:  Provided further, That amounts provided under this 
heading and appropriations and appropriations for administrative 
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 
either Forum's costs as determined by the respective Forum, including 
necessary travel expenses of non-Federal participants:  Provided 
further, That payments hereunder to the Forum may be credited as 
reimbursements to any appropriation from which costs involved are 
initially financed.
    In addition, for oversight, including audits and investigations, in 
support of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, Public Law 117-
58, $5,000,000, to remain available until expended, which shall be in 
addition to amounts otherwise available for such purpose:  Provided, 
That not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, 
the Comptroller General shall submit to the Committees on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate a spend 
plan for such oversight.

         Congressional Office for International Leadership Fund

    For a payment to the Congressional Office for International 
Leadership Fund for financing activities of the Congressional Office 
for International Leadership under section 313 of the Legislative 
Branch Appropriations Act, 2001 (2 U.S.C. 1151), as amended by section 
150 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2022 (Public Law 117-
103), $6,000,000.

   John C. Stennis Center for Public Service Training and Development

    For payment to the John C. Stennis Center for Public Service 
Development Trust Fund established under section 116 of the John C. 
Stennis Center for Public Service Training and Development Act (2 
U.S.C. 1105), $430,000.

                                TITLE II

                           GENERAL PROVISIONS

                maintenance and care of private vehicles

    Sec. 201.  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 facilities for the House of Representatives issued 
by the Committee on House Administration and for the Senate issued by 
the Committee on Rules and Administration.

                         fiscal year limitation

    Sec. 202.  No part of the funds appropriated in this Act shall 
remain available for obligation beyond fiscal year 2023 unless 
expressly so provided in this Act.

                 rates of compensation and designation

    Sec. 203.  Whenever in this Act any office or position not 
specifically established by the Legislative Pay Act of 1929 (46 Stat. 
32 et seq.) is appropriated for or the rate of compensation or 
designation of any office or position appropriated for is different 
from that specifically established by such Act, the rate of 
compensation and the designation in this Act shall be the permanent law 
with respect thereto:  Provided, That the provisions in this Act for 
the various 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.

                          consulting services

    Sec. 204.  The expenditure of any appropriation under this Act for 
any consulting service through procurement contract, under section 3109 
of title 5, United States Code, 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 existing Executive order issued under existing law.

         costs of legislative branch financial managers council

    Sec. 205.  Amounts available for administrative expenses of any 
legislative branch entity which participates in the Legislative Branch 
Financial Managers Council (LBFMC) established by charter on March 26, 
1996, shall be available to finance an appropriate share of LBFMC costs 
as determined by the LBFMC, except that the total LBFMC costs to be 
shared among all participating legislative branch entities (in such 
allocations among the entities as the entities may determine) may not 
exceed $2,000.

                        limitation on transfers

    Sec. 206.  None of the funds made available in this Act may be 
transferred to any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United 
States Government, except pursuant to a transfer made by, or transfer 
authority provided in, this Act or any other appropriation Act.

                      guided tours of the capitol

    Sec. 207. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), none of the 
funds made available to the Architect of the Capitol in this Act may be 
used to eliminate or restrict guided tours of the United States Capitol 
which are led by employees and interns of offices of Members of 
Congress and other offices of the House of Representatives and Senate, 
unless through regulations as authorized by section 402(b)(8) of the 
Capitol Visitor Center Act of 2008 (2 U.S.C. 2242(b)(8)).
    (b) At the direction of the Capitol Police Board, or at the 
direction of the Architect of the Capitol with the approval of the 
Capitol Police Board, guided tours of the United States Capitol which 
are led by employees and interns described in subsection (a) may be 
suspended temporarily or otherwise subject to restriction for security 
or related reasons to the same extent as guided tours of the United 
States Capitol which are led by the Architect of the Capitol.

         limitation on telecommunications equipment procurement

    Sec. 208. (a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made 
available under this Act may be used to acquire telecommunications 
equipment produced by Huawei Technologies Company or ZTE Corporation 
for a high or moderate impact information system, as defined for 
security categorization in the National Institute of Standards and 
Technology's (NIST) Federal Information Processing Standard Publication 
199, ``Standards for Security Categorization of Federal Information and 
Information Systems'' unless the agency, office, or other entity 
acquiring the equipment or system has--
            (1) reviewed the supply chain risk for the information 
        systems against criteria developed by NIST to inform 
        acquisition decisions for high or moderate impact information 
        systems within the Federal Government;
            (2) reviewed the supply chain risk from the presumptive 
        awardee against available and relevant threat information 
        provided by the Federal Bureau of Investigation and other 
        appropriate agencies; and
            (3) in consultation with the Federal Bureau of 
        Investigation or other appropriate Federal entity, conducted an 
        assessment of any risk of cyber-espionage or sabotage 
        associated with the acquisition of such telecommunications 
        equipment for inclusion in a high or moderate impact system, 
        including any risk associated with such system being produced, 
        manufactured, or assembled by one or more entities identified 
        by the United States Government as posing a cyber threat, 
        including but not limited to, those that may be owned, 
        directed, or subsidized by the People's Republic of China, the 
        Islamic Republic of Iran, the Democratic People's Republic of 
        Korea, or the Russian Federation.
    (b) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available 
under this Act may be used to acquire a high or moderate impact 
information system reviewed and assessed under subsection (a) unless 
the head of the assessing entity described in subsection (a) has--
            (1) developed, in consultation with NIST and supply chain 
        risk management experts, a mitigation strategy for any 
        identified risks;
            (2) determined, in consultation with NIST and the Federal 
        Bureau of Investigation, that the acquisition of such 
        telecommunications equipment for inclusion in a high or 
        moderate impact system is in the vital national security 
        interest of the United States; and
            (3) reported that determination to the Committees on 
        Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate 
        in a manner that identifies the telecommunications equipment 
        for inclusion in a high or moderate impact system intended for 
        acquisition and a detailed description of the mitigation 
        strategies identified in paragraph (1), provided that such 
        report may include a classified annex as necessary.

              prohibition on certain operational expenses

    Sec. 209. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act may be 
used to maintain or establish a computer network unless such network 
blocks the viewing, downloading, and exchanging of pornography.
    (b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of funds 
necessary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law enforcement 
agency or any other entity carrying out criminal investigations, 
prosecution, or adjudication activities or other official government 
activities.

                        plastic waste reduction

    Sec. 210.  All agencies and offices funded by this Act that 
contract with a food service provider or providers shall confer and 
coordinate with such food service provider or providers, in 
consultation with disability advocacy groups, to eliminate or reduce 
plastic waste, including waste from plastic straws, explore the use of 
biodegradable items, and increase recycling and composting 
opportunities.

                   capitol complex health and safety

    Sec. 211.  In addition to the amounts appropriated under this Act 
under the heading ``Office of the Attending Physician'', there is 
hereby appropriated to the Office of the Attending Physician 
$5,000,000, to remain available until expended, for response to COVID-
19, including testing, subject to the same terms and conditions as the 
amounts appropriated under such heading.

          limitation on cost of living adjustments for members

    Sec. 212.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 
adjustment shall be made under section 601(a) of the Legislative 
Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4501) (relating to cost of living 
adjustments for Members of Congress) during fiscal year 2023.

   authority to hire individuals covered by the deferred action for 
                       childhood arrivals program

    Sec. 213.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, an entity 
may use amounts appropriated or otherwise made available under this Act 
to pay the compensation of an officer or employee without regard to the 
officers or employees immigration status if the officer or employee has 
been issued an employment authorization document under the Deferred 
Action for Childhood Arrivals Program of the Secretary of Homeland 
Security, established pursuant to the memorandum from the Secretary of 
Homeland Security entitled ``Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion with 
Respect to Individuals Who Came to the United States as Children'', 
dated June 15, 2012.

          removal of offensive united states capitol statuary

    Sec. 214. (a) Removal and Storage.--Not later than 45 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Architect of the Capitol--
            (1) shall remove all Confederate statues and Confederate 
        busts from any area of the United States Capitol which is 
        accessible to the public; and
            (2) shall remove the bust of Roger Brooke Taney; the statue 
        of Charles Brantley Aycock; the statue of John Caldwell 
        Calhoun; and the statue of James Paul Clarke from any area of 
        the United States Capitol, which is accessible to the public.
    (b) Storage of Statues.--In the case of any statue removed under 
subsection (a), the Architect of the Capitol shall keep such statue in 
storage until the Architect and the State which provided the statue 
arrange for the return of the statue to the State.
    (c) Definitions.--
            (1) Confederate statue.--In this section, the term 
        ``Confederate statue'' means a statue which was provided by a 
        State for display in the United States Capitol under section 
        1814 of the Revised Statutes (2 U.S.C. 2131), including a 
        replacement statue provided by a State under section 311 of the 
        Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2001 (2 U.S.C. 2132), 
        which depicts--
                    (A) any individual who served voluntarily at any 
                time as a member of the armed forces of the Confederate 
                States of America or of the military forces of a State 
                while the State was in rebellion against the United 
                States; or
                    (B) any individual who served as an official in the 
                government of the Confederate States of America or of a 
                State while the State was in rebellion against the 
                United States.
            (2) Confederate bust.--In this section, the term 
        ``Confederate bust'' means a bust which depicts an individual 
        described in subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (1).
    This Act may be cited as the ``Legislative Branch Appropriations 
Act, 2023''.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 297

117th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 8237

                          [Report No. 117-389]

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