Title: Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2019
Policy area: Congress

Summary:
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2019
Provides FY2019 appropriations for the legislative branch, including the House of Representatives and Joint Items such as:
Provides FY2019 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.)
Sets forth permissible and prohibited uses for funds provided by this bill.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5894 Reported in House (RH)]

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                                                 Union Calendar No. 539
115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5894

                          [Report No. 115-696]

 Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year 
           ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 21, 2018

Mr. Yoder, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the following 
 bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the 
              State of the Union and ordered to be printed

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                                 A BILL


 
 Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year 
           ending September 30, 2019, 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, 2019, and for other purposes, namely:

                                TITLE I

                           LEGISLATIVE BRANCH

                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                         Salaries and Expenses

    For salaries and expenses of the House of Representatives, 
$1,232,143,035, as follows:

                        House Leadership Offices

    For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, $25,378,875, 
including: Office of the Speaker, $7,123,634, including $25,000 for 
official expenses of the Speaker; Office of the Majority Floor Leader, 
$2,642,739, including $10,000 for official expenses of the Majority 
Leader; Office of the Minority Floor Leader, $7,751,946, including 
$10,000 for official expenses of the Minority Leader; Office of the 
Majority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Majority Whip, $2,197,163, 
including $5,000 for official expenses of the Majority Whip; Office of 
the Minority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Minority Whip, 
$1,700,079, including $5,000 for official expenses of the Minority 
Whip; Republican Conference, $2,186,819; Democratic Caucus, $1,776,495: 
Provided, That such amount for salaries and expenses shall remain 
available from January 3, 2019 until January 2, 2020.

                  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, $573,630,000.

                          Committee Employees

                Standing Committees, Special and Select

    For salaries and expenses of standing committees, special and 
select, authorized by House resolutions, $127,903,173: Provided, That 
such amount shall remain available for such salaries and expenses until 
December 31, 2020, except that $4,000,000 of such amount shall remain 
available until expended for committee room upgrading.

                      Committee on Appropriations

    For salaries and expenses of the Committee on Appropriations, 
$23,112,971, 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, 2020.

                   Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission

    For salaries and expenses of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission 
established under House Resolution 1451, One Hundred Tenth Congress, 
$230,000: Provided, That such amount shall remain available for such 
salaries and expenses from January 3, 2019 until January 3, 2020.

                    Salaries, Officers and Employees

    For compensation and expenses of officers and employees, as 
authorized by law, $217,845,000, 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, $28,305,000; 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, 
$18,773,000 of which $5,524,000 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, $147,558,000, of which $11,631,000 shall remain 
available until expended; for salaries and expenses of the Office of 
the Inspector General, $5,019,000; for salaries and expenses of the 
Office of General Counsel, $1,502,000; 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, $2,026,000; for 
salaries and expenses of the Office of the Law Revision Counsel of the 
House, $3,327,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the 
Legislative Counsel of the House, $9,937,000; for salaries and expenses 
of the Office of Interparliamentary Affairs, $814,000; for other 
authorized employees, $584,000.

                        Allowances and Expenses

    For allowances and expenses as authorized by House resolution or 
law, $264,043,016, including: supplies, materials, administrative costs 
and Federal tort claims, $525,016; official mail for committees, 
leadership offices, and administrative offices of the House, $190,000; 
Government contributions for health, retirement, Social Security, and 
other applicable employee benefits, $239,000,000, to remain available 
until March 31, 2020; Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery, 
$16,186,000 of which $5,000,000 shall remain available until expended; 
transition activities for new members and staff, $3,000,000, to remain 
available until expended; Wounded Warrior Program $2,750,000, to remain 
available until expended; Office of Congressional Ethics, $1,670,000; 
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, 
$722,000.

                       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 2019. Any amount remaining after all 
payments are made under such allowances for fiscal year 2019 shall be 
deposited in the Treasury and used for deficit reduction (or, if there 
is no Federal budget deficit after all such payments have been made, 
for reducing the Federal debt, in such manner as the Secretary of the 
Treasury considers appropriate).
    (b) Regulations.--The Committee on House Administration of the 
House of Representatives shall have authority to prescribe regulations 
to carry out this section.
    (c) Definition.--As used in this section, the term ``Member of the 
House of Representatives'' means a Representative in, or a Delegate or 
Resident Commissioner to, the Congress.

                   delivery of bills and resolutions

    Sec. 111. (a) None of the funds made available in any fiscal year 
may be used to deliver a printed copy of a bill, joint resolution, or 
resolution to the office of a Member of the House of Representatives 
(including a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the Congress) unless 
the Member requests a copy.
    (b) This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2019 and 
each succeeding fiscal year.

                    delivery of congressional record

    Sec. 112. (a) None of the funds made available in any fiscal year 
may be used to deliver a printed copy of any version of the 
Congressional Record to the office of a Member of the House of 
Representatives (including a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the 
Congress).
    (b) This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2019 and 
each succeeding fiscal year.

            limitation on amount available to lease vehicles

    Sec. 113.  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.

           limitation on printed copies of u.s. code to house

    Sec. 114. (a) None of the funds made available in any fiscal year 
may be to provide an aggregate number of more than 50 printed copies of 
any edition of the United States Code to all offices of the House of 
Representatives.
    (b) This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2019 and 
each succeeding fiscal year.

                  delivery of reports of disbursements

    Sec. 115. (a) None of the funds made available in any fiscal year 
may be used to deliver a printed copy of the report of disbursements 
for the operations of the House of Representatives under section 106 of 
the House of Representatives Administration Reform Technical 
Corrections Act (2 U.S.C. 5535) to the office of a Member of the House 
of Representatives (including a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to 
the Congress).
    (b) This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2019 and 
each succeeding fiscal year.

                       delivery of daily calendar

    Sec. 116. (a) None of the funds made available in any fiscal year 
may be used to deliver to the office of a Member of the House of 
Representatives (including a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the 
Congress) a printed copy of the Daily Calendar of the House of 
Representatives which is prepared by the Clerk of the House of 
Representatives.
    (b) This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2019 and 
each succeeding fiscal year.

             delivery of congressional pictorial directory

    Sec. 117. (a) None of the funds made available in any fiscal year 
may be used to deliver a printed copy of the Congressional Pictorial 
Directory to the office of a Member of the House of Representatives 
(including a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the Congress).
    (b) This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2019 and 
each succeeding fiscal year.

              repeal of authorizations for former speakers

    Sec. 118. (a) Repeal of Authorizations for Office Space, Office 
Expenses, Franking and Printing Privileges, and Staff.--The first 
section and sections 2, 4, 5, and 8 of House Resolution 1238, Ninety-
first Congress, agreed to December 22, 1970 (as enacted into permanent 
law by chapter VIII of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1971) (2 
U.S.C. 5125(a), 5126, 5127, 5128, and 5129) are repealed.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Subsection (b) of the first section of 
Public Law 93-532 (2 U.S.C. 5125(b)) is repealed.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply with respect to any individual who serves as a Representative in 
Congress during the One Hundred Fifteenth Congress or any succeeding 
Congress.

                      adjustments to compensation

    Sec. 119.  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 2019.

                           transfer authority

    Sec. 120. (a) Authority To Make Transfers Among House Leadership 
Offices.--Section 101 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 
1993 (2 U.S.C. 5507) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection:
    ``(f) Amounts appropriated for any fiscal year for the House of 
Representatives under the heading `House Leadership Offices' may be 
transferred among and merged with the various offices and activities 
under such heading, effective upon the expiration of the 21-day period 
(or such alternative period that may be imposed by the Committee on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives) which begins on the 
date such Committee has been notified of the transfer.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to fiscal year 2019 and each succeeding fiscal year.

                              JOINT ITEMS

    For Joint Committees, as follows:

                        Joint Economic Committee

    For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic Committee, 
$4,203,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate.

                      Joint Committee on Taxation

    For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Taxation, 
$11,169,000, 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 $2,175 per month to the Attending 
        Physician;
            (2) an allowance of $1,300 per month to the Senior Medical 
        Officer;
            (3) an allowance of $725 per month each to three medical 
        officers while on duty in the Office of the Attending 
        Physician;
            (4) an allowance of $725 per month to 2 assistants and $580 
        per month each not to exceed 11 assistants on the basis 
        heretofore provided for such assistants; and
            (5) $2,740,000 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, 
        $3,798,000, 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, $1,486,000, 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, $374,804,000 of which overtime 
shall not exceed $47,000,000 unless the Committee on Appropriations of 
the House and Senate are notified, to be disbursed by the Chief of the 
Capitol Police or his 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 Center, 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, $81,554,000, to be 
disbursed by the Chief of the Capitol Police or his designee: Provided, 
That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the cost of basic 
training for the Capitol Police at the Federal Law Enforcement Training 
Center for fiscal year 2019 shall be paid by the Secretary of Homeland 
Security from funds available to the Department of Homeland Security.

                          OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE

                         Salaries and Expenses

    For salaries and expenses of the Office of Compliance, as 
authorized by section 305 of the Congressional Accountability Act of 
1995 (2 U.S.C. 1385), $5,410,000, of which $550,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2019: Provided, That not more than $500 
may be expended on the certification of the Executive Director of the 
Office of Compliance 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, $50,737,000.

                        Administrative Provision

                          relocation expenses

    Sec. 130. (a) Authorizing Payment of Relocation Expenses.--Amounts 
made available for salaries and expenses of the Congressional Budget 
Office for a fiscal year may be used to reimburse new employees of the 
Office for relocation expenses if the Director of the Office determines 
that reimbursing such expenses is of sufficient benefit or value to the 
Office.
    (b) Effective Date.--This section shall apply with respect to 
fiscal year 2019 and each succeeding fiscal year.

                        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, $103,962,000.

                            Capitol Building

    For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation 
of the Capitol, $44,379,000, of which $17,731,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2023.

                            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, $16,761,000, of which $5,519,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2023.

                         House Office Buildings

    For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation 
of the House office buildings, $187,098,000, of which $127,552,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2023, and of which 
$62,000,000 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, $7,000,000 shall be 
derived by transfer from the House Office Building Fund established 
under section 176(d) of the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2017, as 
added by section 101(3) of the Further Continuing Appropriation Act, 
2017 (Public Law 114-254; 2 U.S.C. 2001 note).
    In addition, for a payment to the House Historic Buildings 
Revitalization Trust Fund, $10,000,000, to remain available until 
expended.

                          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, $118,980,000, of which $36,292,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2023: Provided, That not more than 
$9,000,000 of the funds credited or to be reimbursed to this 
appropriation as herein provided shall be available for obligation 
during fiscal year 2019.

                     Library Buildings and Grounds

    For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and structural 
maintenance, care and operation of the Library buildings and grounds, 
$70,201,000, of which $42,079,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2023.

             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, $52,542,000, of which 
$26,605,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2023.

                             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, $14,759,000, of which $3,559,000 shall 
remain available until September 30, 2023: 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, $23,322,000.

                       Administrative Provisions

       no bonuses for contractors behind schedule or over budget

    Sec. 140.  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.

                                 scrims

    Sec. 141. (a) None of the funds made available in any fiscal year 
may be used for scrims containing photographs of building facades 
during restoration or construction projects performed by the Architect 
of the Capitol.
    (b) This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2019 and 
each succeeding fiscal year.

                           security programs

    Sec. 142. (a) Purpose of Programs.--Section 906(b) of the 2002 
Supplemental Appropriations Act for Further Recovery From and Response 
To Terrorist Attacks on the United States (2 U.S.C. 1865(b)) is amended 
to read as follows:
    ``(b) Funds in the account shall be used by the Architect of the 
Capitol for all necessary expenses for--
            ``(1) resilience and security programs of the Architect of 
        the Capitol; and
            ``(2) the maintenance, care, and operation of buildings, 
        grounds, and security enhancements for facilities of the United 
        States Capitol Police and for other facilities associated with 
        such resilience and security programs at any location.''.
    (b) Transfers of Funds.--Section 906 of such Act (2 U.S.C. 1865) is 
amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (d); and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following new 
        subsection:
    ``(c)(1) For carrying out the purposes of the account, the 
Architect of the Capitol may receive transfers of appropriations from 
any agency or instrumentality of the United States Government upon the 
approval of--
            ``(A) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
        Representatives, in the case of a transfer from an office of 
        the House of Representatives;
            ``(B) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, in the 
        case of a transfer from an office of the Senate; or
            ``(C) the Committees on Appropriations of the House of 
        Representatives and the Senate, in the case of a transfer from 
        any other office of the Government.
    ``(2) Amounts transferred under this subsection shall be merged 
with the account and made available under this section.
    ``(3) This subsection shall apply with respect to fiscal year 2019 
and each succeeding fiscal year.''.

     increase in threshold for small purchase contracting authority

    Sec. 143. (a) Increase.--Section 1201(a)(1) of the Legislative 
Branch Appropriations Act, 2003 (2 U.S.C. 1821(a)(1)) is amended by 
striking ``$100,000'' and inserting ``$250,000''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to fiscal year 2019 and each succeeding fiscal year.

                          interagency details

    Sec. 144. (a) Authorizing Details of Employees Under Joint Agency 
Agreements.--In addition to any other authority relating to the detail 
of employees, the Architect of the Capitol and the head of any other 
department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States Government 
may enter into a joint agency agreement under which--
            (1) employees of the Office of the Architect of the Capitol 
        (including employees of the United States Botanic Garden) may 
        be detailed to such department, agency, or instrumentality on a 
        reimbursable or non-reimbursable basis; and
            (2) employees of such department, agency, or 
        instrumentality may be detailed to the Office of the Architect 
        of the Capitol on a reimbursable or non-reimbursable basis.
    (b) Duration.--The detail of an employee under a joint agency 
agreement under this section shall be for such duration as may be 
provided in the agreement, except that in the case of a detail made on 
a non-reimbursable basis, the duration of the detail may not exceed one 
year unless the Architect of the Capitol and the head of the 
department, agency, or instrumentality involved each determine that an 
extension of the detail of the employee is in the public interest.
    (c) No Effect on Appropriations of Recipient of Non-reimbursable 
Detail.--For purposes of any law, rule, or regulation, the detail of an 
employee on a non-reimbursable basis under a joint agency agreement 
under this section for a fiscal year shall not be treated as an 
increase or modification of the appropriation for the fiscal year of 
the office to whom the employee is detailed.
    (d) Effective Date.--This section shall apply with respect to 
fiscal year 2019 and each succeeding fiscal year.

         acceptance of travel expenses from non-federal sources

    Sec. 145. (a) Permitting Acceptance of Expenses.--Notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, the Architect of the Capitol may accept 
payment or authorize an employee of the Office of the Architect of the 
Capitol to accept payment on the Office's behalf from non-Federal 
sources for travel, subsistence, and related expenses with respect to 
attendance of the employee (or the spouse of such employee) at any 
meeting or similar function relating to the employee's official duties. 
Any cash payment so accepted shall be credited to the appropriation 
applicable to such expenses. In the case of a payment in kind so 
accepted, a pro rata reduction shall be made in any entitlement of the 
employee to payment from the Government for such expenses.
    (b) Prohibiting Acceptance From Other Sources.--Except as provided 
in this section or section 7342 of title 5, United States Code, the 
Office or an employee of the Office may not accept payment for expenses 
referred to in subsection (a). An employee who accepts any payment in 
violation of the preceding sentence--
            (1) may be required, in addition to any penalty provided by 
        law, to repay, for deposit in the general fund of the Treasury, 
        an amount equal to the amount of the payment so accepted; and
            (2) in the case of a repayment under paragraph (1), shall 
        not be entitled to any payment from the Government for such 
        expenses.
    (c) Effective Date.--This section shall apply with respect to 
fiscal year 2019 and each succeeding fiscal year.

                          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; 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, $493,818,272, of which 
not more than $6,000,000 shall be derived from collections credited to 
this appropriation during fiscal year 2019, and shall remain available 
until expended, under the Act of June 28, 1902 (chapter 1301; 32 Stat. 
480; 2 U.S.C. 150): 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 the total 
amount available for obligation shall be reduced by the amount by which 
collections are less than $6,350,000: Provided further, That of the 
total amount appropriated, not more than $12,000 may be expended, on 
the certification of the Librarian of Congress, in connection with 
official representation and reception expenses for the Overseas Field 
Offices: Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated, 
$8,589,000 shall remain available until expended for the digital 
collections and educational curricula program: Provided further, That 
of the total amount appropriated, $1,133,000 shall remain available 
until expended for upgrade of the Legislative Branch Financial 
Management System: Provided further, That of the total amount 
appropriated, $20,000,000 is provided to enhance public exhibits and 
visitor services at the Library to remain available until expended, may 
be obligated and expended only upon written approval by the Committee 
on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate, 
following review of a project plan.

                            Copyright Office

                         salaries and expenses

    For all necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, $93,407,000, of 
which not more than $39,218,000, to remain available until expended, 
shall be derived from collections credited to this appropriation during 
fiscal year 2019 under section 708(d) 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 $6,272,000 shall be derived from 
collections during fiscal year 2019 under sections 111(d)(2), 
119(b)(3), 803(e), 1005, and 1316 of such title: Provided further, That 
the total amount available for obligation shall be reduced by the 
amount by which collections are less than $45,490,000: Provided 
further, That $4,328,000 shall be derived from prior year unobligated 
balances: 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, $125,688,000: 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.

             Books for the Blind and Physically Handicapped

                         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), $52,783,000: Provided, 
That of the total amount appropriated, $650,000 shall be available to 
contract to provide newspapers to blind and physically handicapped 
residents at no cost to the individual.

                       Administrative Provisions

               reimbursable and revolving fund activities

    Sec. 150. (a) In General.--For fiscal year 2019, the obligational 
authority of the Library of Congress for the activities described in 
subsection (b) may not exceed $194,608,000.
    (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, $79,000,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall not be 
available for paper copies of the permanent edition of the 
Congressional Record for individual Representatives, Resident 
Commissioners or Delegates authorized under 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 fiscal year 2019: 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 any 
unobligated or unexpended balances in this account or accounts for 
similar purposes for fiscal year 2019 and each succeeding fiscal year 
may be transferred to the Government Publishing Office Business 
Operations Revolving Fund for carrying out the purposes of this 
heading, subject to the approval of the Committees on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives and 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 and their distribution to the 
public, Members of Congress, other Government agencies, and designated 
depository and international exchange libraries as authorized by law, 
$32,000,000: 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 fiscal years 2017 and 2018 to depository and other designated 
libraries: Provided further, That any unobligated or unexpended 
balances in this account or accounts for similar purposes for fiscal 
year 2019 and each succeeding fiscal year may be transferred to the 
Government Publishing Office Business Operations Revolving Fund for 
carrying out the purposes of this heading, subject to the approval of 
the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
Senate.

    Government Publishing Office Business Operations Revolving Fund

    For payment to the Government Publishing Office Business Operations 
Revolving Fund, $6,000,000, 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, $578,916,653: Provided, That, in addition, 
$23,800,000 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 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 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: Provided further, That this 
appropriation shall be available to transfer amounts to the Department 
of the Army for the construction of an Army facility at Redstone 
Arsenal for the sole, unlimited use of GAO: Provided further, That 
hereafter, amounts appropriated for the salaries and expenses of the 
Government Accountability Office shall be available to transfer to the 
Department of the Army for the maintenance of such facility.

                OPEN WORLD LEADERSHIP CENTER TRUST FUND

    For a payment to the Open World Leadership Center Trust Fund for 
financing activities of the Open World Leadership Center under section 
313 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2001 (2 U.S.C. 1151), 
$5,600,000: Provided, That funds made available to support Russian 
participants shall only be used for those engaging in free market 
development, humanitarian activities, and civic engagement, and shall 
not be used for officials of the central government of Russia.

   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 2019 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 lbfmc

    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.

                       spending reduction account

    Sec. 208.  $0.
    This Act may be cited as the ``Legislative Branch Appropriations 
Act, 2019''.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 539

115th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 5894

                          [Report No. 115-696]

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                                 A BILL

 Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year 
           ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes.

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                              May 21, 2018

Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union 
                       and ordered to be printed