Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2006

Bill: 109-hr-2985
Sponsor: Rep. Lewis, Jerry [R-CA-41]
Introduced: 2005-06-20 in the House
Policy area: Congress
Subjects: Absentee voting
Air conditioning
American Samoa
Americans in foreign countries
Animals
Appropriations
Architect of the Capitol
Armed Forces and National Security
Arrest
Arts, Culture, Religion
Awards, medals, prizes
Blind
Books
Botanical gardens
Budget deficits
Building construction
Capitol (Washington, D.C.)
Collection of accounts
Commemorations
Congressional Budget Office
Congressional Record
Congressional Research Service
Congressional agencies
Congressional allowances
Congressional committees (House)
Congressional committees (Senate)
Congressional elections
Congressional employees
Congressional ethics
Congressional information resources
Congressional joint committees
Congressional leadership
Congressional mail
Congressional office buildings
Congressional officers
Congressional oversight
Congressional reorganization
Congressional reporting requirements
Congressional salaries
Construction costs
Consultants
Copyright
Courthouses
Crime and Law Enforcement
Cultural relations
Data banks
Day care
Democracy
Disabled
Disciplining of employees
District of Columbia
Economics and Public Finance
Electric power production
Embassies
Energy
Environmental Protection
Families
Federal budgets
Federal law enforcement officers
Federal libraries
Federal office buildings
Financial disclosure
Fringe benefits
Government Accountability Office (GAO)
Government Operations and Politics
Government contractors
Government ethics
Government paperwork
Government publications
Government travel
Government trust funds
Government vehicles
Guam
Health
Heating
Horses
House Appropriations
House of Representatives
Inspectors general
Intellectual property
International Affairs
Joint Economic
Joint Taxation
Judicial review
Jurisdiction
Landscape architecture
Law
Leadership
Leases
Libraries
Library of Congress
Lighting
Members of Congress
Motor vehicles
Nominations for office
Physicians
Police
Police training
Printing
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Public debt
Public records
Puerto Rico
Railroad terminals
Reprogramming of appropriated funds
Revolving funds
Salaries
Science, Technology, Communications
Senate Appropriations
Sewage disposal
Soldier voting
Special elections
Supreme Court
Surplus government property
Tourism
Transportation and Public Works
Travel costs
Trucks
Virgin Islands
Water Resources Development
Water supply
Whistle blowing

Summary:
action_date: 2005-06-20
text: 
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2006 - Makes appropriations for the House of Representatives for FY2006 for: (1) salaries and/or expenses of the House leadership offices, committees (including the Committee on Appropriations), officers and employees, and the Child Care Center; (2) Members' representational allowances; and (3) the preparation of statements of appropriations. 
 
Requires any amounts appropriated for a representational allowance for a Member of the House which remain after all payments are made under such allowance to 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, to reduce the federal debt. 
 
Makes appropriations for salaries and/or expenses of: (1) the Joint Economic and Taxation Committees; (2) the Office of the Attending Physician; (3) the Capitol Guide Service and Special Services Office; (4) the Capitol Police; (5) the Office of Compliance; (6) the Congressional Budget Office; and (7) the Architect of the Capitol (AOC), including for the care and operation of Capitol buildings and grounds, House office buildings, the Capitol power plant, the Library of Congress buildings and grounds, the Capitol Police buildings and grounds, the Botanic Garden, and the Capitol Visitor Center. 
Appropriates funds for: (1) the Library of Congress for salaries and expenses (including rescission), the Copyright Office, Congressional Research Service (CRS), and Books for the Blind and Physically Handicapped; (2) the Government Printing Office (GPO) for congressional printing and binding (including transfer of funds); (3) GPO for the Office of Superintendent of Documents (including transfer of funds); (4) the Government Accountability Office (GAO) for salaries and expenses; (5) a payment to the Government Printing Office Revolving Fund; and (6) a payment to the Open World Leadership Center Trust Fund. 
Prescribes requirements for special elections to the House in extraordinary circumstances when the number of vacancies in the House exceeds 100 (continuity in representation).
action_date: 2005-06-22
text: 
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2006 - Makes appropriations for the House of Representatives for FY2006 for: (1) salaries and/or expenses of the House leadership offices, committees (including the Committee on Appropriations), officers and employees, and the Child Care Center; (2) Members' representational allowances; and (3) the preparation of statements of appropriations. 
 
(Sec. 101) Requires any amounts appropriated for a representational allowance for a Member of the House for FY2006 which remain after all payments are made under such allowance to 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, to reduce the federal debt. 
 
Makes appropriations for salaries and/or expenses of: (1) the Joint Economic and Taxation Committees; (2) the Office of the Attending Physician; (3) the Capitol Guide Service and Special Services Office; (4) the Capitol Police; (5) the Office of Compliance; (6) the Congressional Budget Office; and (7) the Architect of the Capitol (AOC), including for the care and operation of Capitol buildings and grounds, House office buildings, the Capitol power plant, the Library of Congress buildings and grounds, the Capitol Police buildings and grounds, the Botanic Garden, and the Capitol Visitor Center. 
 
(Sec. 1002) Prohibits the Capitol Police from operating a mounted horse unit during FY2006 or any succeeding fiscal year.
 
Requires the Chief of the Capitol Police to transfer to the Chief of the U.S. Park Police the horses, equipment, and supplies of the Capitol Police mounted horse unit.
 
(Sec. 1003) Amends the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to require an officer or employee of the Capitol Police, beginning in calendar 2005, to file annual financial disclosure reports with the Clerk of the House.
 
(Sec. 1004) Amends the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2004 to repeal the extension of Capitol Police jurisdiction zone for the truck interdiction program to a specified area, including the Mall and the buildings of the Smithsonian Institution (reducing such zone to its previous dimensions). 
 
(Sec. 1005) Prescribes an exclusive procedure for any reprogramming, transfer, or use of funds by the U.S. Capitol Police during FY2006 that exceeds $250,000 or 10%, whichever is less, of the object class, approved budget, or program, and meets other specified criteria.
 
(Sec. 1006) Establishes in the U.S. Capitol Police the Office of the Inspector General.
 
Prohibits the reduction, except in certain circumstances, of the pay or benefits of any employee of offices or entities whose duties and responsibilities are transferred to the Office of Inspector General.
 
(Sec. 1007) Requires the Chief of the Capitol Police to submit to Congress a detailed, itemized semiannual report of disbursements for the operations of the U.S. Capitol Police.
 
Prescribes the semiannual periods as October 1 through March 31 and April 1 through September 30.
 
(Sec. 1100) Permits the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), under certain conditions, to waive claims against its employees for overpayment of pay allowances, and of travel, transportation, and relocation expenses and allowances.
 
(Sec. 1201) Amends the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1991 to: (1) increase from eight to 10 the number of positions under the AOC's jurisdiction whose rate of basic pay may be fixed by the AOC up to 135% of the minimum rate for GS-15; and (2) reduce from four to two the number of Executive Project Directors whose salary is payable from project funds, and whose basic rate of pay the AOC may fix at up to 95% of the highest total rate of locality pay for the Senior Executive Service.
 
 
(Sec. 1202) Amends the 2002 Supplemental Appropriations Act for Further Recovery From and Response To Terrorist Attacks on the United states relating to the AOC's authority to acquire facilities for computer backup for offices in the legislative branch. Allows the AOC, in the case of a building or facility acquired through purchase, to enter into or assume a lease with another person for the use of any portion of the building or facility that the AOC determines is not required to be used to carry out for such purposes, subject to the approval of the entity which approved the acquisition under the Act.
 
(Sec. 1203) Establishes the Capitol Visitor Center Governing Board, which shall be responsible for establishing the policies which govern the operations of the Capitol Visitor Center.
 
Appropriates funds for: (1) the Library of Congress for salaries and expenses (including rescission), the Copyright Office, Congressional Research Service (CRS), and Books for the Blind and Physically Handicapped; (2) the Government Printing Office (GPO) for congressional printing and binding (including transfer of funds); (3) GPO for the Office of Superintendent of Documents (including transfer of funds); (4) the Government Accountability Office (GAO) for salaries and expenses; (5) a payment to the Government Printing Office Revolving Fund; and (6) a payment to the Open World Leadership Center Trust Fund. 
 
(Sec. 1301) Authorizes the expenditure of up to $5,000 for the incentive awards program of the Library of Congress. 
 
(Sec. 1302) Establishes an upper limit $109.943 million for the FY2006 obligational authority of the Library of Congress with regard to certain reimbursable and revolving fund activities. 
 
Authorizes the Librarian of Congress, under specified conditions, to transfer temporarily up to $1.9 million of funds appropriated in this Act for Library of Congress salaries and expenses to the revolving fund for the FEDLINK Program and the federal Research Program established under the Library of Congress Fiscal Operations Improvement Act of 2000. 
 
(Sec. 1303) Requires funds made available for the Library of Congress under this Act to be made available for transfer to the Department of state as remittance for a fee charged by the Department for FY2006 for the maintenance, upgrade, or construction of U.S. diplomatic facilities only to the extent that the fee's amount is equal to or less than the unreimbursed value of the services provided during FY2006 to the Library of Congress on State Department diplomatic facilities.
 
(Sec. 1304) Amends the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1996 to repeal the prohibition, for other than incidental purposes, against obligational authority under the heading &quot;Library of Congress&quot; for activities in support of parliamentary development, except for Russia, Ukraine, Albania, Slovakia, and Romania.
 
 

Title II: General Provisions -
 (Sec. 201) Specifies authorized or prohibited uses of funds appropriated by this Act identical or similar to corresponding provisions of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2005. 
 
 
(Sec. 209) Limits the aggregate amount of compensation paid to any legislative branch officer or employee to the annual rate of pay for a Member of the House of Representatives or a Senator.
 

Title III: Continuity in Representation
 - Amends federal election law concerning the election of Senators and Representatives to require states to hold special elections for the House within 49 days after a vacancy is announced by the Speaker in the extraordinary circumstance that vacancies in representation from the states exceed 100. Waives the 49-day requirement if, during the 75-day period beginning on the date of the vacancy announcement, a regularly scheduled general election or another special election for the office involved is to be held.
 
Requires determination of the candidates who will run in the special election: (1) not later than 10 days after the vacancy announcement by the political parties authorized by state law to nominate candidates; or (2) by any other method the state considers appropriate. 
 
Sets forth requirements for judicial review of any action brought for declaratory or injunctive relief to challenge such a vacancy announcement. Requires a final decision within three days of the filing of such an action. Makes a final decision non-reviewable.
 
Requires a state, in conducting such special election, to ensure to the greatest extent practicable (including through the use of electronic means) that absentee ballots are transmitted to absent uniformed services voters and overseas voters within 15 days after the Speaker announces that the vacancy exists. Requires a state to accept and process any otherwise valid ballot or other election material from an absent uniformed services voter or an overseas voter, as long as the ballot or other material is received by the appropriate state election official within 45 days after the state transmits it to the voter.
 
Applies this subsection to the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

action_date: 2005-06-24
text: 
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2006 - 
Title I: Legislative Branch Appropriations
 - Makes FY2006 appropriations for the Senate for: (1) expense allowances; (2) representation allowances for the Majority and Minority Leaders; (3) salaries of specified officers, employees, and committees (including the Committee on Appropriations); (4) agency contributions for employee benefits; (5) inquiries and investigations; (6) the U.S. Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control; (7) the Offices of the Secretary and of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper (Sergeant at Arms) of the Senate; (8) miscellaneous items; (9) the Senators' Official Personnel and Office Expense Account; and (10) official mail costs.
 
(Sec. 2) Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1977 to increase from eight to nine the number of individual consultants the Majority and Minority Leaders may each appoint. 
 
(Sec. 3) Amends Public Law 101-302 to extend through FY2006 and each fiscal year thereafter the authorization of funds within the Senate contingent fund for expenses of the U.S. Senate Collection. 
 
(Sec. 4) Amends Public Law 108-83 to permit the use of Senate contingent funds for expenditures, up to $10,000 in any fiscal year, for meals and refreshments in Capitol facilities in connection with official activities of the Senate Commission on Art or other authorized programs or activities.
 
(Sec. 5) Amends the Revised Statutes to repeal the requirement that the Secretary of the Senate, under certain conditions, deduct from a Senator's monthly or periodic payments the amount of his or her salary for each day such Senator is absent from the Senate.
 
(Sec. 6) Amends the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1999 to provide that the authority of the Senate Committee on Appropriations to procure the services of individual consultants or organizations does not need the approval of, nor does it have to report to, the Committee on Rules and Administration.
 
Makes appropriations for the House of Representatives for FY2006 for: (1) salaries and/or expenses of the House leadership offices, committees (including the Committee on Appropriations), officers and employees, and the Child Care Center; and (2) Members' representational allowances.
 
 (Sec. 101) Requires that any amounts appropriated for a representational allowance for a Member of the House for FY2006 which remain after all payments are made under it 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, to reduce the federal debt. 
 
Makes FY2006 appropriations for salaries and/or expenses of: (1) the Joint Economic and Taxation Committees; (2) the Office of the Attending Physician; (3) the Capitol Guide Service and Special Services Office; (4) the preparation of statements of appropriations for both the House and the Senate; and (5) the Capitol Police.
 
(Sec. 1002) Amends the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2004 to establish FY2006 limits on the number of Capitol Police officers to be hired for Library of Congress duty.
 
Makes the Memorandum of Understanding between the Library of Congress and the Capitol Police entered into on December 12, 2004, effective through FY2006, subject to such modifications that may be made in accordance with the modification and dispute resolution provisions of such Memorandum.
 
 
Makes FY2006 appropriations for salaries and/or expenses of: (1) the Office of Compliance; (2) the Congressional Budget Office (CBO); (3) the Architect of the Capitol (AOC), including for the care and operation of Capitol buildings and grounds, Senate and House office buildings, the Capitol power plant, Library of Congress buildings and grounds, Capitol Police buildings and grounds, the Botanic Garden (including for the care and operation of the National Garden but not for its construction); (4) the Capitol Visitor Center; and (5) the Library of Congress for salaries and expenses, the Copyright Office, Congressional Research Service (CRS), and Books for the Blind and Physically Handicapped. 
 
(Sec. 1100) Permits the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), in certain circumstances, to waive claims against its employees for overpayment of pay allowances and of travel, transportation, and relocation expenses and allowances.
 
(Sec. 1201) Authorizes the AOC to appoint an Executive Director of the Capitol Visitor Center whose annual salary shall be determined by the AOC and shall not exceed $1,500 less than the AOC's annual salary.
 
(Sec. 1301) Authorizes the expenditure of up to $5,000 for the incentive awards program of the Library of Congress. 
 
(Sec. 1302) Establishes an upper limit $109.943 million for the FY2006 obligational authority of the Library of Congress with regard to certain reimbursable and revolving fund activities. 
 
Authorizes the Librarian of Congress, subject to specified conditions, to transfer temporarily up to $1.9 million of funds appropriated in this Act for Library of Congress salaries and expenses to the revolving fund for the FEDLINK Program and the Federal Research Program established under the Library of Congress Fiscal Operations Improvement Act of 2000.
 
(Sec. 1303) Amends the Miscellaneous Appropriations Act, 2001 to provide that up to a specified amount out of additional funds made available for the National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program shall remain available until expended, and may be used for competitive grants to state governmental entities, without regard to any matching contribution requirement, to work cooperatively to collect and preserve at-risk digital state and local government information.
 
(Sec. 1304) Makes funds available for the Library of Congress under this Act available for transfer to the Department of State as remittance for a fee charged by the Department for FY2006 for the maintenance, upgrade, or construction of U.S. diplomatic facilities, but only to the extent that the fee so charged is equal to or less than the unreimbursed value of the services provided during FY2006 to the Library of Congress on State Department diplomatic facilities.
 
 
(Sec. 1305) Library of Congress Digital Collections and School Curricula Act of 2005 - Requires the Librarian of Congress to administer a program to teach educators and librarians how to incorporate the digital collections of the Library of Congress into school curricula.
 
Authorizes the Librarian to: (1) establish an educational consortium to support the program; and (2) make funds appropriated for the program available to consortium members, educational institutions, and libraries.
 
Authorizes appropriations.
 
Appropriates FY2006 funds for: (1) the Government Printing Office (GPO) for congressional printing and binding (including transfer of funds); (2) GPO for the Office of Superintendent of Documents for salaries and expenses (including transfer of funds); (3) a payment to the Government Printing Office Revolving Fund; (4) the Government Accountability Office (GAO) for salaries and expenses; (5) a payment to the Open World Leadership Center Trust Fund; and (6) a payment to the John C. Stennis Center for Public Service Development Trust Fund.
 

Title II: General Provisions
 - Sets forth authorized or prohibited uses of funds appropriated by this Act identical or similar to corresponding provisions of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2005.
 
(Sec. 209) Limits the aggregate amount of compensation paid to any legislative branch officer or employee to the annual rate of pay for a Member of the House of Representatives or a Senator, unless the applicable entity head has certified that the entity has a performance appraisal system which (as designed and applied) makes meaningful distinctions based on relative performance consistent with criteria established by the Office of Personnel and Management (OPM) and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Requires each entity head to recertify its performance appraisal system bi-annually. Permits entities with such certified appraisal systems to pay total annual compensation up to the amounts executive branch personnel subject to such systems may receive.

action_date: 2005-06-30
text: 
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2006 - 
Title I: Legislative Branch Appropriations
 - Makes FY2006 appropriations for the Senate for: (1) expense allowances; (2) representation allowances for the Majority and Minority Leaders; (3) salaries of specified officers, employees, and committees (including the Committee on Appropriations); (4) agency contributions for employee benefits; (5) inquiries and investigations; (6) the U.S. Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control; (7) the Offices of the Secretary and of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper (Sergeant at Arms) of the Senate; (8) miscellaneous items; (9) the Senators' Official Personnel and Office Expense Account; and (10) official mail costs.
 
(Sec. 2) Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1977 to increase from eight to nine the number of individual consultants the Majority and Minority Leaders may each appoint. 
 
(Sec. 3) Amends Public Law 101-302 to extend through FY2006 and each fiscal year thereafter the authorization of funds within the Senate contingent fund for expenses of the U.S. Senate Collection. 
 
(Sec. 4) Amends Public Law 108-83 to permit the use of Senate contingent funds for expenditures, up to $10,000 in any fiscal year, for meals and refreshments in Capitol facilities in connection with official activities of the Senate Commission on Art or other authorized programs or activities.
 
(Sec. 5) Amends the Revised Statutes to repeal the requirement that the Secretary of the Senate, under certain conditions, deduct from a Senator's monthly or periodic payments the amount of his or her salary for each day such Senator is absent from the Senate.
 
(Sec. 6) Amends the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1999 to provide that the authority of the Senate Committee on Appropriations to procure the services of individual consultants or organizations does not need the approval of, nor does it have to report to, the Committee on Rules and Administration.
 
Makes appropriations for the House of Representatives for FY2006 for: (1) salaries and/or expenses of the House leadership offices, committees (including the Committee on Appropriations), officers and employees, and the Child Care Center; and (2) Members' representational allowances.
 
 (Sec. 101) Requires that any amounts appropriated for a representational allowance for a Member of the House for FY2006 which remain after all payments are made under it 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, to reduce the federal debt. 
 
Makes FY2006 appropriations for salaries and/or expenses of: (1) the Joint Economic and Taxation Committees; (2) the Office of the Attending Physician; (3) the Capitol Guide Service and Special Services Office; (4) the preparation of statements of appropriations for both the House and the Senate; and (5) the Capitol Police.
 
(Sec. 1002) Amends the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2004 to establish FY2006 limits on the number of Capitol Police officers to be hired for Library of Congress duty.
 
Makes the Memorandum of Understanding between the Library of Congress and the Capitol Police entered into on December 12, 2004, effective through FY2006, subject to such modifications that may be made in accordance with the modification and dispute resolution provisions of such Memorandum.
 
 
Makes FY2006 appropriations for salaries and/or expenses of: (1) the Office of Compliance; (2) the Congressional Budget Office (CBO); (3) the Architect of the Capitol (AOC), including for the care and operation of Capitol buildings and grounds, Senate and House office buildings, the Capitol power plant, Library of Congress buildings and grounds, Capitol Police buildings and grounds, the Botanic Garden (including for the care and operation of the National Garden but not for its construction); (4) the Capitol Visitor Center; and (5) the Library of Congress for salaries and expenses, the Copyright Office, Congressional Research Service (CRS), and Books for the Blind and Physically Handicapped.
 
Makes available to the Librarian of Congress certain funds out of amounts appropriated for Books for the Blind and Physically Handicapped in order to pay telecommunications costs for eligible readers to have interstate toll-free access to electronic editions of periodicals and newspapers, disseminated in specialized audio and electronic text formats from a multi-state nonprofit source which obtains content from publishers for free distribution to blind and physically handicapped readers in a minimum of 20 states.
 
 
(Sec. 1100) Permits the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), in certain circumstances, to waive claims against its employees for overpayment of pay allowances and of travel, transportation, and relocation expenses and allowances.
 
(Sec. 1201) Authorizes the AOC to appoint an Executive Director of the Capitol Visitor Center whose annual salary shall be determined by the AOC and shall not exceed $1,500 less than the AOC's annual salary.
 
(Sec. 1301) Authorizes the expenditure of up to $5,000 for the incentive awards program of the Library of Congress. 
 
(Sec. 1302) Establishes an upper limit $109.943 million for the FY2006 obligational authority of the Library of Congress with regard to certain reimbursable and revolving fund activities. 
 
Authorizes the Librarian of Congress, subject to specified conditions, to transfer temporarily up to $1.9 million of funds appropriated in this Act for Library of Congress salaries and expenses to the revolving fund for the FEDLINK Program and the Federal Research Program established under the Library of Congress Fiscal Operations Improvement Act of 2000.
 
(Sec. 1303) Amends the Miscellaneous Appropriations Act, 2001 to provide that up to a specified amount out of additional funds made available for the National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program shall remain available until expended, and may be used for competitive grants to state governmental entities, without regard to any matching contribution requirement, to work cooperatively to collect and preserve at-risk digital state and local government information.
 
(Sec. 1304) Makes funds available for the Library of Congress under this Act available for transfer to the Department of State as remittance for a fee charged by the Department for FY2006 for the maintenance, upgrade, or construction of U.S. diplomatic facilities, but only to the extent that the fee so charged is equal to or less than the unreimbursed value of the services provided during FY2006 to the Library of Congress on State Department diplomatic facilities.
 
 
(Sec. 1305) Library of Congress Digital Collections and School Curricula Act of 2005 - Requires the Librarian of Congress to administer a program to teach educators and librarians how to incorporate the digital collections of the Library of Congress into school curricula.
 
Authorizes the Librarian to: (1) establish an educational consortium to support the program; and (2) make funds appropriated for the program available to consortium members, educational institutions, and libraries.
 
Authorizes appropriations.
 
Appropriates FY2006 funds for: (1) the Government Printing Office (GPO) for congressional printing and binding (including transfer of funds); (2) GPO for the Office of Superintendent of Documents for salaries and expenses (including transfer of funds); (3) a payment to the Government Printing Office Revolving Fund; (4) the Government Accountability Office (GAO) for salaries and expenses; (5) a payment to the Open World Leadership Center Trust Fund; and (6) a payment to the John C. Stennis Center for Public Service Development Trust Fund.
 

Title II: General Provisions
 - Sets forth authorized or prohibited uses of funds appropriated by this Act identical or similar to corresponding provisions of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2005.
 
(Sec. 209) Limits the aggregate amount of compensation paid to any legislative branch officer or employee to the annual rate of pay for a Member of the House of Representatives or a Senator, unless the applicable entity head has certified that the entity has a performance appraisal system which (as designed and applied) makes meaningful distinctions based on relative performance consistent with criteria established by the Office of Personnel and Management (OPM) and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Requires each entity head to recertify its performance appraisal system bi-annually. Permits entities with such certified appraisal systems to pay total annual compensation up to the amounts executive branch personnel subject to such systems may receive.

action_date: 2005-07-26
text: 
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2006 - 
Title I: Legislative Branch Appropriations
 - Makes FY2006 appropriations for the Senate for: (1) expense allowances; (2) representation allowances for the Majority and Minority Leaders; (3) salaries of specified officers, employees, and committees (including the Committee on Appropriations); (4) agency contributions for employee benefits; (5) inquiries and investigations; (6) the U.S. Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control; (7) the Offices of the Secretary and of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper (Sergeant at Arms) of the Senate; (8) miscellaneous items; (9) the Senators' Official Personnel and Office Expense Account; and (10) official mail costs.
 
(Sec. 2) Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1977 to increase from eight to nine the number of individual consultants the Majority and Minority Leaders may each appoint. 
 
(Sec. 3) Amends Public Law 101-302 to extend through FY2006 and each fiscal year thereafter the authorization of funds within the Senate contingent fund for expenses of the U.S. Senate Collection. 
 
(Sec. 4) Amends Public Law 108-83 to permit the use of Senate contingent funds for expenditures, up to $10,000 in any fiscal year, for meals and refreshments in Capitol facilities in connection with official activities of the Senate Commission on Art or other authorized programs or activities.
 
(Sec. 5) Amends the Revised Statutes to repeal the requirement that the Secretary of the Senate, under certain conditions, deduct from a Senator's monthly or periodic payments the amount of his or her salary for each day such Senator is absent from the Senate.
 
(Sec. 6) Amends the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1999 to provide that the authority of the Senate Committee on Appropriations to procure the services of individual consultants or organizations does not need the approval of, nor does it have to report to, the Committee on Rules and Administration.
 
Makes appropriations for the House of Representatives for FY2006 for: (1) salaries and/or expenses of the House leadership offices, committees (including the Committee on Appropriations), officers and employees, and the Child Care Center; and (2) Members' representational allowances.
 
 (Sec. 101) Requires that any amounts appropriated for a representational allowance for a Member of the House for FY2006 which remain after all payments are made under it 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, to reduce the federal debt. 
 
Makes FY2006 appropriations for salaries and/or expenses of: (1) the Joint Economic and Taxation Committees; (2) the Office of the Attending Physician; (3) the Capitol Guide Service and Special Services Office; (4) the preparation of statements of appropriations for both the House and the Senate; and (5) the Capitol Police.
 
(Sec. 1002) Prohibits the Capitol Police from operating a mounted horse unit during FY2006 or any succeeding fiscal year.
 
Requires the Chief of the Capitol Police to transfer to the Chief of the U.S. Park Police the horses, equipment, and supplies of the Capitol Police mounted horse unit.
 
(Sec. 1003) Amends the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to require an officer or employee of the Capitol Police, beginning in calendar 2005, to file annual financial disclosure reports with the Clerk of the House.
 
(Sec. 1004) Establishes in the U.S. Capitol Police the Office of the Inspector General.
 
Prohibits the reduction, except in certain circumstances, of the pay or benefits of any employee of offices or entities whose duties and responsibilities are transferred to the Office of Inspector General.
 
Requires financial statements prepared by the Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) of the Capitol Police to be audited by the Inspector General or by an independent public accountant, as determined by the Inspector General. (Currently, the CAO provides for such audit by an independent public accountant.)
 
(Sec. 1005) Requires the Chief of the Capitol Police to submit to Congress a detailed, itemized semiannual report of disbursements for U.S. Capitol Police operations.
 
Prescribes the semiannual periods as October 1 through March 31 and April 1 through September 30.
 
(Sec. 1006) Amends the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2004 to establish FY2006 limits on the number of Capitol Police officers to be hired for Library of Congress duty.
 
Makes the Memorandum of Understanding between the Library of Congress and the Capitol Police entered into on December 12, 2004, effective through FY2006, subject to such modifications that may be made in accordance with the modification and dispute resolution provisions of such Memorandum.
 
(Sec. 1007) Prohibits individuals to whom overtime compensation was paid under the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2003 in violation of the restrictions applicable to the payment of such compensation under such Act from being required to repay the compensation if the compensation was paid for services provided before June 15, 2005.
 
Excepts from this prohibition against required repayment any officers or employees of the U.S. Capitol Police whose annual salary is specified in statute and is not established under the schedule of rates of basic pay established and maintained by the Capitol Police Board.
 
Makes FY2006 appropriations for salaries and/or expenses of: (1) the Office of Compliance; (2) the Congressional Budget Office (CBO); (3) the Architect of the Capitol (AOC), including for the care and operation of Capitol buildings and grounds, Senate and House office buildings, the Capitol power plant, Library of Congress buildings and grounds, Capitol Police buildings and grounds, the Botanic Garden (including for the care and operation of the National Garden but not for its construction); (4) the Capitol Visitor Center; and (5) the Library of Congress for salaries and expenses (including rescission of funds), the Copyright Office, Congressional Research Service (CRS), and Books for the Blind and Physically Handicapped.
 
Earmarks funds for Books for the Blind and Physically Handicapped to reimburse the National Federation of the Blind for costs incurred in the operation of its NEWSLINE program.
 
(Sec. 1100) Permits the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), in certain circumstances, to waive claims against its employees for overpayment of pay allowances, and of travel, transportation, and relocation expenses and allowances.
 
(Sec. 1201) Amends the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1991 to increase from eight to nine the number of positions under the AOC's jurisdiction whose rate of basic pay may be fixed by the AOC up to 135% of the minimum rate for GS-15.
 
(Sec. 1202) Amends the 2002 Supplemental Appropriations Act for Further Recovery From and Response To Terrorist Attacks on the United States relating to the AOC's authority to acquire facilities for computer backup for offices in the legislative branch. Allows the AOC, in the case of a building or facility acquired through purchase for such purposes, to enter into or assume a lease with another person for the use of any portion of the building or facility that is not required for such purposes, subject to the approval of the entity which approved the acquisition.
 
(Sec. 1301) Authorizes the expenditure of up to $5,000 for the incentive awards program of the Library of Congress. 
 
(Sec. 1302) Establishes an upper limit $109.943 million for the FY2006 obligational authority of the Library of Congress with regard to certain reimbursable and revolving fund activities. 
 
Authorizes the Librarian of Congress, subject to specified conditions, to transfer temporarily up to $1.9 million of funds appropriated in this Act for Library of Congress salaries and expenses to the revolving fund for the FEDLINK Program and the Federal Research Program established under the Library of Congress Fiscal Operations Improvement Act of 2000.
 
(Sec. 1303) Amends the Miscellaneous Appropriations Act, 2001 to provide that up to a specified amount out of additional funds made available for the National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program shall remain available until expended, and may be used for competitive grants to state governmental entities, without regard to any matching contribution requirement, to work cooperatively to collect and preserve at-risk digital state and local government information.
 
(Sec. 1304) Makes funds available for the Library of Congress under this Act available for transfer to the Department of State as remittance for a fee charged by the Department for FY2006 for the maintenance, upgrade, or construction of U.S. diplomatic facilities, but only to the extent that the amount of the fee so charged is equal to or less than the unreimbursed value of the services provided during FY2006 to the Library of Congress on State Department diplomatic facilities.
 
 
(Sec. 1305) Amends the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1996 to repeal the prohibition against obligational authority under the heading &quot;Library of Congress&quot; for activities in support of parliamentary development, except for Russia, Ukraine, Albania, Slovakia, and Romania.
 
(Sec. 1306) Library of Congress Digital Collections and Educational Curricula Act of 2005 - Requires the Librarian of Congress to administer a program to teach educators and librarians how to incorporate the digital collections of the Library of Congress into educational curricula.
 
Authorizes the Librarian to: (1) establish an educational consortium to support the program; and (2) make funds appropriated for the program available to consortium members, educational institutions, and libraries.
 
Authorizes appropriations.
 
(Sec. 1307) Library of Congress Inspector General Act of 2005 - Establishes in the Library of Congress an Office of Inspector General to: (1) conduct and supervise audits and investigations (excluding incidents involving violence and personal property) relating to the Library of Congress; (2) provide leadership and coordination and recommend policies to promote economy, efficiency, and effectiveness; and (3) provide a means of keeping the Librarian of Congress and Congress fully and currently informed about problems and deficiencies relating to Library administration and operations.
 
 
Appropriates funds for: (1) the Government Printing Office (GPO) for congressional printing and binding (including transfer of funds); (2) GPO for the Office of Superintendent of Documents for salaries and expenses (including transfer of funds); (3) a payment to the Government Printing Office Revolving Fund; (4) the Government Accountability Office (GAO) for salaries and expenses; (5) a payment to the Open World Leadership Center Trust Fund; and (6) a payment to the John C. Stennis Center for Public Service Development Trust Fund.
 

Title II: General Provisions
 - (Sec. 201) Sets forth authorized or prohibited uses of funds appropriated by this Act identical or similar to corresponding provisions of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2005.
 

Title III: Continuity in Representation
 - (Sec. 301) Amends federal election law concerning the election of Senators and Representatives to require states to hold special elections for the House within 49 days after a vacancy is announced by the Speaker in the extraordinary circumstance that vacancies in representation from the states exceed 100. Waives the 49-day requirement if, during the 75-day period beginning on the date of the vacancy announcement, a regularly scheduled general election or another special election for the office involved is to be held.
 
Requires determination of the candidates who will run in the special election: (1) within 10 days after the vacancy announcement by the political parties authorized by state law to nominate candidates; or (2) by any other method the state considers appropriate. 
 
Sets forth requirements for judicial review of any action brought for declaratory or injunctive relief to challenge such a vacancy announcement. Requires a final decision within three days of the filing of such an action. Makes a final decision non-reviewable.
 
Requires a state, in conducting such special election, to ensure to the greatest extent practicable (including through the use of electronic means) that absentee ballots are transmitted to absent uniformed services voters and overseas voters within 15 days after the Speaker announces that the vacancy exists. Requires a state to accept and process any otherwise valid ballot or other election material from an absent uniformed services voter or an overseas voter, as long as the ballot or other material is received by the appropriate state election official within 45 days after the state transmits it to the voter.
 
Applies this subsection to the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

action_date: 2005-08-02
text: 

(This measure has not been amended since the Conference Report was filed in the House on July 26, 2005. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

 
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2006 - 
Title I: Legislative Branch Appropriations
 - Makes FY2006 appropriations for the Senate for: (1) expense allowances; (2) representation allowances for the Majority and Minority Leaders; (3) salaries of specified officers, employees, and committees (including the Committee on Appropriations); (4) agency contributions for employee benefits; (5) inquiries and investigations; (6) the U.S. Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control; (7) the Offices of the Secretary and of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper (Sergeant at Arms) of the Senate; (8) miscellaneous items; (9) the Senators' Official Personnel and Office Expense Account; and (10) official mail costs.
 
(Sec. 2) Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1977 to increase from eight to nine the number of individual consultants the Majority and Minority Leaders may each appoint. 
 
(Sec. 3) Amends Public Law 101-302 to extend through FY2006 and each fiscal year thereafter the authorization of funds within the Senate contingent fund for expenses of the U.S. Senate Collection. 
 
(Sec. 4) Amends Public Law 108-83 to permit the use of Senate contingent funds for expenditures, up to $10,000 in any fiscal year, for meals and refreshments in Capitol facilities in connection with official activities of the Senate Commission on Art or other authorized programs or activities.
 
(Sec. 5) Amends the Revised Statutes to repeal the requirement that the Secretary of the Senate, under certain conditions, deduct from a Senator's monthly or periodic payments the amount of his or her salary for each day such Senator is absent from the Senate.
 
(Sec. 6) Amends the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1999 to provide that the authority of the Senate Committee on Appropriations to procure the services of individual consultants or organizations does not need the approval of, nor does it have to report to, the Committee on Rules and Administration.
 
Makes appropriations for the House of Representatives for FY2006 for: (1) salaries and/or expenses of the House leadership offices, committees (including the Committee on Appropriations), officers and employees, and the Child Care Center; and (2) Members' representational allowances.
 
 (Sec. 101) Requires that any amounts appropriated for a representational allowance for a Member of the House for FY2006 which remain after all payments are made under it 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, to reduce the federal debt. 
 
Makes FY2006 appropriations for salaries and/or expenses of: (1) the Joint Economic and Taxation Committees; (2) the Office of the Attending Physician; (3) the Capitol Guide Service and Special Services Office; (4) the preparation of statements of appropriations for both the House and the Senate; and (5) the Capitol Police.
 
(Sec. 1002) Prohibits the Capitol Police from operating a mounted horse unit during FY2006 or any succeeding fiscal year.
 
Requires the Chief of the Capitol Police to transfer to the Chief of the U.S. Park Police the horses, equipment, and supplies of the Capitol Police mounted horse unit.
 
(Sec. 1003) Amends the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 to require an officer or employee of the Capitol Police, beginning in calendar 2005, to file annual financial disclosure reports with the Clerk of the House.
 
(Sec. 1004) Establishes in the U.S. Capitol Police the Office of the Inspector General.
 
Prohibits the reduction, except in certain circumstances, of the pay or benefits of any employee of offices or entities whose duties and responsibilities are transferred to the Office of Inspector General.
 
Requires financial statements prepared by the Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) of the Capitol Police to be audited by the Inspector General or by an independent public accountant, as determined by the Inspector General. (Currently, the CAO provides for such audit by an independent public accountant.)
 
(Sec. 1005) Requires the Chief of the Capitol Police to submit to Congress a detailed, itemized semiannual report of disbursements for U.S. Capitol Police operations.
 
Prescribes the semiannual periods as October 1 through March 31 and April 1 through September 30.
 
(Sec. 1006) Amends the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2004 to establish FY2006 limits on the number of Capitol Police officers to be hired for Library of Congress duty.
 
Makes the Memorandum of Understanding between the Library of Congress and the Capitol Police entered into on December 12, 2004, effective through FY2006, subject to such modifications that may be made in accordance with the modification and dispute resolution provisions of such Memorandum.
 
(Sec. 1007) Prohibits individuals to whom overtime compensation was paid under the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2003 in violation of the restrictions applicable to the payment of such compensation under such Act from being required to repay the compensation if the compensation was paid for services provided before June 15, 2005.
 
Excepts from this prohibition against required repayment any officers or employees of the U.S. Capitol Police whose annual salary is specified in statute and is not established under the schedule of rates of basic pay established and maintained by the Capitol Police Board.
 
Makes FY2006 appropriations for salaries and/or expenses of: (1) the Office of Compliance; (2) the Congressional Budget Office (CBO); (3) the Architect of the Capitol (AOC), including for the care and operation of Capitol buildings and grounds, Senate and House office buildings, the Capitol power plant, Library of Congress buildings and grounds, Capitol Police buildings and grounds, the Botanic Garden (including for the care and operation of the National Garden but not for its construction); (4) the Capitol Visitor Center; and (5) the Library of Congress for salaries and expenses (including rescission of funds), the Copyright Office, Congressional Research Service (CRS), and Books for the Blind and Physically Handicapped.
 
Earmarks funds for Books for the Blind and Physically Handicapped to reimburse the National Federation of the Blind for costs incurred in the operation of its NEWSLINE program.
 
(Sec. 1100) Permits the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), in certain circumstances, to waive claims against its employees for overpayment of pay allowances, and of travel, transportation, and relocation expenses and allowances.
 
(Sec. 1201) Amends the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1991 to increase from eight to nine the number of positions under the AOC's jurisdiction whose rate of basic pay may be fixed by the AOC up to 135% of the minimum rate for GS-15.
 
(Sec. 1202) Amends the 2002 Supplemental Appropriations Act for Further Recovery From and Response To Terrorist Attacks on the United States relating to the AOC's authority to acquire facilities for computer backup for offices in the legislative branch. Allows the AOC, in the case of a building or facility acquired through purchase for such purposes, to enter into or assume a lease with another person for the use of any portion of the building or facility that is not required for such purposes, subject to the approval of the entity which approved the acquisition.
 
(Sec. 1301) Authorizes the expenditure of up to $5,000 for the incentive awards program of the Library of Congress. 
 
(Sec. 1302) Establishes an upper limit $109.943 million for the FY2006 obligational authority of the Library of Congress with regard to certain reimbursable and revolving fund activities. 
 
Authorizes the Librarian of Congress, subject to specified conditions, to transfer temporarily up to $1.9 million of funds appropriated in this Act for Library of Congress salaries and expenses to the revolving fund for the FEDLINK Program and the Federal Research Program established under the Library of Congress Fiscal Operations Improvement Act of 2000.
 
(Sec. 1303) Amends the Miscellaneous Appropriations Act, 2001 to provide that up to a specified amount out of additional funds made available for the National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program shall remain available until expended, and may be used for competitive grants to state governmental entities, without regard to any matching contribution requirement, to work cooperatively to collect and preserve at-risk digital state and local government information.
 
(Sec. 1304) Makes funds available for the Library of Congress under this Act available for transfer to the Department of State as remittance for a fee charged by the Department for FY2006 for the maintenance, upgrade, or construction of U.S. diplomatic facilities, but only to the extent that the amount of the fee so charged is equal to or less than the unreimbursed value of the services provided during FY2006 to the Library of Congress on State Department diplomatic facilities.
 
 
(Sec. 1305) Amends the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1996 to repeal the prohibition against obligational authority under the heading &quot;Library of Congress&quot; for activities in support of parliamentary development, except for Russia, Ukraine, Albania, Slovakia, and Romania.
 
(Sec. 1306) Library of Congress Digital Collections and Educational Curricula Act of 2005 - Requires the Librarian of Congress to administer a program to teach educators and librarians how to incorporate the digital collections of the Library of Congress into educational curricula.
 
Authorizes the Librarian to: (1) establish an educational consortium to support the program; and (2) make funds appropriated for the program available to consortium members, educational institutions, and libraries.
 
Authorizes appropriations.
 
(Sec. 1307) Library of Congress Inspector General Act of 2005 - Establishes in the Library of Congress an Office of Inspector General to: (1) conduct and supervise audits and investigations (excluding incidents involving violence and personal property) relating to the Library of Congress; (2) provide leadership and coordination and recommend policies to promote economy, efficiency, and effectiveness; and (3) provide a means of keeping the Librarian of Congress and Congress fully and currently informed about problems and deficiencies relating to Library administration and operations.
 
 
Appropriates funds for: (1) the Government Printing Office (GPO) for congressional printing and binding (including transfer of funds); (2) GPO for the Office of Superintendent of Documents for salaries and expenses (including transfer of funds); (3) a payment to the Government Printing Office Revolving Fund; (4) the Government Accountability Office (GAO) for salaries and expenses; (5) a payment to the Open World Leadership Center Trust Fund; and (6) a payment to the John C. Stennis Center for Public Service Development Trust Fund.
 

Title II: General Provisions
 - (Sec. 201) Sets forth authorized or prohibited uses of funds appropriated by this Act identical or similar to corresponding provisions of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2005.
 

Title III: Continuity in Representation
 - (Sec. 301) Amends federal election law concerning the election of Senators and Representatives to require states to hold special elections for the House within 49 days after a vacancy is announced by the Speaker in the extraordinary circumstance that vacancies in representation from the states exceed 100. Waives the 49-day requirement if, during the 75-day period beginning on the date of the vacancy announcement, a regularly scheduled general election or another special election for the office involved is to be held.
 
Requires determination of the candidates who will run in the special election: (1) within 10 days after the vacancy announcement by the political parties authorized by state law to nominate candidates; or (2) by any other method the state considers appropriate. 
 
Sets forth requirements for judicial review of any action brought for declaratory or injunctive relief to challenge such a vacancy announcement. Requires a final decision within three days of the filing of such an action. Makes a final decision non-reviewable.
 
Requires a state, in conducting such special election, to ensure to the greatest extent practicable (including through the use of electronic means) that absentee ballots are transmitted to absent uniformed services voters and overseas voters within 15 days after the Speaker announces that the vacancy exists. Requires a state to accept and process any otherwise valid ballot or other election material from an absent uniformed services voter or an overseas voter, as long as the ballot or other material is received by the appropriate state election official within 45 days after the state transmits it to the voter.
 
Applies this subsection to the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, and the U.S. Virgin Islands.


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2005-08-02
text: Became Public Law No: 109-55.
action_date: 2005-08-02
text: Became Public Law No: 109-55.
action_date: 2005-08-02
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2005-08-02
text: Signed by President.
action_date: 2005-07-29
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2005-07-29
text: Presented to President.
action_date: 2005-07-29
text: Cleared for White House.
action_date: 2005-07-29
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2005-07-29
text: Senate agreed to conference report by Yea-Nay Vote. 96 - 4. Record Vote Number: 211.
action_date: 2005-07-29
text: Conference report agreed to in Senate: Senate agreed to conference report by Yea-Nay Vote. 96 - 4. Record Vote Number: 211.
action_date: 2005-07-29
text: Conference report considered in Senate by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S9323-9330, S9333-9335, S9373)
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Conference papers: message on House action held at the desk in Senate.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: On agreeing to the conference report Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 305 - 122 (Roll no. 451).
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Motions to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Conference report agreed to in House: On agreeing to the conference report Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 305 - 122 (Roll no. 451).
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: The House proceeded to consider the conference report H.Rept. 109-189 as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H7031)
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the conference report the Chair announced that pursuant to the rule the yeas and nays were ordered andthe Chair postponed proceedings on agreeing to the co nference report until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: The previous question was ordered without objection. (consideration: CR H7030)
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on the conference report to accompany H.R. 2985.
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Mr. Lewis (CA) brought up conference report H. Rept. 109-189 for consideration under the provisions of H. Res. 396. (consideration: CR H7023-7030)
action_date: 2005-07-28
text: Rule H. Res. 396 passed House.
action_date: 2005-07-27
text: Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 396 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of the conference report to H.R. 2985. All points of order against the conference report and against its consideration are waived. The conference report shall be considered as read.
action_date: 2005-07-26
text: Conference report H. Rept. 109-189 filed. Filed late, pursuant to previous special order. (text of conference report: CR H6628-6638)
action_date: 2005-07-26
text: Conference report filed: Conference report H. Rept. 109-189 filed. Filed late, pursuant to previous special order.(text of conference report: CR H6628-6638)
action_date: 2005-07-26
text: Conferees agreed to file conference report.
action_date: 2005-07-26
text: Conference committee actions: Conferees agreed to file conference report.
action_date: 2005-07-26
text: Mr. LaHood asked unanimous consent that managers on the part of the House have until midnight on July 26 to file a conference report on H.R. 2985. Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2005-07-26
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2005-07-26
text: The Speaker appointed conferees: Lewis (CA), Kingston, Granger, Doolittle, LaHood, Obey, Hoyer, and Moran (VA).
action_date: 2005-07-26
text: On motion that the House disagree to the Senate amendments, and agree to a conference Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2005-07-26
text: Mr. Taylor (NC) asked unanimous consent that the House disagree to the Senate amendments, and agree to a conference (consideration: CR H6463)
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: Message received in Senate: Returned to Senate pursuant to the request of the Senate.
action_date: 2005-07-14
text: PRIVILEGED MESSAGE FROM THE SENATE - The Chair laid before the House a privileged message from the Senate requesting that the House return to the Senate the papers accompanying H.R. 2985. Without objection, the request was agreed to.
action_date: 2005-07-12
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2005-07-11
text: Senate requests return of official papers by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2005-06-30
text: Message on Senate action sent to the House.
action_date: 2005-06-30
text: Senate insists on its amendments, asks for a conference, appoints conferees Allard; DeWine; Cochran; Stevens; Durbin; Johnson; Byrd. (consideration: CR 7/1/2005 S7749)
action_date: 2005-06-30
text: Passed Senate with amendments by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2005-06-30
text: Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with amendments by Unanimous Consent.
action_date: 2005-06-30
text: Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR 7/1/2005 S7739-7749; text of measure as reported in Senate: CR 7/1/2005 S7739-7748)
action_date: 2005-06-24
text: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 138.
action_date: 2005-06-24
text: Committee on Appropriations. Reported by Senator Allard with amendments. With written report No. 109-89.
action_date: 2005-06-24
text: Committee on Appropriations. Reported by Senator Allard with amendments. With written report No. 109-89.
action_date: 2005-06-24
text: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
action_date: 2005-06-23
text: Committee on Appropriations. Ordered to be reported with amendments favorably prior to receipt from the House.
action_date: 2005-06-22
text: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
action_date: 2005-06-22
text: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 330 - 82 (Roll no. 303). (text: CR H4946-4952)
action_date: 2005-06-22
text: Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 330 - 82 (Roll no. 303).(text: CR H4946-4952)
action_date: 2005-06-22
text: On motion to recommit Failed by recorded vote: 180 - 232 (Roll no. 302).
action_date: 2005-06-22
text: The previous question on the motion to recommit was ordered without objection. (consideration: CR H4961)
action_date: 2005-06-22
text: Floor summary: DEBATE - By unanimous consent, debate on the Obey motion to recommit was limited to 4 minutes, equally divided and controlled.
action_date: 2005-06-22
text: Mr. Obey moved to recommit to Appropriations. (consideration: CR H4961-4962)
action_date: 2005-06-22
text: The House adopted the amendment as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.
action_date: 2005-06-22
text: The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule. (consideration: CR H4961)
action_date: 2005-06-22
text: The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 2985.
action_date: 2005-06-22
text: UNFINISHED BUSINESS - The Chair announced that the unfinished business was the question of adoption of amendments which had been debated earlier and on which further proceedings had been postponed.
action_date: 2005-06-22
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Hefley amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Hefley requested a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2005-06-22
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 334, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Hefley amendment.
action_date: 2005-06-22
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 334, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the McHenry amendment.
action_date: 2005-06-22
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to H. Res. 334, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Flake amendment.
action_date: 2005-06-22
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Jo Ann Davis amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mrs. Jo Ann Davis requested a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2005-06-22
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to H. Res. 334, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Jo Ann Davis (VA) amendment.
action_date: 2005-06-22
text: POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Baird amendment, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Baird requested a recorded vote and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the adoption of the amendment until later in the legislative day.
action_date: 2005-06-22
text: DEBATE - Pursuant to H. Res. 334, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Baird amendment.
action_date: 2005-06-22
text: GENERAL DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with one hour of general debate on H.R. 2985.
action_date: 2005-06-22
text: The Speaker designated the Honorable John Linder to act as Chairman of the Committee.
action_date: 2005-06-22
text: House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 334 and Rule XVIII.
action_date: 2005-06-22
text: Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 2985 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. All points of order against consideration of the bill are waived. Measure will be considered read. Specified amendments are in order.
action_date: 2005-06-22
text: Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 334. (consideration: CR H4934-4962)
action_date: 2005-06-22
text: Rule H. Res. 334 passed House.
action_date: 2005-06-21
text: Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 334 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 2985 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. All points of order against consideration of the bill are waived. Measure will be considered read. Specified amendments are in order.
action_date: 2005-06-20
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 83.
action_date: 2005-06-20
text: The House Committee on Appropriations reported an original measure, H. Rept. 109-139, by Mr. Lewis (CA).
action_date: 2005-06-20
text: The House Committee on Appropriations reported an original measure, H. Rept. 109-139, by Mr. Lewis (CA).
action_date: 2005-06-20
text: Introduced in House

Enacted as: number: 109-55