Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2000
PL 106-57 (H.R.1905), enacted 09/29/1999

113 STAT. 408 
PUBLIC LAW 106-57—SEPT. 29, 1999 
Public Law 106-57 
106th Congress 
An Act 
Sept. 29, 1999 
[H.R. 1905] 
Legislative 
Branch 
Appropriations 
Act, 2000. 
Congressional 
Operations 
Appropriations 
Act, 2000. 
2 u s e 60a note. 
Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 2000, 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, 2000, and for other purposes, namely: 
TITLE I—CONGRESSIONAL OPERATIONS 
SENATE 
EXPENSE ALLOWANCES 
For expense allowances of the Vice President, $10,000; the 
President Pro Tempore of the Senate, $10,000; Majority Leader 
of the Senate, $10,000; Minority Leader of the Senate, $10,000; 
Majority Whip of the Senate, $5,000; Minority Whip of the Senate, 
$5,000; and Chairmen of the Majority and Minority Conference 
Committees, $3,000 for each Chairman; in all, $56,000. 
REPRESENTATION ALLOWANCES FOR THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY 
LEADERS 
For representation allowances of the Majority and Minority 
Leaders of the Senate, $15,000 for each such Leader; in all, $30,000. 
SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES 
For compensation of officers, 
employees, and others 
as 
authorized by law, including agency contributions, $89,968,000, 
which shall be paid from this appropriation without regard to 
the below limitations, as follows: 
OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT 
For the Office of the Vice President, $1,721,000. 
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE 
For the Office of the President Pro Tempore, $437,000. 
OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERS 
For Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders, $2,644,000. 
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113 STAT. 409 
OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY WHIPS 
For Offices of the Majority and Minority Whips, $1,634,000. 
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS 
For salaries of the Committee on Appropriations, $6,525,000. 
CONFERENCE COMMITTEES 
For the Conference of the Majority and the Conference of the 
Minority, at rates of compensation to be fixed by the Chairman 
of each such committee, $1,132,000 for each such committee; in 
all, $2,264,000. 
OFFICES 
OF 
THE 
SECRETARIES 
OF 
THE 
CONFERENCE 
OF 
THE 
MAJORITY 
AND 
THE 
CONFERENCE 
OF 
THE 
MINORITY 
For Offices of the Secretaries of the Conference of the Majority 
and the Conference of the Minority, $590,000. 
POLICY COMMITTEES 
For salaries of the Majority Policy Committee and the Minority 
Policy Committee, $1,151,000 for each such committee; in all, 
$2,302,000. 
OFFICE OF THE CHAPLAIN 
For Office of the Chaplain, $277,000. 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
For Office of the Secretary, $14,202,000. 
OFFICE OF THE SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER 
For Office 
of the 
Sergeant 
at 
Arms 
and 
Doorkeeper, 
$34,794,000. 
OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY 
For Offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the Secretary 
for the Minority, $1,246,000. 
AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS AND RELATED EXPENSES 
For agency contributions for employee benefits, as authorized 
by law, and related expenses, $21,332,000. 
OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL OF THE SENATE 
For s£ilaries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative 
Counsel of the Senate, $3,901,000. 
OFFICE OF SENATE LEGAL COUNSEL 
For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate Legal Counsel, 
$1,035,000. 
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EXPENSE 
ALLOWANCES 
OF 
THE 
SECRETARY 
OF 
THE 
SENATE, 
SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE SENATE, AND SEC-
RETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY OF THE SENATE 
For expense allowances of the Secretary of the Senate, $3,000; 
Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, $3,000; Secretary 
for the Majority of the Senate, $3,000; Secretary for the Minority 
of the Senate, $3,000; in all, $12,000. 
CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE 
INQUIRIES AND INVESTIGATIONS 
For expenses of inquiries £ind investigations ordered by the 
Senate, or conducted pursuant to section 134(a) of Public Law 
601, Seventy-ninth Congress, as amended, section 112 of Public 
Law 96-304 and Senate Resolution 281, agreed to March 11, 1980, 
$71,604,000. 
EXPENSES OF THE UNITED STATES SENATE CAUCUS ON 
INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL 
For expenses of the United States Senate Caucus on Inter-
national Narcotics Control, $370,000. 
SECRETARY OF THE SENATE 
For expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the Senate, 
$1,511,000. 
SERGEANT 
AT 
ARMS 
AND 
DOORKEEPER 
OF 
THE 
SENATE 
For expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Door-
keeper of the Senate, $66,261,000. 
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS 
For miscellaneous items, $8,655,000. 
SENATORS' OFFICIAL PERSONNEL AND OFFICE EXPENSE ACCOUNT 
For Senators' Official Personnel and Office Expense Account, 
$245,703,000. 
OFFICIAL MAIL COSTS 
For expenses necessary for official mail costs of the Senate, 
$300,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
Effective date. 
SECTION 1. Effective in the case of any fiscal year which begins 
on or after October 1, 1999, clause (iii) of paragraph (3)(A) of 
section 506(b) of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1973 (2 
U.S.C. 58(b)) is amended to read as follows: 
"(iii) subject to subparagraph (B)— 
"(I) in case the Senator represents Alabama, $116,300, 
Alaska, $221,600, Arizona, $128,975, Arkansas, $118,250, 
California, $168,950, Colorado, $124,100, Connecticut, 
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$105,575, Delaware, $95,825, Florida, $120,200, Georgia, 
$116,300, Hawaii, $245,000, Idaho, $128,000, Illinois, 
$138,725, Indiana, $116,300, Iowa, $119,225, Kansas, 
$119,225, Kentucky, $115,325, Louisiana, $120,200, Maine, 
$110,450, Maryland, $100,700, Massachusetts, $114,350, 
Michigan, $124,100, Minnesota, $120,200, Mississippi, 
$118,250, 
Missouri, 
$121,175, 
Montana, 
$128,000, 
Nebraska, $120,200, Nevada, $129,950, New Hampshire, 
$106,550, New Jersey, $110,450, New Mexico, $125,075, 
New York, $145,550, North Carolina, $112,400, North 
Dakota, $119,225, Ohio, $129,950, Oklahoma, $123,125, 
Oregon, $132,875, Pennsylvania, $128,975, Rhode Island, 
$104,600, 
South 
Carolina, 
$110,450, 
South 
Dakota, 
$120,200, Tennessee, $116,300, Texas, $149,450, Utah, 
$128,000, Vermont, $105,575, Virginia, $106,550, Washing-
ton, 
$135,800, 
West 
Virginia, 
$105,575, 
Wisconsin, 
$119,225, Wyoming, $123,125, plus 
"(11) the amount that is equal to the Senator's share 
for the fiscal year, as determined in accordance with regula-
tions of the Committee on Rules and Administration, of 
the amount made available within the Senators' Official 
Personnel and Office Expense Account in the contingent 
fund of the Senate for official mail expenses of Senators, 
plus". 
(b) Subparagraph (B) of section 506(b)(3) of the Supplemental 
Appropriations Act, 1973 (2 U.S.C. 58(b)(3)) is amended— 
(1) by striking "that part of the amount referred to in 
subparagraph (A)(iii) that is not specifically allocated for official 
mail expenses" and inserting "the amount referred to in 
subparagraph (A)(iii)(I)"; and 
(2) by striking "the part of the amount referred to in 
subparagraph (A)(iii) that is allocated for official mail expenses" 
and inserting "the amount referred to in 
subparagraph 
(A)(iii)(II)". 
(c) The amendments made by this section shall apply to any 
fiscal year which begins on or after October 1, 1999. 
SEC. 2. Effective on and after October 1, 1999, each of the 
dollar amounts contained in the table under section 105(d)(1)(A) 
of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1968 (2 U.S.C. 6 1 -
1(d)(1)(A)) shall be deemed to be the dollar amounts in that table, 
as increased by section 8 of Public Law 105-275, increased by 
an additional $50,000 each. 
SEC. 3. SENATE OFFICE SPACE ALLOCATIONS. Section 3 under 
the heading "ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS" in the appropriation for 
the Senate in the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1975 
(2 U.S.C. 59; 88 Stat. 428) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b)— 
(A) by striking paragraphs (1) and (2) and inserting 
the following: 
"(1) 5,000 square feet if the population of the State of 
the Senator is less than 3,000,000;"; 
(B) by striking "8,000" in paragraph (13) and inserting 
"8,200"; and 
(C) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through (13) as 
paragraphs (2) through (12), respectively; and 
(2) in subsection (c)(2)— 
(A) by striking "$30,000" and inserting "$40,000"; 
Effective date. 
Applicability. 
2 u s e 58 note. 
Effective date. 
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(B) by striking "4,800" and inserting "5,000"; 
(C) by striking "$734" and inserting "$1,000"; and 
Effective date. 
(D) by adding at the end the following: "Effective begin-
ning with the 106th Congress, the aggregate amount in 
effect under this paragraph for any Congress shall be 
increased by the inflation adjustment factor for the cal-
endar year in which the Congress begins. For purposes 
of the preceding sentence, the inflation adjustment factor 
for any calendar year is a fraction the numerator of which 
is the implicit price deflator for the gross domestic product 
as computed and published by the Department of Com-
merce for the preceding calendar year and the denominator 
of which is such deflator for the calendar year 1998.". 
SEC. 4. Section 6(c) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations 
Act, 1999 (Public Law 105-275; 2 U.S.C. 121b-l(c)) is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
"(3) The provisions of section 4 of the Act of July 31, 1946 
(40 U.S.C. 193d), except for the provisions relating to solicitation, 
shall not apply to any activity carried out pursuant to this section, 
subject to approval of such activities by the Committee on Rules 
and Administration.". 
SEC. 5. The first section of Public Law 87-82 (40 U.S.C. 174j-
1) is amended by adding at the end the following: "The provisions 
of section 4 of the Act of July 31, 1946 (40 U.S.C. 193d), except 
for the provisions relating to solicitation, shall not apply to any 
activity carried out pursuant to this section, subject to the approval 
of such activities by the Committee on Rules and Administration.". 
2 use 274 note. 
SEC. 6. The Legislative Counsel may, subject to the approval 
of the President pro tempore of the Senate, designate one of the 
Senior Counsels appointed under section 102 of the Legislative 
Branch Appropriation Act, 1979 (2 U.S.C. 274 note; Public Law 
95-391; 92 Stat. 771) as Deputy Legislative Counsel. The Deputy 
Legislative Counsel shall perform the functions of the Legislative 
Counsel during the absence or disability of the Legislative Counsel, 
or when the office is vacant. 
SEC. 7. Section 814(i) of the Foreign Relations Authorization 
Act, Fiscal Years 1986 and 1987 (22 U.S.C. 2291 note) is amended 
by striking "September 30, 1999" and inserting "September 30, 
2002". 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses of the House of Representatives, 
$760,884,000, as follows: 
HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES 
For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, $14,202,000, 
including: Office of the Speaker, $1,740,000, including $25,000 for 
official expenses of the Speaker; Office of the Majority Floor Leader, 
$1,705,000, including $10,000 for official expenses of the Majority 
Leader; Office of the Minority Floor Leader, $2,071,000, including 
$10,000 for official expenses of the Minority Leader; Office of the 
Majority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Majority Whip, 
$1,423,000, including $5,000 for official expenses of the Majority 
Whip; Office of the Minority Whip, including the Chief Deputy 
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113 STAT. 413 
Minority Whip, $1,057,000, including $5,000 for official expenses 
of the Minority Whip; Speaker's Office for Legislative Floor 
Activities, $406,000; Republican Steering Committee, $757,000; 
Republican Conference, $1,244,000; Democratic Steering and Policy 
Committee, $1,337,000; Democratic Caucus, $664,000; nine minority 
employees, $1,218,000; training 
and 
program 
development— 
majority, $290,000; and training and program development— 
minority, $290,000: Provided, That the amounts otherwise provided 
under this heading for the various leadership offices shall be 
reduced in a manner approved by the Committee on Appropriations 
such that the aggregate amount appropriated under this heading 
is $142,000 less than the aggregate amount otherwise provided. 
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, $406,279,000. 
COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES 
STANDING COMMITTEES, SPECL\L AND SELECT 
For salaries and expenses of standing committees, specisJ and 
select, authorized by House resolutions, $93,878,000: Provided, That 
such amount shall remain available for such salaries and expenses 
until December 31, 2000. 
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS 
For salaries and expenses of the Committee on Appropriations, 
$21,095,000, including studies and examinations of executive agen-
cies and temporary personsd 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, 2000. 
SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES 
For compensation and expenses of officers and employees, as 
authorized by law, $90,150,000, including: for salaries and expenses 
of the Office of the Clerk, including not more than $3,500, of 
which not more than $2,500 is for the Family Room, for official 
representation and reception expenses, $14,881,000; for salaries 
and expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms, including 
the position of Superintendent of Garages, and including not more 
than $750 for official representation and reception expenses, 
$3,746,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Chief 
Administrative Officer, $57,289,000, of which $2,500,000 shall 
remain available until expended, including $25,519,000 for salaries, 
expenses £md temporary personal services of House Information 
Resources, of which $24,641,000 is provided herein: Provided, That 
of the amount provided for House Information Resources, $6,260,000 
shall be for net expenses of telecommunications: Provided 
further. 
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That House Information 
Resources is authorized to receive 
reimbursement from Members of the House of Representatives and 
other governmental entities for services provided and 
such 
reimbursement shall be deposited in the Treasury for credit to 
this account; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Inspector 
General, $3,926,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of 
General Counsel, $840,000; for the Office of the Chaplain, $136,000; 
for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Parliamentarian, 
including the Parliamentarian and $2,000 for preparing the Digest 
of Rules, $1,172,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of 
the Law Revision Counsel of the House, $2,045,000; for salaries 
and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the House, 
$5,085,000; for salaries and expenses of the Corrections Calendar 
Office, $825,000; and for other authorized employees, $205,000. 
ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES 
For allowances and expenses as authorized by House resolution 
or law, $135,422,000, including: supplies, materials, administrative 
costs and Federal tort claims, $2,741,000; official mail for commit-
tees, leadership offices, and administrative offices of the House, 
$410,000; Government contributions for health, retirement. Social 
Security, and other applicable employee benefits, $131,595,000; 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, $676,000. 
CHILD CARE CENTER 
For salaries and expenses of the House of Representatives 
Child Care Center, such amounts as are deposited in the account 
established by section 312(d)(1) of the Legislative Branch Appropria-
tions Act, 1992 (40 U.S.C. 184g(d)(l)), subject to the level specified 
in the budget of the Center, as submitted to the Committee on 
Appropriations of the House of Representatives. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
2usci30f. 
SEC. 101. (a) COMPLIANCE WITH ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS.— 
The General Counsel of the House of Representatives and any 
other counsel in the Office of the (Jeneral Counsel of the House 
of Representatives, including any counsel specially retained by the 
Office of General Counsel, shall be entitled, for the purpose of 
performing the counsel's functions, to enter an appearance in any 
proceeding before any court of the United States or of any State 
or political subdivision thereof without compliance with any require-
ments for admission to practice before such court, except that 
the authorization conferred by this subsection shall not apply with 
respect to the admission of any such person to practice before 
the United States Supreme Court. 
(b) 
NOTIFICATION BY ATTORNEY GENERAL.—^The Attorney 
General shall notify the General Counsel of the House of Represent-
atives with respect to any proceeding in which the United States 
is a party of any determination by the Attorney (Jeneral or Solicitor 
General not to appeal any court decision affecting the constitu-
tionality of £tn Act or joint resolution of Congress within such 
time as will enable the House to direct the General Counsel to 
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intervene as a party in such proceeding pursuant to applicable 
rules of the House of Representatives. 
(c) GENERAL COUNSEL DEFINITION.—^In this section, the term 
"General Counsel of the House of Representatives" means— 
(1) the head of the Office of General Counsel established 
and operating under clause 8 of rule II of the Rules of the 
House of Representatives; 
(2) the head of any successor office to the Office of General 
Counsel which is established after the date of the enactment 
of this Act; and 
(3) any other person authorized and directed in accordsmce 
with the Rules of the House of Representatives to provide 
legal assistance and representation to the House in connection 
with the matters described in this section. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—^The provisions of this section shall 
become effective beginning with the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
SEC. 102. Section 104(a) of the Legislative Branch Appropria-
tions Act, 1999 (Pubhc Law 105-275; 112 Stat. 2439) is amended 2USC59e. 
by striking "(2 U.S.C. 59(e)(2))" and inserting "(2 U.S.C. 59e(e)(2))". 
SEC. 
103. (a) CLARIFICATION OF RULES REGARDING USE OF 
FUNDS FOR OFFICIAL MAIL.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 311(e)(1) of the Legislative 
Branch Appropriations Act, 1991 (2 U.S.C. 59e(e)(l)) is 
amended— 
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by strik-
ing "TTiere is established" and all that follows through 
"shall be prescribed—" and inserting the following: "The 
use of funds of the House of Representatives which are 
made available for official mail of Members, officers, and 
employees of the House of Representatives who are persons 
entitled to use the congressional frank shall be governed 
by regulations promulgated—"; and 
(B) in subparagraph (A), by striking "the Allowance" 
and inserting "official mail (except as provided in subpara-
graph (B))". 
(2) 
LIMITATIONS ON AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Section 
311(e)(2) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 59e(e)(2)), as amended by section 
104(a) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1999, is 
amended— 
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by strik-
ing "Tlie Officisd Mail Allowance" and inserting "Funds 
used for official mail"; 
(B) by striking subparagraph (A); and 
(C) by redesignating subparagraphs (B) and (C) as 
subparagraphs (A) and (B), 
(3) REPEAL OF OBSOLETE TRANSFER AUTHORITY.—Section 
311(e) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 59e(e)) is amended by striking 
paragraph (3). 
(4) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—(A) Section 1(a) of House 
Resolution 457, Ninety-second Congress, agreed to July 21, 
1971, as enacted into permanent law by chapter IV of the 
Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1972 (2 U.S.C. 57(a)), is 
amended by striking "the Official Mail Allowance" each place 
it appears and inserting "official mail". 
(B) Section 311(a)(3) of the Legislative Branch Appropria-
tions Act, 1991 (2 U.S.C. 59e(a)(3)) is amended by striking 
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"costs charged against the Official Mail Allowance for" and 
inserting "costs incurred for official mail by", 
(b) 
REPEAL 
OF OBSOLETE 
REFERENCES 
TO CLERK 
HIRE 
ALLOWANCE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 104(a) of the House of Represent-
atives Administrative Reform Technical Corrections Act (2 
U.S.C. 92(a)) is amended by striking "clerk hire" each place 
it appears. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The heading of section 104 
of such Act (2 U.S.C. 92(a)) is amended by striking "CLERK 
HIRE". 
Applicability. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this section 
2 use 57 note. 
shall apply with respect to the first session of the One Hundred 
Sixth Congress and each succeeding session of Congress. 
SEC. 
104. 
REQUIRING 
AMOUNTS 
REMAINING 
IN MEMBERS' 
REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES TO BE USED FOR DEFICIT REDUC-
TION O
R TO REDUCE THE FEDERAL DEBT.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, any amounts appropriated under this Act 
for "HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—SALARIES AND E X P E N S E S -
MEMBERS' REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES" shall be available only 
for fiscal year 2000. Any amount remaining after all pajntnents 
are made under such allowances for fiscal year 2000 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). 
JOINT ITEMS 
For Joint Committees, as follows: 
JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic Committee, 
$3,200,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate. 
JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Taxation, 
$6,456,000, to be disbursed by the Chief Administrative Officer 
of the House. 
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 $1,500 per month to the 
Attending Physician; (2) an allowance of $500 per month each 
to three medical officers while on duty in the Office of the Attending 
Physician; (3) an allowance of $500 per month to one assistant 
and $400 per month each not to exceed 11 assistants on the basis 
heretofore provided for such assistants; and (4) $1,002,600 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, allow-
ances, and other expenses are payable and shall be available for 
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all the purposes thereof, $1,898,000, to be disbursed by the Chief 
Administrative Officer of the House. 
CAPITOL POLICE BOARD 
CAPITOL POLICE 
SALARIES 
For the Capitol Police Board for salaries of officers, members, 
and employees of the Capitol Police, including overtime, hazardous 
duty pay differential, clothing gdlowance of not more than $600 
each for members required to wear civiligin attire, and Grovernment 
contributions for health, retirement. Social Security, and other 
applicable employee benefits, $78,501,000, of which $37,725,000 
is provided to the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives, 
to be disbursed by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House, 
and $40,776,000 is provided to the Sergesmt at Arms and Door-
keeper of the Senate, to be disbursed by the Secretsiry of the 
Senate: Provided, That, of the amounts appropriated under this 
heading, such amounts as may be necessary may be transferred 
between the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives 
and the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, upon 
approval of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate. 
GENERAL EXPENSES 
For the Capitol Police Board 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, not more than $2,000 for the awards 
program, postage, telephone service, travel advances, relocation of 
instructor and liaison personnel for the Federal Law Enforcement 
Training Center, and $85 per month for extra services performed 
for the Capitol Police Board by an employee of the Sergeant at 
Arms of the Senate or the House of Representatives designated 
by the Chairmsin of the Board, $6,574,000, to be disbursed by 
the Capitol Police Board or their delegee: Provided, That, notwith-
standing any other provision of law, the cost of basic training 
for the Capitol Police at the Federal Law Enforcement Training 
Center for fiscal year 2000 shall be paid by the Secretary of the 
Treasury from funds available to the Department of the Treasury. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
SEC. 105. Amounts appropriated for fiscal year 2000 for the 
Capitol Police Board for the Capitol Police may be transferred 
between the headings "SALARIES" and "GENERAL EXPENSES" upon 
the approval of— 
(1) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives, in the case of amounts transferred from the 
appropriation provided to the Sergeant at Arms of the House 
of Representatives under the heading "SALARIES"; 
(2) the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate, in 
the case of amounts transferred from the appropriation provided 
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to the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate under 
the heading "SALARIES"; and 
(3) the Committees on Appropriations of the Senate and 
the House of Representatives, in the case of other transfers. 
CAPITOL GUIDE SERVICE AND SPECIAL SERVICES OFFICE 
For salaries and expenses of the Capitol Guide Service and 
Special Services Office, $2,293,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary 
of the Senate: Provided, That no part of such amount may be 
used to employ more than 43 individuals: Provided further, That 
the Capitol Guide Board is authorized, during emergencies, to 
employ not more than two additional individuals for not more 
than 120 days each, and not more than 10 additional individuals 
for not more than 6 months each, for the Capitol Guide Service. 
STATEMENTS OF APPROPRIATIONS 
For the preparation, under the direction of the Committees 
on Appropriations of the Senate and the House of Representatives, 
of the statements for the first session of the One Hundred Sixth 
Congress, showing appropriations made, indefinite appropriations, 
and contracts authorized, together with a chronological history of 
the regular appropriations Acts as required by law, $30,000, to 
be paid to the persons designated by the chairmen of such commit-
tees to supervise the work. 
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), $2,000,000. 
CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses necessary to carry out the provisions 
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-344), 
including not more than $2,500 to be expended on the certification 
of the Director of the Congressional Budget Office in connection 
with official representation and reception expenses, $26,221,000: 
Provided, That no part of such amount may be used for the purchase 
or hire of a passenger motor vehicle. 
Performance 
awards. 
2 use 608. 
Effective date. 
Applicability. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
SEC. 106. (a) The Director of the Congressional Budget Office 
shall have the authority to make lump-sum pa3anents to enhance 
staff recruitment and to reward exceptional performance by £in 
employee or a group of employees. 
(b) Subsection (a) shall apply with respect to fiscal years 
beginning after September 30, 1999. 
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113 STAT. 419 
ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL 
- 
CAPITOL BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS 
CAPITOL BUILDINGS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries for the Architect of the Capitol, the Assistant 
Architect of the Capitol, and other personal services, at rates of 
pay provided by law; for surveys and studies in connection with 
activities under the care of the Architect of the Capitol; for all 
necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and operation of 
the Capitol and electrical substations of the Senate and House 
office buildings under the jurisdiction of the Architect of the Capitol, 
including furnishings and office equipment, including not more 
than $1,000 for official reception and representation expenses, to 
be expended as the Architect of the Capitol may approve; for pur-
chase or exchange, maintenance and operation of a passenger motor 
vehicle; and not to exceed $20,000 for attendance, when specifically 
authorized by the Architect of the Capitol, at meetings or conven-
tions in connection with subjects related to work under the Architect 
of the Capitol, $46,836,000, of which $4,390,000 shall remain avail-
able until expended. 
CAPITOL GROUNDS 
For all necessary expenses for care and improvement of grounds 
surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House office buildings, 
and the Capitol Power Plant, $5,427,000, of which $155,000 shall 
remain available until expended. 
SENATE OFFICE BUILDINGS 
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and oper-
ation of Senate office buildings; and furniture and furnishings to 
be expended under the control and supervision of the Architect 
of the Capitol, $64,038,000, of which $22,305,000 shall remain 
available until expended. 
HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS 
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and oper-
ation of the House office buildings, $37,279,000, of which $4,442,000 
shall remsdn avsiilable 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 sup-
plied from plants in any of such buildings; heating the Government 
Printing Office and Washington City Post Office, and heating and 
chilled water for air conditioning for the Supreme Court Building, 
the Union Station complex, the Thurgood Marshall Federal 
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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 oe deposited 
into the Treasury to the credit of this appropriation, $38,054,000, 
of which $3,000,000 shall remain available until expended: Pro-
vided, That not more than $4,000,000 of the funds credited or 
to be reimbursed to this appropriation as herein provided shall 
be available for obligation during fiscal year 2000. 
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 
CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 
203 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 166) 
and to revise and extend the Annotated Constitution of the United 
States of America, $71,244,000: 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 PHiblic 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. 
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 
CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING AND BINDING 
For authorized printing and binding for the Congress and the 
distribution of Congressional information in any format; printing 
and binding for the Architect of the Capitol; expenses necessary 
for preparing the semimonthly and session index to the Congres-
sional Record, as authorized by law (44 U.S.C. 902); printing and 
binding of Government publications authorized by law to be distrib-
uted to Members of Congress; and printing, binding, and distribu-
tion of Government publications authorized by law to be distributed 
without charge to the recipient, $73,577,000: Provided, That this 
appropriation shall not be available for paper copies of the perma-
nent edition of the Congressional Record for individual Representa-
tives, Resident Commissioners or Delegates authorized under 44 
U.S.C. 906: Provided further. That this appropriation shall be avail-
able for the payment of obligations incurred under the appropria-
tions for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years: Provided fur-
ther. 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 reauthor-
izes such printing in accordance with section 718 of title 44, United 
States Code. 
This title may be cited as the "Congressioned Operations Appro-
priations Act, 2000". 
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113 STAT. 421 
TITLE II—OTHER AGENCIES 
BOTANIC GARDEN 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and 
operation of the Botanic Garden and the nurseries, buildings, 
grounds, and collections; and purchase and exchange, maintenance, 
repair, and operation of a passenger motor vehicle; all under the 
direction of the Joint Committee on the Library, $3,425,000. 
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Library of Congress not otherwise 
provided for, including development and maintenance of the Union 
Catalogs; custody and custodial care of the Library buildings; special 
clothing; cleaning, laundering and repair of uniforms: preservation 
of motion pictures in the custody of the Library; operation and 
maintenance of the American Folklife Center in the Library; 
preparation and distribution of catalog records and other publica-
tions 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, $256,779,000, of which not more than $6,500,000 shall 
be derived from collections credited to this appropriation during 
fiscal year 2000, and shall remain available until expended, under 
the Act of June 28, 1902 (chapter 1301; 32 Stat. 480; 2 U.S.C. 
150) and not more than $350,000 shall be derived from collections 
during fiscal year 2000 and shall remain available until expended 
for the development and maintenance of an international legal 
information database and activities related thereto: Provided, That 
the Library of Congress may not obligate or expend any fiinds 
derived from collections under the Act of June 28, 1902, in excess 
of the amount authorized for obligation or expenditure in appropria-
tions Acts: Provided further, That the total amount available for 
obligation shall be reduced by the amount by which collections 
are less than the $6,850,000: Provided further. That of the total 
amount appropriated, $10,321,380 is to remain available until 
expended for acquisition of books, periodicals, newspapers, and 
all other materials including subscriptions for bibliographic services 
for the Library, including $40,000 to be available solely for the 
purchase, when specifically approved by the Librarian, of special 
and unique materials for additions to the collections: Provided 
further, That of the total amount appropriated, $2,347,000 is to 
remain available until expended for the acquisition and partial 
support for implementation of an Integrated Library System (ILS): 
Provided further. That of the total amount appropriated, $5,579,000 
is to remain available until expended for the purpose of teaching 
educators how to incorporate the Library's digital collections into 
school curricula, which amount shall be transferred to the edu-
cational consortium formed to conduct the "Joining Hands Across 
America: Local Community Initiative" project as approved by the 
Library: Provided further, That of the total amount appropriated, 
$600,000 is to remain available until expended for the purpose 
of digitizing archival materials relating to ethnic groups of 
113 STAT. 422 
PUBLIC LAW 106-57—SEPT. 29, 1999 
California, including Japanese Americans, which amount shall be 
transferred to an educational archive able to conduct such a project 
as approved by the Library. 
COPYRIGHT OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Copyright Office, $37,628,000, 
of which not more than $20,800,000, to remain available until 
expended, shall be derived from collections credited to this appro-
priation during fiscal year 2000 under 17 U.S.C. 708(d): Provided, 
That the Copyright Office may not obligate or expend any funds 
derived from collections under 17 U.S.C. 708(d), in excess of the 
amount authorized for obligation or expenditure in appropriations 
Acts: Provided further, That not more than $5,454,000 shall be 
derived fi'om collections during fiscal year 2000 under 17 U.S.C. 
111(d)(2), 119(b)(2), 802(h), and 1005: Provided further, That the 
total amount available for obligation shall be reduced by the amount 
by which collections are less than $26,254,000: Provided 
further. 
That not more than $100,000 of the amount appropriated is avail-
able for the maintenance of an "International Cop5a-ight 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 $4,250 
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 copy-
right delegations, visitors, and seminars. 
BOOKS FOR THE BLIND AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses to carry out the Act of March 3, 
1931 (chapter 400; 46 Stat. 1487; 2 U.S.C. 135a), $47,984,000, 
of which $14,019,000 shall remain available until expended. 
FURNITURE AND FURNISHINGS 
For necessary expenses for the purchase, installation, mainte-
nance, and repair of furniture, furnishings, office and library equip-
ment, $5,415,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 201. Appropriations in this Act available to the Library 
of Congress shall be available, in an amount of not more than 
$198,390, of which $59,300 is for the Congressional Research Serv-
ice, when specifically authorized by the Librarian of Congress, 
for attendance at meetings concerned with the function or activity 
for which the appropriation is made. 
SEC. 202. (a) No part of the funds appropriated in this Act 
shall be used by the Library of Congress to administer any flexible 
or compressed work schedule which— 
(1) applies to any manager or supervisor in a position 
the grade or level of which is equal to or higher than GS-
15; and 
PUBLIC LAW 106-57—SEPT. 29, 1999 
113 STAT. 423 
(2) grants such manager or supervisor the right to not 
be at work for all or a portion of a workday because of time 
worked by the manager or supervisor on another workday. 
(b) For purposes of this section, the term "manager or super-
visor" means any management official or supervisor, as such terms 
are defined in section 7103(a)(10) and (11) of title 5, United States 
Code. 
SEC. 203. Appropriated funds received by the Library of 
Congress from other Federal agencies to cover general and adminis-
trative overhead costs generated by performing reimbursable work 
for other agencies under the authority of 31 U.S.C. 1535 and 1536 
shall not be used to employ more than 65 employees and may 
be expended or obligated— 
(1) in the case of a reimbursement, only to such extent 
or in such amounts as are provided in 
appropriations 
Acts; or 
(2) in the case of an advance payment, only— 
(A) to pay for such general or administrative overhead 
costs as are attributable to the work performed for such 
agency; or 
(B) to such extent or in such amounts as are provided 
in appropriations Acts, with respect to any purpose not 
allowable under subparagraph (A). 
SEC. 204. Of the amounts appropriated to the Librsiry of 
Congress in this Act, not more than $5,000 may be expended, 
on the certification of the Librarian of Congress, in connection 
with official representation and reception expenses for the incentive 
awards program. 
SEC. 205. Of the amount appropriated to the Library of 
Congress in this Act, 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. 
SEC. 206. (a) For fiscal year 2000, the obligational authority 
of the Library of Congress for the activities described in subsection 
(b) may not exceed $98,788,000. 
(b) 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. 
SEC. 207. The Library of Congress may use available funds, 
41USC 253/-2. 
now and hereafl;er, to enter into contracts for the lease or acquisition 
of severable services for a period that begins in one fiscal year 
and ends in the next fiscal year and to enter into multi-year 
contracts for the acquisition of property and services pursuant 
to sections 303L and 304B, respectively, of the Federal Property 
and Administrative Services Act (41 U.S.C. 2531 and 254c). 
SEC. 208. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law 
regarding the qualifications 
and method of appointment of 
employees of the Library of Congress, the Librarian of Congress, 
using such method of appointment as the Librarian may select, 
may appoint not more than three individuals who meet such quali-
fications as the Librarian may impose to serve as maneigement 
specialists for a term not to exceed 3 years. 
(b) No individual appointed as a management specialist under 
^bsection (a) may serve in such position after December 31, 2004. 
113 STAT. 424 
PUBLIC LAW 106-57—SEPT. 29, 1999 
SEC. 209. (a) Section 904 of the Supplemental Appropriations 
2 use l36a-2 
Act, 1983 (2 U.S.C. 136a-2) is amended to read as follows: 
note. 
"SEC. 904. Notwithstanding any other provision of law— 
"(1) the Librarian of Congress shall be compensated at 
an annual rate of pay which is equal to the annual rate of 
basic pay payable for positions at level II of the Executive 
Schedule under section 5313 of title 5, United States Code; 
and 
"(2) the Deputy Librarian of Congress shall be compensated 
at an annual rate of pay which is equal to the annual rate 
of basic pay payable for positions at level III of the Executive 
Schedule under section 5314 of title 5, United States Code.", 
(b) Section 203(c)(1) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 
1946 (2 U.S.C. 166(c)(1)) is amended by striking the second sentence 
and inserting the following: "The basic pay of the Director shall 
be at a per annum rate equal to the rate of basic pay provided 
for level III of the Executive Schedule under section 5314 of title 
5, United States Code.". 
Effective date. 
(c) The amendments made by this section shall apply with 
App^abiUty. 
respect to the first pay period which begins on or after the date 
2 use l36a-2 
^f ^^le enactment of this Act and each subsequent pay period. 
note. 
ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL 
LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS 
STRUCTURAL AND MECHANICAL CARE 
For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and structural 
maintenance, care and operation of the Library buildings and 
grounds, $16,033,000, of which $3,650,000 shall remain available 
until expended. 
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 
OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For expenses of the Office of Superintendent of Documents 
necessary to provide for the cataloging and indexing of Grovemment 
publications and their distribution to the public. Members of Con-
gress, other Government agencies, and designated depository and 
international exchange libraries as authorized by law, $29,986,000: 
Provided, That travel expenses, including travel expenses of the 
Depository Library Council to the Public Printer, shall not exceed 
$175,000: Provided 
further, 
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 1998 and 1999 to depository and other 
designated libraries. 
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE REVOLVING FUND 
The Government Printing Office is hereby authorized to make 
such expenditures, within the limits of funds available and in 
accord with the law, and to make such contracts and commitments 
without regard to fiscal year limitations as provided by section 
PUBLIC LAW 106-57—SEPT. 29, 1999 
113 STAT. 425 
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 Grovemment Printing Office 
revolving fund: Provided, 
That not more than $2,500 may be 
expended on the certification of the Public Printer in connection 
with official representation and reception expenses: Provided fur-
ther, That the 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 Public Printer shall be deemed nec-
essary to carry out the provisions of title 44, United States Code: 
Provided further. That the revolving fund shall be available for 
temporary or intermittent services under section 3109(b) of title 
5, United States Code, but at rates for individuals not more thein 
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 the revolving fund £ind the funds provided under 
the headings "OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS" 
and 
"SALARIES AND EXPENSES" together may not be available for the 
full-time equivalent emplojmient of more than 3,313 workyears 
(or such other number of workyears as the Public Printer may 
request, subject to the approval of the Committees on Appropria-
tions of the Senate and the House of Representatives): Provided 
further. That activities financed through the revolving fund may 
provide information in any format: Provided further. That the 
revolving fund shall not be used to administer any flexible or 
compressed work schedule which applies to any manager or super-
visor in a position the grade or level of which is equal to or 
higher than GS-15: Provided further. That expenses for attendance 
at meetings shall not exceed $75,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
SEC. 210. (a) Section 311 of title 44, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
"(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, section 3709 
of the Revised Statutes (41 U.S.C. 5) shall apply with respect 
to purchases and contracts for the (Government Printing Office 
as if the reference to '$25,000' in clause (1) of such section were 
a reference to '$100,000'.". 
(b) The heading of section 311 of title 44, United States Code, 
is amended by striking "AUTHORITY" and inserting "AUTHORITY; 
SMALL 
PURCHASE 
THRESHOLD". 
(c) The table of sections for chapter 3 of title 44, United States 
Code, is amended by striking the item relating to section 311 
and inserting the following: 
"311. Purchases exempt from the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act; 
contract negotiation authority; small pvirchase threshold.". 
GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Greneral Accounting Office, 
including not more than $7,000 to be expended on the certification 
of the Comptroller General of the United States in connection 
with official representation and reception expenses; temporary or 
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31 use 9105 
note. 
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 pa3mients in foreign countries in accordance with 31 U.S.C. 
3324; benefits comparable to those payable under sections 901(5), 
901(6), and 901(8) of the Foreign Service Act of 1980 (22 U.S.C. 
4081(5), 4081(6), and 4081(8)); and under regulations prescribed 
by the Comptroller Greneral of the United States, rental of living 
quarters in foreign countries, $379,000,000: Provided, That notwith-
standing 31 U.S.C. 9105 hereafter amounts reimbursed to the 
Comptroller Greneral pursuant to that section shall be deposited 
to the appropriation or the General Accounting Office then available 
and remain available until expended, and not more than $1,400,000 
of such funds shall be available for use in fiscal year 2000: Provided 
further, That this appropriation and appropriations for administra-
tive expenses of any other department or agency which is a member 
of the National Intergovernmental Audit Forum or a Regional Inter-
governmental Audit Forum shall be available to finance an appro-
priate share of either Forum's costs as determined by the respective 
Forum, including necessary travel expenses of non-Federal psirtici-
psints. 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 
and appropriations for administrative expenses of any other depart-
ment or agency which is a member of the American Consortium 
on International Public Administration (ACIPA) shall be available 
to finance an appropriate share of ACIPA costs as determined 
by the ACIPA, including any expenses attributable to membership 
of ACIPA in the Intemationsd Institute of Administrative Sciences. 
Contracts. 
Public 
information. 
TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 301. No part of the funds appropriated in this Act shall 
be used for the maintenance or care of private vehicles, except 
for emergency assistance and cleaning as may be provided under 
regulations relating to parking facilities for the House of Represent-
atives issued by the Committee on House Administration and for 
the Senate issued by the Committee on Rules and Administration. 
SEC. 302. No part of the funds appropriated in this Act shall 
remain available for obligation beyond fiscal year 2000 unless 
expressly so provided in this Act. 
SEC. 303. Whenever in this Act any office or position not specifi-
cally established by the Legislative Pay Act of 1929 is appropriated 
for or the rate of compensation or designation of any office or 
position appropriated for is different from that specifically estab-
lished by such Act, the rate of compensation and the designation 
in this Act shall be the permanent law with respect thereto: Pro-
vided, 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. 
SEC. 304. The expenditure of any appropriation under this 
Act for any consulting service through procurement contract, pursu-
ant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited to those contracts where 
such expenditures are a matter of public record and available 
PUBLIC LAW 106-57—SEPT. 29, 1999 
113 STAT. 427 
for public inspection, except where otherwise provided under 
existing law, or under existing Executive order issued pursuant 
to existing law. 
SEC. 305. (a) It is the sense of the Congress that, to the 
greatest extent practicable, all equipment and products purchased 
with funds made avEiilable in this Act should be American-made. 
(b) In providing financial assistance to, or entering into any Notice 
contract with, any entity using funds made available in this Act, 
the head of each Federal agency, to the greatest extent practicable, 
shall provide to such entity a notice describing the statement made 
in subsection (a) by the Congress. 
(c) If it has been finally determined by a court or Federal 
agency that any person intentionally affixed a label bearing a 
"Made in America" inscription, or any inscription with the same 
meaning, to any product sold in or shipped to the United States 
that is not made in the United States, sucn person shall be ineligible 
to receive any contract or subcontract made with funds provided 
pursuant to this Act, pursuant to the debarment, suspension, and 
ineligibility procedures described in section 9.400 through 9.409 
of title 48, Code of Federal Regulations. 
SEC. 306. Such sums as may be necessary are appropriated 
to the account described in subsection (a) of section 415 of Public 
Law 104-1 to pay awards and settlements as authorized under 
such subsection. 
SEC. 307, Amounts available for administrative expenses of 
any legislative branch entity which participates in the Legislative 
Branch Financial Managers Council (LBFMC) established by char-
ter 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 legisla-
tive branch entities (in such allocations among the entities as 
the entities may determine) may not exceed $1,500. 
SEC. 308. Section 308 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations 
Act, 1999 (Public Law 105-275; 112 Stat. 2452) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (b), by striking "(40 U.S.C. 174j-l(b)(l)r 
and inserting "(40 U.S.C. 174J-1 note)"; 
(2) in subsection (c), by striking "(40 U.S.C. 174j-l(c))" 
and inserting "(40 U.S.C. 174J-1 note)"; and 
(3) in subsection (d), by striking "(40 U.S.C. 174j-l(e))" 
and inserting "(40 U.S.C. 174J-1 note)". 
SEC. 309. Section 316 of Public Law 101-302 is amended in 
the first sentence of subsection (a) by striking "1999" and inserting 
"2000". 
SEC. 310. Chapter 5 of title II of division B of the Omnibus 
Consolidated and Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 
1999 (Public Law 105-277; 112 Stat. 2681-569) is amended in 
the matter under the subheading "CAPITOL VISITOR CENTER" under 
the heading "ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL" by striking "the 
Committee on Rules and Administration of the Senate, the Commit-
tee on House Oversight of the House of Representatives, the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and 
of the Senate, and other appropriate committees of the House 
of Representatives and of the Senate" and inserting "the United 
States Capitol Preservation Commission established under section 
801 of the Arizona-Idaho Conservation Act of 1988 (40 U.S.C. 188a)". 
SEC. 311. TRADE DEFICIT REVIEW COMMISSION, (a) APPROPRIA-
TIONS.—Section 127(i) of the Trade Deficit Review Commission Act 
40 use 166b-7 
note. 
40 use 188b-6. 
113 STAT. 428 
PUBLIC LAW 106-57—SEPT. 29, 1999 
19 u s e 2213 
note. 
19 u s e 2213 
note. 
Legislative 
Branch 
Supplemental 
Appropriations 
Act, 1999. 
MartaMacias 
Brown. 
(19 U.S.C. 2213 note) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new sentence: 
"Amounts appropriated pursuant to this subsection shall remain 
available until the date which is 90 days alFter the date on which 
the Commission submits the final report described in subsection 
(e).". 
(b) APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN PAY AUTHORITIES TO MEMBERS 
OF THE COMMISSION.—Section 127(g) of the Trade Deficit Review 
Commission Act is amended by adding at the end the following 
new paragraph: 
"(6) APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN PAY AUTHORITIES.— 
"(A) IN GENERAL.—An individual who is a member 
of the Commission and is an annuitant or otherwise covered 
by section 8344 or 8468 of title 5, United States Code, 
by reason of membership on the Commission is not subject 
to the provisions of section 8344 or 8468 (whichever is 
applicable) with respect to such membership. 
"(B) UNIFORMED SERViCE.^An individual who is a 
member of the Commission and is a member or former 
member of a uniformed service is not subject to the provi-
sions of subsections (b) and (c) of section 5532, United 
States Code, with respect to membership on the Commis-
sion.". 
(c) 
TERMINATION OF COMMISSION AND OTHER MATTERS.— 
Section 127 of the Trade Deficit Review Commission Act is amended 
by adding at the end the following new subsections: 
"(j) FEDERAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ACT.—The provisions of 
the Federal Advisory Committee Act (Public Law 92-463; 5 U.S.C. 
App.) shall not apply to the Commission. 
"(k) TERMINATION.—^The Commission shall terminate 90 days 
after the date on which the Commission submits the final report 
under subsection (e).". 
SEC. 
312. 
CREDITABLE SERVICE WITH CONGRESSIONAL CAM-
PAIGN COMMITTEES. Section 8332(m)(l)(A) of title 5, United States 
Code, is amended to read as follows: 
"(A) such employee has at least 4 years and 6 months 
of service on such committees as of December 12, 1980; and". 
SEC. 313. Section 507 of Public Law 104^1 (109 Stat. 43; 
2 U.S.C. 1436) is repealed. 
TITLE IV—FISCAL YEAR 1999 SUPPLEMENTAL LEGISLATIVE 
BRANCH FUNDS 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
PAYMENTS TO WIDOWS AND HEIRS OF DECEASED MEMBERS OF 
CONGRESS 
For payment to Marta Macias Brown, widow of George E. 
Brown, Jr., late a Representative from the State of California, 
$136,700: Provided, That this provision shall take effect on the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
SEC. 401. (a) The Legislative Breinch Appropriations Act, 1999 
(Public Law 105-275; 112 Stat. 2437) is amended in the item 
relating to "HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—Salaries and 
PUBLIC LAW 106-57—SEPT. 29, 1999 
113 STAT. 429 
Expenses—salaries, 
officers 
and 
employees" 
by 
striking 
"$24,282,000" and inseri:ing "$24,982,000". 
(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect Effective date, 
as if included in the enactment of the Legislative Branch Appropria-
tions Act, 1999. 
This title may be cited as the "Legislative Branch Supplemental 
Appropriations Act, 1999". 
This Act may be cited as the "Legislative Branch Appropriations 
Act, 2000". 
Approved September 29, 1999. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 1905 (S. 1206): 
HOUSE REPORTS: Nos. 106-156 (Comm. on Appropriations) and 106-290 
(Comm. of Conference). 
SENATE REPORTS: No. 106-75 accompanying S. 1206 (Comm. on Appropriations). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 145 (1999): 
June 10, considered and passed House. 
June 16, considered and passed Senate, amended, in lieu of S. 1206. 
Aug. 5, House and Senate agreed to conference report.