District of Columbia Courts and Justice Technical Corrections Act of 1998
PL 105-274 (H.R.4566), enacted 10/21/1998

PUBLIC LAW 105-274—OCT. 21, 1998 
112 STAT. 2419 
Public Law 105-274 
105th Congress 
An Act 
To make technical corrections to the National Capital Revitalization and Self-
Govemment Improvement Act of 1997 with respect to the courts and court system 
of the District of Columbia. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of 
the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the "District of Columbia Courts 
and Justice Technical Corrections Act of 1998". 
SEC. 2. TECHNICAL AND CLARIFYING AMENDMENTS RELATING TO 
JUDICIAL RETIREMENT PROGRAM. 
(a) ADMINISTRATION OF JUDICIAL RETIREMENT AND SURVIVORS 
ANNUITY FUND.—Section 11-1570, District of Columbia Code, as 
amended by section 11251 of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, 
is amended as follows: 
(1) In subsection (b)(1)— 
(A) by striking "title I of the National 
Capital 
Revitalization and Self-Crovernment Improvement Act of 
1997" and inserting "subtitle A of title AI of the Bstleinced 
Budget Act of 1997'^ and 
(B) by inserting after the second sentence the following 
new sentences: "Notwithstanding any other provision of 
District law or any other law, rule, or regulation, any 
Trustee, contractor, or enrolled actuary selected by the 
Secretary under this subsection may, with the approval 
of the Secretary, enter into one or more subcontracts with 
the District of Colimibia government or any person to pro-
vide services to such Trustee, contractor, or enrolled actu-
ary in connection with its performance of its agreement 
with the Secretary. Such Trustee, contractor, or enrolled 
actuary shall monitor the performance of any subcontract 
to which it is a party £ind enforce its provisions.". 
(2) In subsection (b)(2)— 
(A) by striking "chief judges of the District of Columbia 
Court of Appeals and Superior Court of the District of 
Columbia" and inserting "Secretary"; 
(B) by striking "and the Secretary'; 
(C) by striking "and appropriations"; and 
(D) by striking "and deficiency". 
(3) By amending subsection (c) to read as follows: 
"(c)(1) Amounts in the Fund sire available— 
"(A) for the pajonent of jud^^es retirement pay, annuities, 
refunds, and allowances under this subchapter; 
Oct. 21, 1998 
[H.R. 4566] 
District of 
Columbia Cotirts 
and Justice 
Technical 
Corrections Act 
of 1998. 
5 use 8401 note. 
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"(B) to cover the reasonable and necessary expenses of 
administering the Fund under any agreement entered into 
with a Trustee, contractor, or enrolled actuary under subsection 
(b)(1), including any £^eement with a department, agency, 
or instrumentality of the United States; and 
"(C) to cover the reasonable and necessaiy administrative 
expenses incurred by the Secretary in can^dng out tiie Sec-
retary's responsibilities under this subchapter. 
"(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of District law or 
any other law (other than me Internal Revenue Code of 1986), 
rule, or regulation— 
"U^) the Secretary may review benefit determinations under 
this subchapter made prior to the date of the enactment of 
the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, and shall make initial benefit 
determinations after such date; and 
"(B) the Secretary may recoup or recover, or waive 
recoupment or recovery of, any amounts paid under this sub-
chapter as a result of errors or omissions by any person.". 
(4) In subsection (d)(1)— 
(A) by striking "Subject to the availability of appropria-
tions, there shall be deposited into the Fund' and inserting 
"The Secretary shall pay into the Fund from the General 
Fund of the Treasury'; and 
(B) by striking "(beginning with the first fiscal year 
which ends more than 6 months after the replacement 
plan adoption date described in section 103(13) of the 
National 
Capital 
Revitalization 
and Self-CJovemment 
Improvement Act of 1997)". 
(5) In subsection (d)(2)(A)— 
(A) by striking "June 30, 1997" and inserting 
"September 30,1997'^; and 
(B) by striking "net the sum of future normal cost" 
and inserting "net of the sum of the present value of 
future normal costs". 
(6) In subsection (d)(3), by striking "shall be taken from 
sums available for that fiscal year for the payment of the 
expenses of the Court, and". 
(7) By adding at the end the following new subsections: 
"(h) For purposes of the Employee Retirement Income Security 
Act of 1974, the benefits provided by the Fund shall be treated 
as benefits provided under a governmental plan maintained by 
the District of Columbia. 
"(i) Federal obUgations for benefits imder this subchapter are 
backed by tiie full faith and credit of the United States.". 
(b) REGULATORY AUTHORITY OP SECRETARY.—Section 11251 of 
the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (PubHc Law 105-33; 111 Stat. 
756) is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c); 
(2) by inserting after subsection (a) the following new sub-
section: 
"(b) REGULATIONS; EFFECT ON REFORM ACT.—Title 11, District 
of Columbia Code, is amended by adding the following new section: 
'§ 11-1572. Regulations; e£fect on Reform Act. 
'(a) The Secretary is authorized to issue regulations to imple-
ment, interpret, administer, and czury out the purposes of this 
subchapter, and, in the Secretary's (uscretion, those regulations 
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may have retroactive effect, except that nothing in this subsection 
may be construed to permit the Secretary to issue any regulation 
to retroactively reduce or eliminate the benefits to which any 
individual is entitled imder this subchapter. 
'(b) This subchapter siipersedes any provision of the District 
of Columbia Retirement Reform Act (Pubhc Law 96-122) inconsist-
ent with this subchapter £uid the regulations thereimder.'."; £ind 
(3) by amending subsection (c) (as so redesignated) to read 
as follows: 
"(c) CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.— 
"(1) The table of sections for subchapter III of chapter 
15 of title 11, District of Columbia Code, is amended by amend-
ing the item relating to section 11-1570 to read as follows: 
'11-1570. The District of Columbia Judicial Retirement and Survivors Annuity 
Fund.'. 
"(2) The table of sections for subchapter III of chapter 
15 of title 11, District of Columbia Code, is amended by adding 
at tiie end the following new item: 
'11-1572. Regulations; effect on Reform Act.'.". 
(c) TERMINATION OF PREVIOUS FUND AND PROGRAM.—Section 
124 of the District of Columbia Retirement Reform Act (DC Code, 
sec. 1-714), as amended by section 11252(a) of the Balanced Budget 
Act of 1997, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a), by inserting "(except as provided in 
section 11-1570, District of Columbia Code)" after "the 
following"; 
(2) in subsection (c)(1), by striking "title I of the National 
Capital RevitaUzation and Self-Grovemment Improvement Act 
of 1997" and inserting "subtitle A of title XI oi the Balanced 
Budget Act of 1997"; and 
(3) in subsection (cX2)— 
(A) by striking "(2) The" and inserting "(2) In 
accordance with the direction of the Secretary, the"; 
(B) by striking "in the Treasury" and inserting "at 
the Board ; and 
(C) by striking "appropriated" and inserting "used". 
(d) ADMINISTRATION OP RETIREMENT FUNDS.—Section 
11252 
of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 is amended— 
ill Stat. 758. 
(1) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c); 
(2) by inserting after subsection (a) the following new 
subsection: 
"(b) TRANSITION PROM DISTRICT OP COLUMBIA ADMINISTRA- Applicability. 
TION.—Sections 11023, 11032(b)(2), 11033(d), and 11041 shall apply 
to the administration of the District of Columbia Judges Retirement 
Fund established imder section 124 of the District of Columbia 
Retirement Reform Act (D.C. Code, sec. 1-714), the District of 
Columbia Judicial Retirement and Survivors Annuity Fund estab-
lished imder section 11-1570, District of Columbia Code, and tiie 
retirement program for judges under subchapter III of chapter 
15 of title 11, District of Colvunbia Code, except as follows: 
"(1) In applying each such section— 
"(A) any reference to this subtitle shall instead refer 
to subchapter III of chapter 15 of title 11, District of 
Columbia Code; 
"(B) any reference to the District Retirement Program 
shall be deemed to include the retirement program for 
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judges under subchapter III of chapter 15 of title 11, 
District of Columbia Code; 
"(C) any reference to the District Retirement Fund 
shall be deemed to include the District of Columbia Judges 
Retirement Fund established under section 124 of the 
District of Columbia Retirement Reform Act; 
"(D) any reference to Federal benefit payments shall 
be deemed to include judges retirement pay, annuities, 
refunds, and allowances under subchapter in of chapter 
15 of title 11, District of Columbia Code; 
"(E) any reference to the Trust Fund shall instead 
refer to the District of Columbia Judicial Retirement and 
Survivors Annuity Fund established imder section 11-1570, 
District of Columbia Code; 
"(F) any reference to section 11033 shall instead refer 
to section 124 of the District of Columbia Retirement 
Reform Act, as amended by section 11252; and 
"(G) any reference to chapter 2 shall instead refer 
to section 11-1570, District of Columbia Code. 
"(2) In applying section 11023— 
"(A) any reference to the contract shall instead refer 
to the agreement referred to in section ll-1570(b), District 
of Columbia Code; and 
"(B) any reference to the Trustee shall instead refer 
to the Trustee or contractor referred to in section 11-
1570(b), District of Columbia Code. 
"(3) In applying section 11033(d)— 
"(A) any reference to this section shall instead refer 
to section 124 of the District of Columbia Retirement 
Reform Act, as amended by section 11252; and 
"(B) any reference to tJie Trustee shall instead refer 
to the Secretary or the Trustee or contractor referred to 
in section ll-1570(b), District of Columbia Code. 
"(4) In applying section 11041(b), any reference to the 
Trustee shall instead refer to the Trustee or contractor referred 
to in section ll-1570(b). District of Columbia Code."; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
"(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The provisions of subsection (c) shall 
take effect on the date on which the assets of the District of 
Columbia Judges Retirement Fund are transferred to the District 
of Columbia Judicial Retirement and Survivors Annuity Fund.". 
(e) MISCELLANEOUS TECHNICAL AND CLERICAL AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) Sections ll-1568(d) and 11-1569, District of Columbia Code, 
are each amended by striking "Mayor^' each place it appears and 
inserting "Secretary of the Treasmy. 
(2) Section 11-1568.2, District of Columbia Code, is amended 
by striking "Mayor of the District of Colimibia" each place it appears 
and inserting "Secretary of the Treasurj^. 
(3) Section 121(bXl)(A) of the District of Columbia Retirement 
Reform Act (D.C. Code, sec. 1-711(b)(1)(A)), as amended by section 
11252(c)(1) of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (as redesignated 
by subsection (d)(1)), is amended in the matter preceding clause 
(i), by striking "11" and inserting "12". 
(4) Section 11-1561(4), District of Columbia Code, as amended 
by section 11253(b) of tlie Balanced Budget Act of 1997, is amended 
by striking "sections" and inserting "section". 
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112 STAT. 2423 
(5) Section 11253(c) of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (Public 
Law 105-33; 111 Stat. 759) is amended to read as follows: 
"(c) TREATMENT OP FEDERAL SERVICE OP JUDGES.—Section 
11-1564, District of Columbia Code, is amended— 
"(1) in subsection (d)(2XA), by striking 'section 1-1814)' 
and inserting 'section 1-714) or the District of Columbia 
Judicial Retirement and Survivors Annuity Fund (estabhshed 
by section 11-1570)'; and 
"(2) in subsection (d)(4), by striking 'Judges Retirement 
Fimd established by section 124(a) of the District of Columbia 
Retirement Reform Act' and inserting 'Judicial Retirement and 
Survivors Annuity Fund under section 11-1570'.". 
(6) Section 11253 of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (Public 
Law 105-33; 111 Stat. 759) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new subsection: 
"(d) REDEPOSITS TO FUND.—Section 11-1568.1(4)(A), District 
of Columbia Code, is amended by striking 'Judges Retirement Fund' 
and inserting 'Judicial Retirement and Survivors Annuity Fund'.". 
(f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by subsections 
(a)(2), (a)(4), and (a)(6) shall take effect October 1,1998. 
SEC. 3. RETIREMENT ELECTION FOR CERTAIN FORMER EMPLOYEES 
OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—^Notwithstanding any provision of the District 
of Columbia Code, or of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title 5, United 
States Code, a former employee of the District of Columbia who 
is hired by the Department of Justice, or by the agency estabhshed 
by section 11233(a) of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (hereafter 
in this section referred to as the "Agency"), on or after Au^st 
5, 1997, may elect, within 60 days after the issuance of reg^ulations 
{lursuant to subsection (c), or within 60 dajrs of being hired, if 
ater, to be covered by the retirement system of the District of 
Colimibia under which the person was most recently covered. No 
election imder this subsection may be made by a person who is 
hired more than one year after the date on which the Lorton 
Correctional Complex is closed, or more than one year after the 
date on which the Agency assumes its duties, whichever is later. 
(b) PERIOD OF ELECTION,—The election authorized by subsection 
(a) shall remain in force until the employee is no longer employed 
by the s^ency in which he or she was employed at the time the 
election was made. 
(c) REGULATIONS.—^The election authorized by subsection (a) 
shall be in accordance with regulations issued by the Office of 
Personnel Management after consulting with tlie Department of 
Justice, the Agency, and the government of the District of Columbia. 
The government of the District of Columbia shall administer the 
retirement coverage for any employee making such an election. 
SEC. 4. LEAVE FOR CERTAIN FORMER EMPLOYEES OF THE DISTRICT 
OF COLUMBIA. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—^Notwithstanding any provision of law, a 
former employee of the District of Columbia who is hired by the 
Department of Justice, or by the agency estabhshed by section 
11233(a) of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (hereafter in this 
section referred to as the "Agency"), on or after August 5, 1997, 
shall— 
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(1) in determining the rate of accrual of annual leave 
under section 6303 of title 5, United States Code, be entitled 
to credit for service as an employee of the District of Columbia; 
(2) to the extent that the employee has not used or other-
wise been compensated for annual leave accrued as an employee 
of the District of Columbia, have all such accrued annual leave 
transferred, in accordance with the procedures established 
under section 6308 of title 5, United States Code, to the credit 
of the employee in the new emplo3ring agency; and 
(3) to the extent the employee has not used or otherwise 
been compensated for sick leave accrued as an employee of 
the District of Columbia, have all such accrued sick leave 
transferred, in accordance with the procedures estabUshed 
under section 6308 of title 5, United States Code, to the credit 
of the employee in the new employing agency, 
(b) TERMINATION.—Subsection (a) is not applicable to any 
former employee of the District of Columbia who is hired by the 
Department of Justice or the Agency more than one year after 
the date on which the Lorton Correctional Complex is closed, or 
more than one year after the date on which the Agency assumes 
its duties, whichever is later. 
SEC. 6. CLARIFICATION OF PROVISIONS RELATING TO PRIORITY 
CONSIDERATION FOR SEPARATED EMPLOYEES OF THE 
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA DEPARTMENT OF CORREC-
TIONS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.-^ection 11203(b) of the Balanced Budget Act 
111 Stat. 738. 
of 1997 (D.C. Code, sec. 24-1203(b)) is amended by amendmg the 
second sentence to read as follows: 'The priority consideration pro-
gram shall also include provisions under which an employee 
described in subsection (a) who has not been appointed to a Federal 
Bureau of Prisons law enforcement position and who appUes for 
anotiier Federal position in the competitive service shall receive 
priority consideration and may be given a competitive service 
appointment noncompetitively to such a competitive service posi-
tion.". 
(b) RELOCATION ALLOWANCE.—Section 11203(b) of such Act 
(D.C. Code, sec. 24-1203(b)) is amended by inserting after the 
second sentence the following: "The Director of the Bureau of Pris-
ons may provide a relocation sdlowance to any individual who 
is hired by the Director under the program established under this 
section for a position outside of the Wasning^n MetropoUtan Area.". 
(c) 
EFFECTIVE 
DATE; 
TREATMENT OF INDIVIDUALS GIVEN 
PRIORITY PRIOR TO ENACTMENT.—(1) The amendment made by sub-
section (a) shall take effect on the date of the enactment of tiiis 
Act. 
(2) Individuals who have been appointed with excepted service 
appointments imder section 11203(b) of tiie Balanced Budget Act 
of 1997 prior to the date of the enactment of this Act shall be 
convertea noncompetitively to competitive service appointments in 
their current positions. 
SEC. 6. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS RELATING TO 
DISTRICT OF COLUMRIA COURTS. 
(a) AUTHORITY OP JOINT COMMITTEE ON JUDICIAL ADMINISTRA-
TION TO EXCLUDE TEMPORARY EMPLOYEES FROM FERS.—Section 
8402(c) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
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112 STAT. 2425 
"(9) The Joint Committee on Judicial Administration in the 
District of Columbia may exclude from the operation of this chapter 
an employee of the District of Columbia Courts whose emplojrment 
is temporary or of uncertain duration.". 
(b) REPEAL OF FUNDING THROUGH STATE JUSTICE INSTITUTE.— 
(1) FUNDING OF COURTS.—Section 11241(a) of the Balanced 
Budget Act of 1997 (D.C. Code, sec. 11-1743 note) and section 
Ul Stat. 751. 
11-2608, District of Columbia Code (as amended by section 
11262(b) of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997) are each amended 
by striking "through the State Justice Institute" and inserting 
"for payment to the Joint Committee on Judicial Administration 
in the District of Colimibia". 
(2) FUNDING OF OTHER AGENCIES.—Section 11234 of such 
Act (D.C. Code, sec. 24-1234) is amended by striking "through 
ill Stat. 751. 
the State Justice Institute". 
(c) 
OTHER 
MISCELLANEOUS TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING 
AMENDMENTS.—(1) Section 11241(b) of the Balanced Budget Act 
of 1997 (D.C. Code, sec. 11-1743 note) is amended by striking 
"Superior Court for" and inserting "Superior Court of. 
(2)(A) Section 1 of the Act entitled "An Act for the establishment 
of a probation system for the District of Columbia", approved June 
25, 1910 (36 Stat. 864), as amended and reenacted by the Act 
entitled "An Act to amend and reenact an Act for the establishment 
of a probation system for the District of Colimibia", approved March 
4, 1919 (40 Stat. 1324-25; D.C. Code, sec. 24-101), is repealed. 
(B) Section 5 of the Act entitled "Ai Act for the estabhshment 
of a probation system for the District of Columbia", approved June 
25, 1910 (36 Stat. 865), as amended and reenacted by the Act 
entitled "An Act to amend and reenact an Act for the estabhshment 
of a probation system for the District of Columbia", approved March 
14, 1919 (40 Stat. 1324-25; D.C. Code, sec. 24-105), is repealed. 
SEC. 7. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PUBLIC DEFENDER SERVICE. 
(a) 
REMOVING SERVICE FROM JURISDICTION OF OFFENDER 
SUPERVISION TRUSTEE AND AGENCY.— 
(1) AUTHORITY OF TRUSTEE.—Section 11232(b)(2) of the 
Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (D.C. Code, sec. 24-1232(b)(2)) 
ill Stat. 746. 
is amended by striking ", except that" and all that follows 
through "Service". 
(2) AUTHORITY OF AGENCY.—Section 11233(e) of such Act ill Stat. 748. 
(D.C. Code, sec. 24-1233(e)) is amended as follows: 
(A) In the subsection heading strike "AND PUBLIC 
DEFENDER SERVICE". 
(B) Amend paragraph (1) to read as follows: 
"(1) 
INDEPENDENT ENTITY.—The District, of Columbia 
Pretrial Services Agency established by subchapter I of chapter 
13 of title 23, District of Columbia Code shall function as 
an independent entity within the .Agency.". 
(C) Strike paragraph (3) and redesignate p£u*agraphs 
(4) and (5) as paragraphs (3) and (4). 
(D) In paragraph (3) (as so redesignated)— 
(i) strSie ", the District of Colimibia PubUc 
Defender Service,"; and 
(ii) strike "or the District of Columbia Public 
Defender Service". 
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(E) In paragraph (4)(A) (as so redesignated), strike 
"and tihe District of Columbia Public Defender Service" 
each place it appears. 
(3) AUTHORIZATION OP APPROPRIATIONS,—Section 11234 of 
111 Stat. 751. 
such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 24-1234) is amended by striking 
paragraph (2) and redesignating the succeeding paragraphs 
accordingly. 
(4) PERMITTING TRUSTEE TO EXERCISE AUTHORITIES ON 
BEHALF OP SERVICE AT REQUEST OP DIRECTOR OP THE SERVICE.— 
111 Stat. 746. 
Section 11232 of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 24-1232) is amended 
by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
"(i) EXERCISE OP AUTHORITY ON BEHALP OP PUBLIC DEFENDER 
SERVICE.—^At the request of the Director of the District of Columbia 
PubUc Defender Service, the Trustee may exercise any of the powers 
and authorities of the Trustee on behalf of such Service in the 
same manner and to the same extent as the IVustee may exercise 
such powers and authorities in relation to any agency described 
in subsection (b).". 
(b) REVISING NAME OF TRUSTEE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 11232 of the Balanced Budget 
Act of 1997 (D.C. Code, sec. 24-1233) is amended— 
(A) in the heading, by striking "DEFENSE SERV-
ICES,"; and 
(B) in subsection (a)(1), by striking "Defense Services,". 
(2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents for title 
XI of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 is amended in the 
item relating to section 11232 by striking "Defense Services,". 
(c) REVISING NAME OP AGENCY.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 11233 of the Balanced Budget 
111 Stat. 748. 
Act of 1997 (D.C. Code, sec. 24-1233) is amended— 
(A) in the heading, by striking "OFFENDER SUPER-
VISION, DEFENDER AND COURTS SERVICES" and 
inserting 
"COURT 
SERVICES 
AND 
OFFENDER 
SUPERVISION"; and 
(B) in subsection (a), by striking "the District of Colum-
bia Offender Supervision, Defender, and Courts Services 
Agency" and inserting "iJie Court Services and Offender 
Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia". 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—(A) Section 11231 of the 
111 Stat. 745. 
Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (D.C. Code, sec. 24-1231) is 
Eunended bv striking "the District of Colimibia Offender Super-
vision, Defender, and Courts Services Agency" each place it 
appears in subsections (a)(2), (a)(3), and (b) and inserting "the 
Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency for the District 
of Columbia". 
(B) Section 11232 of such Act (D.C. Code, sec. 24-1232) 
is amended by striking "the District of Columbia Offender 
Supervision, Defender, and Courts Services Agency" each place 
it appears in subsections (b) and (h) and inserting "the (Jourt 
Services and Offender Supervision Agency for the District of 
Columbia". 
(C) Section 23-1304(a), District of Columbia Code (as 
amended by section 11271(a) of the Balanced Budget Act of 
1997) is amended by striking "the District of Columbia Offender 
Supervision, Defender, and Courts Services Agency" and insert-
ing "the Court Services and Offender Supervision Agency for 
the District of Columbia". 
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112 STAT. 2427 
(D) Section 23-1307, District of Columbia Code (as 
amended by section 11271(a) of the Balanced Budget Act of 
1997) is amended— 
(i) by striking "(a)"; and 
(ii) by strilang "the District of Columbia Offender 
Supervision, Defender, and Courts Services Agency" and 
inserting "the Court Services and Offender Supervision 
Agency for the District of Columbia". 
(E) Section 23-1308, District of Columbia Code (as amend-
ed by section 11271(a) of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997) 
is amended by striking "the District of Columbia Offender 
Supervision, Defender, and Courts Services Agency" each place 
it appears and inserting "the Court Services and Offender 
Supervision Agency for the District of Columbia". 
(3) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of contents for title 
XI of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 is amended in the ill Stat 714. 
item relating to section 11233 by striking "Offender Super-
vision, Defender and Courts Services" and inserting "Court 
Services and Offender Supervision". 
(d) 
REPEAL OF CERTAIN AMENDMENTS AFFECTING PUBLIC 
DEFENDER SERVICES.—Section 11272 of the Balanced Budget Act 
of 1997 (Public Law 105-33; 111 Stat. 762) is hereby repealed, 
and any provision of law amended or repealed by such section 
shall be restored or revived as if such section had not been enacted 
into law. 
(e) TRANSFER OF EMPLOYEES OF SERVICE TO FEDERAL RETIRE-
MENT AND BENEFIT PROGRAMS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 305 of the District of Columbia 
Court Reform and Criminal Procedure Act of 1970 (D.C. Code, 
sec. 1-2705) is amended by inserting at the end the following: 
"(cXD Employees of the Service shall be treated as employees 
of the Federal Government solely for purposes of any of the following 
provisions of title 5, United States Code: subchapter 1 of chapter 
81 (relating to compensation for work injuries), chapter 83 (relating 
to retirement), chapter 84 (relating to Federsd Employees' Retire-
ment System), chapter 87 (relating to life insurance), and chapter 
89 (relating to health insurance). 
"(2) The Service shall make contributions under the provisions 
referred to in paragraph (1) at the same rates applicable to agencies 
of the Federal Government. 
"(3) An individual who is an employee of the Service on the 
date of the enactment of this subscKrtion may make, within 60 
days after the issuance of regulations under paragraph (4), an 
election under section 8351 or 8432 of title 5, United States Code, 
to participate in the Thrift Savings Plan for Federal employees. 
"(4) This subsection shall apply with respect to all months ^plicability. 
beginning after the date on which the Director of the Office of Regulations. 
Personnel Management'issues regulations to carry out this sub-
section. 
"(5) For purposes of vesting pursuant to section 2610(b) of 
the District of Columbia Government Comprehensive Merit Person-
nel Act of 1978 (D.C. Code, sec. 1-627.10(b)), creditable service 
with the District for employees whose participation in the District 
Defined Contribution Plan ceases as a result of implementation 
of this subsection shall include service performed tnereafter for 
the Service.". 
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(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—(A) Section 306 of 
the 
District of Columbia Court Reform and Criminal Procedure 
Act of 1970 (D.C. Code, sec. 1-2706) is amended— 
(i) in subsection (a), by striking "Mayor of the District 
of Columbia" and inserting "Office of Management and 
Budget"; and 
(ii) in subsection (b), by striking "Administrative Office 
of the United States Courts" and inserting "Office of 
Management and Budget". 
(B) Section 307(a) of the District of Columbia Court Reform 
and Criminal Procedure Act of 1970 (D.C. Code, sec. l-2707(a)) 
is amended to read as follows: 
Appropriation 
"(a) There are authorized to be appropriated through the Court 
authorization. 
Services and Offender Supervision Agency for the District of Colum-
bia (or, until such Agen^ assumes its duties pursuant to section 
11233(a) of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, through the Trustee 
appointed pursuant to section 11232 of such Act) in each fiscal 
year such siuns as may be necessary to carry out this chapter. 
Funds appropriated pursuant to this subsection shall be transmitted 
by the Agency (or, if appUcable, by the Trustee) to the Service, 
llie Service may arrange oy contract or otherwise for the disburse-
ment of appropriated funds, procurement, and the provision of 
other administrative support functions by the General Services 
Administration or by other agencies or entities, not subject to the 
provisions of the District of Columbia Code or any law or regulation 
adopted by the District of Columbia Covemment concerning 
disbursement of funds, procurement, or other administrative sup-
port functions. The Service shall submit an annual appropriations 
request to the Office of Management and Budget.". 
Ill Stat. 748. 
(C) Section 11233 of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 
(D.C. Code, sec. 24-1233) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new subsection: 
"(f) RECEIPT AND TRANSMITTAL OP APPROPRIATIONS FOR PUBLIC 
DEFENDER SERVICE.—^The Director of the Agency shall receive and 
transmit to the District of Columbia Public Defender Service all 
funds appropriated for such agency.". 
(f) EXEMPTION OP SERVICE FROM PERSONNEL Am> BUDGET 
CEILINGS.—Section 307 of the District of Colmnbia Court Reform 
and Criminal Procedure Act of 1970 (D.C. Code, sec. 1-2707) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
"(c) The Service shall not be subject to any general personnel 
or budget limitations which otherwise apply to the District of 
Colimibia government or its agencies in any appropriations Act.". 
SEC. 8. SICK LEAVE BUYOUT FOR DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS 
EMPLOYEES. 
Notwithstanding any provision of District of Columbia law, 
the Corrections Trustee appointed pursuant to section 11202 of 
the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 may set conditions and may 
provide that an employee of the District of Colimibia Department 
of Corrections who meets such conditions will receive a lump-
sum pa3anent for his or her accumulated and accrued sick leave, 
if the employee is separated involuntarily and is not subsequently 
employed, without a break in service of more than 3 days, by 
the Bureau of Prisons or another Federal agency. The lump-sum 
payment for sick leave shall be calculated by multiplying 50 percent 
of the employee's rate of basic pay, exclusive of additional paymients 
PUBLIC LAW 105-274—OCT. 21, 1998 
112 STAT. 2429 
of any kind, by the number of hours of accumulated sick leave 
to the employee's credit at the time of separation. The lump-sum 
payment shall be considered pay for taxation purposes only and 
shall not be used to confer any other benefit to the employee. 
SEC. 9. WAIVER OF MAXIMUM ENTRY AGE REQUIREMENT FOR LAW 
ENFORCEMENT OFFICER POSITIONS IN THE DEPART-
MENT OF JUSTICE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—^Notwithstanding any maximum entry age 
which the Attorney General may have established for law enforce-
ment officers in the Department of Justice under section 3307 
of title 5, United States Code, an employee of the District of Colum-
bia Department of Corrections may be hired by the Department 
of Justice pursuant to section 11203(b) of the Balanced Budget 
Act of 1997 in a law enforcement officer position if such employee 
will have completed at least 10 years of covered service when 
the employee attains the minimum retirement age described in 
section 8412(g) of title 5, United States Code. 
(b) SEPARATION.—Notwithstanding section 8425(b) of title 5, 
United States Code, any employee hired by the Department of 
Justice in a law enforcement position who is described in subsection 
(a) shall be separated from service with the Department on the 
last day of the month in which such employee becomes 57 years 
of age, except tiiat if the Attorney General judges that the pubUc 
interest so requires, the Attorney General ma^ exempt such an 
employee from automatic separation tmder this subsection until 
that employee becomes 60 years of age. 
SEC. 10. EFFlXTnVE DATE. 
5 USC 8402 note. 
Except as otherwise specifically provided, this Act and the 
amendments made by this Act shall take effect as if included 
in the enactment of title XI of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997. 
Approved October 21, 1998. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—Hit. 4566: 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 144 (1998): 
Oct. 10, considered and passed Hoiise. 
Oct. 14, considered and passed Senate. 
112 STAT. 2428 
PUBLIC LAW 105-274—OCT. 21, 1998 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—(A) Section 306 of 
the 
District of Columbia Court Reform and Criminal Procedure 
Act of 1970 (D.C. Code, sec. 1-2706) is amended— 
(i) in subsection (a), by striking "Mayor of the District 
of Columbia" and inserting "Office of Management and 
Budget"; and 
(ii) in subsection (b), by striking "Administrative Office 
of the United States Courts" and inserting "Office of 
Management and Budget". 
(B) Section 307(a) of the District of Columbia Court Reform 
and Criminal Procedure Act of 1970 (D.C. Code, sec. l-2707(a)) 
is amended to read as follows: 
Appropriation 
"(a) There are authorized to be appropriated through the Court 
authorization. 
Services and Offender Supervision Agency for the District of Colum-
bia (or, until such Agen^ assumes its duties pursuant to section 
11233(a) of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, through the Trustee 
appointed pursuant to section 11232 of such Act) in each fiscal 
year such siuns as may be necessary to carry out this chapter. 
Funds appropriated pursuant to this subsection shall be transmitted 
by the Agency (or, if appUcable, by the Trustee) to the Service, 
llie Service may arrange oy contract or otherwise for the disburse-
ment of appropriated funds, procurement, and the provision of 
other administrative support functions by the General Services 
Administration or by other agencies or entities, not subject to the 
provisions of the District of Columbia Code or any law or regulation 
adopted by the District of Columbia Covemment concerning 
disbursement of funds, procurement, or other administrative sup-
port functions. The Service shall submit an annual appropriations 
request to the Office of Management and Budget.". 
Ill Stat. 748. 
(C) Section 11233 of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 
(D.C. Code, sec. 24-1233) is amended by adding at the end 
the following new subsection: 
"(f) RECEIPT AND TRANSMITTAL OP APPROPRIATIONS FOR PUBLIC 
DEFENDER SERVICE.—^The Director of the Agency shall receive and 
transmit to the District of Columbia Public Defender Service all 
funds appropriated for such agency.". 
(f) EXEMPTION OP SERVICE FROM PERSONNEL Am> BUDGET 
CEILINGS.—Section 307 of the District of Colmnbia Court Reform 
and Criminal Procedure Act of 1970 (D.C. Code, sec. 1-2707) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection: 
"(c) The Service shall not be subject to any general personnel 
or budget limitations which otherwise apply to the District of 
Colimibia government or its agencies in any appropriations Act.". 
SEC. 8. SICK LEAVE BUYOUT FOR DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS 
EMPLOYEES. 
Notwithstanding any provision of District of Columbia law, 
the Corrections Trustee appointed pursuant to section 11202 of 
the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 may set conditions and may 
provide that an employee of the District of Colimibia Department 
of Corrections who meets such conditions will receive a lump-
sum pa3anent for his or her accumulated and accrued sick leave, 
if the employee is separated involuntarily and is not subsequently 
employed, without a break in service of more than 3 days, by 
the Bureau of Prisons or another Federal agency. The lump-sum 
payment for sick leave shall be calculated by multiplying 50 percent 
of the employee's rate of basic pay, exclusive of additional paymients 
PUBLIC LAW 105-274—OCT. 21, 1998 
112 STAT. 2429 
of any kind, by the number of hours of accumulated sick leave 
to the employee's credit at the time of separation. The lump-sum 
payment shall be considered pay for taxation purposes only and 
shall not be used to confer any other benefit to the employee. 
SEC. 9. WAIVER OF MAXIMUM ENTRY AGE REQUIREMENT FOR LAW 
ENFORCEMENT OFFICER POSITIONS IN THE DEPART-
MENT OF JUSTICE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—^Notwithstanding any maximum entry age 
which the Attorney General may have established for law enforce-
ment officers in the Department of Justice under section 3307 
of title 5, United States Code, an employee of the District of Colum-
bia Department of Corrections may be hired by the Department 
of Justice pursuant to section 11203(b) of the Balanced Budget 
Act of 1997 in a law enforcement officer position if such employee 
will have completed at least 10 years of covered service when 
the employee attains the minimum retirement age described in 
section 8412(g) of title 5, United States Code. 
(b) SEPARATION.—Notwithstanding section 8425(b) of title 5, 
United States Code, any employee hired by the Department of 
Justice in a law enforcement position who is described in subsection 
(a) shall be separated from service with the Department on the 
last day of the month in which such employee becomes 57 years 
of age, except tiiat if the Attorney General judges that the pubUc 
interest so requires, the Attorney General ma^ exempt such an 
employee from automatic separation tmder this subsection until 
that employee becomes 60 years of age. 
SEC. 10. EFFlXTnVE DATE. 
5 USC 8402 note. 
Except as otherwise specifically provided, this Act and the 
amendments made by this Act shall take effect as if included 
in the enactment of title XI of the Balanced Budget Act of 1997. 
Approved October 21, 1998. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—Hit. 4566: 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 144 (1998): 
Oct. 10, considered and passed Hoiise. 
Oct. 14, considered and passed Senate. 
112 STAT. 2430 
PUBLIC LAW 105-275—OCT. 21, 1998 
Public Law 105-275 
105th Congress 
An Act 
Oct. 21, 1998 
[H.R. 4112] 
Legislative 
Branch 
Appropriations 
Act, 1999. 
Congressional 
Operations 
Appropriations 
Act, 1999. 
2 u s e 60a note. 
Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending 
September 30, 1999, 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 £iny money in the Treasury 
not otherwise appropriated, for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 1999, 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 Msgority and Minority Conference 
Committees, $3,000 for each Chsiirman; 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, £ind others as author-
ized by law, including agency contributions, $87,233,000, 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, $1,659,000. 
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE 
For the Office of the President Pro Tempore, $402,000. 
OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERS 
For Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders, $2,436,000. 
PUBLIC LAW 105-275—OCT. 21, 1998 
112 STAT. 2431 
OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY WHIPS 
For Offices of the Majority and Minority Whips, $1,416,000. 
COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS 
For salaries of the Committee on Appropriations, $6,050,000. 
CONFERENCE COMMITTEES 
For the Conference of the Majority and the Conference of the 
Minority, at rates of compensation to be fixed by the Chairmgin 
of each such committee, $1,092,000 for each such committee; in 
all, $2,184,000. 
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, $570,000. 
POLICY COMMITTEES 
For salaries of the Majority Policy Committee and the Minority 
Policy Committee, $1,109,000 for each such committee; in all, 
$2,218,000. 
OFFICE OF THE CHAPLAIN 
For Office of the Chaplain, $267,000. 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
For Office of the Secretary, $13,694,000. 
OFFICE 
OF 
THE 
SERGEANT 
AT 
ARMS 
AND 
DOORKEEPER 
For Office 
of the 
Sergeant 
at Arms 
and 
Doorkeeper, 
$33,805,000. 
OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY 
For Offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the Secretary 
for the Minority, $1,200,000. 
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 salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative 
Counsel of the Senate, $3,753,000. 
OFFICE OF SENATE LEGAL COUNSEL 
For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate Legal Counsel, 
$1,004,000. 
112 STAT. 2432 
PUBLIC LAW 105-275—OCT. 21, 1998 
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 allowsinces 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; Secreteiry for the Minority 
of the Senate, $3,000; in all, $12,000. 
CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE 
INQUIRIES AND INVESTIGATIONS 
For expenses of inquiries and 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, 
$66,800,000. 
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, $60,511,000, of which $5,000,000 shall remain 
available until September 30, 2000. 
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS 
For miscellaneous items, $8,655,000. 
SENATORS' OFFICIAL PERSONNEL AND OFFICE EXPENSE ACCOUNT 
For Senators' Official Personnel and Office Expense Account, 
$239,156,000. 
OFFICIAL MAIL COSTS 
For expenses necessary for official mail costs of the Senate, 
$300,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
Effective date. 
SECTION 1. (a) Effective in the case of any fiscal year which 
begins on or after October 1, 1998, clause (iii) of paragraph (3)(A) 
of section 506(b) of the Supplemented Appropriations Act, 1973 
(2 U.S.C. 58(b)) is amended to read as follows: 
"(iii) subject to subparagraph (B), in case the Senator 
represents Alabsmaa, $183,565, Alaska, $252,505, Arizona, 
$197,409, Arkansas, $168,535, California, $470,272, Colorado, 
PUBLIC LAW 105-275—OCT. 21, 1998 
112 STAT. 2433 
$187,366, Connecticut, $161,691, Delaware, $127,384, Florida, 
$302,307, 
Georgia, 
$211,784, 
Hawaii, 
$279,648, 
Idaho, 
$163,841, Illinois, $267,000, Indiana, $195,391, Iowa, $171,340, 
Kansas, $168,912, Kentucky, $176,975, Louisiana, $186,714, 
Maine, 
$148,205, 
Maryland, 
$172,455, 
Massachusetts, 
$196,819, Michigan, $235,846. Minnesota, $187,742, Mis-
sissippi, $168,587, Missouri, $198,365, Montana, $161,857, 
Nebraska, $160,550, Nevada, $171,208, New 
Hampshire, 
$142,497, New Jersey, $207,754, New Mexico, $166,721, New 
York, $328,586, North Carolina, $212,711, North Dakota, 
$150,225, 
Ohio, $262,252, Oklahoma, 
$181,913, 
Oregon, 
$189,258, Pennsylvania, $267,240, Rhode Island, $138,637, 
South Carolina, $171,731, South Dakota, $151,838, Tennessee, 
$192,508, Texas, $353,911, Utah, $168,959, Vermont, $136,315, 
Virginia, $193,935, Washington, $213,887, West Virginia, 
$149,135, Wisconsin, $191,314, Wyoming, $153,016, 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 "the amount referred to in subparagraph 
(A)(iii)" and inserting "that part of the amount referred to 
in subpeiragraph (A)(iii) that is not specifically allocated for 
official mail expenses"; and 
(2) by inserting before the period at the end the following: 
"; and the part of the eimount referred to in subparagraph 
(A)(iii) that is allocated for official mail expenses shall be recal-
culated in accordance with regulations of the Committee on 
Rules and Administration". 
SEC. 2. (a) Section 2(b) of Public Law 104-53 (2 U.S.C. 61d-
3(b)) is amended by striking "$10,000" and inserting "$35,000". 
(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) is effective on 
and after October 1,1998. 
SEC. 3. Subsection (a) of the first section of Senate Resolution 
149, agreed to October 5, 1993 (103d Congress, 1st Session), as 
amended by Senate Resolution 299, agreed to September 24, 1996 
(104th Congress, 2d Session), is amended by striking "until Decem-
ber 31,1998" and inserting "until December 31, 2000". 
SEC. 4. (a) Section 101(a) of the Supplemental Appropriations 
Act, 1977 (2 U.S.C. 61h-6(a)) is amended— 
(1) by inserting after the first sentence the following: "The 
President pro tempore of the Senate is authorized to appoint 
and fix the compensation of one consultant, on a temporary 
or intermittent basis, at a daily rate of compensation not in 
excess of that specified in the first sentence of this subsection."; 
and 
(2) in the sentence that begins "The provisions of, by 
striking "section 8344" and inserting "sections 8344 and 8468". 
(b) Section 101(b) of the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1977 
(2 U.S.C. 61h-6(b)) is amended by striking all after "(b)" through 
"to such position" and inserting "Any or all appointments under 
this section may be". 
(c) This section is effective on and after the date of enactment 
of this Act. 
SEC. 5. (a) There is established the Senate Leader's Lecture 
Series (hereinafter referred to as the "lecture series"). Expenses 
incurred in connection with the lecture series shall be paid from 
the appropriations account "Secretary of the Senate" within the 
Effective date. 
2 use 61d-3 
note. 
Effective date. 
2 use 61h-6 
note. 
2 use 61b. 
112 STAT. 2434 
PUBLIC LAW 105-275—OCT. 21, 1998 
contingent fund of the Senate and shall not exceed $30,000 in 
any fiscal year. 
(b) Pa3rments for expenses in connection with the lecture series 
may cover expenses incurred by speakers, including travel, subsist-
ence, and per diem, and the cost of receptions, including food, 
food related items, and hospitality. 
(c) Pajonents for expenses of the lecture series shall be made 
on vouchers approved by the Secretary of the Senate. 
Effective date. 
(d) This section is effective on and after October 1,1997. 
2 use I2lb-1. 
SEC. 6. (a) The Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate 
is authorized to appoint and fix the compensation of such employees 
as may be necessary to operate Senate Hair Care Services. 
(b) There is established in the Treasury of the United States 
within the contingent fund of the Senate a revolving fiind to be 
known as the Senate Hair Care Services Revolving Fund (hereafter 
in this section referred to as the "revolving fund"). 
(c)(1) All moneys received by Senate Hair Care Services from 
fees for services or from any other source shall be deposited in 
the revolving fund. 
(2) Moneys in the revolving fund shall be available without 
fiscal year limitation for disbursement by the Secretary of the 
Senate— 
(A) for the payment of salaries and agency contributions 
of employees of Senate Hair Care Services; and 
(B) for necessary supplies, equipment, and other expenses 
of Senate Hair Care Services. 
(d) Disbursements from the revolving fund shall be made upon 
vouchers signed by the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the 
Senate, except that vouchers shall not be required for the disburse-
ment of salaries paid at an annual rate. 
(e) At the direction of the Committee on Rules £ind Administra-
tion, the Secretary of the Senate shall withdraw from the revolving 
fund and deposit in the Treasury of the United States as miscellane-
ous receipts all moneys in the revolving fund that the Committee 
may determine are in excess of the current and reasonably foresee-
able needs of Senate Hair Care Services. 
(f) The Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate are 
authorized to prescribe such regulations as may be necessary to 
carry out the provisions of this section, subject to the approval 
of the Committee on Rules and Administration. 
(g) There is transferred to the revolving fund established by 
this section any unobligated balance in the fund established by 
section 106 of Public Law 94-440 on the effective date of this 
section. 
2 use 121a. 
(h)(1) Section 106 of Pubhc Law 94-440 is repealed. 
2 use 121b. 
(2) Section 10(a) of Public Law 100-458 is repealed. 
Effective date. 
(i) This section shall be effective on and after October 1, 1998, 
or 30 days after the date of enactment of this Act, whichever 
is later. 
SEC. 7. The amount available to the Committee on Rules and 
Administration for expenses under section 16(c) of Senate Resolu-
tion 54, agreed to February 13, 1997, is increased by $150,000. 
Effective date. 
SEC. 8. Effective on and after October 1, 1998, each of the 
2 use 61-1. 
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, 
PUBLIC LAW 105-275—OCT. 21, 1998 
112 STAT. 2435 
as increased by section 5 of Public Law 105-55, increased by an 
additional $50,000 each. 
SEC. 9. (a) With the prior written approval of the Committee 
on Rules and Administration of the Senate, the Sergeant at Arms 
and Doorkeeper of the Senate may enter into agreements with 
pubUc or private parties for the purpose of demonstrating the 
use of alternative fuel vehicles (as defined in section 301(2) of 
the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (Public Law 102-486)) in Senate 
fleet operations. Any such agreement may also provide for necessary 
fueling infi*astructure in connection with the alternative fiiel 
vehicles. 
(b) A vehicle may be made available under subsection (a) for 
a period not exceeding 90 days. 
SEC. 10. (a) The Committee on Appropriations is authorized 2USC72d. 
in its discretion— 
(1) to hold hearings, report such hearings, and make inves-
tigations as authorized by paragraph 1 of rule XXVI of the 
Standing Rules of the Senate; 
(2) to make expenditures from the contingent fund of the 
Senate; 
(3) to employ personnel; 
(4) with the prior consent of the Grovemment department 
or agency concerned and the Committee on Rules and Adminis-
tration to use, on a reimbursable or nonreimbursable basis, 
the services of personnel of any such department or agency; 
(5) to procure the services of individual consultants, or 
organizations thereof (as authorized by section 202(i) of the 
Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 and Senate Resolution 
140, agreed to May 14, 1975); and 
(6) to provide for the training of the professional staff 
of such committee (under procedures specified by section 202( 
j) 
of such Act). 
(b) Senate Resolution 54, agreed to February 13, 1997, is 
amended by striking section 4. 
(c) This section shall be effective on and after October 1, 1998, Effective date. 
or the date of enactment of this Act, whichever is later. 
SEC. 11. (a)(1) The Chairman of the Appropriations Committee 2USC72d-i. 
of the Senate may, during any fiscal year, at his or her election 
transfer funds from the appropriation account for salaries for the 
Appropriations Committee of the Senate, to the account, within 
the contingent fund of the Senate, from which expenses are payable 
for such committee. 
(2) The Chairman of the Appropriations Committee of the Sen-
ate may, during any fiscal year, at his or her election transfer 
funds from the appropriation account for expenses, within the 
contingent fund of the Senate, for the Appropriations Committee 
of the Senate, to the account from which salaries are payable 
for such committee. 
(b) Any funds transferred under this section shall be— 
(1) available for expenditure by such committee in like 
manner and for the same purposes as are other moneys which 
are available for expenditure by such committee from the 
account to which the fiinds were transferred; and 
(2) made at such time or times as the Chairman shall 
specify in writing to the Senate Disbursing Office. 
112 STAT. 2436 
PUBLIC LAW 105-275—OCT. 21, 1998 
Effective date. 
(c) This section shsdl take effect on October 1, 1998, and shall 
be effective with respect to fiscal years beginning on or after that 
date. 
SEC. 12. USE OF FREQUENT FLYER MILES BY MEMBERS OF 
THE SENATE.—Section 507(a) of the Congressional Accountability 
Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1436(a)) is amended— 
(1) by striking "Notwithstsinding" and inserting the 
following: 
"(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in paragraph (2), 
notwithstanding"; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
"(2) 
TRAVEL BETWEEN THE WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN 
AREA AND A HOME STATE.—Paragraph (1) shall not apply to 
any travel award relating to air transportation for a Member 
of the Senate, the spouse of that Member, or a son or daughter 
of that Member, between the Washington metropolitan area 
and the State of that Member.". 
SEC. 13. Senate Resolution 286, 102d Congress, agreed to April 
9, 1992, is amended by adding at the end of subsection (a) the 
following: 
"Fees established under this subsection for services received from 
the Attending Physician by a Senator or an officer of the Senate 
shall be equal to the fees for such services received by a member 
of the House of Representatives.". 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
Marcia S. Schiff. 
PAYMENTS TO WIDOWS AND HEIRS OF DECEASED MEMBERS OF 
CONGRESS 
For payment to Marcia S. Schiff, widow of Steven H. Schiff, 
late a Representative from the State of New Mexico, $136,700. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses of the House of Representatives, 
$733,971,000, as follows: 
HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES 
For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, $13,117,000, 
including: Office of the Speaker, $1,686,000, including $25,000 for 
official expenses of the Speaker; Office of the Majority Floor Leader, 
$1,652,000, including $10,000 for official expenses of the Majority 
Leader; Office of the Minority Floor Leader, $1,675,000, including 
$10,000 for official expenses of the Minority Leader; Office of the 
Majority Whip, including the Chief Deputy Majority Whip, 
$1,043,000, including $5,000 for official expenses of the Majority 
Whip; Office of the Minority Whip, including the Chief Deputy 
Minority Whip, $1,020,000, including $5,000 for official expenses 
of the Minority Whip; Speaker's Office ifor Legislative Floor Activi-
ties, $397,000; Republican Steering Committee, $738,000; Repub-
lic£in Conference, $1,199,000; Democratic Steering and Policy 
Committee, $1,295,000; Democratic Caucus, $642,000; nine minority 
employees, $1,190,000; training and program development—major-
ity, $290,000; and training and program development—minority, 
$290,000. 
PUBLIC LAW 105-275—OCT. 21, 1998 
112 STAT. 2437 
MEMBERS' REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES 
INCLUDING MEMBERS' CLERK HIRE, OFFICL^L 
EXPENSES OF MEMBERS, AND OFFICIAL MAIL 
For Members' representational allowances, including Members' 
clerk hire, official expenses, and official mail, $385,279,000. 
COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES 
STANDING COMMITTEES, SPECIAL AND SELECT 
For salaries and expenses of standing committees, special and 
select, authorized by House resolutions, $89,743,000: 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, 
$19,373,000, including studies and examinations of executive agen-
cies and temporary personal services for such committee, to be 
expended in accordance with section 202(b) of the Legislative 
Reorganization Act of 1946 and to be available for reimbursement 
to agencies for services performed: Provided, That such amount 
shall remain available for such salaries and expenses until Decem-
ber 31,2000. 
SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES 
For compensation and expenses of officers and employees, as 
authorized by law, $89,991,000, including: for salaries and expenses 
of the Office of the Clerk, including not more than $3,500, of 
which not more than $2,5()0 is for tide Family Room, for official 
representation and reception expenses, $15,365,000; 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, 
$3,501,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Chief 
Administrative Officer, $57,211,000, including $24,282,000 for sala-
ries, expenses and temporary personal services of House Informa-
tion Resources, of which $23,074,000 is provided herein: Provided, 
That of the amount provided for House Information Resources, 
$7,130,000 shall be for net expenses of telecommunications: Pro-
vided further. That House Information Resources is authorized to 
receive reimbursement from Members of the House of Representa-
tives 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, $3,953,000; for salaries and expenses of the 
Office of General Counsel, $840,000; for the Office of the Chaplain, 
$133,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Parliamen-
tarian, including the Parliamentarian and $2,000 for preparing 
the Digest of Rules, $1,106,000; for salaries and expenses of 
the Office of the Law Revision Counsel of the House, $1,912,000; 
for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel 
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of the House, $4,980,000; for salaries and expenses of the Correc-
tions Calendar Office, $799,000; and for other authorized employees, 
$191,000. 
ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES 
For allowances and expenses as authorized by House resolution 
or law, $136,468,000, including: supplies, materials, administrative 
costs and Federal tort claims, $2,575,000; 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, $132,832,000; 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, $651,000. 
CHILD CARE CENTER 
For salaries and expenses of the House of Representatives 
Child Care Center, such amounts as £ire deposited in the account 
established by section 312(d)(1) of the Legislative Bremch 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 
SEC. 101. (a) Section 2(a) of House Resolution 611, Ninety-
seventh Congress, agreed to November 30, 1982, as enacted into 
permanent law by section 127 of Public Law 97-377 (2 U.S.C. 
88b-3), is amended— 
(1) by adding "and" at the end of paragraph (1); 
(2) by strilung "; and" at the end of paragraph (2) and 
inserting a period; and 
(3) by striking paragraph (3). 
Applicability. 
(b) The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with 
2USC88b-3 
respect to the One Hundred Sixth Congress £ind each succeeding 
"°*^ 
Congress. 
SEC. 102. Subsection (b) of the first section of House Resolution 
1047, Ninety-fifth Congress, agreed to April 4, 1978, as enacted 
into permanent law by section 111 of the Legislative Branch Appro-
priations Act, 1979 (2 U.S.C. 130-l(b)), is amended by striking 
"$55,000" and inserting "$80,000". 
2USC74a-8. 
SEC. 103. (a) There is hereby estabUshed an accoimt in the 
House of Representatives for purposes of carrying out training 
and program development activities of the Republican Conference 
and the Democratic Steering and Policy Committee. 
(b) Subject to the allocation described in subsection (c), funds 
in the account established under subsection (a) shall be paid— 
(1) for activities of the Republican Conference in such 
amounts, at such times, and under such terms and conditions 
as the Speaker of the House of Representatives may direct; 
and 
(2) for activities of the Democratic Steering and Policy 
Committee in such amounts, at such times, and under such 
terms and conditions as the Minority Leader of the House 
of Representatives may direct. 
PUBLIC LAW 105-275—OCT. 21, 1998 
112 STAT. 2439 
(c) Of the total amount in the account estabhshed under 
subsection (a)— 
(1) 50 percent shall be allocated to the Speaker for 
payments for activities of the Republican Conference; and 
(2) 50 percent shall be allocated to the Minority Leader 
for payments for activities of the Democratic Steering and 
j 
Policy Committee. 
(d) There are authorized to be appropriated to the account 
under this section for fiscal year 1999 and each succeeding fiscal 
year such sums as may be necessary for training and program 
development activities of the Republican Conference and the Demo-
cratic Steering and Policy Committee during the fiscal year. 
SEC. 104. (a) Section 311(e)(2) of the Legislative Branch 
Appropriations Act, 1991 (2 U.S.C. 59(e)(2)) is amended— 
2 USC 59e. 
(1) by adding "and" at the end of subparagraph (B); 
(2) in subparagraph (C), by striking "; and" and inserting 
a period; and 
(3) by striking subparagraph (D). 
(b) Section 311(e) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 59e(e)) is amended 
by striking paragraph (4). 
SEC. 105. Notwithstanding any other provision of law or any 2 USC I04b note. 
other rule or regulation, any information on payments made by 
the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct of the House of 
Representatives to an individual for attendance as a witness before 
the Committee in executive session during a Congress shall be 
reported not later than the second semiannual report filed under 
section 106 of the House of Representatives Administrative Reform 
Technical Corrections Act (2 U.S.C. 104b) in the following Congress. 
SEC. 106. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 2 USC ll2f. 
Committee on House Oversight may prescribe by regulation appro-
priate conditions for the incidental use, for other than official busi-
ness, of equipment and supplies owned or leased by, or the cost 
of which is reimbursed by, the House of Representatives. 
(b) The authority of the Committee on House Oversight to Applicability. 
prescribe regulations pursuant to subsection (a) shall apply with 
respect to fiscal year 1999 and each succeeding fiscal year. 
SEC. 107. (a) The Speaker, Majority Leader, and Minority 2USC74a-9. 
Leader of the House of Representatives are each authorized to 
appoint and fix the compensation of one consultant, on a temporary 
or intermittent basis, at a daily rate of compensation not in excess 
of the per diem equivalent of the highest gross rate of annual 
compensation which may be paid to employees of a standing commit-
tee of the House. 
(b) This section shall apply with respect to fiscal year 1999 Applicability. 
and each succeeding fiscal year. 
SEC. 108. Any amount appropriated in this Act for "HOUSE 
OF 
REPRESENTATIVES—SALARIES AND EXPENSES—MEMBERS' 
REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCES" shall be available only for fiscal 
year 1999. Any sunount remaining after all pajnnents are made 
under such allowances for such fiscal year shall be deposited in 
the Treasury, to be used for deficit reduction. 
SEC. 109. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, ofR- 2 USC I27b. 
cial resources may be used during a fiscal year (beginning with 
fiscal year 1999), in accordance with regulations of the Committee 
on House Oversight, to reimburse a Member, officer, or employee 
of the House of Representatives for the ordinary and necessary 
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112 STAT. 2440 
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expenses related to the official use of telecommunications lines 
in the residence of the Member, officer, or employee. 
Regulations. 
(b) The Committee on House Oversight shall promulgate such 
regulations as are necessary to implement this section. 
40 use 175 note. 
SEC. 110. Section 121 of Public Law 104-99 is amended in 
subsection (b)(2)— 
(1) by striking in subparagraph (B) "and" after the semi-
colon; and 
(2) by striking the period at the end of subparagraph (C) 
and inserting "; and" therefor; and 
(3) by adding after subparagraph (C) the following new 
subparagraph: 
"(D) reimbursement of expenses incurred by the Chief 
Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives to 
cover the costs of furnishings and furniture to accommodate 
the needs of the House of Representatives Child Care 
Center.". 
JOINT ITEMS 
For Joint Committees, as follows: 
JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic Committee, 
$3,096,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate. 
JOINT COMMITTEE ON PRINTING 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Printing, 
$202,000, together with an additional amount of $150,000 if there 
is enacted into law legislation which transfers the legislative and 
oversight responsibilities of the Joint Committee on Printing to 
the Committee on House Oversight of the House of Representatives: 
Provided, That such additional amount shall be transferred to the 
Committee on House Oversight of the House of Representatives 
and made available beginning January 1, 1999: Provided 
further, 
That all such funds are to be disbursed by the Secretary of the 
Senate. 
JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Taxation, 
$5,965,400, 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 two 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 nine assistants on the 
basis heretofore provided for such assistants; and (4) $893,000 
for reimbursement to the Department of the Navy for expenses 
PUBLIC LAW 105-275—OCT. 21, 1998 
112 STAT. 2441 
incurred for staff and equipment assigned to the Office of the 
Attending Physician, which shall be advEinced and credited to the 
applicable appropriation or appropriations from which such salaries, 
allowances, and other expenses are payable and shall be available 
for all the purposes thereof, $1,415,000, 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 allowsince of not more than $600 
each for members required to wear civilian attire, and Government 
contributions for health, retirement, Social Security, and other 
appUcable employee benefits, $76,844,000, of which $37,037,000 
is provided to the Sergeant at Arms of the House of Representatives, 
to be disbursed by the Chief Administrative Officer of the House, 
and $39,807,000 is provided to the Sergeant at Arms and Door-
keeper of the Senate, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the 
Senate: Provided, That, of the amounts appropriated under this 
heading, such amounts as may be necessary may be transferred 
between the Sergesint 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 e3q)enses 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 Chairman of the Bo£ird, $6,237,000, to be disbursed by 
the Chief Administrative Officer of the House of Representatives: 
Provided, That, notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 
cost of basic training for the Capitol Police at the Federal Law 
Enforcement Training Center for fiscal year 1999 shall be paid 
by the Secretary of the Treasury fi-om fiinds available to the Depart-
ment of the Treasury. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
SEC. 111. Amounts appropriated for fiscal year 1999 for the 
Capitol Police Bosird for the Capitol Police may be transferred 
between the headings "SALARIES" and "GENERAL EXPENSES" upon 
the approval of— 
112 STAT. 2442 
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(1) the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives, in the case of amounts transferred from the appro-
priation 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 
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, $2,195,000, to be disbursed by the Secretary 
of the Senate: Provided, That no part of such amount may be 
used to employ more than forty-three 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 ten additional individuals 
for not more than six 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 second session of the One Hundred Fifth 
Congress, showing appropriations made, indefinite appropriations, 
and contracts authorized, together with a chronological history of 
the regular appropriations bills 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), $2,086,000. 
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, $25,671,000: 
Provided, That no part of such amount may be used for the purchase 
or hire of a passenger motor vehicle. 
PUBLIC LAW 105-275—OCT. 21, 1998 
112 STAT. 2443 
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 sind 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, $43,683,000, of which $8,175,000 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, $6,046,000, of which $525,000 shall 
remain available until expended. -
SENATE OFFICE BUILDINGS 
For all necessary expenses for maintenance, care and operation 
of Senate office buildings; and furniture and furnishings to be 
expended under the control and supervision of the Architect of 
the Capitol, $54,144,000, of which $14,615,000 shall remain avail-
able until expended. 
HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS 
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and oper-
ation of the House office buildings, $42,139,000, of which 
$11,449,000 shall remain available until expended: Provided, That 
of the total amount provided under this heading, not less than 
$100,000 shall be used exclusively for waste recycling programs. 
CAPITOL POWER PLANT 
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and oper-
ation 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 Con-
gress buildings, and the grounds about the same, Botanic Garden, 
Senate garage, and air conditioning refrigeration not supplied from 
plants in any of such buildings; heating the Government Printing 
Office and Washington City Post Office, and heating and chilled 
water for £dr conditioning for the Supreme Court Building, the 
112 STAT. 2444 
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Union Station complex, the Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary 
Building and the Folger Shakespeare Library, expenses for which 
shall be advanced or reimbursed upon request of the Architect 
of the Capitol and amoimts so received shall be deposited into 
the Treasury to the credit of this appropriation, $38,174,000, of 
which $5,100,000 shall remain available until expended: Provided, 
That not more than $4,000,000 of the funds credited or to be 
reimbursed to this appropriation as herein provided shall be avail-
able for obligation during fiscal year 1999. 
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, $67,124,000: Provided, That no part of such 
amount may be used to pay any salary or expense in connection 
with any publication, or preparation of material therefor (except 
the Digest of Public General Bills), to be issued by the Library 
of Congress unless such publication has obtained prior approval 
of either the Committee on House Oversight of the House of Rep-
resentatives or the Committee on Rules and Administration of 
2 use 166 note, 
the Senate: Provided further. That, notwithst£inding any other provi-
sion of law, the compensation of the Director of the Congressional 
Research Service, Lilbrary of Congress, shall be at an annual rate 
which is equal to the annual rate of basic pay for positions at 
level IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 
5, United States Code. 
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 
CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING AND BINDING 
For authorized printing and binding for the Congress and the 
distribution of Congressional information in any format; printing 
and binding for the Architect of the 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, $74,465,000: 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 Delegated 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 chap-
ter 7 of title 44, United States Code, may be expended to print 
PUBLIC LAW 105-275—OCT. 21, 1998 
112 STAT. 2445 
a document, report, or publication after the 27-month period begin-
ning on the date that such document, report, or pubhcation is 
authorized by Congress to be printed, unless Congress reauthorizes 
such printing in accordance with section 718 of title 44, United 
States Code. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
SEC. 112. (a) The Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1998 
(Public Law 105-55; 111 Stat. 1191) is amended in the item relating 
to "CONGRESSIONAL PRINTING AND BINDING" under the heading 
"GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE" by striking "$81,669,000" 
and all that follows through ''Provided,^' and inserting the following: 
"$70,652,000: Provided, That an additional amount of not more 
than $11,017,000 may be derived by transfer from the Government 
Printing Office revolving fund under section 309 of title 44, United 
States Code: Provided 
further". 
(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, 1998. 
This title may be cited as the "Congressional Operations Appro-
priations Act, 1999". 
TITLE II—OTHER AGENCIES 
BOTANIC GARDEN 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and oper-
ation of the Botanic Garden £ind 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, $3,052,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
SEC. 201. Section 307E(b) of the Legislative Branch Appropria-
tions Act, 1989 (40 U.S.C. 216c(b)) is amended by— 
(1) redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3); and 
(2) inserting after paragraph (1) the following: 
"(2) The Secretary of the Treasury shall invest any portion 
of the account designated in paragraph (1) that, as determined 
by the Architect, is not required to meet current expenses. Each 
investment shall be made in an interest-bearing obligation of the 
United States or an obligation gueiranteed both as to principal 
and interest by the United States that, as determined by the 
Architect, has a maturity date suitable for the purposes of the 
account. The Secretary of the Treasury shall credit interest earned 
on the obligations to the account.". 
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 
112 STAT. 2446 
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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, $238,373,000, of which not more than $6,500,000 shall 
be derived from collections credited to this appropriation during 
fiscal year 1999, 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 1999 and shall remain available until expended 
for the development £ind maintenance of an international legal 
information database and activities related thereto: Provided, That 
the Library of Congress may not obligate or expend any funds 
derived from collections under the Act of June 28, 1902, in excess 
of the amount authorized for obligation or expenditure in 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, $10,119,000 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, $3,544,000 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, $2,000,000 
is to remain available until expended for a project to digitize collec-
tions for the Meeting of the Frontiers United States-Russian digital 
library: Provided further. That of the total amount appropriated, 
$250,000 is to remain available until expended for the Libreiry's 
efforts in connection with the commemoration of the Bicentennial 
of the Lewis and Clark expedition. 
COPYRIGHT OFFICE 
( 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Copjniight Office, including 
publication of the decisions of the United States courts involving 
copyrights, $34,891,000, of which not more than $16,000,000, to 
remain available until ejcpended, shall be derived from collections 
credited to this appropriation during fiscal year 1999 under 17 
U.S.C. 708(d): Provided, That the Copyright Office may not obligate 
or expend any fimds 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 
$5,170,000 shall be derived from collections during fiscal year 1999 
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 amoimt by which collections are less than 
$21,170,000: Provided further, That not more than $100,000 of 
the amount appropriated is available for the maintenance of an 
PUBLIC LAW 105-275—OCT. 21, 1998 
112 STAT. 2447 
"International Cop)a:ight Institute" in the Copyright Office of the 
Library of Congress for the purpose of training nationals of develop-
ing countries in intellectual property laws and policies: Provided 
further, That not more than $2,250 may be expended, on the certifi-
cation of the Librarian of Congress, in connection with official 
representation and reception expenses for activities of the Inter-
national Copyright Institute. 
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), $46,824,000, 
of which $13,744,000 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, $4,448,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 202. Appropriations in this Act available to the Library 
of Congress shall be available, in an amount of not more than 
$194,290, of which $58,100 is for the Congressional Research Serv-
ice, when specifically authorized by the Librarian, for attendance 
at meetings concerned with the function or activity for which the 
appropriation is made. 
SEC. 203. (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 
(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. 204. Appropriated funds received by the Library of Con-
gress from other Federal agencies to cover general and administra-
tive 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 &nA 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 
112 STAT. 2448 
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Effective date. 
(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. 205. Of the amounts appropriated to the Library 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. 206. Of the amount appropriated to the Library of 
Congress in this Act, not more than $12,000 may be expended, 
on me certification of the Librarian of Congress, in connection 
with official representation and reception expenses for the Overseas 
Field Offices. 
SEC. 207. (a) For fiscal year 1999, the obligational authority 
of the Library of Congress for the activities described in subsection 
(b) may not exceed $99,765,100. 
(b) The activities referred to in subsection (a) are reimbursable 
and revolving fund activities that are funded fi-om sources other 
than appropriations to the Library in appropriations Acts for the 
legislative branch. 
SEC. 208. Effective October 1, 1998, the Library of Congress 
is authorized to receive funds from participants in and sponsors 
of an international legal information database led by the Law 
Library of Congress, and to credit any such funds to the Library 
of Congress appropriations, up to the extent authorized in appro-
priations Acts, for the development and maintenance of the data-
base. 
ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL 
CONGRESSIONAL CEMETERY 
For a grsmt for the perpetual care and maintenance of the 
historic Congressionsd Cemetery, $1,000,000, to remain available 
until expended. 
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, $12,672,000, of which $910,000 shall remain available 
until expended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
2 use 51 note. 
SEC. 209. (a) GRANT FOR CARE AND MAINTENANCE OF CONGRES-
SIONAL CEMETERY.—In order to assist in the perpetual care and 
maintenance of the historic Congressional Cemetery, the Architect 
of the Capitol shall make a grant to the National Trust for Historic 
Preservation (hereafter in this section referred to as the "National 
Trust") in accordance with an agreement entered into by the 
Architect of the Capitol with the National Trust and the Association 
for the Preservation of Historic Congressional Cemetery (hereafter 
in this section referred to as the "Association") which contains 
the terms and conditions described in subsection (b) and such 
other provisions as the Architect may deem necessary or desirable 
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112 STAT. 2449 
for the implementation of this section or for the protection of the 
interests of the Federal Government. 
(b) TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF AGREEMENT.—The terms and 
conditions described in this subsection are as follows: 
(1) Upon receipt of the amounts provided under the grant 
made under subsection (a), the National Trust shall deposit 
the amounts in a permanently restricted account in its endow-
ment £ind shall administer, invest, £ind manage such grant 
funds in the same manner as other National Trust endowment 
fands. 
(2) The National Trust shall make distributions to the 
Association from the amounts deposited in the endowment 
pursuant to paragraph (1), in accordance with its regularly 
established spending rate, for the care and maintenance of 
the Cemetery (other than the cost of personnel), except that 
the National Trust may only make such distributions incremen-
tally and proportionately upon receipt by the National Trust 
of contributions from the Association which incrementally 
match the amounts provided under the grant made under sub-
section (a) and which are to be added to the permanently 
restricted account described in paragraph (1). 
(3) The Association shall use such distributions from the 
endowment and the match for the care and maintenance of 
Congressional Cemetery, except that the Association may not 
use such distributions for nonroutine restoration or capital 
projects. 
(4) The Association, or any successor thereto, shall main- Records, 
tain adequate records and accounts of all financial transactions 
and operations carried out with such distributions, and such 
records shall be available at all times for audit and investiga-
tion by the Architect of the Capitol and the Comptroller Gen-
eral. 
(c) No TITLE IN UNITED STATES.—Nothing in this section shall 
be construed to vest title to the Congressional Cemetery in the 
United States. 
SEC. 210. For fiscal year 1999, the amount available for 
expenditure by the Architect of the Capitol from the fund estab-
lished under section 4 of the Act entitled "An Act to authorize 
acquisition of certain real property for the Library of Congress, 
and for other purposes", approved December 15, 1997 (Public Law 
105-144; 111 Stat. 2688), may not exceed $2,500,000. 
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 Government 
publications and their distribution to the public, Members of Con-
gress, other Grovemment agencies, and designated depository and 
intemationsd exchange libraries as authorized by law, $29,264,000: 
Provided, That travel expenses, including travel expenses of the 
Depository Library Council to the Public Printer, shall not exceed 
$150,000: Provided 
further, 
That amounts of not more than 
$2,000,000 from current year appropriations are authorized for 
producing and disseminating Congressional serial sets £ind other 
112 STAT. 2450 
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related publications for 1997 and 1998 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 
9104 of title 31, United States Code, as may be necessary in 
carrying out the programs and purposes set forth in the budget 
for the current fiscal year for the Government Printing Office revolv-
ing 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 further, That the 
revolving fund shall be available for the hire or purchase of not 
more than twelve passenger motor vehicles: Provided further. That 
expenditures in connection with travel expenses of the advisory 
councils to the Public Printer shall be deemed necessary to carry 
out the provisions of title 44, United States Code: Provided 
further, 
That the revolving fund shall be available for temporary or intermit-
tent services under section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, 
but at rates for individuals not more than the daily equivalent 
of the annual rate of basic pay for level V of the Executive Schedule 
under section 5316 of such title: Provided further. That the revolving 
fund and the funds provided under the heading "OFFICE OF SUPER-
INTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS, SALARIES AND EXPENSES" together may 
not be available for the full-time equivalent employment of more 
than 3,383 workyears: 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 supervisor in a position the grade or level 
of which is equal to or higher than GS-15: Provided further. That 
expenses for attendance at meetings shall not exceed $75,000. 
GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the General 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 
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 pa)mients 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 General of the United States, rental of living 
31 use 9105 
quarters in foreign countries, $354,268,000: Provided, That notwith-
note. 
standing 31 U.S.C. 9105 hereafter amounts reimbursed to the 
Comptroller General pursuant to that section shall be deposited 
to the appropriation of the General Accounting Office then available 
and remain available until expended, and not more than $2,000,000 
PUBLIC LAW 105-275—OCT. 21, 1998 
112 STAT. 2451 
of such funds shall be available for use in fiscal year 1999: Provided 
further. That this appropriation and appropriations for administra-
tive expenses of any other department or agency which is a member 
of the Joint Financial Management Improvement Program (JFMIP) 
shall be available to finance an appropriate share of JFMIP costs 
as determined by the JFMIP, including the salary of the Executive 
Director £uid secretarial support: Provided further, That this appro-
priation and appropriations for administrative expenses of any other 
department or agency which is a member of the National Intergov-
ernmental Audit Forum or a Regional Intergovernmental Audit 
Forum shall be available to finance an appropriate share of either 
Forum's costs as determined by the respective Forum, including 
necessary travel expenses of non-Federal participants. Pa3Tnents 
hereunder to either Forum or the JFMIP may be credited as 
reimbursements to any appropriation from which costs involved 
are initieJly 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 International Institute of Administrative Sciences. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
SEC. 211. The unexpended balance appropriated in Public Law 
104-208 to the Secretary of Health and Humein Services for carrying 
out section 301(1) of Public Law 104-191 is transferred to the 
"Salaries and Expenses" appropriation of Public Law 105-55 for 
necessary expenses of the General Accounting Office, to remain 
available until September 30,1998. 
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 Oversight and for the 
Senate issued by the Committee on Rules and Administration. 
SEC. 302, No peirt of the funds appropriated in this Act shall 
remain available for obligation beyond fiscal year 1999 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 fi-om 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 Contracts. 
Act for any consulting service through procurement contract, pursu- Public 
ant to 5 U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited to those contracts where "^formation, 
such expenditures are a matter of public record and available 
112 STAT. 2452 
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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 ec^uipment and products purchased 
with funds made available in this Act should oe American-made. 
(b) In providing financial assistemce to, or entering into any 
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 finaJly 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, such 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 
£iny 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. 
(a) 
SEVERANCE 
PAY 
FOR 
EMPLOYEES 
OF 
THE 
ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL.—Section 5595(a) of title 5, United 
States Code, as amended by section 310 of the Legislative Branch 
Appropriations Act, 1998, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (IXF), by striking ", but only with respect 
to the United States Senate Restaurants"; and 
(2) in paragraph (2), in clause (viii) in the matter following 
subparagraph (B), by striking "of the United States Senate 
Restaurants". 
(b) 
EARLY RETIREMENT FOR EMPLOYEES OF THE ARCHITECT 
OF THE CAPITOL.—Section 310(b)(1) of the Legislative Branch Appro-
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priations Act, 1998 (40 U.S.C. 174j-l(b)(l)) is amended— 
note. 
(1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking 
"of the United States Senate Restaurants"; and 
v 
(2) in subparagraph (A), by striking "1999;" and inserting 
"1999 (or, in the case of an individual who is not am employee 
of the United States Senate Restaurants, on or after the date 
of the enactment of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 
1999 and before October 1, 2001);". 
(c) 
VOLUNTARY 
SEPARATION 
INCENTIVE 
PAYMENTS 
FOR 
EMPLOYEES OF THE ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL.—Section 310(c) 
of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1998 (40 U.S.C. 174j-
40USC174J-1 
1(c)) is amended— 
note. 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking "of the United States 
Senate Restaurants ; and 
PUBLIC LAW 105-275—OCT. 21, 1998 
112 STAT. 2453 
(2) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) by striking "not more than 50"; 
(B) by striking "1999" and inserting "1999 (or, in the 
case of an individual who is not an employee of the United 
States Senate Restaurants, on or after the date of the 
enactment of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 
1999 and before October 1, 2001)"; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new sentence: 
"The number of employees of the United States Senate 
Restaurants to whom voluntary separation incentive pay-
ments may be offered under the program established under 
the previous sentence may not exceed 50."; 
(3) by redesignating paragraphs (4) and (5) as paragraphs 
(6) and (7), respectively; £ind 
(4) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following: 
"(4)(A) No volunt£iry separation incentive pajonent may 
be paid under this section on or after the date of enactment 
of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1999, unless the 
Architect of the Capitol submits a plan described under 
subparagraph (B) to the Committee on Rules and Administra-
tion of the Senate and the Committee on House Oversight 
of the House of Representatives and such committees approve 
the plan. 
"(B) The plan referred to under subparagraph (A) shedl 
include— 
"(i) the positions and functions to be reduced or 
eliminated, identified by organizational unit, occupational 
category, and pay or grade level; 
"(ii) the number and amounts of voluntary separation 
incentive payments to be offered; and 
"(iii) a description of how the Architect of the Capitol 
will operate without the eliminated positions and functions. 
"(5)(A) In addition to any other pajonents which the 
Architect of the Capitol is required to make under subchapter 
III of chapter 83 of title 5, United States Code, the Architect 
of the Capitol shall remit to the Office of Personnel Meuiage-
ment for deposit in the Treasury of the United States to the 
credit of the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund 
an amount equal to 15 percent of the final basic pay of each 
employee who is covered under subchapter III of chapter 83 
or chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code, to whom a vol-
untary separation incentive has been psiid under this section. 
This subparagraph shall not apply to any employee of the 
United States Senate Restaurants. 
"(B) For the purpose of this paragraph, the term 'final 
basic pa/, with respect to an employee— 
"(i) means the total amount of basic pay which would 
be payable for a year of service by such employee, computed 
using the employee's final rate of basic pay; and 
"(ii) includes an appropriate adjustment to the amount 
computed under clause (i) if the employee is last serving 
on other than a full-time basis.". 
(d) RETRAINING, JOB PLACEMENT, AND COUNSELING SERVICES 
F
O
R EMPLOYEES OF THE ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL.—Section 310(e) 
of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1998 (40 U.S.C. 174j- 40USC I74j-i 
1(e)) is amended— 
note. 
112 STAT. 2454 
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(1) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking "of the United States 
Senate Restaurants"; and 
(2) in paragraph (3)(A), by striking "the United States 
Senate Restaurants of". 
44 use 305 note. 
SEC. 309. (a) SEVERANCE PAY.—Section 5595 of title 5, United 
States Code, as amended by section 310 of the Legislative Branch 
Appropriations Act, 1998, is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(2)— 
(A) in clause (viii), by striking "or" after the semicolon; 
and 
(B) by redesignating clause (ix) as clause (x) and 
inserting after clause (viii) the following new clause: 
"(ix) an employee of the Government Printing 
Office, who is employed on a temporary when actually 
employed basis; or"; and 
(2) in subsection (b) by adding at the end the following: 
'The Public Printer may prescribe regulations to effect the 
application and operation of this section to the agency specified 
in subsection (a)(1)(G) of this section.". 
Applicability. 
(b) EARLY RETIREMENT.—(1) This subsection applies to an 
employee of the Government Printing Office who— 
(A) volimtarily separates fi*om service on or after the date 
of enactment of this Act and before October 1, 2001; and 
(B) on such date of separation— 
(i) has completed 25 years of service as defined \mder 
section 8331(12) or 8401(26) of title 5, United States Code; 
or 
(ii) has completed 20 years of such service and is 
at least 50 years of age. 
(2) Notwithstanding any provision of chapter 83 or 84 of title 
5, United States Code, an employee described under paragraph 
(1) is entitled to an annuity which shall be computed consistent 
with the provisions of law applicable to annuities luider section 
8336(d) or 8414(b) of titie 5. United States Code. 
(c) VOLUNTARY SEPARATION INCENTIVE PAYMENTS.—(1) In this 
subsection, the term "employee" means an employee of the Govern-
ment Printing Office, serving without limitation, who has been 
currently employed for a continuous period of at least 12 months, 
except that such term shall not include— 
(A) a reemployed annuitant under subchapter III of chapter 
83 or chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code, or another 
retirement system for employees of the Government; 
(B) an employee having a disability on the basis of which 
such employee is or would be eligible for disability retirement 
under any of the retirement systems referred to in subpara-
graph (A); or 
(C) an employee who is employed on a temporary when 
actually employed basis. 
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in order to 
avoid or minimize the need for involuntary separations due to 
a reduction in force, reorganization, transfer of mnction, or other 
similar action affecting the agency, the Public Printer shall establish 
a program under which voluntary separation incentive pa5rments 
may be offered to encourage eligible employees to separate firom 
service volimtarily (whether by retirement or resignation) during 
the period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act 
through September 30, 2001. 
PUBLIC LAW 105-275—OCT. 21, 1998 
112 STAT. 2455 
(3) Such voluntary separation incentive payments shall be paid 
in accordance with the provisions of section 5597(d) of title 5, 
United States Code. Any such pa3m(ient shall not be a basis of 
pajnnent, and shall not be included in the computation, of any 
other type of Government benefit. 
(4XA) Not later than January 15, 1999, the Public Printer Deadline, 
shall submit a plan described under subpeiragraph (C) to the Joint 
Committee on Printing (or any applicable successor committees). 
(B) No volimtary separation incentive payment may be paid 
under this section unless the Public Printer submits a plan 
described under subparagraph (C) to the Joint Committee on Print-
ing (or any applicable successor committees) and the Joint Commit-
tee on Printing approves the plan (or such successor committees 
approve the plan). 
(C) The plan referred to under subparagraph (B) shall include— 
(i) the positions and functions to be reduced or eliminated, 
identified by organizational unit, occupational category, and 
pay or grade level; 
(ii) the number and amounts of voluntary separation 
incentive pa5ntnents to be offered; and 
(iii) a description of how the Government Printing Office 
will operate without the eKminated positions and fimctions. 
(5)(A) In addition to any other payments which the Public 
Printer is reqiiired to make under subchapter III of chapter 83 
of title 5, United States Code, the Public Printer shall remit to 
the Office of Personnel Management for deposit in the Treasury 
of the United States to the credit of the Civil Service Retirement 
and Disability Fund £ui amoimt equal to 15 percent of the final 
basic pay of each employee who is covered under subchapter III 
of chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code, to 
whom a voluntary separation incentive has been paid under this 
section. 
(B) For the purpose of this paragraph, the term "final basic 
pay", with respect to an employee— 
(i) means the total amoimt of basic pay which would be 
payable for a year of service by such employee, computed using 
the employee's final rate of basic pay; and 
(ii) includes an appropriate adjustment to the amount 
computed imder clause (i) if the employee is last serving on 
other than a fiiU-time basis. 
(6)(A) Subject to subparagraph (B), an employee who has 
received a voluntary sepsiration incentive payment under this sec-
tion and accepts employment with the Government of the United 
States within 5 years after the date of the separation on which 
the payment is based shall be required to repay the entire amount 
of the incentive pajonent to the agency that pgiid the incentive 
pa3nnient. 
(B)(i) If the employment is with an Executive agency (as defined 
by section 105 of title 5, United States Code), the Director of 
the Office of Personnel Management may, at the request of the 
head of the agency, waive the repayment if the individual involved 
possesses unique abilities and is the only qualified applicant avail-
able for the position. 
(ii) If the employment is with an entity in the legislative branch, 
the head of the entity or the appointing official may waive the 
repajonent if the individual involved possesses unique abilities and 
is the only qualified applicant available for the position. 
112 STAT. 2456 
PUBLIC LAW 105-275—OCT. 21, 1998 
(iii) If the employment is with the judicial branch, the Director 
of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts may waive 
the repayment if the individual involved possesses unique abilities 
and is the only qualified applicant available for the position. 
(C) For purposes of subparagraph (A) (but not subparagraph 
(B)), the term "emplo)mient" includes emplojnnent under a personal 
services contract with the United States. 
Deadline. 
(7) Not later than January 15, 1999, the Public Printer shall 
Regulations. 
prescribe regulations to carry out this subsection. 
(d) RETRAINING, JOB PLACEMENT, AND COUNSELING SERVICES.— 
(1) In this subsection, the term "employee"— 
(A) means an employee of the Government Printing Office; 
and 
(B) shall not include— 
(i) a reemployed annuitant under subchapter III of 
chapter 83 or chapter 84 of title 5, United States Code, 
or another retirement system for employees of the Govern-
ment; or 
(ii) an employee who is employed on a temporary when 
actually employed basis. 
(2) The Public Printer may establish a program to provide 
retraining, job placement, and counseling services to employees 
and former employees. 
(3) A former employee may not participate in a program 
established under this subsection, if— 
(A) the former employee was separated from service with 
the Government Printing Office for more than 1 year; or 
(B) the separation was by removal for cause on charges 
of misconduct or delinquency. 
(4) Retraining costs for the program established under this 
subsection may not exceed $5,000 for each employee or former 
employee. 
(e) ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.—(1) The Public Printer— 
(A) may use employees of the Government Printing Office 
to establish and administer programs £ind carry out the provi-
sions of this section; and 
(B) may procure temporary and intermittent services under 
section 3109(b) of title 5, United States Code, to carry out 
such provisions— 
(i) not subject to the 1 year of service limitation under 
such section 3109(b); and 
(ii) at rates for individuals which do not exceed the 
daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay prescribed 
for level V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 
of such title. 
(2) Funds to carry out subsections (a) and (c) may be expended 
only from funds available for the basic pay of the employee who 
is receiving the applicable pa3mient. 
(3) Funds to carry out subsection (d) may be expended from 
any funds made available to the Public Printer. 
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SEC. 310. The Architect of the Capitol— 
Deadline. 
(1) shall develop and implement a cost-effective energy 
conservation strategy for all facilities currently administered 
by Congress to achieve a net reduction of 20 percent in energy 
consumption on the congressional campus compared to fiscal 
year 1991 consumption levels on a Btu-per-gross-square-foot 
basis not later th£in 7 years after the enactment of this Act; 
PUBLIC LAW 105-275—OCT. 21, 1998 
112 STAT. 2457 
(2) shall submit to Congress no later than 10 months Deadline, 
after the enactment of this Act a comprehensive energy con-
servation and management plan which includes life cycle costs 
methods to determine the cost-effectiveness of proposed energy 
efficiency projects; 
(3) shall submit to the Committee on Appropriations in 
the Senate and the House of Representatives a request for 
the amoimt of appropriations necessary to carry out this section; 
(4) shall present to Congress annually a report on congres- Reports. 
sional energy msmagement and conservation programs which 
details energy expenditures for each facility, energy manage-
ment and conservation projects, and ftiture priorities to ensure 
compliance with the requirements of this section; 
(5) shall perform energy surveys of all congressional 
buildings and update such surveys as needed; 
(6) shall use such surveys to determine the cost and pay-
back jperiod of energy and water conservation measures likely 
to achieve the required energy consumption levels; 
(7) shall install energy and water conservation measures 
that will achieve the requirements through previously deter-
mined life cycle cost methods and procedures; 
(8) may contract with nongovernmental entities and employ 
private sector capital to finance energy conservation projects 
and achieve energy consumption targets; 
(9) may develop innovative contracting methods that will 
attract private sector funding for the installation of energy-
efficient and renewable energy technology to meet the require-
ments of this section; 
(10) may participate in the Department of Energ^s Financ-
ing Renewable Energy and Efficiency (FREE Savings) contracts 
program for Federal Government facilities; and 
(11) shall produce information packages and "how-to" 
guides for each Member and employing authority of the Con-
gress that detail simple, cost-effective methods to save energy 
and taxpayer dollars. 
SEC. 311. Section 316 of Public Law 101-302 is amended in 
the first sentence of subsection (a) by striking "1998" and inserting 
"1999". 
SEC. 
312. 
AMERICAN FOLKLIFE CENTER, (a) 
FINDINGS AND 
PURPOSE.— 
(1) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following findings: 
(A) The American Folklife Center in the Library of 
Congress was created by Congress in 1976, building on 
the vast expertise £ind archival material existing at the 
Library since 1928. 
(B) As an instrumentality of the Congress, it is fitting 
that the American Folklife Center should have a direct 
and close relationship with the representatives of the peo-
ple, who are best able to oversee the ongoing activities 
of the Center to preserve and promote the cultural tradi-
tions of the people, and to ensure that the resources of 
the Center be readily available to all Americans. 
(C) In over 20 years since its creation, the American 
Folklife Center in the Library of Congress has— 
(i) increased the size of the Archive of Folk Culture 
from 500,000 to 1,500,000 multi-format ethnographic 
items; 
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note. 
112 STAT. 2458 
PUBLIC LAW 105-275—OCT. 21, 1998 
(ii) engaged in 15 cultural surveys and field docu-
mentation projects in all regions of the country; 
(iii) provided publications, documentary equipment 
on loan, and advisory and reference service to persons 
and institutions in all 50 States; 
(iv) produced exhibitions £uid other educational 
programs on American Folklife at the Library and 
around the country; 
(v) begun sharing its unique collections in digital 
form via the Internet; and 
(vi) served as a national center for the professions 
of folklore, ethnomusicology, and cultural studies. 
(D) Congress has consistently provided encouragement 
and support of American Folklife as £in appropriate matter 
of concern to the Federal Government, passing legislation 
to reauthorize the Center eight times since its creation 
in 1976. 
(E) The American Folklife Center is the only unit in 
the Library of Congress which is not permanently author-
ized. Since its establishment in 1976, the Center's collec-
tions and activities have been fiilly and 
successfully 
integrated into the Library of Congress. It is useful to 
statutorily conform the American Folklife Center with the 
rest of the Library of Congress. 
(2) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this section to authorize 
permanently the American Folklife Center in the Library of 
Congress to preserve £ind present American Folklife. 
(b) REAUTHORIZATION AND AMENDMENT.— 
(1) BOARD OF TRUSTEES; APPOINTMENT AND COMPENSATION 
OF DIRECTOR; ELIMINATION OF DEPUTY DIRECTOR POSITION.— 
Section 4 of the American Folklife Preservation Act (20 U.S.C. 
2103) is amended— 
(A) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the 
following: 
"(b)(1) The Center shall be under the direction of a Board 
of Trustees. The Board shall be composed as follows: 
President. 
"(A) four members appointed by the President from among 
individuals who are officials of Federal depgirtments and agen-
cies concerned with some aspect of American Folklife traditions 
eind arts; 
"(B) four members appointed by the President pro tempore 
of the Senate fi*om among individuals from private life who 
are widely recognized by virtue of their scholarship, experience, 
creativity, or interest in American Folklife traditions and arts, 
and four members appointed by the Speaker of the House 
of Representatives from among such individuals; 
*XC) four members appointed by the Librarian of Congress 
from among individuals who are widely recognized by virtue 
of their scholarship, experience, creativity, or interest in Amer-
ican folklife traditions and arts; and 
"(D) seven ex officio members including— 
"(i) the Librarian of Congress; 
"(ii) the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution; 
"(iii) the Chairman of the National Endowment for 
the Arts; 
"(iv) the Chairman of the National Endowment for 
the Humanities; 
•Note: In the fifth line of Sec. 312(b)(lXA), which begins "(A) four members . . ." the word 
"President" has been added after "the" and before "from".