Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1986
PL 99-151 (H.R.2942), enacted 11/13/1985

99 STAT. 792 
PUBLIC LAW 99-151—NOV. 13, 1985 
Nov. 13, 1985 
[H.R. 2942] 
Legislative 
Branch 
Appropriations 
Act, 1986. 
Congressional 
Operations 
Appropriation 
Act, 1986. 
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Public Law 99-151 
99th Congress 
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An Act 
Making appropriations for the legislative branch for the fiscal year ending Septem-
ber 30, 1986, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That the following 
sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not 
otherwise appropriated, for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal 
year ending September 30, 1986, and for other purposes, namely: 
TITLE I—CONGRESSIONAL OPERATIONS 
SENATE 
MILEAGE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT AND SENATORS AND EXPENSE 
ALLOWANCES OF THE VICE PRESIDENT, THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE, 
MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERS, MAJORITY AND 
MINORITY 
WHIPS, AND CHAIRMEN OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY CON-
FERENCE COMMITTEES 
MILEAGE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT AND SENATORS 
For mileage of the Vice President and Senators of the United 
States, $60,000. 
EXPENSE ALLOWANCES OF THE VICE PRESIDENT, THE PRESIDENT PRO 
TEMPORE, MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERS, MAJORITY AND MINOR-
ITY WHIPS, AND CHAIRMEN OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY CON-
FERENCE COMMITTEES 
For expense allowances of the Vice President, $10,000; the Presi-
dent Pro Tempore of the Senate, $10,000; Majority Leader of the 
Senate, $10,000; Minority Leader of the Senate, $10,000; Majority 
Whip of the Senate, $5,000; Minority Whip of the Senate, $5,000; and 
Chairmen of the Majority and Minority Conference Committees, 
$6,000; in all, $56,000. 
REPRESENTATION ALLOWANCES FOR THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY 
LEADERS 
For representation allowances of the Majority and Minority Lead-
ers of the Senate, $10,000 for each such Leader, in all $20,000. 
SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES 
For compensation of officers, employees, clerks to Senators, and 
others as authorized by law, including agency contributions, which 
shall be paid from this appropriation without regard to the below 
limitations, as follows: 
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99 STAT. 793 
OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT 
For the Office of the Vice President, $1,112,000. 
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE 
For Office of the President Pro Tempore, $149,000. 
OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERS 
For Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders, $1,090,000. 
OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY WHIPS 
For Offices of the Majority and Minority Whips, $418,000. 
CONFERENCE COMMITTEES 
For the Conference of the Majority and the Conference of the 
Minority, at rates of compensation to be fixed by the Chairman of 
each such committee, $540,500 for each such committee; in all, 
$1,081,000. 
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 liie Minority, $182,000. 
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OFFICE OF THE CHAPLAIN 
For Office of the Chaplain, $90,000. 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
For Office of the Secretary, $6,953,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE, CLERICAL, AND LEGISLATIVE ASSISTANCE TO 
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SENATORS 
For administrative, clerical, and legislative assistance to Senators, 
$102,549,000. 
OFFICE OF THE SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER 
For Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, $36,358,000. 
OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY 
For Offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the Secretary for 
the Minority, $879,000. 
AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS 
For agency contributions for employee benefits, as authorized by 
law, $19,612,000. 
OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL OF THE SENATE 
For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel 
of the Senate, $1,437,000. 
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OFFICE OF SENATE LEGAL COUNSEL 
For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate Legal Counsel, 
$565,000. 
EXPENSE ALLOWANCES OF THE SECRETARY OF THE SENATE, SERGEANT 
AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE SENATE, AND SECRETARIES FOR 
THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY OF THE SENATE 
For expense allowances of the Secretary of the Senate, $3,000; 
Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, $3,000; Secretary 
for the Majority of the Senate, $3,000; Secretary for the Minority of 
the Senate, $3,000; in all, $12,000. 
CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE 
SENATE POUCY COMMITTEES 
For salaries and expenses of the Majority Policy Committee and 
the Minority Policy Committee, $974,000 for each such committee; 
in all $1,948,000. 
INQUIRIES AND INVESTIGATIONS 
For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered by the 
Senate, or conducted pursuant to section 134(a) of Public Law 601, 
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Seventy-ninth Congress, as amended, section 112 of Public Law 
94 Stat. 892. 
96-304 and Senate Resolution 281, agreed to March 11, 1980, 
$51,050,000. 
EXPENSES OF UNITED STATES INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL 
COMMISSION 
For expenses of the United States International Narcotics Control 
Commission, as authorized by section 814 of the Foreign Relations 
Ante, p. 455. 
Authorization Act, passed by the Senate on July 31, 1985, $325,000. 
SECRETARY OF THE SENATE 
For expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the Senate, $683,800. 
SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE SENATE 
For expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Door-
keeper of the Senate, $54,153,000. 
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS 
For miscellaneous items, $9,659,000. 
STATIONERY (REVOLVING FUND) 
For stationery for the President of the Senate, $4,500, for officers 
of the Senate and the Conference of the Majority and Conference of 
the Minority of the Senate, $7,500; in all, $12,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISION 
SECTION 1. The second sentence of section 120 of Public Law 97-51 
(2 U.S.C. 61g-6) is amended by inserting immediately before the 
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99 STAT. 795 
period at the end thereof the following: ", except that vouchers shall 
not be required for payment of long-distance telephone calls". 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MILEAGE OF MEMBERS 
For mileage of Members, as authorized by law, $150,000. 
HOUSE LEADEBSHIP OFFICES 
For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, $3,357,000, 
including: Office of the Speaker, $775,000, including $18,000 for 
official expenses of the Speaker; Office of the Majority Floor Leader, 
$688,000, including $10,000 for official expenses of the Majority 
Leader; Office of the Minority Floor Leader, $767,000, including 
$10,000 for official expenses of the Minority Leader; Office of the 
Majority Whip, $603,000, including $1,000 for official expenses of the 
Majority Whip and not to exceed $145,540 for the Chief Deputy 
Majority Whip; Office of the Minority Whip, $524,000, including 
$1,000 for official expenses of the Minority Whip and not to exceed 
$76,840 for the Chief Deputy Minority Whip. 
SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES 
For compensation and expenses of officers and employees, as 
authorized by law, $47,914,000, including: Office of the Clerk, 
$13,656,000; Office of the Sergeant at Arms, including overtime, as 
authorized by law, $18,269,000; Office of the Doorkeeper, includ^g 
overtime, as authorized by law, $6,678,000; Office of the Postmaster, 
$2,075,000, including $46,722 for emplojmient of substitute mes-
sengers and extra services of regular employees when required at 
the salary rate of not to exceed $16,278 per annum each; Office of 
the Chaplain, $73,000; Office of the Parliamentarian, including the 
Parliamentarian and $2,000 for preparing the Digest of Rules, 
$623,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office for the Bicentennial 
of the House of Representatives, $219,000; for salaries and expenses 
of the Office of the Law Revision Counsel of the House, $859,000; for 
salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the 
House, $2,800,000; six minority employees, $434,000; the House 
Democratic Steering Committee and Caucus, $617,000; the House 
Republican Conference, $617,000; and Other Authorized Employees, 
$994,000. 
Such amounts as are deemed necessary for the payment of sala-
ries of officers and employees under this head may be transferred 
between the various offices and activities within this appropriation, 
"Salaries, officers and employees", upon the approval of the 
Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives. 
COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES 
For professional and clerical employees of standing committees, 
including the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on 
the Budget, $44,325,000. 
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COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS (STUDIES AND INVESTIGATIONS) 
For salaries and expenses, studies and examinations of executive 
agencies, by the Committee on Appropriations, and temporary per-
sonal services for such committee, to be expended in accordance 
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with section 202(b) of the Legislative Reorganization Act, 1946, and 
to be available for reimbursement to agencies for services per-
formed, $4,275,000. 
COMMITTEE ON THE BUDGET (STUDIES) 
For salaries, expenses, and studies by the Committee on the 
Budget, and temporary personal services for such committee to be 
expended in accordance with sections 101(c), 606, 703, and 901(e), of 
88 Stat. 299; 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, and to be available for 
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reimbursement to agencies for services performed, $296,000. 
88 Stat. 330. 
MEMBERS' CLERK HIRE 
For staff employed by each Member in the discharge of his official 
and representative duties, $166,762,000. 
CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE HOUSE 
ALIX)WANCES AND EXPENSES 
For allowances and expenses as authorized by House resolution or 
law, $133,426,000, including: Official 
Expenses of Members, 
$81,000,000; supplies, materials, administrative costs and Federal 
tort claims, $16,946,000; furniture and furnishings, $1,000,000; steno-
graphic reporting of committee hearings, $500,000; reemployed 
annuitants reimbursements, $1,200,000; Government contributions 
to employees' life insurance fund, retirement fund. Social Security 
fund. Medicare fund and health benefits fund, $32,158,000; and 
miscellaneous items including, but not limited to, purchase, ex-
change, maintenance, repair and operation of House motor vehicles, 
interparliamentary receptions and gratuities to heirs of deceased 
employees of the House, $622,000. 
Such amounts as are deemed necessary for the pa3mient of allow-
ances and expenses under this head may be transferred between the 
various categories within this appropriation, "Allowances and ex-
penses", upon the approval of the Committee on Appropriations of 
the House of Representatives. 
STANDING COMMITTEES, SPECIAL AND SELECT 
For salaries and expenses of standing committees, special and 
select, authorized by the House, $46,960,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 101. Of the amounts appropriated in fiscal year 1986 for the 
House of Representatives under the headings "Committee employ-
ees", "Standing Committees, special and select", "Salaries, officers 
and employees , "Allowances and expenses", and "Members' clerk 
hire", such amounts as are deemed necessary for the payment of 
salaries and expenses may be transferred among the aforemen-
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99 STAT. 797 
tioned accounts upon approval of the Committee on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 102. (a) The first sentence of section 5 of House Resolution 
2 USC 3lb-5. 
1238, Ninety-first Congress, as enacted into permanent law by 
Public Law 91-665 (84 Stat. 1989) and supplemented by subsection 
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(a) of Public Law 93-532 (88 Stat. 1723), is amended by striking out 
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"not to exceed $3,000" the first place it appears and inserting in lieu 
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thereof "not to exceed the then current rate for step 5 of level 11 of 
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the House Employees Schedule", by striking out "not to exceed 
$3,000" the second place it appears and inserting in lieu thereof "not 
to exceed the then current rate for step 9 of level 8 of such 
Schedule", and by striking out "not to exceed $9,000" and inserting 
in lieu thereof "not to exceed the then current rate for step 1 of level 
6 of such Schedule". 
(b) House Resolution 1238, Ninety-first Congress, as so enacted 
and supplemented, is further amended by striking out sections 3 and 
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6, by striking out, Li section 2, "in the manner provided by ap- 
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plicable provisions of the Legislative Appropriation Act, 1955, as Z^X^ 
amended by the Act of June 13,1957 (71 Stat. 82; Public Law 85-54)" 
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and all that follows through "as amended or supplemented after 
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such date," and inserting in lieu thereof "an allowance equal to the 
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base allowance component of the Official Expenses Allowance then 
currently in effect for each Member of the House (to be paid in the 
same manner as such Allowance)", by striking out "reimbursement, 
from" and inserting in lieu thereof "have", and by inserting "be 
available for payment o f after "of the House" the first place it 
appears. 
SEC. 103. (a) Two additional employees are authorized for each of 
the following: 
(1) the House Democratic Steering and Policy CJommittee; and 
(2) the House Republican (Conference. 
(b) The annual rate of pay for the positions established under 
subsection (a) shall not exceed 60 percent of the annual rate of pay 
payable from time to time for level V of the Executive Schedule 
imder section 5316 of title 5, United States C!ode. 
JOINT ITEMS 
For joint committees, as follows: 
CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE 
JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic C!ommittee, 
$2,644,000. 
JOINT COMMITTEE ON PRINTING 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint CJommittee on Printing, 
$919,000. 
CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE HoUSE 
JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint CJommittee on Taxation, 
$3,705,000, to be disbursed by the Clerk of the House. 
For other joint items, as follows: 
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OFFICE OF THE ATTENDING PHYSICIAN 
For medical supplies, equipment, and contingent expenses of the 
emergency rooms, and for the Attending Physician and his assist-
ants, including (1) an allowance of $1,000 per month to the Attend-
ing Physician; (2) an allowance of $600 per month to one Senior 
Medical Officer while on duty in the Attending Physician's office; (3) 
an allowance of $200 per month each to two medical officers while 
on duty in the Attending Physician's office; (4) an allowance of $200 
per month each to not to exceed eleven assistants on the basis 
heretofore provided for such assistance; and (5) $744,800 for re-
imbursement to the Department of the Navy for expenses incurred 
for staff and equipment assigned to the Office of the Attending 
Physician, such amount shall be advanced and credited to the 
applicable appropriation or appropriations from which such sala-
ries, allowances, and other expenses are payable and shall be avail-
able for all the purposes thereof, $1,056,000, to be disbursed by the 
Clerk of the House. 
CAPITOL POUCE 
GENERAL EXPENSES 
For purchasing and supplying uniforms; the purchase, mainte-
nance, and repair of police motor vehicles, including two-way police 
radio equipment; contingent expenses, including advance payment 
for travel for training or other purposes, and expenses associated 
with the relocation of instructor personnel to and from the Federal 
Law Enforcement Training Center as approved by the Chairman of 
the Capitol Police Board, and including $80 per month for extra 
services performed for the Capitol Police Board by such member of 
the staff of the Sergeant at Arms of the Senate or the House as may 
be designated by the Chairman of the Board, $1,336,000, to be 
disbursed by the Clerk of the House: Provided, That the funds used 
to maintain the petty cash fund referred to as "Petty Cash 11" which 
is to provide for the prevention and detection of crime shall not 
exceed $4,000: Provided further. That the funds used to maintain the 
petty cash fund referred to as "Petty Cash III" which is to provide 
for the advance of travel expenses attendant to protective assign-
ments shall not exceed $4,000. 
CAPITOL POLICE BOARD 
Funds available for obligations for fiscal year 1986 to enable the 
Capitol Police Board to provide additional protection for the Capitol 
Buildings and Grounds, including the Senate and House Office 
Buildings and the Capitol Power Plant, $109,000, to be disbursed by 
the Clerk of the House. Such sum shall be expended only for 
pa3rment of salaries and other expenses of personnel detailed from 
the Metropolitan Police of the District of Columbia, and the Mayor 
of the District of Columbia is authorized and directed to make such 
details upon the request of the Board. Personnel so detailed shall, 
during the period of such detail, serve under the direction and 
instructions of the Board and are authorized to exercise the same 
authority as members of such Metropolitan Police and members of 
the Capitol Police and to perform such other duties as may be 
assigned by the Board. Reimbursement for salaries and other ex-
penses of such detail personnel shall be made to the government of 
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99 STAT. 799 
the District of Columbia, and any sums so reimbursed shall be 
credited to the appropriation or appropriations from which such 
salaries and expenses are payable and shall be available for all the 
purposes thereof: Provided, That any person detailed under the 
authority of this paragraph or under similar authority in the Legis-
lative Branch Appropriation Act, 1942, and the Second Deficiency 
55 Stat. 446. 
Appropriation Act, 1940, from the Metropolitan Police of the Dis- 
54 Stat. 628. 
trict of Columbia shall be deemed a member of such Metropolitan 
Police during the period or periods of any such detail for all pur-
poses of rank, pay, allowances, privileges, and the benefits to the 
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same extent as though such detail had not been made, and at the 
termination thereof any such person shall have a status with re-
spect to rank, pay, allowances, privileges, and benefits which is not 
less than the status of such person in such police at the end of such 
detail. 
No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be paid as 
compensation to any person appointed after June 30, 1935, as an 
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officer or member of the Capitol Police who does not meet the 
standards to be prescribed for such appointees by the Capitol Police 
Board. 
OFFICIAL MAIL COSTS 
For expenses necessary for official mail costs, $100,000,000, to be 
disbursed by the Clerk of the House, to be available immediately 
upon enactment of this Act. 
CAPITOL GUIDE SERVICE 
For salaries and expenses of the Capitol Guide Service, $867,000, 
to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate: Provided, That none 
of these funds shall be used to employ more than twenty-eight 
individuals: Provided further. That the Capitol Guide Board is au-
thorized, during emergencies, to employ not more than two addi-
tional individuals for not more th£m one hundred twenty 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 House of Representatives, of the 
statements for the first session of the Ninety-ninth Congress, show-
ing appropriations made, indefinite appropriations, and contracts 
authorized, tc^ether with a chronological history of the regular 
appropriation bills as required by law, $13,000, to be paid to the 
persons designated by the chairman of such committees to supervise 
the work. 
OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of 
the Technology Assessment Act of 1972 (Public Law 92-484), includ- 2 use 471 note. 
ing reception and representation expenses (not to exceed $3,000 from 
the Trust Fund), and rental of space in the District of Columbia, and 
those necessary to carry out the duties of the Director of the Office 
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of Technology Assessment under section 1886 of the Social Security 
42 use I395ww. Act as amended by section 601 of the Social Security Amendments 
of 1983 (Public Law 98-21), $15,300,000: Provided, That none of the 
funds in the Act shall be available for salaries or expenses of any 
employee of the Office of Technology Assessment in excess of 143 
staff employees: Provided further. That no part of this appropriation 
shall be available for assessments or activities not initiated and 
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approved in accordance with section 3(d) of Public Law 92-484, 
except that funds shall be available for the assessment required by 
38 use 101 note. Public Law 96-151. 
CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses necessary to carry out the provisions of 
2 use 621 note, the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (Public Law 93-344), 
$16,886,000: Provided, That none of these funds shall be available for 
the purchase or hire of a passenger motor vehicle: Provided further. 
That none of the funds in this Act shall be available for salaries or 
expenses of any employee of the Congressional Budget Office in 
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excess of 222 staff employees: Provided further. That any sale or 
lease of property, supplies, or services to the Congressional Budget 
Office shall be deemed to be a sale or lease of such property, 
supplies, or services to the Congress subject to section 903 of Public 
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Law 98-63. 
ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL 
OFFICE OF THE ARCHITECT OP THE CAPITOL 
SALARIES 
For the Architect of the Capitol; the Assistant Architect of the 
Capitol; the Executive Assistant; and other personal services; at 
rates of pay provided by law, $5,417,000. 
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Appropriations under the control of the Architect of the Capitol 
shall be available for expenses of travel on official business not to 
exceed in the aggregate under all funds the sum of $20,000. 
CONTINGENT EXPENSES 
To enable the Architect of the Capitol to make surveys and 
studies, to incur expenses authorized by the Act of December 13, 
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1973 (87 Stat. 704), and to meet unforeseen exx)enses in connection 
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with activities under his care, $100,000. 
CAPITOL BUILDINGS A
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D GROUNDS 
CAPITOL BUILDINGS 
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For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and oper-
ation of the Capitol Building and electrical substations of the Senate 
and House Office Buildings, under the jurisdiction of the Architect 
of the Capitol, including furnishings and office equipment; not to 
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99 STAT. 801 
exceed $1,000 for official reception and representation expenses, to 
be expended as the Architect of the Capitol may approve; purchase 
or exchange, maintenance and operation of a passenger motor 
vehicle; for expenses of attendance, when specifically authorized by 
the Architect of the Capitol, at meetings or conventions in connec-
tion with subjects related to work under the Architect of the Capitol, 
$10,880,000. 
Of the funds appropriated under this head in Public Law 98-367, 98 Stat. 482. 
not to exceed $109,000 shall remain available until September 30, 
1986. 
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, $3,510,000, of which $495,000 shall be 
available until expended for the procurement and installation of 
hydraulic security barriers at vehicular entrances to the Capitol 
grounds, subject to the approval of the design development drawings 
by the House and Senate Committees on Appropriations: Provided, 
That the passenger motor vehicles authorized by Public Law 94-440 
(90 Stat. 1453), approved October 1,1976, to provide a shuttle service 40 use 224. 
for Members and employees of Congress may be used for the 40 use 223. 
transportation of House Pages to and from special events associated 
with their education when approved by the House of Representa-
tives Page Board: Provided further, That the use of the said pas-
senger motor vehicles for transportation of House Pages shall not 
interfere with the shuttle service for Members and employees of the 
Congress. 
SENATE OFFICE BUILDINGS 
For all necessary expenses for maintenance, care and operation of 
the Senate Office Buildings; and furniture and furnishings, to be 
expended under the control and supervision of the Architect of the 
Capitol, $19,163,000, of which $649,000 shall remain available until 
expended. 
Of the funds appropriated under this head in Public Law 98-367 98 Stat. 483. 
for demolition and paving of Square 724, $561,000 shall remain 
available until September 30,1986. 
HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS 
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and oper-
ation of the House Office Buildings, including the position of Super-
intendent of Garages as authorized by law, $22,088,000, of which 
$1,500,000 shall remain available until expended. 
CAPITOL POWER PLANT 
For all necessary expenses for the maintencmce, care and oper-
ation of the Capitol Power Plant; for lighting, heating, and power 
(including the purchase of electrical energy) for the Capitol, Senate 
and House Office Buildings, Congressionm Library Buildings, and 
the grounds about the same. Botanic Garden, Senate garage, and for 
air conditioning refrigeration not supplied from plants in any of 
such buildings; for heating the Government Printing Office £uid 
Washington City Post Office and heating and chilled water for air 
conditioning for the Supreme Court Building, Union Station com-
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plex and the Folger Shakespeare Library, expenses for which shall 
be advanced or reimbursed upon request of the Architect of the 
Capitol and amounts so received shall be deposited into the Treas-
ury to the credit of this appropriation; $23,495,000: Provided, That 
not to exceed $1,950,000 of the funds credited or to be reimbursed to 
this appropriation as herein provided shall be available for obliga-
tion during fiscal year 1986. 
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 
CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 203 
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of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, as amended by section 
note. 
321 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970 (2 U.S.C. 166) and 
to revise and extend the Annotated Constitution of the United 
States of America, $38,963,000: Provided, That no part of this appro-
priation 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 o
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Congress unless such publication has obtained prior approval of 
either the Committee on House Administration or the Senate 
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Committee on Rules and Administration: Provided further. That, 
notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the compensation of 
the Director of the Congressional Research Service, Library of Con-
gress, 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; for printing 
and binding for the Architect of the Capitol; expenses necessary for 
preparing the semimonthly and session index to the Congressional 
Record, as authorized by law (44 U.S.C. 902); and printing and 
binding of Grovemment publications authorized by law to be distrib-
uted to Members of Congress, $69,405,000: Provided, That this appro-
priation shall not be available for printing and binding part 2 of the 
annual report of the Secretary of Agriculture (known as the Year-
book of Agriculture) or for printing and binding copies of the 
permanent edition of the Congressional Record for individual Rep-
resentatives, Resident Commissioners or Delegates authorized under 
44 U.S.C. 906: Provided further. That this appropriation shall be 
av£iilable for the payment of obligations incurred under the appro-
priations for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years. 
This title may be cited as the "C!ongressional Operations Appro-
priation Act, 1986". 
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TITLE II—OTHER AGENQES 
BOTANIC GARDEN 
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SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and oper-
ation of the Botanic Garden €uid the nurseries, buildings, grounds, 
and collections; purchase and exchange, maintenance, repair, and 
operation of a passenger motor vehicle; all under the direction of the 
Joint Committee on the Library, $2,188,000: Provided, That appro-
priations under this head shall be available for Bartholdi Fountain 
repairs without regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes, as 
amended. 
41 use 5. 
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS 
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SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Library of Congress, not otherwise 
provided for, including development and maintenance of the Union 
Catalogs; custody, care and maintenance of the Library Buildings; 
special clothing; cleaning, laundering and repair of uniforms; 
preservation of motion pictures in the custody of the Library; oper-
ation sind maintenance of the American Folklife Center and the 
American Television and Radio Archives in the Library; preparation 
and distribution of catalog cards and other publications of the 
Library; and expenses of the Library of Congress Trust Fund Board 
not properly chargeable to the income of any trust fund held by the 
Board, $138,047,000, of which not more than $4,300,000 shall be 
derived from collections credited to this appropriation during fiscal 
year 1986 under the Act of June 28,1902, as amended (2 U.S.C. 150): 
Provided, That the total amount available for obligation shall be 
reduced by the amoimt by which collections are less than the 
$4,300,000: Provided further. That, of the total amount appropriated, 
$4,717,000 is to remain available until expended for acquisition of 
books, periodicals, and newspapers, and all other materials includ-
ing subscriptions for bibliographic services for the Library, includ-
ing $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. 
COPYRIGHT OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary exi)enses of the Cop3rright Office, including publica-
tion of the decisions of the United States courts involving copy-
rights, $17,631,000, of which not more than $6,000,000 shall be 
derived from collections credited to this appropriation during fiscal 
year 1986 under 17 U.S.C. 708(c), and not more than $750,000 shall 
be derived from collections during fiscal year 1986 under 17 U.S.C. 
lll(dX3) and 116(cXl): Provided, Tliat the total amount available for 
obligation shall be reduced by the amount by which collections are 
less than the $6,750,000. 
99 STAT. 804 
PUBLIC LAW 99-151—NOV. 13, 1985 
BOOKS FOR THE BUND AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED 
SALARIES A N D EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses to carry out the provisions of the Act 
approved March 3, 1931, as amended (2 U.S.C. 135a), $33,761,000. 
COLLECTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF LIBRARY MATERIALS 
(SPECIAL FOREIGN CURRENCY PROGRAM) 
For necessary expenses for carrying out the provisions of section 
104(bX5) of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act 
of 1954, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1704), to remain available until 
expended, $832,000, of which $711,000 shall be available only for 
pa3mients in any foreign currencies owed to or owned by the United 
States which the Treasury Department shall determine to be excess 
to the normal requirements of the United States. 
FURNITURE AND FURNISHINGS 
For necessary expenses for the purchase and repair of furniture, 
furnishings, office and library equipment, $891,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 201. Appropriations in this Act available to the Library of 
Congress shall be available, in an amount not to exceed $126,610, of 
which $47,800 is for the Congressional Research Service, when 
specifically authorized by the Librarian, for expenses of attendance 
at meetings concerned with the function or activity for which the 
appropriation is made. 
SEC. 202. (a) No part of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be 
used by the Library of Congress to administer any flexible or 
compressed work schedule which— 
(1) applies to any manager or supervisor in a position the 
grade or level of which is equal to or higher than GS-15; and 
(2) grants the 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 supervisor" 
means any management official or supervisor, as such terms are 
defined in section 7103(a) (10) and (11) of title 5, United States Code. 
ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL 
LIBRARY BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS 
STRUCTURAL AND MECHANICAL CARE 
For all necessary expenses for the mechanical and structural 
maintenance, care and operation of the Library buildings and 
grounds, $5,785,000. 
PUBLIC LAW 99-151—NOV. 13, 1985 
99 STAT. 805 
, 
COPYRIGHT ROYALTY TRIBUNAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Copyright Royalty Tribunal, 
$519,000, of which $363,000 shall be derived by collections from the 
appropriation "Payments to Copjrright Owners" for the reasonable 
costs incurred in proceedings involving distribution of royalty fees 
as provided by 17 U.S.C. 807. 
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 
PRINTING AND BINDING 
For printing, binding, and distribution of Government publica-
tions authorized by law to be distributed without charge to the 
recipient, $11,555,000: Provided, That this appropriation shall not be 
available for printing and binding part 2 of the annual report of the 
Secretary of Agriculture (known as the Yearbook of Agriculture): 
Provided further. That this appropriation shall be available for the 
payment of obligations incurred under the appropriations for simi-
lar purposes for preceding fiscal years. 
OFFICE OF SUPERINTENDENT OF DOCUMENTS 
SALARIES A N D EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Superintendent of Docu-
ments, including compensation of all employees in accordance with 
the provisions of 44 U.S.C. 305; travel expenses (not to exceed 
$107,000); price lists and bibliographies; repairs to buildings, ele-
vators, and machinery; and suppl3dng books to depository Ubraries; 
$25,981,000, of which $3,000,000 shall be derived from the Govern-
ment Printing Office revolving fund, representing excess receipts 
from the sale of publications: Provided, That $300,000 of this appro-
priation shall be apportioned for use pursuant to section 3679 of the 
Revised Statutes, as amended (31 U.S.C. 1512), with the approval of 
the Public Printer, only to the extent necessary to provide for 
expenses (excluding permanent personal services) for workload in-
creases not anticipated in the budget estimates and which cannot be 
provided for by normal budgetary adjustments. 
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 104 of the 
Government Oirporation (Dontrol Act, as amended, as may be nee- 3i use 9104. 
essary in carrying out the programs and purposes set forth in the 
budget for the current fiscal year for the "Government Printing 
Office revolving fund": Provided, That not to exceed $5,000 may be 
expended on the certification of the Public Printer in connection 
with official representation and reception expenses: Provided fur-
ther. That during the current fiscal year the revolving fund shall be 
available for the hire of eight passenger motor vehicles: Provided 
further, That expenditures in connection with travel expenses of the 
99 STAT. 806 
PUBLIC LAW 99-151—NOV. 13, 1985 
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 services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109 but at rates for individuals not to exceed 
the per diem rate equivalent to the rate for grade GS-18: Provided 
further. That the revolving fund shall be available to acquire needed 
land, located in Northwest D.C., which is adjacent to the present 
Government Printing Office, and is bounded by Massachusetts 
Avenue and the southern property line of the Government Printing 
Office, between North Capitol Street and First Street. The land to be 
purchased is identified as Parcels 45-D, 45-E, 45-F, and 47-A in 
Square 625, and includes the alleys adjacent to these parcels, and G 
Street, N.W. from North Capitol Street to First Street: Ptovided 
further, That the revolving fund and the funds provided under the 
paragraph entitled "Office of Superintendent of Documents, Sala-
ries and expenses" together may not be available for the employ-
ment of more than 5,480 employees at any time. 
GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the General Accounting Office, includ-
ing not to exceed $5,000 to be expended on the certification of the 
Comptroller General of the United States in connection with official 
representation and reception expenses; services as authorized by 5 
U.S.C. 3109 but at rates for individuals not to exceed the per diem 
rate equivalent to the rate for grade GS-18; hire of one passenger 
motor vehicle; advance payments 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), respectively); and under 
regulations prescribed by the Comptroller General of the United 
States, rental of living quarters in foreign countries and travel 
benefits comparable with those which are now or hereafter may be 
granted single employees of the Agency for International Develop-
ment, including single Foreign Service personnel assigned to A.I.D. 
projects, by the Administrator of the Agency for International 
Development—or his designee—under the authority of section 636(b) 
of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 23960))); 
$300,992,000: Provided, That this appropriation and appropriations 
for administrative expenses of any other department or agency 
which is a member of the Joint Financial Management Improve-
ment Program (JfTMIP) shall be available to finance an appropriate 
share of JFMIP costs as determined by the JFMIP, including but not 
limited to the salary of the Executive Director and secretarial 
support: Provided further. That this appropriation and appropria-
tions for administrative expenses of any other department or agency 
which is a member of the National Intergovernmental Audit Forum 
or a Regional Intergovernmental Audit Forum shall be available to 
fin£mce an appropriate share of Forum costs as determined by the 
Forum, including necessary travel expenses of non-Federal partici-
gants. Payments hereunder to either the Forum or the JFMIP may 
e credited as reimbursements to any appropriation from which 
costs involved are initially financed: Provided further. That this 
appropriation and appropriations for administrative expenses of any 
other department or agency which is a member of the American 
PUBLIC LAW 99-151—NOV. 13, 1985 
99 STAT. 807 
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 Administra-
tive Sciences: Provided further. That this appropriation shall be 
available to finance a portion, not to exceed $50,000 of the costs of 
the Grovemmental Accounting Standards Board: Provided further. 
That this appropriation shall be available for the expenses of plan-
ning the triennial Congress of the International Organization of 
Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI) to be hosted by the U.S. 
General Accounting Office in Washington, D.C., in 1992. 
SEC. 203. Section 7(b) of Public Law 90-545 (16 U.S.C. 79g(b)) is 
amended to read as follows: 
"(b) Judgments against the United States, including final partial 
judgments and compromise settlements of claims referred to the 
Attorney General for defense of suits against the United States, for 
amounts in excess of the deposit in court in actions under section 3 
of this Act shall be paid in accordance with the provisions of section 
1304 of title 31, and section 2414 of title 28, United States Code. 
Final partial judgments and compromise settlements are payable 
only after certification by the Attorney General to the Comptroller 
General that it is in the interest of the United States to do so." 
16 u s e 79c. 
RAILROAD ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses of the Railroad Accounting Principles 
Board, $750,000, to be expended in accordance with the provisions of 
H.R. 4439, 98th Congress, as passed by the House of Representatives 
on February 7,1984. 
TITLE m—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
Prohibition. 
2 use 60b. 
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 regu-
lations relating to parking facilities for the House of Representa-
tives issued by the (Jommittee on House Administration. 
SEC. 302. No part of £iny appropriation contained in this Act shall Prohibition. 
remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless 
expressly so provided herein. 
SEC. 303. Whenever any office or position not specifically estab-
lished by the Legislative Pay Act of 1929 is appropriated for herein 
or whenever the rate of compensation or designation of any position 
appropriated for herein is different from that specifically estab-
lished for such position by such Act, the rate of compensation and 
the designation of the position, or either, appropriated for or pro-
vided herein, shall be the permanent law with respect thereto: 
Provided, That the provisions herein for the various items of official 
expenses of Members, officers, and committees of the Senate and 
House, and clerk hire for Senators and Members shall be the 
permanent law with respect thereto. 
SEC. 304. The expenditure of any appropriation under this Act for 
any consulting service through procurement contract, pursuant to 5 
U.S.C. 3109, shall be limited to those contracts where such expendi-
tures are a matter of public record and available for public inspec-
eontracts. 
Public 
information. 
99 STAT. 808 
PUBLIC LAW 99-151—NOV. 13, 1985 
Government 
Printing 
Office. 
Contracts. 
United States 
Senate 
Caucus on 
International 
Narcotics 
Control. 
22 u s e 2291 
note. 
Ante, p. 455. 
tion, except where otherwise provided under existing law, or under 
existing Executive order issued pursuant to existing law. 
SEC. 305. (a) Section 311 of title 44, United States Code, is amended 
by inserting "(a)" before "Purchases" and by adding at the end the 
following: 
"(b) In addition to the authority to negotiate otherwise provided 
by law, the Public Printer may negotiate purchases and contracts 
for supplies or services for which the Public Printer determines that 
it is impracticable to secure competition by advertising. The Public 
Printer may not award a contract under this subsection unless he 
justifies the use of n^otiation in writing and certifies the accuracy 
and completeness of the justification. The justification shall set out 
facts and circumstances that clearly and convincingly establish that 
advertising would not be practicable for such contract. Such a 
justification is final and a copy thereof shall be maintained in the 
Government Printing Office for at least 6 years after the date of the 
determination. The Public Printer may designate one or more 
employees of the Government Printing Office to carry out this 
subsection.". 
(bXD The heading for section 311 of such title 44 is amended by 
adding at the end the following: "; contract negotiation authority". 
(2) The table of sections of chapter 3 of title 44, United States 
Code, is amended by striking out the item relating to section 311 and 
inserting in lieu thereof the following: 
"311. Purchases exempt from the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act; 
contract n^otiation authority.". 
SEC. 306. (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of this or any other 
Act, the United States International Narcotics Control Commission, 
established by section 814 of the Foreign Relations Authorization 
Act, Fiscal Years 1986 and 1987, is hereby redesignated and shall 
hereafter be known as the United States Senate Caucus on Inter-
national Narcotics Control. 
(b) Any reference to the United States International Narcotics 
Control Commission in any law, regulation, document, record, or 
.f&.'tiidiHo''M 
PUBLIC LAW 99-151—NOV. 13, 1985 
99 STAT. 809 
other official paper of the United States shall be deemed to be a 
reference to the United States Senate Caucus on International 
Narcotics Control. 
This Act may be cited as the "Legislative Branch Appropriations 
Act, 1986". 
Approved November 13, 1985. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 2942: 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 99-194 (Comm. on Appropriations) and No. 99-321 
(Comm. of Conference). 
SENATE REPORT No. 99-111 (Comm. on Appropriations). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 131 (1985): 
July 18, considered and passed House. 
July 31, considered and passed Senate, amended. 
Oct. 29, House agreed to conference report; receded and concurred in certain 
Senate amendments, in others with amendments. Senate agreed to confer-
ence report; concurred in House amendments.