Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1985
PL 98-367 (H.R.5753), enacted 07/17/1984

98 STAT. 472 
PUBLIC LAW 98-367—JULY 17, 1984 
Public Law 98-367 
98th Congress 
A n Act 
July 17, 1984 
[H.R. 5753] 
Legislative 
Branch 
Appropriations 
Act, 1985. 
Congressional 
Operations 
Appropriation 
Act, 1985. 
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Making appFopriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending 
September 30,1985, 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, 1985, and for other purposes, namely: 
TITLE I-CONGRESSIONAL OPERATIONS 
SENATE 
MILEAGE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT AND SENATORS AND EXPENSE AL-
LOWANCES OF THE VICE PRESIDENT, THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE, 
MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERS, AND MAJORITY AND MINORITY 
WHIPS 
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 PR« 
TEMPORE, MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERS, AND MAJORITY AND 
MINORITY WHIPS 
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; and Minority Whip of the Senate, $5,000; 
in all, $50,000. 
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: 
OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT 
For the Office of the Vice President, $1,083,000. 
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE 
For Office of the President Pro Tempore, $145,000. 
OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERS 
For Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders, $1,062,000. 
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OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY WHIPS 
For Offices of the Majority and Minority Whips, $407,000. 
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, $526,500 for each such committee; in all 
$1,053,000. 
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, $177,000. 
OFFICE OF THE CHAPLAIN 
For Office of the Chaplain, $87,000. 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
For Office of the Secretary, $7,067,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE, CLERICAL, AND LEGISLATIVE ASSISTANCE TO 
SENATORS 
For administrative, clerical, and legislative assistance to Senators, 
$98,789,000. 
OFFICE 
OF 
THE 
SERGEANT 
AT 
ARMS 
AND 
DOORKEEPER 
For Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, $35,429,000. 
OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY 
For Offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the Secretary for 
the Minority, $856,000. 
AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS 
For agency contributions for employee benefits, as authorized by 
law, $19,487,000. 
OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL OF THE SENATE 
For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel 
of the Senate, $1,400,000. 
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 
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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 S E N A T E 
SENATE POUCY COMMITTEES 
For salaries and expenses of the Majority Policy Committee and 
the Minority Policy Committee, $949,000 for each such committee; 
in all $1,898,000. 
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, 
$48,050,000. 
SECRETARY OF THE SENATE 
For expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the Senate, $711,000. 
SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE SENATE 
For expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Door-
keeper of the Senate, $41,214,000. 
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS 
For miscellaneous items, $10,341,000. 
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 PROVISIONS 
SEC. 1. Effective with respect to fiscal years beginning on or after 
October 1, 1983, the first sentence of section 101 of the Legislative 
Branch Appropriations Act, 1976 (2 U.S.C. 61a-9a) is amended by 
striking out "but such expenditures shall not exceed $10,000 during 
any fiscal year". 
SEC. 2. (a) The last paragraph under the heading "Senate" in the 
First Deficiency Act, fiscal year 1926 (44 Stat. 162; 2 U.S.C. 64a) is 
amended to read as follows: 
"For any period during which both the Secretary and the Assist-
ant Secretary of the Senate are unable (because of death, resigna-
tion, or disability) to discharge such Secretary's duties as disbursing 
officer of the Senate, the Financial Clerk of the Senate shall be 
deemed to be the successor of such Secretary as disbursing officer.". 
(b) The paragraph under the heading "Administrative Provision" 
in chapter IV of the Supplementsd Appropriations Act, 1972 
(2 U.S.C. 64b) is amended— 
(1) in the first sentence thereof, by striking out ", except 
those matters relating to the Secretary's duties as disbursing 
officer of the Senate,"; and 
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(2) in the third sentence thereof, by striking out ", except 
those matters relating to the Secretary s duties as such disburs-
ing officer". 
SEC. 3. (a) Paragraph (1) of subsection (d) of section 105 of the 
Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1968 (2 U.S.C. 61-l(d)), is 
amended— 
(1) by striking out "(A)" where it appears in the paragraph 
designation for paragraph (1); 
(2) by amending the second sentence to read as follows: "In 
the event that the term of office of a Senator begins after the 
first month of a fiscal year or ends (except by reason of death, 
resignation, or expulsion) before the last month of a fiscal year, 
the aggregate amount available for gross compensation of 
employees in the office of such Senator for such year shall be 
the applicable amount contained in the table included in 
the preceding sentence, divided by 12, and multiplied by the 
number of months in such year which are included in the 
Senator's term of office, counting any fraction of a month as a 
full month"; and 
(3) by striking out subparagraph (B). 
(b) The amendments made by subsection (a) of this section shall be 
effective with respect to fiscal years beginning after September 30, 
1984. 
SEC. 4. At no time during the first three months of any fiscal year 
(commencing with the fiscal year which begins October 1,1984) shall 
the aggregate of payments of gross compensation made to employees 
out of any line item appropriation within the Senate appropriation 
account for "Salaries, Officers and Employees" (other than the line 
item appropriations, within such account for "Administrative, cleri-
cal, and legislative assistance to Senators" and for "Agency contri-
butions") exceed twenty-five per centum of the total amount 
available for such line item appropriations for such fiscal year. 
SEC. 5. The Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate shall 
deposit in the United States Treasury for credit to the appropriation 
account, within the contingent fund of the Senate, for the "Sergeant 
at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate", all moneys received by him 
as reimbursement for equipment provided to Senators, committee 
chairmen, and other officers and employees of the Senate, which has 
been lost, stolen, damaged, or otherwise unaccounted for. 
SEC. 6. The Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, in 
carrying out the duties of his office, is authorized to employ person-
nel at daily rates of compensation; no individual so employed shall 
be paid at a daily rate of compensation which is in excess of the per 
diem equivalent of the highest gross rate of annual compensation 
which may be paid to employees of a standing committee of the 
Senate; and payments under authority of this section shall be made 
from the account, within the contingent fund of the Senate, for the 
"Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate", upon vouchers 
approved by the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate. 
SEC. 7. Section 117 of Public Law 97-51 (2 U.S.C. 61f-8) is amended 
by striking out "$60,000" and inserting in lieu thereof "$210,000". 
SEC. 8. Section 734 of title 31, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by striking out "(a)"; and 
(2) by striking out subsection (b). 
SEC, 9. Effective October 1, 1983, the allowance for administration 
and clerical assistance of each Senator from the State of Arizona is 
increased to that allowed to Senators from States having population 
Effective date. 
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Effective date. 
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of three million but less than four million, the population of such 
State having exceeded three million inhabitants. 
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SEC. 10. Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, a Senator 
who is the Chairman or Vice Chairman of the Senate Select Com-
mittee on Ethics may designate one employee employed in his 
Senate office to perform part-time service for such Committee, and 
such Committee shall reimburse such Senator for such employee's 
services for the Committee by transferring from the contingent fund 
of the Senate, upon vouchers approved by the Chairman of such 
Committee, to such Senator's Administrative, Clerical, and Legisla-
tive Assistance Allowance, with respect to each pay period of such 
employee, an amount which bears the same ratio to such employee's 
salary (but not more than one-half of such salary) for such period, as 
the portion of the time spent (or to be spent) by such employee in 
performing services for such Committee during such period bears to 
the total time for which such employee worked (or will work) during 
such period (as determined by the Chairman of such Committee) for 
such Committee and in such Senator's office. Any funds transferred 
under authority of the preceding sentence to a Senator's Adminis-
trative, Clerical, and Legislative Assistance shall be available for 
the same purposes and in like manner as funds therein which were 
not transferred thereto under such authority. For purposes of any 
law of the United States, a State, a territory, or a political subdivi-
sion thereof, an employee designated by a Senator pursuant to this 
section shall be considered to be an employee of such Senator's 
Senate office and not an employee of the Senate Select Committee 
on Ethics. 
SEC. 11. (a) Section 110(a) of Public Law 97-12 (2 U.S.C. 58b) is 
amended— 
(1) by inserting, immediately after the first sentence thereof, 
the following new sentence: "Each Senator, at his election, may, 
during any fiscal year (but not earlier than August 1 thereof), 
transfer from his clerk hire allowance to such Senator's Official 
Office Expense Account such amounts in such clerk hire allow-
ance as the Senator shall determine, but not in excess of the 
balance (or accrued surplus in case of transfers made prior to 
October 1, 1984) as of the end of the month which precedes the 
date of such transfer."; 
(2) in the second sentence thereof, by striking out "balance" 
and inserting in lieu thereof "amount"; and 
(3) in the third sentence thereof, by striking out "December 
31," and all that follows, and inserting in lieu thereof "Decem-
ber 31 of the calendar year in which occurs the close of such 
fiscal year, and such transfer shall be made on such date (but 
not earlier than August 1 of such calendar year) as may be 
specified by the Senator.". 
Effectve date. 
(b) The amendments made by subsection (a) shall be effective in 
2 use 58b. note, the case of fiscal years beginning after September 30, 1983. 
SEC. 12. (a) The second sentence of paragraph (2) of section 105(d) 
of the Legislative Branch Appropriation Act, 1968 (2 U.S.C. 61-
1(d)(2)), is amended to read as follows: "The salary of an employee in 
a Senator's office shall not be fixed under this paragraph at a rate 
less than $1,251 or in excess of $68,172 per annum.". 
(b) The first sentence of paragraph (3) of section 105(e) of such Act 
(2 U.S.C. 61-l(e)) is amended to read as follows: "No employee of a 
committee of the Senate shall be paid at a gross rate in excess of 
$67,694, in case of an employee of a joint committee the expenses of 
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which are paid from the contingent fund of the Senate, $68,172, in 
case of an employee of a select committee (including the conference 
majority and conference minority of the Senate), or $69,966, in case 
of an employee of any standing committee (including the majority 
and minority policy committees) of the Senate.". 
(c) The amendments made by subsection (a) of this section shall Effective date. 
take effect on October 1,1984. 
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MILEAGE OF MEMBERS 
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H .: j 
For mileage of Members, as authorized by law, $210,000. 
HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES 
For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, $3,240,000, in-
cluding: Office of the Speaker, $748,000, including $18,000 for official 
expenses of the Speaker; Office of the Majority Floor Leader, 
$664,000, including $10,0()0 for official expenses of the Majority 
Leader; Office of the Minority Floor Leader, $740,000, including 
$10,000 for official expenses of the Minority Leader; Office of the 
Majority Whip, $582,000, including $1,000 for official expenses of the 
Majority Whip and not to exceed $139,911 for the Chief Deputy 
Majority Whip; Office of the Minority Whip, $506,000, including 
$1,000 for official expenses of the Minority Whip and not to exceed 
$73,878 for the Chief Deputy Minority Whip. 
SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES 
For compensation and expenses of officers and employees, as 
authorized by law, $46,947,000, including: Office of the Clerk, 
$13,254,000; Office of the Sergeant at Arms, including overtime, as 
authorized by law, $17,975,000; Office of the Doorkeeper, including 
overtime, as authorized by law, $6,645,000; Office of the Postmaster, 
$1,985,000, including $44,928 for employment of substitute messen-
gers and extra services of regular employees when required at the 
salary rate of not to exceed $15,652 per annum each; Office of the 
Chaplain, $72,000; Office of the Parliamentarian, including the Par-
liamentarian and $2,000 for preparing the Digest of Rules, $602,000; 
for salaries and expenses of the Office for the Bicentennial of the 
House of Representatives, $188,000; for salaries and expenses of the 
Office of the Law Revision Counsel of the House, $822,000; for 
salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the 
House, $2,869,000; six minority employees, $422,000; the House 
Democratic Steering Committee and Caucus, $563,00(); the House 
Republican Conference, $563,000; and Other Authorized Employees, 
$987,000. 
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 Com-
mittee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives. 
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COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES 
For professional and clerical employees of standing committees, 
including the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on 
the Budget, $37,808,000. 
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 2020i)) of the Legislative Reoi^anization Act, 1946, and 
to be available for reimbursement to agencies for services per-
formed, $4,315,000. 
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, $329,000. 
MEMBERS' CLERK HIRE 
For staff employed by each Member in the discharge of ofQcial 
and representative duties, $164,126,000. 
CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE HOUSE 
ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES 
For allowances and expenses as authorized by House resolution or 
law, $122,565,000, including: Official Expenses of Members, 
$68,200,000; supplies, materials, administrative costs and Federal 
tort claims, $18,160,000; furniture and furnishings, $1,270,000; steno-
graphic reporting of committee hearings, $500,000; reemplojred an-
nuitants reimbursements, $1,782,000; Government contriDutions to 
employees' life insurance fund, retirement fund, and health benefits 
fund, $32,153,000; and miscellaneous items including, but not 
limited to, purchase, exchange, maintenance, repair and operation 
of House motor vehicles, interparliamentary receptions and gratu-
ities to heirs of deceased employees of the House, $500,000. 
Such amounts as are deemed necessary for the payment 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 st£mding committees, special and 
select, authorized by the House, $45,667,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 101. Of the amounts appropriated in fiscal year 1985 for the 
House of Representatives under the headings "Committee employ-
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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 £Uoremen-
tioned accounts upon approval of the Committee on Appropriations 
of the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 102. The provisions of clause 10, rule I, of the Rules of the 2 use 29c. 
House of Representatives as in effect before the date of enactment of 
this Act, relating to the Office for the Bicentennial for the House of 
Representatives, established by House Resolution 621, Ninety-
seventh Congress, shall be the permanent law with respect thereto. 
Rule I of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by 
striking out clause 10. 
SEC. 103. The provisions of H. Res. 234, approved June 29, 1983, 2 use 88c-i~ 
providing for appointment and education of House Pages; H. Res. ^^~^' ^^^~^ 
279, approved July 21,1983, regarding the use of certain educational 2 use 88b. 
facilities; and the provisions of H. Res. 343, approved October 26, 40 use 206 note. 
1983, upgrading four positions on the Capitol Police Force, shall be 
the permanent law with respect thereto. 
JOINT ITEMS 
For joint committees, as follows: 
CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE 
JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic Committee, 
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$2,569,000. 
JOINT COMMITTEE ON PRINTING 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Printing, 
$909,000. 
CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE HOUSE 
JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Taxation, 
$3,605,000, to be disbursed by the Clerk 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 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 Attendmg Physician's office; (4) an allowance of $200 
per month each to not to exceed nine assistants on the basis 
heretofore provided for such assistance; and (5) $644,800 for reim-
bursement to the Department of the Navy for expenses incurred for 
staff and equipment assigned to the Office of the Attending Physi-
cian, such amount shall be advanced and credited to the applicable 
appropriation or appropriations from which such salaries, allow-
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ances, and other expenses are payable and shall be available for all 
the purposes thereof, $956,000, to be disbursed by the Clerk of the 
House. 
CAPITOL POUCE 
District of 
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, $1,471,000, 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 should 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. 
District of 
Columbia. 
55 Stat. 44b. 
54 Stat. 628. 
CAPITOL POUCE BOARD 
Funds available for obligations for fiscal year 1985 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, $141,188, to be disbursed by 
the Clerk of the House. Such sum shall be expended only for 
payment 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 
expenses of such detail personnel shall be made to the government 
of 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 
Appropriation Act, 1940, from the Metropolitan Police of the Dis-
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 
same extent as though such detail had not been made, and at the 
termination thereof any such person shall have a status with 
respect 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. 
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98 STAT. 481 
No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be paid as 
compensation to any person appointed after June 30, 1935, as an 
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, $73,944,000, 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, $810,000, 
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 than 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 second session of the Ninety-eighth Congress, 
showing appropriations made, indefinite appropriations, and con-
tracts authorized, together with a chronological history of the regu-
lar appropriation bills as required by law, $13,000, to be paid to the 
persons designated by the chairmen of such committees to supervise 
the work. 
OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT 
Prohibition. 
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-
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 
of Technology Assessment under Section 1886 of the Social Security 
Act as amended by Section 601 of the Social Security Amendments 
of 1983 (Public Law 98-21), $15,549,000: 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 assessment or activities not initiated and 
approved in accordance with section 3(d) of Public Law 92-484, 
except that funds shall be available for the assessment required by 
Public Law 96-151. 
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97 Stat. 149. 
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2 u s e 472. 
93 Stat. 1092. 
38 u s e 101 note. 
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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), 
$17,418,000: 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 
2 use 605. 
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 
97 Stat. 336. 
Law 98-63. 
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ARCHITECT OF THE CAPITOL 
OFFICE OF THE ARCHITECT OF 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, $5,137,000. 
TRAVEL 
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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 expenses in connection 
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with activities under his care, $235,000, which shall remain avail-
able until expended. 
CAPITOL BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS 
CAPITOL BUILDINGS 
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 
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, 
$11,615,850, of which $1,200,000 shall remain available until 
expended: Provided, That appropriations under this head shall be 
available for replacement of Electromechanical Signal Devices for 
the legislative call system and for security improvements without 
41 use 5. 
regard to section 3709 of the Revised Statutes, as amended. 
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98 STAT. 483 
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, $2,796,000, of which $10,000 shall remain 
available until expended. 
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, $19,241,000 of which $2,394,000 shall remain available until 
expended, and $1,521,000 to be made available immediately upon 
enactment into law of this Act; in all, $20,762,000. 
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, $22,750,000, of which 
$2,070,000 shall remain available until expended: Provided, That, 40 USC175 note. 
notwithstanding any other provision of law, the House Office Build-
ing Commission is authorized to use, to such extent as it may deem 
necessary, for the purposes of providing office and other accommo-
dations for the House of Representatives, the building located at 501 
First Street, S.E., on a portion of Reservation 17 in the District of 
Columbia when such building is acquired by the Architect of the 
Capitol at the direction of the House Office Building Commission 
under authority of the Additional House Office Building Act of 1955, 
and to incur any expenditures under this appropriation required for 
alterations, maintenance, and occupancy thereof: Provided further. 
That any space in such building used for office and other accommo-
dations for the House of Representatives shall be deemed to be a 
part of the "House Office Buildings" and, as such, shall be subject to 
the laws, rules, and regulations applicable to those buildings. 
CAPITOL POWER PLANT 
(INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) 
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and oper-
ation of the Capitol Power Plant; for lighting, heating, and power 
(including the purcheise of electrical energy) for the Capitol, Senate 
and House Office Buildings, Congressional 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 and 
Washington City Post Office and heating and chilled water for air 
conditioning for the Supreme Court Building, Union Station com-
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; $23,834,000: 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 1985. 
98 STAT. 484 
PUBLIC LAW 98-367—JULY 17, 1984 
Of the funds appropriated under this head in Public Law 97-51, 
made available until expended, $914,000 are rescinded. 
LffiRARY OF CONGRESS 
CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 203 
2 use 1
6
6 and 
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 £ind extend the Annotated Constitution of the United 
States of America, $39,833,000: Provided, That no part of this appro-
priation may be used to pay any salary or expense in connection 
with any puolication, or preparation of material therefor (except the 
Digest of Public General Bills), to be issued by the Library of 
Congress unless such publication has obt^ed prior approval of 
either the Committee on House Administration or the Senate Com-
2 use 166. 
mittee on Rules and Administration: Provided further. That, not-
withstanding any other provisions of law, the compensation of the 
Director of the (Congressional Research Service, Library 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 
Effective date. 
5315 of title 5, United States Code: Provided further, That this rate 
of basic pay shall take effect on the first day of the first applicable 
pay period commencing on or after the date of enactment of this 
Act. 
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 Government publications authorized by law to be distrib-
uted to Members of Congress, $80,800,000: 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 Concessional Record for individual Repre-
sentatives, Resident Commissioners or Delegates authorized under 
44 U.S.C. 906: Provided further. That this appropriation shall be 
available for the pajmient of obligations incurred under the appro-
priations for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years. 
This title may be cited as the "Congressional Operations Appro-
priation Act, 1985". 
TITLE II—OTHER AGENCIES 
BOTANIC GARDEN 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and oper-
ation of the Botanic Garden and the nurseries, buildings, grounds, 
PUBLIC LAW 98-367—JULY 17, 1984 
98 STAT. 485 
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, $2,044,000, of which $20,000 shall 
remain available until expended. 
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, care and maintenance of the Library Buildings; 
special clothing; cleaning, laundering and repair of uniforms; preser-
vation of motion pictures in the custody of the Library; operation 
and 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, $137,492,000, of which not more than $4,300,000 shall be 
derived from collections credited to this appropriation during fiscal 
year 1985 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 amount by which collections are less than the 
$4,300,000: Provided further, That, of the total amount appropriated, 
$5,242,000 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 expenses of the Copyright Office, including publica-
tion of the decisions of the United States courts involving copy-
rights, $17,102,000, of which not more than $6,000,000 shall be 
derived from collections credited to this appropriation during fiscal 
year 1985 under 17 U.S.C. 708(c): Provided, That the total amount 
available for obligation shall be reduced by the amount by which 
collections are less than the $6,000,000. 
BOOKS FOR THE BLIND AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses to carry out the provisions of the Act 
approved March 3, 1931, as amended (2 U.S.C. 135a), $36,592,000. 
COLLECTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF LIBRARY MATERIALS 
(SPECIAL FOREIGN CURRENCY PROGRAM) 
For necessary expenses for carrying out the provisions of section 
1040t))(5) of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act 
98 STAT. 486 
PUBLIC LAW 98-367—JULY 17, 1984 
of 1954, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1704), to remain available until 
expended, $3,318,000, and, in addition, $300,000 to be derived by 
release of that amount withheld from obligation by the Librarian of 
92 Stat. 790. 
Congress pursuant to section 311 of Public Law 95-391, of which 
$3,111,000 shall be available only for payments in any foreign 
currencies owed to or owned by the United States which the Treas-
ury Department shall determine to be excess to the normal require-
ments of the United States. 
FURNITURE AND FURNISHINGS 
For necessary expenses for the purchase and repair of furniture, 
furnishings, office and library equipment, $1,673,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 201. Appropriations in this Act available to the Library of 
Congress shall be available, in an amount not to exceed $146,875, of 
which $54,950 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. 
Prohibition. 
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. 
Ot)) 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, $5,709,000, of which $310,000 shall remain available until 
expended. 
COPYRIGHT ROYALTY TRIBUNAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Copyright Royalty Tribunal, 
$722,000, of which $505,000 shall be derived by collections from the 
appropriation "Payments to Copyright Owners" for the reasonable 
costs incurred in proceedings involving distribution of royalty fees 
as provided by 17 U.S.C. 807. 
PUBLIC LAW 98-367—JULY 17, 1984 
98 STAT. 487 
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, $13,200,000: 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 AND 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 
$88,300); price lists and bibliographies; repairs to buildings, eleva-
tors, and machinery; and supplying books to depository libraries; 
$28,868,000: Provided, That $300,000 of this appropriation 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 increases 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 Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be neces- 31 USC 9104. 
sary 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 special studies of government printing, binding, and distribu-
tion practices and procedures: Provided further. That during the 
current fiscal year the revolving fund shall be available for the hire 
of two passenger motor vehicles and the purchase of one passenger 
motor vehicle: 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 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 New Jersey Avenue and the western property line of the Govern-
ment Printing Office, between G and H Streets. 
98 STAT. 488 
PUBLIC LAW 98-367—JULY 17, 1984 
Governmental 
Standards 
Accounting 
Board. 
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 pa3mtients in foreign countries notwithstand-
ing 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. 2396(b)); 
$294,704,000: 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 (JFMIP) 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 
finance an appropriate share of Forum costs as determined by the 
Forum, including necessary travel expenses of non-Federal partici-
pants. Payments hereunder to either the Forum or the JFMIP may 
be credited as reimbursements to any appropriation from which 
costs involved are initially financed: Provided further. That this 
appropriation and appropriations for administrative expenses of any 
other department 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 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 Governmental Accounting Standards Board. 
RAILROAD ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES BOARD 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses of the Railroad Accounting Principles 
Board, $1,000,000, to be expended in accordance with the provisions 
of H.R. 4439, as passed by the House of Representatives on Feb-
ruary 7, 1984. 
PUBLIC LAW 98-367—JULY 17, 1984 
98 STAT. 489 
Prohibition. 
46 Stat. 32. 
TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 301. No part of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be Prohibition. 
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 Committee on House Administration. 
SEC. 302. No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall 
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 expend-
itures are a matter of public record and available for public inspec-
tion, except where otherwise provided under existing law, or under 
existing Executive order issued pursuant to existing law. 
This Act may be cited as the "Legislative Branch Appropriations 
Act, 1985". 
Approved July 17, 1984. 
Contracts with 
U.S. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 5753: 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 98-811 (Comm. on Appropriations) and No. 98-870 (Comm. of 
SENATE REPORT No. 98-515 (Comm. on Appropriations). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 130 (1984): 
June 6, considered and passed House. 
June 21, considered and passed Senate, amended. 
June 28, House agreed to conference report and concurred in Senate amend-
ments; Senate agreed to conference report.