Congressional Operations Appropriation Act, 1984
PL 98-51 (H.R.3135), enacted 07/14/1983

PUBLIC LAW 98-51—JULY 14, 1983 
97 STAT. 263 
Public Law 98-51 
98th Congress 
An Act 
Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending Septem-
ber 30,1984, 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, 1984, and for other purposes, namely: 
TITLE I—CONGRESSIONAL OPERATIONS 
SENATE 
MILEAGE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT AND SENATORS AND EXPENSE AL-
LOWANCES O
F T
H
E 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 PRO 
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 Mmority 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 and 
longevity compensation as authorized, 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, $1,031,000. 
July 14, 1983 
[H.R. 3135] 
Legislative 
Branch 
appropriations. 
Fiscal year 1984. 
Congressional 
Operations 
Appropriation 
Act, 1984. 
2 u s e 60a note. 
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE 
For Office of the President Pro Tempore, $139,000. 
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OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERS 
For Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders, $881,000. 
OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY WHIPS 
For Offices of the Majority and Minority Whips, $291,000. 
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, $506,000 for each such committee; in all, 
$1,012,000. 
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, $156,000. 
OFFICE OF THE CHAPLAIN 
For Office of the Chaplain, $83,000. 
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 
For Office of the Secretary, $6,602,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE, CLERICAL, AND LEGISLATIVE ASSISTANCE TO 
SENATORS 
For administrative, clerical, and legislative assistance to Senators, 
$94,900,000. 
OFFICE 
OF 
THE 
SERGEANT 
AT 
ARMS 
AND DOORKEEPER 
For Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, $32,123,000. 
OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY 
For Offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the Secretary for 
the Minority, $775,000. 
AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS 
For agency contributions for employee benefits, as authorized by 
law, $15,354,000. 
OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL OF THE SENATE 
For salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel 
of the Senate, $1,280,000. 
OFFICE OF SENATE LEGAL COUNSEL 
For salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate Legal Counsel, 
$545,000. 
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97 STAT. 265 
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 POLICY COMMITTEES 
For salaries and expenses of the Majority Policy Committee and 
the Minority Policy Committee, $856,000 for each such committee; 
in all, $1,712,000. 
INQUIRIES AND INVESTIGATIONS 
For expenses of inquiries and investigations ordered by the 
Senate, or conducted pursuant to section 134(a) of Public Law 601, 
Seventy-ninth Congress, as amended, section 112 of Public Law 96-
304 and Senate Resolution 281, agreed to March 11, 1980, 
$45,698,000. 
SECRETARY OF THE SENATE 
For expenses of the Office of the Secretary of the Senate, $390,000. 
SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE SENATE 
For expenses of the Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Door-
keeper of the Senate, $32,869,000. 
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS 
For miscellaneous items, $9,174,000. 
2 u s e 190b. 
2 u s e 46a-l, 
61-1 and note. 
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 the Confer-
ence of the Minority of the Senate, $34,500; in all, $39,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 101. (a) Effective October 1, 1983, there is established within 
the Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders the positions of 
Assistant to the Majority Leader for Floor Operations and Assistant 
to the Minority Leader for Floor Operations, respectively. Individ-
uals appointed to such positions by the Majority Leader and Minor-
ity Leader, respectively, shall receive compensation at a rate fixed 
by the appropriate Leader not to exceed the maximum annual rate 
of gross compensation of the Assistant Secretary of the Senate. 
(b) Effective October 1, 1983, the positions of Assistant to the 
Majority Leader for Floor Operations and Assistant to the Minority 
Leader for Floor Operations established by the Supplemental Appro-
priations Act, 1977 (2 U.S.C. 61h-5), are abolished. 
Effective dates. 
2 u s e 61h-5. 
97 STAT. 266 
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"Essential 
travel-related 
expenses." 
Effective date. 
2 u s e 68-3. 
Funds, 
advancement. 
2 u s e 65d. 
SEC. 102. (a) Section 506(e) of the Supplemental Appropriations 
Act, 1973 (2 U.S.C. 58(e)) is amended— 
(1) in the first sentence thereof, by inserting ", essential 
travel-related expenses (as defined hereafter in this subsec-
tion)," immediately after "actual transportation expenses"; and 
(2) by inserting immediately after the third sentence thereof, 
the following new sentence: "As used in this subsection, the 
term 'essential travel-related expenses' means travel expenses 
(other than transportation expenses) which are essential to the 
transaction of official business while the Senator or employee is 
away from his official station or post of duty.". 
SEC. 103. (a) Effective October 1,1983— 
(1) there shall be, within the contingent fund of the Senate, a 
separate account for the "Secretary of the Senate", and a 
separate account for the "Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of 
the Senate"; 
(2) the account for "Automobiles and Maintenance", within 
the contingent fund of the Senate, is abolished, and funds for 
the purchase, lease, exchange, maintenance, and operation of 
vehicles for the Senate shall be included in the separate ac-
count, established by paragraph (1), for the "Sergeant at Arms 
and Doorkeeper of the Senate ; and 
(3) the account for "Postage Stamps", within the contingent 
fund of the Senate, is abolished; and funds for special delivery 
postage of the Office of the Secretary of the Senate shall be 
included in the separate account, established by paragraph (1), 
for the "Secretary of the Senate"; funds for special delivery 
postage of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate 
shall be included in the separate account, established by para-
graph (1), for the "Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the 
Senate"; and postage stamps for the Secretaries for the Majority 
and the Minority and other offices and officers of the Senate, as 
authorized by law, shall be included in the account for "Miscel-
laneous Items", within the contingent fund of the Senate. 
(b) Any provision of law which was enacted, or any Senate resolu-
tion which was agreed to, prior to October 1, 1983, and which 
authorizes moneys in the contingent fund of the Senate to be 
expended by or for the use of the Secretary of the Senate, or his 
office (whether generally or from a specified account within such 
fund) may on and after October 1, 1983, be construed to authorize 
such moneys to be expended from the separate account, within such 
fund, established by subsection (a)(1) for the "Secretary of the 
Senate"; and any provision of law which was enacted prior to 
October 1, 1983, and which authorizes moneys in the contingent 
fund of the Senate to be expended by or for the use of the Sergeant 
at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, or his office (whether 
generally or from a specified account within such fund) may on and 
after October 1, 1983, be construed to authorize such moneys to be 
expended from the separate account, within such fund, established 
by subsection (a)(1) for the "Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the 
Senate". 
SEC. 104. From funds available for any fiscal year (commencing 
with the fiscal year ending September 30,1984), the Secretary of the 
Senate shall advance to the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the 
Senate for the purpose of defraying office expenses such sums (for 
which the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper shall be accountable) 
not in excess of $1,000 at any one time, as such Sergeant at Arms 
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97 STAT. 267 
shall from time to time request; except that the aggregate of the 
sums so advanced during the fiscal year shall not exceed $10,000. 
In accordance with the provisions of this section, a detailed 
voucher shall be submitted to the Secretary of the Senate by such 
Sergeant at Arms whenever necessary, in order to replenish funds 
expended. 
SEC. 105. With the approval of the President Pro Tempore of the 
Senate, the Legislative Counsel of the Senate may make such 
expenditures as may be necessary or appropriate for the functioning 
of the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the Senate. 
SEC. 106. Funds expended by the Legislative Counsel of the Senate 
or the Senate Legal Counsel for travel and related expenses shall be 
subject to the same regulations and limitations (insofar as they are 
applicable) as those which the Senate Committee on Rules and 
Administration prescribes for application to travel and related ex-
penses for which payment is authorized to be made from the contin-
gent fund of the Senate. 
SEC. 107. Subsections (a) and (b) of section 106 of the Legislative 
Branch Appropriation Act, 1963 (2 U.S.C. 60j) on or after October 1, 
1983 shall not apply to any individual whose pay is disbursed by the 
Secretary of the Senate; except that, any individual who prior to 
such date was entitled to longevity compensation under such subsec-
tions on the basis of service performed prior to such date shall 
continue to be entitled to such compensation, but no individual shall 
accrue any longevity compensation on the basis of service performed 
on or after such date. 
Voucher. 
2 u s e 276a. 
Travel and 
related 
expenses, 
payment 
authorization. 
2 u s e 276b, 
288n. 
Longevity 
compensation. 
2 u s e 60J-4. 
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MILEAGE OP MEMBERS 
For mileage of Members, as authorized by law, $210,000. 
HOUSE LEADERSHIP OFFICES 
For salaries and expenses, as authorized by law, $3,005,000, in-
cluding: Office of the Speaker, $721,000, including $18,000 for official 
expenses of the Speaker; Office of the Majority Floor Leader, 
$594,000, including $10,000 for official expenses of the Majority 
Leader; Office of the Minority Floor Leader, $667,000, including 
$10,000 for official expenses of the Minority Leader; Office of the 
Majority Whip, $548,000, including $1,000 for official expenses of the 
Majority Whip and not to exceed $135,180 for the Chief Deputy 
Majority Whip; Office of the Minority Whip, $475,000, including 
$1,000 for official expenses of the Minority Whip and not to exceed 
$71,380 for the Chief Deputy Minority Whip. 
SALARIES, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES 
For compensation and expenses of officers and employees, as 
authorized by law, $44,639,000, including: Office of the Clerk, 
$12,502,000; Office of the Sergeant at Arms, including overtime, as 
authorized by law, $17,173,000; Office of the Doorkeeper, including 
overtime, as authorized by law, $6,185,000; Office of the Postmaster, 
$1,845,000, including $36,205 for employment of substitute messen-
gers and extra services of regular employees when required at the 
salary rate of not to exceed $15,123 per annum each; Office of the 
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Chaplain, $68,000; Office of the Parliamentarian, including the Par-
liamentarian and $2,000 for preparing the Digest of Rules, $575,000; 
for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Law Revision Counsel 
of the House, $741,000; for salaries and expenses of the Office of the 
Legislative Counsel of the House, $3,085,000; six minority employ-
ees, $404,000; the House Democratic Steering Committee and 
Caucus, $542,000; the House Republican Conference, $542,000; and 
Other Authorized Employees, $977,000. 
Transfer of 
Such amounts as are deemed necessary for the pajnment of sala-
funds. 
j.jgg Qf 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. 
COMMITTEE EMPLOYEES 
For professional and clerical employees of standing committees, 
including the Committee on Appropriations and the Committee on 
the Budget, $34,734,000. 
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 
2 use 72a. 
with section 202(b) of the Legislative Reorganization Act, 1946, and 
to be available for reimbursement to agencies for services per-
formed, $3,700,000. 
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; 2 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, and to be available for 
88^Stat ^330 ^' 
reimbursement to agencies for services performed, $299,000. 
MEMBERS' CLERK HIRE 
For staff employed by each Member in the discharge of his official 
and representative duties, $150,233,000. 
CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE HOUSE 
ALLOWANCES AND EXPENSES 
For allowances and expenses as authorized by House resolution or 
law, $103,242,000, including: Official 
Expenses of Members, 
$67,200,000; supplies, materials, administrative costs and Federal 
tort claims, $9,208,000; furniture and furnishings, $985,000; steno-
graphic reporting of committee hearings, $700,000; reemployed an-
nuitants reimbursement, $2,300,000; Government contributions to 
employees' life insurance fund, retirement fund, and health benefits 
fund, $22,349,000; and miscellaneous items including, but not limited 
to, purchase, exchange, maintenance, repair and operation of House 
motor vehicles, interparliamentary receptions and gratuities to heirs 
of deceased employees of the House, $5()0,000. 
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97 STAT. 269 
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. 
Transfer of 
funds. 
SPECIAL AND SELECT COMMITTEES 
For salaries and expenses of special and select committees author-
ized by the House, $44,000,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 108. Of the amounts appropriated in fiscal year 1984 for the 
House of Representatives under the headings "Committee employ-
ees", "Special and select committees", "Salaries, officers and em-
ployees", "Allowances and expenses", and "Members' clerk hire", 
such amounts as are deemed necessary for the pajmient of salaries 
and expenses may be transferred among the aforementioned ac-
counts upon approval of the Committee on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives. 
SEC. 109. Hereafter, no part of the funds appropriated by this or 
any other Act shall be available for planning or administering any 
user-reimbursement program or policy that requires reimbursement 
for computer services and equipment provided by the House Infor-
mation Systems to the Committees of the House of Representatives 
or the House Leadership offices. 
SEC. 110. The provisions of House Resolution 625, Ninety-seventh 
Congress, agreed to December 9, 1982, House Resolution 6, Ninety-
eighth Congress, agreed to January 3, 1983, and House Resolution 
64, Ninety-eighth Congress, agreed to February 8, 1983, shall be 
permanent law. 
SEC. 111. (1) The provisions of House Resolution 1280, Ninety-fifth 
Congress, agreed to October 11, 1978, and House Resolution 1297, 
Ninety-fifth Congress, ^ e e d to August 16, 1978, shall be perma-
nent law, and the provisions of House Resolution 7, Ninety-sixth 
Congress, agreed to January 15, 1979, shall be permanent law 
during the period in which the position involved is held by the 
individual holding the position on the date of the enactment of this 
section. 
(2) Effective January 3, 1978, section 8332(b) of title 5, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (11), by striking out "and" at the end; 
(B) m paragraph (12), by striking out the period at the end 
and inserting in lieu thereof "; and"; 
(C) by adding at the end the following new paragraph: 
"(13) subject to sections 8334(c) and 8339(i) of this title, service 
performed on or after December 6,1967, and before the effective 
date of this paragraph as an employee of the House Beauty 
Shop, only if he serves as such an employee for a period of at 
least five years after such effective date."; and 
(D) by inserting after the sentence beginning "The Office of 
Personnel Management shall accept the certification of the 
Capitol Guide Board" the following new sentence: "The Office of 
Personnel Management shall accept the certification of the 
Clerk of the House of Representatives concerning service for the 
Transfer of 
funds. 
40 u s e 206a-9, 
206a-9 note. 
2 u s e 84-1. 
2 u s e 88b-5. 
2 use 59d. 
2 u s e 84-2 note. 
96 Stat. 54. 
5 u s e 8334, 
8339. 
97 STAT. 270 
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purpose of this subchapter of the type described in paragraph 
(13) of this subsection.". 
2 use 74a-5, 
SEC. 112. The funds provided under the provisions of sections 
fuse 74a-4 
'74(a)-4 and 333 of title 2, United States Code, shall be limited to use 
for the compensation of additional personnel and other necessary 
official expenses. 
JOINT ITEMS 
For joint committees, as follows: 
CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE 
JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic Committee, 
$2,437,000. 
JOINT COMMITTEE ON PRINTING 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Printing, 
$855,000. 
CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE HOUSE 
JOINT COMMITTEE ON TAXATION 
For salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Taxation, 
$3,395,000, 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 assis-
tants, 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 
E
er month each to not to exceed nine assistants on the basis 
eretofore provided for such assistance; and (5) $407,200 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-
ances, and other expenses are payable and shall be available for all 
the purposes thereof, $653,000, 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 
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97 STAT. 271 
Law Enforcement Training Center as approved by the Chairman of 
the Capitol Police Board, and including $40 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, $1,612,000, to be 
disbursed by the Clerk of the House: Provided, That the funds used 
Petty cash fund. 
to establish the petty C£ish fund referred to as "Petty Cash III" 
which is to provide for the advance of travel expenses attendant to 
protective assignments shall not exceed $4,000. 
CAPITOL POUCE BOARD 
Funds available for obligations for fiscal year 1984 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, $213,000, to be disbursed by 
the Clerk of the House. Such sum shall be expended only for Detailed 
payment of salaries and other expenses of personnel detailed from 
personnel. 
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 
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 
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 
officer or member of the Capitol Police who does not meet the 
standards to be prescribed for such appointees by the Capitol Police 
Board: Provided, That the Capitol Police Board is hereby authorized 40 use 2i2a-i 
to detail police from the House Office, Senate Office, and Capitol 
Buildings for police duty on the Capitol Grounds and on the Library 
of Congress Grounds. 
EDUCATION OF PAGES 
For education of congressional pages, $295,000, to be disbursed by 
the Clerk of the House. 
note. 
97 STAT. 272 
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OFFICIAL MAIL COSTS 
For expenses necessary for official mail costs, $107,077,000, 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, $775,000, 
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 first session of the Ninety-eighth Congress, show-
ing appropriations made, indefinite appropriations, and contracts 
authorized, together 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 
2 use 471 note, 
the Technology Assessment Act of 1972 (Public Law 92-484), includ-
ing reception and representation expenses (not to exceed $2,000 from 
the Trust Fund) and rental of space in the District of Columbia, 
$14,653,000: Provided, That none of the funds in this Act shall be 
available for salaries or expenses of any employee of the Office of 
Technology Assessment in excess of 139 staff employees: Provided 
further, That no part of this appropriation shall be available for 
assessments or activities not initiated and approved in accordance 
2 use 472. 
with section 3(d) of Public Law 92-484, except that funds shall be 
38 use 101 note, 
available for the assessment required by 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), 
$16,300,000: 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 
excess of 222 staff employees. 
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97 STAT. 273 
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 AssistMit; and other personal services; at 
rates of pay provided by law, $4,806,000. 
TRAVEL 
Appropriations under the control of the Architect of the Capitol 40 use i66a. 
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. Surveys and 
to incur expenses authorized by the Act of December 13, 1973 studies. 
(87 Stat. 704), and to meet unforeseen expenses in connection with 40 use I66d. 
activities under his care, $210,000, which shall remain available 
until expended. 
CAPITOL BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS 
CAPITOL BUILDINGS 
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and oper-
ation of the Capitol Building £md 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; preserva-
tion of historic drawings through use of document conservation 
laboratory facilities of the Library of Congress on a reimbursable 
basis; purchase or exchange, maintenance and operation of a passen-
ger motor vehicle, hereafter to be used exclusively for official 
purposes; security installations authorized by House Concurrent 
Resolution 550, Ninety-second Congress, agreed to September 19, 
1972, the cost limitation of which is hereby further increased by 
$167,000; 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, 
$10,630,000, of which $940,000 shall remain available until 
expended. 
CAPITOL GROUNDS 
For all necessary expenses for care and improvement of grounds 
surrounding the Capitol, the Senate and House Office Buildings, and 
the Capitol Power Plant, $3,199,000, 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 
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Capitol, $17,412,000, of which $1,496,000 shall remain available until 
expended. 
HOUSE OFFICE BUILDINGS 
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, care and oper-
ation of the House Office Buildings, including the position of Super-
intendent of Garages as authorized by law, $21,361,000, of which 
$392,000 shall remain available until expended. 
CAPITOL POWER PLANT 
For all necessary expenses for the maintenance, 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, 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; $23,542,000, of which $420,000 
shall remain available until expended: Provided, That not to exceed 
$1,950,000 of the funds credited or to be reimbursed to this appropri-
ation as herein provided shall be available for obligation during 
fiscal year 1984. 
LffiRARY OF CONGRESS 
CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE 
2 u s e 166 and 
note. 
Restriction. 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses to carry out the provisions of section 203 
of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, as amended by section 
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, $36,620,000: 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 of 
Congress unless such publication has obtained prior approval of 
either the Committee on House Administration or the Senate 
Committee on Rules and Administration. 
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97 STAT. 275 
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, $86,580,000: 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 Repre-
sentatives, Resident Commissioners or Delegates authorized under 
44 U.S.C. 906: Provided further, That this appropriation shall be 
available for the payment of obligations incurred under the appro-
priations for similar purposes for preceding fiscal years. 
This title may be cited as the "Congressional Operations Appro- Short title. 
priation Act, 1984". 
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, 
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, $2,018,000, 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, $130,728,000, of which not more than $4,300,000 shall be 
derived from collections credited to this appropriation during fiscal 
year 1984 under the Act of June 28, 1902 (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: Pro-
vided 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 including subscriptions for 
bibliographic services for the Library, including $40,000 to be availa-
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ble 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, $16,181,000, of which not more than $5,200,000 shall be 
derived from collections credited to this appropriation during fiscal 
year 1984 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 $5,200,000. 
BOOKS FOR THE BUND AND PHYSICALLY HANDICAPPED 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For salaries and expenses to carry out the provisions of the Act 
approved March 3, 1931 (2 U.S.C. 135a), as amended, $35,099,000. 
COLLECTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF LIBRARY MATERIALS 
(SPECIAL FOREIGN CURRENCY PROGRAM) 
For necessary expenses for carrying out the provisions of section 
104(b)(5) of the Agricultural Trade Development and Assistance Act 
of 1954, as amended (7 U.S.C. 1704), to remain available until 
expended, $2,962,000, of which $2,476,000 shall be available only for 
payments 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, $1,524,000. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
2 use 136c. 
SEC. 201. From and after October 1, 1983, appropriations in this 
Act available to the Library of Congress for salaries shall be availa-
ble for expenses of personnel security and suitability investigations 
of Library employees; special and temporary services (including 
employees engaged by day or hour or in piecework); and services as 
authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109. 
Aliens, 
SEC. 202. From and after October 1, 1983, not to exceed fifteen 
employment. 
positions in the Library of Congress may be exempt from the 
provisions of appropriation Acts concerning the employment of 
aliens during the current fiscal year, but the Librarian shall not 
make any appointment to any such position until he has ascertained 
that he cannot secure for such appointments a person in any of the 
categories specified in such provisions who possesses the special 
qualifications for the particular position and also otherwise meets 
the general requirements for employment in the Library of Con-
gress. 
2 use 169. 
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97 STAT. 277 
SEC. 203. Appropriations in this Act available to the Library of 
Congressional 
Congress shall be available, in an amount not to exceed $140,750, of 
servfce^ 
which $53,100 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. 204. From and after October 1, 1983, the Library of Congress 
2 use I42g. 
is authorized to compute and disburse basic pay of all personnel of 
the Copjn-ight Royalty Tribunal pursuant to the provisions of section 
5504 of title 5 of the 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, $5,980,000, of which $850,000 shall remain available until 
expended. 
COPYRIGHT ROYALTY TRIBUNAL 
SALARIES AND EXPENSES 
For necessary expenses of the Copyright Royalty Tribunal, 
$700,000, of which $490,000 shall be derived by collections from the 
appropriation "Pa3mients to Copyright 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, $13,420,000: 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 
$88,300); price lists and bibliographies; repairs to buildings, eleva-
tors, and machinery; and supplying books to depository libraries; 
$25,700,000: 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, 96 Stat. 929. 
only to the extent necessary to provide for expenses (excluding 
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PUBLIC LAW 98-51—JULY 14, 1983 
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 
96 Stat. 1043. 
Government Corporation Control Act, as amended, as may be neces-
31 use 9104. 
gQjy ijj carrjdng 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. 
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 notwithstand-
96 Stat. 950. 
ing section 3648, Revised Statutes, as amended (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 Development, 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 As-
sistance Act of 1961 (22 U.S.C. 2396(b)); $267,161,000: Provided, That 
this appropriation and appropriations for administrative expenses of 
any other department or agency which is a member of the Joint 
Financial Management Improvement Program (JFMIP) shall be 
available to finance an appropriate share of JFMIP costs as deter-
mined by the JFMIP, including but not limited to the salary of the 
Executive Director and secretarial support: Provided further. That 
this appropriation and appropriations for administrative expenses of 
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97 STAT. 279 
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 participants. Payments hereunder to either 
the Forum or the JFMIP may be credited as reimbursements to any 
appropriation from which costs involved are initially financed: Pro-
vided further, That this appropriation and appropriations for admin-
istrative expenses of any other department or agency which is a 
member of the American Consortium on International Public Ad-
ministration (ACIPA) shall be available to finance an appropriate 
share of ACIPA costs as determined by the ACIPA, including any 
expenses attributable to membership of ACIPA in the International 
Institute of Administrative Sciences. 
TITLE III—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SEC. 301. No part of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be 
used for the maintenance or care of private vehicles, except for 
emergency assistance and cleaning as may be provided under 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 
Fiscal year 
remain available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless limitation. 
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 2 use 60b. 
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. (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), the rate of salary 5 use 5318 note. 
or basic pay prescribed by law as of the date of the enactment of this 
Act shall be reduced to the salary or basic pay rate payable as of 
such date in the case of— 
(1) any office or position at level I, II, or III of the Executive 
Schedule, 
5 use 5312, 
(2) any Member of Congress, and 
^^^^' ^^^^• 
(3) any other office or position in the legislative, executive, or 
judicial branch, or in the government of the District of Colum-
bia, for which the rate of salary or basic pay that is payable on 
such date of enactment is less than the rate then prescribed by 
law. 
(b) In the case of any office or position in the legislative, executive, 
or judicial branch, or in the government of the District of Columbia, 
for which the maximum rate of salary or basic pay that is payable 
on the date of the enactment of this Act is less than the maximum 
rate then prescribed by law, the maximum rate prescribed by law as 
of such date of enactment shall be reduced to the maximum rate 
payable as of such date. 
(c) In determining the amount of the reduction under this section 
in the case of any Senator, the provisions of section 129, of Public 
97 STAT. 280 
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96 Stat. 1914. 
Law 97-377 shall be applied without regard to subsection (c) of such 
section. 
Consulting 
SEC. 305. The expenditure of any appropriation under this Act for 
service. 
^j^y 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-
tion, except where otherwise provided under existing law, or under 
existing Executive order issued pursuant to existing law. 
Approved July 14, 1988. 
LEGISLATIVE HISTORY—H.R. 3135: 
HOUSE REPORTS: No. 98-227 (Comm. on Appropriations) and No. 98-271 (Comm. of 
Conference). 
SENATE REPORT No. 98-161 (Comm. on Appropriations). 
CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 129 (1983): 
June 2, 3, considered and passed House. 
June 23, considered and passed Senate, amended. 
June 29, House agreed to conference report; receded from its disagreement and 
concurred in certain Senate amendments and in others with amendments. 
Senate agreed to conference report and concurred in House amendments.